UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 5, 2015

 

 

WMI Holdings Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

  001-14667  
 

(Commission

File Number)

 

 

Washington     91-1653725

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

   

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3000

Seattle, Washington

    98101
(Address of principal executive offices)     (Zip Code)

(206) 432-8887

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

  ¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

  ¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 1.01  Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Certificate of Designation

On January 5, 2015, WMI Holdings Corp., a Washington corporation (the “Company”), in connection with an offering (the “Offering”) of 600,000 shares of its 3.00% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.00001, liquidation preference $1,000 per share (the “Series B Preferred Stock”) filed with the Secretary of State of Washington Articles of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation (the “Articles of Amendment”) containing the Designation of Rights and Preferences of the 3.00% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Certificate of Designation”) creating the Series B Preferred Stock and designating the rights and preferences of the Series B Preferred Stock. See Item 5.03 below.

The foregoing descriptions of the Articles of Amendment and the Certificate of Designation are qualified in their entirety by the provisions of the Articles of Amendment and the Certificate of Designation, filed hereto as Exhibits 3.1 and 4.1, respectively, and incorporated by reference herein.

Registration Rights Agreement

On January 5, 2015, in connection with the Offering and pursuant to that certain Purchase Agreement, dated December 19, 2014 (the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Company, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (“Citi”) and KKR Capital Markets LLC (“KCM” and, together with Citi, the “Initial Purchasers”), the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with the Initial Purchasers (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company has agreed that, subject to certain conditions, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to (i) file a shelf registration statement covering resales of the common stock of the Company (the “Common Stock”) issuable upon mandatory conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) no later than six months after January 5, 2015 (the “Issue Date”); (ii) file a shelf registration statement covering resales of the Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act no later than one year after the Issue Date; and (iii) cause each of these shelf registration statements to be declared effective under the Securities Act. The Company has agreed to pay customary expenses, subject to certain limitations.

The foregoing description of the Registration Rights Agreement is qualified in its entirety by the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, filed hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

Escrow Agreement

On January 5, 2015, in connection with the Offering and pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company entered into an Escrow Agreement (the “Escrow Agreement”) with Citibank, N.A., as Escrow Agent (the “Escrow Agent”), pursuant to which the Company will cause to be deposited with the Escrow Agent the amount of $598,500,000, representing the proceeds of the Offering less offering fees payable on the Issue Date but before payment of other offering fees and expenses (including fees contingent upon future events). These net proceeds will be released from escrow from time to time to the Company as instructed by the Company in amounts necessary to (i) pay certain fees related to the Offering that may become payable to the Initial Purchasers, (ii) finance the Company’s efforts to explore and/or fund, in whole or in part, acquisitions whether completed or not, including reasonable attorney fees and expenses, accounting expenses, due diligence and financial advisor fees and expenses, (iii) pay certain amounts that may become payable to the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock upon the occurrence of certain put events, (iv) pay certain amounts that would become payable to the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock upon a mandatory redemption of the Series B Preferred Stock, and (v) pay certain expenses related to the Offering. The entire net proceeds will be released from escrow as instructed by the Company upon a Qualified Acquisition (as defined in the Escrow Agreement).

The foregoing description of the Escrow Agreement is qualified in its entirety by the provisions of the Escrow Agreement, filed hereto as Exhibit 10.2 and incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement

On January 5, 2015, the Company entered into an agreement for termination (the “Financing Agreement Termination”) of that certain Financing Agreement, dated as of March 19, 2012, by and among the Company, WMI Investment Corp., the lenders party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as administrative agent (the “Financing Agreement”). Pursuant to the Financing Agreement Termination, the Financing Agreement automatically terminated on January 5, 2015 and the Company no longer has or will have access to the funds thereunder. As of January 5, 2015, there were no loans outstanding under the Financing Agreement.

 

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The foregoing description of the Financing Agreement Termination is qualified in its entirety by the provisions of the Financing Agreement Termination, filed hereto as Exhibit 10.3 and incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 5.02  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers

Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (the “Bylaws”), upon termination of the Financing Agreement, Eugene Davis, as the FA Director (as defined in the Bylaws), is required to immediately resign from the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”). In connection with the execution and delivery of the Financing Agreement Termination, Mr. Davis resigned from the Board on January 5, 2015. Immediately following his resignation, the Board’s Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee recommended to the Board that it reappoint Mr. Davis and the Board reappointed Mr. Davis to fill the vacancy on the Board created by his departure on January 5, 2015. The Board also reappointed Mr. Davis to fill the vacancies created by his departure from the Compensation Committee and the Corporate Strategy and Development Committee. In connection with Mr. Davis’ resignation and immediate reappointment, the Board and the Compensation Committee jointly determined that Mr. Davis’ Board service was not interrupted and constituted “continued service” for purposes of vesting in his outstanding Company restricted stock grants.

 

Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

On January 5, 2015, in connection with the Offering, the Company filed with the Secretary of State of Washington the Articles of Amendment containing the Certificate of Designation, creating the Series B Preferred Stock and designating the rights and preferences of the Series B Preferred Stock.

The foregoing descriptions of the Articles of Amendment and the Certificate of Designation are qualified in their entirety by the provisions of the Articles of Amendment and the Certificate of Designation, filed hereto as Exhibits 3.1 and 4.1, respectively, and incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 8.01 Other Events

On January 5, 2015, the Company issued a press release announcing the completion of the Offering. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) The following exhibits are furnished as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Number

  

Exhibit

  3.1    Articles of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation Containing the Designation of Rights and Preferences of the 3.00% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock of WMI Holdings Corp., dated January 5, 2015
  4.1    Certificate of Designation of Rights and Preferences of 3.00% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock of WMI Holdings Corp., dated January 5, 2015
10.1    Registration Rights Agreement, dated January 5, 2015, by and among WMI Holdings Corp, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., and KKR Capital Markets LLC
10.2    Escrow Agreement, dated January 5, 2015, by and between WMI Holdings Corp. and Citibank, N.A.
10.3    Agreement, dated January 5, 2015, for Termination of the Financing Agreement, dated as of March 19, 2012, by and among WMI Holdings Corp., the guarantors party thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto, and U.S. Bank National Association
99.1    Press Release, dated January 5, 2015

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K and the exhibits contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this report that address activities, events, conditions or

 

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developments that we expect, believe or anticipate will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements give our current expectations and projections relating to our financial condition, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance and business and these statements are not guarantees of future performance. These statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. Forward-looking statements may include the words “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “strategy,” “future,” “opportunity,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “would,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will likely result,” and similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual events, results or performance to differ materially from those indicated by such statements. Some of these risks are identified and discussed under “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 19, 2014. These risk factors will be important to consider in determining future results and should be reviewed in their entirety. These forward-looking statements are expressed in good faith and we believe there is a reasonable basis for them. However, there can be no assurance that the events, results or trends identified in these forward-looking statements will occur or be achieved. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and we do not undertake to update any forward-looking statement, except as required by law.

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    WMI HOLDINGS CORP.
Date: January 5, 2015     By:  

/s/ Charles Edward Smith

    Name:  Charles Edward Smith
    Title:  Interim CEO & Secretary

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Number

  

Exhibit

  3.1    Articles of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation Containing the Designation of Rights and Preferences of the 3.00% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock of WMI Holdings Corp., dated January 5, 2015
  4.1    Certificate of Designation of Rights and Preferences of 3.00% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock of WMI Holdings Corp., dated January 5, 2015
10.1    Registration Rights Agreement, dated January 5, 2015, by and among WMI Holdings Corp, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., and KKR Capital Markets LLC
10.2    Escrow Agreement, dated January 5, 2015, by and between WMI Holdings Corp. and Citibank, N.A.
10.3    Agreement, dated January 5, 2015, for Termination of the Financing Agreement, dated as of March 19, 2012, by and among WMI Holdings Corp., the guarantors party thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto, and U.S. Bank National Association
99.1    Press Release, dated January 5, 2015

 

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EX-3.1

Exhibit 3.1

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

CONTAINING THE

DESIGNATION OF RIGHTS AND PREFERENCES OF THE

3.00% SERIES B CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

OF

WMI HOLDINGS CORP.

These Articles of Amendment containing the Designation of Rights and Preferences of the 3.00% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock of WMI Holdings Corp., a Washington corporation (the “Corporation”), are executed by the Corporation, pursuant to the provisions of RCW 23B.01.200, 23B.06.020 and 23B.10.060, as follows:

 

  1. The name of the Corporation is WMI Holdings Corp.

 

  2. Effective upon filing of these Articles of Amendment with the Secretary of State of Washington, a new series of preferred stock is hereby established and designated 3.00% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series B Preferred Stock”), and the preferences, limitations and relative rights of such Series B Preferred Stock shall be as set forth on Exhibit A.

 

  3. The date of the adoption of the amendment by the Board of Directors of the Corporation was January 4, 2015.

 

  4. This amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, and shareholder approval was not required pursuant to RCW 23B.06.020(4).


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed these Articles of Amendment in an official and authorized capacity under penalty of perjury this 5th day of January, 2015.

 

WMI HOLDINGS CORP.
By:  

/s/ Charles Edward Smith

  Name: Charles Edward Smith
  Title: Interim Chief Executive Officer and Secretary

Signature page to Articles of Amendment


EXHIBIT A

DESIGNATION OF RIGHTS AND PREFERENCES OF 3.00% SERIES B CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

SECTION 1. Designation and Number of Shares. There is hereby created out of the authorized and unissued shares of Preferred Stock of the Corporation a series of Preferred Stock designated as the “3.00% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock” (the “Series B Preferred Stock”). The authorized number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall be 600,000.

SECTION 2. Definitions. As used herein with respect to Series B Preferred Stock:

(a) “Acquisition” means any acquisition by the Corporation or any of the Corporation’s direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries, in a single transaction or a series of transactions, whether by purchase, merger or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the assets of, all the equity interests in, or a business line, unit or division of, any Person.

(b) “Agent Members” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 21(a).

(c) “Articles” means the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as it may be amended from time to time.

(d) “Authorized Officers” means the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the Corporation.

(e) “Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Corporation or, with respect to any action to be taken by such board, any committee of such board duly authorized to take such action.

(f) “Business Day” means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York generally are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close or be closed.

(g) “Bylaws” means the bylaws of the Corporation, as they may be amended from time to time.

(h) “Certificate of Designation” means this Certificate of Designation of Rights and Preferences of 3.00% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, as it may be amended from time to time.

(i) “Change of Control” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(c)(i).

(j) “Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of the Corporation.

(k) “Conversion Agent” means the Transfer Agent.


(l) “Corporation” means WMI Holdings Corp., a Washington corporation.

(m) “DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.

(n) “Escrow Agent” means Citibank, N.A., a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America and acting through its Agency and Trust Division and solely in its capacity as escrow agent under the Escrow Agreement.

(o) “Escrow Agreement” means the Escrow Agreement, dated as of January 5, 2015, by and among the Corporation and the Escrow Agent.

(p) “Event of Nonpayment” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15(b).

(q) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(r) “Exchange Property” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(e).

(s) “Expiration Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(a)(ii).

(t) “Expiration Time” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(a)(ii).

(u) “Fixed Conversion Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(a).

(v) “Floor Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a)(ii).

(w) “Holder” means the Person in whose name shares of the Series B Preferred Stock are registered.

(x) “Initial Conversion Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a)(i).

(y) “Issue Date” means January 5, 2015, which is the original issue date of the Series B Preferred Stock.

(z) “Junior Stock” means the Common Stock and, if issued, the junior participating preferred stock of the Corporation and each other class of capital stock or series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation established after the Issue Date, the terms of which do not expressly provide that such class or series ranks senior to, or on a parity with, the Series B Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.

(aa) “Liquidation Preference” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12(a).

(bb) “Mandatory Conversion” means a conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock to Common Stock pursuant to Section 5.

(cc) “Mandatory Conversion Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).

(dd) “Mandatory Redemption Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).

 

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(ee) “Mandatory Redemption Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).

(ff) “Market Disruption Event” means a failure by the Relevant Stock Exchange to open for trading during its regular trading session or the occurrence or existence prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on any scheduled Trading Day for Common Stock for more than one half-hour period in the aggregate during regular trading hours of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the Relevant Stock Exchange or otherwise) in Common Stock or in any options contracts or futures contracts relating to Common Stock.

(gg) “Non-U.S. Holder” means a Holder that is not treated as a United States person for U.S. federal income tax purposes as defined under Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

(hh) “Offering” means the offering of the Series B Preferred Stock which closed on the Issue Date.

(ii) “Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate of the Corporation that is signed on behalf of the Corporation by an Authorized Officer.

(jj) “Parity Stock” means any class of capital stock or series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation now existing (including the Series A Preferred Stock) or established after the Issue Date, the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series will rank equally with the Series B Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, in each case without regard to whether dividends accrue cumulatively or non-cumulatively.

(kk) “Partial Conversion” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(d).

(ll) “Participating Dividends” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).

(mm) “Paying Agent” means the Transfer Agent.

(nn) “Person” means a legal person, including any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, limited liability company or trust.

(oo) “Post-Closing Covenant Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(c)(ii).

(pp) “Post-Closing Covenants” means the covenants by the Corporation that within 180 days of the Issue Date, the Corporation shall (i) reincorporate from Washington to Delaware, (ii) amend its Articles to provide that the number of members of the Board of Directors be increased from seven to up to eleven directors and (iii) authorize a number of shares of Common Stock sufficient for Mandatory Conversion of all shares of the Series B Preferred Stock (collectively, the “Reincorporation”)

 

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(qq) “Preferred Director” or “Preferred Directors” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15(b).

(rr) “Preferred Stock” means any and all series of preferred stock of the Corporation, including, without limitation, the Series B Preferred Stock.

(ss) “Purchased Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(a)(ii).

(tt) “Put Event Corporation Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(d).

(uu) “Put Event Repurchase Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).

(vv) “Put Event Repurchase Offer” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).

(ww) “Put Event” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(c).

(xx) “Qualified Acquisition” means an Acquisition that, taken together with prior Acquisitions (if any), collectively utilize aggregate net proceeds of the Offering in the amount of $450.0 million.

(yy) “Record Holders” means, as to any day, the Holders of record of the Series B Preferred Stock as they appear on the stock register of the Corporation at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on such day.

(zz) “Registrar” means the Transfer Agent.

(aaa) “Regular Dividends” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).

(bbb) “Regular Dividend Payment Date” means March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing on March 15, 2015.

(ccc) “Regular Dividend Period” means the period commencing on, and including, a Regular Dividend Payment Date (or if no Regular Dividend Payment Date has occurred, commencing on, and including, the Issue Date), and ending on, and including, the day immediately preceding the next succeeding Regular Dividend Payment Date.

(ddd) “Regular Record Date” means with respect to payment of Regular Dividends on the Series B Preferred Stock, the 1st calendar day of the month in which the relevant Regular Dividend Payment Date falls or such other record date fixed by the Board of Directors that is not more than 60 nor less than 10 days prior to such Regular Dividend Payment Date, but only to the extent a Regular Dividend has been declared to be payable on such Regular Dividend Payment Date. The Regular Record Date shall apply regardless of whether such date is a Business Day.

(eee) “Reincorporation” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of Post-Closing Covenants.

 

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(fff) “Relevant Stock Exchange” means the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which Common Stock is then listed.

(ggg) “Remainder Conversion Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(e).

(hhh) “Reorganization Event” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(e).

(iii) “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(jjj) “Senior Stock” means any class of capital stock or series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation established after the Issue Date, the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series will rank senior to the Series B Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and rights upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.

(kkk) “Series A Preferred Stock” means the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of the Corporation, par value $0.00001 per share.

(lll) “Series B Preferred Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.

(mmm) “Subsidiary” means, with respect to the Corporation or any other Person, any corporation, association, partnership or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of capital stock or other interests (including partnership interests) entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers, general partners or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by (i) such Person, (ii) such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or (iii) one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.

(nnn) “Substantial Holder” shall have the meaning set forth in Article VI of the Articles.

(ooo) “Total Liquidation Preference” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12(a).

(ppp) “Trading Day” means a day on which there is no Market Disruption Event and trading in Common Stock generally occurs on the Relevant Stock Exchange or, if Common Stock is not then listed on any Relevant Stock Exchange, on the principal other market on which Common Stock is then listed or admitted for trading. If Common Stock is not so listed or admitted for trading, “Trading Day” means a Business Day.

(qqq) “Transfer Agent” means, initially, Computershare Trust Company, N.A. unless a successor transfer agent is appointed pursuant to Section 20 and, thereafter, means such successor. The foregoing sentence shall likewise apply to any such subsequent successor or successors.

(rrr) “Unconverted Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(d).

 

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(sss) “Volume Weighted Average Price” or “VWAP” per share of Common Stock means, on any Trading Day, the price per share of the Common Stock as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg (or any successor service) page WMIH US <Equity> AQR (or its equivalent successor if such page is not available) in respect of the period from the scheduled open to 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on such Trading Day; or, if such price is not available, the market value per share of Common Stock on such Trading Day as determined, using a volume-weighted average method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained by the Corporation for such purpose.

SECTION 3. Regular Dividends . (a) Holders of shares of outstanding Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors, out of funds of the Corporation lawfully available for payment, cumulative regular dividends at an annual rate of 3.00% of the Liquidation Preference per share of Series B Preferred Stock, payable quarterly on each Regular Dividend Payment Date, in cash (subject to Section 5(c) below) (the “Regular Dividends”). Regular Dividends shall accumulate from the most recent date as to which Regular Dividends shall have been paid or, if no Regular Dividends have been paid, from the Issue Date, whether or not in any Regular Dividend Period or Regular Dividend Periods, as the case may be, there have been funds of the Corporation lawfully available for the payment of such Regular Dividends. Regular Dividends shall be payable on a Regular Dividend Payment Date to Holders that are Record Holders on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding such Regular Dividend Payment Date, but only to the extent a Regular Dividend has been declared by the Board of Directors to be payable on such Regular Dividend Payment Date, except that Regular Dividends payable on each Mandatory Conversion Date will be payable to the Holders to the extent the Corporation is lawfully permitted to pay such Regular Dividends at such time. If any Regular Dividend Payment Date is not a Business Day, the Regular Dividend payable on such date shall be paid on the next Business Day without any adjustment, interest or other penalty in respect of such delay. Regular Dividends payable on shares of Series B Preferred Stock for each full Regular Dividend Period shall be computed by dividing the annual dividend rate by four. Regular Dividends payable on shares of Series B Preferred Stock for any period other than a full Regular Dividend Period shall be based on the number of days elapsed during such Regular Dividend Period and computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Accrued but unpaid Regular Dividends will continue to cumulate at the rate of 3.00% per annum. No interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, shall be payable in respect of any dividend payment or payments on the Series B Preferred Stock which may be in arrears.

(b) No Regular Dividend shall be declared or paid upon, or any sum set apart for the payment of dividends upon, any outstanding share of the Series B Preferred Stock with respect to any Regular Dividend Period unless all Regular Dividends for all preceding Regular Dividend Periods shall have been declared and paid, or declared and a sufficient sum has been set apart for the payment of such dividends, upon all outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock.

(c) So long as any share of Series B Preferred Stock remains outstanding:

(i) no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock, except dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock;

 

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(ii) no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on Parity Stock, except as set forth in this Section 3(c); and

(iii) no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries,

unless all accrued and unpaid Regular Dividends for all past Regular Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Regular Dividend Period, on all outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full.

The foregoing limitations shall not apply to:

(i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with any employment contract, any employee benefit plan or other similar arrangements with or for the benefit of any one or more employees, officers or directors in the ordinary course of business;

(ii) any dividends or distributions of rights or Junior Stock in connection with a shareholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any shareholders’ rights plan; and

(iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation preference) or Junior Stock and, in each case, the payment of cash solely in lieu of fractional shares.

When Regular Dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the Holders thereof on the applicable Regular Record Date) on any Regular Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Regular Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Regular Dividend Period related to such Regular Dividend Payment Date) in full upon the Series B Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all Regular Dividends declared on Series B Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Regular Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Regular Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Regular Dividend Period related to such Regular Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared and paid pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends so declared shall bear the same ratio as all accrued and unpaid dividends on the shares of Series B Preferred Stock and all Parity Stock payable on such Regular Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Regular Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Regular Dividend Period related to such Regular Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors out of funds of the Corporation lawfully available and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. For the purposes of this calculation, with respect to non-cumulative Parity Stock, the full amount of dividends that would be payable for the most recent dividend period if dividends were declared in full on such non-cumulative Parity

 

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Stock shall be used. If the Board of Directors determines not to pay any Regular Dividend in full on a Regular Dividend Payment Date, the Corporation will provide written notice to the Holders prior to such Regular Dividend Payment Date.

SECTION 4. Participating Dividends. (a) Without the written consent of Holders of a majority in aggregate Liquidation Preference of the Series B Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall not declare or pay any dividends, distributions or other issuances to all or substantially all holders of the shares of Common Stock (whether payable in cash, securities or other property or assets), unless the Holders of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding shall simultaneously receive participating dividends, distributions or other issuances, as applicable (collectively, “Participating Dividends”), that such Holders would have been entitled to if the shares of Series B Preferred Stock had been converted into shares of Common Stock using the then-applicable Initial Conversion Price immediately preceding the record date for determining the stockholders eligible to receive such Common Stock dividends.

(b) Participating Dividends shall be payable as and when paid to the holders of shares of Common Stock. The record date for Participating Dividends shall be the same as the record date for the payments of dividends, distributions or other issuances to the Holders of shares of Common Stock. Participating Dividends not paid or made to holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall be considered accrued and unpaid dividends of the Series B Preferred Stock.

SECTION 5. Mandatory Conversion on the Mandatory Conversion Date. (a) On each closing date of any Acquisition, the number of outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock having an aggregate Liquidation Preference equal to the net proceeds of the Offering utilized in such Acquisition, on a pro rata basis, shall automatically convert into a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Liquidation Preference divided by a conversion price equal to the lesser of:

(i) $2.25 per share of Common Stock (the “Initial Conversion Price”); and

(ii) the arithmetic average of daily Volume Weighted Average Prices of the Common Stock during the 20 Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the public announcement by the Corporation of its entry into a definitive agreement for such Acquisition, subject to a floor of $1.75 per share of Common Stock (the “Floor Price”).

In addition, on the closing date of a Qualified Acquisition, each outstanding share of Series B Preferred Stock shall automatically convert into a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Liquidation Preference divided by the applicable conversion price set forth in subclauses (i) and (ii) immediately above. Each closing date of an Acquisition (including a Qualified Acquisition) shall be a “Mandatory Conversion Date.” The Corporation shall issue a press release relating to each Acquisition (including a Qualified Acquisition) as soon as practicable, but in any event no later than the closing date of such Acquisition.

(b) Each of the Initial Conversion Price and the Floor Price shall be subject to adjustment, if applicable, in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.

 

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(c) In addition to the shares of Common Stock issuable upon Mandatory Conversion, Holders of the Series B Preferred Stock shall have the right to receive on each Mandatory Conversion Date in cash an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid dividends on the shares of the Series B Preferred Stock to be converted on such Mandatory Conversion Date as of such Mandatory Conversion Date, whether or not declared (other than previously declared dividends payable to Holders of record as of a prior date), to the extent the Corporation is lawfully permitted to pay such dividends at such time. To the extent that such dividends cannot be lawfully paid at such time, the amount of such dividends that cannot be so paid shall be added to the Liquidation Preference in the calculation of the number of shares of Common Stock to be received in the Mandatory Conversion (provided, that no fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued and there shall be no payment with regard to fractional shares); provided, however, that in the event the receipt of additional shares of Common Stock in lieu of such dividends would cause such Holder to become a Substantial Holder, then pursuant to Article VI of the Articles, the number of additional shares of Common Stock shall be reduced to the extent necessary such that upon receipt of such shares such Holder would not become a Substantial Holder (resulting in such Holder receiving less than the full value of the dividends it was otherwise entitled to receive).

(d) If upon the applicable Mandatory Conversion Date the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such Mandatory Conversion Date exceeds the number of authorized shares of Common Stock (that are not otherwise reserved on the Issue Date), such shares of the Series B Preferred Stock shall automatically convert, to the fullest extent possible, into all authorized shares of Common Stock (that are not otherwise reserved on the Issue Date) available for issuance on a pro rata basis using the applicable conversion price on such Mandatory Conversion Date (the “Partial Conversion”). Shares of Series B Preferred Stock entitled to be converted but not actually converted in the Partial Conversion (such shares, the “Unconverted Shares”) shall remain outstanding and shall continue to be entitled to all the rights and preferences of the Series B Preferred Stock, including, without limitation, the rights and preferences set forth in Sections 3, 4, 6, 7, 12 and 15. For the avoidance of doubt, shares of the Series B Preferred Stock converted into shares of Common Stock in the Partial Conversion shall not remain outstanding and shall not retain the rights and preferences of the Series B Preferred Stock.

(e) Upon the Reincorporation or such earlier date that authorized shares of Common Stock sufficient to effect the Mandatory Conversion of the Unconverted Shares are available (the “Remainder Conversion Date”), the Unconverted Shares shall automatically convert into shares of Common Stock using the applicable conversion price on such Mandatory Conversion Date.

(f) With respect to dividends paid in connection with a Partial Conversion or a conversion of Unconverted Shares, such dividends shall be applied (whether paid in cash or, if applicable, added to the Liquidation Preference in the calculation of the number of shares of Common Stock to be received in such Mandatory Conversion) only with respect to the shares of the Series B Preferred Stock being converted at such time.

SECTION 6. Mandatory Redemption. (a) Except as described in Section 6(b), the Corporation shall be required to redeem all outstanding shares of the Series B Preferred Stock

 

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(including unconverted shares of the Series B Preferred Stock remaining after any Mandatory Conversion, including Unconverted Shares), if any, unless such shares of the Series B Preferred Stock have been previously repurchased at the option of the Holder pursuant to a Put Event or mandatorily converted (including in a Partial Conversion), on the third anniversary of the Issue Date (the “Mandatory Redemption Date”), out of funds lawfully available for payment, at a price equal to $1,000 per share of the Series B Preferred Stock, plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends, if any, whether or not declared (the “Mandatory Redemption Price”).

(b) If, prior to the Mandatory Redemption Date, the Corporation has publicly announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement for an Acquisition, the Mandatory Redemption Date shall be extended to the earlier to occur of:

(i) July 5, 2018; and

(ii) the day immediately following (x) the date such definitive agreement is terminated or (y) the date such Acquisition is closed.

(c) The Corporation shall submit a certificate to the Escrow Agent (within the time period required by the Escrow Agreement (unless waived by the Escrow Agent)) to request disbursement of funds sufficient to pay the Mandatory Redemption Price on the Mandatory Redemption Date. If the Paying Agent holds immediately available funds sufficient to pay the Mandatory Redemption Price on the Mandatory Redemption Date, each share of the Series B Preferred Stock shall cease to be outstanding and dividends shall cease to accrue on the Mandatory Redemption Date, whether or not such Series B Preferred Stock is delivered to the Paying Agent, and all other rights of the Holders shall terminate (other than the right to receive the Mandatory Redemption Price).

SECTION 7. Repurchase at the Option of the Holder upon a Put Event. (a) If a Put Event occurs at any time when shares of Series B Preferred Stock are outstanding, each Holder of Series B Preferred Stock shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to require the Corporation to repurchase (a “Put Event Repurchase Offer”) for cash, out of funds lawfully available for payment, all of such Holder’s outstanding Series B Preferred Stock, or any portion thereof that is equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof, on the date specified by the Corporation in the Put Event Corporation Notice that is not less than 20 calendar days or more than 35 calendar days following the date of the Put Event Corporation Notice (the “Put Event Repurchase Date”) at the applicable Put Event Repurchase Price.

(b) In the case of a Put Event that is:

(i) a Change of Control, the Put Event Repurchase Price shall equal $1,750 per share of Series B Preferred Stock, plus accrued and unpaid dividends, if any, whether or not declared; and

(ii) a Post-Closing Covenant Default, the Put Event Repurchase Price shall equal $1,000 per share of Series B Preferred Stock, plus accrued and unpaid dividends, if any, whether or not declared.

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(i) if, prior to the consummation of a Qualified Acquisition, any “person” or “group” of related persons (as such terms are used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that such person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all shares that any such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of more than a majority of the total voting power of all classes of capital stock of the Corporation then outstanding and normally entitled to vote in the election of directors (such an event, a “Change of Control”); or

(ii) if, prior to the consummation of a Qualified Acquisition, any of the Post-Closing Covenants have not been satisfied on or prior to the date that is 180 days following the Issue Date (such an event, a “Post-Closing Covenant Default”).

(d) No later than 20 calendar days following any Put Event, the Corporation shall send notice of such Put Event (the “Put Event Corporation Notice”) by first class mail, with a copy to the Transfer Agent, to each Holder of the Series B Preferred Stock to the address of such Holder appearing in the security register with a copy to the Transfer Agent (or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of DTC), with the following information:

(i) that a Put Event has occurred and a Put Event Repurchase Offer is being made and that all shares of Series B Preferred Stock properly tendered pursuant to such offer will be accepted for payment by the Corporation;

(ii) the applicable Put Event Redemption Price and the Put Event Repurchase Date;

(iii) that any shares of Series B Preferred Stock not properly tendered will remain outstanding and continue to accrue dividends and will retain their conversion rights;

(iv) that, unless the Corporation defaults in the payment of the Put Event Repurchase Price, all shares of Series B Preferred Stock accepted for payment pursuant to the Put Event Repurchase Offer will cease to accrue dividends and their conversion rights will terminate on the Put Event Repurchase Date;

(v) that Holders electing to have any shares of Series B Preferred Stock repurchased pursuant to a Put Event Repurchase Offer will be required to surrender such shares, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Repurchase” on the reverse of such shares completed, to the Transfer Agent specified in the Put Event Company Notice at the address specified in the Put Event Corporation Notice prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Put Event Repurchase Date;

(vi) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw all or a portion of their shares tendered for repurchase; provided that the Transfer Agent receives, not later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder of the shares, the number of shares tendered for repurchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its tendered shares; and

 

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(vii) that if the fewer than all of a Holder’s shares are repurchased, the Corporation will issue to the Holder new shares having aggregate Liquidation Preference equal to the unrepurchased portion of such Holder’s shares; the aggregate Liquidation Preference of such shares must be equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

The Corporation shall (within the time period required by the Escrow Agreement (unless waived by the Escrow Agent)) submit a certificate to the Escrow Agent to request disbursement of funds sufficient to pay the Put Event Repurchase Price on the Put Event Repurchase Date.

If the shares of Series B Preferred Stock are issued in book-entry form through DTC or any similar facility, a Holder must tender its shares of Series B Preferred Stock for repurchase in accordance with the applicable procedures of DTC or such similar facility.

Simultaneously with providing such notice, the Corporation shall publish the information on its website or through a press release or such other public medium as the Corporation may use at that time.

(e) The Corporation shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws or regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to a Put Event Repurchase Offer. On the Put Event Repurchase Date, the Corporation shall, to the extent permitted by law:

(i) accept for payment all shares properly tendered pursuant to the Put Event Repurchase Offer;

(ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the aggregate Put Event Repurchase Price in respect of all shares so tendered; and

(iii) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Transfer Agent for cancellation the shares so accepted.

SECTION 8. Conversion Procedures. (a) On the applicable Mandatory Conversion Date or the Remainder Conversion Date, as the case may be, dividends on any shares of Series B Preferred Stock converted to Common Stock shall cease to accrue and cumulate, and such converted shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall cease to be outstanding, in each case, subject to the right of Holders of such shares of Series B Preferred Stock to receive shares of Common Stock (or units of Exchange Property, if applicable) into which such shares of Series B Preferred Stock were issuable upon such conversion and any accrued and unpaid dividends on such shares to which such Holders are otherwise entitled pursuant to Section 5(c).

(b) The Person or Persons entitled to receive the Common Stock issuable upon Mandatory Conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock shall be treated as the Record Holder or Record Holders, as the case may be, of such shares of Common Stock as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the applicable Mandatory Conversion Date or Remainder Conversion Date, as the case may be. Prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on such applicable Mandatory Conversion Date or Remainder Conversion Date, as the case may be, shares of Common Stock issuable upon

 

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Mandatory Conversion of any shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall not be deemed to be outstanding for any purpose, and Holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall have no rights with respect to such shares of Common Stock, including, without limitation, voting rights, rights to respond to tender offers for the Common Stock and rights to receive any dividends or other distributions on the Common Stock, by virtue of holding shares of Series B Preferred Stock.

(c) In the event that a Holder shall not by written notice designate the name in which shares of Common Stock to be issued upon Mandatory Conversion of such Holder’s shares of Series B Preferred Stock should be registered, on the applicable Mandatory Conversion Date or Remainder Conversion Date, as the case may be, the Corporation shall be entitled to register such shares of Common Stock in the name of the Holder of such shares of Series B Preferred Stock as shown on the records of the Corporation. In the event that shares of the Series B Preferred Stock are then held in certificated form, in the event that a Holder shall not by written notice to the Corporation elect to receive shares of Common Stock to be issued upon Mandatory Conversion in certificated form, the name in which such shares of Common Stock should be registered and the address to which the certificate or certificates representing such shares of Common Stock should be sent, the Corporation shall be entitled to register such shares in book-entry form, in the name of the Holder of such shares of Series B Preferred Stock as shown on the records of the Corporation.

(d) As provided in Section 22, if specified by the Holder that shares of Common Stock shall be issued to a Person other than the Holder of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock being mandatorily converted, then the Holder shall pay or cause to be paid any transfer or similar taxes payable in connection with the shares of Common Stock.

SECTION 9. Reservation of Common Stock. (a) Prior to the Reincorporation, the Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available out of the authorized and unissued Common Stock, solely for issuance upon Mandatory Conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock as herein provided, all shares of Common Stock not otherwise reserved on the Issue Date. After the Reincorporation, the Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock, solely for issuance upon the Mandatory Conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock as herein provided, that number of shares of Common Stock to be issued upon the Mandatory Conversion of all shares of Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding, calculated using the then-applicable Floor Price.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall be entitled to deliver upon Mandatory Conversion of shares of Series B Preferred Stock, as herein provided, shares of Common Stock reacquired and held in the treasury of the Corporation (in lieu of the issuance of authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock), so long as any such treasury shares are free and clear of all liens, claims, charges, security interests or encumbrances (other than liens, claims, charges, security interests and other encumbrances created by the Holders).

(c) All shares of Common Stock issued and delivered upon Mandatory Conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of all liens, claims, charges, security interests and other encumbrances (other than liens, claims, charges, security interests and other encumbrances created by the Holders).

 

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(d) The Corporation shall use its reasonable efforts to take all such actions as may be necessary to assure that all shares of Common Stock to be issued upon Mandatory Conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock may be so issued without violation of any applicable law or governmental regulation or any requirements of any domestic securities exchange upon which shares of Common Stock may be listed (except for official notice of issuance which shall be immediately delivered by the Corporation upon each such issuance).

SECTION 10. Fractional Shares. (a) No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued to Holders upon Mandatory Conversion (including in the case of a conversion of less than all the outstanding shares of the Series B Preferred Stock, including a Partial Conversion or a conversion of Unconverted Shares).

(b) In lieu of any fractional share of Common Stock otherwise issuable upon Mandatory Conversion, that Holder shall be entitled to receive an amount in cash (computed to the nearest cent) based on the VWAP per share of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the applicable Mandatory Conversion Date (except as described in Section 5(c)).

(c) If more than one share of the Series B Preferred Stock is mandatorily converted by or for the same Holder, the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon Mandatory Conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock mandatorily converted.

SECTION 11. Conversion Price Adjustments. (a) The Initial Conversion Price and the Floor Price are each a “Fixed Conversion Price” and are collectively referred to as the “Fixed Conversion Prices.” Each Fixed Conversion Price will be adjusted from time to time as set forth in this Section 11, provided that no adjustment shall be made with respect to dividends and distributions to holders of Common Stock to the extent that Holders of the Series B Preferred Stock participated in such dividend or distribution on a pro rata, as-converted basis, as described in Section 4.

(i) If the Corporation effects a subdivision or combination (including, without limitation, a stock split or a reverse stock split) of the Common Stock, each Fixed Conversion Price shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

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where,

 

  CP0                =                the Fixed Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the effective date for such subdivision or combination;

 

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  CP1                =                the Fixed Conversion Price in effect immediately after 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on such effective date;
  OS0    =    the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on such effective date (and prior to giving effect to such event); and
  OS1    =    the number of shares of Common Stock that would be outstanding immediately after, and solely as a result of, such subdivision or combination.

Any adjustment made under this Section 11(a)(i) shall become effective immediately after 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the effective date for such subdivision or combination. If any subdivision or combination of the type described in this clause (i) is declared but not so made, each Fixed Conversion Price shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the earlier of (a) the date the Board of Directors determines not to make such subdivision or combination and (b) the date the subdivision or combination was to have been effective, to the Fixed Conversion Price that would then be in effect if such subdivision or combination had not been declared.

(ii) If the Corporation or one or more of its Subsidiaries purchases Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or exchange offer (except as provided in Section 11(c)(iii)) and the cash and value of any other consideration included in the payment per share of Common Stock validly tendered or exchanged exceeds an average VWAP per share of Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (the “Expiration Date”), each Fixed Conversion Price shall be decreased based on the following formula:

 

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where:

 

  CP0                =                the Fixed Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the tenth Trading Day immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date;
  CP1    =    the Fixed Conversion Price in effect immediately after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the tenth Trading Day immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date;
  FMV                =                the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) as of the Expiration Date of the aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration paid or payable for shares of the Common Stock validly tendered or exchanged and not withdrawn as of the Expiration Date (the “Purchased Shares”);

 

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  OS1                =                the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the last time tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (the “Expiration Time”), less any Purchased Shares;
  OS0    =    the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the Expiration Time, including any Purchased Shares; and
  SP1    =    the average VWAP per share of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date.

The adjustment to each Fixed Conversion Price under this Section 11(a)(ii) shall occur at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the tenth consecutive Trading Day immediately following, and including, the Trading Day immediately following the Expiration Date, but will be given effect as of 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date. The Corporation shall delay the settlement of any conversion of Series B Preferred Stock if the applicable Mandatory Conversion Date or Remainder Conversion Date, as the case may be, occurs during such 10 consecutive Trading Day period. In such event, the Corporation shall deliver the shares of Common Stock issuable in respect of such conversion (based on the adjusted Fixed Conversion Prices) on the first Business Day immediately following the last Trading Day of such 10 consecutive Trading Day period.

For purposes of this Section 11(a), the number of shares of Common Stock at any time outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury of the Corporation but shall include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock.

(b) Voluntary Adjustment for Tax Reasons. The Corporation may make such decreases in each Fixed Conversion Price if the Board of Directors deems it advisable in order to avoid or diminish any income tax to holders of the Common Stock resulting from any dividend or distribution of the Corporation’s shares (or issuance of rights or warrants to acquire shares) or from any event treated as such for income tax purposes or for any other reasons; provided that the same proportionate adjustment must be made to each Fixed Conversion Price. If any adjustment to the Fixed Conversion Price is treated as a distribution to any Non-U.S. Holder which is subject to withholding tax, the Corporation (or Transfer Agent or any paying agent on behalf of the Corporation) may set off any withholding tax that is required to be collected with respect to such deemed distribution against cash payments and other distributions otherwise deliverable to such Non-U.S. Holder.

(c) Calculation of Adjustments.

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increase or decrease of at least 1% of a Fixed Conversion Price. If the adjustment is not made because the adjustment does not change the Fixed Conversion Prices by at least 1%, then the adjustment that is not made will be carried forward and taken into account in any future adjustment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all adjustments not previously made shall be made upon any Mandatory Conversion.

(ii) Fixed Conversion Price shall not be adjusted except as provided herein. Without limiting the foregoing, a Fixed Conversion Price shall not be adjusted for:

(A) the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any present or future plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on the Corporation’s securities and the investment of additional optional amounts in the Common Stock under any plan;

(B) the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or options or rights to purchase those shares pursuant to any present or future employee, director or consultant benefit plan, employee agreement or arrangement or program of the Corporation or any Subsidiaries of the Corporation;

(C) the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security outstanding as of the Issue Date; and

(D) a change solely in the par value of the Common Stock.

(d) Notice of Adjustment. Whenever a Fixed Conversion Price is to be adjusted, the Corporation shall: (i) compute such adjusted Fixed Conversion Price and prepare and transmit to the Transfer Agent an Officer’s Certificate setting forth such adjusted Fixed Conversion Price, the method of calculation thereof in reasonable detail and the facts requiring such adjustment and upon which such adjustment is based; (ii) as soon as practicable following the determination of a revised Fixed Conversion Price, provide, or cause to be provided, a written notice to Holders of the occurrence of such event and (iii) as soon as practicable following the determination of a revised Fixed Conversion Price, provide, or cause to be provided, to Holders a statement setting forth in reasonable detail the method by which the adjustment to such Fixed Conversion Price was determined and setting forth such revised Fixed Conversion Price.

(e) Recapitalizations, Reclassifications and Changes of the Common Stock. In the event of:

(A) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common Stock (other than changes only in par value or resulting from a subdivision or combination);

(B) any consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into another Person or any statutory exchange or binding share exchange; or

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in each case as a result of which the shares of Common Stock are exchanged for, or converted into, other securities, property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) (any such event, a “Reorganization Event”), then, at the effective time of such Reorganization Event, each share of Series B Preferred Stock outstanding immediately prior to such Reorganization Event shall, without the consent of Holders, become convertible into the kind and amount of such other securities, property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) that holders of the Common Stock received in such Reorganization Event (the “Exchange Property”) based on the number of shares of Common Stock that such Holder would have owned on an as-converted basis determined assuming the then-applicable Initial Conversion Price, and, at the effective time of such Reorganization Event, the Corporation shall amend this Certificate of Designation (or, if applicable, cause to be issued a certificate of designation) to provide for such change in the conversion provisions of the Series B Preferred Stock; provided that if the kind and amount of Exchange Property receivable upon such Reorganization Event is not the same for each share of Common Stock held immediately prior to such Reorganization Event by a Person, then the Exchange Property receivable upon such Reorganization Event shall be deemed to be the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration received by the holders of the Common Stock that affirmatively make an election (or of all such holders if none makes an election).

The above provisions of this Section 11(e) shall similarly apply to successive Reorganization Events and the Corporation shall make applicable adjustments to the anti-dilution adjustments as the Board of Directors (or the board of directors of any successor of the Corporation) shall deem appropriate.

The Corporation (or any successor) shall, as soon as reasonably practicable (but in any event within 20 days) after the occurrence of any Reorganization Event, provide written notice to the Holders of such occurrence of such Reorganization Event and of the kind and amount of the cash, securities or other property that constitute the Exchange Property. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the operation of this Section 11(e).

In no event shall the provisions of this Section 11(e) apply to the Reincorporation. The Reincorporation shall be deemed not to be a Reorganization Event.

SECTION 12. Liquidation Rights. (a) Voluntary or Involuntary Liquidation. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, each Holder shall be entitled to receive for each share of Series B Preferred Stock, out of the assets of the Corporation or proceeds thereof (whether capital or surplus) available for distribution to stockholders of the Corporation, subject to the rights of any creditors of the Corporation, before any payment or distribution of such assets or proceeds is made to or set aside for the holders of Common Stock and any other Junior Stock of the Corporation, payment in full in an amount equal to the sum of (x) $1,000 per share of Series B Preferred Stock (the “Liquidation Preference”) and (y) an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid dividends on each share of Series B Preferred Stock, whether or not declared, to, but not including, the date fixed for liquidation, dissolution or winding up (such amounts in subclauses (x) and (y) collectively, the “Total Liquidation Preference”).

 

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(b) Partial Payment. If in any distribution described in Section 12(a) the assets of the Corporation or proceeds thereof are not sufficient to pay in full the amounts payable with respect to all outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock and any Parity Stock as to such distribution, Holders and the holders of such Parity Stock shall share ratably in any such distribution in proportion to the full amount of the Liquidation Preference and accrued and unpaid dividends to which they are entitled.

(c) Residual Distributions. After payment of the full amount of the Total Liquidation Preference to which they are entitled, Holders will have no right or claim to any of the remaining assets of the Corporation (or proceeds thereof).

SECTION 13. No Sinking Fund. The Series B Preferred Stock will not be subject to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or other similar provisions, except as provided in Sections 6 and 7.

SECTION 14. Status of Converted, Redeemed or Repurchased Shares. Shares of Series B Preferred Stock that are duly converted in accordance herewith, or redeemed, repurchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation shall revert to authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock, undesignated as to series and available for future issuance; provided that any such cancelled shares of Series B Preferred Stock may be reissued only as shares of any series of Preferred Stock other than Series B Preferred Stock.

SECTION 15. Voting Rights. (a) General. Holders shall vote on an as-converted basis, calculated using the then-applicable Initial Conversion Price, with holders of Common Stock. In addition, the affirmative consent of Holders of at least a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of the Series B Preferred Stock, voting as a separate class, shall be required for:

(i) the amendment or alteration of the provisions in “Section VI. Restrictions on Transfer of Securities” in the Articles;

(ii) the amendment or alteration of this Certificate of Designation (other than any amendment or alteration resulting from the Reincorporation and effected in compliance with Section 27);

(iii) the amendment or alteration of the Articles to authorize or create or increase the authorized amount of, or issue, any class or series of stock ranking senior to the Series B Preferred Stock with respect to either or both the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up; and

(iv) the amendment, alteration or repeal of any provision of the Articles that adversely affects the rights, preferences, privileges or voting power of the Series B Preferred Stock.

(b) Preferred Directors. In addition to the voting rights in Section 15(a), if the Corporation fails to:

(i) pay Regular Dividends or Participating Dividends payable on the shares of the Series B Preferred Stock for six consecutive quarterly Regular Dividend Periods or payment dates of Participating Dividends, as applicable;

 

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(ii) pay the Mandatory Redemption Price in full at the Mandatory Redemption Date; or

(iii) repurchase the shares of the Series B Preferred Stock tendered for repurchase by paying in full the aggregate Put Event Repurchase Price for all shares so tendered on the Put Event Repurchase Date

(each, an “Event of Nonpayment”); then (to the extent permitted under the Articles and Bylaws) immediately prior to the next annual meeting or special meeting of the Corporation’s stockholders, the authorized number of directors on the Board of Directors shall automatically be increased by two and the Holders will have the right, voting as a separate class, to elect two directors (together, the “Preferred Directors” and each, a “Preferred Director”) to fill such newly created directorships at such meeting of the Corporation’s stockholders and at each subsequent annual meeting or special meeting of the Corporation’s stockholders until:

(x) in the Event of Nonpayment of accrued and unpaid Regular Dividends and Participating Dividends, all accrued and unpaid Regular Dividends and Participating Dividends have been paid in full;

(y) in the Event of Nonpayment of the Mandatory Redemption Price, the Mandatory Redemption Price of all shares of the Series B Preferred Stock have been paid in full; or

(z) in the Event of Nonpayment of the aggregate Put Event Repurchase Price for all shares of the Series B Preferred Stock tendered for repurchase, the aggregate Put Event Repurchase Price for such tendered shares has been paid in full;

at which time, as applicable, such right will immediately terminate, except as otherwise provided herein or expressly provided by law, subject to revesting in the event of each and every Event of Nonpayment.

Upon any termination of the right set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph, the Preferred Directors shall cease to be qualified as directors, the term of office of all Preferred Directors then in office shall terminate immediately and the authorized number of directors shall be reduced by the number of Preferred Directors elected as described above.

Any Preferred Director may be removed at any time, with or without cause, and any vacancy created thereby may be filled, only at a meeting of the Corporation’s stockholders at which this is a permitted action by the affirmative vote of the Holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock at the time outstanding voting separately as a class. If the office of any Preferred Director becomes vacant for any reason other than removal from office as described above, the remaining Preferred Director may choose a successor who will hold office for the unexpired term in respect of which such vacancy occurred.

At any time after the right of Holders to elect Preferred Directors has become vested and is continuing but a meeting of the Corporation’s stockholders to elect such Preferred Directors has not yet been held, or if a vacancy shall exist in the office of any such Preferred Director that has not been filled by the remaining Preferred Director, the Board of Directors may, but shall not

 

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be required to, call a special meeting of Holders for the purpose of electing the Preferred Directors that such Holders are entitled to elect; provided that in the event the Board of Directors does not call such special meeting, such election will be held at the next annual meeting. At any such meeting held for the purpose of electing such Preferred Director or Preferred Directors, as the case may be, (whether at an annual meeting or special meeting), the presence in person or by proxy of the Holders of shares representing at least a majority of the voting power of the Series B Preferred Stock shall be required to constitute a quorum of the Series B Preferred Stock. The affirmative vote of Holders constituting a majority of the voting power of such shares present at such meeting, in person or by proxy, shall be sufficient to elect any such Preferred Director.

(c) Procedures for Voting and Consents. The rules and procedures for calling and conducting any meeting of Holders (including, without limitation, the fixing of a record date in connection therewith), the solicitation and use of proxies at such a meeting, the obtaining of written consents and any other aspect or matter with regard to such a meeting or such consents shall be governed by any rules the Board of Directors, in its discretion, may adopt from time to time, which rules and procedures shall conform to the requirements of the Articles, the Bylaws, applicable law and the rules of any national securities exchange or other trading facility on which the Series B Preferred Stock is listed or traded at the time.

SECTION 16. Record Holders. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation and the Transfer Agent may deem and treat the Record Holder of any share of Series B Preferred Stock as the absolute, true and lawful owner thereof for all purposes, including, without limitation, for purposes of making payment and settling conversions, to the fullest extent permitted by law and neither the Corporation nor the Transfer Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

SECTION 17. Notices. All notices or communications in respect of Series B Preferred Stock shall be sufficiently given if given in writing and delivered in person or by first class mail, postage prepaid, or if given in such other manner as may be permitted in this Certificate of Designation, the Articles, the Bylaws or by applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if shares of Series B Preferred Stock are issued in book-entry form through DTC or any similar facility, such notices may be given to the Holders in any manner permitted by such facility.

SECTION 18. No Preemptive Rights. No share of Series B Preferred Stock or share of Common Stock issued upon Mandatory Conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock shall have any rights of preemption whatsoever as to any securities of the Corporation, or any warrants, rights or options issued or granted with respect thereto, regardless of how such securities, or such warrants, rights or options, may be designated, issued or granted.

SECTION 19. Replacement Stock Certificates. (a) If physical certificates are issued, and any of the Series B Preferred Stock certificates shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Corporation shall, at the expense of the Holder thereof, issue, in exchange and in substitution for and upon cancellation of the mutilated Series B Preferred Stock certificate, or in lieu of and substitution for the lost, stolen or destroyed Series B Preferred Stock certificate, a new Series B Preferred Stock certificate of like tenor and representing an equivalent amount of shares of Series B Preferred Stock, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such Series B Preferred Stock certificate and indemnity, if requested, satisfactory to the Corporation and the Transfer Agent.

 

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(b) The Corporation is not required to issue any certificate representing the Series B Preferred Stock on or after the Mandatory Conversion Date. In lieu of the delivery of a replacement certificate following such Mandatory Conversion Date in connection with a Qualified Acquisition, the Transfer Agent, upon delivery of the evidence and indemnity described in clause (a) above, shall (subject to Section 5(d)) deliver the shares of Common Stock issuable, along with any other consideration payable or deliverable, pursuant to the terms of the Series B Preferred Stock formerly evidenced by the certificate.

SECTION 20. Transfer Agent, Registrar, Conversion Agent and Paying Agent. The duly appointed Transfer Agent, Registrar, Conversion Agent and Paying Agent for the Series B Preferred Stock shall be Computershare Trust Company, N.A. The Corporation may, in its sole discretion, remove the Transfer Agent in accordance with the agreement between the Corporation and the Transfer Agent; provided that the Corporation shall appoint a successor transfer agent who shall accept such appointment prior to the effectiveness of such removal. Upon any such removal or appointment, the Corporation shall send notice thereof by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holders.

SECTION 21. Form. (a) The Series B Preferred Stock may be issued in book-entry form through DTC or any similar facility.

SECTION 22. Stock Transfer and Stamp Taxes. The Corporation shall pay any and all stock transfer and documentary stamp taxes that may be payable in respect of any issuance or delivery of shares of Series B Preferred Stock or shares of Common Stock issued on account of Series B Preferred Stock pursuant hereto or certificates representing such shares or securities. The Corporation shall not, however, be required to pay any such tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Common Stock in a name other than that in which the shares of Series B Preferred Stock with respect to which such shares are issued or delivered were registered, or in respect of any payment to any Person other than a payment to the Holder thereof, and shall not be required to make any such issuance, delivery or payment unless and until the Person otherwise entitled to such issuance, delivery or payment has paid to the Corporation the amount of any such tax or has established, to the satisfaction of the Corporation, that such tax has been paid or is not payable.

SECTION 23. Listing. (a) The Corporation hereby covenants and agrees to use its reasonable efforts to list Common Stock on a national securities exchange after becoming eligible to do so and upon approval of the Board of Directors.

(b) The Corporation hereby covenants and agrees that, if at any time the Common Stock shall be listed or quoted, as applicable, on any national securities exchange, automated quotation system or other market, the Corporation shall, if permitted by the rules of such exchange, system or market, use reasonable efforts to list or quote and keep listed or quoted, as applicable, so long as the Common Stock shall be so listed or quoted, as applicable on such exchange, system or market, all shares of Common Stock issuable upon Mandatory Conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock, calculated using the then-applicable Floor Price; provided,

 

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however, that if the rules of such exchange, system or market permit the Corporation to defer the listing of such Common Stock until the first Mandatory Conversion of Series B Preferred Stock into Common Stock in accordance with the provisions hereof, the Corporation covenants to use reasonable efforts to list or quote, as applicable, such Common Stock issuable upon Mandatory Conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock if permitted by the rules of such exchange, system or market at such time.

SECTION 24. Ranking. The Series B Preferred Stock will, with respect to dividend rights or rights upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation rank (i) senior to any Junior Stock, (ii) on parity with any Parity Stock and (iii) junior to any Senior Stock and the Corporation’s existing and future indebtedness (including trade payables).

SECTION 25. Information Reporting. The Corporation hereby covenants and agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to timely file all required reports under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

If, at any time, the Corporation is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Corporation shall, so long as any of the Series B Preferred Stock or Common Stock issued upon Mandatory Conversion will, at such time, constitute “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act, upon the written request of a holder, beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of the Series B Preferred Stock or Common Stock, as the case may be, promptly furnish such holder, beneficial owner or prospective purchaser the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule l44A(d)(4) under the Securities Act to facilitate the resale of the Series B Preferred Stock or Common Stock, as the case may be, pursuant to Rule l44A under the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time. The Corporation shall take such further action as any holder or beneficial owner of the Series B Preferred Stock or Common Stock, as the case may be, may reasonably request to the extent from time to time required to enable such holder or beneficial owner to sell their shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Common Stock, as the case may be, in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

SECTION 26. Other Rights. The shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall not have any rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth herein or in the Articles or as provided by applicable law.

SECTION 27. Effect of Reincorporation. Upon the Reincorporation, the Company covenants and agrees to preserve the terms of this Certificate of Designation and the related rights and privileges of Holders in the Company’s or its successor’s articles of incorporation (or any similar document), with only such changes as may be necessary or reasonable to give effect to the fact that the Reincorporation has occurred.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, WMI Holdings Corp. has caused this Certificate of Designation to be signed by its authorized signatory this 5th day of January, 2015.

 

WMI HOLDINGS CORP.
By:  

/s/ Charles Edward Smith

  Name:   Charles Edward Smith
  Title:   Interim Chief Executive Officer and Secretary

Signature page to Certificate of Designation


EX-4.1

Exhibit 4.1

DESIGNATION OF RIGHTS AND PREFERENCES OF 3.00% SERIES B

CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

SECTION 1. Designation and Number of Shares. There is hereby created out of the authorized and unissued shares of Preferred Stock of the Corporation a series of Preferred Stock designated as the “3.00% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock” (the “Series B Preferred Stock”). The authorized number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall be 600,000.

SECTION 2. Definitions. As used herein with respect to Series B Preferred Stock:

(a) “Acquisition” means any acquisition by the Corporation or any of the Corporation’s direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries, in a single transaction or a series of transactions, whether by purchase, merger or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the assets of, all the equity interests in, or a business line, unit or division of, any Person.

(b) “Agent Members” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 21(a).

(c) “Articles” means the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as it may be amended from time to time.

(d) “Authorized Officers” means the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the Corporation.

(e) “Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Corporation or, with respect to any action to be taken by such board, any committee of such board duly authorized to take such action.

(f) “Business Day” means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York generally are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close or be closed.

(g) “Bylaws” means the bylaws of the Corporation, as they may be amended from time to time.

(h) “Certificate of Designation” means this Certificate of Designation of Rights and Preferences of 3.00% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, as it may be amended from time to time.

(i) “Change of Control” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(c)(i).

(j) “Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of the Corporation.

(k) “Conversion Agent” means the Transfer Agent.

(l) “Corporation” means WMI Holdings Corp., a Washington corporation.


(m) “DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.

(n) “Escrow Agent” means Citibank, N.A., a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America and acting through its Agency and Trust Division and solely in its capacity as escrow agent under the Escrow Agreement.

(o) “Escrow Agreement” means the Escrow Agreement, dated as of January 5, 2015, by and among the Corporation and the Escrow Agent.

(p) “Event of Nonpayment” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15(b).

(q) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(r) “Exchange Property” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(e).

(s) “Expiration Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(a)(ii).

(t) “Expiration Time” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(a)(ii).

(u) “Fixed Conversion Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(a).

(v) “Floor Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a)(ii).

(w) “Holder” means the Person in whose name shares of the Series B Preferred Stock are registered.

(x) “Initial Conversion Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a)(i).

(y) “Issue Date” means January 5, 2015, which is the original issue date of the Series B Preferred Stock.

(z) “Junior Stock” means the Common Stock and, if issued, the junior participating preferred stock of the Corporation and each other class of capital stock or series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation established after the Issue Date, the terms of which do not expressly provide that such class or series ranks senior to, or on a parity with, the Series B Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.

(aa) “Liquidation Preference” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12(a).

(bb) “Mandatory Conversion” means a conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock to Common Stock pursuant to Section 5.

(cc) “Mandatory Conversion Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).

(dd) “Mandatory Redemption Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).

(ee) “Mandatory Redemption Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).

 

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(ff) “Market Disruption Event” means a failure by the Relevant Stock Exchange to open for trading during its regular trading session or the occurrence or existence prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on any scheduled Trading Day for Common Stock for more than one half-hour period in the aggregate during regular trading hours of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the Relevant Stock Exchange or otherwise) in Common Stock or in any options contracts or futures contracts relating to Common Stock.

(gg) “Non-U.S. Holder” means a Holder that is not treated as a United States person for U.S. federal income tax purposes as defined under Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

(hh) “Offering” means the offering of the Series B Preferred Stock which closed on the Issue Date.

(ii) “Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate of the Corporation that is signed on behalf of the Corporation by an Authorized Officer.

(jj) “Parity Stock” means any class of capital stock or series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation now existing (including the Series A Preferred Stock) or established after the Issue Date, the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series will rank equally with the Series B Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, in each case without regard to whether dividends accrue cumulatively or non-cumulatively.

(kk) “Partial Conversion” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(d).

(ll) “Participating Dividends” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).

(mm) “Paying Agent” means the Transfer Agent.

(nn) “Person” means a legal person, including any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, limited liability company or trust.

(oo) “Post-Closing Covenant Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(c)(ii).

(pp) “Post-Closing Covenants” means the covenants by the Corporation that within 180 days of the Issue Date, the Corporation shall (i) reincorporate from Washington to Delaware, (ii) amend its Articles to provide that the number of members of the Board of Directors be increased from seven to up to eleven directors and (iii) authorize a number of shares of Common Stock sufficient for Mandatory Conversion of all shares of the Series B Preferred Stock (collectively, the “Reincorporation”)

(qq) “Preferred Director” or “Preferred Directors” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15(b).

 

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(rr) “Preferred Stock” means any and all series of preferred stock of the Corporation, including, without limitation, the Series B Preferred Stock.

(ss) “Purchased Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(a)(ii).

(tt) “Put Event Corporation Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(d).

(uu) “Put Event Repurchase Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).

(vv) “Put Event Repurchase Offer” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).

(ww) “Put Event” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(c).

(xx) “Qualified Acquisition” means an Acquisition that, taken together with prior Acquisitions (if any), collectively utilize aggregate net proceeds of the Offering in the amount of $450.0 million.

(yy) “Record Holders” means, as to any day, the Holders of record of the Series B Preferred Stock as they appear on the stock register of the Corporation at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on such day.

(zz) “Registrar” means the Transfer Agent.

(aaa) “Regular Dividends” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).

(bbb) “Regular Dividend Payment Date” means March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing on March 15, 2015.

(ccc) “Regular Dividend Period” means the period commencing on, and including, a Regular Dividend Payment Date (or if no Regular Dividend Payment Date has occurred, commencing on, and including, the Issue Date), and ending on, and including, the day immediately preceding the next succeeding Regular Dividend Payment Date.

(ddd) “Regular Record Date” means with respect to payment of Regular Dividends on the Series B Preferred Stock, the 1st calendar day of the month in which the relevant Regular Dividend Payment Date falls or such other record date fixed by the Board of Directors that is not more than 60 nor less than 10 days prior to such Regular Dividend Payment Date, but only to the extent a Regular Dividend has been declared to be payable on such Regular Dividend Payment Date. The Regular Record Date shall apply regardless of whether such date is a Business Day.

(eee) “Reincorporation” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of Post-Closing Covenants.

(fff) “Relevant Stock Exchange” means the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which Common Stock is then listed.

(ggg) “Remainder Conversion Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(e).

 

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(hhh) “Reorganization Event” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(e).

(iii) “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(jjj) “Senior Stock” means any class of capital stock or series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation established after the Issue Date, the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series will rank senior to the Series B Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and rights upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.

(kkk) “Series A Preferred Stock” means the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of the Corporation, par value $0.00001 per share.

(lll) “Series B Preferred Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.

(mmm) “Subsidiary” means, with respect to the Corporation or any other Person, any corporation, association, partnership or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of capital stock or other interests (including partnership interests) entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers, general partners or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by (i) such Person, (ii) such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or (iii) one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.

(nnn) “Substantial Holder” shall have the meaning set forth in Article VI of the Articles.

(ooo) “Total Liquidation Preference” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12(a).

(ppp) “Trading Day” means a day on which there is no Market Disruption Event and trading in Common Stock generally occurs on the Relevant Stock Exchange or, if Common Stock is not then listed on any Relevant Stock Exchange, on the principal other market on which Common Stock is then listed or admitted for trading. If Common Stock is not so listed or admitted for trading, “Trading Day” means a Business Day.

(qqq) “Transfer Agent” means, initially, Computershare Trust Company, N.A. unless a successor transfer agent is appointed pursuant to Section 20 and, thereafter, means such successor. The foregoing sentence shall likewise apply to any such subsequent successor or successors.

(rrr) “Unconverted Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(d).

(sss) “Volume Weighted Average Price” or “VWAP” per share of Common Stock means, on any Trading Day, the price per share of the Common Stock as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg (or any successor service) page WMIH US <Equity> AQR (or its equivalent successor if such page is not available) in respect of the period from the scheduled open to 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on such Trading Day; or, if such price is not available, the market value per share of Common Stock on such Trading Day as determined, using a volume-weighted average method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained by the Corporation for such purpose.

 

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SECTION 3. Regular Dividends. (a) Holders of shares of outstanding Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors, out of funds of the Corporation lawfully available for payment, cumulative regular dividends at an annual rate of 3.00% of the Liquidation Preference per share of Series B Preferred Stock, payable quarterly on each Regular Dividend Payment Date, in cash (subject to Section 5(c) below) (the “Regular Dividends”). Regular Dividends shall accumulate from the most recent date as to which Regular Dividends shall have been paid or, if no Regular Dividends have been paid, from the Issue Date, whether or not in any Regular Dividend Period or Regular Dividend Periods, as the case may be, there have been funds of the Corporation lawfully available for the payment of such Regular Dividends. Regular Dividends shall be payable on a Regular Dividend Payment Date to Holders that are Record Holders on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding such Regular Dividend Payment Date, but only to the extent a Regular Dividend has been declared by the Board of Directors to be payable on such Regular Dividend Payment Date, except that Regular Dividends payable on each Mandatory Conversion Date will be payable to the Holders to the extent the Corporation is lawfully permitted to pay such Regular Dividends at such time. If any Regular Dividend Payment Date is not a Business Day, the Regular Dividend payable on such date shall be paid on the next Business Day without any adjustment, interest or other penalty in respect of such delay. Regular Dividends payable on shares of Series B Preferred Stock for each full Regular Dividend Period shall be computed by dividing the annual dividend rate by four. Regular Dividends payable on shares of Series B Preferred Stock for any period other than a full Regular Dividend Period shall be based on the number of days elapsed during such Regular Dividend Period and computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Accrued but unpaid Regular Dividends will continue to cumulate at the rate of 3.00% per annum. No interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, shall be payable in respect of any dividend payment or payments on the Series B Preferred Stock which may be in arrears.

(b) No Regular Dividend shall be declared or paid upon, or any sum set apart for the payment of dividends upon, any outstanding share of the Series B Preferred Stock with respect to any Regular Dividend Period unless all Regular Dividends for all preceding Regular Dividend Periods shall have been declared and paid, or declared and a sufficient sum has been set apart for the payment of such dividends, upon all outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock.

(c) So long as any share of Series B Preferred Stock remains outstanding:

(i) no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock, except dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock;

(ii) no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on Parity Stock, except as set forth in this Section 3(c); and

 

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(iii) no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries,

unless all accrued and unpaid Regular Dividends for all past Regular Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Regular Dividend Period, on all outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full.

The foregoing limitations shall not apply to:

(i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with any employment contract, any employee benefit plan or other similar arrangements with or for the benefit of any one or more employees, officers or directors in the ordinary course of business;

(ii) any dividends or distributions of rights or Junior Stock in connection with a shareholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any shareholders’ rights plan; and

(iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation preference) or Junior Stock and, in each case, the payment of cash solely in lieu of fractional shares.

When Regular Dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the Holders thereof on the applicable Regular Record Date) on any Regular Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Regular Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Regular Dividend Period related to such Regular Dividend Payment Date) in full upon the Series B Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all Regular Dividends declared on Series B Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Regular Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Regular Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Regular Dividend Period related to such Regular Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared and paid pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends so declared shall bear the same ratio as all accrued and unpaid dividends on the shares of Series B Preferred Stock and all Parity Stock payable on such Regular Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Regular Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Regular Dividend Period related to such Regular Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors out of funds of the Corporation lawfully available and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. For the purposes of this calculation, with respect to non-cumulative Parity Stock, the full amount of dividends that would be payable for the most recent dividend period if dividends were declared in full on such non-cumulative Parity Stock shall be used. If the Board of Directors determines not to pay any Regular Dividend in full on a Regular Dividend Payment Date, the Corporation will provide written notice to the Holders prior to such Regular Dividend Payment Date.

 

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SECTION 4. Participating Dividends. (a) Without the written consent of Holders of a majority in aggregate Liquidation Preference of the Series B Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall not declare or pay any dividends, distributions or other issuances to all or substantially all holders of the shares of Common Stock (whether payable in cash, securities or other property or assets), unless the Holders of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding shall simultaneously receive participating dividends, distributions or other issuances, as applicable (collectively, “Participating Dividends”), that such Holders would have been entitled to if the shares of Series B Preferred Stock had been converted into shares of Common Stock using the then-applicable Initial Conversion Price immediately preceding the record date for determining the stockholders eligible to receive such Common Stock dividends.

(b) Participating Dividends shall be payable as and when paid to the holders of shares of Common Stock. The record date for Participating Dividends shall be the same as the record date for the payments of dividends, distributions or other issuances to the Holders of shares of Common Stock. Participating Dividends not paid or made to holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall be considered accrued and unpaid dividends of the Series B Preferred Stock.

SECTION 5. Mandatory Conversion on the Mandatory Conversion Date. (a) On each closing date of any Acquisition, the number of outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock having an aggregate Liquidation Preference equal to the net proceeds of the Offering utilized in such Acquisition, on a pro rata basis, shall automatically convert into a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Liquidation Preference divided by a conversion price equal to the lesser of:

(i) $2.25 per share of Common Stock (the “Initial Conversion Price”); and

(ii) the arithmetic average of daily Volume Weighted Average Prices of the Common Stock during the 20 Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the public announcement by the Corporation of its entry into a definitive agreement for such Acquisition, subject to a floor of $1.75 per share of Common Stock (the “Floor Price”).

In addition, on the closing date of a Qualified Acquisition, each outstanding share of Series B Preferred Stock shall automatically convert into a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Liquidation Preference divided by the applicable conversion price set forth in subclauses (i) and (ii) immediately above. Each closing date of an Acquisition (including a Qualified Acquisition) shall be a “Mandatory Conversion Date.” The Corporation shall issue a press release relating to each Acquisition (including a Qualified Acquisition) as soon as practicable, but in any event no later than the closing date of such Acquisition.

(b) Each of the Initial Conversion Price and the Floor Price shall be subject to adjustment, if applicable, in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.

(c) In addition to the shares of Common Stock issuable upon Mandatory Conversion, Holders of the Series B Preferred Stock shall have the right to receive on each Mandatory Conversion Date in cash an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid dividends on the shares of

 

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the Series B Preferred Stock to be converted on such Mandatory Conversion Date as of such Mandatory Conversion Date, whether or not declared (other than previously declared dividends payable to Holders of record as of a prior date), to the extent the Corporation is lawfully permitted to pay such dividends at such time. To the extent that such dividends cannot be lawfully paid at such time, the amount of such dividends that cannot be so paid shall be added to the Liquidation Preference in the calculation of the number of shares of Common Stock to be received in the Mandatory Conversion (provided, that no fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued and there shall be no payment with regard to fractional shares); provided, however, that in the event the receipt of additional shares of Common Stock in lieu of such dividends would cause such Holder to become a Substantial Holder, then pursuant to Article VI of the Articles, the number of additional shares of Common Stock shall be reduced to the extent necessary such that upon receipt of such shares such Holder would not become a Substantial Holder (resulting in such Holder receiving less than the full value of the dividends it was otherwise entitled to receive).

(d) If upon the applicable Mandatory Conversion Date the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such Mandatory Conversion Date exceeds the number of authorized shares of Common Stock (that are not otherwise reserved on the Issue Date), such shares of the Series B Preferred Stock shall automatically convert, to the fullest extent possible, into all authorized shares of Common Stock (that are not otherwise reserved on the Issue Date) available for issuance on a pro rata basis using the applicable conversion price on such Mandatory Conversion Date (the “Partial Conversion”). Shares of Series B Preferred Stock entitled to be converted but not actually converted in the Partial Conversion (such shares, the “Unconverted Shares”) shall remain outstanding and shall continue to be entitled to all the rights and preferences of the Series B Preferred Stock, including, without limitation, the rights and preferences set forth in Sections 3, 4, 6, 7, 12 and 15. For the avoidance of doubt, shares of the Series B Preferred Stock converted into shares of Common Stock in the Partial Conversion shall not remain outstanding and shall not retain the rights and preferences of the Series B Preferred Stock.

(e) Upon the Reincorporation or such earlier date that authorized shares of Common Stock sufficient to effect the Mandatory Conversion of the Unconverted Shares are available (the “Remainder Conversion Date”), the Unconverted Shares shall automatically convert into shares of Common Stock using the applicable conversion price on such Mandatory Conversion Date.

(f) With respect to dividends paid in connection with a Partial Conversion or a conversion of Unconverted Shares, such dividends shall be applied (whether paid in cash or, if applicable, added to the Liquidation Preference in the calculation of the number of shares of Common Stock to be received in such Mandatory Conversion) only with respect to the shares of the Series B Preferred Stock being converted at such time.

SECTION 6. Mandatory Redemption. (a) Except as described in Section 6(b), the Corporation shall be required to redeem all outstanding shares of the Series B Preferred Stock (including unconverted shares of the Series B Preferred Stock remaining after any Mandatory Conversion, including Unconverted Shares), if any, unless such shares of the Series B Preferred Stock have been previously repurchased at the option of the Holder pursuant to a Put Event or

 

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mandatorily converted (including in a Partial Conversion), on the third anniversary of the Issue Date (the “Mandatory Redemption Date”), out of funds lawfully available for payment, at a price equal to $1,000 per share of the Series B Preferred Stock, plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends, if any, whether or not declared (the “Mandatory Redemption Price”).

(b) If, prior to the Mandatory Redemption Date, the Corporation has publicly announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement for an Acquisition, the Mandatory Redemption Date shall be extended to the earlier to occur of:

(i) July 5, 2018; and

(ii) the day immediately following (x) the date such definitive agreement is terminated or (y) the date such Acquisition is closed.

(c) The Corporation shall submit a certificate to the Escrow Agent (within the time period required by the Escrow Agreement (unless waived by the Escrow Agent)) to request disbursement of funds sufficient to pay the Mandatory Redemption Price on the Mandatory Redemption Date. If the Paying Agent holds immediately available funds sufficient to pay the Mandatory Redemption Price on the Mandatory Redemption Date, each share of the Series B Preferred Stock shall cease to be outstanding and dividends shall cease to accrue on the Mandatory Redemption Date, whether or not such Series B Preferred Stock is delivered to the Paying Agent, and all other rights of the Holders shall terminate (other than the right to receive the Mandatory Redemption Price).

SECTION 7. Repurchase at the Option of the Holder upon a Put Event. (a) If a Put Event occurs at any time when shares of Series B Preferred Stock are outstanding, each Holder of Series B Preferred Stock shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to require the Corporation to repurchase (a “Put Event Repurchase Offer”) for cash, out of funds lawfully available for payment, all of such Holder’s outstanding Series B Preferred Stock, or any portion thereof that is equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof, on the date specified by the Corporation in the Put Event Corporation Notice that is not less than 20 calendar days or more than 35 calendar days following the date of the Put Event Corporation Notice (the “Put Event Repurchase Date”) at the applicable Put Event Repurchase Price.

(b) In the case of a Put Event that is:

(i) a Change of Control, the Put Event Repurchase Price shall equal $1,750 per share of Series B Preferred Stock, plus accrued and unpaid dividends, if any, whether or not declared; and

(ii) a Post-Closing Covenant Default, the Put Event Repurchase Price shall equal $1,000 per share of Series B Preferred Stock, plus accrued and unpaid dividends, if any, whether or not declared.

(c) A “Put Event” shall occur upon the occurrence of the following

(i) if, prior to the consummation of a Qualified Acquisition, any “person” or “group” of related persons (as such terms are used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the

 

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Exchange Act) becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that such person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all shares that any such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of more than a majority of the total voting power of all classes of capital stock of the Corporation then outstanding and normally entitled to vote in the election of directors (such an event, a “Change of Control”); or

(ii) if, prior to the consummation of a Qualified Acquisition, any of the Post-Closing Covenants have not been satisfied on or prior to the date that is 180 days following the Issue Date (such an event, a “Post-Closing Covenant Default”).

(d) No later than 20 calendar days following any Put Event, the Corporation shall send notice of such Put Event (the “Put Event Corporation Notice”) by first class mail, with a copy to the Transfer Agent, to each Holder of the Series B Preferred Stock to the address of such Holder appearing in the security register with a copy to the Transfer Agent (or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of DTC), with the following information:

(i) that a Put Event has occurred and a Put Event Repurchase Offer is being made and that all shares of Series B Preferred Stock properly tendered pursuant to such offer will be accepted for payment by the Corporation;

(ii) the applicable Put Event Redemption Price and the Put Event Repurchase Date;

(iii) that any shares of Series B Preferred Stock not properly tendered will remain outstanding and continue to accrue dividends and will retain their conversion rights;

(iv) that, unless the Corporation defaults in the payment of the Put Event Repurchase Price, all shares of Series B Preferred Stock accepted for payment pursuant to the Put Event Repurchase Offer will cease to accrue dividends and their conversion rights will terminate on the Put Event Repurchase Date;

(v) that Holders electing to have any shares of Series B Preferred Stock repurchased pursuant to a Put Event Repurchase Offer will be required to surrender such shares, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Repurchase” on the reverse of such shares completed, to the Transfer Agent specified in the Put Event Company Notice at the address specified in the Put Event Corporation Notice prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Put Event Repurchase Date;

(vi) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw all or a portion of their shares tendered for repurchase; provided that the Transfer Agent receives, not later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder of the shares, the number of shares tendered for repurchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its tendered shares; and

 

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(vii) that if the fewer than all of a Holder’s shares are repurchased, the Corporation will issue to the Holder new shares having aggregate Liquidation Preference equal to the unrepurchased portion of such Holder’s shares; the aggregate Liquidation Preference of such shares must be equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

The Corporation shall (within the time period required by the Escrow Agreement (unless waived by the Escrow Agent)) submit a certificate to the Escrow Agent to request disbursement of funds sufficient to pay the Put Event Repurchase Price on the Put Event Repurchase Date.

If the shares of Series B Preferred Stock are issued in book-entry form through DTC or any similar facility, a Holder must tender its shares of Series B Preferred Stock for repurchase in accordance with the applicable procedures of DTC or such similar facility.

Simultaneously with providing such notice, the Corporation shall publish the information on its website or through a press release or such other public medium as the Corporation may use at that time.

(e) The Corporation shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws or regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to a Put Event Repurchase Offer. On the Put Event Repurchase Date, the Corporation shall, to the extent permitted by law:

(i) accept for payment all shares properly tendered pursuant to the Put Event Repurchase Offer;

(ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the aggregate Put Event Repurchase Price in respect of all shares so tendered; and

(iii) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Transfer Agent for cancellation the shares so accepted.

SECTION 8. Conversion Procedures. (a) On the applicable Mandatory Conversion Date or the Remainder Conversion Date, as the case may be, dividends on any shares of Series B Preferred Stock converted to Common Stock shall cease to accrue and cumulate, and such converted shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall cease to be outstanding, in each case, subject to the right of Holders of such shares of Series B Preferred Stock to receive shares of Common Stock (or units of Exchange Property, if applicable) into which such shares of Series B Preferred Stock were issuable upon such conversion and any accrued and unpaid dividends on such shares to which such Holders are otherwise entitled pursuant to Section 5(c).

(b) The Person or Persons entitled to receive the Common Stock issuable upon Mandatory Conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock shall be treated as the Record Holder or Record Holders, as the case may be, of such shares of Common Stock as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the applicable Mandatory Conversion Date or Remainder Conversion Date, as the case may be. Prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on such applicable Mandatory Conversion Date or Remainder Conversion Date, as the case may be, shares of Common Stock issuable upon

 

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Mandatory Conversion of any shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall not be deemed to be outstanding for any purpose, and Holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall have no rights with respect to such shares of Common Stock, including, without limitation, voting rights, rights to respond to tender offers for the Common Stock and rights to receive any dividends or other distributions on the Common Stock, by virtue of holding shares of Series B Preferred Stock.

(c) In the event that a Holder shall not by written notice designate the name in which shares of Common Stock to be issued upon Mandatory Conversion of such Holder’s shares of Series B Preferred Stock should be registered, on the applicable Mandatory Conversion Date or Remainder Conversion Date, as the case may be, the Corporation shall be entitled to register such shares of Common Stock in the name of the Holder of such shares of Series B Preferred Stock as shown on the records of the Corporation. In the event that shares of the Series B Preferred Stock are then held in certificated form, in the event that a Holder shall not by written notice to the Corporation elect to receive shares of Common Stock to be issued upon Mandatory Conversion in certificated form, the name in which such shares of Common Stock should be registered and the address to which the certificate or certificates representing such shares of Common Stock should be sent, the Corporation shall be entitled to register such shares in book-entry form, in the name of the Holder of such shares of Series B Preferred Stock as shown on the records of the Corporation.

(d) As provided in Section 22, if specified by the Holder that shares of Common Stock shall be issued to a Person other than the Holder of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock being mandatorily converted, then the Holder shall pay or cause to be paid any transfer or similar taxes payable in connection with the shares of Common Stock.

SECTION 9. Reservation of Common Stock. (a) Prior to the Reincorporation, the Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available out of the authorized and unissued Common Stock, solely for issuance upon Mandatory Conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock as herein provided, all shares of Common Stock not otherwise reserved on the Issue Date. After the Reincorporation, the Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock, solely for issuance upon the Mandatory Conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock as herein provided, that number of shares of Common Stock to be issued upon the Mandatory Conversion of all shares of Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding, calculated using the then-applicable Floor Price.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall be entitled to deliver upon Mandatory Conversion of shares of Series B Preferred Stock, as herein provided, shares of Common Stock reacquired and held in the treasury of the Corporation (in lieu of the issuance of authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock), so long as any such treasury shares are free and clear of all liens, claims, charges, security interests or encumbrances (other than liens, claims, charges, security interests and other encumbrances created by the Holders).

(c) All shares of Common Stock issued and delivered upon Mandatory Conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of all liens, claims, charges, security interests and other encumbrances (other than liens, claims, charges, security interests and other encumbrances created by the Holders).

 

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(d) The Corporation shall use its reasonable efforts to take all such actions as may be necessary to assure that all shares of Common Stock to be issued upon Mandatory Conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock may be so issued without violation of any applicable law or governmental regulation or any requirements of any domestic securities exchange upon which shares of Common Stock may be listed (except for official notice of issuance which shall be immediately delivered by the Corporation upon each such issuance).

SECTION 10. Fractional Shares. (a) No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued to Holders upon Mandatory Conversion (including in the case of a conversion of less than all the outstanding shares of the Series B Preferred Stock, including a Partial Conversion or a conversion of Unconverted Shares).

(b) In lieu of any fractional share of Common Stock otherwise issuable upon Mandatory Conversion, that Holder shall be entitled to receive an amount in cash (computed to the nearest cent) based on the VWAP per share of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the applicable Mandatory Conversion Date (except as described in Section 5(c)).

(c) If more than one share of the Series B Preferred Stock is mandatorily converted by or for the same Holder, the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon Mandatory Conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock mandatorily converted.

SECTION 11. Conversion Price Adjustments. (a) The Initial Conversion Price and the Floor Price are each a “Fixed Conversion Price” and are collectively referred to as the “Fixed Conversion Prices.” Each Fixed Conversion Price will be adjusted from time to time as set forth in this Section 11, provided that no adjustment shall be made with respect to dividends and distributions to holders of Common Stock to the extent that Holders of the Series B Preferred Stock participated in such dividend or distribution on a pro rata, as-converted basis, as described in Section 4.

(i) If the Corporation effects a subdivision or combination (including, without limitation, a stock split or a reverse stock split) of the Common Stock, each Fixed Conversion Price shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

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where,

 

 

CP0            

     =                   the Fixed Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the effective date for such subdivision or combination;

 

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  CP1                =                the Fixed Conversion Price in effect immediately after 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on such effective date;
  OS0    =    the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on such effective date (and prior to giving effect to such event); and
  OS1    =    the number of shares of Common Stock that would be outstanding immediately after, and solely as a result of, such subdivision or combination.

Any adjustment made under this Section 11(a)(i) shall become effective immediately after 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the effective date for such subdivision or combination. If any subdivision or combination of the type described in this clause (i) is declared but not so made, each Fixed Conversion Price shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the earlier of (a) the date the Board of Directors determines not to make such subdivision or combination and (b) the date the subdivision or combination was to have been effective, to the Fixed Conversion Price that would then be in effect if such subdivision or combination had not been declared.

(ii) If the Corporation or one or more of its Subsidiaries purchases Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or exchange offer (except as provided in Section 11(c)(iii)) and the cash and value of any other consideration included in the payment per share of Common Stock validly tendered or exchanged exceeds an average VWAP per share of Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (the “Expiration Date”), each Fixed Conversion Price shall be decreased based on the following formula:

 

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where:

 

  CP0                =                the Fixed Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the tenth Trading Day immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date;
  CP1    =    the Fixed Conversion Price in effect immediately after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the tenth Trading Day immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date;
  FMV    =    the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) as of the Expiration Date of the aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration paid or payable for shares of the Common Stock validly tendered or exchanged and not withdrawn as of the Expiration Date (the “Purchased Shares”);

 

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  OS1                =                the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the last time tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (the “Expiration Time”), less any Purchased Shares;
  OS0    =    the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the Expiration Time, including any Purchased Shares; and
  SP1    =    the average VWAP per share of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date.

The adjustment to each Fixed Conversion Price under this Section 11(a)(ii) shall occur at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the tenth consecutive Trading Day immediately following, and including, the Trading Day immediately following the Expiration Date, but will be given effect as of 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date. The Corporation shall delay the settlement of any conversion of Series B Preferred Stock if the applicable Mandatory Conversion Date or Remainder Conversion Date, as the case may be, occurs during such 10 consecutive Trading Day period. In such event, the Corporation shall deliver the shares of Common Stock issuable in respect of such conversion (based on the adjusted Fixed Conversion Prices) on the first Business Day immediately following the last Trading Day of such 10 consecutive Trading Day period.

For purposes of this Section 11(a), the number of shares of Common Stock at any time outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury of the Corporation but shall include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock.

(b) Voluntary Adjustment for Tax Reasons. The Corporation may make such decreases in each Fixed Conversion Price if the Board of Directors deems it advisable in order to avoid or diminish any income tax to holders of the Common Stock resulting from any dividend or distribution of the Corporation’s shares (or issuance of rights or warrants to acquire shares) or from any event treated as such for income tax purposes or for any other reasons; provided that the same proportionate adjustment must be made to each Fixed Conversion Price. If any adjustment to the Fixed Conversion Price is treated as a distribution to any Non-U.S. Holder which is subject to withholding tax, the Corporation (or Transfer Agent or any paying agent on behalf of the Corporation) may set off any withholding tax that is required to be collected with respect to such deemed distribution against cash payments and other distributions otherwise deliverable to such Non-U.S. Holder.

(c) Calculation of Adjustments.

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increase or decrease of at least 1% of a Fixed Conversion Price. If the adjustment is not made because the adjustment does not change the Fixed Conversion Prices by at least 1%, then the adjustment that is not made will be carried forward and taken into account in any future adjustment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all adjustments not previously made shall be made upon any Mandatory Conversion.

(ii) Fixed Conversion Price shall not be adjusted except as provided herein. Without limiting the foregoing, a Fixed Conversion Price shall not be adjusted for:

(A) the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any present or future plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on the Corporation’s securities and the investment of additional optional amounts in the Common Stock under any plan;

(B) the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or options or rights to purchase those shares pursuant to any present or future employee, director or consultant benefit plan, employee agreement or arrangement or program of the Corporation or any Subsidiaries of the Corporation;

(C) the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security outstanding as of the Issue Date; and

(D) a change solely in the par value of the Common Stock.

(d) Notice of Adjustment. Whenever a Fixed Conversion Price is to be adjusted, the Corporation shall: (i) compute such adjusted Fixed Conversion Price and prepare and transmit to the Transfer Agent an Officer’s Certificate setting forth such adjusted Fixed Conversion Price, the method of calculation thereof in reasonable detail and the facts requiring such adjustment and upon which such adjustment is based; (ii) as soon as practicable following the determination of a revised Fixed Conversion Price, provide, or cause to be provided, a written notice to Holders of the occurrence of such event and (iii) as soon as practicable following the determination of a revised Fixed Conversion Price, provide, or cause to be provided, to Holders a statement setting forth in reasonable detail the method by which the adjustment to such Fixed Conversion Price was determined and setting forth such revised Fixed Conversion Price.

(e) Recapitalizations, Reclassifications and Changes of the Common Stock. In the event of:

(A) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common Stock (other than changes only in par value or resulting from a subdivision or combination);

(B) any consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into another Person or any statutory exchange or binding share exchange; or

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in each case as a result of which the shares of Common Stock are exchanged for, or converted into, other securities, property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) (any such event, a “Reorganization Event”), then, at the effective time of such Reorganization Event, each share of Series B Preferred Stock outstanding immediately prior to such Reorganization Event shall, without the consent of Holders, become convertible into the kind and amount of such other securities, property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) that holders of the Common Stock received in such Reorganization Event (the “Exchange Property”) based on the number of shares of Common Stock that such Holder would have owned on an as-converted basis determined assuming the then-applicable Initial Conversion Price, and, at the effective time of such Reorganization Event, the Corporation shall amend this Certificate of Designation (or, if applicable, cause to be issued a certificate of designation) to provide for such change in the conversion provisions of the Series B Preferred Stock; provided that if the kind and amount of Exchange Property receivable upon such Reorganization Event is not the same for each share of Common Stock held immediately prior to such Reorganization Event by a Person, then the Exchange Property receivable upon such Reorganization Event shall be deemed to be the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration received by the holders of the Common Stock that affirmatively make an election (or of all such holders if none makes an election).

The above provisions of this Section 11(e) shall similarly apply to successive Reorganization Events and the Corporation shall make applicable adjustments to the anti-dilution adjustments as the Board of Directors (or the board of directors of any successor of the Corporation) shall deem appropriate.

The Corporation (or any successor) shall, as soon as reasonably practicable (but in any event within 20 days) after the occurrence of any Reorganization Event, provide written notice to the Holders of such occurrence of such Reorganization Event and of the kind and amount of the cash, securities or other property that constitute the Exchange Property. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the operation of this Section 11(e).

In no event shall the provisions of this Section 11(e) apply to the Reincorporation. The Reincorporation shall be deemed not to be a Reorganization Event.

SECTION 12. Liquidation Rights. (a) Voluntary or Involuntary Liquidation. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, each Holder shall be entitled to receive for each share of Series B Preferred Stock, out of the assets of the Corporation or proceeds thereof (whether capital or surplus) available for distribution to stockholders of the Corporation, subject to the rights of any creditors of the Corporation, before any payment or distribution of such assets or proceeds is made to or set aside for the holders of Common Stock and any other Junior Stock of the Corporation, payment in full in an amount equal to the sum of (x) $1,000 per share of Series B Preferred Stock (the “Liquidation Preference”) and (y) an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid dividends on each share of Series B Preferred Stock, whether or not declared, to, but not including, the date fixed for liquidation, dissolution or winding up (such amounts in subclauses (x) and (y) collectively, the “Total Liquidation Preference”).

 

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(b) Partial Payment. If in any distribution described in Section 12(a) the assets of the Corporation or proceeds thereof are not sufficient to pay in full the amounts payable with respect to all outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock and any Parity Stock as to such distribution, Holders and the holders of such Parity Stock shall share ratably in any such distribution in proportion to the full amount of the Liquidation Preference and accrued and unpaid dividends to which they are entitled.

(c) Residual Distributions. After payment of the full amount of the Total Liquidation Preference to which they are entitled, Holders will have no right or claim to any of the remaining assets of the Corporation (or proceeds thereof).

SECTION 13. No Sinking Fund. The Series B Preferred Stock will not be subject to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or other similar provisions, except as provided in Sections 6 and 7.

SECTION 14. Status of Converted, Redeemed or Repurchased Shares. Shares of Series B Preferred Stock that are duly converted in accordance herewith, or redeemed, repurchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation shall revert to authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock, undesignated as to series and available for future issuance; provided that any such cancelled shares of Series B Preferred Stock may be reissued only as shares of any series of Preferred Stock other than Series B Preferred Stock.

SECTION 15. Voting Rights. (a) General. Holders shall vote on an as-converted basis, calculated using the then-applicable Initial Conversion Price, with holders of Common Stock. In addition, the affirmative consent of Holders of at least a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of the Series B Preferred Stock, voting as a separate class, shall be required for:

(i) the amendment or alteration of the provisions in “Section VI. Restrictions on Transfer of Securities” in the Articles;

(ii) the amendment or alteration of this Certificate of Designation (other than any amendment or alteration resulting from the Reincorporation and effected in compliance with Section 27);

(iii) the amendment or alteration of the Articles to authorize or create or increase the authorized amount of, or issue, any class or series of stock ranking senior to the Series B Preferred Stock with respect to either or both the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up; and

(iv) the amendment, alteration or repeal of any provision of the Articles that adversely affects the rights, preferences, privileges or voting power of the Series B Preferred Stock.

(b) Preferred Directors. In addition to the voting rights in Section 15(a), if the Corporation fails to:

(i) pay Regular Dividends or Participating Dividends payable on the shares of the Series B Preferred Stock for six consecutive quarterly Regular Dividend Periods or payment dates of Participating Dividends, as applicable;

 

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(ii) pay the Mandatory Redemption Price in full at the Mandatory Redemption Date; or

(iii) repurchase the shares of the Series B Preferred Stock tendered for repurchase by paying in full the aggregate Put Event Repurchase Price for all shares so tendered on the Put Event Repurchase Date

(each, an “Event of Nonpayment”); then (to the extent permitted under the Articles and Bylaws) immediately prior to the next annual meeting or special meeting of the Corporation’s stockholders, the authorized number of directors on the Board of Directors shall automatically be increased by two and the Holders will have the right, voting as a separate class, to elect two directors (together, the “Preferred Directors” and each, a “Preferred Director”) to fill such newly created directorships at such meeting of the Corporation’s stockholders and at each subsequent annual meeting or special meeting of the Corporation’s stockholders until:

(x) in the Event of Nonpayment of accrued and unpaid Regular Dividends and Participating Dividends, all accrued and unpaid Regular Dividends and Participating Dividends have been paid in full;

(y) in the Event of Nonpayment of the Mandatory Redemption Price, the Mandatory Redemption Price of all shares of the Series B Preferred Stock have been paid in full; or

(z) in the Event of Nonpayment of the aggregate Put Event Repurchase Price for all shares of the Series B Preferred Stock tendered for repurchase, the aggregate Put Event Repurchase Price for such tendered shares has been paid in full;

at which time, as applicable, such right will immediately terminate, except as otherwise provided herein or expressly provided by law, subject to revesting in the event of each and every Event of Nonpayment.

Upon any termination of the right set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph, the Preferred Directors shall cease to be qualified as directors, the term of office of all Preferred Directors then in office shall terminate immediately and the authorized number of directors shall be reduced by the number of Preferred Directors elected as described above.

Any Preferred Director may be removed at any time, with or without cause, and any vacancy created thereby may be filled, only at a meeting of the Corporation’s stockholders at which this is a permitted action by the affirmative vote of the Holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock at the time outstanding voting separately as a class. If the office of any Preferred Director becomes vacant for any reason other than removal from office as described above, the remaining Preferred Director may choose a successor who will hold office for the unexpired term in respect of which such vacancy occurred.

At any time after the right of Holders to elect Preferred Directors has become vested and is continuing but a meeting of the Corporation’s stockholders to elect such Preferred Directors has not yet been held, or if a vacancy shall exist in the office of any such Preferred Director that has not been filled by the remaining Preferred Director, the Board of Directors may, but shall not

 

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be required to, call a special meeting of Holders for the purpose of electing the Preferred Directors that such Holders are entitled to elect; provided that in the event the Board of Directors does not call such special meeting, such election will be held at the next annual meeting. At any such meeting held for the purpose of electing such Preferred Director or Preferred Directors, as the case may be, (whether at an annual meeting or special meeting), the presence in person or by proxy of the Holders of shares representing at least a majority of the voting power of the Series B Preferred Stock shall be required to constitute a quorum of the Series B Preferred Stock. The affirmative vote of Holders constituting a majority of the voting power of such shares present at such meeting, in person or by proxy, shall be sufficient to elect any such Preferred Director.

(c) Procedures for Voting and Consents. The rules and procedures for calling and conducting any meeting of Holders (including, without limitation, the fixing of a record date in connection therewith), the solicitation and use of proxies at such a meeting, the obtaining of written consents and any other aspect or matter with regard to such a meeting or such consents shall be governed by any rules the Board of Directors, in its discretion, may adopt from time to time, which rules and procedures shall conform to the requirements of the Articles, the Bylaws, applicable law and the rules of any national securities exchange or other trading facility on which the Series B Preferred Stock is listed or traded at the time.

SECTION 16. Record Holders. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation and the Transfer Agent may deem and treat the Record Holder of any share of Series B Preferred Stock as the absolute, true and lawful owner thereof for all purposes, including, without limitation, for purposes of making payment and settling conversions, to the fullest extent permitted by law and neither the Corporation nor the Transfer Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

SECTION 17. Notices. All notices or communications in respect of Series B Preferred Stock shall be sufficiently given if given in writing and delivered in person or by first class mail, postage prepaid, or if given in such other manner as may be permitted in this Certificate of Designation, the Articles, the Bylaws or by applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if shares of Series B Preferred Stock are issued in book-entry form through DTC or any similar facility, such notices may be given to the Holders in any manner permitted by such facility.

SECTION 18. No Preemptive Rights. No share of Series B Preferred Stock or share of Common Stock issued upon Mandatory Conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock shall have any rights of preemption whatsoever as to any securities of the Corporation, or any warrants, rights or options issued or granted with respect thereto, regardless of how such securities, or such warrants, rights or options, may be designated, issued or granted.

SECTION 19. Replacement Stock Certificates. (a) If physical certificates are issued, and any of the Series B Preferred Stock certificates shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Corporation shall, at the expense of the Holder thereof, issue, in exchange and in substitution for and upon cancellation of the mutilated Series B Preferred Stock certificate, or in lieu of and substitution for the lost, stolen or destroyed Series B Preferred Stock certificate, a new Series B Preferred Stock certificate of like tenor and representing an equivalent amount of shares of Series B Preferred Stock, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such Series B Preferred Stock certificate and indemnity, if requested, satisfactory to the Corporation and the Transfer Agent.

 

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(b) The Corporation is not required to issue any certificate representing the Series B Preferred Stock on or after the Mandatory Conversion Date. In lieu of the delivery of a replacement certificate following such Mandatory Conversion Date in connection with a Qualified Acquisition, the Transfer Agent, upon delivery of the evidence and indemnity described in clause (a) above, shall (subject to Section 5(d)) deliver the shares of Common Stock issuable, along with any other consideration payable or deliverable, pursuant to the terms of the Series B Preferred Stock formerly evidenced by the certificate.

SECTION 20. Transfer Agent, Registrar, Conversion Agent and Paying Agent. The duly appointed Transfer Agent, Registrar, Conversion Agent and Paying Agent for the Series B Preferred Stock shall be Computershare Trust Company, N.A. The Corporation may, in its sole discretion, remove the Transfer Agent in accordance with the agreement between the Corporation and the Transfer Agent; provided that the Corporation shall appoint a successor transfer agent who shall accept such appointment prior to the effectiveness of such removal. Upon any such removal or appointment, the Corporation shall send notice thereof by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holders.

SECTION 21. Form. (a) The Series B Preferred Stock may be issued in book-entry form through DTC or any similar facility.

SECTION 22. Stock Transfer and Stamp Taxes. The Corporation shall pay any and all stock transfer and documentary stamp taxes that may be payable in respect of any issuance or delivery of shares of Series B Preferred Stock or shares of Common Stock issued on account of Series B Preferred Stock pursuant hereto or certificates representing such shares or securities. The Corporation shall not, however, be required to pay any such tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Common Stock in a name other than that in which the shares of Series B Preferred Stock with respect to which such shares are issued or delivered were registered, or in respect of any payment to any Person other than a payment to the Holder thereof, and shall not be required to make any such issuance, delivery or payment unless and until the Person otherwise entitled to such issuance, delivery or payment has paid to the Corporation the amount of any such tax or has established, to the satisfaction of the Corporation, that such tax has been paid or is not payable.

SECTION 23. Listing. (a) The Corporation hereby covenants and agrees to use its reasonable efforts to list Common Stock on a national securities exchange after becoming eligible to do so and upon approval of the Board of Directors.

(b) The Corporation hereby covenants and agrees that, if at any time the Common Stock shall be listed or quoted, as applicable, on any national securities exchange, automated quotation system or other market, the Corporation shall, if permitted by the rules of such exchange, system or market, use reasonable efforts to list or quote and keep listed or quoted, as applicable, so long as the Common Stock shall be so listed or quoted, as applicable on such exchange, system or market, all shares of Common Stock issuable upon Mandatory Conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock, calculated using the then-applicable Floor Price; provided,

 

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however, that if the rules of such exchange, system or market permit the Corporation to defer the listing of such Common Stock until the first Mandatory Conversion of Series B Preferred Stock into Common Stock in accordance with the provisions hereof, the Corporation covenants to use reasonable efforts to list or quote, as applicable, such Common Stock issuable upon Mandatory Conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock if permitted by the rules of such exchange, system or market at such time.

SECTION 24. Ranking. The Series B Preferred Stock will, with respect to dividend rights or rights upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation rank (i) senior to any Junior Stock, (ii) on parity with any Parity Stock and (iii) junior to any Senior Stock and the Corporation’s existing and future indebtedness (including trade payables).

SECTION 25. Information Reporting. The Corporation hereby covenants and agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to timely file all required reports under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

If, at any time, the Corporation is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Corporation shall, so long as any of the Series B Preferred Stock or Common Stock issued upon Mandatory Conversion will, at such time, constitute “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act, upon the written request of a holder, beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of the Series B Preferred Stock or Common Stock, as the case may be, promptly furnish such holder, beneficial owner or prospective purchaser the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule l44A(d)(4) under the Securities Act to facilitate the resale of the Series B Preferred Stock or Common Stock, as the case may be, pursuant to Rule l44A under the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time. The Corporation shall take such further action as any holder or beneficial owner of the Series B Preferred Stock or Common Stock, as the case may be, may reasonably request to the extent from time to time required to enable such holder or beneficial owner to sell their shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Common Stock, as the case may be, in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

SECTION 26. Other Rights. The shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall not have any rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth herein or in the Articles or as provided by applicable law.

SECTION 27. Effect of Reincorporation. Upon the Reincorporation, the Company covenants and agrees to preserve the terms of this Certificate of Designation and the related rights and privileges of Holders in the Company’s or its successor’s articles of incorporation (or any similar document), with only such changes as may be necessary or reasonable to give effect to the fact that the Reincorporation has occurred.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, WMI Holdings Corp. has caused this Certificate of Designation to be signed by its authorized signatory this 5th day of January, 2015.

 

WMI HOLDINGS CORP.
By:  

/s/ Charles Edward Smith

 

Name: Charles Edward Smith

Title: Interim Chief Executive Officer and Secretary

Signature page to Certificate of Designation


EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

WMI Holdings Corp.

3.00% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

January 5, 2015

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

KKR Capital Markets LLC

c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

388 Greenwich Street

New York, New York 10013

Ladies and Gentlemen:

WMI Holdings Corp., a Washington corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell (such issuance and sale, the “Initial Placement”) to the Initial Purchasers (as defined below), upon the terms set forth in a purchase agreement, dated December 19, 2014 (the “Purchase Agreement”), 600,000 shares of its 3.00% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.00001 and liquidation preference $1,000 per share (the “Convertible Preferred Stock”). The Convertible Preferred Stock will be mandatorily convertible into shares of Common Stock (as defined below) pursuant to the terms of the Certificate of Designation (as defined below). As an inducement to you to enter into the Purchase Agreement and in satisfaction of a condition to your obligations thereunder, the Company agrees with you, (i) for your benefit and (ii) for the benefit of the Holders (as defined below) from time to time of the Convertible Preferred Stock and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon mandatory conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock, as follows:

1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings:

Affiliate” of any specified person means any other person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such person whether through the ownership of voting securities or by agreement or otherwise.

Business Day” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

Certificate of Designation” means the Certificate of Designation relating to the Convertible Preferred Stock, dated January 5, 2015, filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Washington on or before the Closing Date and any subsequent Certificate of Designation relating to the Convertible Preferred Stock filed with the Secretary of State in Delaware.


Closing Date” means January 5, 2015.

Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of the Company, as it exists on the date of this Agreement and any other shares of capital stock or other securities of the Company into which such Common Stock may be reclassified or changed, together with any and all other securities which may from time to time be issuable upon mandatory conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock.

Company” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto and includes any entity resulting from WMI Holdings Corp. merging into a Delaware corporation upon a reincorporation.

Convertible Preferred Stock” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

DTC” means The Depository Trust Company or its nominee.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

FINRA” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(i) hereof.

Holder” means a person who is a registered holder or beneficial owner of any Transfer Restricted Securities (including the Initial Purchasers).

Holder Information” with respect to any Holder means information with respect to such Holder and the distribution of such Holders’ Transfer Restricted Securities required to be included in any Shelf Registration Statement or the related Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, pursuant to the Securities Act and which information is included therein in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by such Holder for inclusion therein.

Initial Placement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

Initial Purchasers” mean Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and KKR Capital Markets LLC.

Majority Holders” means the Holders of a majority in voting power of the then outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities.

Offering Memorandum” means the Final Memorandum as defined in the Purchase Agreement.

person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.

 

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Prospectus” means the prospectus included in any Shelf Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that discloses information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any shares of Convertible Preferred Stock or shares of Common Stock issuable upon mandatory conversion thereof covered by such Shelf Registration Statement, including all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such prospectus.

Purchase Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

Rule 144” means Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any similar provision then in force).

Rule 144A” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act (or any successor provision promulgated by the SEC).

Rule 415” means Rule 415 under the Securities Act (or any successor provision promulgated by the SEC).

SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

Shelf Registration” means a registration effected pursuant to Section 2 hereof.

Shelf Registration Statement” means any “shelf” registration statement of the Company filed pursuant to the provisions of Section 2 hereof which covers the Transfer Restricted Securities on Form S-3 (if then eligible) or on another appropriate form (as determined by the Company) for an offering to be made on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein.

“Transfer Agent” means Computershare Trust Company, N.A. or any successor that serves as transfer agent with respect to the Convertible Preferred Stock.

Transfer Restricted Securities” means each share of Convertible Preferred Stock and each share of Common Stock issuable upon mandatory conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock until the earliest of the date on which such share of Convertible Preferred Stock or share of Common Stock, as the case may be, (i) has been transferred pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement or another registration statement covering such share of Convertible Preferred Stock or share of Common Stock which has been filed with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act, in either case after such registration statement has become effective and while such registration statement is effective under the Securities Act, (ii) has been transferred pursuant to Rule 144 under circumstances in which any legend borne by such share of Convertible Preferred Stock or

 

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share of Common Stock relating to restrictions on transferability thereof, under the Securities Act or otherwise, is removed, (iii) may be freely sold or transferred without restriction under Rule 144 or (iv) the date on which such share of Convertible Preferred Stock or share of Common Stock ceases to be outstanding.

All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which is “contained,” “included,” or “stated” in the Shelf Registration Statement, any preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus (and all other references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements and schedules and other information incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Shelf Registration Statement, preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be; and all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Shelf Registration Statement, any preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus shall be deemed to mean and include any document filed with the SEC under the Exchange Act, after the date of such Shelf Registration Statement, preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be, which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein (which shall not include, unless incorporated therein, documents and information furnished and not filed under applicable SEC rules).

2. Shelf Registration Statement.

(a) The Company shall, at its expense, use its reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the SEC within six months following the Closing Date a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to resales of shares of Common Stock issuable upon mandatory conversion of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock that are Transfer Restricted Securities by each Holder from time to time on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 (or any similar provisions then in force).

(b) The Company shall, at its expense, use its reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the SEC within one year following the Closing Date a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to resales of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock that are Transfer Restricted Securities by each Holder from time to time on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 (or any similar provisions then in force). If eligible, the Company may satisfy the requirement to file a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Section 2(b) by registering for resale the Convertible Preferred Stock on the Shelf Registration Statement required to be filed under Section 2(a) above.

(c) The Company shall use its reasonable efforts to cause each Shelf Registration Statement described in 2(a) and 2(b) above to be declared effective under the Securities Act.

(d) The Company shall use its reasonable efforts to name each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities as a selling shareholder in each Shelf Registration Statement at the time of its effectiveness so that such Holder is permitted to deliver the Prospectus forming a part thereof as of such time to purchasers of such Holder’s Transfer Restricted Securities in accordance with applicable law. The Company may require each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement to furnish to the Company such information (including, but not limited to, by completing questionnaires within a reasonable

 

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timeframe established by the Company) regarding the Holder and the proposed distribution of such Transfer Restricted Securities as may, from time to time, be required by the Securities Act and/or the SEC or any other federal or state governmental authority, and the obligations of the Company to any Holder under this Agreement shall be expressly conditioned on the timely compliance of such Holder with such request.

(e) After a Shelf Registration Statement has become effective, the Company shall, upon the request of any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities, use its reasonable efforts to promptly prepare and file with the SEC (x) a supplement to the Prospectus or, if required by applicable law in order to cause a Holder to be named as a selling shareholder in the Shelf Registration Statement, a post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement (a “Seller Post-Effective Amendment”) and (y) any other document required by applicable law, so that the Holder is named as a selling shareholder in the Shelf Registration Statement and is permitted to deliver the Prospectus to purchasers of such Holder’s Transfer Restricted Securities in accordance with applicable law. If the Company files a Seller Post-Effective Amendment, it shall use its reasonable efforts to cause such post-effective amendment to become effective under the Securities Act as promptly as is practicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing requirement above, the Company shall not be obligated to file more than one Seller Post-Effective Amendment in any fiscal quarter.

(f) (i) The Company shall use its reasonable efforts, subject to Section 2(f)(ii), to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended under the Securities Act in order to permit the Prospectus forming a part thereof to be usable, subject to Sections 2(d) and 2(e), by all Holders until all Transfer Restricted Securities (A) have been transferred pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement or another registration statement covering such Transfer Restricted Securities which has been filed with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act, in either case after such registration statement has become effective and while such registration statement is effective under the Securities Act, (B) have been transferred pursuant to Rule 144 under circumstances in which any legend borne by such Transfer Restricted Securities relating to restrictions on transferability thereof, under the Securities Act or otherwise, is removed, (C) may be sold or transferred without restriction under Rule 144 or (D) have ceased to be outstanding (in any such case, such period being called the “Shelf Registration Period”). The Company will (x) subject to Sections 2(d) and 2(e), use its reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to the Shelf Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective for the Shelf Registration Period, subject to Section 2(f)(ii), (y) subject to Sections 2(d) and 2(e), cause the related Prospectus to be supplemented by any required supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 (or any similar provisions then in force) under the Securities Act and (z) comply in all material respects with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the Shelf Registration Statement during the Shelf Registration Period.

(ii) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company may suspend the filing or use of the Shelf Registration Statement or any Prospectus, if the Company shall have determined in good faith that because of valid business reasons, including without limitation any proposal or plan of the Company or any of its subsidiaries to effect a merger, acquisition, disposition, financing, reorganization,

 

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recapitalization or other transaction, or because of required disclosure or filings with the SEC, it is in the best interests of the Company to suspend such use, and prior to suspending such use the Company provides the Holders with written notice of such suspension, which notice need not specify the nature of the event giving rise to such suspension (and, upon receipt of such notice, each Holder agrees not to sell any Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement until such Holder is advised in writing that the Prospectus may be used, which notice the Company agrees to provide promptly following the lapse of the event or circumstances giving rise to such suspension). Each Holder shall keep confidential any communications received by it from the Company regarding the suspension of the use of the Prospectus (including the fact of the suspension), except as required by applicable law.

(g) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall not be required to file a Shelf Registration Statement that pursuant to (i) any written or oral guidance, comments, requirements or requests of the SEC staff and (ii) the Securities Act, would be deemed to constitute a primary offering of securities by it.

3. Registration Procedures. In connection with any Shelf Registration Statement, the following provisions shall apply, subject to Section 2(f)(ii):

(a) The Company shall (i) furnish to the Initial Purchasers, within a reasonable period of time, but in any event within five Business Days, prior to the filing thereof with the SEC to afford the Initial Purchasers and their counsel a reasonable opportunity for review, a copy of each Shelf Registration Statement, and each amendment thereof, and a copy of each Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement thereto proposed to be filed (excluding (x) amendments caused by the filing of a report under the Exchange Act and (y) amendments and supplements that are filed solely for the purpose of naming a Holder as a selling shareholder and providing information with respect thereto), and shall use its reasonable efforts to reflect in each such document, when so filed with the SEC, such comments as the Initial Purchasers may reasonably propose in good faith within three Business Days of the delivery of such copies to the Initial Purchasers and their counsel, except to the extent the Company reasonably determines, on the advice of counsel, it to be inadvisable or inappropriate to reflect such comments therein, and (ii) include information regarding the Holders and the methods of distribution they have elected for their Transfer Restricted Securities as necessary to permit such distribution by the methods specified therein. Each Holder who sells, transfers or disposes of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement shall, as a condition to the obligations of the Company hereunder, do so only in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the methods of distribution elected by such Holder, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and shall be responsible for the delivery of the Prospectus as may be required to any person to whom such Holder sells any of the Transfer Restricted Securities Each Holder, following the termination of the Shelf Registration Period, shall notify the Company, within 10 Business Days of a request by the Company, of the amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities sold pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement and, in the absence of a response, the Company may assume that all of such Holder’s Transfer Restricted Securities were so sold.

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supplement thereto comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, (ii) any Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment thereto does not, when it becomes effective, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and (iii) any Prospectus forming a part of any Shelf Registration Statement, and any amendment or supplement to such Prospectus, does not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation with respect to any Holder Information.

(c) The Company, as promptly as reasonably practicable (but in any event within three Business Days following the occurrence of any of the events specified in (i) – (vii) below), shall notify the Initial Purchasers and each Holder and, if requested by you or any such Holder, confirm such notice in writing:

(i) when a Shelf Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or any Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto has been filed with the SEC and when the Shelf Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective, which notice and confirmation may be made at the election of the Company by making a public announcement thereof by a press release;

(ii) of any request, following effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement under the Securities Act, by the SEC or any other federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to the Shelf Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information (other than any such request relating to a review of the Company’s Exchange Act filings);

(iii) of the issuance by the SEC or any other federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Prospectus or the initiation or threat of any proceedings for that purpose;

(iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities included in any Shelf Registration Statement for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threat of any proceeding for that purpose;

(v) of the occurrence (but not the nature of or details surrounding) any event or the existence of any condition or any information becoming known that requires the making of any changes in any Shelf Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any document incorporated by reference therein so that, as of such date, the statements therein are not misleading and any Shelf Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any document incorporated by reference therein, as the case may be, does not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, provided, however, that no notice by the Company shall be required pursuant to this clause (v) in the event

 

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the Company promptly files a Prospectus supplement to update the Prospectus, a post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement or a Form 8-K or other appropriate Exchange Act report that is incorporated by reference into the Shelf Registration Statement, which, in any case, contains the requisite information that results in such Shelf Registration Statement no longer containing any untrue statement of material fact or omitting to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;

(vi) of the Company’s determination that a post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement is necessary under applicable law; and

(vii) the determination by the Company that the filing of a Shelf Registration Statement will not be made pursuant to Section 2(g).

(d) The Company shall use its reasonable efforts to obtain (i) the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of any Shelf Registration Statement and the use of any related Prospectus and (ii) the lifting of any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Transfer Restricted Securities for offer or sale in any jurisdiction in which they have been qualified for sale, in each case at the earliest possible time, and shall provide notice to each Holder and the Initial Purchasers of the withdrawal of any such orders or suspensions.

(e) The Company shall promptly furnish to the Initial Purchaser and each Holder, upon their request and without charge, at least one copy of any Shelf Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, excluding all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference and all exhibits thereto and any amendment or post-effective amendment consisting exclusively of an Exchange Act report or other Exchange Act filing otherwise publicly available on the Company’s or SEC’s website.

(f) During the Shelf Registration Period, the Company shall, promptly deliver to the Initial Purchasers, each Holder and any broker-dealers acting on their behalf, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary Prospectus) included in any Shelf Registration Statement, and any amendment or supplement thereto, as such person may reasonably request, except as provided in Section 3(q) hereof, and provided that the Company shall have no obligation to deliver to Initial Purchasers, each Holder and any broker-dealers acting on their behalf copies of any supplement or amendment consisting exclusively of an Exchange Act report or other Exchange Act filing otherwise available on the Company’s or SEC’s websites; and the Company hereby consents to the use of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders in connection with the offering and sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto in the manner set forth therein.

(g) Prior to any offering of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall use its reasonable efforts to qualify or cooperate with the Holders and their respective counsel in connection with the qualification (or exemption from registration or such qualification) of such Transfer Restricted Securities for offer and sale, under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any such

 

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Holders reasonably request in writing, and only upon such request, and shall use its reasonable efforts to maintain such qualification in effect so long as required during the Shelf Registration Period and do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary or advisable to enable the offer and sale in such jurisdictions of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement; provided, however that in no event shall the Company’s reasonable efforts include the registration of Transfer Restricted Securities in any jurisdiction within the United States under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions; and provided further that the Company will not be required to (A) qualify generally to do business as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or to (B) take any action which would subject it to service of process or taxation in any such jurisdiction where they are not then so subject.

(h) Unless any Transfer Restricted Securities shall be in book-entry only form, if requested by any Holder, the Company shall cooperate with such Holder to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Transfer Restricted Securities (to the extent certificates for the Convertible Preferred Stock or the Common Stock issued upon conversion of Convertible Preferred Stock are issuable) sold pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement free of any restrictive legends and registered in such names as such Holder may request at least one Business Day prior to settlement of sales of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement; provided, however that such Holder shall be responsible for the payment of any taxes payable on account of any transfer to any person other than such Holder.

(i) Subject to the exceptions contained in (A) and (B) of Section 3(g) above, the Company shall use its reasonable efforts to cause the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the applicable Shelf Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other federal, state and local governmental agencies or authorities, and self-regulatory organizations in the United States as may be necessary to enable the Holders to consummate the disposition of such Transfer Restricted Securities as contemplated by any Shelf Registration Statement; without limitation to the foregoing, the Company shall use its reasonable efforts to provide all such information as may be required by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) in connection with the offering under any Shelf Registration Statement of the Transfer Restricted Securities, and shall cooperate with each Holder in connection with any filings required to be made with FINRA by such Holder in that regard. The Company may require each selling Holder to furnish to the Company a certified statement as to (i) the number of Transfer Restricted Securities and Common Stock beneficially owned by such Holder and any Affiliate thereof, (ii) any FINRA affiliations, (iii) any natural persons who have the power to vote or dispose of its Transfer Restricted Securities and shares of Common Stock and (iv) any other information as may be requested by the SEC, FINRA or any state securities commission.

(j) During any period when a Shelf Registration Statement is effective, upon the occurrence of any event described in Section 3(c)(v) or 3(c)(vi) hereof, the Company shall use its reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the SEC a post-effective amendment to any Shelf Registration Statement, or an amendment or supplement to the related Prospectus, or any document incorporated therein by reference, or file a document which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus, as the case may be, so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of the Transfer Restricted Securities

 

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included therein, the Shelf Registration Statement and the Prospectus, in each case as then amended or supplemented, will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading and, in the case of a post-effective amendment, use its reasonable efforts to cause it to become effective as promptly as practicable.

(k) The Company shall provide, prior to the effective date of any Shelf Registration Statement hereunder (i) a CUSIP number for the Transfer Restricted Securities registered under such Shelf Registration Statement and (ii) global certificates for such Transfer Restricted Securities to the Transfer Agent, in a form eligible for deposit with DTC.

(l) The Company shall make generally available to its security holders an earnings statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 promulgated by the SEC thereunder (or any similar rule promulgated under the Securities Act) for a 12-month period commencing on the first day of the first fiscal quarter of the Company commencing after the effective date of any Shelf Registration Statement or each post-effective amendment to any Shelf Registration Statement, which such statements shall be made available no later than 45 days after the end of the 12-month period or 90 days after the end of the 12-month period, if the 12-month period coincides with the fiscal year of the Company.

(m) The Company shall use its reasonable efforts to cause all shares of Common Stock issuable upon mandatory conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock to be approved for listing (upon official notice of issuance) or quotation, as applicable, on each securities exchange, automated quotation system or other market (if any) on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted, as applicable, no later than the date the applicable Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective (or, if later, the date on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted, as applicable, on such securities exchange, automated quotation system or other market) and, in connection therewith, to make such filings as may be required under the Exchange Act and to have such filings declared effective as and when required thereunder.

(n) The Company shall, if reasonably requested, use its reasonable efforts to promptly incorporate in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to a Shelf Registration Statement (i) such information as the Majority Holders provide to the Company in writing and (ii) such information as a Holder may provide from time to time to the Company in writing for inclusion in a Prospectus or any Shelf Registration Statement concerning such Holder and the distribution of such Holder’s Transfer Restricted Securities and, in either case, shall use its reasonable efforts to make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment promptly after being notified in writing of the matters to be incorporated in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment; provided that the Company shall not be required to take any action under this Section 3(n) that is not, in the reasonable opinion of counsel for the Company, in compliance with applicable law.

(o) In the case of an underwritten offering provided by Section 7 below, the Company shall use its reasonable efforts to take all actions reasonably necessary, or reasonably requested by the holders of a majority of the Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in such underwritten offering, in order to expedite or facilitate disposition of such Transfer Restricted Securities; provided that the Company shall not be required to take any action in connection with an underwritten offering made without its consent.

 

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(p) During any period when a Shelf Registration Statement is effective, if reasonably requested in writing in connection with any disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall make reasonably available for inspection during normal business hours by a representative for the Holders of such Transfer Restricted Securities and any broker-dealers, attorneys and accountants retained by such Holders, all relevant financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, but excluding privileged information, and cause the appropriate executive officers, directors and designated employees of the Company and its subsidiaries to make reasonably available for inspection during normal business hours all relevant information reasonably requested by such representative for the Holders or any such broker-dealers, attorneys or accountants in connection with such disposition, in each case as is customary for similar “due diligence” examinations; provided, however, that any information that is designated by the Company, in good faith, as confidential or proprietary at the time of delivery of such information shall be kept confidential by such persons and such persons shall take such actions as are necessary to protect the confidentiality of such information, unless disclosure thereof is made in connection with a court, administrative or regulatory proceeding or required by law, or such information has become available to the public generally through the Company or through a third party without an accompanying obligation of confidentiality, and the Company may, at its option, require all such Holders and representatives to sign a confidentiality agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company with respect thereto prior to permitting access to such confidential or proprietary information.

(q) After any Shelf Registration Statement becomes effective, each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of notice of the happening of an event described in Sections 3(c)(ii) through and including 3(c)(vi), such Holder shall forthwith discontinue (and shall cause its agents and representatives to discontinue) disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities and will not resume disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities until such Holder has received copies of an amended or supplemented Prospectus contemplated by Section 3(j) hereof upon request of such Holder, or until such Holder is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, provided that the foregoing shall not prevent the sale, transfer or other disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities by a Holder in a transaction which is exempt from, or not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act, so long as such Holder does not and is not required to deliver the applicable Prospectus or Shelf Registration Statement in connection with such sale, transfer or other disposition, as the case may be.

(r) Each Holder shall promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies in the information provided in such Holder’s Holder Information that may occur subsequent to the date thereof at any time while the Shelf Registration Statement remains effective and shall promptly provide to the Company in writing the necessary changes to such information required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished to the Company by such Holder not misleading.

4. Registration Expenses. The Company shall bear all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations under Sections 2 and 3 hereof.

 

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Such fees and expenses shall include, without limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees and expenses (including filings made with FINRA); (ii) all fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities and state blue sky or securities laws; (iii) all expenses of printing (including printing of Prospectuses and certificates for the Common Stock to be issued upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock) and the Company’s expenses for messenger and delivery services and telephone; (iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel to the Company and, in the case of the Shelf Registration Statement, and any amendment and supplement thereto, the fees and disbursements (not exceeding $50,000 in the aggregate) of the counsel for the Initial Purchasers and the Holders (which counsel shall initially be Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP until such time as the Majority Holders shall have elected a different counsel); (v) all application and filing fees in connection with listing (or authorizing for quotation) the Common Stock on a national securities exchange, automated quotation system or other market pursuant to the requirements hereof; and (vi) all fees and disbursements of independent certified public accountants of the Company. The Company shall bear its internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of their officers and employees performing legal, accounting or other duties), the expenses of any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any person, including special experts, retained by the Company. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 4, each Holder shall bear the expense of any broker’s commission, agency fee and underwriter’s discount or commission (including, without limitation, the expenses related to the engagement of a “qualified independent underwriter”), if any, relating to the sale or disposition of such Holder’s Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement.

5. Indemnity and Contribution.

(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder named in any Shelf Registration Statement (including, without limitation, the Initial Purchasers), and each person, if any, who controls any such Holder within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (collectively referred to for purposes of this Section 5 as a “Holder”), from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including without limitation the reasonable legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Shelf Registration Statement, or in any Prospectus, or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary, in the case of any Prospectus in light of the circumstances under which they were made, to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Holder furnished to the Company in writing by such Holder expressly for use therein or such information provided by the Majority Holders pursuant to Section 3(n); provided that the foregoing indemnity with respect to any Shelf Registration Statement, or any Prospectus, shall not inure to the benefit of any Holder (or the benefit of any person controlling such Holder) from whom the person asserting any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities purchased the securities concerned, to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability of the Holders occurs under the circumstance where it shall have been established that (w) the Company had previously furnished copies of the Prospectus, and any amendments and supplements thereto, to the Holder (to the extent such Holder has previously requested such copies), (x) delivery of the Prospectus,

 

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and any amendment or supplements thereto, was required by the Securities Act to be made to such person, (y) the untrue statement or omission of a material fact was corrected in the Prospectus or amendments or supplements thereto and (z) there was not sent or given to such person, at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of such securities to such person, a copy of such Prospectus or amendments or supplements thereto.

(b) Each Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, employees and agents and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and the directors, officers, employees and agents of such controlling persons, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to the Holders, but only with regard to such information furnished to the Company in writing by such Holder expressly for use therein.

(c) If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to either of the two preceding paragraphs, such person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing, and the Indemnifying Person, upon request of the Indemnified Person, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person and any others the Indemnifying Person may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary, (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person or (iii) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for the Holders and such control persons of the Holders shall be designated in writing by the Initial Purchasers and any such separate firm for the Company, its directors and such control persons of the Company shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding effected without its prior written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify in accordance with Section 5(a) or 5(b) above, as the case may be, any Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is a party or of any threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding on terms reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person.

 

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(d) If the indemnification provided for in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 5 is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Holder on the other hand with respect to the sale by such Holder of Convertible Preferred Stock or Common Stock or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of such Holder on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Company shall be deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds from the Initial Placement (before deducting expenses). Benefits received by the Initial Purchasers shall be deemed to be equal to the total purchase discounts and commissions received by the Initial Purchasers in the Initial Placement, and benefits received by any other Holders shall be deemed to be equal to the value of receiving shares of Convertible Preferred Stock or Common Stock, as applicable, registered under the Securities Act. Benefits received by any underwriter shall be deemed to be equal to the total underwriting discounts and commissions, as set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus forming a part of the Shelf Registration Statement which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and such Holder on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by such Holder and the parties’ relevant intent, knowledge, information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

(e) The Company and the Holders agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) of this Section 5. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) of this Section 5 shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any reasonable legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person not otherwise reimbursed in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5, in no event shall any Holder be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total amount received by such Holder with respect to its sale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

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(f) The remedies provided for in this Section 5 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Party at law or in equity.

(g) The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 5 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Holder or any person controlling any Holder or by or on behalf of the Company, its officers or directors or any other person controlling the Company, and the indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 5 shall survive the sale by a Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement.

6. Rule 144A. The Company covenants that it shall file the reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act in a timely manner so long as the Transfer Restricted Securities remain outstanding. If at any time the Company is not required to file such reports, it will, upon request of any Holder or beneficial owner of Transfer Restricted Securities, make available such information necessary to permit sales pursuant to Rule 144A. The Company further covenants that, for as long as any Transfer Restricted Securities remain outstanding, it will take such further action as any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Transfer Restricted Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemption provided by Rule 144A or any other exemption then available. Upon the written request of any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities, the Company shall deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements. Nothing in this Section 6 shall be deemed to require the Company to register any of its securities under the Exchange Act.

7. Underwritten Offering.

(a) If any of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers that will administer the underwritten offering will be selected by the Majority Holders of such Transfer Restricted Securities included in such underwritten offering, subject to the consent of the Company (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and such Holders shall be responsible for all underwriting commissions and discounts (and any other expenses of the underwriters not borne by the underwriters themselves) in connection therewith; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall be under no obligation to participate in any underwritten offering with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities and no underwritten offering shall be effected pursuant to this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Company.

(b) No Holder may participate in any underwritten offering hereunder unless such person (i) agrees to sell such Holder’s Transfer Restricted Securities on the basis reasonably provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Holders entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

 

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8. Miscellaneous.

(a) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company has not, as of the date hereof, entered into nor shall it, on or after the date hereof, enter into, any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders herein or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. In addition, the Company shall not grant to any of its securityholders the right to include any of its securities in the Shelf Registration Statement provided for in this Agreement other than the Transfer Restricted Securities.

(b) Amendments and Waivers. Except as provided in the next paragraph, this Agreement, including this Section 8(b), may be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to depart from the provisions hereof may be given, only by the written consent of the Company and the Majority Holders; provided that with respect to any matter that directly or indirectly affects the rights of the Initial Purchasers hereunder, the Company shall obtain the written consent of the Initial Purchasers against which such amendment, supplement, waiver or consent is to be effective. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders whose Transfer Restricted Securities are being sold pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given by the Majority Holders (giving effect to the second proviso of the definition thereof).

Notwithstanding the foregoing two sentences, (i) this Agreement may be amended by written agreement signed by the Company and the Initial Purchasers, without the consent of the Majority Holders, to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision contained herein that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained herein, or to make such other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising under this Agreement that shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities. Each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities outstanding at the time of any such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent or thereafter shall be bound by any such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent effected pursuant to this Section 8(b), whether or not any notice, writing or marking indicating such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent appears on the Transfer Restricted Securities or is delivered to such Holder.

(c) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery; certified mail, return receipt requested; air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery or sent by email:

(i) if to the Initial Purchasers, initially at the address set forth in the Purchase Agreement;

(ii) if to any other Holder, at the most current address of such Holder maintained by the Transfer Agent (provided that while the Convertible Preferred Stock or the Common Stock are in book-entry form, notice to the Transfer Agent shall serve as notice to the Holders); and

 

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  (iii)    if to the Company, to:   
    

WMI Holdings Corp.

Charles E. Smith, Interim Chief Executive Officer

1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3000

Seattle, Washington 98101

Attn: Chief Executive Officer

email: chad.smith@wamuinc.net

  
     With a copy to:   
    

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036-6745

Attn: Kerry E. Berchem, Esq.

e-mail: kberchem@akingump.com

  

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given when received, if delivered by hand or air courier, and when sent, if sent by first-class mail, provided that notice given by email shall not be effective unless either (i) a duplicate copy of such email notice is promptly given by one of the other methods described in this Section 8(c) or (ii) the receiving party delivers a written confirmation of receipt for such notice by email or any other method described in this Section 8(c).

The Initial Purchasers or the Company by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

(d) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties, including the successor to WMI Holdings Corp. resulting from an expected merger into a Delaware corporation upon a reincorporation, without the need for an express assignment or any consent by the Company or subsequent Holders. The Company hereby agrees to extend the benefits of this Agreement to any Holder and any such Holder may enforce the provisions of this Agreement as if an original party hereto. In the event that any other person shall succeed to the Company’s interests and obligations, except for the reincorporation set forth in the first sentence of this Section 8(d), then such successor shall enter into an agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, whereby such successor shall assume all of the Company’s obligations under this Agreement.

(e) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

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(f) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

(g) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

(h) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstances, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be in any way impaired or affected thereby, it being intended that all of the rights and privileges of the parties shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

(i) Termination. This Agreement and the obligations of the parties hereunder shall terminate upon the end of the Shelf Registration Period, except for any liabilities or obligations under Section 2(e), 4 or 5 to the extent arising prior to the end of the Shelf Registration Period.

 

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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement among the Company and you.

 

Very truly yours,
WMI HOLDINGS CORP.
By:  

/s/ Charles Edward Smith

  Name: Charles Edward Smith
  Title: Interim Chief Executive Officer and Secretary

The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed

and accepted as of the date first above written.

 

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
By:  

/s/ Christian Anderson

  Name: Christian Anderson
  Title: Managing Director
KKR CAPITAL MARKETS LLC
By:  

/s/ Edward Law

  Name: Edward Law
  Title: Managing Director

EX-10.2

Exhibit 10.2

 

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ESCROW AGREEMENT

by and among

WMI HOLDINGS CORP.

and

CITIBANK, N.A., as Escrow Agent

Dated as of January 5, 2015


ESCROW AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of January 5, 2015, by and among WMI Holdings Corp., a corporation organized under the laws of Washington (the “Company”), and Citibank, N.A., a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America (“Citibank”) and acting through its Agency and Trust Division and solely in its capacity as escrow agent under this Agreement, and any successors appointed pursuant to the terms hereof (Citibank in such capacity, the “Escrow Agent”).

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Certificate of Designation, dated as of the date hereof (the “Certificate of Designation”), of the Company’s 3.00% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.00001 and liquidation preference $1,000 per share (the “Series B Preferred Stock”) and the Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2014 (the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Company, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and KKR Capital Markets LLC, relating to the purchase and sale of the Series B Preferred Stock, the Company has agreed to establish an escrow arrangement for the purposes set forth therein.

WHEREAS, the Company wishes to appoint Citibank as Escrow Agent and Citibank is willing to accept such appointment and to act as Escrow Agent, in each case upon the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby irrevocably acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Establishment of Escrow Account. On the date hereof, the Company shall cause to be deposited with the Escrow Agent in immediately available funds the amount of $598,500,000, representing the initial net proceeds (before offering expenses) as of the date hereof from the purchase and sale of 600,000 shares of the Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (the “Escrow Deposit”, and together with any investment income or proceeds received from the investment thereof from time to time pursuant to Section 3 below, collectively, the “Escrow Property”), and the Escrow Agent shall hold the Escrow Deposit in a non-interest bearing account established with the Escrow Agent (the “Escrow Account”). The Escrow Agent hereby agrees that, upon receipt of the Escrow Deposit, it will execute in writing a cross receipt acknowledging receipt of the Escrow Deposit.

2. Claims and Payment; Release from Escrow.

(a) Reincorporation. If, at any time the Escrow Agent receives a certificate, substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex A (the “Reincorporation Certificate”), the Escrow Agent shall, on the Escrow Release Date specified therein, disburse from the Escrow Account pursuant to the instructions set forth therein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Escrow Agent receives the Reincorporation Certificate at or after 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) and the Escrow Release Date specified therein is the date the Escrow Agent receives such Reincorporation Certificate, the Escrow Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to disburse from the Escrow Account pursuant to the instructions set forth therein on the same Business Day, but shall not be required to disburse from the Escrow Account until the next

 

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succeeding Business Day (which shall then become the Escrow Release Date); provided, that, if on the day the Escrow Agent receives the Reincorporation Certificate the Escrow Property is invested in United States “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), having a maturity of 180 days or less (such securities, for the purposes of this Escrow Agreement, “U.S. Government Securities”), and the Escrow Release Date specified therein is the date the Escrow Agent receives such Reincorporation Certificate, the Escrow Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to disburse from the Escrow Account pursuant to the instructions set forth therein, but if the Escrow Agent is unable to so disburse, the Escrow Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to disburse from the Escrow Account pursuant to the instructions set forth therein on the next succeeding Business Day (which shall then become the Escrow Release Date). The Escrow Agent shall be fully protected acting in reliance upon such Reincorporation Certificate, and shall have no duty or obligation to determine whether such Reincorporation Certificate complies with the terms of the Purchase Agreement or otherwise.

(b) Acquisition and/or Acquisition Related Fees and Expenses. If, at any time the Escrow Agent receives a certificate, substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex B (the “Acquisition Certificate”), the Escrow Agent shall, on the Escrow Release Date specified therein, disburse from the Escrow Account pursuant to the instructions set forth therein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Escrow Agent receives the Acquisition Certificate at or after 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) and the Escrow Release Date specified therein is the date the Escrow Agent receives such Acquisition Certificate, the Escrow Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to disburse from the Escrow Account pursuant to the instructions set forth therein on the same Business Day, but shall not be required to disburse from the Escrow Account until the next succeeding Business Day (which shall then become the Escrow Release Date); provided, that, if on the day the Escrow Agent receives the Acquisition Certificate the Escrow Property is invested in U.S. Government Securities, and the Escrow Release Date specified therein is the date the Escrow Agent receives such Acquisition Certificate, the Escrow Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to disburse from the Escrow Account pursuant to the instructions set forth therein, but if the Escrow Agent is unable to so disburse, the Escrow Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to disburse from the Escrow Account pursuant to the instructions set forth therein on the next succeeding Business Day (which shall then become the Escrow Release Date). The Escrow Agent shall be fully protected acting in reliance upon such Acquisition Certificate, and shall have no duty or obligation to determine whether such Acquisition Certificate complies with the terms of the Purchase Agreement or otherwise.

(c) Put Event. If, at any time the Escrow Agent receives a certificate, substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex C (the “Put Event Certificate”), the Escrow Agent shall, on the Escrow Release Date specified therein, disburse from the Escrow Account pursuant to the instructions set forth therein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Escrow Agent receives the Put Event Certificate at or after 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) and the Escrow Release Date specified therein is the date the Escrow Agent receives such Put Event Certificate, the Escrow Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to disburse from the Escrow Account pursuant to the instructions set forth therein on the same Business Day, but shall not be required to disburse from the Escrow Account until the next succeeding Business Day

 

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(which shall then become the Escrow Release Date); provided, that, if on the day the Escrow Agent receives the Put Event Certificate the Escrow Property is invested in U.S. Government Securities, and the Escrow Release Date specified therein is the date the Escrow Agent receives such Put Event Certificate, the Escrow Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to disburse from the Escrow Account pursuant to the instructions set forth therein, but if the Escrow Agent is unable to so disburse, the Escrow Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to disburse from the Escrow Account pursuant to the instructions set forth therein on the next succeeding Business Day (which shall then become the Escrow Release Date). The Escrow Agent shall be fully protected acting in reliance upon such Put Event Certificate, and shall have no duty or obligation to determine whether such Put Event Certificate complies with the terms of the Purchase Agreement or otherwise.

(d) Mandatory Redemption. If, at any time the Escrow Agent receives a certificate, substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex D (the “Mandatory Redemption Certificate”), the Escrow Agent shall, on the Escrow Release Date specified therein, disburse from the Escrow Account pursuant to the instructions set forth therein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Escrow Agent receives the Mandatory Redemption Certificate at or after 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) and the Escrow Release Date specified therein is the date the Escrow Agent receives such Mandatory Redemption Certificate, the Escrow Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to disburse from the Escrow Account pursuant to the instructions set forth therein on the same Business Day, but shall not be required to disburse from the Escrow Account until the next succeeding Business Day (which shall then become the Escrow Release Date); provided, that, if on the day the Escrow Agent receives the Mandatory Redemption Certificate the Escrow Property is invested in U.S. Government Securities, and the Escrow Release Date specified therein is the date the Escrow Agent receives such Mandatory Redemption Certificate, the Escrow Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to disburse from the Escrow Account pursuant to the instructions set forth therein, but if the Escrow Agent is unable to so disburse, the Escrow Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to disburse from the Escrow Account pursuant to the instructions set forth therein on the next succeeding Business Day (which shall then become the Escrow Release Date). The Escrow Agent shall be fully protected acting in reliance upon such Mandatory Redemption Certificate, and shall have no duty or obligation to determine whether such Mandatory Redemption Certificate complies with the terms of the Purchase Agreement or otherwise.

(e) Offering Related Expenses. If, at any time prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on February 15, 2015, the Escrow Agent receives a certificate, substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex E (the “Offering Expense Certificate”), the Escrow Agent shall, on the Escrow Release Date specified therein, disburse from the Escrow Account pursuant to the instructions set forth therein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Escrow Agent receives the Offering Expense Certificate at or after 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) and the Escrow Release Date specified therein is the date the Escrow Agent receives such Offering Expense Certificate, the Escrow Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to disburse from the Escrow Account pursuant to the instructions set forth therein on the same Business Day, but shall not be required to disburse from the Escrow Account until the next succeeding Business Day (which shall then become the Escrow Release Date); provided, that, if on the day the Escrow Agent receives the Offering Expense Certificate the Escrow Property is invested in U.S.

 

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Government Securities, and the Escrow Release Date specified therein is the date the Escrow Agent receives such Offering Expense Certificate, the Escrow Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to disburse from the Escrow Account pursuant to the instructions set forth therein, but if the Escrow Agent is unable to so disburse, the Escrow Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to disburse from the Escrow Account pursuant to the instructions set forth therein on the next succeeding Business Day (which shall then become the Escrow Release Date). The Escrow Agent shall be fully protected acting in reliance upon such Offering Expense Certificate, and shall have no duty or obligation to determine whether such Offering Expense Certificate complies with the terms of the Purchase Agreement or otherwise.

(f) Release upon Qualified Acquisition. If, at any time following the consummation of a Qualified Acquisition, the Escrow Agent receives a certificate, substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex F (the “Release Certificate”), the Escrow Agent shall, on the Escrow Release Date specified therein, disburse from the Escrow Account pursuant to the instructions set forth therein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Escrow Agent receives the Release Certificate at or after 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) and the Escrow Release Date specified therein is the date the Escrow Agent receives such Release Certificate, the Escrow Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to disburse from the Escrow Account pursuant to the instructions set forth therein on the same Business Day, but shall not be required to disburse from the Escrow Account until the next succeeding Business Day (which shall then become the Escrow Release Date); provided, that, if on the day the Escrow Agent receives the Release Certificate, the Escrow Property is invested in U.S. Government Securities, and the Escrow Release Date specified therein is the date the Escrow Agent receives such Release Certificate, the Escrow Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to disburse from the Escrow Account pursuant to the instructions set forth therein, but if the Escrow Agent is unable to so disburse, the Escrow Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to disburse from the Escrow Account pursuant to the instructions set forth therein on the next succeeding Business Day (which shall then become the Escrow Release Date). The Escrow Agent shall be fully protected acting in reliance upon such Release Certificate, and shall have no duty or obligation to determine whether such Release Certificate complies with the terms of the Purchase Agreement or otherwise.

The Reincorporation Certificate, the Acquisition Certificate, the Put Event Certificate, the Mandatory Redemption Certificate, the Offering Expense Certificate and the Release Certificate are each referred to herein as a “Certificate” and collectively as the “Certificates.”

3. Investment of Funds.

(a) Initially, the Escrow Deposit shall be invested in the Treasury Securities (8305) Institutional Class Portfolio of the Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds. Thereafter, the Escrow Agent shall invest the Escrow Deposit in United States “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, having a maturity of 180 days or less, or deposit the Escrow Deposit in a demand account with Citibank N.A., pursuant to and as instructed by the Company, but subject to the availability of such investment or account to the Escrow Agent. If the Escrow Agent is required to liquidate any government securities before

 

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their stated maturity date (other than time deposits which cannot be liquidated prior to their stated maturity date), the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to deduct any reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses associated with such early liquidation from the proceeds received therefrom prior to disbursement of the Escrow Property pursuant to Section 2. If the Escrow Property is insufficient to pay or reimburse the Escrow Agent for such costs and expenses, then the Company agrees to pay or reimburse the Escrow Agent for such costs and expenses. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company may at any time instruct the Escrow Agent in writing to invest the Escrow Property in specific money market fund investments meeting the conditions of Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act; provided, however, that if the Escrow Agent receives any such investment instructions from the Company at or after 11:00 a.m., the Escrow Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to invest the Escrow Property in such specific money market fund investments on the same Business Day but shall not be required to invest the Escrow Property until the next succeeding Business Day, and such investment(s) must be available to the Escrow Agent; provided, further, that, if on the date the Escrow Agent receives any such investment instructions the Escrow Property is invested in U.S. Government Securities, and such investment instructions instruct the Escrow Agent to invest the Escrow Property in such specific money market fund investments on the date the Escrow Agent receives such investment instructions, the Escrow Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with any such investment instructions, but if the Escrow Agent is not able to so comply, the Escrow Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to invest the Escrow Property in such specific money market fund investments on the next succeeding Business Day. The Escrow Agent shall have no duty or obligation to determine whether any investment selected by the Company complies with the Investment Company Act or the Purchase Agreement. The Escrow Agent shall invest the Escrow Deposit on the date of deposit, provided that it is received on or before 11:00 a.m. New York City time. Any Escrow Deposit received by the Escrow Agent after 11:00 a.m. New York City time shall be treated as if received on the following Business Day. For purposes of this Agreement, “Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or obligated by law to close in The City of New York.

(b) Any investment direction contained herein may be executed through an affiliated broker dealer of the Escrow Agent. Neither the Escrow Agent nor any of its affiliates assume any duty or liability for monitoring the investment rating.

4. Tax Matters.

(a) The Company agrees that, unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, any earnings or proceeds received on or distributions from the Escrow Property during a calendar year period shall be treated as the income of the Company and shall be reported on an annual basis by the Escrow Agent on the appropriate United States Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Form 1099 (or IRS Form 1042-S), as required pursuant to the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Code”) and the U.S. Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.

(b) If IRS imputed interest requirements apply, the Company is solely responsible to inform the Escrow Agent, provide the Escrow Agent with all imputed interest calculations, and direct the Escrow Agent to disburse imputed interest amounts. The Escrow

 

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Agent shall rely solely on such provided calculations and information and shall have no responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of any such calculations or information or for the failure of the Company to provide such calculations or information.

(c) The Company shall upon the execution of this Agreement provide the Escrow Agent with a duly completed and properly executed IRS Form W-9 (or original applicable IRS Form W-8, in the case of a non-U.S. person) along with any supporting documentation certifying the Company’s tax status for U.S. tax information reporting purposes and tax identification number. In the event the payee is not a party to this Agreement, the Company shall provide the Escrow Agent with the applicable duly completed and properly executed IRS Form along with any required supporting documentation from such payee prior to payment being made. The Company understands that, in the event valid U.S. tax forms or other required supporting documentation are not provided to the Escrow Agent, the tax law may require withholding of tax on any earnings, proceeds or distributions from the Escrow Property and further, such withholdings will be taken from the Escrow Property and deposited with the IRS in the manner prescribed for the Escrow Agent to perform its reporting obligations under the Code and the U.S. Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder and any other applicable law or regulation.

(d) Should the Escrow Agent become liable for the payment of taxes, including withholding taxes relating to any funds, including interest and penalties thereon, held by it pursuant to this Agreement or any payment made hereunder, the Company agrees to reimburse the Escrow Agent for such taxes, interest and penalties upon demand. Without limiting the foregoing, the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to deduct such taxes, interest and penalties from the Escrow Property.

(e) The Company and the Escrow Agent agree that the Escrow Agent will not be responsible for providing tax reporting and withholding for payments which are for compensation for services performed by an employee or independent contractor.

(f) The Escrow Agent’s rights under this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Escrow Agent.

5. Concerning the Escrow Agent.

(a) Escrow Agent Duties. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) the duties, responsibilities and obligations of the Escrow Agent shall be limited to those expressly set forth in this Agreement, each of which is administrative or ministerial (and shall not be construed to be fiduciary) in nature, and no duties, responsibilities or obligations shall be inferred or implied, (ii) the Escrow Agent shall not be responsible for any of the agreements referred to or described herein (including without limitation the Purchase Agreement), or for determining or compelling compliance therewith, and shall not otherwise be bound thereby, and (iii) the Escrow Agent shall not be required to expend or risk any of its own funds to satisfy payments from the Escrow Property hereunder.

 

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(b) Liability of Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any damage, loss or injury resulting from any action taken or omitted in the absence of fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct (as finally adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction). In no event shall the Escrow Agent be liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, punitive or special losses or damages, regardless of the form of action and whether or not any such losses or damages were foreseeable or contemplated. The Escrow Agent shall not be liable or responsible for the investment or reinvestment of any Escrow Property, or any liquidation of such investment or reinvestment, executed in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, including, without limitation, any liability for any delays in the investment or reinvestment of the Escrow Property, any loss of interest incident to any such delays, or any loss or penalty as a result of the liquidation of any investment before its stated maturity date. The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to rely upon any instruction, notice, request or other instrument delivered to it by the Company without being required to determine the authenticity or validity thereof, or the truth or accuracy of any information stated therein. The Escrow Agent may act in reliance upon any signature believed by it to be genuine and may assume that any person purporting to make any statement or execute any document in connection with the provisions hereof has been duly authorized to do so. The Escrow Agent may consult with counsel satisfactory to it, and the opinion or advice of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or omitted by it in good faith and in accordance with the opinion and advice of such counsel, except to the extent resulting from the Escrow Agent’s fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct (as finally adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction). The Escrow Agent shall not incur any liability for not performing any act or fulfilling any obligation hereunder by reason of any occurrence beyond its control (including, without limitation, any provision of any future law or regulation or any act of any governmental authority, any act of God or war or terrorism, or the unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank wire services or any electronic communication facility).

(c) Reliance on Orders. The Escrow Agent is authorized to comply with final orders issued or process entered by any court with respect to the Escrow Property, without determination by the Escrow Agent of such court’s jurisdiction in the matter. If any portion of the Escrow Property is at any time attached, garnished or levied upon under any court order, or in case the payment, assignment, transfer, conveyance or delivery of any such property shall be stayed or enjoined by any court order, or in case any order, judgment or decree shall be made or entered by any court affecting such property or any part thereof, then and in any such event, the Escrow Agent is authorized to rely upon and comply with any such order, writ, judgment or decree which it is advised is binding upon it without the need for appeal or other action; and if the Escrow Agent complies with any such order, writ, judgment or decree, it shall not be liable to the Company hereto or to any other person or entity by reason of such compliance even though such order, writ, judgment or decree may be subsequently reversed, modified, annulled, set aside or vacated.

(d) Unlawful Gambling. In accordance with the Unlawful Internet Gambling Act (the “Act”), the Company may not use the Escrow Account or other Citibank facilities in the United States to process ‘restricted transactions’ as such term is defined in 31 CFR Section 132.2(y). Therefore, neither the Company nor any person who has an ownership interest in or control over the Escrow Account may use it to process or facilitate payments for prohibited

 

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internet gambling transactions. For more information about the Act, including the types of transactions that are prohibited, please refer to the following link: http://www.federalreserve.gov/NEWSEVENTS/PRESS/BCREG/20081112B.HTM.

(e) Secure E-mail. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, any and all e-mail communications (both text and attachments) by or from the Escrow Agent that the Escrow Agent deems to contain confidential, proprietary, and/or sensitive information shall be encrypted. The recipient (the “E-mail Recipient”) of the encrypted e-mail communication will be required to complete a registration process. Instructions on how to register and/or retrieve an encrypted message will be included in the first secure e-mail sent by the Escrow Agent to the E-mail Recipient. For additional information and assistance call (866) 535-2504 (in the U.S.), (904) 954-6181 (outside the U.S.), or contact the Escrow Agent.

(f) Tax Advice. The Escrow Agent, its affiliates, and its employees are not in the business of providing tax or legal advice to any taxpayer outside of the Escrow Agent and its affiliates. This Agreement and any amendments or attachments are not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used or relied upon, by any such taxpayer or for the purpose of avoiding tax penalties. Any such taxpayer should seek advice based on the taxpayer’s particular circumstances from an independent tax advisor.

6. Compensation, Expense Reimbursement and Indemnification.

(a) Compensation. The Company covenants and agrees to pay the Escrow Agent’s fees and expenses specified in Schedule A. Any attorney’s fees incurred in connection with the preparation and negotiation of this Agreement and any Escrow Agent acceptance fees shall be due and payable upon execution of this Agreement.

(b) Security and Offset. The Company hereby grants to the Escrow Agent a first lien upon, and right of offset against, the Escrow Property with respect to any fees or expenses due to the Escrow Agent hereunder (including any claim for indemnification hereunder). In the event that any fees or expenses, or any other obligations owed to the Escrow Agent (or its counsel) are not paid to the Escrow Agent within 30 calendar days following the presentment of an invoice for the payment of such fees and expenses or the demand for such payment, then the Escrow Agent may, without further action or notice, pay such fees from the Escrow Property and may sell, convey or otherwise dispose of any Escrow Property for such purpose. The Escrow Agent may in its sole discretion withhold from any distribution of the Escrow Property an amount of such distribution it reasonably believes would, upon sale or liquidation, produce proceeds equal to any unpaid amounts to which the Escrow Agent is entitled to hereunder.

(c) Indemnification. The Company covenants and agrees to indemnify the Escrow Agent and its employees, officers, directors, affiliates, and agents (each, an “Indemnified

 

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Party”) for, hold each Indemnified Party harmless from, and defend each Indemnified Party against, any and all claims, losses, actions, liabilities, costs, damages and expenses of any nature incurred by any Indemnified Party, whether direct, indirect or consequential, arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or with the administration of its duties hereunder (including but not limited to reasonable attorney’s fees and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses), tax liabilities (including any taxes, interest and penalties but excluding any income tax liabilities associated with the Escrow Agent’s fees), and other reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of defending or preparing to defend against any claim of liability (whether threatened or initiated), except to the extent such loss, liability, damage, cost or expense shall have been finally adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Indemnified Party. Each Indemnified Party shall have the right to select and employ separate counsel with respect to any action or claim brought or asserted against it, and the reasonable fees and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of such counsel shall be paid within 30 days of receipt by the Company of an invoice delivered by or on behalf of the Interested Parties jointly and severally. The foregoing indemnification and agreement to hold harmless shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the resignation or removal of the Escrow Agent.

7. Dispute Resolution. In the event of any disagreement among the Company and any other person, resulting in adverse claims or demands being made in a court of competent jurisdiction with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement, or in the event that the Escrow Agent, in good faith, is in doubt as to any action it should take hereunder, the Escrow Agent may, at its option, refuse to comply with any claims or demands and refuse to take any other action hereunder, so long as such disagreement continues or such doubt exists, and in any such event, the Escrow Agent shall not be liable in any way or to any person for its failure or refusal to act, and the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to continue to so refuse to act and refrain from acting until (i) the rights of all parties having or claiming an interest in the Escrow Property or the Escrow Account shall have been fully and finally adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction, or all differences and doubts shall have been resolved by agreement among all of the parties, and (ii) the Escrow Agent shall, in the case of adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction, have received a final order, judgment or decree by such court of competent jurisdiction, which order, judgment or decree is not subject to appeal, and in the case of resolution of differences and doubts by agreement, have received a notice in writing signed by an Authorized Person (as defined below) of the parties setting forth in detail the agreement. The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to receive (from and at the expense of the presenting party) an opinion of counsel to the effect that any order, judgment or decree is final and not subject to appeal. The Escrow Agent shall have the option, after 30 calendar days’ notice to the Company of its intention to do so, to petition (by means of filing an action in interpleader or any other appropriate method) any court of competent jurisdiction, for instructions with respect to any dispute or uncertainty, and to the extent required or permitted by law, pay into such court the Escrow Property for holding and disposition in accordance with the instructions of such court. The costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Escrow Agent in connection with such proceeding shall be paid by the Company. The rights of the Escrow Agent under this Section 7 are cumulative of all other rights which it may have by law or otherwise.

 

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8. Exclusive Benefit. Except as specifically set forth in this Agreement, this Agreement is for the exclusive benefit of the parties to this Agreement and their respective permitted successors, and shall not be deemed to give, either expressly or implicitly, any legal or equitable right, remedy, or claim to any other entity or person whatsoever. No party may assign any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other parties.

9. Resignation and Removal.

(a) The Company may remove the Escrow Agent at any time by giving to the Escrow Agent thirty (30) calendar days’ prior written notice of removal signed by an Authorized Person of the Company. The Escrow Agent may resign at any time by giving to the Company thirty (30) calendar days’ prior written notice of resignation.

(b) Within thirty (30) calendar days after giving the foregoing notice of removal to the Escrow Agent or within thirty (30) calendar days after receiving the foregoing notice of resignation from the Escrow Agent, the Company shall appoint a successor escrow agent and give notice of such successor escrow agent to the Escrow Agent. If a successor escrow agent has not accepted such appointment by the end of such (i) 30-day period, in the case of the Escrow Agent’s removal, or (ii) 30-day period, in the case of the Escrow Agent’s resignation, the Escrow Agent may either (A) safe keep the Escrow Property until a successor escrow agent is appointed, without any obligation to invest the same or continue to perform under this Agreement, or (B) apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor escrow agent or for other appropriate relief.

(c) Upon receipt of notice of the identity of the successor escrow agent, the Escrow Agent shall either deliver the Escrow Property then held hereunder to the successor escrow agent, less the Escrow Agent’s fees, costs and expenses, or hold such Escrow Property (or any portion thereof) pending distribution, until all such fees, costs and expenses are paid to it.

(d) Upon delivery of the Escrow Property to the successor escrow agent, the Escrow Agent shall have no further duties, responsibilities or obligations hereunder; provided, that the Escrow Agent will use its commercially reasonable efforts to provide the Company and the successor escrow agent with any information reasonably requested by the Company or the successor escrow agent in connection with any tax reporting or other compliance obligations required by law that relate to the period prior to the delivery of the Escrow Property to the successor escrow agent.

10. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waivers.

(a) The parties agree (pursuant to Section 5-1401 of the General Obligations Law of the State of New York) that, to the extent such laws would otherwise not apply, this Agreement (including this choice-of-law provision) and the rights and obligations of the parties to this Agreement shall be governed by, construed in accordance with, and all controversies and disputes arising under, in connection with or in relation to this Agreement shall be resolved pursuant to the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be wholly performed in the State of New York.

 

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(b) The parties irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal and state courts located in the Borough of Manhattan, City, County and State of New York, for any proceedings commenced regarding this Agreement, including, but not limited to, any interpleader proceeding or proceeding for the appointment of a successor escrow agent the Escrow Agent may commence pursuant to this Agreement. The parties irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of such courts for the determination of all issues in such proceedings and irrevocably waive any objection to venue or inconvenient forum for any proceeding brought in any such court.

(c) To the extent that in any jurisdiction the Company may be entitled to claim, for itself or its assets, immunity from suit, execution, attachment (whether before or after judgment) or other legal process, each such party hereby irrevocably agrees not to claim, and hereby waives, such immunity.

(d) The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any right to trial by jury with respect to any proceeding relating to this Agreement.

11. Identifying Information. To help the U.S. government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, Federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person who opens an account. When an account is opened, the Escrow Agent will ask for information that will allow the Escrow Agent to identify relevant parties. The Company hereby acknowledges such information disclosure requirements and agrees to comply with all such information disclosure requests from time to time from the Escrow Agent.

12. Notices; Instructions.

(a) Any notice or instruction permitted or required hereunder shall be in writing in English, and shall be sent (i) by personal delivery, (ii) by a nationally recognized overnight courier or delivery service, (iii) by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iv) by confirmed facsimile, or (v) by e-mail with a PDF attachment thereto of an executed document, in each case addressed to the address and person(s) designated below their respective signature hereto (or to such other address as any such party may hereafter designate by written notice to the other parties). Notices to the Escrow Agent shall only be effective upon actual receipt by the Escrow Agent. Any notice or instruction must be executed by an authorized person of the Company (the person(s) so designated from time to time, the “Authorized Persons”). The identity of such Authorized Persons, as well as their specimen signature, title, telephone number and e-mail address, shall be delivered to the Escrow Agent in the list of authorized signer forms as set forth on Schedule B and shall remain in effect until the Company notifies the Escrow Agent of any change thereto. Any instructions regarding funds transfer should contain a selected test word also evidenced on Schedule B. Test words must contain at least 8 alphanumeric characters, established at document execution. In addition or in lieu of test words, the Escrow Agent is authorized to seek confirmation of such notice or

 

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instruction by telephone call back to the applicable person(s) set forth on Schedule B and the Escrow Agent may rely upon the confirmations of anyone purporting to be the person(s) so designated, and further to ensure the accuracy of the notice or instruction it receives, the Escrow Agent may record such call backs. If the Escrow Agent is unable to verify or is not satisfied in its sole discretion with the verification it receives, it will not execute the instruction until all issues have been resolved to its satisfaction. The persons and telephone numbers for call backs may be changed only in writing, signed by an Authorized Person, actually received and acknowledged by the Escrow Agent. The Company agrees that the above security procedures are commercially reasonable.

(b) Any funds to be paid by the Escrow Agent hereunder shall be sent by wire transfer pursuant the instructions set forth in the applicable Certificate delivered to the Escrow Agent. Any funds to be paid to the Escrow Account shall be sent by wire transfer to:

CITIBANK, N.A.

ABA: 0210-0008-9

Account Name: Escrow Concentration Account

A/C#.: 36855852

Ref: A/C 113910 WMI Hldgs

13. Amendment, Waiver. Except as specifically set forth in this Agreement, any amendment of this Agreement shall be binding only if evidenced by a writing signed by each of the parties to this Agreement. No waiver of any provision hereof shall be effective unless expressed in writing and signed by the party to be charged.

14. Severability. The invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall in no way affect the validity, legality or enforceability of any other provision. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be unenforceable as a matter of law, the other provisions shall not be affected thereby and shall remain in full force and effect.

15. Entire Agreement, No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties relating to the holding, investment and disbursement of the Escrow Property and sets forth in its entirety the obligations and duties of the Escrow Agent with respect to the Escrow Property. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other person any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

16. Termination. This Agreement shall terminate and the Escrow Account shall be closed upon the distribution of all Escrow Property from the Escrow Account established hereunder in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, subject, however, to the survival of obligations specifically contemplated in this Agreement to so survive.

17. Use of Name. No printed or other material in any language, including prospectuses, notices, reports, and promotional material which mentions “Citibank”, “Citigroup” or “Citi” by name solely in its capacity as the Escrow Agent under this Agreement or the rights, powers, or duties of the Escrow Agent under this Agreement shall be issued by the Company, or on the Company’s behalf, without the prior written consent of the Escrow Agent.

 

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18. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more counterparts, any one of which need not contain the signatures of more than one party, but all such counterparts taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Facsimile or PDF signatures on counterparts of this Agreement shall be deemed original signatures with all rights accruing thereto except in respect to any Non-US entity, whereby originals are required.

19. Mergers and Conversions. Any corporation or entity into which the Escrow Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation or entity resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Escrow Agent will be a party, or any corporation or entity succeeding to the business of the Escrow Agent will be the successor of the Escrow Agent hereunder without the execution or filing of any paper with any party hereto or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto except where an instrument of transfer or assignment is required by law to effect such succession, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.

20. Definitions.

“Escrow Release Date” means the date specified on each Certificate, as applicable, received by the Escrow Agent.

All capitalized terms used but not defined herein (including with respect to the Schedules and Annexes attached hereto) shall have the meanings given such terms in the Certificate of Designation or the Purchase Agreement, as applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the use of capitalized terms defined in the Certificate of Designation or the Purchase Agreement is solely for the convenience of the Company and knowledge of the meanings of such capitalized terms contained in the Certificate of Designation or the Purchase Agreement shall not be imputed to the Escrow Agent.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this Agreement to be executed by a duly authorized representative as of the day and year first written above.

 

CITIBANK, N.A.,
as Escrow Agent
By:  

/s/ Miriam Molina

  Name: Miriam Molina
  Title: Vice President
Notice to:
Citibank, N.A.
Agency & Trust
388 Greenwich Street, 14th Floor

New York, NY 10013

Attn.: Mary Ellen Connolly

Phone: (201) 763-1884
Facsimile: (973) 461-7191 or
(973) 461-7192
E-mail: mary.e.connolly@citi.com
With a copy to (if by personal delivery, overnight courier or registered or certified mail):
Citibank, N.A., as Escrow Agent
Agency & Trust

480 Washington Blvd. 18th Floor

Jersey City, NJ 07310

Attn: Mary Ellen

Connolly

 

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WMI HOLDINGS CORP.
  By:  

/s/ Charles Edward Smith

  Name: Charles Edward Smith
  Title: President, Interim Chief Executive Officer, Interim Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Notice to:
WMI Holdings Corp.
1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3000
Seattle, Washington 98101
Attn.: Interim Chief Executive Officer
Phone: (206) 432-8731
Facsimile: (206) 432-8877
E-mail: chad.smith@wamuinc.net

 

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List of Schedules

 

A Escrow Agent Fee Schedule
B Authorized List of Signers

List of Annexes

 

A Reincorporation Certificate
B Acquisition Certificate
C Put Event Certificate
D Mandatory Redemption Certificate
E Offering Expense Certificate
F Release Certificate

 

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SCHEDULE A

ESCROW AGENT FEE SCHEDULE

Acceptance Fee:

To cover the acceptance of the Escrow Agent appointment, the study of the Escrow Agreement and all supporting documents submitted in connection with the execution and delivery of this transaction, communication with other members of the working group.

$2,500 onetime fee

Escrow Administration Fee:

To cover the administrative functions of the Escrow Agent under the Escrow Agreement, including the establishment and maintenance of the escrow account and activation, safekeeping of assets, maintenance of the records, follow-up of the agreement provisions, disbursements, and other duties required of the agent under the terms of the agreements.

$25,000 Annual Fee

Legal Fees:

To cover the review of legal documents and any amendments of legal documents by Citi’s outside counsel on behalf of the agent, if necessary.

AT COST (due at closing)

Amendment Fee: (if applicable)

To cover the administrative functions required to amend the Agreements. Fee to be mutually agreed upon prior to review by Citi of any amendment

 

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Schedule Assumptions:

 

    Establishment of an escrow account to hold approximately $600 MM U.S. Government obligations for up to 3 years with disbursements as directed under the agreement.

 

    Documentation to be governed under the laws of New York.

 

    Subject to standard due diligence procedures on the parties to the Escrow Agreement and on the source of funds.

 

    Subject to internal approval and satisfactory review of documentation.

 

    Funds in the escrow account to be invested in U.S. Government obligations with a maturity of 6 months or less.

The above schedule of fees does not include reasonable charges for out-of-pocket expenses or for any services of an extraordinary nature that Citi or its legal counsel may be called upon from time to time to perform in either an agency or fiduciary capacity. Fees are also subject to Citi’s satisfactory review of the documentation, and Citi reserves the right to modify them should the characteristics of the transaction change. Citi’s participation in this transaction is subject to internal approval of all parties depositing moneys into the accounts and able to direct the agent. This Fee Schedule is offered for and applicable to the transaction described on page one only, and is guaranteed for sixty days from the date on this proposal. After sixty days, this offer can be extended in writing only.

In accordance with US regulations regarding anti-money laundering and terrorist financing, Federal law requires Citi to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each business or entity that opens an account or establishes a relationship with Citi. What this means for you: when you open an account or establish a relationship, we will ask for your business name, a street address and a tax identification number, that Federal law requires us to obtain. In accordance with the Unlawful Internet Gambling Act (the “Act”), Citibank, N.A. accounts or other Citibank, N.A. facilities in the United States may not be used to process “restricted transactions” as such term is defined in U.S. 31 CFR Section 132.2(y). We appreciate your cooperation.

 

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SCHEDULE B

AUTHORIZED LIST OF SIGNERS

This form supplements the Agreement and related documents and applies to instruction given by facsimile (or e-mail with .pdf attachment) for securities or funds transfers and for other purposes under the Agreement. In giving any facsimile (or e-mail with .pdf attachment) instruction as specified in the Agreement the Company acknowledges that facsimile (or e-mail with .pdf attachment) present a high degree of risk or error, security, and privacy. Nevertheless the Company wishes to use facsimile (or e-mail with .pdf attachment) as a means of instruction. The Company designates below the individuals who are authorized to initiate transfers or other instructions by facsimile (or e-mail with .pdf attachment) on behalf of the Company and select the security procedures specified herein. The Company accepts the associated risks of unauthorized or erroneous instruction and agrees to be bound by such instruction whether or not actually authorized by the Company, provided the Escrow Agent has complied with the stated security procedure. The Company is responsible for keeping confidential the contents of this Schedule B. The Company should be careful in completing this Schedule B as it may be rejected if it contains erasures or white outs.

 

¨ New

 

¨ Addition

 

¨ Supersede

 

 

WMI HOLDINGS CORP.

  
          

Specimen Signature

 

Name                             

    

Charles Edward Smith

       

Title

    

Interim CEO and Secretary

       

Phone

    

(206) 432-8731

       

E-mail Address

    

Chad.Smith@wamuinc.net

      /s/ Charles Edward Smith
          

Name

    

Timothy F. Jaeger

       

Title

    

Interim Chief Financial Officer

       

Phone

    

(707) 484-8607

       

E-mail Address

    

TimJaeger@cxoc.com

      /s/ Timothy F. Jaeger
          

Name

    

Vicky Wu

       

Title

    

Director of Finance

       

Phone

    

(206) 432-8772

       

E-mail Address

    

Vicky.Wu@wamuinc.net

      /s/ Vicky Wu

Where applicable, the Escrow Agent will confirm the instructions received by return call to one of the telephone numbers listed below.

 

  Telephone Number (including Country code)   Name
     
     
     
     

Test Word

 

 
  Newyork16  

 

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ANNEX A

FORM OF REINCORPORATION CERTIFICATE

                    , 201    

Citibank, N.A., as Escrow Agent

Agency & Trust

388 Greenwich Street, 14th Floor

New York, NY 10013

Attn: Mary Ellen Connolly

Fax: (973) 461-7191 or (973) 461-7192

Email: mary.e.connolly@citi.com

With a copy to (if by personal delivery, overnight courier or registered or certified mail):

Citibank, N.A., as Escrow Agent

Agency & Trust

480 Washington Blvd. 18th Floor

Jersey City, NJ 07310

Attn: Mary Ellen Connolly

This certificate is being delivered by WMI Holdings Corp., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of [Washington][Delaware] (the “Company”), pursuant to Section 2(a) of the Escrow Agreement, dated as of January 5, 2015, by and among the Company and Citibank, N.A., a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America (“Citibank”) and acting through its Agency and Trust Division and solely in its capacity as escrow agent thereunder, and any successors appointed pursuant to the terms hereof (Citibank in such capacity, the “Escrow Agent”). Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings specified in the Escrow Agreement.

[To be inserted if the Reincorporation occurs on or prior to July 4, 2015] [The Company certifies to the Escrow Agent that the Reincorporation has occurred on or prior to July 4, 2015.

The Escrow Agent is hereby instructed to release $[5,500,000] of the Escrow Property, representing the 50% of the Citi Fee payable to Citigroup Global Markets Inc. pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, on             , 201    , which shall be the Escrow Release Date for purposes of this certificate, as follows:

Bank:

ABA#:

Account Name:

A/C#:

Ref:

 

Annex A - 1


Further, the Escrow Agent is hereby instructed to release $[8,250,000] of the Escrow Property, representing the 50% of the KCM Fee payable to KKR Capital Markets LLC pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, on             , 201    , which shall be the Escrow Release Date for purposes of this certificate, as follows:

Bank:

ABA#:

Account Name:

A/C#:

Ref:]

[To be inserted if the Reincorporation fails to occur on or prior to July 4, 2015] [The Company certifies to the Escrow Agent that the Reincorporation has failed to occur on or prior to July 4, 2015 by reason other than the failure to obtain the requisite shareholder approval for the Reincorporation.

The Escrow Agent is hereby instructed to release $[2,750,000] of the Escrow Property, representing the 25% of the Citi Fee payable to Citigroup Global Markets Inc. pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, on             , 201    , which shall be the Escrow Release Date for purposes of this certificate, as follows:

Bank:

ABA#:

Account Name:

A/C#:

Ref:]

 

WMI HOLDINGS CORP.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
  Test Word:

 

Annex A - 2


ANNEX B

FORM OF ACQUISITION AND/OR ACQUISITION EXPENSES CERTIFICATE

                    , 201    

Citibank, N.A., as Escrow Agent

Agency & Trust

388 Greenwich Street, 14th Floor

New York, NY 10013

Attn: Mary Ellen Connolly

Fax: (973) 461-7191 or (973) 461-7192

Email: mary.e.connolly@citi.com

With a copy to (if by personal delivery, overnight courier or registered or certified mail):

Citibank, N.A., as Escrow Agent

Agency & Trust

480 Washington Blvd. 18th Floor

Jersey City, NJ 07310

Attn: Mary Ellen Connolly

This certificate is being delivered by WMI Holdings Corp., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of [Washington][Delaware] (the “Company”), pursuant to Section 2(b) of the Escrow Agreement, dated as of January 5, 2015, by and among the Company and Citibank, N.A., a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America (“Citibank”) and acting through its Agency and Trust Division and solely in its capacity as escrow agent thereunder, and any successors appointed pursuant to the terms hereof (Citibank in such capacity, the “Escrow Agent”). Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings specified in the Escrow Agreement.

The Company certifies to the Escrow Agent that the Escrow Property released pursuant to this certificate will be applied to finance the Company’s efforts to explore and/or to fund, in whole or in part, an Acquisition whether completed or not, including reasonable attorney fees and expenses, accounting expenses, due diligence and financial advisor fees and expenses.

The Escrow Agent is hereby instructed to release $[] of the Escrow Property on             , 201    , which shall be the Escrow Release Date for purposes of this certificate, as follows:

Bank:

ABA#:

Account Name:

A/C#:

Ref:

 

Annex B - 1


[To be inserted if a Qualified Acquisition occurs prior to the Mandatory Redemption Date and the Reincorporation has occurred prior to July 4, 2015] [The Company certifies to the Escrow Agent that (i) the Acquisition referred to in this Acquisition Certificate is a Qualified Acquisition that has occurred prior to the Mandatory Redemption Date and (ii) the Reincorporation has occurred on or prior to July 4, 2015.

The Escrow Agent is hereby instructed to release $[4,000,000] of the Escrow Property, representing the remaining 50% of the Citi Fee minus the Structuring Fee payable to Citigroup Global Markets Inc. pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, on                     , 201    , which shall be the Escrow Release Date for purposes of this certificate, as follows:

Bank:

ABA#:

Account Name:

A/C#:

Ref:

Further, the Escrow Agent is hereby instructed to release $[8,250,000] of the Escrow Property, representing the remaining 50% of the KCM Fee payable to KKR Capital Markets LLC pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, on             , 201    , which shall be the Escrow Release Date for purposes of this certificate, as follows:

Bank:

ABA#:

Account Name:

A/C#:

Ref:]

 

WMI HOLDINGS CORP.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
  Test Word:

 

Annex B - 2


ANNEX C

FORM OF PUT EVENT CERTIFICATE

                    , 201    

Citibank, N.A., as Escrow Agent

Agency & Trust

388 Greenwich Street, 14th Floor

New York, NY 10013

Attn: Mary Ellen Connolly

Fax: (973) 461-7191 or (973) 461-7192

Email: mary.e.connolly@citi.com

With a copy to (if by personal delivery, overnight courier or registered or certified mail):

Citibank, N.A., as Escrow Agent

Agency & Trust

480 Washington Blvd. 18th Floor

Jersey City, NJ 07310

Attn: Mary Ellen Connolly

This certificate is being delivered by WMI Holdings Corp., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of [Washington][Delaware] (the “Company”), pursuant to Section 2(c) of the Escrow Agreement, dated as of January 5, 2015, by and among the Company and Citibank, N.A., a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America (“Citibank”) and acting through its Agency and Trust Division and solely in its capacity as escrow agent thereunder, and any successors appointed pursuant to the terms hereof (Citibank in such capacity, the “Escrow Agent”). Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings specified in the Escrow Agreement.

The Company certifies to the Escrow Agent that (i) a Put Event has occurred, and certain Holders have properly tendered for repurchase their shares of outstanding Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to the Put Event Repurchase Offer, and (ii) the Escrow Property released pursuant to this certificate will be applied to pay the applicable Put Event Repurchase Price to such Holders on the Put Event Repurchase Date pursuant to the terms of the Certificate of Designation.

The Escrow Agent is hereby instructed to release $[] of the Escrow Property on             , 201    , which shall be the Escrow Release Date for purposes of this certificate, as follows:1

 

1  Insert bank information for DTC in connection with the payment to Holders.

 

Annex C - 1


Bank:

ABA#:

Account Name:

A/C#:

Ref:

 

WMI HOLDINGS CORP.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
  Test Word:

 

Annex C - 2


ANNEX D

FORM OF MANDATORY REDEMPTION CERTIFICATE

                    , 201    

Citibank, N.A., as Escrow Agent

Agency & Trust

388 Greenwich Street, 14th Floor

New York, NY 10013

Attn: Mary Ellen Connolly

Fax: (973) 461-7191 or (973) 461-7192

Email: mary.e.connolly@citi.com

With a copy to (if by personal delivery, overnight courier or registered or certified mail):

Citibank, N.A., as Escrow Agent

Agency & Trust

480 Washington Blvd. 18th Floor

Jersey City, NJ 07310

Attn: Mary Ellen Connolly

This certificate is being delivered by WMI Holdings Corp., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of [Washington][Delaware] (the “Company”), pursuant to Section 2(d) of the Escrow Agreement, dated as of January 5, 2015, by and among the Company and Citibank, N.A., a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America (“Citibank”) and acting through its Agency and Trust Division and solely in its capacity as escrow agent thereunder, and any successors appointed pursuant to the terms hereof (Citibank in such capacity, the “Escrow Agent”). Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings specified in the Escrow Agreement.

The Company certifies to the Escrow Agent that the Escrow Property released pursuant to this certificate will be applied to pay the applicable Mandatory Redemption Price to redeem all outstanding shares of the Series B Preferred Stock (including any unconverted shares of Series B Preferred Stock remaining after any Mandatory Conversion, including Unconverted Shares).

The Escrow Agent is hereby instructed to release $[] of the Escrow Property on             , 201    , which shall be the Escrow Release Date for purposes of this certificate, as follows:2

 

2  Insert bank information for DTC in connection with the payment to Holders.

 

Annex D - 1


Bank:

ABA#:

Account Name:

A/C#:

Ref:

[To be inserted if a Qualified Acquisition has not occurred prior to the Mandatory Redemption Date and the Reincorporation has occurred prior to July 4, 2015] [The Company certifies to the Escrow Agent that (i) a Qualified Acquisition has failed to occur prior to the Mandatory Redemption Date and (ii) the Reincorporation has occurred on or prior to July 4, 2015.

The Escrow Agent is hereby instructed to release $[1,250,000] of the Escrow Property, representing 25% of the Citi Fee minus the Structuring Fee payable to Citigroup Global Markets Inc. pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, on             , 201    , which shall be the Escrow Release Date for purposes of this certificate, as follows:

Bank:

ABA#:

Account Name:

A/C#:

Ref:]

 

WMI HOLDINGS CORP.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
  Test Word:

 

Annex D - 2


ANNEX E

FORM OF OFFERING EXPENSE CERTIFICATE

                    , 201    

Citibank, N.A., as Escrow Agent

Agency & Trust

388 Greenwich Street, 14th Floor

New York, NY 10013

Attn: Mary Ellen Connolly

Fax: (973) 461-7191 or (973) 461-7192

Email: mary.e.connolly@citi.com

With a copy to (if by personal delivery, overnight courier or registered or certified mail):

Citibank, N.A., as Escrow Agent

Agency & Trust

480 Washington Blvd. 18th Floor

Jersey City, NJ 07310

Attn: Mary Ellen Connolly

This certificate is being delivered by WMI Holdings Corp., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of [Washington][Delaware] (the “Company”), pursuant to Section 2(e) of the Escrow Agreement, dated as of January 5, 2015, by and among the Company and Citibank, N.A., a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America (“Citibank”) and acting through its Agency and Trust Division and solely in its capacity as escrow agent thereunder, and any successors appointed pursuant to the terms hereof (Citibank in such capacity, the “Escrow Agent”). Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings specified in the Escrow Agreement.

The Company certifies to the Escrow Agent that the Escrow Property released pursuant to this certificate will be applied to pay, or to reimburse the Company for, the costs and expenses relating to the Company’s issuance and offering of the Securities.

The Escrow Agent is hereby instructed to release $[] of the Escrow Property on             , 201    , which shall be the Escrow Release Date for purposes of this certificate, as follows:

Bank:

ABA#:

Account Name:

A/C#:

Ref:

 

Annex E - 1


WMI HOLDINGS CORP.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
  Test Word:

 

Annex E - 2


ANNEX F

FORM OF RELEASE CERTIFICATE

                    , 201    

Citibank, N.A., as Escrow Agent

Agency & Trust

388 Greenwich Street, 14th Floor

New York, NY 10013

Attn: Mary Ellen Connolly

Fax: (973) 461-7191 or (973) 461-7192

Email: mary.e.connolly@citi.com

With a copy to (if by personal delivery, overnight courier or registered or certified mail):

Citibank, N.A., as Escrow Agent

Agency & Trust

480 Washington Blvd. 18th Floor

Jersey City, NJ 07310

Attn: Mary Ellen Connolly

This certificate is being delivered by WMI Holdings Corp., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of [Washington][Delaware] (the “Company”), pursuant to Section 2(f) of the Escrow Agreement, dated as of January 5, 2015, by and among the Company and Citibank, N.A., a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America (“Citibank”) and acting through its Agency and Trust Division and solely in its capacity as escrow agent thereunder, and any successors appointed pursuant to the terms hereof (Citibank in such capacity, the “Escrow Agent”). Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings specified in the Escrow Agreement.

The Company certifies to the Escrow Agent that (i) a Qualified Acquisition was consummated on                     , 201    , and (ii) no shares of Series B Preferred Stock remain outstanding as of the date hereof.

The Escrow Agent is hereby instructed to release the remaining Escrow Property (after making any payments pursuant to any delivered Acquisition Certificate with respect to such Qualified Acquisition) on                     , 201    , which shall be the Escrow Release Date for purposes of this certificate, as follows:

Bank:

ABA#:

Account Name:

A/C#:

Ref:

 

Annex F - 1


WMI HOLDINGS CORP.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
  Test Word:

 

Annex F - 2


EX-10.3

Exhibit 10.3

AGREEMENT FOR TERMINATION OF FINANCING AGREEMENT

AGREEMENT dated as of January 5, 2015 (this “Agreement”) by and among WMI Holdings Corp., a Washington corporation (the “Borrower”), WMI Investment Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Guarantor,” each of the Borrower and Guarantor a “Loan Party” and collectively, the “Loan Parties”), the lenders named on the signature pages hereto constituting all of the Lenders party to the Financing Agreement referenced below (each a “Lender” and collectively, the “Lenders”) and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, as administrative agent for the Lenders (together with its successors and assigns, in such capacity, the “Agent”).

WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Guarantor, the Lenders and the Agent (together, the “Agreement Parties”) are parties to the Financing Agreement (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Financing Agreement”), dated as of March 19, 2012; capitalized terms used herein but not specifically defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Financing Agreement.

WHEREAS, the Borrower intends to sell and issue 3.00% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Preferred Stock”) pursuant to that certain Purchase Agreement, dated December 19, 2014, by and among the Borrower, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and KKR Capital Markets LLC on the terms and conditions set forth therein.

WHEREAS, the Borrower has informed the Agent and the Lenders that it desires to reduce the Commitments to zero and terminate the Financing Agreement contemporaneously with the issuance of the Preferred Stock.

WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Guarantor and the Lenders desire to, and request that the Agent, agree to the terms and conditions for such reduction and termination set forth in this Agreement.

NOW THEREFORE, the Agreement Parties each agree as follows:

 

  1. Reduction of Commitments and Termination of Financing Agreement. The Agreement Parties hereby confirm that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Financing Agreement or any other Loan Document, upon:

(a) receipt by the Agent of a fully executed counterpart of this Agreement;

(b) receipt of written notice from the Borrower to the Agent that it has consummated the issuance of the Preferred Stock and requests termination of the Commitments and the Loan Documents;

(c) receipt by the Persons listed on Annex I hereto of wire transfers of immediately available funds in the aggregate amounts set forth on Annex I hereto in accordance with the wire instructions listed on Annex I hereto, as payment of the fees and expenses of counsel to the Lenders and the Agent in connection with this Agreement; and

(d) receipt by the Agent of a wire transfer of immediately available funds in the amount set forth on Annex II hereto in accordance with the wire instructions listed on Annex II hereto, as payment of the unpaid fees and expenses of the Agent payable by the Borrower in accordance with the Financing Agreement;


(the date on which all of the foregoing conditions shall first be satisfied being referred to herein as the “Termination Date”), the Commitments shall be reduced to zero and terminated, all Obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents (other than contingent indemnity and reimbursement obligations under the Loan Documents which, by the express terms of this Agreement, survive termination of the Financing Agreement) shall be satisfied in full, all Loan Documents shall be terminated and have no further force or effect, all Guaranties shall be terminated, and any Liens granted to, held by or for the benefit of the Lenders and/or the Agent to the extent securing the Obligations under the Loan Documents shall automatically be released and discharged without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any Person.

 

  2. Further Assurances. On and after the Termination Date, at the expense of the Borrower (it being understood and agreed that such expense may be in addition to the amounts paid pursuant to Section 1 hereof), the Agent and, if necessary, the Lenders will promptly execute and deliver to the Borrower (or any designee of the Borrower) any lien releases, mortgage releases, terminations of security interests, pledges and guarantees and other similar discharge or release documents, as are reasonably requested in writing and necessary to release, as of record, the Liens and all notices of Liens previously filed by the Agent under the Loan Documents, and all other agreements, documents and instruments, if any, from time to time necessary in order to effectuate the transactions contemplated by Section 1 of this Agreement. Upon the Termination Date, the Agent shall deliver to the Borrower (or any designee of the Borrower) all instruments evidencing pledged securities and any other similar collateral previously delivered by the Loan Parties to the Agent under the Loan Documents.

 

  3. Release. Each Loan Party hereby releases and discharges the Agent, the Lenders, and each of their predecessors, successors, assignees, participants, officers, directors, members, affiliates, managers, investment managers, management companies, partners, general partners, limited partners, shareholders, equityholders, advisors, attorneys, agents and employees (the “Releasees”), from any and all duties, liabilities, obligations, claims, demands, accounts and actions that it at any time had or has or may have or that its successors and assigns hereafter may have against any Releasee, whether fixed or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, known or unknown, other than obligations under Section 2 of this Agreement. As to each and every claim released hereunder, each Loan Party hereby represents that it has received the advice of legal counsel with regard to the releases contained herein, and having been so advised, specifically waives the benefit of any rule or law which provides as follows:

“A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH A CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM, MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR” and


waives, as to each and every claim released hereunder, the benefit of each other similar provision of applicable federal or state law (including, without limitation, the laws of the State of New York), if any, pertaining to general releases after having been advised by their legal counsel with respect thereto.

 

  4. Continuing Indemnification. Nothing in this Agreement shall terminate or otherwise impair the Obligations with respect to Sections 8.05, 10.04 and 10.15 of the Financing Agreement.

 

  5. Reinstatement. If any payment or transfer (or any portion thereof) to the Agent or any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates in connection with this Agreement or the Loan Documents shall be subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or a fraudulent conveyance or preferential, avoided, rescinded, set aside or otherwise required to be returned or repaid, whether in bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency or similar proceedings involving any Loan Party or otherwise, then such payment or transfer shall immediately be reinstated, without need for any action by any Person, and shall be enforceable against the Loan Parties and their successors and assigns as if such payment had never been made (in which case this Agreement shall in no way impair the claims of the Agent, the Lenders and their respective Affiliates with respect to such payment or transfer).

 

  6. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

  7. Counterpart Originals; Facsimile and PDF Delivery of Signature Pages. The Agreement Parties may sign any number of copies of this Agreement. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Agreement and of signature pages by facsimile or portable document format (“PDF”) transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Agreement and may be used in lieu of the original Agreement for all purposes. Signatures of the Agreement Parties transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

[signature page follows]


BORROWER:
WMI HOLDINGS CORP.
By:  

/s/ Charles Edward Smith

Name:   Charles Edward Smith
Title:   Interim Chief Executive Officer and Secretary
GUARANTOR:
WMI INVESTMENT CORP.
By:  

/s/ Charles Edward Smith

Name:   Charles Edward Smith
Title:   Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Signature Page to Agreement for Termination of Financing Agreement


LENDERS:

 

OWL CREEK ASIA I, L.P.
By: Owl Creek Advisors, LLC, its general partner
By:  

/s/ Reuben Kopel

  Name:  

Reuben Kopel

  Title:  

General Counsel

OWL CREEK ASIA II, L.P.
By: Owl Creek Advisors, LLC, its general partner
By:  

/s/ Reuben Kopel

  Name:  

Reuben Kopel

  Title:  

General Counsel

OWL CREEK ASIA MASTER FUND, LTD.
By:  

/s/ Reuben Kopel

  Name:  

Reuben Kopel

  Title:  

General Counsel

OWL CREEK I, L.P.
By: Owl Creek Advisors, LLC, its general partner
By:  

/s/ Reuben Kopel

  Name:  

Reuben Kopel

  Title:  

General Counsel

Signature Page to Agreement for Termination of Financing Agreement


 

OWL CREEK II, L.P.

By: Owl Creek Advisors, LLC, its general partner

By:  

/s/ Reuben Kopel

  Name:  

Reuben Kopel

  Title:  

General Counsel

OWL CREEK OVERSEAS MASTER FUND, LTD.

By:  

/s/ Reuben Kopel

  Name:  

Reuben Kopel

  Title:  

General Counsel

OWL CREEK SRI MASTER FUND, LTD.

By:  

/s/ Reuben Kopel

  Name:  

Reuben Kopel

  Title:  

General Counsel

Signature Page to Agreement for Termination of Financing Agreement


 

APPALOOSA INVESTMENT L.P. I

By: Appaloosa Management L.P., its general partner

By: Appaloosa Partners Inc., its general partner

By:  

/s/ James E. Bolin

  Name:  

James E. Bolin

  Title:  

Partner

THOROUGHBRED FUND L.P.

By: Appaloosa Management L.P., its general partner

By: Appaloosa Partners Inc., its general partner

By:  

/s/ James E. Bolin

  Name:  

James E. Bolin

  Title:  

Partner

Signature Page to Agreement for Termination of Financing Agreement


CENTERBRIDGE SPECIAL CREDIT PARTNERS, L.P.
By:  

/s/ Vivek Melwani

  Name:   Vivek Melwani
  Title:   SMD

CENTERBRIDGE CREDIT PARTNERS, L.P.

By:  

/s/ Vivek Melwani

  Name:   Vivek Melwani
  Title:   SMD
CENTERBRIDGE CREDIT PARTNERS MASTER, L.P.
By:  

/s/ Vivek Melwani

  Name:   Vivek Melwani
  Title:   SMD

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AURELIUS CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P.
By:  

Aurelius Capital GP, LLC, its General Partner

By:  

/s/ Dan Gropper

  Name:   Dan Gropper
  Title:   Managing Director

AURELIUS INVESTMENT, LLC

By:  

Aurelius Capital Management, LP, solely as its manager and not in its individual capacity

By:  

/s/ Dan Gropper

  Name:   Dan Gropper
  Title:   Managing Director

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ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED:

AGENT:

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS AGENT

By:

 

/s/ James A. Hanley

   
 

Name:

 

James A. Hanley

   
 

Title:

 

Vice President

   

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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WMI HOLDINGS ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF PRIVATE OFFERING OF 600,000

SHARES OF 3.00% SERIES B CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

Net Proceeds Will be Used to Explore and Fund Acquisitions

SEATTLE, Wash. – January 5, 2015 – WMI Holdings Corp. (OTC: WMIH) (“WMI Holdings” or the “Company”) today announced the completion of its private offering (the “Offering”) of 600,000 shares, liquidation preference $1,000 per share, of a newly created series of convertible preferred stock designated as 3.00% Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series B Preferred Stock”).

Net proceeds of the Offering are approximately $568.7 million after payment of all offering fees and expenses (including fees contingent upon future events) and will be used to explore and fund, in whole or in part, acquisitions, whether completed or not, including reasonable attorney fees and expenses, accounting expenses, due diligence and financial advisor fees and expenses.

The Series B Preferred Stock will bear dividends, on a cumulative basis, when, as and if declared by the Company’s board of directors at an annual rate of 3.00%. All or a portion of the shares of the Series B Preferred Stock, depending on the circumstances, will be mandatorily converted into the Company’s common stock upon the satisfaction of the conversion contingency. Shares of Series B Preferred Stock that have not been converted or repurchased prior to the mandatory redemption date will be redeemed on the mandatory redemption date.

The Series B Preferred Stock was offered to qualified institutional buyers (as defined under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)) in accordance with Rule 144A under of the Securities Act.

The Series B Preferred Stock and the shares of the Company’s common stock issuable upon mandatory conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration under, or an applicable exemption from, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.

Affiliates of KKR & Co. L.P. (“KKR”), which made a previously announced strategic investment in the Company in December 2013, purchased 200,000 shares of the Series B Preferred Stock in the Offering.

Michael Willingham, Chairman of WMI Holdings said, “The completion of the offering of Series B Preferred Stock provides WMI Holdings significant capital to execute on its acquisition strategies. With this capital, we intend to continue to pursue opportunities for acquisitions of companies with operations that are complemented by the experience and expertise of our board and management team.”


Tagar Olson, Member and Head of KKR’s Financial Services team, stated, “We are pleased to participate in the offering and invest additional capital in WMI Holdings, as we continue to see opportunities for the Company to grow and diversify its platform. Having partnered with the Company for over a year, we believe that WMI Holdings is well positioned as an acquiror and we believe it is capable of leveraging its resources to drive value as it executes on its acquisition strategy.”

This press release is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to sell or buy any securities, in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. Any offers of the securities have been made only by means of a private offering memorandum.

About WMI Holdings

WMI Holdings, formerly Washington Mutual, Inc., consists primarily of WM Mortgage Reinsurance Company, Inc. (“WMMRC”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company that is domiciled in Hawaii. The Company’s primary business is a legacy reinsurance business that is currently operated in runoff mode by WMMRC.

Safe Harbor Statement Under the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this press release that address activities, events, conditions or developments that we expect, believe or anticipate will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements give our current expectations and projections relating to our financial condition, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance and business and these statements are not guarantees of future performance. These statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. Forward-looking statements may include the words “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “strategy,” “future,” “opportunity,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “would,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will likely result,” and similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual events, results or performance to differ materially from those indicated by such statements. Some of these risks are identified and discussed under “Risk Factors” in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 19, 2014. These risk factors will be important to consider in determining future results and should be reviewed in their entirety. These forward-looking statements are expressed in good faith and we believe there is a reasonable basis for them. However, there can be no assurance that the events, results or trends identified in these forward-looking statements will occur or be achieved. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and we do not undertake to update any forward-looking statement, except as required by law.

 

 

 

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