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Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter as of the date of
this Underwriting Agreement, as of the Applicable Time, as of the Firm Shares Closing Time and as of each Additional Shares Closing Time, if any, as follows:
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| (c) |
Other than the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company (including its agents and representatives, other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not prepared, made, used, authorized,
approved or referred to and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus other than (i) any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or
Rule 134 under the Securities Act or (ii) the documents listed on Schedule G hereto, each electronic road show and any other written communications approved in writing in advance by the Managing Representatives.
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| (d) |
The Company (i) has not alone engaged in any Testing-the-Waters Communications other than Testing-the-Waters Communications with the consent of the Managing Representatives with entities that are qualified institutional buyers within the
meaning of Rule 144A of the Securities Act Regulations or institutions that are accredited investors within the meaning of Rule 501 of the Securities Act Regulations and (ii) except as disclosed to the Managing Representatives and in
accordance with the procedures agreed among the Company and the Managing Representatives, has not authorized anyone other than the Underwriters to engage in Testing-the-Waters Communications on its behalf. The Company reconfirms that the
Managing Representatives have been authorized to act on its behalf in undertaking Testing-the-Waters Communications. The Company has not distributed or approved for distribution any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication except as set
forth on Schedule H hereto. Any individual Written Testing-The-Waters-Communication does not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the General Disclosure Package and does not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
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| (e) |
At the time of filing the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer
(within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the Securities Act Regulations) of the Securities and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405, without taking account of any determination by
the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an ineligible issuer.
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| (f) |
From the time of initial confidential submission of the Registration Statement to the Commission (or, if earlier, the first date on which the Company engaged directly or through any Person authorized to act on its behalf in any
Testing-the-Waters Communication) through the date hereof, the Company has been and is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act (an “Emerging Growth Company”).
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| (g) |
The Company (i) has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada; (ii) has full power and authority to conduct all the activities conducted by it, to own or lease
all properties and assets owned or leased by it and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and (iii) is duly licensed and qualified to do business and is in
good standing in each jurisdiction where it owns or leases property or in which the conduct of its business or other activity requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so licensed or qualified or be in good standing would
not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (A) the business, financial condition or results of operation, or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or (B) the ability
of the Company to consummate the offering, the transactions contemplated by the PSUS Underwriting Agreement (including but not limited to, the PSUS IPO), or any transaction contemplated by this Underwriting Agreement, the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus ((A) and (B) together, a “Company Material Adverse Effect”).
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| (h) |
Each “significant subsidiary” of the Company (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X), but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any Company Fund (as defined below) or its portfolio companies or investments (each, a “Subsidiary”
and, collectively, the “Subsidiaries”) has been duly organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, has corporate or similar power and authority to own,
lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing (to the extent
such concept exists in the jurisdiction in question) in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify
or to be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or as would not
reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or partnership or limited liability company interests, as the case may be, of each Subsidiary has been duly authorized
and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity. None of the outstanding
shares of capital stock or partnership or limited liability company interests, as the case may be, of any Subsidiary were issued in violation of the preemptive or similar rights of any securityholder of such Subsidiary. The only
subsidiaries of the Company are the subsidiaries listed on Exhibit 21 to the Registration Statement. “Company Funds” means, collectively, all Funds or other entities, including without limitation, Howard Hughes Holdings Inc., (i)
sponsored or promoted by any of the Subsidiaries or (ii) for which any of the Subsidiaries acts as an investment adviser or investment manager, and “Fund” means any collective investment vehicle (whether open-ended or closed-ended)
including, without limitation, an investment company, a general and limited partnership, a trust, a company or other business entity organized in any jurisdiction that provides for management fees or performance fees (or other similar
profits allocations) to be borne by investors therein.
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| (i) |
The capitalization of the Company is as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The Common Stock conforms in all material respects to the description of it in the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and such description conforms in all material respects to the rights set forth in the instruments defining the same. All the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock have
been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. No holder of Securities will be subject to personal liability by reason of being such a holder. The Securities to be issued and delivered to the Underwriters in
accordance with this Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized and when issued and delivered to the Underwriters pursuant to this Underwriting Agreement will have been validly issued and will be fully paid and non-assessable, and the
issuance of the Securities is not subject to the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company.
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| (k) |
There are no persons with registration rights or other similar rights to have any securities registered for sale pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise registered for sale or sold by the Company under the Securities Act
pursuant to this Underwriting Agreement, other than those rights that have been disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and have been waived. There are no persons with tag along rights or
other similar rights to have any securities included in the transaction contemplated by this Underwriting Agreement.
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| (l) |
None of (i) the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Underwriting Agreement, (ii) the issuance and delivery by the Company of the Securities as contemplated by this Underwriting Agreement, the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or (iii) the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Underwriting Agreement (A) conflicts with or will conflict with, or results in or will
result in a breach or violation of the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the Company or the organizational documents of any of its Subsidiaries, (B) conflicts with or will conflict with, results in or will result in a breach or
violation of, or constitutes or will constitute a default or an event of default under, or results in or will result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any properties or assets of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, under the terms and provisions of any agreement, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, insurance or surety agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by
which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may be bound or to which any property or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject or (C) results in or will result in any violation of any order, law, rule or regulation of any
court, governmental instrumentality, securities exchange or association or arbitrator, whether foreign or domestic, applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than state securities or “blue sky” laws applicable in
connection with the acquisition and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters pursuant to this Underwriting Agreement, except with respect to clauses (A) (in the case of the Subsidiaries), (B) and (C), to the extent that any such
breach, violation or contravention would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
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| (m) |
None of the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries are currently in breach of, or in default under, any written agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or its property is bound or affected, except for such breach or
default which would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
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| (n) |
No consent, approval, authorization, notification or order of, or filing with, or the issuance of any license or permit by, any federal, state, local or foreign court or governmental or regulatory agency, commission, board, authority or
body or with any self-regulatory organization, other non-governmental regulatory authority, securities exchange or association, whether foreign or domestic, is required for the performance by the Company of all the terms and provisions to
be performed by or on behalf of it, in each case, as contemplated by this Underwriting Agreement, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, except such as (i) have been obtained and such as may be
required (and shall be obtained prior to the commencement of the transactions contemplated by this Underwriting Agreement) under the Securities Act, the Securities Act Regulations or the Exchange Act, and (ii) may be required by the NYSE,
the FINRA or under state securities or “blue sky” laws, in connection with the acquisition and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters pursuant to this Underwriting Agreement.
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| (o) |
Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no transaction has occurred between or among the Company and any of its officers or directors, stockholders or affiliates or any
affiliate or affiliates of any such officer or director or stockholder or affiliate that is required to be described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
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| (p) |
At the Closing Time, the Securities shall have been approved for listing, subject to official notice of issuance, on the NYSE.
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| (q) |
The accountants who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and delivered their report with respect to the audited consolidated financial statements and supporting schedules included
in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are independent public accountants as required by the Securities Act, the Securities Act Regulations and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
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| (r) |
The financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes, present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the
Company and its consolidated subsidiaries at the dates indicated and the statement of operations, changes in partners’ capital and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods specified; said financial
statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise noted therein). The supporting schedules, if
any, present fairly in all material respects in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated therein. The selected financial data and the summary financial information included in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements included therein. The pro forma financial
statements and the related notes thereto included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the information shown therein, have been prepared in accordance with
the Commission’s rules and guidelines with respect to pro forma financial statements and have been properly compiled on the bases described therein, and the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are reasonable and the adjustments used
therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions and circumstances referred to therein. Except as included therein, no historical or pro forma financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus under the Securities Act or the Securities Act Regulations. All disclosures contained in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package or the Prospectus regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply with Regulation G of the Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the
Securities Act, to the extent applicable.
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| (t) |
No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of
its or any Subsidiary’s principal suppliers, manufacturers, customers or contractors, which, in either case, would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
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| (v) |
There are no contracts, franchises or other documents that are of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus, or that are required to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement, which are not
described or filed as required (and the most recent preliminary prospectus that is distributed to investors prior to the Applicable Time contains in all material respects the same description of the foregoing matters contained in the
Prospectus); and the statements in the most recent preliminary prospectus that is distributed to investors prior to the Applicable Time and the Prospectus under the heading “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences,” insofar as such
statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries of such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings.
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| (w) |
The Company and its Subsidiaries possess such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations issued by the appropriate Governmental Entities (collectively, “Governmental Licenses”) necessary to conduct the
business now operated by them, except where the failure so to possess would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with the
terms and conditions of all Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect. All of the Governmental Licenses are
valid and in full force and effect, except when the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result
in a Company Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Governmental Licenses which, singly or in the aggregate, if the
subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect.
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| (x) |
No Subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such Subsidiary’s capital stock or partnership or limited liability company
interests, as the case may be, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such Subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such Subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company,
except as described in or contemplated by the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
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| (z) |
The Company is not required, and upon the issuance and delivery of the Securities as herein contemplated and the application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus will not be an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).
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| (aa) |
There are no transfer taxes or other similar fees or charges under federal laws or the laws of any state, or any political subdivision thereof, required to be paid in connection with the execution and delivery of this Underwriting
Agreement or the issuance by the Company or delivery by the Company of the Securities.
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| (cc) |
Any statistical, demographic or market-related data included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication are based on
or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate in all material respects and represent their good faith estimates that are made on the basis of data derived from such sources, and, to the extent required, the
Company has obtained the written consent to the use of such data from such sources.
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| (dd) |
Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such
amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged; all policies of insurance insuring the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their business, assets, employees, officers and directors are in full force and
effect; the Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of such policies and instruments in all material respects; and there are no claims by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any such policy or instrument as to
which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause; neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its
business at a cost that would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, except, in each case, as set forth in or contemplated in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
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| (ee) |
Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries owns or leases all such properties as are necessary to the conduct of its operations
as presently conducted. All of the leases and subleases material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries holds properties described in the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, are in full force and effect, and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has any notice of any material claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone adverse to the
rights of the Company or any Subsidiary under any of the leases or subleases mentioned above, or affecting or questioning the rights of the Company or such Subsidiary to the continued possession of the leased or subleased premises under any
such lease or sublease.
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| (gg) |
Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or as would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect, (A) neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, policy or rule of common law or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including
any judicial or administrative order, consent, decree or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of human health, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface
strata) or wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the release or threatened release of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum products,
asbestos-containing materials or mold (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) or to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively, “Environmental
Laws”), (B) the Company and its Subsidiaries have all permits, authorizations and approvals required under any applicable Environmental Laws and are each in compliance with their requirements, (C) there are no pending or threatened
administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigations or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law against the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries and (D) there are no events or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to form the basis of an order for clean-up or remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any private party or Governmental Entity, against or
affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to Hazardous Materials or any Environmental Laws.
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| (ii) |
The Company and each of its Subsidiaries taken as a whole maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets through an asset reconciliation procedure or otherwise at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken
with respect to any differences. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, since the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (1) no material weakness
in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (2) no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect,
the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
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| (jj) |
The Company and its Subsidiaries have established and maintain “disclosure controls and procedures” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act); such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that
material information relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries is made known to the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within the Company, and such disclosure controls and procedures are
reasonably effective to perform the functions for which they were established.
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| (ll) |
The Company’s Board of Directors has validly appointed an audit committee whose composition satisfies the requirements of Rules 303A.06 and 303A.07(a) of the NYSE Listed Company Manual and/or the audit committee has adopted a charter
that satisfies the requirements of Rule 303A.07(c) of the NYSE Listed Company Manual.
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| (pp) |
The Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ information technology assets and equipment, computers, systems, networks, hardware, software, websites, applications and databases (collectively, “IT Systems”) are adequate for, and operate
and perform in all material respects as required in connection with the operation of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as currently conducted, in each case, to the knowledge of the Company, free and clear of all material
bugs, errors, defects, Trojan horses, time bombs, malware and other corruptants except as would not reasonably be expected to, singly or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its Subsidiaries implement
and maintain commercially reasonable controls, policies, procedures and technological safeguards designed to maintain and protect their material confidential information and the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of
all IT Systems and personal, personally identifiable or regulated data comprising personal data (“Personal Data”) collected, used or otherwise processed by them or on their behalf in connection with their businesses and, to the
knowledge of the Company, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package and Prospectus, there have been no breaches, violations, outages or unauthorized uses of or accesses to same, except for those that have
been remedied without material cost or liability or the duty to notify any other person, nor any incidents under internal review or investigations relating to the same, in each case, except as would not reasonably be expected to, singly or
in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its Subsidiaries are presently in material compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator
or governmental or regulatory authority, approved and released policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Personal Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Personal Data from
unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification.
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| (qq) |
The issuance and delivery of the Securities by the Company as described in each of the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will not violate Regulation T, U or X or any other regulation of the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
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| (rr) |
The Company has obtained for the benefit of the Underwriters the agreement (a “Lock Up Agreement”) in the form of Schedule E hereto, of those individuals listed on Schedule F hereto.
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| (ss) |
All of the information provided to the Underwriters or to counsel for the Underwriters by the Company, its subsidiaries, their respective officers and directors in connection with letters, filings or other supplemental information
provided to FINRA pursuant to FINRA’s conduct rules is true, complete and correct in all material respects.
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| (tt) |
All of the warranties and representations of each of the Company and the Manager contained in Section 3 and Section 4 of the PSUS Underwriting Agreement are true and accurate, in the case of representations and warranties which are
qualified as to materiality, and true and correct in all material respects, in the case of representations and warranties that are not so qualified, on and as of the date hereof with the same force and effect as if made on the date hereof,
except for such representations and warranties that speak as of a specific time other than the date hereof (which are true and correct in all material respects as of such date and time).
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| 4. |
Agreements of the Parties.
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| (a) |
If the registration statement relating to the Securities has not yet become effective, the Company will promptly file the Prospectus in a form approved by the Managing Representatives, if not previously filed, with the Commission, and
will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and, as soon as the Company is advised, will advise the Managing Representatives when the Registration Statement or any amendment
thereto has become effective. If it is necessary for a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, or a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, to be filed with the Commission and become effective before the Securities may be
delivered, the Company will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause such post-effective amendment or such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement to be filed in a form approved by the Managing Representatives and become effective
as soon as possible. The Company will promptly advise the Managing Representatives and, if requested by the Managing Representatives, will confirm such advice in writing, when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement shall
become effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus shall have been filed and of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any
supplement to the Prospectus or for any additional information. If the Registration Statement has become effective and the Prospectus contained therein omits certain information at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A , the
Company will file the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) in a form approved by the Managing Representatives as promptly as practicable, but no later than the second business day following the earlier of the date of this Underwriting
Agreement or the date the Prospectus is first used after the Effective Time. If the Registration Statement has become effective and the prospectus contained therein does not so omit such information, the Company will file the Prospectus
pursuant to Rule 424(b) in a form approved by the Managing Representatives as promptly as practicable, but no later than the fifth business day following the date of the later of the Effective Time or the commencement of the public offering
of the Securities after the Effective Time. In either case, the Company will provide the Managing Representatives satisfactory evidence of the filing. The Company will not file with the Commission any Prospectus or any other amendment
(except any post-effective amendment which is filed with the Commission after the later of (i) one year from the date of this Underwriting Agreement or (ii) the date on which distribution of the Securities is completed) or supplement to the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus unless a copy has first been submitted to the Managing Representatives a reasonable time before its filing and the Managing Representatives have not objected to it in writing within a reasonable time
after receiving the copy.
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| (b) |
For the period of three years from the date hereof, the Company will advise the Managing Representatives promptly (i) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order in respect of the Company; (ii) of the initiation or threatening in
writing of any proceedings for, or receipt by the Company of any written notice with respect to, any suspension of the qualification of the Securities for delivery in any jurisdiction or the issuance of any order by the Commission
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or other prospectus in respect of the Securities or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that
purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act; and (iii) of receipt by the Company, or any representative or attorney of the Company, of any material request from the Commission to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus. The Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or other
prospectus related to the Securities, and, if any such order is issued, to obtain its lifting as soon as practicable.
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| (c) |
If not delivered prior to the date of this Underwriting Agreement, the Company will deliver to the Managing Representatives, without charge, a signed copy of the Registration Statement, the Exchange Act Registration Statement and of any
amendments (except any post-effective amendment which is filed with the Commission after the later of (i) one year from the date of this Underwriting Agreement or (ii) the date on which the distribution of the Securities is completed) to
either the Registration Statement or the Exchange Act Registration Statement (including all exhibits filed with any such document) and as many conformed copies of the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto (except any
post-effective amendment which is filed with the Commission after the later of (i) one year from the date of this Underwriting Agreement or (ii) the date on which the distribution of the Securities is completed) (excluding exhibits) as the
Managing Representatives may reasonably request. The copies of the Registration Statement, the Exchange Act Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted
copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
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| (d) |
During such period as a prospectus is required under the Securities Act to be delivered by an underwriter or a dealer, the Company will deliver, without charge, to the Managing Representatives, the Underwriters and any dealers, at such
office or offices as the Managing Representatives may designate, as many copies of each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus as the Managing Representatives may reasonably request, and if any event occurs during such period as a result
of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus, in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary to amend or
supplement the Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act, the Company promptly will notify the Managing Representatives of such event and prepare, submit to the Managing Representatives, file with the Commission and deliver, without
charge, to the Underwriters and to dealers (whose names and addresses the Managing Representatives will furnish to the Company) to whom Securities may have been delivered by the Underwriters, and to other dealers on request, amendments or
supplements to the Prospectus so that the statements in such Prospectus, as so amended or supplemented, will not, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, be misleading and will comply with the Securities Act. Delivery
by the Underwriters of any such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus will not constitute a waiver of any of the conditions in Section 5 hereof.
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| (e) |
The Company will make generally available to holders of the Company’s securities, as soon as practicable (which may be satisfied by filing on EDGAR), an earnings statement, if applicable (which need not be audited), satisfying the
provisions of the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and, at the option of the Company, Rule 158 under the Securities Act Regulations.
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| (g) |
If the transactions contemplated by this Underwriting Agreement are not consummated, except as otherwise provided herein and subject to the terms of any existing agreement to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries, may be party
along with the Managing Representatives , no party will be under any liability to any other party, except that (i) if this Underwriting Agreement is terminated by (A) the Company pursuant to any of the provisions hereof (otherwise than
pursuant to Section 6 hereof) or (B) the Managing Representatives or the Underwriters because of any inability, failure or refusal on the part of the Company to comply with any terms of this Underwriting Agreement or because any of the
conditions in Section 5 are not satisfied, the Company or the Company’s affiliates or PSUS or PSUS’s affiliates will reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the reasonably incurred fees, disbursements and other
charges of their counsel) incurred by them in connection with the proposed delivery of the Securities (provided, however, that the Company shall not be
liable for any loss of anticipated profits or speculative or consequential or similar damages for such termination) and (ii) no Underwriter who has failed or refused to acquire the Securities agreed to be acquired by it under this
Underwriting Agreement, in breach of its obligations pursuant to this Underwriting Agreement, will be relieved of liability to the Company and the other Underwriters for damages occasioned by its default.
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| (h) |
For a period of six months after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not, without the prior consent of the Managing Representatives, (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase
any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, or submit to, or file with, the Commission a registration statement under the Securities Act
relating to, any equity securities of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for any equity securities of the Company, or publicly disclose the intention to undertake any of the foregoing, or (ii)
enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any equity securities of the Company, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be
settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise, except, in each case as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and without limitation the Company may issue
and deliver the Additional Shares on exercise of the option provided for in Section 1 hereof. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (A) the Securities to be delivered hereunder or securities issued, transferred, redeemed or exchanged in
connection with the Reorganization Transactions described in the Prospectus, (B) the Securities or any such substantially similar securities to be issued pursuant to any incentive plan and any long-term incentive awards disclosed in the
General Disclosure Package, (C) the Securities in respect to tax withholding payments due upon the exercise, vesting and/or settlement, as applicable, of any long-term incentive awards disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, (D) the
Securities or any such substantially similar securities to be transferred as a bona fide gift or gifts, including to charitable organization transferees or recipients, provided that, in the case of this clause (D), each recipient of such
Securities or substantially similar securities shall execute and deliver to the Managing Representatives a lock-up agreement substantially to the effect set forth in Schedule E, and (E) the Securities or any such substantially similar
securities to be issued upon the conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities outstanding as of the date of this Underwriting Agreement.
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| (i) |
The Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Securities to be listed on the NYSE prior to the date the Securities are issued, subject only to official notice of the issuance thereof, and comply with the rules and regulations of
such exchange.
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| (j) |
As soon as legally required to do so, the Company and its directors and officers, in their capacities as such, shall take all actions reasonably necessary to comply with any applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, including
Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.
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| (k) |
The Company will not receive any proceeds from the offering of the Securities.
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| (l) |
The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, the unlawful stabilization or
manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the delivery or resale of the Securities.
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| (m) |
The Company will use its best efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the Securities for offering and delivery under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as the
Managing Representatives may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required to complete the distribution of the Securities; provided, however,
that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to
taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject.
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| (n) |
The Company agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Managing Representatives, it will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise
constitute a “free writing prospectus,” or a portion thereof, required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433; provided that the Managing
Representatives will be deemed to have consented to the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses listed on Schedule G hereto and any “road show that is a written communication” within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i) that has been reviewed by the
Managing Representatives. The Company represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each such free writing prospectus consented to, or deemed consented to, by the Managing Representatives as an “issuer free writing
prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and that it has complied and will comply with the applicable requirements of Rule 433 with respect thereto, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping. If at
any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the
Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances existing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Managing Representatives and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to
eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
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| (o) |
If at any time following the distribution of any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, any event occurs as a result of which such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances existing at that subsequent time not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Managing Representatives so that use of
the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) amend or supplement the Written Testing-the-Waters Communication to eliminate or correct such untrue statement or omission; and (iii) supply
any amendment or supplement to the Managing Representatives in such quantities as may be reasonably requested.
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| (p) |
The Company will promptly notify the Managing Representatives if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the later of (a) completion of the distribution of the Securities within the meaning of the
Securities Act and (b) completion of the six-month restricted period referred to in Section 4(h) hereof.
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| (q) |
The Company, during the period when a Prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act within the
time periods required by the Exchange Act and Exchange Act Regulations.
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| (r) |
The Company will cause the Manager to comply with the agreements of the Manager as set forth in Section 6 of the PSUS Underwriting Agreement, and the Underwriters will severally and not jointly comply with the agreements of the
Underwriters as set forth in the PSUS Underwriting Agreement.
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| 5. |
Conditions of the Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy on
the date of this Underwriting Agreement, as of the Applicable Time and as of each of the Closing Times, of the representations and warranties of the Company in this Underwriting Agreement, to the accuracy and completeness of all
statements made by the Company or any of its officers in any certificate delivered to the Managing Representatives pursuant to this Underwriting Agreement, to performance by the Company of its obligations under this Underwriting Agreement
and to the satisfaction (or waiver in writing by the Managing Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters) of each of the following additional conditions:
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| (a) |
The Registration Statement must have become effective by 5:30 p.m., New York City time, on the date of this Underwriting Agreement or such later date and time as the Managing Representatives consent to in writing. The Prospectus must
have been filed in accordance with Rule 424(b).
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| (b) |
No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement may be in effect and no proceedings for such purpose may be pending before or, to the knowledge of counsel to the Underwriters, threatened by the Commission, and any
requests for additional information on the part of the Commission (to be included in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or otherwise) must be complied with or waived to the reasonable satisfaction of the Managing Representatives.
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| (c) |
Since the dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, as of the date of this Underwriting Agreement, (i) there must not have been any material adverse change in
the Common Stock or any material adverse change in the liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries except as set forth in or contemplated by the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; (ii) there must
not have been any material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business affairs, business prospects, management, properties, net assets or results of operations, whether or not arising from transactions in
the ordinary course of business, of the Company or its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as set forth in or contemplated by the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus; (iii) the Company and its Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, must not have sustained any loss or interference with their respective business from any court or from any legislative or other governmental action, order or decree, whether foreign or domestic, or from any other
occurrence not described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and (iv) there must not have occurred any event that makes untrue or incorrect in any material respect any statement or information
contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or any statement or information omitted in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that should be reflected
therein in order to make the statements or information therein (in the case of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made), not misleading; if, in the judgment of the
Managing Representatives (other than a defaulting Underwriter under Section 9 hereof), any such development referred to in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) of this paragraph (c) is material and adverse so as to make it impracticable or
inadvisable to consummate the delivery of the Securities to the public on the terms and in the manner contemplated by the General Disclosure Package.
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| (d) |
The Managing Representatives must have received as of each Closing Time a certificate, dated such date, of (1) the Chief Executive Officer, President or a Vice-President and (2) the Controller, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, Chief
Financial Officer or Chief Accounting Officer of the Company certifying (in their capacity as such officers) that:
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| (i) |
the signers have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the most recent preliminary prospectus that is distributed to investors prior to the Applicable Time, the Prospectus and this Underwriting Agreement,
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| (ii) |
the representations of the Company (with respect to the certificates from such Company officers) in this Underwriting Agreement are accurate on and as of the date of the certificate,
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| (iii) |
there has not been any material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business affairs, business prospects, management, property, net assets or results of operations of the Company or its Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, since the dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, which change would adversely affect the ability of the Company to fulfill its obligations under
this Underwriting Agreement, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business,
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| (iv) |
no order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, prohibiting the delivery of any of the Securities or otherwise having a material adverse effect on the Company has been issued and no proceedings for any such purpose
are pending before or, to the actual knowledge of such officers, threatened by the Commission, and
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| (v) |
the Company has performed all of its respective agreements that this Underwriting Agreement requires it to perform by such Closing Time (to the extent not waived in writing by the Managing Representatives).
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| (e) |
The Managing Representatives must have received on the date of this Underwriting Agreement, dated such date, and as of each Closing Time, dated as of the date thereof, a certificate of the Company, signed by the Chief Financial Officer
of the Company, with respect to certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Managing Representatives.
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| (f) |
The Managing Representatives must have received as of each Closing Time the opinions dated as of the date thereof substantially in the form of Schedules C-1, C-2 and D to this Underwriting Agreement from the counsel identified in each
such Schedules.
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| (g) |
The Managing Representatives must have received as of each Closing Time from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP an opinion dated as of the date thereof with respect to the Company, the Securities, the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus and this Underwriting Agreement in a form reasonably satisfactory in all respects to the Managing Representatives. The Company must have furnished to such counsel such documents as counsel may reasonably request for the
purpose of enabling them to render such opinion.
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| (h) |
The Managing Representatives must have received on the date of this Underwriting Agreement a signed report from Ernst & Young LLP and KPMG LLP, dated such date, and in form and substance satisfactory to the Managing Representatives
containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ reports with respect to the financial information of the Company and Howard Hughes Holdings Inc., as applicable, contained in the Registration Statement,
the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The Managing Representatives also must have received from Ernst & Young LLP and KPMG LLP a report, as of each Closing Time, dated as of the date thereof, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Managing Representatives, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the earlier report, except that the specified date referred to shall be a date not more than three business days prior to such Closing
Time.
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| (i) |
The Managing Representatives shall have received on and as of the Firm Shares Closing Time or the Additional Shares Closing Time, as the case may be, satisfactory evidence of the good standing of the Company and its Subsidiaries from the
office of the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada, the State of Delaware and the State of New York, as applicable, in each case in writing or any standard form of telecommunication.
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| (j) |
The Managing Representatives have received the Lock Up Agreements, each substantially in the form of Schedule E hereto, of those individuals listed on Schedule F hereto, and such agreement shall be in full force and effect at each
Closing Time.
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| (k) |
At the Closing Time, the Securities shall have been approved for listing on the NYSE, subject only to official notice of issuance.
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| (l) |
FINRA has confirmed that it has not raised any objection with respect to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements relating to the offering of the Securities.
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| (m) |
Since the execution of this Underwriting Agreement, there shall not have been any decrease in or withdrawal of the rating of any securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating
organization” (as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act) or any notice given of any intended or potential decrease in or withdrawal of any such rating or of a possible change in any such rating that does not indicate the direction
of the possible change.
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| (n) |
At the Firm Shares Closing Time and at each Additional Shares Closing Time (if any) counsel for the Underwriters shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon
the issuance and delivery of the Securities as herein contemplated, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained.
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| (o) |
Concurrently with the Firm Shares Closing Time and each Additional Shares Closing Time, the Company shall have furnished to the Managing Representatives evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Managing Representatives of the closing of
the PSUS IPO.
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| (p) |
Each condition precedent to the Underwriters’ obligations set forth in Section 6 of the PSUS Underwriting Agreement shall have been satisfied or waived by the person with the authority to give such waiver (other than any such conditions
which by their nature are to be satisfied at the applicable Closing Time or the applicable delivery of PSUS Shares or any additional PSUS Shares, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of those conditions at such Closing Time or such
delivery of PSUS Shares or any additional PSUS Shares).
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| 6. |
Termination. This Underwriting Agreement may be terminated by the Managing Representatives by notifying the Company at:
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| (a) |
such date and time as the PSUS Underwriting Agreement has been terminated in accordance with its terms;
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| (b) |
any time as of or before any Closing Time if, in the sole reasonable judgment of the Managing Representatives, delivery of any Securities is rendered impracticable or inadvisable because (i) trading in the equity securities of the
Company is suspended by the Commission or by the principal exchange that lists the Securities, (ii) trading in securities generally on the NYSE, NYSE American or the NASDAQ Stock Market shall have been suspended or limited or minimum or
maximum prices shall have been generally established on such exchange or over-the-counter market, (iii) additional material adverse governmental restrictions, not in force on the date of this Underwriting Agreement, have been imposed upon
trading in securities or trading has been suspended on any U.S. securities exchange, (iv) a general banking moratorium has been established by U.S. federal or New York authorities or (v) if there has occurred (A) any material adverse change
in the financial or securities markets in the United States or the international financial markets, (B) any material adverse change in the political, financial or economic conditions in the United States, (C) any outbreak of hostilities or
escalation thereof or other calamity, terrorist activity, crises or any change or development involving a prospective change in national or international political, financial or economic conditions or (D) declaration by the United States of
a national emergency or war or other calamity shall have occurred, the effect of any of which is such as to make it, in the sole judgment of the Managing Representatives, impracticable or inadvisable to market the Securities on the terms
and in the manner contemplated by the Prospectus; or
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| (c) |
any time as of or before any Closing Time, if any of the conditions specified in Section 5 with respect to such Closing Time have not been fulfilled when and as required by this Underwriting Agreement, and the Managing Representatives
shall have given the Company notice thereof and a reasonable opportunity to fulfill such condition.
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| 7. |
Substitution of Underwriters. If one or more of the Underwriters fails (other than for a reason sufficient to justify the
termination of the PSUS Underwriting Agreement) to purchase any of its allocation of PSUS Shares and PSUS and the Managing Representatives make arrangements in accordance with the provisions of Section 8 of the PSUS Underwriting
Agreement, any such substitute underwriter shall accept the number of Securities corresponding to the number of PSUS Shares agreed to be sold to such substitute underwriter. If one or more of the Underwriters fails (other than for a
reason sufficient to justify the termination of this Underwriting Agreement) to accept as of any Closing Time the Securities agreed to be delivered as of such Closing Time to such Underwriter or Underwriters, the Managing Representatives
may find one or more substitute underwriters to acquire such Securities or make such other arrangements as the Managing Representatives deems advisable, or one or more of the remaining Underwriters may agree to acquire such Securities in
such proportions as may be approved by the Managing Representatives, in each case upon the terms set forth in this Underwriting Agreement. If no such arrangements have been made within 36 hours after the date of such Closing Time, and
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| (a) |
the number of Securities to be acquired by the defaulting Underwriters as of such Closing Time does not exceed 10% of the Securities that the Underwriters are obligated to accept as of such Closing Time, each of the nondefaulting
Underwriters will be obligated to acquire such Securities on the terms set forth in this Underwriting Agreement in proportion to their respective obligations under this Underwriting Agreement, or
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| (b) |
the number of Securities to be acquired by the defaulting Underwriters as of such Closing Time exceeds 10% of the Securities to be accepted by all the Underwriters as of such Closing Time, the Company will be entitled to an additional
period of 24 hours within which to find one or more substitute underwriters reasonably satisfactory to the Managing Representatives to acquire such Securities on the terms set forth in this Underwriting Agreement.
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| 8. |
Indemnity and Contribution.
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| (b) |
Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company, and each of its Subsidiaries and its and their stockholders, partners, managers, members, trustees, directors and officers, and any person who controls
the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and the successors and assigns of all of the foregoing persons (each, a “Company Party”) from and against any loss, damage, expense,
liability or claim (including the reasonable cost of investigation), which, jointly or severally, such Company Party may incur under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, common law or otherwise, insofar as such loss, damage, expense,
liability or claim arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in and in conformity with information concerning such Underwriters furnished in writing by or on behalf of any
Underwriter to the Company expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus as set forth in Section 8(f) hereof, or arises out of or is based upon an omission or
alleged omission to state a material fact in connection with such information required to be stated in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or necessary to make such
information (with respect to any preliminary prospectus, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.
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| (c) |
If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to an indemnified party under subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 8 in respect of any losses, damages, expenses, liabilities or claims referred to therein, then
each applicable indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, damages, expenses, liabilities or claims (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, PSUS and the Manager on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the PSUS Shares and the Securities 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, PSUS and
the Manager on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions, which resulted in such losses, damages, expenses, liabilities or claims, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, PSUS and the Manager on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total proceeds from the PSUS IPO (net of
underwriting discounts and commissions but before deducting expenses) received by PSUS and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters in the PSUS IPO bear to the aggregate public offering price of the PSUS
Shares. The relative fault of the Company, PSUS and the Manager on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact or omission or alleged omission relates to information supplied by the Company, PSUS or the Manager or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or
prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, damages, expenses, liabilities and claims referred to in this subsection shall be deemed to include any reasonably incurred and documented
out-of-pocket legal fees or expenses incurred by such party in connection with investigating, preparing to defend or defending any Proceeding.
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| (d) |
The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to Section 8(c) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by
any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in subsection (c) above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in
excess of the fees and commissions received by such Underwriter. 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. The Underwriters’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 8 are several in proportion to their respective underwriting commitments and not joint.
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| (e) |
The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 8 and the covenants, warranties and representations of the Company contained in this Underwriting Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, its partners, the directors, members, managers, officers, employees, agents and affiliates or any person (including each partner, officer or director of such person) who controls any
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, or by or on behalf of the Company, each of its Subsidiaries, or their stockholders, partners, advisers, members, trustees, directors or
officers or any person who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and shall survive any termination of this Underwriting Agreement or the issuance and delivery of the
Securities. The Company and each Underwriter agree promptly to notify each other of the commencement of any Proceeding against it and, in the case of the Company, against any of the Company’s directors or officers in connection with the
issuance and delivery of the Securities, or in connection with the Registration Statement or Prospectus.
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| (f) |
The Company acknowledges that the statements in the Prospectus with respect to the names and addresses of the Underwriters and number of shares of Common Stock
allocated for delivery to such Underwriters, the selling concessions and reallowances of selling concessions, the statements regarding stabilization, penalty bids and syndicate short selling, and the statements regarding electronic
delivery of prospectuses, all as described under the caption “Underwriting” in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf
of any Underwriter through the Managing Representatives to the Company expressly for inclusion in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented).
The Underwriters severally confirm that these statements are correct in all material respects and were so furnished by or on behalf of each of the Underwriters severally for use in the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus.
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| (g) |
No indemnified party shall be entitled to recover any amount pursuant to this Section 8 in respect of any loss, damage, expense, liability or claim (including the reasonable cost of investigation) to the extent such indemnified party has
already recovered in respect of such loss, damage, expense, liability or claim (including the reasonable cost of investigation) pursuant to the PSUS Underwriting Agreement or any other agreement between any indemnifying party and the
indemnified party or any affiliate thereof.
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| 9. |
No Fiduciary Relationship. The Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters are acting solely as
underwriters in connection with the delivery of the Securities contemplated by this Underwriting Agreement. The Company further acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters are acting pursuant to a contractual relationship created solely
by this Underwriting Agreement entered into on an arm’s length basis, and in no event do the parties intend that the Underwriters act or be responsible as a fiduciary to the Company, its management, stockholders or creditors or any other
person in connection with any activity that the Underwriters may undertake or have undertaken in furtherance of such delivery of the Securities, either before or after the date hereof. The Underwriters hereby expressly disclaim any
fiduciary or similar obligations to the Company, either in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Underwriting Agreement or any matters leading up to such transactions, and the Company hereby confirms its understanding and
agreement to that effect. The Company and the Underwriters agree that they are each responsible for making their own independent judgments with respect to any such transactions and that any opinions or views expressed by the Underwriters
to the Company regarding such transactions, including, but not limited to, any opinions or views with respect to the price or market for the Company’s securities, do not constitute advice or recommendations to the Company. The Company and
the Underwriters agree that each Underwriter is acting solely as principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Underwriting Agreement and no Underwriter has assumed,
and no Underwriter will assume, any advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Underwriting Agreement or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether any
Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company on other matters). The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the transactions
contemplated by this Underwriting Agreement and the Company has consulted its own respective legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate. The Company hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, any claims that the Company may have against the Underwriters with respect to any breach or alleged breach of any fiduciary, advisory or similar duty to the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by
this Underwriting Agreement or any matters leading up to such transactions.
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| 10. |
Notices. Except as otherwise herein provided, all statements, requests, notices and agreements shall be in writing and, if
to the Underwriters, shall be sufficient in all respects if delivered or sent to Citigroup Global Markets Inc., 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10013, Attention: General Counsel, email: [redacted], UBS Securities LLC, 1285 Avenue
of the Americas, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Syndicate, c/o BofA Securities, Inc., One Bryant Park, New York, New York 10036, Attention: [●] / [●] (email: [redacted]), Jefferies LLC, 520 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10022,
Attention: General Counsel, and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, 500 West 33rd Street, 14th Floor, New York, New York 10001, Attention: [●]; and if to the Company, shall be sufficient in all respects if delivered or sent to the Company at the
offices of the Company at 787 Eleventh Avenue, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10019, Attention: Chief Legal Officer (email: [redacted]).
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| 12. |
Submission to Jurisdiction. Except as set forth below, no Claim may be commenced, prosecuted or continued in any court other
than the courts of the State of New York located in the City and County of New York or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, which courts shall have jurisdiction over the adjudication of such matters,
and the Company and the Underwriters each consent to the jurisdiction of such courts and personal service with respect thereto. EACH OF THE UNDERWRITERS, THE COMPANY (ON ITS BEHALF AND, TO THE EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ON BEHALF OF ITS STOCKHOLDERS AND AFFILIATES) WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED UPON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT. The Company agrees that a final judgment in any such action, proceeding or counterclaim brought in any such court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company and may be enforced in
any other courts in the jurisdiction of which the Company is or may be subject, by suit upon such judgment.
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| 13. |
Parties at Interest. The Underwriting Agreement herein set forth has been and is made solely for the benefit of the
Underwriters and the Company and to the extent provided in Section 8 hereof the controlling persons, stockholders, partners, members, trustees, managers, directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates referred to in such section,
and their respective successors, assigns, heirs, personal representatives and executors and administrators. No other person, partnership, association or corporation (including a purchaser of Securities from any of the Underwriters, in
such capacity as purchaser) shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Underwriting Agreement.
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| 14. |
Counterparts. This Underwriting Agreement may be signed by the parties in one or more counterparts which together shall
constitute one and the same agreement among the parties. Electronic signatures complying with the New York Electronic Signatures and Records Act (N.Y. State Tech. §§ 301-309), as amended from time to time, or other applicable law will be
deemed original signatures for purposes of this Underwriting Agreement. Transmission by telecopy, electronic mail or other transmission method of an executed counterpart of this Underwriting Agreement will constitute due and sufficient
delivery of such counterpart.
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| 15. |
Successors and Assigns. This Underwriting Agreement shall be binding upon the Underwriters and the Company and any successor
or assign of any substantial portion of the Company’s or any of the Underwriters’ respective businesses and/or assets, as the case may be.
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Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.
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In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Underwriter of this Underwriting Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or
under this Underwriting Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Underwriting Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the
laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
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a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);
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a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or
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a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
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Very truly yours,
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PERSHING SQUARE INC.
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By:
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Title:
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Accepted and agreed to as of the date first above written, on behalf of themselves and the other several Underwriters named in Schedule A
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CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
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By:
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Title:
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UBS SECURITIES LLC
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By:
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Title:
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By:
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Title:
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BOFA SECURITIES, INC.
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By:
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Title:
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JEFFERIES LLC
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By:
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Title:
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WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC
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By:
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Title:
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Underwriters
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Number of Securities
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Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
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[ ]
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UBS Securities LLC
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[ ]
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BofA Securities, Inc.
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[ ]
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Jefferies LLC
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[ ]
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Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
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[ ]
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[ ]
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[ ]
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Total
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[ ]
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| 2. |
To acquire, severally and not jointly, from the Company, ratably in accordance with the number of Firm Shares to be acquired by each of them, all or a portion of the Additional Shares
in the same proportion to the Firm Shares delivered for PSUS Shares purchased pursuant to Section 1 of the PSUS Underwriting Agreement as may be necessary to cover over-allotments made in connection with the offering of the PSUS Shares,
for no consideration additional to that provided pursuant to the PSUS Underwriting Agreement.
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| 3. |
The initial public offering price per share for the PSUS Shares shall be $50.00 and investors in the PSUS IPO will receive, for no additional consideration, 20 shares of Common Stock
for every 100 PSUS Shares purchased.
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Yours very truly,
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Print Name:
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1.
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Pershing Square Partner Group, LLC
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2.
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William A. Ackman
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3.
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Ryan Israel
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4.
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Ben Hakim
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5.
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Michael Gonnella
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6.
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Halit Coussin
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7.
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David Coppel Calvo
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8.
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Kerry Murphy Healey
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9.
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Orion Hindawi
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10.
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Marco Kheirallah
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11.
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Nicholas M. Lamotte
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| 1. |
Letter to Investors from William A. Ackman, dated March 10, 2026, filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433 on March 10, 2026
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| 2. |
X Post by @BillAckman, dated March 10, 2026, filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433 on March 10, 2026
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| 3. |
[Electronic Road Show, dated [ ], 2026, filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433 on [ ], 2026]
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