JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association Organised under the laws of the United States as a National Banking Association Main Office 1111 Polaris Parkway, Columbus, Ohio 43271 Registered as a branch in England & Wales branch No. BR000746 Registered Branch Office 125 London Wall, London EC2Y 5AJ Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority

EX-10.77 11 dex1077.htm CONFIRMATION OF OTC WARRANT TRANSACTION Confirmation of OTC Warrant Transaction
EXECUTION VERSION    Exhibit 10.77

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

P.O. Box 161

60 Victoria Embankment

London EC4Y 0JP

England

July 26, 2010

To: Gilead Sciences, Inc.

333 Lakeside Drive

Foster City, California 94404

Attention:

Treasurer

Telephone No.:

(650)  ###-###-####

Facsimile No.:

(650) 522-3000

Re: Base Warrants (2016)

The purpose of this letter agreement (this “Confirmation”) is to confirm the terms and conditions of the Warrants issued by Gilead Sciences, Inc. (“Company”) to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, London Branch (“Dealer”) as of the Trade Date specified below (the “Transaction”). This letter agreement constitutes a “Confirmation” as referred to in the ISDA Master Agreement specified below. This Confirmation shall replace any previous agreements and serve as the final documentation for this Transaction.

The definitions and provisions contained in the 2002 ISDA Equity Derivatives Definitions (the “Equity Definitions”), as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”), are incorporated into this Confirmation. In the event of any inconsistency between the Equity Definitions and this Confirmation, this Confirmation shall govern. This Transaction shall be deemed to be a Share Option Transaction within the meaning set forth in the Equity Definitions.

Each party is hereby advised, and each such party acknowledges, that the other party has engaged in, or refrained from engaging in, substantial financial transactions and has taken other material actions in reliance upon the parties’ entry into the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates on the terms and conditions set forth below.

1.    This Confirmation evidences a complete and binding agreement between Dealer and Company as to the terms of the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates. This Confirmation shall supplement, form a part of, and be subject to an agreement in the form of the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement (the “Agreement”) as if Dealer and Company had executed an agreement in such form (but without any Schedule except for the election of the laws of the State of New York as the governing law (without reference to choice of law doctrine)) on the Trade Date. In the event of any inconsistency between provisions of that Agreement and this Confirmation, this Confirmation will prevail for the purpose of the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates. The parties hereby agree that no Transaction other than the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates shall be governed by the Agreement.

2.    The Transaction is a Warrant Transaction, which shall be considered a Share Option Transaction for purposes of the Equity Definitions. The terms of the particular Transaction to which this Confirmation relates are as follows:

General Terms.

 

Trade Date:

July 26, 2010

 

Effective Date:

The third Exchange Business Day immediately prior to the Premium Payment Date

 

Warrants:

Equity call warrants, each giving the holder the right to purchase one Share at the Strike Price, subject to the

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

Organised under the laws of the United States as a National Banking Association

Main Office 1111 Polaris Parkway, Columbus, Ohio 43271

Registered as a branch in England & Wales branch No. BR000746

Registered Branch Office 125 London Wall, London EC2Y 5AJ

Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority


Settlement Terms set forth below. For the purposes of the Equity Definitions, each reference to a Warrant herein shall be deemed to be a reference to a Call Option.

 

Warrant Style:

European

 

Seller:

Company

 

Buyer:

Dealer

 

Shares:

The common stock of Company, par value USD 0.001 per Share (Exchange symbol “GILD”)

 

Number of Warrants:

12,111,770, subject to adjustment as provided herein. For the avoidance of doubt, the Number of Warrants shall be reduced by any Options exercised by Dealer. In no event will the Number of Warrants be less than zero.

 

Warrant Entitlement:

One Share per Warrant

 

Strike Price:

USD 60.1020

 

Premium:

USD 37,306,500.00

 

Premium Payment Date:

July 30, 2010

 

Exchange:

The NASDAQ Global Select Market

 

Related Exchange(s):

All Exchanges

Procedures for Exercise.

 

Expiration Time:

The Valuation Time

 

Expiration Date(s):

Each Scheduled Trading Day during the period from, and including, the First Expiration Date to, but excluding, the 40th Scheduled Trading Day following the First Expiration Date shall be an “Expiration Date” for a number of Warrants equal to the Daily Number of Warrants on such date; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Equity Definitions, if any such date is a Disrupted Day, the Calculation Agent shall make adjustments, if applicable, to the Daily Number of Warrants or shall reduce such Daily Number of Warrants to zero for which such day shall be an Expiration Date and shall designate a Scheduled Trading Day or a number of Scheduled Trading Days as the Expiration Date(s) for the remaining Daily Number of Warrants or a portion thereof for the originally scheduled Expiration Date; and provided further that if such Expiration Date has not occurred pursuant to this clause as of the eighth Scheduled Trading Day following the last scheduled Expiration Date under this Transaction, the Calculation Agent shall have the right to declare such Scheduled Trading Day to be the final Expiration Date and the Calculation Agent shall determine its good faith estimate of the fair market value for the Shares as of the Valuation Time on that eighth Scheduled Trading Day or on any subsequent Scheduled Trading Day, as the Calculation

 

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Agent shall determine using commercially reasonable means.

 

First Expiration Date:

August 1, 2016 (or if such day is not a Scheduled Trading Day, the next following Scheduled Trading Day), subject to Market Disruption Event below.

 

Daily Number of Warrants:

For any Expiration Date, the Number of Warrants that have not expired or been exercised as of such day, divided by the remaining number of Expiration Dates (including such day), rounded down to the nearest whole number, subject to adjustment pursuant to the provisos to “Expiration Date(s)”.

 

Automatic Exercise:

Applicable; and means that for each Expiration Date, a number of Warrants equal to the Daily Number of Warrants (as adjusted pursuant to the terms hereof) for such Expiration Date will be deemed to be automatically exercised.

 

Market Disruption Event:

Section 6.3(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by replacing clause (ii) in its entirety with “(ii) an Exchange Disruption or” and inserting immediately following clause (iii) the phrase “; in each case that the Calculation Agent determines is material.”

Valuation Terms.

 

Valuation Time:

Scheduled Closing Time; provided that if the principal trading session is extended, the Calculation Agent shall determine the Valuation Time in its reasonable discretion.

 

Valuation Date:

Each Exercise Date

Settlement Terms.

 

Settlement Method Election:

Applicable; provided that (i) references to “Physical Settlement” in Section 7.1 of the Equity Definitions shall be replaced by references to “Net Share Settlement”; (ii) the following is hereby inserted after the words “apply to such Transaction” in the seventh line of Section 7.1 of the Equity Definitions:

“and, if Cash Settlement is elected, the percentage of the Company’s settlement obligations with respect to such Transaction, which percentage shall be greater than 0% and less than or equal to 100%, that shall be settled in cash (the “Cash Percentage”)”;

(iii) Company’s election of Cash Settlement shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by Company that (A) Company is not in possession of any material non-public information regarding Company or the Shares, (B) Company is electing Cash Settlement in good faith and not as part of a plan or scheme to evade compliance with the federal securities laws, and (C) the assets of Company at their fair valuation exceed the liabilities of Company (including contingent liabilities), the capital of Company is adequate to conduct the business of

 

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Company, and Company has the ability to pay its debts and obligations as such debts mature and does not intend to, or does not believe that it will, incur debt beyond its ability to pay as such debts mature; (iv) the same election of settlement method and Cash Percentage shall apply to all Expiration Dates hereunder; (v) if Company elects Cash Settlement and specifies a Cash Percentage that is less than or equal to 0% or greater than 100%, then the notice delivered by Company will be deemed to be ineffective and the Default Settlement Method will be deemed applicable to such Transaction and (vi) no event of default has occurred and is continuing under any indebtedness of the Company or its subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount of $100 million or more.

 

Electing Party:

Company

 

Settlement Method Election Date:

The third Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the First Expiration Date.

 

Default Settlement Method:

Net Share Settlement

 

Cash Percentage:

0%; provided, however, that if Company (i) validly delivers notice pursuant to Section 7.1 of the Equity Definitions and (ii) in such notice validly elects Cash Settlement and a Cash Percentage greater than 0% and less than or equal to 100%, the Cash Percentage shall equal the percentage specified as such in such notice.

 

Net Share Settlement:

On the relevant Settlement Date, Company shall deliver to Dealer a number of Shares equal to the Share Delivery Quantity for such Settlement Date to the account specified hereto free of payment through the Clearance System and pay to Dealer an amount of cash in USD equal to the Fractional Share Amount for such Settlement Date.

 

Share Delivery Quantity:

For any Settlement Date, a number of Shares, as calculated by the Calculation Agent, equal to the product of (i) one minus the Cash Percentage, expressed as a fraction, and (ii) the Net Share Settlement Amount for such Settlement Date divided by the Settlement Price on the Valuation Date in respect of such Settlement Date, rounded down to the nearest whole number (for any Settlement Date, the fraction of a share eliminated by such rounding, the “Share Fraction” for such Settlement Date).

 

Fractional Share Amount:

An amount of cash in USD equal to the product of (i) the Share Fraction for such Settlement Date and (ii) the Settlement Price on the Valuation Date in respect of such Settlement Date.

 

Net Share Settlement Amount:

For any Settlement Date, an amount equal to the product of (i) the Number of Warrants exercised or deemed exercised on the relevant Exercise Date, (ii) the Strike Price Differential in respect of the relevant Valuation Date and (iii) the Warrant Entitlement.

 

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Cash Settlement:

If Cash Settlement is applicable, then, on the relevant Settlement Date, Company shall pay to Dealer an amount of cash in USD equal to the sum of (i) the product of (A) the Cash Percentage and (B) the Net Share Settlement Amount for such Settlement Date and (ii) the Fractional Share Amount, if any, for such Settlement Date and deliver to Dealer a number of Shares equal to the Share Delivery Quantity for such Settlement Date to the account specified hereto free of payment through the Clearance System.

 

Settlement Price:

For any Valuation Date, the per Share volume-weighted average price as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page GILD.UQ<equity> AQR (or any successor thereto) in respect of the period from the scheduled opening time of the Exchange to the Scheduled Closing Time on such Valuation Date (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of one Share on such Valuation Date, as determined by the Calculation Agent). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (i) any Expiration Date is a Disrupted Day and (ii) the Calculation Agent determines that such Expiration Date shall be an Expiration Date for fewer than the Daily Number of Warrants, as described above, then the Settlement Price for the relevant Valuation Date shall be the volume-weighted average price per Share on such Valuation Date on the Exchange, as determined by the Calculation Agent based on such sources as it deems appropriate using a volume-weighted methodology, for the portion of such Valuation Date for which the Calculation Agent determines there is no Market Disruption Event.

 

Settlement Date(s):

As determined in reference to Section 9.4 of the Equity Definitions, subject to Section 9(k)(i) hereof.

 

Other Applicable Provisions:

The provisions of Sections 9.1(c), 9.8, 9.9, 9.11, 9.12 and 10.5 of the Equity Definitions will be applicable, except that all references in such provisions to “Physically-settled” shall be read as references to “Share Settled.” “Share Settled” in relation to any Warrant means that either Net Share Settlement is applicable to that Warrant or Cash Settlement is applicable to that Warrant and the Cash Percentage is less than 100%.

 

Representation and Agreement:

Notwithstanding Section 9.11 of the Equity Definitions, the parties acknowledge that any Shares delivered to Dealer may be, upon delivery, subject to restrictions and limitations arising from Company’s status as issuer of the Shares under applicable securities laws.

 

3.

Additional Terms applicable to the Transaction.

Adjustments applicable to the Warrants:

 

Method of Adjustment:

Calculation Agent Adjustment. For the avoidance of doubt, in making any adjustments under the Equity Definitions, the Calculation Agent may make

 

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adjustments, if any, to any one or more of the Strike Price, the Number of Warrants, the Daily Number of Warrants and the Warrant Entitlement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any cash dividends or distributions on the Shares, whether or not extraordinary, shall be governed by Section 9(f) of this Confirmation in lieu of Article 10 or Section 11.2(c) of the Equity Definitions.

Extraordinary Events applicable to the Transaction:

 

New Shares:

Section 12.1(i) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by inserting immediately prior to the period the phrase “and (iii) of an entity or person organized under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia that also becomes Company under the Transaction following such Merger Event or Tender Offer”.

 

Consequence of Merger Events:

Merger Event: Applicable; provided that if an event occurs that constitutes both a Merger Event under Section 12.1(b) of the Equity Definitions and an Additional Termination Event under Section 9(h)(ii)(B) of this Confirmation, Dealer may elect, in its commercially reasonable judgment, whether the provisions of Section 12.1(b) of the Equity Definitions or Section 9(h)(ii)(B) will apply.

 

Share-for-Share:

Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment

 

Share-for-Other:

Cancellation and Payment (Calculation Agent Determination)

 

Share-for-Combined:

Cancellation and Payment (Calculation Agent Determination); provided that Dealer may elect, in its commercially reasonable judgment, Component Adjustment (Calculation Agent Determination).

Consequence of Tender Offers:

 

Tender Offer:

Applicable; provided however that if an event occurs that constitutes both a Tender Offer under Section 12.1(d) of the Equity Definitions and an Additional Termination Event under Section 9(h)(ii)(A) of this Confirmation, Dealer may elect, in its commercially reasonable judgment, whether the provisions of Section 12.3 of the Equity Definitions or Section 9(h)(ii)(A) will apply.

 

Share-for-Share:

Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment

 

Share-for-Other:

Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment

 

Share-for-Combined:

Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment

 

Nationalization, Insolvency or Delisting:

Cancellation and Payment (Calculation Agent Determination)

Additional Disruption Events:

 

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Change in Law:

Applicable; provided that Section 12.9(a)(ii)(X) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by replacing the word “Shares” with the phrase “Hedge Positions”.

 

Failure to Deliver:

Not Applicable

 

Insolvency Filing:

Applicable

 

Hedging Disruption:

Applicable; provided that:

(i) Section 12.9(a)(v) of the Equity Definitions is hereby modified by inserting the following two phrases at the end of such Section:

“For the avoidance of doubt, the term “equity price risk” shall be deemed to include, but shall not be limited to, stock price and volatility risk. And, for the further avoidance of doubt, any such transactions or assets referred to in phrases (A) or (B) above, must be available on commercially reasonable pricing terms, as anticipated on the Trade Date; provided that the scheduled exercise or scheduled expiration of call options on the Shares (with a Trade Date of even date herewith) sold by Dealer to Company in accordance with the terms of such call options shall not provide the sole basis for the occurrence of a Hedging Disruption Event.”

(ii) Section 12.9(b)(iii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby modified by inserting in the third line thereof, after the words “to terminate the Transaction”, the following words:

“or a portion of the Transaction affected by such Hedging Disruption”.

 

Increased Cost of Hedging:

Not Applicable

 

Loss of Stock Borrow:

Applicable

 

Maximum Stock Loan Rate:

200 basis points

 

Increased Cost of Stock Borrow:

Applicable

 

Initial Stock Loan Rate:

100 basis points

 

Hedging Party:

For all applicable Additional Disruption Events, Dealer.

 

Determining Party:

For all applicable Extraordinary Events, Dealer.

 

Non-Reliance:

Applicable

   Agreements and Acknowledgments

Regarding Hedging Activities:

Applicable

 

Additional Acknowledgments:

Applicable

 

4.      Calculation Agent.

Dealer, whose judgments, determinations and calculations shall be made in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner. Following any determination or

 

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calculation by the Calculation Agent hereunder, upon a written request by Company, the Calculation Agent will provide to Company by e-mail to the e-mail address provided by Company in such written request a report (in a commonly used file format for the storage and manipulation of financial data) displaying in reasonable detail the basis for such calculation, it being understood that the Calculation Agent shall not be obligated to disclose any proprietary models used by it for such calculation.

 

5.   Account Details.

 

  (a)

Account for payments to Company:

Wells Fargo Bank

  ABA No.

121-000-248

  Acct.:

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

  Acct. No.:

4945057768

Account for delivery of Shares from Company:

JPMorgan

  Acct.:

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

  Acct. No.:

06110238

 

  (b)

Account for payments to Dealer:

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, New York

  ABA No.:

021 000 021

  Acct.:

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association – London

  Acct. No.:

0010962009 CHASUS33

Account for delivery of Shares to Dealer:

DTC 0060

 

6.

Offices.

 

  (a)

The Office of Company for the Transaction is: Inapplicable, Company is not a Multibranch Party.

 

  (b)

The Office of Dealer for the Transaction is: London

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

London Branch

P.O. Box 161

60 Victoria Embankment

London EC4Y 0JP

England

 

7.

Notices.

 

  (a)

Address for notices or communications to Company:

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

333 Lakeside Drive

Foster City, California 94404

  Attention:

Treasurer

  Telephone No.:

(650)  ###-###-####

 

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  Facsimile No.:

(650) 522-3000

 

  (b)

Address for notices or communications to Dealer:

To: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

4 New York Plaza, Floor 18

New York, NY 10004-2413

  Attention:

Mariusz Kwasnik

  Title:

Operations Analyst, EDG Corporate Marketing

  Telephone No.:

(212)  ###-###-####

  Facsimile No.:

(212)  ###-###-####

 

8.

Representations and Warranties of Company.

Company hereby represents and warrants to Dealer on the date hereof, on and as of the Premium Payment Date and, in the case of the representations in Section 8(d), at all times until termination of the Transaction, that:

 

  (a)

Company has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations in respect of this Transaction; such execution, delivery and performance have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on Company’s part; and this Confirmation has been duly and validly executed and delivered by Company and constitutes its valid and binding obligation, enforceable against Company in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity) and except that rights to indemnification and contribution hereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws or public policy relating thereto.

 

  (b)

Neither the execution and delivery of this Confirmation nor the incurrence or performance of obligations of Company hereunder will conflict with or result in a breach of (i) the certificate of incorporation or by-laws (or any equivalent documents) of Company, (ii) any applicable law or regulation, or any order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or governmental authority or agency, or (iii) any agreement or instrument to which Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation of any lien under, any such agreement or instrument, which, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), would have a material adverse effect on this Transaction or Dealer’s rights or obligations relating to this Transaction.

 

  (c)

To Company’s knowledge, no consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing with, any governmental agency or body or any court is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by Company of this Confirmation, except such as have been obtained or made and such as may be required under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), on any form 8-K, 10-Q or 10-K that we are required to file under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or state securities laws.

 

  (d)

(i) A number of Shares equal to the Maximum Number of Shares (the “Warrant Shares”) have been reserved for issuance by all required corporate action of Company, and (ii) the Warrant Shares have been duly authorized and, when delivered against payment therefor (which may include Net Share Settlement in lieu of cash) and otherwise as contemplated by the terms of the Warrants following the exercise of the Warrants in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Warrants, will be validly issued, fully-paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of the Warrant Shares will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights.

 

  (e)

Company is not and will not be required to register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

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  (f)

Company is an “eligible contract participant” (as such term is defined in Section 1a(12) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended, other than a person that is an eligible contract participant under Section 1a(12)(C) of the Commodity Exchange Act).

 

  (g)

Company is not, on the date hereof, in possession of any material non-public information with respect to Company or the Shares and all reports and other documents filed by Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act when considered as a whole (with the more recent such reports and documents deemed to amend inconsistent statements contained in any earlier such reports and documents) do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.

 

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Other Provisions.

 

  (a)

Opinions. Company shall deliver to Dealer an opinion of counsel, dated as of the Premium Payment Date, with respect to the matters set forth in Sections 8(a) through (c) and Section 8(d)(ii) of this Confirmation; provided that such opinion of counsel may contain customary exceptions and qualifications, including, without limitation, exceptions and qualifications relating to indemnification provisions. Delivery of such opinion to Dealer shall be a condition precedent for the purpose of Section 2(a)(iii) of the Agreement with respect to each obligation of Dealer under Section 2(a)(i) of the Agreement.

 

  (b)

[Section Intentionally Deleted and Reserved.]

 

  (c)

Regulation M. Company is not on the Trade Date engaged in a distribution, as such term is used in Regulation M under the Exchange Act, of any securities of Company, other than a distribution meeting the requirements of the exception set forth in Rules 101(b)(10) and 102(b)(7) of Regulation M. Company shall not, until the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately following the Effective Date, engage in any such distribution.

 

  (d)

No Manipulation. Company is not entering into this Transaction to create actual or apparent trading activity in the Shares (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for the Shares) or to raise or depress or otherwise manipulate the price of the Shares (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for the Shares) or otherwise in violation of the Exchange Act.

 

  (e)

Transfer or Assignment. Company may not transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Transaction without the prior written consent of Dealer. Dealer may, without Company’s consent, transfer or assign all or any part of its rights or obligations under this Transaction to any person. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Confirmation to the contrary requiring or allowing Dealer to purchase, sell, receive or deliver any Shares or other securities, or make or receive any payment in cash, to or from Company, Dealer may designate any of its affiliates to purchase, sell, receive or deliver such Shares or other securities, or make or receive such payment in cash, and otherwise to perform Dealer’s obligations in respect of this Transaction and any such designee may assume such obligations. Dealer shall be discharged of its obligations to Company to the extent of any such performance.

 

  (f)

Dividends. If at any time during the period from and including the Effective Date, to and including the Expiration Date, an ex-dividend date for a cash dividend occurs with respect to the Shares (an “Ex-Dividend Date”), then the Calculation Agent will adjust any of the Strike Price, Number of Warrants and/or Daily Number of Warrants to preserve the fair value of the Warrants to Dealer after taking into account such dividend.

 

  (g)

Role of Agent. Each party agrees and acknowledges that (i) J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., an affiliate of Dealer (“JPMSI”), has acted solely as agent and not as principal with respect to this Transaction and (ii) JPMSI has no obligation or liability, by way of guaranty, endorsement or otherwise, in any manner in respect of this Transaction (including, if applicable, in respect of the

 

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settlement thereof). Each party agrees it will look solely to the other party (or any guarantor in respect thereof) for performance of such other party’s obligations under this Transaction.

 

  (h)

Additional Provisions.

 

  (i)

Amendments to the Equity Definitions:

 

  (A)

Section 11.2(a) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the words “a diluting or concentrative” and replacing them with the words “a material”; and adding the phrase “or Warrants” at the end of the sentence.

 

  (B)

Section 11.2(c) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (x) replacing the words “a diluting or concentrative” with “a material”, (y) adding the phrase “or Warrants” after the words “the relevant Shares” in the same sentence and (z) deleting the phrase “(provided that no adjustments will be made to account solely for changes in volatility, expected dividends, stock loan rate or liquidity relative to the relevant Share)” and replacing it with the phrase “(and, for the avoidance of doubt, adjustments may be made to account solely for changes in volatility, expected dividends, stock loan rate or liquidity relative to the relevant Shares)”.

 

  (C)

Section 11.2(e)(vii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the words “that may have a diluting or concentrative” and replacing them with “that is the result of a corporate event involving the Company and that may have a material” and adding the phrase “or Warrants” at the end of the sentence.

 

  (D)

Section 12.9(b)(iv) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by:

 

  (x)

deleting (1) subsection (A) in its entirety, (2) the phrase “or (B)” following subsection (A) and (3) the phrase “in each case” in subsection (B); and

 

  (y)

deleting the phrase “neither the Non-Hedging Party nor the Lending Party lends Shares in the amount of the Hedging Shares or” in the penultimate sentence.

 

  (E)

Section 12.9(b)(v) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by:

 

  (x)

adding the word “or” immediately before subsection “(B)” and deleting the comma at the end of subsection (A); and

 

  (y)

(1) deleting subsection (C) in its entirety, (2) deleting the word “or” immediately preceding subsection (C), (3) inserting after the phrase “if such notice is not given” in the second sentence thereof the words “or the Non-Hedging Party has not elected an alternative specified in clause (A) or (B) above” and (4) deleting the penultimate sentence in its entirety and replacing it with the sentence “The Hedging Party will determine the Cancellation Amount payable by one party to the other.”

 

  (ii)

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Confirmation, upon the occurrence of one of the following events, with respect to this Transaction, (1) Dealer shall have the right to designate such event an Additional Termination Event and designate an Early Termination Date pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Agreement, (2) Company shall be deemed the sole Affected Party with respect to such Additional Termination Event and (3) the Transaction shall be deemed the sole Affected Transaction:

 

  (A)

any person or group, other than Company, its subsidiaries or any employee benefit plan of Company or its subsidiaries, files a Schedule 13D or Schedule TO (or any successor schedule, form or report) pursuant to the Exchange Act

 

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disclosing that such person has become the beneficial owner of 50% or more of the voting power of Shares then outstanding or other capital stock into which Shares are reclassified or changed; provided, however, that a person shall not be deemed beneficial owner of, or to own beneficially, (A) any securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by or on behalf of such person or any of such person’s affiliates until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase or exchange thereunder, or (B) any securities if such beneficial ownership (1) arises solely as a result of a revocable proxy delivered in response to a proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to the applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, and (2) is not also then reportable on Schedule 13D (or any successor schedule) under the Exchange Act.

 

  (B)

Company consolidates with or merges with or into another person (other than a subsidiary of Company), or sells, conveys, transfers or leases all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any person (other than a subsidiary of Company), or any person (other than a subsidiary of Company) consolidates with or merges with or into Company, and the outstanding Shares of Company are reclassified into, converted for or converted into the right to receive any property or security, provided that none of the foregoing circumstances will be an Additional Termination Event if the persons that beneficially own the voting stock of Company immediately prior to the transaction own, directly or indirectly, shares with a majority of the total voting power of all outstanding voting securities of the surviving or transferee person that are entitled to vote generally in the election of that person’s board of directors, managers or trustees immediately after the transaction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any event set forth in this clause (B) or clause (A) above shall not constitute an Additional Termination Event if 90% of the consideration received or to be received by holders of the Shares, excluding cash payments for fractional Shares, in connection with such event consists of shares of common stock traded on a national securities exchange or which will be so traded or quoted when issued or exchanged in connection with such event.

 

  (C)

There is an event of default by Company under the terms of any indenture, mortgage, agreement or other instrument under which there may be outstanding, or by which there may be secured or evidenced, any indebtedness of Company for money borrowed in an original aggregate principal or face amount in excess of $1,000,000,000, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, and whether individually or in the aggregate, which event of default results in acceleration of such indebtedness.

 

  (D)

Dealer, despite using commercially reasonable efforts, is unable or reasonably determines in good faith based on the advice of outside counsel that it is impractical or illegal, to hedge its exposure with respect to this Transaction in the public market without registration under the Securities Act or as a result of any legal, regulatory or self-regulatory requirements or related policies and procedures (whether or not such requirements, policies or procedures are imposed by law or have been voluntarily adopted by Dealer).

 

  (i)

No Collateral or Setoff. Notwithstanding any provision of the Agreement or any other agreement between the parties to the contrary, the obligations of Company hereunder are not secured by any collateral. Each party waives any and all rights it may have to set off obligations arising under the Agreement and the Transaction against other obligations between the parties, whether arising under any other agreement, applicable law or otherwise.

 

  (j)

Alternative Calculations and Payment on Early Termination and on Certain Extraordinary Events.

 

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If, in respect of this Transaction, an amount is payable by Company to Dealer, (i) pursuant to Section 12.7 or Section 12.9 of the Equity Definitions or (ii) pursuant to Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement (a “Payment Obligation”), Company shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to satisfy any such Payment Obligation by the Share Termination Alternative (as defined below) (except that Company shall not make such an election in the event of a Nationalization, Insolvency, Merger Event or Tender Offer in which the consideration to be paid to holders of shares consists solely of cash or an Event of Default in which Company is the Defaulting Party or a Termination Event in which Company is the Affected Party, other than an Event of Default of the type described in Section 5(a)(iii), (v), (vi), (vii) or (viii) of the Agreement or a Termination Event of the type described in Section 5(b) of the Agreement, in each case that resulted from an event or events outside Company’s control) and shall give irrevocable telephonic notice to Dealer, confirmed in writing within one Scheduled Trading Day, no later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Merger Date, Tender Offer Date, Announcement Date (in the case of a Nationalization, Insolvency or Delisting), Early Termination Date or date of cancellation, as applicable; provided that if Company does not validly elect to satisfy its Payment Obligation by the Share Termination Alternative, Dealer shall have the right to require Company to satisfy its Payment Obligation by the Share Termination Alternative.

 

Share Termination Alternative:

If applicable, Company shall deliver to Dealer the Share Termination Delivery Property on the date (the “Share Termination Payment Date”) on which the Payment Obligation would otherwise be due pursuant to Section 12.7 or Section 12.9 of the Equity Definitions or Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement, as applicable, subject to Section 9(k)(i) below, in satisfaction, subject to Section 9(k)(ii) below, of the Payment Obligation in the manner reasonably requested by Dealer free of payment.

 

Share Termination Delivery Property:

A number of Share Termination Delivery Units, as calculated by the Calculation Agent, equal to the Payment Obligation divided by the Share Termination Unit Price. The Calculation Agent shall adjust the amount of Share Termination Delivery Property by replacing any fractional portion of a security therein with an amount of cash equal to the value of such fractional security based on the values used to calculate the Share Termination Unit Price.

 

Share Termination Unit Price:

The value to Dealer of property contained in one Share Termination Delivery Unit on the date such Share Termination Delivery Units are to be delivered as Share Termination Delivery Property, as determined by the Calculation Agent in its discretion by commercially reasonable means. The Calculation Agent shall notify Company of such Share Termination Unit Price at the time of notification of the Payment Obligation. In the case of a Private Placement of Share Termination Delivery Units that are Restricted Shares (as defined below), as set forth in Section 9(k)(i) below, the Share Termination Unit Price shall be determined by the discounted price applicable to such Share Termination Delivery Units. In the case of a Registration Settlement of Share Termination Delivery Units that are Restricted Shares (as defined below) as set forth in Section 9(k)(ii)

 

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below, the Share Termination Unit Price shall be the Settlement Price on the Merger Date, the Tender Offer Date, the Announcement Date (in the case of a Nationalization, Insolvency or Delisting), the date of cancellation or the Early Termination Date, as applicable.

 

Share Termination Delivery Unit:

In the case of a Termination Event, Event of Default Additional Disruption Event or Delisting, one Share or, in the case of Nationalization, Insolvency, Tender Offer or Merger Event, a unit consisting of the number or amount of each type of property received by a holder of one Share (without consideration of any requirement to pay cash or other consideration in lieu of fractional amounts of any securities) in such Nationalization, Insolvency, Tender Offer or Merger Event. If such Nationalization, Insolvency, Tender Offer or Merger Event involves a choice of consideration to be received by holders, such holder shall be deemed to have elected to receive the maximum possible amount of cash.

 

Failure to Deliver:

Inapplicable

 

Other applicable provisions:

If Share Termination Alternative is applicable, the provisions of Sections 9.8, 9.9, 9.11, 9.12 and 10.5 (as modified above) of the Equity Definitions will be applicable, except that all references in such provisions to “Physically-settled” shall be read as references to “Share Termination Settled” and all references to “Shares” shall be read as references to “Share Termination Delivery Units”. “Share Termination Settled” in relation to this Transaction means that Share Termination Alternative is applicable to this Transaction.

 

  (k)

Registration/Private Placement Procedures. If, in the commercially reasonable judgment of Dealer based on the advice of outside counsel, following any delivery of Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property to Dealer hereunder, such Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property would be in the hands of Dealer subject to any applicable restrictions with respect to any registration or qualification requirement or prospectus delivery requirement for such Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property pursuant to any applicable federal or state securities law (including, without limitation, any such requirement arising under Section 5 of the Securities Act as a result of such Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property being “restricted securities”, as such term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or as a result of the sale of such Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property being subject to paragraph (c) of Rule 145 under the Securities Act) (such Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property, “Restricted Shares”), then delivery of such Restricted Shares shall be effected pursuant to either clause (i) or (ii) below at the election of Company, unless Dealer waives the need for registration/private placement procedures set forth in (i) and (ii) below. Notwithstanding the foregoing, solely in respect of any Daily Number of Warrants exercised or deemed exercised on any Expiration Date, Company shall, if applicable, elect, prior to the first Settlement Date for the First Expiration Date, a Private Placement Settlement or Registration Settlement for all deliveries of Restricted Shares for all such Expiration Dates which election shall be applicable to all Settlement Dates for such Warrants and the procedures in clause (i) or clause (ii) below shall apply for all such delivered Restricted Shares on an aggregate basis commencing after the final Settlement Date for such Warrants. The Calculation Agent shall make reasonable adjustments to settlement terms and provisions under

 

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this Confirmation to reflect a single Private Placement or Registration Settlement for such aggregate Restricted Shares delivered hereunder.

 

  (i)

If Company elects to settle the Transaction pursuant to this clause (i) (a “Private Placement Settlement”), then delivery of Restricted Shares by Company shall be effected in customary private placement procedures with respect to such Restricted Shares reasonably acceptable to Dealer; provided that Company may not elect a Private Placement Settlement if, on the date of its election, it has taken, or caused to be taken, any action that would make unavailable either the exemption pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act for the sale by Company to Dealer (or any affiliate designated by Dealer) of the Restricted Shares or the exemption pursuant to Section 4(1) or Section 4(3) of the Securities Act for resales of the Restricted Shares by Dealer (or any such affiliate of Dealer). The Private Placement Settlement of such Restricted Shares shall include customary representations, covenants, blue sky and other governmental filings and/or registrations, indemnities to Dealer, due diligence rights (for Dealer or any designated buyer of the Restricted Shares by Dealer; provided that such party shall enter into a confidentiality agreement, on terms reasonably satisfactory to Company and Dealer), and a private placement agreement between Dealer (or an affiliate of Dealer designated by Dealer) and Company, on commercially reasonable terms, in connection with the private placement of such Restricted Shares by Company to Dealer or such affiliate substantially similar to private placement purchase agreements customary for private placements of equity security offerings of its size, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Dealer . In the case of a Private Placement Settlement, Dealer shall determine the appropriate discount to the Share Termination Unit Price (in the case of settlement of Share Termination Delivery Units pursuant to Section 9(j) above) or any Settlement Price (in the case of settlement of Shares pursuant to Section 2 above) applicable to such Restricted Shares in a commercially reasonable manner and appropriately adjust the number of such Restricted Shares to be delivered to Dealer hereunder; provided that, in no event shall Company deliver a number of Restricted Shares greater than 2.0 times the Number of Shares (the “Maximum Number of Shares”). Notwithstanding the Agreement or this Confirmation, the date of delivery of such Restricted Shares shall be the Exchange Business Day following notice by Dealer to Company, of such applicable discount and the number of Restricted Shares to be delivered pursuant to this clause (i). For the avoidance of doubt, delivery of Restricted Shares shall be due as set forth in the previous sentence and not be due on the Share Termination Payment Date (in the case of settlement of Share Termination Delivery Units pursuant to Section 9(j) above) or on the Settlement Date for such Restricted Shares (in the case of settlement in Shares pursuant to Section 2 above).

In the event Company shall not have delivered the full number of Restricted Shares otherwise applicable as a result of the proviso above relating to the Maximum Number of Shares (such deficit, the “Deficit Restricted Shares”), Company shall be continually obligated to deliver, from time to time until the full number of Deficit Restricted Shares have been delivered pursuant to this paragraph, Restricted Shares when, and to the extent, that (i) Shares are repurchased, acquired or otherwise received by Company or any of its subsidiaries after the Trade Date (whether or not in exchange for cash, fair value or any other consideration), (ii) authorized and unissued Shares reserved for issuance in respect of other transactions prior to such date which prior to the relevant date become no longer so reserved and (iii) Company additionally authorizes any unissued Shares that are not reserved for other transactions. At such time as there may be deficit restricted shares, the Company shall promptly notify Dealer of the occurrence of any of the foregoing events (including the number of Shares subject to clause (i), (ii) or (iii) and the corresponding number of Restricted Shares to be delivered) and promptly deliver such Restricted Shares thereafter.

 

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  (ii)

If Company elects to settle the Transaction pursuant to this clause (ii) (a “Registration Settlement”), then Company shall promptly (but in any event no later than the beginning of the Resale Period) file and use its commercially reasonable best efforts to make effective under the Securities Act a registration statement or supplement or amend an outstanding registration statement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Dealer, to cover the resale of such Restricted Shares in accordance with customary resale registration procedures, including covenants, conditions, representations, underwriting discounts (if applicable), commissions (if applicable), indemnities due diligence rights, opinions and certificates, and such other documentation as is customary for equity resale underwriting agreements, all reasonably acceptable to Dealer. If Dealer, in its sole reasonable discretion, is not satisfied with such procedures and documentation, Private Placement Settlement shall apply. If Dealer is satisfied with such procedures and documentation, it shall sell the Restricted Shares pursuant to such registration statement during a period (the “Resale Period”) commencing on the Exchange Business Day following delivery of such Restricted Shares (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be (x) the Share Termination Payment Date in case of settlement in Share Termination Delivery Units pursuant to Section 9(j) above or (y) the Settlement Date in respect of the final Expiration Date for all Daily Number of Warrants) and ending on the earliest of (i) the Exchange Business Day on which Dealer completes the sale of all Restricted Shares or, in the case of settlement of Share Termination Delivery Units, a sufficient number of Restricted Shares so that the realized net proceeds of such sales equals or exceeds the Payment Obligation (as defined above), (ii) the date upon which all Restricted Shares have been sold or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 (or similar provisions then in force) or Rule 145(d)(2) (or any similar provision then in force) under the Securities Act and (iii) the date upon which all Restricted Shares may be sold or transferred by a non-affiliate pursuant to Rule 144 (or any similar provision then in force) or Rule 145(d)(2) (or any similar provision then in force) under the Securities Act. If the Payment Obligation exceeds the realized net proceeds from such resale, Company shall transfer to Dealer by the open of the regular trading session on the Exchange on the Exchange Trading Day immediately following the last day of the Resale Period the amount of such excess (the “Additional Amount”) in cash or in a number of Shares (“Make-whole Shares”) in an amount that, based on the Settlement Price on the last day of the Resale Period (as if such day was the “Valuation Date” for purposes of computing such Settlement Price), has a dollar value equal to the Additional Amount. The Resale Period shall continue to enable the sale of the Make-whole Shares. If Company elects to pay the Additional Amount in Shares, the requirements and provisions for Registration Settlement shall apply. This provision shall be applied successively until the Additional Amount is equal to zero. In no event shall Company deliver a number of Restricted Shares greater than the Maximum Number of Shares.

 

  (iii)

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Company agrees that any Restricted Shares delivered to Dealer, as purchaser of such Restricted Shares, (i) may be transferred by and among Dealer and its affiliates and Company shall effect such transfer without any further action by Dealer and (ii) after the then-applicable conditions of Rule 144 (or its successor) are satisfied with respect to such Restricted Shares, Company shall promptly remove, or cause the transfer agent for such Restricted Shares to remove, any legends referring to any such restrictions or requirements from such Restricted Shares upon request by Dealer (or such affiliate of Dealer) to Company or such transfer agent, without any requirement for the delivery of any certificate, consent, agreement, opinion of counsel, notice or any other document, any transfer tax stamps or payment of any other amount or any other action by Dealer (or such affiliate of Dealer).

If the Private Placement Settlement or the Registration Settlement shall not be effected as set forth in clauses (i) or (ii), as applicable, then failure to effect such Private Placement Settlement or such Registration Settlement shall constitute an Event of Default with respect to which Company shall be the Defaulting Party.

 

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  (l)

Limit on Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, Dealer may not exercise any Warrant hereunder or be entitled to take delivery of any Shares deliverable hereunder, and Automatic Exercise shall not apply with respect to any Warrant hereunder, to the extent (but only to the extent) that, after such receipt of any Shares upon the exercise of such Warrant or otherwise hereunder, (i) the Section 16 Percentage would exceed 8.5% or (ii) the Share Amount would exceed the Applicable Share Limit. Any purported delivery hereunder shall be void and have no effect to the extent (but only to the extent) that, after such delivery, the Section 16 Percentage would exceed 8.5% or the Share Amount would exceed the Applicable Share Limit. If any delivery owed to Dealer hereunder is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, Company’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Company shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Business Day after, Dealer gives notice to Company that, after such delivery, (i) the Section 16 Percentage would not exceed 8.5%, and (ii) the Share Amount would not exceed the Applicable Share Limit. The “Section 16 Percentage” as of any day is the fraction, expressed as a percentage, (A) the numerator of which is the number of Shares that Dealer and each person subject to aggregation of Shares with Dealer and/or who may form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer (Dealer or any such person, a “Dealer Person”) under Section 13 of the Exchange Act and rules promulgated thereunder directly or indirectly beneficially own (as defined under Section 13 of the Exchange Act and rules promulgated thereunder, unless the determination of “any person who is direct or indirect beneficial owner of 10% or more of any class of equity securities” under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act is made by reference to some other law, rule or regulation, in which case, as defined under such other law, rule or regulation) and (B) the denominator of which is the number of Shares outstanding. The “Share Amount” as of any day is the number of Shares that Dealer, Dealer Person and any other person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer under any law, rule, regulation, regulatory order or organizational documents or contracts of the Company that are, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable Restriction”), owns, beneficially owns, constructively owns, controls, holds the power to vote or otherwise meets a relevant definition of ownership under any Applicable Restriction, as determined by Dealer in its reasonable discretion. The “Applicable Share Limit” means a number of Shares equal to (A) the minimum number of Shares that could give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval from any person or entity) of a Dealer, or could result in an adverse effect on a Dealer, under any Applicable Restriction, as determined by Dealer in its reasonable discretion, minus (B) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding.

 

  (m)

Share Deliveries. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Company agrees that any delivery of Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property shall be effected by book-entry transfer through the facilities of DTC, or any successor depositary, if at the time of delivery, such class of Shares or class of Share Termination Delivery Property is in book-entry form at DTC or such successor depositary. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, to the extent the provisions of Rule 144 of the Securities Act or any successor rule are amended, or the applicable interpretation thereof by the Securities and Exchange Commission or any court change after the Trade Date, the agreements of Company herein shall be deemed modified to the extent necessary, in the opinion of outside counsel of Company, to comply with Rule 144 of the Securities Act, as in effect at the time of delivery of the relevant Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property.

 

  (n)

Waiver of Jury Trial. Each party waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Transaction. Each party (i) certifies that no representative, agent or attorney of the other party has represented, expressly or otherwise, that such other party would not, in the event of such a suit, action or proceeding, seek to enforce the foregoing waiver and (ii) acknowledges that it and the other party have been induced to enter into this Transaction, as applicable, by, among other things, the mutual waivers and certifications provided herein.

 

  (o)

Tax Disclosure. Effective from the date of commencement of discussions concerning the Transaction, Company and each of its employees, representatives, or other agents may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the

 

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Transaction and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to Company relating to such tax treatment and tax structure.

 

  (p)

Maximum Share Delivery. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Confirmation or the Agreement, in no event will Company at any time be required to deliver more than the Maximum Number of Shares to Dealer in connection with this Transaction, subject to the provisions regarding Deficit Restricted Shares in Section 9(k).

 

  (q)

Right to Extend. Dealer may postpone, in whole or in part, any Expiration Date or any other date of valuation or delivery with respect to some or all of the relevant Warrants (in which event the Calculation Agent shall make appropriate adjustments to the Daily Number of Warrants with respect to one or more Expiration Dates) if Dealer determines, in its commercially reasonable judgment, that such extension is reasonably necessary or advisable to preserve Dealer’s hedging or hedge unwind activity hereunder or to enable Dealer to effect purchases of Shares in connection with its hedging, hedge unwind or settlement activity hereunder in a manner that would, if Dealer were Issuer or an affiliated purchaser of Issuer, be in compliance with applicable legal, regulatory or self-regulatory requirements, or with related policies and procedures applicable to Dealer.

 

  (r)

Status of Claims in Bankruptcy. Dealer acknowledges and agrees that this Confirmation is not intended to convey to Dealer rights against Company with respect to the Transaction that are senior to the claims of common stockholders of Company in any United States bankruptcy proceedings of Company; provided that nothing herein shall limit or shall be deemed to limit Dealer’s right to pursue remedies in the event of a breach by Company of its obligations and agreements with respect to the Transaction; provided, further, that nothing herein shall limit or shall be deemed to limit Dealer’s rights in respect of any transactions other than the Transaction.

 

  (s)

Securities Contract; Swap Agreement. The parties hereto intend for (i) the Transaction to be a “securities contract” and a “swap agreement” as defined in the Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code) (the “Bankruptcy Code”), and the parties hereto to be entitled to the protections afforded by, among other Sections, Sections 362(b)(6), 362(b)(17), 546(e), 546(g), 555 and 560 of the Bankruptcy Code, (ii) a party’s right to liquidate the Transaction and to exercise any other remedies upon the occurrence of any Event of Default under the Agreement with respect to the other party to constitute a “contractual right” as described in the Bankruptcy Code, and (iii) each payment and delivery of cash, securities or other property hereunder to constitute a “margin payment” or “settlement payment” and a “transfer” as defined in the Bankruptcy Code.

 

  (t)

Early Unwind. In the event the sale of the “Firm Securities” (as defined in the Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) dated as of the Trade Date between Company and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co. as representatives of the several Initial Purchasers party thereto) is not consummated with the Initial Purchasers for any reason, other than in cases involving a breach of the Purchase Agreement by Dealer, or Company fails to deliver to Dealer opinions of counsel as required pursuant to Section 9(a), in each case by 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Premium Payment Date, or such later date as agreed upon by the parties (the Premium Payment Date or such later date the “Early Unwind Date”), the Transaction shall automatically terminate (the “Early Unwind”), on the Early Unwind Date and (i) the Transaction and all of the respective rights and obligations of Dealer and Company under the Transaction shall be cancelled and terminated and (ii) each party shall be released and discharged by the other party from and agrees not to make any claim against the other party with respect to any obligations or liabilities of the other party arising out of and to be performed in connection with the Transaction either prior to or after the Early Unwind Date; provided that Company shall purchase from Dealer on the Early Unwind Date all Shares purchased by Dealer or one or more of its affiliates in connection with the Transaction at the then prevailing market price. Each of Dealer and Company represent and acknowledge to the other that, subject to the proviso included in this Section 9(t), upon an Early Unwind, all obligations with respect to the Transaction shall be deemed fully and finally discharged.

 

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  (u)

Payment by Dealer. In the event that (i) an Early Termination Date occurs or is designated with respect to the Transaction as a result of a Termination Event or an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default arising under Section 5(a)(ii) or 5(a)(iv) of the Agreement) and, as a result, Dealer owes to Company an amount calculated under Section 6(e) of the Agreement, or (ii) Dealer owes to Company, pursuant to Section 12.7 or Section 12.9 of the Equity Definitions, an amount calculated under Section 12.8 of the Equity Definitions, such amount shall be deemed to be zero.

 

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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the terms of our agreement by executing this Confirmation and returning it to EDG Confirmation Group, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., 277 Park Avenue, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10172-3401, or by fax to (212)  ###-###-####.

Very truly yours,

 

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as agent for
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
By:  

/s/ Jason M. Wood

Authorized Signatory
Name:   Jason M. Wood

Accepted and confirmed

as of the Trade Date:

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

 

By:

 

/s/ Robin Washington

Name:

  Robin Washington

Title:

 

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial

    Officer

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

Organised under the laws of the United States as a National Banking Association

Main Office 1111 Polaris Parkway, Columbus, Ohio 43271

Registered as a branch in England & Wales branch No. BR000746

Registered Branch Office 125 London Wall, London EC2Y 5AJ

Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority

[Signature Page to Base Warrant Transaction (2016)]