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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

December 18, 2024 (December 17, 2024)

 

 

Aptiv PLC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Jersey   001-35346   98-1824200

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

Spitalstrasse 5

8200 Schaffhausen, Switzerland

+41 52 580 96 00

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code) 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) N/A

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

Ordinary Shares. $0.01 par value per share   APTV   New York Stock Exchange
1.600% Senior Notes due 2028   APTV   New York Stock Exchange
4.350% Senior Notes due 2029   APTV   New York Stock Exchange
4.650% Senior Notes due 2029   APTV   New York Stock Exchange
3.250% Senior Notes due 2032   APTV   New York Stock Exchange
5.150% Senior Notes due 2034   APTV   New York Stock Exchange
4.250% Senior Notes due 2036   APTV   New York Stock Exchange
4.400% Senior Notes due 2046   APTV   New York Stock Exchange
5.400% Senior Notes due 2049   APTV   New York Stock Exchange
3.100% Senior Notes due 2051   APTV   New York Stock Exchange
4.150% Senior Notes due 2052   APTV   New York Stock Exchange
5.750% Senior Notes due 2054   APTV   New York Stock Exchange
6.875% Fixed-to-Fixed Reset Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2054   APTV   New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 


COMPLETION OF THE TRANSACTION

On December 13, 2024, the Royal Court of Jersey sanctioned the scheme of arrangement between Aptiv PLC (“Aptiv”) and its shareholders (the “Scheme”) the purpose of which was to effect a transaction (the “Transaction”) pursuant to which each shareholder of Aptiv’s ordinary shares, par value $0.01 per share, received ordinary shares, par value $0.01 per share, of Aptiv PLC (f/k/a Aptiv Holdings Limited) (“New Aptiv”) on a one-for-one basis. The Scheme became effective upon the filing of the court order sanctioning the Scheme with the Jersey Registrar of Companies on December 17, 2024. As a result of the Transaction, Aptiv, which was renamed to “Aptiv Irish Holdings Limited” in connection with the Transaction, became a wholly owned subsidiary of New Aptiv, a newly formed company organized in Jersey, and a tax resident of Switzerland.

At 6:00 p.m., New York Time, on December 17, 2024 (the “Transaction Time”), the following steps occurred effectively simultaneously:

 

  1.

New Aptiv issued ordinary shares on a one-for-one basis to the holders of Aptiv PLC shares;

 

  2.

New Aptiv received all outstanding shares of Aptiv PLC in exchange for the issuance of New Aptiv shares described in step 1; and

 

  3.

all previously outstanding ordinary shares of New Aptiv, which prior to the Transaction Time were held by Aptiv, were repurchased by New Aptiv and then cancelled, in accordance with a resolution passed by Aptiv and such nominees.

Prior to the Transaction, the Aptiv ordinary shares were listed on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) under the symbol “APTV” and registered under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended, the “Exchange Act”). In connection with the Transaction, Aptiv expects to file with the SEC an application on Form 25 to strike the Aptiv ordinary shares from listing on NYSE and from registration under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act. Aptiv also expects to file a Form 15 with the SEC to terminate the registration of the Aptiv ordinary shares under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and to suspend its duty under Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act to file reports required by Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act with respect to the Aptiv ordinary shares.

The New Aptiv ordinary shares are deemed registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act pursuant to Rule 12g-3(a) under the Exchange Act. The New Aptiv ordinary shares are expected to begin trading on the NYSE under the symbol “APTV,” the same symbol under which the Aptiv ordinary shares previously traded, on December 18, 2024.

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Accelerated Share Repurchase Exchange

On August 1, 2024, as part of Aptiv’s share repurchase program, Aptiv entered into accelerated share repurchase agreements (the “ASR Agreements”) with each of Goldman Sachs International and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (the “Dealers”) to repurchase an aggregate of up to $3.0 billion of Aptiv’s ordinary shares, par value $0.01 per share. In connection with the Transaction, on December 17, 2024, New Aptiv entered into exchange agreements with Aptiv and each Dealer (the “ASR Exchange Agreements”) pursuant to which, each Dealer will transfer all of such Dealer’s obligations, rights, title and interest, powers, privileges and remedies under its ASR Agreement to New Aptiv, and New Aptiv will assume all such obligations, rights, title and interest, powers, privileges and remedies. New Aptiv will then enter into new accelerated share repurchase agreements (the “Reissued ASR Agreements”) with each Dealer, under which each Dealer will have the same obligations, rights, title and interest, powers, privileges and remedies vis-à-vis New Aptiv as such Dealer had vis-à-vis Aptiv, and New Aptiv will have the same obligations, rights, title and interest, powers, privileges and remedies vis-à-vis each Dealer as Aptiv had vis-à-vis such Dealer.

Under the terms of the Reissued ASR Agreements, the final number of shares to be repurchased by New Aptiv will be based on the average of the daily volume-weighted average price of New Aptiv’s ordinary shares, par value $0.01, (the “Company Shares”) on specified dates during the term of each Reissued ASR Agreement, less a discount and subject to adjustments pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Reissued ASR Agreements. At settlement of each Reissued ASR Agreement, the relevant Dealer may be required to deliver additional Company Shares to New Aptiv, or under certain circumstances, New Aptiv may be required to deliver Company Shares or to make a cash payment, at its election, to the relevant Dealer. The final settlements of the transactions under the Reissued ASR Agreements are scheduled to occur no later than the second calendar quarter of 2025 and in each case may be subject to earlier termination under certain limited circumstances, as set forth in the Reissued ASR Agreements.

The Reissued ASR Agreements contain customary terms for these types of transactions, including, but not limited to, the mechanisms to determine the number of Company Shares or the amount of cash that will be delivered at settlement, the required timing of delivery of the Company Shares, the specific circumstances under which adjustments may be made to the transaction, the specific circumstances under which the transaction may be terminated prior to its scheduled maturity and various acknowledgements, representations and warranties made by New Aptiv and the Dealers to one another.

 

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From time to time, each Dealer and/or its respective affiliates have directly and indirectly engaged, and may engage in the future, in investment and/or commercial banking transactions with New Aptiv for which each Dealer (or such affiliates) has received, or may receive, customary compensation, fees and expense reimbursement.

The foregoing description of the Exchange Agreements and the Reissued ASR Agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Reissued ASR Agreements, copies of which are attached as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

Guarantees of Aptiv Debt

In connection with the Transaction, New Aptiv entered into the Twelfth Supplemental Indenture (the “Twelfth Senior Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of December 17, 2024, by and among Aptiv, New Aptiv, the other guarantors party thereto, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”) and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as registrar, paying agent and authenticating agent (the “Agent”) pursuant to which New Aptiv guaranteed all the outstanding senior notes previously issued by Aptiv under the Senior Indenture, dated as of March 10, 2015, as amended from time to time, by and among Aptiv, the guarantors party thereto, the Trustee and the Agent: €500 million principal amount of 1.60% Euro-denominated Senior Notes due 2028, $300 million principal amount of 4.35% Senior Notes due 2029, $550 million principal amount of 4.65% Senior Notes due 2029, $800 million principal amount of 3.25% Senior Notes due 2032, $550 million principal amount of 5.15% Senior Notes due 2034, €750 million principal amount of 4.25% Euro-denominated Senior Notes due 2036, $300 million principal amount of 4.40% Senior Notes due 2046, $350 million principal amount of 5.40% Senior Notes due 2049, $1,500 million principal amount of 3.10% Senior Notes due 2051, $1,000 million principal amount of 4.15% Senior Notes due 2052 and $550 million principal amount of 5.75% Senior Notes due 2054 (collectively, the “Senior Notes”).

In addition, in connection with the Transaction, New Aptiv entered into the Second Supplemental Indenture (the “Second Subordinated Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of December 17, 2024, by and among Aptiv, New Aptiv, the other guarantors party thereto, the Trustee and the Agent pursuant to which New Aptiv guaranteed the outstanding $500 million principal amount of 6.875% Fixed-to-Fixed Reset Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2054 (the “Subordinated Notes”) previously issued by Aptiv under the Subordinated Indenture, dated as of September 13, 2024, as amended from time to time, by and among Aptiv, the guarantors party thereto, the Trustee and the Agent.

The Twelfth Senior Supplemental Indenture and the Second Subordinated Supplemental Indenture are filed herewith as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2, respectively, and the foregoing summaries are qualified in their entirety by reference to Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2.

Further, in connection with the Transaction, New Aptiv became an obligor under each of (a) the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 24, 2021, as amended from time to time (the “Revolving Facility Credit Agreement”), among Aptiv and certain of its subsidiaries, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto, and (b) the Term Credit Agreement, dated August 19, 2024, as amended from time to time (the “Term Loan A Credit Agreement” and, together with the Revolving Facility Credit Agreement, each, a “Credit Agreement” and together, the “Credit Agreements”), among Aptiv and certain of its subsidiaries, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto. As of September 30, 2024, no amounts were outstanding under the Revolving Facility Credit Agreement and $600 million principal amount of Term Loan A due 2027 was outstanding under the Term Loan A Credit Agreement.

Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

On December 17, 2024, pursuant to the Transaction, each holder of ordinary shares of Aptiv, par value $0.01 per share, outstanding immediately before the Transaction Time received one ordinary share of New Aptiv, par value $0.01 per share, on a one for one basis in respect of such outstanding Aptiv ordinary shares.

In connection with the Transaction, New Aptiv issued a total of 235,035,739 ordinary shares to the holders of Aptiv ordinary shares immediately prior to the Transaction Time. The terms and conditions of the issuance and exchange of the securities were sanctioned by the Royal Court of Jersey, after a hearing upon the fairness of such terms and conditions at which all Aptiv shareholders had a right to appear and of which adequate notice had been given. The issuance was exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 (as amended, the “Securities Act”) by virtue of Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act.

 

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Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders

The information included under Item 5.03 and the “Description of New Aptiv Shares” filed as Exhibit 4.3 hereto are incorporated into this Item 3.03 by reference.

Item 5.01. Changes in Control of Registrant.

The information above under the heading “Completion of the Transaction” of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated into this Item 5.01 by reference.

Item 5.02. Departures of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Directors and Officers

As of December 17, 2024, following completion of the Transaction, the directors and executive officers of Aptiv immediately prior to the completion of the Transaction became the directors and executive officers of New Aptiv. New Aptiv’s directors will be subject to reelection at the 2025 annual general meeting of New Aptiv. In addition, as of December 17, 2024, following completion of the Transaction, New Aptiv replicated the committees that previously were in place for Aptiv, which include a Compensation and Human Resources Committee, a Nominating and Governance Committee, a Finance Committee, an Innovation and Technology Committee and an Audit Committee.

Long-Term Incentive Plans

In connection with the Transaction, effective as of December 17, 2024, the 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan and the 2024 Long-Term Incentive Plan maintained by Aptiv (the “LTIPs”) were amended to provide (1) that ordinary shares of New Aptiv will be issued, held available or used to measure benefits as appropriate under the LTIPs, in lieu of shares of Aptiv, including upon exercise of any options or share appreciation rights or upon the vesting of any restricted shares or restricted share units previously issued under the LTIPs; and (2) for the appropriate substitution of New Aptiv for Aptiv.

Assumption of Employee Stock and Incentive Compensation Plans and Awards

On December 17, 2024, New Aptiv assumed the rights and obligations of Aptiv pursuant to the LTIPs and formally adopted the LTIPs, including Aptiv’s existing obligations in connection with awards granted thereunder. New Aptiv will undertake and discharge all of the rights and obligations previously discharged by Aptiv under the LTIPs and exercise all of the powers previously exercised by Aptiv pursuant to the terms of the LTIPs. All outstanding Aptiv equity awards issued under the LTIP on or before December 17, 2024 remain subject to the same terms and conditions as in effect immediately prior to their assumption by New Aptiv, except that upon the vesting or exercising of those awards, New Aptiv ordinary shares shall be issuable in lieu of Aptiv ordinary shares. Similarly, ordinary shares of New Aptiv, rather than ordinary shares of Aptiv shall be issued, held available or used as appropriate to give effect to purchases made under the LTIPs.

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

The information under the heading “Completion of the Transaction” of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated into this Item 5.03 by reference. In connection with the Transaction, effective as of December 17, 2024, New Aptiv adopted its Memorandum and Articles of Association. The description of the terms of New Aptiv’s Memorandum and Articles of Association included in Exhibit 4.3 filed hereto and the comparison thereof to the terms of Aptiv’s Memorandum and Articles of Association included under the headings “Description of New Aptiv Shares” and “Rights of Shareholders and Powers of the Board of Directors” in Aptiv’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on November 6, 2024 (the “Proxy Statement”) are incorporated into this Item 5.03 by reference. Copies of New Aptiv’s Memorandum and Articles of Association are filed herewith as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated into this Item 5.03 by reference, and the foregoing information is qualified in its entirety by reference to Exhibit 3.1.

 

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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)  

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

   3.1    Memorandum and Articles of Association of New Aptiv
   4.1    Twelfth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 17, 2024, among Aptiv Irish Holdings Limited (formerly known as Aptiv PLC), as issuer, Aptiv Corporation, Aptiv Global Financing Designated Activity Company, Aptiv PLC (formerly known as Aptiv Holdings Limited), Wilmington Trust, National Association, as the Trustee and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Registrar, Paying Agent and Authenticating Agent, with respect to the Senior Notes
   4.2    Second Supplemental Indenture, dates as of December 17, 2024, among Aptiv Irish Holdings Limited (formerly known as Aptiv PLC), as issuer, Aptiv Global Financing Designated Activity Company, Aptiv Corporation, Aptiv PLC (formerly known as Aptiv Holdings Limited), Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Registrar, Paying Agent and Authenticating Agent, with respect to the Subordinated Notes
   4.3    Description of New Aptiv Shares
  10.1    Master Confirmation - Accelerated Stock Repurchase Transaction(s) dated December 17, 2024 by and between New Aptiv and Goldman Sachs International
  10.2    Master Confirmation - Accelerated Stock Repurchase Transaction(s) dated December 17, 2024 by and between New Aptiv and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
  104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

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SIGNATURES

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

 

Date: December 18, 2024   APTIV PLC
    By:  

/s/ Katherine H. Ramundo

      Katherine H. Ramundo
      Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary

 

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Exhibit 3.1

COMPANIES (JERSEY) LAW 1991

MEMORANDUM

AND

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

OF

APTIV PLC

a par value public limited company

Company number: 156354

Carey Olsen

47 Esplanade

St. Helier

Jersey

JE1 0BD

Channel Islands


COMPANIES (JERSEY) LAW 1991 (the “Law”)

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION

OF

APTIV PLC

(the “Company”)

a par value public limited company

 

1.

INTERPRETATION

Words and expressions contained in this Memorandum of Association have the same meanings as in the Law.

 

2.

COMPANY NAME

The name of the Company is Aptiv PLC.

 

3.

TYPE OF COMPANY

 

3.1

The Company is a public company.

 

3.2

The Company is a par value company.

 

4.

NUMBER OF SHARES

The share capital of the Company is US$12,500,000 divided into 1,200,000,000 ordinary shares of US$0.01 each and 50,000,000 preferred shares of US$0.01 each (which may be issued in such class or classes as the Directors may determine in accordance with the Articles of Association of the Company).

 

5.

LIABILITY OF MEMBERS

The liability of a member arising from the holding of a share in the Company is limited to the amount (if any) unpaid on it.


COMPANIES (JERSEY) LAW 1991

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

OF

APTIV PLC

a par value public limited company

CONTENTS

 

1.  

INTERPRETATION

     1  
2.  

SHARE CAPITAL

     5  
3.  

SHARE PREMIUM ACCOUNT

     8  
4.  

ALTERATION OF SHARE CAPITAL

     9  
5.  

VARIATION OF RIGHTS

     9  
6.  

REGISTER OF MEMBERS

     10  
7.  

SHARE CERTIFICATES

     10  
8.  

LIEN

     11  
9.  

CALLS ON SHARES

     12  
10.  

FORFEITURE OF SHARES

     13  
11.  

TRANSFER OF SHARES

     14  
12.  

TRANSMISSION OF SHARES

     16  
13.  

GENERAL MEETINGS

     16  
14.  

CLASS MEETINGS

     17  
15.  

NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS

     17  
16.  

PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS

     18  
17.  

VOTES OF MEMBERS

     20  
18.  

CORPORATE MEMBERS

     24  


19.  

DIRECTORS

     25  
20.  

ALTERNATE DIRECTORS

     25  
21.  

POWERS OF DIRECTORS

     26  
22.  

DELEGATION OF DIRECTORS’ POWERS

     26  
23.  

APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS

     26  
24.  

RESIGNATION, DISQUALIFICATION AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS

     28  
25.  

REMUNERATION AND EXPENSES OF DIRECTORS

     29  
26.  

EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

     29  
27.  

DIRECTORS’ INTERESTS

     30  
28.  

PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS

     31  
29.  

MINUTE BOOK

     32  
30.  

SECRETARY

     33  
31.  

THE SEAL

     34  
32.  

AUTHENTICATION OF DOCUMENTS

     34  
33.  

DIVIDENDS

     34  
34.  

CAPITALISATION OF PROFITS

     36  
35.  

ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT

     37  
36.  

NOTICES

     38  
37.  

WINDING UP

     40  
38.  

INDEMNITY

     40  
39.  

FIXING RECORD DATE

     40  
40.  

UNTRACED MEMBERS

     41  
41.  

NON-APPLICATION OF STANDARD TABLE

     42  


COMPANIES (JERSEY) LAW 1991

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

OF

APTIV PLC

a par value public limited company

 

1.

INTERPRETATION

 

1.1

In these Articles, unless the context or law otherwise requires, the following words and expressions shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them below:

 

  1.1.1

Annual General Meeting” has the meaning ascribed to it in Article 13.2;

 

  1.1.2

these Articles” means these Articles of Association in their present form or as from time to time amended;

 

  1.1.3

Auditors” means the auditors of the Company appointed pursuant to these Articles;

 

  1.1.4

Bankrupt” has the meaning ascribed to it in the Interpretation (Jersey) Law, 1954;

 

  1.1.5

Clear Days” means in relation to the period of a Notice that period excluding the day when the Notice is served or deemed to be served and the day for which it is given or on which it is to take effect;

 

  1.1.6

Company” means the company incorporated under the Law in respect of which these Articles have been registered;

 

  1.1.7

Directors” or “Board of Directors” means the directors of the Company for the time being;

 

  1.1.8

electronic” has the meaning given to the word “electronic” in the Electronic Communications Law;

 

  1.1.9

Electronic Communications Law” means the Electronic Communications (Jersey) Law 2000;

 

  1.1.10

electronic signature” has the meaning given to the expression “electronic signature” in the Electronic Communications Law;

 

  1.1.11

Exchange Act” has the meaning ascribed to it in Article 23.6;

 

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  1.1.12

Extraordinary General Meeting” has the meaning ascribed to it in Article 13.2;

 

  1.1.13

Group” means the Aptiv group of companies from time to time;

 

  1.1.14

Group Company” means any company (including the Company) which is part of the Group;

 

  1.1.15

Holder” means in relation to shares the Member whose name is entered in the Register as the holder of the shares;

 

  1.1.16

the Law” means the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 and any subordinate legislation from time to time made thereunder, including any statutory modifications or re-enactments for the time being in force;

 

  1.1.17

Member” means the subscribers to the Memorandum of Association of the Company and any other Person whose name is entered in the Register as the Holder of shares in the Company;

 

  1.1.18

Month” means calendar month;

 

  1.1.19

Notice” means a notice in Writing unless otherwise specifically stated;

 

  1.1.20

Office” means the registered office of the Company;

 

  1.1.21

Officer” includes a Secretary but otherwise has the meaning ascribed to it in the Law;

 

  1.1.22

Ordinary Resolution” means a resolution of the Company in general meeting adopted by a simple majority of the votes cast at that meeting;

 

  1.1.23

Ordinary Share” means an ordinary share in the capital of the Company with a nominal value of US$0.01 and having the rights attaching thereto prescribed in these Articles;

 

  1.1.24

Paid Up” includes credited as paid up;

 

  1.1.25

Persons” includes associations and bodies of persons, whether corporate or unincorporate;

 

  1.1.26

Preferred Share” means a preferred share in the capital of the Company with a nominal value of US$0.01 designated as a Preferred Share by the Directors and allotted and issued in one or more classes in accordance with the provisions of the Law and these Articles and having the rights provided for in these Articles and in any Statement of Rights. In these Articles, except when referred to under their separate classes, the term Preferred Shares shall mean all such shares;

 

2


  1.1.27

Present”:

 

  (a)

in relation to general meetings of the Company and to meetings of the Holders of any class of shares includes present in person or present by attorney or by proxy or in the case of a corporate shareholder by representative; and

 

  (b)

in relation to Virtual Meetings means present by means of participating in a communication in accordance with the Law and, in relation to physical meetings at which Virtual Attendance is permitted, includes present by way of Virtual Attendance in accordance with the Law,

but a Member shall not be regarded as Present at a meeting unless the Member is entitled to attend and vote at that meeting;

 

  1.1.28

Register” means the register of Members required to be kept pursuant to Article 41 of the Law;

 

  1.1.29

Seal” means the common seal of the Company;

 

  1.1.30

Secretary” means any Person appointed to perform any of the duties of secretary of the Company (including an assistant or deputy secretary) and in the event of two or more Persons being appointed as joint secretaries any one or more of the Persons so appointed;

 

  1.1.31

Signed” includes a signature or representation of a signature affixed by mechanical or other means (including electronic) and where a document is to be signed by a company, an association or a body of Persons the word “Signed” shall be construed as including the signature of a duly authorised representative on its behalf as well as any other means by which it would normally execute the document;

 

  1.1.32

Special Resolution” means a resolution of the Company passed as a special resolution in accordance with the Law;

 

  1.1.33

Statement of Rights” in relation to each class of Preferred Share, a memorandum approved by the Directors setting out the specific rights and obligations attaching to the Preferred Shares of such class which are in addition to those rights and obligations contained in and determined in accordance with these Articles;

 

  1.1.34

subsidiary has the meaning ascribed to it by Article 2(1) of the Law;

 

  1.1.35

Virtual Attendance” means the attendance at a meeting by persons entitled to do so solely by means of participating in a communication in accordance with the Law where certain other persons entitled to do so attend that meeting by being physically present together at a meeting place;

 

3


  1.1.36

Virtual Meeting” means a meeting at which all persons (being persons entitled to participate in that meeting) participate in that meeting solely by means of participating in a communication in accordance with the Law; and

 

  1.1.37

in Writing” includes written, printed, telexed, electronically transmitted or represented or reproduced by any other mode of representing or reproducing words in a visible form.

 

1.2

Save as defined herein and unless the context otherwise requires, words or expressions contained in these Articles shall bear the same meaning as in the Law but excluding any statutory modification thereof not in force when these Articles become binding on the Company.

 

1.3

In these Articles, unless the context or law otherwise requires:

 

  1.3.1

where, in relation to a document in electronic form, these Articles refer to “executed”, the reference is to such document being “signed” within the meaning of the Electronic Communications Law, and “execute” and “execution” shall be construed accordingly;

 

  1.3.2

references to a document or information being “sent”, “supplied” or “given” to or by a person mean such document or information, or a copy of such document or information, being sent, supplied, given, delivered, issued or made available to or by, or served on or by, or deposited with or by that person by any method authorised by these Articles, and “sending”, “supplying” and “giving” shall be construed accordingly;

 

  1.3.3

references to “writing” mean the representation or reproduction of words, symbols or other information in a visible form by any method or combination of methods, whether in electronic form or otherwise, and “written” shall be construed accordingly;

 

  1.3.4

words and expressions which are cognate to those defined in Article 1.1 shall be construed accordingly;

 

  1.3.5

the word “may” shall be construed as permissive and the word “shall” shall be construed as imperative;

 

  1.3.6

words importing the singular number only shall be construed as including the plural number and vice versa;

 

  1.3.7

words importing the masculine gender only shall be construed as including the feminine and neuter genders;

 

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  1.3.8

the word “dividend” has the meaning ascribed to the word “distribution” in Article 114 of the Law;

 

  1.3.9

references to enactments are to such enactments as are from time to time modified, re-enacted or consolidated and shall include any enactment made in substitution for an enactment that is repealed; and

 

  1.3.10

references to a numbered Article are to the Article so numbered of these Articles.

 

1.4

The clause and paragraph headings in these Articles are for convenience only and shall not be taken into account in the construction or interpretation of these Articles.

 

2.

SHARE CAPITAL

 

2.1

The share capital of the Company is as specified in the Memorandum of Association and the shares of the Company shall have the rights and be subject to the conditions contained in these Articles and, in the case of any Preferred Share of any class to the Statement of Rights relating thereto.

 

2.2

The rights attaching to Ordinary Shares are as follows:

 

  2.2.1

As regards income – Subject to the Law and the provisions of these Articles, each Ordinary Share shall confer on the holder thereof the right to receive such profits of the Company available for distribution as the Directors may declare or the Members may resolve by Ordinary Resolution after any payment to the Members holding shares of any other class other than Ordinary Shares of any amount then payable in accordance with the relevant Statement of Rights or other terms of issue of that class.

 

  2.2.2

As regards capital – If the Company is wound up, the holder of an Ordinary Share shall be entitled, following payment to the Members holding shares of any other class other than Ordinary Shares of all amounts then payable to them in accordance with the relevant Statement of Rights or other terms of issue of that class, to repayment of the nominal amount of the capital paid up thereon and thereafter any surplus assets of the Company then remaining shall be distributed pari passi among the holders of the Ordinary Shares in proportion to the amounts paid up thereon (whether on account of the nominal value of the shares or by way of premium).

 

  2.2.3

As regards voting – At any general meeting of the Company and any separate class meeting of the holders of Ordinary Shares every holder of Ordinary Shares who is present in person or by proxy shall have one vote for every Ordinary Share of which he is the holder.

 

  2.2.4

As regards redemption – the Ordinary Shares are not redeemable (without prejudice to Articles 2.8 and 2.14).

 

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2.3

Subject to the provisions of these Articles, the rights and obligations attaching to any Preferred Share shall be determined at the time of issue by the Directors in their absolute discretion. Each Preferred Share shall be issued by the Directors on behalf of the Company as part of a class. The rights and obligations attaching to each class of Preferred Shares in addition to those set out in these Articles shall be set out in a Statement of Rights.

 

2.4

The Statement of Rights in respect of each class of Preferred Shares may, without limitation, comprise or include:-

 

  2.4.1

the class to which each Preferred Share shall belong, such class to be designated with a class number and, if the Directors so determine, title;

 

  2.4.2

details of any dividends payable in respect of the relevant class;

 

  2.4.3

details of rights attaching to shares of the relevant class to receive a return of capital on a winding up of the Company;

 

  2.4.4

details of the voting rights attaching to shares of the relevant class (which may provide, without limitation, that each Preferred share shall have more than one vote on a poll at any general meeting of the Company);

 

  2.4.5

a statement as to whether shares of the relevant class are redeemable (either at the option of the Shareholder and/or the Company) and, if so, on what terms such shares are redeemable (including, without limitation, and only if so determined by the Directors, the amount for which such shares shall be redeemed (or a method or formula for determining the same) and the date on which they shall be redeemed);

 

  2.4.6

a statement as to whether shares of the relevant class are convertible (either at the option of the Shareholder and/or the Company) and, if so, on what terms such shares are convertible;

 

  2.4.7

any other rights, obligations and restrictions attaching to Preferred Shares of any class as the Directors may determine in their discretion; and/or

 

  2.4.8

the price at which shares of the relevant class shall be issued.

 

2.5

Once a Statement of Rights has been adopted for a class of Preferred Share, then:-

 

  2.5.1

it shall be binding on Members and Directors as if contained in these Articles;

 

  2.5.2

the provisions of Article 5.1 shall apply to any variation or abrogation thereof that may be effected by the Company;

 

  2.5.3

each Statement of Rights shall be filed on behalf of the Company with the Registrar of Companies in Jersey pursuant to and in accordance with Article 54 of the Law;

 

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  2.5.4

all moneys payable on or in respect of any Preferred Share which is the subject thereof (including, without limitation, the subscription and any redemption moneys in respect thereof) shall be paid in the currency for which such Preferred Share is issued; and

 

  2.5.5

upon the redemption of a Preferred Share (if it is redeemable) pursuant to the Statement of Rights relating thereto, the holder thereof shall cease to be entitled to any rights in respect thereof and accordingly his name shall be removed from the Register and the share shall thereupon be cancelled.

 

2.6

Without prejudice to any special rights for the time being conferred on the Holders of any shares or class of shares (which special rights shall not be varied or abrogated except with such consent or sanction as is hereinafter provided) any share or class of shares in the capital of the Company may be issued with such preferred, deferred or other special rights or such restrictions whether in regard to dividends, return of capital, voting or otherwise as the Directors may from time to time determine.

 

2.7

The Company may issue fractions of shares in accordance with and subject to the provisions of the Law provided that:

 

  2.7.1

a fraction of a share shall be taken into account in determining the entitlement of a Member as regards dividends or on a winding up; and

 

  2.7.2

a fraction of a share shall not entitle a Member to a vote in respect thereof.

 

2.8

Otherwise than as set out in Article 2.14 and subject to the provisions of the Law, the Company may from time to time:

 

  2.8.1

issue; or

 

  2.8.2

convert any existing non-redeemable shares (whether issued or not) into,

shares which are to be redeemed or are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Company or at the option of the Holder thereof and on such terms and in such manner as may be determined by Special Resolution.

 

2.9

Subject to the provisions of the Law, the Company may purchase its own shares of any class (including redeemable shares) and in relation thereto, neither the Company nor the Directors shall be required to select the shares to be purchased rateably or in any other particular manner as between the holders of shares of the same class or as between them and the holders of shares of any other class or in accordance with the rights as to dividends or capital conferred by any class of shares.

 

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2.10

Subject to the provisions of these Articles, the unissued shares for the time being in the capital of the Company shall be at the disposal of the Directors who may allot, grant options over or otherwise dispose of them to such Persons at such times and generally on such terms and conditions as they think fit. Securities, contracts, warrants or other instruments evidencing any Preferred or Ordinary Shares, option rights, securities having conversion or option rights or obligations may also be issued by the Directors without the approval of the Members or entered into by the Company upon a resolution of the Directors to that effect on such terms, conditions and other provisions as are fixed by the Directors including, without limitation, conditions that preclude or limit any person owning or offering to acquire a specified number or percentage of the shares of the Company in issue, other shares, option rights, securities having conversion or option rights or obligations of the Company or the transferee of such person from exercising, converting, transferring or receiving the shares, option rights, securities having conversion or option rights or obligations.

 

2.11

The Directors may allot and issue shares in the Company to any person without any obligation to offer such shares to the Members (whether in proportion to the existing shares held by them or otherwise).

 

2.12

The Company may pay commissions as permitted by the Law. Subject to the provisions of the Law any such commission may be satisfied by the payment of cash or by the allotment of fully or partly paid shares or partly in one way and partly in the other.

 

2.13

Except as otherwise provided by these Articles or by law, no Person shall be recognised by the Company as holding any share upon any trust and the Company shall not be bound by or be compelled in any way to recognise any equitable, contingent, future or partial interest in any share or any interest in any fraction of a share or any other right in respect of any share except an absolute right to the entirety thereof in the Holder.

 

2.14

Notwithstanding any other provision of these Articles, and subject to the provisions of the Law, where the Company wishes to purchase its own shares the Directors shall have the authority to instead elect to convert any or all of those shares into redeemable shares that shall be redeemed by the Company upon such terms and conditions as the Directors may decide at the relevant time. The Directors may convert, and the Company may redeem, any relevant shares in accordance with this Article as they in their absolute discretion decide and there shall be no obligation on the Directors or Company to offer to convert and redeem any other shares held by any other Members and no Member shall have any rights to require their shares to be considered for conversion and redemption.

 

2.15

Subject to the provisions of the Law, the Company may hold as treasury shares any shares purchased or redeemed by it.

 

3.

SHARE PREMIUM ACCOUNT

 

3.1

Except as provided in Article 3.2, where the Company issues shares at a premium, the amount or value (as determined by the Directors) of any premiums shall be transferred, as and when the premiums are Paid Up, to a share premium account which shall be kept in the books of the Company in the manner required by the Law. The sums for the time being standing to the credit of the share premium account shall be applied only in accordance with the Law.

 

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3.2

Where the Law permits the Company to refrain from transferring any amount to a share premium account, that amount need not be so transferred; but the Directors may if they think fit nevertheless cause all or any part of such amount to be transferred to the relevant share premium account.

 

3.3

The Directors may transfer an amount to a share premium account of the Company from any other account of the Company (other than the capital redemption reserve or the nominal capital account).

 

4.

ALTERATION OF SHARE CAPITAL

 

4.1

The Company may by Special Resolution alter its share capital as stated in the Memorandum of Association in any manner permitted by the Law.

 

4.2

Any new shares created on an increase or other alteration of share capital shall be issued upon such terms and conditions as the Company may by Ordinary Resolution determine.

 

4.3

Any capital raised by the creation of new shares shall, unless otherwise provided by the conditions of issue of the new shares, be considered as part of the original capital and the new shares shall be subject to the provisions of these Articles with reference to the payment of calls, transfer and transmission of shares, lien or otherwise applicable to the existing shares in the Company.

 

4.4

Subject to the provisions of the Law the Company may by Special Resolution reduce its share capital and its share premium account in any way.

 

5.

VARIATION OF RIGHTS

 

5.1

Whenever the capital of the Company is divided into different classes of shares the special rights attached to any class may (unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of the shares of that class) be varied or abrogated either whilst the Company is a going concern or during or in contemplation of a winding up with the sanction of an Ordinary Resolution passed at a separate meeting of the Holders of shares of that class.

 

5.2

To every such separate meeting all the provisions of these Articles and of the Law relating to general meetings of the Company or to the proceedings thereat shall apply mutatis mutandis except that the necessary quorum shall be a Person or Persons together holding or representing a majority of the issued shares of that class but so that if at any adjourned meeting of such Holders a quorum as above defined is not Present those Holders who are Present shall be a quorum.

 

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5.3

The special rights conferred upon the Holders of any shares or class of shares issued with preferred, deferred or other special rights shall (unless otherwise expressly provided by the conditions of issue of such shares) be deemed not to be varied by the creation or issue of further shares ranking ahead, after or pari passu therewith. The rights conferred upon the holders of Ordinary Shares shall be deemed not to be varied by the creation or issue of any Preferred Shares or any other class of preferred or preference share with such special rights attaching to them as may be set out in a Statement of Rights or other terms of issue or the redemption or conversion of Preferred Shares of any class or preferred or preference shares of any class in accordance with the applicable Statement of Rights or other terms of issue. The rights conferred upon the holders of Ordinary Shares shall be deemed not to be varied by the conversion and redemption of Ordinary Shares in accordance with Article 2.14 or any purchase or redemption by the Company of its own shares.

 

6.

REGISTER OF MEMBERS

 

6.1

The Directors shall maintain or cause to be maintained a Register in the manner required by the Law. The Register shall be kept at the Office or at such other place in the Island of Jersey as the Directors from time to time determine. In each year the Directors shall prepare or cause to be prepared and filed an annual return containing the particulars required by the Law.

 

6.2

The Company shall not be required to enter the names of more than four joint Holders in the Register.

 

7.

SHARE CERTIFICATES

 

7.1

Every Member shall be entitled on application to the Company in Writing:

 

  7.1.1

without payment upon becoming the Holder of any shares to one certificate for all the shares of each class held by him and upon transferring a part only of the shares comprised in a certificate to a new certificate for the remainder of the shares so comprised; or

 

  7.1.2

upon payment of such reasonable sum for each certificate as the Directors shall from time to time determine to several certificates each for one or more of his shares of any class.

 

7.2

Following an application to the Company in Writing by the Member pursuant to Article 7.1, a certificate shall be issued within two Months after allotment or lodgment of transfer (or within such other period as the conditions of issue shall provide) and shall be executed by the Company. A certificate may be executed:

 

  7.2.1

if the Company has a Seal, by causing a seal of the Company to be affixed to the certificate in accordance with these Articles; or

 

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  7.2.2

whether or not the Company has a Seal, by the signature on behalf of the Company of two Directors or one Director and the Secretary or two authorised persons and such signature may be affixed to any certificate by facsimile or any other electronic or mechanical means, or by printing the signature on it.

Every certificate shall further specify the shares to which it relates and the amount Paid Up thereon and if so required by the Law the distinguishing numbers of such shares.

 

7.3

The Company shall not be bound to issue more than one certificate in respect of a share held jointly by several Persons and delivery of a certificate for a share to one of several joint Holders shall be sufficient delivery to all such Holders.

 

7.4

If a share certificate shall be worn out, defaced, lost or destroyed a duplicate certificate may be issued on payment of such reasonable fee and on such terms (if any) as to evidence and indemnity and the payment of out-of-pocket expenses of the Company in relation thereto as the Directors think fit.

 

8.

LIEN

 

8.1

The Company shall have a first and paramount lien on every share (not being a fully paid share) for all monies (whether presently payable or not) called or payable at a fixed time in respect of that share. The Company’s lien (if any) on a share shall extend to all dividends or other monies payable thereon or in respect thereof. The Directors may resolve that any share shall for such period as they think fit be exempt from the provisions of this Article.

 

8.2

The Company may sell in such manner as the Directors think fit any shares on which the Company has a lien but no sale shall be made unless the monies in respect of which such lien exists or some part thereof are or is presently payable nor until fourteen Clear Days have expired after a Notice stating and demanding payment of the monies presently payable and giving Notice of intention to sell in default shall have been served on the Holder for the time being of the shares or the Person entitled thereto by reason of the death, bankruptcy or incapacity of such Holder.

 

8.3

To give effect to any such sale the Directors may authorise some Person to execute an instrument of transfer of the shares sold to the purchaser thereof. The purchaser shall be registered as the Holder of the shares so transferred and he shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money nor shall his title to the shares be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings in reference to the sale.

 

8.4

The net proceeds of such sale after payment of the costs of such sale shall be applied in or towards payment or satisfaction of the debt or liability in respect of which the lien exists so far as the same is presently payable and any residue shall (subject to a like lien for debts or liabilities not presently payable as existed upon the shares prior to the sale) be paid to the Person entitled to the shares at the time of the sale.

 

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9.

CALLS ON SHARES

 

9.1

The Directors may subject to the provisions of these Articles and to any conditions of allotment from time to time make calls upon the Members in respect of any monies unpaid on their shares (whether on account of the nominal value of the shares or by way of premium) and each Member shall (subject to being given at least fourteen Clear Days’ Notice specifying the time or times and place of payment) pay to the Company at the time or times and place so specified the amount called on his shares.

 

9.2

A call may be required to be paid by instalments.

 

9.3

A call may before receipt by the Company of any sum due thereunder be revoked in whole or in part and payment of a call may be postponed in whole or in part.

 

9.4

A Person upon whom a call is made shall remain liable for calls made upon him notwithstanding the subsequent transfer of the shares in respect whereof the call was made.

 

9.5

A call shall be deemed to have been made at the time when the resolution of the Directors authorising the call was passed.

 

9.6

The joint Holders of a share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls and all other payments to be made in respect of such share.

 

9.7

If a sum called in respect of a share is not paid before or on the day appointed for payment thereof the Person from whom the sum is due may be required to pay interest on the sum from the day appointed for payment thereof to the time of actual payment at a rate determined by the Directors but the Directors shall be at liberty to waive payment of such interest wholly or in part.

 

9.8

Any sum which by or pursuant to the terms of issue of a share becomes payable upon allotment or at any fixed date whether on account of the nominal value of the share or by way of premium shall for the purposes of these Articles be deemed to be a call duly made and payable on the date on which by or pursuant to the terms of issue the same becomes payable and in case of non-payment all the relevant provisions of these Articles as to payment of interest, forfeiture, surrender or otherwise shall apply as if such sum had become due and payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified.

 

9.9

The Directors may on the issue of shares differentiate between the Holders as to the amount of calls to be paid and the times of payment.

 

9.10

The Directors may if they think fit receive from any Member an advance of monies which have not yet been called on his shares or which have not yet fallen due for payment. Such advance payments shall, to their extent, extinguish the liability in respect of which they are paid. The Company may pay interest on any such advance, at such rate as the Directors think fit, for the period covering the date of payment to the date (the “Due Date”) when the monies would have been due had they not been paid in advance. For the purposes of entitlement to dividends, monies paid in advance of a call or instalment shall not be treated as paid until the Due Date.

 

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10.

FORFEITURE OF SHARES

 

10.1

If a Member fails to pay any call or instalment of a call on or before the day appointed for payment thereof the Directors may at any time thereafter during such time as any part of such call or instalment remains unpaid serve a Notice on him requiring payment of so much of the call or instalment as is unpaid together with any interest which may have accrued and any costs, charges and expenses which may have been incurred by the Company by reason of such non-payment.

 

10.2

The Notice shall name a further day (not earlier than the expiration of fourteen Clear Days from the date of service of such Notice) on or before which the payment required by the Notice is to be made and the place where payment is to be made and shall state that in the event of non-payment at or before the time appointed and at the place appointed the shares in respect of which the call was made will be liable to be forfeited.

 

10.3

If the requirements of any such Notice as aforesaid are not complied with any share in respect of which such Notice has been given may at any time thereafter before payment of all calls and interest due in respect thereof has been made be forfeited by a resolution of the Directors to that effect and such forfeiture shall include all dividends which shall have been declared on the forfeited shares and not actually paid before the forfeiture.

 

10.4

When any share has been forfeited in accordance with these Articles, Notice of the forfeiture shall forthwith be given to the Holder of the share or the Person entitled to the share by transmission as the case may be and an entry of such Notice having been given and of the forfeiture with the date thereof shall forthwith be made in the Register opposite to the entry of the share but no forfeiture shall be invalidated in any manner by any omission or neglect to give such Notice or to make such entry as aforesaid.

 

10.5

The Directors may, at any time after serving a Notice in accordance with Article 10.1, accept from the Member concerned the surrender of such shares as are the subject of the Notice, without the need otherwise to comply with the provisions of Articles 10.1 to 10.4. Any such shares shall be surrendered immediately and irrevocably upon the Member delivering to the Company the share certificate for the shares and such surrender shall also constitute a surrender of all dividends declared on the surrendered shares but not actually paid before the surrender. The Company shall, upon such surrender forthwith make an entry in the Register of the surrender of the share with the date thereof but no surrender shall be invalidated in any manner by any omission or neglect to make such entry as aforesaid.

 

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10.6

A forfeited or surrendered share shall become the property of the Company and may be sold, re-allotted or otherwise disposed of either to the Person who was before forfeiture or surrender the Holder thereof or entitled thereto or to any other Person upon such terms and in such manner as the Directors think fit and at any time before a sale, re-allotment or other disposition the forfeiture or surrender may be cancelled on such terms as the Directors think fit. Where for the purposes of its disposal a forfeited or surrendered share is to be transferred to any Person the Directors may authorise some Person to execute an instrument of transfer of the share to that Person.

 

10.7

A Member whose shares have been forfeited or surrendered shall cease to be a Member in respect of the forfeited or surrendered shares and shall (if he has not done so already) surrender to the Company for cancellation the certificate for the shares forfeited or surrendered. Notwithstanding the forfeiture or the surrender such Member shall remain liable to pay to the Company all monies which at the date of forfeiture or surrender were presently payable by him in respect of those shares with interest thereon at the rate at which interest was payable before the forfeiture or surrender or at such rate as the Directors may determine from the date of forfeiture or surrender until payment, provided that the Directors may waive payment wholly or in part or enforce payment without any allowance for the value of the shares at the time of forfeiture or surrender or for any consideration received on their disposal.

 

10.8

A declaration under oath by a Director or the Secretary (or by an Officer of a corporate Secretary) that a share has been duly forfeited or surrendered on a specified date shall be conclusive evidence of the facts therein stated as against all Persons claiming to be entitled to the share. The declaration and the receipt of the Company for the consideration (if any) given for the share on the sale re-allotment or disposal thereof together with the certificate for the share delivered to a purchaser or allottee thereof shall (subject to the execution of an instrument of transfer if the same be so required) constitute good title to the share. The Person to whom the share is sold, re-allotted or disposed of shall be registered as the Holder of the share and shall not be bound to see to the application of the consideration (if any) nor shall his title to the share be affected by any irregularity in or invalidity of the proceedings in respect of the forfeiture, surrender, sale, re-allotment or disposal of the share.

 

11.

TRANSFER OF SHARES

 

11.1

Save as otherwise permitted under the provisions of the Law, all transfers of shares shall be effected using an instrument of transfer.

 

11.2

Save as otherwise permitted under the provisions of the Law, the instrument of transfer of any share shall be in Writing in any usual common form or any form approved by the Directors.

 

11.3

The instrument of transfer of any share shall be Signed by or on behalf of the transferor and in the case of an unpaid or partly paid share by the transferee. The transferor shall be deemed to remain the Holder of the share until the name of the transferee is entered in the Register in respect thereof.

 

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11.4

The Directors may in their absolute discretion and without assigning any reason therefor:

 

  11.4.1

refuse to register any transfer of partly paid shares or any transfer of shares on which the Company has a lien; and

 

  11.4.2

refuse to register any transfer if such transfer is:

 

  (a)

of shares that were not registered under the U.S. Securities law and such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from registration under the U.S. securities laws unless the transferor provides evidence satisfactory to the Directors that such transfer satisfies the terms of such exemption; or

 

  (b)

prohibited by the terms of any contract or undertaking to which the transferor is a party of which the Company is aware,

but shall not otherwise refuse to register a transfer of shares made in accordance with these Articles.

 

11.5

The Directors may also refuse to register the transfer of a share unless the instrument of transfer:

 

  11.5.1

is lodged at the Office or at such other place as the Directors may appoint accompanied by the certificate for the shares to which it relates and such other evidence as the Directors may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer;

 

  11.5.2

is in respect of only one class of shares; and

 

  11.5.3

is in favour of not more than four transferees.

 

11.6

If the Directors refuse to register a transfer of a share they shall within two Months after the date on which the instrument of transfer was lodged with the Company send to the proposed transferor and transferee Notice of the refusal.

 

11.7

All instruments of transfer relating to transfers of shares which are registered shall be retained by the Company but any instrument of transfer relating to transfers of shares which the Directors decline to register shall (except in any case of fraud) be returned to the Person depositing the same.

 

11.8

The registration of transfers of shares or of transfers of any class of shares may not be suspended.

 

11.9

Unless otherwise decided by the Directors in their sole discretion no fee shall be charged in respect of the registration of any instrument of transfer or other document relating to or affecting the title to any share.

 

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11.10

In respect of any allotment of any share the Directors shall have the same right to decline to approve the registration of any renouncee of any allottee as if the application to allot and the renunciation were a transfer of a share under these Articles.

 

12.

TRANSMISSION OF SHARES

 

12.1

In the case of the death of a Member the survivor or survivors where the deceased was a joint Holder and the executors or administrators of the deceased where he was a sole or only surviving Holder shall be the only Persons recognised by the Company as having any title to his interest in the shares but nothing in this Article shall release the estate of a deceased joint Holder from any liability in respect of any share which had been jointly held by him.

 

12.2

Any Person becoming entitled to a share in consequence of the death, bankruptcy or incapacity of a Member may upon such evidence as to his title being produced as may from time to time be required by the Directors and subject as hereinafter provided elect either to be registered himself as the Holder of the share or to have some Person nominated by him registered as the Holder thereof.

 

12.3

If the Person so becoming entitled shall elect to be registered himself he shall deliver or send to the Company a Notice Signed by him stating that he so elects. If he shall elect to have another Person registered he shall testify his election by an instrument of transfer of the share in favour of that Person. All the limitations restrictions and provisions of these Articles relating to the right to transfer and the registration of transfers of shares shall be applicable to any such Notice or instrument of transfer as aforesaid as if it were an instrument of transfer executed by the Member and the death, bankruptcy or incapacity of the Member had not occurred.

 

12.4

A Person becoming entitled to a share by reason of the death, bankruptcy or incapacity of a Member shall be entitled to the same dividends and other advantages to which he would be entitled if he were the Holder of the share except that he shall not before being registered as the Holder of the share be entitled in respect of it to exercise any right conferred by membership in relation to meetings of the Company provided always that the Directors may at any time give Notice requiring any such Person to elect either to be registered himself or to transfer the share and if the Notice is not complied with within one Month such Person shall be deemed to have so elected to be registered himself and all the restrictions on the transfer and transmission of shares contained in these Articles shall apply to such election.

 

13.

GENERAL MEETINGS

 

13.1

Unless all of the Members agree in Writing to dispense with the holding of Annual General Meetings and any such agreement remains valid in accordance with the Law the Company shall in each calendar year hold a general meeting as its Annual General Meeting at such time and place as may be determined by the Directors provided that so long as the Company holds its first Annual General Meeting within eighteen Months of its incorporation it need not hold it in the year of its incorporation or in the following year.

 

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13.2

The above mentioned general meeting shall be called the “Annual General Meeting”. All other general meetings shall be called “Extraordinary General Meetings”.

 

13.3

The Directors may whenever they think fit, and upon a requisition of Members made in accordance with the Law the Directors shall, convene an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company.

 

13.4

At any Extraordinary General Meeting called pursuant to a requisition unless such meeting is called by the Directors no business other than that stated in the requisition as the objects of the meeting shall be transacted.

 

14.

CLASS MEETINGS

Save as otherwise provided in these Articles or in any Statement of Rights, all the provisions of these Articles and of the Law relating to general meetings of the Company and to the proceedings thereat shall apply mutatis mutandis to every class meeting. A Director who is entitled to receive Notice of general meetings of the Company in accordance with Article 15.5 shall also be entitled, unless he has notified the Secretary in Writing of his contrary desire, to receive Notice of all class meetings. Subject to the provisions of these Articles and any Statement of Rights, at any class meeting the Holders of shares of the relevant class shall on a poll have one vote in respect of each share of that class held by them.

 

15.

NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS

 

15.1

At least fourteen Clear Days’ Notice shall be given of every Annual General Meeting and of every Extraordinary General Meeting, including without limitation, every general meeting called for the passing of a Special Resolution.

 

15.2

A meeting of the Company shall notwithstanding that it is called by shorter Notice than that specified in Article 15.1 be deemed to have been duly called if it is so agreed:

 

  15.2.1

in the case of an Annual General Meeting by all the Members entitled to attend and vote thereat; and

 

  15.2.2

in the case of any other meeting by a majority in number of the Members having a right to attend and vote at the meeting being a majority together holding not less than ninety-five per cent in nominal value of the shares giving that right.

 

15.3

Every Notice shall specify the day and the time of the meeting and the general nature of the business to be transacted and in the case of an Annual General Meeting shall specify the meeting as such. The Notice shall also specify:

 

  15.3.1

in the case of a physical meeting, the meeting place of the meeting;

 

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  15.3.2

in the case of a Virtual Meeting, the information required by Article 15.4; and

 

  15.3.3

in the case of a physical meeting at which Virtual Attendance is permitted, the information required by Article 15.4 in respect of such Virtual Attendance.

 

15.4

The Notice of a general meeting to be held as a Virtual Meeting, or of a general meeting to be held as a physical meeting at which Virtual Attendance is permitted, shall specify in respect of attendance at such meeting by means of participating in a communication:

 

  15.4.1

the means of communication by participating in which Persons are able to attend such meeting;

 

  15.4.2

the manner in which such Persons may be required to authenticate their identity or eligibility so to attend such meeting; and

 

  15.4.3

any special provisions in connection with the exercise of votes by such Persons who so attend such meeting.

 

15.5

Subject to the provisions of these Articles and to any restrictions imposed on any shares, Notice of every general meeting shall be given to all the Members, to all Persons entitled to a share in consequence of the death, bankruptcy or incapacity of a Member, to the Auditors (if any) and to every Director who has notified the Secretary in Writing of his desire to receive Notice of general meetings.

 

15.6

In every Notice calling a meeting of the Company there shall appear with reasonable prominence a statement that a Member entitled to attend and vote is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend and vote instead of him and that a proxy need not also be a Member.

 

15.7

The accidental omission to give Notice of a meeting to or the non-receipt of Notice of a meeting by any Person entitled to receive Notice shall not invalidate the proceedings at that meeting.

 

16.

PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS

 

16.1

The business of an Annual General Meeting shall be to receive and consider the accounts of the Company and the reports of the Directors and Auditors (if any), to elect Directors (if proposed), to elect Auditors (if proposed) and fix their remuneration, to sanction a dividend (if thought fit so to do) and to transact any other business of which Notice has been given by the Directors.

 

16.2

No business shall be transacted at any general meeting except the adjournment of the meeting unless a quorum of Members is Present at the time when the meeting proceeds to business. Such quorum shall consist of one or more Members Present who hold or represent shares conferring not less than a majority of the total voting rights of all the Members entitled to vote at the general meeting provided that where the Company has more than one Member, if only

 

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  one Member is Present at a meeting in order for the meeting to be quorate, the chairman of the meeting must be a person other than the Member Present, and provided that if at any time all of the issued shares in the Company are held by one Member such quorum shall consist of that Member Present.

 

16.3

If a Member is by any means in communication with one or more other Members so that each Member participating in the communication can hear what is said by any other of them each Member so participating in the communication is deemed to be Present at a meeting with the other Members so participating notwithstanding that all the Members so participating are not Present together in the same place. A meeting at which any or all of the Members participate as aforesaid shall be deemed to be a general meeting of the Company for the purposes of these Articles notwithstanding any other provisions of these Articles and all of the provisions of these Articles and of the Law relating to general meetings of the Company and to the proceedings thereat shall apply mutatis mutandis to every such meeting.

 

16.4

If within half-an-hour from the time appointed for the meeting a quorum is not Present or if during the meeting a quorum ceases to be Present the meeting shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week at the same time and place or to such other time and place as the Directors shall determine and if at such adjourned meeting a quorum is not Present within half-an-hour from the time appointed for the holding of the meeting those Members Present shall constitute a quorum.

 

16.5

The chairman (if any) of the Directors shall preside as chairman at every general meeting of the Company or if there is no such chairman or if he shall not be Present within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for the holding of the meeting or is unwilling to act, the Directors shall select one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.

 

16.6

If at any meeting no Director is willing to act as chairman or if no Director is Present within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, the Members Present shall choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.

 

16.7

The chairman may without the consent of any meeting at which a quorum is Present (and shall if so directed by the meeting) adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place but no business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place. When a meeting is adjourned for thirty days or more Notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of the original meeting. Save as aforesaid it shall not be necessary to give any Notice of any adjourned meeting or of the business to be transacted at an adjourned meeting.

 

16.8

At any general meeting a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided in the first instance on a show of hands unless before or on the declaration of the result of the show of hands a poll is demanded.

 

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16.9

Subject to the provisions of the Law, a poll may be demanded:

 

  16.9.1

by the chairman;

 

  16.9.2

by at least two Members having the right to vote on the resolution; or

 

  16.9.3

by a Member or Members representing not less than one tenth of the total voting rights of all the Members having the right to vote on the resolution.

 

16.10

Unless a poll is duly demanded, a declaration by the chairman that a resolution has on a show of hands been carried or carried unanimously or by a particular majority or lost or not carried by a particular majority and an entry to that effect in the minutes of the meeting shall be conclusive evidence of the fact without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour or against such resolution.

 

16.11

If a poll is duly demanded it shall be taken at such time and in such manner as the chairman directs and the results of such poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the meeting at which the poll was demanded.

 

16.12

In the event of an equality of votes at any general meeting the chairman shall not be entitled to a second or casting vote.

 

16.13

A poll demanded on the election of the chairman or on a question of adjournment shall be taken forthwith. A poll demanded on any other question shall be taken either forthwith or on such day and at such time and place as the chairman directs not being more than twenty-one days after the poll is demanded.

 

16.14

A demand for a poll shall not prevent the continuance of a meeting for the transaction of any business other than the question on which the poll has been demanded.

 

16.15

The Members may not pass Ordinary or Special Resolutions in Writing and any written resolutions of the Members shall be void and of no effect.

 

16.16

The Company may make arrangements for Virtual Attendance and Virtual Meetings at any general meeting. The above provisions in respect of general meetings shall apply with such adjustments that the Board of Directors deems appropriate to accommodate the requirements and circumstances of providing for a Virtual Meeting or attending by Virtual Attendance at any general meeting.

 

17.

VOTES OF MEMBERS

 

17.1

Subject to any special rights restrictions or prohibitions as regards voting for the time being attached to any shares as may be specified in the terms of issue thereof, any Statement of Rights or these Articles:

 

  17.1.1

on a show of hands, every Member Present including by proxy shall have one vote; and

 

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  17.1.2

on a poll, every Member Present (including by proxy) shall have one vote for each share of which he is the Holder.

 

17.2

In determining the number of votes cast for or against a proposal or a nominee, shares abstaining from voting on any resolution and votes by a broker that have not been directed by the beneficial owner to vote on any resolution in any particular manner will be counted for purposes of determining a quorum but not for purposes of determining the number of votes cast.

 

17.3

In the case of joint Holders of any share such Persons shall not have the right of voting individually in respect of such share but shall elect one of their number to represent them and to vote whether personally or by proxy in their name. In default of such election the Person whose name appears first in order in the Register in respect of such share shall be the only Person entitled to vote in respect thereof.

 

17.4

A Member in respect of whom an order has been made by any court having jurisdiction (whether in the Island of Jersey or elsewhere) in matters concerning legal incapacity or interdiction may vote, whether on a show of hands or a poll, by his attorney, curator, receiver or other Person authorised in that behalf appointed by that court and any such attorney, curator, receiver or other Person may vote by proxy. Evidence to the satisfaction of the Directors of the authority of such attorney, curator, receiver or other Person may be required by the Directors prior to any vote being exercised by such attorney, curator, receiver or other Person.

 

17.5

No Member shall be entitled to vote at any general meeting unless all calls or other sums presently payable by him in respect of shares in the Company of which he is Holder or one of the joint Holders have been paid.

 

17.6

No objection shall be raised to the qualification of any voter except at the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the vote objected to is given or tendered and every vote not disallowed at such meeting shall be valid for all purposes. Any such objection made in due time shall be referred to the chairman of the meeting whose decision shall be final and conclusive.

 

17.7

On a poll votes may be given either personally or by proxy.

 

17.8

The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in any usual form or in any other form which the Board of Directors may approve. Subject thereto, the appointment of a proxy may be:

 

  17.8.1

in hard copy form; or

 

  17.8.2

in electronic form, to the electronic address provided by the Company for this purpose.

 

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17.9

The appointment of a proxy, whether made in hard copy form or in electronic form, shall be executed in such manner as may be approved by or on behalf of the Company from time to time. Subject thereto, the appointment of a proxy shall be executed by the appointor or any person duly authorised by the appointor or, if the appointor is a corporation, executed by a duly authorised person or under its common seal or in any other manner authorised by its constitution.

 

17.10

The Board of Directors may, if it thinks fit, but subject to the provisions of the Law, at the Company’s expense, send hard copy forms of proxy (with or without provision for their return prepaid) by post or otherwise for use at the meeting and issue invitations in electronic form to appoint a proxy in relation to the meeting in such form as may be approved by the Board of Directors.

 

17.11

The appointment of a proxy shall not preclude a Member from attending and voting in person at the same meeting or poll concerned.

 

17.12

A Member may appoint more than one proxy to attend on the same occasion, provided that each such proxy is appointed to exercise the rights attached to a difference share or shares held by that Member.

 

17.13

A proxy need not be a Member.

 

17.14

The instrument appointing a proxy shall:

 

  17.14.1

if in hard copy form, be deposited at the Office or at such other place as is specified for that purpose by the Notice convening the meeting or in any form of proxy sent by or on behalf of the Company in relation to the meeting not less than twenty-four hours before the time for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the Person named in the instrument proposes to vote;

 

  17.14.2

if in electronic form, be received at any address to which the appointment of a proxy may be sent by electronic means pursuant to the provisions of the Law or these Articles or to any other address, or in such other manner specified in accordance with Article 17.8 specified by or on behalf of the Company for the purpose of receiving the appointment of a proxy in electronic form by the Notice convening the meeting; or in any form of proxy send by or on behalf of the Company in relation to the meeting; or in any invitation to appoint a proxy issued by the Company in relation to the meeting; or on a website that is maintained by or on behalf of the Company and identifies the Company, not less than twenty-four hours before the time for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the Person named in the instrument proposes to vote;

 

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  17.14.3

in the case of a poll taken more than forty-eight hours after it is demanded, be deposited as aforesaid after the poll has been demanded and not less than twenty-four hours before the time appointed for taking the poll; or

 

  17.14.4

where the poll is not taken forthwith but is taken not more than forty-eight hours after it was demanded, be delivered at the meeting at which the poll was demanded to the chairman or the Secretary or to any Director.

 

17.15

An instrument of proxy which is not deposited in the manner so required shall be valid only if it is approved by the Directors or all the other Members who are Present at the meeting.

 

17.16

Subject to the provisions of the Law, where the appointment of a proxy is expressed to have been or purports to have been made, sent or supplied by a person on behalf of the holder of a share:

 

  17.16.1

the Company may treat the appointment as sufficient evidence of the authority of that person to make, send or supply the appointment on behalf of that holder; and

 

  17.16.2

that holder shall, if requested by or on behalf of the Company at any time, send or procure the sending of reasonable evidence of the authority under which the appointment has been made, sent or supplied (which may include a copy of such authority certified notarially or in some other way approved by the Board of Directors) to such address and by such time as may be specified in the request and, if the request is not complied with in any respect, the appointment may be treated as invalid.

 

17.17

A proxy appointment which is not delivered or received in accordance with Article 17.14 shall be valid only if it is approved by the Directors. When two or more valid proxy appointments are delivered or received in respect of the same share for use at the same meeting, the one that was last delivered or received shall be treated as replacing or revoking the others as regards that share, provided that if the Company determines that it has insufficient evidence to decide whether or not a proxy appointment is in respect of the same share, it shall be entitled to determine which proxy appointment (if any) is to be treated as valid. Subject to the Law, the Company may determine at its discretion when a proxy appointment shall be treated as delivered or received for the purposes of these Articles.

 

17.18

A proxy appointment shall be deemed to entitle the proxy to exercise all or any of the appointing Member’s rights to attend and to speak and vote at a meeting of the Company in respect of the shares to which the proxy appointment relates.

 

17.19

Unless the contrary is stated thereon the instrument appointing a proxy shall be as valid as well for any adjournment of the meeting as for the meeting to which it relates.

 

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17.20

The Company shall not be required to check whether a proxy or corporate representative votes in accordance with any instructions given by the Member by whom s/he is appointed. Any failure to vote as instructed shall not invalidate the proceedings on the resolution.

 

17.21

The Board of Directors may specify in the notice convening the meeting such other regulations as they think fit: (a) permitting a copy of any such proxy, power of attorney or other authority to be deposited in any manner or form in place of the original, including by email or other electronic form; and (b) requiring any such copy to be certified as a true copy in any manner or form.

 

17.22

The termination of the authority of a person to act as a proxy or duly authorised representative of a corporation does not affect:

 

  17.22.1

whether s/he counts in deciding whether there is a quorum at a meeting;

 

  17.22.2

the validity of a poll demanded by him/her at a meeting; or

 

  17.22.3

the validity of a vote given by that person,

unless notice of the termination was either delivered or received as mentioned in the following sentence at least twenty-four hours before the start of the relevant meeting or adjourned meeting or (in the case of a poll taken otherwise than on the same day as the meeting or adjourned meeting) the time appointed for taking the poll. Such notice of termination shall be either by means of a document in hard copy form delivered to the office or to such other place as may be specified by or on behalf of the Company in accordance with Article 17.14.1 or in electronic form received at the address specified by or on behalf of the Company in accordance with Article 17.14.2, regardless of whether any relevant proxy appointment was effected in hard copy form or in electronic form.

 

18.

CORPORATE MEMBERS

 

18.1

Any body corporate which is a Member may by resolution of its directors or other governing body authorise such Person as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any meeting of Members (or of any class of Members) and the Person so authorised shall be entitled to exercise on behalf of the body corporate which he represents the same powers as that body corporate could exercise if it were an individual.

 

18.2

Where a Person is authorised to represent a body corporate at a general meeting of the Company the Directors or the chairman of the meeting may require him to produce a certified copy of the resolution from which he derives his authority.

 

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19.

DIRECTORS

 

19.1

The Directors shall determine the maximum and minimum number of Directors and unless and until otherwise so determined, and subject to the provisions of the Law, the minimum number of Directors shall be two.

 

19.2

A Director need not be a Member but provided he has notified the Secretary in Writing of his desire to receive Notice of general meetings in accordance with Article 15.5 he shall be entitled to receive Notice of any general meeting and, subject to Article 14, all separate meetings of the Holders of any class of shares in the Company. Whether or not a Director is entitled to receive such Notice, he may nevertheless attend and speak at any such meeting.

 

20.

ALTERNATE DIRECTORS

 

20.1

Any Director (other than an alternate Director) may at his sole discretion and at any time and from time to time appoint any other Director or any other Person (other than one disqualified or ineligible by law to act as a director of a company) as an alternate Director to attend and vote in his place at any meetings of Directors at which he is not personally present. Each Director shall be at liberty to appoint under this Article more than one alternate Director provided that only one such alternate Director may at any one time act on behalf of the Director by whom he has been appointed.

 

20.2

An alternate Director while he holds office as such shall be entitled to receive Notice (which need not be in Writing) of all meetings of Directors and of all meetings of committees of Directors of which his appointor is a Member and to attend and to exercise all the rights and privileges of his appointor at all such meetings at which his appointor is not personally present and generally to perform all the functions of his appointor as a Director in his absence.

 

20.3

An alternate Director shall ipso facto vacate office if and when his appointment expires or the Director who appointed him ceases to be a Director of the Company or removes the alternate Director from office by Notice under his hand served upon the Company.

 

20.4

An alternate Director shall be entitled to be paid all travelling and other expenses reasonably incurred by him in attending meetings. The remuneration (if any) of an alternate Director shall be payable out of the remuneration payable to the Director appointing him as may be agreed between them.

 

20.5

Where a Director acts as an alternate Director for another Director he shall be entitled to vote for such other Director as well as on his own account, but no Director shall at any meeting be entitled to act as alternate Director for more than one Director.

 

20.6

A Director who is also appointed an alternate Director shall be considered as two Directors for the purpose of making a quorum of Directors when such quorum shall exceed two.

 

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21.

POWERS OF DIRECTORS

 

21.1

The business of the Company shall be managed by the Directors who may pay all expenses incurred in promoting and registering the Company and may exercise all such powers of the Company as are not by the Law or these Articles required to be exercised by the Company in general meeting.

 

21.2

The Directors’ powers shall be subject to the provisions of these Articles, to the provisions of the Law and to such regulations (being not inconsistent with the aforesaid regulations or provisions) as may be prescribed by the Company in general meeting pursuant to a Special Resolution but no regulations made by the Company in general meeting shall invalidate any prior act of the Directors which would have been valid if such regulations had not been made.

 

21.3

The Directors may by power of attorney, mandate or otherwise appoint any Person to be the agent of the Company for such purposes and on such conditions as they determine including authority for the agent to delegate all or any of his powers.

 

22.

DELEGATION OF DIRECTORS’ POWERS

 

22.1

The Directors may delegate any of their powers to committees consisting of such Director or Directors or such other Persons as they think fit. Any committee so formed shall in the exercise of the powers so delegated conform to any regulations that may be imposed on it by the Directors.

 

22.2

The meetings and proceedings of any such committee consisting of two or more Persons shall be governed by the provisions of these Articles regulating the meetings and proceedings of the Directors so far as the same are applicable and are not superseded by any regulations made by the Directors under this Article.

 

23.

APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS

 

23.1

Subject to the provisions of Articles 19.1, 23.2 and 28.9 only the Directors shall have power at any time and from time to time to appoint any person to be a Director as an addition to the existing Directors and vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, disability, resignation, removal or otherwise and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of Directors may be filled solely by a majority of the Directors then in office. Subject to Article 24, any Director who is appointed shall hold office until the next Annual General Meeting whereupon he shall be eligible for re-election in accordance with Article 23.2.

 

23.2

At each Annual General Meeting all of the Directors shall retire and the Company shall by Ordinary Resolution elect or re-elect those persons proposed in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting for election or re-election as Directors to fill the vacancies.

 

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23.3

Where the number of persons validly proposed for election or re-election as a Director is greater than the number of Directors to be elected, the persons receiving the most votes (up to the number of Directors to be elected) shall be elected as Directors and an absolute majority of the votes cast shall not be a pre-requisite to the election of such Directors.

 

23.4

No more than one hundred and fifty and at least fifty clear days’ Notice expiring on the anniversary of the preceding Annual General Meeting of the Company and containing the information set out in Article 23.6 shall be given to the Company of the intention of any Member or Members holding at least one-tenth of the total voting rights of the Members who have the right to vote at general meetings to propose any person for election to the office of Director at the Annual General Meeting in that year provided always that the chairman of such meeting may waive the said notice and submit to the meeting the name of any person duly qualified and willing to act and provided that in the event that the date of any such meeting is advanced more than thirty days prior to such anniversary date or delayed more than seventy days after such anniversary date such notice must be received by the Company no earlier than one hundred and twenty days prior to any meeting and no later than the later of seventy days prior to the date of the meeting or the tenth day following the day on which public announcement of the date of the meeting was first made by the Company.

 

23.5

In no event shall the adjournment or postponement of any meeting, or any announcement thereof, commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of Notice as described in Article 23.4 above.

 

23.6

Notice to the Company from any relevant Member or Members sent pursuant to Article 23.4 shall set forth each person whom the Member or Members propose to nominate for election or re-election as a Director and all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of Directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) (including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a Director if elected).

 

23.7

At the request of the Board of Directors, any person nominated by the Board of Directors for election as a Director shall furnish to the Company the information that is required to be set forth in a Member’s Notice set out in Article 23.6 that pertains to the nominee. No person shall be eligible to be nominated by a Member to serve as a Director unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Article 23. The chairman of the Annual General Meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the procedures prescribed hereby, and if he should so determine, he shall so declare to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, unless otherwise required by Law, if the Member (or a qualified representative of the Member) does not appear at any such meeting of the Company to present a nomination such nomination shall be disregarded, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Company

 

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  and counted for purposes of determining a quorum. For purposes of this Article 23.7, to be considered a qualified representative of the Member, a person must be a duly authorised officer, manager or partner of such Member or must be authorised in Writing by such Member or an electronic transmission delivered by such Member to act for such Member as proxy at the meeting of Members and such person must produce such Writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the Writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting.

 

23.8

Without limiting the foregoing provisions, a Member shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Article 23 provided that any references in these Articles to the Exchange Act or such rules and regulations are not intended to and shall not limit any requirements applicable to nominations pursuant to this Article 23, and compliance with this Article 23 shall be the exclusive means for a Member to make nominations.

 

23.9

The Company shall keep or cause to be kept a register of particulars with regard to its Directors in the manner required by the Law.

 

24.

RESIGNATION, DISQUALIFICATION AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS

 

24.1

The office of a Director shall be vacated if the Director:

 

  24.1.1

resigns his office by Notice to the Company;

 

  24.1.2

ceases to be a Director by virtue of any provision of the Law or he becomes prohibited or disqualified by law from being a Director;

 

  24.1.3

becomes Bankrupt or makes any arrangement or composition with his creditors generally;

 

  24.1.4

becomes of unsound mind;

 

  24.1.5

is removed from office by Ordinary Resolution of the Company as a result of:

 

  (a)

the Director’s conviction (with a nolo contendere plea deemed to be a conviction) of a serious felony involving:

 

  (i)

moral turpitude; or

 

  (ii)

a violation of United States federal or state securities laws,

but specifically excluding any conviction based entirely on vicarious liability; or

 

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  (b)

the Director’s commission of any material act of dishonesty (such as embezzlement) resulting or intended to result in material personal gain or enrichment of such Director at the expense of the company or any of its subsidiaries and which act, if made the subject of criminal charges, would be reasonably likely to be charged as a felony, and for these purposes nolo contendere, felony and moral turpitude shall have the meanings given to them by the laws of the United States of America or any relevant state thereof and shall include any equivalent acts in any other jurisdiction; or

 

  24.1.6

receives Notice signed by not less than three quarters of the other Directors stating that he should cease to be a Director. In calculating the number of Directors who are required to give Notice to the Director, (i) an alternate director appointed by him acting in his capacity as such shall be excluded; and (ii) a Director and any alternate director appointed by him and acting in his capacity as such shall constitute a single Director for this purpose, so that Notice by either shall be sufficient

 

24.2

Notwithstanding any other provision of these Articles, whenever the holders of one or more classes or series of Preferred Shares shall have the right, voting separately as a class or series, to elect Directors, the election, term of office, filling of vacancies, removal and other features of such directorships shall be governed by the terms of the Statement of Rights applicable thereto, and such Directors so elected shall not be subject to the provisions of Articles 23 and 24 unless otherwise provided therein.

 

25.

REMUNERATION AND EXPENSES OF DIRECTORS

 

25.1

The Directors shall be entitled to such remuneration as the Directors may determine subject to any limitation as the Company may by Ordinary Resolution determine.

 

25.2

The Directors shall be paid out of the funds of the Company their travelling hotel and other expenses properly and necessarily incurred by them in connection with their attendance at meetings of the Directors or Members or otherwise in connection with the discharge of their duties.

 

26.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

 

26.1

The Directors may from time to time appoint one or more of their number to the office of managing director or to any other executive office under the Company on such terms and for such periods as they may determine.

 

26.2

The appointment of any Director to any executive office shall be subject to termination if he ceases to be a Director but without prejudice to any claim for damages for breach of any contract of service between him and the Company.

 

26.3

The Directors may entrust to and confer upon a Director holding any executive office any of the powers exercisable by the Directors upon such terms and conditions and with such restrictions as they think fit and either collaterally with or to the exclusion of their own powers and may from time to time revoke withdraw alter or vary all or any of such powers.

 

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27.

DIRECTORS’ INTERESTS

 

27.1

A Director who has, directly or indirectly, a material interest in a transaction entered into or proposed to be entered into by the Company or by a subsidiary of the Company which to a material extent conflicts or may conflict with the interests of the Company and of which he is aware, shall disclose to the Company the nature and extent of his interest.

 

27.2

For the purposes of Article 27.1:

 

  27.2.1

the disclosure shall be made at the first meeting of the Directors at which the transaction is considered after the Director concerned becomes aware of the circumstances giving rise to his duty to make it or, if for any reason he fails to do so at such meeting, as soon as practical after the meeting, by Notice in Writing delivered to the Secretary;

 

  27.2.2

the Secretary, where the disclosure is made to him shall inform the Directors that it has been made and shall in any event table the Notice of the disclosure at the next meeting after it is made;

 

  27.2.3

a disclosure to the Company by a Director in accordance with Article 27.1 that he is to be regarded as interested in a transaction with a specified Person is sufficient disclosure of his interest in any such transaction entered into after the disclosure is made; and

 

  27.2.4

any disclosure made at a meeting of the Directors shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting.

 

27.3

Subject to the provisions of the Law, a Director may hold any other office or place of profit under the Company (other than the office of Auditor) in conjunction with his office of Director for such period and on such terms as to tenure of office, remuneration and otherwise as the Directors may determine.

 

27.4

Subject to the provisions of the Law, and provided that he has disclosed to the Company the nature and extent of any of his material interests in accordance with Article 27.1, a Director notwithstanding his office:

 

  27.4.1

may be a party to or otherwise interested in any transaction or arrangement with the Company or in which the Company is otherwise interested;

 

  27.4.2

may be a director or other officer of or employed by or a party to any transaction or arrangement with or otherwise interested in any body corporate promoted by the Company or in which the Company is otherwise interested;

 

  27.4.3

shall not by reason of his office be accountable to the Company for any benefit which he derives from any such office or employment or from any such transaction or arrangement or from any interest in any such body corporate and no such transaction or arrangement shall be liable to be avoided on the ground of any such interest or benefit; and

 

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  27.4.4

may act by himself or his firm in a professional capacity for the Company and he or his firm shall be entitled to remuneration for professional services as if he were not a Director.

 

28.

PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS

 

28.1

The Directors may meet together for the despatch of business adjourn and otherwise regulate their meetings as they think fit.

 

28.2

A Director may at any time and the Secretary at the request of a Director shall summon a meeting of the Directors by giving to each Director and alternate Director not less than twenty-four hours’ Notice of the meeting provided that any meeting may be convened at shorter Notice and in such manner as each Director or his alternate Director shall approve and provided further that unless otherwise resolved by the Directors Notices of Directors’ meetings need not be in Writing.

 

28.3

Questions arising at any meeting shall be determined by a majority of votes.

 

28.4

In the case of an equality of votes the chairman shall not have a second or casting vote.

 

28.5

A Director who is also an alternate Director shall be entitled to a separate vote for each Director for whom he acts as alternate in addition to his own vote.

 

28.6

A meeting of the Directors at which a quorum is present shall be competent to exercise all powers and discretions for the time being exercisable by the Directors. The quorum necessary for the transaction of the business of the Directors may be fixed by the Directors and unless so fixed at any other number shall be such number that represents a majority of the Directors then in office. For the purposes of this Article and subject to the provisions of Article 28.7 an alternate Director shall be counted in a quorum but so that not less than two individuals will constitute the quorum.

 

28.7

A Director notwithstanding his interest may be counted in the quorum present at any meeting at which any contract or arrangement in which he is interested is considered and, provided he has made the disclosure required by Article 27.1, he may vote in respect of any such contract or arrangement except those concerning his own terms of appointment.

 

28.8

If a Director is by any means in communication with one or more other Directors so that each Director participating in the communication can hear what is said by any other of them each Director so participating in the communication is deemed to be present at a meeting with the other Directors so participating notwithstanding that all the Directors so participating are not present together in the same place.

 

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28.9

The continuing Directors or Director may act notwithstanding any vacancies in their number but if the number of Directors is less than the number fixed as the quorum or becomes less than the number required by the Law the continuing Directors or Director may act only for the purpose of filling vacancies or of calling a general meeting of the Company. If there are no Directors or no Director is able or willing to act then any Member or the Secretary may summon a general meeting for the purpose of appointing Directors.

 

28.10

The Directors may from time to time elect from their number, and remove, a chairman and/or deputy chairman and/or vice-chairman of the Board of Directors and determine the period for which they are to hold office.

 

28.11

The chairman, or in his absence the deputy chairman, or in his absence the vice-chairman, shall preside at all meetings of the Directors but if no such chairman, deputy chairman or vice-chairman be elected or if at any meeting the chairman, deputy chairman or vice-chairman be not present within five minutes after the time appointed for holding the same, the Directors present may choose one of their number to be the chairman of the meeting.

 

28.12

A resolution in Writing Signed by all the Directors entitled to receive Notice of a meeting of Directors or of a committee of Directors shall be valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Directors or of a committee of Directors duly convened and held and may consist of several documents in like form each Signed by one or more Directors but a resolution Signed by an alternate Director need not also be Signed by his appointor and if it is Signed by a Director who has appointed an alternate Director it need not be Signed by the alternate Director in that capacity.

 

28.13

All acts done bona fide by any meeting of Directors or of a committee appointed by the Directors or by any Person acting as a Director shall notwithstanding that it is afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of any such Director or committee or Person acting as aforesaid or that they or any of them were disqualified or had vacated office or were not entitled to vote be as valid as if every such Person had been duly appointed and was qualified and had continued to be a Director or a member of a committee appointed by the Directors and had been entitled to vote.

 

29.

MINUTE BOOK

 

29.1

The Directors shall cause to be entered in books kept for the purpose:

 

  29.1.1

the minutes of all proceedings at general meetings, class meetings, Directors’ meetings and meetings of committees appointed by the Directors;

 

  29.1.2

all resolutions in Writing passed in accordance with these Articles;

 

  29.1.3

every memorandum in Writing of a Sole Member-Director Contract (as defined in Article 29.3) which is drawn up pursuant to Article 29.3;

 

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  29.1.4

every record in Writing of a Sole Member’s Decision (as defined in Article 29.4); and

 

  29.1.5

all such other records as are from time to time required by the Law or, in the opinion of the Directors, by good practice to be minuted or retained in the books of the Company.

 

29.2

Any minutes of a meeting if purporting to be Signed by the chairman of the meeting at which the proceedings were had or by the chairman of the next succeeding meeting shall be conclusive evidence of the proceedings.

 

29.3

This Article 29.3 applies where the Company has only one Member and that Member is also a Director. If the Company, acting otherwise than in the ordinary course of its business, enters into a contract with such Member (a “Sole Member-Director Contract”) and that Sole Member-Director Contact is not in Writing, the terms thereof shall be:

 

  29.3.1

set out in a memorandum in Writing;

 

  29.3.2

recorded in the minutes of the first meeting of the Directors following the making of the contract; or

 

  29.3.3

recorded in such other manner or on such other occasion as may for the time being be permitted or required by the Law.

 

29.4

This Article 29.4 applies where the Company has only one Member and that Member has taken a decision which may be taken by the Company in general meeting and which has effect in law as if agreed by the Company in general meeting (a “Sole Member’s Decision”). A Sole Member’s Decision may (without limitation) be taken by way of resolution in Writing but if not so taken, the sole Member shall provide the Company with a record in Writing of his decision as soon as practicable thereafter.

 

30.

SECRETARY

 

30.1

Subject to the provisions of the Law, the Secretary shall be appointed by the Directors for such term at such remuneration and upon such conditions as they may think fit and any Secretary so appointed may be removed by the Directors.

 

30.2

Anything required or authorised to be done by or to the Secretary may if the office is vacant or there is for any other reason no secretary capable of acting be done by or to any assistant or deputy secretary or if there is no assistant or deputy secretary capable of acting by or to any Person authorised generally or specifically in that behalf by the Directors.

 

30.3

The Company shall keep or cause to be kept at the Office a register of particulars with regard to its Secretary in the manner required by the Law.

 

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31.

THE SEAL

 

31.1

The Directors may determine that the Company shall have a Seal. Subject to the Law, if the Company has a Seal the Directors may determine that it shall also have an official seal for use outside of the Island and an official seal for sealing securities issued by the Company or for sealing documents creating or evidencing securities so issued.

 

31.2

The Directors shall provide for the safe custody of all seals and no seal shall be used except by the authority of a resolution of the Directors or of a committee of the Directors authorised in that behalf by the Directors.

 

31.3

The Directors may from time to time make such regulations as they think fit determining the Persons and the number of such Persons who shall sign every instrument to which a seal is affixed and until otherwise so determined every such instrument shall be Signed by one Director and by the Secretary or by a second Director.

 

31.4

The Company may authorise an agent appointed for the purpose to affix any seal of the Company to a document to which the Company is a party.

 

32.

AUTHENTICATION OF DOCUMENTS

 

32.1

Any Director or the Secretary or any Person appointed by the Directors for the purpose shall have power to authenticate any documents affecting the constitution of the Company (including the Memorandum of Association and these Articles), any resolutions passed by the Company or the Directors and any books, records, documents and accounts relating to the business of the Company and to certify copies thereof or extracts therefrom as true copies or extracts.

 

32.2

Where any books, records, documents or accounts of the Company are situated elsewhere than at the Office the local manager or other Officer or the company having the custody thereof shall be deemed to be a Person appointed by the Directors for the purposes set out in Article 32.1.

 

33.

DIVIDENDS

 

33.1

Subject to each Statement of Rights and the provisions of the Law, the Company may by Ordinary Resolution declare dividends in accordance with the respective rights of the Members but no dividend shall exceed the amount recommended by the Directors.

 

33.2

Subject to the provisions of the Law and any Statement of Rights, the Directors may if they think fit from time to time pay to the Members such interim dividends as they may determine.

 

33.3

Subject to the provisions of the Law, these Articles and any Statement of Rights, if at any time the share capital of the Company is divided into different classes the Directors may pay such interim dividends in respect of those shares which confer on the Holders thereof deferred or non-preferred rights as well as in respect of those shares which confer on the Holders thereof preferential rights with regard to dividend.

 

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33.4

Subject to the provisions of the Law, the Directors may also pay half-yearly or at other suitable intervals to be settled by them any dividend which may be payable at a fixed rate.

 

33.5

Provided the Directors act bona fide they shall not incur any personal liability to the Holders of shares conferring a preference for any damage that they may suffer by reason of the payment of an interim dividend on any shares having deferred or non-preferred rights.

 

33.6

Subject to any particular rights or limitations as to dividend for the time being attached to any shares as may be specified in these Articles or in any Statement of Rights or upon which such shares may be issued, all dividends shall be declared apportioned and paid pro rata according to the amounts Paid Up on the shares on which the dividend is paid (otherwise than in advance of calls) provided that if any share is issued on terms providing that it shall rank for dividend as if Paid Up (in whole or in part) or as from a particular date (either past or future) such share shall rank for dividend accordingly.

 

33.7

The Directors may before recommending any dividend set aside such sums as they think proper as a reserve or reserves which shall at the discretion of the Directors be applicable for any purpose to which such sums may be properly applied and pending such application may at the like discretion be employed in the business of the Company or be invested in such investments as the Directors may from time to time think fit.

 

33.8

The Directors may carry forward to the account of the succeeding year or years any balance which they do not think fit either to dividend or to place to reserve.

 

33.9

A general meeting declaring a dividend may upon the recommendation of the Directors direct that payment of such dividend shall be satisfied wholly or in part by the distribution of specific assets and in particular of Paid-Up shares or debentures of any other company and the Directors shall give effect to such resolution. Where any difficulty arises in regard to the distribution the Directors may settle the same as they think expedient and in particular may:

 

  33.9.1

issue certificates representing part of a shareholding or fractions of shares and may fix the value for distribution of such specific assets or any part thereof;

 

  33.9.2

determine that cash payment shall be made to any Members on the basis of the value so fixed in order to adjust the rights of Members;

 

  33.9.3

vest any specific assets in trustees upon trust for the Persons entitled to the dividend as may seem expedient to the Directors; and

 

  33.9.4

generally make such arrangements for the allotment, acceptance and sale of such specific assets or certificates representing part of a shareholding or fractions of shares or any part thereof or otherwise as they think fit.

 

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33.10

Any resolution declaring a dividend on the shares of any class whether a resolution of the Company in general meeting or a resolution of the Directors or any resolution of the Directors for the payment of a fixed dividend on a date prescribed for the payment thereof may specify that the same shall be payable to the Persons registered as the Holders of shares of the class concerned at the close of business on a particular date notwithstanding that it may be a date prior to that on which the resolution is passed (or as the case may be that prescribed for payment of a fixed dividend) and thereupon the dividend shall be payable to them in accordance with their respective holdings so registered but without prejudice to the rights inter se in respect of such dividend of transferors and transferees of any shares of the relevant class.

 

33.11

The Directors may deduct from any dividend or other monies payable to any Member on or in respect of a share all sums of money (if any) presently payable by him to the Company on account of calls or otherwise in relation to the shares of the Company.

 

33.12

Any dividend or other monies payable in respect of a share may be paid by cheque or warrant sent through the post to the registered address of the Member or Person entitled thereto and in the case of joint Holders to any one of such joint Holders or to such Person and to such address as the Holder or joint Holders may in Writing direct. Every such cheque or warrant shall be made payable to the order of the Person to whom it is sent or to such other Person as the Holder or joint Holders may in Writing direct and payment of the cheque or warrant shall be a good discharge to the Company. Every such cheque or warrant shall be sent at the risk of the Person entitled to the money represented thereby.

 

33.13

All unclaimed dividends may be invested or otherwise made use of by the Directors for the benefit of the Company until claimed. No dividend shall bear interest as against the Company.

 

33.14

Any dividend which has remained unclaimed for a period of ten years from the date of declaration thereof shall if the Directors so resolve be forfeited and cease to remain owing by the Company and shall thenceforth belong to the Company absolutely.

 

34.

CAPITALISATION OF PROFITS

The Directors may with the authority of an Ordinary Resolution of the Company:

 

34.1

subject as hereinafter provided, resolve that it is desirable to capitalise any undistributed profits of the Company (including profits carried and standing to any reserve or reserves) not required for paying any fixed dividends on any shares entitled to fixed preferential dividends with or without further participation in profits or to capitalise any sum carried to reserve as a result of the sale or revaluation of the assets of the Company (other than goodwill) or any part thereof or to capitalise any sum standing to the credit of the Company’s share premium account or capital redemption reserve fund;

 

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34.2

appropriate the profits or sum resolved to be capitalised to the Members in the proportion in which such profits or sum would have been divisible amongst them had the same been applicable and had been applied in paying dividends and to apply such profits or sum on their behalf either in or towards paying up any amount for the time being unpaid on any shares held by such Members respectively or in paying up in full either at par or at such premium as the said resolution may provide any unissued shares or debentures of the Company such shares or debentures to be allotted and distributed credited as fully Paid Up to and amongst such Members in the proportions aforesaid or partly in one way and partly in the other provided that the share premium account and the capital redemption reserve fund and any unrealised profits may for the purposes of this Article only be applied in the paying up of unissued shares to be allotted to Members credited as fully Paid Up;

 

34.3

make all appropriations and applications of the profits or sum resolved to be capitalised thereby and all allotments and issues of fully paid shares or debentures if any and generally shall do all acts and things required to give effect thereto with full power to the Directors to make such provision by the issue of certificates representing part of a shareholding or fractions of shares or by payments in cash or otherwise as they think fit in the case of shares or debentures becoming distributable in fractions; and

 

34.4

authorise any Person to enter on behalf of all the Members entitled to the benefit of such appropriations and applications into an agreement with the Company providing for the allotment to them respectively credited as fully Paid Up of any further shares or debentures to which they may be entitled upon such capitalisation and any agreement made under such authority shall be effective and binding on all such Members.

 

35.

ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT

 

35.1

The Company shall keep accounting records which are sufficient to show and explain the Company’s transactions and are such as to:

 

  35.1.1

disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Company at that time; and

 

  35.1.2

enable the Directors to ensure that any accounts prepared by the Company comply with requirements of the Law.

 

35.2

The Directors shall prepare accounts of the Company made up to such date in each year as the Directors shall from time to time determine in accordance with and subject to the provisions of the Law.

 

35.3

No Member shall (as such) have any right to inspect any accounting records or other book or document of the Company except as conferred by the Law or authorised by the Directors or by Ordinary Resolution of the Company.

 

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35.4

The Directors shall deliver to the Registrar of Companies a copy of the accounts of the Company signed on behalf of the Directors by one of them together with a copy of the report thereon by the Auditors in accordance with the Law.

 

35.5

The Directors or the Company by Ordinary Resolution shall appoint Auditors for any period or periods to examine the accounts of the Company and to report thereon in accordance with the Law.

 

36.

NOTICES

 

36.1

In the case of joint Holders of a share all Notices shall be given to that one of the joint Holders whose name stands first in the Register in respect of the joint holding and Notice so given shall be sufficient Notice to all the joint Holders.

 

36.2

A Notice, other document or information may be given or provided to any Person: (a) either personally; or (b) by sending it: (i) by post to it at its registered address; (ii) by electronic means to the address specified for that purpose by the intended recipient (generally or specifically); or (iii) by such other means as the Company may in its absolute discretion determine. Where a Notice, other document or information is sent:

 

  36.2.1

by post, service of the Notice, other document or information shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing prepaying and posting a letter containing or accompanies by the Notice, other document or information and to have been effected one Clear Day after the day it was posted; or

 

  36.2.2

in electronic form, service of the Notice, other document or information shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing and sending it in such electronic form (as the case may be by or by attachment to an email) and to have been effected one Clear Day after the day it was sent and shall be seemed received by the intended recipient on that day notwithstanding that the Company becomes aware that such Person has failed to receive such Notice, other document or information for any reason and notwithstanding that the Company subsequently sends a hard copy of such Notice, other document or information by post to that Person.

 

36.3

Any Member Present at any meeting of the Company shall for all purposes be deemed to have received due Notice of such meeting and where requisite of the purposes for which such meeting was convened.

 

36.4

Subject to Articles 36.5 and 36.10, the Directors may from time to time issue, endorse or adopt terms and conditions relating to the use of electronic means for the sending of Notices, other documents (including forms of proxy appointment) or information by the Company to Members or Persons entitled by transmission and by Members or Persons entitled by transmission to the Company.

 

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36.5

A Notice, other document or information may be given by the Company to the Persons entitled to a share in consequence of the death, bankruptcy or incapacity of a Member by sending or delivering it in any manner authorised by these Articles for the giving of Notice or other document or information to a Member addressed to them by name or by the title of representatives of the deceased or trustee of the Bankrupt or curator of the Member or by any like description at the address if any supplied for that purpose by the Persons claiming to be so entitled. Until such an address has been supplied a Notice, other document or information may be given in any manner in which it might have been given if the death, bankruptcy or incapacity had not occurred. If more than one Person would be entitled to receive a Notice, other document or information in consequence of the death, bankruptcy or incapacity of a Member, Notice, other document or information given to any one of such Persons shall be deemed for all purposes given to all such Persons.

 

36.6

Notwithstanding any of the provisions of these Articles any Notice, other document or information to be given by the Company to a Director or to a Member may be given in any manner agreed in advance by any such Director or Member.

 

36.7

Any amendment or revocation of a notification given to the Company or agreement under this Article shall only take effect if in Writing, signed (or authenticated by electronic means) by the Member and on actual receipt by the Company thereof.

 

36.8

A Notice or other document or information sent to the Company by electronic means shall not be treated as received by the Company if it is rejected by computer virus protection arrangements.

 

36.9

Where these Articles require or permit a Notice or other document or information to be authenticated by a person by electronic means, to be valid, it must incorporate the electronic signature or personal identification details of that person, in such form as the Directors may require to satisfy themselves that the document is genuine.

 

36.10

Where a Member of the Company has received a Notice, other document or information from the Company otherwise than in hard copy form, it is entitled to require the Company to send to it a version of the Notice, other document or information in hard copy form within 21 days of the Company receiving the request.

 

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37.

WINDING UP

 

37.1

Subject to any particular rights or limitations for the time being attached to any shares as may be specified in these Articles or in any Statement of Rights or upon which such shares may be issued if the Company is wound up, the assets available for distribution among the Members shall be applied first in repaying to the Members the amount Paid Up on their shares respectively and if such assets shall be more than sufficient to repay to the Members the whole amount Paid Up on their shares the balance shall be distributed among the Members in proportion to the amount which at the time of the commencement of the winding up had been actually Paid Up on their said shares respectively.

 

37.2

If the Company is wound up, the Company may with the sanction of a Special Resolution and any other sanction required by the Law divide the whole or any part of the assets of the Company among the Members in specie and the liquidator or where there is no liquidator the Directors may for that purpose value any assets and determine how the division shall be carried out as between the Members or different classes of Members and with the like sanction vest the whole or any part of the assets in trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of the Members as the liquidator or the Directors (as the case may be) with the like sanction determine but no Member shall be compelled to accept any assets upon which there is a liability.

 

38.

INDEMNITY

 

38.1

Subject to Article 38.3 and in so far as the Law allows, every present or former Officer of any present or former Group Company shall be indemnified out of the assets of the Company against any loss or liability incurred by him/her by reason of being or having been such an Officer.

 

38.2

Subject to Article 38.3, the Directors may, without sanction of the Company in general meeting, authorise the purchase or maintenance by the Company for any present or former Officer of any present or former Group Company of any such insurance as is permitted by the Law in respect of any liability which would otherwise attach to such present or former Officer by reason of him/her being or having been such an Officer.

 

38.3

The provisions of Articles 38.1 and 38.2 shall only apply to a present or former Officer of a former Group Company in respect of any loss or liability incurred by, or which would otherwise be attached to (as the case may be), such present or former Officer during the time period in which the relevant former Group Company was a Group Company.

 

39.

FIXING RECORD DATE

 

39.1

For the purpose of determining Members entitled to Notice of or to vote at any meeting of Members or any adjournment thereof or in order to make a determination of Members for any other proper purpose including, without limitation, for any dividend, distribution, allotment or issue, the Directors may fix a date as the record date for any such determination of Members.

 

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39.2

A record date for any dividend, distribution, allotment or issue may be on or at any time before any date on which such dividend, distribution, allotment or issue is paid or made and on or at any time before or after any date on which such dividend, distribution, allotment or issue is declared.

 

39.3

If no record date is fixed for the determination of Members entitled to Notice of or to vote at a meeting of Members, the date on which Notice of the meeting is sent shall be the record date for such determination of Members. When a determination of Members entitled to vote at any meeting has been made in the manner provided in this Article such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof.

 

40.

UNTRACED MEMBERS

 

40.1

The Company may sell, in such manner as the Board of Directors may decide and at the best price it considers to be reasonably obtainable at that time, any share of a Member, or any share to which a Person is entitled by transmission if:

 

  40.1.1

during a period of 12 years at least three cash dividends or other distributions have become payable in respect of the share to be sold and have been sent by the Company in accordance with these Articles;

 

  40.1.2

during that period of 12 years no cash dividend or distribution payable in respect of the share has been claimed, no cheque, warrant, order or other payment for a dividend or distribution has been cashed, no dividend or distribution sent by means of a funds transfer system has been paid and no communication has been received by the Company from the Member or the Person entitled by transmission to the share;

 

  40.1.3

on or after the expiry of that period of 12 years the Company has published advertisements both in a national newspaper and in a newspaper circulating in the area in which the last known address of the Member or Person entitled by transmission to the share or the address at which notices may be given in accordance with these Articles is located, in each case giving notice of its intention to sell the share; and

 

  40.1.4

during the period of three months following the publication of those advertisements and after that period until the exercise of the power to sell the share, the Company has not received any communication from the Member or the Person entitled by transmission to the share.

 

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40.2

The Company’s power of sale shall extend to any further share which, on or before the date of publication of the first of any advertisement pursuant to Article 40.1.3 above, is issued in right of a share to which Article 40.1 applies (or in right of any share to which this Article applies) if the conditions set out in Articles 40.1.2 to 40.1.4 are satisfied in relation to the further share (but as if the references to a period of 12 years were references to a period beginning on the date of allotment of the further share and ending on the date of publication of the first of the advertisements referred to above).

 

40.3

To give effect to any sale, the Board of Directors may authorise some Person to transfer the share to, or as directed by, the purchaser, who shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money; nor shall the title of the new Holder to the share be affected by any irregularity in, or invalidity of, the proceedings relating to the sale.

 

40.4

The Company shall account to the person entitled to the share at the date of sale for a sum equal to the net proceeds of sale and shall be deemed to be his debtor, and not a trustee for him, in respect of them.

 

40.5

Pending payment of the net proceeds of sale to such person, the proceeds may either be employed in the business of the Company or invested in such investments (other than shares of the Company or its holding company, if any) as the Board of Directors may from time to time decide.

 

40.6

No interest shall be payable in respect of the net proceeds and the Company shall not be required to account for any moneys earned on the net proceeds.

 

41.

NON-APPLICATION OF STANDARD TABLE

The regulations constituting the Standard Table prescribed pursuant to the Law shall not apply to the Company and are hereby expressly excluded in their entirety.

 

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Exhibit 4.1

Execution Version

TWELFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

1.60% EURO-DENOMINATED SENIOR NOTES DUE 2028

4.35% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2029

4.65% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2029

3.25% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2032

5.15% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2034

4.25% EURO-DENOMINATED SENIOR NOTES DUE 2036

4.40% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2046

5.40% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2049

3.10% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2051

4.15% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2052

5.75% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2054

Twelfth Supplemental Indenture (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of December 17, 2024, among Aptiv Irish Holdings Limited (formerly known as Aptiv PLC) (the “Issuer”), Aptiv Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Aptiv Corp”), Aptiv Global Financing Designated Activity Company, a designated activity company incorporated in Ireland (“AGFDAC” and together with Aptiv Corp, the “Obligors”), Aptiv PLC (formerly known as Aptiv Holdings Limited) (the “New Guarantor”), Wilmington Trust, National Association, as the trustee (the “Trustee”) and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as registrar, paying agent and authenticating agent (the “Paying Agent”).

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, the Issuer has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee and the Paying Agent an indenture, dated as of March 10, 2015 (the “Base Indenture”, and the Base Indenture, as amended and supplemented through the date hereof, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance of the 1.60% Euro-denominated Senior Notes due 2028 (the “2028 Notes”), the 4.35% Senior Notes due 2029 (the “4.35% 2029 Notes”), the 4.65% Senior Notes due 2029 (the “4.65% 2029 Notes”), the 3.25% Senior Notes due 2032 (the “2032 Notes”), the 5.15% Senior Notes due 2034 (the “2034 Notes”), the 4.25% Euro-denominated Senior Notes due 2036 (the “2036 Notes”), the 4.40% Senior Notes due 2046 (the “2046 Notes”), the 5.40% Senior Notes due 2049 (the “2049 Notes”), the 3.10% Senior Notes due 2051 (the “2051 Notes”), the 4.15% Senior Notes due 2052 (the “2052 Notes”) and the 5.75% Senior Notes due 2054 (the “2054 Notes” and, together with the 2028 Notes, the 4.35% 2029, the 4.65% 2029 Notes, the 2032 Notes, the 2034 Notes, the 2036 Notes, the 2046 Notes, the 2049 Notes, the 2051 Notes and the 2052 Notes, the “Notes”);


WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the Indenture to evidence the addition of the New Guarantor as guaranteeing the Issuer’s obligations under the Indenture and as a Guarantor of the Notes;

WHEREAS, such decision to amend the Indenture to evidence the addition of the New Guarantor as guaranteeing the Issuer’s obligations under the Indenture and the Notes is not required under the Indenture and is solely at the Issuer’s option;

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01(e) of the Base Indenture, the Issuer, the guarantors from time to time party thereto and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture without the consent of any Holder to provide for any guarantees with respect to the Notes;

WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections 9.01 and 9.05 of the Base Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections 9.01 and 9.05 of the Base Indenture, the Paying Agent is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:

Section 1. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein are used as defined in the Indenture.

Section 2. The New Guarantor hereby agrees to guarantee the obligations of the Issuer under the Indenture and the Notes related thereto pursuant to the terms and conditions of Article 10 of the Base Indenture (such guarantee, the “Guarantee”) and the New Guarantor agrees to be bound as a Guarantor under the Indenture as if it had been an initial signatory thereto; provided that the New Guarantor can be released from its Guarantee (the “Release”) by the Issuer at any time upon request so long as, after giving effect to the Release and to any concurrent transactions, the New Guarantor is not at such time an obligor under any of the Issuer’s existing Notes outstanding as of the date of this Supplemental Indenture.

Section 3. This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. The Issuer irrevocably consents and agrees, for the benefit of the Holders from time to time of the Notes and the Trustee, that any legal action, suit or proceeding against it with respect to obligations, liabilities or any other matter arising out of or in connection with the Indenture or the Notes may be brought in the courts of the State of New York or the courts of the United States located in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, New York and, until amounts due and to become due in respect of the Notes have been paid, hereby irrevocably consents and submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of each such court in personam, generally and unconditionally with respect to any action, suit or proceeding for itself in respect of its properties, assets and revenues.


The Issuer irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any of the aforesaid actions, suits or proceedings arising out of or in connection with the Indenture brought in the courts of the State of New York or the courts of the United States located in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, New York and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

Section 4. This Supplemental Indenture may be signed in various counterparts which together will constitute one and the same instrument. The exchange of copies of this Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Supplemental Indenture and signature pages for all purposes.

Section 5. This Supplemental Indenture is an amendment supplemental to the Indenture and the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture will henceforth be read together.

Section 6. Except as expressly supplemented and amended by this Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with the provisions thereof, and the Indenture (as supplemented and amended by this Supplemental Indenture) is in all respects hereby ratified and confirmed. This Supplemental Indenture and all its provisions shall be deemed a part of the Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided.

Section 7. If there is any conflict or inconsistency between the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture shall control.

Section 8. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no duties, responsibilities or liabilities are assumed, or shall be construed to be assumed, by the Trustee or the Paying Agent by reason of this Supplemental Indenture. This Supplemental Indenture is executed and accepted by the Trustee and the Paying Agent subject to all the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture with the same force and effect as if those terms and conditions were repeated herein and made applicable to the Trustee and the Paying Agent with respect hereto. Neither the Trustee nor the Paying Agent shall be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Supplemental Indenture, and neither party shall not be responsible for any statement or recital herein. In the performance of its obligations set forth herein, the Trustee shall be entitled to all of the benefits, protections, indemnities and immunities afforded to it under the Indenture.


Section 9. If any provision of this Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and no Holder of any series of Notes shall have any claim therefor against any party hereto.

[Signature Pages Follow]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first above written.

 

APTIV IRISH HOLDINGS LIMITED, as Issuer
By:  

/s/ Eoin Muldowney

  Name: Eoin Muldowney
  Title: Director
APTIV CORPORATION, as Obligor
By:  

/s/ Rachel V. Friedenberg

  Name: Rachel V. Friedenberg
  Title: Assistant Secretary
APTIV GLOBAL FINANCING DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY, as Obligor
By:  

/s/ Darren Byrka

  Name: Darren Byrka
  Title: Director
APTIV PLC, as New Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Robert S. Hoeppner

  Name: Robert S. Hoeppner
  Title: Vice President, Corporate Controller & Treasurer

[Signature Page to Twelfth Supplemental Indenture]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first above written.

 

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:  

/s/ Arlene Thelwell

  Name: Arlene Thelwell
  Title:  Vice President

[Signature Page to Twelfth Supplemental Indenture]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first above written.

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Registrar, Paying Agent and Authenticating Agent
By:  

/s/ Irina Golovashchuk

  Name: Irina Golovashchuk
  Title:  Vice President
By:  

/s/ Sebastian Hidalgo

  Name: Sebastian Hidalgo
  Title:  Assistant Vice President

[Signature Page to Twelfth Supplemental Indenture]

Exhibit 4.2

Execution Version

SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

6.875% FIXED-TO-FIXED RESET RATE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2054

Second Supplemental Indenture (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of December 17, 2024, among Aptiv Irish Holdings Limited (formerly known as Aptiv PLC) (the “Issuer”), Aptiv Global Financing Designated Activity Company, a designated activity company incorporated in Ireland (the Co-Obligor”), Aptiv Corporation, a Delaware corporation, (the “Guarantor”), Aptiv PLC (formerly known as Aptiv Holdings Limited) (the New Guarantor”), Wilmington Trust, National Association, as the trustee (the “Trustee”) and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as registrar, paying agent and authenticating agent (the “Paying Agent”).

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, the Issuer has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee and the Paying Agent an indenture, dated as of September 13, 2024, (the “Base Indenture”, and the Base Indenture, as amended and supplemented through the date hereof, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance of the 6.875% Fixed-To-Fixed Reset Rate Junior Subordinated Notes Due 2054 (the “Notes”);

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the Indenture to evidence the addition of the New Guarantor as guaranteeing the Issuer’s obligations under the Indenture and as a Guarantor of the Notes;

WHEREAS, such decision to amend the Indenture to evidence the addition of the New Guarantor as guaranteeing the Issuer’s obligations under the Indenture and the Notes is not required under the Indenture and is solely at the Issuer’s option;

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01(e) of the Base Indenture, the Issuer, the guarantors from time to time party thereto and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture without the consent of any Holder to provide for any guarantees with respect to the Notes;

WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections 9.01 and 9.05 of the Base Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections 9.01 and 9.05 of the Base Indenture, the Paying Agent is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:

Section 1. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein are used as defined in the Indenture.


Section 2. The New Guarantor hereby agrees to guarantee the obligations of the Issuer under the Indenture and the Notes related thereto pursuant to the terms and conditions of Article 10 of the Base Indenture (such guarantee, the “Guarantee”) and the New Guarantor agrees to be bound as a Guarantor under the Indenture as if it had been an initial signatory thereto; provided that the New Guarantor can be released from its Guarantee (the “Release”) by the Issuer at any time upon request so long as, after giving effect to the Release and to any concurrent transactions, the New Guarantor is not at such time an obligor under any of the Issuer’s existing Notes outstanding as of the date of this Supplemental Indenture.

Section 3. This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. The Issuer irrevocably consents and agrees, for the benefit of the Holders from time to time of the Notes and the Trustee, that any legal action, suit or proceeding against it with respect to obligations, liabilities or any other matter arising out of or in connection with the Indenture or the Notes may be brought in the courts of the State of New York or the courts of the United States located in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, New York and, until amounts due and to become due in respect of the Notes have been paid, hereby irrevocably consents and submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of each such court in personam, generally and unconditionally with respect to any action, suit or proceeding for itself in respect of its properties, assets and revenues.

The Issuer irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any of the aforesaid actions, suits or proceedings arising out of or in connection with the Indenture brought in the courts of the State of New York or the courts of the United States located in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, New York and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

Section 4. This Supplemental Indenture may be signed in various counterparts which together will constitute one and the same instrument. The exchange of copies of this Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Supplemental Indenture and signature pages for all purposes.

Section 5. This Supplemental Indenture is an amendment supplemental to the Indenture and the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture will henceforth be read together.

Section 6. Except as expressly supplemented and amended by this Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with the provisions thereof, and the Indenture (as supplemented and amended by this Supplemental Indenture) is in all respects hereby ratified and confirmed. This Supplemental Indenture and all its provisions shall be deemed a part of the Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided.


Section 7. If there is any conflict or inconsistency between the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture shall control.

Section 8. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no duties, responsibilities or liabilities are assumed, or shall be construed to be assumed, by the Trustee or the Paying Agent by reason of this Supplemental Indenture. This Supplemental Indenture is executed and accepted by the Trustee and the Paying Agent subject to all the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture with the same force and effect as if those terms and conditions were repeated herein and made applicable to the Trustee and the Paying Agent with respect hereto. Neither the Trustee nor the Paying Agent shall be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Supplemental Indenture, and neither party shall not be responsible for any statement or recital herein. In the performance of its obligations set forth herein, the Trustee shall be entitled to all of the benefits, protections, indemnities and immunities afforded to it under the Indenture.

Section 9. If any provision of this Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and no Holder of any series of Notes shall have any claim therefor against any party hereto.

[Signature Pages Follow]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first above written.

 

APTIV IRISH HOLDINGS LIMITED, as Issuer
By:  

/s/ Eoin Muldowney

  Name: Eoin Muldowney
  Title: Director
APTIV GLOBAL FINANCING DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY, as Co-Obligor
By:  

/s/ Darren Byrka

  Name: Darren Byrka
  Title: Director

 

APTIV CORPORATION, as Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Rachel V. Friedenberg

  Name: Rachel V. Friedenberg
  Title: Assistant Secretary

 

APTIV PLC, as New Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Robert S. Hoeppner

  Name: Robert S. Hoeppner
  Title: Vice President, Corporate Controller & Treasurer

[Signature Page to Second Supplemental Indenture]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first above written.

 

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:  

/s/ Arlene Thelwell

  Name: Arlene Thelwell
  Title:  Vice President

[Signature Page to Second Supplemental Indenture]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first above written.

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Registrar, Paying Agent and Authenticating Agent
By:  

/s/ Irina Golovashchuk

  Name: Irina Golovashchuk
  Title:  Vice President

 

By:  

/s/ Sebastian Hidalgo

  Name: Sebastian Hidalgo
  Title:  Assistant Vice President

[Signature Page to Second Supplemental Indenture]

Exhibit 4.3

DESCRIPTION OF NEW APTIV SHARES

The following description of New Aptiv’s share capital is a summary. This summary is not complete and is subject to the complete text of New Aptiv’s Memorandum and Articles of Association attached as Exhibit 3.1 to this Form 8-K. As used below in this Description of New Aptiv Shares, the terms “Aptiv,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to New Aptiv, and the term “Company Shares” refers to ordinary shares, par value $0.01, of New Aptiv.

The Company’s authorized share capital consists of 1,200,000,000 Company Shares, par value $0.01 per share, and 50,000,000 preferred shares, par value $0.01 per share. At the Transaction Time, there were 235,035,739 Company Shares issued and outstanding. All outstanding Company Shares are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. The Company Shares do not have preemptive, subscription or redemption rights. Neither our Memorandum of Association or Articles of Association nor the laws of Jersey restrict in any way the ownership or voting of Company Shares held by non-residents of Jersey.

Dividend and Liquidation Rights. Holders of Company Shares are entitled to receive equally, share for share, any dividends that may be declared in respect of our Company Shares by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available therefor. If, in the future, we declare cash dividends, such dividends will be payable in U.S. dollars. In the event of our liquidation, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors, holders of Company Shares are entitled to share pro rata in our net assets. Such rights may be affected by the grant of preferential dividend or distribution rights to the holders of a class or series of preferred shares that may be authorized in the future. Our Board of Directors has the power to declare such interim dividends as it determines. Declaration of a final dividend (not exceeding the amounts proposed by our Board of Directors) requires shareholder approval by adoption of an ordinary resolution. Failure to obtain such shareholder approval does not affect previously paid interim dividends.

Voting, Shareholder Meetings and Resolutions. Holders of Company Shares have one vote for each ordinary share held on all matters submitted to a vote of holders of Company Shares. These voting rights may be affected by the grant of any special voting rights to the holders of a class or series of preferred shares that may be authorized in the future. Pursuant to Jersey law, an annual general meeting shall be held once every calendar year at the time (within a period of not more than 18 months after the last preceding annual general meeting) and at the place as may be determined by the Board of Directors. The quorum required for an ordinary meeting of shareholders consists of shareholders present in person or by proxy who hold or represent between them a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote at such meeting.

An ordinary resolution (such as a resolution for the declaration of dividends) requires approval by the holders of a majority of the voting rights represented at a meeting, in person or by proxy, and voting thereon.

Amendments to Governing Documents. A special resolution (such as, for example, a resolution amending our Memorandum of Association or Articles of Association or approving any change in authorized capitalization, or a liquidation or winding-up) requires approval of the holders of two-thirds of the voting rights represented at the meeting, in person or by proxy, and voting thereon. A special resolution can only be considered if shareholders receive at least fourteen days’ prior notice of the meeting at which such resolution will be considered.

Requirements for Advance Notification of Shareholder Nominations and Proposals. New Aptiv’s Articles of Association establish advance notice and related procedures with respect to shareholder proposals and nomination of candidates for election as directors.

Limits on Written Consents. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the shareholders must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of shareholders and may not be effected by any consent in writing in lieu of a meeting of such shareholders.


Transfer of Shares and Notices. Fully paid Company Shares are issued in registered form and may be freely transferred pursuant to the articles of association unless the transfer is restricted by applicable securities laws or prohibited by another instrument. Each shareholder of record is entitled to receive at least fourteen days’ prior notice (excluding the day of notice and the day of the meeting) of an ordinary shareholders’ meeting and of any shareholders’ meeting at which a special resolution is to be adopted. For the purposes of determining the shareholders entitled to notice and to vote at the meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a date as the date for any such determination.

Modification of Class Rights. The rights attached to any class (unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of that class), such as voting, dividends and the like, may be varied with the sanction of an ordinary resolution passed at a separate general meeting of the holders of the shares of that class.

Election and Removal of Directors. The Company Shares do not have cumulative voting rights in the election of directors. As a result, the holders of Company Shares that represent more than 50% of the voting power have the power to elect any of our directors who are up for election. All of our directors will be elected at each annual meeting.

At the Transaction Time, our Board of Directors consisted of 10 directors. Our Articles of Association state that shareholders may only remove a director for cause. Our Board of Directors has sole power to fill any vacancy occurring as a result of the death, disability, removal or resignation of a director or as a result of an increase in the size of the Board of Directors.

Applicability of U.K. Takeover Code. We do not believe that the U.K. City Code on Takeovers and Mergers applies to takeover transactions for the Company.

Listing. Following the Transaction, the Company Shares will be listed on the NYSE under the symbol “APTV.”

Transfer Agent and Registrar. The U.S. transfer agent and registrar for the Company Shares is Computershare Trust Company, N.A. The U.S. transfer agent and registrar’s address is 250 Royall Street, Canton, MA 02021, Attention: Client Administration. Computershare Investor Services (Jersey) Limited is the transfer agent and registrar for the Company Shares in Jersey and its address is 13 Castle Street, St. Helier, JE1 1ES, Jersey.

 

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Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION VERSION

Goldman Sachs International | Plumtree Court | 25 Shoe Lane | London EC4A 4AU

Tel: 020-7774-1000 | Telex: 8879021 | Cable: GOLDSACHS LONDON

Registered in England No. 2263951 | Registered Office As Above | Authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority

Opening Transaction

 

To:   

Aptiv PLC

13 Castle Street

St Helier, Jersey, JE1 1ES

A/C:    066957655
From:    Goldman Sachs International
Re:    Accelerated Share Repurchase Transactions
Ref. No:    As provided in the Supplemental Confirmation
Date:    December 17, 2024

 

 

This master confirmation (this “Master Confirmation”), dated as of December 17, 2024, is intended to set forth certain terms and provisions of certain Transactions (each, a “Transaction”) entered into from time to time between Goldman Sachs International (“Dealer”) and Aptiv PLC (formerly known as Aptiv Holdings Limited), a public limited company incorporated under the laws of Jersey (“Counterparty”). This Master Confirmation, taken alone, is neither a commitment by either party to enter into any Transaction nor evidence of a Transaction. The additional terms of any particular Transaction shall be set forth in a Supplemental Confirmation in the form of Schedule A hereto (a “Supplemental Confirmation”), which shall reference this Master Confirmation and supplement, form a part of, and be subject to this Master Confirmation. This Master Confirmation and each Supplemental Confirmation together shall constitute a “Confirmation” as referred to in the Agreement specified below.

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., are incorporated into this Master Confirmation. This Master Confirmation and each Supplemental Confirmation evidence a complete binding agreement between Counterparty and Dealer as to the subject matter and terms of each Transaction to which this Master Confirmation and such Supplemental Confirmation relate and shall supersede all prior or contemporaneous written or oral communications with respect thereto.

This Master Confirmation and each Supplemental Confirmation supplement, form a part of, and are subject to an agreement in the form of the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement (the “Agreement”) as if Dealer and Counterparty had executed the Agreement on the date of this Master Confirmation (but without any Schedule except for (i) the election of New York law as the governing law (without reference to its choice of law provisions), (ii) the election that Multiple Transaction Payment Netting will apply to the Transactions and (iii) the election that the “Cross Default” provisions of Section 5(a)(vi) of the Agreement will apply to Dealer as if (w) the phrase “, or becoming capable at such time of being declared,” were deleted from Section 5(a)(vi)(1) of the Agreement, (x) the “Threshold Amount” with respect to Dealer were three percent (3%) of shareholders’ equity of Dealer’s ultimate parent entity as of the Trade Date, (y) “Specified Indebtedness” had the meaning specified in Section 14 of the Agreement, except that such term shall not include obligations in respect of deposits received in the ordinary course of Dealer’s banking business and (z) the following language were added to the end of such Section 5(a)(vi): “Notwithstanding the foregoing, a default under subsection (2) hereof shall not constitute an Event of Default if (1) the default was caused solely by error or omission of an administrative or operational nature; (2) funds were available to enable the party to make the payment when due; and (3) the payment is made within two Local Business Days of such party’s receipt of written notice of its failure to pay.”).

The Transactions shall be the sole Transactions under the Agreement. If there exists any ISDA Master Agreement between Dealer and Counterparty or any confirmation or other agreement between Dealer and Counterparty pursuant to which an ISDA Master Agreement is deemed to exist between Dealer and Counterparty, then notwithstanding anything to the contrary in such ISDA Master Agreement, such confirmation or agreement or


any other agreement to which Dealer and Counterparty are parties, the Transactions shall not be considered Transactions under, or otherwise governed by, such existing or deemed ISDA Master Agreement, and the occurrence of any Event of Default or Termination Event under the Agreement with respect to either party or any Transaction shall not, by itself, give rise to any right or obligation under any such other agreement or deemed agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other agreement between the parties or their Affiliates, the Transactions shall not be “Specified Transactions” (or similarly treated) under any other agreement between the parties or their Affiliates.

All provisions contained or incorporated by reference in the Agreement shall govern this Master Confirmation and each Supplemental Confirmation except as expressly modified herein or in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

If, in relation to any Transaction to which this Master Confirmation and a Supplemental Confirmation relate, there is any inconsistency between the Agreement, this Master Confirmation, such Supplemental Confirmation and the Equity Definitions, the following will prevail for purposes of such Transaction in the order of precedence indicated: (i) such Supplemental Confirmation; (ii) this Master Confirmation; (iii) the Equity Definitions; and (iv) the Agreement.

1. Each Transaction constitutes a Share Forward Transaction for the purposes of the Equity Definitions. Set forth below are the terms and conditions that, together with the terms and conditions set forth in the Supplemental Confirmation relating to any Transaction, shall govern such Transaction.

 

General Terms.

  

Trade Date:

   For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

Buyer:

   Counterparty

Seller:

   Dealer

Shares:

   The ordinary shares of Counterparty, par value USD 0.01 per share (Exchange symbol “APTV”).

Exchange:

   The New York Stock Exchange

Related Exchange(s):

   All Exchanges; provided that Section 1.26 of the Equity Definitions shall be amended to add the words “United States” before the word “exchange” in the tenth line of that Section.

Prepayment/Variable Obligation:

   Applicable

Prepayment Amount:

   For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

Prepayment Date:

   For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

Valuation.

  

VWAP Price:

   For any Exchange Business Day, the Rule 10b-18 volume-weighted average price at which the Shares trade as reported in the composite transactions for United States exchanges and quotation systems, during the regular trading session for the Exchange on such Exchange Business Day, as published by Bloomberg at 4:15 p.m. New York time (or 15 minutes following the end of any extension of the regular trading session) on Bloomberg Page “APTV US <Equity> AQR SEC” (or any successor thereto), absent manifest error or unavailability of such

 

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   page or successor thereto, in which case the Calculation Agent shall determine the VWAP Price in a commercially reasonable manner for such Exchange Business Day using, if practicable, a volume-weighted methodology, based on Rule 10b-18 Eligible Transactions in the Shares on such day. “Rule 10b-18 Eligible Transactions” means only such trades that are reported during the period of time during which Counterparty could purchase its own shares under Rule 10b-18(b)(2) and are effected pursuant to the conditions of Rule 10b-18(b)(3), each under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

Forward Price:

   For each Transaction, the arithmetic average of the VWAP Prices for all of the Calculation Dates in the Calculation Period for such Transaction, subject to “Valuation Disruption” below.

Forward Price Adjustment Amount:

   For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

Calculation Period:

   For each Transaction, the period from, and including, the Calculation Period Start Date for such Transaction to, and including, the Termination Date for such Transaction.

Calculation Period Start Date:

   For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

Calculation Dates:

   For each Transaction, any date that is both an Exchange Business Day and is set forth as a Calculation Date in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

Termination Date:

   For each Transaction, the Scheduled Termination Date for such Transaction; provided that Dealer shall have the right to designate any Calculation Date prior to the Scheduled Termination Date and on or after the First Acceleration Date to be the Termination Date for all or any part of such Transaction (an “Accelerated Termination Date”) by delivering notice (an “Acceleration Notice”) to Counterparty of any such designation prior to 6:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Calculation Date immediately following the designated Accelerated Termination Date.

Scheduled Termination Date:

   For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation, subject to postponement as provided in “Valuation Disruption” below.

First Acceleration Date:

   For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

Valuation Disruption:

   The definition of “Market Disruption Event” in Section 6.3(a) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the words “at any time during the one-hour period that ends at the relevant Valuation Time, Latest Exercise Time, Knock-in Valuation Time or Knock-out Valuation Time, as the case may be” and inserting the words “at any time on any Calculation Date during the Calculation Period or Settlement Valuation Period” after the word “material,” in the third line thereof.

 

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   Section 6.3(d) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the remainder of the provision following the term “Scheduled Closing Time” in the fourth line thereof.
   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Equity Definitions, to the extent that a Disrupted Day occurs (i) on any scheduled Calculation Date in the Calculation Period, the Calculation Agent may postpone the Scheduled Termination Date by one Calculation Date for each Disrupted Day, or (ii) on any scheduled Calculation Date in the Settlement Valuation Period, the Calculation Agent may extend the Settlement Valuation Period by one Calculation Date for each Disrupted Day. The Calculation Agent shall also determine if (i) such Disrupted Day is a Disrupted Day in full, in which case the VWAP Price for such Disrupted Day shall not be included for purposes of determining the Forward Price or the Settlement Price, as the case may be, or (ii) such Disrupted Day is a Disrupted Day only in part, in which case the VWAP Price for such Disrupted Day shall be determined by the Calculation Agent based on Rule 10b-18 Eligible Transactions in the Shares on such Disrupted Day taking into account the nature and duration of the relevant Market Disruption Event, and the weighting of the VWAP Price for the relevant Calculation Dates during the Calculation Period or the Settlement Valuation Period, as the case may be, shall be adjusted in a commercially reasonable manner by the Calculation Agent for purposes of determining the Forward Price or the Settlement Price, as the case may be, with such adjustments based on, among other commercially reasonable factors, the duration of any Market Disruption Event and the volume, historical trading patterns and price of the Shares; provided that the Calculation Agent shall promptly provide Counterparty written notice of the occurrence of a Disrupted Day or a partially Disrupted Day and any adjustments to the terms of any Transaction hereunder as a result thereof. Any Calculation Date on which, as of the relevant Trade Date, the Exchange is scheduled to close prior to its normal close of trading shall be deemed not to be a Calculation Date; if a closure of the Exchange prior to its normal close of trading on any Calculation Date is scheduled following such Trade Date, then such Calculation Date shall be deemed to be a Disrupted Day in full.

Settlement Terms.

  

Settlement Procedures:

   For each Transaction:
  

(i) if the Number of Shares to be Delivered for such Transaction is positive, Physical Settlement shall be applicable to such Transaction; provided that Dealer does not, and shall not, make the agreement or the representations set forth in Section 9.11 of the Equity Definitions related to the restrictions imposed by applicable securities laws arising as a result of the fact that Counterparty is the issuer of the Shares delivered by Dealer to Counterparty under any Transaction; or

 

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(ii)  if the Number of Shares to be Delivered for such Transaction is negative, then the Counterparty Settlement Provisions in Annex A hereto shall apply to such Transaction.

Number of Shares to be Delivered:

   For each Transaction, a number of Shares (rounded down to the nearest whole number) equal to (a)(i) the Prepayment Amount for such Transaction, divided by (ii)(A) the Forward Price for such Transaction minus (B) the Forward Price Adjustment Amount for such Transaction, minus (b) the number of Initial Shares for such Transaction; provided that if the result of the calculation in clause (a)(ii) is equal to or less than the Floor Price for such Transaction, then the Number of Shares to be Delivered for such Transaction shall be determined as if clause (a)(ii) were replaced with “(ii) the Floor Price for such Transaction”. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Forward Price Adjustment Amount for any Transaction is a negative number, clause (a)(ii) of the immediately preceding sentence shall be equal to (A) the Forward Price for such Transaction, plus (B) the absolute value of the Forward Price Adjustment Amount.

Floor Price:

   For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

Excess Dividend Amount:

   For the avoidance of doubt, all references to the Excess Dividend Amount shall be deleted from Section 9.2(a)(iii) of the Equity Definitions.

Settlement Date:

   For each Transaction, if the Number of Shares to be Delivered for such Transaction is positive, the date that is one Settlement Cycle immediately following the later of (i) the Termination Date for such Transaction and (ii) if applicable, the date on which an Acceleration Notice in respect of such Transaction is provided to Counterparty.

Settlement Currency:

   USD

Initial Share Delivery:

   For each Transaction, Dealer shall deliver a number of Shares equal to the Initial Shares for such Transaction to Counterparty on the Initial Share Delivery Date for such Transaction in accordance with Section 9.4 of the Equity Definitions, with such Initial Share Delivery Date deemed to be a “Settlement Date” for purposes of such Section 9.4.

Initial Share Delivery Date:

   For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

Initial Shares:

   For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

Share Adjustments.

  

Potential Adjustment Event:

   In addition to the events described in Section 11.2(e) of the Equity Definitions, it shall constitute an additional Potential Adjustment Event if (x) the Scheduled Termination Date for any Transaction is postponed pursuant to “Valuation Disruption” above or (y) a Regulatory Disruption as described in Section 7 occurs. In

 

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   the case of any event described in clause (x) or (y) above occurs, the Calculation Agent shall adjust the terms of such Transaction as necessary to preserve as nearly as practicable the fair value of such Transaction prior to such postponement or Regulatory Disruption; provided that the Calculation Agent shall not adjust any of the dates identified as Calculation Dates in the related Supplemental Confirmation.
   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 11.2(e) of the Equity Definitions, neither (x) the issuance in the ordinary course of incentive equity awards (including, without limitation, under stock option plans) nor (y) repurchases effected pursuant to Transactions under this Master Confirmation or any Other Specified Repurchase Agreement shall constitute a Potential Adjustment Event.

Excess Dividend:

   For any Transaction, for any calendar quarter, any dividend or distribution on the Shares with an ex-dividend date occurring during such calendar quarter (other than any dividend or distribution of the type described in Section 11.2(e)(i), Section 11.2(e)(ii)(A) or Section 11.2(e)(ii)(B) of the Equity Definitions or any Extraordinary Dividend) (a “Dividend”) the amount or value of which per Share (as determined by the Calculation Agent), when aggregated with the amount or value (as determined by the Calculation Agent) of any and all previous Dividends with ex-dividend dates occurring in the same calendar quarter, exceeds the Ordinary Dividend Amount. “Extraordinary Dividend” means the per Share cash dividend or distribution, or a portion thereof, declared by Counterparty on the Shares that is classified by the board of directors of Counterparty as an “extraordinary” dividend.

Consequences of Excess Dividend:

   For any Transaction, the declaration by the Issuer of any Excess Dividend, the ex-dividend date for which occurs or is scheduled to occur during the Relevant Dividend Period for such Transaction, shall, at Dealer’s election, constitute an Additional Termination Event in respect of such Transaction, with Counterparty as the sole Affected Party and such Transaction as the sole Affected Transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, there will be no adjustment to the terms of any Transaction for any Dividend, including any Excess Dividend, except as provided in “Early or Late Ordinary Dividend Payment” below. For the avoidance of doubt, upon the occurrence of an Additional Termination Event triggered by an Excess Dividend, the settlement value of the Transaction shall not reflect the amount of such Excess Dividend.

Ordinary Dividend Amount:

   For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

Method of Adjustment:

   Calculation Agent Adjustment

 

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Early or Late Ordinary Dividend Payment:

   For each Transaction, if an ex-dividend date for any Dividend that is not (x) an Excess Dividend, (y) a dividend or distribution of the type described in Section 11.2(e)(i), Section 11.2(e)(ii)(A) or Section 11.2(e)(ii)(B) of the Equity Definitions or (z) an Extraordinary Dividend, occurs during any calendar quarter occurring (in whole or in part) during the Relevant Dividend Period for such Transaction and prior to or after the Scheduled Ex-Dividend Date for such Transaction for the relevant calendar quarter (as determined by the Calculation Agent), the Calculation Agent shall make such adjustment in a commercially reasonable manner to the exercise, settlement, payment or any other terms of the relevant Transaction as the Calculation Agent determines appropriate to preserve the fair value of such Transaction after taking into account the economic effect solely due to the timing of such Dividend.

Scheduled Ex-Dividend Dates:

   For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation for each calendar quarter.

Relevant Dividend Period:

   For each Transaction, the period from, and including, the Calculation Period Start Date for such Transaction to, and including, the Relevant Dividend Period End Date for such Transaction.

Relevant Dividend Period End Date:

   For each Transaction, if the Number of Shares to be Delivered for such Transaction is negative, the last day of the Settlement Valuation Period; otherwise, the Termination Date for such Transaction.

Extraordinary Events.

  

Consequences of Merger Events:

  

(a) Share-for-Share:

   Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment

(b) Share-for-Other:

   Cancellation and Payment

(c) Share-for-Combined:

   Component Adjustment

Tender Offer:

   Applicable; provided that (x) Section 12.1(d) of the Equity Definitions shall be amended by replacing (i) “10%” in the third line thereof with “20%” and (ii) “voting shares of the Issuer” in the fourth line thereof with “Shares”, (y) Section 12.1(e) of the Equity Definitions shall be amended by replacing “voting shares” in the first line thereof with “Shares” and (z) Section 12.1(l) of the Equity Definitions shall be amended by replacing “voting shares” in the fifth line thereof with “Shares”.

Consequences of Tender Offers:

  

(a) Share-for-Share:

   Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment

(b) Share-for-Other:

   Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment

(c) Share-for-Combined:

   Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment

Nationalization, Insolvency or Delisting:

   Cancellation and Payment; provided that in addition to the provisions of Section 12.6(a)(iii) of the Equity Definitions, it shall also constitute a Delisting if the Exchange is located in the United States and the Shares are not immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any of the New York Stock

 

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   Exchange, The Nasdaq Global Select Market or The Nasdaq Global Market (or their respective successors); if the Shares are immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any such exchange or quotation system, such exchange or quotation system shall be deemed to be the Exchange.

Additional Disruption Events:

  

(a) Change in Law:

   Applicable; provided that Section 12.9(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (i) replacing the phrase “the interpretation” in the third line thereof with the phrase “, or public announcement of, the formal or informal interpretation” and (ii) replacing the word “Shares” where it appears in clause (X) thereof with the words “Hedge Positions”; provided further that Section 12.9(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by replacing the parenthetical beginning after the word “regulation” in the second line thereof with the words “(including, for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation, (x) any tax law or (y) adoption or promulgation of new regulations authorized or mandated by existing statute)”. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Equity Definitions, a Change in Law described in clause (Y) of Section 12.9(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions shall not constitute a Change in Law and instead shall constitute an Increased Cost of Hedging as described in Section 12.9(a)(vi) of the Equity Definitions; and provided further that any determination by Dealer as to the occurrence of a Change in Law under any Transaction shall be made in a nondiscriminatory manner across all accelerated share repurchase transactions similar to the Transactions with counterparties similar to Counterparty to which Dealer (or an affiliate thereof) is a party.

(b) Failure to Deliver:

   Applicable

(c) Insolvency Filing:

   Applicable

(d) Loss of Stock Borrow:

   Applicable

Maximum Stock Loan Rate:

   For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

(e) Increased Cost of Hedging:

   Applicable solely with respect to a “Change in Law” described in clause (Y) of Section 12.9(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions as set forth in the last sentence opposite the caption “Change in Law” above; provided that any determination by Dealer as to the occurrence of a Change in Law under any Transaction shall be made in a nondiscriminatory manner across all accelerated share repurchase transactions similar to the Transactions with counterparties similar to Counterparty to which Dealer (or an affiliate thereof) is a party.

(f) Increased Cost of Stock Borrow:

   Applicable

Initial Stock Loan Rate:

   For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

 

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Hedging Party:

   For all applicable events, Dealer; provided that when making any determination or calculation as “Hedging Party,” (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, the making of any election Dealer is entitled to make as “Hedging Party”) Dealer shall be bound by the same obligations relating to required acts of the Calculation Agent as set forth in Section 1.40 of the Equity Definitions and this Master Confirmation as if the Hedging Party were the Calculation Agent.

Determining Party:

   For all applicable events, Dealer; provided that when making any determination or calculation as “Determining Party,” Dealer shall be bound by the same obligations relating to required acts of the Calculation Agent as set forth in Section 1.40 of the Equity Definitions and this Master Confirmation as if the Determining Party were the Calculation Agent.

Hedging Adjustments:

   For the avoidance of doubt, whenever the Calculation Agent, Hedging Party, Determining Party, or Dealer is called upon to make an adjustment, calculation or determination pursuant to the terms of this Master Confirmation or the Equity Definitions to take into account the effect of an event, the Calculation Agent, Hedging Party, Determining Party, or Dealer, as the case may be, shall make such adjustment, calculation or determination in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner assuming that Dealer maintains a commercially reasonable Hedge Position.

Non-Reliance/Agreements and Acknowledgements Regarding Hedging Activities/Additional Acknowledgements:

   Applicable

2.  Calculation Agent.

   Dealer. Whenever the Calculation Agent is required to act or to exercise judgment in any way with respect to any Transaction hereunder, it will do so in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Master Confirmation or any Supplemental Confirmation, the Calculation Agent shall not adjust the dates identified as Calculation Dates in the relevant Supplemental Confirmation for any Transaction.
   Following the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default pursuant to Section 5(a)(vii) of the Agreement with respect to which Dealer is the Defaulting Party, Counterparty shall have the right to designate an independent equity derivatives dealer to replace Dealer as Calculation Agent and the parties shall work in good faith to execute any appropriate documentation required by such replacement Calculation Agent.
   Following any determination, adjustment or calculation by the Calculation Agent, Hedging Party or Determining Party hereunder, the Calculation Agent, Hedging Party or Determining Party, as the case may be, will upon written (which may be by email) request by Counterparty and

 

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within five Exchange Business Days of such request, provide to Counterparty a report (in a commonly used file format for the storage and manipulation of financial data without disclosing any proprietary models or other information that is proprietary or confidential) displaying in reasonable detail the basis for such determination, adjustment or calculation, as the case may be.

 

3.

Account Details.

 

  (a)

Account for payments to Counterparty:

To be advised

Account for delivery of Shares to Counterparty:

To be advised

 

  (b)

Account for payments to Dealer:

 

Intermediary (1st Bank)   Final Beneficiary   Bank to Bank Information
Routing Code: CITIUS33   Routing Code: GSILGB2X   ABA: 021000089
Name: CITIBANK N.A.   Name: GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL    
Location: NEW YORK   Account: 40616408    

Account for delivery of Shares to Dealer:

To be advised

 

4.

Offices.

 

  (a)

The Office of Counterparty for each Transaction is: Inapplicable, Counterparty is not a Multibranch Party.

 

  (b)

The Office of Dealer for each Transaction is:

GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL

PLUMTREE COURT

25 SHOE LANE

LONDON EC4A 4AU

 

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Notices.

 

  (a)

Address for notices or communications to Counterparty:

Aptiv PLC

13 Castle Street

St Helier, Jersey, JE1 1ES

Attention: Robert S. Hoeppner

Vice President, Corporate Controller & Treasurer

Telephone No. +1 248.930.9252

Email: bob.hoeppner@aptiv.com

With a copy to:

Attention: Rachel Friedenberg

Vice President, Chief Corporate and Securities Counsel

 

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Telephone No. +1 248.813.2031

Email: rachel.friedenberg@aptiv.com

 

  (b)

Address for notices or communications to Dealer:

Goldman Sachs International

200 West Street

New York, NY 10282-2198

Attention: Michael Voris

Equity Capital Markets

Telephone: (212) 902-4895

Facsimile: (212) 291-5027

Email: michael.voris@gs.com

With a copy to: Eq-derivs-notifications@am.ibd.gs.com

 

6.

Representations, Warranties and Agreements.

 

  (a)

Additional Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Each Party. In addition to the representations, warranties and covenants in the Agreement, each party represents, warrants and covenants to the other party that:

 

  (i)

It is an “eligible contract participant” (as such term is defined in the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended).

 

  (ii)

Each party acknowledges that the offer and sale of each Transaction to it is intended to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), by virtue of Section 4(a)(2) thereof. Accordingly, each party represents and warrants to the other that (A) it has the financial ability to bear the economic risk of its investment in each Transaction and is able to bear a total loss of its investment, (B) it is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined under Regulation D under the Securities Act and (C) the disposition of each Transaction is restricted under this Master Confirmation, the Securities Act and state securities laws.

 

  (b)

Additional Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Counterparty. In addition to the representations, warranties and covenants in the Agreement, Counterparty represents, warrants and covenants to Dealer that:

 

  (i)

As of the Trade Date for each Transaction hereunder, Counterparty is a corporation with limited liability, duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Jersey. Each of this Master Confirmation and the Supplemental Confirmation for such Transaction has been duly authorized, executed and unconditionally delivered by Counterparty and (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by Dealer) this Master Confirmation, as supplemented by such Supplemental Confirmation, constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of Counterparty (subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject, as to enforceability, to equitable principles of general application (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law)). Counterparty has all corporate power to enter into this Master Confirmation and such Supplemental Confirmation and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and to purchase the Shares and deliver any Settlement Shares in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.

 

  (ii)

As of the Trade Date for each Transaction hereunder, the execution and delivery by Counterparty of, and the performance by Counterparty of its obligations under, this Master Confirmation and the Supplemental Confirmation for such Transaction, and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated, do not conflict with or violate (A) any provision of the certificate of incorporation or establishment, the memorandum and articles of association, by-laws or other constitutive documents of Counterparty, (B) any statute or order, rule, regulation or judgment of any court or governmental authority, agency or body having jurisdiction over Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective assets or (C) any contractual restriction binding on or affecting Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective assets.

 

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  (iii)

As of the Trade Date for each Transaction hereunder, all governmental and other consents that are required to have been obtained by Counterparty with respect to performance, execution and delivery of this Master Confirmation and the Supplemental Confirmation for such Transaction have been obtained and are in full force and effect and all conditions of any such consents have been complied with.

 

  (iv)

As of the Trade Date for each Transaction hereunder, (A) such Transaction is being entered into pursuant to a publicly disclosed Share buy-back program and its Board of Directors has approved the use of derivatives to effect the Share buy-back program, and (B) there is no internal policy of Counterparty, whether written or oral, that would prohibit Counterparty from entering into any aspect of such Transaction, including, without limitation, the purchases of Shares to be made pursuant to such Transaction.

 

  (v)

As of the Trade Date for each Transaction hereunder, the purchase or writing of such Transaction and the transactions contemplated hereby will not violate Rule 13e-1 or Rule 13e-4 under the Exchange Act.

 

  (vi)

As of the Trade Date for each Transaction hereunder, it is not entering into such Transaction, and as of the date of any election with respect to any Transaction hereunder, it is not making such election, in each case (A) on the basis of, and is not aware of, any material non-public information regarding Counterparty or the Shares, (B) in anticipation of, in connection with, or to facilitate, a distribution of its securities, a self tender offer or a third-party tender offer, in each case in violation of the Exchange Act or (C) 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) in violation of the Exchange Act.

 

  (vii)

Counterparty (A) is capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with regard to all transactions and investment strategies involving a security or securities; (B) will exercise independent judgment in evaluating the recommendations of any broker-dealer or its associated persons, unless it has otherwise notified the broker-dealer in writing; and (C) has total assets of at least USD 100,000,000 as of the date hereof.

 

  (viii)

As of the Trade Date for each Transaction hereunder, and as of the date of any election with respect to any Transaction hereunder, Counterparty is in compliance with its reporting obligations under the Exchange Act and its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, together with all reports subsequently filed by it pursuant to the Exchange Act, taken together and as amended and supplemented to the date of this representation, do not, as of their respective filing dates, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

  (ix)

Counterparty has made, and will make, all filings required to be made by it with the Securities and Exchange Commission, any securities exchange or any other regulatory body with respect to each Transaction.

 

  (x)

The Shares are not, and Counterparty will not cause the Shares to be, subject to a “restricted period” (as defined in Regulation M promulgated under the Exchange Act) at any time during any Regulation M Period (as defined below) for any Transaction unless Counterparty has provided written notice to Dealer of such restricted period not later than the Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the first day of such “restricted period”; Counterparty acknowledges that any such notice may cause a Disrupted Day to occur

 

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  pursuant to Section 7 below; accordingly, Counterparty acknowledges that its delivery of such notice must comply with the standards set forth in Section 8 below. Counterparty is not currently contemplating any “distribution” (as defined in Regulation M promulgated under the Exchange Act) of Shares, or any security for which Shares are a “reference security” (as defined in Regulation M promulgated under the Exchange Act). “Regulation M Period” means, for any Transaction, (A) the Relevant Period (as defined below) for such Transaction, (B) the Settlement Valuation Period, if any, for such Transaction and (C) the Seller Termination Purchase Period (as defined below), if any, for such Transaction. “Relevant Period” means, for any Transaction, the period commencing on the Calculation Period Start Date for such Transaction and ending on the later of (1) the earlier of (x) the Scheduled Termination Date and (y) the last Additional Relevant Day (as specified in the related Supplemental Confirmation) for such Transaction, or such earlier day as elected by Dealer and communicated to Counterparty on such day (or, if later, the First Acceleration Date without regard to any acceleration thereof pursuant to “Special Provisions for Acquisition Transaction Announcements” below) and (2) if Section 15 is applicable to such Transaction, the date on which all deliveries owed pursuant to Section 15 have been made.

 

  (xi)

As of the Trade Date and the Prepayment Date for each Transaction, Counterparty is not “insolvent” (as such term is defined under Section 101(32) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code) (the “Bankruptcy Code”) or as such term is defined under the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991, as amended) or unable to pay its debts as they fall due and will not become unable to pay debts as they fall due as a result of entering into such Transaction, and Counterparty would be able to purchase a number of Shares with a value equal to the Prepayment Amount in compliance with the laws of the jurisdiction of Counterparty’s incorporation.

 

  (xii)

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

 

  (xiii)

Other than pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 repurchase plan entered into between Counterparty and Dealer or Dealer’s affiliates, Counterparty has not entered, and will not enter, into any repurchase transaction with respect to the Shares (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for the Shares) (including, without limitation, any agreements similar to the Transactions described herein), where the relevant calculation or valuation dates in any initial hedge period, calculation period, relevant period, settlement valuation period or seller termination purchase period (each however defined) in such other transaction will overlap at any time (including, without limitation, as a result of extensions in such initial hedge period, calculation period, relevant period, settlement valuation period or seller termination purchase period as provided in the relevant agreements) with the Calculation Dates in any Relevant Period, any Settlement Valuation Period (if applicable) or any Seller Termination Purchase Period (if applicable) under this Master Confirmation, except with the consent of Dealer or as provided in the Supplemental Confirmation for any Transaction. In the event that the relevant calculation or valuation dates in any initial hedge period, relevant period, calculation period or settlement valuation period in any other transaction overlap with any Calculation Dates in any Relevant Period, any Settlement Valuation Period (if applicable) or any Seller Termination Purchase Period (if applicable) under this Master Confirmation as a result of any postponement of the Scheduled Termination Date or extension of the Settlement Valuation Period pursuant to “Valuation Disruption” above or any analogous provision in such other transaction, Counterparty shall promptly amend such other transaction to avoid any such overlap. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto acknowledge that entry into any Other Specified Repurchase Agreement (as defined below) shall not fall within the ambit of the previous two sentences.

 

  (xiv)

Counterparty shall, at least one day prior to the first day of the Settlement Valuation Period, if any, or the Seller Termination Purchase Period, if any, for any Transaction, notify Dealer of the total number of Shares purchased in Rule 10b-18 purchases of blocks pursuant to the once-a-week block exception set forth in paragraph (b)(4) of Rule 10b-18 under the

 

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  Exchange Act (“Rule 10b-18”) by or for Counterparty or any of its “affiliated purchasers” (as defined in Rule 10b-18) during each of the four calendar weeks preceding such day and during the calendar week in which such day occurs (“Rule 10b-18 purchase” and “blocks” each being used as defined in Rule 10b-18), which notice shall be substantially in the form set forth in Schedule B hereto.

 

  (xv)

As of the Trade Date for each Transaction hereunder there has not been any Merger Announcement (as defined below).

 

  (xvi)

The assets of Counterparty do not constitute “plan assets” under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, the Department of Labor Regulations promulgated thereunder or similar law.

 

  (xvii)

Counterparty represents and warrants that it and any of its subsidiaries has not applied, and shall not, until after the first date on which no portion of the Transaction remains outstanding following any final exercise and settlement, cancellation or early termination of the Transaction, apply, for a loan, loan guarantee, direct loan (as that term is defined in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”)) or other investment, or to receive any financial assistance or relief under any program or facility (collectively “Financial Assistance”) that (a) is established under applicable law (whether in existence as of the Trade Date or subsequently enacted, adopted or amended), including without limitation the CARES Act and the Federal Reserve Act, as amended, and (b) (i) requires under applicable law (or any regulation, guidance, interpretation or other pronouncement of a governmental authority with jurisdiction for such program or facility) as a condition of such Financial Assistance, that the Counterparty comply with any requirement not to, or otherwise agree, attest, certify or warrant that it has not, as of the date specified in such condition, repurchased, or will not repurchase, any equity security of Counterparty, and that Counterparty has not, as of the date specified in the condition, made a capital distribution or will not make a capital distribution, or (ii) where the terms of the Transaction would cause Counterparty to fail to satisfy any condition for application for or receipt or retention of the Financial Assistance (collectively “Restricted Financial Assistance”); provided that Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries may apply for Restricted Financial Assistance if Counterparty either (a) determines based on the advice of outside counsel of national standing that the terms of the Transaction would not cause Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries to fail to satisfy any condition for application for or receipt or retention of such Financial Assistance based on the terms of the program or facility as of the date of such advice or (b) delivers to Dealer evidence or other guidance from a governmental authority with jurisdiction for such program or facility that the Transaction is permitted under such program or facility (either by specific reference to the Transaction or by general reference to transactions with the attributes of the Transaction in all relevant respects).

 

  (xviii)

Without limiting the generality of Section 13.1 of the Equity Definitions, Counterparty acknowledges that neither Dealer nor any of its affiliates is making any representations or warranties or taking any position or expressing any view with respect to the treatment of any Transaction under any accounting standards including ASC Topic 260, Earnings Per Share, ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, or ASC Topic 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity and ASC 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging – Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity.

 

  (xix)

As of the Trade Date for each Transaction hereunder, the execution and delivery by Counterparty of, and the performance by Counterparty of its obligations under, this Master Confirmation and the Supplemental Confirmation for such Transaction, and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated, do not conflict with or violate Section 82(2) the Companies Act 2014 of Ireland.

 

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  (c)

Opinions. Counterparty shall deliver to Dealer, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Dealer, an opinion of Jersey counsel, dated as of the Trade Date, with respect to the matters set forth in Section 6(b)(i), (ii) and (iii) hereof. 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.

 

7.

Regulatory Disruption. In the event that Dealer concludes, in its good faith, reasonable discretion based on the advice of counsel, that it is appropriate with respect to any legal, regulatory or self-regulatory requirements or related policies and procedures similarly applicable to accelerated share repurchase transactions and consistently applied (so long as such policies or procedures are related to legal, regulatory or self-regulatory issues and are generally applicable in similar situations and applied to any Transaction hereunder in a non-discriminatory manner), for it to refrain from or decrease any market activity as it relates to establishing or maintaining a commercially reasonable hedge position on any Calculation Date or Dates during the Calculation Period or, if applicable, the Settlement Valuation Period, Dealer may by written notice to Counterparty elect to deem that a Market Disruption Event has occurred and will be continuing on such Calculation Date or Dates. Dealer shall notify Counterparty as soon as practicable of the occurrence or cessation, as applicable, of such Regulatory Disruption; provided that Dealer shall not be obligated to disclose any proprietary or confidential models or any other confidential or proprietary information, in each case, used by it for such conclusion.

 

8.

10b5-1 Plan. Counterparty represents, warrants and covenants to Dealer that:

 

  (a)

Counterparty is entering into, and shall act with respect to, this Master Confirmation and each Transaction hereunder in good faith and not as part of a plan or scheme to evade the prohibitions of Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act (“Rule 10b5-1”) or any other antifraud or anti-manipulation provisions of the federal or applicable state securities laws and that it has not entered into or altered and will not enter into or alter any corresponding or hedging transaction or position with respect to the Shares. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto acknowledge that entry into any Other Specified Repurchase Agreement (as defined below) shall not fall within the ambit of the previous sentence. Counterparty acknowledges that it is the intent of the parties that each Transaction entered into under this Master Confirmation comply with the requirements of paragraphs (c)(1)(i)(A) and (B) of Rule 10b5-1 and each Transaction entered into under this Master Confirmation shall be interpreted to comply with the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c).Other Specified Repurchase Agreement” means, for any Transaction, any other prepaid share repurchase transaction entered into on the Trade Date for such Transaction and that has “Calculation Dates” (as defined therein) that do not overlap with the Calculation Dates for such Transaction.

 

  (b)

During the Calculation Period and the Settlement Valuation Period, if any, for any Transaction and in connection with the delivery of any Alternative Delivery Units for any Transaction, Dealer (or its agent or Affiliate) may effect transactions in Shares in connection with such Transaction. The timing of such transactions by Dealer, the price paid or received per Share pursuant to such transactions and the manner in which such transactions are made, including, without limitation, whether such transactions are made on any securities exchange or privately, shall be within the sole judgment of Dealer. Counterparty acknowledges and agrees that all such transactions shall be made in Dealer’s sole judgment and for Dealer’s own account.

 

  (c)

Counterparty does not have, and shall not attempt to exercise, any control or influence over how, when or whether Dealer (or its agent or Affiliate) makes any “purchases or sales” (within the meaning of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B)(3)) in connection with any Transaction, including, without limitation, over how, when or whether Dealer (or its agent or Affiliate) enters into any hedging transactions. Counterparty represents and warrants that it has consulted with its own advisors as to the legal aspects of its adoption and implementation of this Master Confirmation and each Supplemental Confirmation under Rule 10b5-1.

 

  (d)

Counterparty acknowledges and agrees that any amendment, modification, waiver or termination of this Master Confirmation or any Supplemental Confirmation must be effected in accordance with the requirements for the amendment or termination of a “plan” as defined in Rule 10b5-1(c). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any such amendment, modification, waiver or termination shall be made in good faith and not as part of a plan or scheme to evade the prohibitions of Rule 10b-5, and no such amendment, modification or waiver shall be made at any time at which Counterparty is aware of any material non-public information regarding Counterparty or the Shares.

 

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  (e)

Counterparty shall not, directly or indirectly, communicate any information relating to the Shares or any Transaction (including, without limitation, any notices required by Section 10(a)) to any employee of Dealer, other than as set forth in the Communications Procedures attached as Annex B hereto.

 

9.

Counterparty Purchases. Counterparty (or any “affiliated purchaser” as defined in Rule 10b-18) shall not, without the prior written consent of Dealer, directly or indirectly (including, without limitation, by means of a derivative instrument) purchase, offer to purchase, place any bid or limit order that would effect a purchase of, or commence any tender offer relating to, any Shares (or equivalent interest, including, without limitation, a unit of beneficial interest in a trust or limited partnership or a depository share) or listed contracts on the Shares (including, without limitation, any Rule 10b-18 purchases of blocks (as defined in Rule 10b-18)) during any Relevant Period, any Settlement Valuation Period (if applicable) or any Seller Termination Purchase Period (if applicable), under this Master Confirmation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall (i) limit Counterparty’s ability, pursuant to its employee incentive plans, to re-acquire Shares in connection with the related equity transactions, (ii) limit Counterparty’s ability to withhold shares to cover tax liabilities associated with such equity transactions or (iii) limit Counterparty’s ability to grant stock, restricted stock units and options to “affiliated purchasers” (as defined in Rule 10b-18) or the ability of such affiliated purchasers to acquire such stock, restricted stock units or options, in connection with the Counterparty’s compensation policies or plans for directors, officers and employees to the extent such events are not “Rule 10b-18 purchases” within the meaning of Rule 10b-18. Further, (i) Counterparty or an “affiliated purchaser” (as defined in Rule 10b-18) may effect purchases of Shares or derivative instruments relating to the Shares during the Relevant Period, any Settlement Valuation Period (if applicable) or any Seller Termination Purchase Period (if applicable) so long as they are effected through Dealer or an affiliate of Dealer (but, for the avoidance of doubt, Dealer and its affiliates shall not be obligated to effect any such purchases), (ii) an agent independent of Counterparty may purchase Shares effected by or for an issuer plan of Counterparty in accordance with the requirements of Section 10b-18(a)(13)(ii) under the Exchange Act (with “issuer plan” and “agent independent of the Counterparty” each being used herein as defined in Rule 10b-18), (iii) Counterparty may enter into Other Specified Repurchase Agreements, (iv) Counterparty or any “affiliated purchaser” may purchase Shares in (x) unsolicited transactions or (y) privately negotiated (off-market) transactions, in each case, that are not “Rule 10b-18 purchases” (as defined in Rule 10b-18) and are not expected to result in, or relate to, purchases of Shares in the public market, in each case without Dealer’s consent and (v) an executive of Counterparty may effect purchases pursuant to an existing Rule 10b5-1 plan as previously disclosed to Dealer which occur on days that are not Calculation Dates for any Transaction.

 

10.

Special Provisions for Merger Transactions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in the Equity Definitions:

 

  (a)

Counterparty agrees that it:

 

  (i)

will not during the period commencing on the Trade Date for any Transaction and ending on the last day of the Relevant Period or, if applicable, the later of the last day of the Settlement Valuation Period and the last day of the Seller Termination Purchase Period for such Transaction make, or permit to be made (to the extent within Counterparty’s control), any public announcement (as defined in Rule 165(f) under the Securities Act) of any Merger Transaction (a “Merger Announcement”) unless such Merger Announcement is made prior to the opening or after the close of the regular trading session on the Exchange for the Shares;

 

  (ii)

in respect of any Merger Announcement that is within Counterparty’s control, shall promptly (but in any event prior to the next opening of the regular trading session on the Exchange) notify Dealer following any such Merger Announcement that such Merger Announcement has been made; and

 

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  (iii)

shall promptly (but in any event prior to the next opening of the regular trading session on the Exchange) provide Dealer with written notice specifying (i) Counterparty’s average daily Rule 10b-18 Purchases (as defined in Rule 10b-18) during the three full calendar months immediately preceding the announcement date of any Merger Transaction or potential Merger Transaction that were not effected through Dealer or its Affiliates and (ii) the number of Shares purchased pursuant to the proviso in Rule 10b-18(b)(4) under the Exchange Act for the three full calendar months preceding the announcement date of any Merger Transaction or potential Merger Transaction.

The written notice described in clause (iii) above shall be deemed to be a certification by Counterparty to Dealer that such information is true and correct. In addition, Counterparty shall promptly notify Dealer of the earlier to occur of the completion of such transaction and the completion of the vote by target shareholders.

 

  (b)

Counterparty acknowledges that any such Merger Announcement or delivery of a notice with respect thereto may cause the terms of any Transaction to be adjusted. Accordingly, Counterparty acknowledges that its delivery of such notice must comply with the standards set forth in Section 8 above.

 

  (c)

Upon the occurrence of any Merger Announcement (whether made by Counterparty or a third party), the Calculation Agent shall make adjustments to the terms of any Transaction (other than the dates identified as Calculation Dates in the related Supplemental Confirmation) in good faith and a commercially reasonable manner, including, without limitation, the Scheduled Termination Date or the Forward Price Adjustment Amount to preserve the fair value of the Transaction, and/or suspend the Calculation Period and/or any Settlement Valuation Period.

Merger Transaction” means any merger, acquisition or similar transaction involving a recapitalization as contemplated by Rule 10b-18(a)(13)(iv) under the Exchange Act, other than, solely for purposes of this Section 10, any such transaction in which the consideration consists solely of cash and there is no valuation period.

 

11.

Special Provisions for Acquisition Transaction Announcements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in the Equity Definitions:

 

  (a)

If an Acquisition Transaction Announcement occurs on or prior to the Settlement Date for any Transaction, then the Calculation Agent shall make such adjustments to the exercise, settlement, payment or any other terms of such Transaction as the Calculation Agent determines appropriate (including, without limitation and for the avoidance of doubt, adjustments that would allow the Number of Shares to be Delivered to be less than zero), at such time or at multiple times as the Calculation Agent determines appropriate, to account for the economic effect on such Transaction of such Acquisition Transaction Announcement whether within a commercially reasonable (as determined by the Calculation Agent) period of time prior to or after the Acquisition Transaction Announcement (which adjustments shall be limited to account solely for changes in volatility, expected dividends, stock loan rate, the value of maintaining or establishing any commercially reasonable Hedge Positions in a commercially reasonable manner in connection with the Transaction and liquidity relevant to the Shares or to such Transaction). If an Acquisition Transaction Announcement occurs after the Trade Date, but prior to the First Acceleration Date of any Transaction, the First Acceleration Date shall be the date of such Acquisition Transaction Announcement. If the Number of Shares to be Delivered for any settlement of any Transaction is a negative number, then the terms of the Counterparty Settlement Provisions in Annex A hereto shall apply.

 

  (b)

Acquisition Transaction Announcement” means (i) the announcement of an Acquisition Transaction or an event that, if consummated, would result in an Acquisition Transaction, (ii) an announcement that Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries has entered into an agreement, a letter of intent or an understanding that, if consummated, would result in an Acquisition Transaction, (iii) the announcement of the intention to solicit or enter into, or to explore strategic alternatives or other similar undertaking that include, an Acquisition Transaction, (iv) any other announcement that in the reasonable judgment of the Calculation Agent is reasonably likely to result in an Acquisition Transaction (it being understood and agreed that in determining whether such announcement is

 

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  reasonably likely to result in an Acquisition Transaction, the Calculation Agent may take into consideration, if it would be commercially reasonable to do so, the effect of such announcement on the Shares and/or options relating to the Shares), or (v) any announcement of any change or amendment to any previous Acquisition Transaction Announcement (including any announcement of the abandonment of any such previously announced Acquisition Transaction, agreement, letter of intent, understanding or intention). The term “announcement” as used in the definition of Acquisition Transaction Announcement shall mean any public statement or announcement related to an Acquisition Transaction that is made by (x) Counterparty (or any affiliate or agent thereof) or (y) any third party (or affiliate or agent thereof) that has a bona fide intent and capacity to enter into or consummate such transaction or event (it being understood and agreed that in determining, in a commercially reasonable manner, whether such third party has such a bona fide intent and capacity, the Calculation Agent may take into consideration whether the relevant announcement by such party has had a material economic effect on the Shares or options on the Shares).

 

  (c)

Acquisition Transaction” means (i) any Merger Event (for purposes of this definition the definition of Merger Event shall be read with the references therein to “100%” being replaced by “25%” and references to “50%” being replaced by “65%” and without reference to the clause beginning immediately following the definition of Reverse Merger therein to the end of such definition), Tender Offer or Merger Transaction or any other transaction involving the merger of Counterparty with or into any third party, (ii) the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of Counterparty to a person or entity other than Counterparty or a wholly-owned subsidiary of Counterparty, (iii) a recapitalization, reclassification, binding share exchange or other similar transaction with respect to Counterparty, (iv) any acquisition by Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries (other than an acquisition from Counterparty or a wholly-owned subsidiary of Counterparty) where the aggregate consideration transferable by Counterparty or its subsidiaries exceeds 35% of the market capitalization of Counterparty, (v) any lease, exchange, transfer, disposition (including, without limitation, by way of spin-off or distribution) of assets (including, without limitation, any capital stock or other ownership interests in subsidiaries) or other similar event by Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries (other than a lease, exchange, transfer, disposition or similar event between and/or among solely Counterparty and/or one or more wholly-owned subsidiaries of Counterparty) where the aggregate consideration transferable or receivable by or to Counterparty or its subsidiaries exceeds 35% of the market capitalization of Counterparty or (vi) any transaction in which Counterparty or its board of directors has a legal obligation to make a recommendation to its shareholders in respect of such transaction (whether pursuant to Rule 14e-2 under the Exchange Act or otherwise).

 

12.

Acknowledgments.

 

  (a)

The parties hereto intend for:

 

  (i)

each Transaction to be a “securities contract” as defined in Section 741(7) of the Bankruptcy Code and a “forward contract” as defined in Section 101(25) of the Bankruptcy Code, and the parties hereto to be entitled to the protections afforded by, among other Sections, Sections 362(b)(6), 362(b)(27), 362(o), 546(e), 546(j), 555, 556, 560 and 561 of the Bankruptcy Code;

 

  (ii)

the Agreement to be a “master netting agreement” as defined in Section 101(38A) of the Bankruptcy Code;

 

  (iii)

a party’s right to liquidate, terminate or accelerate any Transaction, net out or offset termination values or payment amounts, and to exercise any other remedies upon the occurrence of any Event of Default or Termination Event under the Agreement with respect to the other party or any Extraordinary Event that results in the termination or cancellation of any Transaction to constitute a “contractual right” (as defined in the Bankruptcy Code); and

 

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  (iv)

all payments for, under or in connection with each Transaction, all payments for the Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, payment of the Prepayment Amount) and the transfer of such Shares to constitute “settlement payments” and “transfers” (as defined in the Bankruptcy Code).

 

  (b)

Counterparty acknowledges that:

 

  (i)

during the term of any Transaction, Dealer and its Affiliates may buy or sell Shares or other securities or buy or sell options or futures contracts or enter into swaps or other derivative securities in order to establish, adjust or unwind its hedge position with respect to such Transaction;

 

  (ii)

Dealer and its Affiliates may also be active in the market for the Shares and Share-linked transactions other than in connection with hedging activities in relation to any Transaction;

 

  (iii)

Dealer shall make its own determination as to whether, when or in what manner any hedging or market activities in Counterparty’s securities shall be conducted and shall do so in a manner that it deems appropriate to hedge its price and market risk with respect to the Forward Price and the VWAP Price;

 

  (iv)

any market activities of Dealer and its Affiliates with respect to the Shares may affect the market price and volatility of the Shares, as well as the Forward Price and VWAP Price, each in a manner that may be adverse to Counterparty; and

 

  (v)

each Transaction is a derivatives transaction in which it has granted Dealer an option; Dealer may purchase shares for its own account at an average price that may be greater than, or less than, the price paid by Counterparty under the terms of the related Transaction.

 

13.

No Collateral, Netting or Setoff. Notwithstanding any provision of the Agreement or any other agreement between the parties to the contrary, the obligations of Counterparty hereunder are not secured by any collateral. Obligations under any Transaction shall not be netted, recouped or set off (including pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement) against any other obligations of the parties, whether arising under the Agreement, this Master Confirmation or any Supplemental Confirmation, or under any other agreement between the parties hereto, by operation of law or otherwise, and no other obligations of the parties shall be netted, recouped or set off (including pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement) against obligations under any Transaction, whether arising under the Agreement, this Master Confirmation or any Supplemental Confirmation, or under any other agreement between the parties hereto, by operation of law or otherwise, and each party hereby waives any such right of setoff, netting or recoupment.

 

14.

Delivery of Shares. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Dealer may, by prior notice to Counterparty, satisfy its obligation to deliver any Shares or other securities on any date due (an “Original Delivery Date”) by making separate deliveries of Shares or such securities, as the case may be, at more than one time on or prior to such Original Delivery Date, so long as the aggregate number of Shares and other securities so delivered on or prior to such Original Delivery Date is equal to the number required to be delivered on such Original Delivery Date.

 

15.

Alternative Termination Settlement. In the event that (a) an Early Termination Date (whether as a result of an Event of Default or a Termination Event) occurs or is designated with respect to any Transaction or (b) any Transaction is cancelled or terminated upon the occurrence of an Extraordinary Event (except as a result of (i) a Nationalization, Insolvency or Merger Event in which the consideration to be paid to all holders of Shares consists solely of cash, (ii) a Merger Event or Tender Offer that is within Counterparty’s control, or (iii) an Event of Default in which Counterparty is the Defaulting Party or a Termination Event in which Counterparty 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 Counterparty’s control), if either party would owe any amount to the other party pursuant to Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement or any Cancellation Amount pursuant to Article 12 of the Equity Definitions (any such amount, a “Payment Amount”), then, in lieu of any payment of such Payment Amount, unless Counterparty makes an election to the contrary no later than the Early Termination Date or the date on which such Transaction is terminated or cancelled, Counterparty or Dealer, as the case may be, shall deliver to the other party a number of Shares (or, in the case

 

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  of a Nationalization, Insolvency or Merger Event that resulted in a change of control of Counterparty or was within Counterparty’s control, a number of units, each comprising the number or amount of the securities or property that a hypothetical holder of one Share would receive in such Nationalization, Insolvency or Merger Event, as the case may be (each such unit, an “Alternative Delivery Unit”)) with a value equal to the Payment Amount, as determined by the Calculation Agent in a commercially reasonable manner over a commercially reasonable period of time (and the parties agree that, in making such determination of value, the Calculation Agent may take into account a number of factors, including, without limitation, the market price of the Shares or Alternative Delivery Units on the Early Termination Date or the date of early cancellation or termination, as the case may be, and, if such delivery is made by Dealer, the prices at which Dealer purchases Shares or Alternative Delivery Units on any Calculation Date to fulfill its delivery obligations under this Section 15, assuming such purchases are made in a commercially reasonable manner in order to unwind a commercially reasonable hedge position and at prices that reflect the prevailing market price of Shares or Alternative Delivery Units, as the case may be); provided that in determining the composition of any Alternative Delivery Unit, if the relevant Nationalization, Insolvency 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; provided further that Counterparty acknowledges its responsibilities under applicable securities laws, and in particular Sections 9 and 10(b) of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, in connection with any such election, and that it will make any such election in conformity with such responsibilities based upon advice of counsel. If delivery of Shares or Alternative Delivery Units, as the case may be, pursuant to this Section 15 is to be made by Counterparty, paragraphs 2 through 7 of Annex A hereto shall apply as if (A) such delivery were a settlement of such Transaction to which Net Share Settlement applied, (B) the Cash Settlement Payment Date were the Early Termination Date or the date of early cancellation or termination, as the case may be, and (C) the Forward Cash Settlement Amount were equal to (x) zero minus (y) the Payment Amount owed by Counterparty. If delivery of Shares or Alternative Delivery Units, as the case may be, is to be made by Dealer pursuant to this Section 15, the parties agree that such purchases shall be made solely on Calculation Dates for the relevant Transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, if Counterparty validly elects for the provisions of this Section 15 relating to the delivery of Shares or Alternative Delivery Units, as the case may be, not to apply to any Payment Amount, the provisions of Article 12 of the Equity Definitions, or the provisions of Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement, as the case may be, shall apply. If delivery of Shares or Alternative Delivery Units, as the case may be, is to be made by Dealer pursuant to this Section 15, the period during which Dealer purchases Shares or Alternative Delivery Units to fulfill its delivery obligations under this Section 15 shall be referred to as the “Seller Termination Purchase Period”.

 

16.

Calculations and Payment Date upon Early Termination. The parties acknowledge and agree that in calculating (a) the Close-Out Amount pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement and (b) the amount due upon cancellation or termination of any Transaction (whether in whole or in part) pursuant to Article 12 of the Equity Definitions as a result of an Extraordinary Event, Dealer may (but need not) determine such amount based on expected losses or gains assuming a commercially reasonable risk bid were used to determine loss or gain associated with closing out any commercially reasonable hedge position with respect to the Transaction in a commercially reasonable manner, taking into account the existence of any Other Specified Repurchase Transactions, prior to or promptly following the designation of an Early Termination Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement or Article 12 of the Equity Definitions, all amounts calculated as being due in respect of an Early Termination Date under Section 6(e) of the Agreement or upon cancellation or termination of the relevant Transaction under Article 12 of the Equity Definitions will be payable on the day that notice of the amount payable is effective; provided that if Counterparty elects to receive or deliver Shares or Alternative Delivery Units in accordance with Section 15, such Shares or Alternative Delivery Units shall be delivered on a date selected in a commercially reasonable manner by the Calculation Agent as promptly as practicable thereafter.

 

17.

Limit on Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, Dealer may not be entitled to take delivery of any Shares deliverable hereunder to the extent (but only to the extent) that, after such receipt of any Shares hereunder, the Equity Percentage would exceed 8%. Any purported delivery hereunder shall be void and have no effect to the extent (but only to the extent) that, after such delivery the Equity Percentage would exceed 8%. If any delivery owed to Dealer hereunder is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, Counterparty’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Counterparty shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after Dealer gives notice to Counterparty that, after such delivery, the Equity Percentage would not exceed 8%. The “Equity Percentage” as of any

 

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  day is the fraction, expressed as a percentage, (A) the numerator of which is the number of Shares that Dealer and any of its affiliates or any other person subject to aggregation with Dealer for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act, or any “group” (within the meaning of Section 13) of which Dealer is or may be deemed to be a part beneficially owns (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act), without duplication, on such day (or, to the extent that for any reason the equivalent calculation under Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder results in a higher number, such higher number) and (B) the denominator of which is the number of Shares outstanding on such day.

 

18.

Maximum Share Delivery. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Master Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer be required to deliver any Shares, or other securities comprising Alternative Delivery Units, in respect of any Transaction in excess of the Maximum Number of Shares set forth in the Supplemental Confirmation for such Transaction.

 

19.

Additional Termination Events.

 

  (a)

The occurrence of an event described in the last sentence of paragraph III of Annex B hereto will constitute an Additional Termination Event, with Counterparty as the sole Affected Party and the Transactions specified in such paragraph III as the Affected Transactions.

 

  (b)

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 6 of the Agreement, if a Termination Price is specified in the Supplemental Confirmation for any Transaction, then an Additional Termination Event will occur without any notice or action by Dealer or Counterparty if the VWAP Price of the Shares on the Exchange is below such Termination Price for any three consecutive Calculation Dates, and such third consecutive Calculation Date will be the “Early Termination Date” for purposes of the Agreement, with Counterparty as the sole Affected Party and such Transaction as the sole Affected Transaction.

 

20.

Non-confidentiality. Dealer and Counterparty hereby acknowledge and agree that, subject to Section 8(e), each is authorized to disclose every aspect of this Master Confirmation, any Supplemental Confirmation and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, and there are no express or implied agreements, arrangements or understandings to the contrary.

 

21.

[Reserved].

 

22.

Assignment and Transfer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement, Dealer may assign any of its rights or duties hereunder to any one or more of its Affiliates without the prior written consent of Counterparty; provided that such Affiliate of Dealer (1) has a rating for its long term, unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness that is equal to or better than Dealer’s credit rating at the time of such transfer or assignment, or (2) whose obligations hereunder will be guaranteed, pursuant to the terms of a customary guarantee in a form used by Dealer generally for similar transactions, by Dealer or The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.; provided further that (i) an Event of Default or Termination Event will not occur as a result of such transfer and assignment, (ii) Counterparty will not, as a result of such transfer or assignment, reasonably be expected to suffer material adverse tax consequences from such transfer or assignment at such time or on any later date, and (iii) as a result of such transfer and assignment, Counterparty would not, at the time of such transfer and assignment, reasonably be expected to (x) be required to pay or deliver to the transferee on any payment date or delivery date an amount under Section 2(d)(i)(4) of the Agreement or a number of Shares, as applicable, greater than the amount or the number of Shares, respectively, that Counterparty would have been required to pay or deliver to Dealer in the absence of such transfer and assignment or (y) receive from the transferee on any payment date or delivery date an amount under Section 2(d)(i)(4) of the Agreement or a number of Shares, as applicable, lower than the amount or the number of Shares, respectively, that Dealer would have been required to pay or deliver, as the case may be, to Counterparty in the absence of such transfer and assignment. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Master Confirmation to the contrary requiring or allowing Dealer to purchase, sell, receive or deliver any Shares or other securities to or from Counterparty, Dealer may designate any of its Affiliates to purchase, sell, receive or deliver such Shares or other securities and otherwise to perform Dealer’s obligations in respect of any Transaction and any such designee may assume such obligations. Dealer may assign the right to receive Settlement Shares to any third party who may legally receive Settlement Shares. Dealer shall be discharged of its obligations to Counterparty only to the extent of any such performance. For the avoidance of doubt, Dealer hereby acknowledges that notwithstanding any such designation hereunder, to the extent any of Dealer’s obligations in respect of any Transaction are not completed by its designee, Dealer shall be obligated to continue to perform or to cause any other of its designees to perform in respect of such obligations.

 

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23.

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 such Transaction” at the end of the sentence.

 

  (b)

Section 11.2(c) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (w) replacing the words “a diluting or concentrative” with “a material” in the fifth line thereof, (x) adding the phrase “or the Transaction” after the words “the relevant Shares” in the same sentence, (y) replacing the words “diluting or concentrative” in the sixth to last line thereof with the word “material” 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 Shares)” and replacing it with the phrase “(and, for the avoidance of doubt, except in the case of a Potential Adjustment Event as described in Section 11.2(e)(i), Section 11.2(e)(ii)(A), Section 11.2(e)(ii)(B), or Section 11.2(e)(iv), adjustments may be made to account solely for changes in volatility, expected dividends, stock loan rate or liquidity relative to the relevant Shares; in the case of a Potential Adjustment Event as described in Section 11.2(e)(i), Section 11.2(e)(ii)(A), Section 11.2(e)(ii)(B), or Section 11.2(e)(iv), no adjustments will 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 the words “that is the result of a corporate event within the Issuer’s control involving Issuer or its securities that has a material economic”; and adding the phrase “or the relevant Transaction” at the end of the sentence.

 

  (d)

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

 

  (i)

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

 

  (ii)

replacing the phrase “neither the Non-Hedging Party nor the Lending Party lends Shares” with the phrase “such Lending Party does not lend Shares” in the penultimate sentence.

 

  (e)

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

 

  (i)

adding the phrase “, provided that the Non-Hedging Party may not elect to terminate the Transaction unless concurrently with electing to terminate the Transaction, it represents and warrants to the Hedging Party that it is not in possession of any material non-public information with respect to the Non-Hedging Party or the Shares” at the end of subsection (C); and

 

  (ii)

deleting clause (X) in the final sentence.

 

  (f)

Section 12(a) of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the phrase “or email” in the third line thereof.

 

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Extraordinary Dividend. If Counterparty declares any Extraordinary Dividend that has an ex-dividend date during the period commencing on the Trade Date for any Transaction and ending of the last day of the Relevant Period or, if applicable, the last day of the Settlement Valuation Period for such Transaction, then prior to or on the date on which such Extraordinary Dividend is paid by Counterparty to holders of record, Counterparty shall pay to Dealer, for each Transaction under this Master Confirmation, an amount in cash equal to the product of (i) the amount of such Extraordinary Dividend and (ii) the theoretical short delta number of shares as of the opening of business on the related ex-dividend date, as determined by the Calculation Agent, required for Dealer to hedge its exposure in a commercially reasonable manner to such Transaction.

 

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25.

Matters Relating to Taxes.

 

  (a)

For purposes of Section 3(f) of the Agreement, Counterparty makes the following representations: (A) no payment received or to be received by Counterparty under this Agreement will be effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business by Counterparty in the United States; and (B) Counterparty is a tax resident in Switzerland, it is a “non-U.S. branch of a foreign person” as that term is used in Section 1.1441-4(a)(3)(ii) of the United States Treasury Regulations (the “Regulations”) and a “foreign person” as that term is used in Section 1.6041-4(a)(4) of the Regulations.

 

  (b)

For purposes of Section 3(f) of the Agreement, Dealer represents that it is a “foreign person” as that term is used in Section 1.6041-4(a)(4) of the Regulations and is a resident for tax purposes in the United Kingdom.

 

  (c)

For the purpose of Sections 4(a)(i) and (ii) of the Agreement, Dealer agrees to deliver to Counterparty (i) one duly executed and completed United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN-E (or successor thereto) upon execution of this Master Confirmation and shall provide a new form promptly upon (A) reasonable request of Counterparty or (B) learning that any form previously provided has become obsolete or incorrect and (ii) upon reasonable prior notice in the event of any relevant distribution, any other customary tax form reasonably requested by Counterparty to claim an exemption or reduction in rate from Irish dividend withholding tax. For the purpose of Sections 4(a)(i) and (ii) of the Agreement, Counterparty agrees to deliver to Dealer one duly executed and completed United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN-E (or successor thereto) upon execution of this Master Confirmation and shall provide a new form promptly upon (A) reasonable request of Dealer or (B) learning that any form previously provided has become obsolete or incorrect.

 

  (d)

“Tax” and “Indemnifiable Tax”, each as defined in Section 14 of the Agreement, shall not include any withholding tax imposed or collected (i) pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the Code, or any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such Sections of the Code (a “FATCA Withholding Tax”), or (ii) with respect to any amount treated as a dividend for Swiss tax purposes (a “Dividend Withholding Tax”). For the avoidance of doubt, a FATCA Withholding Tax and a Dividend Withholding Tax each is a Tax the deduction or withholding of which is required by applicable law solely for the purposes of Section 2(d) of the Agreement. Each of Dealer and Counterparty shall provide to the other party tax forms and documents required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 1471(b) or Section 1472(b)(1) of the Code promptly upon request by the other party and any other tax forms and documents they are legally able to provide that are reasonably requested by the other party.

 

  (e)

The parties agree that the definitions and provisions contained in the ISDA 2015 Section 871(m) Protocol, as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. and as may be amended, supplemented, replaced or superseded from time to time (the “871(m) Protocol”) shall apply to the Agreement as if the parties had adhered to the 871(m) Protocol as of the date hereof. If there is any inconsistency between this provision and a provision in any other agreement executed between the parties, this provision shall prevail unless such other agreement expressly overrides the provisions of the 871(m) Protocol.

 

26.

Status of Claims in Bankruptcy. Dealer acknowledges and agrees that neither this Master Confirmation nor any Supplemental Confirmation is intended to convey to Dealer rights against Counterparty with respect to any Transaction that are senior to the claims of ordinary shareholders of Counterparty in any United States bankruptcy proceedings of Counterparty; 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 Counterparty of its obligations and agreements with respect to any Transaction; provided further that nothing herein shall limit or shall be deemed to limit Dealer’s rights in respect of any transactions other than any Transaction.

 

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27.

Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act. In connection with Section 739 of the Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act of 2010 (“WSTAA”), the parties hereby agree that neither the enactment of WSTAA or any regulation under the WSTAA, nor any requirement under WSTAA or an amendment made by WSTAA, nor any similar legal certainty provision in any legislation enacted, or rule or regulation promulgated, on or after the date of this Master Confirmation, shall limit or otherwise impair either party’s otherwise applicable rights to terminate, renegotiate, modify, amend or supplement any Supplemental Confirmation, this Master Confirmation or the Agreement, as applicable, arising from a termination event, force majeure, illegality, increased costs, regulatory change or similar event under any Supplemental Confirmation, this Master Confirmation, the Equity Definitions incorporated herein, or the Agreement (including, without limitation, rights arising from Change in Law, Loss of Stock Borrow, Increased Cost of Stock Borrow, Increased Cost of Hedging, or Illegality).

 

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15a-6. Counterparty hereby notifies, and represents and warrants to Dealer and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (“GS&Co.”) that it, or its investment advisor, is a “major U.S. institutional investor” as defined in Rule 15a-6(b)(4) of the Exchange Act, and Counterparty covenants and agrees with Dealer immediately to notify Dealer and GS&Co. should it subsequent to the date hereof cease to be a “major U.S. institutional investor”.

As a broker-dealer registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), GS&Co., as agent of Dealer and Counterparty, will be responsible for (i) effecting the Transactions entered into by Dealer and Counterparty hereunder, (ii) issuing all required confirmations and statements to Dealer and Counterparty, (iii) maintaining books and records relating to the Transactions entered into hereunder as required by SEC regulations, and (iv) receiving, delivering and safeguarding Counterparty’s funds and any securities in connection with the Transactions entered into hereunder, in compliance with SEC regulations.

Counterparty understands and agrees that GS&Co. is acting solely in its capacity as agent for Counterparty and Dealer pursuant to instructions from Counterparty and Dealer. GS&Co. shall have no responsibility or personal liability to either party arising from any failure by either party to pay or perform any obligation under the Transactions. Each party agrees to proceed solely against the other to collect or recover any amount owing to it or enforce any of its rights in connection with or as a result of the Transactions.

Notwithstanding the above, for purposes of applicable rules of The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) Dealer shall treat GS&Co. alone as its customer. As a consequence, most of the customer protections available under FCA rules will not be available to Counterparty.

Notwithstanding any provisions of the Agreement, all communications relating to the Transactions or the Agreement shall be transmitted exclusively through GS&Co. at 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282-2198, Facsimile No. (212) 428-1980/1983, Attention of: Equity Derivatives Documentation.

Dealer is acting as principal in the Transactions and GS&Co., its affiliate, is acting as agent for Dealer and Counterparty in the Transactions. Dealer is not a member of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation.

This Confirmation is a confirmation for purposes of Rule 10b-10 promulgated under the Exchange Act.

 

29.

Governing Law. The Agreement, this Master Confirmation, each Supplemental Confirmation and all matters arising in connection with the Agreement, this Master Confirmation and each Supplemental Confirmation shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York (without reference to its choice of laws doctrine other than Title 14 of Article 5 of the New York General Obligations Law).

 

30.

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 THE AGREEMENT, THIS MASTER CONFIRMATION, EACH SUPPLEMENTAL CONFIRMATION, THE TRANSACTIONS HEREUNDER AND ALL MATTERS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THE AGREEMENT, THIS MASTER CONFIRMATION

 

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  AND ANY SUPPLEMENTAL CONFIRMATION AND THE TRANSACTIONS HEREUNDER. 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 THE TRANSACTIONS, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS PROVIDED HEREIN.

 

31.

Counterparts. This Master Confirmation may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument, and any party hereto may execute this Master Confirmation by signing and delivering one or more counterparts.

 

32.

Delivery of Cash. For the avoidance of doubt, other than payment of the Prepayment Amount by Counterparty, nothing in this Master Confirmation shall be interpreted as requiring Counterparty to cash settle any Transaction, except in circumstances where cash settlement is within Counterparty’s control (including, without limitation, where Counterparty timely elects not to receive or deliver Alternative Delivery Units in accordance with Section 15) or in those circumstances in which all holders of the Shares would also receive cash.

 

33.

Service of Process. Counterparty irrevocably appoints Aptiv Services US, LLC as its authorized agent in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York upon which process may be served in any suit, action or proceeding relating to the Transaction, and agrees that service of process upon such agent shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon Counterparty in any such suit, action or proceeding. Counterparty further agrees to take any and all action as may be necessary to maintain such designation and appointment of such agent in full force and effect for a period of two years from the date of this Confirmation. If for any reason such agent shall cease to be such agent for service of process, Counterparty shall forthwith appoint a new agent of recognized standing for service of process in the State of New York and deliver to Dealer a copy of the new agent’s acceptance of that appointment within 30 days. Nothing herein shall affect the right of Dealer to serve process in any other manner permitted by law or to commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against Counterparty in any other court of competent jurisdiction.

 

34.

Share Redemption. Each Transaction shall comprise an acquisition by redemption by Counterparty of Shares from Dealer on the terms of the Confirmation, in connection with the implementation of a proposed accelerated share buyback program (the “Program”), such Shares to be automatically redeemed in accordance with Article 55 of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 and the articles of association of Counterparty (in particular the articles of association relating to conversion and redemption of Shares). References in this Master Confirmation and any Supplemental Confirmation to “delivery” of Shares by Dealer to Counterparty are to be construed as the making available of Shares by Dealer to Counterparty for redemption in accordance with the articles of association of Counterparty. Conversely, references in this Master Confirmation and any Supplemental Confirmation to “delivery” of Shares by Counterparty to Dealer are to be construed as the allotment and issuance of such Shares by Counterparty to Dealer.

 

35.

Automatic Early Termination. The “Automatic Early Termination” provision of Section 6(a) of the Agreement will apply to Counterparty in the following events: (i) to the extent that bankruptcy proceedings are commenced in Switzerland in respect of Counterparty or (ii) the approval of a composition agreement in a Swiss composition proceeding regarding Counterparty resulting in the assignment of all or part of the debtor’s assets to its creditors or to a third party for purposes of liquidation. If an Early Termination Date has occurred under Section 6(a) of the Agreement as a result of an Automatic Early Termination, and the Non-defaulting Party determines that it sustained or incurred a loss or damage in respect of any Transaction hereunder as a result of maintaining or unwinding a commercially reasonable hedge position between the Early Termination Date and the Local Business Day upon which the Non-defaulting Party first becomes aware that the Early Termination Date has occurred under Section 6(a) of the Agreement, then the amount of such loss or damage shall be added to the amount due by the Defaulting Party or deducted from the amount due by the Non-defaulting Party, as the case may be.

 

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36.

ISDA 2013 EMIR Portfolio Reconciliation, Dispute Resolution and Disclosure Protocol. Both parties agree that the amendments set out in the Attachment to the ISDA 2013 EMIR Portfolio Reconciliation, Dispute Resolution and Disclosure Protocol published by ISDA on 19 July 2013 and available on the ISDA website (www.isda.org) (the “2013 Protocol”) shall be made to the Agreement. In respect of the Attachment to the 2013 Protocol, (i) the definition of “Adherence Letter” shall be deemed to be deleted and references to “Adherence Letter” shall be deemed to be to this “ISDA 2013 EMIR Portfolio Reconciliation, Dispute Resolution and Disclosure Protocol” section (and references to “such party’s Adherence Letter” and “its Adherence Letter” shall be read accordingly), (ii) references to “adheres to the Protocol” shall be deemed to be “enters into the Agreement”, (iii) references to “Protocol Covered Agreement” shall be deemed to be references to the Agreement (and each “Protocol Covered Agreement” shall be read accordingly), and (iv) references to “Implementation Date” shall be deemed to be references to the date of the Agreement. For the purposes of this “ISDA 2013 EMIR Portfolio Reconciliation, Dispute Resolution and Disclosure Protocol” section:

 

  (A)

Portfolio reconciliation process status. Each party confirms its status as follows:

 

  Dealer:

Portfolio Data Sending Entity

 

  Counterparty:

Portfolio Data Receiving Entity

 

  (B)

Local Business Days. Each party specifies the following place(s) for the purposes of the definition of Local Business Day as it applies to it:

 

  Dealer:

London, United Kingdom

 

  Counterparty:

New York, New York and Zurich, Switzerland

 

  (C)

Use of an agent and third party service provider. For the purposes of Part I(3) of the 2013 Protocol:

Dealer: Without prejudice to Part I(3)(a) of the 2013 Protocol, Dealer appoints Goldman Sachs Services Private Limited, Goldman Sachs & Co and Goldman Sachs (Singapore) Pte to each act as its agent.

 

37.

UK EMIR. Solely for the purpose of supporting any performance by the parties of the UKK PDD Requirements (to the extent applicable to one or both of the parties, or a Transaction), the parties will apply the following amendments to the Attachment:

 

  (a)

all references to EMIR (whether to one or more specific provisions of EMIR or EMIR in general, and including any references to regulations made pursuant to EMIR) shall mean such legislation as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of section 3 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended from time to time) (the “EUWA”) (including any amendments made to such legislation when it is brought into UK domestic law pursuant to section 8 of the EUWA or any regulations made thereunder); and

 

  (b)

the parties agree that disclosures made pursuant to Part II of the Attachment may include disclosures to the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority, as a relevant regulator.

Where:

EMIR PDD Requirements” means the Portfolio Reconciliation Risk Mitigation Techniques, the Dispute Resolution Risk Mitigation Techniques (each as defined in the Attachment) and any reporting to a trade repository mandated by Article 9 of EMIR.

UK PDD Requirements” means the EMIR PDD Requirements, as such requirements form part of UK domestic law by virtue of section 3 of the EUWA (including any amendments made to such legislation when it is brought into UK domestic law pursuant to section 8 of the EUWA or any regulations made thereunder).

In the event of any inconsistency between the “PR Period” for the purposes of the UK PDD Requirements and the EMIR PDD Requirements, to the extent both are applicable, the “PR Period” shall be, for the purposes of both sets of requirements, whichever is the shorter “PR Period”.

 

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38.

ISDA 2013 EMIR Non-Financial Counterparty (NFC) Representation. Counterparty represents to Dealer that it is a non-financial counterparty that does not meet the conditions set out in the second subparagraph of Article 10(1) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (as amended and/or supplemented, including, for the avoidance of doubt, by Regulation (EU) 2019/834 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019).

 

39.

U.S. Resolution Stay Provisions.

 

  (a)

Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.

 

  (i)

In the event that Dealer becomes subject to a proceeding under (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder or (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder (a “U.S. Special Resolution Regime”) the transfer from Dealer of the Agreement or the Transactions, and any interest and obligation in or under, and any property securing, the Agreement or the Transactions, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Agreement or the Transactions, and any interest and obligation in or under, and any property securing, the Agreement or the Transactions were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

 

  (ii)

In the event that Dealer or an Affiliate becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, any Default Rights (as defined in 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable (“Default Right”)) under the Agreement or the Transactions that may be exercised against Dealer are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Agreement or the Transactions were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

 

  (b)

Limitation on Exercise of Certain Default Rights Related to an Affiliate’s Entry Into Insolvency Proceedings. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement or the Transactions, Dealer and Counterparty expressly acknowledge and agree that:

 

  (i)

Counterparty shall not be permitted to exercise any Default Right with respect to the Agreement or the Transactions or any Affiliate Credit Enhancement that is related, directly or indirectly, to an Affiliate of the Dealer becoming subject to receivership, insolvency, liquidation, resolution, or similar proceeding (an “Insolvency Proceeding”), except to the extent that the exercise of such Default Right would be permitted under the provisions of 12 C.F.R. 252.84, 12 C.F.R. 47.5 or 12 C.F.R. 382.4, as applicable; and

 

  (ii)

Nothing in the Agreement or the Transactions shall prohibit the transfer of any Affiliate Credit Enhancement, any interest or obligation in or under such Affiliate Credit Enhancement, or any property securing such Affiliate Credit Enhancement, to a transferee upon or following an Affiliate of Dealer becoming subject to an Insolvency Proceeding, unless the transfer would result in the Counterparty being the beneficiary of such Affiliate Credit Enhancement in violation of any law applicable to the Counterparty.

 

  (c)

U.S. Protocol. If Counterparty has previously adhered to, or subsequently adheres to, the ISDA 2018 U.S. Resolution Stay Protocol as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. as of July 31, 2018 (the “ISDA U.S. Protocol”), the terms of such protocol shall be incorporated into and form a part of the Agreement or the Transactions and the terms of the ISDA U.S. Protocol shall supersede and replace the terms of the Agreement or the Transactions. For purposes of incorporating the ISDA U.S. Protocol, Dealer shall be deemed to be a Regulated Entity, Counterparty shall be deemed to be an Adhering Party, and the Agreement or the Transactions shall be deemed to be a Protocol Covered Agreement. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this paragraph shall have the meanings given to them in the ISDA U.S. Protocol.

 

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  (d)

Preexisting In-Scope Agreements. Dealer and Counterparty agree that to the extent there are any outstanding “in-scope QFCs,” as defined in 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(d), that are not excluded under 12 C.F.R. § 252.88, between Dealer and Counterparty that do not otherwise comply with the requirements of 12 C.F.R. § 252.2, 252.81–8 (each such agreement, a “Preexisting In-Scope Agreement”), then each such Preexisting In-Scope Agreement is hereby amended to include the foregoing provisions in the Agreement, with references to “the Agreement or the Transactions” being understood to be references to the applicable Preexisting In-Scope Agreement.

For purposes of these provisions:

Affiliate” is defined in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k).

Credit Enhancement” means any credit enhancement or credit support arrangement in support of the obligations of Dealer under or with respect to the Agreement or the Transactions, including any guarantee, collateral arrangement (including any pledge, charge, mortgage or other security interest in collateral or title transfer arrangement), trust or similar arrangement, letter of credit, transfer of margin or any similar arrangement.

 

 

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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the terms of our agreement by executing this Master Confirmation and returning it to us.

 

Very truly yours,
GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL
By:  

/s/ Simon Gosling

Name: Simon Gosling
Title: Managing Director

[Signature Page to Master Confirmation (GS)]


Accepted and confirmed

as of the date first set

forth above:

 

APTIV PLC
By:  

/s/ Robert S. Hoeppner

Name: Robert S. Hoeppner
Vice President, Corporate Controller & Treasurer

[Signature Page to Master Confirmation (GS)]

 


SCHEDULE A

FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL CONFIRMATION

[__________], 20[__]

 

To:

Aptiv PLC

13 Castle Street

St Helier, Jersey, JE1 1ES

 

Re:

Supplemental Confirmation—Uncollared Accelerated Share Repurchase

The purpose of this Supplemental Confirmation is to confirm the terms and conditions of the Transaction entered into between Goldman Sachs International (“Dealer”) and Aptiv PLC (formerly known as Aptiv Holdings Limited), a public limited company formed under the laws of Jersey (“Counterparty”), on the Trade Date specified below. This Supplemental Confirmation is a binding contract between Dealer and Counterparty as of the relevant Trade Date for the Transaction referenced below.

1. This Supplemental Confirmation supplements, forms part of, and is subject to the Master Confirmation, dated as of December 17, 2024 (the “Master Confirmation”), between Dealer and Counterparty, as amended and supplemented from time to time. All provisions contained in the Master Confirmation govern this Supplemental Confirmation except as expressly modified below.

2. The terms of the Transaction to which this Supplemental Confirmation relates are as follows:

 

Trade Date:    [__________], 20[__]
Reference Price:    USD [___]
Forward Price Adjustment Amount:    USD [___]
Calculation Period Start Date:    [__________], 20[__].
Scheduled Termination Date:    [__________], 20[__]
First Acceleration Date:    [__________], 20[__]
Prepayment Amount:    USD [___]
Prepayment Date:    [__________], 20[__]
Initial Shares:    [___] Shares; provided that if, in connection with the Transaction, Dealer is unable, after using good faith and commercially reasonable efforts, to borrow or otherwise acquire a number of Shares equal to the Initial Shares for delivery to Counterparty on the Initial Share Delivery Date, the Initial Shares delivered on the Initial Share Delivery Date shall be reduced to such number of Shares that Dealer is able to so borrow or otherwise acquire as part of establishing a commercially reasonable hedge position, and thereafter Dealer shall continue to use commercially reasonable efforts to borrow or otherwise acquire a number of Shares, at a stock borrow cost no greater than the Initial Stock Loan Rate, equal to the shortfall in the Initial Share Delivery and to deliver such additional Shares as soon as reasonably practicable (it being understood, for the avoidance of doubt, that in using such commercially reasonable efforts Dealer shall act in good faith to obtain a

 

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   commercially reasonable hedge position and in accordance with its then current policies, practices and procedures (including without limitation any policies, practices or procedures relating to counterparty risk, market risk, reputational risk, credit, documentation, legal, regulatory capital, compliance and collateral), and shall not be required to enter into any securities lending transaction or transact with any potential securities lender if such transaction would not be in accordance with such policies, practices and procedures). For the avoidance of doubt, the aggregate of all Shares delivered to Counterparty in respect of the Transaction pursuant to this paragraph shall be the “number of Initial Shares” for purposes of “Number of Shares to be Delivered” in the Master Confirmation.
Initial Share Delivery Date:    [__________], 20[__]
Ordinary Dividend Amount:    For any Dividend before the Termination Date, USD 0.00 per Share.
   For any Dividend after the Termination Date, USD 0.00 per Share.
Scheduled Ex-Dividend Dates:    [__________]
Maximum Stock Loan Rate:    400 basis points per annum
Initial Stock Loan Rate:    50 basis points per annum
Maximum Number of Shares:    [___] Shares
Floor Price:    USD 0.01 per Share
Termination Price:    USD [___]
Additional Relevant Days:    The [____] Calculation Dates immediately following the Calculation Period.
Reserved Shares:    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Master Confirmation, as of the date of this Supplemental Confirmation, the Reserved Shares shall be equal to [___] Shares.

3. Counterparty represents and warrants to Dealer that neither it nor any “affiliated purchaser” (as defined in Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act) has made any purchases of blocks pursuant to the proviso in Rule 10b-18(b)(4) under the Exchange Act during either (i) the four full calendar weeks immediately preceding the Trade Date or (ii) during the calendar week in which the Trade Date occurs, except as set forth in any notice delivered to Dealer prior to the Trade Date.

4. This Supplemental Confirmation may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument, and any party hereto may execute this Supplemental Confirmation by signing and delivering one or more counterparts.

 

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Calculation Dates:

 

1.   31.   61.
2.   32.   62.
3.   33.   63.
4.   34.   64.
5.   35.   65.
6.   36.   66.
7.   37.   67.
8.   38.   68.
9.   39.   69.
10.   40.   70.
11.   41.   71.
12.   42.   72.
13.   43.   73.
14.   44.   74.
15.   45.   75.
16.   46.   76.
17.   47.   77.
18.   48.   78.
19.   49.   79.
20.   50.   80.
21.   51.   81.
22.   52.   82.
23.   53.   83.
24.   54.   84.
25.   55.   85.
26.   56.   86.
27.   57.   87.
28.   58.   88.
29.   59.   89.
30.   60.   90.

If necessary, the Calculation Agent may add additional Calculation Dates beginning with [ ] and continuing with every other Scheduled Trading Day thereafter.

 

 

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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the terms of our agreement by executing this Supplemental Confirmation and returning it to us.

Very truly yours,

 

GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL
By:  

  

Name: Simon Gosling
Title: Managing Director

[Signature Page to Supplemental Confirmation (GS)]


Accepted and confirmed

as of the Trade Date:

 

APTIV PLC
By:  

 

Name: Robert S. Hoeppner
Vice President, Corporate Controller & Treasurer

[Signature Page to Supplemental Confirmation (GS)]


SCHEDULE B

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF RULE 10B-18 PURCHASES

[Letterhead of Counterparty]

Goldman Sachs International

Plumtree Court

25 Shoe Lane

London EC4A 4AU

 

Re:

Uncollared Accelerated Share Repurchase

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In connection with our entry into the Master Confirmation, dated as of December 17, 2024, between Goldman Sachs International and Aptiv PLC (formerly known as Aptiv Holdings Limited), a public limited company formed under the laws of Jersey, as amended and supplemented from time to time (the “Master Confirmation”), we hereby represent that set forth below is the total number of our ordinary shares purchased by or for us or any of our affiliated purchasers in Rule 10b-18 purchases of blocks (all as defined in Rule 10b-18 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) pursuant to the once-a-week block exception set forth in Rule 10b-18(b)(4) during the four full calendar weeks immediately preceding the first day of the [Settlement Valuation Period][Seller Termination Purchase Period] (as defined in the Master Confirmation) and the week during which the first day of such [Settlement Valuation Period][Seller Termination Purchase Period] occurs.

Number of Shares: __________________

We understand that you will use this information in calculating trading volume for purposes of Rule 10b-18.

Very truly yours,

 

APTIV PLC
By:  

 

Authorized Signatory
Name:

 

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ANNEX A

COUNTERPARTY SETTLEMENT PROVISIONS

1. The following Counterparty Settlement Provisions shall apply to any Transaction to the extent indicated under the Master Confirmation:

 

Settlement Currency:    USD
Settlement Method Election:    Applicable; provided that (i) Section 7.1 of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the word “Physical” in the sixth line thereof and replacing it with the words “Net Share” and (ii) Counterparty acknowledges its responsibilities under applicable securities laws, and in particular Sections 9 and 10(b) of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, in connection with any election by the Electing Party of a settlement method (other than the Default Settlement Method), and that it will make such election in conformity with such responsibilities based on advice of counsel.
Electing Party:    Counterparty
Settlement Method Election Date:    The earlier of (i) the Scheduled Termination Date and (ii) the second Calculation Date immediately following the Accelerated Termination Date (in which case the election under Section 7.1 of the Equity Definitions shall be made no later than 10 minutes prior to the open of trading on the Exchange on such second Calculation Date), as the case may be.
Default Settlement Method:    Cash Settlement
Forward Cash Settlement Amount:    An amount equal to (a) the Number of Shares to be Delivered, multiplied by (b) the Settlement Price.
Settlement Price:    An amount equal to the average of the VWAP Prices for the Calculation Dates in the Settlement Valuation Period, subject to Valuation Disruption as specified in the Master Confirmation.
Settlement Valuation Period:    A number of Calculation Dates selected by Dealer as necessary to unwind a commercially reasonable hedge position with respect to the relevant Transaction in a commercially reasonable manner, beginning on the Calculation Date immediately following the earlier of (i) the Scheduled Termination Date or (ii) the Calculation Date immediately following the Termination Date.
Cash Settlement:    If Cash Settlement is applicable, then Counterparty shall pay to Dealer the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount on the Cash Settlement Payment Date.
Cash Settlement Payment Date:    The date that is two Exchange Business Days immediately following the last day of the Settlement Valuation Period.
Net Share Settlement Procedures:    If Net Share Settlement is applicable, Net Share Settlement shall be made in accordance with paragraphs 2 through 7 below.

 

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2. Net Share Settlement shall be made by delivery on the Cash Settlement Payment Date of a number of Shares satisfying the conditions set forth in paragraph 3 below (the “Registered Settlement Shares”), or a number of Shares not satisfying such conditions (the “Unregistered Settlement Shares”), in either case with a value equal to the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount (which value shall, in the case of Unregistered Settlement Shares, take into account a commercially reasonable illiquidity discount), in each case as determined by the Calculation Agent. If all of the conditions for delivery of either Registered Settlement Shares or Unregistered Settlement Shares that are within the control of Counterparty have not been satisfied, Cash Settlement shall be applicable in accordance with paragraph 1 above notwithstanding Counterparty’s election.

3. Counterparty may only deliver Registered Settlement Shares pursuant to paragraph 2 above if:

(a) a registration statement covering public resale of the Registered Settlement Shares by Dealer (the “Registration Statement”) shall have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act and been declared or otherwise become effective on or prior to the date of delivery, and no stop order shall be in effect with respect to the Registration Statement; a printed prospectus relating to the Registered Settlement Shares (including, without limitation, any prospectus supplement thereto, the “Prospectus”) shall have been delivered to Dealer, in such quantities as Dealer shall reasonably have requested, on or prior to the date of delivery;

(b) the form and content of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (including, without limitation, any sections describing the plan of distribution) shall be reasonably satisfactory to Dealer;

(c) as of or prior to the date of delivery, Dealer and its agents shall have been afforded a reasonable opportunity to conduct a due diligence investigation with respect to Counterparty customary in scope for underwritten offerings of equity securities by issuers of comparable size to Counterparty and the results of such investigation are satisfactory to Dealer, in its good faith discretion; and

(d) as of the date of delivery, an agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) shall have been entered into with Dealer in connection with the public resale of the Registered Settlement Shares by Dealer substantially similar to underwriting agreements customary for underwritten offerings of equity securities of similar size and by issuers of comparable size to Counterparty, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Dealer, which Underwriting Agreement shall include, without limitation, provisions substantially similar to those contained in such underwriting agreements relating, without limitation, to the indemnification of, and contribution in connection with the liability of, Dealer and its Affiliates and the provision of customary opinions, accountants’ comfort letters and lawyers’ negative assurance letters.

4. If Counterparty delivers Unregistered Settlement Shares pursuant to paragraph 2 above:

(a) all Unregistered Settlement Shares shall be delivered to Dealer (or any Affiliate of Dealer designated by Dealer) pursuant to the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Section 4(a)(2) thereof;

(b) as of or prior to the date of delivery, Dealer and any potential purchaser of any such shares from Dealer (or any Affiliate of Dealer designated by Dealer) identified by Dealer shall be afforded a commercially reasonable opportunity to conduct a due diligence investigation with respect to Counterparty customary in scope for private placements of equity securities by issuers of comparable size to Counterparty (including, without limitation, the right to have made available to them for inspection all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and other information reasonably requested by them);

(c) as of the date of delivery, Counterparty shall enter into an agreement (a “Private Placement Agreement”) with Dealer (or any Affiliate of Dealer designated by Dealer) in connection with the private placement of such shares by Counterparty to Dealer (or any such Affiliate) and the private resale of such shares by Dealer (or any such Affiliate), substantially similar to private placement purchase agreements customary for private placements of equity securities of similar size and by issuers of comparable size to Counterparty, in form and substance commercially reasonably satisfactory to Dealer, which Private Placement Agreement shall include, without limitation, provisions substantially similar to those contained in such private placement purchase agreements relating, without limitation, to the indemnification of, and contribution in connection with the liability of, Dealer and its Affiliates and, if customary for private placements of similar size, the provision of customary opinions, accountants’ comfort letters and lawyers’ negative assurance letters (provided that the private placement agreement shall only require that Counterparty use commercially reasonable efforts to provide customary opinions, accountants’ comfort letters, and lawyers’ negative assurance letters), and shall provide for the payment by Counterparty of all commercially reasonable,

 

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out-of-pocket fees and expenses of Dealer (and any such Affiliate) in connection with such resale, including, without limitation, all commercially reasonable fees and expenses of outside counsel for Dealer, and shall contain representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of Counterparty reasonably necessary or advisable to establish and maintain the availability of an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act for such resales; and

(d) in connection with the private placement of such shares by Counterparty to Dealer (or any such Affiliate) and the private resale of such shares by Dealer (or any such Affiliate), Counterparty shall, if so requested by Dealer, prepare, in cooperation with Dealer, a private placement memorandum in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Dealer.

5. Dealer, itself or through an Affiliate (the “Selling Agent”) or any underwriter(s), will sell all, or such lesser portion as may be required hereunder, of the Registered Settlement Shares or Unregistered Settlement Shares and any Makewhole Shares (as defined below) (together, the “Settlement Shares”) delivered by Counterparty to Dealer pursuant to paragraph 6 below as promptly as reasonably practicable commencing on the Cash Settlement Payment Date and continuing until the date on which the aggregate Net Proceeds (as such term is defined below) of such sales as determined by Dealer in a commercially reasonable manner over a period to unwind a commercially reasonable hedge position, is equal to the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount (such date, the “Final Resale Date”). If the proceeds of any sale(s) made by Dealer, the Selling Agent or any underwriter(s), net of any commercially reasonable fees and commissions (including, without limitation, underwriting or placement fees) customary for similar transactions under the circumstances at the time of the offering, together with commercially reasonable carrying charges and expenses incurred in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares (including, without limitation, the covering of any over-allotment or short position (syndicate or otherwise)) (the “Net Proceeds”) exceed the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount, Dealer will refund, in USD or, at the option of Counterparty, Shares, such excess to Counterparty on the date that is two (2) Currency Business Days following the Final Resale Date, and, if any portion of the Settlement Shares remains unsold, Dealer shall return to Counterparty on that date such unsold Shares.

6. If the Calculation Agent determines that the Net Proceeds received from the sale of the Registered Settlement Shares or Unregistered Settlement Shares or any Makewhole Shares, if any, pursuant to this paragraph 6 are less than the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount (the amount in USD by which the Net Proceeds are less than the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount being the “Shortfall” and the date on which such determination is made, the “Deficiency Determination Date”), Counterparty shall on the Exchange Business Day next succeeding the Deficiency Determination Date (the “Makewhole Notice Date”) deliver to Dealer, through the Selling Agent, a notice of Counterparty’s election that Counterparty shall either (i) pay an amount in cash equal to the Shortfall on the day that is two Currency Business Days after the Makewhole Notice Date, or (ii) deliver additional Shares. If Counterparty elects to deliver to Dealer additional Shares, then Counterparty shall deliver additional Shares in compliance with the terms and conditions of paragraph 3 or paragraph 4 above, as the case may be (the “Makewhole Shares”), on the second Clearance System Business Day that is also an Exchange Business Day following the Makewhole Notice Date in such number as the Calculation Agent determines would have a market value on that Exchange Business Day equal to the Shortfall. Such Makewhole Shares shall be sold by Dealer in a commercially reasonable manner and in accordance with the provisions above; provided that if the sum of the Net Proceeds from the sale of the originally delivered Shares and the Net Proceeds from the sale of any Makewhole Shares is less than the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount then Counterparty shall, at its election, either make such cash payment or deliver to Dealer further Makewhole Shares until such Shortfall has been reduced to zero.

7. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the aggregate number of Settlement Shares for all Transactions be greater than the Reserved Shares, minus the amount of any Shares actually delivered by Counterparty for all Transactions (the result of such calculation for all Transactions, the “Capped Number”). Counterparty represents and warrants (which shall be deemed to be repeated on each day that any Transaction is outstanding) that the Capped Number is equal to or less than the number of Shares determined according to the following formula:

A – B

 

  Where A =

the number of authorized but unissued shares of Counterparty that are not reserved for future issuance on the date of the determination of such Capped Number; and

 

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   B =

the maximum number of Shares required to be delivered to third parties if Counterparty elected Net Share Settlement of all transactions in the Shares (other than Transactions in the Shares under this Master Confirmation) with all third parties that are then currently outstanding and unexercised.

Reserved Shares” means, with respect to all Transactions, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

 

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ANNEX B

COMMUNICATIONS PROCEDURES

December 17, 2024

I. Introduction

Aptiv PLC (formerly known as Aptiv Holdings Limited) (“Counterparty”) and Goldman Sachs International (“Dealer”) have adopted these communications procedures (the “Communications Procedures”) in connection with entering into the Master Confirmation (the “Master Confirmation”), dated as of December 17, 2024, between Dealer and Counterparty relating to Uncollared Accelerated Share Repurchase transactions. These Communications Procedures supplement, form part of, and are subject to the Master Confirmation.

II. Communications Rules

For each Transaction, from the Trade Date for such Transaction until the date all payments or deliveries of Shares have been made with respect to such Transaction, Counterparty and its Employees and Designees shall not engage in any Program-Related Communication with, or disclose any Material Non-Public Information to, any EDG Trading Personnel. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, the Master Confirmation shall not limit Counterparty and its Employees and Designees in their communication with Affiliates and Employees of Dealer, including, without limitation, Employees who are EDG Permitted Contacts.

III. Suspension; Termination

If, in the sole judgment of any EDG Trading Personnel or any Affiliate or Employee of Dealer participating in any Communication with Counterparty or any Employee or Designee of Counterparty, such Communication would not be permitted by these Communications Procedures, such EDG Trading Personnel or Affiliate or Employee of Dealer shall immediately terminate such Communication. In such case, or if such EDG Trading Personnel or Affiliate or Employee of Dealer determines following completion of any Communication with Counterparty or any Employee or Designee of Counterparty that such Communication was not permitted by these Communications Procedures, such EDG Trading Personnel or such Affiliate or Employee of Dealer shall promptly consult with his or her supervisors and with counsel for Dealer regarding such Communication. If, in the reasonable judgment of Dealer’s counsel following such consultation, there is more than an insignificant risk that such Communication would jeopardize the availability of the affirmative defenses provided in Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act with respect to any ongoing or contemplated activities of Dealer or its Affiliates in respect of any Transaction pursuant to the Master Confirmation, it shall be an Additional Termination Event pursuant to Section 19(a) of the Master Confirmation, with Counterparty as the sole Affected Party and all Transactions under the Master Confirmation as Affected Transactions.

IV. Definitions

Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Master Confirmation. As used herein, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:

Communication” means any contact or communication (whether written, electronic, oral or otherwise) between Counterparty or any of its Employees or Designees, on the one hand, and Dealer or any of its Affiliates or Employees, on the other hand.

Designee” means a person designated, in writing or orally, by Counterparty to communicate with Dealer on behalf of Counterparty.

EDG Permitted Contact” means any of Mike Voris, Jonathan Armstrong, Garrett Cohen, Sarah Levitt, Marc Langer or any of their designees; provided that Dealer may amend the list of EDG Permitted Contacts by delivering a revised list of EDG Permitted Contacts to Counterparty.

EDG Trading Personnel” means any Employee of the Global Banking and Markets (Public) Division of Goldman Sachs; provided that Dealer may amend the list of EDG Trading Personnel by delivering a revised list of EDG Trading Personnel to Counterparty; and provided further that, for the avoidance of doubt, the persons listed as EDG Permitted Contacts are not EDG Trading Personnel.

 

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Employee” means, with respect to any entity, any owner, principal, officer, director, employee or other agent or representative of such entity, and any Affiliate of any of such owner, principal, officer, director, employee, agent or representative.

Material Non-Public Information” means information relating to Counterparty or the Shares that (a) has not been widely disseminated by wire service, in one or more newspapers of general circulation, by communication from Counterparty to its shareholders or in a press release, or contained in a public filing made by Counterparty with the Securities and Exchange Commission and (b) a reasonable investor might consider to be of importance in making an investment decision to buy, sell or hold Shares. For the avoidance of doubt and solely by way of illustration, information should be presumed “material” if it relates to such matters as dividend increases or decreases, earnings estimates, changes in previously released earnings estimates, significant expansion or curtailment of operations, a significant increase or decline of orders, significant merger or acquisition proposals or agreements, significant new products or discoveries, extraordinary borrowing, major litigation, liquidity problems, extraordinary management developments, purchase or sale of substantial assets and similar matters.

Program-Related Communication” means any Communication the subject matter of which relates to the Master Confirmation or any Transaction under the Master Confirmation or any activities of Dealer (or any of its Affiliates) in respect of the Master Confirmation or any Transaction under the Master Confirmation.

 

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Exhibit 10.2

EXECUTION VERSION

Opening Transaction

 

To:   

Aptiv PLC

13 Castle Street

St Helier, Jersey, JE1 1ES

From:   

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

New York Branch

383 Madison Avenue

New York, NY, 10179

Re:    Accelerated Share Repurchase Transactions
Ref. No:    As provided in the Supplemental Confirmation
Date:    December 17, 2024

 

 

This master confirmation (this “Master Confirmation”), dated as of December 17, 2024, is intended to set forth certain terms and provisions of certain Transactions (each, a “Transaction”) entered into from time to time between JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (“Dealer”) and Aptiv PLC (formerly known as Aptiv Holdings Limited), a public limited company incorporated under the laws of Jersey (“Counterparty”). This Master Confirmation, taken alone, is neither a commitment by either party to enter into any Transaction nor evidence of a Transaction. The additional terms of any particular Transaction shall be set forth in a Supplemental Confirmation in the form of Schedule A hereto (a “Supplemental Confirmation”), which shall reference this Master Confirmation and supplement, form a part of, and be subject to this Master Confirmation. This Master Confirmation and each Supplemental Confirmation together shall constitute a “Confirmation” as referred to in the Agreement specified below.

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., are incorporated into this Master Confirmation. This Master Confirmation and each Supplemental Confirmation evidence a complete binding agreement between Counterparty and Dealer as to the subject matter and terms of each Transaction to which this Master Confirmation and such Supplemental Confirmation relate and shall supersede all prior or contemporaneous written or oral communications with respect thereto.

This Master Confirmation and each Supplemental Confirmation supplement, form a part of, and are subject to an agreement in the form of the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement (the “Agreement”) as if Dealer and Counterparty had executed the Agreement on the date of this Master Confirmation (but without any Schedule except for (i) the election of New York law as the governing law (without reference to its choice of law provisions), (ii) the election that Multiple Transaction Payment Netting will apply to the Transactions and (iii) the election that the “Cross Default” provisions of Section 5(a)(vi) of the Agreement will apply to Dealer as if (w) the phrase “, or becoming capable at such time of being declared,” were deleted from Section 5(a)(vi)(1) of the Agreement, (x) the “Threshold Amount” with respect to Dealer were three percent (3%) of shareholders’ equity of Dealer’s ultimate parent entity as of the Trade Date, (y) “Specified Indebtedness” had the meaning specified in Section 14 of the Agreement, except that such term shall not include obligations in respect of deposits received in the ordinary course of Dealer’s banking business and (z) the following language were added to the end of such Section 5(a)(vi): “Notwithstanding the foregoing, a default under subsection (2) hereof shall not constitute an Event of Default if (1) the default was caused solely by error or omission of an administrative or operational nature; (2) funds were available to enable the party to make the payment when due; and (3) the payment is made within two Local Business Days of such party’s receipt of written notice of its failure to pay.”).

The Transactions shall be the sole Transactions under the Agreement. If there exists any ISDA Master Agreement between Dealer and Counterparty or any confirmation or other agreement between Dealer and Counterparty pursuant to which an ISDA Master Agreement is deemed to exist between Dealer and Counterparty, then notwithstanding anything to the contrary in such ISDA Master Agreement, such confirmation or agreement or any other agreement to which Dealer and Counterparty are parties, the Transactions shall not be considered Transactions under, or otherwise governed by, such existing or deemed ISDA Master Agreement, and the occurrence of any Event of Default or Termination Event under the Agreement with respect to either party or any Transaction shall not, by itself, give rise to any right or obligation under any such other agreement or deemed agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other agreement between the parties or their Affiliates, the Transactions shall not be “Specified Transactions” (or similarly treated) under any other agreement between the parties or their Affiliates.


All provisions contained or incorporated by reference in the Agreement shall govern this Master Confirmation and each Supplemental Confirmation except as expressly modified herein or in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

If, in relation to any Transaction to which this Master Confirmation and a Supplemental Confirmation relate, there is any inconsistency between the Agreement, this Master Confirmation, such Supplemental Confirmation and the Equity Definitions, the following will prevail for purposes of such Transaction in the order of precedence indicated: (i) such Supplemental Confirmation; (ii) this Master Confirmation; (iii) the Equity Definitions; and (iv) the Agreement.

1. Each Transaction constitutes a Share Forward Transaction for the purposes of the Equity Definitions. Set forth below are the terms and conditions that, together with the terms and conditions set forth in the Supplemental Confirmation relating to any Transaction, shall govern such Transaction.

 

General Terms.

  

Trade Date:

   For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

Buyer:

   Counterparty

Seller:

   Dealer

Shares:

   The ordinary shares of Counterparty, par value USD 0.01 per share (Exchange symbol “APTV”).

Exchange:

   The New York Stock Exchange

Related Exchange(s):

   All Exchanges; provided that Section 1.26 of the Equity Definitions shall be amended to add the words “United States” before the word “exchange” in the tenth line of that Section.

Prepayment/Variable Obligation:

   Applicable

Prepayment Amount:

   For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

Prepayment Date:

   For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

Valuation.

  

VWAP Price:

   For any Exchange Business Day, the Rule 10b-18 volume-weighted average price at which the Shares trade as reported in the composite transactions for United States exchanges and quotation systems, during the regular trading session for the Exchange on such Exchange Business Day, as published by Bloomberg at 4:15 p.m. New York time (or 15 minutes following the end of any extension of the regular trading session) on Bloomberg Page “APTV US <Equity> AQR SEC” (or any successor thereto), absent manifest error or unavailability of such page or successor thereto, in which case the Calculation Agent shall determine the VWAP Price in a commercially reasonable manner for such Exchange Business Day using, if practicable, a volume-weighted methodology, based on

 

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   Rule 10b-18 Eligible Transactions in the Shares on such day. “Rule 10b-18 Eligible Transactions” means only such trades that are reported during the period of time during which Counterparty could purchase its own shares under Rule 10b-18(b)(2) and are effected pursuant to the conditions of Rule 10b-18(b)(3), each under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

Forward Price:

   For each Transaction, the arithmetic average of the VWAP Prices for all of the Calculation Dates in the Calculation Period for such Transaction, subject to “Valuation Disruption” below.

Forward Price Adjustment Amount:

   For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

Calculation Period:

   For each Transaction, the period from, and including, the Calculation Period Start Date for such Transaction to, and including, the Termination Date for such Transaction.

Calculation Period Start Date:

   For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

Calculation Dates:

   For each Transaction, any date that is both an Exchange Business Day and is set forth as a Calculation Date in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

Termination Date:

   For each Transaction, the Scheduled Termination Date for such Transaction; provided that Dealer shall have the right to designate any Calculation Date prior to the Scheduled Termination Date and on or after the First Acceleration Date to be the Termination Date for all or any part of such Transaction (an “Accelerated Termination Date”) by delivering notice (an “Acceleration Notice”) to Counterparty of any such designation prior to 6:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Calculation Date immediately following the designated Accelerated Termination Date.

Scheduled Termination Date:

   For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation, subject to postponement as provided in “Valuation Disruption” below.

First Acceleration Date:

   For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

Valuation Disruption:

   The definition of “Market Disruption Event” in Section 6.3(a) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the words “at any time during the one-hour period that ends at the relevant Valuation Time, Latest Exercise Time, Knock-in Valuation Time or Knock-out Valuation Time, as the case may be” and inserting the words “at any time on any Calculation Date during the Calculation Period or Settlement Valuation Period” after the word “material,” in the third line thereof.
   Section 6.3(d) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the remainder of the provision following the term “Scheduled Closing Time” in the fourth line thereof.

 

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   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Equity Definitions, to the extent that a Disrupted Day occurs (i) on any scheduled Calculation Date in the Calculation Period, the Calculation Agent may postpone the Scheduled Termination Date by one Calculation Date for each Disrupted Day, or (ii) on any scheduled Calculation Date in the Settlement Valuation Period, the Calculation Agent may extend the Settlement Valuation Period by one Calculation Date for each Disrupted Day. The Calculation Agent shall also determine if (i) such Disrupted Day is a Disrupted Day in full, in which case the VWAP Price for such Disrupted Day shall not be included for purposes of determining the Forward Price or the Settlement Price, as the case may be, or (ii) such Disrupted Day is a Disrupted Day only in part, in which case the VWAP Price for such Disrupted Day shall be determined by the Calculation Agent based on Rule 10b-18 Eligible Transactions in the Shares on such Disrupted Day taking into account the nature and duration of the relevant Market Disruption Event, and the weighting of the VWAP Price for the relevant Calculation Dates during the Calculation Period or the Settlement Valuation Period, as the case may be, shall be adjusted in a commercially reasonable manner by the Calculation Agent for purposes of determining the Forward Price or the Settlement Price, as the case may be, with such adjustments based on, among other commercially reasonable factors, the duration of any Market Disruption Event and the volume, historical trading patterns and price of the Shares; provided that the Calculation Agent shall promptly provide Counterparty written notice of the occurrence of a Disrupted Day or a partially Disrupted Day and any adjustments to the terms of any Transaction hereunder as a result thereof. Any Calculation Date on which, as of the relevant Trade Date, the Exchange is scheduled to close prior to its normal close of trading shall be deemed not to be a Calculation Date; if a closure of the Exchange prior to its normal close of trading on any Calculation Date is scheduled following such Trade Date, then such Calculation Date shall be deemed to be a Disrupted Day in full.

Settlement Terms.

  

Settlement Procedures:

   For each Transaction:
  

(i) if the Number of Shares to be Delivered for such Transaction is positive, Physical Settlement shall be applicable to such Transaction; provided that Dealer does not, and shall not, make the agreement or the representations set forth in Section 9.11 of the Equity Definitions related to the restrictions imposed by applicable securities laws arising as a result of the fact that Counterparty is the issuer of the Shares delivered by Dealer to Counterparty under any Transaction; or

  

(ii)  if the Number of Shares to be Delivered for such Transaction is negative, then the Counterparty Settlement Provisions in Annex A hereto shall apply to such Transaction.

 

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Number of Shares to be Delivered:

   For each Transaction, a number of Shares (rounded down to the nearest whole number) equal to (a)(i) the Prepayment Amount for such Transaction, divided by (ii)(A) the Forward Price for such Transaction minus (B) the Forward Price Adjustment Amount for such Transaction, minus (b) the number of Initial Shares for such Transaction; provided that if the result of the calculation in clause (a)(ii) is equal to or less than the Floor Price for such Transaction, then the Number of Shares to be Delivered for such Transaction shall be determined as if clause (a)(ii) were replaced with “(ii) the Floor Price for such Transaction”. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Forward Price Adjustment Amount for any Transaction is a negative number, clause (a)(ii) of the immediately preceding sentence shall be equal to (A) the Forward Price for such Transaction, plus (B) the absolute value of the Forward Price Adjustment Amount.

Floor Price:

   For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

Excess Dividend Amount:

   For the avoidance of doubt, all references to the Excess Dividend Amount shall be deleted from Section 9.2(a)(iii) of the Equity Definitions.

Settlement Date:

   For each Transaction, if the Number of Shares to be Delivered for such Transaction is positive, the date that is one Settlement Cycle immediately following the later of (i) the Termination Date for such Transaction and (ii) if applicable, the date on which an Acceleration Notice in respect of such Transaction is provided to Counterparty.

Settlement Currency:

   USD

Initial Share Delivery:

   For each Transaction, Dealer shall deliver a number of Shares equal to the Initial Shares for such Transaction to Counterparty on the Initial Share Delivery Date for such Transaction in accordance with Section 9.4 of the Equity Definitions, with such Initial Share Delivery Date deemed to be a “Settlement Date” for purposes of such Section 9.4.

Initial Share Delivery Date:

   For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

Initial Shares:

   For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

Share Adjustments.

  

Potential Adjustment Event:

   In addition to the events described in Section 11.2(e) of the Equity Definitions, it shall constitute an additional Potential Adjustment Event if (x) the Scheduled Termination Date for any Transaction is postponed pursuant to “Valuation Disruption” above or (y) a Regulatory Disruption as described in Section 7 occurs. In the case of any event described in clause (x) or (y) above occurs, the Calculation Agent shall adjust the terms of such Transaction as necessary to preserve as nearly as practicable the fair value of such Transaction prior to such postponement or Regulatory Disruption; provided that the Calculation Agent shall not adjust any of the dates identified as Calculation Dates in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

 

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   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 11.2(e) of the Equity Definitions, neither (x) the issuance in the ordinary course of incentive equity awards (including, without limitation, under stock option plans) nor (y) repurchases effected pursuant to Transactions under this Master Confirmation or any Other Specified Repurchase Agreement shall constitute a Potential Adjustment Event.

Excess Dividend:

   For any Transaction, for any calendar quarter, any dividend or distribution on the Shares with an ex-dividend date occurring during such calendar quarter (other than any dividend or distribution of the type described in Section 11.2(e)(i), Section 11.2(e)(ii)(A) or Section 11.2(e)(ii)(B) of the Equity Definitions or any Extraordinary Dividend) (a “Dividend”) the amount or value of which per Share (as determined by the Calculation Agent), when aggregated with the amount or value (as determined by the Calculation Agent) of any and all previous Dividends with ex-dividend dates occurring in the same calendar quarter, exceeds the Ordinary Dividend Amount. “Extraordinary Dividend” means the per Share cash dividend or distribution, or a portion thereof, declared by Counterparty on the Shares that is classified by the board of directors of Counterparty as an “extraordinary” dividend.

Consequences of Excess Dividend:

   For any Transaction, the declaration by the Issuer of any Excess Dividend, the ex-dividend date for which occurs or is scheduled to occur during the Relevant Dividend Period for such Transaction, shall, at Dealer’s election, constitute an Additional Termination Event in respect of such Transaction, with Counterparty as the sole Affected Party and such Transaction as the sole Affected Transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, there will be no adjustment to the terms of any Transaction for any Dividend, including any Excess Dividend, except as provided in “Early or Late Ordinary Dividend Payment” below. For the avoidance of doubt, upon the occurrence of an Additional Termination Event triggered by an Excess Dividend, the settlement value of the Transaction shall not reflect the amount of such Excess Dividend.

Ordinary Dividend Amount:

   For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

Method of Adjustment:

   Calculation Agent Adjustment

Early or Late Ordinary Dividend Payment:

   For each Transaction, if an ex-dividend date for any Dividend that is not (x) an Excess Dividend, (y) a dividend or distribution of the type described in Section 11.2(e)(i), Section 11.2(e)(ii)(A) or Section 11.2(e)(ii)(B) of the Equity Definitions or (z) an Extraordinary Dividend, occurs during any calendar quarter occurring (in whole or in part) during the Relevant Dividend Period for such Transaction and prior to or after the Scheduled Ex-Dividend Date for such Transaction for the relevant

 

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   calendar quarter (as determined by the Calculation Agent), the Calculation Agent shall make such adjustment in a commercially reasonable manner to the exercise, settlement, payment or any other terms of the relevant Transaction as the Calculation Agent determines appropriate to preserve the fair value of such Transaction after taking into account the economic effect solely due to the timing of such Dividend.

Scheduled Ex-Dividend Dates:

   For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation for each calendar quarter.

Relevant Dividend Period:

   For each Transaction, the period from, and including, the Calculation Period Start Date for such Transaction to, and including, the Relevant Dividend Period End Date for such Transaction.

Relevant Dividend Period End Date:

   For each Transaction, if the Number of Shares to be Delivered for such Transaction is negative, the last day of the Settlement Valuation Period; otherwise, the Termination Date for such Transaction.

Extraordinary Events.

  

Consequences of Merger Events:

  

(a) Share-for-Share:

   Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment

(b) Share-for-Other:

   Cancellation and Payment

(c) Share-for-Combined:

   Component Adjustment

Tender Offer:

   Applicable; provided that (x) Section 12.1(d) of the Equity Definitions shall be amended by replacing (i) “10%” in the third line thereof with “20%” and (ii) “voting shares of the Issuer” in the fourth line thereof with “Shares”, (y) Section 12.1(e) of the Equity Definitions shall be amended by replacing “voting shares” in the first line thereof with “Shares” and (z) Section 12.1(l) of the Equity Definitions shall be amended by replacing “voting shares” in the fifth line thereof with “Shares”.

Consequences of Tender Offers:

  

(a) Share-for-Share:

   Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment

(b) Share-for-Other:

   Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment

(c) Share-for-Combined:

   Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment

Nationalization, Insolvency or Delisting:

   Cancellation and Payment; provided that in addition to the provisions of Section 12.6(a)(iii) of the Equity Definitions, it shall also constitute a Delisting if the Exchange is located in the United States and the Shares are not immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any of the New York Stock Exchange, The Nasdaq Global Select Market or The Nasdaq Global Market (or their respective successors); if the Shares are immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any such exchange or quotation system, such exchange or quotation system shall be deemed to be the Exchange.

 

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Additional Disruption Events:

  

(a) Change in Law:

   Applicable; provided that Section 12.9(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (i) replacing the phrase “the interpretation” in the third line thereof with the phrase “, or public announcement of, the formal or informal interpretation” and (ii) replacing the word “Shares” where it appears in clause (X) thereof with the words “Hedge Positions”; provided further that Section 12.9(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by replacing the parenthetical beginning after the word “regulation” in the second line thereof with the words “(including, for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation, (x) any tax law or (y) adoption or promulgation of new regulations authorized or mandated by existing statute)”. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Equity Definitions, a Change in Law described in clause (Y) of Section 12.9(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions shall not constitute a Change in Law and instead shall constitute an Increased Cost of Hedging as described in Section 12.9(a)(vi) of the Equity Definitions; and provided further that any determination by Dealer as to the occurrence of a Change in Law under any Transaction shall be made in a nondiscriminatory manner across all accelerated share repurchase transactions similar to the Transactions with counterparties similar to Counterparty to which Dealer (or an affiliate thereof) is a party.

(b) Failure to Deliver:

   Applicable

(c) Insolvency Filing:

   Applicable

(d) Loss of Stock Borrow:

   Applicable

Maximum Stock Loan Rate:

   For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

(e) Increased Cost of Hedging:

   Applicable solely with respect to a “Change in Law” described in clause (Y) of Section 12.9(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions as set forth in the last sentence opposite the caption “Change in Law” above; provided that any determination by Dealer as to the occurrence of a Change in Law under any Transaction shall be made in a nondiscriminatory manner across all accelerated share repurchase transactions similar to the Transactions with counterparties similar to Counterparty to which Dealer (or an affiliate thereof) is a party.

(f) Increased Cost of Stock Borrow:

   Applicable

Initial Stock Loan Rate:

   For each Transaction, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

Hedging Party:

   For all applicable events, Dealer; provided that when making any determination or calculation as “Hedging Party,” (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, the making of any election Dealer is entitled to make as “Hedging Party”) Dealer shall be bound by the same obligations relating to required acts of the Calculation Agent as set forth in Section 1.40 of the Equity Definitions and this Master Confirmation as if the Hedging Party were the Calculation Agent.

 

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Determining Party:

   For all applicable events, Dealer; provided that when making any determination or calculation as “Determining Party,” Dealer shall be bound by the same obligations relating to required acts of the Calculation Agent as set forth in Section 1.40 of the Equity Definitions and this Master Confirmation as if the Determining Party were the Calculation Agent.

Hedging Adjustments:

   For the avoidance of doubt, whenever the Calculation Agent, Hedging Party, Determining Party, or Dealer is called upon to make an adjustment, calculation or determination pursuant to the terms of this Master Confirmation or the Equity Definitions to take into account the effect of an event, the Calculation Agent, Hedging Party, Determining Party, or Dealer, as the case may be, shall make such adjustment, calculation or determination in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner assuming that Dealer maintains a commercially reasonable Hedge Position.

Non-Reliance/Agreements and

  

Acknowledgements Regarding

  

Hedging Activities/Additional

  

Acknowledgements:

   Applicable

2.  Calculation Agent.

   Dealer. Whenever the Calculation Agent is required to act or to exercise judgment in any way with respect to any Transaction hereunder, it will do so in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Master Confirmation or any Supplemental Confirmation, the Calculation Agent shall not adjust the dates identified as Calculation Dates in the relevant Supplemental Confirmation for any Transaction.
   Following the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default pursuant to Section 5(a)(vii) of the Agreement with respect to which Dealer is the Defaulting Party, Counterparty shall have the right to designate an independent equity derivatives dealer to replace Dealer as Calculation Agent and the parties shall work in good faith to execute any appropriate documentation required by such replacement Calculation Agent.
   Following any determination, adjustment or calculation by the Calculation Agent, Hedging Party or Determining Party hereunder, the Calculation Agent, Hedging Party or Determining Party, as the case may be, will upon written (which may be by email) request by Counterparty and within five Exchange Business Days of such request, provide to Counterparty a report (in a commonly used file format for the storage and manipulation of financial data without disclosing any proprietary models or other information that is proprietary or confidential) displaying in reasonable detail the basis for such determination, adjustment or calculation, as the case may be.

 

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3.

Account Details.

 

  (a)

Account for payments to Counterparty:

To be advised

Account for delivery of Shares to Counterparty:

To be advised

 

  (b)

Account for payments to Dealer:

 

  Bank:

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

  ABA#:

021000021

  Acct No.:

099997979

  Beneficiary:

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. New York

  Ref:

Derivatives

Account for delivery of Shares to Dealer:

DTC 0352

 

4.

Offices.

 

  (a)

The Office of Counterparty for each Transaction is: Inapplicable, Counterparty is not a Multibranch Party.

 

  (b)

The Office of Dealer for each Transaction is: New York.

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

New York Branch

383 Madison Avenue

New York, NY, 10179

 

5.

Notices.

 

  (a)

Address for notices or communications to Counterparty:

Aptiv PLC

13 Castle Street

St Helier, Jersey, JE1 1ES

Attention: Robert S. Hoeppner

Vice President, Corporate Controller & Treasurer

Telephone No. +1 248.930.9252

Email: bob.hoeppner@aptiv.com

With a copy to:

Attention: Rachel Friedenberg

Vice President, Chief Corporate and Securities Counsel

Telephone No. +1 248.813.2031

Email: rachel.friedenberg@aptiv.com

 

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  (b)

Address for notices or communications to Dealer:

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

EDG Marketing Support

  Email:

edg_notices@jpmorgan.com

 

edg_ny_corporate_sales_support@jpmorgan.com

With a copy to:

 

  Attention:

Mr. Sanjeet S. Dewal

  Title:

Managing Director

  Telephone No.:

(212) 622–8783

  Email

Address: sanjeet.s.dewal@jpmorgan.com

 

6.

Representations, Warranties and Agreements.

 

  (a)

Additional Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Each Party. In addition to the representations, warranties and covenants in the Agreement, each party represents, warrants and covenants to the other party that:

 

  (i)

It is an “eligible contract participant” (as such term is defined in the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended).

 

  (ii)

Each party acknowledges that the offer and sale of each Transaction to it is intended to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), by virtue of Section 4(a)(2) thereof. Accordingly, each party represents and warrants to the other that (A) it has the financial ability to bear the economic risk of its investment in each Transaction and is able to bear a total loss of its investment, (B) it is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined under Regulation D under the Securities Act and (C) the disposition of each Transaction is restricted under this Master Confirmation, the Securities Act and state securities laws.

 

  (b)

Additional Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Counterparty. In addition to the representations, warranties and covenants in the Agreement, Counterparty represents, warrants and covenants to Dealer that:

 

  (i)

As of the Trade Date for each Transaction hereunder, Counterparty is a corporation with limited liability, duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Jersey. Each of this Master Confirmation and the Supplemental Confirmation for such Transaction has been duly authorized, executed and unconditionally delivered by Counterparty and (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by Dealer) this Master Confirmation, as supplemented by such Supplemental Confirmation, constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of Counterparty (subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject, as to enforceability, to equitable principles of general application (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law)). Counterparty has all corporate power to enter into this Master Confirmation and such Supplemental Confirmation and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and to purchase the Shares and deliver any Settlement Shares in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.

 

  (ii)

As of the Trade Date for each Transaction hereunder, the execution and delivery by Counterparty of, and the performance by Counterparty of its obligations under, this Master Confirmation and the Supplemental Confirmation for such Transaction, and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated, do not conflict with or violate (A) any provision of the certificate of incorporation or establishment, the memorandum and articles of association, by-laws or other constitutive documents of Counterparty, (B) any statute or order, rule, regulation or judgment of any court or governmental authority, agency or body having jurisdiction over Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective assets or (C) any contractual restriction binding on or affecting Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective assets.

 

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  (iii)

As of the Trade Date for each Transaction hereunder, all governmental and other consents that are required to have been obtained by Counterparty with respect to performance, execution and delivery of this Master Confirmation and the Supplemental Confirmation for such Transaction have been obtained and are in full force and effect and all conditions of any such consents have been complied with.

 

  (iv)

As of the Trade Date for each Transaction hereunder, (A) such Transaction is being entered into pursuant to a publicly disclosed Share buy-back program and its Board of Directors has approved the use of derivatives to effect the Share buy-back program, and (B) there is no internal policy of Counterparty, whether written or oral, that would prohibit Counterparty from entering into any aspect of such Transaction, including, without limitation, the purchases of Shares to be made pursuant to such Transaction.

 

  (v)

As of the Trade Date for each Transaction hereunder, the purchase or writing of such Transaction and the transactions contemplated hereby will not violate Rule 13e-1 or Rule 13e-4 under the Exchange Act.

 

  (vi)

As of the Trade Date for each Transaction hereunder, it is not entering into such Transaction, and as of the date of any election with respect to any Transaction hereunder, it is not making such election, in each case (A) on the basis of, and is not aware of, any material non-public information regarding Counterparty or the Shares, (B) in anticipation of, in connection with, or to facilitate, a distribution of its securities, a self tender offer or a third-party tender offer, in each case in violation of the Exchange Act or (C) 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) in violation of the Exchange Act.

 

  (vii)

Counterparty (A) is capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with regard to all transactions and investment strategies involving a security or securities; (B) will exercise independent judgment in evaluating the recommendations of any broker-dealer or its associated persons, unless it has otherwise notified the broker-dealer in writing; and (C) has total assets of at least USD 100,000,000 as of the date hereof.

 

  (viii)

As of the Trade Date for each Transaction hereunder, and as of the date of any election with respect to any Transaction hereunder, Counterparty is in compliance with its reporting obligations under the Exchange Act and its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, together with all reports subsequently filed by it pursuant to the Exchange Act, taken together and as amended and supplemented to the date of this representation, do not, as of their respective filing dates, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

  (ix)

Counterparty has made, and will make, all filings required to be made by it with the Securities and Exchange Commission, any securities exchange or any other regulatory body with respect to each Transaction.

 

  (x)

The Shares are not, and Counterparty will not cause the Shares to be, subject to a “restricted period” (as defined in Regulation M promulgated under the Exchange Act) at any time during any Regulation M Period (as defined below) for any Transaction unless Counterparty has provided written notice to Dealer of such restricted period not later than the Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the first day of such “restricted period”; Counterparty acknowledges that any such notice may cause a Disrupted Day to occur pursuant to Section 7 below; accordingly, Counterparty acknowledges that its delivery of such notice must comply with the standards set forth in Section 8 below. Counterparty is

 

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  not currently contemplating any “distribution” (as defined in Regulation M promulgated under the Exchange Act) of Shares, or any security for which Shares are a “reference security” (as defined in Regulation M promulgated under the Exchange Act). “Regulation M Period” means, for any Transaction, (A) the Relevant Period (as defined below) for such Transaction, (B) the Settlement Valuation Period, if any, for such Transaction and (C) the Seller Termination Purchase Period (as defined below), if any, for such Transaction. “Relevant Period” means, for any Transaction, the period commencing on the Calculation Period Start Date for such Transaction and ending on the later of (1) the earlier of (x) the Scheduled Termination Date and (y) the last Additional Relevant Day (as specified in the related Supplemental Confirmation) for such Transaction, or such earlier day as elected by Dealer and communicated to Counterparty on such day (or, if later, the First Acceleration Date without regard to any acceleration thereof pursuant to “Special Provisions for Acquisition Transaction Announcements” below) and (2) if Section 15 is applicable to such Transaction, the date on which all deliveries owed pursuant to Section 15 have been made.

 

  (xi)

As of the Trade Date and the Prepayment Date for each Transaction, Counterparty is not “insolvent” (as such term is defined under Section 101(32) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code) (the “Bankruptcy Code”) or as such term is defined under the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991, as amended) or unable to pay its debts as they fall due and will not become unable to pay debts as they fall due as a result of entering into such Transaction, and Counterparty would be able to purchase a number of Shares with a value equal to the Prepayment Amount in compliance with the laws of the jurisdiction of Counterparty’s incorporation.

 

  (xii)

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

 

  (xiii)

Other than pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 repurchase plan entered into between Counterparty and Dealer or Dealer’s affiliates, Counterparty has not entered, and will not enter, into any repurchase transaction with respect to the Shares (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for the Shares) (including, without limitation, any agreements similar to the Transactions described herein), where the relevant calculation or valuation dates in any initial hedge period, calculation period, relevant period, settlement valuation period or seller termination purchase period (each however defined) in such other transaction will overlap at any time (including, without limitation, as a result of extensions in such initial hedge period, calculation period, relevant period, settlement valuation period or seller termination purchase period as provided in the relevant agreements) with the Calculation Dates in any Relevant Period, any Settlement Valuation Period (if applicable) or any Seller Termination Purchase Period (if applicable) under this Master Confirmation, except with the consent of Dealer or as provided in the Supplemental Confirmation for any Transaction. In the event that the relevant calculation or valuation dates in any initial hedge period, relevant period, calculation period or settlement valuation period in any other transaction overlap with any Calculation Dates in any Relevant Period, any Settlement Valuation Period (if applicable) or any Seller Termination Purchase Period (if applicable) under this Master Confirmation as a result of any postponement of the Scheduled Termination Date or extension of the Settlement Valuation Period pursuant to “Valuation Disruption” above or any analogous provision in such other transaction, Counterparty shall promptly amend such other transaction to avoid any such overlap. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto acknowledge that entry into any Other Specified Repurchase Agreement (as defined below) shall not fall within the ambit of the previous two sentences.

 

  (xiv)

Counterparty shall, at least one day prior to the first day of the Settlement Valuation Period, if any, or the Seller Termination Purchase Period, if any, for any Transaction, notify Dealer of the total number of Shares purchased in Rule 10b-18 purchases of blocks pursuant to the once-a-week block exception set forth in paragraph (b)(4) of Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act (“Rule 10b-18”) by or for Counterparty or any of its “affiliated purchasers” (as defined in Rule 10b-18) during each of the four calendar weeks preceding such day and during the calendar week in which such day occurs (“Rule 10b-18 purchase” and “blocks” each being used as defined in Rule 10b-18), which notice shall be substantially in the form set forth in Schedule B hereto.

 

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  (xv)

As of the Trade Date for each Transaction hereunder there has not been any Merger Announcement (as defined below).

 

  (xvi)

The assets of Counterparty do not constitute “plan assets” under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, the Department of Labor Regulations promulgated thereunder or similar law.

 

  (xvii)

Counterparty represents and warrants that it and any of its subsidiaries has not applied, and shall not, until after the first date on which no portion of the Transaction remains outstanding following any final exercise and settlement, cancellation or early termination of the Transaction, apply, for a loan, loan guarantee, direct loan (as that term is defined in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”)) or other investment, or to receive any financial assistance or relief under any program or facility (collectively “Financial Assistance”) that (a) is established under applicable law (whether in existence as of the Trade Date or subsequently enacted, adopted or amended), including without limitation the CARES Act and the Federal Reserve Act, as amended, and (b) (i) requires under applicable law (or any regulation, guidance, interpretation or other pronouncement of a governmental authority with jurisdiction for such program or facility) as a condition of such Financial Assistance, that the Counterparty comply with any requirement not to, or otherwise agree, attest, certify or warrant that it has not, as of the date specified in such condition, repurchased, or will not repurchase, any equity security of Counterparty, and that Counterparty has not, as of the date specified in the condition, made a capital distribution or will not make a capital distribution, or (ii) where the terms of the Transaction would cause Counterparty to fail to satisfy any condition for application for or receipt or retention of the Financial Assistance (collectively “Restricted Financial Assistance”); provided that Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries may apply for Restricted Financial Assistance if Counterparty either (a) determines based on the advice of outside counsel of national standing that the terms of the Transaction would not cause Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries to fail to satisfy any condition for application for or receipt or retention of such Financial Assistance based on the terms of the program or facility as of the date of such advice or (b) delivers to Dealer evidence or other guidance from a governmental authority with jurisdiction for such program or facility that the Transaction is permitted under such program or facility (either by specific reference to the Transaction or by general reference to transactions with the attributes of the Transaction in all relevant respects).

 

  (xviii)

Without limiting the generality of Section 13.1 of the Equity Definitions, Counterparty acknowledges that neither Dealer nor any of its affiliates is making any representations or warranties or taking any position or expressing any view with respect to the treatment of any Transaction under any accounting standards including ASC Topic 260, Earnings Per Share, ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, or ASC Topic 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity and ASC 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging – Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity.

 

  (xix)

As of the Trade Date for each Transaction hereunder, the execution and delivery by Counterparty of, and the performance by Counterparty of its obligations under, this Master Confirmation and the Supplemental Confirmation for such Transaction, and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated, do not conflict with or violate Section 82(2) the Companies Act 2014 of Ireland.

 

  (c)

Opinions. Counterparty shall deliver to Dealer, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Dealer, an opinion of Jersey counsel, dated as of the Trade Date, with respect to the matters set forth in Section 6(b)(i), (ii) and (iii) hereof. 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.

 

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7.

Regulatory Disruption. In the event that Dealer concludes, in its good faith, reasonable discretion based on the advice of counsel, that it is appropriate with respect to any legal, regulatory or self-regulatory requirements or related policies and procedures similarly applicable to accelerated share repurchase transactions and consistently applied (so long as such policies or procedures are related to legal, regulatory or self-regulatory issues and are generally applicable in similar situations and applied to any Transaction hereunder in a non-discriminatory manner), for it to refrain from or decrease any market activity as it relates to establishing or maintaining a commercially reasonable hedge position on any Calculation Date or Dates during the Calculation Period or, if applicable, the Settlement Valuation Period, Dealer may by written notice to Counterparty elect to deem that a Market Disruption Event has occurred and will be continuing on such Calculation Date or Dates. Dealer shall notify Counterparty as soon as practicable of the occurrence or cessation, as applicable, of such Regulatory Disruption; provided that Dealer shall not be obligated to disclose any proprietary or confidential models or any other confidential or proprietary information, in each case, used by it for such conclusion.

 

8.

10b5-1 Plan. Counterparty represents, warrants and covenants to Dealer that:

 

  (a)

Counterparty is entering into, and shall act with respect to, this Master Confirmation and each Transaction hereunder in good faith and not as part of a plan or scheme to evade the prohibitions of Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act (“Rule 10b5-1”) or any other antifraud or anti-manipulation provisions of the federal or applicable state securities laws and that it has not entered into or altered and will not enter into or alter any corresponding or hedging transaction or position with respect to the Shares. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto acknowledge that entry into any Other Specified Repurchase Agreement (as defined below) shall not fall within the ambit of the previous sentence. Counterparty acknowledges that it is the intent of the parties that each Transaction entered into under this Master Confirmation comply with the requirements of paragraphs (c)(1)(i)(A) and (B) of Rule 10b5-1 and each Transaction entered into under this Master Confirmation shall be interpreted to comply with the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c).Other Specified Repurchase Agreement” means, for any Transaction, any other prepaid share repurchase transaction entered into on the Trade Date for such Transaction and that has “Calculation Dates” (as defined therein) that do not overlap with the Calculation Dates for such Transaction.

 

  (b)

During the Calculation Period and the Settlement Valuation Period, if any, for any Transaction and in connection with the delivery of any Alternative Delivery Units for any Transaction, Dealer (or its agent or Affiliate) may effect transactions in Shares in connection with such Transaction. The timing of such transactions by Dealer, the price paid or received per Share pursuant to such transactions and the manner in which such transactions are made, including, without limitation, whether such transactions are made on any securities exchange or privately, shall be within the sole judgment of Dealer. Counterparty acknowledges and agrees that all such transactions shall be made in Dealer’s sole judgment and for Dealer’s own account.

 

  (c)

Counterparty does not have, and shall not attempt to exercise, any control or influence over how, when or whether Dealer (or its agent or Affiliate) makes any “purchases or sales” (within the meaning of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B)(3)) in connection with any Transaction, including, without limitation, over how, when or whether Dealer (or its agent or Affiliate) enters into any hedging transactions. Counterparty represents and warrants that it has consulted with its own advisors as to the legal aspects of its adoption and implementation of this Master Confirmation and each Supplemental Confirmation under Rule 10b5-1.

 

  (d)

Counterparty acknowledges and agrees that any amendment, modification, waiver or termination of this Master Confirmation or any Supplemental Confirmation must be effected in accordance with the requirements for the amendment or termination of a “plan” as defined in Rule 10b5-1(c). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any such amendment, modification, waiver or termination shall be made in good faith and not as part of a plan or scheme to evade the prohibitions of Rule 10b-5, and no such amendment, modification or waiver shall be made at any time at which Counterparty is aware of any material non-public information regarding Counterparty or the Shares.

 

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  (e)

Counterparty shall not, directly or indirectly, communicate any information relating to the Shares or any Transaction (including, without limitation, any notices required by Section 10(a)) to any employee of Dealer, other than as set forth in the Communications Procedures attached as Annex B hereto.

 

9.

Counterparty Purchases. Counterparty (or any “affiliated purchaser” as defined in Rule 10b-18) shall not, without the prior written consent of Dealer, directly or indirectly (including, without limitation, by means of a derivative instrument) purchase, offer to purchase, place any bid or limit order that would effect a purchase of, or commence any tender offer relating to, any Shares (or equivalent interest, including, without limitation, a unit of beneficial interest in a trust or limited partnership or a depository share) or listed contracts on the Shares (including, without limitation, any Rule 10b-18 purchases of blocks (as defined in Rule 10b-18)) during any Relevant Period, any Settlement Valuation Period (if applicable) or any Seller Termination Purchase Period (if applicable), under this Master Confirmation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall (i) limit Counterparty’s ability, pursuant to its employee incentive plans, to re-acquire Shares in connection with the related equity transactions, (ii) limit Counterparty’s ability to withhold shares to cover tax liabilities associated with such equity transactions or (iii) limit Counterparty’s ability to grant stock, restricted stock units and options to “affiliated purchasers” (as defined in Rule 10b-18) or the ability of such affiliated purchasers to acquire such stock, restricted stock units or options, in connection with the Counterparty’s compensation policies or plans for directors, officers and employees to the extent such events are not “Rule 10b-18 purchases” within the meaning of Rule 10b-18. Further, (i) Counterparty or an “affiliated purchaser” (as defined in Rule 10b-18) may effect purchases of Shares or derivative instruments relating to the Shares during the Relevant Period, any Settlement Valuation Period (if applicable) or any Seller Termination Purchase Period (if applicable) so long as they are effected through Dealer or an affiliate of Dealer (but, for the avoidance of doubt, Dealer and its affiliates shall not be obligated to effect any such purchases), (ii) an agent independent of Counterparty may purchase Shares effected by or for an issuer plan of Counterparty in accordance with the requirements of Section 10b-18(a)(13)(ii) under the Exchange Act (with “issuer plan” and “agent independent of the Counterparty” each being used herein as defined in Rule 10b-18), (iii) Counterparty may enter into Other Specified Repurchase Agreements, (iv) Counterparty or any “affiliated purchaser” may purchase Shares in (x) unsolicited transactions or (y) privately negotiated (off-market) transactions, in each case, that are not “Rule 10b-18 purchases” (as defined in Rule 10b-18) and are not expected to result in, or relate to, purchases of Shares in the public market, in each case without Dealer’s consent and (v) an executive of Counterparty may effect purchases pursuant to an existing Rule 10b5-1 plan as previously disclosed to Dealer which occur on days that are not Calculation Dates for any Transaction.

 

10.

Special Provisions for Merger Transactions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in the Equity Definitions:

 

  (a)

Counterparty agrees that it:

 

  (i)

will not during the period commencing on the Trade Date for any Transaction and ending on the last day of the Relevant Period or, if applicable, the later of the last day of the Settlement Valuation Period and the last day of the Seller Termination Purchase Period for such Transaction make, or permit to be made (to the extent within Counterparty’s control), any public announcement (as defined in Rule 165(f) under the Securities Act) of any Merger Transaction (a “Merger Announcement”) unless such Merger Announcement is made prior to the opening or after the close of the regular trading session on the Exchange for the Shares;

 

  (ii)

in respect of any Merger Announcement that is within Counterparty’s control, shall promptly (but in any event prior to the next opening of the regular trading session on the Exchange) notify Dealer following any such Merger Announcement that such Merger Announcement has been made; and

 

  (iii)

shall promptly (but in any event prior to the next opening of the regular trading session on the Exchange) provide Dealer with written notice specifying (i) Counterparty’s average daily Rule 10b-18 Purchases (as defined in Rule 10b-18) during the three full calendar months immediately preceding the announcement date of any Merger Transaction or potential Merger Transaction that were not effected through Dealer or its Affiliates and (ii) the number of Shares purchased pursuant to the proviso in Rule 10b-18(b)(4) under the Exchange Act for the three full calendar months preceding the announcement date of any Merger Transaction or potential Merger Transaction.

 

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The written notice described in clause (iii) above shall be deemed to be a certification by Counterparty to Dealer that such information is true and correct. In addition, Counterparty shall promptly notify Dealer of the earlier to occur of the completion of such transaction and the completion of the vote by target shareholders.

 

  (b)

Counterparty acknowledges that any such Merger Announcement or delivery of a notice with respect thereto may cause the terms of any Transaction to be adjusted. Accordingly, Counterparty acknowledges that its delivery of such notice must comply with the standards set forth in Section 8 above.

 

  (c)

Upon the occurrence of any Merger Announcement (whether made by Counterparty or a third party), the Calculation Agent shall make adjustments to the terms of any Transaction (other than the dates identified as Calculation Dates in the related Supplemental Confirmation) in good faith and a commercially reasonable manner, including, without limitation, the Scheduled Termination Date or the Forward Price Adjustment Amount to preserve the fair value of the Transaction, and/or suspend the Calculation Period and/or any Settlement Valuation Period.

Merger Transaction” means any merger, acquisition or similar transaction involving a recapitalization as contemplated by Rule 10b-18(a)(13)(iv) under the Exchange Act, other than, solely for purposes of this Section 10, any such transaction in which the consideration consists solely of cash and there is no valuation period.

 

11.

Special Provisions for Acquisition Transaction Announcements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in the Equity Definitions:

 

  (a)

If an Acquisition Transaction Announcement occurs on or prior to the Settlement Date for any Transaction, then the Calculation Agent shall make such adjustments to the exercise, settlement, payment or any other terms of such Transaction as the Calculation Agent determines appropriate (including, without limitation and for the avoidance of doubt, adjustments that would allow the Number of Shares to be Delivered to be less than zero), at such time or at multiple times as the Calculation Agent determines appropriate, to account for the economic effect on such Transaction of such Acquisition Transaction Announcement whether within a commercially reasonable (as determined by the Calculation Agent) period of time prior to or after the Acquisition Transaction Announcement (which adjustments shall be limited to account solely for changes in volatility, expected dividends, stock loan rate, the value of maintaining or establishing any commercially reasonable Hedge Positions in a commercially reasonable manner in connection with the Transaction and liquidity relevant to the Shares or to such Transaction). If an Acquisition Transaction Announcement occurs after the Trade Date, but prior to the First Acceleration Date of any Transaction, the First Acceleration Date shall be the date of such Acquisition Transaction Announcement. If the Number of Shares to be Delivered for any settlement of any Transaction is a negative number, then the terms of the Counterparty Settlement Provisions in Annex A hereto shall apply.

 

  (b)

Acquisition Transaction Announcement” means (i) the announcement of an Acquisition Transaction or an event that, if consummated, would result in an Acquisition Transaction, (ii) an announcement that Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries has entered into an agreement, a letter of intent or an understanding that, if consummated, would result in an Acquisition Transaction, (iii) the announcement of the intention to solicit or enter into, or to explore strategic alternatives or other similar undertaking that include, an Acquisition Transaction, (iv) any other announcement that in the reasonable judgment of the Calculation Agent is reasonably likely to result in an Acquisition Transaction (it being understood and agreed that in determining whether such announcement is reasonably likely to result in an Acquisition Transaction, the Calculation Agent may take into consideration, if it would be commercially reasonable to do so, the effect of such announcement on the Shares and/or options relating to the Shares), or (v) any announcement of any change or

 

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  amendment to any previous Acquisition Transaction Announcement (including any announcement of the abandonment of any such previously announced Acquisition Transaction, agreement, letter of intent, understanding or intention). The term “announcement” as used in the definition of Acquisition Transaction Announcement shall mean any public statement or announcement related to an Acquisition Transaction that is made by (x) Counterparty (or any affiliate or agent thereof) or (y) any third party (or affiliate or agent thereof) that has a bona fide intent and capacity to enter into or consummate such transaction or event (it being understood and agreed that in determining, in a commercially reasonable manner, whether such third party has such a bona fide intent and capacity, the Calculation Agent may take into consideration whether the relevant announcement by such party has had a material economic effect on the Shares or options on the Shares).

 

  (c)

Acquisition Transaction” means (i) any Merger Event (for purposes of this definition the definition of Merger Event shall be read with the references therein to “100%” being replaced by “25%” and references to “50%” being replaced by “65%” and without reference to the clause beginning immediately following the definition of Reverse Merger therein to the end of such definition), Tender Offer or Merger Transaction or any other transaction involving the merger of Counterparty with or into any third party, (ii) the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of Counterparty to a person or entity other than Counterparty or a wholly-owned subsidiary of Counterparty, (iii) a recapitalization, reclassification, binding share exchange or other similar transaction with respect to Counterparty, (iv) any acquisition by Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries (other than an acquisition from Counterparty or a wholly-owned subsidiary of Counterparty) where the aggregate consideration transferable by Counterparty or its subsidiaries exceeds 35% of the market capitalization of Counterparty, (v) any lease, exchange, transfer, disposition (including, without limitation, by way of spin-off or distribution) of assets (including, without limitation, any capital stock or other ownership interests in subsidiaries) or other similar event by Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries (other than a lease, exchange, transfer, disposition or similar event between and/or among solely Counterparty and/or one or more wholly-owned subsidiaries of Counterparty) where the aggregate consideration transferable or receivable by or to Counterparty or its subsidiaries exceeds 35% of the market capitalization of Counterparty or (vi) any transaction in which Counterparty or its board of directors has a legal obligation to make a recommendation to its shareholders in respect of such transaction (whether pursuant to Rule 14e-2 under the Exchange Act or otherwise).

 

12.

Acknowledgments.

 

  (a)

The parties hereto intend for:

 

  (i)

each Transaction to be a “securities contract” as defined in Section 741(7) of the Bankruptcy Code and a “forward contract” as defined in Section 101(25) of the Bankruptcy Code, and the parties hereto to be entitled to the protections afforded by, among other Sections, Sections 362(b)(6), 362(b)(27), 362(o), 546(e), 546(j), 555, 556, 560 and 561 of the Bankruptcy Code;

 

  (ii)

the Agreement to be a “master netting agreement” as defined in Section 101(38A) of the Bankruptcy Code;

 

  (iii)

a party’s right to liquidate, terminate or accelerate any Transaction, net out or offset termination values or payment amounts, and to exercise any other remedies upon the occurrence of any Event of Default or Termination Event under the Agreement with respect to the other party or any Extraordinary Event that results in the termination or cancellation of any Transaction to constitute a “contractual right” (as defined in the Bankruptcy Code); and

 

  (iv)

all payments for, under or in connection with each Transaction, all payments for the Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, payment of the Prepayment Amount) and the transfer of such Shares to constitute “settlement payments” and “transfers” (as defined in the Bankruptcy Code).

 

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  (b)

Counterparty acknowledges that:

 

  (i)

during the term of any Transaction, Dealer and its Affiliates may buy or sell Shares or other securities or buy or sell options or futures contracts or enter into swaps or other derivative securities in order to establish, adjust or unwind its hedge position with respect to such Transaction;

 

  (ii)

Dealer and its Affiliates may also be active in the market for the Shares and Share-linked transactions other than in connection with hedging activities in relation to any Transaction;

 

  (iii)

Dealer shall make its own determination as to whether, when or in what manner any hedging or market activities in Counterparty’s securities shall be conducted and shall do so in a manner that it deems appropriate to hedge its price and market risk with respect to the Forward Price and the VWAP Price;

 

  (iv)

any market activities of Dealer and its Affiliates with respect to the Shares may affect the market price and volatility of the Shares, as well as the Forward Price and VWAP Price, each in a manner that may be adverse to Counterparty; and

 

  (v)

each Transaction is a derivatives transaction in which it has granted Dealer an option; Dealer may purchase shares for its own account at an average price that may be greater than, or less than, the price paid by Counterparty under the terms of the related Transaction.

 

13.

No Collateral, Netting or Setoff. Notwithstanding any provision of the Agreement or any other agreement between the parties to the contrary, the obligations of Counterparty hereunder are not secured by any collateral. Obligations under any Transaction shall not be netted, recouped or set off (including pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement) against any other obligations of the parties, whether arising under the Agreement, this Master Confirmation or any Supplemental Confirmation, or under any other agreement between the parties hereto, by operation of law or otherwise, and no other obligations of the parties shall be netted, recouped or set off (including pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement) against obligations under any Transaction, whether arising under the Agreement, this Master Confirmation or any Supplemental Confirmation, or under any other agreement between the parties hereto, by operation of law or otherwise, and each party hereby waives any such right of setoff, netting or recoupment.

 

14.

Delivery of Shares. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Dealer may, by prior notice to Counterparty, satisfy its obligation to deliver any Shares or other securities on any date due (an “Original Delivery Date”) by making separate deliveries of Shares or such securities, as the case may be, at more than one time on or prior to such Original Delivery Date, so long as the aggregate number of Shares and other securities so delivered on or prior to such Original Delivery Date is equal to the number required to be delivered on such Original Delivery Date.

 

15.

Alternative Termination Settlement. In the event that (a) an Early Termination Date (whether as a result of an Event of Default or a Termination Event) occurs or is designated with respect to any Transaction or (b) any Transaction is cancelled or terminated upon the occurrence of an Extraordinary Event (except as a result of (i) a Nationalization, Insolvency or Merger Event in which the consideration to be paid to all holders of Shares consists solely of cash, (ii) a Merger Event or Tender Offer that is within Counterparty’s control, or (iii) an Event of Default in which Counterparty is the Defaulting Party or a Termination Event in which Counterparty 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 Counterparty’s control), if either party would owe any amount to the other party pursuant to Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement or any Cancellation Amount pursuant to Article 12 of the Equity Definitions (any such amount, a “Payment Amount”), then, in lieu of any payment of such Payment Amount, unless Counterparty makes an election to the contrary no later than the Early Termination Date or the date on which such Transaction is terminated or cancelled, Counterparty or Dealer, as the case may be, shall deliver to the other party a number of Shares (or, in the case of a Nationalization, Insolvency or Merger Event that resulted in a change of control of Counterparty or was within Counterparty’s control, a number of units, each comprising the number or amount of the securities or property that a hypothetical holder of one Share would receive in such Nationalization, Insolvency or Merger

 

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  Event, as the case may be (each such unit, an “Alternative Delivery Unit”)) with a value equal to the Payment Amount, as determined by the Calculation Agent in a commercially reasonable manner over a commercially reasonable period of time (and the parties agree that, in making such determination of value, the Calculation Agent may take into account a number of factors, including, without limitation, the market price of the Shares or Alternative Delivery Units on the Early Termination Date or the date of early cancellation or termination, as the case may be, and, if such delivery is made by Dealer, the prices at which Dealer purchases Shares or Alternative Delivery Units on any Calculation Date to fulfill its delivery obligations under this Section 15, assuming such purchases are made in a commercially reasonable manner in order to unwind a commercially reasonable hedge position and at prices that reflect the prevailing market price of Shares or Alternative Delivery Units, as the case may be); provided that in determining the composition of any Alternative Delivery Unit, if the relevant Nationalization, Insolvency 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; provided further that Counterparty acknowledges its responsibilities under applicable securities laws, and in particular Sections 9 and 10(b) of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, in connection with any such election, and that it will make any such election in conformity with such responsibilities based upon advice of counsel. If delivery of Shares or Alternative Delivery Units, as the case may be, pursuant to this Section 15 is to be made by Counterparty, paragraphs 2 through 7 of Annex A hereto shall apply as if (A) such delivery were a settlement of such Transaction to which Net Share Settlement applied, (B) the Cash Settlement Payment Date were the Early Termination Date or the date of early cancellation or termination, as the case may be, and (C) the Forward Cash Settlement Amount were equal to (x) zero minus (y) the Payment Amount owed by Counterparty. If delivery of Shares or Alternative Delivery Units, as the case may be, is to be made by Dealer pursuant to this Section 15, the parties agree that such purchases shall be made solely on Calculation Dates for the relevant Transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, if Counterparty validly elects for the provisions of this Section 15 relating to the delivery of Shares or Alternative Delivery Units, as the case may be, not to apply to any Payment Amount, the provisions of Article 12 of the Equity Definitions, or the provisions of Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement, as the case may be, shall apply. If delivery of Shares or Alternative Delivery Units, as the case may be, is to be made by Dealer pursuant to this Section 15, the period during which Dealer purchases Shares or Alternative Delivery Units to fulfill its delivery obligations under this Section 15 shall be referred to as the “Seller Termination Purchase Period”.

 

16.

Calculations and Payment Date upon Early Termination. The parties acknowledge and agree that in calculating (a) the Close-Out Amount pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement and (b) the amount due upon cancellation or termination of any Transaction (whether in whole or in part) pursuant to Article 12 of the Equity Definitions as a result of an Extraordinary Event, Dealer may (but need not) determine such amount based on expected losses or gains assuming a commercially reasonable risk bid were used to determine loss or gain associated with closing out any commercially reasonable hedge position with respect to the Transaction in a commercially reasonable manner, taking into account the existence of any Other Specified Repurchase Transactions, prior to or promptly following the designation of an Early Termination Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement or Article 12 of the Equity Definitions, all amounts calculated as being due in respect of an Early Termination Date under Section 6(e) of the Agreement or upon cancellation or termination of the relevant Transaction under Article 12 of the Equity Definitions will be payable on the day that notice of the amount payable is effective; provided that if Counterparty elects to receive or deliver Shares or Alternative Delivery Units in accordance with Section 15, such Shares or Alternative Delivery Units shall be delivered on a date selected in a commercially reasonable manner by the Calculation Agent as promptly as practicable thereafter.

 

17.

Limit on Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, Dealer may not be entitled to take delivery of any Shares deliverable hereunder to the extent (but only to the extent) that, after such receipt of any Shares hereunder, the Equity Percentage would exceed 8%. Any purported delivery hereunder shall be void and have no effect to the extent (but only to the extent) that, after such delivery the Equity Percentage would exceed 8%. If any delivery owed to Dealer hereunder is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, Counterparty’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Counterparty shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after Dealer gives notice to Counterparty that, after such delivery, the Equity Percentage would not exceed 8%. The “Equity 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 any of its affiliates or any other person subject to aggregation with Dealer for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act, or any “group” (within the meaning of Section 13) of which Dealer is or may be deemed to be a part beneficially owns (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act), without duplication, on such day (or, to the extent that for any reason the equivalent calculation under Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder results in a higher number, such higher number) and (B) the denominator of which is the number of Shares outstanding on such day.

 

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18.

Maximum Share Delivery. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Master Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer be required to deliver any Shares, or other securities comprising Alternative Delivery Units, in respect of any Transaction in excess of the Maximum Number of Shares set forth in the Supplemental Confirmation for such Transaction.

 

19.

Additional Termination Events.

 

  (a)

The occurrence of an event described in the last sentence of paragraph III of Annex B hereto will constitute an Additional Termination Event, with Counterparty as the sole Affected Party and the Transactions specified in such paragraph III as the Affected Transactions.

 

  (b)

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 6 of the Agreement, if a Termination Price is specified in the Supplemental Confirmation for any Transaction, then an Additional Termination Event will occur without any notice or action by Dealer or Counterparty if the VWAP Price of the Shares on the Exchange is below such Termination Price for any three consecutive Calculation Dates, and such third consecutive Calculation Date will be the “Early Termination Date” for purposes of the Agreement, with Counterparty as the sole Affected Party and such Transaction as the sole Affected Transaction.

 

20.

Non-confidentiality. Dealer and Counterparty hereby acknowledge and agree that, subject to Section 8(e), each is authorized to disclose every aspect of this Master Confirmation, any Supplemental Confirmation and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, and there are no express or implied agreements, arrangements or understandings to the contrary.

 

21.

[Reserved].

 

22.

Assignment and Transfer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement, Dealer may assign any of its rights or duties hereunder to any one or more of its Affiliates without the prior written consent of Counterparty; provided that such Affiliate of Dealer (1) has a rating for its long term, unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness that is equal to or better than Dealer’s credit rating at the time of such transfer or assignment, or (2) whose obligations hereunder will be guaranteed, pursuant to the terms of a customary guarantee in a form used by Dealer generally for similar transactions, by Dealer or JPMorgan Chase & Co.; provided further that (i) an Event of Default or Termination Event will not occur as a result of such transfer and assignment, (ii) Counterparty will not, as a result of such transfer or assignment, reasonably be expected to suffer material adverse tax consequences from such transfer or assignment at such time or on any later date, and (iii) as a result of such transfer and assignment, Counterparty would not, at the time of such transfer and assignment, reasonably be expected to (x) be required to pay or deliver to the transferee on any payment date or delivery date an amount under Section 2(d)(i)(4) of the Agreement or a number of Shares, as applicable, greater than the amount or the number of Shares, respectively, that Counterparty would have been required to pay or deliver to Dealer in the absence of such transfer and assignment or (y) receive from the transferee on any payment date or delivery date an amount under Section 2(d)(i)(4) of the Agreement or a number of Shares, as applicable, lower than the amount or the number of Shares, respectively, that Dealer would have been required to pay or deliver, as the case may be, to Counterparty in the absence of such transfer and assignment. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Master Confirmation to the contrary requiring or allowing Dealer to purchase, sell, receive or deliver any Shares or other securities to or from Counterparty, Dealer may designate any of its Affiliates to purchase, sell, receive or deliver such Shares or other securities and otherwise to perform Dealer’s obligations in respect of any Transaction and any such designee may assume such obligations. Dealer may assign the right to receive Settlement Shares to any third party who may legally receive Settlement Shares. Dealer shall be discharged of its obligations to Counterparty only to the extent of any such performance. For the avoidance of doubt, Dealer hereby acknowledges that notwithstanding any such designation hereunder, to the extent any of Dealer’s obligations in respect of any Transaction are not completed by its designee, Dealer shall be obligated to continue to perform or to cause any other of its designees to perform in respect of such obligations.

 

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23.

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 such Transaction” at the end of the sentence.

 

  (b)

Section 11.2(c) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (w) replacing the words “a diluting or concentrative” with “a material” in the fifth line thereof, (x) adding the phrase “or the Transaction” after the words “the relevant Shares” in the same sentence, (y) replacing the words “diluting or concentrative” in the sixth to last line thereof with the word “material” 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 Shares)” and replacing it with the phrase “(and, for the avoidance of doubt, except in the case of a Potential Adjustment Event as described in Section 11.2(e)(i), Section 11.2(e)(ii)(A), Section 11.2(e)(ii)(B), or Section 11.2(e)(iv), adjustments may be made to account solely for changes in volatility, expected dividends, stock loan rate or liquidity relative to the relevant Shares; in the case of a Potential Adjustment Event as described in Section 11.2(e)(i), Section 11.2(e)(ii)(A), Section 11.2(e)(ii)(B), or Section 11.2(e)(iv), no adjustments will 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 the words “that is the result of a corporate event within the Issuer’s control involving Issuer or its securities that has a material economic”; and adding the phrase “or the relevant Transaction” at the end of the sentence.

 

  (d)

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

 

  (i)

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

 

  (ii)

replacing the phrase “neither the Non-Hedging Party nor the Lending Party lends Shares” with the phrase “such Lending Party does not lend Shares” in the penultimate sentence.

 

  (e)

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

 

  (i)

adding the phrase “, provided that the Non-Hedging Party may not elect to terminate the Transaction unless concurrently with electing to terminate the Transaction, it represents and warrants to the Hedging Party that it is not in possession of any material non-public information with respect to the Non-Hedging Party or the Shares” at the end of subsection (C); and

 

  (ii)

deleting clause (X) in the final sentence.

 

  (f)

Section 12(a) of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the phrase “or email” in the third line thereof.

 

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Extraordinary Dividend. If Counterparty declares any Extraordinary Dividend that has an ex-dividend date during the period commencing on the Trade Date for any Transaction and ending of the last day of the Relevant Period or, if applicable, the last day of the Settlement Valuation Period for such Transaction, then prior to or on the date on which such Extraordinary Dividend is paid by Counterparty to holders of record, Counterparty shall pay to Dealer, for each Transaction under this Master Confirmation, an amount in cash equal to the product of (i) the amount of such Extraordinary Dividend and (ii) the theoretical short delta number of shares as of the opening of business on the related ex-dividend date, as determined by the Calculation Agent, required for Dealer to hedge its exposure in a commercially reasonable manner to such Transaction.

 

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25.

Matters Relating to Taxes.

 

  (a)

For purposes of Section 3(f) of the Agreement, Counterparty makes the following representations: (A) no payment received or to be received by Counterparty under this Agreement will be effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business by Counterparty in the United States; and (B) Counterparty is a tax resident in Switzerland, it is a “non-U.S. branch of a foreign person” as that term is used in Section 1.1441-4(a)(3)(ii) of the United States Treasury Regulations (the “Regulations”) and a “foreign person” as that term is used in Section 1.6041-4(a)(4) of the Regulations.

 

  (b)

For purposes of Section 3(f) of the Agreement, Dealer represents that it is (or is disregarded from) a “U.S. person” (as that term is used in Section 1.1441-4(a)(3)(ii) of the United States Treasury Regulations) for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

  (c)

For the purpose of Sections 4(a)(i) and (ii) of the Agreement, Dealer agrees to deliver to Counterparty (i) one duly executed and completed United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or successor thereto) upon execution of this Master Confirmation and shall provide a new form promptly upon (A) reasonable request of Counterparty or (B) learning that any form previously provided has become obsolete or incorrect and (ii) upon reasonable prior notice in the event of any relevant distribution, any other customary tax form reasonably requested by Counterparty to claim an exemption or reduction in rate from Irish dividend withholding tax. For the purpose of Sections 4(a)(i) and (ii) of the Agreement, Counterparty agrees to deliver to Dealer one duly executed and completed United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN-E (or successor thereto) upon execution of this Master Confirmation and shall provide a new form promptly upon (A) reasonable request of Dealer or (B) learning that any form previously provided has become obsolete or incorrect.

 

  (d)

“Tax” and “Indemnifiable Tax”, each as defined in Section 14 of the Agreement, shall not include any withholding tax imposed or collected (i) pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the Code, or any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such Sections of the Code (a “FATCA Withholding Tax”), or (ii) with respect to any amount treated as a dividend for Swiss tax purposes (a “Dividend Withholding Tax”). For the avoidance of doubt, a FATCA Withholding Tax and a Dividend Withholding Tax each is a Tax the deduction or withholding of which is required by applicable law solely for the purposes of Section 2(d) of the Agreement. Each of Dealer and Counterparty shall provide to the other party tax forms and documents required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 1471(b) or Section 1472(b)(1) of the Code promptly upon request by the other party and any other tax forms and documents they are legally able to provide that are reasonably requested by the other party.

 

  (e)

The parties agree that the definitions and provisions contained in the ISDA 2015 Section 871(m) Protocol, as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. and as may be amended, supplemented, replaced or superseded from time to time (the “871(m) Protocol”) shall apply to the Agreement as if the parties had adhered to the 871(m) Protocol as of the date hereof. If there is any inconsistency between this provision and a provision in any other agreement executed between the parties, this provision shall prevail unless such other agreement expressly overrides the provisions of the 871(m) Protocol.

 

26.

Status of Claims in Bankruptcy. Dealer acknowledges and agrees that neither this Master Confirmation nor any Supplemental Confirmation is intended to convey to Dealer rights against Counterparty with respect to any Transaction that are senior to the claims of ordinary shareholders of Counterparty in any United States bankruptcy proceedings of Counterparty; 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 Counterparty of its obligations and agreements with respect to any Transaction; provided further that nothing herein shall limit or shall be deemed to limit Dealer’s rights in respect of any transactions other than any Transaction.

 

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27.

Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act. In connection with Section 739 of the Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act of 2010 (“WSTAA”), the parties hereby agree that neither the enactment of WSTAA or any regulation under the WSTAA, nor any requirement under WSTAA or an amendment made by WSTAA, nor any similar legal certainty provision in any legislation enacted, or rule or regulation promulgated, on or after the date of this Master Confirmation, shall limit or otherwise impair either party’s otherwise applicable rights to terminate, renegotiate, modify, amend or supplement any Supplemental Confirmation, this Master Confirmation or the Agreement, as applicable, arising from a termination event, force majeure, illegality, increased costs, regulatory change or similar event under any Supplemental Confirmation, this Master Confirmation, the Equity Definitions incorporated herein, or the Agreement (including, without limitation, rights arising from Change in Law, Loss of Stock Borrow, Increased Cost of Stock Borrow, Increased Cost of Hedging, or Illegality).

 

28.

Communications with Employees of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC. If Counterparty interacts with any employee of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC with respect to any Transaction, Counterparty is hereby notified that such employee will act solely as an authorized representative of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (and not as a representative of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC) in connection with such Transaction.

 

29.

Governing Law. The Agreement, this Master Confirmation, each Supplemental Confirmation and all matters arising in connection with the Agreement, this Master Confirmation and each Supplemental Confirmation shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York (without reference to its choice of laws doctrine other than Title 14 of Article 5 of the New York General Obligations Law).

 

30.

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 THE AGREEMENT, THIS MASTER CONFIRMATION, EACH SUPPLEMENTAL CONFIRMATION, THE TRANSACTIONS HEREUNDER AND ALL MATTERS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THE AGREEMENT, THIS MASTER CONFIRMATION AND ANY SUPPLEMENTAL CONFIRMATION AND THE TRANSACTIONS HEREUNDER. 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 THE TRANSACTIONS, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS PROVIDED HEREIN.

 

31.

Counterparts. This Master Confirmation may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument, and any party hereto may execute this Master Confirmation by signing and delivering one or more counterparts.

 

32.

Delivery of Cash. For the avoidance of doubt, other than payment of the Prepayment Amount by Counterparty, nothing in this Master Confirmation shall be interpreted as requiring Counterparty to cash settle any Transaction, except in circumstances where cash settlement is within Counterparty’s control (including, without limitation, where Counterparty timely elects not to receive or deliver Alternative Delivery Units in accordance with Section 15) or in those circumstances in which all holders of the Shares would also receive cash.

 

33.

Service of Process. Counterparty irrevocably appoints Aptiv Services US, LLC as its authorized agent in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York upon which process may be served in any suit, action or proceeding relating to the Transaction, and agrees that service of process upon such agent shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon Counterparty in any such suit, action or proceeding. Counterparty further agrees to take any and all action as may be necessary to maintain such designation and appointment of such agent in full force and effect for a period of two years from the date of this Confirmation. If for any reason such agent shall cease to be such agent for service of process, Counterparty shall forthwith appoint a new agent of recognized standing for service of process in the State of New York and deliver to Dealer a copy of the new agent’s acceptance of that appointment within 30 days. Nothing herein shall affect the right of Dealer to serve process in any other manner permitted by law or to commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against Counterparty in any other court of competent jurisdiction.

 

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34.

Share Redemption. Each Transaction shall comprise an acquisition by redemption by Counterparty of Shares from Dealer on the terms of the Confirmation, in connection with the implementation of a proposed accelerated share buyback program (the “Program”), such Shares to be automatically redeemed in accordance with Article 55 of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 and the articles of association of Counterparty (in particular the articles of association relating to conversion and redemption of Shares). References in this Master Confirmation and any Supplemental Confirmation to “delivery” of Shares by Dealer to Counterparty are to be construed as the making available of Shares by Dealer to Counterparty for redemption in accordance with the articles of association of Counterparty. Conversely, references in this Master Confirmation and any Supplemental Confirmation to “delivery” of Shares by Counterparty to Dealer are to be construed as the allotment and issuance of such Shares by Counterparty to Dealer.

 

35.

Automatic Early Termination. The “Automatic Early Termination” provision of Section 6(a) of the Agreement will apply to Counterparty in the following events: (i) to the extent that bankruptcy proceedings are commenced in Switzerland in respect of Counterparty or (ii) the approval of a composition agreement in a Swiss composition proceeding regarding Counterparty resulting in the assignment of all or part of the debtor’s assets to its creditors or to a third party for purposes of liquidation. If an Early Termination Date has occurred under Section 6(a) of the Agreement as a result of an Automatic Early Termination, and the Non-defaulting Party determines that it sustained or incurred a loss or damage in respect of any Transaction hereunder as a result of maintaining or unwinding a commercially reasonable hedge position between the Early Termination Date and the Local Business Day upon which the Non-defaulting Party first becomes aware that the Early Termination Date has occurred under Section 6(a) of the Agreement, then the amount of such loss or damage shall be added to the amount due by the Defaulting Party or deducted from the amount due by the Non-defaulting Party, as the case may be.

 

36.

U.S. Resolution Stay Protocol. The parties acknowledge and agree that (i) to the extent that prior to the date hereof both parties have adhered to the 2018 ISDA U.S. Resolution Stay Protocol (the “Protocol”), the terms of the Protocol are incorporated into and form a part of the Agreement, and for such purposes the Agreement shall be deemed a Protocol Covered Agreement, Dealer shall be deemed a Regulated Entity and Counterparty shall be deemed an Adhering Party; (ii) to the extent that prior to the date hereof the parties have executed a separate agreement the effect of which is to amend the qualified financial contracts between them to conform with the requirements of the QFC Stay Rules (the “Bilateral Agreement”), the terms of the Bilateral Agreement are incorporated into and form a part of the Agreement, and for such purposes the Agreement shall be deemed a Covered Agreement, Dealer shall be deemed a Covered Entity and Counterparty shall be deemed a Counterparty Entity; or (iii) if clause (i) and clause (ii) do not apply, the terms of Section 1 and Section 2 and the related defined terms (together, the “Bilateral Terms”) of the form of bilateral template entitled “Full-Length Omnibus (for use between U.S. G-SIBs and Corporate Groups)” published by ISDA on November 2, 2018 (currently available on the 2018 ISDA U.S. Resolution Stay Protocol page at www.isda.org and, a copy of which is available upon request), the effect of which is to amend the qualified financial contracts between the parties thereto to conform with the requirements of the QFC Stay Rules, are hereby incorporated into and form a part of the Agreement, and for such purposes the Agreement shall be deemed a “Covered Agreement,” Dealer shall be deemed a “Covered Entity” and Counterparty shall be deemed a “Counterparty Entity.” In the event that, after the date of the Agreement, both parties hereto become adhering parties to the Protocol, the terms of the Protocol will replace the terms of this paragraph. In the event of any inconsistencies between the Agreement and the terms of the Protocol, the Bilateral Agreement or the Bilateral Terms (each, the “QFC Stay Terms”), as applicable, the QFC Stay Terms will govern. Terms used in this paragraph without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them under the QFC Stay Rules. For purposes of this paragraph, references to “the Agreement” include any related credit enhancements entered into between the parties or provided by one to the other. In addition, the parties agree that the terms of this paragraph shall be incorporated into any related covered affiliate credit enhancements, with all references to Dealer replaced by references to the covered affiliate support provider.

 

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QFC Stay Rules” means the regulations codified at 12 C.F.R. 252.2, 252.81–8, 12 C.F.R. 382.1-7 and 12 C.F.R. 47.1-8, which, subject to limited exceptions, require an express recognition of the stay-and-transfer powers of the FDIC under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Orderly Liquidation Authority under Title II of the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the override of default rights related directly or indirectly to the entry of an affiliate into certain insolvency proceedings and any restrictions on the transfer of any covered affiliate credit enhancements.

 

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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the terms of our agreement by executing this Master Confirmation and returning it to us.

Very truly yours,

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:  

/s/ Sanjeet Dewal

Authorized Signatory
Name: Sanjeet Dewal

[Signature Page to Master Confirmation (JPM)]


Accepted and confirmed

as of the date first set

forth above:

 

APTIV PLC
By:  

/s/ Robert S. Hoeppner

Name: Robert S. Hoeppner
Vice President, Corporate Controller & Treasurer

[Signature Page to Master Confirmation (JPM)]


SCHEDULE A

FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL CONFIRMATION

[__________], 20[__]

 

To:

Aptiv PLC

13 Castle Street

St Helier, Jersey, JE1 1ES

 

Re:

Supplemental Confirmation—Uncollared Accelerated Share Repurchase

The purpose of this Supplemental Confirmation is to confirm the terms and conditions of the Transaction entered into between JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (“Dealer”) and Aptiv PLC (formerly known as Aptiv Holdings Limited), a public limited company formed under the laws of Jersey (“Counterparty”), on the Trade Date specified below. This Supplemental Confirmation is a binding contract between Dealer and Counterparty as of the relevant Trade Date for the Transaction referenced below.

1.  This Supplemental Confirmation supplements, forms part of, and is subject to the Master Confirmation, dated as of December 17, 2024 (the “Master Confirmation”), between Dealer and Counterparty, as amended and supplemented from time to time. All provisions contained in the Master Confirmation govern this Supplemental Confirmation except as expressly modified below.

2.  The terms of the Transaction to which this Supplemental Confirmation relates are as follows:

 

Trade Date:    [__________], 20[__]
Reference Price:    USD [___]
Forward Price Adjustment Amount:    USD [___]
Calculation Period Start Date:    [__________], 20[__].
Scheduled Termination Date:    [__________], 20[__]
First Acceleration Date:    [__________], 20[__]
Prepayment Amount:    USD [___]
Prepayment Date:    [__________], 20[__].
Initial Shares:    [___] Shares; provided that if, in connection with the Transaction, Dealer is unable, after using good faith and commercially reasonable efforts, to borrow or otherwise acquire a number of Shares equal to the Initial Shares for delivery to Counterparty on the Initial Share Delivery Date, the Initial Shares delivered on the Initial Share Delivery Date shall be reduced to such number of Shares that Dealer is able to so borrow or otherwise acquire as part of establishing a commercially reasonable hedge position, and thereafter Dealer shall continue to use commercially reasonable efforts to borrow or otherwise acquire a number of Shares, at a stock borrow cost no greater than the Initial Stock Loan Rate, equal to the shortfall in the Initial Share Delivery and to deliver such additional Shares as soon as reasonably practicable (it being understood, for the avoidance of doubt, that in using such commercially reasonable efforts Dealer shall act in good faith to obtain a

 

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   commercially reasonable hedge position and in accordance with its then current policies, practices and procedures (including without limitation any policies, practices or procedures relating to counterparty risk, market risk, reputational risk, credit, documentation, legal, regulatory capital, compliance and collateral), and shall not be required to enter into any securities lending transaction or transact with any potential securities lender if such transaction would not be in accordance with such policies, practices and procedures). For the avoidance of doubt, the aggregate of all Shares delivered to Counterparty in respect of the Transaction pursuant to this paragraph shall be the “number of Initial Shares” for purposes of “Number of Shares to be Delivered” in the Master Confirmation.
Initial Share Delivery Date:    [__________], 20[__].
Ordinary Dividend Amount:    For any Dividend before the Termination Date, USD 0.00 per Share.
   For any Dividend after the Termination Date, USD 0.00 per Share.
Scheduled Ex-Dividend Dates:    [__________]
Maximum Stock Loan Rate:    400 basis points per annum
Initial Stock Loan Rate:    50 basis points per annum
Maximum Number of Shares:    [___] Shares
Floor Price:    USD 0.01 per Share
Termination Price:    USD [___]
Additional Relevant Days:    The [____] Calculation Dates immediately following the Calculation Period.
Reserved Shares:    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Master Confirmation, as of the date of this Supplemental Confirmation, the Reserved Shares shall be equal to [___] Shares.

3. Counterparty represents and warrants to Dealer that neither it nor any “affiliated purchaser” (as defined in Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act) has made any purchases of blocks pursuant to the proviso in Rule 10b-18(b)(4) under the Exchange Act during either (i) the four full calendar weeks immediately preceding the Trade Date or (ii) during the calendar week in which the Trade Date occurs, except as set forth in any notice delivered to Dealer prior to the Trade Date.

4. This Supplemental Confirmation may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument, and any party hereto may execute this Supplemental Confirmation by signing and delivering one or more counterparts.

 

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Calculation Dates:

 

     
1.   31.   61.
     
2.   32.   62.
     
3.   33.   63.
     
4.   34.   64.
     
5.   35.   65.
     
6.   36.   66.
     
7.   37.   67.
     
8.   38.   68.
     
9.   39.   69.
     
10.   40.   70.
     
11.   41.   71.
     
12.   42.   72.
     
13.   43.   73.
     
14.   44.   74.
     
15.   45.   75.
     
16.   46.   76.
     
17.   47.   77.
     
18.   48.   78.
     
19.   49.   79.
     
20.   50.   80.
     
21.   51.   81.
     
22.   52.   82.
     
23.   53.   83.
     
24.   54.   84.
     
25.   55.   85.
     
26.   56.   86.
     
27.   57.   87.
     
28.   58.   88.
     
29.   59.   89.
     
30.   60.   90.

If necessary, the Calculation Agent may add additional Calculation Dates beginning with [ ] and continuing with every other Scheduled Trading Day thereafter.

 

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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the terms of our agreement by executing this Supplemental Confirmation and returning it to us.

 

Very truly yours,
  JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
    By:  

  

    Authorized Signatory
    Name:

[Signature Page to Supplemental Confirmation (JPM)]


Accepted and confirmed

as of the Trade Date:

 

 APTIV PLC
 By:  

 

 Name: Robert S. Hoeppner
 Vice President, Corporate Controller & Treasurer

[Signature Page to Supplemental Confirmation (JPM)]


SCHEDULE B

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF RULE 10B-18 PURCHASES

[Letterhead of Counterparty]

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

New York Branch

383 Madison Avenue

New York, NY, 10179

 

Re:

Uncollared Accelerated Share Repurchase

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In connection with our entry into the Master Confirmation, dated as of December 17, 2024, between JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association and Aptiv PLC (formerly known as Aptiv Holdings Limited), a public limited company formed under the laws of Jersey, as amended and supplemented from time to time (the “Master Confirmation”), we hereby represent that set forth below is the total number of our ordinary shares purchased by or for us or any of our affiliated purchasers in Rule 10b-18 purchases of blocks (all as defined in Rule 10b-18 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) pursuant to the once-a-week block exception set forth in Rule 10b-18(b)(4) during the four full calendar weeks immediately preceding the first day of the [Settlement Valuation Period][Seller Termination Purchase Period] (as defined in the Master Confirmation) and the week during which the first day of such [Settlement Valuation Period][Seller Termination Purchase Period] occurs.

Number of Shares: __________________

We understand that you will use this information in calculating trading volume for purposes of Rule 10b-18.

Very truly yours,

 

 APTIV PLC
 By:  

 

 Authorized Signatory
 Name:

 

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ANNEX A

COUNTERPARTY SETTLEMENT PROVISIONS

1. The following Counterparty Settlement Provisions shall apply to any Transaction to the extent indicated under the Master Confirmation:

 

Settlement Currency:    USD
Settlement Method Election:    Applicable; provided that (i) Section 7.1 of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the word “Physical” in the sixth line thereof and replacing it with the words “Net Share” and (ii) Counterparty acknowledges its responsibilities under applicable securities laws, and in particular Sections 9 and 10(b) of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, in connection with any election by the Electing Party of a settlement method (other than the Default Settlement Method), and that it will make such election in conformity with such responsibilities based on advice of counsel.
Electing Party:    Counterparty
Settlement Method Election Date:    The earlier of (i) the Scheduled Termination Date and (ii) the second Calculation Date immediately following the Accelerated Termination Date (in which case the election under Section 7.1 of the Equity Definitions shall be made no later than 10 minutes prior to the open of trading on the Exchange on such second Calculation Date), as the case may be.
Default Settlement Method:    Cash Settlement
Forward Cash Settlement Amount:    An amount equal to (a) the Number of Shares to be Delivered, multiplied by (b) the Settlement Price.
Settlement Price:    An amount equal to the average of the VWAP Prices for the Calculation Dates in the Settlement Valuation Period, subject to Valuation Disruption as specified in the Master Confirmation.
Settlement Valuation Period:    A number of Calculation Dates selected by Dealer as necessary to unwind a commercially reasonable hedge position with respect to the relevant Transaction in a commercially reasonable manner, beginning on the Calculation Date immediately following the earlier of (i) the Scheduled Termination Date or (ii) the Calculation Date immediately following the Termination Date.
Cash Settlement:    If Cash Settlement is applicable, then Counterparty shall pay to Dealer the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount on the Cash Settlement Payment Date.
Cash Settlement Payment Date:    The date that is two Exchange Business Days immediately following the last day of the Settlement Valuation Period.
Net Share Settlement Procedures:    If Net Share Settlement is applicable, Net Share Settlement shall be made in accordance with paragraphs 2 through 7 below.

 

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2. Net Share Settlement shall be made by delivery on the Cash Settlement Payment Date of a number of Shares satisfying the conditions set forth in paragraph 3 below (the “Registered Settlement Shares”), or a number of Shares not satisfying such conditions (the “Unregistered Settlement Shares”), in either case with a value equal to the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount (which value shall, in the case of Unregistered Settlement Shares, take into account a commercially reasonable illiquidity discount), in each case as determined by the Calculation Agent. If all of the conditions for delivery of either Registered Settlement Shares or Unregistered Settlement Shares that are within the control of Counterparty have not been satisfied, Cash Settlement shall be applicable in accordance with paragraph 1 above notwithstanding Counterparty’s election.

3. Counterparty may only deliver Registered Settlement Shares pursuant to paragraph 2 above if:

(a) a registration statement covering public resale of the Registered Settlement Shares by Dealer (the “Registration Statement”) shall have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act and been declared or otherwise become effective on or prior to the date of delivery, and no stop order shall be in effect with respect to the Registration Statement; a printed prospectus relating to the Registered Settlement Shares (including, without limitation, any prospectus supplement thereto, the “Prospectus”) shall have been delivered to Dealer, in such quantities as Dealer shall reasonably have requested, on or prior to the date of delivery;

(b) the form and content of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (including, without limitation, any sections describing the plan of distribution) shall be reasonably satisfactory to Dealer;

(c) as of or prior to the date of delivery, Dealer and its agents shall have been afforded a reasonable opportunity to conduct a due diligence investigation with respect to Counterparty customary in scope for underwritten offerings of equity securities by issuers of comparable size to Counterparty and the results of such investigation are satisfactory to Dealer, in its good faith discretion; and

(d) as of the date of delivery, an agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) shall have been entered into with Dealer in connection with the public resale of the Registered Settlement Shares by Dealer substantially similar to underwriting agreements customary for underwritten offerings of equity securities of similar size and by issuers of comparable size to Counterparty, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Dealer, which Underwriting Agreement shall include, without limitation, provisions substantially similar to those contained in such underwriting agreements relating, without limitation, to the indemnification of, and contribution in connection with the liability of, Dealer and its Affiliates and the provision of customary opinions, accountants’ comfort letters and lawyers’ negative assurance letters.

4. If Counterparty delivers Unregistered Settlement Shares pursuant to paragraph 2 above:

(a) all Unregistered Settlement Shares shall be delivered to Dealer (or any Affiliate of Dealer designated by Dealer) pursuant to the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Section 4(a)(2) thereof;

(b) as of or prior to the date of delivery, Dealer and any potential purchaser of any such shares from Dealer (or any Affiliate of Dealer designated by Dealer) identified by Dealer shall be afforded a commercially reasonable opportunity to conduct a due diligence investigation with respect to Counterparty customary in scope for private placements of equity securities by issuers of comparable size to Counterparty (including, without limitation, the right to have made available to them for inspection all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and other information reasonably requested by them);

(c) as of the date of delivery, Counterparty shall enter into an agreement (a “Private Placement Agreement”) with Dealer (or any Affiliate of Dealer designated by Dealer) in connection with the private placement of such shares by Counterparty to Dealer (or any such Affiliate) and the private resale of such shares by Dealer (or any such Affiliate), substantially similar to private placement purchase agreements customary for private placements of equity securities of similar size and by issuers of comparable size to Counterparty, in form and substance commercially reasonably satisfactory to Dealer, which Private Placement Agreement shall include, without limitation, provisions substantially similar to those contained in such private placement purchase agreements relating, without limitation, to the indemnification of, and contribution in connection with the liability of, Dealer and its Affiliates and, if customary for private placements of similar size, the provision of customary opinions, accountants’ comfort letters and lawyers’ negative assurance letters (provided that the private placement agreement shall only require that Counterparty use commercially reasonable efforts to provide customary opinions, accountants’ comfort letters, and lawyers’ negative assurance letters), and shall provide for the payment by Counterparty of all commercially reasonable, out-of-pocket fees and expenses of Dealer (and any such Affiliate) in connection with such resale, including, without limitation, all commercially reasonable fees and expenses of outside counsel for Dealer, and shall contain representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of Counterparty reasonably necessary or advisable to establish and maintain the availability of an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act for such resales; and

 

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(d) in connection with the private placement of such shares by Counterparty to Dealer (or any such Affiliate) and the private resale of such shares by Dealer (or any such Affiliate), Counterparty shall, if so requested by Dealer, prepare, in cooperation with Dealer, a private placement memorandum in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Dealer.

5. Dealer, itself or through an Affiliate (the “Selling Agent”) or any underwriter(s), will sell all, or such lesser portion as may be required hereunder, of the Registered Settlement Shares or Unregistered Settlement Shares and any Makewhole Shares (as defined below) (together, the “Settlement Shares”) delivered by Counterparty to Dealer pursuant to paragraph 6 below as promptly as reasonably practicable commencing on the Cash Settlement Payment Date and continuing until the date on which the aggregate Net Proceeds (as such term is defined below) of such sales as determined by Dealer in a commercially reasonable manner over a period to unwind a commercially reasonable hedge position, is equal to the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount (such date, the “Final Resale Date”). If the proceeds of any sale(s) made by Dealer, the Selling Agent or any underwriter(s), net of any commercially reasonable fees and commissions (including, without limitation, underwriting or placement fees) customary for similar transactions under the circumstances at the time of the offering, together with commercially reasonable carrying charges and expenses incurred in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares (including, without limitation, the covering of any over-allotment or short position (syndicate or otherwise)) (the “Net Proceeds”) exceed the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount, Dealer will refund, in USD or, at the option of Counterparty, Shares, such excess to Counterparty on the date that is two (2) Currency Business Days following the Final Resale Date, and, if any portion of the Settlement Shares remains unsold, Dealer shall return to Counterparty on that date such unsold Shares.

6. If the Calculation Agent determines that the Net Proceeds received from the sale of the Registered Settlement Shares or Unregistered Settlement Shares or any Makewhole Shares, if any, pursuant to this paragraph 6 are less than the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount (the amount in USD by which the Net Proceeds are less than the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount being the “Shortfall” and the date on which such determination is made, the “Deficiency Determination Date”), Counterparty shall on the Exchange Business Day next succeeding the Deficiency Determination Date (the “Makewhole Notice Date”) deliver to Dealer, through the Selling Agent, a notice of Counterparty’s election that Counterparty shall either (i) pay an amount in cash equal to the Shortfall on the day that is two Currency Business Days after the Makewhole Notice Date, or (ii) deliver additional Shares. If Counterparty elects to deliver to Dealer additional Shares, then Counterparty shall deliver additional Shares in compliance with the terms and conditions of paragraph 3 or paragraph 4 above, as the case may be (the “Makewhole Shares”), on the second Clearance System Business Day that is also an Exchange Business Day following the Makewhole Notice Date in such number as the Calculation Agent determines would have a market value on that Exchange Business Day equal to the Shortfall. Such Makewhole Shares shall be sold by Dealer in a commercially reasonable manner and in accordance with the provisions above; provided that if the sum of the Net Proceeds from the sale of the originally delivered Shares and the Net Proceeds from the sale of any Makewhole Shares is less than the absolute value of the Forward Cash Settlement Amount then Counterparty shall, at its election, either make such cash payment or deliver to Dealer further Makewhole Shares until such Shortfall has been reduced to zero.

7. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the aggregate number of Settlement Shares for all Transactions be greater than the Reserved Shares, minus the amount of any Shares actually delivered by Counterparty for all Transactions (the result of such calculation for all Transactions, the “Capped Number”). Counterparty represents and warrants (which shall be deemed to be repeated on each day that any Transaction is outstanding) that the Capped Number is equal to or less than the number of Shares determined according to the following formula:

A – B

 

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Where  A    =     the number of authorized but unissued shares of Counterparty that are not reserved for future issuance on the date of the determination of such Capped Number; and
B     =     the maximum number of Shares required to be delivered to third parties if Counterparty elected Net Share Settlement of all transactions in the Shares (other than Transactions in the Shares under this Master Confirmation) with all third parties that are then currently outstanding and unexercised.

Reserved Shares” means with respect to all Transactions, as set forth in the related Supplemental Confirmation.

 

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ANNEX B

COMMUNICATIONS PROCEDURES

December 17, 2024

 

  I. Introduction

Aptiv PLC (formerly known as Aptiv Holdings Limited) (“Counterparty”) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (“Dealer”) have adopted these communications procedures (the “Communications Procedures”) in connection with entering into the Master Confirmation (the “Master Confirmation”), dated as of December 17, 2024, between Dealer and Counterparty relating to Uncollared Accelerated Share Repurchase transactions. These Communications Procedures supplement, form part of, and are subject to the Master Confirmation.

 

  II. Communications

Rules

For each Transaction, from the Trade Date for such Transaction until the date all payments or deliveries of Shares have been made with respect to such Transaction, Counterparty and its Employees and Designees shall not engage in any Program-Related Communication with, or disclose any Material Non-Public Information to, any EDG Trading Personnel. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, the Master Confirmation shall not limit Counterparty and its Employees and Designees in their communication with Affiliates and Employees of Dealer, including, without limitation, Employees who are EDG Permitted Contacts.

 

  III. Suspension;

Termination

If, in the sole judgment of any EDG Trading Personnel or any Affiliate or Employee of Dealer participating in any Communication with Counterparty or any Employee or Designee of Counterparty, such Communication would not be permitted by these Communications Procedures, such EDG Trading Personnel or Affiliate or Employee of Dealer shall immediately terminate such Communication. In such case, or if such EDG Trading Personnel or Affiliate or Employee of Dealer determines following completion of any Communication with Counterparty or any Employee or Designee of Counterparty that such Communication was not permitted by these Communications Procedures, such EDG Trading Personnel or such Affiliate or Employee of Dealer shall promptly consult with his or her supervisors and with counsel for Dealer regarding such Communication. If, in the reasonable judgment of Dealer’s counsel following such consultation, there is more than an insignificant risk that such Communication would jeopardize the availability of the affirmative defenses provided in Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act with respect to any ongoing or contemplated activities of Dealer or its Affiliates in respect of any Transaction pursuant to the Master Confirmation, it shall be an Additional Termination Event pursuant to Section 19(a) of the Master Confirmation, with Counterparty as the sole Affected Party and all Transactions under the Master Confirmation as Affected Transactions.

 

  IV.

Definitions

Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Master Confirmation. As used herein, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:

Communication” means any contact or communication (whether written, electronic, oral or otherwise) between Counterparty or any of its Employees or Designees, on the one hand, and Dealer or any of its Affiliates or Employees, on the other hand.

Designee” means a person designated, in writing or orally, by Counterparty to communicate with Dealer on behalf of Counterparty.

EDG Permitted Contact” means any of Mr. David Aidelson, Mr. Elliot Chalom, Ms. Yana Chernobilsky, Mr. Ganaraj S. Hegde, Mr. Noah L. Wynkoop, and Mr. Sanjeet S. Dewal or any of their designees; provided that Dealer may amend the list of EDG Permitted Contacts by delivering a revised list of EDG Permitted Contacts to Counterparty.

EDG Trading Personnel” means Mr. Derek Brown, Mr. Michael Captain, Mr. Spyros Kallipolitis, Mr. Jack J. Kellerk, Ms. Alexandra Molino, Mr. Michael Tatro and any other Employee of the “public side” of Equity Derivatives Group of JPMorgan Chase & Co.; provided that Dealer may amend the list of EDG Trading Personnel by delivering a revised list of EDG Trading Personnel to Counterparty; and provided further that, for the avoidance of doubt, the persons listed as EDG Permitted Contacts are not EDG Trading Personnel.

 

Annex B-1


Employee” means, with respect to any entity, any owner, principal, officer, director, employee or other agent or representative of such entity, and any Affiliate of any of such owner, principal, officer, director, employee, agent or representative.

Material Non-Public Information” means information relating to Counterparty or the Shares that (a) has not been widely disseminated by wire service, in one or more newspapers of general circulation, by communication from Counterparty to its shareholders or in a press release, or contained in a public filing made by Counterparty with the Securities and Exchange Commission and (b) a reasonable investor might consider to be of importance in making an investment decision to buy, sell or hold Shares. For the avoidance of doubt and solely by way of illustration, information should be presumed “material” if it relates to such matters as dividend increases or decreases, earnings estimates, changes in previously released earnings estimates, significant expansion or curtailment of operations, a significant increase or decline of orders, significant merger or acquisition proposals or agreements, significant new products or discoveries, extraordinary borrowing, major litigation, liquidity problems, extraordinary management developments, purchase or sale of substantial assets and similar matters.

Program-Related Communication” means any Communication the subject matter of which relates to the Master Confirmation or any Transaction under the Master Confirmation or any activities of Dealer (or any of its Affiliates) in respect of the Master Confirmation or any Transaction under the Master Confirmation.

 

Annex B-2

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Document and Entity Information
Dec. 17, 2024
Document And Entity Information [Line Items]  
Document Type 8-K12G3
Document Period End Date Dec. 17, 2024
Entity Registrant Name Aptiv PLC
Entity Incorporation State Country Code Y9
Entity File Number 001-35346
Entity Tax Identification Number 98-1824200
Entity Address Address Line 1 Spitalstrasse 5
Entity Address Postal Zip Code 8200
Entity Address City Or Town Schaffhausen
Entity Address Country CH
Country Region 41
City Area Code 52
Local Phone Number 580 96 00
Written Communications false
Soliciting Material false
Pre Commencement Tender Offer false
Pre Commencement Issuer Tender Offer false
Entity Emerging Growth Company false
Current Fiscal Year End Date --12-31
Amendment Flag false
Entity Central Index Key 0001521332
Common Stock [Member]  
Document And Entity Information [Line Items]  
Security 12b Title Ordinary Shares. $0.01 par value per share
Trading Symbol APTV
Security Exchange Name NYSE
1.600% Senior Notes due 2028 [Member]  
Document And Entity Information [Line Items]  
Security 12b Title 1.600% Senior Notes due 2028
Trading Symbol APTV
Security Exchange Name NYSE
4.350% Senior Notes due 2029 [Member]  
Document And Entity Information [Line Items]  
Security 12b Title 4.350% Senior Notes due 2029
Trading Symbol APTV
Security Exchange Name NYSE
3.250% Senior Notes due 2032 [Member]  
Document And Entity Information [Line Items]  
Security 12b Title 3.250% Senior Notes due 2032
Trading Symbol APTV
Security Exchange Name NYSE
4.400% Senior Notes due 2046 [Member]  
Document And Entity Information [Line Items]  
Security 12b Title 4.400% Senior Notes due 2046
Trading Symbol APTV
Security Exchange Name NYSE
5.400% Senior Notes due 2049 [Member]  
Document And Entity Information [Line Items]  
Security 12b Title 5.400% Senior Notes due 2049
Trading Symbol APTV
Security Exchange Name NYSE
3.100% Senior Notes due 2051 [Member]  
Document And Entity Information [Line Items]  
Security 12b Title 3.100% Senior Notes due 2051
Trading Symbol APTV
Security Exchange Name NYSE
4.150% Senior Notes due 2052 [Member]  
Document And Entity Information [Line Items]  
Security 12b Title 4.150% Senior Notes due 2052
Trading Symbol APTV
Security Exchange Name NYSE
6.875% Fixed-to-Fixed Reset Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2054 [Member]  
Document And Entity Information [Line Items]  
Security 12b Title 6.875% Fixed-to-Fixed Reset Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2054
Trading Symbol APTV
Security Exchange Name NYSE

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