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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-A
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Lear Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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13-3386776
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21557 Telegraph Road
Southfield, Michigan
(Address of principal executive offices)
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48033
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Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
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New York Stock Exchange |
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If this form relates to the registration of
a class of securities pursuant to Section
12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective
pursuant to General Instruction A.(c),
please check the following box. þ
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If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to
Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is
effective pursuant to General
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Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: N/A
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: N/A
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Item 1. |
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Description of Registrants Securities to be Registered. |
General
This registration statement registers under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, the shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (Common Stock), of Lear
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (Lear), upon the effective date (the Effective Date) of the
First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of Lear and certain of its United States and Canadian
subsidiaries (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the Plan), filed in the bankruptcy
proceedings under chapter 11 (Chapter 11) of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the Bankruptcy
Code) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the Bankruptcy
Court). On November 5, 2009, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order confirming the Plan.
On the Effective Date, Lears common stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Date
will be cancelled pursuant to the terms of the Plan. In accordance with the Plan, Lear will file
an Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware (the Certificate). Pursuant to the Certificate, Lear is authorized to issue 300,000,000
shares of Common Stock and 100,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the
Preferred Stock). The Certificate also provides that Lear will not issue any class of non-voting
equity securities unless, and solely to the extent, permitted by section 1123(a)(6) of the
Bankruptcy Code; however, under the Certificate, such restriction (i) will have no further force
and effect beyond that required under section 1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code, (ii) will have
such force and effect, if any, only for so long as section 1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code is in
effect and applicable to Lear and (iii) may be amended or eliminated in accordance with applicable
law.
On the Effective Date and pursuant to the terms of the Plan, Lear will issue (i) 34,117,369
shares of Common Stock, (ii) Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 8,157,250 shares of Common
Stock (the Warrants), and (iii) 10,896,250 shares of Series A Convertible Participating Preferred
Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Series A Preferred Stock). In addition, on the Effective
Date, Lear will adopt a management equity incentive plan pursuant to which Lear may issue to
participants in such plan up to 10% of the shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the Effective
Date, on a fully-diluted basis, giving effect to the conversion of all Warrants and Series A
Preferred Stock (assuming the issuance on the Effective Date of Series A Preferred Stock with an
aggregate value of $500 million).
The descriptions contained in this registration statement (i) describe matters to be in effect
on the Effective Date, (ii) do not purport to be complete and (iii) are subject to and qualified by
the full terms of the Common Stock, the Series A Preferred Stock and the Warrants, as set forth in
the exhibits to this registration statement, which are incorporated by reference in this Item 1.
Common Stock
The following description of the Common Stock, including certain provisions of the
Certificate, the Amended and Restated Bylaws of Lear (the Bylaws) and the Certificate of
Designations of Series A Convertible Participating Preferred Stock of Lear (the Certificate of
Designations), is a summary of, and is qualified in its entirety by, the Certificate, the Bylaws
and the Certificate of Designations, which are attached hereto as Exhibits 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3,
respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.
Voting. All shares of Common Stock have identical rights and privileges. With limited
exceptions, holders of Common Stock are entitled to one vote for each outstanding share of Common
Stock held of record by each stockholder on all matters properly submitted for the vote of Lears
stockholders. Each director will be elected by the vote of a majority of a votes cast by the
holders of Common Stock and any class or series of Lears capital stock (including the Series A
Preferred Stock) entitled to vote together with the Common Stock with respect to such directors
election; provided that if the number of nominees exceeds the number of directors to be elected,
the stockholders shall elect directors by the vote of a plurality of the votes cast. Except as
provided by the Certificate, the Bylaws or applicable law, all other elections and questions
presented to the stockholders shall be decided by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority
in voting power of the shares present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereon. Holders
of Common Stock are not entitled to cumulative voting rights.
Dividend Rights. Subject to applicable law, any contractual restrictions and the rights of the
holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock (including the Series A Preferred Stock), if
any, holders of Common Stock are entitled to receive ratably such dividends and other distributions
that the board of directors of Lear (the Board of Directors), in its discretion, declares from
time to time.
Liquidation Rights. Upon the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of Lear, subject to the
rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock (including the Series A
Preferred Stock), if any, holders of Common Stock are entitled to receive the assets of Lear
available for distribution to its stockholders ratably in proportion to the number of shares held
by each stockholder.
Conversion, Redemption and Preemptive Rights. Holders of Common Stock have no conversion,
redemption, sinking fund, preemptive, subscription or similar rights.
Preferred Stock
The following description of the Series A Preferred Stock is a summary of, and is qualified in
its entirety by, the Certificate of Designations, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.3 and
incorporated herein by reference.
Pursuant to the Plan, Lear will issue 10,896,250 shares of Series A Preferred Stock on the
Effective Date.
Voting. Except as required by applicable law, the Certificate or the Certificate of
Designations, holders of the Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to vote on all matters submitted
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for the vote of stockholders generally and shall vote together as a single class with holders
of Common Stock on all matters properly submitted to the stockholders for their vote. Each share
of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock issuable
upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock as of the record date for such vote.
Dividend Rights. Except as provided below, the Series A Preferred Stock shall not bear any
mandatory dividend. Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock will participate in any dividends or
other distributions declared on the Common Stock (other than a dividend payable solely in
additional shares of Common Stock) based on the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock immediately prior to the applicable record date for such
dividend. So long as any Series A Preferred Stock is outstanding, Lear shall not declare, pay or
set aside any dividends on Common Stock (other than a dividend payable solely in additional shares
of Common Stock) unless holders of Series A Preferred Stock have received, or shall simultaneously
receive, a dividend on each outstanding share of Series A Preferred Stock in an amount equal to the
dividend such holders would have been entitled to receive based on the number of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock immediately prior to the applicable
record date for such dividend. Additionally, so long as any Series A Preferred Stock is
outstanding, Lear shall not redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire directly or indirectly any Common
Stock, other than (i) the repurchase of Common Stock held by departing employees and directors of
Lear or (ii) cash payments made in lieu of fractional shares of Common Stock that would otherwise
be issued upon any conversion, exercise or exchange of any capital stock, option, warrant or other
security that is convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, Common Stock or any reverse
split or other combination of Common Stock. The Board of Directors may declare dividends or other
distributions with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock regardless of whether any dividend or
other distribution is declared with respect to the Common Stock.
Liquidation Rights. Upon the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of Lear, holders of the
Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to receive payment out of the assets of Lear available for
distribution before any distribution or payment out of the assets of Lear may be made or set aside
for holders of Common Stock, an amount per share of Series A Preferred Stock equal to the greater
of (i) the Stated Value (as defined in the Certificate of Designations) per share of Series A
Preferred Stock plus an amount equal to all declared and unpaid dividends thereon, if any, and (ii)
the amount that would be payable to such holder in respect of the Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock assuming conversion of all Series A Preferred Stock into
Common Stock immediately prior to such dissolution, liquidation or winding up of Lear. No payments
upon the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of Lear may be made to holders of Common Stock
until payment in full of all amounts required to be paid to holders of the Series A Preferred Stock
have been made.
Conversion Rights. Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock may elect at any time to convert
their shares of Series A Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock. All shares of the Series A
Preferred Stock will be converted into Common Stock on the third anniversary of the Effective Date,
unless earlier converted pursuant to the terms of such Series A Preferred Stock. Conversion of the
Series A Preferred Stock will dilute the ownership interest of holders of Common Stock.
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Limitations on Directors Liability
The Certificate contains a provision eliminating the personal liability of Lears directors to
Lear and its stockholders to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. The Certificate also
contains provisions generally providing for indemnification and advancement of expenses to Lears
directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
Provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws that May Have an Anti-Takeover Effect
Certain provisions in the Certificate and the Bylaws, as well as the Delaware General
Corporation Law (the DGCL), may have the effect of discouraging transactions that involve an
actual or threatened change in control of Lear. In addition, provisions of the Certificate, the
Bylaws and the DGCL may be deemed to have an anti-takeover effect and may delay, deter or prevent a
tender offer or takeover attempt that a stockholder might consider to be in its best interests.
Special Meetings of Stockholders. The Board of Directors may call a special meeting of
stockholders at any time and for any purpose, but no stockholder or other person may call any such
special meeting.
No Written Consent of Stockholders. Any action taken by stockholders of Lear must be effected
at a duly held meeting of stockholders and may not be effected by the written consent of such
stockholders.
Blank Check Preferred Stock. The Certificate contains provisions that permit the Board of
Directors to issue, without any further vote or action by the stockholders, up to 100,000,000
shares of Preferred Stock in one or more series and, with respect to each such series, to fix the
number of shares constituting the series and the designation of the series, the voting powers, if
any, of the shares of the series, and the preferences and relative, participating, optional and
other special rights, if any, and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions, of the shares of
such series. Such provisions could have the effect of discouraging others from making tender
offers or takeover attempts.
Advance Notice of Stockholder Action at a Meeting. Stockholders seeking to nominate directors
or to bring business before a stockholder meeting must comply with certain timing requirements and
submit certain information to Lear in advance of such meeting.
Initial Board. The Board of Directors will initially consist of nine directors identified in
the Plan (the Initial Board). The Initial Board will serve from the Effective Date until the
annual meeting of stockholders of Lear to be held in 2011, subject to such directors earlier
death, resignation or removal. Prior to the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2011, the
removal of a director for any reason other than for cause may not be brought before any annual
meeting of the stockholders of Lear without, and special meetings of stockholders of Lear for the
purpose of considering the removal of a director for any reason other than for cause may be called
by the Board of Directors only upon, the affirmative vote of all of the directors (other than the
director to be removed) then in office.
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Registration Rights
The following description of the registration rights granted to certain holders of Lears
Common Stock, including certain provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement (as defined below),
is a summary of, and is qualified in its entirety by, the Registration Rights Agreement, which is
attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
In accordance with the Plan, on the Effective Date, Lear will enter into a registration rights
agreement with certain holders of Common Stock (the Registration Rights Agreement) that, subject
to certain limitations contained therein, grants to such holders certain rights to (i) demand that
Lear register under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Common Stock held by such holders and
issued on the Effective Date or thereafter acquired by such holders and (ii) to participate in
registrations of Common Stock by Lear. The Registration Rights Agreement will terminate on the
third anniversary of the Effective Date.
Warrants
The following description of the Warrants, including certain provisions of the Warrant
Agreement (the Warrant Agreement), is a summary of, and is qualified in its entirety by, the
Warrant Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.2 and incorporated herein by reference.
In accordance with the Plan, on or prior to the Effective Date, Lear will enter into the
Warrant Agreement which provides for the issuance of the Warrants on the Effective Date. The
Warrants will expire at 5:00 p.m. New York City Time, on the fifth anniversary of the Effective
Date (the Expiration Date).
Exercise. Each Warrant entitles its holder to purchase one share of Common Stock at an
exercise price of $0.01 per share (the Exercise Price), subject to adjustment. The Warrants are
exercisable for an aggregate of up to 8,157,250 shares of Common Stock, subject to adjustment.
Holders of the Warrants may exercise the Warrants (i) commencing on the business day following a
period of 30 consecutive trading days during which the closing price of the Common Stock for at
least 20 of the trading days within such period is equal to or greater than $39.63 (the Trigger
Price) and (ii) prior to the Expiration Date. Holders that elect to exercise the Warrants must do
so by providing written notice of such election to Lear and the Warrant Agent prior to the
Expiration Date, in a form prescribed in the Warrant Agreement, and paying the applicable exercise
price for all Warrants being exercised, together with all applicable taxes and governmental
charges.
No Rights as Stockholders. Prior to the exercise of the Warrants, no holder of Warrants
(solely in its capacity as a holder of Warrants) is entitled to any rights as a stockholder of
Lear, including, without limitation, the right to vote, receive notice of any meeting of
stockholders or receive dividends, allotments or other distributions.
Adjustments. The number of shares of Common Stock for which a Warrant is exercisable, the
Exercise Price and the Trigger Price will be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the
occurrence of certain events, including an increase in the number of outstanding shares of Common
Stock by means of a dividend consisting of shares of Common Stock, a subdivision of
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Lears outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares of Common Stock or a
combination of Lears outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of Common
Stock. In the event Lear pays an extraordinary dividend to the holders of Common Stock, the
Trigger Price will be decreased dollar-for-dollar by the amount of cash and/or the fair market
value of any securities or other assets paid or distributed on each share of Common Stock in
respect of such extraordinary dividend. In addition, upon the occurrence of certain events
constituting a reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, consolidation, merger or similar
event, each holder of a Warrant will have the right to receive, upon exercise of a Warrant (if then
exercisable), an amount of securities, cash or other property receivable by a holder of the number
of shares of Common Stock for which a Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such event.
Following the consummation of any such event, all of the Warrants will be deemed to be no longer
outstanding and not transferable on Lears books or the books of the surviving corporation, and
will represent solely the right to receive the consideration payable upon the exercise of the
Warrant, without interest.
Transfer Agent
Mellon Investor Services LLC will serve as transfer agent for the Common Stock.
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Exhibit |
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Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Lear |
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Form of Amended and Restated Bylaws of Lear |
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Form of Certificate of Designations of Series A Convertible Participating Preferred Stock of Lear |
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Form of Registration Rights Agreement among Lear and the stockholders of Lear a party thereto |
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Form of Warrant Agreement between Lear and Mellon Investor Services LLC, as the warrant agent (including the Global Warrant Certificate set forth in Exhibit A thereto) |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereto duly authorized.
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LEAR CORPORATION
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Date: November 6, 2009 |
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/s/ Matthew J. Simoncini
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Matthew J. Simoncini |
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Senior Vice President and
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Exhibit 3.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
LEAR CORPORATION
LEAR CORPORATION (incorporated January 13, 1987 under the name LS Acquisition Corp. No. 30),
a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, hereby certifies that
this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, which has been duly adopted in accordance
with Sections 242, 245 and 303 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
In accordance with Sections 242, 245 and 303 of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware, Lear Corporation hereby amends and restates its certificate of incorporation as follows:
ARTICLE I
The name of the corporation is Lear Corporation (the Corporation).
ARTICLE II
The address of the Corporations registered office in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange
Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of the Corporations registered
agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.
ARTICLE III
The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a
corporation may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the
DGCL).
ARTICLE IV
A. The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the Corporation is authorized to
issue is 400,000,000 shares, divided into 300,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $.01 per
share (the Common Stock), and 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $.01 per share
(the Preferred Stock). Subject to the rights of the holders, if any, of any outstanding series
of Preferred Stock, the number of authorized shares of any class or classes of stock may be
increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the
affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote
generally in the election of directors irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the
DGCL. The holders of the Common Stock (in their capacity as such) shall not be entitled to vote on
any amendment to this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate
of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock) that relates solely to rights of the
holders, if any, of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such
affected series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one
or more other such series, to vote thereon pursuant to this Amended and Restated Certificate
of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred
Stock) or pursuant to the DGCL.
B. The Board of Directors of the Corporation (the Board of Directors) is hereby expressly
authorized, by resolution or resolutions thereof, to provide, out of the unissued shares of
Preferred Stock, for series of Preferred Stock and, with respect to each such series, to fix the
number of shares constituting such series and the designation of such series, the voting powers (if
any) of the shares of such series, and the preferences and relative, participating, optional or
other special rights, if any, and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of the
shares of such series. The powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other
special rights of each series of Preferred Stock, and the qualifications, limitations or
restrictions thereof, if any, may differ from those of any and all other series at any time
outstanding.
C. Each holder of Common Stock, as such, shall be entitled to one vote for each share of
Common Stock held of record by such holder on all matters on which stockholders generally are
entitled to vote.
D. Subject to applicable law and the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series
of Preferred Stock (in their capacity as such), dividends may be declared and paid on the Common
Stock at such times and in such amounts as the Board of Directors in its discretion shall determine
out of the assets or funds of the Corporation legally available therefor.
E. Upon the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or
involuntary, after payment of the Corporations debts and subject to the rights, if any, of the
holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock (in their capacity as such), the holders of
the Common Stock shall be entitled to receive the remaining assets of the Corporation available for
distribution to its stockholders ratably in proportion to the number of shares held by them.
F. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Corporation shall not issue any class
of non-voting equity securities unless and solely to the extent permitted by section 1123(a)(6) of
the United States Bankruptcy Code (the Bankruptcy Code) as in effect on the date of filing this
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware; provided, however, that this Paragraph F of Article IV of this Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (i) will have no further force and effect beyond that
required under section 1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code; (ii) will have such force and effect, if
any, only for so long as section 1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code is in effect and applicable to
the Corporation; and (iii) in all events may be amended or eliminated in accordance with applicable
law from time to time in effect.
ARTICLE V
A. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by, or under the direction of,
the Board of Directors. Except as otherwise provided for or fixed pursuant to the provisions of
this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any
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certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock) relating to the rights
of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect additional directors, the total number of
directors constituting the entire Board of Directors shall be fixed from time to time exclusively
by resolution of the Board of Directors; provided, that the number of directors initially shall be
nine (9) and shall consist of the nine (9) individuals (such individuals comprising the Initial
Board) identified in the Joint Plan of Reorganization of the Corporation filed on August 14, 2009
in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (as may be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Plan). Each director on the Initial
Board (and any directors elected to fill vacancies or newly created directorships following the
effective date of the Plan and prior to the annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to be
held in 2011) shall serve until the annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to be held in
2011, subject to such directors earlier death, resignation or removal. Prior to the annual
meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to be held in 2011, the removal of a director for any
reason other than for cause may not be brought before any annual meeting of the stockholders of the
Corporation without, and special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation for the purpose of
considering the removal of a director for any reason other than for cause may be called by the
Board of Directors only upon, the affirmative vote of all of the directors (other than the director
to be removed) then in office.
B. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the Board of
Directors is expressly authorized to make, alter or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.
C. Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the
election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.
D. Subject to the rights of the holders of any one or more series of Preferred Stock (in their
capacity as such) then outstanding, newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the
authorized number of directors or any vacancies in the Board of Directors resulting from death,
resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or other cause shall be filled
solely by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, even though
less than a quorum of the Board of Directors, or by the sole remaining director, and each director
so elected shall hold office until the expiration of the term of office of the director whom he has
replaced or until his successor is elected and qualified.
ARTICLE VI
The Corporation hereby eliminates, to the fullest extent permitted by law (as contemplated by
Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL), the personal liability of any person who serves as a director of
the Corporation to the Corporation and/or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director, provided that this Article VI shall not eliminate or limit the
liability of a director: (i) for any breach of the directors duty of loyalty to the Corporation or
its stockholders; (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional
misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL; or (iv) for any
transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit; provided, however, that
if in the future the DGCL is amended or modified (including, but not limited to, Section 102(b)(7))
to permit the elimination or limitation of the personal liability of a director of the
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Corporation to a greater extent than contemplated above, then the provisions of this Article
VI shall be deemed to provide for the elimination or limitation of the personal liability of the
directors of the Corporation to such greater extent. Any repeal or modification of this Article VI
shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the
time of such repeal or modification.
ARTICLE VII
Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock (in their capacity as
such), any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be
effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation and may not
be effected by any consent in writing by such stockholders. Except as otherwise required by law
and subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock (in their capacity as
such), special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may only be called by the Board of
Directors pursuant to a resolution approved by a majority of the entire Board of Directors and
special meetings of stockholders may not be called by any other person or persons.
ARTICLE VIII
A. Nature of Indemnity. Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be
made a party to or is involved (including, without limitation, as a witness) in any actual or
threatened action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(hereinafter a Proceeding), by reason of the fact that he or she (or a person of whom he
or she is the legal representative), is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or is or
was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, partner, principal, member,
manager, trustee, employee, fiduciary, or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an
employee benefit plan, whether the basis of such Proceeding is alleged action in an official
capacity as a director, officer, partner, principal, member, manager, trustee, employee, fiduciary
or agent or in any other capacity while serving at the request of the Corporation as a director,
officer, partner, principal, member, manager, trustee, employee, fiduciary or agent, shall be
indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent which it is empowered to do
so by the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, or by other applicable law as then
in effect, against all expense, liability and loss (including, without limitation, attorneys fees
and related disbursements, judgments, fines, excise taxes or penalties under the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time (ERISA), penalties
and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in
connection with such Proceeding, and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has
ceased to be a director, officer, partner, principal, member, manager, trustee, employee,
fiduciary, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and
administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section B of this Article VIII, the
Corporation shall be required to indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection
with a Proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by or on behalf of such person only if such
Proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized, in the specific case, by the Board of Directors. The
right to indemnification conferred in this Article VIII shall be a contract right and, subject to
Sections B and E of this Article VIII, shall include the right to payment by the Corporation of the
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incurred in defending any such Proceeding in advance of its final disposition. Each person
who is or was serving as a director or officer of a Subsidiary of the Corporation shall be deemed
to be serving, or have served, at the request of the Corporation.
B. Procedure for Indemnification of Directors and Officers. Any indemnification of a
person under Section A of this Article VIII (following final disposition of a Proceeding) or
advance of expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys fees, costs and charges) under
Section E of this Article VIII shall be made promptly, and in any event within thirty (30) days,
upon the written request of such person to the Corporation. If a determination by the Corporation
that the person is entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Article VIII is required, and the
Corporation fails to respond within thirty (30) days to a written request for indemnity, the
Corporation shall be deemed to have approved the request. If the Corporation denies a written
request for indemnification or advancing of expenses, in whole or in part, or if payment in full
pursuant to such request is not made within thirty (30) days, the right to indemnification or
advances as granted by this Article VIII shall be enforceable by the person in any court of
competent jurisdiction. Such persons costs and expenses incurred in connection with successfully
establishing his or her right to indemnification, in whole or in part, in any such action shall
also be indemnified by the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. It shall
be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for the advance of
expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys fees, costs and charges) incurred in defending
any Proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any, has been
received by the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standard of conduct set forth in the
DGCL, as the same exists or hereafter may be amended, but the burden of proving such defense shall
be on the Corporation. To the extent permitted under applicable law, neither the failure of the
Corporation (including, without limitation, the Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or
its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that
indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the
applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, as the same exists or hereafter may be
amended, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including, without limitation, its Board
of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such
applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the
claimant has or has not met the applicable standard of conduct.
C. Nonexclusivity of Article VIII. The rights to indemnification and the payment of
expenses incurred in defending a Proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this
Article VIII shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter
acquire under any law (common or statutory), provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, provision of the Bylaws of the Corporation, agreement, vote of stockholders or
disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to
action in another capacity while holding office or while employed by or acting as agent for the
Corporation, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer, and
shall inure to the benefit of the estate, heirs, executors and administers of such person.
D. Insurance. The Corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance
on its own behalf and on behalf of any person who is or was or has agreed to
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become a director, officer, partner, principal, member, manager, trustee, employee, fiduciary,
or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director,
officer, partner, principal, member, manager, trustee, employee, fiduciary, or agent of another
corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise
against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity,
or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to
indemnify such person against such liability under this Article VIII.
E. Expenses. Expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys fees, costs and
charges) incurred by any person described in Section A of this Article VIII in defending a
Proceeding shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of such Proceedings final disposition to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of
such person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not
entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Article VIII. Such expenses
incurred by other employees and agents may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as
the Board of Directors deems appropriate.
F. Employees and Agents. Persons who are not covered by the foregoing provisions of
this Article VIII and who are or were employees or agents of the Corporation may be indemnified to
the extent authorized at any time or from time to time by the Board of Directors.
G. Contract Rights. The provisions of this Article VIII shall be deemed to be a
contract right between the Corporation and each person who is entitled to indemnification or
advancement of expenses pursuant to this Article VIII at any time while this Article VIII and the
relevant provisions of the DGCL or other applicable law are in effect, and any repeal or
modification of this Article VIII or any such law shall not in any way diminish any rights to
indemnification of such person or the obligations of the Corporation arising hereunder with respect
to any Proceeding arising out of, or relating to, any actions, transactions or facts occurring
prior to the final adoption of such modification or repeal.
H. Savings Clause. If this Article VIII or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on
any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation shall nevertheless
indemnify each person entitled to indemnification under Section A of this Article VIII as to all
expense, liability and loss (including, without limitation, attorneys fees and related
disbursements, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and penalties, penalties and amounts paid or to
be paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred or suffered by such person and for which
indemnification is available to such person pursuant to this Article VIII to the full extent
permitted by any applicable portion of this Article VIII that shall not have been invalidated and
to the full extent permitted by applicable law.
ARTICLE IX
The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter or repeal any provision contained in this
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by
statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are subject to this reservation. Prior
to the annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to be held in
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2011, no amendment, alteration, repeal or other modification to the last two sentences of
Article V.A of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (and any defined term used
therein, but only as used therein) shall be valid unless approved by the holders of not less than
seventy-five percent (75%) in voting power of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation
entitled to vote thereon.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation to be executed on its behalf by Matthew J. Simoncini, its duly elected Senior Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer, this day of November, 2009.
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Exhibit 3.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
LEAR CORPORATION
ARTICLE I
Meetings of Stockholders
Section 1.1. Annual Meetings. An annual meeting of stockholders shall be held for
the election of directors at such date, time and place, if any, either within or without the State
of Delaware, as may be designated by resolution of the Board of Directors from time to time,
subject to the last two sentences of Article V.A of the certificate of incorporation of the
corporation. Any other proper business may be transacted at the annual meeting.
Section 1.2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders for any purpose or
purposes may be called at any time by the Board of Directors, but such special meetings may not be
called by any other person or persons, subject to the last two sentences of Article V.A of the
certificate of incorporation of the corporation. Business transacted at any special meeting of
stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.
Section 1.3. Notice of Meetings. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to
take any action at a meeting, a notice of the meeting shall be given that shall state the place, if
any, date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which
stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, the
record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (if such date is
different from the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting) and, in the case
of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise
provided by applicable law, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, the notice of any
meeting shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the
meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting as of the record date for determining
the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting. Notice may be given in writing by mail or, to
the extent permitted by applicable law, by electronic transmission. If mailed, such notice shall
be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the
stockholder at such stockholders address as it appears on the records of the corporation. If
transmitted electronically, such notice shall be deemed to be given: (i) if by facsimile
telecommunication, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to receive
notice; (ii) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the
stockholder has consented to receive notice; (iii) if by a posting on an electronic network
together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of (a)
such posting and (b) the giving of such separate notice; and (iv) if by any other form of
electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder.
Section 1.4. Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may
adjourn from time to time to reconvene at the same or some other place, and notice need not be
given of any such adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at
which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting the corporation may transact any business
which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than
thirty (30) days, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record
entitled to vote at the meeting. If after the adjournment a new record date for stockholders
entitled to vote is fixed for the adjourned meeting, the Board of Directors shall fix a new record
date for notice of such adjourned meeting, and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each
stockholder of record entitled to vote at such adjourned meeting as of the record date for notice
of such adjourned meeting.
Section 1.5. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by applicable law, the certificate
of incorporation or these bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by
proxy of the holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to
vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. In the absence of a
quorum, the stockholders so present may, by a majority in voting power thereof, adjourn the meeting
from time to time in the manner provided in Section 1.4 of these bylaws until a quorum shall
attend. Shares of its own stock belonging to the corporation or to another corporation, if a
majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election of directors of such other corporation is
held, directly or indirectly, by the corporation, shall neither be entitled to vote nor be counted
for quorum purposes; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not limit the right of the
corporation or any subsidiary of the corporation to vote stock, including but not limited to its
own stock, held by it in a fiduciary capacity.
Section 1.6. Organization. Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the
Chairman of the Board of Directors or, in his absence, by the Vice Chairman, the Chief Executive
Officer, the President or a Vice President (in that order) or, in the absence of the foregoing
persons, by chairperson designated by the Board of Directors or, in the absence of such
designation, by a chairperson chosen at the meeting by the affirmative vote of holders of a
majority of the voting power of the shares of stock present in person or represented by proxy and
entitled to vote at such meeting. The Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in his
absence the chairperson of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.
Section 1.7. Voting; Proxies. Except as otherwise provided by or pursuant to the
provisions of the certificate of incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of
stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by such stockholder which
has voting power upon the matter in question. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of
stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy, but no
such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides
for a longer period. A proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and
only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power.
A stockholder may revoke any proxy which is not irrevocable by attending the meeting
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and voting in person or by delivering to the Secretary of the corporation a revocation of the
proxy or a new proxy bearing a later date. Voting at meetings of stockholders need not be by
written ballot.
Effective as of the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2011, each director shall be
elected by the vote of a majority of votes cast with respect to that directors election at any
meeting for the election of directors at which a quorum is present, provided that if, as of the
tenth (10th) day preceding the date the corporation first provides notice of such meeting in
accordance with Section 1.3 of these bylaws, the number of nominees exceeds the number of directors
to be elected (a Contested Election), the directors shall be elected by the vote of a plurality
of the votes cast. For purposes of this Section 1.7, a majority of votes cast shall mean that
the number of votes cast for a directors election exceeds the number of votes cast against
that directors election (with abstentions and broker nonvotes not counted as votes cast either
for or against that directors election). Effective as of the annual meeting of stockholders
to be held in 2011, in the event an incumbent director fails to receive a majority of votes cast in
an election that is not a Contested Election, such incumbent director shall immediately tender his
resignation in accordance with the procedures established by the Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee. The Board of Directors shall determine whether to accept the resignation or
take other action, through a process managed by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
and following a recommendation of that committee. If such directors resignation is not accepted
by the Board of Directors, such director shall continue to serve until his successor is duly
elected, or until his subsequent death, retirement, removal or resignation in accordance with its
terms.
All other elections and questions presented to the stockholders at a meeting at which a quorum
is present shall, unless otherwise provided by the certificate of incorporation, these bylaws, the
rules or regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the corporation, or applicable law or
pursuant to any regulation applicable to the corporation or its securities, be decided by the
affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of stock of the
corporation which are present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereon.
Section 1.8. Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record.
(a) In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any
meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date,
which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is
adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall, unless otherwise required by
applicable law, not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such
meeting. If the Board of Directors so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for
determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board of Directors
determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the
meeting shall be the date for making such determination. If no record date is fixed by the Board
of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a
meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on
which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding
the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice
of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the
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meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for
determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall
also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same
or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance
herewith at the adjourned meeting.
(b) In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment
of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any
rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other
lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede
the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall
not be more than sixty (60) days prior to such other action. If no such record date is fixed, the
record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on
the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.
Section 1.9. List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote. The officer who has charge of
the stock ledger shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of
stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (provided,
however, if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than ten (10)
days before the date of the meeting, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of
the tenth day before the meeting date), arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of
each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list
shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting at
least ten (10) days prior to the meeting (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network,
provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of
meeting, or (ii) during ordinary business hours at the principal place of business of the
corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then a list of stockholders entitled to vote
at the meeting shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole
time thereof and may be examined by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held
solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any
stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and
the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting.
Except as otherwise provided by applicable law, the stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to
who are the stockholders entitled to examine the list of stockholders required by this Section 1.9
or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.
Section 1.10. Action by Written Consent of Stockholders. Unless otherwise provided
by the certificate of incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken by the
stockholders of the corporation must be effected at a duly held meeting of stockholders of the
corporation at which a quorum is present or represented and may not be effected by any consent in
writing by such stockholders.
Section 1.11. Inspectors of Election. The corporation may, and shall if required by
applicable law, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors of
election, who may be employees of the corporation, to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof
and to make a written report thereof. The corporation may designate one or more
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persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. In the event that
no inspector so appointed or designated is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the person
presiding at the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each
inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall take and sign an oath to execute
faithfully the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his
ability. The inspector or inspectors so appointed or designated shall (i) ascertain the number of
shares of capital stock of the corporation outstanding and the voting power of each such share,
(ii) determine the shares of capital stock of the corporation represented at the meeting and the
validity of proxies and ballots, (iii) count all votes and ballots, (iv) determine and retain for a
reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the
inspectors, and (v) certify their determination of the number of shares of capital stock of the
corporation represented at the meeting and such inspectors count of all votes and ballots. Such
certification and report shall specify such other information as may be required by applicable law.
In determining the validity and counting of proxies and ballots cast at any meeting of
stockholders of the corporation, the inspectors may consider such information as is permitted by
applicable law. No person who is a candidate for an office at an election may serve as an
inspector at such election.
Section 1.12. Conduct of Meetings. The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution
such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of stockholders as it shall deem
appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the
Board of Directors, the chairperson shall have the right and authority to convene and adjourn the
meeting, to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the
judgment of such chairperson, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules,
regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the
chairperson, may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or
order of business for the meeting; (ii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting
and safety of those present; (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to
stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such
other persons as the chairperson shall determine; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after
the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions
or comments by participants. The chairperson at any meeting of stockholders, in addition to making
any other determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, shall, if the facts
warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a matter or business was not properly brought
before the meeting and if such chairperson should so determine, such chairperson shall so declare
to the meeting and any such matter or business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be
transacted or considered. The rulings of the chairperson on procedural matters at any meeting of
stockholders shall be final. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the
chairperson, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules
of parliamentary procedure. The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each
matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be determined by the chairperson
and announced at the meeting.
Section 1.13. Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations.
(A) Annual Meetings of Stockholders. (1) Nominations of persons for election to the
Board of Directors of the corporation at an annual meeting at which directors are to be elected
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and the proposal of other business to be considered by the stockholders that is not otherwise
prohibited or restricted by the last two sentences of Article V.A of the certificate of
incorporation of the corporation may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders only (a) pursuant
to the corporations notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto), (b) by or at the direction of
the Board of Directors or any committee thereof or (c) by any stockholder of the corporation who
was a stockholder of record of the corporation at the time the notice provided for in this Section
1.13 is delivered to the Secretary of the corporation, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and
who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 1.13.
(2) For any nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a
stockholder pursuant to clause (c) of paragraph (A)(1) of this Section 1.13, the stockholder must
have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the corporation and any such
proposed business (other than the nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors)
must constitute a proper matter for stockholder action and not otherwise be prohibited or
restricted by the last two sentences of Article V.A of the certificate of incorporation of the
corporation. To be timely, a stockholders notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the
principal place of business of the corporation not later than the close of business on the
ninetieth (90th) day, nor earlier than the close of business on the one hundred
twentieth (120th) day, prior to the first anniversary of the preceding years annual
meeting (provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than
thirty (30) days before or more than seventy (70) days after such anniversary date, notice by the
stockholder must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred
twentieth (120th) day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of
business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting or the
tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such
meeting is first made by the corporation). In no event shall the public announcement of an
adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time
period) for the giving of a stockholders notice as described above. Such stockholders notice
shall set forth: (a) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a
director (i) all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in
solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an election contest, or is otherwise
required, in each case pursuant to and in accordance with Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act) and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder,
and (ii) such persons written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to
serving as a director if elected; (b) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to
bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the
meeting, the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for
consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the bylaws of the
corporation, the language of the proposed amendment), the reasons for conducting such business at
the meeting and any material interest in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial
owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and (c) as to the stockholder giving the
notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (i) the
name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the corporations books, and of such
beneficial owner, (ii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the corporation
which are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, (iii) a
description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to the nomination or
proposal between or among such stockholder and/or such beneficial owner, any of their respective
affiliates or associates, and any others
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acting in concert with any of the foregoing, including, in the case of a nomination, the
nominee, (iv) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any
derivative or short positions, profit interests, options, warrants, convertible securities, stock
appreciation or similar rights, hedging transactions, and borrowed or loaned shares) that has been
entered into as of the date of the stockholders notice by, or on behalf of, such stockholder and
such beneficial owners, whether or not such instrument or right shall be subject to settlement in
underlying shares of capital stock of the corporation, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate
loss to, manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting
power of, such stockholder or such beneficial owner, with respect to shares of stock of the
corporation, (v) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the
corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the
meeting to propose such business or nomination, (vi) a representation whether the stockholder or
the beneficial owner, if any, intends or is part of a group which intends (a) to deliver a proxy
statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the corporations
outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or elect the nominee and/or (b)
otherwise to solicit proxies or votes from stockholders in support of such proposal or nomination,
and (vii) any other information relating to such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, required
to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with
solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal and/or for the election of directors in
an election contest pursuant to and in accordance with Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The foregoing notice requirements of this Section
1.13 shall be deemed satisfied by a stockholder with respect to business other than a nomination if
the stockholder has notified the corporation of his or its intention to present a proposal at an
annual meeting in compliance with applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange
Act and such stockholders proposal has been included in a proxy statement that has been prepared
by the corporation to solicit proxies for such annual meeting. The corporation may require any
proposed nominee to furnish such other information as it may reasonably require to determine the
eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the corporation.
(3) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of paragraph (A)(2) of this Section 1.13
to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors
of the corporation is increased effective at the annual meeting and there is no public announcement
by the corporation naming the nominees for the additional directorships at least one hundred (100)
days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting, a stockholders notice
required by this Section 1.13 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees
for the additional directorships, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal place
of business of the corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th)
day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the corporation.
(B) Special Meetings of Stockholders. Only such business shall be conducted at a
special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the
corporations notice of meeting and that is not otherwise prohibited or restricted by the last two
sentences of Article V.A of the certificate of incorporation of the corporation. Nominations of
persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at
which directors are to be elected pursuant to the corporations notice of meeting (1) by or at the
direction of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof or (2) provided that the Board of
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Directors has determined that directors shall be elected at such meeting, by any stockholder
of the corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time the notice provided for in this
Section 1.13 is delivered to the Secretary of the corporation, who is entitled to vote at the
meeting and upon such election and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this
Section 1.13. In the event the corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose
of electing one or more directors to the Board of Directors, any such stockholder entitled to vote
in such election of directors may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be) for election to
such position(s) as specified in the corporations notice of meeting, if the stockholders notice
required by paragraph (A)(2) of this Section 1.13 shall be delivered to the Secretary at the
principal place of business of the corporation not earlier than the close of business on the one
hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close
of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such special meeting or
the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the
date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at
such meeting. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of a
special meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a
stockholders notice as described above.
(C) General. (1) Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the
procedures set forth in this Section 1.13 shall be eligible to be elected at an annual or special
meeting of stockholders of the corporation to serve as directors and only such business shall be
conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance
with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.13. Except as otherwise provided by applicable
law, the chairperson of the meeting shall have the power and duty (a) to determine whether a
nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the
case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.13 (including whether
the stockholder or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made
solicited (or is part of a group which solicited) or did not so solicit, as the case may be,
proxies or votes in support of such stockholders nominee or proposal in compliance with such
stockholders representation as required by clause (A)(2)(c)(vi) of this Section 1.13) and (b) if
any proposed nomination or business was not made or proposed in compliance with this Section 1.13,
to declare that such nomination shall be disregarded or that such proposed business shall not be
transacted. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.13, unless otherwise
required by applicable law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder)
does not appear at the annual or special meeting of stockholders of the corporation to present a
nomination or proposed business, such nomination shall be disregarded and such proposed business
shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been
received by the corporation. For purposes of this Section 1.13, to be considered a qualified
representative of the stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner
of such stockholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an
electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the
meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a
reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.
(2) For purposes of this Section 1.13, public announcement shall include disclosure in a
press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or other national news
service or in a document publicly filed by the corporation with the Securities and
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Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.13, a stockholder shall also
comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 1.13; provided
however, that any references in these bylaws to the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit any requirements applicable to
nominations or proposals as to any other business to be considered pursuant to this Section 1.13
(including paragraphs (A)(1)(c) and (B) hereof), and compliance with paragraphs (A)(1)(c) and (B)
of this Section 1.13 shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or submit
other business (other than, as provided in the penultimate sentence of paragraph (A)(2), matters
brought properly under and in compliance with Rule 14a-8 of the Exchange Act, as may be amended
from time to time). Nothing in this Section 1.13 shall be deemed to affect any rights (a) of
stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the corporations proxy statement pursuant to
applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act or (b) of the holders of any
series of Preferred Stock to elect directors pursuant to any applicable provisions of the
certificate of incorporation.
ARTICLE II
Board of Directors
Section 2.1. General Powers. The business and affairs of the corporation shall be
managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.
Section 2.2. Number. The number of directors that shall constitute the Board of
Directors shall be fixed from time to time exclusively by resolution of the Board of Directors;
provided that the number of directors shall initially be nine (9). Directors need not be
stockholders.
Section 2.3. Election; Removal; Resignation; Vacancies. Subject to the provisions of
the certificate of incorporation, at each annual meeting of stockholders, the stockholders shall
elect directors each of whom shall hold office for a term of one year or until his successor is
duly elected and qualified, subject to such directors earlier death, resignation, retirement,
disqualification or removal. Subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, any
director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed at any time, either with or without cause,
by the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of
directors. Any director may resign at any time upon notice to the corporation. Unless otherwise
provided by applicable law or the certificate of incorporation, any newly created directorship or
any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, retirement,
disqualification, removal from office or other cause may only be filled by a majority of the
remaining members of the Board of Directors, although such majority is less than a quorum, or by
the sole remaining director, and each director so elected shall hold office until the expiration of
the term of office of the director whom he replaced or until his successor is elected and
qualified.
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Section 2.4. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held
at such places within or without the State of Delaware and at such times as the Board of Directors
may from time to time determine.
Section 2.5. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held
at any time or place within or without the State of Delaware whenever called by the Chief Executive
Officer, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Secretary or by a majority of the members of
the Board of Directors. Notice of a special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given by
the person or persons calling the meeting at least twenty-four hours before the special meeting.
Section 2.6. Telephonic Meetings Permitted. Members of the Board of Directors, or
any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting thereof by means
of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons
participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this
bylaw shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
Section 2.7. Quorum; Vote Required for Action. At all meetings of the Board of
Directors the directors entitled to cast a majority of the votes of the whole Board of Directors
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Except in cases in which the
certificate of incorporation, these bylaws or applicable law otherwise provides, a majority of the
votes entitled to be cast by the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall
be the act of the Board of Directors.
Section 2.8. Organization. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be presided over
by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or, in his absence, by a chairman chosen by the Board of
Directors at the meeting. The Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in his absence,
the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.
Section 2.9. Action by Unanimous Consent of Directors. Unless otherwise restricted by
the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at
any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting
if all members of the Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in
writing or by electronic transmission and the writing or writings or electronic transmissions are
filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof in
accordance with applicable law.
Section 2.10. General. In the discretion of the Board of Directors, the directors may
be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be
paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors. In addition, in the
discretion of the Board of Directors, the directors may receive a stated salary for serving as
directors or any other form of compensation deemed appropriate. No such payment shall preclude any
director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.
Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for serving on or
attending committee meetings.
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ARTICLE III
Committees
Section 3.1. Committees. The Board of Directors may designate one or more
committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the corporation. The
Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who
may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or
disqualification of a member of the committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting
and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously
appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in place of any such absent
or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent permitted by applicable law and to the
extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, shall have and may exercise all the
powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the
corporation, and may authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may
require it.
Section 3.2. Committee Rules. Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, each
committee designated by the Board of Directors may make, alter and repeal rules for the conduct of
its business. In the absence of such rules each committee shall conduct its business in the same
manner as the Board of Directors conducts its business pursuant to Article II of these bylaws.
ARTICLE IV
Officers
Section 4.1. General. The officers of the corporation shall be chosen by the Board of
Directors and may consist of a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, one
or more Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers and other officers as may be
deemed necessary or advisable by the Board of Directors. Any number of offices may be held by the
same person, unless otherwise prohibited by applicable law, the certificate of incorporation or
these bylaws. The Board of Directors, in its discretion, may also choose a Chairman of the Board
of Directors (who must be a director). The Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there be one,
and officers of the corporation need not be stockholders of the corporation.
Section 4.2. Election. The Board of Directors at its first meeting held after each
annual meeting of stockholders shall elect the officers of the corporation who shall hold their
offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be
determined from time to time by the Board of Directors; and all officers of the corporation shall
hold office until their successors are chosen and qualified, or until their earlier death,
retirement, resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the
corporation directed to the Board of Directors and the Secretary. Such resignation shall take
effect at the time specified therein, and unless otherwise specified therein no acceptance of such
resignation shall be necessary to make it effective. The Board of Directors may remove any officer
or agent with or without cause at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of
Directors. Any such removal shall be without prejudice to the contractual rights of
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such officer or agent, if any, with the corporation, but the election of an officer or agent
shall not of itself create any contractual rights. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the
corporation by death, retirement, resignation, removal or otherwise may be filled by the Board of
Directors. The salaries of all officers of the corporation shall be fixed by the Board of
Directors, without prejudice to the contractual rights of any such officer.
Section 4.3. Appointing Attorneys and Agents; Voting Securities of Other Entities.
Unless otherwise provided by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the
Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Vice President may from time
to time appoint an attorney or attorneys or agent or agents of the corporation, in the name and on
behalf of the corporation, to cast the votes which the corporation may be entitled to cast as the
holder of stock or other securities in any other corporation or other entity, any of whose stock or
other securities may be held by the corporation, at meetings of the holders of the stock or other
securities of such other corporation or other entity, or to consent in writing, in the name of the
corporation as such holder, to any action by such other corporation or other entity, and may
instruct the person or persons so appointed as to the manner of casting such votes or giving such
consents, and may execute or cause to be executed in the name and on behalf of the corporation and
under its corporate seal or otherwise, all such written proxies or other instruments as he may deem
necessary or proper. Any of the rights set forth in this Section 4.3 which may be delegated to an
attorney or agent may also be exercised directly by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the
Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Vice President.
Section 4.4. Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board of
Directors, if there be one, shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of
Directors. In the absence or disability of the Chief Executive Officer, he shall be the Chief
Executive Officer of the corporation, and except where by applicable law the signature of the
President is required, the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall possess the same power as the
President to sign all contracts, certificates and other instruments of the corporation which may be
authorized by the Board of Directors. During the absence or disability of the President and the
Chief Executive Officer, the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall exercise all the powers and
discharge all the duties of the President. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall also
perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as from time to time may be assigned
to him by these bylaws or by the Board of Directors.
Section 4.5. Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall be the
principal executive officer of the corporation. The Chief Executive Officer, except where by
applicable law the signature of the President is required, shall possess the same power as the
President to sign all contracts, certificates and other instruments of the corporation which may be
authorized by the Board of Directors. During the absence or disability of the President, the Chief
Executive Officer shall exercise all the powers and discharge all the duties of the President. The
Chief Executive Officer shall also perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as
from time to time may be assigned to him by these bylaws or by the Board of Directors.
Section 4.6. President. The President shall, subject to the control of the Board of
Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there be one, and the Chief Executive
Officer, have general supervision of the business and affairs of the corporation and shall see that
all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. He shall execute all
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bonds, mortgages, contracts and other instruments of the corporation requiring a seal under
the seal of the corporation, except where required or permitted by applicable law to be otherwise
signed and executed and except that the other officers of the corporation may sign and execute
documents when so authorized by these bylaws, the Board of Directors or the President. If there be
no Chairman of the Board of Directors or Chief Executive Officer, the President shall be the Chief
Executive Officer of the corporation. The President shall also perform such other duties and may
exercise such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him by these bylaws or by the
Board of Directors.
Section 4.7. Vice Presidents. At the request of the President or in his absence or in
the event of his inability or refusal to act (and if there be no Chairman of the Board of Directors
or Chief Executive Officer), the Vice President or the Vice Presidents if there is more than one
(in the order designated by the Board of Directors) shall perform the duties of the President, and
when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the
President. Each Vice President shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the
Board of Directors from time to time may prescribe. If there be no Chairman of the Board of
Directors, no Chief Executive Officer and no President, the Board of Directors shall designate the
Vice President of the corporation who, in the absence of the President or in the event of the
inability or refusal of the President to act, shall perform the duties of the President, and when
so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President.
Section 4.8. Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of
Directors and all meetings of stockholders and record all the proceedings thereat in a book or
books to be kept for that purpose; the Secretary shall also perform like duties for the standing
and special committees of the Board of Directors when required. The Secretary shall give, or cause
to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of
Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or
Chief Executive Officer, under whose supervision he shall be. If the Secretary shall be unable or
shall refuse to cause to be given notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings
of the Board of Directors, and if there be no Assistant Secretary, then either the Board of
Directors or the Chief Executive Officer may choose another officer to cause such notice to be
given. The Secretary shall have custody of the seal of the corporation and the Secretary or any
Assistant Secretary, if there be one, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument
requiring it and when so affixed, it may be attested by the signature of the Secretary or by the
signature of any such Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to
any other officer to affix the seal of the corporation and to attest the affixing by his signature.
The Secretary shall see that all books, reports, statements, certificates and other documents and
records required by applicable law to be kept or filed are properly kept or filed, as the case may
be.
Section 4.9. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds
and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books
belonging to the corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name
and to the credit of the corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of
Directors. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the
Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the Chief
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Executive Officer and the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or when the Board of
Directors so requires, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial
condition of the corporation. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the
corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the
Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of his office and for the restoration
to the corporation, in case of his death, retirement, resignation or removal from office, of all
books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his possession or under his
control belonging to the corporation.
Section 4.10. Assistant Secretaries. Except as may be otherwise provided in these
bylaws, Assistant Secretaries, if there be any, shall perform such duties and have such powers as
from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer,
the President, any Vice President, if there be one, or the Secretary, and in the absence of the
Secretary or in the event of his disability or refusal to act, shall perform the duties of the
Secretary, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions
upon the Secretary.
Section 4.11. Assistant Treasurers. Assistant Treasurers, if there be any, shall
perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board
of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, if there be one, or
the Treasurer, and in the absence of the Treasurer or in the event of his disability or refusal to
act, shall perform the duties of the Treasurer, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of
and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Treasurer. If required by the Board of Directors,
an Assistant Treasurer shall give the corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or
sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the
duties of his office and for the restoration to the corporation, in case of his death, retirement
resignation or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of
whatever kind in his possession or under his control belonging to the corporation.
Section 4.12. Other Officers. Such other officers as the Board of Directors may
choose shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them
by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may delegate to any other officer of the
corporation the power to choose such other officers and to prescribe their respective duties and
powers. Without limiting the foregoing, the Chief Executive Officer shall have the power to
appoint and remove subordinate officers, agents and employees, subject to any contractual
limitations contained in any employment agreement or other applicable contract.
ARTICLE V
Stock
Section 5.1. Uncertificated Shares. Except as otherwise provided in a resolution
approved by the Board of Directors, all shares of the corporation issued after the date hereof
shall be uncertificated shares. In the event the Board of Directors elects to provide in a
resolution that certificates shall be issued to represent any shares of the corporation, holders of
such shares shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by or in the name of the corporation by
the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer
or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the corporation
certifying
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the number of shares owned by such holder in the corporation. Any of or all the signatures on
the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has
signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such
officer, transfer agent, or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the
corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar
at the date of issue.
Section 5.2. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Stock Certificates; Issuance of New
Certificates. The corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in the place of any
certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the
corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owners
legal representative, to give the corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim
that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such
certificate or the issuance of such new certificate.
Section 5.3. Transfers. Stock of the corporation shall be transferable in the manner
prescribed by applicable law and in these bylaws. Transfers of stock shall be made on the books of
the corporation only by the person named in the certificate or on the books of the corporation (in
the case of uncertificated stock) or by his attorney or legal representative lawfully constituted
in writing. No transfer of stock of the corporation shall be valid until such transfer has been
entered on the books of the corporation by an entry showing from and to whom such stock is
transferred, and (i) if the stock is certificated, the transfer shall not be valid until and upon
the surrender of the certificate, duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession,
assignment or authority to transfer, to the corporation or the transfer agent of the corporation
and cancellation of the certificate representing the same or (ii) if the stock is uncertificated,
the transfer shall not be valid unless accompanied by a duly executed stock transfer power or other
proper transfer instructions from the registered owner of such uncertificated shares. Upon
surrender to the corporation or the transfer agent of the corporation of a certificate for shares
of stock of the corporation duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession,
assignment or authority to transfer, the corporation shall cancel the old certificate and issue a
new certificate, if the stock is to be certificated, to the person or persons entitled thereto,
unless such person or persons requests, in writing to the corporation or the transfer agent, that
such shares be uncertificated.
ARTICLE VI
Miscellaneous
Section 6.1. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be determined by
resolution of the Board of Directors.
Section 6.2. Seal. The corporate seal shall have the name of the corporation
inscribed thereon and shall be in such form as may be approved from time to time by the Board of
Directors.
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Section 6.3. Manner of Notice. Except as otherwise provided herein or permitted by
applicable law, notices to directors and stockholders shall be in writing and delivered personally,
mailed to the directors or stockholders at their addresses appearing on the books of the
corporation, or by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the director or stockholder to
whom notice is given, in accordance with applicable law. Notice to directors may also be given by
telephone. Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to
stockholders, and except as prohibited by applicable law, any notice given by the corporation under
any provision of applicable law, the certificate of incorporation, or these bylaws shall be
effective if given by a single written notice to stockholders who share an address if consented to
by the stockholders at that address to whom such notice is given. Any such consent shall be
revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the corporation. Any stockholder who fails to
object in writing to the corporation, within sixty (60) days of having been given written notice by
the corporation of its intention to send the single notice permitted under this Section 6.3, shall
be deemed to have consented to receiving such single written notice.
Section 6.4. Waiver of Notice of Meetings of Stockholders, Directors and Committees.
Any waiver of notice, given by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time
stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall
constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the
express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business
because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at
nor the purpose of any regular or special meeting of the stockholders, directors, or members of a
committee of directors need be specified in a waiver of notice.
Section 6.5. Form of Records. Any records maintained by the corporation in the
regular course of its business, including its stock ledger, books of account, and minute books, may
be kept on, or by means of, or be in the form of, any information storage device or method,
provided that the records so kept can be converted into clearly legible paper form within a
reasonable time.
Section 6.6. Amendment of Bylaws. These bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed,
and new bylaws made, by the Board of Directors. The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority
in voting power of the then outstanding shares of capital stock of the corporation entitled to vote
thereon, voting together as a single class, shall be required for stockholders to adopt, amend,
alter or repeal any provision of these bylaws.
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exv3w3
Exhibit 3.3
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS
OF
SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PARTICIPATING PREFERRED STOCK
OF
LEAR CORPORATION
pursuant to Sections 151 and 303 of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
The terms of the authorized Series A Convertible Participating Preferred Stock, par value
$0.01 per share (the Series A Preferred Stock), of Lear Corporation, a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the Corporation), are set
forth below. Capitalized terms used herein, unless otherwise defined, shall have the meanings
ascribed thereto in Section 3.
Section 1. Designation; Ranking.
The designation of this series of preferred stock shall be Series A Convertible Participating
Preferred Stock. Each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall be identical in all respects to
every other share of Series A Preferred Stock. Series A Preferred Stock will rank equally with
Parity Stock, if any, will rank senior to Junior Stock, if any, and will rank junior to Senior
Stock, if any. The Series A Preferred Stock shall be subordinate, and rank junior in right of
payment, to all indebtedness of the Corporation.
Section 2. Number of Shares.
The number of authorized shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be 10,896,250. Subject to
Section 6(b), such number of authorized shares may, from time to time, be increased or
decreased (but not below the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding) by
further resolution duly adopted by the Board and by the filing of a certificate pursuant to the
provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL) stating
that such increase or reduction has been so authorized. The Corporation shall have the authority to
issue fractional shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
Section 3. Definitions.
Board means the Corporations Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee
thereof.
Closing Price means on any particular date (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or
quoted on a Trading Market, (i) the closing price per share of Common Stock on such date on the
principal Trading Market (as reported by Bloomberg L.P. or a similar organization or agency
succeeding to its functions of reporting prices) or (ii) if there shall have been no sales of
Common Stock on such principal Trading Market on such day, the average of the reported closing bid and asked prices per share of Common Stock on such
principal Trading Market (as reported by Bloomberg L.P. or a similar organization or agency
succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), (b) if the Common Stock is not then listed or
quoted on a Trading Market and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the pink
sheets published by Pink OTC Markets, Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its
functions of reporting prices), the average of the reported closing bid and asked prices per share
of Common Stock so reported or (c) if the shares of Common Stock are not then publicly traded the
fair market value as of such date of a share of Common Stock as reasonably determined in good faith
by the Board of Directors of the Company.
Common Stock means the common stock of the Corporation, par value $0.01 per share,
or any other shares of the capital stock of the Corporation into which such shares of common stock
shall be reclassified or changed.
Conversion Agent means Mellon Investor Services LLC, acting in its capacity as
conversion agent for the Series A Preferred Stock, and its successors and assigns.
Junior Stock means the Common Stock and any other class or series of stock of the
Corporation, other than Parity Stock, now existing or hereafter authorized not expressly ranking
senior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends, rights on
redemption or the distribution of assets in the event of any Liquidation Event.
Liquidation Event means any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary; provided that in no event shall any Organic
Change or any other merger or consolidation involving, or any sale of all or substantially all of
the assets of, the Corporation be deemed a Liquidation Event.
Mandatory Conversion Date means November ___, 2012; provided that the
Mandatory Conversion Date shall also mean any earlier date after November ___, 2010 if for 20
Trading Days within any period of 30 consecutive Trading Days ending on such date, the Closing
Price (it being understood that only clauses (a) and (b) of the definition of Closing Price shall
be applicable for purposes of this definition), of the Common Stock exceeds 135% of the
then-applicable Conversion Price for the Series A Preferred Stock.
Organic Change means (i) any consolidation, merger, share exchange or similar
transaction of the Corporation with or into another Person pursuant to which the Common Stock is
changed into, converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property (whether of the
Corporation or another Person); (ii) any reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification or
similar transaction in which the Common Stock is exchanged for securities other than Common Stock;
or (iii) any statutory exchange of the outstanding shares of Common Stock for securities of another
Person (other than in connection with a consolidation, merger, share exchange or other similar
transaction).
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Parity Stock means any class or series of stock of the Corporation hereafter
authorized that expressly ranks equally with the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to the
payment of dividends, rights on redemption or in the distribution of assets in the event of any
Liquidation Event.
Person means any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, limited liability company, governmental authority, trust, or
other entity.
Senior Stock means any class or series of stock of the Corporation hereafter
authorized which expressly ranks senior to the Series A Preferred Stock and has preference or
priority over the Series A Preferred Stock as to the payment of dividends, rights on redemption or
in the distribution of assets on any Liquidation Event.
Stated Value means, in respect of each share of Series A Preferred Stock, an amount
equal to $41.30 per share, subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any stock dividend,
stock split, combination or other similar recapitalization affecting the Series A Preferred Stock.
Trading Day means (a) if the Common Stock is listed or quoted on a Trading Market, a
day on which the principal Trading Market is open for business or (b) if the Common Stock is not
listed or quoted on a Trading Market, a business day.
Trading Market means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common
Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE Amex Equities, the Nasdaq
Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock
Exchange or the OTC Bulletin Board.
Section 4. Dividends.
(a) General. Except as provided in Section 4(b), the Series A Preferred Stock
shall not bear any mandatory dividend. Except as provided in Section 4(b), the declaration
of any dividend payable upon the Series A Preferred Stock shall require the consent of at least
seventy-five percent (75%) of the directors of the Corporation who are not employees of the
Corporation.
(b) Participation. In the event the Corporation declares and/or pays any dividend or
other distribution on the Common Stock (other than a dividend payable solely in the form of
additional shares of Common Stock), the Corporation shall, at the time of such declaration or
payment, declare and pay a dividend or other distribution on the Series A Preferred Stock
consisting of the dividend or other distribution that would have been payable on the shares of
Common Stock issuable upon conversion, in full, of the Series A Preferred Stock if the Series A
Preferred Stock had been converted into Common Stock immediately prior to the record date for
determination of holders entitled to receive such dividend or other distribution.
(c) Restrictions. So long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall remain
outstanding, the Corporation shall not declare, pay or set aside any dividends on shares of any
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other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation (other than a dividend payable on Senior
Stock and a dividend payable on the Common Stock payable solely in the form of additional shares of
Common Stock) unless dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock (including those provided under
Section 4(b)), if any, have been paid in full through the most recent dividend payment
date. So long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall remain outstanding, the Corporation
shall not redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire directly or indirectly any Junior Stock, other
than (i) repurchases of Junior Stock of departing employees and directors of the Corporation (A) in
accordance with any management equity plan or agreement or independent director equity plan or
agreement, as applicable, or (B) as otherwise approved by the Board and (ii) cash payments made in
lieu of fractional shares of Junior Stock that would otherwise be issued upon (x) any conversion, exercise or exchange of any capital
stock, option, warrant or other security that is convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable
for, Junior Stock or (y) any reverse split or other combination of Junior Stock.
(c) Record Date. The Board may fix a record date for the determination of holders of
shares of the Common Stock entitled to receive payment of a dividend declared thereon, which record
date shall be the same date as the record date for which holders of shares of the Series A
Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive payment of a dividend declared thereon, if applicable,
and which record date shall be no more than sixty (60) days prior to the date fixed for the payment
thereof.
Section 5. Liquidation Event.
(a) Distributions. Subject to the rights of any Senior Stock in connection therewith,
upon any Liquidation Event, each holder of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to be paid,
out of assets of the Corporation legally available therefor, before any distribution or payment out
of the assets of the Corporation may be made to or set aside for the holders of any Junior Stock in
connection with such Liquidation Event, an amount per share of Series A Preferred Stock held by
such holder equal to the greater of (i) the Stated Value per share of Series A Preferred Stock held
by such holder plus an amount equal to all declared and unpaid dividends, if any, with respect to
such share calculated through the day immediately prior to the date of such payment (the
Accrued Value) and (ii) the amount that would be payable to such holder in respect of the
Common Stock issuable upon conversion of a share of Series A Preferred Stock held by such holder
assuming all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock (including the shares of Series A
Preferred Stock held by such holder) were converted into Common Stock immediately prior to the
Liquidation Event in accordance with Section 8 (the amount per share of Series A Preferred
Stock paid as determined pursuant to this clause (ii), the As-Converted Per Share
Amount)). Other than as expressly set forth in the immediately foregoing sentence, upon
payment of the aggregate amount owed to any holder of Series A Preferred Stock (in its capacity as
such) upon a Liquidation Event (as determined in accordance with the immediately foregoing
sentence), no such holder of Series A Preferred Stock (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled
to any further payments upon the occurrence of any Liquidation Event or otherwise. All shares of
Series A Preferred Stock in respect of which the holders have been paid the full amount to which
they are entitled under this Certificate of Designations upon the occurrence of a Liquidation Event
or for which the full amount to which they are entitled has been made available by the Corporation
shall, automatically and without further action on the part of the Corporation or any
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holder thereof, be cancelled effective upon payment or the making available by the Corporation of such
amount.
(b) Partial Distributions. Subject to the rights of any Senior Stock in connection
therewith, if, upon any Liquidation Event, the assets of the Corporation to be distributed in
respect of the Series A Preferred Stock and any Parity Stock are insufficient to permit payment in
respect thereof of the aggregate amount to which they are entitled under this Certificate of
Designations upon such Liquidation Event, then the entire assets available to be distributed to the
holders of Series A Preferred Stock and any Parity Stock shall be distributed pro rata among such
holders of Series A Preferred Stock and any Parity Stock based upon the aggregate amounts to which
they would otherwise be entitled upon such Liquidation Event.
(c) Residual Distributions. Upon payment in full of all amounts (if any) required to
be paid in respect of any Senior Stock, the Series A Preferred Stock and any Parity Stock in
connection with a Liquidation Event, the Junior Stock shall be entitled to receive all remaining assets of the Corporation
legally available for distribution in accordance with their respective rights and preferences.
Section 6. Voting Rights.
(a) The holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to notice of all
stockholders meetings in accordance with the Corporations bylaws and applicable law, and except as
otherwise required by applicable law, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled
to vote on all matters submitted to the stockholders generally for a vote, voting together as a
single class with the Common Stock and each other class or series of capital stock of the
Corporation entitled to vote as a single class with the Common Stock. Each holder of Series A
Preferred Stock shall be entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock (assuming full conversion and aggregation of all
fractional shares) held by such holder as of the record date for such vote.
(b) In addition to the voting rights provided in Section 6(a) to the holders of the
Series A Preferred Stock, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the then outstanding
shares of Series A Preferred Stock, voting as a separate class, shall be required for the
Corporation to, directly or indirectly, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise: (i) amend
the Certificate of Incorporation or this Certificate of Designations in a manner that adversely
alters, modifies or changes the rights, designations or preferences of the holders of Series A
Preferred Stock; (ii) authorize or create any class of Senior Stock or Parity Stock; or
(iii) increase or decrease the authorized number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
Section 7. Redemption Rights.
(a) Optional Redemption. The Corporation may, at any time and from time to time,
without premium or penalty, redeem all or any portion of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock
then outstanding. Upon any such redemption and unless otherwise agreed by any holder of the Series
A Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall pay in cash a price per share of Series A Preferred Stock
equal to the greater of (i) the Accrued Value and (ii) the As-Converted Per Share
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Amount (reasonably determined in good faith by the Board as though a Liquidation Event had occurred on the
day immediately prior to the date that the Corporation delivers the notice of redemption) (the
Redemption Price).
(b) Notice of Redemption. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Corporation shall
publicly announce, or otherwise mail written notice to each record holder of Series A Preferred
Stock of, any redemption of any Series A Preferred Stock not more than 60 nor less than 10 days
prior to the date on which such redemption is to be made (the date on which such redemption is to
be made, the Redemption Date). Any holder of Series A Preferred Stock may, by
irrevocable notice to the Corporation prior to the date scheduled for such redemption, elect to
convert its shares of Series A Preferred Stock into Common Stock pursuant to Section 8 prior to
such redemption and may make such election contingent on the consummation of such redemption (but
otherwise such election shall be unconditional to be an effective election).
(c) Redemptions of Less than All Shares. If the Corporation elects to redeem less
than all of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock, the aggregate number of shares of Series A
Preferred Stock and each class or series of Parity Stock to be redeemed shall be determined by the
Corporation with respect to the holders of Series A Preferred Stock and holders of Parity Stock
such that the aggregate amount payable to each such holder in respect of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock and/or Parity Stock, as the case may
be, upon a Liquidation Event immediately after consummation of such redemption (and after giving
effect to any conversion in connection with such redemption) bears, as nearly as practicable, the
same proportion to the total amount payable to holders of Series A Preferred Stock and Parity Stock
upon a Liquidation Event in respect of such shares immediately prior to consummation of such
redemption (and after giving effect to any conversion in connection with such redemption). In the
event that the Series A Preferred Stock is certificated and fewer than the total number of shares
of Series A Preferred Stock represented by any certificate are redeemed, a new certificate
representing the number of unredeemed shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be issued to the
holder thereof without cost to such holder within five business days after surrender of the
certificate representing the redeemed shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
(d) Redemption Price. For each share of Series A Preferred Stock which is to be
redeemed hereunder, the Corporation shall pay on the Redemption Date to the holder thereof (to the
extent certificated, upon surrender by such holder at the Corporations principal office of the
certificate representing such share) the Redemption Price; provided that, to the extent
that such notice is provided in connection with an Organic Change, the Corporation may condition
its obligations to consummate such redemption on the consummation of such Organic Change and may,
without penalty or liability, withdraw any notice of redemption and its obligation to redeem
thereunder if the Organic Change transaction is terminated or to be terminated. To the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, if the Corporation pays or otherwise makes available to the
holders of the Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed the Redemption Price when and as required,
the shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be cancelled notwithstanding failure of the holder
thereof to return the certificate representing such shares (if certificated).
(e) Other Redemptions or Acquisitions. The Series A Preferred Stock shall have no
maturity date or scheduled redemption date. Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit the right of
the Corporation to repurchase Series A Preferred Stock from time to time. In no event shall the
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Corporation repurchase any shares of Series A Preferred Stock to the extent that such purchase
would render the Corporation insolvent or otherwise violate applicable law.
Section 8. Conversion.
(a) Upon Election by Holders. Any holder of Series A Preferred Stock may elect, by
written notice to the Corporation at any time and from time to time, to cause the Corporation to
convert all or any portion of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by such holder, as
specified by such holder in such notice, into shares of Common Stock on the terms described below.
Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, if a conversion of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to
this Section 8(a) is to be made in connection with an Organic Change, the conversion of any
shares of Series A Preferred Stock may, at the election of the holder thereof, be conditioned upon
the consummation of such Organic Change, in which case such conversion shall be deemed to be
effective simultaneously with the consummation of such Organic Change. A holder of Series A
Preferred Stock must do each of the following in order to convert shares of Series A Preferred
Stock: (i) complete and manually sign the conversion notice provided by the Conversion Agent, and
deliver such notice to the Conversion Agent; (ii) to the extent certificated, deliver a certificate
or certificates to the Conversion Agent representing the shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be
converted to the Conversion Agent; (iii) if required by applicable law, furnish appropriate
endorsements and transfer documents; and (iv) if required, pay any stock transfer, documentary,
stamp or similar taxes. The date on which a holder of Series A Preferred Stock complies with the
procedures in this Section 8(a) with regard to the conversion of shares of Series A
Preferred Stock (or in the case of an election conditioned upon the consummation of an Organic Change, such later date
specified in a holders written notice) is referred to as the Conversion Date applicable
to such shares. The Conversion Agent shall, on behalf of the holder of such Series A Preferred
Stock, convert the shares of Series A Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock in accordance
with the terms of the notice delivered by such holder described above. On the Conversion Date, the
shares of Series A Preferred Stock so converted will be cancelled and will cease to be issued and
outstanding (and all rights of a holder of such Series A Preferred Stock (in its capacity as such)
shall terminate without further liability to, or obligation of, the Corporation effective as of the
Conversion Date) and the Common Stock issued upon such conversion in respect thereof shall be
issued and outstanding (and no holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be converted shall
have any rights prior to the Conversion Date in respect of such Common Stock issued upon
conversion).
(b) Mandatory Conversion. On the Mandatory Conversion Date, all shares of Series A
Preferred Stock then issued and outstanding shall, automatically and without further action on the
part of the Corporation, any holder thereof or the Conversion Agent, be converted into shares of
Common Stock on the terms described below. The Corporation shall, promptly after the occurrence
thereof, publicly announce, or otherwise provide notice to holders of Series A Preferred Stock of,
the occurrence of the Mandatory Conversion Date and, in connection with such announcement or
notice, in addition to any information required by applicable law or regulation, shall provide
information regarding (i) the Mandatory Conversion Date; (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock
to be issued upon conversion of each share of Series A Preferred Stock; and (iii) the total number
of shares of Series A Common Stock issued as a result of the occurrence of the Mandatory Conversion
Date. On the Mandatory Conversion Date, the
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shares of Series A Preferred Stock so converted will
be cancelled and will cease to be issued and outstanding (and all rights of a holder of such Series
A Preferred Stock (in its capacity as such) shall terminate without further liability to the
Corporation effective as of the Mandatory Conversion Date) and the Common Stock issued upon such
conversion in respect thereof shall be issued and outstanding (and no holder of shares of Series A
Preferred Stock shall have any rights in respect of such Common Stock issued upon conversion prior
to the Mandatory Conversion Date).
(c) Effect of Conversion. The Corporation shall, in exchange for each share of Series
A Preferred Stock and, to the extent certificated, upon surrender by the holder thereof to the
Conversion Agent of the certificate representing such share of Series A Preferred Stock so
converted, issue to such holder a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient determined
by dividing (a) the Accrued Value as of the Conversion Date (including any increase in
Stated Value as a result of dividend payments that are paid in-kind), by (b) the Conversion
Price then in effect. The initial Conversion Price shall be $41.30 and shall be subject
to adjustment as expressly provided in this Section 8(c). If the Corporation at any time
subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend or otherwise) one or more series of its outstanding
shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Conversion Price in effect immediately
prior to such subdivision shall be proportionately reduced; and if the Corporation at any time
combines (by reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more series of its outstanding shares of
Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to
such combination shall be proportionately increased.
(d) Obligations of Corporation on Conversion. As promptly as practicable after a
conversion has been effected, the Corporation shall, or shall cause the Conversion Agent to,
deliver to the converting holder:
(i) to the extent certificated, a certificate or certificates representing the number of
shares of Common Stock issuable by reason of such conversion in such name or names and such
denomination or denominations as the converting holder has specified; and
(ii) to the extent certificated, a certificate representing any shares of Series A Preferred
Stock which were represented by the certificate or certificates delivered to the Corporation in
connection with such conversion but which were not converted.
(e) Reservation of Common Stock. The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep
available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of
issuance upon the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, such number of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon the conversion of all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
(f) Taxes and Governmental Matters. To the extent certificated, the issuance of
certificates for shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Section 8 shall be made without
charge to the holders of such Series A Preferred Stock for any issuance tax in respect thereof or
other cost incurred by the Corporation in connection with such conversion and the related issuance
of shares of Common Stock; provided that the Corporation shall not, however, be required to
pay any such tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance or
delivery
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of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, Common Stock or other securities in a name other
than that in which the shares of Series A Preferred Stock with respect to which such shares or
other securities are issued or delivered were registered, or in respect of any payment to any
Person other than a payment to the registered holder thereof, and shall not be required to make any
such issuance, delivery, or payment unless and until the Person otherwise entitled to such
issuance, delivery or payment has paid to the Corporation the amount of any such tax or has
established, to the Corporations satisfaction, that such tax has been paid or is not payable.
(g) Other Obligations of the Corporation in Respect of Conversions. Upon any
conversion of any share of Series A Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall, subject to the
obligations of the holder of Series A Preferred Stock set forth in Section 8(f), take all
such actions as are necessary in order to assure that the Common Stock issuable upon such
conversion shall be validly duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and
clear of all taxes, liens, charges and encumbrances with respect to the issuance thereof. The
Corporation shall use commercially reasonable efforts to assist any holder of Series A Preferred
Stock to ensure that shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion may be so issued without
violation of any applicable law or governmental regulation or any requirements of any domestic
securities exchange upon which shares of Common Stock may be listed (except for official notice of
issuance which shall be delivered as promptly as practicable by the Corporation upon each such
issuance).
(h) Fractional Shares. Upon a conversion, the Corporation shall not be required to
issue stock certificates representing fractions of shares of Common Stock if it elects, if
otherwise permitted, to make a cash payment in respect of any final fraction of a share based on
the Closing Price of the Common Stock on the Conversion Date or the Mandatory Conversion Date, as
applicable (after aggregating all fractional shares of each holder).
(i) Record Holder of Underlying Securities as of Conversion Date. The Person or
Persons entitled to receive shares of Common Stock and/or cash, securities or other property
issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock on a Conversion Date or Mandatory Conversion
Date shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder(s) of such shares of Common Stock
and/or securities as of the close of business on such Conversion Date or Mandatory Conversion Date,
as applicable. In the event that a holder of Series A Preferred Stock shall not by written notice
designate the name in which shares of Common Stock and/or cash, securities or other property (including payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares) to be issued or paid
upon conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock should be registered or paid or the manner in
which such shares should be delivered, the Corporation shall be entitled to register and deliver
such shares, and make such payment, in the name of the holder shown on the records of the
Corporation in any manner the Corporation in good faith deems reasonable.
Section 9. Organic Changes.
(a) In the event of an Organic Change, in each case in which holders of Common Stock would be
entitled to receive cash, securities or other property for their shares of Common Stock, each share
of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding immediately prior to such Organic Change shall (subject to
redemption or conversion of such share in accordance with this
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Certificate of Designations), without the consent of the holder thereof, upon the consummation of such Organic Change, become
convertible into, in lieu of shares of Common Stock, the cash, securities and other property
receivable in such Organic Change in respect of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such share
of Series A Preferred Stock (such cash, securities and other property, the OC Property).
(b) In the event that holders of the shares of the Common Stock have the opportunity to elect
the form of consideration to be received in the Organic Change, then the OC Property that holders
of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive shall be determined at the option of such
holders. The number of units of OC Property receivable with respect to each share of Series A
Preferred Stock converted in connection with the Organic Change shall be determined from among the
choices made available to the holders of the Common Stock based on the Conversion Price then in
effect on the effective date of the Organic Change, determined as if the references to a shares of
Common Stock in this Certificate of Designations were to units of OC Property.
(c) The terms of any agreement pursuant to which an Organic Change is effected shall include
terms requiring any such successor or surviving entity to comply with the provisions of this
Section 9 and ensuring that the Series A Preferred Stock (or any replacement security) will
be similarly adjusted upon any subsequent transaction involving such successor or surviving entity
constituting an Organic Change.
(d) The Corporation shall provide written notice to the holders of the Series A Preferred
Stock at least 20 days prior to the date on which any Organic Change shall take place and such
written notice shall include, without limitation, the kind and amount of the cash, securities or
other property that constitutes the OC Property. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect
the operation of this Section 9 or the validity of any Organic Change.
Section 10. Status of Converted, Redeemed or Reacquired Shares. Shares of Series A
Preferred Stock converted in accordance with this Certificate of Designations, or otherwise
redeemed or purchased by the Corporation, shall be retired and shall resume the status of
authorized and unissued preferred stock, undesignated as to series and available for future
issuance.
Section 11. Preemptive Rights. Holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall not have any
preemptive rights.
Section 12. Transferability. Shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be freely
transferable, in whole or in part, without the need to obtain consent of the Corporation to assign
or transfer any such shares, upon the books of the Corporation by the registered holder thereof or
by a duly authorized attorney.
Section 13. Replacement. To the extent certificated, the Corporation may issue a new
Series A Preferred Stock certificate in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it,
alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Corporation may require the owner of the
lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owners legal representative, to give the Corporation a
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bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on
account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such
new certificate.
Section 14. Withholding. All payments and distributions (or deemed payments and
distributions) on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock, including, without limitation, issuance
of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be subject to
withholding and backup withholding of tax to the extent required by applicable law, subject to
applicable exemptions, and amounts withheld, if any, shall be treated as received by the holders
thereof.
Section 15. Record Holders. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the
Corporation may deem and treat the record holder of any share of the Series A Preferred Stock as
the true and lawful owner thereof for all purposes, and the Corporation shall not be affected by
any notice to the contrary.
Section 16. Notices.
(a) To Holders. All public announcements, notices or communications to the holders
of, or otherwise in respect of, the Series A Preferred Stock shall be given or delivered for
purposes of this Certificate of Designations if given in writing and delivered in person or by
first class mail, postage prepaid at the address of any such holder set forth in the records of the
Corporation. To the extent permitted by applicable law, all public announcements, notices or
communications shall also be given or delivered for purposes of this Certificate of Designations if
filed with the United States Securities Exchange Commission on Form 8-K or otherwise given or
delivered in such manner as may be permitted in this Certificate of Designations, in the
Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws or by applicable law or regulation. Furthermore, if the
Series A Preferred Stock is issued in book-entry form through The Depository Trust Company or any
similar facility, such notices may be given or delivered to the holders of the Series A Preferred
Stock in any manner permitted by such facility and such notices will be deemed given and delivered
in compliance with this Certificate of Designations.
(b) To the Corporation. All notices or communications to the Corporation shall be
deemed given and delivered to the Corporation if given in writing and delivered in person or by
first class mail, postage prepaid to the Corporations principal place of business.
Section 17. Other Rights. The shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not have any
rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers or relative, participating, optional or other
special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other those as expressly
set forth herein or in the Certificate of Incorporation or as provided by applicable law and
regulation. The Corporation may, in its sole discretion, but shall not be required to, issue
certificates representing shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate of Designations has been executed on behalf of the
Corporation by its this day of November 2009.
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Exhibit 4.1
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this Agreement) is made as of the Effective Date
by and among Lear Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Company), and each of the
other Persons who become parties to this Agreement in accordance with Section 14 hereof.
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein are defined in Section 9 hereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises made herein and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties
hereto, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:
1. Demand Registrations.
(a) Requests for Registration. At any time after the Effective Date, the holders of
Registrable Securities may request registration under the Securities Act of all or a portion of
their Registrable Securities up to a total of four times (on Form S-3, or if Form S-3 is not then
available to the Company, Form S-1 or any successor form) (any registration under this Section
1(a), a Demand Registration).
(b) Demand Notices. All requests for Demand Registrations shall be made by giving
written notice to the Company (the Demand Notice). Each Demand Notice shall specify the
number of Registrable Securities requested to be registered and whether a Shelf Registration is
being requested. Within five (5) days after receipt of any Demand Notice, the Company shall give
written notice of such requested registration to all other holders of Registrable Securities (the
Company Notice) and, subject to the provisions of Section 1(f) below, shall
include in such registration all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has
received written requests for inclusion therein within 15 days after the receipt of the Company
Notice.
(c) Demand Expenses. The Company shall pay all Registration Expenses of all holders of
Registrable Securities in all Demand Registrations.
(d) Demand Registrations. A registration shall not count as one of the permitted
Demand Registrations until both (i) it has become effective (unless such Demand Registration has
not become effective due solely to the fault of the holders requesting such registration) and (ii)
the holders of Registrable Securities initially requesting such registration are able to register
and sell pursuant to such registration at least 90% of the Registrable Securities requested to be
included in such registration either at the time that the registration statement shall have become
effective or within 90 days thereafter; provided that the Company shall in any event pay
all Registration Expenses in connection with any registration initiated as a Demand Registration
whether or not it has become effective and whether or not such registration has counted as one of
the permitted Demand Registrations; provided further that any holder whose Registrable
Securities were to be included in any such registration pursuant to Section 1(a), by
written notice to the Company, may withdraw such request, and on receipt of such notice of the
withdrawal from holders owning a percentage of the Registrable Securities such that holders that
have not elected to withdraw do not own in the aggregate the requisite percentage to initiate a
request under this Section 1, the Company shall not effect such registration (and such
Demand Registration will count as a request pursuant to Section 1(a) unless the Company is
reimbursed by such holder or holders for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the
Company in connection with such registration).
(e) Shelf Registration. The holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities
requested to be registered in connection with any Demand Registration may, in connection with such
Demand Registration requested by such holders, require the Company to file a shelf registration
statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with and pursuant to Rule 415
promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule then in effect) (a Shelf
Registration).
(f) Priority on Demand Registrations. The Company shall not include in any Demand
Registration any securities which are not Registrable Securities without the prior written consent
of the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities included in such registration. If a
Demand Registration is an underwritten offering and the managing underwriters advise the Company in
writing that in their opinion the number of Registrable Securities and, if permitted hereunder,
other securities requested to be included in such offering exceeds the number of Registrable
Securities and other securities, if any, which can be sold in an orderly manner in such offering
within a price range acceptable to the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities
initially requesting registration, the Company shall include in such registration the number which
can be so sold in the following order of priority: (i) first, the Registrable Securities
requested to be included in such registration, which in the opinion of such underwriter can be sold
in an orderly manner within the price range of such offering, pro rata among the respective holders
of such Registrable Securities on the basis of the number of shares of such Registrable Securities
owned by each such holder, and (ii) second, other securities, if any, requested to be
included in such registration to the extent permitted hereunder.
(g) Restrictions on Demand Registrations.
(i) The Company shall not be obligated to effect (A) any Demand Registration on Form S-1 (or
any similar long-form registration) unless the aggregate fair market value of the Registrable
Securities requested to be registered in such Demand Registration (including any Registrable
Securities requested to be included in such Demand Registration pursuant to Section 1(b)
hereof by holders other than holders that instituted such Demand Registration) is at least
$100,000,000 (based on the Closing Price on the Trading Day prior to the day on which such request
for a Demand Registration is given), (B) any Demand Registration on Form S-3 (or any similar
short-form registration) unless the aggregate fair market value of the Registrable Securities
requested to be registered in such Demand Registration (including any Registrable Securities
requested to be included in such Demand Registration pursuant to Section 1(b) hereof by
holders other than holders that instituted such Demand Registration) is at least $40,000,000 (based
on the Closing Price on the Trading Day prior to the day on which such request for a Demand
Registration is given) or (C) any Demand Registration within 120 days (or 180 days if such Demand
Registration was on a Form S-1 or any successor form) after the effective date of a previous Demand
Registration or a previous registration in which the holders of Registrable Securities were given
piggyback rights pursuant to Section 2 and, in each case, in which such holders were able
to register and sell at least 90% of the number of Registrable
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Securities requested to be included therein. In addition, the Company shall not be obligated
to effect any Demand Registration during the period starting with the date that is sixty (60) days
prior to the Boards good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on the date that is
ninety (90) days (provided that such 90-day period shall be reduced by the number of days in which
the 60-day period shall have been extended, if any) after the effective date of, a Company
initiated registration, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all
reasonable efforts to cause such registration to become effective, and provided, further
that the aggregate number of days that any one or more Demand Registrations are suspended or
delayed by operation of this Section 1(g) shall not exceed 180 days in any twelve month
period.
(ii) The Company may postpone, for a reasonable period of time, the filing of, or suspend the
effectiveness of, any registration statement for a Demand Registration or amendment thereto, or
suspend the use of any prospectus and shall not be required to amend or supplement the registration
statement, any related prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference if the Board,
in its reasonable good faith judgment, determines that it would reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on any plan or proposal by the Company to engage in any acquisition or
disposition of assets (other than in the ordinary course of business) or any stock purchase,
merger, consolidation, tender offer, reorganization or similar transaction or would require the
disclosure of information that has not been disclosed to the public, the premature disclosure of
which would materially adversely affect the Company; provided that in such event, the
duration of the rights of the holders to require Demand Registrations pursuant to this Section
1 and to participate in Piggyback Registrations pursuant to Section 2 shall be extended
by the period of any such postponement; and provided, further that the Company may
delay a Demand Registration hereunder only once in any 12-month period and the duration of such
postponement or suspension may not exceed more than 90 consecutive days in any 12 month period.
(iii) In the event of any such suspension or delay, the holders of Registrable Securities
initially requesting a Demand Registration that is suspended or delayed by operation of this
Section 1(g) shall be entitled to withdraw such request and, if such request is withdrawn,
such Demand Registration shall not count as one of the permitted Demand Registrations hereunder,
and the Company shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection with such registration.
(h) Selection of Underwriters. In the event of a Demand Registration pursuant to this
Section 1, the Company shall select the underwriter(s) for each underwritten offering,
subject to the reasonable approval of the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be
registered.
2. Piggyback Registrations.
(a) Right to Piggyback. Whenever the Company proposes to register any of its
securities under the Securities Act (other than pursuant to a Demand Registration) and the
registration form to be used may be used for the registration of Registrable Securities (a
Piggyback Registration), the Company shall give prompt written notice to all holders of
Registrable Securities of its intention to effect such a registration and shall, subject to the
provisions of Sections 2(c) and (d) below, include in such registration all
Registrable Securities
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with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within
15 days after the receipt of the Companys notice. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, in the event the registration statement is initiated by the Company, the Company
may determine not to proceed with a registration which is the subject of such notice.
(b) Piggyback Expenses. The Registration Expenses of the holders of Registrable
Securities shall be paid by the Company in all Piggyback Registrations.
(c) Priority on Primary Registrations. If a Piggyback Registration is an underwritten
primary registration on behalf of the Company, and the managing underwriters advise the Company in
writing that in their opinion the number of securities requested to be included in such
registration exceeds the number which can be sold in an orderly manner in such offering within a
price range acceptable to the Company, the Company shall include in such registration the number
which can be so sold in the following order of priority: (i) first, the securities the
Company proposes to sell, (ii) second, the Registrable Securities requested to be included
in such registration, which in the opinion of such underwriter can be sold in an orderly manner
within the price range of such offering, pro rata among the holders of such Registrable Securities
on the basis of the number of shares of such Registrable Securities owned by each such holder, and
(iii) third, other securities, if any, requested to be included in such registration, which
in the opinion of such underwriter can be sold in an orderly manner within the price range of such
offering.
(d) Priority on Secondary Registrations. If a Piggyback Registration is an
underwritten secondary registration on behalf of holders of the Companys securities (it being
understood that demand registrations on behalf of holders of Registrable Securities are addressed
in Section 1 rather than this Section 2), and the managing underwriters advise the
Company in writing that in their opinion the number of securities requested to be included in such
registration exceeds the number which can be sold in an orderly manner in such offering within a
price range acceptable to the holders initially requesting such registration, the Company shall
include in such registration the number which can be so sold in the following order of priority:
(i) first, the securities requested to be included therein by the holders requesting such
registration and the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration, which in
the opinion of such underwriter can be sold in an orderly manner within the price range of such
offering, pro rata among the holders of all such securities on the basis of the number of
securities owned by each such holder, and (ii) second, other securities, if any, requested
to be included in such registration, which in the opinion of such underwriter can be sold in an
orderly manner within the price range of such offering.
(e) Selection of Underwriters. In the event of a Piggyback Registration pursuant to
Section 2(c), the Company shall select a nationally recognized underwriter(s) for such
underwritten offering. In the event of a Piggyback Registration pursuant to Section 2(d),
the Company shall select the underwriter(s) for each underwritten offering, subject to the
reasonable approval of the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered.
(f) Right to Terminate Registration. The Company shall have the right to terminate or
withdraw any registration initiated by it under this Section 2 whether or not any holder of
Registrable Securities has elected to include securities in such registration, without
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prejudice to the rights of any holder to include Registrable Securities in any future
registration (or registrations) pursuant to this Section 2 or, if applicable, to cause such
registration to be effected as a registration under Section 1 hereof, as the case may be.
The Registration Expenses of such withdrawn registration shall be borne by the Company in
accordance with Section 5 hereof.
(g) Not Counted as a Demand Registration. No registration effected under this Section
2 shall relieve the Company of its obligation to effect any registration upon request under Section
1(a) hereof and no registration effected pursuant to this Section 2 shall be deemed to have been
effected pursuant to Section 1(a) hereof.
3. Holdback Agreements.
(a) Holders of Registrable Securities. Each holder of Registrable Securities shall not
effect any public sale or distribution (including sales pursuant to Rule 144) of equity securities
of the Company, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such
securities, during (i) with respect to any underwritten Demand Registration or any underwritten
Piggyback Registration in which Registrable Securities of such holder are included in such
registration, the seven days prior to and the 90 day period beginning on the effective date of such
registration, provided, however, that (x) the Company and the managing underwriter may not
discriminate among the holders with respect to any holdback arrangement pursuant to this
Section 3 and (y) all officers and directors of the Company are bound by and have entered
into similar agreements to the extent required by the managing underwriter(s), and (ii) upon notice
from the Company of the commencement of an underwritten distribution in connection with any Shelf
Registration in which Registrable Securities of such holder are included in such distribution, the
seven days prior to and the 90 day period beginning on the date of commencement of such
distribution, provided, however, that (x) the Company and the managing underwriter may not
discriminate among the holders with respect to any holdback arrangement pursuant to this
Section 3 and (y) all officers and directors of the Company are bound by and have entered
into similar agreements to the extent required by the managing underwriter(s), in each case except
as part of such underwritten registration or distribution, and in each case unless the underwriters
managing the public offering otherwise agree. Each holder of Registrable Securities whose
Registrable Securities are included as part of any such underwritten registration or distribution
agrees to execute a customary lock-up agreement in favor of the Companys underwriters to such
effect and, in any event, that the Companys underwriters in any relevant offering shall be third
party beneficiaries of this Section 3(a).
(b) The Company. The Company shall not effect any public sale or distribution of its
equity securities, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such
securities (except pursuant to registrations on Form S-8, Form S-4 or any successor forms), during
(i) with respect to any underwritten Demand Registration or any underwritten Piggyback Registration
in which the holders of Registrable Securities are participating, the seven days prior to and the
90 day period beginning on the effective date of such registration, and (ii) upon notice from any
holder(s) of Registrable Securities that such holder(s) intend to effect a distribution of
Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration (upon receipt of which, the Company will
promptly notify all other holders of Registrable
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Securities of the date of commencement of such distribution), the seven days prior to and the
90 day period beginning on the date of commencement of such distribution.
4. Registration Procedures. Whenever the holders of Registrable Securities have
requested that any Registrable Securities be registered pursuant to this Agreement, the Company
shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect the registration and the sale of such
Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method of disposition thereof, and pursuant
thereto the Company shall as promptly as practicable:
(a) prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement with
respect to such Registrable Securities (and, in the case of a Demand Registration, the Company
shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to make such filing within 90 days of its receipt of
a Demand Notice) and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement
to become effective (and, in the case of a Demand Registration, use its commercially reasonable
efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective within 120 days of its receipt of
a Demand Notice); provided that a reasonable time before filing a registration statement or
prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, the Company shall furnish to the counsel
selected by the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities covered by such registration
statement copies of all such documents proposed to be filed;
(b) notify each holder of Registrable Securities of the effectiveness of each registration
statement filed hereunder and prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission such
amendments and supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection
therewith as may be necessary to keep such registration statement effective for a period of not
less than 90 days (plus a number of days equal to the number of days, if any, that such
registration statement is not kept effective (including any days for which the registration
statement is suspended pursuant to Section 1(g)(ii)) (or, if sooner, until all Registrable
Securities have been sold under such Registration Statement) (or, in the case of a Shelf
Registration, a period ending on the earlier of (i) the date on which all Registrable Securities
have been sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration or have otherwise ceased to be Registrable
Securities, and (ii) the two year anniversary of the effective date of such Shelf Registration) and
comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities
covered by such registration statement during such period in accordance with the intended methods
of disposition by the sellers thereof set forth in such registration statement;
(c) furnish to each seller of Registrable Securities and their representatives such number of
copies of such registration statement, each amendment and supplement thereto, the prospectus
included in such registration statement (including each preliminary prospectus and any summary
prospectus) and such other documents as such seller may reasonably request in order to facilitate
the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such seller;
(d) use its commercially reasonable efforts (i) to register or qualify such Registrable
Securities under such other securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any seller
reasonably requests, (ii) to keep such registration or qualification in effect for so long as such
registration statement remains in effect, and (iii) to do any and all other acts and things which
may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable such seller to consummate the disposition in
such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities owned by such seller (provided that
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the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify generally to do business as a foreign
corporation in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this
subsection, (ii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction or (iii) consent to general
service of process in any such jurisdiction);
(e) notify each seller of such Registrable Securities (i) at any time when a prospectus
relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, (A) upon discovery that, or
upon the happening of any event as a result of which, the prospectus included in such registration
statement contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light
of the circumstances under which they were made, in each case, that has not been corrected or
superseded, and, at the request of any such seller, the Company shall prepare a supplement or
amendment to such prospectus so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registrable
Securities, such prospectus, as supplemented, amended or superseded, shall not contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, (B) after the Company becomes aware of any request by the Securities and Exchange
Commission or any Federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to a
registration statement or related prospectus covering Registrable Securities or for additional
information relating thereto, (C) after the Company becomes aware of the issuance or threatened
issuance by the Securities and Exchange Commission of any stop order suspending or threatening to
suspend the effectiveness of a registration statement covering the Registrable Securities or (D) of
the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification
or exemption from qualification of any Registrable Security for sale in any jurisdiction, or the
initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and (ii) when each registration
statement or any amendment thereto has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and
when each registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective;
(f) cause all such Registrable Securities (i) if the Common Stock is then listed on a
securities exchange or included for quotation in a recognized trading market, to continue to be so
listed on such securities exchange or included for quotation in such recognized trading market or
if the Common Stock is not then listed on a securities exchange or included for quotation in a
recognized trading market, use its commercially reasonable efforts to list the Registrable
Securities on a national securities exchange, and (ii) to be registered with or approved by such
other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the sellers thereof to
consummate the disposition of the Registrable Securities;
(g) provide and cause to be maintained a transfer agent and registrar for all such Registrable
Securities from and after the effective date of such registration statement;
(h) enter into such customary agreements (including underwriting agreements in customary form)
and take all such other actions as the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being
sold or the underwriters, if any, reasonably request in order to expedite or facilitate the
disposition of such Registrable Securities;
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(i) make available for inspection by any seller of Registrable Securities, any underwriter
participating in any disposition pursuant to such registration statement and any attorney,
accountant or other agent retained by any such seller or underwriter, all financial and other
records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company, and cause the Companys
officers, directors, employees and independent accountants to supply all information, in each case,
as reasonably requested by any such seller, underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in
connection with such registration statement;
(j) otherwise use its commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and any other governmental agency or
authority having jurisdiction over the offering, and make available to its security holders, as
soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least twelve months
beginning with the first day of the Companys first full calendar quarter after the effective date
of the registration statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section
11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder;
(k) cause its officers to use their commercially reasonable efforts to support the marketing
of the Registrable Securities covered by the registration statement (including, without limitation,
participation in road shows);
(l) cooperate with each seller of Registrable Securities and each underwriter and agent
participating in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and their respective counsel in
connection with any required filings;
(m) use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and, if obtained, furnish to each seller
of Registrable Securities, and each such sellers underwriters, if any, a signed
(i) opinion of counsel for the Company, dated the effective date of such registration
statement (and, if such registration involves an underwritten offering, dated the date of
the closing under the underwriting agreement and addressed to the underwriters), reasonably
satisfactory (based on the customary form and substance of opinions of issuers counsel
customarily given in such an offering) in form and substance to such seller, and
(ii) cold comfort letter, dated the effective date of such registration statement
(and, if such registration involves an underwritten offering, dated the date of the closing
under the underwriting agreement and addressed to the underwriters) and signed by the
independent public accountants who have certified the Companys financial statements
included or incorporated by reference in such registration statement, reasonably
satisfactory (based on the customary form and substance of cold comfort letters of
issuers independent public accountant customarily given in such an offering) in form and
substance to such seller,
in each case, covering substantially the same matters with respect to such registration statement
(and the prospectus included therein) and, in the case of the accountants comfort letter, with
respect to events subsequent to the date of such financial statements, as are customarily covered
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in opinions of issuers counsel and in accountants comfort letters delivered to underwriters in
such types of offerings of securities.
5. Registration Expenses.
(a) Expenses. All expenses incident to the Companys performance of or compliance with
this Agreement, including all registration, filing, listing, stock exchange and FINRA fees
(including, without limitation, all fees and expenses of any qualified independent underwriter
required by the rules of FINRA), fees and expenses of compliance with securities or blue sky laws,
rating agency fees, printing expenses, messenger and delivery expenses, fees and disbursements of
custodians, the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of one firm of counsel in each
applicable jurisdiction (per registration statement prepared) to the holders of Registrable
Securities making a request pursuant to Section 1 or Section 2 hereof (selected by
the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities covered by such registration), and fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Company and all independent certified public accountants,
underwriters (excluding discounts and commissions) and other Persons retained by the Company (all
such expenses being herein called Registration Expenses), shall be borne by the Company.
The Company shall, in any event, pay its internal expenses (including all salaries and expenses of
its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit
or quarterly review, the expense of any liability insurance and the expenses and fees for listing
the securities to be registered on each securities exchange on which securities issued by the
Company are listed. If the Company shall not register any securities with respect to which it had
given written notice of its intention to register to holders, notwithstanding anything to the
contrary, all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such requesting holders in connection
with such registration (other than the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel
other than the one firm of counsel referred to above) shall be deemed to be Registration Expenses.
(b) Payment of Certain Expenses by Holders of Registrable Securities. Underwriting
discounts and commissions and transfer taxes relating to the Registrable Securities included in any
registration hereunder, and all fees and expenses of counsel for any holder of Registrable
Securities (other than fees and expenses to be reimbursed by the Company as set forth in
Section 5(a)) shall be borne and paid by all sellers of securities included in such
registration in proportion to the aggregate selling price of the securities to be so registered.
6. Indemnification; Contribution.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify, to the extent permitted by law, each holder or seller of
Registrable Securities and each Person that controls (within the meaning of the Securities Act and
the Exchange Act) such holder or seller, and their respective stockholders, officers, directors,
partners, employees, agents and Affiliates against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities (or
actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof and whether or not such
indemnified party is a party thereto), joint or several, and expenses, including attorneys fees
and disbursements and expenses of investigation (collectively, Losses), arising out of,
based upon, relating to or resulting from any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact
contained in any registration statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus or summary prospectus
related thereto or any amendment thereof or supplement
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thereto (or any document incorporated by reference in any of the foregoing) (collectively,
Offering Documents), any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the
circumstances in which they were made, or violation or alleged violation by the Company of any
applicable federal or state securities law or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder, except
insofar as the same are caused by or contained in any information furnished in writing to the
Company by such holder expressly for use therein. In connection with an underwritten offering, the
Company shall indemnify such underwriters, their stockholders, officers, directors, partners,
employees, agents and Affiliates and each Person who controls (within the meaning of the Securities
Act and the Exchange Act) such underwriters to the same extent as provided above with respect to
the indemnification of the holders or sellers of Registrable Securities.
(b) In connection with any registration statement filed by the Company pursuant to Section
1 or Section 2 hereof in which a holder of Registrable Securities is participating,
each such holder shall furnish to the Company in writing such information and affidavits as the
Company reasonably requests for use in connection with any such registration statement or
prospectus and, to the extent permitted by law, shall, on a several and not joint basis, indemnify
the Company, its stockholders, directors, officers, partners, employees, agents and Affiliates and
each Person who controls (within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act) the
Company against any Losses arising out of, based upon, relating to or resulting from any untrue or
alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in any Offering Documents or any omission or
alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made, but
only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any writing furnished by
such holder expressly for use therein; provided however that such liability shall
be limited to the net amount of proceeds received by such holder from the sale of Registrable
Securities pursuant to such registration statement.
(c) Any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall (i) give prompt written notice to
the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification (provided that
the failure to give prompt notice shall not impair any Persons right to indemnification hereunder
to the extent such failure has not actually prejudiced the indemnifying party) and (ii) unless in
such indemnified partys reasonable judgment (x) a conflict of interest between such indemnified
and indemnifying parties may exist with respect to such claim or (y) such indemnified party has one
or more defenses to such claim that are not available to the indemnifying party, permit such
indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
indemnified party at such indemnifying partys own expense. If such defense is assumed, the
indemnifying party shall not settle such claim unless the indemnified party is released and
discharged of any and all liability. Whether or not such defense is assumed, the indemnifying
party shall not be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the indemnified party
without its consent (but such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). An indemnifying party
who is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of a claim shall not be obligated to
pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all parties indemnified by such indemnifying
party with respect to such claim.
(d) The indemnification provided for under this Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the indemnified
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party or any stockholder, officer, director, employee, partner, agent or Affiliate or
controlling (within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act) Person of such
indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of securities.
(e) If the indemnification required by this Section 6 from the indemnifying party is
unavailable to an indemnified party hereunder in respect of any Losses referred to in this
Section 6:
(i) The indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such
Losses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the
indemnifying party and indemnified parties in connection with the actions which resulted in
such Losses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. If the allocation
provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, then the allocation shall be in
such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
Company, on the one hand, and such prospective sellers, on the other hand, from their sale
of Registrable Securities; provided that the relative benefits received by the
prospective sellers shall be deemed not to exceed the net proceeds received by such sellers.
The relative fault of such indemnifying party and indemnified parties shall be determined
by reference to, among other things, whether any violation has been committed by, or relates
to information supplied by, such indemnifying party or indemnified parties, and the parties
relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
violation. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of Losses shall be deemed to
include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 6(a) and Section
6(b), any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in
connection with any investigation or proceeding. The obligations, if any, of the selling
holders to contribute as provided in this Section 6(e) are several in proportion to
the relative value of their respective Registrable Securities covered by such registration
statement and not joint. In addition, no Person shall be obligated to contribute hereunder
any amounts in payment for any settlement of any action or Loss effected without such
Persons consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(ii) The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution
pursuant to this Section 6(e) were determined solely by pro rata allocation or by
any other method of allocation which does not take into account the equitable considerations
referred to in Section 6(e)(i); provided, however, that with respect to any pro rata
allocation, the holders of Registrable Securities included in any such registration shall be
deemed to have only received the net proceeds from such holders sales of Registrable
Securities in such registration. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within
the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from
any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
7. Participation in Underwritten Registrations.
(a) No Person may participate in any registration hereunder which is underwritten unless such
Person (i) agrees to sell such Persons securities on the basis provided
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in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Person or Persons entitled hereunder to
approve such arrangements and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney,
indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents required under the terms of such
underwriting arrangements. Each holder of Registrable Securities agrees to execute and deliver
such other agreements as may be reasonably requested by the Company and the lead managing
underwriter(s) that are consistent with such holders obligations under Section 3 or that are
necessary to give further effect thereto. No such holder shall be required to make any
representations or warranties to or agreements with the Company or the underwriters other than
representations, warranties or agreements regarding such holder and such holders Registrable
Securities.
(b) Each Person that is participating in any registration hereunder agrees that, upon receipt
of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section
4(e)(i), such Person will forthwith discontinue the disposition of its Registrable Securities
pursuant to the applicable registration statement until such Persons receipt of the copies of a
supplemented or amended prospectus as contemplated by Section 4(e)(i). In the event the
Company shall give any such notice, the applicable time period mentioned in Section 4(b)
during which a Registration Statement is to remain effective shall, to the extent possible, be
extended by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such
notice pursuant to Section 4(e)(i) to and including the date when each seller of a
Registrable Security covered by such registration statement shall have received the copies of the
supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 4(e)(i).
(c) In connection with the preparation and filing of each registration statement under the
Securities Act pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall (i) give representatives (designated
to the Company in writing) of each holder of Registrable Securities or group of holders, the
underwriters, if any, and one firm of counsel, one firm of accountants and one firm of other agents
retained on behalf of all underwriters and one firm of counsel, one firm of accountants and one
firm of other agents retained by holders of a majority of Registrable Securities covered by such
registration statement on behalf of all holders of Registrable Securities registered under such
registration statement, the reasonable opportunity to participate in the preparation of such
registration statement, each prospectus included therein or filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and each amendment thereof or supplement thereto, (ii) upon reasonable advance notice
to the Company, give each of them such reasonable access to all financial and other records,
corporate documents and properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries, as shall be necessary, in
the reasonable opinion of such holders and such underwriters counsel, to conduct a reasonable due
diligence investigation for purposes of the Securities Act, and (iii) upon reasonable advance
notice to the Company, provide such reasonable opportunities to discuss the business of the Company
with its officers, directors, employees and the independent public accountants who have certified
its financial statements as shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of such holders and such
underwriters counsel, to conduct a reasonable due diligence investigation for purposes of the
Securities Act.
8. Effective Time. This Agreement shall be effective in accordance with the terms and
conditions set forth in the Plan and the confirmation order related thereto.
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9. Definitions.
Affiliate of any particular Person means any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person.
Agreement has the meaning specified in the first paragraph hereof.
Board means the board of directors of the Company.
Closing Price means on any particular date (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or
quoted on a Trading Market, (i) the closing price per share of Common Stock on such date on the
principal Trading Market (as reported by Bloomberg L.P. or a similar organization or agency
succeeding to its functions of reporting prices) or (ii) if there shall have been no sales of
Common Stock on such principal Trading Market on such day, the average of the reported closing bid
and asked prices per share of Common Stock on such principal Trading Market (as reported by
Bloomberg L.P. or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting
prices), (b) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted on a Trading Market and if prices for
the Common Stock are then reported in the pink sheets published by Pink OTC Markets, Inc. (or a
similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the average of the
reported closing bid and asked prices per share of Common Stock so reported or (c) if the shares of
Common Stock are not then publicly traded the fair market value as of such date of a share of
Common Stock as reasonably determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company.
Common Stock means the shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per
share.
Company has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.
Company Notice has the meaning specified in Section 1(b).
control (including the terms controlling, controlled by and under common
control with) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting
shares, by contract, or otherwise.
Demand Notice has the meaning specified in Section 1(b).
Demand Registration has the meaning specified in Section 1(a).
Effective Date has the meaning assigned to such term in the Plan.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to
time.
FINRA shall mean the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
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Person means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability
company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated
organization and a governmental entity or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof.
Piggyback Registration has the meaning specified in Section 2(a).
Plan means the Joint Plan of Reorganization under chapter 11 of title 11 of the
United States Code of Lear Corporation, et al., Case No. 09-14326, as confirmed on November 5,
2009 by order of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
Registrable Securities means (i) any shares of Common Stock issued on or after the
Effective Date to Persons who are parties hereto (including, without limitation, any shares of
Common Stock issued pursuant to the Plan) and any shares of Common Stock issued upon the conversion
or exercise of any other securities of the Company (together with any securities issued or issuable
with respect to any of the foregoing securities by way of a stock dividend or stock split or in
connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other
reorganization, or upon conversion or exercise of any such securities) and (ii) any Warrants issued
to Persons who are parties hereto; provided, that such securities shall cease to be
Registrable Securities when they have been (A) effectively registered under the Securities Act and
disposed of in accordance with the registration statement covering them or (B) distributed to the
public through a broker, dealer or market maker pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or
any similar rule promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission then in force).
Registration Expenses has the meaning specified in Section 5(a).
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.
Securities and Exchange Commission means the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission or any successor governmental agency.
Shelf Registration has the meaning specified in Section 1(e).
Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited liability
company, partnership, association or other business entity of which (i) if a corporation, a
majority of the total voting power of shares of stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of
any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time
owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other
Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, or (ii) if a limited liability company,
partnership, association or other business entity, a majority of the membership, partnership or
other similar ownership interest thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by any Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination
thereof. For purposes hereof, a Person or Persons shall be deemed to have a majority ownership
interest in a limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity if such
Person or Persons shall be allocated a majority of the gains or losses of such limited liability
company, partnership, association or other business entity or shall be or control (or have the
power to
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control) a managing director, manager or general partner of such limited liability company,
partnership, association or other business entity.
Trading Day means (a) if the Common Stock is listed or quoted on a Trading Market, a
day on which the principal Trading Market is open for business or (b) if the Common Stock is not
listed or quoted on a Trading Market, a business day.
Trading Market means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common
Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE Amex Equities, the Nasdaq
Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock
Exchange or the OTC Bulletin Board.
Warrants means the warrants to purchase Common Stock issued on the Effective Date
pursuant to the Plan.
10. Amendment, Modification and Waivers; Further Assurances.
(a) Amendment. This Agreement may be amended with the consent of the Company, and the
Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be
performed by it, in each case only if the Company shall have obtained the prior written consent of
the holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding to such
amendment, action or omission to act; provided that if any such amendment or waiver is to a
provision in this Agreement that requires a specific vote to take an action thereunder or to take
an action with respect to the matters described therein, such amendment or waiver shall not be
effective unless such specific vote is obtained with respect to such amendment or waiver.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, additional Persons may from time to time become parties to this
Agreement in accordance with Section 14.
(b) Effect of Waiver. No waiver of any terms or conditions of this Agreement shall
operate as a waiver of any other breach of such terms and conditions or any other term or
condition, nor shall any failure to enforce any provision hereof operate as a waiver of such
provision or of any other provision hereof. No written waiver hereunder, unless it by its own terms
explicitly provides to the contrary, shall be construed to effect a continuing waiver of the
provisions being waived and no such waiver in any instance shall constitute a waiver in any other
instance or for any other purpose or impair the right of the party against whom such waiver is
claimed in all other instances or for all other purposes to require full compliance with such
provision.
(c) Further Assurances. Each of the parties hereto shall execute all such further
instruments and documents and take all such further action as any other party hereto may reasonably
require in order to effectuate the terms and purposes of this Agreement.
11. Calculation of Percentage or Number of Shares of Registrable Securities. For
purposes of this Agreement, all references to a percentage or number of shares of Common Stock or
Common Stock underlying such Registrable Securities shall be calculated based upon the number of
shares of Common Stock or Common Stock underlying such Registrable Securities, as the case may be,
outstanding at the time such calculation is made and shall exclude any
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Common Stock or Common Stock underlying such Registrable Securities, as the case may be,
beneficially owned by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company. For the purposes of
calculating any percentage or number of shares of Common Stock or Common Stock underlying such
Registrable Securities as contemplated by the previous sentence, the term holder shall include
all Affiliates thereof (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) beneficially owning any shares
of Common Stock or Common Stock underlying such Registrable Securities.
12. Rule 144. If the Company has a class of equity securities registered under the
Exchange Act, the Company shall take such actions reasonably necessary to enable the holders to
sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act to the maximum extent
permitted by the exemptions provided by (a) Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be
amended from time to time or (b) any similar rules or regulations hereafter adopted by the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
filing on a timely basis all reports required to be filed under the Exchange Act.
13. Assignment. Any holder of Registrable Securities may transfer to any permitted
transferee (as permitted under applicable law) its Registrable Securities and its rights and
obligations under this Agreement; provided that such permitted transferee shall not be
deemed to be a holder of Registrable Securities or have any rights or obligations under this
Agreement unless and until such permitted transferee elects to become a party to this Agreement
within the time period and in accordance with the other requirements set forth in Section
14. Upon satisfaction of all requirements under Section 14, such permitted transferee
shall for all purposes be deemed to be a holder of Registrable Securities and shall be bound by
this Agreement as if it were an original party hereto.
14. Parties to Agreement. Any Person who receives Common Stock or Warrants on the
Effective Date pursuant to the terms of the Plan or is a permitted transferee of Registrable
Securities pursuant to Section 13 shall have the right to elect to become a party to this
Agreement by (i) providing written notice of such election to the Company in accordance with
Section 16(h) within 30 days after the Effective Date or the date of any transfer pursuant
to Section 13, as applicable, and (ii) promptly executing and returning to the Company a
counterpart signature page to this Agreement. The Company shall furnish, without charge, to each
Person referred to in the immediately preceding sentence a copy of this Agreement upon written
request to the Company in accordance with Section 16(h). In addition, this Agreement shall
be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any Person may obtain a copy thereof for
execution from the Securities and Exchange Commissions internet site at http://www.sec.gov.
15. Termination. This Agreement and all rights and obligations of the parties
hereunder shall terminate automatically on November [___], 2012; provided, however, that the
parties respective obligations under Sections 5, 6 and 16(g) shall survive any
termination of this Agreement.
16. Miscellaneous.
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(a) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company shall not hereafter enter into any
agreement with respect to its securities which is inconsistent with or violates the rights granted
to the holders of Registrable Securities in this Agreement.
(b) Remedies; Specific Performance. Any Person having rights under any provision of
this Agreement shall be entitled to enforce such rights specifically, to recover damages caused by
reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights existing
in their favor. The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that money damages would not be an
adequate remedy for any breach of the provisions of this Agreement and that any party may in its
sole discretion apply to any court of law or equity of competent jurisdiction for specific
performance and/or injunctive relief (without posting any bond or other security) in order to
enforce or prevent violation of the provisions of this Agreement and shall not be required to prove
irreparable injury to such party or that such party does not have an adequate remedy at law with
respect to any breach of this Agreement (each of which elements the parties admit). The parties
hereto further agree and acknowledge that each and every obligation applicable to it and contained
in this Agreement shall be specifically enforceable against it and hereby waives and agrees not to
assert any defenses against an action for specific performance of their respective obligations
hereunder.
(c) Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this Agreement by or on
behalf of any of the parties hereto shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective
successors and assigns of the parties hereto (including any trustee in bankruptcy) whether so
expressed or not. In addition, whether or not any express assignment has been made, the provisions
of this Agreement which are for the benefit of purchasers or holders of Registrable Securities are
also for the benefit of, and enforceable by, any subsequent holder of Registrable Securities,
subject to all of the agreements and obligations hereunder.
(d) Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be
interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision
of this Agreement is held to be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall
be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the
remainder of this Agreement.
(e) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more
counterparts, any one of which need not contain the signatures of more than one party, but all such
counterparts taken together shall constitute one and the same Agreement.
(f) Descriptive Headings; Interpretation; No Strict Construction. The descriptive
headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a substantive
part of this Agreement. Whenever required by the context, any pronoun used in this Agreement shall
include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular forms of nouns,
pronouns, and verbs shall include the plural and vice versa. References to sections are to sections
of this Agreement unless otherwise stated. Reference to any agreement, document, or instrument
means such agreement, document, or instrument as amended or otherwise modified from time to time in
accordance with the terms thereof, and, if applicable, hereof. The words include, includes or
including in this Agreement shall be deemed to be followed by without limitation. The use of
the words or, either or any shall not be
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exclusive. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of
this Agreement. If an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement
shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto, and no presumption or burden of
proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any of the
provisions of this Agreement.
(g) Governing Law. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity,
enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of
law rules or provisions (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction) that would
cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York.
(h) Notices. All notices, demands or other communications to be given or delivered
under or by reason of the provisions of this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to
have been given when (a) delivered personally to the recipient, (b) telecopied to the recipient
(with hard copy sent to the recipient by reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid) that
same day) if telecopied before 5:00 p.m. New York, New York time on a business day, and otherwise
on the next business day, or (c) one business day after being sent to the recipient by reputable
overnight courier service (charges prepaid). Such notices, demands and other communications shall
be sent to the Company at the address or facsimile number set forth below and to any holder of
Registrable Securities at such address or facsimile number as indicated by the Companys records,
or at such address or facsimile number or to the attention of such other person as the recipient
party has specified by prior written notice to the sending party. The Companys address is:
Lear Corporation
21557 Telegraph Drive
Southfield, Michigan 48033
Attn: General Counsel
Telephone: (248) 447-1500
Facsimile: (248) 447-1677
with a copy to:
Winston & Strawn LLP
35 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Attn: Bruce A. Toth
Brian M. Schafer
Telephone: (312) 558-5600
Facsimile: (312) 558-5700
If any time period for giving notice or taking action hereunder expires on a day which is a
Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday in the State of New York or the jurisdiction in which the
Companys principal office is located, the time period shall automatically be extended to the
business day immediately following such Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday. The term legal
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holiday shall mean any day on which commercial banks in New York City or the jurisdiction in
which the Companys principal office is located are authorized or required by law to be closed.
(i) Delivery by Facsimile. This Agreement, the agreements referred to herein, and each
other agreement or instrument entered into in connection herewith or therewith or contemplated
hereby or thereby, and any amendments hereto or thereto, to the extent signed and delivered by
means of a facsimile machine, shall be treated in all manner and respects as an original agreement
or instrument and shall be considered to have the same binding legal effect as if it were the
original signed version thereof delivered in person. At the request of any party hereto or to any
such agreement or instrument, each other party hereto or thereto shall reexecute original forms
thereof and deliver them to all other parties. No party hereto or to any such agreement or
instrument shall raise the use of a facsimile machine to deliver a signature or the fact that any
signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or communicated through the use of a facsimile
machine as a defense to the formation or enforceability of a contract and each such party forever
waives any such defense.
(j) Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the parties to this Agreement hereby agrees to waive
its respective rights to a jury trial of any claim or cause of action based upon or arising out of
this Agreement. The scope of this waiver is intended to be all-encompassing of any and all disputes
that may be filed in any court and that relate to the subject matter of this Agreement, including
contract claims, tort claims and all other common law and statutory claims. Each party hereto
acknowledges that this waiver is a material inducement to enter into this Agreement, that each has
already relied on this waiver in entering into this Agreement, and that each will continue to rely
on this waiver in their related future dealings. Each party hereto further warrants and represents
that it has reviewed this waiver with its legal counsel and that it knowingly and voluntarily
waives its jury trial rights following consultation with legal counsel. THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE,
MEANING THAT IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING (OTHER THAN BY A MUTUAL WRITTEN
WAIVER SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO THIS SECTION 16(J) AND EXECUTED BY EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO),
AND THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO
THIS AGREEMENT. In the event of litigation, this Agreement may be filed as a written consent to a
trial by the court.
(k) Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is solely for the benefit of the parties hereto and no provision of this
Agreement, including any representations, warranties or covenants set forth herein, shall be deemed
to confer upon any third party any rights, remedies, claims, or causes of action, except that (i)
underwriters shall be third party beneficiaries to the extent provided in Section 3(a)
hereof and (ii) Persons entitled to indemnification or contribution under Section 6 shall
be third party beneficiaries of Section 6 hereof.
(l) Arms Length Agreement. Each of the parties to this Agreement agrees and
acknowledges that this Agreement has been negotiated in good faith, at arms length, and not by any
means prohibited by law.
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(m) Sophisticated Parties; Advice of Counsel. Each of the parties to this Agreement
specifically acknowledges that (a) it is a knowledgeable, informed, sophisticated Person capable of
understanding and evaluating the provisions set forth in this Agreement and (b) it has been fully
advised and represented by, or has had the opportunity to retain, legal counsel of its own
independent selection and has relied wholly upon its independent judgment and the advice of such
counsel in negotiating and entering into this Agreement.
(n) Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and
understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein, and there
are no restrictions, promises, representations, warranties, covenants, or undertakings with respect
to the subject matter hereof, other than those expressly set forth or referred to herein. This
Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties hereto with
respect to the subject matter hereof.
[signature page follows]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of
the date first written above.
LEAR CORPORATION
By:
Its:
(Signature page for Lear Corporation Registration Rights Agreement)
[ ]
By:
Its:
(Signature page for Lear Corporation Registration Rights Agreement)
exv4w2
Exhibit 4.2
WARRANT AGREEMENT
by and between
LEAR CORPORATION
and
Mellon Investor Services LLC,
as Warrant Agent
Dated as
of November , 2009
WARRANT AGREEMENT
This WARRANT AGREEMENT (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified
from time to time, this Warrant Agreement), is entered into as of November __, 2009, by
and between LEAR CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the Company), and Mellon Investor
Services LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company, as warrant agent (together with any successor
appointed pursuant to Section 19 hereof, the Warrant Agent).
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Joint Plan of Reorganization of Lear
Corporation and its debtor subsidiaries under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code (the
Bankruptcy Code) filed on August 14, 2009 in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the
Southern District of New York, Case No. 09-14326 (as may be amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the Plan), the Company proposes to issue Warrants (the
Warrants) entitling the holders thereof to purchase up to 8,157,250 shares of common
stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (Common Stock together with any other
securities, cash or other property that may be issuable upon exercise of a Warrant as shall result
from the adjustments specified in Section 12 hereof) at an exercise price of $0.01 per
share of Common Stock, as may be adjusted pursuant to Section 12 hereof (the Exercise
Price);
WHEREAS, the Warrants are being issued pursuant to, and upon the terms and conditions set
forth in, the Plan in an offering in reliance on the exemption afforded by section 1145 of the
Bankruptcy Code from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
Securities Act), and of any applicable state securities or blue sky laws;
WHEREAS, the Company desires the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the Company, and the
Warrant Agent is willing so to act, in connection with the issuance of Warrants and other matters
as provided herein; and
WHEREAS, for purposes of this Warrant Agreement, person shall be interpreted broadly to
include an individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company,
limited liability company, limited liability partnership, national banking association, trust,
trustee, unincorporated organization, government, governmental unit, agency, or political
subdivision thereof, or other entity.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements herein set forth,
the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1 Appointment of Warrant Agent. The Company hereby appoints the Warrant Agent
to act as warrant agent for the Company in respect of the Warrants upon the express terms and
subject to the conditions herein set forth (and no implied terms), and the Warrant Agent hereby
accepts such appointment.
SECTION 2 Issuance of Warrants. In accordance with Section 5 hereof and the
Plan and subject to the next sentence, the Company will cause to be issued to the Depository (as
defined below), one or more Global Warrant Certificates (as defined below) evidencing the Warrants.
At the election of a holder of Warrants and in lieu of holding Warrants through the
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Depository, such holder may elect to be issued Warrants by book-entry registration on the
books and records of the Warrant Agent (Book-Entry Warrants) and such Warrants shall be
evidenced by statements issued by the Warrant Agent from time to time to the registered holder of
book-entry Warrants reflecting such book-entry position (the Warrant Statement). Each
Warrant entitles the holder, upon proper exercise and payment of the applicable Exercise Price, to
receive from the Company, one share of Common Stock. The shares of Common Stock or (as provided
pursuant to Section 12 hereof) other shares of capital stock deliverable upon proper
exercise of the Warrants are referred to herein as the Warrant Shares. The words
holder or holders as used herein in respect of any Warrants or Warrant Shares,
shall mean the registered holder or registered holders thereof.
SECTION 3 Warrant Certificates. Subject to Section 6 of this Agreement, the
Warrants shall be issued (1) via book-entry registration on the books and records of the Warrant
Agent and evidenced by a Warrant Statement, and/or (2) in the form of one or more global
certificates (the Global Warrant Certificates), in substantially the form set forth in
Exhibit A attached hereto. The Warrant Statements and Global Warrant Certificates may bear
such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or
permitted by this Warrant Agreement, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of
identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with
any law or with any rules made pursuant thereto or with any rules of any securities exchange or as
may, consistently herewith, be determined by (i) in the case of Global Warrant Certificates, the
Appropriate Officers (as hereinafter defined) executing such Global Warrant Certificates, as
evidenced by their execution of the Global Warrant Certificates, or (ii) in the case of a Warrant
Statement, any Appropriate Officer, and all of which shall be reasonably acceptable to the Warrant
Agent. The Global Warrant Certificates shall be deposited on or after the date hereof with, or
with the Warrant Agent as custodian for, The Depository Trust Company (the Depository)
and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as the Depositorys nominee. Each Global Warrant
Certificate shall represent such number of the outstanding Warrants as specified therein, and each
shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of outstanding Warrants from time to
time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of outstanding Warrants represented thereby may
from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, in accordance with the terms of this
Warrant Agreement.
SECTION 4 Execution of Warrant Certificates. Global Warrant Certificates shall be
signed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, or any
Vice President, and by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary (each, an Appropriate
Officer). Each such signature upon the Global Warrant Certificates may be in the form of a
facsimile or other electronically transmitted signature (including, without limitation, electronic
transmission in portable document format (.pdf)) of any such Appropriate Officer and may be
imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Global Warrant Certificates and for that purpose the
Company may adopt and use the facsimile or other electronically transmitted signature of any
Appropriate Officer who shall have been an Appropriate Officer at the time of entering into this
Warrant Agreement. If any Appropriate Officer who shall have signed any of the Global Warrant
Certificates shall cease to be such Appropriate Officer before the Global Warrant Certificates so
signed shall have been countersigned by the Warrant Agent or delivered by the Company, such Global
Warrant Certificates nevertheless may be countersigned and delivered as
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though such Appropriate Officer had not ceased to be such Appropriate Officer of the Company;
and any Global Warrant Certificate may be signed on behalf of the Company by any person who, at the
actual date of the execution of such Global Warrant Certificate, shall be a proper Appropriate
Officer of the Company to sign such Global Warrant Certificate, although at the date of the
execution of this Warrant Agreement any such person was not such Appropriate Officer.
Global Warrant Certificates shall be dated the date of countersignature by the Warrant Agent
and shall represent one or more whole Warrants.
SECTION 5 Registration and Countersignature. Upon receipt of a written order of the
Company, the Warrant Agent, on behalf of the Company, shall (i) register in the Warrant Register
(as defined below) the Book-Entry Warrants as well as any Global Warrant Certificates and exchanges
and transfers of outstanding Warrants in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Warrant
Agreement and (ii) upon receipt of the Global Warrant Certificates duly executed on behalf of the
Company, countersign one or more Global Warrant Certificates evidencing Warrants and shall deliver
such Global Warrant Certificates to or upon the written order of the Company. Such written order
of the Company shall specifically state the number of Warrants that are to be issued as Book-Entry
Warrants and the number of Warrants that are to be issued as one or more Global Warrant
Certificates. A Global Warrant Certificate shall be, and shall remain, subject to the provisions
of this Warrant Agreement until such time as all of the Warrants evidenced thereby shall have been
duly exercised or shall have expired or been canceled in accordance with the terms hereof. Each
holder of Warrants shall be bound by all of the terms and provisions of this Warrant Agreement (a
copy of which is available on request to the Secretary of the Company) as fully and effectively as
if such holder had signed the same.
No Global Warrant Certificate shall be valid for any purpose, and no Warrant evidenced thereby
shall be exercisable, until such Global Warrant Certificate has been countersigned by the manual or
facsimile signature of the Warrant Agent. Such signature by the Warrant Agent upon any Global
Warrant Certificate executed by the Company shall be conclusive evidence that such Global Warrant
Certificate so countersigned has been duly issued hereunder.
The Warrant Agent shall keep, at an office designated for such purpose, books (the
Warrant Register) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe,
it shall register the Book-Entry Warrants as well as any Global Warrant Certificates and exchanges
and transfers of outstanding Warrants in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section
6 of this Warrant Agreement, all in form satisfactory to the Company and the Warrant Agent.
Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer or exchange of any Warrant in accordance
with the procedures set forth in this Warrant Agreement, the Warrant Agent and the Company may deem
and treat the person in whose name any Warrant is registered as the absolute owner of such Warrant
(notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing made in a Global Warrant Certificate by
anyone), for the purpose of any exercise thereof, any distribution to the holder of the Warrant
thereof and for all other purposes, and neither the Warrant Agent nor the Company shall be affected
by notice to the contrary.
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SECTION 6 Registration of Transfers and Exchanges.
(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Warrant Certificates or Beneficial Interests
Therein. The transfer and exchange of Global Warrant Certificates or beneficial interests
therein shall be effected through the Depository, in accordance with this Warrant Agreement and the
procedures of the Depository therefor.
(b) Exchange of a Beneficial Interest in a Global Warrant Certificate for a Book Entry
Warrants.
(i) Any holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Warrant Certificate may, upon request,
exchange such beneficial interest for a Book-Entry Warrant. Upon receipt by the Warrant Agent from
the Depository or its nominee of written instructions or such other form of instructions as is
customary for the Depository on behalf of any person having a beneficial interest in a Global
Warrant Certificate, the Warrant Agent shall cause, in accordance with the standing instructions
and procedures existing between the Depository and Warrant Agent, the number of Warrants
represented by the Global Warrant Certificate to be reduced by the number of Warrants to be
represented by the Book-Entry Warrants to be issued in exchange for the beneficial interest of such
person in the Global Warrant Certificate and, following such reduction, the Warrant Agent shall
register in the name of the holder a Book-Entry Warrant and deliver to said Warrant holder a
Warrant Statement.
(ii) Book-Entry Warrants issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Global Warrant
Certificate pursuant to this Section 6(b) shall be registered in such names as the
Depository, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall
instruct the Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent shall deliver such Warrant Statements to the persons
in whose names such Warrants are so registered.
(c) Transfer and Exchange of Book Entry Warrants. Book-Entry Warrants surrendered for
exchange or for registration of transfer shall be cancelled by the Warrant Agent. Such cancelled
Book-Entry Warrants shall then be disposed of by or at the direction of the Company in accordance
with applicable law. When Book-Entry Warrants are presented to or deposited with the Warrant Agent
with a written request:
(i) to register the transfer of the Book-Entry Warrants; or
(ii) to exchange such Book-Entry Warrants for an equal number of Book-Entry Warrants of other
authorized denominations,
then in each case the Warrant Agent shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested
if its requirements for such transactions are met; provided, however, that the Warrant Agent has
received a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Warrant Agent, duly executed
by the holder thereof or by his attorney, duly authorized in writing.
(d) Exchange or Transfer of a Book-Entry Warrant for a Beneficial Interest in a Global
Warrant Certificate. Upon receipt by the Warrant Agent of appropriate written instruments of
transfer with respect to a Book-Entry Warrant, in form satisfactory to the Warrant
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Agent, together with written instructions directing the Warrant Agent to make, or to direct
the Depository to make, an endorsement on the Global Warrant Certificate to reflect an increase in
the number of Warrants represented by the Global Warrant Certificate equal to the number of
Warrants represented by such Book-Entry Warrant (such instruments of transfer and instructions to
be duly executed by the holder thereof or the duly appointed legal representative thereof or by his
attorney, duly authorized in writing, such signatures to be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor
institution to the extent required by the Warrant Agent or the Depositary), then the Warrant Agent
shall cancel such Book-Entry Warrant on the Warrant Register and cause, or direct the Depository to
cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and procedures existing between the Depository
and the Warrant Agent, the number of Warrants represented by the Global Warrant Certificate to be
increased accordingly. If no Global Warrant Certificates are then outstanding, the Company shall
issue, and the Warrant Agent shall countersign, a new Global Warrant Certificate representing the
appropriate number of Warrants.
(e) Restrictions on Transfer and Exchange of Global Warrant Certificates.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Warrant Agreement (other than the provisions set forth
in Section 6(f)), unless and until it is exchanged in whole for a Book-Entry Warrant, a
Global Warrant Certificate may not be transferred as a whole except by the Depository to a nominee
of the Depository or by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the
Depository or by the Depository or any such nominee to a successor Depository or a nominee of such
successor Depository.
(f) Book-Entry Warrants. If at any time:
(i) the Depository for the Global Warrant Certificates notifies the Company that the
Depository is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for the Global Warrant Certificates and
a successor Depository for the Global Warrant Certificates is not appointed by the Company within
90 days after delivery of such notice; or
(ii) the Company, in its sole discretion, notifies the Warrant Agent in writing that all
Warrants shall be exclusively in the form of Book-Entry Warrants, then the Warrant Agent, upon
written instructions signed by an Appropriate Officer of the Company and all other necessary
information, shall register Book-Entry Warrants, in an aggregate number equal to the number of
Warrants represented by the Global Warrant Certificates, in exchange for such Global Warrant
Certificates, in such names and in such amounts as directed by the Depository or, in the absence of
instructions from the Depository, the Company.
(g) Cancellation of Global Warrant Certificate. At such time as all beneficial
interests in Global Warrant Certificates have either been exchanged for Book-Entry Warrants,
redeemed, repurchased or cancelled, all Global Warrant Certificates shall be returned to, or
cancelled and retained pursuant to applicable law by, the Warrant Agent.
(h) Obligations with Respect to Transfers and Exchanges of Warrants.
(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the
Warrant Agent is hereby authorized to countersign Global Warrant Certificates and the Warrant Agent
is hereby authorized to register Book-Entry Warrants, in
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accordance with the provisions of Sections 3 and 4 hereof and this
Section 6 and for the purpose of any distribution of additional Global Warrant Certificates
contemplated by Section 12 hereof.
(ii) All Book-Entry Warrants and Global Warrant Certificates issued upon any registration of
transfer or exchange of Book-Entry Warrants or Global Warrant Certificates shall be the valid
obligations of the Company, entitled to the same benefits under this Warrant Agreement as the
Book-Entry Warrants or Global Warrant Certificates surrendered upon such registration of transfer
or exchange.
(iii) No service charge shall be made to a holder of Warrants for any registration, transfer
or exchange but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp or other tax
or other charge that may be imposed on the holder in connection with any such exchange or
registration of transfer. The Warrant Agent shall have no obligation to effect an exchange or
register a transfer unless and until any payments required by the immediately preceding sentence
have been made.
(iv) So long as the Depository, or its nominee, is the registered owner of a Global Warrant
Certificate, the Depository or such nominee, as the case may be, may be treated by the Company, the
Warrant Agent and any agent of the Company or the Warrant Agent as the sole owner or holder of the
Warrants represented by such Global Warrant Certificate for all purposes under this Warrant
Agreement. Except as provided in Sections 6(b) and 6(f) hereof upon the exchange of a
beneficial interest in a Global Warrant Certificate for a Book-Entry Warrants, owners of beneficial
interests in a Global Warrant Certificate will not be entitled to have any Warrants registered in
their names, and will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of any such Warrants
and will not be considered the owners or holders thereof under the Warrants or this Warrant
Agreement. Neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent, in its capacity as registrar for such
Warrants, will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to
beneficial interests in a Global Warrant Certificate or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing
any records relating to such beneficial interests. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein
shall prevent the Company, the Warrant Agent or any agent of the Company or the Warrant Agent from
giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the
Depository or impair the operation of customary practices of the Depository governing the exercise
of the rights of a holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Warrant Certificate.
(v) Subject to Sections 6(b), (c) and (d) hereof and this Section
6(h), the Warrant Agent shall, upon receipt of all information required to be delivered
hereunder, from time to time register the transfer of any Book-Entry Warrants in the Warrant
Register and the transfer of any Global Warrant Certificates in the Warrant Register, upon
surrender of the Global Warrant Certificates, representing such Warrants at the Warrant Agent
Office referred to in Section 20 hereof (the Warrant Agent Office), duly
endorsed, and accompanied by a completed form of assignment (or with respect to a Book-Entry
Warrant, only such completed form of assignment), duly signed by the holder thereof or by the duly
appointed legal representative thereof or by a duly authorized attorney, such signature to be
guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution to the extent required by the Warrant Agent or the
Depositary.
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Upon any such registration of transfer, a new Global Warrant Certificate or a Warrant
Statement, as the case may be, shall be issued to the transferee.
SECTION 7 Acknowledgment; Securities Law Compliance. Each Warrant holder, by its
acceptance of any Warrant under this Warrant Agreement, acknowledges and agrees that the Warrants
were issued, and the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise thereof shall be issued, pursuant to an
exemption from the registration requirement of Section 5 of the Securities Act provided by Section
1145 of the Bankruptcy Code, and to the extent that a Warrant holder (or holder of Warrant Shares)
is an underwriter as defined in Section 1145(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, such holder may not be
able to sell or transfer any Warrants or Warrant Shares in the absence of an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act or an exemption from registration thereunder.
SECTION 8 Terms of Warrants; Exercise of Warrants.
(a) Subject to the terms of this Warrant Agreement (including without limitation,
Section 12(d)), each Warrant holder shall have the right, which may be exercised at any
time, and from time to time, in whole or in part, during the period (x) commencing on the business
day (as defined below) immediately following a period of 30 consecutive Trading Days ending prior
to, but not including, such business day during which the Closing Price of the Common Stock for at
least 20 of the Trading Days within such 30-day period is equal to or greater than $39.63 (as
adjusted from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, the Trigger Price) and
(y) ending at 5:00 p.m. New York City Time, on
November , 2014 (the Expiration Date),
to exercise each Warrant and receive from the Company the number of fully paid and nonassessable
Warrant Shares which the holder may at the time be entitled to receive on exercise of such Warrant
and payment of the aggregate Exercise Price then in effect for such Warrant Shares. In addition,
prior to the delivery of any Warrant Shares that the Company shall be obligated to deliver upon
proper exercise of the Warrants, the Company shall comply with all applicable federal and state
laws, rules and regulations which require action to be taken by the Company. Subject to the terms
and conditions set forth herein, the holder may exercise the Warrants by:
(i) providing written notice of such election (the Warrant Exercise Notice) to
exercise the Warrants to the Company and the Warrant Agent no later than 5:00 p.m. New York City
time, on the Expiration Date, which Warrant Exercise Notice shall be in the form of an election to
purchase Warrant Shares substantially set forth either (x) in Exhibit B-1 hereto, properly
completed and executed by the holder; provided that such written notice may only be submitted by a
holder who holds Book-Entry Warrants or (y) in Exhibit B-2 hereto, properly completed and
executed by the holder; provided that such written notice may only be submitted with respect to
Warrants held through the book-entry facilities of the Depository, by or through persons that are
direct participants in the Depository; and
(ii) delivering no later than 5:00 p.m. New York City time, on the business day immediately
prior to the applicable Settlement Date (as defined below), such Warrants to the Warrant Agent by
book-entry transfer through the facilities of the Depository, if such Warrants are represented by a
Global Warrant Certificate; and
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(iii) paying the applicable aggregate Exercise Price for all Warrants being exercised (the
Exercise Amount), together with all applicable taxes and charges.
The date three business days after a Warrant Exercise Notice is delivered is referred to for all
purposes under this Warrant Agreement as the Settlement Date.
(b) For purposes of this Section 8, the following terms shall have the meanings set
forth below:
Closing Price means on any particular date (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or
quoted on a Trading Market, (i) the closing price per share of Common Stock on such date on the
principal Trading Market (as reported by Bloomberg L.P. or a similar organization or agency
succeeding to its functions of reporting prices) or (ii) if there shall have been no sales of
Common Stock on such principal Trading Market on such day, the average of the reported closing bid
and asked prices per share of Common Stock on such principal Trading Market (as reported by
Bloomberg L.P. or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting
prices), (b) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted on a Trading Market and if prices for
the Common Stock are then reported in the pink sheets published by Pink OTC Markets, Inc. (or a
similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the average of the
reported closing bid and asked prices per share of Common Stock so reported or (c) if the shares of
Common Stock are not then publicly traded the fair market value as of such date of a share of
Common Stock as reasonably determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company.
Trading Day means (a) if the Common Stock is listed or quoted on a Trading Market, a
day on which the principal Trading Market is open for business or (b) if the Common Stock is not
listed or quoted on a Trading Market, a business day.
Trading Market means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common
Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE Amex Equities, the Nasdaq
Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock
Exchange or the OTC Bulletin Board.
(c) To the extent a Warrant Exercise Notice is delivered in respect of a Warrant prior to 5:00
p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date, but the deliveries and payments specified in
Sections 8(a)(ii) and 8(a)(iii) above are effected thereafter but no later than
5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Settlement Date, the Warrants shall be nonetheless deemed
exercised prior to the Expiration Date for the purposes of this Warrant Agreement.
(d) Subject to the adjustments set forth in Section 12 hereof, each Warrant, when
exercised, will entitle the holder thereof to purchase one share of Common Stock at the Exercise
Price then in effect. Each Warrant not exercised pursuant to this Warrant Agreement prior to 5:00
p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date shall become void and all rights thereunder and
all rights in respect thereof under this Warrant Agreement shall cease as of such time.
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(e) Subject to Section 8(f), the Exercise Amount shall be payable in lawful money of
the United States of America either (i) by certified or official bank check made payable to the
order of the Company or (ii) by wire transfer in immediately available funds to an account arranged
with the Company prior to exercise.
(f) In connection with the exercise of Warrants by the holder thereof, such holder shall have
the right, in lieu of paying the Exercise Amount for such Warrants in cash (a Cashless
Exercise), to instruct the Company to reduce the number of Warrant Shares issuable to such
holder upon exercise of such Warrants by delivering to such holder a number of Warrant Shares
determined in accordance with the following formula:
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For purposes this Section 8(f), the above symbols shall have the following meanings
with respect to an exercise of Warrants by a holder thereof:
W means the aggregate number of Warrant Shares issuable to such holder upon exercise of such
Warrants prior to any reduction pursuant to this Section 8(f);
N means the aggregate number of Warrant Shares to be subtracted from the aggregate number of
Warrant Shares issuable to such holder upon the exercise of such Warrants;
P means the Exercise Amount applicable to the exercise of such Warrants; and
C means the Closing Price on the date of exercise of such Warrants.
For purposes of Rule 144 under the Securities Act (17 CFR §230.144), the Company and the Warrant
Agent agree that the exercise of Warrants in accordance with the Cashless Exercise option shall be
deemed to be a conversion of such Warrants, pursuant to the terms hereof, into Warrant Shares.
(g) Any exercise of a Warrant pursuant to the terms of this Warrant Agreement shall be
irrevocable and shall constitute a binding agreement between the holder and the Company,
enforceable in accordance with its terms; provided that a holder may condition its exercise of a
Warrant on the consummation of a Reorganization Event (as defined below).
(h) The Warrant Agent shall:
(i) examine all Warrant Exercise Notices and all other documents delivered to it by or on
behalf of holders to ascertain whether, on their face, such Warrant Exercise Notices and any such
other documents have been executed and completed in accordance with their terms;
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(ii) where a Warrant Exercise Notice or other document appears on its face to have been
improperly completed or executed or some other irregularity in connection with the exercise of the
Warrant exists, the Warrant Agent shall endeavor to inform the appropriate parties (including the
person submitting such instrument) of the need for fulfillment of all requirements, specifying
those requirements which appear to be unfulfilled;
(iii) inform the Company of and cooperate with and assist the Company in resolving any
reconciliation problems relating to the Warrant Exercise Notices received and delivery of Warrants
to the Warrant Agents account;
(iv) advise the Company, no later than three business days after receipt of a Warrant Exercise
Notice, of (x) the receipt of such Warrant Exercise Notice and the number of Warrants exercised in
accordance with the terms and conditions of this Warrant Agreement, (y) the instructions with
respect to delivery of the Warrant Shares, subject to the timely receipt from the Depository of the
necessary information, and (z) such other information as the Company shall reasonably require; and
(v) subject to the Warrant Shares being made available to the Warrant Agent by or on behalf of
the Company for delivery to the Depository, liaise with the Depository and endeavor to effect such
delivery to the relevant accounts at the Depository in accordance with its requirements.
(i) All questions as to the validity, form and sufficiency (including time of receipt) of a
Warrant exercise shall be reasonably determined by the Company in good faith, which determination
shall be final and binding. The Warrant Agent shall incur no liability for or in respect of and,
except to the extent such liability arises from the Warrant Agents gross negligence, willful
misconduct or bad faith (each as determined by a final, non appealable order of a court of
competent jurisdiction), shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company for acting or
refraining from acting upon, or as a result of such determination by the Company. The Company
reserves the right to reject any and all Warrant Exercise Notices not in proper form. Such
determination by the Company shall be final and binding on the holders, absent manifest error.
Moreover, the Company reserves the absolute right to waive any of the conditions to the exercise of
Warrants or defects in Warrant Exercise Notices with regard to any particular exercise of Warrants.
The Company shall be under no duty to give notice to the holders of the Warrants of any
irregularities in any exercise of Warrants, nor shall it incur any liability for the failure to
give such notice.
(j) As soon as reasonably practicable after the exercise of any Warrant, the Company shall
issue, or otherwise deliver, in authorized denominations to or upon the order of the holder of such
Warrant either:
(i) if such holder holds the Warrants being exercised through the Depositorys book-entry
transfer facilities, by same-day or next-day credit to the Depository for the account of such
holder or for the account of a participant in the Depository the number of Warrant Shares to which
such holder is entitled, in each case registered in such name and
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delivered to such account as directed in the Warrant Exercise Notice by such holder or by the
direct participant in the Depository through which such holder is acting; or
(ii) if such holder holds the Warrants being exercised in the form of Book-Entry Warrants, a
book-entry interest in the Warrant Shares registered on the books of the Companys stock transfer
agent (the Transfer Agent) or, at the Companys option, by delivery to the address
designated by such holder in its Warrant Exercise Notice of a physical certificate or certificates
representing the number of Warrant Shares to which such holder is entitled, in fully registered
form, registered in such name or names as may be directed by such holder. Such Warrant Shares
shall be deemed to have been issued and any person so designated to be named therein shall be
deemed to have become a holder of record of such Warrant Shares as of the close of business on the
date of the delivery thereof.
Warrants shall be exercisable during the period provided for in Section 8(a) at the
election of the holder thereof, either as an entirety or from time to time for a portion of the
number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of such Warrants. If less than all of the Warrants
evidenced by a Global Warrant Certificate surrendered upon the exercise of Warrants are exercised
at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date, a new Global Warrant
Certificate or Certificates shall be issued for the remaining number of Warrants evidenced by the
Global Warrant Certificate so surrendered, and the Warrant Agent is hereby authorized to
countersign the new Global Warrant Certificate(s) pursuant to the provisions of Section 5
hereof and this Section 8. The person in whose name any certificate or certificates for
the Warrant Shares are to be issued (or such Warrant Shares are to be registered, in the case of a
book-entry transfer) upon exercise of a Warrant shall be deemed to have become the holder of record
of such Warrant Shares on the date such Warrant Exercise Notice is delivered.
(k) For purposes of this Warrant Agreement, a business day means any day other than
a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New York City are authorized or
obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close or remain closed. In accordance with
Section 14 hereof, no fractional shares shall be issued upon exercise of any Warrants.
(l) All Global Warrant Certificates surrendered upon exercise of Warrants shall be cancelled
by the Warrant Agent. Such cancelled Global Warrant Certificates shall then be disposed of by or
at the direction of the Company in accordance with applicable law. The Warrant Agent shall (x)
advise an authorized representative of the Company as directed by the Company by the end of each
day on which Warrants were exercised, of (i) the number of shares of Common Stock issued upon
exercise of a Warrant, (ii) the delivery of Global Warrant Certificates evidencing the balance, if
any, of the shares of Common Stock issuable after such exercise of the Warrant and (iii) such
other information as the Company shall reasonably require and (y) concurrently pay to the Company
all funds received by the Warrant Agent in payment of the aggregate Exercise Price. The Warrant
Agent shall confirm such information to the Company in writing.
(m) The Warrant Agent shall keep copies of this Warrant Agreement and any notices given or
received hereunder, and provide, at the Companys expense, copies thereof to
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any registered holder of the Warrants requesting, in writing, such copy prior to 5:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on the Expiration Date. The Company shall supply the Warrant Agent from time
to time with such numbers of copies of this Warrant Agreement as the Warrant Agent may reasonably
request.
SECTION 9 Payment of Taxes. No service charge shall be made to any holder of a
Warrant for any exercise, exchange or registration of transfer of Warrants, and the Company will
pay all documentary stamp taxes attributable to the initial issuance of Warrant Shares upon the
exercise of Warrants; provided, however, that neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be
required to pay any tax or taxes which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the
issuance of Warrant Shares or any certificates for Warrant Shares in a name other than that of the
registered holder of a Warrant surrendered upon the exercise of a Warrant, and the Company and the
Warrant Agent shall not be required to issue or deliver such Warrant Shares or the certificates
representing the Warrant Shares unless or until the person or persons requesting the issuance
thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have established to the
satisfaction of the Company and the Warrant Agent that such tax has been paid.
SECTION 10 Mutilated or Missing Warrant Certificates. The Company may issue and the
Warrant Agent shall countersign, upon evidence satisfactory to the Company and the Warrant Agent of
the loss, theft, mutilation or destruction of the Global Warrant Certificate in lieu of the Global
Warrant Certificate, a new warrant certificate of like tenor and amount in the place of any Global
Warrant Certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen, mutilated or
destroyed, and the Company and the Warrant Agent may require the owner of the lost, stolen,
mutilated or destroyed certificate, or such owners legal representative, to give the Company and
the Warrant Agent a bond sufficient to indemnify them against any claim that may be made against it
on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such Global Warrant Certificate or the
issuance of such new certificate.
SECTION 11 Reservation of Shares of Common Stock.
(a) The Company will at all times reserve and keep available out of the aggregate of its
authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, for the purpose of enabling it to satisfy any
obligation to issue shares of Common Stock upon exercise of Warrants, the maximum number of shares
of Common Stock that may then be deliverable upon the exercise of all outstanding Warrants, and
the Transfer Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized and directed at all times to reserve such
number of authorized and unissued or treasury shares of Common Stock as shall be required for such
purpose. The Company will keep a copy of this Agreement on file with the Transfer Agent. The
Warrant Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized and directed to requisition from time to time from
the Transfer Agent stock certificates issuable upon exercise of outstanding Warrants. The Company
will supply the Transfer Agent with duly executed stock certificates for such purpose and will,
upon request, provide or otherwise make available any cash which may be payable as provided in
Section 14. The Company will furnish the Transfer Agent with a copy of all notices of adjustments
and certificates related thereto, transmitted by the Company to the Warrant Agent and each holder.
The Warrant Agent shall have no duty or obligation to investigate or confirm the accuracy of the
information or the genuineness of the signatures contained in such notices or certificates.
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(b) The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock that may be issued upon exercise of
Warrants will be, upon payment of the aggregate Exercise Price and issuance thereof, duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable, free of preemptive rights and free from all
taxes, liens, charges and security interests with respect to the issue thereof (other than any
liens, charges and security interests created by the Warrant holder or the person to which the
shares of Common Stock are to be issued).
SECTION 12 Adjustments. The number of shares of Common Stock for which a Warrant is
exercisable and the Exercise Price and the Trigger Price shall be subject to adjustment from time
to time as set forth in this Section 12.
(a) Stock Dividends, Subdivisions, Combinations, Recapitalizations and
Reclassification.
(i) If at any time the Company shall: (A) pay a dividend on its Common Stock (or make some
other distribution on its Common Stock) consisting of shares of Common Stock, (B) subdivide its
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares of Common Stock, or (C) combine
its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock, then the
number of shares of Common Stock or other shares of capital stock that a record holder of the same
number of shares of Common Stock or other shares of capital stock for which a Warrant is
exercisable immediately prior to any such dividend, distribution, subdivision or combination shall
be adjusted so that the holder of each Warrant shall be entitled upon exercise to receive the
number of shares of Common Stock or other shares of capital stock that such holder would have owned
or have been entitled to receive after the happening of any of the events described above, had such
Warrant been exercised immediately prior to the happening of such event (or, in the case of a
dividend or distribution of Common Stock, immediately prior to the record date therefor). An
adjustment made pursuant to this Section 12(a) shall become effective immediately upon and
contemporaneously with the effectiveness of such event.
(ii) Whenever the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of any
Warrant is adjusted as herein provided in Section 12(a), the Exercise Price and the Trigger
Price shall be adjusted to equal (A) the Exercise Price or the Trigger Price, as applicable,
immediately prior to such adjustment multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock for which a
Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such adjustment divided by (B) the number of shares of
Common Stock for which a Warrant is exercisable immediately after such adjustment.
(b) Extraordinary Dividends or Distributions. If the Company, at any time after the
date of this Agreement, pays a dividend or makes a distribution in cash, securities or other assets
to the holders of Common Stock (in their capacity as such) or other shares of capital stock into
which the Warrants are convertible, other than (i) a dividend or distribution described in
Section 12(a)(i)(A), (ii) regular quarterly or other periodic dividends declared and paid
pursuant to a dividend policy established by the Board not to exceed in any fiscal year of the
Company twenty percent (20%) of the consolidated net income of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries (determined in accordance with United States generally accepted
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accounting principles) for the immediately preceding fiscal year, (iii) distributions made to
the holders of Common Stock upon the consummation of a Reorganization Event or (iv) dividends and
distributions made in connection with the Companys liquidation or dissolution (any such
non-excluded dividends or distributions, an Extraordinary Dividend), then the Trigger
Price shall be decreased, effective immediately after the effective date of such Extraordinary
Dividend, dollar-for-dollar by the amount of cash and/or the fair market value (as reasonably
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company, without regard to any
illiquidity or minority discounts) of any securities or other assets paid or distributed on each
share of Common Stock in respect of such Extraordinary Dividend.
(c) Other Provisions Applicable to Adjustments under this Section. The following
provisions shall be applicable to the making of adjustments of the number of shares of Common Stock
for which a Warrant is exercisable and the Exercise Price and the Trigger Price provided for in
this Section 12:
(i) When Adjustments to Be Made. The adjustments required by this Section 12
shall be made whenever and as often as any specified event requiring an adjustment shall occur.
For the purpose of any adjustment, any specified event shall be deemed to have occurred at the
close of business on the date of its occurrence. All calculations shall be made to the nearest
cent and to the nearest one-thousandth of a share, as the case may be.
(ii) Fractional Interests. In computing adjustments pursuant to this Section
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into account to the nearest 1/1000th of a share,
(d) Reorganization, Reclassification, Merger or Consolidation of the Company.
(i) If a Reorganization Event shall occur and pursuant to the terms of any such Reorganization
Event, the consideration to be paid or distributed to or otherwise received by the holders of
Common Stock consists of shares of common stock of the surviving corporation or acquiring or
resulting entity and/or any cash, shares of stock (not constituting common stock) or other
securities or property of any nature whatsoever (including warrants or other subscription or
purchase rights) (such non-common stock property hereinafter referred to as Other
Property), then each holder of a Warrant shall have the right to receive in connection with
the consummation of such Reorganization Event, upon exercise of a Warrant (if then exercisable at
the time of such consummation, determined in accordance with Section 12(d)(ii)), solely the number
of shares of common stock of the surviving corporation or acquiring or resulting entity and/or such
amount of Other Property receivable pursuant to such Reorganization Event by a holder of the number
of shares of Common Stock for which a Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to the effective
time of such Reorganization Event assuming such holder of Common Stock did not exercise its rights
of election, if any, as to the kind or amount of common stock or Other Property receivable upon
such Reorganization Event (provided that, if the kind or amount of common stock or Other Property
receivable upon such Reorganization Event is not the same for each share of Common Stock in respect
of which such rights of election shall not have been exercised (nonelecting share), then for the
purposes of this Section 12(d)(i) the kind
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and amount of common stock or Other Property receivable upon such Reorganization Event for
each nonelecting share shall be deemed to be the kind and amount so receivable per share by a
plurality of the electing shares). The Company will not effect any Reorganization Event unless
prior to the consummation thereof the successor corporation or acquiring or resulting entity (if
other than the Company) shall assume by written instrument the obligation to deliver to each holder
of Warrants such shares of common stock or Other Property, in accordance with the foregoing
provisions, such holder may be entitled to purchase. The Company shall notify (i) in writing, the
Warrant Agent at least five (5) business days prior to the consummation of any Reorganization Event
of (A) the expected date of consummation of the Reorganization Event, (B) a reasonably detailed
description of the consideration to be paid per share of Common Stock in the Reorganization Event
to the holders of Common Stock and (C) a description of the procedures and method of payment in
respect of the consideration payable to the holders of Warrants, if any, upon exercise of a Warrant
and (ii) each holder of a Warrant at least twenty (20) business days prior to the consummation of
any Reorganization Event of (A) the expected date of consummation of the Reorganization Event and
(B) a reasonably detailed description of the consideration to be paid per share of Common Stock in
the Reorganization Event to the holders of Common Stock. No failure of the Company to provide the
notice provided for in the foregoing sentence shall affect the validity of the Reorganization Event
or the proceedings for the cancellation of the Warrants or limit the rights of the holders of
Warrants hereunder.
(ii) The Warrants shall be exercisable in connection with a Reorganization Event if (A) at the
date of consummation of such Reorganization Event, the Warrant is then exercisable in accordance
with Section 8(a) or (B) if the value of all consideration to be received by a holder of
Common Stock in respect of one share of Common Stock in the Reorganization Event, on a fully
diluted per share basis, is equal to or greater than the Trigger Price. In the event the Warrants
are exercisable pursuant to clause (B) above, a holder of Warrants shall have the option of
exercising the Warrants prior to the consummation of such Reorganization Event, provided that the
holder may condition the exercise of the Warrants on the consummation of such Reorganization Event.
As of the consummation of the Reorganization Event, all of the Warrants shall be deemed to be no
longer outstanding and not transferable on the books of the Company or the surviving corporation or
resulting entity, and shall represent solely the right to receive the consideration payable upon
exercise of the Warrants, without interest. Any Warrants that are not exercisable in connection
with a Reorganization Event shall expire and be cancelled.
(iii) For purposes hereof, a Reorganization Event shall mean any transaction which
the Company enters into constituting (i) a consolidation, merger, share exchange or similar
transaction of the Company with or into another person pursuant to which the Common Stock is
changed into, converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property (whether of the
Company or another person); (ii) a reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification or similar
transaction in which the Common Stock is exchanged for securities other than Common Stock (other
than in circumstances covered by Section 12(a)); or (iii) a statutory exchange of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock for securities of another person (other than in connection with
a consolidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction).
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(iv) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 12(d)(i), if the Company
enters into a transaction (a Specified Transaction) that would otherwise constitute a
Reorganization Event, in each case in which the shares of Common Stock are exchanged for cash,
securities or other property, as a result of which the holders of Common Stock immediately prior to
such Specified Transaction own or hold at least a majority of the voting equity securities of the
continuing or surviving entity immediately following such Specified Transaction, then Section
12(d)(i) shall not apply and as a condition to the consummation of such Specified Transaction
effective provisions shall be made in the certificate of incorporation or articles of incorporation
of the continuing or surviving entity, or in any contract or agreement providing for such Specified
Transaction, so that so long as any Warrant remains outstanding, each Warrant, upon the exercise
thereof at any time after the consummation of such Specified Transaction, shall be exercisable into
(at an initial Exercise Price equal to the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such
Specified Transaction), in lieu of the Common Stock issuable upon such exercise prior to such
consummation, solely the amount of cash, securities or other property (Substituted
Property) receivable pursuant to such Specified Transaction by a holder of the number of
shares of Common Stock for which a Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to the effective time
of such Specified Transaction assuming such holder of Common Stock did not exercise its rights of
election, if any, as to the kind or amount of Substituted Property receivable upon such Specified
Transaction (provided that, if the kind or amount of Substituted Property receivable upon such
Specified Transaction is not the same for each share of Common Stock in respect of which such
rights of election shall not have been exercised (nonelecting share), then for the
purposes of this Section 12(d)(iv) the kind and amount of Substituted Property receivable
upon such Specified Transaction for each nonelecting share shall be deemed to be the kind and
amount so receivable per share by a plurality of the electing shares); provided that, if the
Trigger Price has not been achieved in accordance with Section 8(a) at the time of consummation of
the Specified Transaction, then in lieu of the foregoing, any cash which would be part of the
Substituted Property shall not be included in the Substituted Property but instead shall be treated
as an Extraordinary Dividend in accordance with Section 12(b). The provisions set forth herein
providing for adjustments and otherwise for the protection of the holders of Warrants shall
thereafter continue to be applicable on an as nearly equivalent basis as may be practicable and any
such continuing or surviving entity shall expressly assume all of the obligations of the Company
set forth herein to the extent applicable. Without limiting the foregoing, in connection with any
such Specified Transaction, the Trigger Price shall be adjusted to the extent reasonably determined
by the board of directors (or other governing body) of the continuing or surviving entity to
maintain, to the extent practicable, an equivalent intrinsic value of the Warrants immediately
prior to such transaction.
(e) Certain Limitations. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company
agrees not to enter into any transaction which, by reason of any adjustment hereunder, would cause
the Exercise Price to be less than the par value per share of Common Stock (if any) unless the
Company shall take such corporate action in order that the Company may validly and legally issue
fully paid and nonassessable shares of such Common Stock at such adjusted Exercise Price.
SECTION 13 Priority Adjustments, Further Actions. If any single action would require
adjustment of the Exercise Price pursuant to more than one subsection of Section 12
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hereof, only one adjustment shall be made and such adjustment shall be the amount of
adjustment that has the highest, relative to the rights and interests of the holders of the
Warrants then outstanding, absolute value.
SECTION 14 Fractional Shares. The Company shall not be required to issue fractional
shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of the Warrants if it elects, if otherwise permitted, to
make a cash payment in respect of any final fraction of a share upon such exercise (after
aggregating all fractional shares of each holder). If more than one Warrant shall be presented for
exercise at the same time by the same holder, the number of full shares of Common Stock that shall
be issuable upon the exercise thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of
shares of Common Stock purchasable on exercise of all of the Warrants so presented. If any
fraction of a share of Common Stock would, except for the provisions of this Section 14,
be issuable on the exercise of any Warrants (or specified portion thereof), the Company shall
notify the Warrant Agent in writing of the amount to be paid in lieu of the fraction of a share of
Common Stock and concurrently pay or provide to the Warrant Agent for payment to the Warrant holder
an amount in cash equal to the product of (i) such fraction of a share of Common Stock and (ii)
the Closing Price of a share of Common Stock for the Trading Day immediately preceding the date
the Warrant was presented for exercise pursuant to Section 8 hereof. The Warrant Agent
shall have no duty with respect to any payment for Warrant Shares under any Section of this Warrant
Agreement relating to the payment of fractional Warrant Shares unless and until the Warrant Agent
shall have received such notice and sufficient monies.
SECTION 15 Warrant Holders not Stockholders. Nothing contained in this Warrant
Agreement or in any of the Global Warrant Certificates shall be construed as conferring upon the
holders of any Warrant (solely in its capacity as a holder of a Warrant) (i) the right to vote or
to consent or to receive notice as stockholders in respect of the meetings of stockholders or the
election of directors of the Company or any other matter for which stockholders are entitled to
vote or to attend any such meetings or any other proceedings of the holders of Common Stock; (ii)
without limiting the provisions of Section 12 hereof, the right to receive any cash dividends,
stock dividends, allotments or rights or other distributions paid, allotted or distributed or
distributable to the holders of Common Stock prior to, or for which the relevant record date
precedes, the date of the exercise of such Warrant; or (iii) any other rights whatsoever as
stockholders of the Company. The Warrant Agent shall have no duty to monitor or enforce compliance
with this provision.
SECTION 16 Merger, Consolidation or Change of Name of Warrant Agent. Any person into
which the Warrant Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any
person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Warrant Agent shall be a
party, or any person succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust or agency
business of the Warrant Agent, shall be the successor to the Warrant Agent hereunder without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. If,
at the time such successor to the Warrant Agent by merger or consolidation succeeds to the agency
created by this Warrant Agreement, any of the Global Warrant Certificates shall have been
countersigned but not delivered, any such successor to the Warrant Agent may adopt the
countersignature of the original Warrant Agent; and if, at that time any of the Global Warrant
Certificates shall not have been countersigned, any such successor to
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the Warrant Agent may countersign such Global Warrant Certificates either in the name of the
predecessor Warrant Agent or in the name of the successor Warrant Agent; and in all such cases such
Global Warrant Certificates shall have the full force and effect provided in the Global Warrant
Certificates in this Warrant Agreement. If at any time the name of the Warrant Agent shall be
changed and at such time any of the Global Warrant Certificates shall have been countersigned but
not delivered, the Warrant Agent whose name has changed may adopt the countersignature under its
prior name; and if at that time any of the Global Warrant Certificates shall not have been
countersigned, the Warrant Agent may countersign such Global Warrant Certificates either in its
prior name or in its changed name; and in all such cases such Global Warrant Certificates shall
have the full force provided in the Global Warrant Certificates and in this Warrant Agreement.
SECTION 17 Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent undertakes only the duties and
obligations expressly imposed by this Warrant Agreement upon the following terms and conditions, by
all of which the Company and the holders of Warrants, by their acceptance thereof, shall be bound:
(a) The Warrant Agent may rely conclusively and shall be protected in acting upon any order,
judgment, instruction, notice, demand, certificate, opinion or advice of counsel (including counsel
chosen by or who may be an employee of the Warrant Agent or one of its affiliates), statement,
instrument, report or other paper or document (not only as to its due execution and the validity
and effectiveness of its provisions, but also as to the truth and acceptability and of information
therein contained) which is believed by the Warrant Agent, in good faith, to be genuine and to be
signed or presented by the proper person or persons as set forth in Section 17(d).
(b) The Warrant Agent shall have no duties, responsibilities or obligations as the Warrant
Agent except those which are expressly set forth herein, and in any modification or amendment
hereof to which the Warrant Agent has consented in writing, and no duties, responsibilities or
obligations shall be implied or inferred.
(c) The statements contained herein and in the Global Warrant Certificates shall be deemed to
be statements of the Company only. The Warrant Agent assumes no responsibility for the correctness
of any of the same and shall not be required to verify the same.
(d) Whenever in the performance of its duties under this Warrant Agreement the Warrant Agent
deems it necessary or desirable that any fact or matter be proved or established by the Company
prior to taking, suffering or omitting to take any action hereunder, such fact or matter may be
deemed to be conclusively proved and established by a certificate signed by the Companys Chairman
of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President or any Vice President and delivered to the Warrant
Agent; and in reliance upon such certificate, the Warrant Agent shall take any action or omit to
take any action authorized under the provisions of this Warrant Agreement. In the event the
Warrant Agent reasonably believes any ambiguity or uncertainty exists hereunder or in any notice,
instruction, direction, request or other communication, paper or document received by the Warrant
Agent hereunder, or is uncertain of any action to take hereunder, the Warrant Agent, may, following
prior written notice to the
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Company, refrain from taking any action, and shall be fully protected and shall not be liable
in any way to the Company or any other person or entity for refraining from taking such action,
unless the Warrant Agent receives written instructions signed by the Company which eliminates such
ambiguity or uncertainty to the reasonable satisfaction of the Warrant Agent.
(e) The Warrant Agent shall not be responsible for any failure of the Company to comply with
any of the covenants contained in this Warrant Agreement (including, without limitation, any
adjustment of the Exercise Price pursuant to Section 12 hereof, the authorization or
reservation of shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 11 hereof, and the due execution
and delivery by the Company of this Warrant Agreement or any Global Warrant Certificate) or in the
Global Warrant Certificates to be complied with by the Company.
(f) The Warrant Agent may consult at any time with counsel satisfactory to it (who may be
counsel for the Company or an employee of the Warrant Agent) and the Warrant Agent shall incur no
liability or responsibility to the Company or any holder of any Warrant in respect of any action
taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder and in accordance with the opinion or the advice of such
counsel.
(g) The Warrant Agent shall incur no liability or responsibility for any action taken in
reliance on any Global Warrant Certificate, Warrant Statement, certificate representing shares of
Common Stock, notice, resolution, waiver, consent, order, certificate, or other paper, document or
instrument believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or presented by the proper
party or parties. The Warrant Agent shall not be bound by any notice or demand, or any waiver,
modification, termination or revision of this Warrant Agreement or any of the terms hereof, unless
evidenced by a writing between and signed by, the Company and the Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent
shall not be required to take instructions or directions except those given in accordance with this
Warrant Agreement.
(h) The Warrant Agent may execute and exercise any of the rights or powers hereby vested in it
or perform any duty hereunder either itself or by or through its attorneys, accountants, agents or
other experts, and the Warrant Agent will not be answerable or accountable for any act, default,
neglect or unintentional misconduct of any such attorneys or agents or for any loss to the Company
or the holders of the Warrants resulting from any such act, default, neglect or unintentional
misconduct, absent gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith (as each is determined by a
final non-appealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction) in the selection and continued
employment or engagement thereof.
(i) The Warrant Agent will not be under any duty or responsibility to insure compliance with
any applicable federal or state securities laws in connection with the issuance, transfer or
exchange of Global Warrant Certificates.
(j) The Warrant Agent shall not incur any liability for not performing any act, duty,
obligation or responsibility by reason of any occurrence beyond the control of the Warrant Agent
(including, without limitation, any act or provision of any present or future law or regulation or
governmental authority, any act of God, war, civil disorder or failure of any means of
communication).
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(k) The Company agrees to pay to the Warrant Agent reasonable compensation for all services
rendered by the Warrant Agent in the preparation, delivery, administration and execution of this
Warrant Agreement and the exercise and performance of its duties hereunder, to reimburse the
Warrant Agent for all reasonable expenses (including reasonable counsel fees), taxes (including
withholding taxes) and governmental charges and other charges of any kind and nature actually
incurred by the Warrant Agent in the execution, delivery and performance of its responsibilities
under this Warrant Agreement and to indemnify the Warrant Agent and save it harmless against any
and all liabilities, including judgments, costs and counsel fees, for anything done or omitted by
the Warrant Agent, or any person acting on behalf of the Warrant Agent, in the execution, delivery
and performance of its responsibilities under this Warrant Agreement except as a result of its
gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct (each as determined by a final, non-appealable
order of a court of competent jurisdiction).
(l) The Warrant Agent, shall be under no obligation to institute any action, suit or legal
proceeding or to take any other action likely to involve expense unless the Company or one or more
holders of Global Warrant Certificates shall furnish the Warrant Agent with reasonable security and
indemnity for any costs and expenses which may be incurred, but this provision shall not affect the
power of the Warrant Agent to take such action as it may consider proper, whether with or without
any such security or indemnity. All rights of action under this Warrant Agreement or under any of
the Warrants may be enforced by the Warrant Agent without the possession of any of the Warrants or
the production thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative thereto, and any such action, suit
or proceeding instituted by the Warrant Agent shall be brought in its name as Warrant Agent and any
recovery of judgment shall be for the ratable benefit of the holders of the Warrants, as their
respective rights or interests may appear.
(m) Except as otherwise prohibited by applicable law, the Warrant Agent, and any member,
stockholder, director, officer or employee of the Warrant Agent, may buy, sell or deal in any of
the Warrants or other securities of the Company or become pecuniarily interested in any transaction
in which the Company may be interested, or contract with or lend money to the Company or otherwise
act as fully and freely as though it were not Warrant Agent under this Warrant Agreement. Nothing
herein shall preclude the Warrant Agent from acting in any other capacity for the Company or for
any other legal entity.
(n) The Warrant Agent shall act hereunder solely as agent for the Company, and its duties
shall be determined solely by the express provisions hereof. The Warrant Agent shall not be liable
for anything which it may do or refrain from doing in connection with this Warrant Agreement,
except for its own gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct (each as determined by a
final, non-appealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction); provided that in no event shall
the Warrant Agent be liable for special, incidental, punitive, indirect or consequential loss or
damage of any kind whatsoever (including, without limitation, lost profits). Any liability of the
Warrant Agent under this Agreement, except for liability arising out of, or in connection with, the
gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct (each as determined by a final, non-appealable
order of a court of competent jurisdiction) of the Warrant Agent, will be limited to the amount of
aggregate fees paid by the Company to the Warrant Agent.
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(o) The Warrant Agent shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any holder
of any Warrant to make or cause to be made any adjustment of the Exercise Price or number of the
shares of Common Stock or other securities or property deliverable as provided in this Warrant
Agreement, or to determine whether any facts exist which may require any of such adjustments, or
with respect to the nature or extent of any such adjustments, when made, or with respect to the
method employed in making the same. The Warrant Agent shall not be accountable with respect to the
validity or value or the kind or amount of any shares of Common Stock or of any securities or
property which may at any time be issued or delivered upon the exercise of any Warrant or with
respect to whether any such shares of Common Stock or other securities will when issued be validly
issued and fully paid and nonassessable, and makes no representation with respect thereto. The
Warrant Agent shall not be accountable to confirm or verify the accuracy or necessity of any
calculation.
(p) The Company agrees to perform, execute and acknowledge and deliver or cause to be
performed, executed, acknowledged and delivered all such further and other acts, instruments, and
assurances as may reasonably be required by the Warrant Agent for the carrying out or performing of
the provisions of this Agreement.
(q) The Warrant Agent shall have no responsibility or liability with respect to the validity
of this Agreement or with respect to the validity or execution of any Warrant (except its
countersignature thereof); nor shall it be responsible for any breach by the Company of any
covenant or condition contained in this Agreement or in any Warrant; nor shall it be responsible to
make or be liable for any adjustments required under any provision hereof, including but not
limited to Section 11 hereof, or responsible for the manner, method or amount of any such
adjustment or the ascertaining of the existence of facts that would require any such adjustment;
nor shall it by act hereunder be deemed to make any representation or warranty as to the
authorization or reservation of any shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to this Agreement
or any Warrant or as to whether any shares of Common Stock will, when issued, be valid and fully
paid and nonassessable.
(r) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company shall make all
determinations with respect to Cashless Exercises, and the Warrant Agent shall have no duty or
obligation to investigate or confirm whether the Company determination regarding the number of
Shares to be issued in the event of a Cashless Exercise is accurate or correct. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, the Warrant Agent shall also have no duty or obligation
to investigate or confirm whether any determination of the Exercise Amount under Section 8
is correct or accurate.
(s) No provision of this Agreement shall require the Warrant Agent to expend or risk its own
funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder
or in the exercise of its rights, except to the extent otherwise expressly set forth herein.
(t) Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 17 shall relieve the
Warrant Agent from any liability arising from the Warrant Agents transfer of any Warrant without
obtaining confirmation from the Company as described in Section 6 hereof.
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(u) All rights and obligations contained in this Section 17 and Section 18
hereof shall survive the termination of this Warrant Agreement and the resignation, replacement or
removal of the Warrant Agent.
SECTION 18 Expenses. All expenses incident to the Companys performance of or
compliance with this Warrant Agreement will be borne by the Company, including, without limitation:
(i) all expenses of printing Global Warrant Certificates; (ii) messenger and delivery services and
telephone calls; (iii) all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company; (iv) all fees and
disbursements of independent certified public accountants or knowledgeable experts selected by the
Company; and (v) the Companys internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and
expenses of their officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties).
SECTION 19 Change of Warrant Agent.
(a) If the Company terminates the Warrant Agent or the Warrant Agent shall become incapable of
acting as Warrant Agent or shall resign as provided below, the Company shall appoint a successor to
such Warrant Agent. If the Company shall fail to make such appointment within a period of 30 days
after it has terminated the Warrant Agent or it has been notified in writing of a resignation or
incapacity by the Warrant Agent, then any holder of a Warrant may apply to any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor to the Warrant Agent. Pending appointment of a
successor to the Warrant Agent, either by the Company or by such a court, the duties of the Warrant
Agent shall be carried out by the Company. Any successor Warrant Agent, whether appointed by the
Company or by such a court, shall be a bank or trust company, in good standing, incorporated under
the laws of any state or of the United States of America. As soon as practicable after appointment
of the successor Warrant Agent, the Company shall cause written notice of the change in the Warrant
Agent to be given to each of the holders of the Warrants at such holders address appearing on the
Warrant Register. After appointment, the successor to the Warrant Agent shall be vested with the
same powers, rights, duties and responsibilities as if it had been originally named as Warrant
Agent without further act or deed. The former Warrant Agent shall deliver and transfer to the
successor to the Warrant Agent any property at the time held by it hereunder and execute and
deliver any further assurance, conveyance, act or deed necessary for the purpose. Failure to give
any notice provided for in this Section 19, however, or any defect therein, shall not
affect the legality or validity of the appointment of a successor to the Warrant Agent.
(b) The Warrant Agent may resign at any time and be discharged from the obligations hereby
created by so notifying the Company in writing at least 30 days in advance of the proposed
effective date of its resignation. If no successor Warrant Agent accepts the engagement hereunder
by such time, the Company shall act as Warrant Agent.
SECTION 20 Notices to the Company and Warrant Agent. Any notice or demand authorized
or permitted by this Warrant Agreement to be given or made by the Warrant Agent or by any holder of
the Warrants to or on the Company to be effective shall be in writing (including by facsimile), and
shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered by hand, or two (2) business days
after being delivered to a recognized courier (whose stated terms of
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delivery are two (2) business days or less to the destination of such notice), or five (5)
days after being deposited in the mail, first class and postage prepaid or, in the case of
facsimile notice, when received, addressed as follows (until another address or facsimile number is
filed in writing by the Company with the Warrant Agent):
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21557 Telegraph Drive |
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Brian M. Schafer |
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Any notice or demand pursuant to this Warrant Agreement to be given by the Company or by any
holder(s) of the Warrants to the Warrant Agent shall be sufficiently given if sent in the same
manner as notices or demands are to be given or made to or on the Company (as set forth above) to
the Warrant Agent at the Warrant Agent Office as follows (until another address is filed in writing
by the Warrant Agent with the Company):
Mellon Investor Services LLC
Newport Office Center VII
480 Washington Boulevard
Jersey City, NJ 07310
Attn: Relationship Manager
SECTION 21 Supplements and Amendments. The Company and the Warrant Agent may from
time to time supplement or amend this Warrant Agreement (a) without the approval of any holders of
Warrants in order to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision contained herein
that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other
provisions in regard to matters or questions arising hereunder that the Company may deem necessary
or desirable and that shall not adversely affect the rights or interests of the holders of Warrants
or (b) with the prior written consent of holders of the Warrants exercisable for a majority of the
shares of Common Stock then issuable upon exercise of the Warrants then outstanding; provided,
however, that the consent of each holder of a Warrant affected shall be required for any amendment
of this Warrant Agreement that would (i) increase the Exercise Price or the Trigger Price or
decrease the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of the Warrants, except
that such consent shall not be required
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for any adjustment to the Exercise Price or the Trigger Price or the number of shares of
Common Stock purchasable if made pursuant to the provisions of Section 12 hereof, (ii)
alter the Companys obligation to issue Warrant Shares upon exercise of the underlying Warrant
(other than pursuant to adjustments otherwise provided for in this Agreement, including the
adjustments provided for in Section 12 hereof), (iii) change the Expiration Date of the
Warrants to an earlier date, (iv) waive the application of the adjustment provisions contained in
Section 12 in connection with any events to which such provisions apply or otherwise modify
the adjustment provisions contained in Section 12 in a manner that would have an adverse
economic impact on the holders of Warrants, or (v) treat such holder differently in an adverse way
from any other holder of Warrants. The Warrant Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, execute
any amendment or supplement which affects the rights or increases the duties or obligations of the
Warrant Agent.
SECTION 22 Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this Warrant Agreement by
or for the benefit of the Company, the holders of the Warrants or the Warrant Agent shall bind and
inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns hereunder.
SECTION 23 Termination. This Warrant Agreement shall terminate at 5:00 p.m., New York
City time, on the Expiration Date (or, at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Settlement Date
with respect to any Warrant Exercise Notice delivered prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on
the Expiration Date). Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Warrant Agreement will terminate on such
earlier date on which all outstanding Warrants have been exercised. Termination of this Warrant
Agreement shall not relieve the Company or the Warrant Agent of any of their obligations arising
prior to the date of such termination or in connection with the settlement of any Warrant exercised
prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date.
SECTION 24 Governing Law. This Warrant Agreement and each Warrant issued hereunder
shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of New York and for all purposes
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without
giving effect to conflict of laws principles.
SECTION 25 Benefits of this Warrant Agreement. This Warrant Agreement shall be for
the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company, the Warrant Agent and the holders of the Warrants,
and nothing in this Warrant Agreement shall be construed to give to any person other than the
Company, the Warrant Agent and the holders of the Warrants any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim under this Warrant Agreement. Each holder, by acceptance of a Warrant, agrees to all of the
terms and provisions of this Warrant Agreement applicable thereto.
SECTION 26 Counterparts. This Warrant Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and
all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 27 Further Assurances. From time to time on and after the date hereof, the
Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Warrant Agent such further documents and
instruments and shall do and cause to be done such further acts as the Warrant Agent shall
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reasonably request (it being understood that the Warrant Agent shall have no obligation to
make such request) to carry out more effectively the provisions and purposes of this Warrant
Agreement, to evidence compliance herewith or to assure itself that it is protected hereunder.
SECTION 28 Entire Agreement. This Warrant Agreement and the Global Warrant
Certificates constitute the entire agreement of the Company, the Warrant Agent and the holders of
the Warrants with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and
undertakings, both written and oral, among the Company, the Warrant Agent and the holders of the
Warrants with respect to the subject matter hereof. Except as expressly made herein, the Company
makes no representation, warranty, covenant or agreement with respect to the Warrants.
SECTION 29 Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant Agreement
shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any
provision of this Warrant Agreement shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such
provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without
invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Warrant Agreement;
provided, however, that if such excluded or added provision shall materially affect the rights,
immunities, duties or obligations of the Warrant Agent, the Warrant Agent shall be entitled to
resign immediately upon notification in writing to the Company.
SECTION 30 Force Majeure. In no event shall the Warrant Agent be responsible or
liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement arising
out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its reasonable control, including
without limitation strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military
disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or
malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software or hardware) services.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Warrant Agreement to be duly executed,
as of the day and year first above written.
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[Signature Page to Warrant Agreement]
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF GLOBAL WARRANT CERTIFICATE
FORM OF FACE OF GLOBAL WARRANT CERTIFICATE
VOID AFTER 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON NOVEMBER __, 2014
THE SALE, ASSIGNMENT, PLEDGE, ENCUMBRANCE, EXCHANGE OR OTHER TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED
BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF THE WARRANT AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF NOVEMBER __, 2009
(THE WARRANT AGREEMENT), BETWEEN THE ISSUER OF THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE WARRANT AGENT
NAMED THEREIN. BY ACCEPTING ANY INTEREST IN THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE, THE
RECIPIENT OF SUCH SECURITIES SHALL BE DEEMED TO AGREE TO AND SHALL BECOME BOUND BY ALL OF THE
PROVISIONS OF THE WARRANT AGREEMENT. A COPY OF THE WARRANT AGREEMENT MAY BE OBTAINED UPON WRITTEN
REQUEST TO THE CORPORATE SECRETARY OF THE ISSUER OF THIS CERTIFICATE.
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WARRANT TO PURCHASE
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LEAR CORPORATION
WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE
CUSIP # 521865 113
DISTRIBUTION DATE: NOVEMBER __, 2009
This Global Warrant Certificate certifies that Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, is the
registered holder of a Warrant (this Warrant) of LEAR CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
(the Company), to purchase the number of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per
share (Common Stock), of the Company set forth above (as adjusted from time to time in
accordance with the terms of the Warrant Agreement). This Warrant expires at 5:00 p.m. New York
City time on November __, 2014 (the Expiration Date) and entitles the holder to purchase
from the Company up to the number of fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock set forth
above at an exercise price of $0.01 per share of Common Stock (as adjusted from time to time in
accordance with the terms of the Warrant Agreement, the Exercise Price). Subject to the
terms and conditions set forth in the Warrant Agreement, this Warrant may be exercised at any time,
and from time to time, in whole or in part, during the period (i) commencing on the business day
immediately following a period of 30 consecutive Trading Days ending prior to, but not including,
such business day during which the Closing Price of the Common Stock for at least 20 of the Trading
Days within such 30-day period is equal to or greater than $39.63 (as adjusted from time in
accordance with the terms of the Warrant Agreement, the Trigger Price) and (ii) ending at
5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Expiration Date. The Exercise Price, the Trigger Price and the
number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant are subject to
adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events as set forth in the Warrant Agreement.
REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO THE FURTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS GLOBAL WARRANT CERTIFICATE SET
FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF. SUCH FURTHER PROVISIONS SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES HAVE THE SAME EFFECT
AS THOUGH FULLY SET FORTH AT THIS PLACE.
This Global Warrant Certificate shall not be valid unless countersigned by the Warrant Agent.
All capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to
them in the Warrant Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Global Warrant Certificate to be executed by
its duly authorized officers as of the date below set forth.
Dated: , 2009
LEAR CORPORATION
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FORM OF REVERSE OF GLOBAL WARRANT CERTIFICATE
The Warrant evidenced by this Global Warrant Certificate is a part of a duly authorized issue
of Warrants to purchase up to shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to the Warrant
Agreement. The Warrant Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of
this instrument and is hereby referred to for a description of the rights, limitation of rights,
obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Warrant Agent, the Company and the registered
holders of the Warrants. All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Warrant Agreement.
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of the Warrant and surrender of this Global
Warrant Certificate at the office of the Warrant Agent designated for such purpose, a new Global
Warrant Certificate or Global Warrant Certificates of like tenor and evidencing in the aggregate a
like number of Warrants shall be issued to the transferee in exchange for this Global Warrant
Certificate, subject to the limitations set forth in the Warrant Agreement, without charge except
for any applicable tax or other charge.
Subject to Section 14 of the Warrant Agreement, the Company shall not be required to issue
fractional shares of Common Stock.
No Warrants may be sold, exchanged or otherwise transferred in violation of the Securities Act
state securities laws or other applicable law.
The Warrant does not entitle the registered holder thereof to any of the rights of a
stockholder of the Company.
The Company and Warrant Agent may deem and treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute
owner of this Global Warrant Certificate (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other
writing hereon made by anyone other than the Company or the Warrant Agent) for the purpose of any
exercise hereof and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be
affected by any notice to the contrary.
This Global Warrant Certificate is held by The Depository Trust Company (the
Depository) or its nominee in custody for the benefit of the beneficial owners hereof,
and is not transferable to any Person under any circumstances except that (i) this Global Warrant
Certificate may be transferred in whole pursuant to Section 6(e) of the Warrant Agreement (as
hereinafter defined) and (ii) this Global Warrant Certificate may be delivered to the Warrant Agent
for cancellation pursuant to Sections 6(g) and 8(l) of the Warrant Agreement.
Unless this Global Warrant Certificate is presented by an authorized representative of the
Depository to the Company or the Warrant Agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment
and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co., or such other entity as is
requested by an authorized representative of the Depository (and any payment hereon is made to Cede
& Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of the Depository),
any transfer, pledge or other use hereof for value or otherwise by or to any Person is wrongful
because the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.
No registration or transfer of the securities issuable pursuant to the Warrant will be
recorded on the books and records of the Company or the Warrant Agent until the provisions set
forth in the Warrant Agreement have been complied with.
In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between this Global Warrant Certificate and the
Warrant Agreement, the Warrant Agreement shall control.
EXHIBIT B-1
EXERCISE FORM FOR HOLDERS
HOLDING BOOK-ENTRY WARRANTS
(To be executed upon exercise of the Warrant(s))
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right, represented by the Book-Entry
Warrant(s), to purchase shares of Common Stock of Lear Corporation and (check one or both):
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check made payable to the order of Lear Corporation or by wire
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as provided in Sections 8(g) and12(d) of the Warrant Agreement:
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The undersigned requests that a statement representing the shares of Common Stock issued upon
exercise of the Warrant(s) be delivered in accordance with the instructions set forth below.
Dated: , 20____
THIS EXERCISE NOTICE MUST BE DELIVERED TO THE WARRANT AGENT, PRIOR TO 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY
TIME, ON THE EXPIRATION DATE.
ALL CAPITALIZED TERMS USED HEREIN BUT NOT DEFINED HEREIN SHALL HAVE THE MEANINGS ASSIGNED TO THEM
IN THE WARRANT AGREEMENT.
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THE UNDERSIGNED REQUESTS THAT A STATEMENT REPRESENTING THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK BE DELIVERED AS
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IF SAID NUMBER OF SHARES SHALL NOT BE ALL THE SHARES PURCHASABLE UNDER THE WARRANT(S), THE
UNDERSIGNED REQUESTS THAT NEW BOOK-ENTRY WARRANT(S) REPRESENTING THE BALANCE OF SUCH WARRANT(S)
SHALL BE REGISTERED AS FOLLOWS:
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Signatures must be guaranteed by a participant in the Securities Transfer Agent Medallion
Program, the Stock Exchanges Medallion Program or the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Medallion
Signature Program.
EXHIBIT B-2
EXERCISE FORM FOR HOLDERS
HOLDING WARRANTS THROUGH THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY
TO BE COMPLETED BY DIRECT PARTICIPANT
IN THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY
(To be executed upon exercise of the Warrant(s))
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right, represented by Global Warrant
Certificate No. ___ held for its benefit through the book-entry facilities of The Depository Trust
Company (the Depository), to purchase shares of Common Stock of Lear
Corporation and (check one or both):
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payable to the order of Lear Corporation or by wire transfer in
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Event; provided, that in the event the Reorganization Event
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The undersigned requests that the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant(s)
be in registered form in the authorized denominations, registered in such names and delivered, all
as specified in accordance with the instructions set forth below; provided, that if the
shares of Common Stock are evidenced by global securities, the shares of Common Stock shall be
registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee.
Dated: , 20___
THIS EXERCISE NOTICE MUST BE DELIVERED TO THE WARRANT AGENT, PRIOR TO 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY
TIME, ON THE EXPIRATION DATE. THE WARRANT AGENT SHALL NOTIFY YOU (THROUGH THE CLEARING SYSTEM) OF
(1) THE WARRANT AGENTS ACCOUNT AT THE DEPOSITORY TO WHICH YOU MUST DELIVER YOUR WARRANT(S) ON THE
EXERCISE DATE AND (2) THE ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER AND FACSIMILE NUMBER WHERE YOU CAN CONTACT THE
WARRANT AGENT AND TO WHICH WARRANT EXERCISE NOTICES ARE TO BE SUBMITTED.
ALL CAPITALIZED TERMS USED HEREIN BUT NOT DEFINED HEREIN SHALL HAVE THE MEANINGS ASSIGNED TO THEM
IN THE WARRANT AGREEMENT.
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Depository Account Number:
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Depository Account Number:
FILL IN FOR DELIVERY OF THE COMMON STOCK, IF OTHER THAN TO THE PERSON DELIVERING THIS WARRANT
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the Stock Exchanges Medallion Program or the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Medallion Signature
Program.