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General Terms: |
Trade Date: | | December 4, 2013 |
Components: | | The Transaction will be divided into individual Components, each with the terms set forth in this Confirmation, and, in particular, with the Number of Options and Expiration Date set forth in Schedule A to this Confirmation. The exercise, valuation and settlement of the Transaction will be effected separately for each Component as if each Component were a separate Transaction under the Agreement. |
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Option Style: | | European |
Option Type: | | Call |
Seller: | | Barclays |
Buyer: | | Counterparty |
Shares: | | The common stock, par value USD 0.03 per share, of Counterparty (Ticker symbol “RAS”). |
Number of Options: | | For each Component, as provided in Schedule B to this Confirmation. |
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Option Entitlement: | | One Share per Option |
Strike Price: | | As provided in Schedule A to this Confirmation. |
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Cap Price: | | As provided in Schedule A to this Confirmation. |
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Premium: | | As provided in Schedule A to this Confirmation. |
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Premium Payment Date: | | December 10, 2013 |
Exchange: | | The New York Stock Exchange. |
Related Exchange(s): | | All Exchanges. |
Calculation Agent: | | Barclays. |
Disrupted Day: | | The definition of “Disrupted Day” in Section 6.4 of the Equity Definitions shall be amended by adding the following sentence after the first sentence: “A Scheduled Trading Day on which a Related Exchange fails to open during its regular trading session will not be a Disrupted Day if the Calculation Agent determines that such failure will not have a material impact on Barclays’s ability to unwind any related hedging transactions related to the Transaction.” |
Procedures for Exercise: |
In respect of any Component |
Expiration Time: | | The Valuation Time. |
Expiration Date: | | As provided in Schedule B to this Confirmation (or, if such date is not a Scheduled Trading Day, the next following Scheduled Trading Day that is not already an Expiration Date for another Component);providedthat if that date is a Disrupted Day, the Expiration Date for such Component shall be the first succeeding Scheduled Trading Day that is not a Disrupted Day and is not or is not deemed to be an Expiration Date in respect of any other Component of the Transaction hereunder; and provided furtherthat if the Expiration Date has not occurred pursuant to the preceding proviso as of the Final Disruption Date, the Calculation Agent shall have the right to elect, in its sole discretion, that the Final Disruption Date shall be the Expiration Date (irrespective of whether such date is a Disrupted Day or an Expiration Date in respect of any other Component for the Transaction) and the Settlement Price for the Final Disruption Date shall be determined by the Calculation Agent in a commercially reasonable manner. Notwithstanding the foregoing and anything to the contrary in the Equity Definitions, if a Market Disruption Event occurs on any Expiration Date, (i) the Calculation Agent may determine that such Expiration Date is a Disrupted Day only in part, in which case the Calculation Agent shall make adjustments to the Number of Options for the relevant Component for which such day shall be the Expiration Date and shall designate the Scheduled Trading Day determined in the manner described in the immediately preceding sentence as the Expiration Date for the remaining Warrants for such Component and (ii) the Settlement Price for such Disrupted Day may be adjusted by the Calculation Agent as appropriate on the basis of the nature and duration of the relevant Market Disruption Event. Any day on which the Exchange is scheduled as of the Trade Date to close prior to its normal closing time shall be considered a Disrupted Day in whole. Section 6.6 of the Equity Definitions shall not apply to any Valuation Date occurring on an Expiration Date. |
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Final Disruption Date: | | As provided in Schedule A to this Confirmation. |
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Automatic Exercise: | | Applicable; and means that the Number of Options for the relevant Component will be deemed to be automatically exercised at the Expiration Time on the Expiration Date for such Component if at such time such Component is In-the-Money, as determined by the Calculation Agent, unless Buyer notifies Seller (by telephone or in writing) prior to the Expiration Time on such Expiration Date that it does not wish Automatic Exercise to occur with respect to such Component, in which case Automatic Exercise will not apply with respect to such Component. “In-the-Money” means, in respect of any Component, that the VWAP Price on the Expiration Date for such Component is greater than the Strike Price for such Component. |
Market Disruption Event: | | Section 6.3(a) of the Equity Definitions shall be amended (i) by deleting the words “at any time during the one hour period that ends at the relevant Valuation Time, Latest Exercise Time, Knock-in Valuation Time or Knock-out Valuation Time, as the case may be” and replacing them with the words “at any time during the regular trading session on the Exchange, without regard to after hours or any other trading outside of the regular trading session hours”; (ii) by amending and restating clause (a)(iii) thereof in its entirety to read as follows: “(iii) an Early Closure that the Calculation Agent determines is material”; and (iii) by adding the words “, (iv) a Regulatory Disruption or (v) a Liquidity Event” after clause (a)(iii) as restated above. Section 6.3(d) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the remainder of the provision following the term “Scheduled Closing Time” in the fourth line thereof. |
Regulatory Disruption: | | A “Regulatory Disruption” shall occur if Barclays determines in its reasonable discretion that it is appropriate in light of legal, regulatory or self-regulatory requirements or related policies or procedures for Barclays to refrain from all or any part of the market activity in which it would otherwise engage in connection with this Transaction. |
Liquidity Event: | | A “Liquidity Event” shall occur if on any day the trading volume or liquidity of trading in the Shares is materially reduced from levels prevailing on the Trade Date and the Calculation Agent determines in its commercially reasonable discretion that as a result it would be appropriate to treat such day as a Disrupted Day or a partially Disrupted Day. |
Valuation:In respect of any Component |
Valuation Time: | | Scheduled Closing Time;providedthat if the principal trading session is extended, the Calculation Agent shall determine the Valuation Time in its reasonable discretion. |
Valuation Date: | | The Expiration Date. |
Settlement Terms: |
In respect of any Component |
Settlement Method Election: | | Applicable;providedthat the same Settlement Method shall apply to all Components; and provided furtherthat references in the Equity Definitions to “Physical Settlement” shall be deemed to be references to “Net Share Settlement” as defined herein; andprovided furtherthat Counterparty may elect Cash Settlement only if at the time of such election it provides to Barclays a written statement that the representations contained in paragraph 5(m) below are true and correct as of and as if made on the date of such election. |
Electing Party: | | Counterparty. |
Settlement Method Election Date: | | The tenth Scheduled Trading Day prior to the scheduled Expiration Date for the first Component. |
Settlement Currency: | | USD |
Default Settlement Method: | | Net Share Settlement. |
VWAP Price: | | For any Exchange Business Day, the dollar volume weighted average price per Share for that Exchange Business Day based on transactions executed during that Exchange Business Day on the Exchange, as reported on Bloomberg Page “RAS <Equity> AQR” (or any successor thereto), or in the event such price is not so reported on such Exchange Business Day for any reason, as reasonably determined by the Calculation Agent. |
Cash Settlement Terms: | |
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Cash Settlement: | | If Cash Settlement applies, on the relevant Cash Settlement Payment Date for such Component, Barclays shall pay to Counterparty an amount equal to the Cash Settlement Amount for such Component to the account specified by Counterparty. |
Cash Settlement Amount: | | For each Component, an amount, as calculated by the Calculation Agent, equal to (i) the Strike Price Differential for such Component, multiplied by(ii) the Number of Options for such Component,multiplied by(iii) the Option Entitlement as of the Expiration Date for such Component. |
Strike Price Differential: | | For any Component: |
| | (i) if the VWAP Price on the Expiration Date for such Component exceeds the Strike Price for such Component but is less than the Cap Price for such Component, an amount equal to the excess of such VWAP Price over such Strike Price; (ii) if the VWAP Price on the Expiration Date for such Component equals or exceeds the Cap Price for such Component, an amount equal to the excess of such Cap Price over the Strike Price for such Component; or (iii) if the VWAP Price on the Expiration Date for such Component is less than or equal to the Strike Price for such Component, zero. |
Cash Settlement Payment Date: | | For all Components, the third Scheduled Trading Day after the Expiration Date for the Component with the latest scheduled Expiration Date. |
Net Share Settlement Terms: | |
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Net Share Settlement: | | If Net Share Settlement applies, on the Settlement Date for each Component, Barclays shall deliver to Counterparty a number of Shares equal to the Number of Shares to be Delivered for such Component to the account specified by Counterparty and cash in lieu of any fractional shares for such Component valued at the VWAP Price on the Expiration Date for such Component. |
Number of Shares to be Delivered: | | For any Component, subject to the last sentence of Section 9.5 of the Equity Definitions: |
| | (i) if the VWAP Price on the Expiration Date for such Component exceeds the Strike Price for such Component but is less than the Cap Price for such Component, a number of Shares equal to (i) the product of (A) the excess of such VWAP Price over such Strike Price, (B) the Number of Options for such Component and (C) the Option Entitlement,divided by(ii) such VWAP Price; (ii) if the VWAP Price on the Expiration Date for such Component equals or exceeds the Cap Price for such Component, a number of Shares equal to (i) the product of (A) the excess of such Cap Price over the Strike Price for such Component, (B) the Number of Options for such Component and (C) the Option Entitlement, divided by(ii) such VWAP Price; or (iii) if the VWAP Price on the Expiration Date for such Component is less than or equal to the Strike Price for such Component, a number of Shares equal to zero. |
Settlement Date: | | For all Components, one Settlement Cycle after the Expiration Date for the Component with the latest scheduled Expiration Date. |
Other Provisions Applicable to Net Share Settlement: | | The provisions of Sections 9.1(c), 9.4 (except that “Settlement Date” shall be as defined above, unless a Market Disruption Event prevents delivery of such Shares on that date), 9.8, 9.9, 9.10, 9.11 (as modified herein), 9.12 and 10.5 of the Equity Definitions will be applicable as if “Physical Settlement” applied to the Transaction. |
Representation and Agreement: | | The parties acknowledge that Barclays does not, and shall not, make the agreement or the representations set forth in Section 9.11 of the Equity Definitions related to the restrictions and limitations imposed by applicable securities laws with respect to any Shares delivered by Barclays to Counterparty hereunder. |
Dividends: |
Dividend Adjustment: | | If an ex-dividend date with respect to a dividend (a “Declared Dividend”) that, together with all other dividends with an ex-dividend date in the same regular dividend period of Counterparty, differs in amount from the Regular Dividend occurs at any time from but excluding the Trade Date to and including the Expiration Date for any Component, or no ex-dividend date occurs during any regular dividend period of Counterparty, then in addition to any adjustments as provided under “Adjustments” below, the Calculation Agent will make adjustments to the Cap Price in a commercially reasonable manner to preserve for the parties the intended economic benefits of such Component. |
Regular Dividend: | | As provided in Schedule A to this Confirmation. |
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Adjustments: |
Adjustments to Strike Price: | | Notwithstanding Section 11.2(c) of the Equity Definitions, upon any adjustment to the “Conversion Rate” (as defined in the Supplemental Indenture to be dated as of December 10, 2013 between Counterparty and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (together with the Base Indenture referenced therein, the “Indenture”)), other than an increase in the “Conversion Rate” pursuant to Sections 10.03 and 10.04(h) of the Indenture, the Calculation Agent will make a corresponding adjustment to the Strike Price. Counterparty agrees that it will notify Barclays prior to the effectiveness of any such adjustment and, to the extent such adjustment requires an exercise of discretion by Counterparty under the terms of the Indenture, it shall consult with the Calculation Agent in order to achieve a commercially reasonable adjustment, determination or calculation. |
Method of Adjustment: | | Calculation Agent Adjustment;providedthat the Equity Definitions shall be amended by (x) replacing the words “diluting or concentrative” in Sections 11.2(a), 11.2(c) (in two instances) and 11.2(e)(vii) with the word “material”, (y) by adding the words “or the Transaction” after the words “theoretical value of the relevant Shares” in Section 11.2(a), 11.2(c) and 11.2(e)(vii) and (z) deleting the words “Strike Price” from clause (A) of Section 11.2(c) and replacing such words with “Cap Price”, and inserting the words “(but not the Strike Price)” after the phrase “any other variable relevant to the exercise, settlement, payment or other terms of that Transaction” in Section 11.2(c); provided,furtherthat adjustments may be made to account for changes in volatility, expected dividends, stock loan rate and liquidity relative to the relevant Shares. In connection with determining any such adjustment, the Calculation Agent may, in its sole good faith commercially reasonable discretion, take into account analogous adjustments, if any, effected to the “Conversion Rate” in accordance with the Indenture (other than Sections 10.03 and 10.04(h) thereof), it being understood that the Calculation Agent shall not, in its sole discretion, be bound by such adjustment to the Conversion Rate or limited to the events set forth in Section 10.04 of the Indenture. For the avoidance of doubt, no adjustments to the Strike Price shall be effected pursuant to Calculation Agent Adjustment. |
Extraordinary Events: |
New Shares: | | Section 12.1(i) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the text in clause (i) thereof in its entirety and replacing it with the phrase “publicly quoted, traded or listed on any of the New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or their respective successors)”. |
Share-for-Share: | | The definition of “Share-for-Share” set forth in Section 12.1(f) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by the deletion of the parenthetical in clause (i) thereof. |
Consequence of Merger Events: |
Merger Event: | | Applicable;providedSection 12.1(b) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (i) adding the words “or Issuer” after the words “relevant Shares”; (ii) deleting the word “or” after the parenthetical in line 10 thereof; (iii) deleting the remainder of Section 12.1(b) following the definition of “Reverse Merger” in subsection (iv) thereof; (iv) adding the words “(v) the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer, (vi) any acquisition by Issuer or any of its subsidiaries where the estimated value of the aggregate consideration transferable by Issuer or its subsidiaries exceeds 50% of the market capitalization of the Issuer, in each case, as determined by the Calculation Agent as of the date such acquisition is first announced or (vii) any lease, exchange, transfer, disposition (including, without limitation, by way of spin-off or distribution) of assets (including, without limitation, any capital stock or other ownership interests or other ownership interest in the Issuer’s subsidiaries) or other similar event by Issuer or any of its subsidiaries where the estimated value of the aggregate consideration transferable to or receivable by Issuer or its subsidiaries exceeds 15% of the market capitalization of the Issuer, in each case, as determined by the Calculation Agent as of the date such transaction is first announced” after subsection (iv). |
Share-for-Share: | | Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment or Cancellation and Payment (Calculation Agent Determination), at the election of Barclays. |
Share-for-Other: | | Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment or Cancellation and Payment (Calculation Agent Determination), at the election of Barclays. |
Share-for-Combined: | | Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment or Cancellation and Payment (Calculation Agent Determination), at the election of Barclays. |
Consequence of Tender Offers: |
Tender Offer: | | Applicable |
Share-for-Share: | | Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment or Cancellation and Payment (Calculation Agent Determination), at the election of Barclays. |
Share-for-Other: | | Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment or Cancellation and Payment (Calculation Agent Determination), at the election of Barclays. |
Share-for-Combined: | | Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment or Cancellation and Payment (Calculation Agent Determination), at the election of Barclays. |
Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment: | | For greater certainty, the definition of “Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment” in Sections 12.2 and 12.3 of the Equity Definitions shall be amended by (adding the following italicized language after the stipulated parenthetical provision: “(including adjustments to account for changes in volatility, expected dividends, stock loan rate or liquidity relevant to the Shares or to the Transaction)from the Exchange Business Day immediately preceding the Announcement Date or the Determination Date, as applicable, to the first Exchange Business Day immediately following the Merger Date (Section 12.2) or Tender Offer Date (Section 12.3).” |
Announcement Date: | | The definition of “Announcement Date” in Section 12.1 of the Equity Definitions shall be amended by (i) replacing the word “leads to the” in the third and the fifth lines thereof with the words “, if completed, would lead to a”; (ii) replacing the words “voting shares” in the fifth line thereof with the word “Shares”; (iii) inserting the words “by any entity” after the word “announcement” in the second and the fourth lines thereof; (iv) replacing the words “a firm” with the word “any” in the second and fourth lines thereof; (v) inserting the words “or to explore the possibility of engaging in” after the words “engage in” in the second line thereto; and (vi) inserting the words “or to explore the possibility of purchasing or otherwise obtaining” after the word “obtain” in the fourth line thereto. |
Announcement Event: | | If an Announcement Event occurs, the Calculation Agent will determine the economic effect of the Announcement Event on the theoretical value of this Transaction (including without limitation any change in volatility, expected dividends, stock loan rate or liquidity relevant to the Shares or to this Transaction) from the Announcement Date to the Expiration Date. If such economic effect is material, the Calculation Agent will adjust the terms of this Transaction to reflect such economic effect. “Announcement Event” shall mean the occurrence of the Announcement Date of a Merger Event or Tender Offer. |
Composition of Combined Consideration: | | Not Applicable;providedthat, notwithstanding Sections 12.5(b) and 12.1(f) of the Equity Definitions, to the extent that the composition of the consideration for the relevant Shares pursuant to a Tender Offer or Merger Event could be elected by an actual holder of the Shares, the Calculation Agent will, in its sole discretion, determine such composition. |
Nationalization, Insolvency or Delisting: | | Cancellation and Payment (Calculation Agent Determination);providedthat, in addition to the provisions of Section 12.6(a)(iii) of the Equity Definitions, it will also constitute a Delisting if the Exchange is located in the United States and the Shares are not immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any of the New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or their respective successors); if the Shares are immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any such exchange or quotation system, such exchange or quotation system shall thereafter be deemed to be the Exchange. |
Additional Disruption Events: |
Change in Law: | | Applicable;providedthat Section 12.9(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (i) replacing the phrase “the interpretation” in the third line thereof with the phrase “, or public announcement of, the formal or informal interpretation”, (ii) by replacing the word “Shares” where it appears in clause (X) thereof with the words “Hedge Position” and (iii) by immediately following the word “Transaction” in clause (X) thereof, adding the phrase “in the manner contemplated by the Hedging Party on the Trade Date”. |
Failure to Deliver: | | Applicable. |
Insolvency Filing: | | Applicable;providedthat the definition of “Insolvency Filing” in Section 12.9 of the Equity Definitions shall be amended by deleting the clause “provided that proceedings instituted or petitions presented by creditors and not consented to by the Issuer shall not be deemed an Insolvency Filing” at the end of such definition and replacing it with the following: |
| | “; or it has instituted against it a proceeding seeking a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or any other relief under any bankruptcy or insolvency law or other similar law affecting creditors’ rights, or a petition is presented for its winding-up or liquidation by a creditor and such proceeding is not dismissed, discharged, stayed or restrained in each case within thirty (30) days of the institution or presentation thereof.” Section 12.9(b)(i) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by adding the following sentence at the end: “If neither party elects to terminate the Transaction, the Calculation Agent may adjust the terms of the Transaction upon the occurrence of such an event pursuant to Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment (as if such event were a Tender Offer).” |
Hedging Disruption: | | Applicable |
Increased Cost of Hedging: | | Applicable |
Loss of Stock Borrow: | | Not Applicable |
Increased Cost of Stock Borrow: | | Not Applicable |
Hedging Party: | | Barclays or an affiliate of Barclays for all applicable Additional Disruption Events. |
Hedge Positions: | | The definition of “Hedge Positions” in Section 13.2(b) of the Equity Definitions shall be amended by inserting the words “or an affiliate thereof” after the words “a party” in the third line. |
Determining Party: | | Barclays for all applicable Extraordinary Events. |
Acknowledgments: |
Non-Reliance: | | Applicable. |
Agreements and Acknowledgments Regarding Hedging Activities: | | Applicable. |
Additional Acknowledgments: | | Applicable. |