EX-10.1



 Exhibit 10.1 

$500,000,000 
 SOLARCITY
CORPORATION 
 1.625% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2019 

 
  

Purchase Agreement 

September 24, 2014 
 Goldman,
Sachs & Co. 
 Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC 

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith 

 Incorporated 
 As representatives of the
several Purchasers (the 
  “Representatives”) named in 

 Schedule I hereto, 
 c/o Goldman,
Sachs & Co. 
 200 West Street 
 New York, New York
10282-2198 
 c/o Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC 
 Eleven
Madison Avenue 
 New York, NY 10010-3629 
 c/o Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner & Smith 
    Incorporated 

One Bryant Park 
 New York, NY 10036 

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 SolarCity
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to the Purchasers named in Schedule I hereto (the “Purchasers”) an aggregate of $500,000,000
principal amount of the 1.625% Convertible Senior Notes due 2019, convertible into common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Stock”), of the Company, specified above (the “Firm Securities”) in accordance with the provisions
of the Indenture (as defined below). The Company also proposes to sell to the Purchasers, at the option of the Purchasers, up to an additional $75,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the 







 
1.625% Convertible Senior Notes due 2019 (the “Optional Securities”). The Firm Securities and the Optional Securities that the Purchasers elect to purchase pursuant to Section 2
hereof being collectively called the “Securities.” The shares of Stock into which the Securities are convertible are hereinafter referred to as the “Underlying Shares.” 

1. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Purchasers that: 

(a) A preliminary offering circular, dated September 23, 2014 (the “Preliminary Offering Circular”), and an offering circular,
dated September 24, 2014 (the “Offering Circular”), have been prepared in connection with the offering of the Securities and shares of the Stock issuable upon conversion thereof. The Preliminary Offering Circular, as amended and
supplemented immediately prior to the Applicable Time (as defined in Section 1(b)), is hereinafter referred to as the “Pricing Circular”. Any reference to the Preliminary Offering Circular, the Pricing Circular or the Offering
Circular shall be deemed to refer to and include all documents filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c) or 15(d) of the United States Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), on or prior to the date of such circular and incorporated by reference therein and any reference to the Preliminary Offering Circular or the Offering Circular, as the case may be, as amended or
supplemented, as of any specified date, shall be deemed to include (i) any documents filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of the Preliminary Offering Circular or the
Offering Circular, as the case may be, and prior to such specified date and (ii) any Additional Issuer Information (as defined in Section 5(e)) furnished by the Company prior to the completion of the distribution of the Securities; and all
documents filed under the Exchange Act and so deemed to be included in the Preliminary Offering Circular, the Pricing Circular or the Offering Circular, as the case may be, or any amendment or supplement thereto are hereinafter called the
“Exchange Act Reports” (provided that where only sections of such documents are specifically incorporated by reference, only such sections shall be considered to be part of the “Exchange Act Reports”). The Exchange Act Reports,
when they were or are filed with the Commission, conformed or will conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; and no such documents were
filed with the Commission since the Commission’s close of business on the business day immediately prior to the date of this Agreement and prior to the execution of this Agreement, except as set forth on Schedule II(a) hereof. The Preliminary
Offering Circular or the Offering Circular and any amendments or supplements thereto and the Exchange Act Reports did not and will not, as of their respective dates, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance
upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by a Purchaser through Goldman, Sachs & Co., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated expressly for use
therein; 

  
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 (b) For the purposes of this Agreement, the “Applicable Time” is 7:00 a.m. (Eastern
time) on the business day immediately following the date of this Agreement; the Pricing Circular as supplemented by the information set forth in Schedule III hereto, taken together (collectively, the “Pricing Disclosure Package”) as of the
Applicable Time, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and each
Company Supplemental Disclosure Document (as defined in Section 6(a)) listed on Schedule II(b) hereto and each Permitted General Solicitation Material (as defined in Section 6(a)) listed on Schedule II(d) hereto) does not conflict with the
information contained in the Pricing Circular or the Offering Circular and each such Company Supplemental Disclosure Document and Permitted General Solicitation Material, as supplemented by and taken together with the Pricing Disclosure Package as
of the Applicable Time, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to statements or omissions made in a Company Supplemental Disclosure Document or Permitted General Solicitation Material in reliance upon and in conformity with information
furnished in writing to the Company by a Purchaser through Goldman, Sachs & Co., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated expressly for use therein; 

(c) Neither the Company nor any of its wholly owned subsidiaries (each a “Subsidiary” and together the “Subsidiaries”)
that is a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X as promulgated under the Exchange Act (a “Significant Subsidiary”) has sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or
incorporated by reference in the Pricing Circular any material loss or material interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental
action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Circular; and, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Pricing Circular, there has not been any change in the capital stock (other than
(A) the issuance or grant of securities pursuant to employee equity incentive plans or pursuant to the exercise of outstanding options, warrants or rights, or (B) the repurchase of shares of capital stock pursuant to agreements providing
for an option to repurchase or a right of first refusal on behalf of the Company, in each case as such (1) equity incentive plans, (2) outstanding options, warrants or rights, and (3) agreements are described in the Pricing Circular
as of the date that this Agreement is executed) or long-term debt of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the general affairs,
management, consolidated financial position, consolidated stockholders’ equity or consolidated results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”), otherwise than as set forth or
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 (d) The Company and its Subsidiaries do not own any real property. The Company and its
Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all personal property (other than Intellectual Property Rights, which are addressed in Section 1(x) hereof) owned by them, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are
described in the Pricing Circular or such as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and any real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its Subsidiaries are held by
them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be
made of such property or buildings by the Company and its Subsidiaries; 
 (e) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Pricing Circular, and has been duly qualified as a
foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, except where the failure to so
qualify or be in good standing in any such jurisdiction would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; each Significant Subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation; 
 (f) The Company has an authorized
capitalization as set forth in the Pricing Circular, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and conform to the description of the Stock
contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Circular; and all of the issued shares of capital stock of each Significant Subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable
and, except for directors’ qualifying shares and except as otherwise set forth in the Pricing Circular, are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims; 

(g) The Securities to be issued and sold by the Company to the Purchasers hereunder have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered
against payment therefor as provided herein, will be validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable and will conform in all material respects to the description of the Securities contained in the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Offering Circular; 
 (h) The Securities have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered pursuant to
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authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits provided by the indenture to be dated as of
September 30, 2014 (the “Indenture”) between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”), under which they are to be issued, which will be substantially in the form previously delivered
to you; the Indenture has been duly authorized and duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and, when executed and delivered by the Company and the Trustee, will constitute a valid and legally binding instrument, enforceable in accordance with
its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles; and the Securities and the Indenture will
conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Circular; 
 (i) When the
Securities are delivered and paid for pursuant to this Agreement at the Time of Delivery (as defined below), such Securities will be convertible into Stock of the Company in accordance with the terms of the Indenture; the Underlying Shares initially
issuable upon conversion of such Securities have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance upon such conversion and, when issued upon such conversion, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; the issuance of such Underlying Shares
will not be subject to preemptive or similar rights of any stock holder of the Company arising by law, under the charter or Bylaws of the Company or under any agreement to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party; 

(j) The issue and sale of the Securities and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of the Securities, the Indenture and
this Agreement and the performance by the Company of its obligations pursuant hereto will not (A) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries is subject, (B) result in any violation of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (C) result in any violation of any statute or any order, rule or
regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their properties, except in the case of (A), as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect; and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the issue and sale of the Securities by the Company or the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Indenture, except for (X) such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications that have been obtained under the Act and the
Trust Indenture Act, (Y) such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority


  
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(“FINRA”) or NASDAQ in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Purchasers, or (Z) where the failure to obtain any such consent, approval,
authorization, order, registration or qualification would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; 

(k)(A) Neither the Company nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries is in violation of its Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws and
(B) none of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any entity in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries holds a direct or indirect equity interest is, or could reasonably be expected to be, in default in the performance or observance of
any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease, partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by
which it or any of its properties may be bound, except in the case of (B) for such defaults as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; 

(l) The statements set forth in the Pricing Circular and the Offering Circular under the caption “Description of Notes” and
“Description of Common Stock”, insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Securities and the Stock, under the caption “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences to Non-U.S. Holders”, and under the
caption “Plan of Distribution”, insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate and fair in all material respects; 

(m) Other than as set forth in the Pricing Circular, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or, to the Company’s knowledge, any officer or director of the Company is a party or of which any property or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the Company’s knowledge, any officer or director of the
Company is the subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and to the Company’s knowledge, no such
proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others; 
 (n) When the Securities are issued and
delivered pursuant to this Agreement, the Securities will not be of the same class (within the meaning of Rule 144A under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”)) as securities which are listed on a national
securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act or quoted in a U.S. automated inter-dealer quotation system; 
 (o)
The Company is subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act; 
 (p) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering
and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof will not be an “investment company”, as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”); 

  
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 (q) Neither the Company nor any person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Purchasers,
as to which no representation is made) has offered or sold the Securities by means of any general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) under the Act (other than by means of a Permitted General Solicitation, as
defined below); 
 (r) Within the preceding six months, neither the Company nor any other person acting on behalf of the Company has offered
or sold to any person any Securities, or any securities of the same or a similar class as the Securities, other than Securities offered or sold to the Purchasers hereunder. The Company will take reasonable precautions designed to insure that any
offer or sale, direct or indirect, in the United States or to any U.S. person (as defined in Rule 902 under the Act) of any Securities or any substantially similar security issued by the Company, within six months subsequent to the date on which the
distribution of the Securities has been completed, is made under restrictions and other circumstances reasonably designed not to affect the status of the offer and sale of the Securities in the United States and to U.S. persons contemplated by this
Agreement as transactions exempt from the registration provisions of the Act; 
 (s) Ernst & Young LLP, which has audited the
consolidated financial statements of the Company, is an independent registered public accounting firm as required by the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; 

(t) The Company maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange
Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act applicable to the Company and has been designed by the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or under their supervision, to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The Company’s internal control over financial
reporting is effective and, except as disclosed in the Pricing Circular, the Company is not aware of any material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting (it being understood that this subsection shall not require the Company to
comply with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 as of an earlier date than it would otherwise be required to so comply under applicable law); 

(u) Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Circular, except as
disclosed in the Pricing Circular, there has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over
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 (v) The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule
13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act; such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to provide reasonable assurance that material information relating to the Company and its
subsidiaries is made known to the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those entities; and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective at the reasonable assurance level; 

(w) The Company and its Subsidiaries own, possess or can acquire on commercially reasonable terms adequate trademarks, trade names, patent
rights, copyrights, domain names, licenses, approvals, trade secrets, inventions, technology, know-how and other intellectual property and similar rights, including registrations and applications for registration thereof (collectively,
“Intellectual Property Rights”) necessary to the conduct of the business as now conducted by them. Except as disclosed in the Pricing Circular or as would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, (A) there are no rights of third parties to any of the Intellectual Property Rights owned by the Company or its Subsidiaries; (B) to the Company’s knowledge, there is no infringement, misappropriation breach,
default or other violation, or the occurrence of any event that with notice or the passage of time would constitute any of the foregoing, by third parties of any of the Intellectual Property Rights of the Company or its Subsidiaries; (C) there
is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s rights in or to, or the violation of any of the terms of, any of their Intellectual
Property Rights, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (D) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the
validity, enforceability or scope of any such Intellectual Property Rights, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (E) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened
action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company or any Subsidiary infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates or conflicts with any Intellectual Property Rights or other proprietary rights of others and the Company is unaware of
any fact or circumstance that would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; and (F) none of the Intellectual Property Rights used by the Company or its Subsidiaries in their businesses has been obtained or is being used by the Company or
its Subsidiaries in violation of any contractual obligation binding on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; 
 (x) All Tax (as defined
herein) returns and reports of the Company or its Subsidiaries required to be filed by any of them have been timely filed, all such returns and reports are true, correct and complete in all material respects, and all taxes shown on such Tax returns
to be due and payable and all assessments, fees and other governmental charges upon the Company or its Subsidiaries and upon their respective properties, assets, income, businesses and franchises which are due and payable have been paid when due and
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in each case, as would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no proposed Tax assessment against the Company or its
Subsidiaries which is not being actively contested by the Company or its Subsidiaries in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, except as would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect; provided, such reserves or other appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made or provided therefore; provided that for the purposes of this provision, “Tax” shall mean any
present or future tax, levy, impost, duty, assessment, charge, fee, deduction or withholding (together with interest, penalties and other additions thereto) of any nature and whatever called, by whomsoever, on whomsoever and wherever imposed,
levied, collected, withheld or assessed; 
 (y) The Company and its Significant Subsidiaries possess, and are in compliance with the terms
of, all material certificates, authorizations, franchises, licenses and permits (“Licenses”) necessary to the conduct of the business now conducted and the Company and its Subsidiaries have not received any notice of proceedings relating
to the revocation or modification of any Licenses; 
 (z) The Company and its Significant Subsidiaries maintain insurance in such amounts
and insuring against such losses and risks as the Company reasonably considers adequate to protect the Company and its Subsidiaries and their respective businesses and none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any reason to believe that it
will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage at reasonable cost from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business; 

(aa) None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or
other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has (A) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (B) made any direct or
indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (C) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or (D) made any unlawful bribe,
rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment; 
 (bb) The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and
have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the applicable money laundering statutes of all
jurisdictions where the Company and its Subsidiaries conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the
“Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is
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 (cc) None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any
director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”); and
the Company will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the
purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC; 
 (dd) Except as disclosed
in the Offering Circular, no fund investor has withdrawn its tax equity commitments or to the knowledge of the Company indicated an unwillingness or inability to fund its tax equity commitments; and 

(ee) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. 

2. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, (a) the Company agrees to issue and sell to each of the Purchasers, and each of
the Purchasers agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price of 97.75% of the principal amount thereof, the principal amount of Firm Securities set forth opposite the name of such Purchaser in Schedule I
hereto, and (b) in the event and to the extent that the Purchasers shall exercise the election to purchase Optional Securities as provided below, the Company agrees to issue and sell to each of the Purchasers, and each of the Purchasers agrees,
severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the same purchase price set forth in clause (a) of this Section 2, that portion of the aggregate principal amount of the Optional Securities as to which such election shall have
been exercised (to be adjusted by you so as to eliminate fractions of $1,000) determined by multiplying such aggregate principal amount of Optional Securities by a fraction, the numerator of which is the maximum aggregate principal amount of
Optional Securities which such Purchaser is entitled to purchase as set forth opposite the name of such Purchaser in Schedule I hereto and the denominator of which is the maximum aggregate principal amount of Optional Securities which all of the
Purchasers are entitled to purchase hereunder. 
 The Company hereby grants to the Purchasers the right to purchase at their election up to
$75,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Optional Securities, at the same purchase price set forth in clause (a) of the first paragraph of this Section 2, plus accrued interest, if any, from September 30, 2014 to the Second Time of
Delivery (as defined below) hereunder. Any such election to purchase Optional Securities may be exercised by written notice from you to the Company, given within a period of 13 calendar days of the First Time of Delivery, setting forth the aggregate
principal amount of Optional Securities to be purchased and the date on which such Optional Securities are to be delivered, as determined by you but in no 

  
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event earlier than the First Time of Delivery (as defined in Section (4) hereof) or, unless you and the Company otherwise agree in writing, earlier than two or later than ten business days
after the date of such notice. No Optional Securities shall be sold or delivered unless the Firm Securities previously have been, or simultaneously are, sold and delivered. The right to purchase the Optional Securities or any portion thereof may be
exercised from time to time and to the extent not previously exercised may be surrendered and terminated at any time upon notice by Goldman, Sachs & Co., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated to the Company. 
 3. Upon the authorization by you of the release of the Securities, the several Purchasers propose to offer
the Securities for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Offering Circular and each Purchaser, acting severally and not jointly, hereby represents and warrants to, and agrees with the Company that: 

(a) It will sell the Securities only to:(i) persons who it reasonably believes are “qualified institutional buyers”
(“QIBs”) within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Act in transactions meeting the requirements of Rule 144A; and 
 (b) It
is an Institutional Accredited Investor (within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Act). 
 4.(a) The Firm Securities to be purchased by each
Purchaser hereunder will be represented by one or more global Firm Securities in book-entry form which will be deposited by or on behalf of the Company to Goldman, Sachs & Co., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner & Smith Incorporated, through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) or its designated custodian, for the account of each Purchaser, against payment by or on behalf of such Purchaser of the purchase price
therefor by wire transfer of Federal (same day) funds to the accounts specified by the Company to Goldman, Sachs & Co., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated at least forty-eight
hours in advance. The Company will cause the certificates representing the Firm Securities to be made available to Goldman, Sachs & Co., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated for
checking and packaging at least twenty-four hours prior to the Time of Delivery with respect thereto at the office of DTC or its designated custodian (the “Designated Office”) or at the Closing Location (as defined below). The time and
date of such delivery and payment shall be, with respect to the Firm Securities, 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on September 30, 2014 or such other time and date as Goldman, Sachs & Co., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Merrill
Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and the Company may agree upon in writing, and, with respect to the Optional Securities, 9:30 a.m., New York time, on the date specified by Goldman, Sachs & Co., Credit Suisse Securities
(USA) LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated in each written notice given by Goldman, Sachs & Co., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated of the
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Optional Securities, or such other time and date as Goldman, Sachs & Co., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and the
Company may agree upon in writing. Such time and date for delivery of the Firm Securities is herein called the “First Time of Delivery”, each such time and date for delivery of the Optional Securities, if not the First Time of Delivery, is
herein called the “Second Time of Delivery”, and each such time and date for delivery is herein called a “Time of Delivery”. 

(b) The documents to be delivered at each Time of Delivery by or on behalf of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 8 hereof, including
the cross-receipt for the Securities and any additional documents requested by the Purchasers pursuant to Section 8(l) hereof, will be delivered at the offices of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., 650 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto,
CA 94304 (the “Closing Location”), and the Securities will be delivered at the Designated Office, all at such Time of Delivery. A meeting will be held at the Closing Location at 9:30 p.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day
next preceding such Time of Delivery, at which meeting the final drafts of the documents to be delivered pursuant to the preceding sentence will be available for review by the parties hereto. For the purposes of this Section 4, “New York
Business Day” shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in New York City are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close. 

5. The Company agrees with each of the Purchasers: 

(a) To prepare the Offering Circular in a form approved by you; to make no amendment or any supplement to the Offering Circular which shall be
disapproved by you promptly after reasonable notice thereof; and to furnish you with copies thereof; 
 (b) For as long as may be necessary
to complete the distribution of the Securities, to promptly from time to time to take such action as you may reasonably request to qualify the Securities and the shares of Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities for offering and sale under
the securities laws of such jurisdictions as you may request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions, provided that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to
qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction or subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction in which it was not otherwise subject to taxation; 

(c) To furnish the Purchasers with written and electronic copies of the Offering Circular and any amendment or supplement thereto in such
quantities as you may from time to time reasonably request, and if, at any time prior to the expiration of nine months after the date of the Offering Circular, any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Offering Circular as then amended
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necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Offering Circular is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other
reason it shall be necessary or desirable during such same period to amend or supplement the Offering Circular, to notify you and upon your request to prepare and furnish without charge to each Purchaser and to any dealer in securities as many
written and electronic copies as you may from time to time reasonably request of an amended Offering Circular or a supplement to the Offering Circular which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; 

(d) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 90 days after the date of the Offering Circular
(the “Lock-Up Period”), not to (i) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with the Commission a registration
statement under the Act relating to, any securities of the Company that are substantially similar to the Securities or the Stock, including but not limited to any options or warrants to purchase shares of Stock or any securities that are convertible
into or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive, Stock or any such substantially similar securities, or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge, disposition or filing or (ii) enter into any swap or other
agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Stock or any such other securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of
Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise other than the following (including registration statements and disclosures related thereto): (A) the Securities to be sold hereunder and the Underlying Shares, (B) pursuant to employee
equity incentive plans disclosed in the Pricing Circular, or upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of exercisable, convertible or exchangeable securities outstanding as of the date of this Agreement, (C) pursuant to a bona fide third party
tender offer, merger or consolidation made to all holders of the Company’s capital stock, (D) the issuance of Stock in connection with the closing of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 16, 2014, as amended, by and
among the Company, Sunflower Acquisition Corporation, Sunflower Acquisition LLC, Silevo, Inc., Richard Lim, as security holder representative, and U.S. Bank National Association, as escrow agent, (E) the issuance of Stock, in amount up to an
aggregate of 6% of the sum of the Company’s fully-diluted shares outstanding as of the date of the Pricing Circular plus the amount of Optional Securities to the extent exercised, in connection with mergers or acquisitions of securities,
businesses, property or other assets (including pursuant to any employee benefit plans assumed in connection with such transactions), joint ventures, strategic alliances or equipment leasing arrangements, in each case in this clause (E), provided
that the acquirer of such Stock agrees to be subject to the terms of this lock-up provision for the remainder of the Lock-Up Period, and (F) the issuance of up to 100,000 shares of Stock in the aggregate in connection with the Company’s
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 (e) For one year after the date of original issuance of the Securities, if at any time when the
Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, for the benefit of holders from time to time of Securities, to furnish at its expense, upon request, to holders of Securities and prospective purchasers of Securities
information (the “Additional Issuer Information”) satisfying the requirements of subsection (d)(4)(i) of Rule 144A under the Act; 

(f) Except for such documents that are publicly available on EDGAR, to furnish to the holders of the Securities as soon as practicable after
the end of each fiscal year an annual report (including a balance sheet and statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries certified by independent public accountants) and, as soon as
practicable after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal quarter ending after the date of the Offering Circular), to make available to its stockholders consolidated summary financial information of
the Company and its subsidiaries for such quarter in reasonable detail; 
 (g) During a period of three years from the date of the Offering
Circular, to furnish to you copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to stockholders, and to deliver to you (i) as soon as they are available, copies of any non-confidential reports and financial statements
furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which any class of securities of the Company is listed; and (ii) such additional non-confidential information concerning the business and financial condition of
the Company as you may from time to time reasonably request (such financial statements to be on a consolidated basis to the extent the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries are consolidated in reports furnished to its stockholders generally
or to the Commission); provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to provide documents (1) that are available on the Company’s website or through EDGAR or (2) the provision of which would require public disclosure by
the Company under Regulation FD; 
 (h) During the period of one year after the Time of Delivery, the Company will not, and will not permit
any of its “affiliates” (as defined in Rule 144 under the Act) to, resell any of the Securities which constitute “restricted securities” under Rule 144 that have been reacquired by any of them (other than pursuant to a
registration statement that has been declared effective under the Act); 
 (i) To use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the
Securities pursuant to this Agreement in the manner specified in the Pricing Circular under the caption “Use of Proceeds”; 
 (j)
To use its best efforts to continue to list the Stock on the Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.’s Global Market (“NASDAQ”); 
 (k) To
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 (l) Upon request of any Purchaser, to furnish, or cause to be furnished, to such Purchaser an
electronic version of the Company’s trademarks, servicemarks and corporate logo for use on the website, if any, operated by such Purchaser for the purpose of facilitating the on-line offering of the Shares (the “License”); provided,
however, that the License shall be used solely for the purpose described above, is granted without any fee and may not be assigned or transferred. 

6. (a) The Company represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of Goldman, Sachs & Co., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, it and its affiliates and any other person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Purchasers, as to which no statement is given) (x) have not made and will not make any
offer relating to the Securities that, if the offering of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement were conducted as a public offering pursuant to a registration statement filed under the Act with the Commission, would constitute an
“issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 under the Act (any such offer is hereinafter referred to as a “Company Supplemental Disclosure Document”) and (y) have not solicited and will not solicit offers for,
and have not offered or sold and will not offer or sell, the Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) of Regulation D other than any such solicitation listed on Schedule II(d)
(each such solicitation, a “Permitted General Solicitation”; each written general solicitation document listed on Schedule II(d), a “Permitted General Solicitation Material”); 

(b) Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the Company, Goldman, Sachs &
Co., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, other than one or more term sheets relating to the Securities containing customary information and conveyed to purchasers of securities or any
Permitted General Solicitation Material, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that, if the offering of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement were conducted as a public offering pursuant to a registration
statement filed under the Act with the Commission, would constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act (any such offer (other than any such term sheets and any Permitted General Solicitation Material), is
hereinafter referred to as a “Purchaser Supplemental Disclosure Document”); and 
 (c) Any Company Supplemental Disclosure
Document, Purchaser Supplemental Disclosure Document or Permitted General Solicitation Material, the use of which has been consented to by the Company, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner & Smith Incorporated, is listed as applicable on Schedule II(b), Schedule II(c) or Schedule II(d) hereto, respectively. 

7. The Company covenants and agrees with the several Purchasers that the Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the
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registration of the Securities and the shares of Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities under the Act and all other expenses in connection with the preparation, printing, reproduction
and filing of the Preliminary Offering Circular and the Offering Circular and amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Purchasers and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or producing any
Agreement among Purchasers, this Agreement, the Indenture, the Blue Sky Memorandum, closing documents (including any compilations thereof) and any other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities;
(iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities and the shares of Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 5(b) hereof, including
the reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel for the Purchasers in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky survey; (iv) any fees charged by securities rating services for rating the Securities;
(v) the filing fees incident to, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Purchasers in connection with, any required review by FINRA of the terms and the sale of the Securities; provided, however, that the Company shall not
be obligated to pay the fees (excluding disbursements) of counsel to the Purchasers set forth in (iii) and (v) above with respect to U.S. jurisdictions to the extent such fees exceed $30,000 in the aggregate; (vi) the cost of
preparing stock certificates, if applicable; (vii) all fees and expenses in connection with listing the shares of Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities on the NASDAQ; (viii) the cost of preparing the Securities; (ix) the
fees and expenses of the Trustee and any agent of the Trustee and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture and the Securities; (x) the costs incurred by the Company and its employees associated with
the “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Securities; and (xi) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically
provided for in this Section. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section, and Sections 9 and 12 hereof, the Purchasers will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on
resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make. 
 8. The obligations of the
Purchasers to purchase and pay for the Firm Securities at the First Time of Delivery and the Optional Securities to be purchased on each other Time of Delivery shall be subject, in their discretion, to the condition that all representations and
warranties and other statements of the Company herein are, at and as of such Time of Delivery, true and correct, the condition that the Company shall have performed all of its obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the following
additional conditions: 
 (a) Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, counsel for the Purchasers, shall have furnished to you such
written opinion or opinions (a form of each such opinion is attached as Annex I(a) hereto), dated as of such Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you, with respect to such matters as you may reasonably request, and such counsel
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 (b) Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., counsel for the Company, shall have
furnished to you their written opinion, dated as of such Time of Delivery, in substantially the form attached as Annex I(b) hereto. 
 (c)
On the date of the Offering Circular at a time prior to the execution of this Agreement, at 9:30 a.m., New York City time, and also at each Time of Delivery, Ernst & Young LLP shall have furnished to you a letter or letters, dated the
respective dates of delivery thereof, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect set forth in Annex II(a) hereto (the executed copy of the letter delivered prior to the execution of this Agreement is attached as Annex II(b) hereto and
a draft of the form of letter to be delivered at each Time of Delivery is attached as Annex II(c) hereto); 
 (d) (i) Neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries shall have sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Circular any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other
calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Circular, and (ii) since the respective dates as of which
information is given in the Pricing Circular there shall not have been any change in the capital stock (other than (A) the issuance or grant of securities pursuant to employee equity incentive plans or pursuant to the exercise of outstanding
options, warrants or rights, (B) the repurchase of shares of capital stock pursuant to agreements providing for an option to repurchase or a right of first refusal on behalf of the Company, in each case as such (1) equity incentive plans,
(2) outstanding options, warrants or rights, and (3) agreements that are described in the Pricing Circular) or (C) the issuance of Stock in connection with the closing of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 16,
2014, by and among us, Sunflower Acquisition Corporation, Sunflower Acquisition LLC, Silevo, Inc., Richard Lim, as security holder representative, and U.S. Bank National Association, as escrow agent) or long-term debt of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (other than as disclosed in or contemplated by the Pricing Circular) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the general affairs, management,
consolidated financial position, consolidated stockholders’ equity or consolidated results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Circular, the effect of which, in any such
case described in clause (i) or (ii), is in your judgment so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or the delivery of the Securities being issued at such Time of Delivery on the terms and
in the manner contemplated in this Agreement and in the Offering Circular; 
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“nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as that term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Act, and (ii) no such organization shall
have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of any of the Company’s debt securities; 

(f) On or after the Applicable Time there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in
trading in securities generally on the NASDAQ; (ii) a suspension or material limitation in trading in the Company’s securities on the NASDAQ; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities declared by either Federal or
New York or California State authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States; (iv) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or the
declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war or (v) the occurrence of any other calamity or crisis or any change in financial, political or economic conditions in the United States or elsewhere, if the effect of any such
event specified in clause (iv) or (v) in your judgment makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or the delivery of the Securities being issued at such Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated
in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Circular; 
 (g) The shares of Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities shall
have been duly listed, subject to notice of issuance, on the NASDAQ; 
 (h) The Purchasers shall have received an executed original copy of
the Indenture; 
 (i) The Company shall have obtained and delivered to the Purchasers executed copies of an agreement from each director and
officer of the Company and each stockholder listed on Schedule IV hereto, substantially to the effect set forth in Annex III hereto in forms and substance satisfactory to you; 

(j) The Company shall have complied with the provisions of Section 5(c) hereof with respect to the furnishing of Offering Circular; 

(k) The Securities shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through the facilities of DTC; and 

(l) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to you at such Time of Delivery certificates of officers of the Company
satisfactory to you as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company herein at and as of such Time of Delivery, as to the performance by the Company of all of its obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to such Time
of Delivery, and as to such other matters as you may reasonably request, and the Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished certificates as to the matters set forth in subsection (d) of this Section 8. 

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such Purchaser may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Offering Circular, the Pricing Circular or the Offering Circular, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Company Supplemental Disclosure Document, any
Permitted General Solicitation Material or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not
misleading, and will reimburse each Purchaser for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Purchaser in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any Preliminary Offering
Circular, the Pricing Circular, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Offering Circular or any such amendment or supplement, any Company Supplemental Disclosure Document or any Permitted General Solicitation Material, in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Purchaser through Goldman, Sachs & Co., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated expressly for use therein. For
avoidance of doubt, the Company and each of the Purchasers hereby acknowledge and agree that the only written information furnished to the Company by the Purchasers through Goldman, Sachs & Co., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated are as follows: (i) the third and fourth sentences of the second paragraph of text under the caption “Plan of Distribution” in the Pricing Circular concerning the reoffering
terms; (ii) the ninth paragraph of text under the caption “Plan of Distribution” in the Pricing Circular concerning short sales, stabilization and purchases to cover short sales by the Purchasers; (iii) the tenth paragraph of
text under the caption “Plan of Distribution” in the Pricing Circular concerning penalty bids imposed by the Purchasers; and (iv) the thirteenth paragraph of text under the caption “Plan of Distribution” in the pricing
circular concerning the offer price and dealer concession to be offered by the Purchasers. 
 (b) Each Purchaser will indemnify and hold
harmless the Company against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are
based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Offering Circular, the Pricing Circular, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Offering Circular, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any
Company Supplemental Disclosure Document, any Permitted General Solicitation Material or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in
each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in any Preliminary Offering Circular, the Pricing Circular, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Offering
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or any such amendment or supplement, any Company Supplemental Disclosure Document or any Permitted General Solicitation Material, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by such Purchaser through Goldman, Sachs & Co., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated expressly for use therein; and will reimburse the Company for any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred. For avoidance of doubt, the Company and each of the Purchasers hereby acknowledge and
agree that the only written information furnished to the Company by the Purchasers through Goldman, Sachs & Co., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated are as follows: (i) the
third and fourth sentences of the second paragraph of text under the caption “Plan of Distribution” in the Pricing Circular concerning the reoffering terms; (ii) the ninth paragraph of text under the caption “Plan of
Distribution” in the Pricing Circular concerning short sales, stabilization and purchases to cover short sales by the Purchasers; (iii) the tenth paragraph of text under the caption “Plan of Distribution” in the Pricing Circular
concerning penalty bids imposed by the Purchasers; and (iv) the thirteenth paragraph of text under the caption “Plan of Distribution” in the pricing circular concerning the offer price and dealer concession to be offered by the
Purchasers. 
 (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement
of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the
indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under such subsection. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying
party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel
reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to
assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in
connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with
respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement,
compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure
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 (d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is unavailable to or insufficient
to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the
amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand
and the Purchasers on the other from the offering of the Securities. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required under
subsection (c) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the
Company on the one hand and the Purchasers on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Purchasers on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (net of discounts and commissions but before
deducting any other expenses) received by the Company bear to the total discounts and commissions received by the Purchasers, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Offering Circular. The relative fault shall be determined
by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one hand or the Purchasers on
the other and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Purchasers agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant
to this subsection (d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Purchasers were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to
above in this subsection (d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Purchaser shall be required to contribute any
amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to investors were offered to investors exceeds the amount of any damages which such Purchaser has otherwise been required to pay by
reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Purchasers’ obligations in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations and not joint. 

  
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 (e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 9 shall be in addition to any
liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of each Purchaser and each person, if any, who controls any Purchaser within the meaning of the Act and each
broker-dealer affiliate of any Purchaser; and the obligations of the Purchasers under this Section 9 shall be in addition to any liability which the respective Purchasers may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions,
to each officer and director of the Company, including any person who, with his or her consent, is named in the Offering Circular as about to become a director of the Company, and to each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning
of the Act. 
 10. (a) If any Purchaser shall default in its obligation to purchase the Securities which it has agreed to purchase hereunder
at such Time of Delivery, you may in your discretion arrange for you or another party or other parties to purchase such Securities on the terms contained herein. If within thirty-six hours after such default by any Purchaser you do not arrange for
the purchase of such Securities, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of thirty-six hours within which to procure another party or other parties satisfactory to you to purchase such Securities on such terms at a Time of Delivery.
In the event that, within the respective prescribed periods, you notify the Company that you have so arranged for the purchase of such Securities, or the Company notifies you that it has so arranged for the purchase of such Securities, you or the
Company shall have the right to postpone such Time of Delivery for a period of not more than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Offering Circular, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the
Company agrees to prepare promptly any amendments or supplements to the Offering Circular which in your opinion may thereby be made necessary. The term “Purchaser” as used in this Agreement shall include any person substituted under this
Section with like effect as if such person had originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such Securities. 
 (b) If, after
giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Purchaser or Purchasers by you and the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities that such defaulting
Purchaser or Purchasers agreed but failed to purchase does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of Securities that the Purchasers are obligated to purchase at such Time of Delivery, then the Company shall have the right to
require each non-defaulting Purchaser to purchase the principal amount of Securities which such Purchaser agreed to purchase hereunder at such Time of Delivery and, in addition, to require each non-defaulting Purchaser to purchase its pro rata share
(based on the principal amount of Securities which such Purchaser agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Securities of such defaulting Purchaser or Purchasers for which such arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein shall relieve a
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 (c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a
defaulting Purchaser or Purchasers by you and the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of Securities that such defaulting Purchaser or Purchasers agreed but failed to purchase exceeds one-eleventh of the
aggregate principal amount of all the Securities to be purchased at such Time of Delivery, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in subsection (b) above to require non-defaulting Purchasers to purchase Securities of a
defaulting Purchaser or Purchasers, then this Agreement (or, with respect to a Second Time of Delivery, the obligations of the Purchasers to purchase and of the Company to sell the Optional Securities) shall thereupon terminate, without liability on
the part of any non-defaulting Purchaser or the Company, except for the expenses to be borne by the Company and the Purchasers as provided in Section 7 hereof and the indemnity and contribution agreements in Section 9 hereof (provided that
if such default occurs with respect to Optional Securities after the First Time of Delivery, this Agreement will not terminate as to the Firm Securities or any Optional Securities purchased prior to such termination). Nothing herein shall relieve a
defaulting Purchaser from liability for its default. 
 11. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other
statements of the Company and the several Purchasers, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement
as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of any Purchaser or any controlling person of any Purchaser, or the Company, or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the
Securities. 
 12. If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 10 hereof, the Company shall not then be under any
liability to any Purchaser except as provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof; but, if for any other reason, any Securities are not delivered by or on behalf of the Company as provided herein, the Company will reimburse the Purchasers through you for all
out-of-pocket expenses approved in writing by you, including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred by the Purchasers in making preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities, but the Company shall then be under
no further liability to any Purchaser except as provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof. 
 13. In all dealings hereunder, you shall act on
behalf of each of the Purchasers, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Purchaser made or given by you jointly or by Goldman, Sachs & Co., Credit Suisse
Securities (USA) LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated on behalf of you as the Representatives. 
 In
accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the purchasers are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including
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Company, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the purchasers to properly identify their respective clients.

 All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and if to the Purchasers shall be delivered or sent by
mail, telex or facsimile transmission to you as the Representatives in care of Goldman, Sachs & Co., 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282-2198, Attention: Registration Department; Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Eleven Madison
Avenue, New York, New York 10010-3629, Attention: LCD-IBD; and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, One Bryant Park, New York, New York 10036, Attention: ECM Legal; and if to the Company shall be delivered or sent by mail,
telex or facsimile transmission to the address of the Company set forth on the cover of the Offering Circular, Attention: General Counsel, with a copy to Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., 650 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, California
94304, Attention: Steven V. Bernard; and if to any stockholder that has delivered a lock-up letter referenced in Section 8(h) hereof shall be delivered or sent by mail to his or her respective address provided in Schedule IV hereto or such
other address as such stockholder shall provide in writing to the Company; provided, however, that any notice to a Purchaser pursuant to Section 9(b) hereof shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such Purchaser
at its address set forth in its Purchasers’ Questionnaire, or telex constituting such Questionnaire, which address will be supplied to the Company by you upon request; provided, however, that notices under subsection 5(c) shall be in writing,
and if to the Purchasers shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to you as the Representatives at Goldman, Sachs & Co., 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282-2198, Attention: Control Room; Credit Suisse
Securities (USA) LLC, Eleven Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10010-3629, Attention: LCD-IBD; and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, One Bryant Park, New York, New York 10036, Attention: ECM Legal. Any such statements,
requests, notices or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof. 
 14. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the
benefit of, the Purchasers, the Company and, to the extent provided in Sections 9 and 11 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and each person who controls the Company or any Purchaser, and their respective heirs, executors,
administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Securities from any Purchaser shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such
purchase. 
 15. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used herein, the term “business day” shall mean any day when
the Commission’s office in Washington, D.C. is open for business. 
 16. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) the purchase
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the other, (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading to such transaction each Purchaser is acting solely as a principal and not the agent or fiduciary of the Company,
(iii) no Purchaser has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Purchaser has advised or is currently
advising the Company on other matters) or any other obligation to the Company except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement and (iv) the Company has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed
appropriate. The Company agrees that it will not claim that the Purchasers, or any of them, has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to the Company, in connection with such transaction or the
process leading thereto. 
 17. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the
Company and the Purchasers, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof. 
 18. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY MATTERS
RELATED TO THIS TRANSACTION SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF ANY LAW OTHER THAN THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK. The Company agrees that any suit or proceeding arising in respect of this agreement or our engagement will be tried exclusively in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York or, if that court does not have subject matter
jurisdiction, in any state court located in The City and County of New York and the Company agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of, and to venue in, such courts. 

19. THE COMPANY AND EACH OF THE PURCHASERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT
TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. 
 20.
This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such respective counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. 

21. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company (and the Company’s employees, representatives, and other agents) are
authorized to disclose to any and all persons, the tax treatment and tax structure of the potential transaction and all materials of any kind (including tax opinions and other tax analyses) provided to the Company relating to that treatment and
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relating to the tax treatment and tax structure shall remain confidential (and the foregoing sentence shall not apply) to the extent necessary to enable any person to comply with securities laws.
For this purpose, “tax treatment” means US federal and state income tax treatment, and “tax structure” is limited to any facts that may be relevant to that treatment. 

If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us (one for the Company and each of the Representatives
plus one for each counsel) counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you, on behalf of each of the Purchasers, this letter and such acceptance hereof shall constitute a binding agreement between each of the Purchasers and the Company.
It is understood that your acceptance of this letter on behalf of each of the Purchasers is pursuant to the authority set forth in a form of Agreement among Purchasers, the form of which shall be submitted to the Company for examination upon
request, but without warranty on your part as to the authority of the signers thereof. 
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	Very truly yours,
	
	SOLARCITY CORPORATION
		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Brad W. Buss

		 	Name: Brad W. Buss
		 	Title: Chief Financial Officer


 Accepted as of the date hereof: 

 

			
	GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Adam Greene

		 	 Name: Adam Greene

		 	 Title: Vice President

	
	 CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Chris Radtre

		 	 Name: Chris Radtre

		 	 Title: Director

	
	MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER &
SMITH INCORPORATED
		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Ray Wood

		 	 Name: Ray Wood

		 	 Title: Managing Director

	
	 On behalf of each of the Purchasers









 SCHEDULE I 
  

									
	Purchaser	  	Aggregate Principal
Amount of
Securities to be
Purchased	 	  	Aggregate Principal
Amount of Optional
Securities to be
Purchased if Maximum
Option Exercised	 
	 Goldman, Sachs & Co.
	  	$	166,666,000	  	  	$	25,000,000	  
	 Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
	  	$	141,667,000	  	  	$	21,250,000	  
	 Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

Incorporated
	  	$	141,667,000	  	  	$	21,250,000	  
	 Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
	  	$	25,000,000	  	  	$	3,750,000	  
	 Barclays Capital Inc.
	  	$	25,000,000	  	  	$	3,750,000	  
	 Total
	  	$	500,000,000	  	  	$	75,000,000	  
		  	  
	  
	 	  	  
	  
	 


  
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 SCHEDULE II 
  

	(a)	Additional Documents Incorporated by Reference: None 

  

	(b)	Company Supplemental Disclosure Documents: None 

  

	(c)	Purchaser Supplemental Disclosure Documents: None 

  

	(d)	Permitted General Solicitation Materials: 

 Press release of the Company dated
September 23, 2014, relating to the announcement of the offering of the Securities. 
 Press release of the Company dated
September 24, 2014, relating to the pricing of the offering of the Securities. 

  
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