Document:

EX-4.2

 Exhibit 4.2 

ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 

$400,000,000 2.950% SENIOR NOTES DUE APRIL 1, 2025 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 

Dated as of April 8, 2020 

To 
 INDENTURE 

Dated as of June 3, 2013 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK 

MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. 

Trustee 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

					
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	 ARTICLE 1.

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
	  			
		
	 Section 1.1. Relationship with Base Indenture.
	  	 	1	 
		
	 Section 1.2. Definitions.
	  	 	2	 
		
	 Section 1.3. Other Definitions.
	  	 	6	 
		
	 ARTICLE 2.

THE NOTES
	  			
		
	 Section 2.1. Form and Dating.
	  	 	6	 
		
	 Section 2.2. Transfer and Exchange.
	  	 	6	 
		
	 Section 2.3. Issuance of Additional Notes.
	  	 	10	 
		
	 ARTICLE 3.

REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
	  			
		
	 Section 3.1. Optional Redemption.
	  	 	10	 
		
	 Section 3.2. Mandatory Redemption
	  	 	11	 
		
	 ARTICLE 4.

PARTICULAR COVENANTS
	  			
		
	 Section 4.1. Offer to Purchase Upon Change of Control Triggering Event.
	  	 	11	 
		
	 Section 4.2. Liens
	  	 	12	 
		
	 Section 4.3. Sale and Lease Back Transactions.
	  	 	14	 
		
	 Section 4.4. Covenants
	  	 	14	 
		
	 ARTICLE 5.

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
	  			
		
	 Section 5.1. Events of Default.
	  	 	14	 
		
	 ARTICLE 6.

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE
	  			
		
	 Section 6.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
	  	 	15	 
		
	 Section 6.2. Legal Defeasance of Securities.
	  	 	15	 
		
	 Section 6.3. Covenant Defeasance.
	  	 	15	 
		
	 ARTICLE 7.

MISCELLANEOUS
	  			
		
	 Section 7.1. Trust Indenture Act Controls.
	  	 	15	 
		
	 Section 7.2. Governing Law.
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	 Section 7.3. Successors.
	  	 	15	 
		
	 Section 7.4. Severability.
	  	 	15	 
		
	 Section 7.5. Counterpart Originals.
	  	 	15	 
		
	 Section 7.6. Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.
	  	 	16	 
		
	 Section 7.7. Jury Trial.
	  	 	16	 
		
	 Section 7.8. Interpretation.
	  	 	16	 
		
	 Section 7.9. Instruction by Electronic Transmissions.
	  	 	16	 
		
	 Section 7.10. Miscellaneous.
	  	 	17	 

 Exhibit A    FORM OF NOTE 

 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE dated as of April 8, 2020 by and between Analog Devices, Inc., a
Massachusetts corporation (the “Company”), and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”). 

The Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture, dated as of June 3, 2013 (the “Base
Indenture”), providing for the issuance from time to time of one or more Series of the Company’s securities. 

Section 9.1 of the Base Indenture provides that the Company and the Trustee, without the consent of any holders of the Company’s
Securities, from time to time may amend or supplement certain terms and conditions in the Base Indenture, including to provide for the issuance of and establishment of terms of a Series of Securities as permitted by Sections 2.1 and 2.2 thereof.

 The Company desires and has requested the Trustee pursuant to Section 9.1 of the Base Indenture to join with it in the execution and
delivery of this Supplemental Indenture (together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”) in order to supplement the Base Indenture as, and to the extent, set forth herein to provide for the issuance of and establish the
forms and terms and conditions of the Notes (as defined below). 
 The execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture has been duly
authorized by votes of the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof. 
 All conditions and requirements necessary to make
this Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and legal instrument in accordance with its terms have been performed and fulfilled by the parties hereto and the execution and delivery thereof have been in all respects duly authorized by the parties
hereto. 
 The Company and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders
(as defined herein) of the 2.950% Senior Notes due April 1, 2025: 
 ARTICLE 1. 

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION 

BY REFERENCE 
 Section 1.1.
Relationship with Base Indenture. 
 The terms and provisions contained in the Base Indenture will constitute, and are hereby
expressly made, a part of this Supplemental Indenture and the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any
provision of the Base Indenture conflicts with the express provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture will govern and be controlling. 

The Trustee accepts the amendment of the Base Indenture effected by this Supplemental Indenture and agrees to execute the trust created by the
Base Indenture as hereby amended, but only upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Supplemental Indenture, including the terms and provisions defining and limiting the liabilities and responsibilities of the Trustee in the performance of the
trust created by the Base Indenture, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee will not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for, or with respect to, any of the recitals or statements contained herein, all of which
recitals or statements are made solely by the Company, or for, or with respect to, (1) the proper authorization of this Supplemental Indenture by the Company, (2) the due execution hereof by the Company or (3) the consequences (direct
or indirect and whether deliberate or inadvertent) of any amendment herein provided for, and the Trustee makes no representation with respect to any such matters. 

Further, the Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Supplemental
Indenture arising out of or caused, directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including acts of God; earthquakes; fires; floods; wars; civil or military disturbances; sabotage; epidemics; riots; interruptions, loss or
malfunctions of utilities, computer (hardware or software) or communications service; accidents; labor disputes; acts of civil or military authority; or governmental actions; it being understood that the Trustee shall use its best efforts to resume
performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances. 

 Section 1.2. Definitions. 

Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Base Indenture. The following terms have
the meanings given to them in this Section 1.2: 
 “Additional Notes” means any Notes (other than the Initial
Notes) issued under this Supplemental Indenture in accordance with Section 2.3 hereof, as part of the same Series as the Initial Notes. 

“Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global
Note, the rules and procedures established by and customary for the Depositary that apply to such transfer or exchange. 

“Attributable Debt” with regard to a Sale and Lease Back Transaction with respect to any Principal Property means, at
the time of determination, the lesser of (i) the fair market value of the Principal Property subject to the Sale and Lease Back Transaction or (ii) the present value (discounted by the weighted average interest rate borne by all securities
then outstanding under the Base Indenture at the time of determination compounded semiannually) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments (other than amounts required to be paid on account of property taxes as well as maintenance,
repairs, insurance, water rates and other items which do not constitute payments for property rights) during the remaining portion of the base term of the lease included in such Sale and Lease Back Transaction. 

“Base Indenture” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Supplemental Indenture, as it may be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof. 
 “Below Investment Grade Rating
Event” means the Notes are downgraded below Investment Grade by both Rating Agencies on any date during the period (the “Trigger Period”) commencing 60 days prior to the first public announcement by the Company
of any Change of Control (or pending Change of Control) and ending 60 days following the consummation of such Change of Control (which Trigger Period shall be extended if the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for possible
downgrade by any Rating Agency on such 60th day, such extension to last with respect to each Rating Agency until the date on which such Rating Agency considering such possible downgrade either (i) rates the Notes below Investment Grade or
(ii) publicly announces that it is no longer considering the Notes for possible downgrade, provided that no such extension will occur if on such 60th day the Notes are rated Investment Grade by both Rating Agencies and are not subject to
review for possible downgrade by either Rating Agency). In no event shall the Trustee be charged with knowledge of or responsibility for maintaining a “Below Investment Grade Rating Event” or “Trigger Period.” 

“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: 

(i) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or more
series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets and the assets of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any person, other than to the Company or one of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries; 

(ii) the consummation of any transaction (including any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any person becomes the beneficial
owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Company’s outstanding Voting Stock or other
Voting Stock into which the Company’s Voting Stock is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; 

(iii) the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, any person, or any person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company,
in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the Company’s outstanding Voting Stock or the Voting Stock of such other person is converted into or exchanged for cash, 

  
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securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the shares of the Company’s Voting Stock outstanding immediately prior to such transaction constitute, or are converted
into or exchanged for, a majority of the outstanding Voting Stock of the surviving person or any direct or indirect parent company of the surviving person immediately after giving effect to such transaction measured by voting power rather than
number of shares; or 
 (iv) the adoption of a plan providing for the Company’s liquidation or dissolution. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control if (i) the Company becomes a direct or
indirect wholly owned subsidiary of a holding company (which shall include a parent company) and (ii)(A) the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Stock of such holding company immediately following that transaction are substantially the same as
the holders of the Voting Stock of the Company immediately prior to that transaction or (B) immediately following that transaction no person (other than a holding company satisfying the requirements of this sentence) is the beneficial owner,
directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of such holding company. The term “person,” as used in this definition, has the meaning given thereto in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act. 

“Change of Control Triggering Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade
Rating Event. 
 “Comparable Treasury Issue” means, with respect to any Notes being redeemed, the United States
Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes being redeemed (assuming that the Notes mature on the Par Call Date) that would be utilized, at the time of
selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Notes (assuming that the Notes mature on the Par Call Date). 

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, the arithmetic average of all Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date or, if the Quotation Agent obtains only one Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation, such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation. 

“Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means, as of any date on which the Company effects a transaction requiring such
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets to be measured hereunder, the aggregate amount of assets (less applicable reserves) after deducting therefrom (i) all current liabilities, except for any notes and loans payable, current maturities of long-term
debt, the current portion of deferred revenue and obligations under capital leases and (ii) all goodwill, trade names, patents, unamortized debt discount and expense and any other like intangibles, to the extent included in said aggregate
amount of assets, all as set forth on the Company’s most recent consolidated balance sheet and computed in accordance with GAAP. 

“Definitive Note” means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with
Section 2.2 hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, except that such Note will not bear the Global Note Legend. 

“Depositary” means, with respect to the Notes hereunder issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the
person specified in Section 2.1 hereof as the Depositary with respect to such Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder. 

“Global Note Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.2(e) hereof, which is required to be placed on all
Global Notes issued under this Supplemental Indenture. 
 “Global Notes” means, individually and collectively, each
of the Global Notes, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, issued in accordance with Section 2.1 hereof. 

“Holder” means a person in whose name a Note is registered. 

  
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 “Indenture” means the Base Indenture, as supplemented by this
Supplemental Indenture, governing the Notes, in each case, as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time. 
 “Indirect
Participant” means a person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a Participant. 
 “Initial
Notes” means the first $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Supplemental Indenture on the date hereof. 

“Investment Grade” means, with respect to Moody’s, a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent under
any successor rating categories of Moody’s) and, with respect to S&P, a rating equal to or higher than BBB- (or the equivalent under any successor rating categories of S&P). 

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service Inc., and its successors. 

“Net Available Proceeds” from any Sale and Lease Back Transaction by the Company or any Subsidiary means cash or
readily marketable cash equivalents received (including by way of sale or discounting of a note, installment receivable or other receivable, but excluding any other consideration received in the form of assumption by the acquiree of debt or
obligations relating to the properties or assets that are the subject of such Sale and Lease Back Transaction or received in any other noncash form) therefrom by the Company or any Subsidiary, net of (i) all legal, title and recording tax
expenses, commissions and other fees and expenses incurred and all United States federal, state, provincial, foreign and local taxes required to be accrued as a liability as a consequence of such Sale and Lease Back Transaction; (ii) all
payments made by the Company or any Subsidiary on any debt which is secured in whole or in part by any such properties and assets in accordance with the terms of any Lien upon or with respect to any such properties and assets or which must, by the
terms of such Lien, or in order to obtain a necessary consent to such Sale and Lease Back Transaction or by applicable law, be repaid out of the proceeds from such Sale and Lease Back Transaction; and (iii) all distributions and other payments
made to the minority interest holders in any Subsidiary or joint venture as a result of such Sale and Lease Back Transaction. 

“Notes” means the 2.950% Senior Notes due April 1, 2025; provided that the Initial Notes and the
Additional Notes, if any, will be treated as a single Series for all purposes under this Supplemental Indenture, and unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the Notes will include the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes. 

“Par Call Date” means March 1, 2025. 

“Participant” means, with respect to the Depositary, a person who has an account with the Depositary. 

“Principal Property” means any single parcel of real property or any permanent improvement thereon (i) owned by
the Company or any of the Subsidiaries located in the United States, including the Company’s principal corporate office, any manufacturing facility or plant or any portion thereof and (ii) having a book value, as of the date of
determination, in excess of 3.0% of the Company’s most recently calculated Consolidated Net Tangible Assets. Principal Property does not include any property that the Board of Directors has determined not to be of material importance to the
business conducted by the Subsidiaries and the Company, taken as a whole. 
 “Principal Subsidiary” means any
Subsidiary which owns any Principal Property. 
 “Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer selected by
the Company. 
 “Rating Agencies” means each of Moody’s and S&P; provided, that if either of
Moody’s and S&P ceases to provide rating services to issuers or investors, the Company may appoint a replacement for such Rating Agency that is a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of
Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act. 

  
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 “Reference Treasury Dealer” means each of (i) J.P. Morgan
Securities LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc.; and (ii) any other primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a “primary treasury dealer”) selected by the Quotation Agent after consultation with the
Company, provided that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary treasury dealer, another primary treasury dealer shall be substituted therefor by the Company. 

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date,
the arithmetic average, as determined by the Quotation Agent, of the bid and asked prices for the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Quotation Agent by such
Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date. 
 “Remaining
Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to any Notes being redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal and interest thereon that would be due after the related redemption date but for such redemption assuming that such
Notes mature on the Par Call Date; provided, however, that, if such redemption date is not an interest payment date with respect to such Notes, the amount of the next scheduled interest payment thereon shall be reduced (solely for the
purpose of calculating the redemption price) by the amount of interest accrued thereon to such redemption date. In determining the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments, such payments shall be discounted to the redemption date on a
semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 40 basis points. 

“S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global, Inc., and its successors. 

“Sale and Lease Back Transaction” means an arrangement with any lender or investor or to which such lender or investor
is a party providing for the leasing by the Company or any Subsidiary of any Principal Property that, more than 12 months after the later of (i) the completion of the acquisition, construction, development or improvement of such Principal
Property or (ii) the placing in operation of such Principal Property or of such Principal Property as so constructed, developed or improved, has been or is being sold, conveyed, transferred or otherwise disposed of by the Company or any
Subsidiary to such lender or investor or to any person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such lender on the security of such Principal Property. 

“Series” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Base Indenture. 

“Subsidiary” means any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting
power of all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is
at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company or one or more of its other Subsidiaries or a combination thereof. 

“Supplemental Indenture” means this Supplemental Indenture, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Company
and the Trustee, governing the Notes, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the Base Indenture and the terms hereof. 

“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent
yield to maturity or interpolated yield to maturity of the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue. In determining this rate, the price for such Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) shall be assumed to be equal
to the applicable Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date. 
 “Trustee Certificate” means a certificate
signed on behalf of the Trustee by one of its duly authorized officers. 
 “Voting Stock” means, with respect to any
specified “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) as of any date, the shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of such person that is at the time entitled to
vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such person. 

  
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 Section 1.3. Other Definitions. 

 

					
	 Term
	  	Defined in
Section	 
	 “Change of Control Offer”
	  	 	4.1	 
	 “Change of Control Payment”
	  	 	4.1	 
	 “Change of Control Payment Date”
	  	 	4.1	 
	 “Debt”
	  	 	4.2	 
	 “DTC”
	  	 	2.1	 
	 “Event of Default”
	  	 	5.1	 
	 “incur”
	  	 	4.2	 
	 “Lien”
	  	 	4.2	 

 ARTICLE 2. 

THE NOTES 
 Section 2.1. Form and
Dating. 
 (a) General. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication with respect thereto will be substantially
in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note will be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes will be in denominations of $2,000 with
integral multiples of $1,000 thereof. 
 The terms and provisions contained in the Notes will constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a
part of this Supplemental Indenture and the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of the
Notes conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture will govern and be controlling. 
 (b)
Global Notes. 
 (1) Notes issued in global form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (including the
Global Note Legend thereon). Notes issued in definitive form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon). 

(2) Each Global Note will represent such of the outstanding Notes as will be specified therein and each will provide that it will represent
the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect
exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby will be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction
of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.2 hereof. The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) to act as Depositary with respect to the
Global Notes. 
 Section 2.2. Transfer and Exchange. 

(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may not be transferred as a whole except by the Depositary to a nominee of the
Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes hereunder will be
exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes if: 
 (1) the Company delivers to the Trustee notice from the Depositary that it is
unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary or that it is no longer a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the date of such notice
from the Depositary; or 

  
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 (2) the Company in its sole discretion and subject to the procedures of the Depositary
determines that the Global Notes (in whole but not in part) should be exchanged for Definitive Notes and delivers a written notice to such effect to the Trustee. 

Upon the occurrence of either of the preceding events in (1) or (2) above, Definitive Notes will be issued for the Notes in such names
and in any approved denominations as the Depositary will instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.8 and 2.11 of the Base Indenture. Every Note authenticated and delivered in
exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.2 (subject to any contrary provision in this Section 2.2(a)) or Sections 2.8 or 2.11 of the Base Indenture, will be authenticated and delivered
in the form of, and will be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.2(a); however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in
Sections 2.2(b) or (f) hereof. 
 (b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and
exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also
will require compliance with either subparagraph (1) or (2) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable: 

(1) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in any Global Note may be transferred to persons
who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Global Note. No written orders or instructions will be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.2(b)(1). 

(2) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of
beneficial interests with respect to Notes that are not subject to Section 2.2(b)(1) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar: 

(i) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable
Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and 

(ii) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account
to be credited with such increase. 
 Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in
Global Notes contained in this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes, as evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee, the Trustee will adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.2(f)
hereof. 
 (c) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests. 

A Holder of a Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a person
who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee will cancel the applicable Definitive Note and increase, or cause to be increased,
the aggregate principal amount of one of the applicable Global Notes. 
 If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a
beneficial interest is effected pursuant to the previous paragraph at a time when a Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company will issue and, upon receipt of a Company Order, the Trustee will authenticate one or more Global Notes in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred. 

  
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 (d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. A Holder of
Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.2(d), the
Registrar will register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder will present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written
instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by his attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder will provide any additional required certifications, documents and
information, as applicable. 
 (e) Legends. The following legends will appear on the face of all Global Notes issued under this
Supplemental Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Supplemental Indenture. 
 “THIS
GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT
THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.2 OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.2(a) OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.12 OF THE BASE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR
WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO. 
 THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY. THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR NOTES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE
LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE
DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK)
(“DTC”) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL
INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.” 
 (f) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of
Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note
will be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.12 of the Base Indenture. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a person
who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note will be reduced accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee
or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global
Note, such other Global Note will be increased accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase. 

  
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 (g) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges. 

(1) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive
Notes upon the receipt of a Company Order. 
 (2) No service charge will be made to a holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or
to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such
transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.11, 3.6 and 9.6 of the Base Indenture). 

(3) The Registrar will not be required to register the transfer of or exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except
the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. 
 (4) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of
transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes will be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt and entitled to the same benefits under this Supplemental Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered
upon such registration of transfer or exchange. 
 (5) The Company will not be required: 

(i) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period of 15 days before the day of any selection
of Notes for redemption under Section 3.2 of the Base Indenture and ending at the close of business on the day of selection; 

(ii) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed
portion of any Note being redeemed in part; or 
 (iii) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note between a record
date and the next succeeding interest payment date. 
 (6) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the
Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and (subject to the record date provisions hereof) interest
on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Company will be affected by notice to the contrary. 

(7) The Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.3 of the Base
Indenture. 
 (8) The Trustee will deliver one or more Trustee Certificates certifying, among other things, pursuant to Section 2.3 of
the Base Indenture, that the Notes have been authenticated and have been made available for delivery and the corporate governance documents and incumbency of signing officers of the Trustee as of the date hereof. 

(9) Any Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.2 to
effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile. 
 (10) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to
monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Supplemental Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note other than to require delivery of such
certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Supplemental Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the
express requirements hereof. 

  
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 (11) Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall have any responsibility for any actions taken
or not taken by the Depositary. 
 Section 2.3. Issuance of Additional Notes. 

(a) The Company will be entitled, upon delivery of an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, to issue Additional Notes under
this Supplemental Indenture which will have identical terms as the Initial Notes issued on the date hereof, other than with respect to the date of issuance and issue price and, if applicable, the first Interest Payment Date and the initial interest
accrual date. The Initial Notes issued on the date hereof and any Additional Notes issued will be treated as a single Series for all purposes under this Supplemental Indenture; provided that if any such Additional Notes are not fungible for
United States Federal income tax purposes with the Notes previously issued, such Additional Notes will not have the same CUSIP number (or other securities identification number) as the Notes previously issued. 

(b) With respect to any Additional Notes, the Company will set forth in a resolution of its Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee
thereof) or of a designee thereof and an Officers’ Certificate, a copy of each which will be delivered to the Trustee, the following information: 

(i) the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Notes to be authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture; and 

(ii) the issue price, the date of issuance, the CUSIP number(s), the first Interest Payment Date and the initial interest accrual date of such
Additional Notes. 
 (c) For the avoidance of doubt, the issuance of Additional Notes pursuant to this Section 2.3 is subject to
Section 2.3 of the Base Indenture. 
 ARTICLE 3. 

REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT 

Section 3.1. Optional Redemption. 

(a) Prior to the Par Call Date, the Company will have the right, at its option, to redeem the Notes, at any time and from time to time, in
whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of the following amounts: 
 (i) 100% of the principal amount
of the Notes being redeemed; and 
 (ii) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of the Notes
being redeemed (assuming that the Notes mature on the Par Call Date). 
 (b) On or after the Par Call Date, the Company will have the right,
at its option, to redeem the Notes, at any time and from time to time, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed. 

(c) In each case, the Company will also pay the accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes being redeemed to, but excluding, the redemption
date. 
 In connection with any redemption of the Notes prior to their maturity date, calculation of the redemption price therefor shall be
made by the Company or on the Company’s behalf by such person as the Company shall designate; provided, however, that such calculation shall not be a duty or obligation of the Trustee or any Agent. Notwithstanding Section 3.3
of the Base Indenture, the notice of any redemption of the Notes pursuant to that Section in respect of a redemption date occurring prior to the maturity date of the Notes need not set forth the redemption price but only the manner of calculation
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 Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption
date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption. 
 Notes subject to a partial redemption shall
be selected for redemption by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate (provided that if the Notes are represented by one or more Global Notes, the Notes shall be selected for redemption by the Depositary in accordance with its
standard procedures therefor) and may provide for the selection for redemption of a portion of the principal amount of the Notes equal to an authorized denomination. 

No Notes of $2,000 or less can be redeemed in part. Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole
multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are being redeemed. 
 Notice of any redemption shall be mailed, or otherwise
transmitted in accordance with the Depositary’s standard procedures therefor, at least 15 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of the Notes being redeemed. 

Section 3.2. Mandatory Redemption. 

The Company is not required to make any mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes. 

ARTICLE 4. 
 PARTICULAR
COVENANTS 
 Section 4.1. Offer to Purchase Upon Change of Control Triggering Event. 

(a) If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs with respect to the Notes, unless the Company has exercised its option to redeem such Notes
in full pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof or has defeased such Notes or satisfied and discharged such Notes, the Company shall be required to make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder of Notes to repurchase
all or any part (equal to $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; provided that the unrepurchased portion of a Note must be in a minimum principal amount of $2,000) of that Holder’s Notes pursuant to the offer set
forth below. In a Change of Control Offer, the Company shall be required to offer payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased to the
date of repurchase (a “Change of Control Payment”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event with respect to the Notes or, at the Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control, but after public
announcement of the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control, the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed (or if the Notes to be repurchased are represented by one or more Global Notes, transmitted in accordance with the
Depositary’s standard procedures therefor), a notice to Holders of the Notes describing the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event and offering to repurchase such Notes on the date specified in the
notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed or transmitted (a “Change of Control Payment Date”). The notice shall, if mailed or transmitted prior to the
date of consummation of the Change of Control, state that the offer to purchase is conditioned on the Change of Control Triggering Event occurring on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date. 

(b) Such notice shall also state: 

(1) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.1 and that all Notes or portion of Notes validly tendered
and not withdrawn will be accepted for payment; 
 (2) the Change of Control Payment and the Change of Control Payment Date; 

(3) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest; 

  
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 (4) that any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer shall cease
to accrue interest after the Change of Control Payment Date unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Change of Control Payment and the only remaining right of the Holder is to receive payment of the Change of Control Payment upon
surrender of the Notes to the Paying Agent; 
 (5) that Holders electing to have a portion of a Note purchased pursuant to a Change of
Control Offer may only elect to have such Note purchased in a minimum principal amount of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; provided that the unrepurchased portion of a Note must be in a minimum principal amount of
$2,000; 
 (6) that if a Holder elects to have a Note purchased pursuant to the Change of Control Offer such Holder will be required to
surrender such Note, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of such Note completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of
business on the third Business Day prior to the Change of Control Payment Date; 
 (7) that a Holder will be entitled to withdraw its
election if the Company receives, not later than the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of such Holder, the principal amount of Notes
such Holder delivered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its election to have such Note purchased; and 
 (8)
that if Notes are purchased only in part by the Company, a new Note of the same Series and type will be issued in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered. 

(c) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful: 

(1) accept for payment all Notes or portions of such Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer; 

(2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of such Notes properly
tendered; and 
 (3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officers’
Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being repurchased. 
 (d) The Company shall not be required
to make a Change of Control Offer upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company and the
third party purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer. 
 (e) The Company shall comply with the requirements
of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result
of a Change of Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any such securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions under this Section 4.1, the Company shall comply with such securities laws and regulations and
shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.1 or the Notes by virtue of any such conflict. 
 (f) No
Notes of $2,000 or less can be repurchased in part pursuant to this Section 4.1. Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 may be repurchased in part but only in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, unless all of the Notes held by a
Holder are to be repurchased. 
 Section 4.2. Liens. 

(a) The Company will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, issue, incur, create, assume or guarantee (collectively,
“incur”) any debt for borrowed money, including all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments (collectively, a “Debt”), secured by a mortgage, deed of trust, security
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lien, charge or other encumbrance (collectively, a “Lien”) upon any Principal Property or upon any shares of stock of any Principal Subsidiary (whether such Principal
Property or shares are now existing or owned or hereafter created or acquired) without in any such case effectively providing, substantially concurrently with or prior to the creation or assumption of such Lien, that the Notes (together with, if the
Company shall so determine, any other indebtedness of or guarantee by the Company or such Subsidiary ranking equally with the Notes) shall be secured equally and ratably with (or, at the Company’s option, prior to) such secured Debt. The
foregoing restriction, however, will not apply to each of the following: 
 (1) Liens on property, shares of stock or other assets of any
person (as defined in the Base Indenture) existing at the time such person becomes a Subsidiary or existing at the time of acquisition thereof by the Company or a Subsidiary, provided that such Liens are not incurred in anticipation of such
person’s becoming a Subsidiary or such acquisition and do not extend to (i) any Principal Property or (ii) any shares of stock of any Principal Subsidiary that, in each case, were not previously encumbered by such Liens; 

(2) Liens on property of a person (as defined in the Base Indenture) existing at the time such person is merged into or consolidated with the
Company or a Subsidiary or at the time of a sale, lease or other disposition of the properties of such person (or a division thereof) as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Company or a Subsidiary, provided that such Liens were
not incurred in anticipation of such merger or consolidation or sale, lease or other disposition and do not extend to (i) any Principal Property or (ii) any shares of stock of any Principal Subsidiary that, in each case, were not
previously encumbered by such Liens; 
 (3) Liens to secure all or part of the cost of acquisition, construction, development or
improvement of any property or to secure Debt incurred to provide funds for any such purpose (including purchase money security interests or purchase money mortgages), provided that the commitment of the creditor to extend the credit secured
by any such Lien is obtained not later than 24 months after the later of (i) the completion of acquisition, construction, development or improvement of such property and (ii) the placing in operation of such property or of such property as
so constructed, developed or improved; 
 (4) Liens in favor of, or which secure Debt owing to, the Company or any Subsidiary; 

(5) Liens existing at the date of the issuance of the Initial Notes; 

(6) Liens in favor of the United States of America or any state, territory or possession thereof (or the District of Columbia), or any
department, agency, instrumentality or political subdivision of the United States of America or any state, territory or possession thereof (or the District of Columbia), to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments pursuant to any contract
or statute or to secure any indebtedness incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or the cost of constructing or improving the property subject to such Liens; 

(7) Liens incurred or assumed in connection with the issuance of revenue bonds the interest on which is exempt from federal taxation pursuant
to Section 103(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; and 
 (8) extensions, renewals or replacements of any Liens
referred to in the foregoing clauses, provided that (i) the principal amount of Debt secured thereby shall not exceed the principal amount of Debt so secured at the time of such extension, renewal or replacement and (ii) such
extension, renewal or replacement Liens will be limited to all or part of the same property and improvement thereon which secured the Debt so secured at the time of such extension, renewal or replacement. 

(b) Notwithstanding the restrictions in clause (a) above, the Company or any Subsidiary may incur Debt secured by a Lien which would
otherwise be prohibited by such restrictions, without equally and ratably securing the Notes, provided that, after giving effect thereto, the then aggregate outstanding amount of all such Debt so secured by such Liens (not including Liens
permitted under items (1) through (8) in clause (a) above) plus the aggregate amount of Attributable Debt in respect of Sale and Lease Back Transactions with respect to Principal Properties entered into after the date of issuance of the
Initial Notes and permitted solely pursuant to clause (c) of Section 4.3 hereof and still in existence does not exceed the greater of 15% of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets at the time of such incurrence and $350 million. 

  
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 Section 4.3. Sale and Lease Back Transactions. 

The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale and Lease Back Transaction with respect to any Principal
Property, other than any such Sale and Lease Back Transaction involving a lease for a term of not more than three years or any such Sale and Lease Back Transaction between the Company and one of its Subsidiaries, or between its Subsidiaries, unless:

 (a) the Company or such Subsidiary, as applicable, would be entitled to incur Debt secured by a Lien on the Principal Property involved
in such Sale and Lease Back Transaction at least equal in amount to the Attributable Debt with respect to such Sale and Lease Back Transaction, without equally and ratably securing the Notes, pursuant to items (1) through (8) in clause
(a) of Section 4.2 hereof; 
 (b) the Company applies the Net Available Proceeds of such Sale and Lease Back Transaction within
180 days of such Sale and Lease Back Transaction to either (or a combination of) (i) the prepayment or retirement of Debt of the Company or a Subsidiary (other than Debt that is, in the case of Debt of the Company, subordinated to the Notes or
Debt owed to the Company or a Subsidiary) that by its terms matures more than 12 months after its creation or (ii) the purchase, construction, development, expansion or improvement of comparable properties or facilities; or 

(c) the aggregate amount of Attributable Debt in respect of such Sale and Lease Back Transaction plus the Attributable Debt in respect of all
other Sale and Lease Back Transactions of Principal Properties entered into after the date of issuance of the Initial Notes permitted solely pursuant to this clause (c) and still in existence, plus the aggregate amount of all Debt secured by
Liens permitted solely pursuant to clause (b) of Section 4.2 above and still outstanding, does not exceed the greater of 15% of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets at the time of such Sale and Lease Back Transaction and $350 million.

 Section 4.4. Covenants. 
 The
covenants set forth in Sections 4.2 and 4.3 above are and are intended solely for the benefit of the Holders of Notes. 
 ARTICLE 5.

 DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES 

Section 5.1. Events of Default. 
 In
addition to the Events of Default set forth in the Base Indenture, the following is an “Event of Default” with respect to the Notes: 

(i) the failure of the Company or any Subsidiary to pay indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any Subsidiary in an aggregate
principal amount of at least $200,000,000, at the later of final maturity and the expiration of any related applicable grace period and such defaulted payment shall not have been made, waived or extended within 30 days after written notice from the
Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes; or 
 (ii) acceleration of the maturity of indebtedness
for money borrowed by the Company or any Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount of at least $200,000,000, if that acceleration results from a default under the instrument giving rise to or securing such indebtedness for money borrowed and such
indebtedness has not been discharged in full or such acceleration has not been rescinded or annulled within 30 days after written notice from the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes; provided,
however, that, if in the case of this clause (ii), the default under the instrument governing the foregoing indebtedness is cured by the Company, or waived by the holders of the indebtedness, in each case, as permitted by such governing
instrument, then, unless the maturity of the Notes has been accelerated in accordance with the Indenture, the Event of Default under the Indenture with respect to the Notes caused by such default will be deemed likewise to be cured or waived. 

  
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 ARTICLE 6. 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE 

Section 6.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. 

The Company may satisfy and discharge the Notes hereunder in accordance with and subject to the terms of Section 8.1 of the Base
Indenture. 
 Section 6.2. Legal Defeasance of Securities. 

Section 8.3 of the Base Indenture shall be applicable to the Notes. 

Section 6.3. Covenant Defeasance. 

In addition to the covenants specified in Section 8.4 of the Base Indenture, the Company may omit to comply with respect to the Notes with
any term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 of this Supplemental Indenture by complying with the requirements of Section 8.4 of the Base Indenture in respect of such Notes. 

ARTICLE 7. 

MISCELLANEOUS 
 Section 7.1. Trust
Indenture Act Controls. 
 If any provision of this Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision which is
required or deemed to be included in this Supplemental Indenture by the TIA, such required or deemed provision shall control. 
 Section 7.2.
Governing Law. 
 THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO
AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS THEREOF. 
 Section 7.3. Successors. 

All agreements of the Company in this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes will bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this
Supplemental Indenture will bind its successors. 
 Section 7.4. Severability. 

In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes will be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. 
 Section 7.5. Counterpart Originals. 

This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and
all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. The parties hereto agree that this Supplemental Indenture, any documents to be delivered pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture and any notices hereunder
may be transmitted between them by email and/or facsimile. The parties hereto agree that faxed signatures and electronically imaged signatures such as .pdf files shall 

  
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constitute original signatures and be binding on all parties hereto. The original documents shall be delivered as soon as practicable, if requested. Each party agrees that this
Supplemental Indenture and any other documents to be delivered in connection herewith may be electronically or digitally signed as specified in writing to the Trustee (and agreed to by the Trustee in its sole discretion), and that any such
electronic or digital signatures appearing on this Supplemental Indenture or such other documents are the same as handwritten signatures for the purposes of validity, enforceability and admissibility. 

Notwithstanding Section 2.3 of the Base Indenture, the Notes may be executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee by manual or
electronic signature. 
 The Company agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of electronic or digital signatures and electronic
methods to submit any communications to the Trustee, including the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties. 

Section 7.6. Table of Contents, Headings, Etc. 

The Table of Contents and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference
only, are not to be considered a part of this Supplemental Indenture and will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof. 

Section 7.7. Jury Trial. 
 Each party
hereto hereby irrevocably waives any and all rights to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Supplemental Indenture. 

Section 7.8. Interpretation. 
 The
definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,”
“includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the
context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any person shall be construed to include such person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words
“herein,” “hereof’ and “hereunder,” and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Supplemental Indenture in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to
Articles, Sections and Exhibits shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits to, this Supplemental Indenture and (e) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and
effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights. 

Section 7.9. Instruction by Electronic Transmissions. 

In addition to the foregoing, the Trustee agrees to accept and act upon notice, instructions or directions pursuant to this Supplemental
Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods. If the party elects to give the Trustee e-mail or facsimile
instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Trustee shall not be liable
for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The
party providing electronic instructions agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized
instructions, and the risk or interception and misuse by third parties. 

  
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 Section 7.10. Miscellaneous. 

In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including,
but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action. 

[Signatures on following page] 

  
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 SIGNATURES 

Dated as of April 8, 2020 
  

			
	ANALOG DEVICES, INC.
		
	        By	 	 /s/ Prashanth Mahendra-Rajah

	        Name:	 	Prashanth Mahendra-Rajah
	        Title:	 	Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
	
	THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
		
	        By	 	 /s/ Mitchell L Brumwell

	        Name:	 	Mitchell L Brumwell
	        Title:	 	Vice President

 [Signature Page to Supplemental Indenture] 

 EXHIBIT A 

FORM OF GLOBAL NOTE 
 (Face
of Global Note) 
 THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO GOVERNING
THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 2.2 OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.2(a) OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION
PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.12 OF THE BASE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO. 

THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF
THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY. THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR NOTES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE AND MAY NOT BE
TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF
SUCH A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (“DTC”) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER
ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 CUSIP: 032654AS4 
 ISIN:
US032654AS42 
 ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 

2.950% Senior Note due April 1, 2025 
  

					
	 No.
                
	  	$	                 	 

 Analog Devices, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation, promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns, the principal
sum of $[                ] on April 1, 2025. 
  

			
	Interest Payment Dates:	  	April 1 and October 1
		
	Record Dates:	  	March 15 and September 15

 Date:
                     
  

			
	ANALOG DEVICES, INC.
		
	By:	 	      

	Name:	 	
	Title:	 	

  
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 TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION 

This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Supplemental Indenture: 

Dated:                      

 

			
	 THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. as

Trustee

			
		
	 By:
	 	      

		 	 Authorized Signatory

  
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 (Back of Global Note) 

ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 
 2.950%
Senior Note due April 1, 2025 
 Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below
unless otherwise indicated. 
 1. INTEREST. Analog Devices, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the
“Company”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 2.950% per annum from the date hereof until maturity. The Company will pay interest on the Notes semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and
October 1 of each year, commencing on October 1, 2020, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day, and no additional interest will accrue on the amount so payable in respect of such Notes for that period
(each, an “Interest Payment Date”). Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or provided for or, if no interest has been paid or provided for, from April 8, 2020;
provided that if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest will accrue from such
next succeeding Interest Payment Date. The Company will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law to the extent allowable) on overdue principal at the rate equal to the then applicable interest rate on
the Notes to the extent lawful; it will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law to the extent allowable) on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest on the
Notes will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. 

2. METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Company will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the persons who are registered Holders
of Notes at the close of business on the March 15 or September 15 (whether or not a Business Day) next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date,
except as provided in Section 2.13 of the Base Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. Principal and interest on the Notes will be payable at the office or agency of the Paying Agent and Registrar within the City and State of New York or,
at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders of Notes at their respective addresses set forth in the register of Holders of Notes; provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available
funds will be required with respect to principal of and interest on all Global Securities and all other Notes the Holders of which will have provided wire transfer instructions to the Company or the Paying Agent at least 15 calendar days prior to
the applicable payment date. Such payment will be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. 

3. PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as
Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity. 

4. INDENTURE. This Note is one of a duly authenticated Series of securities of the Company issued and to be issued under an indenture
(the “Base Indenture”), dated as of June 3, 2013, between the Company and the Trustee, as amended by the Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 8, 2020, between the Company and the Trustee (the
“Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”). The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the
TIA. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the
Indenture will govern and be controlling, and to the extent any provision of the Base Indenture conflicts with the express provisions of the Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of the Supplemental Indenture will govern and be controlling. The
Company will be entitled to issue Additional Notes pursuant to Section 2.3 of the Supplemental Indenture. 

  
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 5. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION. 

Prior to the Par Call Date, the Company will have the right, at its option, to redeem the Notes, at any time and from time to time, in whole or
in part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of the following amounts: 
 (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being
redeemed; and 
 (ii) the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of the Notes being redeemed (assuming that the Notes
mature on the Par Call Date). 
 On or after the Par Call Date, the Company will have the right, at its option, to redeem the Notes, at any
time and from time to time, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed. 

In each case, the Company will also pay the accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes being redeemed to, but excluding, the redemption date.

 In connection with any redemption of the Notes prior to their maturity date, calculation of the redemption price therefor shall be made
by the Company or on the Company’s behalf by such person as the Company shall designate; provided, however, that such calculation shall not be a duty or obligation of the Trustee or any Agent. Notwithstanding Section 3.3 of the Base
Indenture, the notice of any redemption of the Notes pursuant to that Section in respect of a redemption date occurring prior to the maturity date of the Notes need not set forth the redemption price but only the manner of calculation thereof. 

Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes
or portions thereof called for redemption. 
 Notes subject to a partial redemption shall be selected for redemption by such method as the
Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate (provided that if the Notes are represented by one or more Global Notes, the Notes shall be selected for redemption by the Depositary in accordance with its standard procedures therefor) and may provide for
the selection for redemption of a portion of the principal amount of the Notes equal to an authorized denomination. 
 No Notes of $2,000 or
less can be redeemed in part. Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are being redeemed. 

Notice of any redemption shall be mailed, or otherwise transmitted in accordance with the Depositary’s standard procedures therefor, at
least 15 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of the Notes being redeemed. 
 6. MANDATORY
REDEMPTION. The Company is not required to make any mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes. 
 7.
OFFER TO PURCHASE UPON CHANGE OF CONTROL. If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs with respect to the Notes, unless the Company has exercised its option to redeem the Notes in full pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Supplemental
Indenture or has defeased the Notes or satisfied and discharged the Notes, the Company shall be required to make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder of Notes to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000
and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; provided that the unrepurchased portion of a Note must be in a minimum principal amount of $2,000) of that Holder’s Notes pursuant to the terms set forth in the Indenture. In a
Change of Control Offer, the Company shall be required to offer payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased to the date of repurchase.

  
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 8. DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Notes are in registered form without
coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. Notes may be transferred or exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate
endorsements and transfer documents, and the Company or the Trustee may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not exchange or transfer any Note or portion of a Note selected for
redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before the day of any selection of Notes being redeemed or during the
period between a record date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date. 
 9. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. Subject to the record date
provisions hereof, the registered Holder of a Note may be treated as its owner for all purposes. 
 10. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND
WAIVER. Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, including, without limitation, consents
obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Notes, and any existing default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the then outstanding Notes, including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Notes. Without the consent of any Holder of a Note, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented
(i) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency; (ii) to provide for a supplemental indenture as set forth in Article V of the Base Indenture; (iii) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of
certificated Securities; (iv) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder; (v) to provide for the issuance of and to establish the form and terms and conditions of the Securities as permitted by the
Indenture; (vi) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment under the Indenture by a successor Trustee and to add to or change any of the provisions of the Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts under the Indenture by more than one Trustee; or (vii) to comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA. 

11. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of, and any
accrued and unpaid interest on, the outstanding Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. 

12. TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH COMPANY. The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of the Notes
and may otherwise deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. 
 13.
NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company will not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by
reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes. 

14. AUTHENTICATION. This Note will not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.

 15. ABBREVIATIONS. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in
common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian) and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act). 

  
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 16. CUSIP NUMBERS. The Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes
and the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may
be placed only on the other elements of identification printed on the Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a
copy of the Base Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture. Requests may be made to: 
 Analog Devices, Inc. 

One Technology Way 
 Norwood,
Massachusetts 02062 
 Attention: General Counsel 

  
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 ASSIGNMENT FORM 

To assign this Note, fill in the form below: 
 (I) or (we)
assign and transfer 
 this Note to: 
  

	
	 (Insert assignee’s legal name)

 

	 (Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

 

	(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

 and irrevocably appoint
                                         
                                         
                       to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him 

Date:                      

 

	
	 Your Signature:
                                         
                           

	     (sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

	
	 Tax Identification No:
                                         
                 

	
	 Signature Guarantee:
                                         
                   

 Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the
Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in
addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 

  
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 OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE 

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.1 of the Supplemental Indenture, check the box
below: 
 ☐ Section 4.1 

If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.1 of the Supplemental Indenture, state
the amount you elect to have purchased ($2,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; provided that the unrepurchased portion of this Note must be in a minimum principal amount of $2,000): $________________ 

Date:                      

 

	
	 Your Signature:
                                         
                           

	     (sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

	
	 Tax Identification No:
                                         
                 

	
	 Signature Guarantee:
                                         
                   

 Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the
Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in
addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 

  
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Exhibit 4.1

RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

April 8, 2020

 

 

 

 

Table of Contents

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Section 1. Certain Definitions
	
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Section 2. Appointment of Rights Agent
	
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Section 3. Issuance of Rights. 
	
8

	
Section 4. Form of Right Certificates.
	
10

	
Section 5. Countersignature and Registration
	
11

	
Section 6. Transfer, Split Up, Combination and Exchange of Right Certificates; Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Right Certificates
	
11

	
Section 7. Exercise of Rights; Purchase Price; Expiration Date of Rights.
	
12

	
Section 8. Cancellation and Destruction of Right Certificates
	
14

	
Section 9. Availability of Preferred Shares
	
14

	
Section 10. Preferred Shares Record Date
	
15

	
Section 11. Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number of Shares or Number of Rights
	
15

	
Section 12. Certificate of Adjusted Purchase Price or Number of Shares
	
22

	
Section 13. Consolidation, Merger or Sale or Transfer of Assets   or Earning Power.
	
22

	
Section 14. Fractional Rights and Fractional Shares. 
	
23

	
Section 15. Rights of Action
	
25

	
Section 16. Agreement of Right Holders
	
25

	
Section 17. Right Certificate Holder Not Deemed a Stockholder
	
26

	
Section 18. Concerning the Rights Agent
	
26

	
Section 19. Merger or Consolidation or Change of Name of Rights Agent
	
27

	
Section 20. Duties of Rights Agent
	
27

	
Section 21. Change of Rights Agent
	
27

	
Section 22 Issuance of New Right Certificates
	
30

	
Section 23 Redemption
	
31

	
Section 24 Exchange
	
32

	
Section 25 Notice of Certain Events
	
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Section 26 Notices
	
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Table of Contents

(continued)

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Section 27 Supplements and Amendments
	
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Section 29 Determination and Actions by the Board of directors, Etc.
	
36

	
Section 30 Benefits of this Agreement
	
36

	
Section 31 Severability
	
36

	
Section 32 Governing Law
	
37

	
Section 33 Counterparts
	
37

	
Section 34 Descriptive Headings
	
37

	
Section 35 Force Majeure
	
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Section 36 Interpretive Matters
	
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Exhibit A - Form of certificate of Designation
	
 

	
Exhibit B - Form of right certificate
	
 

	
Exhibit C - Summary of rights to purchase Preferred Shares 
	
 

	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 

 

			
	
 
	
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RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of April 8, 2020 (the “Agreement Date”) and is made between Neuronetics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, a New York limited liability trust company, as rights agent (“Rights Agent”).

Recitals

The Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) has authorized and declared a dividend of one preferred share purchase right (a “Right”) for each Common Share (as such term is hereinafter defined) outstanding at the Close of Business (as such term is hereinafter defined) on April 20, 2020 (the “Record Date”), each Right representing the right to purchase one one-thousandth of a Preferred Share (as such term is hereinafter defined), subject to adjustment upon the terms and subject to the conditions herein set forth, and has further authorized and directed the issuance of one Right with respect to each Common Share that shall become outstanding between the Record Date and the earliest to occur of the Close of Business on the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date and the Close of Business on the Final Expiration Date (as such terms are hereinafter defined); provided, however, that Rights may be issued with respect to Common Shares that shall become outstanding after the Close of Business on the Distribution Date and prior to the earlier of the Redemption Date and the Close of Business on the Final Expiration Date in accordance with the provisions of Section 22 hereof.

Agreement

Accordingly, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements herein set forth, the parties hereby agree as follows:

Section 1.  Certain Definitions.  For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings indicated:

(a)“Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph hereof.

(b)“Agreement Date” shall have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph hereof.

(c)“Acquiring Person” shall mean any Person who or that, together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, without the prior written approval of the Board, shall be the Beneficial Owner of 10% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding; provided, however, the term “Acquiring Person” shall be deemed to exclude: (i) the Company; (ii) any Subsidiary of the Company; (iii) any employee benefit or compensation plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company; (iv) any Person holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such employee benefit plan or compensation plan of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, but solely to the extent such Common Shares are held for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan; and (v) a Passive Institutional Investor (but only if such Person remains a “Passive Institutional Investor” in accordance with the definition thereof or divests sufficient Common Shares after ceasing to be a Passive Institutional Investor as contemplated by the definition thereof (and following such divestment, such Person shall no longer be a Passive Institutional Investor)).  

			
	
 
	
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Notwithstanding the foregoing: (A) any Person who or that, together with its Affiliates and Associates, is the Beneficial Owner of 10% (or, in the case of a Person that would otherwise be a Passive Institutional Investor but for such ownership, 15%) or more of the Common Shares outstanding as of the time of the first public announcement of the declaration of the Rights dividend shall not be deemed to be an “Acquiring Person” until such time after the first public announcement of the declaration of the Rights dividend that any such Person shall become the Beneficial Owner of any additional Common Shares (other than by the declaration or payment of any dividend on the Common Shares payable in Common Shares) and shall then beneficially own 10% (or, in the case of a Person that would otherwise be a Passive Institutional Investor but for such ownership 15%) or more of the Common Shares then outstanding; and (B) no Person shall become an “Acquiring Person” (x) as the result of an acquisition of Common Shares by the Company that, by reducing the number of shares outstanding, increases the proportionate number of shares beneficially owned by such Person to 10% (15% in the case of a Person who would otherwise be a Passive Institutional Investor but for such acquisition of Common Shares by the Company) or more of the Common Shares then outstanding (provided, however, that if a Person shall become the Beneficial Owner of 10% (15% in the case of a Person that would otherwise be a Passive Institutional Investor but for such acquisition) or more of the Common Shares then outstanding by reason of share purchases by the Company and, following written notice from, or public disclosure by, the Company of such share purchases by the Company, shall become the Beneficial Owner of any additional Common Shares (other than by the declaration or payment of any dividend on the Common Shares payable in Common Shares) without the prior written approval of the Board and shall then be the Beneficial Owner of 10% (15% in the case of a Person that would otherwise be a Passive Institutional Investor but for such ownership) or more of the Common Shares then outstanding, then such Person shall be deemed to be an “Acquiring Person”) or (y) if the Board determines in good faith that a Person who would otherwise be an “Acquiring Person,” as defined pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 1(c), has become such inadvertently, and such Person does not, with such Person’s Affiliates and Associates, become the beneficial owner of any additional Common Shares after learning of or having been informed of such Person becoming (save for this clause) an Acquiring Person, and, only if requested by the Company, such Person divests, as promptly as practicable (as determined in good faith by the Board), following receipt of written notice from the Company of such event, Beneficial Ownership of a sufficient number of Common Shares so that such Person would no longer be an Acquiring Person, as defined pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 1(c), then such Person shall not be deemed to be an “Acquiring Person” for any purposes of this Agreement; provided, however, that if such Person shall again become the Beneficial Owner of 10% (15% in the case of a Person who would otherwise be a Passive Institutional Investor but for such ownership) or more of the Common Shares then outstanding, such Person shall be deemed an “Acquiring Person,” subject to the exceptions set forth in this Section 1(c). 

(d)“Affiliate” and “Associate” shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the Agreement Date.

(e)A Person shall be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of, and shall be deemed to “beneficially own,” and shall be deemed to have “Beneficial Ownership” of, any securities:

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(i)that such Person, or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates, is deemed to beneficially own within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the Agreement Date;

(ii)that such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates, has or shares (A) the right or the obligation to acquire (whether such right is exercisable, or such obligation is required to be performed, immediately or only after the passage of time or upon the satisfaction or occurrence of one or more conditions) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, whether or not in writing (other than customary agreements with and between underwriters and selling group members with respect to a bona fide public offering of securities), or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, rights (other than the Rights), warrants or options, or otherwise; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, to beneficially own, or to have Beneficial Ownership of securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act by or on behalf of such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase or exchange; or (B) the right or power to vote (directly or indirectly) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, whether or not in writing; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, to beneficially own, or to have Beneficial Ownership of any security if the agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such security (1) arises solely from a revocable proxy or consent given to such Person in response to a public proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act and (2) is not also then reportable on Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report);

(iii)that are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other Person (or an Affiliate or Associate thereof) with which such Person (or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates), has any agreement, arrangement or understanding (other than customary agreements with and between underwriters and selling group members with respect to a bona fide public offering of securities), whether or not in writing, for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except to the extent contemplated by the proviso to Section 1(e)(ii)(B) hereof) or disposing of any securities of the Company; or

(iv)which are the subject of, or the reference securities for, or that underlie, any Derivative Position of such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates, with the number of Common Shares deemed beneficially owned in respect of a Derivative Position being the notional or other number of Common Shares in respect of such Derivative Position that is specified in (A) one or more filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission by such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates or (B) the documentation evidencing such Derivative Position as the basis upon which the value or settlement amount of such Derivative Position, or the opportunity of the holder of such Derivative Position to profit or share in any profit, is to be calculated in whole or in part (whichever of (A) or (B) is greater), or if no such number of Common Shares is specified in such filings or documentation (or such documentation is not available to the Board), as determined by the Board in its sole discretion.

Notwithstanding the foregoing: (i) the phrase “then outstanding,” when used with reference to a Person’s Beneficial Ownership of securities of the Company, shall mean the number of such 

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securities then issued and outstanding together with the number of such securities not then actually issued and outstanding that such Person would be deemed to beneficially own hereunder; (ii) nothing contained in this Section 1(e) shall cause a Person ordinarily engaged in business as an underwriter of securities to be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of, or to “beneficially own”, or to have “Beneficial Ownership” of, any securities acquired or to be acquired in either (A) a bona fide firm underwriting pursuant to an underwriting agreement entered into by the Company and such Person or (B) a bona fide offering of securities pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act pursuant to a purchase agreement entered into by the Company and such Person; and (iii) no director or officer of the Company shall be deemed to beneficially own securities beneficially owned by any other director or officer of the Company solely due to their capacities as a director, officer, agent or employee of the Company.

(f)“Board” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereof.

(g)“Book-Entry” shall mean any uncertificated share represented by book-entry.

(h)“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, or a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close (other than a law or executive order authorizing or obligating banking institutions to close as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19)).

(i)“Close of Business” on any given date shall mean 5:00 p.m., New York, New York time, on such date; provided, however, that if such date is not a Business Day it shall mean 5:00 p.m., New York, New York time, on the next succeeding Business Day.  

(j)“Common Shares” shall mean the shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company; provided, however, that, “Common Shares,” when used in this Agreement in connection with a specific reference to any Person other than the Company, shall mean the shares of the class or series of capital stock (or equity interest) with the greatest voting power of such other Person or, if such other Person is a Subsidiary of another Person, the Person or Persons that ultimately control such first-mentioned Person.

(k)“Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph hereof.  

(l)“current per share market price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(d) hereof, except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement.   

(m)“Current Value” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(a)(iii) hereof.

(n) “Derivatives Contract” shall mean a contract between two parties (the “Receiving Party” and the “Counterparty”) that is designed to produce economic benefits and risks to the Receiving Party that correspond substantially to the ownership by the Receiving Party of a number of Common Shares specified or referenced in such contract, regardless of whether obligations under such contract are required or permitted to be settled through the delivery of cash, Common Shares or other property, without regard to any short or other position that hedges the economic effect of such Derivatives Contract under the same or any other Derivatives Contract.  For the avoidance of doubt, interests in broad-based index options, broad-based index futures and broad-

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based publicly traded market baskets of stocks approved for trading by the appropriate federal governmental authority shall not be deemed to be Derivatives Contracts.

(o)“Derivative Position” shall mean any Derivatives Contract or any other option, warrant, convertible security, stock appreciation right, or other security, contract right or derivative position or similar right (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, the Rights, but including any “swap” transaction with respect to any security, other than a broad based market basket or index), whether or not presently exercisable, that has an exercise price or conversion privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism at a price related to the value of the Common Shares or a value determined in whole or in part with reference to, or derived in whole or in part from, the value of the Common Shares and that increases in value as the market price or value of the Common Shares increases or that provides an opportunity, directly or indirectly, to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase in the value of the Common Shares, in each case regardless of whether (i) it conveys any voting rights in such Common Shares to any Person, (ii) it is required to be, or capable of being, settled through delivery of Common Shares or (iii) any Person (including the holder of such Derivative Position) may have entered into other transactions that hedge its economic effect.

(p)“Distribution Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a) hereof.

(q)“earning power” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(a) hereof.

(r)“Equivalent Preferred Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(b) hereof.  

(s)“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and as in effect on the date in question, unless otherwise specifically provided.

(t)“Exchange Property” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 24(e) hereof.

(u)“Exchange Ratio” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 24(a) hereof.

(v)“Exchange Recipient” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 24(e) hereof.

(w)“Final Expiration Date” shall mean one year after the Agreement Date.

(x)“Ownership Statement” shall mean, with respect to any Book-Entry Common Share, the current ownership statement issued to the record holder thereof in lieu of a certificate representing such Common Share.

(y)“Passive Institutional Investor” shall mean any Person who or that, together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, is the Beneficial Owner of less than 15% of the Common Shares then outstanding and who or that is entitled to file and files or has filed, a statement on Schedule 13G under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report) pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b)(1) or 13d-1(c)(1) under the Exchange Act, as in effect on the Record Date, with respect to the Common Shares that are beneficially owned by such Person, but only so long as (x) such Person is eligible to report such ownership on Schedule 13G under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report), and (y) such Person has not reported and is not 

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required to report such ownership on Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report).  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, a former Passive Institutional Investor that should report (or reports) or becomes required to report Beneficial Ownership of Common Shares on Schedule 13D will not be deemed to be an Acquiring Person by reason of ceasing to be a Passive Institutional Investor if (but only if): (i) at the time it should report (or reports) or becomes required to report Beneficial Ownership of Common Shares on Schedule 13D, that formerly Passive Institutional Investor has Beneficial Ownership of less than 10% of the Common Shares then outstanding; or (ii) (A) it divests as promptly as practicable (but in any event not later than 15 Business Days after reporting or becoming required to report on Schedule 13D) Beneficial Ownership of a sufficient number of Common Shares so that it would no longer be an Acquiring Person, and (B) prior to reducing its Beneficial Ownership to below 10%, it does not increase its Beneficial Ownership of the Common Shares then outstanding (other than by reason of share purchases by the Company) above the lowest Beneficial Ownership of such Person at any time during the 15-Business Day period.

(z)“Person” shall mean any individual, firm, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, trust, syndicate, unincorporated organization or other entity, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity, as well as any group under Rule 13d-5(b)(1) of the Exchange Act.

(aa)“Preferred Shares” shall mean shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company, having the designations and the powers, preferences and rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions set forth as Exhibit A hereto, as the same may be amended from time to time and, to the extent that there are not a sufficient number of shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock authorized to permit the full exercise of the Rights, any other series of preferred stock of the Company designated for such purpose containing terms substantially similar to the terms of the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock.

(bb)“Principal Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(b) hereof.

(cc)“Purchase Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(b) hereof.

(dd)“Record Date” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereof.

(ee)“Redemption Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 23(c) hereof.

(ff)“Redemption Price” shall have the meaning set forth in the Section 23(b)(i) hereof.

(gg)“Reduced Threshold” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 27 hereof.

(hh)“Right” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereof.

(ii)“Right Certificate” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a) hereof.

(jj)“Rights Agent” shall have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph hereof.  

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(kk)“Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(a)(iii).

(ll)“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and as in effect on the date in question, unless otherwise specifically provided.

(mm)“Security” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(d)(i) hereof.

(nn)“Shares Acquisition Date” shall mean the earlier of the date of (i) public announcement by the Company or an Acquiring Person that an Acquiring Person has become such or (ii) public disclosure of facts by the Company or an Acquiring Person indicating that an Acquiring Person has become such.

(oo)“Subsidiary” of any Person shall mean any corporation or other entity of which a (i) a majority of the voting power of the voting equity securities or equity interest is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or (ii) an amount of securities or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power sufficient to elect at least a majority of the directors or other Persons having similar functions of such corporation or other entity are at the time, directly or indirectly, beneficially owned, or otherwise controlled by such Person.

(pp)“Substitution Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(a)(iii).

(qq)“Summary of Rights” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(b) hereof.

(rr)“Trading Day” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(d)(i).   

(ss)“Transaction” shall mean any merger, consolidation or sale of assets described in Section 13(a) hereof or any acquisition of Common Shares that would result in a Person becoming an Acquiring Person or a Principal Party.

(tt)“Transaction Person” with respect to a Transaction shall mean (i) any Person who (x) is or will become an Acquiring Person or a Principal Party if the Transaction were to be consummated and (y) directly or indirectly proposed or nominated a director of the Company, which director is in office at the time of consideration of the Transaction, or (ii) an Affiliate or Associate of such a Person.

Section 2.  Appointment of Rights Agent.

The Company hereby appoints the Rights Agent to act as agent for the Company in accordance with the express terms and conditions hereof (and no implied terms or conditions), and the Rights Agent hereby accepts such appointment.  The Company may from time to time appoint such co-rights agents as it may deem necessary or desirable, upon ten (10) calendar days’ prior written notice to the Rights Agent.  The Rights Agent shall have no duty to supervise, and shall in no event be liable for, the acts or omissions of any such co-rights agent.

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Section 3.  Issuance of Rights.

(a)Until the earlier of the Close of Business on the (i) tenth calendar day after the Shares Acquisition Date (including any such date that is after the Agreement Date and prior to the issuance of the Rights) or, in the event that the Board determines on or before such tenth calendar day to effect an exchange in accordance with Section 24 and determines in accordance with Section 24(e) that a later date is advisable, such later date that is not more than twenty (20) calendar days after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Board prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit or compensation plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company or any Person holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person (other than any of the Persons referred to in the preceding parenthetical) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming an Acquiring Person (the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the “Distribution Date”): (A) the Rights will be evidenced by the certificates for Common Shares (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) or, in the case of uncertificated shares, by the balances indicated in the book-entry account system of the transfer agent for the Book-Entry Common Shares (together with a transaction advise with respect to such shares), registered in the names of the holders thereof and not by separate Right Certificates; (B) the registered holders of Common Shares shall also be the registered holders of the Rights issued with respect thereto; and (C) the Rights (and the right to receive Right Certificates therefor) will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares.  As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested and provided with all necessary information and documents at the expense of the Company, send by such means as the Company may select), to each record holder of Common Shares (other than any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person) as of the Close of Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company or transfer agent or registrar for the Common Shares, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a “Right Certificate”), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held, subject to the adjustment provisions of Section 11; provided, however, that the Company may implement such procedures as it deems appropriate in its sole discretion, to minimize the possibility that Rights are sent to Persons for whom the Rights would be null and void under Section 11(a)(ii) hereof. Despite the foregoing, the Company may elect to use book entry positions in lieu of physical certificates, in which case, the “Right Certificates” shall be deemed to mean the book entry position representing the related Rights.  As of and after the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates.  The Company shall promptly notify the Rights Agent in writing upon the occurrence of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date and, if such notification is given orally, the Company shall confirm same in writing on or prior to the Business Day next following.  Until such written notice is received by the Rights Agent, the Rights Agent may presume conclusively for all purposes that the Distribution Date, Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date, as applicable, has not occurred.

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directed by the Company and provided with all necessary information and documents) a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the “Summary of Rights”), by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the Close of Business on the Record Date (other than any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person), at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company or transfer agent or registrar for Common Shares.  With respect to certificates for Common Shares or Book-Entry Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Close of Business on the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof (or, for shares participating in the direct registration system, by notations in the respective book entry accounts for the Common Shares).  Until the Close of Business on the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date and the Close of Business on the Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares or the transfer of any Book-Entry Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby.

(c)Certificates for Common Shares that become outstanding (including reacquired Common Shares referred to in the penultimate sentence of this Section 3(c)) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Close of Business on the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Close of Business on the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them a legend in substantially the following form:

THIS CERTIFICATE ALSO EVIDENCES AND ENTITLES THE HOLDER HEREOF TO CERTAIN RIGHTS AS SET FORTH IN A RIGHTS AGREEMENT BETWEEN NEURONETICS, INC. (THE “COMPANY”) AND AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC, AS RIGHTS AGENT (THE “RIGHTS AGENT”), DATED AS OF APRIL 8, 2020, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME (THE “RIGHTS AGREEMENT”), THE TERMS OF WHICH ARE HEREBY INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE AND A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES OF THE COMPANY.  UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AS SET FORTH IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT, SUCH RIGHTS WILL BE EVIDENCED BY SEPARATE CERTIFICATES AND WILL NO LONGER BE EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE.  THE COMPANY WILL DELIVER TO THE HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE A COPY OF THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT WITHOUT CHARGE AFTER RECEIPT OF A WRITTEN REQUEST THEREFOR ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY.  AS DESCRIBED IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT, RIGHTS HELD BY OR ISSUED TO ANY PERSON WHO IS OR BECOMES AN ACQUIRING PERSON OR AN AFFILIATE OR ASSOCIATE THEREOF, (AS DEFINED IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT), WHETHER CURRENTLY HELD BY OR ON BEHALF OF SUCH PERSON OR BY ANY SUBSEQUENT HOLDER, SHALL BECOME NULL AND VOID.

With respect to any Book-Entry Common Shares, a legend substantially similar to such legend shall be included in the Ownership Statement in respect of such Common Share or in a notice to such record holder of such Common Share in accordance with applicable law. With respect to the Common Shares, until the earliest of the Close of Business on the Distribution Date, 

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the Redemption Date or the Close of Business on the Final Expiration Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates or Book-Entry Shares shall be evidenced by such certificates or book-entry notation (including any Ownership Statement) alone, and the transfer of any Common Shares, whether by transfer of such certificate or in book-entry, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby.  In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to Close of Business on the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed canceled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares that are no longer outstanding.  Notwithstanding this Section 3(c), the omission of a legend shall not affect the enforceability of any part of this Agreement or the rights of any holder of the Rights.

(d)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Common Shares and Rights (and any securities issuable on their exercise) may be issued and transferred by book-entry and not represented by physical certificates. Where Common Shares and Rights (and any securities issuable on their exercise) are held in uncertificated form, references in this Agreement to Right Certificates shall be deemed to refer to the notations in the book entry accounts reflecting ownership of such shares and, the Company and Rights Agent shall cooperate in all respects to give effect to the intent of the provisions contained herein.

Section 4.  Form of Right Certificates.

(a)The Right Certificates (and the form of election to purchase Preferred Shares, the form of assignment and the form of certification to be printed on the reverse thereof) shall be substantially the same as Exhibit B hereto and may have such marks of identification or designation and such legends, summaries or endorsements printed thereon as the Company may deem appropriate (but which do not materially and adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or responsibilities of the Rights Agent) and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, or as may be required to comply with any applicable law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority or any stock exchange quotation system on which the Rights may from time to time be listed, or to conform to usage.  Subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Right Certificates shall entitle the holders thereof to purchase such number of one one-thousandth of a Preferred Share as shall be set forth therein at the Purchase Price, but the number of such one one-thousandth of a Preferred Share and the Purchase Price shall be subject to adjustment as provided herein.

(b)Any Right Certificate issued pursuant to Section 3(a) or Section 22 hereof that represents Rights that are null and void pursuant to the second paragraph of Section 11(a)(ii) hereof and any Right Certificate issued pursuant to Section 6 or Section 11 hereof upon transfer, exchange, replacement or adjustment of any other Right Certificate referred to in this sentence shall contain (to the extent feasible) substantially the following legend:

THE RIGHTS REPRESENTED BY THIS RIGHT CERTIFICATE ARE OR WERE BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY A PERSON WHO WAS OR BECAME AN ACQUIRING PERSON OR AN AFFILIATE OR ASSOCIATE OF AN ACQUIRING PERSON (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE RIGHTS 

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AGREEMENT).  ACCORDINGLY, THIS RIGHT CERTIFICATE AND THE RIGHTS REPRESENTED HEREBY ARE NULL AND VOID.

The provisions of Section 11(a)(ii) hereof shall be operative whether or not the foregoing legend is contained on any such Right Certificate.  

Section 5.  Countersignature and Registration.

The Right Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, President or any Vice President and by its Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or Assistant Secretary, either manually or by electronic signature, and shall be attested by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, either manually or by electronic signature.  The Right Certificates shall be countersigned by the Rights Agent either manually or by electronic signature and shall not be valid for any purpose unless so countersigned.  In case any officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Right Certificates shall cease to be such an officer before countersignature by the Rights Agent and issuance and delivery by the Company, such Right Certificates, nevertheless, may be countersigned by the Rights Agent and issued and delivered by the Company with the same force and effect as though the person who signed such Right Certificates had not ceased to be such an officer; and any Right Certificate may be signed on behalf of the Company by any person who, at the actual date of the execution of such Right Certificate, shall be a proper officer of the Company to sign such Right Certificate, although at the date of the execution of this Agreement any such person was not such an officer.

Following the Distribution Date and receipt by the Rights Agent of notice to that effect, the Rights Agent will keep or cause to be kept, at its office designated for such purpose, books for registration and transfer of the Right Certificates issued hereunder.  Such books shall show the names and addresses of the respective holders of the Right Certificates, the number of Rights evidenced on its face by each of the Right Certificates, the certificate number of each Right Certificate and the date of each of the Right Certificates.

Section 6.  Transfer, Split Up, Combination and Exchange of Right Certificates; Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Right Certificates.

Subject to the provisions of Section 11(a)(ii), Section 14 and Section 24 hereof, at any time after the Close of Business on the Distribution Date, and at or prior to the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Close of Business on the Final Expiration Date, any Right Certificate or Right Certificates (other than Right Certificates representing Rights that have become null and void pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof or that have been exchanged pursuant to Section 24 hereof) may be transferred, split up, combined or exchanged for another Right Certificate or Right Certificates, entitling the registered holder to purchase a like number of one one-thousandth of a Preferred Share (or such other security as contemplated herein) as the Right Certificate or Right Certificates surrendered then entitled such holder to purchase.  Any registered holder desiring to transfer, split up, combine or exchange any Right Certificate or Right Certificates shall make such request in writing delivered to the Rights Agent, and shall surrender the Right Certificate or Right Certificates to be transferred, split up, combined or exchanged at the office of the Rights Agent designated for such purpose.  The Right Certificates are transferable only on the registry books of the Rights Agent.  Neither the Rights Agent nor the Company shall be obligated to take any action 

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whatsoever with respect to the transfer of any such surrendered Right Certificate or Right Certificates until the registered holder shall have (i) properly completed and duly executed the certificate contained in the form of assignment set forth on the reverse side of each such Right Certificate, (ii) provided such additional evidence of the identity of the Beneficial Owner (or former Beneficial Owner) or Affiliates or Associates thereof as the Company or the Rights Agent shall reasonably request and (iii) paid a sum sufficient to cover any tax or charge that may be imposed in connection with any such transfer. Thereupon the Rights Agent shall, subject to Section 11(a)(ii), Section 14 and Section 24 hereof, countersign and deliver to the Person entitled thereto a Right Certificate or Right Certificates, as the case may be, as so requested, registered in such name or names as may be designated by the surrendering registered holder.  The Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer, split up, combination or exchange of Right Certificates.  The Rights Agent shall promptly forward any such sum collected by it to the Company or to such Person or Persons as the Company shall specify by written notice.

Upon receipt by the Company and the Rights Agent of evidence reasonably satisfactory to them of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of a Right Certificate, and, in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to them, and, at the Company’s request, reimbursement to the Company and the Rights Agent of all reasonable expenses incidental thereto, and upon surrender to the Rights Agent and cancellation of the Right Certificate if mutilated, the Company will issue, execute and deliver a new Right Certificate of like tenor to the Rights Agent for countersignature and delivery to the registered holder in lieu of the Right Certificate so lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated.

Section 7.  Exercise of Rights; Purchase Price; Expiration Date of Rights.

(a)The registered holder of any Right Certificate may exercise the Rights evidenced thereby (except as otherwise provided herein) in whole or in part at any time after the Distribution Date upon surrender of the Right Certificate, with the form of election to purchase on the reverse side thereof properly completed and duly executed, to the Rights Agent at the office of the Rights Agent designated for such purpose, together with payment of the Purchase Price in cash, or by certified check, cashier’s check, bank draft or money order payable to the order of the Company for each one one-thousandth of a Preferred Share (or such other number of shares or other securities) as to which the Rights are exercised, prior to the earliest of (i) the Close of Business on the Final Expiration Date, (ii) the Redemption Date, or (iii) the time at which the right to exercise such Rights is terminated as provided in Section 24 hereof.  Except for those provisions herein which expressly survive the termination of this Agreement, this Agreement shall terminate at such time as the Rights are no longer exercisable hereunder.

(b)The purchase price for each one one-thousandth of a Preferred Share pursuant to the exercise of a Right shall initially be $12.00 (the “Purchase Price”), shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in Section 11 and Section 13 hereof and shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America in accordance with Section 7(c) below.  In no event shall the Purchase Price to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company issuable upon the exercise of such Right.

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(c)Upon receipt of a Right Certificate representing exercisable Rights, with the form of election to purchase properly completed and duly executed, accompanied by payment of the Purchase Price for the shares to be purchased and an amount equal to any applicable tax or charge required to be paid by the holder of such Right Certificate in accordance with Section 9 hereof by cash, certified check, cashier’s check, bank draft or money order payable to the order of the Company, the Rights Agent shall thereupon promptly (i) (A) requisition from any transfer agent for the Preferred Shares certificates for the number of one one-thousandth of a Preferred Shares to be purchased and the Company hereby irrevocably authorizes its transfer agent to comply with all such requests, or (B) if the Company, in its sole discretion, shall have elected to deposit the Preferred Shares issuable upon exercise of the Rights hereunder into a depository, and provides notice of such election to the Rights Agent, requisition from the depositary agent depositary receipts representing such number of one one-thousandth of a Preferred Share as are to be purchased (in which case certificates for the Preferred Shares represented by such receipts shall be deposited by the transfer agent with the depositary agent) and the Company hereby directs the depositary agent to comply with such request, (ii) when necessary to comply with this Agreement, requisition from the Company the amount of cash to be paid in lieu of issuance of fractional shares in accordance with Section 14 hereof, (iii) after receipt of such certificates or depositary receipts, cause the same to be delivered to or upon the order of the registered holder of such Right Certificate, registered in such name or names as may be designated by such holder and (iv) when necessary to comply with this Agreement, after receipt, deliver such cash to or upon the order of the registered holder of such Right Certificate.  In the event that the Company is obligated to issue securities of the Company other than Preferred Shares (including Common Shares) pursuant to Section 11(a) hereof, the Company will make all arrangements necessary so that such other securities are available for distribution by the Rights Agent, if and when necessary to comply with this Agreement.

In addition, in the case of an exercise of the Rights by a holder pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the Rights Agent, if requested and provided with all necessary information and documents, shall return such Right Certificate to the registered holder thereof after imprinting, stamping or otherwise indicating thereon that the rights represented by such Right Certificate no longer include the rights provided by Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, and, if fewer than all the Rights represented by such Right Certificate were so exercised, the Rights Agent shall indicate on the Right Certificate the number of Rights represented thereby that continue to include the rights provided by Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.

(d)In case the registered holder of any Right Certificate shall exercise fewer than all the Rights evidenced thereby (other than a partial exercise of rights pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) as described in Section 7(c) hereof), a new Right Certificate evidencing Rights equivalent to the Rights remaining unexercised shall be issued by the Rights Agent to the registered holder of such Right Certificate or to the duly authorized assigns of such holder, subject to the provisions of Section 14 hereof.

(e)Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, neither the Rights Agent nor the Company shall be obligated to undertake any action with respect to a registered holder of Rights upon the occurrence of any purported exercise as set forth in this Section 7 unless such registered holder shall have (i) properly completed and duly executed the certification following the form of election to purchase set forth on the reverse side of the Right Certificate 

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surrendered for such exercise, (ii) tendered the Purchase Price (and an amount equal to any applicable tax or charge required to be paid by the holder of such Right Certificate in accordance with Section 9) to the Company in the manner set forth in Section 7(c), and (iii) provided such additional evidence of the identity of the Beneficial Owner (or former Beneficial Owner) or Affiliates or Associates thereof as the Company or the Rights Agent shall reasonably request.  

Section 8.  Cancellation and Destruction of Right Certificates.

All Right Certificates surrendered for the purpose of exercise, transfer, split up, combination or exchange shall, if surrendered to the Company or to any of its agents, be delivered to the Rights Agent for cancellation or in canceled form, or, if delivered or surrendered to the Rights Agent, shall be canceled by it, and no Right Certificates shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of this Agreement.  The Company shall deliver to the Rights Agent for cancellation and retirement, and the Rights Agent shall so cancel and retire, any other Right Certificate purchased or acquired by the Company otherwise than upon the exercise thereof.  The Rights Agent shall deliver all canceled Right Certificates to the Company, or shall, at the written request of the Company, destroy such canceled Right Certificates, and in such case shall deliver a certificate of destruction thereof to the Company.

Section 9.  Availability of Preferred Shares.

The Company covenants and agrees that it will cause to be reserved and kept available out of its authorized and unissued Preferred Shares or any Preferred Shares held in its treasury the number of Preferred Shares that will be sufficient to permit the exercise in full of all outstanding Rights in accordance with Section 7 hereof. The Company covenants and agrees that it will take all such action as may be necessary to ensure that all Preferred Shares (or Common Shares and other securities, as the case may be) delivered upon exercise of Rights shall, at the time of delivery of the certificates for such Preferred Shares (or Common Shares and other securities, as the case may be) (subject to payment of the Purchase Price), be duly and validly authorized and issued and fully paid and nonassessable shares or other securities. The Company further covenants and agrees that it will pay when due and payable any and all federal and state transfer taxes and charges that may be payable in respect of the issuance or delivery of the Right Certificates or of any Preferred Shares (or Common Shares and other securities, as the case may be) upon the exercise of Rights.  The Company shall not, however, be required to pay any tax or charge that may be payable in respect of any transfer or delivery of Right Certificates to a Person other than, or the issuance or delivery of certificates or depositary receipts for the Preferred Shares (or Common Shares and other securities as the case may be) in a name other than that of, the registered holder of the Right Certificate evidencing Rights surrendered for exercise or to issue or to deliver any certificates or depositary receipts for Preferred Shares (or Common Shares and other securities as the case may be) upon the exercise of any Rights until any such tax or charge shall have been paid (any such tax or charge being payable by the holder of such Right Certificate at the time of surrender) or until it has been established to the Company’s or the Rights Agent’s satisfaction that no such tax or charge is due.

Section 10.  Preferred Shares Record Date.

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Each Person in whose name any certificate for Preferred Shares or other securities is issued upon the exercise of Rights shall for all purposes be deemed to have become the holder of record of the Preferred Shares or other securities represented thereby on, and such certificate shall be dated, the date upon which the Right Certificate evidencing such Rights was duly surrendered with the forms of election and certification properly completed and duly executed and payment of the Purchase Price (and any applicable taxes or charges) was duly made; provided, however, that if the date of such surrender and payment is a date upon which the Preferred Shares or other securities transfer books of the Company are closed, such Person shall be deemed to have become the record holder of such shares on, and such certificate shall be dated, the next succeeding Business Day on which the Preferred Shares or other securities transfer books of the Company are open.  Prior to the exercise of the Rights evidenced thereby, the holder of a Right Certificate, as such, shall not be entitled to any rights of a holder of Preferred Shares or other securities for which the Rights shall be exercisable, including, without limitation, the right to vote, to receive dividends or other distributions, or to exercise any preemptive rights, and shall not be entitled to receive any notice of any proceedings of the Company, except as provided herein.

Section 11.  Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number of Shares or Number of Rights.

The Purchase Price, the number of Preferred Shares or other securities or assets covered by each Right and the number of Rights outstanding are subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this Section 11.

(a)(i)In the event the Company shall at any time after the Agreement Date (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Shares payable in Preferred Shares, (B) subdivide or split the outstanding Preferred Shares, (C) combine or consolidate the outstanding Preferred Shares into a smaller number of Preferred Shares or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Shares (including any such reclassification in connection with a share exchange, consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving entity), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a), the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, split, combination, consolidation or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of capital stock issuable on such date, shall be proportionately adjusted so that the holder of any Right exercised after such time shall be entitled to receive the aggregate number and kind of shares of capital stock that, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Shares transfer books of the Company were open, such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, split, combination, consolidation or reclassification; provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company issuable upon exercise of one Right.  If an event occurs that would require an adjustment under both Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.

(ii)Subject to Section 24 hereof, in the event any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, each holder of a Right shall thereafter have a right to receive, upon exercise thereof at a price equal to the then current Purchase Price multiplied by the number of one one-thousandth of a Preferred Share for which a Right is then exercisable, in accordance with the terms of this 

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Agreement and in lieu of Preferred Shares, such number of Common Shares as shall equal the result obtained by (A) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by the number of one one-thousandth of a Preferred Share for which a Right is then exercisable and dividing that product by (B) 50% of the then current per share market price of the Common Shares (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date such Person became an Acquiring Person; provided, however, that if the transaction that would otherwise give rise to the foregoing adjustment is also subject to the provisions of Section 13 hereof, then only the provisions of Section 13 hereof shall apply and no adjustment shall be made pursuant to this Section 11(a)(ii).  In the event that any Person shall become an Acquiring Person and the Rights shall then be outstanding, the Company shall not take any action that would eliminate or diminish the benefits intended to be afforded by the Rights.

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, from and after the time any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, any Rights (x) beneficially owned by such Acquiring Person or an Associate or Affiliate of such Acquiring Person or (y) that were beneficially owned by such Acquiring Person or an Associate or Affiliate of such Acquiring Person and are beneficially owned by (A) a transferee of such Acquiring Person (or of any such Associate or Affiliate) who received such Rights after the earlier of the date the Acquiring Person became such and the Distribution Date or (B) a transferee of such Acquiring Person (or of any such Associate or Affiliate) who received such Rights prior to or on the earlier of the date the Acquiring Person became such and the Distribution Date and pursuant to either (A) a transfer (whether or not for consideration) from the Acquiring Person (or of any such Associate or Affiliate) to holders of equity interests in such transferring Person or to any Person with whom the Acquiring Person (or of any such Associate or Affiliate) has any continuing agreement, arrangement or understanding regarding the transferred Rights or (B) a transfer that the Board has determined is part of a plan, arrangement or understanding that has as a primary purpose or effect the avoidance of this Section 11(a)(ii), shall become null and void without any further action and no holder of such Rights shall have any rights whatsoever with respect to such Rights, whether under any provision of this Agreement or otherwise.  The Company shall use all reasonable efforts to ensure that the provisions of this Section 11(a)(ii) and Section 4(b) hereof are complied with, but shall have no liability to any holder of Right Certificates or other Person as a result of the Company’s failure to make any determinations hereunder with respect to an Acquiring Person or its Affiliates, Associates or transferees.  The Company shall give the Rights Agent written notice of the identity of any such Person, Associate or Affiliate and the nominee of any of the foregoing promptly after it becomes aware of such identity, and the Rights Agent may rely conclusively on such notice in carrying out its duties under this Agreement.  Until such written notice is received by the Rights Agent, the Rights Agent may assume conclusively for all purposes that no such Acquiring Person exists.

(iii)In lieu of issuing Common Shares in accordance with Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the Company may, if the Board determines that such action is necessary or appropriate and not contrary to the interests of holders of Rights, elect to (and, in the event that the Board has not exercised the exchange right contained in Section 24(c) hereof and there are not sufficient treasury shares and authorized but unissued Common Shares to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the Company shall) take all such action as may be necessary to authorize, issue or pay, upon the exercise of the Rights, cash (including by way of a reduction of the Purchase Price), property, debt or other equity securities (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Shares, which the Board has deemed to have essentially the same value or economic rights as Common Shares) or 

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any combination thereof having an aggregate value equal to the value of the Common Shares that otherwise would have been issuable pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof (the “Current Value”), which aggregate value shall be determined by the Board upon consideration of the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value if required pursuant to the first parenthetical of this sentence within thirty (30) days following the first occurrence of an event triggering the rights to purchase Common Shares described in Section 11(a)(ii) (the “Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date”), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, Common Shares (to the extent available) and then, if necessary, cash, which shares and cash have an aggregate value equal to the excess of the Current Value over the Purchase Price.  For purposes of the preceding sentence, Current Value shall be determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof.  If the Board of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional Common Shares could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than ninety (90) days after the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date, in order that the Company may seek stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the “Substitution Period”).  To the extent that the Company determines that some action need or should be taken pursuant to this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof and the last paragraph of Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to this Section 11(a)(iii) and to determine the value thereof.  In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has been temporarily suspended.  The Company shall promptly notify the Rights Agent in writing upon the occurrence of such suspension, and if such notification is given orally, the Company shall confirm the same in writing on or prior to the Business Day next following.  Until such notice is received by the Rights Agent, the Rights Agent may presume conclusively that no such suspension has occurred.

(b)In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Shares entitling them to subscribe for or purchase Preferred Shares (or shares having the same designations and the powers, preferences and rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions as the Preferred Shares (“Equivalent Preferred Shares”)) or securities convertible into Preferred Shares or Equivalent Preferred Shares at a price per Preferred Share or Equivalent Preferred Share (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Shares or Equivalent Preferred Shares) less than the then current per share market price of the Preferred Shares on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of Preferred Shares outstanding on such record date plus the number of Preferred Shares that the aggregate offering price of the total number of Preferred Shares or Equivalent Preferred Shares so to be offered (or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such current market price and the denominator of which shall be the number of Preferred Shares outstanding on such record date plus the number of additional Preferred Shares or Equivalent Preferred Shares to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible); provided, however, that in no event 

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shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company issuable upon exercise of one Right.  In case such subscription price may be paid in a consideration part or all of which shall be in a form other than cash, the value of such consideration shall be as determined in good faith by the Board, whose determination shall be described in a written statement filed with the Rights Agent.  Preferred Shares owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation.  Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed; and in the event that such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, the Purchase Price shall be adjusted to be the Purchase Price that would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.

(c)In case the Company shall fix a record date for the making of a distribution to all holders of the Preferred Shares (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving entity) of evidences of indebtedness or assets (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend or a dividend payable in Preferred Shares) or subscription rights or warrants (excluding those referred to in Section 11(b) hereof), the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the then current per share market price of the Preferred Shares on such record date, less the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board, whose determination shall be described in a written statement filed with the Rights Agent) of the portion of the assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to one Preferred Share and the denominator of which shall be such current per share market price of the Preferred Shares; provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company to be issued upon exercise of one Right.  Such adjustments shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed; and in the event that such distribution is not so made, the Purchase Price shall again be adjusted to be the Purchase Price that would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.

(d)(i)For the purpose of any computation hereunder, the “current per share market price” of any security (a “Security” for the purpose of this Section 11(d)(i)) on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Security for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to, but not including, such date; provided, however, that in the event that the current per share market price of the Security is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such Security of (A) a dividend or distribution on such Security payable in shares of such Security or securities convertible into such shares, or (B) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such Security or securities convertible into such shares and prior to, but not including, the expiration of thirty (30) Trading Days after the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution, or the record date for such subdivision, combination or reclassification, then, and in each such case, the current per share market price shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect the current market price per share equivalent of such Security.  The closing price for each day shall be the last sale price, regular way, or, in case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular way, in either case as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed or admitted to trading on The New York Stock Exchange or The Nasdaq Stock Market or, if the Security is not listed or admitted to trading on The New York Stock 

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Exchange or The Nasdaq Stock Market, as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which the Security is listed or admitted to trading or, if the Security is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last quoted price or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter market, as reported in the OTC Bulletin Board, the Pink OTC Markets, Inc. or such other system then in use, or, if on any such date the Security is not quoted by any such organization, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in the Security selected by the Board or, if on any such date no professional market maker is making a market in the Security, the price as determined in good faith by the Board.  The term “Trading Day” shall mean a day on which the principal national securities exchange on which the Security is listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business or, if the Security is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, a Business Day.

(ii)For the purpose of any computation hereunder, the “current per share market price” of the Preferred Shares shall be determined in accordance with the method set forth in Section 11(d)(i) hereof.  If the Preferred Shares are not publicly traded, the “current per share market price” of the Preferred Shares shall be conclusively deemed to be the current per share market price of the Common Shares as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)(i) hereof (appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction occurring after the Agreement Date) multiplied by one thousand.  If neither the Common Shares nor the Preferred Shares are publicly traded, “current per share market price” shall mean the fair value per share as determined in good faith by the Board, whose determination shall be set forth in a written statement filed with the Rights Agent.

(e)No adjustment in the Purchase Price shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in the Purchase Price; provided, however, that any adjustments that by reason of this Section 11(e) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment.  All calculations under this Section 11 shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest one one-hundred thousandth of a Preferred Share or one one-thousandth of any other share or security as the case may be.  Notwithstanding the first sentence of this Section 11(e), any adjustment required by this Section 11 shall be made no later than the earlier of (i) three years from the date of the transaction that requires such adjustment or (ii) the date of the expiration of the right to exercise any Rights.

(f)If as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to Section 11(a) hereof, the holder of any Right thereafter exercised shall become entitled to receive any shares of capital stock of the Company other than Preferred Shares, thereafter the number of such other shares so receivable upon exercise of any Right shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to the Preferred Shares contained in Section 11(a) through Section 11(c) hereof, inclusive, and the provisions of Section 7, Section 9, Section 10, Section 13 and Section 14 hereof with respect to the Preferred Shares shall apply on like terms to any such other shares.

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the number of one one-thousandth of a Preferred Share purchasable from time to time hereunder upon exercise of the Rights, all subject to further adjustment as provided herein.

(h)Unless the Company shall have exercised its election as provided in Section 11(i) hereof, upon each adjustment of the Purchase Price as a result of the calculations made in Section 11(b) and Section 11(c) hereof, each Right outstanding immediately prior to the making of such adjustment shall thereafter evidence the right to purchase, at the adjusted Purchase Price, that number of one one-thousandth of a Preferred Share (calculated to the nearest one one-hundred thousandth of a Preferred Share) obtained by (i) multiplying (x) the number of one one-thousandth of a Preferred Share covered by a Right immediately prior to this adjustment by (y) the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment of the Purchase Price and (ii) dividing the product so obtained by the Purchase Price in effect immediately after such adjustment of the Purchase Price.

(i)The Company may elect on or after the date of any adjustment of the Purchase Price to adjust the number of Rights, in substitution for any adjustment in the number of one one-thousandth of a Preferred Share purchasable upon the exercise of a Right.  Each of the Rights outstanding after such adjustment of the number of Rights shall be exercisable for the number of one one-thousandth of a Preferred Share for which a Right was exercisable immediately prior to such adjustment.  Each Right held of record prior to such adjustment of the number of Rights shall become that number of Rights (calculated to the nearest one one-thousandth) obtained by dividing the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to adjustment of the Purchase Price by the Purchase Price in effect immediately after adjustment of the Purchase Price.  The Company shall make a public announcement (with prompt written notice thereof to the Rights Agent; and until such written notice is received by the Rights Agent, the Rights Agent may presume conclusively that no such election has occurred) of its election to adjust the number of Rights, indicating the record date for the adjustment, and, if known at the time, the amount of the adjustment to be made.  This record date may be the date on which the Purchase Price is adjusted or any day thereafter, but, if the Right Certificates have been issued, shall be at least ten (10) days later than the date of the public announcement.  If Right Certificates have been issued, upon each adjustment of the number of Rights pursuant to this Section 11(i), the Company shall, as promptly as practicable, cause to be distributed to holders of record of Right Certificates on such record date Right Certificates evidencing, subject to Section 14 hereof, the additional Rights to which such holders shall be entitled as a result of such adjustment, or, at the option of the Company, shall cause to be distributed to such holders of record in substitution and replacement for the Right Certificates held by such holders prior to the date of adjustment, and upon surrender thereof, if required by the Company, new Right Certificates evidencing all the Rights to which such holders shall be entitled after such adjustment.  Right Certificates to be so distributed shall be issued, executed, delivered and countersigned in the manner provided for herein and shall be registered in the names of the holders of record of Right Certificates on the record date specified in the public announcement.

(j)Irrespective of any adjustment or change in the Purchase Price or the number of one one-thousandth of a Preferred Share issuable upon the exercise of the Rights, the Right Certificates theretofore and thereafter issued may continue to express the Purchase Price and the number of one one-thousandth of a Preferred Share that was expressed in the initial Right Certificates issued hereunder.

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(k)Before taking any action that would cause an adjustment reducing the Purchase Price below one one-thousandth of the then par value, if any, of the Preferred Shares issuable upon exercise of the Rights, the Company shall take any corporate action that may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary to enable the Company to validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Preferred Shares at such adjusted Purchase Price.

(l)In any case in which this Section 11 shall require that an adjustment in the Purchase Price be made effective as of a record date for a specified event, the Company may elect to defer (with prompt written notice thereof to the Rights Agent; and until such written notice is received by the Rights Agent, the Rights Agent may presume conclusively that no such election has occurred) until the occurrence of such event the issuing to the holder of any Right exercised after such record date of the Preferred Shares and other capital stock or securities of the Company, if any, issuable upon such exercise on the basis of the Purchase Price in effect prior to such adjustment; provided, however, that the Company shall deliver to such holder a due bill or other appropriate instrument evidencing such holder’s right to receive such additional shares upon the occurrence of the event requiring such adjustment.

(m)The Company covenants and agrees that, after the Distribution Date, it will not, except as permitted by this Agreement, take (or permit any Subsidiary to take) any action the purpose of which is to, or if at the time such action is taken it is reasonably foreseeable that the effect of such action is to, materially diminish or eliminate the benefits intended to be afforded by the Rights.  Any such action taken by the Company during any period after any Person becomes an Acquiring Person but prior to the Distribution Date shall be null and void unless such action could be taken under this Section 11(m) from and after the Distribution Date.

(n)Notwithstanding anything in this Section 11 to the contrary, the Company shall be entitled to make such reductions in the Purchase Price, in addition to those adjustments expressly required by this Section 11, as and to the extent that it in its sole discretion shall determine to be advisable in order that any (i) combination or subdivision of the Preferred Shares, (ii) issuance wholly for cash of any Preferred Shares at less than the current market price, (iii) issuance wholly for cash of Preferred Shares or securities that by their terms are convertible into or exchangeable for Preferred Shares, (iv) dividends on Preferred Shares payable in Preferred Shares or (v) issuance of rights, options or warrants referred to hereinabove in Section 11(b), hereafter made by the Company to holders of its Preferred Shares shall not be taxable to such stockholders.

(o)In the event that at any time after the Agreement Date and prior to the Distribution Date, the Company shall (i) declare or pay any dividend on the Common Shares payable in Common Shares or (ii) effect a subdivision, split, combination or consolidation of the Common Shares (by reclassification or otherwise other than by payment of dividends in Common Shares) into a greater or lesser number of Common Shares, then in any such case (A) the number of one one-thousandth of a Preferred Share purchasable after such event upon proper exercise of each Right shall be determined by multiplying the number of one one-thousandth of a Preferred Share so purchasable immediately prior to such event by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately before such event and the denominator of which is the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately after such event, (B) each Common Share outstanding immediately after such event shall have issued with respect to it that number of Rights that each Common Share outstanding immediately prior to such event had issued with respect to 

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it, and (C) the Purchase Price immediately prior to the record date for such dividend or the effective date of such subdivision, split, combination or consolidation of the Common Shares (by reclassification or otherwise other than by payment of dividends in Common Shares) shall be adjusted so that the Purchase Price after such event shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such event by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately prior to such event and the denominator of which is the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately after such event.  The adjustments provided for in this Section 11(o) shall be made successively whenever such a dividend is declared or paid or such a subdivision, combination or consolidation is effected.

Section 12.  Certificate of Adjusted Purchase Price or Number of Shares.

Whenever an adjustment is made or any event affecting the Rights or their exercisability (including without limitation an event that causes Rights to become null and void) occurs as provided in Section 11 and Section 13 hereof, the Company shall promptly (a) prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment or describing such event, and a brief, reasonably detailed statement of the facts, computations and methodology accounting for such adjustment, (b) file with the Rights Agent and with each transfer agent for the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares a copy of such certificate and (c) if such adjustment occurs following a Distribution Date, mail a brief summary thereof to each holder of a Right Certificate in accordance with Section 25 and Section 26 hereof.  The Rights Agent shall be fully protected in relying on any such certificate and on any adjustment or statement therein contained and shall have no duty or liability with respect to, and shall not be deemed to have knowledge of, any adjustment or any such event unless and until it shall have received such certificate.

Section 13.  Consolidation, Merger or Sale or Transfer of Assets or Earning Power.

(a)In the event that, at any time after a Person becomes an Acquiring Person, directly or indirectly, (i) the Company shall consolidate with, or merge with and into, any other Person, (ii) any Person shall consolidate with the Company, or merge with and into the Company and the Company shall be the continuing or surviving corporation of such merger and, in connection with such merger, all or part of the Common Shares shall be changed into or exchanged for stock or other securities of any other Person (or the Company) or cash or any other property, or (iii) the Company shall sell or otherwise transfer (or one or more of its Subsidiaries shall sell or otherwise transfer), in one or more transactions, assets or earning power aggregating 50% or more of the assets or earning power of the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to any other Person other than the Company or one or more of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries, then, and in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that (A) each holder of a Right (except as otherwise provided herein) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon the exercise thereof at a price equal to the then current Purchase Price multiplied by the number of one one‐thousandths of a Preferred Share for which a Right is then exercisable, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and in lieu of Preferred Shares, such number of Common Shares of such other Person (including the Company as successor thereto or as the surviving corporation) as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by the number of one one-thousandths of a Preferred Share for which a Right is then exercisable and dividing that product by (y) 50% of the then current per share market price of the Common Shares of such other Person (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of consummation of such consolidation, merger, sale 

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or transfer; (B) the issuer of such Common Shares shall thereafter be liable for, and shall assume, by virtue of such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer, all the obligations and duties of the Company pursuant to this Agreement; (C) the term “Company” shall thereafter be deemed to refer to such issuer; and (D) such issuer shall take such steps (including the reservation of a sufficient number of its Common Shares in accordance with Section 9 hereof) in connection with such consummation as may be necessary to assure that the provisions hereof shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as reasonably may be, in relation to the Common Shares thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of the Rights.  The Company covenants and agrees that it shall not consummate any such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer unless prior thereto the Company and such issuer shall have executed and delivered to the Rights Agent a supplemental agreement so providing.  The Company shall not enter into any transaction of the kind referred to in this Section 13 if at the time of such transaction there are any rights, warrants, instruments or securities outstanding or any agreements or arrangements which, as a result of the consummation of such transaction, would eliminate or substantially diminish the benefits intended to be afforded by the Rights.  The provisions of this Section 13 shall similarly apply to successive mergers or consolidations or sales or other transfers.  

(b)For purposes hereof, the “earning power” of the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors on the basis of the operating earnings of each business operated by the Company and its Subsidiaries during the three fiscal years preceding the date of such determination (or, in the case of any business not operated by the Company or any Subsidiary during three full fiscal years preceding such date, during the period such business was operated by the Company or any Subsidiary).

Section 14.  Fractional Rights and Fractional Shares.

(a)The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Rights or to distribute Right Certificates that evidence fractional Rights.  In lieu of such fractional Rights, there shall be paid to the registered holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional Rights would otherwise be issuable, an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole Right.  For the purposes of this Section 14(a), the current market value of a whole Right shall be the closing price of the Rights for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date on which such fractional Rights would have been otherwise issuable.  The closing price for any day shall be the last sale price, regular way, or, in case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular way, in either case as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed or admitted to trading on The New York Stock Exchange or The Nasdaq Stock Market, or if the Rights are not listed or admitted to trading on The New York Stock Exchange or The Nasdaq Stock Market, as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which the Rights are listed or admitted to trading or, if the Rights are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last quoted price or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter market, as reported in the OTC Bulletin Board, the Pink OTC Markets, Inc. or such other system then in use or, if on any such date the Rights are not quoted by any such organization, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in the Rights selected by the Board, or if on any such date no such market maker is making a market in 

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the Rights, the fair value of the Rights on such date as determined in good faith by the Board shall be used.

(b)The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Preferred Shares (other than fractions that are integral multiples of one one-thousandth of a Preferred Share) upon exercise of the Rights or to distribute certificates that evidence fractional Preferred Shares (other than fractions that are integral multiples of one one-thousandth of a Preferred Share).  Fractions of Preferred Shares in integral multiples of one one-thousandth of a Preferred Share may, at the election of the Company, be evidenced by depositary receipts; provided, however, that holders of such depositary receipts shall have all of the designations and the powers, preferences and rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions to which they are entitled as beneficial owners of the Preferred Shares represented by such depositary receipts.  In lieu of fractional Preferred Shares that are not integral multiples of one one-thousandth of a Preferred Share, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of Right Certificates at the time such Rights are exercised as herein provided an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of one Preferred Share.  For the purposes of this Section 14(b), the current market value of a Preferred Share shall be the closing price of a Preferred Share (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of such exercise; provided, however, that if the Preferred Shares are not publicly traded at the time of such exercise, the current market value of a Preferred Share shall be determined in accordance with Section 11(d)(ii) hereof for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of such exercise.

(c)Following the occurrence of one of the transactions or events specified in Section 11 hereof giving rise to the right to receive Common Shares or other securities (other than Preferred Shares) upon the exercise of a Right, the Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Common Shares or other securities upon exercise of the Rights or to distribute certificates that evidence fractional Common Shares or other securities.  In lieu of fractional Common Shares or other securities, the Company may pay to the registered holders of Right Certificates at the time such Rights are exercised as herein provided an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of one Common Share or one such other security.  For purposes of this Section 14(c), the current market value shall be the closing price for one Common Share or such other security, as applicable (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of such exercise; provided, however, that if such other security is not publicly traded at the time of such exercise, such security shall have the value of one one-thousandth (subject to appropriate adjustment in the case of a subdivision or combination) of a Preferred Share as determined pursuant to Section 14(b) hereof.

(d)The holder of a Right by the acceptance of the Right expressly waives any right such holder may have to receive any fractional Rights or any fractional shares upon exercise of a Right (except as provided above).

(e)Whenever a payment for fractional Rights or fractional shares is to be made by the Rights Agent, the Company shall (i) promptly prepare and deliver to the Rights Agent a certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the facts related to such payments and the prices or formulas utilized in calculating such payments, and (ii) provide sufficient monies to the Rights Agent in the form of fully collected funds to make such payments.  The Rights Agent shall be fully protected in relying upon such a certificate and shall have no duty with respect to, and shall not be deemed 

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to have knowledge of any payment for fractional Rights or fractional shares under any Section of this Agreement relating to the payment of fractional Rights or fractional shares unless and until the Rights Agent shall have received such a certificate and sufficient monies.

Section 15.  Rights of Action.

(a)All rights of action in respect of this Agreement, excepting the rights of action given to the Rights Agent under Section 18 and Section 20 and any other Section hereof, are vested in the respective registered holders of the Right Certificates (and, prior to the Distribution Date, the registered holders of the Common Shares) and any registered holder of any Right Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution Date, of the Common Shares), without the consent of the Rights Agent or of the holder of any other Right Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution Date, of the Common Shares), may, in such holder’s own behalf and for such holder’s own benefit, enforce, and may institute and maintain any suit, action or proceeding against the Company to enforce, or otherwise act in respect of, such holder’s right to exercise the Rights evidenced by such Right Certificate in the manner provided in such Right Certificate and in this Agreement.  Without limiting the foregoing or any remedies available to the holders of Rights, it is specifically acknowledged that the holders of Rights would not have an adequate remedy at law for any breach by the Company of this Agreement and will be entitled to specific performance of the obligations under, and injunctive relief against actual or threatened violations by the Company of the obligations of any Person subject to, this Agreement.  

(b)Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, neither the Company nor the Rights Agent shall have any liability to any holder of a Right or other Person as a result of the inability of the Company or the Rights Agent to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement by reason of any preliminary or permanent injunction or other order, judgment, decree or ruling (whether interlocutory or final) issued by a court or by a governmental, regulatory, self-regulatory or administrative agency or commission, or any statute, rule, regulation or executive order promulgated or enacted by any governmental authority, prohibiting or otherwise restraining performance of such obligation; provided, however, that the Company shall use all reasonable efforts to oppose any action for any such injunction order, judgment, decree or ruling and to have any such injunction, order, judgment, decree or ruling lifted or otherwise overturned as soon as possible.

Section 16.  Agreement of Right Holders.

Every holder of a Right, by accepting the same, consents and agrees with the Company and the Rights Agent and with every other holder of a Right that:

(a)prior to the Distribution Date, the Rights will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of the Common Shares;

(b)after the Distribution Date, the Right Certificates are transferable (subject to the provisions of this Agreement) only on the registry books of the Rights Agent if surrendered at the office of the Rights Agent designated for such purpose, duly endorsed or accompanied by a proper instrument of transfer and with all appropriate forms and certificates fully executed; and

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(c)subject to Section 6 and Section 7(e) hereof, the Company and the Rights Agent may deem and treat the Person in whose name the Right Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution Date, the associated Common Shares certificate (or Book-Entry Common Share)) is registered as the absolute owner thereof and of the Rights evidenced thereby (notwithstanding any notations of ownership or writing on the Right Certificates or the associated Common Shares certificate (or Ownership Statements or other notices provided to holders of Book-Entry Common Shares) made by anyone other than the Company or the Rights Agent) for all purposes whatsoever, and neither the Company nor the Rights Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

Section 17.  Right Certificate Holder Not Deemed a Stockholder.

No holder, as such, of any Right Certificate shall be entitled to vote, receive dividends or be deemed for any purpose the holder of the Preferred Shares or any other securities of the Company that may at any time be issuable on the exercise or exchange of the Rights represented thereby, nor shall anything contained herein or in any Right Certificate be construed to confer upon the holder of any Right Certificate, as such, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to stockholders at any meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any corporate action, or to receive notice of meetings or other actions affecting stockholders (except as provided in Section 25 hereof), or to receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, until the Right or Rights evidenced by such Right Certificate shall have been exercised or exchanged in accordance with the provisions hereof.

Section 18.  Concerning the Rights Agent.

The Company agrees to pay to the Rights Agent reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder and, from time to time, on demand of the Rights Agent, its reasonable expenses and counsel fees, and other disbursements incurred in the preparation, negotiation, delivery, amendment, administration and execution of this Agreement and the exercise and performance of its duties hereunder.  The Company also agrees to indemnify the Rights Agent and its affiliates and their respective officers, employees and directors for, and to hold each of them harmless against, any loss, liability, damage, judgment, fine, penalty, claim, demand, settlement, cost or expense (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel), incurred without gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Rights Agent (which gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct must be determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction), for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by the Rights Agent in connection with the acceptance, administration, exercise and performance of its duties under this Agreement, including the costs and expenses of defending against any claim of liability in the premises.  The provisions of this Section 18 and Section 20 below shall survive the termination of this Agreement, the exercise or expiration of the Rights and the resignation, replacement or removal of the Rights Agent.  The Rights Agent shall be authorized and protected and shall incur no liability for, or in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in connection with its acceptance and administration of this Agreement and the exercise and performance of its duties hereunder, in reliance upon any Right Certificate or certificate for the Preferred Shares or Common Shares or for other securities of the Company, instrument of assignment or transfer, power of attorney, endorsement, affidavit, letter, notice, direction, consent, certificate, statement, or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to be signed, executed and, where necessary, verified or acknowledged, by the proper Person or Persons, or 

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otherwise upon the advice of counsel as set forth in Section 20 hereof.  The Rights Agent shall not be deemed to have any knowledge of any event of which it was to receive notice thereof hereunder, and the Rights Agent shall be fully protected and shall incur no liability for failing to take any action in connection therewith, unless and until it has received such notice.

Section 19.  Merger or Consolidation or Change of Name of Rights Agent.

(a)Any Person into which the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent may be merged or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the shareholder services or corporate trust business of the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent, shall be the successor to the Rights Agent under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or document or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, provided that such Person would be eligible for appointment as a successor Rights Agent under the provisions of Section 21 hereof.  In case at the time such successor Rights Agent shall succeed to the agency created by this Agreement any of the Right Certificates shall have been countersigned but not delivered, any such successor Rights Agent may adopt the countersignature of the predecessor Rights Agent and deliver such Right Certificates so countersigned; and in case at that time any of the Right Certificates shall not have been countersigned, any successor Rights Agent may countersign such Right Certificates either in the name of the predecessor Rights Agent or in the name of the successor Rights Agent; and in all such cases such Right Certificates shall have the full force provided in the Right Certificates and in this Agreement.

(b)In case at any time the name of the Rights Agent shall be changed and at such time any of the Right Certificates shall have been countersigned but not delivered, the Rights Agent may adopt the countersignature under its prior name and deliver Right Certificates so countersigned; and in case at that time any of the Right Certificates shall not have been countersigned, the Rights Agent may countersign such Right Certificates either in its prior name or in its changed name; and in all such cases such Right Certificates shall have the full force provided in the Right Certificates and in this Agreement.

Section 20.  Duties of Rights Agent.

The Rights Agent undertakes to perform only the duties and obligations expressly imposed by this Agreement (and no implied duties) upon the following terms and conditions, by all of which the Company and the holders of Right Certificates, by their acceptance thereof, shall be bound:

(a)The Rights Agent may consult with legal counsel of its choice (who may be legal counsel for the Company or an in-house counsel of the Rights Agent or otherwise), and the advice or opinion of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection to the Rights Agent and the Rights Agent shall incur no liability for in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with such advice or opinion.

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security) be proved or established by the Company prior to taking, suffering or omitting to take any action hereunder, such fact or matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by a certificate signed by any one of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the General Counsel, any Vice President, Secretary or the Treasurer of the Company and delivered to the Rights Agent; and such certificate shall be full and complete authorization and protection to the Rights Agent and the Rights Agent shall incur no liability for or in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith under the provisions of this Agreement in reliance upon such certificate.

(c)The Rights Agent shall be liable hereunder to the Company and any other Person only for its own gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct (which gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct must be determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction).  Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall the Rights Agent be liable for special, punitive, indirect, consequential or incidental loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not  limited to lost profits), even if the Rights Agent has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage.  Any liability of the Rights Agent under this Agreement will be limited to the amount of annual fees paid by the Company to the Rights Agent. 

(d)The Rights Agent shall not be liable for or by reason of any of the statements of fact or recitals contained in this Agreement or in the Right Certificates (except its countersignature thereof) or be required to verify the same, but all such statements and recitals are and shall be deemed to have been made by the Company only.

(e)The Rights Agent shall not have any liability for or be under any responsibility in respect of the validity of this Agreement or the execution and delivery hereof (except the due execution hereof by the Rights Agent) or in respect of the validity or execution of any Right Certificate (except its countersignature thereof); nor shall it be responsible for any breach by the Company of any covenant or condition contained in this Agreement or in any Right Certificate; nor shall it be responsible for any change in the exercisability of the Rights (including the Rights becoming null and void pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) or any change or adjustment in the terms of the Rights (including the manner, method or amount thereof) provided for in Section 3, Section 11, Section 13, Section 23 or Section 24 hereof, or the ascertaining of the existence of facts that would require any such change or adjustment (except with respect to the exercise of Rights evidenced by Right Certificates after receipt of a certificate pursuant to Section 12, upon which the Rights Agent may rely, hereof describing such change or adjustment); nor shall it by any act hereunder be deemed to make any representation or warranty as to the authorization or reservation of any Preferred Shares to be issued pursuant to this Agreement or any Right Certificate or as to whether any Preferred Shares will, when issued, be validly authorized and issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

(f)The Company will perform, execute, acknowledge and deliver or cause to be performed, executed, acknowledged and delivered all such further and other acts, instruments and assurances as may reasonably be required by the Rights Agent for the carrying out or performing by the Rights Agent of the provisions of this Agreement.

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(g)The Rights Agent is hereby authorized and directed to accept instructions with respect to the performance of its duties hereunder from any one of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the General Counsel, any Vice President, the Secretary or the Treasurer of the Company, and to apply to such officers for advice or instructions in connection with its duties, and such instructions shall be full authorization and protection to the Rights Agent and the Rights Agent shall not be liable for or in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in accordance with instructions of any such officer or for any delay in acting while waiting for those instructions.  The Rights Agent shall be fully authorized and protected in relying upon the most recent instructions received by it from any such officer.  Any application by the Rights Agent for written instructions from the Company may, at the option of the Rights Agent, set forth in writing any action proposed to be taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by the Rights Agent under this Agreement and the date on or after which such action shall be taken or suffered or such omission shall be effective.  The Rights Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered by or omission of, the Rights Agent in accordance with a proposal included in any such application on or after the date specified therein (which date shall not be less than five (5) Business Days after the date any officer of the Company actually receives such application, unless any such officer shall have consented in writing to an earlier date) unless, prior to taking any such action (or the effective date in the case of an omission), the Rights Agent shall have received written instructions in response to such application specifying the action to be taken, suffered or omitted to be taken.

(h)If, with respect to any Right Certificate surrendered to the Rights Agent for exercise or transfer, the certificate contained in the form of assignment or the form of election to purchase set forth on the reverse thereof, as the case may be, has either not been completed, not executed or has been altered, the Rights Agent shall not take any further action with respect to such requested exercise or transfer without first consulting with the Company.

(i)The Rights Agent and any stockholder, affiliate, director, officer or employee of the Rights Agent may buy, sell or deal in any of the Rights or other securities of the Company or become pecuniarily interested in any transaction in which the Company may be interested, or contract with or lend money to the Company or otherwise act as fully and freely as though it were not Rights Agent under this Agreement.  Nothing herein shall preclude the Rights Agent or any such stockholder, affiliate, director, officer or employee from acting in any other capacity for the Company or for any other Person.

(j)The Rights Agent may execute and exercise any of the rights or powers hereby vested in it or perform any duty hereunder either itself (through its directors, officers and employees) or by or through its attorneys or agents, and the Rights Agent shall not be answerable or accountable for any act, default, neglect or misconduct of any such attorneys or agents or for any loss to the Company or any other Person resulting from any such act, default, neglect or misconduct, absent gross negligence or bad faith in the selection and continued employment thereof (which gross negligence or bad faith must be determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction).

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Company in the ordinary course of its business as Rights Agent) or in the exercise of its rights if it reasonably believes that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnification against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

Section 21.  Change of Rights Agent.

The Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent may resign and be discharged from its duties under this Agreement upon thirty (30) days’ notice in writing mailed to the Company and, in the event that the Rights Agent or one of its affiliates is not also the transfer agent for the Company, to each transfer agent for the Common Shares or Preferred Shares known to the Rights Agent by registered or certified mail.  The Company may remove the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent, in each case, with or without cause, upon thirty (30) days’ notice in writing, mailed to the Rights Agent or successor Rights Agent, as the case may be, and to each transfer agent for the Common Shares or Preferred Shares by registered or certified mail, and, if after the Distribution Date, to the holders of the Right Certificates by first-class mail.  If the Rights Agent shall resign or be removed or shall otherwise become incapable of acting, the Company shall appoint a successor to the Rights Agent.  If the Company shall fail to make such appointment within a period of thirty (30) days after giving notice of such removal or after it has been notified in writing of such resignation or incapacity by the resigning or incapacitated Rights Agent or by the holder of a Right Certificate (which holder shall, with such notice, submit such holder’s Right Certificate for inspection by the Company), then the registered holder of any Right Certificate may apply to the court referenced in Section 32 of this Agreement or, solely if such court declines jurisdiction, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a new Rights Agent.  Any successor Rights Agent, whether appointed by the Company or by such a court, shall be either (a) a Person organized and doing business under the laws of the United States or of any state of the United States that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust or stock transfer powers and is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority and that has, along with its Affiliates, at the time of its appointment as Rights Agent a combined capital and surplus of at least $50 million or (b) an Affiliate of such Person.  After appointment, the successor Rights Agent shall be vested with the same powers, rights, duties and responsibilities as if it had been originally named as Rights Agent without further act or deed; but the predecessor Rights Agent shall deliver and transfer to the successor Rights Agent any property at the time held by it hereunder, and execute and deliver any further assurance, conveyance, act or deed necessary for the purpose.  Not later than the effective date of any such appointment the Company shall file notice thereof in writing with the predecessor Rights Agent and each transfer agent for the Common Shares or Preferred Shares, and, if after the Distribution Date, mail a notice thereof in writing to the registered holders of the Right Certificates.  Failure to give any notice provided for in this Section 21, however, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of the resignation or removal of the Rights Agent or the appointment of the successor Rights Agent, as the case may be.

Section 22.  Issuance of New Right Certificates.

Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Agreement or of the Rights to the contrary, the Company may, at its option, issue new Right Certificates evidencing Rights in such form as may be approved by the Board to reflect any adjustment or change in the Purchase Price and the number or kind or class of shares or other securities or property purchasable under the Right Certificates made in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.  In addition, in connection with the 

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issuance or sale of Common Shares following the Distribution Date and prior to the earlier of the Redemption Date and the Close of Business on the Final Expiration Date, the Company (a) shall with respect to Common Shares so issued or sold pursuant to the exercise of stock options or under any employee plan or arrangement in existence prior to the Distribution Date, or upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of securities, notes or debentures issued by the Company and in existence prior to the Distribution Date, and (b) may, in any other case, if deemed necessary or appropriate by the Board, issue Right Certificates representing the appropriate number of Rights in connection with such issuance or sale; provided, however, that (i) the Company shall not be obligated to issue any such Right Certificates if, and to the extent that, the Company shall be advised by counsel that such issuance would create a significant risk of material adverse tax consequences to the Company or the Person to whom such Right Certificate would be issued, and (ii) no Right Certificate shall be issued if, and to the extent that, appropriate adjustment shall otherwise have been made in lieu of the issuance thereof.

Section 23.  Redemption.

(a)Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates or Associates may redeem, acquire or purchase for value any Rights at any time in any manner (i) other than that specifically set forth in this Section 23 or in Section 24 hereof, or (ii) other than in connection with the purchase of Common Shares prior to the Distribution Date.

(b)The Board may, at its option, at any time prior to the earlier of (A) such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, or (B) the Close of Business on the Final Expiration Date, redeem all but not less than all of the then outstanding Rights at a redemption price of $0.01 per Right (rounded up to the nearest whole $0.01 in the case of any holder whose holdings are not in a multiple of ten), appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction occurring after the Agreement Date (such redemption price being hereinafter referred to as the “Redemption Price”), and the Company may, at its option, pay the Redemption Price in Common Shares (based on the “current per-share market price,” as such term is defined in Section 11(d) hereof, of the Common Shares at the time of redemption), cash or any other form of consideration deemed appropriate by the Board.  The redemption of the Rights by the Board may be made effective at such time, on such basis and subject to such conditions as the Board in its sole discretion may establish.  Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Rights shall not be exercisable pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof prior to the expiration or termination of the Company’s right of redemption under this Section 23(b)(i).

(c)Immediately upon the time of the effectiveness of the redemption of the Rights pursuant to Section 23(b) hereof or such earlier time as may be determined by the Board in the action ordering such redemption (although not earlier than the time of such action) (such time, the “Redemption Date”), and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise the Rights will terminate and the only right thereafter of the holders of Rights shall be to receive the Redemption Price.  The Company shall promptly give public notice of any such redemption (with prompt written notice thereof to the Rights Agent; and until such written notice is received by the Rights Agent, the Rights Agent may presume conclusively that no such redemption has occurred); provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, any such notice shall not affect the validity of such redemption.  Within ten (10) days after such action of the Board ordering the redemption of the Rights pursuant to Section 23(b) hereof, the Company shall mail a notice of 

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redemption to all the holders of the then outstanding Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent or, prior to the Distribution Date, on the registry books of the transfer agent for the Common Shares, provided, however, that failure to give, or any defect in, any such notice shall not affect the validity of such redemption.  Any notice that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice.  Each such notice of redemption will state the method by which the payment of the Redemption Price will be made.  

(d)Notwithstanding Section 23(c) hereof, the Company may, at its option, discharge all of its obligations with respect to any redemption of the Rights by (i) issuing a press release announcing the manner of redemption of the Rights (with prompt written notice thereof to the Rights Agent; and until such written notice is received by the Rights Agent, the Rights Agent may presume conclusively that no such discharge has occurred) and (ii) mailing payment of the Redemption Price to the registered holders of the Rights at their last addresses as they appear on the registry books of the Rights Agent or, prior to the Distribution Date, on the registry books of the transfer agent for the Common Shares, and upon such action, all outstanding Right Certificates shall be null and void without any further action by the Company.  In the event the Company elects to discharge all of its obligations with respect to any redemption of Rights by mailing payment of the Redemption Price to the registered holders of the Rights as set forth in the preceding sentence, the dollar amount sent to each such registered holder representing the full Redemption Price to which such registered holder is entitled shall be rounded up to the nearest whole cent.

Section 24.  Exchange.

(a)The Board may, at its option, at any time after any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction occurring after the Agreement Date (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the “Exchange Ratio”).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the categories of Persons described in Section 1(c)(i)-(iv)), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding. 

(b)Subject to Section 24(c), immediately upon the action of the Board ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to Section 24(a) hereof and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal to the number of such Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio.  The Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange.  The Company promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange.  Any notice that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice.  Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares 

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for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights that will be exchanged.  Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights. The Company may establish procedures to determine those Rights (and the Beneficial Owner or Owners thereof) that may not be exchanged pursuant to this Section 24 because such Rights have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.

(c)In lieu of issuing Common Shares in accordance with Section 24(a) hereof, the Company may, if the Board determines that such action is necessary or appropriate and not contrary to the interests of the holders of Rights (other than Rights that have become null and void in accordance with Section 11(a)(ii)), elect to (and, in the event that there are not sufficient treasury shares and authorized but unissued Common Shares to permit any exchange of the Rights in accordance with Section 24(a) hereof, the Company shall) take all such action as may be necessary to authorize, issue or pay, upon the exchange of the Rights, cash, property, Common Shares, other securities or any combination thereof having an aggregate value equal to the value of the Common Shares that otherwise would have been issuable pursuant to Section 24(a) hereof, which aggregate value shall be determined based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board.  For purposes of the preceding sentence, the value of the Common Shares shall be determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof.  Following the Distribution Date, the Board may suspend the exercisability of the Rights for a period of up to sixty (60) days following the Distribution Date to the extent that the Board has not determined whether to exercise the right of exchange under this Section 24(c).  In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has been temporarily suspended.

(d)The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Common Shares or to distribute certificates that evidence fractional Common Shares.  In lieu of such fractional Common Shares, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional Common Shares would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole Common Share.  For the purposes of this Section 24(d), the current market value of a whole Common Share shall be the closing price of a Common Share (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately after the date of the first public announcement by the Company that an exchange is to be effected pursuant to this Section 24.

(e)Notwithstanding anything in this Section 24 to the contrary, the exchange of the Rights may be effected at such time, on such basis and with such conditions as the Board in its sole discretion may establish.  Without limiting the foregoing, the Board may (i) in lieu of transferring cash, property, Common Shares, other securities or any combination thereof contemplated by this Section 24 to the Persons entitled thereto (the “Exchange Recipients”) in connection with the exchange issue, transfer or deposit such cash, property, Common Shares, other securities or any combination thereof (the “Exchange Property”) to or into a trust or other Person that is not controlled by the Company or any of its Affiliates or Associates to hold such Exchange Property for the benefit of the Exchange Recipients, (ii) permit such trust or other entity to exercise all of the rights that a stockholder of record would possess with respect to any Common Shares deposited in such trust or other Person and (iii) impose such procedures as it determines to be appropriate to verify that the Exchange Recipients are not Acquiring Persons or Affiliates or 

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Associates of Acquiring Persons as of any time period or periods established by the Board.  In such event, the trust or other Person shall use commercially reasonable efforts to distribute the Exchange Property to the Exchange Recipients as promptly as practicable after its receipt of such property.  If the Board determines, before the Distribution Date, to effect an exchange in accordance with this Section 24, the Board may delay the occurrence of the Distribution Date to such time no later than twenty (20) calendar days after the Shares Acquisition Date as the Board determines to be advisable. 

Section 25.  Notice of Certain Events.

In case the Company shall after the Distribution Date propose (i) to pay any dividend payable in stock of any class to the holders of its Preferred Shares or to make any other distribution to the holders of its Preferred Shares (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend), (ii) to offer to the holders of its Preferred Shares rights or warrants to subscribe for or to purchase any additional Preferred Shares or shares of stock of any class or any other securities, rights or options, (iii) to effect any reclassification of its Preferred Shares (other than a reclassification involving only the subdivision of outstanding Preferred Shares), (iv) to effect any share exchange, consolidation or merger into or with, or to effect any sale or other transfer (or to permit one or more of its Subsidiaries to effect any sale or other transfer), in one or more transactions, of 50% or more of the assets or earning power of the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole), to any other Person or Persons (other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in one or more transactions each of which complies with Section 11(m) hereof), (v) to effect the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, or (vi) to declare or pay any dividend on the Common Shares payable in Common Shares or to effect a subdivision, combination or consolidation of the Common Shares (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of dividends in Common Shares), then, in each such case, the Company shall give to the Rights Agent and (to the extent practicable) each holder of a Right Certificate, in accordance with Section 26 hereof, a notice of such proposed action, which shall specify the record date for the purpose of such stock dividend, or distribution of rights or warrants, or the date on which such reclassification, share exchange, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, liquidation, dissolution, or winding up is to take place and the date of participation therein by the holders of the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares, if any such date is to be fixed, and such notice shall be so given in the case of any action covered by clause (i) or (ii) above at least ten (10) days prior to the record date for determining holders of the Preferred Shares for purposes of such action, and in the case of any such other action, at least ten (10) days prior to the date of the taking of such proposed action or the date of participation therein by the holders of the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares, whichever shall be the earlier.  In case any event set forth in Section 11(a)(ii) hereof shall occur, then the Company shall as soon as practicable thereafter give to each holder of a Right Certificate, in accordance with Section 26 hereof, a notice of the occurrence of such event, which notice shall describe such event and the consequences of such event to holders of Rights under Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.

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Section 26.  Notices.

Notices or demands authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the Rights Agent or by the holder of any Right Certificate to or on the Company shall be sufficiently given or made only if sent in a manner authorized by the Company in writing or if sent by overnight delivery source or first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing with the Rights Agent) as follows:

Neuronetics, Inc.

3222 Phoenixville Pike

Malvern, PA 19355

Attention:  General Counsel

Email: andrew.macan@neurostar.com

 

Subject to the provisions of Section 21 hereof, any notice or demand authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the Company or by the holder of any Right Certificate to or on the Rights Agent shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by overnight delivery source or first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing with the Company) as follows:

American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC

6201 15th Avenue

Brooklyn, NY 11219

Attention: Relationship Management

Email: Admin3@astfinancial.com

 

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American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC

48 Wall Street, 22nd Floor

New York, NY  10005

Attention: Legal Department

Email: legalteamAST@astfinancial.com

 

 

Notices or demands authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the Company or the Rights Agent to the holder of any Right Certificate shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to such holder at the address of such holder as shown on the registry books of the Company.

Section 27.  Supplements and Amendments.

Subject to this Section 27, the Company may, and the Rights Agent shall, if directed by the Company, from time to time supplement or amend this Agreement without the approval of any holders of Right Certificates in order to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision contained herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions herein, or to make any other changes which the Company may deem necessary or desirable, any such 

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supplement or amendment to be evidenced by a writing signed by the Company and the Rights Agent; provided, however, that, from and after such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, this Agreement shall not be amended or supplemented in any manner which would adversely affect the interests of the holders of Rights.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall be entitled to adopt and implement such procedures and arrangements (including with third parties) as it may deem necessary or desirable to facilitate the exercise, exchange, trading, issuance or distribution of the Rights (and Preferred Shares) as contemplated hereby and to ensure that an Acquiring Person does not obtain the benefits thereof, and amendments in respect of the foregoing shall not be deemed to adversely affect the interests of the holders of Rights.  Upon the delivery of a certificate from an appropriate officer of the Company that states that the proposed supplement or amendment is in compliance with the terms of this Section 27, the Rights Agent shall execute such supplement or amendment.  Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Rights Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any supplement or amendment that affects the Rights Agent’s own rights, duties, obligations or immunities under this Agreement.

Section 28.  Determination and Actions by the Board of Directors, Etc.

The Board shall have the exclusive power and authority to administer this Agreement and to exercise all rights and powers specifically granted to the Board, or the Company, or as may be necessary or advisable in the administration of this Agreement, including without limitation, the right and power to (i) interpret the provisions of this Agreement, and (ii) make all determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Agreement (including a determination to redeem or not redeem the Rights or to amend the Agreement).  All such actions, calculations, interpretations and determinations (including, for purposes of clause (y) below, all omissions with respect to the foregoing) that are done or made by the Board in good faith, shall (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights, and (y) not subject the Board to any liability to the holders of the Rights.  The Rights Agent is entitled always to assume the Board acted in good faith and shall be fully protected and incur no liability in reliance thereon.

Section 29.  Successors.

All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or for the benefit of the Company or the Rights Agent shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns hereunder.

Section 30.  Benefits of this Agreement.

Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to give to any Person other than the Company, the Rights Agent and the registered holders of the Right Certificates (and, prior to the Distribution Date, the registered holders of Common Shares) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement; but this Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company, the Rights Agent and the registered holders of the Right Certificates (and, prior to the Distribution Date, the Common Shares).

Section 31.  Severability.

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If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction or other authority to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if any such term, provision, covenant or restriction is held by such court or authority to be invalid, void or unenforceable and the Board determines in its good faith judgment that severing the invalid language from this Agreement would adversely affect the purpose or effect of this Agreement, the right of redemption set forth in Section 23 hereof shall be reinstated (if earlier expired) and (without regard to whether earlier expired) shall not expire until the Close of Business on the tenth Business Day following the date of such determination by the Board.  Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement, if any such excluded term, provision, covenant or restriction shall materially and adversely affect the rights, immunities, duties or obligations of the Rights Agent, the Rights Agent shall be entitled to resign upon 10 Business Days’ written notice to the Company pursuant to the requirements of Section 26.  

Section 32.  Governing Law; Forum Selection.

This Agreement, the Rights and each Right Certificate issued hereunder shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of Delaware and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of such State applicable to contracts made and performed entirely within such State.  To the fullest extent permitted by law, any claim relating to or brought pursuant to this Agreement by any person (including any record or beneficial owner of Common Shares or Preferred Shares, any registered or beneficial owner of a Right, any Acquiring Person or the Rights Agent) shall be brought solely and exclusively in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if such court does not have jurisdiction, the Superior Court of the State of Delaware, or, if such other court does not have jurisdiction, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware).

Section 33.  Counterparts.

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. A signature to this Agreement transmitted electronically shall have the same authority, effect, and enforceability as an original signature.

Section 34.  Descriptive Headings.

Descriptive headings of the several Sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.

Section 35.  Force Majeure.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Rights Agent shall not be liable for any delays or failures in performance resulting from acts beyond its reasonable control including, without limitation, acts of God, terrorist acts, shortage of supply, breakdowns or malfunctions, interruptions or malfunction of computer facilities, or loss of data due to power failures or mechanical difficulties with information storage or retrieval systems, labor difficulties, war, or civil unrest.  The Rights Agent shall provide the Company prompt notice as soon as practicable in 

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the event that any such delay or failure in performance occurs and keep the Company apprised of developments and mitigation effort with respect thereto.

Section 36.  Interpretive Matters.

For purposes of this Agreement, each of the Company and the Rights Agent agrees that: (a) whenever the context requires, the singular number shall include the plural, and vice versa; (b) the word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” means the degree to which a subject or other thing extends, and does not simply mean “if”; (c) where a word or phrase is defined in this Agreement, each of its other grammatical forms has a corresponding meaning unless the context otherwise requires; (d) the word “or” shall be deemed to mean “or” unless the Company determines the context requires otherwise; (e) the meaning assigned to each capitalized term defined and used in this Agreement is equally applicable to both the singular and the plural forms of such term, and words denoting any gender include all genders; and (f) the words “include” and “including,” and variations thereof, shall not be deemed to be terms of limitation, but rather shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” 

 

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The parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

	
Neuronetics, Inc.
	
 
	
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, As Rights Agent

	
 
	
 
	
 

	
By:
	
/s/ W. Andrew Macan
	
 
	
By:
	
/s/ Michael Legregin

	
Name:
	
W. Andrew Macan
	
 
	
Name:
	
Michael Legregin

	
Title:
	
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
	
 
	
Title:
	
Senior Vice President

 

 

			
	
 
	
[Signature Page to Rights Agreement]
	
 

 

 

Exhibit A

(Form of  Certificate of Designation)

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION OF RIGHTS, PREFERENCES AND PRIVILEGES OF
SERIES A JUNIOR PARTICIPATING PREFERRED STOCK OF NEURONETICS, INC.

The undersigned, W. Andrew Macan, does hereby certify:

1.That he is duly elected and acting Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, Corporate Secretary and member of the Office of the President of Neuronetics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”).

2.That pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Board of Directors by the Ninth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, of the said Corporation, the said Board of Directors of the Corporation on April 7, 2020 adopted the following resolutions creating a series of 50,000 shares of Preferred Stock designated as Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock:

RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority vested in the Board of Directors of the corporation by the Ninth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, the Board of Directors does hereby provide for the issue of a series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation and does hereby fix and herein state and express the designations, powers, preferences and relative and other special rights and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions of such series of Preferred Stock as follows:

Section 1.Designation and Amount. The shares of such series shall be designated as “Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock.” The Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall have a par value of $0.01 per share, and the number of shares constituting such series shall be 50,000.

Section 2.Proportional Adjustment. In the event that the Corporation shall at any time after the issuance of any share or shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock (i) declare any dividend on the Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Corporation (“Common Stock”) payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock or (iii) combine the outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the Corporation shall simultaneously effect a proportional adjustment to the number of outstanding shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock.

Section 3.Dividends and Distributions.

(a)Subject to the prior and superior right of the holders of any shares of any series of Preferred Stock ranking prior and superior to the shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock with respect to dividends, the holders of shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available for the purpose, quarterly dividends payable in cash on the last day of March, June, September and December in each year (each such date being referred to herein as a 

 

 

“Quarterly Dividend Payment Date”), commencing on the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date after the first issuance of a share or fraction of a share of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, in an amount per share (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to 1,000 times the aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends, and 1,000 times the aggregate per share amount (payable in kind) of all non-cash dividends or other distributions other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock or a subdivision of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise), declared on the Common Stock since the immediately preceding Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, or, with respect to the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, since the first issuance of any share or fraction of a share of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock.

(b)The Corporation shall declare a dividend or distribution on the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock as provided in paragraph (a) above immediately after it declares a dividend or distribution on the Common Stock (other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock).

(c)Dividends shall begin to accrue on outstanding shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock from the Quarterly Dividend Payment Date next preceding the date of issue of such shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, unless the date of issue of such shares is prior to the record date for the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in which case dividends on such shares shall begin to accrue from the date of issue of such shares, or unless the date of issue is a Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or is a date after the record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock entitled to receive a quarterly dividend and before such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in either of which events such dividends shall begin to accrue from such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date. Accrued but unpaid dividends shall not bear interest. Dividends paid on the shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock in an amount less than the total amount of such dividends at the time accrued and payable on such shares shall be allocated pro rata on a share-by-share basis among all such shares at the time outstanding. The Board of Directors may fix a record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock entitled to receive payment of a dividend or distribution declared thereon, which record date shall be no more than 30 days prior to the date fixed for the payment thereof.

Section 4.Voting Rights. The holders of shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall have the following voting rights:

(a)Each share of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to 1,000 votes on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Corporation.

(b)Except as otherwise provided herein or by law, the holders of shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock and the holders of shares of Common Stock shall vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders of the Corporation.

(c)Except as required by law, the holders of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall have no special voting rights and their consent shall not be required (except to the extent that they are entitled to vote with holders of Common Stock as set forth herein) for taking any corporate action.

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Section 5.Certain Restrictions.

(a)The Corporation shall not declare any dividend on, make any distribution on, or redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of Common Stock after the first issuance of a share or fraction of a share of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock unless concurrently therewith it shall declare a dividend on the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock as required by Section 3 hereof.

(b)Whenever quarterly dividends or other dividends or distributions payable on the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock as provided in Section 3 are in arrears, thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions, whether or not declared, on shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock outstanding shall have been paid in full, the Corporation shall not:

(i)declare or pay dividends on, make any other distributions on, or redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock;

(ii)declare or pay dividends on, or make any other distributions on any shares of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, except dividends paid ratably on the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock and all such parity stock on which dividends are payable or in arrears in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of all such shares are then entitled;

(iii)redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration shares of any stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, provided that the Corporation may at any time redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire shares of any such parity stock in exchange for shares of any stock of the Corporation ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up) to the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock;

(iv)purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, or any shares of stock ranking on a parity with the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, except in accordance with a purchase offer made in writing or by publication (as determined by the Board of Directors) to all holders of such shares upon such terms as the Board of Directors, after consideration of the respective annual dividend rates and other relative rights and preferences of the respective series and classes, shall determine in good faith will result in fair and equitable treatment among the respective series or classes.

(c)The Corporation shall not permit any subsidiary of the Corporation to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock of the Corporation unless the Corporation could, under paragraph (a) of this Section 5, purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in such manner.

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Section 6.Reacquired Shares. Any shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation in any manner whatsoever shall be retired and canceled promptly after the acquisition thereof. All such shares shall upon their cancellation become authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock and may be reissued as part of a new series of Preferred Stock to be created by resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors, subject to the conditions and restrictions on issuance set forth herein and in the Ninth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as then amended.

Section 7.Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up. Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, no distribution shall be made to the holders of shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall have received the greater of (a) $1,000 per share, plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions thereon, whether or not declared, to the date of such payment and (b) an aggregate amount per share, subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, equal to 1,000 times the aggregate amount to be distributed per share to holders of shares of Common Stock plus an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid dividends on such shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock.

Section 8.Consolidation, Merger, etc. In case the Corporation shall enter into any consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction in which the shares of Common Stock are exchanged for or changed into other stock or securities, cash and/or any other property, then in any such case the shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall at the same time be similarly exchanged or changed in an amount per share equal to 1,000 times the aggregate amount of stock, securities, cash and/or any other property (payable in kind), as the case may be, into which or for which each share of Common Stock is changed or exchanged.

Section 9.No Redemption. The shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable.

Section 10.Ranking. The Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall rank junior to all other series of the Corporation’s Preferred Stock as to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets, unless the terms of any such series shall provide otherwise.

Section 11.Amendment. The Ninth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended, shall not be further amended in any manner which would materially alter or change the powers, preference or special rights of the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock so as to affect them adversely without the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, voting separately as a series.

Section 12.Fractional Shares. Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock may be issued in fractions of a share which shall entitle the holder, in proportion to such holder’s fractional shares, to exercise voting rights, receive dividends, participate in distributions and to have the benefit of all other rights of holders of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock.

 

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RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of this Corporation be, and they hereby are, authorized and directed to prepare and file a Certificate of Designation of Rights, Preferences and Privileges in accordance with the foregoing resolution and the provisions of Delaware law and to take such actions as they may deem necessary or appropriate to carry out the intent of the foregoing resolution.

I further declare under penalty of perjury that the matters set forth in the foregoing Certificate of Designation are true and correct of my own knowledge.

Executed at Newtown, Pennsylvania on April 8, 2020.

 

	
 
	
 
	
Neuronetics, Inc.

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
By:
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
W. Andrew Macan 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
Senior Vice President and General Counsel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit B

Form of Right Certificate

Certificate No. R‐        Rights

NOT EXERCISABLE AFTER THE FINAL EXPIRATION DATE (AS DEFINED IN THE AGREEMENT) OR EARLIER IF
REDEMPTION OR EXCHANGE OCCURS.  THE RIGHTS 
ARE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION AT $0.01 PER RIGHT 
AND TO EXCHANGE ON THE TERMS SET FORTH
IN THE AGREEMENT. 

Right Certificate

[●]

 

This certifies that [●], or registered assigns, is the registered owner of the number of Rights set forth above, each of which entitles the owner thereof, subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Rights Agreement, dated as of April 8, 2020 (the “Agreement”), between Neuronetics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (the “Rights Agent”), to purchase from the Company at any time after the Distribution Date (as such term is defined in the Agreement) and prior to 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on April 8, 2021, at the at the Rights Agent’s office designated for such purpose, or at the office of its successor as Rights Agent, one one-thousandth of a fully paid non‐assessable share of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Preferred Shares”), at a purchase price of $12.00 per one one‐thousandth of a Preferred Share (the “Purchase Price”), upon presentation and surrender of this Right Certificate with the Form of Election to Purchase duly executed.  The number of Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate (and the number of one one‐thousandths of a Preferred Share which may be purchased upon exercise hereof) set forth above, and the Purchase Price set forth above, are the number and Purchase Price as of April 8, 2020, based on the Preferred Shares as constituted at such date.  As provided in the Agreement, the Purchase Price and the number of one one‐thousandths of a Preferred Share which may be purchased upon the exercise of the Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate are subject to modification and adjustment upon the happening of certain events.

From and after the time any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, any Rights beneficially owned by such Acquiring Person or an Associate or Affiliate of such Acquiring Person, or certain transferees thereof, shall become null and void without any further action and no holder of such Rights shall have any rights whatsoever with respect to such Rights.  

 

 

 

This Right Certificate is subject to all of the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, which terms, provisions and conditions are hereby incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof and to which Agreement reference is hereby made for a full description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities hereunder of the Rights Agent, the Company and the holders of the Right Certificates.  Copies of the Agreement are on file at the principal executive offices of the Company and the offices of the Rights Agent.

This Right Certificate, with or without other Right Certificates, upon surrender at the principal office of the Rights Agent, may be exchanged for another Right Certificate or Right Certificates of like tenor and date evidencing Rights entitling the holder to purchase a like aggregate number of Preferred Shares as the Rights evidenced by the Right Certificate or Right Certificates surrendered shall have entitled such holder to purchase.  If this Right Certificate shall be exercised in part, the holder shall be entitled to receive upon surrender hereof another Right Certificate or Right Certificates for the number of whole Rights not exercised.

Subject to the provisions of the Agreement, the Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate (i) may be redeemed by the Company at a redemption price of $0.01 per Right or (ii) may be exchanged in whole or in part for Preferred Shares or shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share.

No fractional Preferred Shares will be issued upon the exercise of any Right or Rights evidenced hereby (other than fractions which are integral multiples of one one‐thousandth of a Preferred Share, which may, at the election of the Company, be evidenced by depositary receipts), but, in lieu thereof, a cash payment will be made, as provided in the Agreement.

No holder of this Right Certificate shall be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed for any purpose the holder of the Preferred Shares or of any other securities of the Company which may at any time be issuable on the exercise hereof, nor shall anything contained in the Agreement or herein be construed to confer upon the holder hereof, as such, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to stockholders at any  meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any corporate action, or to receive notice of meetings or other actions affecting stockholders (except as provided in the Agreement), or to receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, until the Right or Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate shall have been exercised as provided in the Agreement.

This Right Certificate shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until it shall have been countersigned by the Rights Agent.

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WITNESS the facsimile signature of the proper officers of the Company and its corporate seal.  Dated as of               , ____.

 

	
Attest:
	
 
	
Neuronetics, Inc.

	
 
	
 
	
 

	
By
	
 
	
 
	
By
	
 

	
 
	
Name:
	
 
	
 
	
Name:

	
 
	
Title:
	
 
	
 
	
Title:

	
 
	
Countersigned:
	
 
	
 
	
 

 

	
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC

	
 

	
By
	
 

	
 
	
Name:

	
 
	
Title:

 

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Form of Reverse Side of Right Certificate

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

(To be executed by the registered holder if such
holder desires to transfer the Right Certificate.)

FOR VALUE RECEIVED                                         hereby sells, assigns and 

transfers unto 

(Please print name and address of transferee)

this Right Certificate, together with all right, title and interest therein, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint                                          Attorney, to transfer the within Right Certificate on the books of the within‐named Company, with full power of substitution.

Dated: ___________________

	
 
	

	
 

Signature

Signature Guaranteed:

Signatures must be guaranteed by a member or participant in the Medallion Signature Guarantee Program at a guarantee level acceptable to the Company’s Transfer Agent.

The undersigned hereby certifies that the Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate are not beneficially owned by an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof  (as defined in the Agreement) and are not issued with respect to a Derivative Position described in clause (iv) of the definition of Beneficial Owner (as such terms are defined in the Agreement).

	
 
	

	
 

Signature

 

 

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Form of Reverse Side of Right Certificate – continued

FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE

(To be executed if holder desires to exercise
Rights represented by the Right Certificate.)

To: American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise                             Rights represented by this Right Certificate to purchase the Preferred Shares issuable upon the exercise of such Rights and requests that certificates for such Preferred Shares be issued in the name of:

Please insert social security
or other identifying number: ________________

(Please print name and address)

 

If such number of Rights shall not be all the Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate, a new Right Certificate for the balance remaining of such Rights shall be registered in the name of and delivered to:

Please insert social security
or other identifying number: ________________

(Please print name and address)

 

Dated: 

	
 
	

	
 

Signature

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Signature Guaranteed:

Signatures must be guaranteed by a member or participant in the Medallion Signature Guarantee Program at a guarantee level acceptable to the Company’s Transfer Agent.

The undersigned hereby certifies that the Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate are not beneficially owned by an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof  (as defined in the Agreement) and are not issued with respect to a Derivative Position described in clause (iv) of the definition of Beneficial Owner (as such terms are defined in the Agreement).

	
 
	

	
 

Signature

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NOTICE

The signature in the Form of Assignment or Form of Election to Purchase, as the case may be, must conform to the name as written upon the face of this Right Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.

In the event the certification set forth above in the Form of Assignment or the Form of Election to Purchase, as the case may be, is not completed, the Company and the Rights Agent will deem the Beneficial Owner of the Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate to be an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof (as defined in the Agreement) and such Assignment or Election to Purchase will not be honored.

 

 

 

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Exhibit C

Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares

On April 8, 2020, the Board of Directors of Neuronetics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), declared a dividend of one preferred share purchase right (a “Right”) for each outstanding share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Shares”), of the Company.  The dividend is effective as of April 20, 2020 (the “Record Date”) with respect to the stockholders of record on that date.  The Rights will also attach to new Common Shares issued after the Record Date.  Each Right entitles the registered holder to purchase from the Company one one-thousandth of a share of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Preferred Shares”), of the Company at a price of $12.00 per one one-thousandth of a Preferred Share (the “Purchase Price”), subject to adjustment.  The description and terms of the Rights are set forth in a Rights Agreement dated as of April 8, 2020 (the “Rights Agreement”), between the Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (the “Rights Agent”).

In general terms, the rights plan works by imposing a significant penalty upon any person or group that acquires 10% or more of our outstanding Common Shares without the approval of our Board. The Rights Agreement would not interfere with any merger or other business combination approved by our Board. For those interested in the specific terms of the Rights Agreement, we provide the following summary description. Please note, however, that this description is only a summary, and is not complete, and should be read together with the entire Rights Agreement, which has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 8, 2020. A copy of the agreement is available free of charge from the Company upon request

Detachment and Transfer of Rights

Initially, the Rights will trade with, and will be inseparable from, the Common Shares.  New Rights will accompany any new Common Shares issued after April 20, 2020 until the expiration, exchange or redemption of the Rights. The Rights will not be exercisable until the earlier to occur of (i) ten (10) calendar days after a public announcement that a person or group of affiliated or associated persons, has become an “Acquiring Person” (as such term is defined in the Rights Agreement) or (ii) ten (10) business days (or such later date as the Board may determine) following the commencement of, or announcement of an intention to make, a tender offer or exchange offer which would result in the beneficial ownership by an Acquiring Person of 10% or more of the outstanding Common Shares (the earlier of such dates being called the “Distribution Date”).  

Until the Distribution Date, the Common Share certificates or, in the case of uncertificated shares, notations in the book-entry account system, will evidence the Rights, and any transfer of shares of Common Shares will constitute a transfer of Rights. After that date, the Rights will separate from the Common Shares and be evidenced by book-entry credits or by Right certificates that the Company will mail to all eligible holders of Common Shares. Any Rights held by an Acquiring Person are null and void and may not be exercised.  In general, an “Acquiring Person” is a person, the affiliates or associates of such person, or a group, which has acquired beneficial ownership of 10% (15% in the case of a passive institutional investor) or more of the outstanding 

 

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Common Shares.  Beneficial ownership of the Common Shares is generally determined consistent with the provisions of Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which determines beneficial ownership of securities under the federal securities laws, except that derivative interests in the Common Shares, such as swap arrangements that do not carry with them the right to control voting or disposition of the underlying securities, are also considered beneficial ownership of the underlying Common Shares.

Exercisability of Rights

The Rights are not exercisable until the Distribution Date.  The Rights will expire on April 8, 2021 (the “Final Expiration Date”), unless the Rights are earlier redeemed or exchanged by the Company, in each case as described below.  Until a Right is exercised, the holder thereof, as such, will have no rights as a stockholder of the Company, including, without limitation, the right to vote or to receive dividends.

The Purchase Price payable, and the number of Preferred Shares or other securities or property issuable or payable, upon exercise of the Rights are subject to anti-dilution adjustments from time to time.  The number of outstanding Rights and the number of one one-thousandth of a Preferred Share issuable upon exercise of each Right are also subject to adjustment in the event of a stock split of the Common Shares or a stock dividend on the Common Shares payable in Common Shares, or subdivisions, consolidations or combinations of the Common Shares occurring, in any such case, prior to the Distribution Date.  With certain exceptions, no adjustment in the Purchase Price will be required until cumulative adjustments require an adjustment of at least 1% in such Purchase Price.  No fractional Preferred Shares will be issued (other than fractions which are integral multiples of one one-thousandths of a Preferred Share, which may, at the election of the Company, be evidenced by depositary receipts) and in lieu thereof, an adjustment in cash will be made based on the market price of the Preferred Shares on the last trading day prior to the date of exercise.

Terms of Preferred Shares

Preferred Shares purchasable upon exercise of the Rights will not be redeemable.  Each Preferred Share will be entitled to a minimum preferential quarterly dividend payment of $0.01 per share.  In the event of liquidation, the holders of the Preferred Shares will be entitled to a minimum preferential liquidation payment of $1.00 per share, or an amount equal to the payment made on one Common Share, whichever is greater .  Each Preferred Share will have will have the same voting power as one Common Share.  If Common Shares are exchanged via merger, consolidation, or a similar transaction, each Preferred Share will entitle its holder to a per share payment equal to the payment made on one Common Share.  These rights are protected by customary anti-dilution provisions.  Because of the nature of the Preferred Shares’ dividend, liquidation and voting rights, the value of the one one-thousandth interest in a Preferred Share purchasable upon exercise of each Right should approximate the value of one Common Share.  The Preferred Shares would rank junior to any other series of the Company’s preferred stock.

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Trigger of Flip-In and Flip-Over Rights

In the event that any person or group of affiliated or associated persons becomes an Acquiring Person, proper provision may be made so that each holder of a Right, other than Rights beneficially owned by the Acquiring Person or any affiliate or associate thereof (which will thereafter be void), will thereafter have the right to receive upon exercise that number of Common Shares having a market value $24.00, based on the market price of the Common Shares prior to the acquisition.

In the event that the Company is acquired in a merger or other business combination transaction or 50% or more of its consolidated assets or earning power are sold to an Acquiring Person, its affiliates or associates or certain other persons in which such persons have an interest, proper provision will be made so that each such holder of a Right will thereafter have the right to receive, upon the exercise thereof at the then current exercise price of the Right, that number of shares of common stock of the acquiring company with a market value of $24.00 based on the market price of the acquiring corporation’s stock, prior to such transaction.

Redemption and Exchange of Rights

At any time prior to the earliest of (i) the time a person becomes an Acquiring Person, or (ii) the Final Expiration Date, the Board may redeem the Rights in whole, but not in part, at a price of $0.01 per Right (the “Redemption Price”).  In general, the redemption of the Rights may be made effective at such time on such basis with such conditions as the Board in its sole discretion may establish.  Immediately upon any redemption of the Rights, the right to exercise the Rights will terminate and the only right of the holders of Rights will be to receive the Redemption Price.

At any time after any person becomes an Acquiring Person and prior to the acquisition by such person of 50% or more of the outstanding Common Shares, the Board may exchange the Rights (other than Rights owned by an Acquiring Person or its affiliate or associate that will have become void), in whole or in part, at an exchange ratio of one Common Share, or, under circumstances set forth in the Rights Agreement, cash, property or other securities of the Company, including fractions of a Preferred Share (or of a share of another class or series of the Company’s preferred stock), per Right (with a value equal to such Common Shares).

Amendment of Rights

Prior to the Distribution Date, the Rights Agreement and the terms of the Rights generally may be supplemented or amended from time to time by the Company without the consent of the holders of the Rights.  After the Distribution Date, the Rights Agreement may not be amended in any manner which would adversely affect the interests of the holders of the Rights.

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