Document:

Exhibit 4.3

 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE OF LIBERTY MEDIA CORPORATION

 

SERIES C LIBERTY SIRIUSXM RIGHTS CERTIFICATES

 

CONSULT BROADRIDGE CORPORATE ISSUER SOLUTIONS, INC.  (THE “SUBSCRIPTION AGENT”) OR YOUR BANK OR BROKER AS TO ANY QUESTIONS

 

The following instructions relate to a rights offering (the “Rights Offering”) by Liberty Media Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), to the holders of its Series A Liberty SiriusXM common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series A Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock”), to the holders of its Series B Liberty SiriusXM common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series B Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock”), and to the holders of its Series C Liberty SiriusXM common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series C Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock”), as described in the Company’s prospectus dated May 14, 2020 (the “Prospectus”).  In the rights distribution (as such term is defined in the Prospectus), holders of record of shares of the Company’s Series A Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock, Series B Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock and Series C Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock (together, the “Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock”), at 5:00 p.m. New York City time, on May 13, 2020 (the “Record Date”) received 0.0939 of a transferable subscription right (a “Series C Liberty SiriusXM Right”) for each share of the Company’s Series A Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock, Series B Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock or Series C Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock held by them as of the Record Date.  The total number of Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights to be issued to each such holder was rounded up to the nearest whole number (after taking into account the aggregate number of Series C SiriusXM Rights each such holder would otherwise be entitled to receive in respect of the aggregate number of shares of Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock held of record by such holder as a result of the Rights Offering). Such rounding was made with respect to each beneficial stockholder.  Each whole Series C Liberty SiriusXM Right is exercisable, upon payment of $25.47 as described below (the “Subscription Price”), to purchase one share of Series C Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock (the “Basic Subscription Privilege”).  In addition, subject to the proration described below, each holder of record of Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights (each a “Rightsholder”) that fully exercises its Basic Subscription Privilege with respect to all Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights that it holds in the same capacity pursuant to a single rights certificate also has the right to subscribe at the Subscription Price for additional shares of Series C Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock (the “Oversubscription Privilege”).  If shares of Series C Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock being offered in the Rights Offering remain available for subscription following the exercise of the Basic Subscription Privilege by Rightsholders prior to the Expiration Time, as defined below (the “Excess Shares”), such Rightsholders may exercise their Oversubscription Privilege to subscribe for a number of Excess Shares.  If there are not a sufficient number of Excess Shares of Series C Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock to satisfy all subscriptions pursuant to the exercise of Oversubscription Privileges by the applicable Rightsholders, the available Excess Shares of Series C Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock will be allocated pro rata among Rightsholders exercising their Oversubscription Privilege in proportion to the number of shares of Series C Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock that each such Rightsholder purchased pursuant to its Basic Subscription Privilege; provided, however, that if such pro rata allocation results in any Rightsholder being allocated a greater number of Excess Shares than such Rightsholder subscribed for pursuant to the exercise of such Rightsholder’s Oversubscription Privilege, then such Rightsholder will be allocated only such number of Excess Shares as such Rightsholder subscribed for, and the remaining Excess Shares will be allocated among the other Rightsholders exercising their Oversubscription Privilege with respect to the Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights.

 

The Rights Offering will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on June 5, 2020, unless extended as described in the Prospectus (the “Expiration Time”).

 

AS DESCRIBED IN THESE INSTRUCTIONS, YOUR RIGHTS CERTIFICATE (ALONG WITH AN INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE FORM W-8 OR W-9, AS APPLICABLE, TO THE EXTENT REQUIRED BY PARAGRAPH 2 OF THESE INSTRUCTIONS) MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE SUBSCRIPTION AGENT, OR GUARANTEED DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO YOUR RIGHTS CERTIFICATE MUST BE COMPLIED WITH, AND PAYMENT OF THE SUBSCRIPTION PRICE MUST BE RECEIVED, AS MORE SPECIFICALLY DESCRIBED BELOW AND IN THE PROSPECTUS, BY THE SUBSCRIPTION AGENT ON OR BEFORE THE EXPIRATION TIME.  YOU MAY NOT REVOKE ANY EXERCISE OF A SERIES C LIBERTY SIRIUSXM RIGHT.

 

Below is a list of the key dates for the Rights Offering of which you should be aware.  With the exception of the Record Date and Rights Distribution Date, such dates are subject to change in the

 

 

event the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) determines to extend the Rights Offering.  For more information regarding these dates, we encourage you to review the section of the Prospectus entitled “The Rights Offering,” as this portion of the Prospectus describes other timing considerations of which you should be aware regarding the Rights Offering.

 

	
Date
    	
 
    	
Event / Action
    
	
5:00 p.m., New York City time, on May 13, 2020
    	
 
    	
Record Date.
    
	
May 15, 2020
    	
 
    	
Expected when-issued trading period for the Series C   Liberty SiriusXM Rights on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol   “LSXRV.”
    
	
5:00 p.m., New York City time, on May 15, 2020
    	
 
    	
Rights Distribution Date.
    
	
May 18, 2020
    	
 
    	
Commencement of the Rights Offering.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Expected commencement of “regular way” trading for the   Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights on the Nasdaq Global Select Market   under the symbol “LSXMR.”
    
	
11:00 a.m., New York City time, on May 29, 2020 (five   business days prior to the Expiration Time, as may be adjusted in the event   of an extension of the Expiration Time)
    	
 
    	
Date by which the Subscription Agent must have received   appropriate materials from you in order to have the Subscription Agent sell   such rights.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Date by which registered foreign holders of Series C   Liberty SiriusXM Rights must notify the Subscription Agent and establish to   the satisfaction of the subscription agent that it is permitted to exercise   its Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Date by which the Subscription Agent must have received   appropriate materials from you in order to transfer all or a portion of your   rights.
    
	
5:00 p.m., New York City time, on June 5, 2020
    	
 
    	
Expiration of the Rights Offering.
    

 

No fractional Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights or cash in lieu thereof were issued or paid. Instead, the total number of Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights issued to each stockholder was rounded up to the nearest whole number (after taking into account the aggregate number of Series C SiriusXM Rights each stockholder would otherwise have been entitled to receive in respect of all shares of Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock held of record by such stockholder, in the aggregate as a result of the Rights Offering). Such rounding was made with respect to each beneficial stockholder. Nominee holders of the Company’s Series A Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock, Series B Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock or Series C Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock that held, on the Record Date, shares for the account(s) of more than one beneficial owner may, upon proper showing to the Subscription Agent, exercise such beneficial owners’ Basic Subscription Privilege and Oversubscription Privilege as described below.

 

The Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights will be traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “LSXMR.”

 

The number of Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights to which a holder of Series A Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock, Series B Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock or Series C Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock is entitled is printed on the face of that holder’s “Rights Certificate.” You should indicate your wishes with regard to the exercise, assignment, transfer or sale of your Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights by completing the Rights Certificate and returning it to the Subscription Agent in the envelope provided.

 

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1.              EXERCISE YOUR RIGHTS AND SUBSCRIBE FOR SHARES OF SERIES C LIBERTY SIRIUSXM COMMON STOCK (Section 1 of the Rights Certificate).

 

To exercise Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights, deliver your properly completed and executed Rights Certificate, by checking the boxes next to Section 1.A and 1.B, if applicable, and completing Section 1.C, together with payment in full of the Subscription Price for each share of Series C Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock subscribed for pursuant to the Basic Subscription Privilege and the Oversubscription Privilege, to the Subscription Agent.

 

Payment of the applicable Subscription Price must be made for the full number of shares of Series C Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock being subscribed for by wire transfer, certified or personal check or bank draft drawn upon a U.S. bank, or postal, telegraphic or express money order payable to: Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions, Inc., as Subscription Agent.

 

THE SUBSCRIPTION PRICE WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE SUBSCRIPTION AGENT ONLY UPON (I) THE CLEARANCE OF ANY UNCERTIFIED CHECK, OR (II) THE RECEIPT BY THE SUBSCRIPTION AGENT OF ANY WIRE TRANSFER, CERTIFIED CHECK OR BANK DRAFT DRAWN UPON A U.S. BANK OR OF ANY POSTAL, TELEGRAPHIC OR EXPRESS MONEY ORDER.

 

If paying by uncertified personal check, please note that the funds paid thereby may take approximately five business days to clear.  Accordingly, Rightsholders who wish to pay the Subscription Price by means of an uncertified personal check are urged to make payment sufficiently in advance of the Expiration Time to ensure that such payment is received and clears by such date and are urged to consider payment by means of certified or cashier’s check or money order.

 

Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.  Alternatively, you may cause a written guarantee substantially in the form enclosed herewith (the “Notice of Guaranteed Delivery”) from a commercial bank, trust company, securities broker or dealer, credit union, savings association or other eligible guarantor institution which is a member of or a participant in a signature guarantee program acceptable to the Subscription Agent (each of the foregoing being an “Eligible Institution”), to be received by the Subscription Agent at or prior to the Expiration Time, together with payment in full of the applicable Subscription Price.  Such Notice of Guaranteed Delivery must state your name, the number of Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights represented by your Rights Certificate, the number of Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights being exercised pursuant to the Basic Subscription Privilege and the number of shares of Series C Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock, if any, being subscribed for pursuant to the Oversubscription Privilege, and will guarantee the delivery to the Subscription Agent of your properly completed and executed Rights Certificate within two business days following the date of the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.  Delivery information for the Subscription Agent are listed below.  If this procedure is followed, your Rights Certificate must be received by the Subscription Agent within two business days of the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.

 

Additional copies of the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery may be obtained upon request from the Information Agent, Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions, Inc., at the address, or by calling the telephone number, indicated below.

 

Banks, brokers, trusts, depositaries or other nominee holders of the Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights who exercise the Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights on behalf of beneficial owners of Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights will be  required to certify to the Subscription Agent and the Company, in connection with any exercise of the Oversubscription Privilege, the aggregate number of Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights that have been exercised and the number of shares of Series C Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock that are being subscribed for pursuant to the Oversubscription Privilege by each beneficial owner of Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights on whose behalf such nominee holder is acting.  If more shares of Series C Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock are subscribed for pursuant to the Oversubscription Privilege than are available for sale, such shares will be allocated, as described above, among Rightsholders of the Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights exercising their Oversubscription Privilege in proportion to the number of shares of Series C Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock purchased pursuant to each such Rightsholder’s Basic Subscription Privilege.

 

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The addresses of the Subscription Agent are as follows:

 

	
If delivering by first class   mail:

    Broadridge, Inc.
 Attn: BCIS Re-Organization Dept.
 P.O. Box 1317
 Brentwood, NY 11717-0718
    	
 
    	
If delivering by registered, certified or express   mail or overnight courier:

    Broadridge, Inc.
 Attn: BCIS IWS
 51 Mercedes Way
 Edgewood, NY 11717
    

 

The telephone numbers of the Information Agent, for inquiries, information or requests for additional documentation are as follows:

 

Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions, Inc.
 Banks and Brokers Call: 1-888-789-8415
 All Others Call: 1-888-789-8415

 

If you exercise less than all of the Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights evidenced by your Rights Certificate you may either (a) check the box next to Section 2 and complete Section 2 of your Rights Certificate to direct the Subscription Agent to attempt to sell the unexercised Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights (but no fractional Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights) on your behalf  (and provide an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 or W-9, as described in Paragraph 2(a) below), (b) check the box next to Section 3 and complete Section 3 of your Rights Certificate to transfer your remaining unexercised Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights (but no fractional Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights) to a designated transferee or to assign them to a bank or broker to sell for you, or (c) check the box next to Section 4 and complete Section 4 of your Rights Certificate and the Subscription Agent will issue you a new Rights Certificate evidencing the unexercised Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights (see Paragraph 4 of these “Instructions For Use of Liberty Media Corporation Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights Certificates”).  If you choose to have any such new Rights Certificate delivered to a different address, so indicate in Section 4 of your Rights Certificate.  If you choose to have a new Rights Certificate sent, you may not receive the new Rights Certificate in sufficient time to permit the exercise, assignment, transfer or sale of the Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights evidenced thereby.

 

If you have not indicated the number of Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights being exercised, or if you have not forwarded full payment of the Subscription Price for the number of Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights that you have indicated are being exercised, you will be deemed to have exercised the Basic Subscription Privilege with respect to the maximum number of whole Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights which may be exercised for the aggregate Subscription Price transmitted or delivered by you, and to the extent that the aggregate Subscription Price transmitted or delivered by you exceeds the product of the applicable per share Subscription Price multiplied by the number of whole Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights evidenced by the Rights Certificate(s) transmitted or delivered by you and no direction is given as to the excess (such excess being the “Subscription Excess”), you will be deemed to have exercised your Oversubscription Privilege to purchase, to the extent available, that number of whole shares of Series C Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing the Subscription Excess by the applicable per share Subscription Price, subject to the limit on the number of shares of Series C Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock available to be purchased in the Rights Offering and applicable proration.

 

Conditions to Completion of the Rights Offering.  There are no conditions to the completion of the Rights Offering. However, the Company has the right to terminate the Rights Offering for any reason before the Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights expire.

 

Delivery of Shares of Series C Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock.  As soon as practicable after the Expiration Time, the following deliveries and payments will be made to the address shown on the face of your Rights Certificate unless you provide instructions to the contrary in Section 1 of your Rights Certificate.

 

Subscription Privilege.  The Subscription Agent will deliver to each validly exercising Rightsholder shares of Series C Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock purchased pursuant to such exercise including the number of shares of Series C Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock allocated to and purchased by such Rightsholder pursuant to its

 

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Oversubscription Privilege.  The Subscription Agent will effect delivery of the subscribed-for shares of Series C Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock through the Subscription Agent’s book-entry registration system by mailing to each subscribing Rightsholder a statement of holdings detailing such Rightsholder’s subscribed-for shares of Series C Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock and the method by which the subscribing Rightsholder may access its account and, if desired, trade its shares.  See “The Rights Offering—Subscription Privileges” in the Prospectus.

 

Return of Excess Payments.  The Subscription Agent will promptly deliver to each Rightsholder who exercises the Oversubscription Privilege any excess funds tendered, without interest or deduction, in payment of the Subscription Price for each share of Series C Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock that is subscribed for by, but not allocated to, such Rightsholder pursuant to the Oversubscription Privilege.

 

2.              SELL YOUR RIGHTS (Section 2 of the Rights Certificate).

 

(a)           Sale of All Unexercised Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights Through the Subscription Agent.  To sell all unexercised Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights (but no fractional Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights) through the Subscription Agent, you must so indicate by checking the box next to Section 2 and completing Section 2 of the Rights Certificate and you must provide a properly completed and executed Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 or W-9, as applicable, to the Subscription Agent along with your completed Rights Certificate.  Internal Revenue Service Forms W-8 and W-9 and the applicable instructions are available on the Internal Revenue Service website at www.irs.gov.  IF THE SUBSCRIPTION AGENT SELLS ANY OF YOUR SERIES C LIBERTY SIRIUSXM RIGHTS, SUCH SERIES C LIBERTY SIRIUSXM RIGHTS WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN SOLD AT THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE NET SALE PRICE OF ALL SERIES C LIBERTY SIRIUSXM RIGHTS SOLD BY THE SUBSCRIPTION AGENT.  Promptly following the Expiration Time, the Subscription Agent will send the selling Rightsholder a check for the net proceeds from the sale of any Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights sold, reduced by any applicable tax withholding (including backup withholding). The aggregate fees charged by the Subscription Agent for selling Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights will be deducted from the aggregate sale price for all such Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights in determining the weighted average net sale price of all such Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights.  The Subscription Agent’s obligation to execute sell orders is subject to its ability to find buyers for the Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights.  NO ASSURANCE CAN BE GIVEN THAT A MARKET WILL DEVELOP OR BE MAINTAINED FOR THE SERIES C LIBERTY SIRIUSXM RIGHTS OR THAT THE SUBSCRIPTION AGENT WILL BE ABLE TO SELL ANY SERIES C LIBERTY SIRIUSXM RIGHTS.

 

You must have your order to sell your Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights to the Subscription Agent before 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the fifth business day before the Expiration Time (which is May 29, 2020, unless the Expiration Time is extended).

 

If the Subscription Agent cannot sell your Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights by 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day before the Expiration Time, the Subscription Agent will return your rights certificate to you by overnight delivery.  We encourage you to review the discussion in the Prospectus under the heading “The Rights Offering—Method of Transferring and Selling Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights—Sales of Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights Through the Subscription Agent.”  Deliveries and payments will be made to the address shown on the face of your Rights Certificate unless you provide instructions to the contrary in Section 2 of your Rights Certificate.

 

Failure to provide a properly completed and executed Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 or W-9, as applicable, may result in the imposition of backup withholding (currently at a rate of 24%).  See the discussion in the Prospectus under the heading “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Rights Distribution and the Rights Offering— Information Reporting and Backup Withholding.”

 

(b)           Sale of Less than All Unexercised Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights Through the Subscription Agent.  You may have your Rights Certificate divided into Rights Certificates of appropriate denominations by following the instructions in Paragraph 4 below.  The Rights Certificate evidencing the number of unexercised Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights you intend to sell can then be sold by following the instructions in Paragraph 2(a).  IF THE SUBSCRIPTION AGENT SELLS ANY OF YOUR SERIES C LIBERTY SIRIUSXM RIGHTS, SUCH SERIES C LIBERTY SIRIUSXM RIGHTS WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN SOLD AT THE WEIGHTED

 

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AVERAGE SALE PRICE OF ALL SERIES C LIBERTY SIRIUSXM RIGHTS SOLD BY THE SUBSCRIPTION AGENT.  Promptly following the Expiration Time, the Subscription Agent will send the holder a check for the net proceeds from the sale of any Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights sold, reduced by any applicable tax withholding (including backup withholding). The aggregate fees charged by the Subscription Agent for selling Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights will be deducted from the aggregate sale price for all such Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights in determining the weighted average net sale price of all such Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights.  The Subscription Agent’s obligation to execute sell orders is subject to its ability to find buyers for the Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights.  NO ASSURANCE CAN BE GIVEN THAT A MARKET WILL DEVELOP OR BE MAINTAINED FOR THE SERIES C LIBERTY SIRIUSXM RIGHTS OR THAT THE SUBSCRIPTION AGENT WILL BE ABLE TO SELL ANY SERIES C LIBERTY SIRIUSXM RIGHTS.

 

You must have your order to sell your Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights to the Subscription Agent before 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the fifth business day before the Expiration Time (which is May 29, 2020, unless the Expiration Time is extended).

 

If the Subscription Agent cannot sell your Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights by 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day before the Expiration Time, the Subscription Agent will return your rights certificate to you by overnight delivery.  We encourage you to review the discussion in the Prospectus under the heading “The Rights Offering—Method of Transferring and Selling Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights—Sales of Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights Through the Subscription Agent.” Deliveries and payments will be made to the address shown on the face of your Rights Certificate unless you provide instructions to the contrary in Section 2 of your Rights Certificate.

 

3.              TRANSFER OF ALL OR LESS THAN ALL UNEXERCISED SERIES C LIBERTY SIRIUSXM RIGHTS TO ONE OR MORE DESIGNATED TRANSFEREES (Section 3 of the Rights Certificate).

 

(a)           One Designated Transferee.  To transfer all of your unexercised Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights to a designated transferee or to a broker, dealer or nominee for sale on your behalf, you must so indicate by checking the box next to Section 3 and completing Section 3 of your Rights Certificate.  A Rights Certificate that has been properly transferred in its entirety may be exercised by a new holder without having a new Rights Certificate issued.  If you wish to transfer less than all of your unexercised Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights (but no fractional Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights) to one designated transferee or to a broker, dealer or nominee for sale on your behalf, so indicate by checking the box next to Section 3 and completing Section 3 of your Rights Certificate and separately instruct the Subscription Agent as to the action to be taken with respect to the unexercised Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights not transferred.  Such instructions should be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution.  If no such instructions are received, the Subscription Agent will issue you a new Rights Certificate evidencing the unexercised Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights.  If the box next to Section 3 is checked but Section 3 is not completed, the Subscription Agent may thereafter treat the bearer of the Rights Certificate as the absolute owner of all of the Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights evidenced by such Rights Certificate for all purposes, and neither the Subscription Agent nor the Company shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

If you wish to transfer any of your Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights, you must have your order to transfer such Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights to the Subscription Agent by the fifth business day prior to the Expiration Time (which is May 29, 2020, unless the Expiration Time is extended).

 

(b)           More than One Designated Transferee.  Because only the Subscription Agent can issue Rights Certificates, if you wish to transfer all or less than all of the unexercised Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights (but no fractional Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights) evidenced by your Rights Certificate to more than one designated transferee or to more than one broker, dealer or nominee for sale on your behalf, so indicate by checking the box next to Section 3 and completing Section 3 and separately instruct the Subscription Agent as to the action to be taken with respect to any unexercised Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights not transferred.  Such instructions should be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution.  Alternatively, you may first have your Rights Certificate divided into Rights Certificates of appropriate denominations by following the instructions in Paragraph 5 below.  Each Rights Certificate evidencing

 

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the number of Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights you intend to transfer can then be transferred by following the instructions in Paragraph 5(c).

 

If you wish to transfer any of your Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights, you must have your order to transfer such Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights to the Subscription Agent by the fifth business day prior to the Expiration Time (which is May 29, 2020, unless the Expiration Time is extended).

 

4.              TO HAVE A SERIES C LIBERTY SIRIUSXM RIGHTS CERTIFICATE DIVIDED INTO SMALLER DENOMINATIONS.

 

Send your Rights Certificate, together with complete separate instructions (including specification of the denominations into which you wish your Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights to be divided), signed by you, to the Subscription Agent, allowing a sufficient amount of time for new Rights Certificates to be issued and returned so that they can be used prior to the Expiration Time.  Alternatively, you may assign your unexercised Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights to a bank or broker to effect such actions on your behalf.  Your signature must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution if any of the new Rights Certificates are to be issued in a name other than that in which the old Rights Certificate was issued.  Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights Certificates may not be divided into fractional Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights, and any instruction to do so will be rejected.  As a result of delays in the mail, the time of the transmittal, the necessary processing time and other factors, you or your transferee may not receive such new Rights Certificate(s) in time to enable the Rightsholder to complete a sale, exercise or transfer by the Expiration Time.  Neither the Company nor the Subscription Agent will be liable to either a transferor or transferee for any such delays.

 

If you choose to have a new Rights Certificate sent, you may not receive the new Rights Certificate in sufficient time to permit the exercise, assignment, transfer or sale of the Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights evidenced thereby.

 

5.              EXECUTION.

 

(a)           Execution by Registered Holder(s).  The signature on the Rights Certificate must correspond with the name of the registered holder exactly as it appears on the face of the Rights Certificate without any alteration or change whatsoever.  If the Rights Certificate is registered in the names of two or more joint owners, all of such owners must sign.  Persons who sign the Rights Certificate in a representative or other fiduciary capacity must indicate their  capacity when signing and, unless waived by the Company in its sole and absolute discretion, must present to the Subscription Agent satisfactory evidence of their authority to so act.

 

(b)           Execution by Person Other than Registered Holder.  If the Rights Certificate is executed by a person other than the holder named on the face of the Rights Certificate, proper evidence of authority of the person  executing the Rights Certificate must accompany the same unless, for good cause, the Company dispenses with proof of authority, in its sole and absolute discretion.

 

(c)           Signature Guarantees.  Your signature must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution if you wish to transfer all or less than all of your unexercised Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights to a designated transferee or to a  broker, dealer or nominee for sale on your behalf as specified in Paragraphs 4(c) and/or 4(d), or to have the Subscription Agent sell less than all of your unexercised Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights, as specified in Paragraph 4(b).

 

6.              METHOD OF DELIVERY.

 

The method of delivery of Rights Certificates and payment of the Subscription Price to the Subscription Agent will be at the election and risk of the Rightsholder, but, if sent by mail, it is recommended that they be sent by registered mail, properly insured, with return receipt requested, and that a sufficient number of days be allowed to ensure delivery to the Subscription Agent and the clearance of any checks sent in payment of the Subscription Price prior to the Expiration Time.  If paying by uncertified personal check, please note that the funds paid thereby may take

 

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approximately five business days to clear.  Accordingly, Rightsholders who wish to pay the Subscription Price by means of an uncertified personal check are urged to make payment sufficiently in advance of the Expiration Time to ensure that such payment is received and clears by such date and are urged to consider payment by means of certified or cashier’s check or money order. Rightsholders who wish to pay the Subscription Price by means of wire transfer are urged to contact the Subscription Agent at 1-888-789-8415 to advise the Subscription Agent of their intent to wire funds before sending their wire and to obtain wire instructions. This will ensure prompt and accurate credit upon receipt of such wire. Please contact the information agent for further information.

 

7.              SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE DELIVERY OF SERIES C LIBERTY SIRIUSXM RIGHTS THROUGH THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY.

 

If you are a broker, a dealer, a trustee or a depositary for securities who holds shares of Series A Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock, Series B Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock or Series C Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock for the account of others as a nominee holder, you may, upon proper showing to the Subscription Agent, exercise your beneficial owners’ Basic Subscription Privilege and Oversubscription Privilege through The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”).  You may exercise Series C Liberty SiriusXM Rights held through DTC through DTC’s PSOP Function on the “agents subscription over PTS” procedures and instructing DTC to charge the applicable DTC account for the Subscription Price and to deliver such amount to the Subscription Agent.  DTC must receive the subscription instructions and payment for the new shares by the Expiration Time unless guaranteed delivery procedures are utilized.

 

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Exhibit 4.1

ANIXTER INC. 
the Company,

ANIXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.
 the Guarantor

and

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
 as Trustee

First Supplemental Indenture

Dated as of May 14, 2020

ARTICLE ONE SCOPE OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE......... 2
Section 101.  Scope........................................................... 2
ARTICLE TWO DEFINITIONS............................................................ 2
Section 201.  Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application...2
ARTICLE THREE AMENDMENTS TO INDENTURE.................... 2
Section 301.  Amendments to Indenture.......................... 2
Section 302.  Amendments to Notes................................ 3
ARTICLE FOUR MISCELLANEOUS................................................. 3
Section 401.  Trust Indenture Act of 1939...................... 3
Section 402.  Governing Law.......................................... 3
Section 403.  Counterparts............................................... 3
Section 404.  Separability................................................ 3
Section 405.  Ratification................................................ 4
Section 406.  Effectiveness.............................................. 4
Section 407.  Successors.................................................. 4
Section 408.  Trustee’s Disclaimer.................................. 4

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “First Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of May 14, 2020, by and among Anixter Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Anixter International Inc., a Delaware corporation, as Guarantor (the “Guarantor”), and Wells Fargo, National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
WHEREAS, the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of August 18, 2015 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “Indenture”);
WHEREAS, the Company issued its 5.50% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Notes”) pursuant to the Indenture;
WHEREAS, $350,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Notes are currently outstanding;
WHEREAS, Section 9.02 of the Indenture provides that, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding, the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee may enter into an indenture supplemental to the Indenture for the purpose of amending or supplementing the Indenture (subject to certain exceptions);
WHEREAS, the Company desires to enter into, and has requested the Trustee to join with it and the Guarantor in entering into, this First Supplemental Indenture for the purpose of amending the Indenture in certain respects as permitted by Section 9.02 of the Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Guarantor has entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 10, 2020, by and among the Guarantor, WESCO International, Inc. (“WESCO International”) and Warrior Merger Sub, Inc. (“Merger Sub”), pursuant to which Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Guarantor (the “Merger”), with the Guarantor surviving the Merger and continuing as a wholly owned subsidiary of WESCO International; 
WHEREAS, in connection with the Merger, the Company has solicited, and has received, all as certified by a certificate of the information and tender agent with respect to the Consent Solicitation, as the duly appointed proxy of such Holders, delivered to the Company and the Trustee consents from Holders representing at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes to the amendments to the Indenture set forth in Article III hereof, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in that certain Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement of WESCO Distribution, Inc. and the Company dated April 30, 2020 (including any amendments, modifications or supplements thereto, the “Consent Solicitation”);
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this First Supplemental Indenture a legal and binding supplement to the Indenture in accordance with its terms and the terms of the Indenture have been done;

WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections 1.02, 6.02 and 9.03 of the Indenture, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel have been delivered to the Trustee each stating that the execution of this First Supplemental Indenture is authorized or permitted by the Indenture, and that the Company and the Guarantor have complied with all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in the Indenture relating to this First Supplemental Indenture; and
WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this First Supplemental Indenture.
NOW, THEREFORE:
For and in consideration of the premises stated herein and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders thereof, the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee covenant and agree, for the benefit of each other and the equal and proportionate benefit of the Holders of the Notes, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
 SCOPE OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Section 101.      Scope.  This First Supplemental Indenture constitutes a supplement to the Indenture and an integral part of the Indenture and shall be read together with the Indenture as though all the provisions thereof are contained in one instrument. Except as expressly amended by this First Supplemental Indenture, the terms and provisions of the Indenture shall remain in full force and effect.
ARTICLE TWO
 DEFINITIONS
Section 201.      Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application.  For all purposes of this First Supplemental Indenture unless otherwise specified herein:
(a)            all terms used in this First Supplemental Indenture which are not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings they are given in the Indenture; and
(b)           the provisions of general application stated in the first paragraph of Section 1.01 of the Indenture shall apply to this First Supplemental Indenture, except that the words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereto” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this First Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to the Indenture, or any particular Article, Section or other subdivision of the Indenture or this First Supplemental Indenture.
ARTICLE THREE
 AMENDMENTS TO INDENTURE 
Section 301.      Amendments to Indenture.  Effective immediately prior to the consummation of the Merger, the Indenture is hereby amended by deleting the following Sections of the Indenture and all references and definitions related thereto in their entirety, and the Company and the Guarantor shall be released from their respective obligations under the following provisions of the Indenture with respect to the Notes; provided  that  all such deleted Sections, references and definitions shall be replaced with the words “[Intentionally Omitted]”:

(a)            Section 5.01(4), (5), (6), (7) and (8); 
(b)    Section 8.01 Consolidations, Mergers and Sales Permitted Subject to Certain Conditions; 
(c)            Section 10.04 Statement by Officers as to Default; 
(d)           Section 10.05 Restriction on Creation of Secured Debt;  
(e)            Section 10.06 Restriction on Sales and Leaseback Transaction; and
(f)            Section 11.09 Purchase at the Election of Holders on a Change of Control.
Failure to comply with the terms of any of the foregoing provisions of the Indenture shall no longer constitute a default or Event of Default under the Indenture and shall not longer have any other consequence under the Indenture with respect to the Notes. 
Section 302.      Amendments to Notes.  Effective immediately prior to the consummation of the Merger, the Notes are hereby amended to delete all provisions inconsistent with the amendments to the Indenture effected by this First Supplemental Indenture.
ARTICLE FOUR
 MISCELLANEOUS
Section 401.      Trust Indenture Act of 1939.  This First Supplemental Indenture shall incorporate and be governed by the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of and to govern indentures qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 402.      Governing Law.  This First Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof. EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE GUARANTOR, AND THE TRUSTEE, AND BY ITS ACCEPTANCE THEREOF, EACH HOLDER OF A NOTE, HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE NOTES, THE GUARANTEE OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. 
Section 403.      Counterparts.  This First Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original; but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.  The exchange of copies of this First Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original First Supplemental Indenture for all purposes.  Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.
Section 404.      Separability.  In case any provision in this First Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 405.      Ratification.  The Indenture as supplemented and amended by this First Supplemental Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed.  With respect to the Notes, the Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.  All provisions included in this First Supplemental Indenture supersede any conflicting provisions included in the Indenture or the Notes unless not permitted by law.  The Trustee accepts the trusts created by the Indenture, including as supplemented and amended by this First Supplemental Indenture, and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions of the Indenture, including as supplemented and amended by this First Supplemental Indenture.
Section 406.      Effectiveness.  The provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture shall become effective as of the date hereof; provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, the amendments to the Indenture set forth in Article III hereof shall not become operative until immediately prior to the consummation of the Merger.  The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee that the amendments to the Indenture set forth in Article III hereof have become operative.
Section 407.      Successors.  All agreements of the Company and the Guarantor in this First Supplemental Indenture shall bind their successors.  All agreements of the Trustee in this First Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors.
Section 408.      Trustee’s Disclaimer.  The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the Company and the Guarantor and the Trustee makes no representation as to and assumes no responsibility for their correctness or liability in any manner whatsoever for or with respect to any of the recitals or statements contained herein. The Trustee makes no representation as to and shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture, the Notes, any Guarantee, the consents obtained pursuant to the Consent Solicitation or any other aspect of the Consent Solicitation, the Merger, the Merger Agreement, the WESCO Transaction, or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Company and the Guarantor. All of the provisions contained in the Indenture in respect of the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities of the Trustee shall be applicable in respect of this First Supplemental Indenture as fully and with like force and effect as though set forth in full herein.  
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

						
		ANIXTER INC.
		the Company
		
		By: /s/ Theodore Dosch

		Title: Executive Vice President—Finance and

		           Chief Financial Officer
		
		ANIXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.
		the Guarantor
		
		By: /s/ Theodore Dosch

		Title: Executive Vice President—Finance and

		           Chief Financial Officer

						
		WELLS FARGO BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
		as Trustee
		
		By: /s/ Gregory S. Clarke

		Title: Vice President

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