Document:

EX-4.1

 Exhibit 4.1 

EXECUTION VERSION 
  

 
 NAVIENT
CORPORATION 
 and 

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST 
 COMPANY, N.A.

 Rights Agreement 

Dated as of December 20, 2021 
  

 
  

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

							
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	Section 1.	  	Definitions	  	 	1	 
			
	Section 2.	  	Appointment of Rights Agent	  	 	6	 
			
	Section 3.	  	Issue of Right Certificates	  	 	6	 
			
	Section 4.	  	Form of Right Certificates	  	 	8	 
			
	Section 5.	  	Countersignature and Registration	  	 	8	 
			
	Section 6.	  	Transfer, Split Up, Combination and Exchange of Right Certificates; Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Right Certificates	  	 	9	 
			
	Section 7.	  	Exercise of Rights; Purchase Price; Expiration Date of Rights	  	 	10	 
			
	Section 8.	  	Cancellation and Destruction of Right Certificates	  	 	11	 
			
	Section 9.	  	Availability of Preferred Shares	  	 	12	 
			
	Section 10.	  	Preferred Shares Record Date	  	 	12	 
			
	Section 11.	  	Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number of Shares or Number of Rights	  	 	13	 
			
	Section 12.	  	Certificate of Adjusted Purchase Price or Number of Shares	  	 	19	 
			
	Section 13.	  	Consolidation, Merger or Sale or Transfer of Assets or Earning Power	  	 	19	 
			
	Section 14.	  	Fractional Rights and Fractional Shares	  	 	20	 
			
	Section 15.	  	Rights of Action	  	 	21	 
			
	Section 16.	  	Agreement of Right Holders	  	 	22	 
			
	Section 17.	  	Right Certificate Holder Not Deemed a Shareholder	  	 	22	 
			
	Section 18.	  	Concerning the Rights Agent	  	 	22	 
			
	Section 19.	  	Merger or Consolidation or Change of Name of Rights Agent	  	 	23	 
			
	Section 20.	  	Rights and Duties of Rights Agent	  	 	24	 
			
	Section 21.	  	Change of Rights Agent	  	 	27	 

  
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	Section 22.	  	Issuance of New Right Certificates	  	 	28	 
			
	Section 23.	  	Redemption	  	 	28	 
			
	Section 24.	  	Exchange	  	 	29	 
			
	Section 25.	  	Notice of Certain Events	  	 	30	 
			
	Section 26.	  	Notices	  	 	31	 
			
	Section 27.	  	Supplements and Amendments	  	 	32	 
			
	Section 28.	  	Successors	  	 	32	 
			
	Section 29.	  	Benefits of this Agreement	  	 	32	 
			
	Section 30.	  	Severability	  	 	32	 
			
	Section 31.	  	Governing Law	  	 	32	 
			
	Section 32.	  	Counterparts	  	 	33	 
			
	Section 33.	  	Descriptive Headings; Interpretation	  	 	33	 
			
	Section 34.	  	Customer Identification Program	  	 	33	 
			
	Section 35.	  	Force Majeure	  	 	33	 

  

					
	Exhibit A	  	-	  	Form of Certificate of Designations
			
	Exhibit B	  	-	  	Form of Right Certificate
			
	Exhibit C	  	-	  	Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares

  
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 This Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of December 20,
2021, between Navient Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., a federally chartered trust company, as rights agent (the “Rights Agent”). 

The Board of Directors of the Company has authorized and declared a dividend of one preferred share purchase right (a
“Right”) for each Common Share (as hereinafter defined) of the Company outstanding as of the close of business on December 30, 2021 (the “Record Date”), each Right representing the right to purchase one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (as hereinafter defined), 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 of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date and the Expiration Date (as such terms are hereinafter defined). 

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

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

(a) “Acquiring Person” shall mean: 

(i) Any Person who or which, together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, shall be the Beneficial Owner of 20%
or more of the Common Shares of the Company then outstanding, but shall not include the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, or any entity holding Common Shares for or
pursuant to the terms of any such plan. 
 (ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 1(a)(i): 

(A) no Person who at the time of the first public announcement of the declaration of the Rights dividend Beneficially Owns 20%
or more of the Common Shares of the Company then outstanding shall become an Acquiring Person unless such Person shall, after the time of the public announcement of the declaration of the Rights dividend, increase its Beneficial Ownership as a
percentage of the then-outstanding Common Shares (other than as a result of an acquisition of Common Shares by the Company) to an amount equal to or greater than the greater of (1) 20% and (2) the sum of (I) the lowest Beneficial
Ownership of such Person as a percentage of the outstanding Common Shares as of any time from and after the time of the public announcement of the declaration of the Rights dividend and (II) 0.001%. 

(iii)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 1(a): 

(A) no Person shall become an “Acquiring Person” as the result of an acquisition of Common Shares by the Company
that, by reducing the number of Common Shares of the Company outstanding, increases the proportionate number of Common Shares of the Company Beneficially Owned by such Person to 20% or more of the Common Shares of the Company then outstanding;
provided, however, that, if a Person shall become the Beneficial Owner of 20% or more of the Common Shares of the Company then outstanding by reason of share purchases by the Company and shall, after the public announcement of such
share purchases by the Company, become the Beneficial Owner of any additional Common Shares of the Company, then such Person shall be deemed to be an “Acquiring Person”; 

  
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 (B) if the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith that a
Person who would otherwise be an “Acquiring Person” has become such inadvertently, and such Person divests as promptly as practicable a sufficient number of Common Shares so that such Person would no longer be an “Acquiring
Person,” then such Person shall not be deemed to be an “Acquiring Person” for any purposes of this Agreement; and 

(C)    if a bona fide swaps dealer who would otherwise be an “Acquiring Person” has become so as
a result of its actions in the ordinary course of its business that the Board of Directors of the Company determines, in its sole discretion, were taken without the intent or effect of evading or assisting any other Person to evade the purposes and
intent of this Agreement, or otherwise seeking to control or influence the management or policies of the Company, then, and unless and until the Board of Directors shall otherwise determine, such Person shall not be deemed to be an “Acquiring
Person” for any purposes of this Agreement. 
 (b) “Affiliate” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act as in effect on the date of this Agreement. 

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

(d) “Associate” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 12b-2 of the
General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act as in effect on the date of this Agreement. 
 (e) A Person shall be deemed the
“Beneficial Owner” of and shall be deemed to “Beneficially Own” any securities: 
 (i)
which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates beneficially owns, directly or indirectly; 
 (ii)
which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates has (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) pursuant to 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), or upon the exercise of
conversion rights, exchange rights, rights (other than these Rights), warrants or options, or otherwise; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or to Beneficially Own, securities tendered pursuant
to a tender or exchange offer made 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 to vote pursuant to any agreement,
arrangement or understanding; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or to Beneficially Own, 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); 

  
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 (iii) which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other
Person 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) for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except to the extent contemplated by the proviso to Section 1(d)(ii)(B) hereof) or disposing of any securities of the Company; or 

(iv) which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by a Counterparty (or any of such Counterparty’s Affiliates or
Associates) under any Derivatives Contract (without regard to any short or similar position under the same or any other Derivatives Contract) to which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates is a Receiving Party (as such
terms are defined in the immediately following paragraph); provided, however, that the number of Common Shares and Rights that a Person is deemed to Beneficially Own pursuant to this clause (iv) in connection with a particular
Derivatives Contract shall not exceed, in each case, the number of Notional Common Shares with respect to such Derivatives Contract; provided, further, that the number of securities beneficially owned by each Counterparty (including its Affiliates
and Associates) under a Derivatives Contract shall for purposes of this clause (iv) be deemed to include all securities that are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other Counterparty (or any of such other Counterparty’s
Affiliates or Associates) under any Derivatives Contract to which such first Counterparty (or any of such first Counterparty’s Affiliates or Associates) is a Receiving Party, with this proviso being applied to successive Counterparties as
appropriate. 
 A “Derivatives Contract” is 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 (the number corresponding to such economic benefits and risks, the “Notional Common Shares”), 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 position 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-based
publicly traded market baskets of stocks approved for trading by the appropriate federal governmental authority shall not be deemed to be Derivatives Contracts. 

Notwithstanding anything in this definition of Beneficial Ownership to the contrary, 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 securities then issued and outstanding together with the number of such securities not then actually issued and outstanding
which are issuable by the Company and which such Person would be deemed to Beneficially Own hereunder. 

  
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 (f) “Book Entry” shall mean an uncertificated book entry for any Common
Share or Preferred Share. 
 (g) “Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, or a day on which
banking institutions in Delaware are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close. 
 (h) “Close of
Business” on any given date shall mean 5:00 P.M., Eastern time, on such date; provided, however, that, if such date is not a Business Day, it shall mean 5:00 P.M., Eastern time, on the next succeeding Business Day. 

(i) “Common Shares” when used with reference to the Company shall mean the shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per
share, of the Company. “Common Shares” when used with reference to any Person other than the Company shall mean the 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 which ultimately control such first-mentioned Person. 

(j) “Customer Identification Program” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 34 hereof. 

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

(l) “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 

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

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

(o) “Expiration Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a) hereof. 

(p) “NASDAQ” shall mean The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC. 

(q) “NYSE” shall mean the New York Stock Exchange. 

(r) “Ownership Statements” means, with respect to any Book Entry Common Share, current ownership statements issued to the
record holders thereof in lieu of a certificate representing such Common Share. 
 (s) “Person” shall mean any individual,
partnership, firm, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust, limited liability partnership, joint venture, 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. 
 (t) “Preferred
Shares” shall mean shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.20 per share, of the Company having the rights and preferences set forth in the Form of Certificate of Designations attached to this Agreement as
Exhibit A. 
 (u) “Purchase Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4 hereof. 

(v) “Qualifying Offer” shall mean an offer having all of the following characteristics: 

(i) a fully financed all-cash tender offer for all of the Company’s outstanding
Common Shares; 

  
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 (ii) an offer that shall remain open for not less than 60 Business Days
after the offer has commenced within the meaning of Rule 14d-2(a) under the Exchange Act; provided, however, that such offer need not remain open beyond (1) the time for which any other
offer satisfying the criteria for a Qualifying Offer is then required to be kept open, or (2) the expiration date, as such date may be extended by public announcement (with prompt written notice to the Rights Agent) in compliance with Rule 14e-1 of the Exchange Act, of any other tender offer for the Common Shares with respect to which the Board of Directors has agreed to redeem the Rights immediately prior to acceptance for payment of Common Shares
thereunder (unless such other offer is terminated prior to its expiration without any Common Shares having been purchased thereunder); 

(iii) an offer that is conditioned on a minimum number of the Company’s Common Shares being tendered and not withdrawn as
of the expiration date as would provide the bidder, upon consummation of the offer, with beneficial ownership of at least a majority of the Company’s outstanding Common Shares, which condition shall not be waivable; 

(iv) an offer pursuant to which the Company and its shareholders have received an irrevocable and legally binding written
commitment of the offeror to consummate, as promptly as practicable upon successful completion of the offer, a second step transaction whereby all Common Shares of the Company not purchased in the offer will be acquired for the same per share
consideration actually paid pursuant to the offer, subject to shareholders’ statutory appraisal rights, if any; and 

(v) an offer pursuant to which the offeror has made an irrevocable written commitment to provide a “subsequent offering
period” in accordance with Rule 14d-11 of the Exchange Act of 20 Business Days following the consummation of the offer. 

For the purposes of the definition of Qualifying Offer, “fully financed” shall mean that the offeror has sufficient funds for the
offer and related expenses which shall be evidenced by (i) firm, binding written commitments from responsible financial institutions having the necessary financial capacity, accepted by the offeror, to provide funds for such offer subject only
to customary terms and conditions, (ii) cash or cash equivalents then available to the offeror, set apart and maintained solely for the purpose of funding the offer with an irrevocable written commitment being provided by the offeror to the
Board of Directors of the Company to maintain such availability until the offer is consummated or withdrawn, or (iii) a combination of the foregoing; which evidence has been provided to the Company prior to, or upon, commencement of the offer.
If an offer becomes a Qualifying Offer in accordance with this definition but subsequently ceases to be a Qualifying Offer as a result of the failure at a later date to continue to satisfy any of the requirements of this definition, such offer shall
cease to be a Qualifying Offer and the provisions of Section 23(c) and Section 23(d) hereof shall no longer be applicable to such offer. 

  
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 (w) “Record Date” shall have the meaning set forth in the second paragraph
hereof. 
 (x) “Redemption Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a) hereof. 

(y) “Redemption Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 23(a) hereof. 

(z) “Right” shall have the meaning set forth in the second paragraph hereof. 

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

(bb) “Shares Acquisition Date” shall mean the first date of public announcement or public disclosure by the Company or an
Acquiring Person that an Acquiring Person has become such. 
 (cc) “Subsidiary” of any Person shall mean any corporation
or other entity of which a majority of the voting power of the voting equity securities or equity interest is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person. 

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

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

Section 2. Appointment of Rights Agent. The Company hereby appoints the Rights Agent to act as rights agent for the Company in
accordance with the express terms and conditions (and no implied terms or conditions) hereof, 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 (the term “Rights Agent” being used herein to refer, collectively, to the Rights Agent together with any such co-Rights Agents), upon ten
(10) days’ prior written notice to the Rights Agent. In the event the Company appoints one or more co-Rights Agents, the respective duties of the Rights Agent and any
co-Rights Agents shall be as the Company reasonably determines, provided that such duties are consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and that as promptly as reasonably practicable with such
appointment, the Company shall notify, in writing, the Rights Agent and any co-Rights Agents of any such duties. 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. 
 Section 3. Issue of Right
Certificates. (a) Until the tenth (10th) day after the Shares Acquisition Date (including any such Shares Acquisition Date that is after the execution of this Agreement and prior to the issuance of the Rights, the “Distribution
Date”), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares of the Company (or by Book Entry Common Shares of the Company) registered in the names of the holders
thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates or book entry, and (y) the Right Certificates and the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection
with the transfer of Common Shares of the Company. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, and upon written request of the Company, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or
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the Company, send) by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares of the Company as of the Close of Business on the Distribution 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 the transfer agent or registrar for the Common Shares of the Company, 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 adjustment as provided herein; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the
Company may choose to use book entry in lieu of physical certificates, in which case “Right Certificates” shall be deemed to mean the uncertificated book entry 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 and/or the Expiration Date 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 written notice is received by the Rights Agent, the Rights Agent may presume conclusively for all purposes that none of the Distribution
Date, the Redemption Date or the Expiration Date has occurred. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Agreement shall obligate the Company to issue certificates in respect of any Common Shares of the Company. 

(b) On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send (directly, or at the expense of the Company, upon the
written request of the Company and after the Company provides all necessary information and documents, through the Rights Agent or the Company’s transfer agent for the Common Shares) 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 the transfer agent or registrar for the Common
Shares of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares of the Company or Book Entry Common Shares of the Company outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates (or
such Book Entry Common Shares) registered in the names of the holders thereof together with a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto. Until the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date and the Expiration Date, the surrender for
transfer of any certificate for Common Shares or the transfer of any Book Entry Common Shares of the Company outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the
Rights associated with the Common Shares of the Company represented thereby. 
 (c) Certificates for Common Shares (or Book Entry 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 Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the 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 an Agreement between Navient Corporation and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (or any successor rights agent), dated as of December 20, 2021, as it may
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are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of Navient Corporation. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Agreement,
such Rights (as defined in the Agreement) will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. Navient Corporation will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Agreement without charge after
receipt of a written request therefor. As set forth in the Agreement, Rights that are or were acquired or Beneficially Owned (as defined in the Agreement) by any Person (as defined in the Agreement) who becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the
Agreement) or an Associate or Affiliate (each as defined in the Agreement) thereof become null and void. 
 With respect to any Book Entry
Common Share of the Company, such legend shall be included in the Ownership Statement in respect of such Common Share or in a notice to the record holder of such Common Share in accordance with applicable law. With respect to such certificates
containing the foregoing legend, or any Ownership Statement or notice containing the foregoing legend delivered to holders of Book Entry Common Shares, until the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Expiration Date, the
Rights associated with the Common Shares of the Company represented by such certificates or such Book Entry Common Shares shall be evidenced by such certificates or such Book Entry Common Shares (including any Ownership Statement) alone, and the
surrender for transfer of any such certificate or the transfer of any Book Entry Common Share shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares of the Company represented thereby. In the event that the Company
purchases or acquires any Common Shares of the Company after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares of the Company shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be
entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares of the Company which 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. 
 Section 4. Form of Right Certificates. The Right Certificates (and the forms of
election to purchase Preferred Shares and of assignment to be printed on the reverse thereof), when and if issued, shall be in substantially the same form 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 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 applicable rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any applicable rule or regulation of any stock exchange or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or to
conform to usage. Subject to the provisions of Section 22 hereof, the Right Certificates shall entitle the holders thereof to purchase such number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share as shall be
set forth therein at the price per one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share set forth therein (the “Purchase Price”), but the number of such one
one-hundredths of a Preferred Share and the Purchase Price shall be subject to adjustment as provided herein. 

Section 5. Countersignature and Registration. The Right Certificates shall be duly executed on behalf of the Company by its
Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its President, any of its Vice Presidents or its Treasurer, either manually or by facsimile signature, shall have affixed thereto the Company’s seal or a facsimile thereof, and shall be

  
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attested by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, either manually or by facsimile signature. Upon written request by the Company, the Right Certificates shall be countersigned,
either manually or by facsimile or other electronic signature, by an authorized signatory of the Rights Agent (but it shall not be necessary for the same signatory to countersign all of the Rights Certificates), and shall not be valid for any
purpose unless countersigned. In case any officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Right Certificates shall cease to be such officer of the Company 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 individual who signed such Right Certificates had not ceased to be such officer of
the Company; and any Right Certificate may be signed on behalf of the Company by any individual 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 individual was not such an officer. 
 Following the Distribution Date, receipt by the
Rights Agent of notice to that effect and all other relevant information and documents referred to in Section 3(a), the Rights Agent will keep or cause to be kept, at its office or offices 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 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 14 hereof, at any time after the Close of Business on the Distribution Date, and at or prior to the Close of Business on the earlier of the Redemption Date or the
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-hundredths of a Preferred Share 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, together with any required form of assignment and certificate duly executed and properly completed, the Right Certificate or Right Certificates to be transferred, split up, combined or exchanged at the office or offices of the Rights
Agent designated for such purpose, accompanied by a signature guarantee and such other documentation as the Rights Agent may reasonably request. The Right Certificates are transferrable only on the registry books of the Rights Agent. Neither the
Rights Agent nor the Company shall be obligated to take any action whatsoever with respect to the transfer of any such surrendered Right Certificate until the registered holder shall have properly completed and duly executed the certificate
contained in the form of assignment on the reverse side of such Right Certificate, shall have provided such additional evidence of the identity of the Beneficial Owner (or former Beneficial Owner) thereof and of the Rights evidenced thereby and the
Affiliates and Associates of such Beneficial Owner (or former Beneficial Owner) thereof as the Company or the Rights Agent shall reasonably request and paid a sum sufficient to cover any tax or charge that may be imposed in connection with any
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exchange of Right Certificates as required hereunder. Thereupon, the Rights Agent shall 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 Persons as the Company shall specify by written notice. The Rights Agent shall have no
duty or obligation under any Section of this Agreement that requires the payment of taxes or charges unless and until it is reasonably satisfied that all such taxes and/or charges have been paid. 

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 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. 
 Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the Company and the Rights Agent
may amend this Agreement to provide for uncertificated Rights in addition to or in place of Rights evidenced by Right Certificates, if any. 

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 or offices of the Rights Agent designated for such purpose, accompanied by a signature guarantee and such other documentation as the Rights Agent may reasonably request,
together with payment of the Purchase Price for each one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share as to which the Rights are exercised, at or prior to the earliest of (i) the Close of Business on
December 19, 2022 (the “Expiration Date”), (ii) the time at which the Rights are redeemed as provided in Section 23 hereof (the “Redemption Date”), (iii) the time at which such Rights are
exchanged as provided in Section 24 hereof, or (iv) the time at which the Rights expire in connection with the consummation of a Qualifying Offer as provided in Section 23(d) hereof. From such time as the Rights are no longer
exercisable hereunder, the Rights Agent shall have no further duties, obligations or liabilities hereunder except as expressly stated herein. 

(b) The Purchase Price for each one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share purchasable pursuant to the
exercise of a Right shall initially be $100, and shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in Section 11 or 13 hereof, and shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America in accordance with Section 7(c).

 (c) Upon receipt of a Right Certificate representing exercisable Rights, with the appropriate form of election to purchase properly
completed and duly executed, accompanied by payment of the aggregate Purchase Price for the shares to be purchased and an amount equal to any applicable transfer tax required to be paid by the holder of such Right Certificate in

  
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accordance with Section 9 hereof by cash or by certified check, cashier’s check or money order payable to the order of the Company, the Rights Agent shall thereupon promptly
(i) (A) requisition from any transfer agent of the Preferred Shares (from the Company if there shall be no such transfer agent, or make available if the Rights Agent is the Transfer Agent) certificates for the number of Preferred Shares to
be purchased and the Company hereby irrevocably authorizes any such transfer agent to comply with all such requests, or (B) requisition from the depositary agent depositary receipts representing such number of one
one-hundredths 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 of the Preferred Shares
with such depositary agent) and the Company hereby directs such depositary agent to comply with such request; (ii) when appropriate, 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 in writing by such holder; and (iv) when appropriate, 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) of the Company 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, and shall provide written notice thereof to the Rights Agent. 
 (d) 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 or other securities upon the occurrence of any purported transfer or exercise as set forth in Section 6 hereof or
this Section 7 unless such registered holder shall have (i) properly completed and duly executed the certification following the appropriate form of election to purchase set forth on the reverse side of the Right Certificate surrendered
for such transfer or exercise, (ii) tendered the Purchase Price (and an amount equal to any applicable transfer tax 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. 

(e) In case the registered holder of any Right Certificate shall exercise less than all the Rights evidenced thereby, 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 such holder’s duly authorized assigns, subject to the provisions of Section 14
hereof. 
 Section 8. Cancellation and Destruction of Right Certificates. All Right Certificates surrendered for the purpose of
and accepted for exercise, transfer, split up, combination or exchange shall, if surrendered to the Company or to any of its agents (other than the Rights Agent), be delivered to the Rights Agent for cancellation or in cancelled form, or, if
delivered or surrendered to the Rights Agent, shall be cancelled 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. Subject to applicable law, regulation and

  
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the Rights Agent’s records management policy, the Rights Agent shall maintain in a retrievable database electronic records of all Right Certificates that have been cancelled or destroyed by
the Rights Agent. The Rights Agent shall maintain such electronic records for the time period required by applicable law, regulation and the Rights Agent’s records management policy. Upon the written request of the Company (and at the expense
of the Company), the Rights Agent shall provide to the Company or its designee copies of such electronic records relating to such Right Certificates that have been cancelled or destroyed by the Rights Agent subject to applicable law, regulation and
the Rights Agent’s records management policy. 
 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. 
 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 upon the exercise of Rights. The Company shall not, however, be required to pay any
transfer tax 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 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 upon the exercise of any Rights until any such tax shall have been paid (any
such tax 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 reasonable satisfaction that no such tax is due. 

Section 10. Preferred Shares Record Date. 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 transfer taxes) was 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
shall not be entitled to any rights of a holder of Preferred Shares for which the Rights shall be exercisable, including 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. 

  
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 Section 11. Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number of Shares or Number of Rights.
The Purchase Price, the number of Preferred Shares 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 date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the
Preferred Shares payable in Preferred Shares, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Shares, (C) combine 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 corporation), 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, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of capital stock issuable on such date
(assuming that such Rights were then exercisable), 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 which, 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,
combination 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. 
 (ii) Subject to Section 24 hereof, in the event any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, each
holder of a Right other than any Acquiring Person (or any Associate or Affiliate of such Acquiring Person) 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-hundredths 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 the Company as
shall equal the result obtained by (A) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by the number of one one-hundredths 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 of the Company (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of the occurrence of such event. 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. 

From and after the occurrence of such event, any Rights that are or were acquired or Beneficially Owned by any Acquiring Person
(or any Associate or Affiliate of such Acquiring Person) shall be null and void without any further action, and any holder of such Rights shall thereafter have no right to exercise such Rights under any provision of this Agreement or otherwise.
Neither the Company nor the Rights Agent shall have liability to any holder of Right Certificates or other Person as a result of the Company’s or the Rights Agent’s failure to make any determinations with respect to an Acquiring Person or
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Certificate shall be issued pursuant to Section 3 hereof that represents Rights Beneficially Owned by an Acquiring Person whose Rights would be null and void pursuant to the preceding
sentence or any Associate or Affiliate thereof; no Right Certificate shall be issued at any time upon the transfer of any Rights to an Acquiring Person whose Rights would be null and void pursuant to the preceding sentence or any Associate or
Affiliate thereof or to any nominee of such Acquiring Person, Associate or Affiliate or with respect to any Common Shares otherwise deemed to be Beneficially Owned by any of the foregoing; and any Right Certificate delivered to the Rights Agent for
transfer to an Acquiring Person or other Person whose Rights would be null and void pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be cancelled. The Company shall give the Rights Agent written notice of the identity of any such Acquiring Person, Associate
or Affiliate, or the nominee of any of the foregoing, and the Rights Agent may rely on such written notice in carrying out its duties under this Agreement and shall be deemed not to have any knowledge of the identity of any such Acquiring Person,
Associate or Affiliate, or the nominee of any of the foregoing, unless and until it shall have received such written notice. 

(iii) In the event that there shall not be sufficient Common Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued (and
not otherwise reserved for issuance pursuant to the specific terms of any indenture, incentive or similar plan or other agreement) to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with Section 11(a)(ii), the Company shall, at the
Board’s determination, either (i) take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional Common Shares for issuance upon exercise of the Rights or (ii) substitute, for each Common Share that would otherwise be issuable upon
exercise of a Right, a number of Preferred Shares or fraction thereof such that the fair value, in the Board’s determination, of one Preferred Share multiplied by such number or fraction is approximately equal to the value of one Common Share
as of the date of issuance of such Preferred Shares or fraction thereof. 
 (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 (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) to subscribe for or purchase Preferred Shares (or shares having the
same rights, privileges and preferences 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 is convertible into Preferred Shares or equivalent preferred shares) less than the then current per share market price of the Preferred Shares (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)) 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 and equivalent preferred shares outstanding on such record date plus the number of Preferred Shares and equivalent preferred shares which the aggregate offering price of the total number of Preferred Shares and/or equivalent preferred shares
so to be offered (and/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 and equivalent preferred
shares outstanding on such record date plus the number of additional Preferred Shares and/or equivalent preferred shares to be offered 

  
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for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible); 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. In case such subscription price may be paid in 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 of Directors of the Company, whose determination shall be described in a written statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding and
conclusive for all purposes on the Rights Agent and holders of the Rights. Preferred Shares and equivalent preferred shares owned by or held for the account of the Company or any Subsidiary 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 which 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 share exchange, consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation) 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 of Directors of the Company, whose determination shall be described in a written statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding and conclusive for all
purposes on the Rights Agent and holders of the Rights) 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 then-current per share market price of the Preferred Shares on such record date; 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 which 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
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including the expiration of thirty (30) Trading Days after but not including 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, reported at or prior to 4:00 P.M. Eastern time or, in case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the bid and asked prices, regular way, reported as of 4:00 P.M. Eastern time, in
either case, as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE or, if the Security is not listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE, 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 reported at or prior to 4:00 P.M. Eastern time or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the
over-the-counter market, as reported as of 4:00 P.M. Eastern time by NASDAQ 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 of Directors of the Company. 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). 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 date hereof),
multiplied by one hundred. If neither the Common Shares nor the Preferred Shares are publicly held or so listed or traded, “current per share market price” shall mean the fair value per share as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors of the Company, whose determination shall be described in a written statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding and conclusive for all purposes on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. 

(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 which by reason of this Section 11(e) are not required to be made (and are not 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-millionth of a Preferred Share or one ten-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 which requires such adjustment or (ii) the date of the expiration of the right to exercise any Rights. 

  
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 (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 (c) hereof, inclusive, and the provisions of
Sections 7, 9, 10 and 13 hereof with respect to the Preferred Shares shall apply on like terms to any such other shares. 

(g) All Rights originally issued by the Company subsequent to any adjustment made to the Purchase Price hereunder shall
evidence the right to purchase, at the adjusted Purchase Price, the number of one one-hundredths 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 Sections 11(b) and (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-hundredths of a Preferred Share (calculated to the nearest one one-millionth of a Preferred Share) obtained by
(A) multiplying (x) the number of one one-hundredths of a 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 (B) 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-hundredths 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-hundredths 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 ten-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) 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
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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 so to be distributed shall be issued, executed 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 in the number of one one-hundredths 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-hundredths of a Preferred Share that were expressed in the initial Right Certificates issued hereunder. 

(k) Before taking any action that would cause an adjustment reducing the Purchase Price below one one-hundredth of the then par value, if any, of the Preferred Shares issuable upon exercise of the Rights, the Company shall take any corporate action which may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary in order
that the Company may 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) 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 over and above 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) Anything in this Section 11 to the contrary notwithstanding, 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
consolidation or subdivision of the Preferred Shares, issuance wholly for cash of any Preferred Shares at less than the current market price, issuance wholly for cash of Preferred Shares or securities which by their terms are convertible into or
exchangeable for Preferred Shares, dividends on Preferred Shares payable in Preferred Shares or issuance of rights, options or warrants referred to in Section 11(b) hereof, hereafter made by the Company to holders of the Preferred Shares shall
not be taxable to such shareholders. 
 (n) In the event that, at any time after the date of this Agreement 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, combination or consolidation of the Common Shares (by reclassification or otherwise 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-hundredths of a Preferred Share purchasable

  
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after such event upon proper exercise of each Right shall be determined by multiplying the number of one one-hundredths 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, and
(B) each Common Share outstanding immediately after such event shall have issued with respect to it that number of Rights which each Common Share outstanding immediately prior to such event had issued with respect to it. The adjustments
provided for in this Section 11(n) 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 there is any event
affecting the Rights or their exercisability (including an event that causes Rights to become null and void) as provided in Section 11 or 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 and computations accounting for such adjustment or describing such event, (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 at any time after the Distribution Date, mail a brief summary thereof to each holder of a Right Certificate in accordance with Section 25 hereof. The Rights
Agent shall be fully protected in relying on any such certificate and on any adjustment or statement therein contained and shall not be obligated or responsible for calculating any adjustment, nor shall it have any duty or liability with respect to,
or be deemed to have knowledge of any such adjustment or event unless and until it shall have received such a certificate. 

Section 13. Consolidation, Merger or Sale or Transfer of Assets or Earning Power. In the event, directly or indirectly,
at any time after a Person has become an Acquiring Person, (a) the Company shall effect a share exchange, consolidate with, or merge with and into, any other Person, (b) any Person shall effect a share exchange, consolidate with the
Company, or merge with and into the Company and the Company shall be the continuing or surviving corporation of such share exchange, consolidation or merger and, in connection with such transaction, 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 (c) 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 (i) 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-hundredths 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 (A) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by the number of one one-hundredths 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 of such other Person (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of consummation of such

  
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share exchange, consolidation, merger, sale or transfer; (ii) the issuer of such Common Shares shall thereafter be liable for, and shall assume, by virtue of such share exchange,
consolidation, merger, sale or transfer, all the obligations and duties of the Company pursuant to this Agreement; (iii) the term “Company” shall thereafter be deemed to refer to such issuer; and (iv) such issuer shall take such
steps (including, but not limited to, 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 ensure 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 shall not consummate any such share exchange, 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, share exchanges, or consolidations or sales or other transfers. 

Section 14. Fractional Rights and Fractional Shares. (a) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Rights or
to distribute Right Certificates which 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 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 NYSE or, if the Rights are not listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE, 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 by NASDAQ 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 of Directors of the Company. If on any such date no such market maker is making a market in the Rights, the fair value of the Rights on such date as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company shall
be used. 
 (b) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Preferred Shares (other than fractions which are integral multiples
of one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share) upon exercise of the Rights or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional Preferred Shares (other than fractions which are integral multiples of one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share). Fractions
of Preferred Shares in integral multiples of one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share may, at the election of the Company, be evidenced by depositary receipts, pursuant to an appropriate agreement between the Company and a depositary selected by it;
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agreement shall provide that the holders of such depositary receipts shall have all the rights, privileges and preferences 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-hundredth 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)(ii) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of such exercise. 

(c) The holder of a Right, by the acceptance of the Right, expressly waives such holder’s right to receive any fractional Rights or any
fractional shares upon exercise of a Right (except as provided above). 
 (d) Whenever a payment for fractional Rights or fractional shares
or other securities 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 and/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 to have knowledge of any payment for fractional Rights or fractional shares or other securities under any Section of this Agreement relating to the payment of fractional Rights or fractional
shares or other securities unless and until the Rights Agent shall have received such a certificate and sufficient monies. 

Section 15. Rights of Action. All rights of action in respect of this Agreement, excepting the rights of action given to the
Rights Agent under the terms of this Agreement, 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 of this Agreement by the Company, and will be entitled to specific performance of the obligations hereunder and injunctive relief against actual or threatened violations of the obligations of the Company
under this Agreement. 
 Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Rights Agent shall not 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 have any such injunction, order, judgment, decree or ruling lifted or otherwise overturned as soon as
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 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 of the Company; 

(b) after the Distribution Date, the Right Certificates are transferable (subject to the provisions of this Agreement) only on
the registry books maintained by the Rights Agent if surrendered at the office or offices of the Rights Agent designated for such purpose, duly endorsed or accompanied by a proper instrument of transfer with the appropriate form of assignment and
certificates, properly completed and duly executed, accompanied by a signature guarantee and such other documentation as the Rights Agent may reasonably request; and 

(c) 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 Certificate
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
Shareholder. 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 which 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 shareholder of
the Company or any right to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to shareholders at any meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any corporate action, or to receive notice of meetings or other actions affecting
shareholders (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 properly 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 in accordance with a fee schedule to be mutually agreed upon, 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 (including employees,
directors, officers and agents of the Rights Agent) for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability, damage, judgment, fine, penalty, claim, demand, settlement or expense (including the reasonable fees and expenses of legal

  
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counsel) that may be paid, incurred or suffered by it, or which it may become subject, 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 each as determined by a final, nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction) for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by the Rights Agent (including employees,
directors, officers and agents of the Rights Agent), for anything done or omitted 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 connection herewith or of enforcing its rights hereunder. 
 The Rights Agent shall be fully
authorized and protected and shall incur no liability for, or in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted 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 (including in the case of uncertificated securities, by notation in book entry accounts reflecting ownership),
instrument of assignment or transfer, power of attorney, endorsement, affidavit, letter, notice, instruction, 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 otherwise upon the advice of counsel as set forth in Section 20. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in no event will the Rights Agent be liable
for special, punitive, indirect, incidental or consequential 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 and regardless of the
form of action. The Rights Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any event of which it was supposed 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 in writing, and all notices or other instruments required by this Agreement to be delivered to the Rights Agent must, in order to be effective, be received by the Rights
Agent as specified in Section 26 hereof. 
 The provisions of this Section 18 and Section 20 shall survive the termination
of this Agreement, the exercise or expiration of the Rights and the resignation, replacement or removal of the Rights Agent. 

Section 19. Merger or Consolidation or Change of Name of Rights Agent. Any Person into which the Rights Agent or any successor
Rights Agent may be merged or with which it may effect a share exchange, be consolidated, or otherwise combined, or any Person resulting from any merger, share exchange, consolidation, or combination to which the Rights Agent or any successor Rights
Agent shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the stock transfer or other shareholder services 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. The purchase of all
or substantially all of the Rights Agent’s assets employed in the performance of transfer agent activities shall be deemed a merger or consolidation for purposes of this Section 19. 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

  
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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. 
 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. Rights and Duties of Rights Agent. The Rights Agent undertakes to perform only the duties and
obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement and no implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Rights Agent. The Rights Agent shall perform those duties and obligations 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 selected by it (who may be legal counsel for the Company or legal counsel of the Rights Agent), 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 or in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in absence of bad faith and in accordance with such advice or opinion. 

(b) Whenever in the performance of its duties under this Agreement the Rights Agent shall deem it necessary or desirable that
any fact or matter (including the identity of an Acquiring Person and the determination of the current per share market price of any security) be proved or established by the Company prior to taking or suffering 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,
any Vice President, the Treasurer, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary 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, in each case, in absence of bad faith, by it under the provisions of this Agreement in reliance upon such a certificate. The Rights Agent shall have no duty
to act without such a certificate requested by the Rights Agent as set forth in this Section 20(b). 
 (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 as determined by a final, nonappealable judgment
of a court of competent jurisdiction). Any liability of the Rights Agent under this Agreement shall be limited to the amount of the annual fees (but not including any reimbursed costs) paid by the Company to the Rights Agent during the twelve
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 (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 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 legality or 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 failure by the Company to satisfy any condition contained in this Agreement or in any Right Certificate; nor shall it be liable or responsible for modification by or order of any court,
tribunal, or governmental authority in connection with the foregoing, any change in the exercisability of the Rights (including but not limited to the Rights becoming null and void pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) or any adjustment in the
terms of the Rights (including but not limited to the manner, method or amount thereof) provided for in Section 3, 11, 13, 23 or 24 hereof, or responsible for the manner, method or amount of any such adjustment or the ascertaining of the
existence of facts that would require any such change or adjustment or calculation (except with respect to the exercise of Rights evidenced by Right Certificates after receipt of a certificate furnished pursuant to Section 12 describing such
change or adjustment upon which the Rights Agent may rely); nor shall it be responsible for any determination by the Board of Directors of the Company of the current market value of any securities; 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 or other securities to be issued pursuant to this Agreement or any Right Certificate or as to whether any Preferred Shares or other securities will, when
so issued, be validly authorized and issued, fully paid and nonassessable. 
 (f) The Rights Agent shall not be liable or
responsible for any failure of the Company to comply with any of its obligations relating to any registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or this Agreement, including obligations under applicable regulation or law.

 (g) The Rights Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility in the case of the receipt of any written demand from any
holder of Rights with respect to any action or default by the Company, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any duty or responsibility to initiate or attempt to initiate any proceedings at law or otherwise or to make any
demand upon the Company; provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Rights Agent shall use reasonable efforts to notify the Company of any such written demands, pursuant to the notice provision in Section 26 hereof, as soon as
reasonably practicable. 
 (h) The Company agrees that it 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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 (i) The Rights Agent is hereby authorized and directed to accept written
instructions with respect to the performance of its duties hereunder and certificates delivered pursuant to any provision hereof from any person reasonably believed by the Rights Agent to be one of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive
Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of the Company, and to apply to such officers for advice or instructions in connection with its duties under this Agreement,
and such advice or instructions shall provide full authorization and protection to the Rights Agent, and it shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered by it in absence of bad faith in accordance with the written advice or 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 advice or instructions received in writing 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 with respect to its duties
and obligations under this Agreement and the date on and/or after which such action shall be taken, suffered or such omission shall be effective. The Rights Agent shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in
accordance with a proposal included in any such application on or after the date specified therein (which date shall not be less than three (3) Business Days after the date indicated in such application unless any such officer shall have
consented in writing to an earlier date) unless, prior to taking, suffering or omitting to take any such action (or the effective date in the case of omission), the Rights Agent has received written instructions in response to such application
specifying the action to be taken, suffered or omitted to be taken. 
 (j) The Rights Agent and any shareholder, affiliate,
member, director, officer, agent, representative 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 the Rights Agent under this Agreement. Nothing herein shall preclude the Rights Agent or any such shareholder, affiliate, director,
member, officer, agent, representative or employee from acting in any other capacity for the Company or for any other Person. 

(k) 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, omission, default, neglect or misconduct of any such attorneys or agents
or for any loss to the Company, to the holders of the Rights or any other Person, resulting from any such act, omission, 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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 (l) No provision of this Agreement shall require the Rights Agent to expend
or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise any of its rights or powers if it believes that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnification against such
risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. 
 (m) If, with respect to any Rights Certificate surrendered to the
Rights Agent for exercise or transfer, the certificate attached to the form of assignment or form of election to purchase, as the case may be, has not been properly completed or duly executed, the Rights Agent shall not take any further action with
respect to such requested exercise or transfer without first consulting with the Company as promptly as reasonably practicable; provided, however that Rights Agent shall not be liable for any delays arising from the duties under this
Section 20(m). 
 (n) The Rights Agent shall have no responsibility to the Company, any
holders of Rights or any holders of Common Shares or any other Person for interest or earnings on any monies held by the Rights Agent pursuant to this Agreement. 

(o) The Rights Agent may rely on and be fully authorized to act upon (a) any guaranty of signature by an “eligible
guarantor institution” that is a member or participant in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program or other comparable “signature guarantee program” or insurance program in addition to, or in substitution for, the foregoing;
or (b) any law, act, regulation or any interpretation of the same. 
 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 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 of the Common Shares or Preferred Shares identified to the Rights Agent by the Company, by registered or certified mail. In the event the transfer agency relationship in effect between the
Company and the Rights Agent terminates, the Rights Agent will be deemed to have resigned automatically and be discharged from its duties as Rights Agent under this Agreement as of the effective date of such termination, and the Company shall be
responsible for sending any required notice. The Company may remove the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent (with or without cause) upon no less than 30 days’ notice in writing, mailed to the Rights Agent or successor Rights Agent, as
the case may be, and to each transfer agent of the Common Shares or Preferred Shares by registered or certified mail, and 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 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 incumbent
Rights Agent or registered holder of any Right Certificate may apply to 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 (other than a natural Person) organized and doing business under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States so long as such Person is authorized to do business as a banking institution in such state, in good
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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 or direct or indirect wholly-owned
Subsidiary of such Person or its wholly-owning parent. 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 reasonable assurance, conveyance, act or deed necessary for the
purpose, but such predecessor Rights Agent shall not be required to make any additional expenditure or assume any additional liability in connection with the foregoing; and, except as the context herein otherwise requires, such successor Rights
Agent shall be deemed to be the “Rights Agent” for all purposes of this Agreement. 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 of the Common Shares or Preferred Shares, and 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 of Directors of the Company 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. 

Section 23. Redemption. (a) The Board of Directors of the Company may, at its option, at any time prior to such time as any
Person becomes an Acquiring Person, redeem all but not less than all the then outstanding Rights at a redemption price of $0.01 per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction occurring after the
date hereof (such redemption price being hereinafter referred to as the “Redemption Price”). The redemption of the Rights by the Board of Directors of the Company may be made effective at such time, on such basis, with such form of
consideration and with such conditions as the Board of Directors of the Company, in its sole discretion, may establish. 
 (b) Immediately
upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Company ordering the redemption of the Rights pursuant to Section 23(a), 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); 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 of Directors of the Company ordering the redemption of the Rights, the Company shall mail a
notice of 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. Any notice which 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.
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 other than that specifically set forth in this Section 23 or in Section 24 hereof, and other than in
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 (c) In the event the Company receives a Qualifying Offer and, by the end of the 60 Business
Days following the commencement (or, if later, the first existence) of a Qualifying Offer, the Board of Directors has not redeemed the outstanding Rights or exempted such offer from the terms of the Agreement, the Qualifying Offer shall be deemed
exempt from the application of this Agreement to such Qualifying Offer so long as it remains a Qualifying Offer, such exemption to be effective on the Close of Business on the 60th Business Day following the commencement (or, if later, the first
existence) of a Qualifying Offer (the “Exemption Date”). 
 (d) From and after the Close of Business on the Exemption
Date, the consummation of the Qualifying Offer shall not cause the offeror or its affiliates or associates to become an Acquiring Person, and the Rights shall immediately expire and have no further force and effect upon such consummation. 

Section 24. Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Company 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 null and 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 adjustment in the number of Rights pursuant to Section 11(i) (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the “Exchange Ratio”). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Board of Directors of the Company shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or any such Subsidiary, or
any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding. The exchange of Rights by
the Board of Directors may be made effective at such time, on such basis and with such conditions as the Board of Directors in its sole discretion may establish. Without limiting the foregoing, in connection with effecting an exchange pursuant to
this Section 24, the Board of Directors may direct the Company to enter into a trust agreement in such form and with such terms as the Board of Directors shall then approve and issue to the trust created by such trust agreement all or some (as
designated by the Board of Directors) of the securities to be exchanged for the Rights pursuant to this Section 24, and all Persons entitled to receive such securities pursuant to the exchange shall be entitled to receive all or some (as
designated by the Board of Directors) of such securities (and any dividends or distributions made thereon after the date on which such securities are deposited in the trust) from such trust and upon compliance with the relevant terms of the trust
agreement.(b) Immediately upon the effectiveness of the action of the Board of Directors of the Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to Section 24(a) 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 (with prompt written notice thereof to the Rights Agent); provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Company
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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. Any notice which 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 for Rights will be effected, and, in the event of any partial
exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of
Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights. 
 (c) In the event that there shall not be sufficient Common Shares issued
but not outstanding or authorized but unissued (and not otherwise reserved for issuance pursuant to the specific terms of any indenture, incentive or similar plan or other agreement) to permit any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance
with this Section 24, the Company shall, at the Board’s determination, either (i) take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional Common Shares for issuance upon exchange of the Rights or (ii) substitute, for
each Common Share that would otherwise be issuable upon exchange of a Right, a number of Preferred Shares or fraction thereof such that the fair value, in the Board’s determination, of one Preferred Share multiplied by such number or fraction
is approximately equal to the value of one Common Share as of the date of issuance of such Preferred Shares or fraction thereof. 
 (d) The
Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Common Shares or to distribute certificates which 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 prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this
Section 24. 
 Section 25. Notice of Certain Events. (a) In case the Company shall, at any time after the
Distribution Date, propose (i) to pay any dividend payable in stock of any class to the holders of the Preferred Shares or to make any other distribution to the holders of the Preferred Shares (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend),
(ii) to offer to the holders of the 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 the 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,
(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 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 purposes of such stock dividend, or distribution of rights or warrants, or the date on which such share exchange,  

  
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reclassification, 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 and/or
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 and/or
Preferred Shares, whichever shall be the earlier. 
 (b) In case the event set forth in Section 11(a)(ii) hereof shall occur, then the
Company shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, give to the Rights Agent and 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. 
 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 if in writing and sent by overnight delivery service or first-class mail, postage prepaid, properly addressed (until another address is filed in writing with the Rights Agent) or in the form of an email transmission (with receipt confirmed) as follows: 

Navient Corporation 

123 Justison Street 

Wilmington, Delaware 

Attention: Secretary 

Email: CorporateSecretary@navient.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 in writing and sent by overnight delivery service or first-class mail, postage prepaid, properly addressed (until another
address is filed in writing with the Company) or by facsimile transmission (with receipt confirmation) as follows: 

Computershare Trust Company, N.A. 

150 Royall Street 

Canton, MA 02021 

Attention: Client Services 

Facsimile: (718) 575-4210 

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, or overnight delivery service, addressed to such holder at the address of such holder as shown on the registry books of the Company or,
if applicable, the transfer agent or registrar for the Common Stock. 

  
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 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 provisions with respect to the Rights which the Company may deem necessary or desirable, any such 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 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, and no supplement or amendment to this Agreement shall be effective unless duly executed by the Rights Agent. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary,
the Rights Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any supplement or amendment to this Agreement that it has reasonably determined would adversely affect its own rights, duties, obligations or immunities under this Agreement. 

Section 28. 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 29. 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 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 30. Severability. 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 if any such excluded term, provision, covenant or restriction is reasonably determined by the Rights Agent to adversely affect the rights, immunities, liabilities, duties or obligations of the Rights
Agent, the Rights Agent shall be entitled to resign immediately upon written notice to the Company pursuant to the requirements of Section 26 of this Agreement. 

Section 31. Governing Law. This Agreement 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 to be made and performed entirely within such state. 

  
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 Section 32. 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 33. Descriptive Headings; Interpretation.
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. The words “include,” “includes” and
“including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” Each reference in this Agreement to a period of time following or after a specified date or event shall be calculated without including such specified
date or the day on which such specified event occurs. 
 Section 34. Customer Identification Program. The Company acknowledges
that the Rights Agent is subject to the customer identification program (“Customer Identification Program”) requirements under the USA PATRIOT Act and its implementing regulations, and that the Rights Agent must obtain, verify and
record information that allows the Rights Agent to identify the Company. Accordingly, prior to accepting an appointment hereunder, the Rights Agent may request information from the Company that will help the Rights Agent to identify the Company,
including the Company’s physical address, tax identification number, organizational documents, certificate of good standing, license to do business, or any other information that the Rights Agent deems necessary. The Company agrees that the
Rights Agent cannot accept an appointment hereunder unless and until the Rights Agent verifies the Company’s identity in accordance with the Customer Identification Program requirements. 

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 acts of God, provision of any present or future law or regulation or governmental authority, terrorist acts, epidemics, pandemics, shortage of supply,
breakdowns or malfunctions, interruptions or malfunctions of any utilities, communications or computer facilities, or loss of data due to power failures or mechanical difficulties with information storage or retrieval systems, labor difficulties,
war, riot, rebellion, insurrection, fire earthquake, storm, flood, or civil unrest. The Rights Agent shall provide the Company prompt notice as soon as practicable in the event that any such delay or failure in performance occurs and keep the
Company apprised of developments and mitigation effort with respect thereto.  

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

			
	NAVIENT CORPORATION
		
	By	 	 /s/ Mark L. Heleen

	Name:	 	Mark L. Heleen
	Title:	 	Chief Legal Officer
	
	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
		
	By	 	 /s/ Kathleen Whelply

	Name:	 	Kathleen Whelply
	Title:	 	Manager - Client Relationship Management

 [Signature Page to Rights Agreement] 

 Exhibit A 

FORM 
 of 

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS 
 of

 SERIES A JUNIOR PARTICIPATING PREFERRED STOCK 

of 
 NAVIENT CORPORATION 

(Pursuant to Section 151 of the 

Delaware General Corporation Law) 

Navient Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (hereinafter called the
“Corporation”), hereby certifies that the following resolution was adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation as required by Section 151 of the General Corporation Law at a meeting duly called and held on December 20,
2021: 
 RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority granted to and vested in the Board of Directors of this Corporation (hereinafter called
the “Board of Directors” or the “Board”) in accordance with the provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), the Board of Directors hereby
creates a series of Preferred Stock, par value $0.20 per share, of the Corporation (the “Preferred Stock”), and hereby states the designation and number of shares, and fixes the relative rights, preferences, and limitations thereof as
follows: 
 Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock: 

Section 1. Designation and Amount. The shares of such series shall be designated as “Series A Junior Participating Preferred
Stock” (the “Series A Preferred Stock”) and the number of shares constituting the Series A Preferred Stock shall be 2,000,000. Such number of shares may be increased or decreased by resolution of the Board of Directors; provided that
no decrease shall reduce the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to a number less than the number of shares then outstanding plus the number of shares reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding options, rights or warrants or
upon the conversion of any outstanding securities issued by the Corporation convertible into Series A Preferred Stock. 
 Section 2.
Dividends and Distributions. 
 (A) Subject to the rights of the holders of any shares of any series of Preferred
Stock (or any similar stock) ranking prior and superior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to dividends, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, in preference to the holders of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the
“Common Stock”), of the Corporation, and of any other junior 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
first 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

  
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first issuance of a share or fraction of a share of Series A Preferred Stock, in an amount per share (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the greater of (a) $1 or (b) subject to the
provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, 100 times the aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends, and 100 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 Preferred Stock. In the event the Corporation shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on the
Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a
greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the amount to which holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall be
adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding
immediately prior to such event. 
 (B) The Corporation shall declare a dividend or distribution on the Series A Preferred
Stock as provided in paragraph (A) of this Section immediately after it declares a dividend or distribution on the Common Stock (other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock); provided that, in the event no dividend or distribution
shall have been declared on the Common Stock during the period between any Quarterly Dividend Payment Date and the next subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, a dividend of $1 per share on the Series A Preferred Stock shall nevertheless be
payable on such subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date. 
 (C) Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative on
outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock from the Quarterly Dividend Payment Date next preceding the date of issue of such shares, 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 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 and be cumulative from such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date. Accrued
but unpaid dividends shall not bear interest. Dividends paid on the shares of Series A 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
Preferred Stock entitled to receive payment of a dividend or distribution declared thereon, which record date shall be not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date fixed for the payment thereof. 

  
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 Section 3. Voting Rights. The holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock
shall have the following voting rights: 
 (A) Subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, each share of
Series A Preferred Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to 100 votes on all matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders of the Corporation. In the event the Corporation shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on the Common Stock payable
in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number
of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the number of votes per share to which holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event shall be adjusted by multiplying such number by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event. 

(B) Except as otherwise provided herein, in any other Certificate of Designations creating a series of Preferred Stock or any
similar stock, or by law, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the holders of shares of Common Stock and any other capital stock of the Corporation having general voting rights shall vote together as one class on all matters
submitted to a vote of shareholders of the Corporation. 
 (C) Except as set forth herein, or as otherwise provided by law,
holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall have no special voting rights and their consent shall not be required (except to the extent they are entitled to vote with holders of Common Stock as set forth herein) for taking any corporate action. 

Section 4. Certain Restrictions. 

(A) Whenever quarterly dividends or other dividends or distributions payable on the Series A Preferred Stock as provided in
Section 2 are in arrears, thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions, whether or not declared, on shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding shall have been paid in full, the Corporation shall not: 

(i) declare or pay dividends, or make any other distributions, on any shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends
or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Preferred Stock; 
 (ii) declare or pay dividends, 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 Preferred Stock, except dividends paid ratably on the Series A 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; 

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

(iv) redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of Series A Preferred Stock, or any shares of stock
ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series A 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. 
 (B) 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 4, purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such
time and in such manner. 
 Section 5. Reacquired Shares. Any shares of Series A Preferred Stock purchased or otherwise
acquired by the Corporation in any manner whatsoever shall be retired and cancelled 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 subject to the conditions and restrictions on issuance set forth herein, in the Certificate of Incorporation, or in any other Certificate of Designations creating a series of Preferred Stock or any similar
stock or as otherwise required by law. 
 Section 6. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up. Upon any liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of the Corporation, no distribution shall be made (1) to the holders of shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Preferred Stock unless, prior thereto, the
holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have received $100 per share, plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions thereon, whether or not declared, to the date of such payment, provided that the holders of
shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive an aggregate amount per share, subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, equal to 100 times the aggregate amount to be distributed per share to holders of shares of
Common Stock, or (2) to the holders of shares of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series A Preferred Stock, except distributions made ratably on the Series A Preferred Stock
and all such parity stock in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of all such shares are entitled upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding up. In the event the Corporation shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on the
Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than 

  
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by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the aggregate amount to which holders of shares of Series A
Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event under the proviso in clause (1) of the preceding sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event. 

Section 7. 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 each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall at the same time be similarly exchanged
or changed into an amount per share, subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, equal to 100 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. In the event the Corporation shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of
the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the amount set forth in the preceding
sentence with respect to the exchange or change of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event
and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event. 

Section 8. No Redemption. The shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable. 

Section 9. Rank. The Series A Preferred Stock shall rank, with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of
assets, junior to all series of any other class of the Corporation’s Preferred Stock. 
 Section 10. Amendment. The
Certificate of Incorporation shall not be amended in any manner which would materially alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of the Series A Preferred Stock so as to affect them adversely without the affirmative vote of the
holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate of Designations is executed on behalf of the
Corporation by its Chief Legal Officer on this 20th day of December, 2021. 
  

			
	By:	 	  

		 	Mark L. Heleen
		 	Chief Legal Officer

  
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 Exhibit B 

Form of Right Certificate 
  

			
	Certificate No. R-        	  	Rights

  

					
		  	 NOT EXERCISABLE AFTER THE 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 

NAVIENT CORPORATION 

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 Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2021, as may be amended from time to time (the
“Agreement”), between Navient Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (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 the Expiration Date (as such term is defined in the Agreement) (or earlier under certain circumstances set forth in the Agreement) at the office or offices of the Rights Agent designated for such
purpose, or at the office of its successor as Rights Agent, one one-hundredth of a fully paid non-assessable share of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par
value $0.20 per share, of the Company (the “Preferred Shares”), at a purchase price of $100 per one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (the “Purchase Price”), upon presentation and
surrender of this Right Certificate with the Form of Election to Purchase properly completed and duly executed, accompanied by such documentation as the Rights Agent may reasonably request. The number of Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate
(and the number of one one-hundredths 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
December 30, 2021, based on the Preferred Shares as constituted at such date. As provided in the Agreement, the Purchase Price and the number of one one-hundredths 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. 

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. 

  
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 This Right Certificate, with or without other Right Certificates, upon surrender at the
office or offices of the Rights Agent designated for such purpose, accompanied by such documentation as the Rights Agent may reasonably request, 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-hundredth 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 shareholder of the Company or any right to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to shareholders at any meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any corporate action, or to receive notice of
meetings or other actions affecting shareholders (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:	 		 	NAVIENT CORPORATION
					
	By	 	  
	 		 	By	 	  

		 	Name:	 		 		 	Name:	 	
		 	Title:	 		 		 	Title:	 	
		 	Countersigned:	 		 		 		 	
				
	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.	 		 		 	
					
	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 Medallion 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 Notional Common Shares related to a Derivatives Contract 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: Navient Corporation 
 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

  
 B-5 

 Signature Medallion 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 Notional Common Shares related to a Derivatives Contract 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. 

  
 B-7 

 Exhibit C 

SUMMARY OF RIGHTS TO PURCHASE 

PREFERRED SHARES 
 Introduction 

On December 20, 2021, the Board of Directors of our company, Navient Corporation, 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 (“Company Common Stock”). The dividend is payable on December 30, 2021 to the
shareholders of record as of the close of business on December 30, 2021. These rights will expire on December 19, 2022 (or earlier to the extent provided in the Rights Agreement (as defined below)). 

Our Board has adopted the Rights Agreement (as defined below) in response to recent stock activity and the accumulation of a substantial
economic position in the Company by entities associated with Sherborne Investors Management LP. The Rights Agreement is designed to protect shareholder interests by reducing the likelihood that any person or group would gain control of Navient
through the open-market accumulation of the Company Common Stock without appropriately compensating the Company’s shareholders for control. In general terms, it works by imposing a significant penalty upon any person or group that acquires 20%
or more of outstanding Company Common Stock without the approval of our Board. If a shareholder’s beneficial ownership of Company Common Stock as of the time of the public announcement of the rights plan and associated dividend declaration is
at or above the applicable threshold (including through entry into certain derivative positions), that shareholder’s then-existing ownership percentage would be grandfathered, but the rights would become exercisable if at any time after such
announcement, the shareholder increases its ownership percentage by 0.001% or more. The Rights Agreement would not interfere with any merger or other business combination approved by our Board. It also does not apply to a fully financed cash offer
for all of the Company’s shares meeting the requirements described below. 
 The Rights Agreement includes a qualifying offer
exception for offers that meet the following conditions: the offer is (1) a fully financed all-cash tender offer for any and all of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock, (2) open for at
least 60 business days, (3) conditioned on a minimum number of shares of the Company Common Stock being tendered and not withdrawn as of the expiration date as would provide the bidder, upon consummation of the offer, with beneficial ownership
of at least a majority of the Company Common Stock, which condition shall not be waivable, (4) accompanied by an irrevocable and legally binding written commitment of the offeror to consummate, as promptly as practicable upon successful
completion of the offer, a second step transaction whereby all outstanding shares of Company Common Stock not purchased in the offer will be acquired for the same per-share consideration actually paid pursuant
to the offer, subject to shareholders’ statutory appraisal rights, if any, and (5) accompanied by an irrevocable and legally binding written commitment to provide a “subsequent offering period” in accordance with Rule 14d-11 of the Exchange Act of 20 business days following the consummation of the offer. 
 For those
interested in the specific terms of the Rights Agreement as made between our Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as the Rights Agent, on December 20, 2021 (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 December 20, 2021. A copy of the agreement is available free of charge from our Company upon request. 

  
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 General. 

The Rights. The Rights will initially trade with, and will be inseparable from, shares of Company Common Stock. The Rights are
evidenced only by certificates (or, in the case of uncertificated shares, by notations in the book-entry account system) that represent shares of Company Common Stock. New Rights will accompany any new shares of Company Common Stock we issue after
December 30, 2021 until the Distribution Date described below or the earlier expiration, exchange or redemption of the Rights. 

Exercise Price. Each Right will allow its holder to purchase from our Company one one-hundredth of a share of Series A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock (“Preferred Share”) for $100 (the “Exercise Price”), once the Rights become exercisable. This portion of a Preferred Share will give the shareholder approximately the same dividend, voting, and
liquidation rights as would one share of Company Common Stock. 
 Exercisability. The Rights will not be exercisable until 10
days after the public announcement that a person or group has become an “Acquiring Person” (as defined in the Rights Agreement) by obtaining beneficial ownership of 20% or more of outstanding Company Common Stock. If a shareholder’s
beneficial ownership of Company Common Stock as of the time of the public announcement of the rights plan and associated dividend declaration is at or above 20% (including through entry into certain derivative positions), that shareholder’s
then-existing ownership percentage would be grandfathered, but the Rights would become exercisable if at any time after such announcement, the shareholder increases its ownership percentage by 0.001% or more. Prior to exercise, the Right does not
give its holder any dividend, voting, or liquidation rights. 
 We refer to the date when the Rights become exercisable as the
“Distribution Date.” Until that date, the Company Common Stock certificates (or, in the case of uncertificated shares, notations in the book-entry account system) will also evidence the Rights, and any transfer of shares of Company Common
Stock will constitute a transfer of Rights. After that date, the Rights will separate from the Company Common Stock and be evidenced by book-entry credits or by Rights certificates that we will mail to all eligible holders of Company Common Stock.
Any Rights held by an Acquiring Person are null and void and may not be exercised. 
 Beneficial Ownership. Certain synthetic
interests in securities created by derivative positions — whether or not such interests are considered to be ownership of the underlying Company Common Stock or are reportable for purposes of Regulation 13D of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 — are treated as beneficial ownership of the number of shares of Company Common Stock equivalent to the economic exposure created by the derivative position, to the extent actual shares of Company Common Stock are directly or indirectly
held by counterparties to the derivatives contracts. Swaps dealers unassociated with any control intent or intent to evade the purposes of the rights plan are excepted from such imputed beneficial ownership. 

Shares held by Affiliates and Associates of an Acquiring Person, and Notional Common Shares held by counterparties to a Derivatives Contract
(as such capitalized terms are defined in the Rights Agreement) with an Acquiring Person, will be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Acquiring Person. 

  
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 Expiration. The Rights will expire on December 19, 2022, though the Board
intends to consider whether to terminate the rights plan earlier if circumstances warrant. 
 Redemption. Our Board may
redeem the Rights for $0.01 per Right at any time before any person or group becomes an Acquiring Person. If our Board redeems any Rights, it must redeem all of the Rights. Once the Rights are redeemed, the only right of the holders of Rights will
be to receive the redemption price of $0.01 per Right. The redemption price will be adjusted if we have a stock split or stock dividends of Company Common Stock. 

Qualifying Offer Provision. The Rights would also not interfere with all-cash, fully financed
tender offers for all shares of Company Common Stock that remain open for a minimum of 60 business days, are subject to a minimum condition of a majority of the outstanding shares and provide for a 20 business day “subsequent offering
period” after consummation (such offers are referred to as “Qualifying Offers”). In the event the Company receives a Qualifying Offer and the Board has not redeemed the Rights prior to the consummation of such offer, the consummation
of the Qualifying Offer shall not cause the offeror or its affiliates or associates to become an Acquiring Person, and the Rights will immediately expire upon consummation of the Qualifying Offer.  

Anti-Dilution Provisions. Our Board may adjust the purchase price of the Preferred Shares, the number of Preferred Shares issuable and
the number of outstanding Rights to prevent dilution that may occur from a stock dividend, a stock split or a reclassification of the Preferred Shares or Company Common Stock. No adjustments to the Exercise Price of less than 1% will be made. 

Amendments. The terms of the Rights Agreement may be amended by our Board without the consent of the holders of the Rights. After a
person or group becomes an Acquiring Person, our Board may not amend the Rights Agreement in a way that adversely affects holders of the Rights. 

Consequences of a Person or Group Becoming an Acquiring Person. 
  

	•	 	 Flip In. If a person or group becomes an Acquiring Person, all holders of Rights except the Acquiring
Person may, for the Exercise Price, purchase shares of Company Common Stock with a market value of $200, based on the market price of Company Common Stock prior to such acquisition. 

 

	•	 	 Exchange. After a person or group becomes an Acquiring Person, but before an Acquiring Person owns 50% or
more of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock, our Board may extinguish the Rights by exchanging one share of Company Common Stock or equivalent security for each Right, other than Rights held by the Acquiring Person. 

 

	•	 	 Flip Over. If our Company is later acquired in a merger or similar transaction after the Rights
Distribution Date, all holders of Rights except the Acquiring Person may, for the Exercise Price, purchase shares of the acquiring corporation with a market value of $200 based on the market price of the acquiring corporation’s stock, prior to
such transaction. 

  
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 Preferred Share Provisions. 

Each one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share, if issued: 
  

	•	 	 will not be redeemable. 

 

	•	 	 will entitle holders to quarterly dividend payments of $0.01 per share, or an amount equal to the dividend paid
on one share of Company Common Stock, whichever is greater. 

  

	•	 	 will entitle holders upon liquidation either to receive $1.00 per share, or an amount equal to the payment made
on one share of Company Common Stock, whichever is greater. 

  

	•	 	 will have the same voting power as one share of Company Common Stock. 

 

	•	 	 if shares of Company Common Stock are exchanged via merger, consolidation, or a similar transaction, will entitle
holders to a per share payment equal to the payment made on one share of Company Common Stock. 

 The value of one one-hundredth interest
in a Preferred Share should approximate the value of one share of Company Common Stock. 

  
 C-4EX-10.1

 Exhibit 10.1 

EXTERNAL MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT 

by and among 
 RETAIL
VALUE INC., 
 DDR CROSSROADS CENTER LLC, 

DDR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC, 

and 
 DDR ASSET
MANAGEMENT LLC 
 Dated December 16, 2021 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

							
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	1.	 	DEFINITIONS	  	 	2	 
			
	2.	 	TERMINATION OF EXISTING MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS	  	 	4	 
			
	3.	 	APPOINTMENT	  	 	5	 
			
	4.	 	DUTIES OF SERVICE PROVIDER	  	 	5	 
			
	5.	 	AUTHORITY OF SERVICE PROVIDER	  	 	7	 
			
	6.	 	FEES	  	 	8	 
			
	7.	 	EXPENSES	  	 	9	 
			
	8.	 	DISCLAIMER	  	 	11	 
			
	9.	 	NO PARTNERSHIP OR JOINT VENTURE	  	 	11	 
			
	10.	 	BANK ACCOUNTS	  	 	11	 
			
	11.	 	RECORDS; ACCESS	  	 	11	 
			
	12.	 	LIMITATIONS ON ACTIVITIES	  	 	11	 
			
	13.	 	OTHER SERVICES	  	 	12	 
			
	14.	 	ACTIVITIES OF SERVICE PROVIDER	  	 	12	 
			
	15.	 	CONFLICTS	  	 	12	 
			
	16.	 	CORPORATE BUDGET	  	 	13	 
			
	17.	 	TERM OF AGREEMENT	  	 	13	 
			
	18.	 	TERMINATION	  	 	13	 
			
	19.	 	ASSIGNMENT	  	 	14	 
			
	20.	 	PAYMENTS TO AND DUTIES OF SERVICE PROVIDER UPON EARLY TERMINATION	  	 	14	 
			
	21.	 	LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION	  	 	14	 
			
	22.	 	NOTICES	  	 	15	 
			
	23.	 	MODIFICATION	  	 	16	 
			
	24.	 	SEVERABILITY	  	 	16	 
			
	25.	 	GOVERNING LAW	  	 	16	 
			
	26.	 	ENTIRE AGREEMENT	  	 	16	 
			
	27.	 	NO WAIVER	  	 	16	 
			
	28.	 	CERTAIN INTERPRETATIVE MATTERS	  	 	17	 
			
	29.	 	HEADINGS	  	 	17	 
			
	30.	 	EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS	  	 	17	 

  
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 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

(continued) 
  

 Exhibit(s) 

Exhibit A: Property Management Duties 

  
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 EXTERNAL MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT 

THIS EXTERNAL MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT, dated December 16, 2021 (this “Agreement”), is by and among RETAIL VALUE INC., an Ohio
corporation (together with its subsidiaries, the “Company”), DDR CROSSROADS CENTER LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Owner”), DDR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“DDR
Property Management”), and, solely for the purposes of terminating the Original External Management Agreement (defined below), DDR ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“DDR Asset Management”). 

RECITALS: 
 WHEREAS, DDR
Property Management is a wholly-owned subsidiary of SITE Centers Corp. (“SITE”), and is experienced in all aspects of the business of owning, managing and operating shopping centers; 

WHEREAS, in February 2018, the Company and DDR Asset Management and, solely with respect to the Property Management Agreement (defined below)
related to properties located in Puerto Rico, DDR PR Ventures II, LLC, entered into three amended and restated management and leasing agreements (collectively, the “Property Management Agreements”) for the provision of property
management services for properties held directly and indirectly by the Company; 
 WHEREAS, on June 30, 2018, DDR Asset Management
assigned its interest in each of the Property Management Agreements to DDR Property Management; 
 WHEREAS, on July 1, 2018, the
Company and DDR Asset Management entered into a corporate management agreement (the “Original External Management Agreement”) for the provision of corporate management services to the Company; 

WHEREAS, on July 1, 2018, DDR Asset Management assigned certain of its rights and obligations under the Original External Management
Agreement to DDR Property Management, and, on January 1, 2019, DDR Asset Management subsequently assigned certain additional rights of it under the Original External Management Agreement to DDR Property Management; 

WHEREAS, on or prior to the date hereof, the Company has sold all of its property-related assets except for Crossroads Center, which is owned
by Owner and is located in Gulport, Mississippi (the “Remaining Property”); 
 WHEREAS, the Company expects to file a
certificate of dissolution with the Secretary of State of the State of Ohio shortly after the sale of the Remaining Property, and, pursuant to Ohio law, the Company would continue to exist for a period of five (5) years following the filing of
the certificate of dissolution for the purpose of paying, satisfying and discharging any debts or obligations, collecting and distributing its assets and doing all other acts required to liquidate and wind up its business and affairs; 

WHEREAS, the Company expects to establish a reserve fund (the “Reserve Fund”) with a portion of the proceeds from its final
asset sales in order to satisfy and discharge any unknown or contingent claims, debts or obligations which might arise during the five-year (5-year) period subsequent to the filing of the certificate of
dissolution; 

 WHEREAS, pursuant to this Agreement, (a) the Company desires to, commencing on
January 1, 2022 (the “Effective Date”), appoint DDR Property Management to (i) provide corporate management services to the Company, including managing the Company’s affairs on a day-to-day basis, and (ii) if and when applicable and appropriate, oversee and administer the liquidation and winding up of the business and affairs of the Company, including the administration of the
Reserve Fund for the five-year (5-year) period subsequent to the filing of the certificate of dissolution with the Secretary of State of the State of Ohio by the Company, and (b) the Company and Owner
desire to, commencing on the Effective Date, appoint DDR Property Management to provide property management services to the Remaining Property until the sale of the Remaining Property; 

WHEREAS, the Company and DDR Asset Management desire to terminate the Original External Management Agreement effective as of the Effective
Date, and, as a consequence of such termination, the Property Management Agreements shall automatically terminate effective as of the Effective Date; and 

WHEREAS, DDR Property Management wishes to accept such appointments subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein. 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto, intending
to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows: 
 1.    DEFINITIONS. As used in this Agreement, the
following terms have the definitions set forth below. 
 “Affiliate” or “Affiliated” means with respect to
any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person. For purposes of this definition, the terms “controls,” “is controlled by,” or “is under common control
with” shall mean the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of an entity, whether through ownership or voting rights, by contract or otherwise. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary in this Agreement and for the avoidance of doubt, with respect to Service Provider and its Affiliates, “Affiliate” will not include the Company and its Affiliates, and with respect to the Company and its Affiliates,
“Affiliate” will not include Service Provider and its Affiliates. 
 “Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble to this Agreement, and such term shall include any amendment hereto from time to time. 
 “Articles of
Incorporation” means the articles of incorporation of the Company filed with the Ohio Secretary of State, as the same may be amended from time to time. 

“Assets” means, collectively, the Remaining Property, personal property (whether tangible or intangible), accounts, cash and
any investments owned by the Company, directly or indirectly through one or more of its Affiliates. 

  
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 “Asset Management Fee” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6(a). 
 “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company. 

“Certificate of Dissolution” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(a)(xv). 

“Code of Regulations” means the Company’s Code of Regulations, dated June 28, 2018, as the same may be amended from
time to time. 
 “Corporate Budget” has the meaning set forth in Section 16. 

“Company” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement. 

“DDR Asset Management” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement. 

“DDR Property Management” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement. 

“Director” means a director of the Company. 

“Distributions” means any distributions of money or other property by the Company to Company shareholders, including
distributions that may constitute a return of capital for U.S. federal income tax purposes. 
 “Early Termination” has the
meaning set forth in Section 18(a). 
 “Early Termination Date” has the meaning set forth in
Section 18(a). 
 “Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, or any successor statute
thereto. 
 “Expiration Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 17. 

“Group” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(b). 

“In-House Counsel” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7(b)(ii). 
 “Indemnitee” has the meaning set forth in
Section 21(a). 
 “Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 22.

 “NYSE” means the New York Stock Exchange. 

“NYSE Delisting” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(a)(x). 

“Operating Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 10. 

  
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 “Original External Management Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the
recitals to this Agreement. 
 “Owner” has the meaning set forth in the preamble. 

“Person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, unincorporated
association, trust or other entity. 
 “Prime Rate” means the prime rate of interest as published from time to time in the
Wall Street Journal. 
 “Property Management Agreements” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this
Agreement. 
 “Property Management Services” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(a)(vi). 

“Remaining Property” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement. 

“Remaining Property Fees” means the fees under Section 6(b), Section 6(c)
and Section 6(d) of this Agreement. 
 “Reserve Fund” has the meaning set forth in the recitals
to this Agreement. 
 “SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. 

“SEC Deregistration” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(a)(xvi). 

“Service Provider” means DDR Property Management, in its capacity as the provider of the Services hereunder, and such term
shall include DDR Property Management’s permitted successors or assigns hereunder. 
 “Services” means, collectively,
the services described in Section 4. 
 “SITE” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this
Agreement. 
 2.    TERMINATION OF EXISTING MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS. Effective as of the Effective Date,
without any further action required by any party thereto, the Original External Management Agreement shall hereby terminate and, except as set forth in the following sentence, shall be of no further force or effect. Notwithstanding any provision of
the Original External Management Agreement (including any provision that would purport to survive the termination thereof), except for the limitation of liability and indemnification provisions set forth in Section 21 thereof which shall
survive such termination, none of the provisions of the Original External Management Agreement shall survive the termination thereof. Any notice, notice periods or other requirements under the Original External Management Agreement necessary to give
effect to the termination contemplated by this Section 2 are hereby expressly waived by and on behalf of the parties thereto. It is hereby acknowledged that pursuant to Section 4.1 of each of the Property Management
Agreements, without any further action required by any party thereto, each Property Management Agreement will automatically terminate on the Effective Date effective upon the termination of the Original External Management Agreement. 

  
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 3.    APPOINTMENT. The Company, at the direction of the
Board, hereby appoints Service Provider to, commencing on the Effective Date, perform the Services set forth herein on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement. In addition, Owner hereby acknowledges and agrees to such
appointment of Service Provider to perform the Property Management Services set forth herein on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement. 

4.    DUTIES OF SERVICE PROVIDER. 

(a)    Service Provider shall use commercially reasonable efforts, consistent with the objectives and policies of the
Company established from time to time by the Board and subject to the supervision and direction of the Board and this Section 4 and consistent with the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and the Code of
Regulations, to: 
 (i)    provide the daily management for the Company and perform and supervise the
various administrative functions necessary for the day-to-day management of the operations of the Company and its Affiliates; 

(ii)    investigate, select and, on behalf of the Company, engage and conduct business with and supervise
the performance of such Persons as Service Provider deems necessary to the proper performance of its obligations hereunder (including consultants, accountants, correspondents, technical advisors, attorneys, brokers, corporate fiduciaries, escrow
agents, depositaries, custodians, agents for collection, insurers, insurance agents, banks, property owners, real estate management companies, real estate operating companies, the registrar and the transfer agent and any and all agents for any of
the foregoing), including Affiliates of Service Provider and Persons acting in any other capacity deemed by Service Provider necessary or desirable for the performance of any of the foregoing services (including entering into contracts in the name
of the Company with any of the foregoing), in each case on competitive terms that, in the reasonable judgment of Service Provider, are fair and reasonable to the Company; 

(iii)    (A) participate in formulating a disposition strategy for the Remaining Property; (B) explore
the extension or restructuring of the ground lease applicable to the Remaining Property with the lessor thereof; (C) if appropriate, select brokers and advisors for the sale of the Remaining Property; (D) identify and negotiate with
potential buyers for, and make a recommendation to the Board regarding, the sale of the Remaining Property; (E) distribute the proceeds from the sale of the Remaining Property or any previously disposed of properties of the Company to the
Company’s creditors or, subject to the approval of the Board, the Company’s shareholders; (F) actively oversee and manage the Assets for purposes of meeting the Company’s objectives; (G) oversee, supervise and evaluate the
Affiliated and non-Affiliated Persons with whom Service Provider contracts to perform certain of the services required to be performed under this Agreement; (H) manage accounting and other record-keeping
functions for the Company; (I) perform or coordinate audits and internal audits of the Company’s financial statements and financial reporting as may be reasonably necessary; and (J) recommend various liquidity events to the Board when
appropriate; 

  
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 (iv)    from time to time, or at any time reasonably
requested by the Board, make reports to the Board on the operations of the Company, including reports with respect to potential conflicts of interest involving Service Provider or any of its Affiliates, in the manner described in
Section 15, and cooperate in good faith to eliminate or minimize any such conflicts; 

(v)    as requested by the Board, provide the Company with all necessary cash management services; 

(vi)    until the consummation of the sale of the Remaining Property, manage and lease the Remaining
Property in accordance with the provisions of Section 4(b) below (the “Property Management Services”); 

(vii)    request, demand, collect, receive, manage and sell any and all accounts receivables and other
payment rights of the Company, including settling or compromising any and all claims related thereto; 

(viii)    perform investor relations and shareholder communications functions for the Company and assist
with logistics related to meetings of the Board; 
 (ix)    as requested by the Board, maintain the
Company’s accounting, tax, audit, regulatory and other records and assist the Company in filing all reports required to be filed by it with the SEC, the Internal Revenue Service and other regulatory agencies and any applicable stock exchange;

 (x)    at such time as is determined appropriate by the Board, cause to be done all things under
applicable laws and the rules and policies of the NYSE to enable the delisting of the Company from the NYSE (“NYSE Delisting”); 

(xi)    cause the Company to purchase a directors’ and officers’ “tail” insurance
policy for a period of six (6) years after the effective time of the NYSE Delisting; 
 (xii)    at
such time as is determined appropriate by the Board, cause to be done all things under applicable laws, including making all necessary or appropriate filings with the Internal Revenue Service, to elect to have the Company no longer treated as a
“real estate investment trust” within the meaning of Section 856 of the Internal Revenue Code; 

(xiii)    effectuate a series of interrelated, sequential mergers of the Company’s subsidiaries or
other restructuring of the Company’s subsidiaries as determined to be appropriate by the Board; 

(xiv)    cause to be done all things under applicable laws to withdraw or cancel the Company’s
qualification to do business in each jurisdiction that it is so registered to transact business as a foreign entity; 

  
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 (xv)    at such time as is determined appropriate by the
Board, following the disposition of the Remaining Property, cause the Company to file a certificate of dissolution with the Secretary of State of the State of Ohio (the “Certificate of Dissolution”); 

(xvi)    at such time as is determined appropriate by the Board, cause to be done all things under
applicable laws and regulations to enable the deregistration of the Company’s shares and/or the suspension or termination of its reporting obligations under the Exchange Act (“SEC Deregistration”); 

(xvii)    following the filing of the Certificate of Dissolution, cause the Company to pay, satisfy and
discharge any debts or obligations, collect and distribute the Company’s remaining assets and do all other acts required to liquidate and wind up the business and affairs of the Company; 

(xviii)    establish and administer the Reserve Fund in order to satisfy and discharge any unknown or
contingent claims, debts or obligations which might arise during the five-year (5-year) period subsequent to the filing of the Certificate of Dissolution, and make recommendations to the Board regarding the
distribution of excess Reserve Funds upon the satisfaction, discharge or lapse of such claims; and 

(xix)    render such other services as may be reasonably determined by the Board consistent with the terms
and conditions herein. 
 (b)    Service Provider shall have authority to take such actions, and perform such duties, as
Service Provider deems necessary and desirable for the care, protection, providing security for, operation, maintenance, repair, and leasing of the Remaining Property. Service Provider’s management and leasing duties in respect of the Remaining
Property hereunder shall include the duties set forth on Exhibit A. 
 (c)    Notwithstanding the foregoing or
anything else that may be to the contrary in this Agreement, (i) Service Provider may delegate any of the foregoing duties to any Person so long as Service Provider or its Affiliate remains responsible for the performance of the duties set
forth in this Section 4 (and subject to the Company’s reimbursement obligations in Section 7); and (ii) Service Provider shall only be required to perform the foregoing services to the
extent the Company has provided adequate funds to Service Provider for the provision of services and payment of the fees set forth in Section 6 and the expenses set forth in Section 7. 

5.    AUTHORITY OF SERVICE PROVIDER. 

(a)    Pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (including the limitations included in Section 4,
this Section 5, Section 14 and Section 15), and subject to the continuing and exclusive authority of the Board over the supervision of the Company, the Company, acting on
the unanimous authority of the Board, hereby delegates to Service Provider the authority to perform the Services described in Section 4. 

(b)    If a transaction requires approval by the Board, any particular Directors specified by the Board or any committee
of the Board specified by the Board (each, a “Group”), as the case may be, Service Provider shall deliver to the Board or Group all documents and other information reasonably required by them to evaluate the proposed transaction.

  
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 (c)    The Board may, at any time upon the giving of Notice to Service
Provider, modify or revoke the authority set forth in Section 4 or this Section 5; provided, however, that such modification or revocation shall be effective upon receipt by Service
Provider. 
 6.    FEES 

(a)    Asset Management Fee. The Company shall pay quarterly in advance on the first (1st) business day of
each succeeding January, April, July and October to Service Provider (on a cash basis of accounting) an asset management fee as compensation for Services rendered by Service Provider and its Affiliates in connection with the corporate management of
the Company (including management of its day-to-day affairs) in an aggregate amount of (i) $500,000 for calendar year 2022, (ii) $300,000 per annum commencing on
January 1, 2023 until the end of the calendar year quarter in which SEC Deregistration occurs, and (iii) $100,000 per annum, commencing from the calendar year quarter immediately following the calendar year quarter in which SEC Deregistration
has occurred (such applicable fee, the “Asset Management Fee”). For the avoidance of doubt, by way of example, if SEC Deregistration were to occur on June 1, 2023, the Asset Management Fee owed on the first (1st) business day
of January and April 2023 would remain $75,000 each and the Company would not be entitled to any refund or reimbursement of any such fees already paid, but the Asset Management Fee payable by the Company to Service Provider commencing on the first
(1st) business day of July 2023 would be $25,000. 
 (b)    Property Management Fee. Until the
consummation of the sale of the Remaining Property, Owner shall pay (or the Company shall pay on Owner’s behalf) monthly in advance on the first (1st) business day of each month a property management fee as compensation for the Property
Management Services rendered by Service Provider in respect of the Remaining Property in an amount equal to $22,000 per month. For the avoidance of doubt, if the effective date of the consummation of the sale of the Remaining Property is not
the last day of a month, the Property Management Fee shall not be prorated and the Company shall not be entitled to any refund or reimbursement of any such fees already paid. 

(c)    Leasing Fee. In connection with new space leases at the Remaining Property, Owner shall pay (or the
Company shall pay on Owner’s behalf) to Service Provider (i) $4.00 per sq. ft. for the initial lease term and (ii) $2.00 per sq. ft. in connection with each extension that is exercised; provided that no fee shall be due with respect to
an automatic renewal or a non-negotiated tenant exercise of a renewal option. Such fee shall be paid as follows: (x) 50% payable upon full execution of lease; and (y) 50% payable upon the earlier of the
commencement of the payment of lease rent or the date the obligation to pay base rent; provided, further, that any fees paid in connection with an extension shall be paid upon the full execution of the extension document. 

(d)    Disposition Fee. Contemporaneously or immediately following the consummation of the sale of the
Remaining Property, Owner (or the Company on Owner’s behalf) shall pay to Service Provider a fee equal to one percent (1.0%) of the gross sale price of the Remaining Property, which fee shall be payable whether the sale of the Remaining
Property consists of a sale of assets or a sale of the direct or indirect equity interests of Owner. 

  
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 (e)    Payment of Fees. Service Provider shall be
permitted to pay the fees that the Company or Owner (as applicable) are required to pay Service Provider under this Section 6 from the funds contained in the applicable Operating Accounts, as and when such fees are required
to be paid hereunder, including any fees outstanding as of the Early Termination Date (in the event of an Early Termination) or outstanding immediately prior to the Expiration Date. To the extent any fees are not paid as and when such fees are
required to be paid hereunder, such unpaid sum shall accrue interest at a rate equal to the Prime Rate plus five percent (5%) per annum calculated from the date such payment was due (without regard to any grace or cure periods contained herein)
until the date on which the Company or Owner (as applicable) pays such unpaid sum. 
 (f)    Additional
Discretionary Incentive Payment. The Company may, in its sole discretion, determine to make an additional payment to Service Provider in an amount not to exceed $500,000 as incentive compensation to Service Provider upon completion of the
sale of the Remaining Property and in recognition of the substantial time and effort expended in connection with providing Services to the Company related to the sale of the Company’s property portfolio and overseeing and administering the
business and affairs of the Company. 
 7.    EXPENSES. 

(a)    Expenses. In addition to the compensation paid to Service Provider pursuant to
Section 6, the Company shall (or shall cause Owner to) pay directly or reimburse Service Provider for all expenses paid or incurred by Service Provider or its Affiliates, including those set forth below, in connection with
the Services it provides to the Company to the extent such expenses are reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses: 

(i)    expenses in connection with an approved disposition of the Remaining Property (including all closing
costs); 
 (ii)    the actual cost of goods and services used by the Company and obtained from entities
not Affiliated with Service Provider; 
 (iii)    taxes and assessments on income of the Company or the
Assets; 
 (iv)    costs associated with insurance required in connection with the business of the
Company or by the Board; 
 (v)    expenses of managing and operating the Assets owned by the Company,
other than those payable to Service Provider or an Affiliate of Service Provider; 
 (vi)    expenses in
connection with payments to the Directors for attending meetings of the Board and Company shareholders, if applicable; 

(vii)    expenses connected with payments of Distributions; 

(viii)    expenses of organizing, converting, modifying, terminating or dissolving the Company or any
subsidiary thereof (including expenses incurred in connection with the filing of the Certificate of Dissolution and thereafter overseeing and administering the liquidation and winding up of the business and affairs of the Company) or revising,
amending, modifying or terminating the Articles of Incorporation, Code of Regulations or governing documents of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company; 

  
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 (ix)    expenses of maintaining communications with
Company shareholders and of maintaining compliance with applicable laws, including the cost of preparation, printing, and mailing of annual reports and other shareholder reports, proxy statements and other reports required by governmental entities;

 (x)    listing fees and other similar costs and expenses attributable to the Company being a publicly
traded company; 
 (xi)    the cost and expenses of the preparation of tax returns, tax reports and other
similar reports of the Company; 
 (xii)    transfer agent fees; 

(xiii)    audit, accounting, legal and other professional advisors fees; and 
 (xiv)    expenses in connection with any travel
incurred primarily in connection with providing the Services. 
 (b)    Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
in connection with Service Provider’s performance of any of the Property Management Services: 

(i)    Service Provider may engage or utilize certain Persons (including entities or individuals)
(including SITE and its Affiliates and employees thereof) to perform various tasks for the Remaining Property at the expense of the Company. Service Provider shall identify in writing to the Company those individuals or categories of individuals
whose salaries may be charged to the Remaining Property for direct services rendered to the Remaining Property based on the actual amount of time worked by such individuals or categories of individuals for the Remaining Property. If any such
individual does not provide services exclusively for the Remaining Property, then an equitable portion of the wages, bonuses, benefits, taxes and travel expenses (if any) of such individual(s) and office overhead or Service Provider’s satellite
offices based on the actual amount of time worked by such individuals for the Remaining Property and, in the case of office overhead, based on the number of properties operated out of such office, shall be at Company’s expense. The Company
agrees that such allocation and any allocation of third-party expenses will be done utilizing the same hourly time-based methodology as used in other properties managed by Service Provider and on a consistent and fair basis. 

(ii)    Service Provider shall have the right, at its option, (A) to engage third party legal counsel
and/or (B) to utilize in-house attorneys or paralegals (collectively, “In-House Counsel”), in each case in connection with all matters related to
the Property Management Services, including the collection of monies, compliance with legal requirements, the negotiation and prosecution of claims for the reduction of taxes, litigation matters, insurance issues, tenant notifications, maintenance
of the corporate record books, furnishing of certified rent rolls and other data, the negotiation and enforcement of leases, the transfer of the Remaining Property and the preparation and obtaining of estoppel certificates, subordination,
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matter related to the management of the Remaining Property, Service Provider shall receive a fee from Owner (or the Company on behalf of Owner), as the sole and exclusive compensation payable by
Owner (or the Company on behalf of Owner) for such legal services performed by In-House Counsel, at market rates for legal services performed by in-house attorneys and
paralegals, as agreed upon by Service Provider and the Company. 
 (c)    Payment of Expenses. Expenses
incurred by Service Provider on behalf of the Company and payable pursuant to this Section 7 shall be reimbursed no less than monthly to Service Provider. Service Provider shall be permitted to pay the expenses that it is
entitled to receive under this Section 7 from the funds contained in the applicable Operating Accounts, as and when such expenses are required to be paid hereunder, including any expenses outstanding as of the Termination
Date. For the avoidance of doubt, it is expressly understood that Service Provider may but is not required to advance its own funds to pay for any expense incurred by Service Provider on behalf of the Company, and may instead require the Company to
pay all such expenses directly from the funds contained in the applicable Operating Accounts. To the extent any expenses are not paid or reimbursed as and when such expenses are required to be paid hereunder, such unpaid sum shall accrue interest at
a rate equal to the Prime Rate plus five percent (5%) per annum calculated from the date such payment was due (without regard to any grace or cure periods contained herein) until the date on which the Company pays such unpaid sum. 

8.    DISCLAIMER. Service Provider makes no representations or warranties, express or implied, in respect of
the Services to be provided by it hereunder. 
 9.    NO PARTNERSHIP OR JOINT VENTURE. The parties to this
Agreement are not partners or joint venturers with each other and nothing herein shall be construed to make them partners or joint venturers or impose any liability as such on either of them. 

10.    BANK ACCOUNTS. Service Provider may maintain one or more bank accounts in the name of the Company
(any such account, an “Operating Account,” and, collectively, the “Operating Accounts”) and may collect and deposit into any such Operating Account or Operating Accounts, and disburse from any such Operating Account
or Operating Accounts any money on behalf of the Company, under such terms and conditions as the Board may approve; provided, however, that no funds shall be commingled with the funds of Service Provider; and, from time to time upon
reasonable request, Service Provider shall render appropriate accountings of such collections and payments to the Board and to the auditors of the Company. 

11.    RECORDS; ACCESS. Service Provider shall maintain appropriate records of all its activities hereunder
and make such records available for inspection by representatives of the Company upon reasonable Notice during ordinary business hours. The Company shall make its books and records available to Service Provider at all times. 

12.    LIMITATIONS ON ACTIVITIES. 

(a)    Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Service Provider shall refrain from taking any action which, in
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any guidelines set forth by the Board, (ii) subject the Company to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (iii) violate in any material respect any law, rule,
regulation or statement of policy of any governmental body or agency having jurisdiction over the Company, or (iv) otherwise not be permitted by the Articles of Incorporation or Code of Regulations, except, in all such cases of clauses (i),
(ii) and (iv) above, if such action shall be ordered by the Board, in which case Service Provider shall notify the Board promptly of Service Provider’s judgment of the potential impact of such action and shall refrain from taking such
action until it receives further clarification or instructions from the Board. In such event, Service Provider shall have no liability for acting in accordance with the specific instructions of the Board so given. 

(b)    Service Provider shall not, and shall cause its Affiliates not to, acquire or offer to acquire any Property or
other Asset from the Company or any of its subsidiaries unless otherwise consented to by the Board. 

13.    OTHER SERVICES. Should the Board request that Service Provider or any Affiliate thereof or any of
their respective officers or employees render services for the Company other than those set forth in Section 4, such services shall be separately compensated at such customary rates and in such customary amounts as are
agreed upon by Service Provider and the Board, subject to the limitations contained in this Agreement and the Articles of Incorporation, and shall not be deemed to be Services pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. 

14.    ACTIVITIES OF SERVICE PROVIDER. The Company recognizes that it is not entitled to preferential
treatment vis-à -vis Service Provider’s own business activities conducted on its own account and benefit. Nothing contained herein shall prevent Service
Provider or any of its Affiliates, or any director, officer, member, partner, employee or shareholder of Service Provider or any of its Affiliates, (a) from rendering services identical or similar to those required by Service Provider hereunder
to other Persons and the management of other programs advised, sponsored or organized by Service Provider or its Affiliates or (b) from taking such actions with respect to (i) Service Provider’s or any of its Affiliates’ equity
interests in the Company (if any) or (ii) any guarantee or other credit support agreement, arrangement, commitment or understanding for the benefit of the Company or any of its Affiliates by Service Provider or any of its Affiliates as may be
in the sole interest of Service Provider or any of its Affiliates. Further, and for the avoidance of doubt, such Persons may themselves engage in the investment, acquisition, disposition, development, leasing, including such disposition and leasing
activities that compete with the Company, and financing of real property for their own account and benefit or for others and without any accountability or liability whatsoever to the Company even though such services or business activities compete
with or are enhanced by the business activity of the Company; provided, however, that Service Provider must devote sufficient resources to the Company’s business to discharge its obligations to the Company under this Agreement.

 15.    CONFLICTS. 

(a)    If the Company shall propose to enter into any transaction in which Service Provider or any Affiliate thereof has a
material interest, then such transaction shall be on terms and conditions not less favorable to the Company than those available to the Company from unaffiliated third parties. 

  
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 (b)    For purposes of this Section 15, the
following shall be deemed not to create or give rise to a material conflict of interest: (i) transactions such as dispositions and leasing of the Remaining Property whose consummation impacts the fees received by Service Provider and its
Affiliates pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) Service Provider’s and its Affiliates’ interests in such other matters as may arise in the ordinary course of business in relation to the relationship between Service Provider and its
Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Company and its Affiliates, on the other hand, as contemplated by this Agreement, including and without limiting the generality of the foregoing and for the avoidance of doubt, tenant leasing and development
matters arising in the ordinary course of business, (iii) the fact that Service Provider or any of its Affiliates may hold any equity interest in the Company (if applicable), or (iv) the fact that Service Provider or any of its Affiliates
may guarantee any obligation of or otherwise provide credit support to the Company or any of its Affiliates. 

16.    CORPORATE BUDGET. Prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Board has approved a
consolidated corporate budget for the year beginning on the Effective Date and ending December 31, 2022 (the “Corporate Budget”), and a copy of the Corporate Budget has been, or will be prior to the Effective Date, provided to
Service Provider. With respect to each subsequent fiscal year, if requested by the Board, the Service Provider shall prepare and provide a Corporate Budget to the Board for approval at such times as may be reasonably requested by the Board. 

17.    TERM OF AGREEMENT. The term of this Agreement shall be the period commencing on the Effective Date
until the date that is five (5) years after the date of the filing of the Certificate of Dissolution with the Secretary of State of the State of Ohio (the “Expiration Date”). 

18.    TERMINATION. 

(a)    Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Agreement may be terminated by either party, (i) at any
time, with or without cause and without penalty, upon written Notice at least ninety (90) days’ prior to the termination from the terminating party to the other party, which Notice shall set forth the effective date of such termination, or
(ii) without penalty, upon written Notice ten (10) business days’ prior to the termination from the terminating party to the other party if the other party, its agents or its assignees breaches any material provision of this Agreement
and such material breach shall continue for a period of ten (10) business days after written Notice thereof (any such termination of this Agreement, an “Early Termination,” and the effective date of such Early Termination, the
“Early Termination Date”). The provisions of Sections 17 through 30 (inclusive) shall survive any earlier termination of this Agreement. 

(b)    Upon the consummation of the sale of the Remaining Property or the transfer, directly or indirectly, of the
controlling ownership interests in Owner, the obligation of the Service Provider to provide Property Management Services for the Remaining Property shall terminate and, after payment of all applicable Remaining Property Fees in connection with the
Remaining Property, Section 6(b), Section 6(c) and Section 6(d) shall no longer be applicable under this Agreement. 

  
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 19.    ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement and/or any fees paid to
Service Provider hereunder may be assigned in whole or in part by Service Provider to an Affiliate of SITE. This Agreement shall not be assigned by the Company without the consent of Service Provider. 

20.    PAYMENTS TO AND DUTIES OF SERVICE PROVIDER UPON EARLY TERMINATION. 

(a)    Amounts Owed. In the event of an Early Termination, after the Early Termination Date, Service
Provider shall be entitled to receive from the Company within thirty (30) days after the Early Termination Date (i) all amounts then accrued and owing to Service Provider hereunder and (ii) reimbursement of expenses incurred by
Service Provider in connection with facilitating the transition of the Services and the books and records of the Company to the Company or another third party manager (including any
out-of-pocket expenses, including attorneys’ fees and disbursements, incurred by Service Provider following the Termination Date and the salaries of any employees
of SITE or an Affiliate thereof based on the amount of time worked by such employees following the Termination Date in facilitating such transition). 

(b)    Service Provider’s Duties. In the event of an Early Termination, after the Early Termination
Date, Service Provider shall promptly: 
 (i)    pay over to the Company all money collected and held for
the account of the Company pursuant to this Agreement, after deducting any accrued compensation and reimbursement for its expenses to which it is then entitled; 

(ii)    deliver to the Board a full accounting, including a statement showing all payments collected by it
and a statement of all money held by it, and all accrued compensation and reimbursement deducted pursuant to Section 20(b)(i), covering the period following the date of the last accounting furnished to the Board; 

(iii)    deliver to the Board all assets, including all of the Assets, books and records, and documents of
the Company then in the custody of Service Provider; and 
 (iv)    cooperate with the Company and Board
in making an orderly transition of the management function. 
 21.    LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND
INDEMNIFICATION. 
 (a)    The Company shall reimburse, indemnify and hold harmless Service Provider and its
Affiliates, as well as their respective officers (and persons serving as officers of the Company at the request of Service Provider or the Company), directors (and persons serving as directors of the Company at the request of Service Provider or the
Company), equityholders, members, partners, and employees (collectively, the “Indemnitees,” and each, an “Indemnitee”), for and from all liability, claims, damages and losses arising in the performance of their
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from any act or omission by the applicable Indemnitee that constitutes gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final, non-appealable
determination of a court of competent jurisdiction. In addition, the Company shall promptly advance expenses incurred by Indemnitees for matters referred to in this Section 21(a) upon request for such advancement;
provided that the Indemnitee provides a written affirmation (i) of the Indemnitee’s good faith belief that the Indemnitee has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the Company pursuant to this
Section 21(a) and (ii) that the Indemnitee will repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the Company, to the applicable extent, if it is ultimately determined by a final,
non-appealable determination by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Indemnitee did not meet such standard. In addition to the indemnification obligations described in the foregoing sentence, the Company
shall indemnify Service Provider, SITE and their respective Affiliates for any liabilities, claims, damages or losses arising out of any recorded guaranty obligations of SITE and/or its Affiliates relating to the Remaining Property. 

(b)    Service Provider shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company for and from all liability, claims, damages and
losses, and related expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, to the extent that such liability, claims, damages or losses and related expenses are not fully reimbursed by insurance and are not incurred by reason of Service
Provider’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final, non-appealable determination of a court of competent jurisdiction in connection with its performance of its duties hereunder;
provided, however, that Service Provider shall not be held responsible for any action of the Board in following or declining to follow any advice or recommendation given by Service Provider. 

(c)    The Indemnitees will not be liable to the Company or any of its Affiliates, or their respective officers,
directors, equityholders, members, partners, or employees, for any liabilities, claims, damages or losses arising in the performance of any Indemnitee’s duties hereunder, except with respect to any act or omission that constitutes gross
negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the applicable Indemnitee as determined by a final, non-appealable determination of a court of competent jurisdiction. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, including Section 21(b), in no event will any Indemnitee be liable to the Company or any of its Affiliates, or their respective officers, directors, equityholders, members, partners, or employees, for any
indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages, including lost profits or savings, whether or not such damages are foreseeable, or in respect of any third-party claims (whether based in contract, tort or otherwise), relating to, in
connection with or arising out of this Agreement, including the Services to be provided by Service Provider or any of its Affiliates hereunder, or for any amount in excess of the fees actually received by Service Provider hereunder. 

22.    NOTICES. Any notice, report or other communication (each a “Notice”) required or
permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing unless some other method of giving such Notice is required by the Articles of Incorporation or Code of Regulations, and shall be given by being delivered by hand or by courier or overnight carrier
to the addresses set forth below: 
  

			
	To the Company:	  	Retail Value Inc.
		  	3300 Enterprise Parkway
		  	Beachwood, Ohio 44112
		  	Attention: Chairman of the Board of Directors

  
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		  	with a copy (which shall not constitute Notice) to:
		
		  	Retail Value Inc.
		  	3300 Enterprise Parkway
		  	Beachwood, Ohio 44112
		  	Attention: Chief Financial Officer
		
	To Service Provider:	  	SITE Center Corp.
		  	3300 Enterprise Parkway
		  	Beachwood, Ohio 44112
		  	Attention: General Counsel
		
		  	with a copy (which shall not constitute Notice) to:
		
		  	Jones Day
		  	250 Vesey Street
		  	New York, New York 10281
		  	Attention: James P. Dougherty

 Any party may at any time give Notice in writing to the other parties of a change in its address for the purposes of this
Section 22. 
 23.    MODIFICATION. This Agreement shall not be amended,
supplemented, terminated, modified, discharged or otherwise changed, in whole or in part, except by an instrument in writing signed by the parties hereto, or their respective successors or permitted assignees. 

24.    SEVERABILITY. The provisions of this Agreement are independent of and severable from each other, and
no provision shall be affected or rendered invalid or unenforceable by virtue of the fact that for any reason any other or others of them may be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part. 

25.    GOVERNING LAW. The provisions of this Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with
the laws of the State of Ohio, without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof. 
 26.    ENTIRE
AGREEMENT. This Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings, inducements and conditions,
express or implied, oral or written, of any nature whatsoever with respect to the subject matter hereof. The express terms hereof control and supersede any course of performance or usage of the trade inconsistent with any of the terms hereof. 

27.    NO WAIVER. Neither the failure nor any delay on the part of a party to exercise any right, remedy,
power or privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise of the same or of any other right, remedy, power or
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waiver of any right, remedy, power or privilege with respect to any occurrence be construed as a waiver of such right, remedy, power or privilege with respect to any other occurrence.
No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and is signed by the party asserted to have granted such waiver. 

28.    CERTAIN INTERPRETATIVE MATTERS. For the purposes of this Agreement, (a) whenever the context may
require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns, pronouns and verbs shall include the plural and vice versa, (b) the words “include,” “includes” and
“including” shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation,” (c) the word “or” is not exclusive, (d) the words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereby,” “hereto” and
“hereunder” refer to this Agreement as a whole, (e) references to any Person include the successors and permitted assigns of that Person, (f) “to the extent” means the degree to which a subject or other thing extends, and
such phrase does not mean simply “if” and (g) unless the context otherwise requires, Sections and Exhibits mean Sections of and Exhibits attached to this Agreement. This Agreement shall be construed without regard to any presumption
or rule requiring construction or interpretation against the party drafting an instrument or causing any instrument to be drafted. The Exhibits referred to herein shall be construed with, and as an integral part of, this Agreement to the same extent
as if they were set forth verbatim herein. 
 29.    HEADINGS. The titles of sections and subsections
contained in this Agreement are for convenience only, and they neither form a part of this Agreement nor are they to be used in the construction or interpretation hereof. 

30.    EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed (including by facsimile, PDF or other
electronic transmission) with counterpart signature pages or in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original as against any party whose signature appears thereon, and all of which shall together constitute one and the
same instrument. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of the date first
written above. 
  

			
	RETAIL VALUE INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ David R. Lukes

		 	Name: David R. Lukes
		 	Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Scott D. Roulston

		 	Name: Scott D. Roulston
		 	Title: Chairman of the Board of Directors
	
	DDR CROSSROADS CENTER LLC, as Owner
		
	By:	 	 /s/ David R. Lukes

		 	Name: David R. Lukes
		 	Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
	
	DDR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC, as Service Provider
		
	By:	 	 /s/ David R. Lukes

		 	Name: David R. Lukes
		 	Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
	
	DDR ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC, solely for purposes of terminating the Original External Management Agreement
		
	By:	 	 /s/ David R. Lukes

		 	Name: David R. Lukes
		 	Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

 [Signature Page to External Management Agreement] 

 Exhibit A 

Property Management Duties 

Collection of Monies. Service Provider shall collect all rents, including percentage rents, and all other amounts, whether in the form
of rents, common area maintenance charges or other reimbursable expenses, due to the Company or its applicable subsidiary from any tenants within the Remaining Property or parties to declarations and reciprocal easements, from concessionaires or
licensees authorized to utilize portions of the Remaining Property and from any other Persons who owe such sums to the Company or its applicable subsidiary as a result of the operation of the Remaining Property or any other properties previously
owned by the Company and its subsidiaries, all in the ordinary course of business. 
 Compliance with Legal Requirements. 

(a) To the extent of available cash, Service Provider shall take such actions as may be reasonably necessary to comply with any and all
applicable laws, ordinances, orders, licenses, permits or requirements affecting the Remaining Property issued or established by any federal, state, county or municipal authority having jurisdiction thereover, and orders of the Board of Fire
Underwriters or similar bodies, and to the extent such actions are not contemplated by the property-level budget for the Remaining Property emergency expenses, Owner (or the Company acting on Owner’s behalf) shall provide sufficient funds to
enable Service Provider to take such actions, excluding tenanted areas if the occupants thereof are legally responsible therefor. 
 (b)
Service Provider agrees that Service Provider shall not discriminate against any employee, or applicant for employment at the Remaining Property because of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age or sex and further agrees to comply
with all applicable employment, sexual harassment and discrimination laws. 
 Execution of Contracts. Service Provider, in its
capacity as manager of the Remaining Property, shall deal at arm’s-length with all third parties. Service Provider shall, in the name of or as agent for the Company or Owner (as applicable), enter into
such contracts and other agreements for utilities and other services either required or deemed as desirable by Service Provider in connection with the operation of the Remaining Property, provided that all such contracts and orders shall be
as otherwise approved or directed by the Company. Service Provider shall order, in the name of the Company or Owner (as applicable), such equipment, tools, appliances, materials and supplies as it deems desirable to properly maintain the Remaining
Property. 
 Maintenance and Repair of Properties. Service Provider shall maintain the Remaining Property, including interior and
exterior cleaning, painting, decorating and maintenance, both preventative and otherwise, of all systems and improvements which are a part of the Remaining Property. 

Insurance. 

(a)    Unless maintained by the tenants of the Remaining Property, during the term of this Agreement for so long as the Company or Owner
owns the Remaining Property, Service 

 
Provider shall maintain the insurance listed below either (i) directly through an insurance provider reasonably acceptable to the Company; or (ii) through an insurance program
maintained by Service Provider or the Company or their respective Affiliates (as may be modified by Service Provider from time to time and only to the extent participation in the program is available at costs acceptable to the Company), in each case
at Owner’s (or, if acting on behalf of Owner, the Company’s) sole cost and expense: 
 (i)    Commercial
General Liability insurance against all claims for personal injury, bodily injury, death, or property damage in an amount of not less than the greater of that amount required by any lender of the Company or Owner or One Million Dollars ($1,000,000)
single limit per occurrence and no less than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) in the aggregate; 
 (ii)    Special form
Causes of Loss Property Insurance in an amount of not less than the replacement cost of the Remaining Property, exclusive of land and excavation costs and tenant improvements and betterments; 

(iii)    Workers’ compensation insurance in accordance with applicable law, and employer’s liability insurance,
with limits of not less than Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000). The workers’ compensation insurance shall comply with the requirements of law of the state where the Remaining Property is located, and shall contain an “All-States” endorsement; 
 (iv)    Commercial automobile liability
insurance covering all owned, hired, or non-owned vehicles with limits of liability of not less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) per accident for personal injury and property damage; 

(v)    Fidelity and crime insurance in an amount equal to at least Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) that may be
maintained under a blanket policy covering all employees who handle or who are responsible for funds belonging to the Company or Owner; and 

(vi)    Such other insurance as may be required by any lender on the Remaining Property, by law or deemed desirable by
either the Company or Service Provider to cover the interest of said parties, including, but not limited to, workers’ compensation insurance, boiler insurance, burglary and theft insurance and, at the option of the Company, rent insurance. 

(b)    The cost for such insurance shall include any deductible or self-insured retention costs, to the extent that any such policies
required pursuant to this Agreement contain any deductible or self-insured retentions. In addition, the Company hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Service Provider against any loss, liability, damage, cost or expense incurred by Service
Provider as a result of Service Provider’s payment of any such deductible or self-insured retention costs. The Company and Owner each acknowledges that the insurance program maintained by Service Provider on the date of this Agreement satisfies
the requirements set forth above. Service Provider shall promptly deliver to the Company certificates of insurance, copies of insurance policies, or other evidence of the minimum levels of insurance set forth above, as reasonably requested by the
Company. 

 (c)    Service Provider shall carry, at its sole expense, its own commercial general
liability insurance, which shall be secondary and non-contributory to the insurance described above. 

(d)    All insurance obtained pursuant to the provisions hereof as well as any additional insurance which the Company, in its sole
discretion, might desire to obtain, shall name both the Company and/or Owner and Service Provider as insureds, as their interests may appear (except as to casualty insurance where Service Provider shall not be named as an additional insured). Each
such policy shall contain a waiver of subrogation reasonably acceptable to the Company and Service Provider. 
 (e)    Service Provider
shall promptly investigate all accidents, damages and other casualty to the Remaining Property or any claims of injury, to property or person, arising out of or related to the ownership, operation and maintenance of the Remaining Property. 

(f)    Service Provider shall have the sole and exclusive authority to settle and compromise any and all claims relating to damage or
destruction to any physical improvements on the Remaining Property, and, in furtherance of this authorization, Service Provider is hereby empowered to execute any proofs of loss, adjustment of loss and reports and Service Provider is authorized to
sign for, and receive, any insurance proceeds. 
 Tenant Matters. 

(a)    Service Provider shall take such actions as it deems reasonably necessary in order to maintain a professional, businesslike
relationship on behalf of the Company and Owner with all tenants within the Remaining Property. Service Manager shall be responsible for coordinating and monitoring the construction of landlord improvement work to be performed by or for the Company
or Owner at the Remaining Property and the construction of tenant improvements at the Remaining Property to be performed by or for tenants. 

(b)    The Company and Owner each hereby expressly authorizes Service Provider to request, demand, collect and receive all rent and other
charges and to institute legal proceedings, either in the name of Service Provider or, if necessary, the name of the Company or Owner, as applicable, for the collection of all rents, including percentage rents, and all other amounts, whether in the
form of rents, common area maintenance charges or other reimbursable expenses, due to the Company or Owner, as applicable, from any tenants within the Remaining Property. Service Provider shall have the sole and exclusive authority to settle and
compromise any and all claims relating to rent and other charges. The Company and Owner each hereby expressly authorizes Service Provider to file any legal actions to enforce the terms of any lease or leases related to the Remaining Property,
including dispossessory actions, or take any action to terminate leases on space within the Remaining Property, if such is deemed necessary by Service Provider. The authority granted in this clause (b) as to lease enforcement shall be absolute.

 Leasing Services. The Company and Owner each hereby authorizes Service Provider to perform those services necessary for the leasing of the
Remaining Property. 

 Signs. Service Provider may place one or more signs on or about the Remaining Property stating, among
other things, that Service Provider is the management and leasing agent for the Remaining Property.

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