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Exhibit 4.12

DESCRIPTION OF THE REGISTRANT’S SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

As of the date of the Annual Report on Form 10-K of which this exhibit is part, Newmont Corporation (“We”, “Newmont” or the “Company”) has one class of securities registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”): our common stock, $1.60 par value per share (“Common Stock”).

DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

The rights of our stockholders are governed by the applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL"), our Certificate of Incorporation and our By-Laws. The following is a summary of the material terms of our capital stock. For additional information regarding our capital stock, please refer to the applicable provisions of the DGCL, our Certificate of Incorporation and our By-Laws.

At December 31, 2021, we had 1,285,000,000 shares of authorized capital stock. Those shares consisted of:

•1,280,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which 792,452,213 shares were outstanding; and
•5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $5.00 per share, none of which is issued and outstanding.

Common Stock

The following is a summary of the terms of our Common Stock. For additional information regarding our Common Stock, please refer to our Certificate of Incorporation, our By-Laws and the applicable provisions of the DGCL.

Dividend Rights

Holders of our Common Stock may receive dividends when, as and if declared by our Board of Directors out of funds of Newmont legally available for the payment of dividends. Subject to the terms of any outstanding preferred stock, holders of our Common Stock may not receive dividends until we have satisfied our obligations to any holders of our preferred stock.

As a Delaware corporation, we may pay dividends out of our surplus capital or, if there is no surplus capital, out of our net profits for the fiscal year in which a dividend is declared and/or the preceding fiscal year. Section 170 of the DGCL also provides that dividends may not be paid out of net profits if, after the payment of the dividend, capital is less than the capital represented by the outstanding stock of all classes having a preference upon the distribution of assets.

Currently, we pay dividends on our Common Stock each quarter. The declaration and payment of future dividends remains at the discretion of the Board of Directors and will depend on the Company's financial results, cash requirements, future prospects and other factors deemed relevant by the Board of Directors.

Voting and Other Rights

Holders of our Common Stock are entitled to one vote per share and, in general, a majority of votes cast with respect to a matter will be sufficient to authorize action upon routine matters.

The holders of record of a majority of the outstanding shares of our capital stock entitled to vote at the meeting of our stockholders must be present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting in order to constitute a quorum for all matters to come before the meeting.

Special meetings of our stockholders may be called by our Board of Directors or by the Chair of the Board or by our President, and will be called by the Chair of the Board or by our President or Secretary upon a written request stating the purposes of the proposed meeting and signed by a majority of our Board of Directors or stockholders owning at least 25% of our outstanding capital stock entitled to vote at the meeting.
Written notice of a meeting of our stockholders is given personally, by mail, or other means of electronic transmission not less than 10 days nor more than 60 days before the date on which the meeting is held, to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. The notice must state the time, place and purposes of the meeting. In the event of a special meeting called upon the written request of our stockholders, the notice will describe any business set forth in the statement of purpose in the written stockholder request, as well as any additional business that our Board of Directors proposes to be conducted at the meeting. If mailed, the notice will be sent to our stockholders at their respective addresses appearing on our stock records or to such other addresses as they may designate in writing, and will be deemed given when mailed. A waiver of any notice, in writing by a stockholder or by electronic transmission given by the person or persons entitled to such notice before or after the time for the meeting, will be deemed equivalent to that stockholder having received the notice.

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Our Board of Directors is not classified. Directors are to be elected by a majority of the votes cast by stockholders entitled to vote thereon at a duly held meeting of stockholders at which a quorum is present, and our stockholders do not have the right to cumulate their votes in the election of directors.

Liquidation

In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of Newmont, holders of our Common Stock would be entitled to receive proportionately any assets legally available for distribution to our stockholders with respect to shares held by them, subject to any prior rights of the holders of any of our preferred stock then outstanding.

Redemption

Our Common Stock is not redeemable or convertible.

Other Provisions

All of the issued and outstanding shares of our Common Stock are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Holders of our Common Stock have no preemptive rights with respect to any of our securities.

Listing

Our Common Stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “NEM.” Computershare Investor Service Inc. is the registrar, transfer agent and dividend disbursing agent for our Common Stock. Our Common Stock also trades on the Torronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “NGT.”

Preferred Stock—General

The applicable prospectus supplement relating to the particular series of preferred stock and any related depositary shares to be offered will describe the specific terms of that series as fixed by our Board of Directors, including, as applicable:

•voting rights,
•designations,
•dividend rate,
•redemption rights,
•liquidation rights,
•sinking fund or purchase fund provisions,
•conversion or exchange rights,
•any other preferences, relative participating and option or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations and restrictions that are not inconsistent with the terms of our restated certificate of incorporation, including any restriction on the repurchase or redemption while we are in arrears in the payment of dividends or sinking fund installments.
Anti-Takeover Provisions

Article Ninth of our Certificate of Incorporation may make it more difficult for various corporations, entities or persons to acquire control of us or to remove management.
Article Ninth of our Certificate of Incorporation requires us to get the approval of the holders of 80% of all classes of our capital stock who are entitled to vote in elections of directors, voting together as one class, to enter into the following types of transactions:

•a merger or consolidation between us and another corporation that holds 10% or more of our outstanding shares;
•the sale or lease of all or a substantial part of our assets to another corporation or entity that holds 10% or more of our outstanding shares; or
•any sale or lease to us of assets worth more than $10 million in exchange for our securities by another corporation or entity that holds 10% or more of our outstanding shares.
However, Article Ninth does not apply to any transaction if:

•our Board of Directors approves the transaction before the other corporation, person or entity becomes a holder of 10% or more of our outstanding shares; or
•we or our subsidiaries own a majority of the outstanding voting shares of the other corporation.
Article Ninth can be altered or repealed only with the approval of the holders of 80% of all classes of our capital stock who are entitled to vote in elections of directors, voting together as one class.
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Exhibit 4.2 

DESCRIPTION OF THE REGISTRANT’S SECURITIES
REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 OF THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED

The common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”) of ARC Document Solutions, Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our”) is registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The following description sets forth certain general terms and provisions of our Common Stock. These description are in all respects subject to and qualified in their entirety by, and should be read in conjunction with the applicable provisions of, our Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter”) and our Second Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”), each of which is incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of which this exhibit is a part, and by applicable law. We encourage you to read our Charter, our Bylaws and the applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”) for additional information. 

Authorized Capital Stock 

Our authorized capital stock consists of 150,000,000 shares of Common Stock, and 25,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Preferred Stock”).

Common Stock 

The holders of our Common Stock are entitled to one vote for each share held on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders. The holders of our Common Stock do not have any cumulative voting rights. Holders of our Common Stock are entitled to receive ratably any dividends declared by our board of directors (“Board”) out of funds legally available for that purpose, subject to any preferential dividend rights of any outstanding Preferred Stock. Our Common Stock has no preemptive rights, conversion rights or other subscription rights or redemption rights. 

In the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, holders of our Common Stock will be entitled to share ratably in all assets remaining after payment of all debts and other liabilities and any liquidation preference of any outstanding Preferred Stock. Each outstanding share of Common Stock is duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. 

Preferred Stock 

Our Board will have the authority, without further action by our stockholders, to issue up to 25,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock in one or more series and to fix the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions thereof. These rights, preferences and privileges could include dividend rights, conversion rights, voting rights, terms of redemption, liquidation preferences, sinking fund terms and the number of shares constituting, or the designation of, such series, any or all of which may be greater than the rights of Common Stock. The issuance of our Preferred Stock could adversely affect the voting power of holders of Common Stock and the likelihood that such holders will receive dividend payments and payments upon our liquidation. In addition, the issuance of Preferred Stock could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of our company or other corporate action. 

No shares of Preferred Stock are outstanding as of the date of our Annual Report on Form 10-K with which this exhibit is filed as an exhibit.

Anti-Takeover Effects of Delaware Law and Provisions of our Charter and our Bylaws 

Certain provisions of the DGCL and of our Charter and our Bylaws could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing another party from acquiring control of us and encouraging persons considering unsolicited tender offers or other unilateral takeover proposals to negotiate with our board of directors rather than pursue non-negotiated takeover attempts. These provisions include the items described below. 

Delaware Anti-Takeover Statute 

Section 203 of the DGCL is applicable to us. Section 203 of the DGCL restricts some types of transactions and business combinations between a corporation and a 15% stockholder. A 15% stockholder is generally considered by Section 203 to be a person owning 15% or more of the corporation’s outstanding voting stock. Section 203 refers to a 15% stockholder as an “interested stockholder.” Section 203 restricts these transactions for a period of three years from the date the stockholder acquires 15% or more of our outstanding voting stock. With some exceptions, unless the transaction is approved by the board of directors and the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation, Section 203 prohibits significant business transactions such as:

•a merger with, disposition of significant assets to or receipt of disproportionate financial benefits by the interested stockholder, and

•any other transaction that would increase the interested stockholder’s proportionate ownership of any class or series of our capital stock.

The shares held by the interested stockholder are not counted as outstanding when calculating the two-thirds of the outstanding voting stock needed for approval.

The prohibition against these transactions does not apply if:

•prior to the time that any stockholder became an interested stockholder, the board of directors approved either the business combination or the transaction in which such stockholder acquired 15% or more of our outstanding voting stock, or

•the interested stockholder owns at least 85% of our outstanding voting stock as a result of a transaction in which such stockholder acquired 15% or more of our outstanding voting stock. Shares held by persons who are both directors and officers or by some types of employee stock plans are not counted as outstanding when making this calculation.

No Written Consent of Stockholders 

Our Charter provides that all stockholder actions are required to be taken by a vote of the stockholders at an annual or special meeting, and that stockholders may not take any action by written consent in lieu of a meeting. This limit may lengthen the amount of time required to take stockholder actions and would prevent the amendment of our bylaws or removal of directors by our stockholders without holding a meeting of stockholders. 

Special Meetings of Stockholders 

Our Charter provides that special meetings of the stockholders for any purpose or purposes, unless required by law, may only be called our board of directors (the “Board”), the chairman of the board, if any, the chief executive officer or the president. This limitation on the ability to call a special meeting could make it more difficult for stockholders to initiate actions that are opposed by the Board. These actions could include the removal of an incumbent director or the election of a stockholder nominee as a director. They could also include the implementation of a rule requiring stockholder ratification of specific defensive strategies that have been adopted by the board with respect to unsolicited takeover bids. In addition, the limited ability to call a special meeting of stockholders may make it more difficult to change the existing Board and management.

Board Vacancies 

Subject to the rights of the holders of any outstanding series of preferred stock, our Charter authorizes the Board to fill vacancies, including newly created directorships, unless the Board determines by resolution that any such vacancies or newly created directorships shall be filled by the stockholders. Our Charter also provides that directors may be removed by stockholders only by affirmative vote of holders of two-thirds of the outstanding shares of voting stock.

Advance Notice Requirements 

Our Bylaws establish advance notice procedures with regard to stockholder proposals relating to the nomination of candidates for election as directors or new business to be brought before meetings of our stockholders. These procedures provide that notice of stockholder proposals must be timely given in writing to our corporate secretary prior to the meeting at which the action is to be taken. Generally, to be timely, notice must be received at our principal executive offices not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior to the first anniversary date of the annual meeting for the preceding year. Our Bylaws specify the requirements as to form and content of all stockholders’ notices. These requirements may preclude stockholders from bringing matters before the stockholders at an annual or special meeting. 

Amendment to our Charter and Bylaws

Any amendment of our Charter must first be approved by a majority of our Board, and if required by law or our Charter, must thereafter be approved by a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote on the amendment and a majority of the outstanding shares of each class entitled to vote thereon as a class, except that the amendment of the provisions relating to stockholder action, board composition, limitation of liability and the amendment of our Bylaws and Charter must be approved by not less than two thirds (2/3) of the outstanding shares entitled to vote on the amendment. 

Our Bylaws may be amended by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, subject to any limitations set forth in the Bylaws; and may also be amended by the affirmative vote of at least two thirds (2/3) of the outstanding shares entitled to vote on the amendment. 

Undesignated Preferred Stock

Our Charter provides for 25,000,000 authorized shares of Preferred Stock. The existence of authorized but unissued shares of convertible Preferred Stock may enable our Board to discourage an attempt to obtain control of us by means of a merger, tender offer, proxy contest or otherwise. For example, if in the due exercise of its fiduciary obligations, our board of directors were to determine that a takeover proposal is not in the best interests of our stockholders, our Board could cause shares of convertible Preferred Stock to be issued without stockholder approval in one or more private offerings or other transactions that might dilute the voting or other rights of the proposed acquirer or insurgent stockholder or stockholder group. In this regard, our Charter grants our Board broad power to establish the rights and preferences of authorized and unissued shares of convertible Preferred Stock. The issuance of shares of convertible Preferred Stock could decrease the amount of earnings and assets available for distribution to holders of shares of Common Stock. The issuance may also adversely affect the rights and powers, including voting rights, of these holders and may have the effect of delaying, deterring or preventing a change in control of us.

Stock Exchange Listing 

Our Common Stock is listed on New York Stock Exchange under the trading symbol “ARC.”

Transfer Agent and Registrar 

The transfer agent and registrar for our Common Stock is Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions, Inc. The transfer agent and registrar’s address is 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, and its telephone number is 1-877-830-4932.

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