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EX-10.26

 Exhibit 10.26 

SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT 

This SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of September 30, 2016, by and between Azure
Power Global Limited, a public company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of Mauritius (the “Company”), and CDPQ Infrastructures Asia Pte Ltd., a company organized and existing under the laws of Singapore (the
“Purchaser”). 
 WHEREAS, the Company intends to offer and sell equity shares, par value $0.01 per equity share, of
the Company (the “Equity Shares”) to the public and list the Equity Shares on the New York Stock Exchange (the “IPO”). WHEREAS, concurrently with the IPO, the Company desires to issue, sell and convey
that number of Equity Shares determined by dividing $75 million by the lesser of (i) $22.00 and (ii) the price to the public for one Equity Share offered in the IPO, rounded to the nearest whole number, to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser
desires to purchase such Equity Shares from the Company, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement (such Equity Shares to be purchased hereunder, the “Shares”); and 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows: 

1. Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Company. The Company represents, warrants and agrees that: 

(a) In connection with the IPO, a registration statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-208584) relating to the offer and sale of
Equity Shares (other than the Shares) has (i) been prepared by the Company in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) thereunder; and (ii) been filed with the Commission under the Securities Act. As used in this Agreement: 

(iv) “Preliminary Prospectus” means the most recent preliminary prospectus relating to the Equity Shares
included in the Registration Statement prior to the date hereof; and 
 (vii) “Registration
Statement” means such registration statement, as amended as of immediately prior to the date hereof, including the Preliminary Prospectus and all exhibits to such registration statement. 

(b) The Company was not at the time of initial filing of the Registration Statement and at the earliest time thereafter that the Company
made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Securities Act) of the Shares, is not on the date hereof and will not be on the Closing Date (as defined below), an “ineligible issuer” (as defined in Rule 405
under the Securities Act). 

 (c) Except for the omission of pricing information related to the IPO, the Registration Statement
conforms on the date hereof and will conform in all material respects on the Closing Date to the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder. The Preliminary Prospectus conforms on the date hereof, and the final
prospectus relating to the Equity Shares, as filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act on the Closing Date will conform, to the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder. 

(d) Except for the omission of pricing information related to the IPO and as set forth on Schedule I, the Registration Statement did not
when filed, and as of its effective date will not, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided that no
representation or warranty is made as to information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Purchaser specifically for inclusion therein.

 (e) Except for the omission of pricing information related to the IPO and as set forth on Schedule I, the Preliminary
Prospectus does not on the date hereof, and as of the Closing Date will not, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading; provided that no representation or warranty is made as to information contained in or omitted from the Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Purchaser
specifically for inclusion therein. 
 (f) The Company and each of its subsidiaries have been duly organized, is validly
existing and in good standing (where such concept is applicable) as a corporation or other business entity under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and is duly qualified to do business and in good standing as a foreign corporation or other
business entity in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its businesses requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, stockholders’ equity, properties, business or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (a “Material
Adverse Effect”). The Company and each of its subsidiaries have all power and authority necessary to own or hold its properties and to conduct the businesses in which it is engaged. None of the subsidiaries of the Company (other than
Azure Power India Private Limited, Azure Power (Haryana) Private Limited, Azure Power (Rajasthan) Private Limited, Azure Solar Private Limited and Azure Urja Private Limited (collectively, the “Significant Subsidiaries”)) is
a “significant subsidiary” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act). Exhibit 21.1 to the Registration Statement lists all subsidiaries of the Company other than those subsidiaries that, considered in the aggregate as a single
subsidiary, would not constitute a “significant subsidiary” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act). 
 (g)
The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, conform in all
material respects to the description thereof contained in the Preliminary Prospectus and were issued in compliance with U.S. federal and state and foreign securities laws and not in violation of any preemptive right, resale right, right of first
refusal or similar right. All of the Company’s options, warrants 

  
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and other rights to purchase or exchange any securities for shares of the Company’s capital stock have been duly authorized and validly issued, conform in all material respects to the
description thereof contained in the Preliminary Prospectus and were issued in compliance with U.S. federal and state securities laws. Except as disclosed in the Preliminary Prospectus, all of the issued shares of capital stock or other ownership
interest of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, except for
such liens, encumbrances, equities or claims as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

(h) The Shares to be issued and sold by the Company to the Purchaser hereunder have been duly authorized and, upon payment and delivery in
accordance with this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, will conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Preliminary Prospectus, will be issued in compliance with U.S. federal and state
securities laws and the laws of Mauritius and will be free of statutory and contractual preemptive rights, rights of first refusal and similar rights. 

(i) The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement. This
Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and, when executed and delivered by the Purchaser, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms,
except as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance and any other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and as limited by laws relating to the
availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies, and except to the extent Section 9 is found to violate public policy. 

(j) The issue and sale of the Shares, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company, the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and the application of the proceeds from the sale of the Shares as described under “Use of Proceeds” in the Preliminary Prospectus will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any
of the terms or provisions of, impose any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, license, lease or other
agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject;
(ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, constitution, memorandum and articles of association (or similar organizational documents) of the Company or any of its subsidiaries; or (iii) result in
any violation of any statute or any judgment, order, decree, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties or assets, except, with respect to
clauses (i) and (iii), conflicts or violations that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

(k) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing, registration or qualification with, any court or governmental agency or body
having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties or assets is required for the issue 

  
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and sale of the Shares, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the application of the proceeds from
the sale of the Shares as described under “Use of Proceeds” in the Preliminary Prospectus. 
 (l) The historical financial
statements (including the related notes and supporting schedules) included in the Preliminary Prospectus comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and present fairly in all material
respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the entities purported to be shown thereby at the dates and for the periods indicated and have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. 
 (m) Ernst & Young Associates LLP, a member firm of
Ernst & Young LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, whose report appears in the Preliminary Prospectus are independent public accountants as required by the Securities Act and
the rules and regulations thereunder. 
 (n) The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain internal accounting controls sufficient to
provide reasonable assurances regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, including, but not
limited to, internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of the Company’s financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and to maintain accountability for its assets, (iii) access to the Company’s assets is permitted
only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for the Company’s assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with
respect to any differences. 
 (o) (i) The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as
such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), (ii) such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that the information is accumulated
and communicated to management of the Company and its subsidiaries, including their respective principal executive officers and principal financial officers, as appropriate and (iii) such disclosure controls and procedures are effective in all
material respects to perform the functions for which they were established.  
 (p) Since the date of the most recent balance
sheet of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries reviewed or audited by Ernst & Young Associates LLP, a member firm of Ernst & Young LLP, (i) the Company has not been advised of or become aware of (A) any
significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls that could adversely affect the ability of the Company or any of its subsidiaries to record, process, summarize and report financial data, or any material weaknesses in
internal controls, and (B) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the internal controls of the Company and each of its subsidiaries; and (ii) there have been no
significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could significantly adversely affect internal controls, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses. 

  
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 (q) The Company will take all necessary actions to ensure that, upon effectiveness of the
Registration Statement, the Company and any of the Company’s directors and officers in their capacities as such will comply with any applicable provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection
therewith. 
 (r) Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Preliminary Prospectus, and, except as disclosed
in the Preliminary Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has (i) sustained any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor
dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, (ii) issued or granted any securities, except as set forth or contemplated in the Preliminary Prospectus, (iii) incurred any material liability or obligation, direct or contingent,
other than liabilities and obligations that were incurred in the ordinary course of business or otherwise set forth or contemplated in the Preliminary Prospectus, (iv) entered into any material transaction not in the ordinary course of
business, except as set forth or contemplated in the Preliminary Prospectus, or (v) declared or paid any dividend on its capital stock, and since such date, there has not been any change in the capital stock (other than the issuance of equity
shares, if any, pursuant to employee incentive plans described in the Preliminary Prospectus) or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any adverse change, or any development involving a prospective adverse change, in or
affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, stockholders’ equity, properties, management, business or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, in each case except as would not, in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (s) The Company and each of its subsidiaries have good and marketable
title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them, that are material to the business of the Company, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects, except such liens,
encumbrances and defects as are described in the Preliminary Prospectus or such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its
subsidiaries. All assets held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries, that are material to the business of the Company, are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases, with such exceptions as do not materially interfere
with the use made and proposed to be made of such assets by the Company and its subsidiaries. 
 (t) The Company and each of
its subsidiaries have such permits, licenses, patents, franchises, certificates of need and other approvals or authorizations of governmental or regulatory authorities (“Permits”) as are necessary under applicable law to own
their properties and conduct their businesses in the manner described in the Preliminary Prospectus, except for any of the foregoing that would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor
any of its subsidiaries is in violation of, or in default under, any of the Permits, except as would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice
of any revocation or modification of any Permits, which, individually or in the aggregate, if revoked or modified, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

  
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 (u) The Company and each of its subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights to use all material
patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights, licenses, know-how, software, systems and technology (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or
unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses and have no reason to believe that the conduct of their respective businesses will conflict with, and have not
received any notice of any claim of conflict with, any such rights of others. 
 (v) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending
to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject that would, in the aggregate, reasonably be expect to have a Material Adverse Effect or would, in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the performance of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; and to the Company’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or
contemplated by governmental authorities or others. 
 (w) There are no contracts or other documents required to be described in the
Registration Statement or the Preliminary Prospectus or filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement, that are not described and filed as required. The statements made in the Preliminary Prospectus, insofar as they purport to constitute summaries
of the terms of the contracts and other documents described and filed, constitute accurate summaries of the terms of such contracts and documents in all material respects. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has knowledge that any other
party to any such contract or other document has any intention not to render full performance in all material respects as contemplated by the terms thereof. 

(x) The statements made under the caption “Business—Government Regulations,” insofar as it purports to constitute summaries of
the terms of statutes, rules or regulations, legal or governmental proceedings or contracts and other documents, constitute accurate summaries of the terms of such statutes, rules and regulations, legal and governmental proceedings and contracts and
other documents in all material respects. 
 (y) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company
and each of its subsidiaries carry, or are covered by, insurance from insurers of recognized financial responsibility in such amounts and covering such risks as is adequate for the conduct of their respective businesses and the value of their
respective properties and as is customary for companies engaged in similar businesses in similar industries. All policies of insurance of the Company and its subsidiaries are in full force and effect; the Company and each of its subsidiaries are in
compliance with the terms of such policies in all material respects; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that capital improvements or other expenditures are required or
necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance; there are no material claims by the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is

  
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denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause; and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing
insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

(z) No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders,
customers or suppliers of the Company, on the other hand, that is required to be described in the Preliminary Prospectus which is not so described. 

(aa) No labor disturbance by or dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the
Company, is imminent that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (bb) Neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries (i) is in violation of its certificate of incorporation, constitution, memorandum and articles of association (or similar organizational documents), (ii) is in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of
time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant, condition or other obligation contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, license or other agreement or instrument to
which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its properties or assets is subject, or (iii) is in violation of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over it
or its property or assets or has failed to obtain any license, permit, certificate, franchise or other governmental authorization or permit necessary to the ownership of its property or to the conduct of its business, except in the case of clauses
(ii) and (iii), to the extent any such conflict, breach, violation or default would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

(cc) The Company and each of its subsidiaries (i) are, and at all times prior hereto were, in compliance with all laws,
regulations, ordinances, rules, orders, judgments, decrees, permits or other legal requirements of any governmental authority, including without limitation any international, foreign, national, state, provincial, regional, or local authority,
relating to pollution, the protection of human health or safety, the environment, or natural resources, or to use, handling, storage, manufacturing, transportation, treatment, discharge, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or
wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”) applicable to such entity, which compliance includes, without limitation, obtaining, maintaining and complying with all permits and authorizations and approvals
required by Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses, and (ii) have not received notice or otherwise have knowledge of any actual or alleged violation of Environmental Laws, or of any actual or potential liability for or other
obligation concerning the presence, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, except in the case of clause (i) or (ii) where such non-compliance, violation, liability, or other obligation
would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as described in the Preliminary Prospectus, (x) there are no proceedings that are pending, or known to be contemplated, against the Company or any of
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reasonably believed no monetary sanctions of $100,000 or more will be imposed and (y) the Company and its subsidiaries are not aware of any issues regarding compliance with Environmental
Laws, including any pending or proposed Environmental Laws, or liabilities or other obligations under Environmental Laws or concerning hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, that could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. 
 (dd) The Company and each of its subsidiaries have filed all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign tax returns
required to be filed through the date hereof, subject to permitted extensions, and have paid all taxes due, and no tax deficiency has been determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, nor does the Company have any knowledge of any
tax deficiencies that have been, or would reasonably be expected to be asserted against the Company, that would, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

(ee) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is, and as of the applicable Closing Date and, after giving effect to the
offer and sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds therefrom as described under “Use of Proceeds” in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, none of them will be, (i) an “investment company” or a company
“controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, or
(ii) a “business development company” (as defined in Section 2(a)(48) of the Investment Company Act). 

(ff) Except as described in the Preliminary Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person
granting such person the right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to any securities of the Company owned or to be owned by such person or to require the Company to include such securities in
the securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement. 
 (gg) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any
contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against the Purchaser for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of
the Shares. 
 (hh) The Company has not sold or issued any securities that would be integrated with the offering of the Shares contemplated
by this Agreement pursuant to the Securities Act, the rules and regulations thereunder or the interpretations thereof by the Commission. 

(ii) The Company and its affiliates have not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that has constituted or that could
reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company in connection with the offering of the equity shares of the Shares. 

(jj) The Shares has been approved for listing, subject to official notice of issuance and evidence of satisfactory distribution on, The New
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 (kk) Neither the Company nor any subsidiary is in violation of or has received notice of any
violation with respect to any U.S. federal or state or foreign law relating to discrimination in the hiring, promotion or pay of employees, nor any applicable U.S. federal or state or foreign wage and hour laws, the violation of any of which could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 (ll) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor, to the
knowledge of the Company, after due inquiry, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, has in the course of its actions for, or on behalf of, the Company or
any of its subsidiaries: (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect payment to any foreign or domestic
government official from corporate funds in violation of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “FCPA”); (iii) violated or is in violation
of any applicable provision of the FCPA, U.K. Bribery Act 2010, as amended, or any other applicable anti-bribery statute or regulation; or (iv) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment to any
domestic government official, foreign official or employee, which, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and the Company and its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, the
Company’s affiliates have conducted their respective businesses in compliance with the FCPA, and except as would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, all other applicable anti-bribery statutes and regulations, and
currently maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance with the FCPA and other applicable anti-bribery statutes and regulations therewith. 

(mm) The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable
financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable
related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or
governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened. 

(nn) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, after due inquiry, any director,
officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is (i) currently subject to or the target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department
(“OFAC”), the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council (“UNSC”), the European Union (“EU”), Her Majesty’s Treasury (“HMT”), or
other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”); or (ii) located, organized or resident in a country that is the subject of Sanctions (including, without limitation, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and
Syria); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing
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that currently is the subject or target of Sanctions or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the transaction whether as an
underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions. The Company and its subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in for the past five years, are not now knowingly engaged in, and will not engage in, any dealings or transactions with any
individual or entity, or in any country or territory, that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject or target of Sanctions. 

(oo) To ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility into evidence in a legal or administrative proceeding in Mauritius of
this Agreement, it is not necessary that this Agreement be filed or recorded with any court or other government authority or regulatory body in Mauritius or that any registration tax, stamp duty or similar tax be paid in Mauritius on or in respect
of any of this Agreement or any other document to be furnished hereunder, other than court costs, including (without limitation) filing fees and deposits to guarantee judgment required by a court of law in Mauritius. 

(pp) Under the laws of Mauritius, each registered holder of Equity Shares shall be entitled to seek enforcement of its rights in a direct suit,
action or proceeding against the Company. It is not necessary in order to enable any owner of Equity Shares to enforce any of its rights that such owner of Equity Shares be licensed, qualified or entitled to do business in Mauritius. 

(qq) No stamp or other issuance or transfer taxes or duties and no withholding taxes are or will be payable by or on behalf of the Purchaser in
connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement. 
 (rr) Except as described in the Preliminary Prospectus, no
approvals are currently required in Mauritius in order for the Company to pay dividends or other distributions declared by the Company to holders of Equity Shares. Except as described in the Preliminary Prospectus under current laws and regulations
of Mauritius and any political subdivision thereof, any amounts payable with respect to the Equity Shares upon liquidation of the Company or upon redemption thereof and dividends and other distributions declared and payable on the Equity Shares may
be paid by the Company in U.S. dollars that may be converted into foreign currency and freely transferred out of Mauritius, and, except as described in the Preliminary Prospectus, no such payments made to holders thereof or therein who are
non-residents of Mauritius will be subject to income, withholding or other taxes under laws and regulations of Mauritius or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein and will otherwise be free and clear of any other tax, duty,
withholding or deduction in Mauritius or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein and without the necessity of obtaining any governmental authorization in Mauritius or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or
therein. 
 (ss) The Company is a “foreign issuer” (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act). 

(tt) Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates (as defined in Regulation 501 under the Securities Act) nor any person acting on its or
their behalf has engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) in connection with the offering of the Shares. 

  
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 Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Purchaser pursuant to
this Agreement in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to the Purchaser. 

2. Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Purchaser. The Purchaser represents, warrants and agrees that: 

(a) The Purchaser has all requisite power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement.
This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Purchaser and, when executed and delivered by the Company, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Purchaser, enforceable in accordance with its
terms, except as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance and any other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and as limited by laws relating to
the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies. 
 (b) The Shares to be acquired by
the Purchaser hereunder will be acquired for investment for the Purchaser’s own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to the resale or distribution of any part thereof. 

(c) The Purchaser has had an opportunity to discuss the Company’s business, management, financial affairs and the terms
and conditions of the offering of the Shares with the Company’s management and has had an opportunity to review the Company’s facilities. The foregoing, however, does not limit or modify the representations and warranties of the Company in
Section 1 of this Agreement or the right of the Purchaser to rely thereon. 
 (d) The Purchaser understands that the
Shares have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act, and are being offered and sold by the Company pursuant to the exemption from registration afforded by Rule 903 under the Securities Act. 

(e) The Purchaser is not a U.S. person (as such term is defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act). At the time of the
origination of discussion regarding the offer and sale of the Shares and the date of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Purchaser was at all times outside of the United States. 

(f) Each certificate, instrument, or book entry representing (i) the Shares and (ii) any other securities issued in
respect of the securities referenced in clauses (i) upon any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, or similar event, shall be notated with a legend substantially in the following form: 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933. SUCH SHARES
MAY NOT BE SOLD, PLEDGED, OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR A VALID EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933. 

  
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 The Purchaser consents to the Company making a notation in its records and giving instructions to
any transfer agent of the Shares or such securities in order to implement the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Agreement. The foregoing legend shall be removed from the certificate, instrument or book entry evidencing the Shares and the
Company shall, or shall cause its transfer agent to, issue, no later than three Business Days after receipt of a request from the Purchaser, a certificate or certificates evidencing all or a portion of the Shares, as requested by the Purchaser,
without such legend if: (i) such Shares have been resold under an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, (ii) such Shares have been transferred in compliance with Rule 144, (iii) all of such Shares are eligible for
resale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act without restriction, or (iv) the Purchaser shall have provided the Company with an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be
reasonably satisfactory to the Company, stating that such Shares may lawfully be transferred without registration under the Securities Act and that the foregoing legend may be removed following such transfer.

3. Purchase of the Shares by the Purchaser. On the basis of the representations, warranties and covenants contained in, and
subject to the terms and conditions of, this Agreement, the Company agrees to sell the Shares to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser agrees to purchase the Shares from the Company. The Company is not obligated to deliver any of the Shares to be
delivered on the Closing Date, except upon payment for all such Stock to be purchased on the Closing Date as provided herein. 

4. Delivery of and Payment for the Shares. Delivery of and payment for the Shares shall be made at 10:00 A.M., New York City
time, on the initial closing date of the offer and sale of Equity Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement (the “Closing Date”). Delivery of the Shares shall be made to the Purchaser against payment by the
Purchaser of the purchase price of the Shares being sold by the Company to or upon the order of the Company of the purchase price by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account specified by the Company. Time shall be of the essence,
and delivery at the time and place specified pursuant to this Agreement is a further condition of the obligation of the Purchaser hereunder.  

5. Expenses. The Company agrees, whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement
is terminated, to pay all of its expenses, costs, fees and taxes incident to and in connection with this Agreement, including any transfer taxes. On the Closing Date, the Company will reimburse the Purchaser for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
(including fees and disbursements of counsel for the Purchaser) incurred by the Purchaser in connection with this Agreement and the purchase of the Shares, in an amount not to exceed $50,000. 

  
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 6. Additional Covenants. 

(a) The Company shall use its best efforts to cause one person designated by the Purchaser (the “Purchaser
Designee”) to be nominated, appointed and elected to the board of directors of the Company (the “Company Board”) and the board of directors of Azure Power India Private Limited (the “AZI
Board” and together with the Company Board, the “Boards”) on the Closing Date. Subject to applicable law and the approval of the applicable Board to the extent such approval is required by law, which the Company will
use its best efforts to obtain, the Purchaser Designee shall be entitled to sit as a member of any committee of the Company Board and the AZI Board. The Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Company Board and the AZI Board to at all times
after the Closing Date to include the Purchaser Designee, unless earlier termination is required by the rules of the New York Stock Exchange. Subject to applicable law, the Purchaser Designee may only be removed from the Company Board or the AZI
Board by request from the Purchaser. In the event that a vacancy is created at any time by the death, disability, retirement, resignation or removal (with or without cause) of the Purchaser Designee, the remaining directors of the Company Board and
the AZI Board and the Company shall, subject to applicable law, cause the vacancy created thereby to be filled by a new designee of the Purchaser. The Company shall enter into an indemnification agreement with the Purchaser Designee in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser. Subject to the approval of the applicable Board to the extent such approval is required by law, which the Company will use its best efforts to obtain, if at any time the Purchaser Designee is not a
member of the Company Board or the AZI Board, the Purchaser shall be entitled to designate a non-voting observer to the Company Board or the AZI Board, as applicable. The Company shall reimburse the Purchaser Designee or non-voting observer, as
applicable, for his or her reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with his or her service as a member or non-voting observer of the Company Board, the AZI Board or any committee thereof. The Purchaser Designee or non-voting
observer shall be permitted to provide non-privileged information he or she receives in his or her capacity as a member of the Company Board or the AZI Board to the Purchaser, its affiliates or its or their respective directors, officers and
employees (the “CDPQ Personnel”) solely for the purposes of monitoring and managing the Purchaser’s investments; provided that, the Purchaser and CDPQ Personnel will (i) keep the Company information strictly
confidential, (ii) not disclose any of the Company information in any manner whatsoever without the prior written consent of the Company and (iii) not use the Company information for any purpose other than monitoring and managing the
Purchaser’s investment in the Company. The Company acknowledges that the Purchaser and CDPQ Personnel may invest in or have general knowledge with respect to the industry in which the Company operates and the topics generally covered in
information provided by the Company (including, without limitation, any confidential information). Subject to the restrictions set forth in this Agreement, neither the execution of this Agreement nor receipt of Company confidential information shall
restrict or preclude such activities or use of such general knowledge. 
 (b) The Purchaser agrees that it will not, directly
or indirectly, (i) offer for sale, sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction or device that is designed to, or could be expected to, result in the disposition by any person at any time in the future of) Equity Shares,
(ii) enter into any swap or other derivatives transaction that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic benefits or risks of ownership of Equity Shares, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or
(ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Equity Shares or other securities, in cash or otherwise, (iii) make any demand for or exercise any right or cause to be filed a 

  
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registration statement, including any amendments thereto, with respect to the registration of any Equity Shares or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Equity Shares
or any other securities of the Company, or (iv) publicly disclose the intention to do any of the foregoing for a period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the 270th day after the
Closing Date. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (1) transactions relating to Equity Shares or other securities acquired in the open market after the Closing Date, (2) sales, transfers or other dispositions to affiliates of the
Purchaser; provided that (x) it shall be a condition to any transfer pursuant to clause (2) that the transferee agrees to be bound by the terms of this Section 6(b) to the same extent as if the transferee were a party hereto;
(y) each party (transferor or transferee) shall not be required by law (including without limitation the disclosure requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act) to make, and shall agree to not voluntarily make, any filing or public
announcement of the transfer or disposition prior to the expiration of the 270-day period referred to above (other than a filing on a Schedule 13D or 13G to the extent required by law), and (z) the Purchaser notifies the Company at least two
business days prior to the proposed transfer or disposition.  
 (c) The Company shall not sell an amount of Equity
Shares with a combined value of greater than $200 million pursuant to this Agreement and in the IPO, exclusive of any Equity Shares sold pursuant to the underwriter’s over-allotment option. 

7. Participation in Projects. 

(a) Subject to approvals required under the constitution of the Company, Azure Power India Private Limited and relevant
subsidiary of the Company, or relevant loan or project documents (each of which approvals the Company shall use its best efforts to obtain), if any subsidiary of the Company (each, an “AssetCo”) seeks to raise any capital
from a third-party through the issuance of equity or equity-linked securities or instruments, including any security or other instrument exercisable for or convertible or redeemable into equity securities (collectively, “Equity
Securities”), the Company shall first offer the Purchaser the right to purchase such Equity Securities pursuant to a term sheet setting forth all material financial terms (a “First Offer”). A First Offer shall be
made to the Purchaser prior to the Purchaser or any of its representatives engaging in discussions with any other financing source regarding a financing at an AssetCo. A First Offer may only contain financial and governance terms and may not contain
any term the purpose of which is to prevent the Purchaser from accepting a First Offer. The Purchaser shall have 15 Business Days after delivery of a First Offer to accept the First Offer (the “First Offer Period”). During
the First Offer Period, the Company shall provide the Purchaser with all reasonable due diligence information and access the Purchaser may reasonably request to facilitate the Purchaser’s ability to accept the First Offer. If the Purchaser
accepts the First Offer during the First Offer Period, the Company and Purchaser shall thereafter negotiate in good faith with the Purchaser to complete definitive documentation for a period of 30 Business Days after such acceptance (the
“Documentation Period”). If the Purchaser has not accepted a First Offer by the end of the applicable First Offer Period or completed definitive documentation by the end of 

  
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the Documentation Period, the Company may offer the same Equity Securities contained in a First Offer to a third party on financial and governance terms no less favorable to the applicable
AssetCo than those contained in such First Offer, and enter into definitive documentation with respect to the sale of the same Equity Securities within 60 Business Days after the end of the applicable First Offer Period or Documentation Period, as
the case may be. Indicative terms for such investment are set forth in Exhibit A-3. 
 (b) The Company shall use best efforts
to obtain any approvals required under the constitution of the Company (including approval of the Boards) to give effect to the agreements set forth in this Section 7, and if any of such approvals are not obtained within 30 business days of the
Closing Date, the agreements of the Purchaser in Section 6(b) shall immediately terminate at such time. 
 8. Conditions of
the Purchaser’s Obligations. The obligations of the Purchaser hereunder are subject to the accuracy, when made and on the Closing Date, of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein, to the performance by the Company
of its obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional terms and conditions: 
 (a) All corporate
proceedings and other legal matters incident to the authorization, form and validity of this Agreement and all other legal matters relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be reasonably satisfactory in all material
respects to counsel for the Purchaser, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel all documents and information that they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters. 

(b) Appleby, outside Mauritius counsel for the Company shall have furnished to the Purchaser its written opinion, as counsel to
the Company, addressed to the Purchaser and dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A-1. 

(c) The Company shall have furnished to the Purchaser a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of its Chief Executive Officer and
its Chief Financial Officer as to such matters as the Purchaser may reasonably request, including, without limitation, a statement: 

(i) That the representations, warranties and agreements of the Company in Section 1 are true and correct on and as of the
Closing Date, and the Company has complied with all its agreements contained herein and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date; 

(ii) That no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued; and no proceedings or
examination for that purpose have been instituted or, to the knowledge of such officers, threatened; 

  
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 (iii) That they have examined the Registration Statement and the Preliminary
Prospectus, and, in their opinion, except for the omission of pricing information related to the IPO, (A) (1) the Registration Statement, as of the date hereof, and (2) the Preliminary Prospectus, as of the date hereof and on the
Closing Date, did not and do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact and did not and do not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (except in the case of the Registration
Statement, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, and (B) since the date hereof, no event has occurred that should have been set forth in a supplement or amendment to the Registration Statement; and 

(iv) To the effect of Section 8(d) (provided that no representation with respect to the judgment of the
Purchaser need be made). 
 (d) (i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained, since
the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Preliminary Prospectus, any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or
court or governmental action, order or decree, or (ii) since such date, and except as set out or contemplated in the Preliminary Prospectus, there shall not have been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries or any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, stockholders’ equity, properties, management, business or prospects of the Company
and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is, individually or in the aggregate, in the judgment of the Purchaser, so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or
inadvisable to proceed with the delivery of the Shares being delivered on the Closing Date on the terms and in the manner contemplated in this Agreement. 

(e) The New York Stock Exchange shall have approved the Shares for listing, subject only to official notice of issuance and
evidence of satisfactory distribution. 
 (f) The IPO shall have been consummated and Equity Shares with a combined value of
at least $120 million but no greater than $200 million shall have been sold pursuant to this Agreement and in the IPO, exclusive of any Equity Shares sold pursuant to the underwriter’s over-allotment option. 

(g) The Amended and Restated Constitution of Azure Power Global Limited filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registration Statement
shall have become effective. 
 (h) The Company shall have delivered an executed counterpart of the Registration Rights
Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A-2. 

  
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 All opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement
shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Purchaser. 

9. Indemnification. 

(a) The Company hereby agrees that its shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Purchaser, its affiliates
and each of their respective, directors, officers, employees, shareholders, representatives and agents (“Indemnified Parties”) from, against and in respect of any damages, losses, charges, liabilities, claims demands,
actions, suits, proceedings, payments, judgments, settlements, assessments, deficiencies, interest and costs and expenses (“Losses”) imposed on, sustained, incurred or suffered by or asserted against any of the Indemnified
Parties (whether in respect of third party claims, claims between the parties hereto, or otherwise) directly or indirectly relating to or arising out of any breach by the Company of any of representations, warranty or agreement made by it in this
Agreement. The indemnity set forth in this Section 9 will not be prejudiced, adversely affected or deemed waived by: 

(i) reason of any investigation made by or on behalf of an Indemnified Party (including by any of its representatives or
advisors) or by reason of the fact that an Indemnified Party or any of its representatives or advisors knew or should have known that any representation, warranty or agreement is, was or might be inaccurate or by reason of an Indemnified
Party’s waiver of any condition set forth in Section 8; or 
 (ii) the execution, delivery or the performance of
this Agreement; or 
 (iii) any other act or thing which may be done by or on behalf of any Indemnified Party in connection
with this Agreement and which might, apart from this clause, prejudice or adversely affect such rights or remedies. 
 (b)
The Company further agrees to indemnify each of the Indemnified Parties against any all Losses incurred by such Indemnified Party related to or arising from to efforts to enforce or protect its rights under this Agreement, or the exercise of its
rights or powers consequent upon or arising out of any breach of this Agreement. 
 (c) The remedies set forth in this
Section 9 shall be without prejudice to all other rights and remedies that an Indemnified Party may have under applicable law and shall not be the sole and exclusive remedies of any Indemnified Party for any Loss suffered hereunder. Each
Indemnified Party shall be entitled to pursue any remedy that is available to it under applicable law. 

  
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 10. Termination. The obligations of the Purchaser hereunder may be terminated by
the Purchaser by notice given to and received by the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the Shares if, prior to that time, any of the events described in Sections 8(e) shall have occurred or if the Purchaser shall decline to
purchase the Shares for any reason permitted under this Agreement. 
 11. Notices, etc. All statements, requests,
notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and: 
 (a) if to the Purchaser, shall be delivered or sent by
mail, facsimile transmission or email to 
 CDPQ Infrastructures Asia Pte Ltd. 

1 Raffles Quay #21-01 

Singapore 048583 

Facsimile: +65 6800 4870 

Email: ccabanes@cdpq.com 

Attention: Cyril Cabanes 

With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to: 

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec 

Édifice Jacques-Parizeau, 1000, place Jean-Paul-Riopelle 

Montréal, Québec  H2Z 2B3 

Facsimile: 514-842-4833 

Email: fduquette@cdpq.com 

Attention: François Duquette 

and 

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP 

1285 Avenue of the Americas 

New York, NY 10019 

Facsimile: 212-757-3990 

Email: agivertz@paulweiss.com 

Attention: Adam M. Givertz 

(b) if to the Company, shall be delivered or sent by mail, facsimile transmission or email to: 

Azure Power Global Limited 

8 Local Shopping Complex 

Pushp Vihar, Madangir, New Delhi 110062, India 

Facsimile: 

Email: inderpreet@azurepower.com 

Attention: Inderpreet Singh Wadhwa 

  
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 With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to: 

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 

525 University Avenue #1400 

Palo Alto, CA 94301 

Facsimile: 650-470.4570 

Email: Thomas.ivery@skadden,com 

Attention: Thomas J. Ivery 
 Any
such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect at the time of receipt thereof. 
 12. Persons Entitled to
Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Purchaser, the Company and their respective successors. This Agreement and the terms and provisions hereof are for the sole benefit of only those persons,
except that the representations, warranties, indemnities and agreements of the Company contained in this Agreement shall also be deemed to be for the benefit of the Indemnified Parties. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to
give any person, other than the persons referred to in this Section 12, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. 

13. Survival. The respective indemnities, representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and the Purchaser contained in this
Agreement pursuant to this Agreement, shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Shares and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any of them or any person controlling any of them.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the agreements of the Company in Section 6 shall terminate upon the number of Equity Shares held directly or indirectly by the Purchaser in the Company being less than half of the Equity Shares acquired by the
Purchaser on the Closing Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the agreements of the Company in Section 7 shall terminate upon the earliest to occur of (i) the public announcement by the Company that the total capacity of the Company’s
and its Subsidiaries’ committed or operating power projects is collectively in excess of 5 gigawatts, (ii) the number of Equity Shares held directly or indirectly by the Purchaser in the Company being less than half of the Equity Shares
acquired by the Purchaser on the Closing Date or (iii) 15 years after the Closing Date. 
 14. Definition of the Terms
“Business Day”, “Affiliate” and “Subsidiary”. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) “business day” means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday that is not a day
on which banking institutions in New York or Quebec City are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close, and (b) “affiliate” and “subsidiary”
have the meanings set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act. 
 15. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed
by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to conflict of laws principles (other than Section 5-1401 of the General Obligations Law). 

16. Submission to Jurisdiction, Etc. The Company hereby submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the U.S. federal and New
York state courts in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. The parties hereby irrevocably and 

  
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unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any lawsuit, action or other proceeding in such courts, and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to
plead or claim in any such court that any such lawsuit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. The Company irrevocably appoints CT Corporation System, 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10011,
as its authorized agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York upon which process may be served in any such suit or proceeding, and agrees that service of process upon such agent, and written notice of said service to the
Company by the person serving the same to the address provided in Section 11 shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company in any such suit or proceeding. The Company further agrees to take any and all actions
as may be necessary to maintain such designation and appointment of such agent in full force and effect for a period of seven years from the date of this Agreement. 

17. Waiver of Immunity. With respect to any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby, each party irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, all immunity (whether on the basis of sovereignty or otherwise) from jurisdiction, service of process, attachment (both before and after judgment)
and execution to which it might otherwise be entitled, and with respect to any such suit or proceeding, each party waives any such immunity in any court of competent jurisdiction, and will not raise or claim or cause to be pleaded any such immunity
at or in respect of any such suit or proceeding, including, without limitation, any immunity pursuant to the U.S. Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, as amended. 

18. Judgment Currency. The obligation of the Company in respect of any sum due to the Purchaser or any other Indemnified Party
under this Agreement shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than U.S. dollars or any other applicable currency (the “Judgment Currency”), not be discharged until the first business day,
following receipt by such Indemnified Party of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, on which (and only to the extent that) such Indemnified Party may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase U.S. dollars or any other
applicable currency with the Judgment Currency; if the U.S. dollars or other applicable currency so purchased are less than the sum originally due to such Indemnified Party hereunder, the Company agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding
any such judgment, to indemnify such Indemnified Party against such Loss. If the U.S. dollars or other applicable currency so purchased are greater than the sum originally due to such Indemnified Party hereunder, such Indemnified Party agrees to pay
to the Company an amount equal to the excess of the U.S. dollars or other applicable currency so purchased over the sum originally due to such Indemnified Party hereunder. 

19. Waiver of Jury Trial. The Company and the Purchaser hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. 

20. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and, if executed in more than one counterpart, the
executed counterparts shall each be deemed to be an original but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. 

  
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 21. Headings. The headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only
and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement. 
 [Signature Page Follows]

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed on the date
first above written. 
  

			
	AZURE POWER GLOBAL LIMITED
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Inderpreet Singh Wadhwa

		 	Name: Inderpreet Singh Wadhwa
		 	Title:

 Signature Page to Purchase Agreement 

 
			
	CDPQ INFRASTRUCTURES ASIA PTE LTD.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Macky Tall

		 	Name: Macky Tall
		 	Title: Authorized Representative
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Rana Ghorayeb

		 	Name: Rana Ghorayeb
		 	Title: Authorized Representative

 Signature Page to Purchase Agreement 

 SCHEDULE I 

IFC GIF Investment Company I will beneficially own 4,245,916 equity shares after the conversion of convertible securities, which is 23.9% and 18.0% of the
outstanding shares before and after the initial public offering, respectively, assuming an initial public offering price of $22.00 per equity share, which is the midpoint of the estimated range of the initial public offering price as set forth on
the cover page of the Preliminary Prospectus. 

 EXHIBIT A-1 

FORM OF OPINION OF MAURITIUS COMPANY’S COUNSEL 

INTRODUCTION 
 We have been instructed by
Azure Power Global Limited, a public company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of Mauritius (the “Company”) to provide this opinion to you as to Mauritius law in connection with the sale by
the Company of [ • ] equity shares (the “Shares”) of par value $0.01 per equity share, pursuant to a registration statement on Form F-1 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of the United States (the
“Act”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington D.C 20549 (the “Commission”) on [ • ], 2016 (Registration No. 333-208581) (as so filed and as amended, the
“Registration Statement”), a prospectus dated [ • ], 2016 filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act (the “Prospectus”), and a share purchase agreement dated
[ • ], 2016, between you and the Company (the “Share Purchase Agreement”).  

OUR REVIEW 
 For the purposes of giving this
opinion we have examined and relied upon the documents listed in Part 1 of Schedule 1 (the “Documents”). 
 For the purposes of
giving this opinion we also have carried out the Company Search described in Part 2 of Schedule 1. 
 We have not made any other enquiries concerning the
Company and in particular we have not investigated or verified any matter of fact or opinion (whether set out in any of the Documents or elsewhere) other than as expressly stated in this opinion. 

Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalised terms have the meanings assigned to them in Schedule 1. 

LIMITATIONS 
 Our opinion is limited to, and should be
construed in accordance with, the laws of Mauritius at the date of this opinion. We express no opinion on the laws of any other jurisdiction. 
 This
opinion is strictly limited to the matters stated in it and does not extend to, and is not to be extended by implication, to any other matters. We express no opinion on the commercial implications of the Documents or whether they give effect to the
commercial intentions of the parties. 
 This opinion is addressed to you and is not to be made available to, or relied on by any other
person or entity, or for any other purpose nor quoted or referred to in any public document nor filed with any governmental agency or person, without our prior written consent, except as may be required by law or regulatory authority. Further, this
opinion speaks as of its date and is strictly limited to the matters stated herein and we assume no obligation to review or update this opinion if applicable laws or the existing facts or circumstances should change. 

 ASSUMPTIONS AND RESERVATIONS 

We give the following opinions on the basis of the assumptions set out in Schedule 2 (Assumptions), which we have not verified, and subject to
the reservations set out in Schedule 3 (Reservations). 
 OPINIONS 

 

	1.	The Company is a global licence company incorporated with limited liability and existing under the laws of Mauritius and is a separate legal entity. The Company is in good standing with the Registrar of Companies.

  

	2.	The Company is a holder of a category 1 licence issued by the Financial Services Commission of Mauritius. 

  

	3.	The Company has the requisite capacity and power to enter into, execute and deliver the Share Purchase Agreement to which it is a party and to perform its obligations under them. 

 

	4.	The Company has taken all necessary corporate action to authorise the execution and delivery of the Share Purchase Agreement and the issuance and sale of the Shares pursuant to the Share Purchase Agreement.

  

	5.	The due execution and delivery by the Company of the Share Purchase Agreement and the issuance and sale of the Shares pursuant to the Share Purchase Agreement will not 

 

	 	(i)	contravene any provisions of the Constitutional Documents or 

  

	 	(ii)	violate or contravene any law or regulation of Mauritius. 

  

	6.	No consent, approval, licence or authorisation is required from any governmental, judicial or public body or authority in Mauritius in connection with the execution and delivery by the Company of the Share Purchase
Agreement or the issuance and sale of the Shares pursuant to the Share Purchase Agreement. 

  

	7.	The chosen law in the Share Purchase Agreement will be upheld as a valid choice of law by the courts of Mauritius and applied by them in proceedings in relation to the Share Purchase Agreement provided that the point is
specifically pleaded, the choice of those laws is bona fide and legal and not contrary to Mauritius public policy. 

  

	8.	The Company’s voluntary submission to the jurisdiction specified within the Share Purchase Agreement would generally be recognised by the courts of Mauritius if such submission is legal, valid and binding under the
laws of the relevant jurisdiction. 

	9.	The stated capital of the Company is as set forth in the most recent Registration Statement and Prospectus and the issued Shares were duly authorized and validly issued, and is fully paid and non-assessable and was
issued in compliance with the laws and regulations of Mauritius applicable to the Company. 

  

	10.	The equity shares to be issued and sold by the Company under the Share Purchase Agreement have been duly authorized and, upon payment and delivery in accordance with the Share Purchase Agreement, will be validly issued,
fully paid and non-assessable and free of pre-emptive rights. 

  

	11.	The Share Purchase Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. 

Yours faithfully 
 Appleby

 SCHEDULE 1 

Part 1 
 The Documents 

 

	1.	A scanned copy of the Share Purchase Agreement. 

  

	2.	A scanned copy of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. 

  

	3.	A copy of the certificate of incorporation of the Company dated 2 February 2015. 

  

	4.	A copy of the constitution of the Company dated 20 July 2015 and a copy of the constitution of the Company which would be applicable when the Shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. 

 

	5.	A copy of the Global Business Licence bearing the name of the Company dated 2 February 2015 and a certified copy of the receipt issued by the Financial Services Commission of Mauritius to confirm that the Company
has paid its annual fees for the renewal of the Global Business Licence for the period [ • ] to [ • ]. 

  

	    	Items 1 -3 inclusive collectively referred to as the Constitutional Documents. 

  

	6.	A copy of the Certificate of Current Standing issued by the Registrar of Companies in respect of the Company. 

  

	7.	A copy of the [minutes of a meeting / written unanimous consent] of the board of directors of the Company dated [date], [together with the [minutes of a meeting / unanimous written consent] of the members of the Company
dated [date], (the Resolutions). 

  

	8.	A copy of the Register of Members dated [ • ]. 

  

	9.	A copy of the Register of Directors dated [ • ]. 

  

	10.	A Certificate of Incumbency issued by the company secretary of the Company in respect of the Company dated [ • ]. 

  

	11.	A copy of the results of the Company Search. 

  

	12.	A copy of the Director’s Certificate dated 16 June 2015. 

 Part 2 

Searches 
  

	1.	A search of the entries and filings shown in respect of the Company on the file of the Company maintained in the Register of Companies at the office of the Registrar of Companies in Port Louis, Mauritius as revealed by
a search conducted on [ • ] (Company Search). 

 SCHEDULE 2 

Assumptions 
 We have assumed: 

 

	1.	that 

  

	 	(i)	the originals of all documents examined in connection with this opinion are authentic and complete; 

  

	 	(ii)	the authenticity, completeness and conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies; and 

  

	 	(iii)	that each of the documents received by electronic means is complete, intact and in conformity with the transmission as sent; 

  

	2.	that there has been no change to the information contained in the Constitutional Documents; 

  

	3.	that the signatures and seals on all documents and certificates submitted to us as originals or copies of executed originals are genuine and authentic, and the signatures on all documents executed by the Company are the
signatures of the persons authorised to execute the documents by the Company; 

  

	4.	that where incomplete documents, drafts or signature pages only have been supplied to us for the purposes of issuing this opinion, that the original documents have been completed and correspond in all material respects
with the last version of the relevant documents examined by us prior to giving our opinion; 

  

	5.	that the Documents do not differ in any material respects from any drafts of the same which we have examined and upon which this opinion is based; 

 

	6.	that each of the parties (other than the Company under Mauritius law) is incorporated and in good standing (where such concept is legally relevant) under the laws which govern its capacity and has the capacity, power
and authority, has fulfilled all internal authorisation procedures and completed all applicable filings and formalities, and has obtained all authorisations, approvals, consents, licences and exemptions required under the laws of any relevant
jurisdiction to execute, deliver and perform its respective obligations under the Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and has taken all necessary corporate and other action required and completed all applicable formalities required
to authorise the execution of the Documents and the performance of its obligations under them; 

  

	7.	the due execution and delivery of the Documents by each of the parties thereto (other than the Company under Mauritius law); 

	8.	that each of the Documents is in the proper legal form to be admissible in evidence and enforced in the courts of the foreign jurisdiction by which they are governed; 

 

	9.	the Documents constitute, or when executed will constitute, legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations of all parties thereto (other than for the Company under Mauritius law) in accordance with their governing
law; 

  

	10.	that each party to which the Company purportedly delivered the Documents has actually received and accepted delivery of such Documents; 

 

	11.	that the obligations of all parties to the Documents are or will be recognised as legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations of all parties to the Documents under all relevant laws (other than Mauritius) to which
they are subject and that the choice of laws as the governing law of the Documents has been made in good faith and is valid and binding under the laws of all relevant jurisdictions (other than Mauritius); 

 

	12.	that, insofar as any obligation under the Documents is to be performed in any jurisdiction outside of Mauritius, its performance will be legal and effective in accordance with the law of any jurisdiction to which they
are subject or in which they are respectively constituted and established; 

  

	13.	that no party to the Documents by having entered into and performing the transactions contemplated by the Documents will be in breach of any other agreement, deed, trust deed or licence to which it is a party or by
which it is bound; 

  

	14.	the truth, accuracy and completeness of all representations and warranties or statements of fact or law (other than as to the laws of Mauritius and those matters upon which we have expressly opined) made in the
Documents and any correspondence submitted to us; 

  

	15.	the accuracy, completeness and currency of the records and filing systems maintained at the public offices where we have searched or enquired or have caused searches or enquiries to be conducted, that such search and
enquiry did not fail to disclose any information which had been filed with or delivered to the relevant body but had not been processed at the time when the search was conducted and the enquiries were made, and that the information disclosed by the
Company Search is accurate and complete in all respect and such information has not been materially altered since the date and time thereof; 

  

	16.	that each transaction to be entered into pursuant to the Documents is entered into in good faith and for full value and will not have the effect of fraudulently preferring one creditor over another; 

 

	17.	that 

  

	 	(i)	the Documents are in the form of the documents approved in the Resolutions, 

	 	(ii)	any meetings at which Resolutions were passed were duly convened and had a constituted quorum present and voting throughout and any unanimous resolutions passed in writing were adopted in accordance with the law and the
Constitutional Documents, 

  

	 	(iii)	all interests of the directors on the subject matter of the Resolutions, if any, were declared and disclosed in accordance with the law and Constitutional Documents, 

 

	 	(iv)	the Resolutions and any Power of Attorney have not been revoked, amended or superseded, in whole or in part, and remain in full force and effect at the date of this opinion, and 

 

	 	(v)	the Directors of the Company have concluded that the entry by the Company into the Documents and such other documents approved by the Resolutions and the transactions contemplated thereby are bone fide in the best
interests of the Company; 

  

	18.	that the Certificate of Incumbency accurately reflects the names of all Directors and Officers of the Company as at the date the Resolutions were passed or adopted, the date the Documents were executed and as at the
date hereof; 

  

	19.	that there is no matter affecting the authority of the Directors to effect entry by the Company into the Documents including breach of duty, lack of good faith, not disclosed by the Constitutional Documents or the
Resolutions, which would have any adverse implications in relation to the opinions expressed in this opinion; 

  

	20.	that the Company has entered into its obligations under the Documents in good faith for the purpose of carrying on its business and that, at the time it did so, there were reasonable grounds for believing that the
transactions contemplated by the Documents would benefit the Company; 

  

	21.	that the entry into the Documents and carrying out each of the transactions referred to therein will not conflict with or breach any applicable economic, anti-money laundering, anti-terrorist financing or other
sanctions; 

  

	22.	that any applicable escrow conditions have been met; 

  

	23.	that no resolution to voluntarily wind up the Company has been adopted by the members and no event of a type which is specified in the Constitutional Documents as giving rise to the winding up of the Company (if any)
has in fact occurred; 

  

	24.	that there are no matters of fact or law (excluding matters of Mauritius law) affecting the enforceability of the Documents that have arisen since the execution of the Documents which would affect the opinions expressed
herein; 

	25.	that the issuance of the equity shares under the Share Purchase Agreement complies with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended of the United States and the rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission, Washington D.C 20549; 

  

	26.	that the equity shares under Share Purchase Agreement shall be issued after the Shares have been listed on the New York Stock Exchange; and 

 

	27.	that the Documents are correct, complete and in full force and effect as at the date of this opinion. 

  

 Reservations 

Our opinion is subject to the following: 
  

	1.	Enforcement: there is a way of ensuring that each party performs an agreement or that there are remedies available for breach. Notwithstanding that the obligations established by the Documents are obligations
which courts of Mauritius would generally enforce, they may not necessarily be capable of enforcement in all circumstances in accordance with their terms. In particular, but without limitation: 

 

	 	(i)	enforcement and priority may be limited by laws relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganisation, liquidation, court schemes, schemes of arrangements, moratoriums or other laws of general application relating to, or
affecting the rights of, creditors generally; 

  

	 	(ii)	enforcement may be limited by the principles of unjust enrichment or by general principles of equity (for example equitable remedies such as the grant of an injunction or an order for specific performance may not be
available where liquidated damages are considered an adequate remedy); 

  

	 	(iii)	claims may become barred by prescription or may be or become subject to defences of set-off, counterclaim, estoppel and similar defences; 

 

	 	(iv)	obligations to be performed outside Mauritius may not be enforceable in Mauritius to the extent that performance would be illegal or contrary to public policy under the laws of that foreign jurisdiction;

  

	 	(v)	enforcement may be limited to the extent that matters which we have expressly assumed in this opinion will be done, have not been done; 

 

	 	(vi)	the enforcement of the obligations of the parties to the Documents may be limited by the law applicable to obligations held to have been frustrated by events happening after their execution; 

 

	 	(vii)	enforcement of obligations may be invalidated by reason of fraud, duress, misrepresentation or undue influence; 

  

	 	(viii)	where the performance of payment obligations is contrary to the exchange control regulations of any country in whose currency such amounts are payable, such obligations may not be enforceable in Mauritius;

  

	 	(ix)	any agreement that the Company will not exercise the powers reserved for exercise by the shareholders of the Company may constitute an unlawful fetter on those reserved powers; 

 

	 	(x)	matters of procedure on enforcement of the Documents and forum conveniens will be governed by and determined in accordance with the lex fori. 

	2.	Waiver of provisions of law: We express no opinion as the enforceability of any present or future waiver of any provision of law (whether substantive or procedural) or of any right or remedy which might otherwise
be available presently or in the future under the Documents. 

  

	3.	Penalties: Any provision as to the payment of additional money consequent on the breach of any provision of a Document by any person expressed to be a party to it, whether expressed by way of penalty, additional
or default interest, liquidated damages or otherwise, may be unenforceable if it could be established that such additional payment constitutes a penalty rather than a compensatory amount. 

 

	4.	Severability: Severability provisions contained in the Documents may not be binding and the question of whether or not provisions may be severed would be determined by the Mauritius courts at their discretion,
having regard to such matters as whether a particular severance would accord with public policy or involve the courts in making a new contract for the parties. 

  

	5.	Determination: Notwithstanding the provisions of the Documents, a determination, designation, calculation or certificate of any party to the Documents, as to any matter provided for in such Documents might, in
certain circumstances, be held in the Mauritius courts not to be final, conclusive or binding (for example, if it could be shown to have been fraudulent or erroneous on its face, manifestly inaccurate, made on an unreasonable or arbitrary basis or
not to have been reached in good faith) and the Documents will not necessarily escape judicial enquiry into the merit of any claim by any party in that respect. 

  

	6.	Discretion: Where a party to the Documents is vested with a discretion or may determine a matter in its opinion or is given the right to determine a conclusive calculation or determination, the Mauritius courts,
if called upon to consider the question, may require that such discretion be exercised reasonably or that such opinion be based upon reasonable grounds or may determine that such right is not finally binding. 

 

	7.	Modification of documents: We express no view on any provision in any of the Documents requiring written amendments and waivers of any of the provisions of such Documents insofar as it suggests that oral or other
modification, amendments or waivers could not be effectively agreed upon or granted by or between the parties or implied by the course of conduct of the parties. 

  

	8.	Limitations on liability: The effectiveness of any terms releasing or limiting a party from a liability or duty owed is limited by law. 

 

	9.	Jurisdiction: Where a Document provides for the submission to the exclusive or non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Mauritius courts, the court may decline to accept jurisdiction in any matter where:

  

	 	(i)	it determines that some other jurisdiction is a more appropriate or convenient forum; 

	 	(ii)	another court of competent jurisdiction has made a determination in respect of the same matter; or 

  

	 	(iii)	litigation is pending in respect of the same matter in another jurisdiction. 

  

	10.	Concurrent proceedings: Proceedings may be stayed in Mauritius if concurrent proceedings in respect of the same matter are or have been commenced in another jurisdiction. Notwithstanding any provision in the
Documents that all disputes arising under or in connection with the Documents should be brought before the competent court in the jurisdiction specified in the Documents, the Mauritius courts have discretion to refuse to stay proceedings in
Mauritius if it is satisfied that it is just and equitable to do so and may grant leave to serve Mauritius proceedings outside of Mauritius. 

  

	11.	Foreign law: Relevant foreign law will not be applied by the Mauritius courts if it is not pleaded and proved, is not a bona fide and lawful choice of law, or it would be contrary to public policy for that law to
be applied. 

  

	12.	Costs: A Mauritius court may refuse to give effect to any provisions of a Document in respect of costs of litigation brought before the Mauritius court. 

 

	13.	Preferences: A transaction by a debtor, including the grant of a charge over any property or undertaking of the debtor, may be set aside by the Supreme Court of Mauritius on the application of the Official
Receiver or a liquidator where it is a voidable preference and was made within 2 years immediately before adjudication or commencement of the winding up. A charge may not be set aside where it secures money actually advanced or paid, or the actual
price or value of property sold or supplied, or any other valuable consideration given in good faith, by the charge holder to the debtor at the time when, or at any time after, the charge was given. A charge or security may not be set aside where it
is a substitute for an existing charge that was given by the debtor more than 2 years before the date of adjudication or the commencement of the winding up, except to the extent that (a) the amount secured by the substituted charge is greater
than the amount that was secured by the existing charge; or (b) the value of the property subject to the substituted charge at the date of substitution was greater than the value of the property subject to the existing charge at that date.

  

	14.	Presumption of insolvency: A transaction by a debtor, including the grant of a charge over any property or undertaking of the debtor, that is made within 6 months immediately before the debtor’s adjudication
or the commencement of the winding up is presumed, unless the contrary is proved, to be made at a time when the debtor is unable to pay his due debts. 

  

	15.	Good standing: the Company has received a Certificate of Current Standing issued by the Registrar of Companies. 

	16.	Major transactions: Where the board of directors deems a transaction a major transaction within the meaning of section 130 of the Companies Act, shareholder approval by way of special resolution is required.
Section 130 of the Companies Act defines a major transaction as 

  

	 	(a)	the acquisition of, or an agreement to acquire, whether contingent or not, assets the value of which is more than 75 per cent of the value of the company’s assets before the acquisition; 

 

	 	(b)	the disposition of, or an agreement to dispose of, whether contingent or not, assets of the company the value of which is more than 75 per cent of the value of the company’s assets before the disposition; or

  

	 	(c)	a transaction that has or is likely to have the effect of the company acquiring rights or interests or incurring obligations or liabilities the value of which is more than 75 per cent of the value of the
company’s assets before the transaction. 

 EXHIBIT A-2 

FORM OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of             , 2016 (this
“Agreement”), by and between Azure Power Global Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of Mauritius (the “Company”), and CDPQ Infrastructures Asia Pte Ltd., a company organized and existing under the laws of
Singapore (the “Investor”. 
 WHEREAS, on July 14, 2016, the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the
“First Registration Rights Agreement”) with the Investors listed thereunder (the “Early Investors”). 

WHEREAS, on the date hereof the Investor has purchased equity shares, par value US$0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Equity
Shares”). 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants hereinafter contained and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, it is agreed as follows: 

1. Definitions. (a) Unless otherwise defined herein, the terms below shall have the following meanings (such meanings being equally applicable
to both the singular and plural form of the terms defined): 
 “Agreement” shall mean this Registration Rights Agreement,
including all amendments, modifications and supplements and any exhibits or schedules to any of the foregoing. 
 “Business
Day” shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banks are required or permitted by law to be closed in the City of New York in the State of New York and in Quebec City in the Province of Quebec. 

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and all rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder. 
 “FINRA” shall mean the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority or any successor entity thereof. 

“Holder” shall mean the Investor, and any transferee of the Investor to whom Registrable Securities are permitted to be
transferred in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and to whom the registration rights with respect to such Registrable Securities have been transferred, and, in each case, who continues to be entitled to the rights of a Holder hereunder.

 “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities
Act. 

 “Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
firm, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or other entity. 
 “Registrable
Securities” shall mean (a) the Equity Shares held by a Holder and (b) any securities issuable or issued or distributed in respect of any of the Equity Shares identified in clause (a) by way of stock dividend or stock split or
in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation or otherwise. For purposes of this Agreement, (i) Registrable Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when a Registration Statement
covering such Registrable Securities has been declared effective under the Securities Act by the SEC and such Registrable Securities have been disposed of pursuant to such effective Registration Statement and (ii) the Registrable Securities of
a Holder shall not be deemed to be Registrable Securities at any time when the entire amount of Registrable Securities held by such Holder, in the opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company and such Holder, each in their reasonable judgment, may
be, distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 (or any successor provision then in effect) under the Securities Act in a single sale or after such Registrable Securities have been sold in a sale made pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act.

 “Registration Statement” shall mean a Demand Registration Statement, a Piggy-Back Registration Statement and/or a Shelf
Registration Statement, as the case may be. 
 “Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. 
 “SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor
thereto. 
 “Selling Holder” shall mean a Holder who is selling Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement
under the Securities Act pursuant to the terms hereof. 
 (b) The following terms have the meanings set forth in the Section set forth
opposite such term: 
  

			
	 Term
	  	Section
	 Blackout Period
	  	6
	 Company
	  	Recitals
	 Demand for Registration
	  	2(d)
	 Demand Registration
	  	2(a)
	 Demand Registration Statement
	  	2(a)
	 Early Investors
	  	Recitals
	 Equity Shares
	  	Recitals
	 First Registration Rights Agreement
	  	Recitals
	 Indemnified Party
	  	8(d)
	 Indemnifying Party
	  	8(d)
	 Maximum Number of Securities
	  	2(a)
	 Participating Demand Holders
	  	2(a)
	 Participating Piggy-Back Holders
	  	3(b)
	 Piggy-Back Registration
	  	3(a)
	 Piggy-Back Registration Statement
	  	3(a)
	 Shelf Registration
	  	2(c)
	 Shelf Registration Statement
	  	2(c)

 2. Demand Registration. 

(a) After receipt of a written request from the Investor (or any other Holder) requesting that the Company effect a registration (a
“Demand Registration”) under the Securities Act covering all or part of the Registrable Securities held by the Investor (or such other Holder) which specifies the intended method or methods of disposition thereof, the Company shall
promptly notify all Holders in writing of the receipt of such request and each such Holder, in lieu of exercising its rights under Section 3 hereof may elect (by written notice sent to the Company within ten (10) Business Days from the
date of such Holder’s receipt of the aforementioned notice from the Company) to have all or part of such Holder’s Registrable Securities included in such registration thereof pursuant to this Section 2, and such Holder shall specify
in such notice the number of Registrable Securities that such Holder elects to include in such registration. Thereupon the Company shall, as expeditiously as is reasonably possible, but in any event no later than (i) forty-five (45) days
(excluding any days which occur during a permitted Blackout Period under Section 4 below) after receipt of a written request for a Demand Registration or (ii) if, as of such forty-fifth
(45th) day the Company does not have audited financial statements required to be included in a registration statement, thirty (30) days after receipt by the Company from its independent
public accountants of such audited financial statements but in no event later than ninety (90) days after receipt of a written request for a Demand Registration Statement, file with the SEC and use its reasonable efforts to cause to be declared
effective, a registration statement (a “Demand Registration Statement”) relating to all shares of Registrable Securities which the Company has been so requested to register by such Holders (“Participating Demand
Holders”) for sale, to the extent required to permit the disposition (in accordance with the intended method or methods thereof, as aforesaid) of the Registrable Securities so registered, provided, however, that the aggregate
value of the Registrable Securities requested to be registered (i) be at least US$25 million, based on the closing trading price of the Equity Shares on the date the demand to file such Demand Registration Statement is made or (ii) include
all Registrable Securities of the Investor (or other Holder) requesting the Demand Registration which remain outstanding at such time. 
 (b)
(1) If the Investor (or other Holder) requesting the Demand Registration or the Participating Demand Holders holding a majority of the shares being so registered in a Demand Registration relating to a public offering so request that the offering be
underwritten with a managing underwriter selected in the manner set forth in Section 12 below and such managing underwriter of such Demand Registration advises the Company in writing that, in its opinion, the number of securities to be included
in such offering is greater than the total number of securities which can be sold therein without having a material adverse effect on the distribution of such securities or otherwise having a material adverse effect on the marketability thereof (the
“Maximum Number of Securities”), then the Company shall include in such Demand Registration the Registrable Securities that the Participating Demand Holders have requested to be registered thereunder only to the extent the number of
such Registrable Securities does not 

 
exceed the Maximum Number of Securities. If such amount exceeds the Maximum Number of Securities, the number of Registrable Securities included in such Demand Registration shall be allocated
among all the Participating Demand Holders on a pro rata basis (based on the number of Registrable Securities held by each Participating Demand Holder). If the amount of such Registrable Securities does not exceed the Maximum Number of Securities,
the Company may include in such Registration any Equity Shares of the Company and other Equity Shares held by other security holders of the Company, as the Company may in its discretion determine or be obligated to allow, in an amount which together
with the Registrable Securities included in such Demand Registration shall not exceed the Maximum Number of Securities. 
 (2) If any Early
Investor (or any Holder as defined in the First Registration Rights Agreement) requests pursuant to its piggy-back registration rights under the First Registration Rights Agreement to participate in a Demand Registration (the “Piggy-Back
Holders”) and the managing underwriter of such Demand Registration advises the Company in writing that, in its opinion, the number of Registered Securities (including, for this section only, the registrable securities held by the Piggy-Back
Holders) to be included in such offering is greater than the Maximum Number of Securities, then the Company shall include in such Demand Registration the Registrable Securities that the Piggy-Back Holders have requested to be registered thereunder
only to the extent the number of such Registrable Securities does not exceed the Maximum Number of Securities. If such amount exceeds the Maximum Number of Securities, the number of Registrable Securities included in such Demand Registration shall
be allocated among all the Participating Demand Holders and the Piggy-Back Holders on a pro rata basis (based on the number of Registrable Securities held by each Participating Demand Holder or Piggy-Back Holder, as the case may be); provided that
(x) the Piggy-Back Holders of Registrable Securities constituting Equity Shares issuable upon conversion of the Series H CCPSs (as defined in the First Registration Rights Agreement) shall have the right upon not more than one occasion to have
their Registrable Securities included in such Demand Registration prior to any other Participating Demand Holders or Piggy-Back Holders and (y) if any of International Finance Corporation, DEG-Deutsche Investitions – und
Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, IFC GIF Investment Company I or Société de Promotion et de Participation pour la Coopération Économique have notified the Company of a Policy Breach (as defined in the First Registration
Rights Agreement), and such Policy Breach is not rectified within 120 days after such notice, such Piggy-Back Holders shall have the right to include their Registrable Securities in such Demand Registration prior to any other Participating Demand
Holders or Piggy-Back Holders. If the amount of such Registrable Securities does not exceed the Maximum Number of Securities, the Company may include in such Demand Registration any Equity Shares of the Company and other Equity Shares held by other
security holders of the Company, as the Company may in its discretion determine or be obligated to allow, in an amount which together with the Registrable Securities included in such Demand Registration shall not exceed the Maximum Number of
Securities. 
 (c) At any time when the Company meets the requirements for the use of Form F-3 (or successor form) or Form S-3 (or successor
form) under the Securities Act for registration of a secondary offering of equity securities (a “shelf registration statement”), any Demand Registration Statement may be required by the Investor (or other Holder) requesting the
demand therefor, to be in an appropriate form under the Securities Act (a “Shelf Registration Statement”) relating to any or all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the methods

 
and distribution set forth in the Shelf Registration Statement and Rule 415 under the Securities Act (the “Shelf Registration”). In the event an Investor (or other Holder) so
requests a Shelf Registration, the Company shall (x) notify all Holders in writing of the receipt of such request and each such Holder may elect (by written notice sent to the Company within fifteen (15) Business Days from the date of such
Holder’s receipt of the aforementioned notice from the Company) to have all or part of such Holder’s Registrable Securities included in such registration thereof pursuant to this Section 2(c), and such Holder shall specify in such
notice the number of Registrable Securities that such Holder elects to include in such registration and (y) use its reasonable efforts to (a) file the Shelf Registration Statement with the SEC and have the Shelf Registration Statement
declared effective, (b) subject to Section 4, prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to the Shelf Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith (including filing such additional registration
statements as necessary and using reasonable efforts to have such registration statements be declared effective so that a Shelf Registration Statement remains continuously effective as set forth below) as may be necessary to comply with the
provisions of the Securities Act, and the rules thereunder with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement and to keep a shelf registration statement continuously effective with respect to such
Registrable Securities, until the earlier of (i) the date on which all Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement have been sold by the Holders, or (ii) the date on which either all such Registrable Securities are
distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 (or any successor provision then in effect), and (c) comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement
during such period in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the Holders as set forth in the Shelf Registration Statement. Any offering under a Shelf Registration Statement shall be underwritten at the request of Holders of
Registrable Securities under such Registration Statement that hold an aggregate value of the Registrable Securities at least equal to US$10 million, based on the closing trading price of the Equity Shares on a date no earlier than three
(3) days prior to such request; provided that the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or take any action to effect, an underwritten offering within six months following the last date on which an underwritten offering was effected
pursuant to this Section 2(c) or Section 2(b). Any request for an underwritten offering hereunder shall be made to the Company in accordance with the notice provisions of this Agreement and the managing underwriter for such offering shall
be selected in the manner set forth in Section 12 below. If the managing underwriter of an offering described in this Section 2(c) advises the Company and the Selling Holders of the Registrable Securities included in such offering that the
size of the intended offering is such that the success of the offering or price per share of the securities sold would be adversely affected by inclusion of all the Registrable Securities requested to be included, then the amount of securities to be
offered for the accounts of Holders shall be reduced pro rata (according to the Registrable Securities requested for inclusion) to the extent necessary to reduce the total amount of securities to be included in such offering to the amount
recommended by such managing underwriter. 
 (d) Each Holder shall be entitled to request up to three (3) registrations of Registrable
Securities pursuant to this Section 2 (each, a “Demand for Registration”); provided that no more than one (1) Demand for Registration may be made by the Holders per six-month period; and provided further,
that a registration requested pursuant to this Section 2 shall not be deemed to have been effected for purposes of this Section 2(d) unless (i) it has been declared effective by the SEC, (ii) it has remained effective for the
period set forth in Section 5(a), (iii)

 
Holders of Registrable Securities included in such registration have not withdrawn sufficient shares from such registration such that the remaining holders requesting registration would not have
been able to request registration under the provisions of Section 2 and (iv) the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to such registration is not subject to any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the SEC (other
than any such stop order, injunction, or other requirement of the SEC prompted by act or omission of Holders of Registrable Securities); and provided further that, in the event a Holder revokes a Demand for Registration (which
revocation may only be made prior to the Company requesting acceleration of effectiveness of the applicable Registration Statement), then such Demand for Registration shall count as having been effected unless such Holder pays all Registration
Expenses in connection with such revoked Demand for Registration within thirty (30) days of written request therefor by the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Holder may revoke a Demand for Registration without being required to
reimburse the Company for any Registration Expenses and without such demand counting toward the number of Demand for Registrations permitted under this Section 2, if such revocation occurs during a Blackout Period or if there has been a
material adverse change in the business of the Company. 
 (e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company shall
not be required to prepare and file any Demand Registration Statement within 90 days following an underwritten offering pursuant to a Demand Registration Statement. 

(f) Each Holder agrees that, in connection with any offering pursuant to this Agreement, it will not prepare or use or refer to, any “free
writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act) without the prior written authorization of the Company (which authorization shall not be unreasonably withheld), and will not distribute any written materials in connection with
the offer or sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to any registration statement hereunder other than the prospectus included in a Registration Statement and any such free writing prospectus so authorized. 

3. Piggy-Back Registration. 
 (a)
If the Company, proposes to file on its behalf and/or on behalf of any holder of its securities a registration statement under the Securities Act on any form (other than a registration statement on Form S-4 or
S-8 or any successor form for securities to be offered in a transaction of the type referred to in Rule 145 under the Securities Act or to employees of the Company pursuant to any employee benefit plan,
respectively) for the registration of Equity Shares or preferred stock that is convertible to Equity Shares (a “Piggy-Back Registration”), it will give written notice to all Holders at least twenty (20) days before the initial
filing with the SEC of such piggy-back registration statement (a “Piggy-Back Registration Statement”), which notice shall set forth the intended method of disposition of the securities proposed to be registered by the Company or
such other holder. The notice shall offer to include in such filing the aggregate number of shares of Registrable Securities as such Holders may request. 

(b) Each Holder desiring to have Registrable Securities registered under this Section 3 (“Participating Piggy-Back
Holders”) shall advise the Company in writing within ten (10) days after the date of receipt of such offer from the Company, setting forth the amount of such Registrable Securities for which registration is requested. The Company shall
thereupon include in such filing the number or amount of Registrable Securities for which registration is so requested, subject to paragraph (c) below, and shall use its reasonable efforts to effect registration of such Registrable Securities
under the Securities Act. 

 (c) If the Piggy-Back Registration relates to an underwritten public offering and the managing
underwriter of such proposed public offering advises in writing that, in its opinion, the amount of Registrable Securities requested to be included in the Piggy-Back Registration in addition to the securities being registered by the Company or such
other holder would be greater than the, Maximum Number of Securities (having the same meaning as defined in Section 2 but replacing the term “Demand Registration” with “Piggy-Back Registration”), then: 

(i) in the event Company initiated the Piggy-Back Registration, the Company shall include in such Piggy-Back Registration
first, the securities the Company proposes to register and second, the securities of all other selling security holders, including the Participating Piggy-Back Holders, to be included in such Piggy-Back Registration in an amount which
together with the securities the Company proposes to register, shall not exceed the Maximum Number of Securities, such amount to be allocated among such selling security holders on a pro rata basis (based on the number of securities of the Company
held by each such selling security holder); 
 (ii) in the event any holder of securities of the Company initiated the
Piggy-Back Registration, the Company shall include in such Piggy-Back Registration first, the securities such initiating security holder proposes to register, and the securities of any other selling security holders (including Participating
Piggy-Back Holders), in an amount which together with the securities the initiating security holder proposes to register, shall not exceed the Maximum Number of Securities, such amount to be allocated among such selling security holders on a pro
rata basis (based on the number of securities of the Company held by each such selling security holder) and second, any securities the Company proposes to register, in an amount which together with the securities the initiating security
holder and the other selling security holders propose to register, shall not exceed the Maximum Number of Securities; 
 (d) The Company will
not hereafter enter into any agreement, which is inconsistent with the rights of priority provided in paragraph (c) above. 
 4.
Blackout Periods. The Company shall have the right to delay the filing or effectiveness of a Registration Statement required pursuant to Section 2 or 3 hereof during no more than two (2) periods aggregating to not more than 60 days in any
twelve-month period (a “Blackout Period”) in the event that (i) the Company would, in accordance with the advice of its counsel, be required to disclose in the prospectus information not otherwise then required by law to be
publicly disclosed and (ii) in the judgment of the Company’s Board of Directors, there is a reasonable likelihood that such disclosure, or any other action to be taken in connection with the prospectus, would materially and adversely
affect or interfere with any financing, acquisition, merger, disposition of assets (not in the ordinary course of business), corporate reorganization or other similar transaction in which the Company is engaged or in respect of which the Company
proposes to engage in discussions or negotiations with respect to, or has proposed or taken a 

 
substantial step to commence, or there is an event or state of facts relating to the Company which is material to the Company the disclosure of which would, in the reasonable judgment of the
Company be adverse to its interests; provided, however, that the Company shall delay during such Blackout Period the filing or effectiveness of any Registration Statement required pursuant to the registration rights of the holders of
any securities of the Company. The Company shall promptly give the Holders written notice of such determination; however the Company shall have no obligation to include in any such notice any reference to or description of the facts based upon which
the Company is delivering such notice. 
 5. Registration Procedures. If the Company is required by the provisions of Section 2 or 3 to
use its reasonable efforts to effect the registration of any of its securities under the Securities Act, the Company will, as expeditiously as is reasonably possible: 

(a) prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement with respect to such securities and use its reasonable efforts to
cause such Registration Statement promptly to become and remain effective for a period of time required for the disposition of such Securities by the holders thereof but not to exceed 60 days (except with respect to a Shelf Registration Statement
which shall remain effective as set forth in Section 2(c)); provided, however, that before filing such registration statement or any amendments thereto (for purposes of this subsection, amendments shall not be deemed to include
any filing that the Company is required to make pursuant to the Exchange Act), the Company shall furnish the Selling Holders and the representatives referred to in Section 5(n) copies of all documents proposed to be filed, which documents will
be subject to the review of such counsel. The Company shall not be deemed to have used its reasonable efforts to keep a Registration Statement effective during the applicable period if it voluntarily takes any action that would result in the Holders
of such Registrable Securities not being able to sell such Registrable Securities during that period, unless such action is required under applicable law; 

(b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement (or additional Registration
Statements as provided in Section 2(c)) and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective and to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the sale or other
disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement until the earlier of such time as all of such securities have been disposed of in a public offering or the expiration of 60 days (except with respect to the Shelf Registration
Statement, for which such period is set forth in Section 2(c)); 
 (c) furnish to each Selling Holder such number of
conformed copies of the applicable Registration Statement and each such amendment and supplement thereto (including in each case all exhibits), and of a summary prospectus or other prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, in conformity with
the requirements of the Securities Act, and such number of copies of any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and such other documents, as such Selling Holders may reasonably request; 

 (d) use its reasonable efforts to register or qualify the securities covered by
such Registration Statement under such other securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States and Puerto Rico as any Selling Holder or underwriter of such securities shall reasonably request (in light of the intended plan
of distribution of such securities), to keep such registration or qualification in effect for so long as such Registration Statement remains in effect or until all Registrable Securities have been sold (whichever is earlier), and to take any other
action which may be reasonably necessary to enable such Selling Holder to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the securities owned by such Selling Holder (provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in
connection therewith or as a condition thereto to qualify to do business, subject itself to taxation in or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction wherein it would not but for the requirements of this paragraph (d)
be obligated to do so; and provided, further, that the Company shall not be required to qualify such Registrable Securities in any jurisdiction in which the securities regulatory authority requires that any Selling Holder submit any
shares of its Registrable Securities to the terms, provisions and restrictions of any escrow, lockup or similar agreement(s) for consent to sell Registrable Securities in such jurisdiction unless such Holder agrees to do so), and do such other
reasonable acts and things as may be required of it to enable such Holder to consummate the disposition in such jurisdiction of the securities covered by such Registration Statement; 

(e) in connection with an underwritten offering, obtain for each underwriter: 

(i) an opinion of independent legal counsel for the Company, covering the matters customarily covered in opinions requested in
underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such underwriters, and 
 (ii) a
“comfort” letter signed by the independent registered public accountants who have certified the Company’s financial statements included in such registration statement (and, if necessary, any other independent registered public
accountant of any subsidiary of the Company or any business acquired by the Company from which financial statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included in the registration statement); 

(f) use its reasonable efforts to furnish, at the request of any Holder requesting registration of Registrable Securities
pursuant to Section 2 or 3, if such Registrable Securities are not being sold through underwriters, on the date that the registration statement with respect to such shares of Registrable Securities becomes effective, (1) an opinion, dated
such date, of the independent legal counsel for the Company for the purpose of such registration, addressed as to such matters as the Holders holding a majority of the Registrable Securities included in such registration may reasonably request; and
(2) letters dated such date and the date the offering is priced from the independent registered public accountants who have certified the Company’s financial statements included in such registration statement (and, if necessary, any other
independent registered public accountant of any subsidiary of the Company or any business acquired by the Company from which financial statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included in the registration statement), addressed to
the Holders making such request and, if such accountants refuse to deliver such letters to such Holders, then to the Company (i) stating that they are independent certified public 

 
accountants within the meaning of the 1933 Act and that, in the opinion of such accountants, the financial statements and other financial data of the Company included in the Registration
Statement or the prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the 1933 Act and (ii) covering such other financial matters (including information as
to the period ending not more than five (5) business days prior to the date of such letters) with respect to the registration in respect of which such letter is being given as such Holders may reasonably request; 

(g) enter into customary agreements (including if the method of distribution is by means of an underwriting, an underwriting
agreement in customary form) and take such other actions as are reasonably required in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities; 

(h) otherwise use its reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, and make earnings
statements satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act generally available to the Holders no later than 45 days after the end of any twelve-month period (or 90 days, if such period is a fiscal year) (i) commencing at
the end of any fiscal quarter in which Registrable Securities are sold to underwriters in an underwritten public offering, or (ii) if not sold to underwriters in such an offering, beginning with the first month of the Company’s first
fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the Registration Statement, which statements shall cover said twelve-month periods; 

(i) use its reasonable efforts to cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities exchange or quotation
system on which similar securities issued by the Company are listed or traded; 
 (j) give written notice to the Holders:

 (i) when such Registration Statement or any amendment thereto has been filed with the SEC and when such Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective; 
 (ii) of any request by the SEC for amendments or
supplements to such Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or for additional information; 
 (iii) of the
issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; 

(iv) of the receipt by the Company or its legal counsel of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification
of the Equity Shares for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and 

 (v) of the happening of any event that requires the Company to make changes in
such Registration Statement or the prospectus in order to make the statements therein not misleading (which notice shall be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the prospectus until the requisite changes have been made); 

(k) use its reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance or obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of
such Registration Statement at the earliest possible time; 
 (l) furnish to each Holder, without charge, at least one copy
of such Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and, if the Holder so requests in writing, all exhibits (including those, if any, incorporated by reference); 

(m) upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 5(j)(v) above, promptly prepare a post-effective amendment to
such Registration Statement or a supplement to the related prospectus or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the Holders, the prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If the Company notifies the Holders in accordance with Section 5(j)(v) above to suspend the use of the prospectus
until the requisite changes to the prospectus have been made, then the Holders shall suspend use of such prospectus and use their reasonable efforts to return to the Company all copies of such prospectus (at the Company’s expense) other than
permanent file copies then in such Holder’s possession, and the period of effectiveness of such Registration Statement provided for above shall be extended by the number of days from and including the date of the giving of such notice to the
date Holders shall have received such amended or supplemented prospectus pursuant to this Section 5(m); 
 (n) subject
to the execution of customary confidentiality agreements satisfactory in form and substance to the Company, pursuant to the reasonable request of the Selling Holders or applicable underwriters, make reasonably available for inspection by the any
Selling Holders, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by the Selling Holders or any representative of the Selling Holders or any such
underwriter all relevant financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all relevant information reasonably requested by such
representative or any such underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with the registration; provided that any such inspection shall be done in a manner so as not to disrupt the operation of the Company’s business. 

(o) in connection with any underwritten offering pursuant to which Registrable Securities are offered by Holders in accordance
with Section 2 or 3 hereof, make appropriate officers of the Company available to the Selling Holders (and, in connection with any underwritten offering, the underwriters) for diligence and for 

 
meetings with prospective purchasers of the Registrable Securities and prepare and present to potential investors customary “road show” material in each case in accordance with the
recommendations of the underwriters and in all respects in a manner consistent with other new issuances of securities in an offering of a similar size to such offering of the Registrable Securities, in connection with any proposed sale of the
Registrable Securities; and 
 (p) use reasonable efforts to procure the cooperation of the Company’s transfer agent in
settling any offering or sale of Registrable Securities, including with respect to the transfer of physical stock certificates into book-entry form in accordance with any procedures reasonably requested by the Selling Holders or the underwriters.

 It shall be a condition precedent to the obligation of the Company to take any action pursuant to this Agreement in respect of the
Securities which are to be registered at the request of any Holder that such Holder shall furnish to the Company such information regarding the Securities held by such Holder and the intended method of disposition thereof as the Company shall
reasonably request and as shall be required in connection with the action taken by the Company. 
 6. Expenses. All expenses incurred in
connection with each registration pursuant to Sections 2 and 3 of this Agreement, excluding underwriters’ discounts and commissions, but including without limitation all registration, filing and qualification fees, word processing, duplicating,
printers’ and accounting fees (including the expenses of any special audits or “comfort” letters required by or incident to such performance and compliance), all fees and expenses of counsel to the Company, all expenses and
application fees incurred in connection with any filing with, and clearance of the offering by, FINRA, all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities, the reasonable fees and expenses of any special
experts retained by the Company in connection with any such registration, messenger and delivery expenses, all fees and expenses of complying with state securities or blue sky laws, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, fees and
expenses of the Company and the underwriters relating to “road show” investor presentations, including the cost of any aircraft chartered for such purpose, and the fees and disbursements of one counsel for the Selling Holders (which
counsel shall be selected by the Holders holding a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities being registered), shall be paid by the Company, except that the Holders shall bear and pay (i) the underwriting commissions and discounts,
brokerage commissions and transfer taxes and stamp duties, in each case applicable to securities offered for their account in connection with any registrations, filings and qualifications made pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) except as
specifically set forth in this Section 6, all fees and expenses of advisors to the Holders and other out-of-pocket expenses of the Holders. 

7. Rule 144 Information. With a view to making available the benefits of certain rules and regulations of the SEC which may at any time
permit the sale of the Registrable Securities to the public without registration, at all times after ninety (90) days after any registration statement covering securities of the Company shall have become effective, the Company agrees to:

 (i) make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144 under the
Securities Act; 

 (ii) use its reasonable best efforts to file with the SEC in a timely manner all
reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act; and 
 (iii) furnish to
each Holder of Registrable Securities forthwith upon request a written statement by the Company as to its compliance with the reporting requirements of such Rule 144 and of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, a copy of the most recent
annual or quarterly report of the Company, and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company as such Holder may reasonably request in availing itself of any rule or regulation of the SEC allowing such Holder to sell any Registrable
Securities without registration; provided that the Company shall not be required to furnish to any Holder any document that is publicly available at the time of such request. 

8. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, such Holder’s directors and officers,
each person who participates in the offering of such Registrable Securities, including underwriters (as defined in the Securities Act), and each person, if any, who controls such Holder or participating person within the meaning of the Securities
Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or proceedings in respect thereof) arise out
of or are based on any untrue or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in such registration statement on the effective date thereof (including any prospectus filed under Rule 424 under the Securities Act or any amendments or
supplements thereto) or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and shall reimburse each such Holder,
such Holder’s directors and officers, such participating person or controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them (but not in excess of expenses incurred in respect of one counsel for all of them unless there is
an actual conflict of interest between any indemnified parties, which indemnified parties may be represented by separate counsel) in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, that
the Company shall not be liable to any Holder, such Holder’s directors and officers, participating person or controlling person in any such case for any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action to the extent that it arises out of or is
based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in connection with such registration statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or amendments or supplements thereto, in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished expressly for use in connection with such registration by any such Holder, such Holder’s directors and officers, participating person or controlling person. Such indemnity shall remain in full force
and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any such Holder, such Holder’s directors and officers, participating person or controlling person, and shall survive the transfer of such securities by such Holder. 

 (b) Each Selling Holder requesting or joining in a registration severally and not jointly shall
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors and officers, each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, and each agent and any underwriter for the Company (within the meaning of the
Securities Act) against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which the Company or any such director, officer, controlling person, agent or underwriter may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as
such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or proceedings in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in such registration statement on the effective date
thereof (including any prospectus filed under Rule 424 under the Securities Act or any amendments or supplements thereto) or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in such registration statement,
preliminary or final prospectus, or amendments or supplements thereto, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information relating to such Selling Holder furnished by or on behalf of such Selling Holder expressly for use in connection with
such registration, in which case such Selling Holder shall reimburse any documented legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such director, officer, controlling person, agent or underwriter in connection with investigating
or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, that the liability of a Selling Holder hereunder shall be limited to the aggregate net proceeds received by such Selling Holder in the offering giving rise to such
liability. 
 (c) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 from the indemnifying party is unavailable to an indemnified
party hereunder in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified
party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and indemnified parties in connection with the actions which resulted in such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such indemnifying party and indemnified parties shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any
action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, has been made by, or relates to information supplied by, such indemnifying party or indemnified
parties, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred
to above shall be deemed to include any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding. 

The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(c) were determined by pro
rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of
Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. 

 (d) Any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder (the “Indemnified Party”)
agrees to give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party (the “Indemnifying Party”) after the receipt by the Indemnified Party of any written notice of the commencement of any action, suit, proceeding or investigation or
threat thereof made in writing for which the Indemnified Party intends to claim indemnification or contribution pursuant to this Agreement; provided, that the failure so to notify the Indemnified Party shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party
of any liability that it may have to the Indemnifying Party hereunder unless such failure is materially prejudicial to the Indemnifying Party. If notice of commencement of any such action is given to the Indemnifying Party as above provided, the
Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to participate in and, to the extent it may wish, to assume the defense of such action at its own expense, with counsel chosen by it and reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party. The Indemnified Party
shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be paid by the Indemnified Party unless (i) the Indemnifying Party agrees to pay the
same, (ii) the Indemnifying Party fails to assume the defense of such action within thirty (30) days’ notice of a request to do so, or (iii) the named parties to any such action (including any impleaded parties) have been advised
by such counsel that either (A) representation of such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party by the same counsel would be inappropriate under applicable standards of professional conduct or (B) there are one or more legal defenses
available to it which are substantially different from or additional to those available to the Indemnifying Party. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Indemnifying Party shall be liable for any settlement entered into without
its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. 
 (e) The agreements contained in this Section 8 shall survive
the transfer of the Registered Securities by any Holder and sale of all the Registrable Securities pursuant to any registration statement and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Holder
or such director, officer or participating or controlling Person. 
 9. Certain Additional Limitations on Registration Rights.
Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Company shall not be obligated to register the Registrable Securities of any Holder (i) if such Holder or any underwriter of such Registrable Securities shall fail to furnish to the
Company necessary information in respect of the distribution of such Registrable Securities, or (ii) if such registration involves an underwritten offering, such Registrable Securities are not included in such underwritten offering on the same
terms and conditions as shall be applicable to the other Securities being sold through underwriters in the registration or such Holder fails to enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for
such underwritten offering. In addition, each Selling Holder selling Equity Shares in an underwritten offering under a Registration Statement agrees to enter into a customary lock-up agreement with the managing underwriter for such offering agreeing
not to effect any public sale or distribution of any Registrable Securities or of any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such Registrable Securities, including a sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act
during the 90-day period beginning on the date of such underwritten offering (except as part of such registration), and the Company agrees to use its reasonable efforts to cause its directors and executive officers to enter into a lock-up agreement
of the same term, in each case if and to the extent requested by the managing underwriter for such offering. 

 10. Limitations on Registration of Other Securities; Representation. From and after the date of
this Agreement, the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of a majority in interest of the Holders, enter into any agreement with any holder or prospective holder of any securities of the Company giving such holder or prospective
holder any registration rights the terms of which are as or more favorable taken as a whole than the registration rights granted to the Holders hereunder unless the Company shall also give such rights to the Holders hereunder. 

11. No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company will not hereafter enter into any agreement with respect to its securities, which is inconsistent
in any material respects with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement. 
 12. Selection of Managing Underwriters. In the event
the Investor requesting a Demand Registration has, or the Participating Demand Holders have, requested an underwritten offering, or the Holders of Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement have requested an underwritten
offering, the underwriter or underwriters shall be selected by the Investor, the Participating Demand Holders holding a majority of the shares being so registered, or the Selling Holders requesting an underwritten offering under the Shelf
Registration (as the case may be) and shall be approved by the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, provided, (i) that all of the representations and warranties by, and the other agreements on the part of, the
Company to and for the benefit of such underwriters shall also be made to and for the benefit of such Holders of Registrable Securities, (ii) that any or all of the conditions precedent to the obligations of such underwriters under such
underwriting agreement shall be conditions precedent to the obligations of such Holders of Registrable Securities, and (iii) that no Holder shall be required to make any representations or warranties to or agreements with the Company or the
underwriters other than representations, warranties or agreements regarding such Holder, the Registrable Securities of such Holder and such Holder’s intended method of distribution and any other representations required by law or reasonably
required by the underwriter. Subject to the foregoing, all Holders proposing to distribute Registrable Securities through such underwritten offering shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters.
If any Holder of Registrable Securities disapproves of the terms of the underwriting, such Holder may elect to withdraw all its Registrable Securities by written notice to the Company, the managing underwriter and the other Holders participating in
such registration. The securities so withdrawn shall also be withdrawn from registration. 
 13. Miscellaneous. 

(a) Specific Performance. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event any provision of the Agreement was
not performed in accordance with the terms hereof and that the parties hereto shall be entitled to specific performance of the terms hereof, in addition to any other remedy at law or in equity. 

 (b) Amendments and Waivers; Assignment. (i) Any provision of this Agreement may be
amended or waived if, and only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and a majority in interest of the Holders or, in the case of a waiver, by the party or parties against whom the waiver
is to be effective; provided, however, that waiver by the Holders shall require the consent of a majority in interest of the Holders. 

(ii) No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder (other than a failure or delay beyond a period of
time specified herein) shall operate as a waiver thereof and no single or partial exercise thereof shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided
shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law. 
 (c) Notice Generally. All notices, request,
claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given (and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt) by delivery in person, by courier service, by fax or by registered or certified mail (postage
prepaid, return receipt requested) to the respective parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by notice given in accordance with this Section 13(c): 

(i) If to the Investor, at such address set forth on the signature page hereto or at such other address as may be substituted
by notice given as herein provided. 
 (ii) If to any other Holder, at its last known address appearing on the books of the
Company maintained for such purpose. 
 (iii) If to the Company, at 

8 Local Shopping Complex 
 Pushp
Vihar, Madangir 
 New Delhi, 110062 

India 
 Attention: Chief
Financial Officer 
 Facsimile: +91 11 4940 9800 

or at such other address as may be substituted by notice given as herein provided. 

(d) Successors and Assigns; Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors
and permitted assigns of the parties hereto as hereinafter provided. The registration rights of any Holder with respect to any Registrable Securities may be transferred to any Person who is the transferee of such Registrable Securities. The Company
shall have received, as a condition to the effectiveness of such transfer, notice of such transfer and a written agreement of the transferee to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement. All of the obligations of the Company hereunder shall
survive any such transfer. Except as provided in Section 8, no Person other than the parties hereto and their successors and permitted assigns is intended to be a beneficiary of this Agreement. 

 (e) Headings. The headings and subheadings in this Agreement are included for convenience
and identification only and are in no way intended to describe, interpret, define or limit the scope, extent or intent of this Agreement or any provision hereof. 

(f) Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New
York. 
 (i) Any claim, action, suit or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of
or in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may be heard and determined in any New York state or federal court sitting in The City of New York, County of Manhattan, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to
the nonexclusive jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom in any such claim, action, suit or proceeding) and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter
have to the laying of venue of any such claim, action, suit or proceeding in any such court or that any such claim, action, suit or proceeding that is brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. 

(ii) Subject to applicable law, process in any such claim, action, suit or proceeding may be served on any party anywhere in
the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such court. Without limiting the foregoing and subject to applicable law, each party agrees that service of process on such party as provided in Section 11.02 shall be deemed
effective service of process on such party. Nothing herein shall affect the right of any party to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by law or at equity. WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH CLAIM, ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT,
EACH OF THE PARTIES IRREVOCABLY WAIVES AND RELEASES TO THE OTHER ITS RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY, AND AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT SEEK A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING. 

(g) Agent for Service of Process. (c) As long as any of the Registrable Securities remain outstanding, the Company will at all
times have an authorized agent in the City of New York, upon whom process may be served in any legal action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement. Service of process upon such agent and written notice of such service mailed or
delivered to the Company shall to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company in any such legal action or proceeding. The Company hereby appoints CT Corporation System as
its agent for such purpose, and covenants and agrees that service of process in any suit, action or proceeding may be made upon it at the office of such agent at 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10011. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may,
with prior written notice to the Holders, terminate the appointment of CT Corporation System and appoint another agent for the above purposes so that the Company shall at all times have an agent for the above purposes in the City of New York. 

 (h) Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid,
illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of Law, or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions is
not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon a determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to
effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible. 

(i) Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto pertaining to the subject matter hereof
and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings pertaining thereto. 
 (j) Cumulative Remedies. The rights and remedies
provided by this Agreement are cumulative and the use of any one right or remedy by any party shall not preclude or waive its right to use any or all other remedies. Said rights and remedies are given in addition to any other rights the parties may
have by law, statute, ordinance or otherwise. 
 (k) Construction. Each party hereto acknowledges and agrees it has had the
opportunity to draft, review and edit the language of this Agreement and that no presumption for or against any party arising out of drafting all or any part of this Agreement will be applied in any dispute relating to, in connection with or
involving this Agreement. Accordingly, the parties hereto hereby waive the benefit of any rule of law or any legal decision that would require, in cases of uncertainty, that the language of a contract should be interpreted most strongly against the
party who drafted such language. 
 [Signature appears on next page] 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above
written. 
  

			
	AZURE POWER GLOBAL LIMITED
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	
	Title:	 	

 
			
	CDPQ INFRASTRUCTURES ASIA PTE LTD.
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	
	Title:	 	
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	
	Title:	 	
	
	Address for Notice:
	
	CDPQ Infrastructures Asia Pte Ltd.
	1 Raffles Quay #21-01
	Singapore 048583
	Facsimile: +65 6800 4870
	Email: ccabanes@cdpq.com
	Attention: Cyril Cabanes
	
	With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
	
	Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
	Édifice Jacques-Parizeau
	1000, place Jean-Paul Riopelle
	Montréal, Québec  H2Z 2B3
	Facsimile: 514-842-4833
	Email: fduquette@cdpq.com
	Attention: François Duquette

	
	
	and
	
	Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
	1285 Avenue of the Americas
	New York, NY 10019
	Facsimile: 212-757-3990
	Email: agivertz@paulweiss.com
	Attention: Adam M. Givertz

 EXHIBIT A-3 

PARTICIPATION IN PROJECTS 
  

			
	Investment Instruments	  	The interest in an AssetCo subscribed by the Investor shall rank pari passu with all the other equity or other similar instruments in that AssetCo.
		
	Board composition	  	Investor shall be offered representation on AssetCo’s board proportional to its investment (with at least one director to be appointed by the Investor).
		
	Post-Investment equity percentage	  	A significant minority stake by the Investor in each applicable AssetCo.
		
	Customary representations and warranties; covenants and conditions to completion	  	 •       Customary representations, warranties and
indemnities will be required from AZI and the AssetCo(s) on a joint and several basis.
  

•       Representations and warranties to be given both on signing and
completion.
  

•       Such warranties and indemnities shall be on an arm-length basis and
include but not be limited to those relating to compliance with laws, ownership of assets, material contracts and financing arrangements and/or loans remaining valid and effective post completion and other business and title warranties.

 

•       Customary pre-completion covenants / standstill provisions including
but not limited to restrictions against material adverse change and disposal of assets are anticipated.

		
	Reserved Matters	  	These matters would require the consent of the director nominated by CDPQ / CDPQ (as a shareholder) when decided at the board / shareholder meetings respectively (as the case may be). Such reserved matters to be detailed in the
definitive investment agreement of each AssetCo and are subject to requisite approvals, each of which the Issuer will use its best efforts to obtain.
		
	Exit Rights	  	 ROFO
  

In case of any proposed sale of any power project assets or equity securities of AssetCo in which Investor then holds an equity interest (whether through a
single or series of transactions), the Investor shall have a right of first offer.
  

Tag Rights
  

In case of a proposed sale of such number of shares / compulsorily convertible instruments constituting more than 50% of the shareholding of any AssetCo in
which Investor then holds an equity interest on a fully diluted basis (whether through a single or series of transactions), the Investor shall have tag along rights.

			
		
		  	 Drag Rights
  

In case shareholders holding 90% of the shareholding of any AssetCo in which Investor then holds an equity interest on a fully diluted basis are desirous of
selling their entire shareholding in any AssetCo (whether through a single or series of transactions), such selling shareholders would collectively have a Drag Right on all the remaining shareholders in each such AssetCo.Exhibit 10.1

 

GEMPHIRE THERAPEUTICS INC.

 

INDUCEMENT PLAN

 

APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON: September 30, 2016

 

1.                          GENERAL.

 

(a)         Eligible Stock Award Recipients. Stock Awards under the Plan may only be granted to Employees who satisfy the standards for inducement grants under Rule 5635(c)(4) of the NASDAQ Listing Rules. A person who previously served as an Employee or Director shall not be eligible to receive Stock Awards under the Plan, other than following a bona fide period of non-employment.

 

(b)         Available Stock Awards. The Plan provides for the grant of the following Stock Awards: (i) Nonstatutory Stock Options, (ii) Restricted Stock Awards, (iii) Restricted Stock Unit Awards, (iv) Stock Appreciation Rights, and (v) Other Stock Awards.

 

(c)          General Purpose. The Company, by means of the Plan, seeks to secure and retain the services of the group of persons eligible to receive Stock Awards as set forth in Section 1(a), to provide an inducement material for such persons to enter into employment with the Company or an Affiliate within the meaning of Rule 5635(c)(4) of the NASDAQ Listing Rules, to provide incentives for such persons to exert maximum efforts for the success of the Company and any Affiliate and to provide a means by which such eligible recipients may be given an opportunity to benefit from increases in value of the Common Stock through the granting of Stock Awards.

 

2.                          ADMINISTRATION.

 

(a)         Administration by Board. The Board shall administer the Plan unless and until the Board delegates administration of the Plan to a Committee or Committees, as provided in Section 2(c). However, notwithstanding the foregoing or anything in the Plan to the contrary, the grant of Stock Awards shall be approved by the Company’s independent compensation committee or a majority of the Company’s independent directors (as defined in Rule 5605(a)(2) of the NASDAQ Listing Rules) in order to comply with the exemption from the stockholder approval requirement for “inducement grants” provided under Rule 5635(c)(4) of the NASDAQ Listing Rules.

 

(b)         Powers of Board. The Board shall have the power, subject to, and within the limitations of, the express provisions of the Plan:

 

(i)          To determine from time to time (A) which of the persons eligible under the Plan shall be granted Stock Awards; (B) when and how each Stock Award shall be granted; (C) what type or combination of types of Stock Awards shall be granted; (D) the provisions of each Stock Award granted (which need not be identical), including the time or times when a person shall be permitted to receive cash or Common Stock pursuant to a Stock Award; and (E) the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which a Stock Award shall be granted to each such person.

 

(ii)      To construe and interpret the Plan and Stock Awards, and to establish, amend and revoke rules and regulations for the Plan’s administration. The Board, in the exercise of this power, may correct any defect, omission or inconsistency in the Plan or in any Stock Award Agreement in a manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or expedient to make the Plan or Stock Award fully effective.

 

(iii)  To settle all controversies regarding the Plan and Stock Awards.

 

(iv)   To accelerate the time at which a Stock Award may first be exercised or the time during which a Stock Award or any part thereof will vest in accordance with the Plan, notwithstanding the provisions in the Stock Award stating the time at which it may first be exercised or the time during which it will vest.

 

(v)       To suspend or terminate the Plan at any time. Suspension or termination of the Plan shall not impair rights and obligations under any Stock Award granted while the Plan is in effect except with the written consent of the affected Participant.

 

(vi)   To amend the Plan in any respect the Board deems necessary or advisable, including, without limitation, relating to certain nonqualified deferred compensation under Section 409A of the Code and to bring the Plan and/or Stock Awards into compliance therewith, subject to the limitations, if any, of applicable law. However, except as provided in Section 9(a) relating to Capitalization Adjustments, stockholder approval shall be required for any amendment of the Plan to the extent required by applicable law or listing requirements. Except as provided

 

 

above, rights under any Stock Award granted before amendment of the Plan shall not be impaired by any amendment of the Plan unless (1) the Company requests the consent of the affected Participant, and (2) such Participant consents in writing.

 

(vii)           To submit any amendment to the Plan for stockholder approval, including, but not limited to, amendments to the Plan intended to satisfy the requirements of Rule 16b-3 or to comply with other applicable laws or listing requirements.

 

(viii)       To approve forms of Stock Award Agreements for use under the Plan and to amend the terms of any one or more Stock Awards, including, but not limited to, amendments to provide terms more favorable to the Participant than previously provided in the Stock Award Agreement, subject to any specified limits in the Plan that are not subject to Board discretion; provided, however, that the Participant’s rights under any Stock Award shall not be impaired by any such amendment unless (A) the Company requests the consent of the affected Participant, and (B) such Participant consents in writing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to the limitations of applicable law, if any, and without the affected Participant’s consent, the Board may amend the terms of any one or more Stock Awards if necessary to bring the Stock Award into compliance with Section 409A of the Code and Department of Treasury regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder, including without limitation any such regulations or other guidance that may be issued or amended after the Effective Date.

 

(ix)   Generally, to exercise such powers and to perform such acts as the Board deems necessary or expedient to promote the best interests of the Company and that are not in conflict with the provisions of the Plan or Stock Awards.

 

(x)       To adopt such procedures and sub-plans as are necessary or appropriate to permit participation in the Plan by eligible Employees who are foreign nationals or employed outside the United States.

 

(c)          Delegation to Committee.

 

(i)            General. The Board may delegate some or all of the administration of the Plan to a Committee or Committees. If administration of the Plan is delegated to a Committee, the Committee shall have, in connection with the administration of the Plan, the powers theretofore possessed by the Board that have been delegated to the Committee, including the power to delegate to a subcommittee of the Committee any of the administrative powers the Committee is authorized to exercise (and references in this Plan to the Board shall thereafter be to the Committee or subcommittee), subject, however, to such resolutions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as may be adopted from time to time by the Board. The Board may retain the authority to concurrently administer the Plan with the Committee and may, at any time, revest in the Board some or all of the powers previously delegated to the Committee, Committees, subcommittee or subcommittees.

 

(ii)        Rule 16b-3 Compliance. In the sole discretion of the Board, the Committee may consist solely of two (2) or more Non-Employee Directors, in accordance with Rule 16b-3.

 

(d)         Effect of Board’s Decision. All determinations, interpretations and constructions made by the Board in good faith shall not be subject to review by any person and shall be final, binding and conclusive on all persons.

 

(e)          Cancellation and Re-Grant of Stock Awards. Neither the Board nor any Committee shall have the authority to: (i) effect the reduction of the exercise price of any outstanding Option or Stock Appreciation Rights under the Plan (other than pursuant to Section 9 relating to adjustments upon changes in stock), or (ii) cancel any outstanding Options or Stock Appreciation Rights with an exercise price that is greater than the Fair Market Value on the date of cancellation in exchange for the grant in substitution therefore of cash or new Stock Awards under the Plan with an exercise price that is less than the original exercise price of the Options or Stock Appreciation Rights, unless the stockholders of the Company have approved such an action within twelve (12) months prior to such an event.

 

3.                          SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN.

 

(a)         Share Reserve. Subject to the provisions of Section 9 relating to adjustments upon changes in stock, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to Stock Awards from and after the Effective Date shall not exceed 300,000 shares (the “Share Reserve”). No individual Participant in the Plan may be granted a Stock Award during the term of the Plan in excess of the Share Reserve.  For clarity, the Share Reserve is a limitation in the number of shares of the Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to the Plan and does not limit the granting of Stock Awards except as provided in Section 7(a). Shares may be issued in connection with a merger or acquisition as permitted by, as applicable, NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c) or, if applicable, NYSE Listed Company Manual Section 303A.08, or AMEX Company Guide Section 711 and such issuance shall not reduce the number of shares available for issuance under the Plan. Furthermore, if a Stock Award (i) expires or otherwise

 

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terminates without having been exercised in full or (ii) is settled in cash (i.e., the holder of the Stock Award receives cash rather than stock), such expiration, termination or settlement shall not reduce (or otherwise offset) the number of shares of the Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to the Plan.

 

(b)         Reversion of Shares to the Share Reserve.  If any shares of Common Stock subject to a Stock Award are not purchased or forfeited back to the Company because of the failure to meet a contingency or condition required to vest such shares in the Participant or if a Stock Award otherwise terminates without delivery of all or a portion of the shares of Common Stock subject thereto (including the settlement of any Stock Award in cash rather than in shares of Common Stock), then the shares which are forfeited shall revert to and again become available for issuance under the Plan.  If any shares subject to a Stock Award are not delivered to a Participant because the Stock Award is exercised through a reduction of shares subject to the Stock Award (i.e., “net exercised”), the number of shares that are not delivered to the Participant shall remain available for issuance under the Plan. Also, any shares reacquired by the Company pursuant to Section 8(f) or as consideration for the exercise of an Option shall again become available for issuance under the Plan.

 

(c)          Source of Shares. The stock issuable under the Plan shall be shares of authorized but unissued or reacquired Common Stock, including shares repurchased by the Company on the market or otherwise.

 

4.                          ELIGIBILITY.

 

(a)         Eligibility for Stock Awards. Stock Awards may only be granted to persons who are Employees described in Section 1(a) of the Plan, where the Stock Award is an inducement material to the individual’s entering into employment with the Company or an Affiliate within the meaning of Rule 5635(c)(4) of the NASDAQ Listing Rules. For clarity, Stock Awards may not be granted to (1) Consultants or Directors, for service in such capacities, or (2) any individual who was previously an Employee or Director, other than following a bona fide period of non-employment.

 

(b)         Approval Requirements. All Stock Awards must be granted either by a majority of the Company’s independent directors or by the Company’s compensation committee comprised of independent directors within the meaning of Rule 5605(a)(2) of the NASDAQ Listing Rules.

 

5.                          OPTION PROVISIONS.

 

Each Option shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate. All Options shall be Nonstatutory Stock Options. The provisions of separate Options need not be identical; provided, however, that each Option Agreement shall include (through incorporation of provisions hereof by reference in the Option Agreement or otherwise) the substance of each of the following provisions:

 

(a)         Term. No Option shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years from the date of its grant or such shorter period specified in the Option Agreement.

 

(b)         Exercise Price. The exercise price of each Option shall be not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock subject to the Option on the date the Option is granted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Option may be granted with an exercise price lower than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock subject to the Option if such Option is granted pursuant to an assumption of or substitution for another option in a manner consistent with the provisions of Section 409A of the Code.

 

(c)          Consideration. The purchase price of Common Stock acquired pursuant to the exercise of an Option shall be paid, to the extent permitted by applicable law and as determined by the Board in its sole discretion, by any combination of the methods of payment set forth below. The Board shall have the authority to grant Options that do not permit all of the following methods of payment (or otherwise restrict the ability to use certain methods) and to grant Options that require the consent of the Company to utilize a particular method of payment. The methods of payment permitted by this Section 5(c) are:

 

(i)            by cash, check, bank draft or money order payable to the Company;

 

(ii)        pursuant to a program developed under Regulation T as promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board that, prior to the issuance of the stock subject to the Option, results in either the receipt of cash (or check) by the Company or the receipt of irrevocable instructions to pay the aggregate exercise price to the Company from the sales proceeds;

 

(iii)    by delivery to the Company (either by actual delivery or attestation) of shares of Common Stock;

 

(iv)     by a “net exercise” arrangement pursuant to which the Company will reduce the number of shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise by the largest whole number of shares with a Fair Market Value that does not

 

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exceed the aggregate exercise price; provided, however, that the Company shall accept a cash or other payment from the Participant to the extent of any remaining balance of the aggregate exercise price not satisfied by such reduction in the number of whole shares to be issued; provided, further, that shares of Common Stock will no longer be outstanding under an Option and will not be exercisable thereafter to the extent that (A) shares are used to pay the exercise price pursuant to the “net exercise,” (B) shares are delivered to the Participant as a result of such exercise, and (C) shares are withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations; or

 

(v)         in any other form of legal consideration that may be acceptable to the Board.

 

(d)         Transferability of Options. The Board may, in its sole discretion, impose such limitations on the transferability of Options as the Board shall determine. In the absence of such a determination by the Board to the contrary, the following restrictions on the transferability of Options shall apply:

 

(i)            Restrictions on Transfer. An Option shall not be transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and shall be exercisable during the lifetime of the Optionholder only by the Optionholder; provided, however, that the Board may, in its sole discretion, permit transfer of the Option in a manner consistent with applicable tax and securities laws upon the Optionholder’s request.

 

(ii)        Domestic Relations Orders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Option may be transferred pursuant to a domestic relations order.

 

(iii)    Beneficiary Designation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Optionholder may, by delivering written notice to the Company, in a form provided by or otherwise satisfactory to the Company, designate a third party who, in the event of the death of the Optionholder, shall thereafter be the beneficiary of an Option with the right to exercise the Option and receive the Common Stock or other consideration resulting from an Option exercise.

 

(e)          Vesting Generally. The total number of shares of Common Stock subject to an Option may vest and therefore become exercisable in periodic installments that may or may not be equal. The Option may be subject to such other terms and conditions on the time or times when it may or may not be exercised (which may be based on the satisfaction of performance goals or other criteria) as the Board may deem appropriate. The vesting provisions of individual Options may vary. The provisions of this Section 5(e) are subject to any Option provisions governing the minimum number of shares of Common Stock as to which an Option may be exercised.

 

(f)           Termination of Continuous Service. Except as otherwise provided in the applicable Option Agreement or other agreement between the Optionholder and the Company, in the event that an Optionholder’s Continuous Service terminates (other than for Cause or upon the Optionholder’s death or Disability), the Optionholder may exercise his or her Option (to the extent that the Optionholder was entitled to exercise such Option as of the date of termination of Continuous Service) but only within such period of time ending on the earlier of (i) the date three (3) months following the termination of the Optionholder’s Continuous Service (or such longer or shorter period specified in the Option Agreement), or (ii) the expiration of the term of the Option as set forth in the Option Agreement. If, after termination of Continuous Service, the Optionholder does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified herein or in the Option Agreement (as applicable), the Option shall terminate.

 

(g)         Extension of Termination Date. Except as otherwise provided in an Optionholder’s Option Agreement or other agreement between the Optionholder and the Company, if the exercise of the Option following the termination of the Optionholder’s Continuous Service (other than for Cause or upon an Optionholder’s death or Disability) would be prohibited at any time solely because the issuance of shares of Common Stock would violate the registration requirements under the Securities Act, then the Option shall terminate on the earlier of (i) the expiration of a period equal to the original post-termination exercise period applicable to such Stock Award during which the exercise of the Option would not be in violation of such registration requirements, or (ii) the expiration of the term of the Option as set forth in the Option Agreement. In addition, unless otherwise provided in an Optionholder’s Option Agreement, if the sale of the Common Stock received upon exercise of an Option following the termination of the Optionholder’s Continuous Service would violate the Company’s insider trading policy, then the Option shall terminate on the earlier of (i) the expiration of a period equal to the original post-termination exercise period applicable to such Stock Award during which the exercise of the Option would not be in violation of the Company’s insider trading policy or (ii) the expiration of the term of the Option as set forth in the Option Agreement.

 

(h)         Disability of Optionholder. Except as otherwise provided in the applicable Option Agreement or other agreement between the Optionholder and the Company, in the event that an Optionholder’s Continuous Service terminates as a result of the Optionholder’s Disability, the Optionholder may exercise his or her Option (to the extent that the Optionholder was entitled to exercise such Option as of the date of termination of Continuous Service), but only within such period of time ending on the earlier of (i) the date twelve (12) months following such termination of Continuous Service (or such longer or shorter period specified in the Option Agreement), or (ii) the

 

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expiration of the term of the Option as set forth in the Option Agreement. If, after termination of Continuous Service, the Optionholder does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified herein or in the Option Agreement (as applicable), the Option shall terminate.

 

(i)            Death of Optionholder. Except as otherwise provided in the applicable Option Agreement or other agreement between the Optionholder and the Company, in the event that (i) an Optionholder’s Continuous Service terminates as a result of the Optionholder’s death, or (ii) the Optionholder dies within the period (if any) specified in the Option Agreement after the termination of the Optionholder’s Continuous Service for a reason other than death, then the Option may be exercised (to the extent the Optionholder was entitled to exercise such Option as of the date of death) by the Optionholder’s estate, by a person who acquired the right to exercise the Option by bequest or inheritance or by a person designated as the beneficiary of the Option upon the Optionholder’s death, but only within the period ending on the earlier of (A) the date eighteen (18) months following the date of death (or such longer or shorter period specified in the Option Agreement), or (B) the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Option Agreement. If, after the Optionholder’s death, the Option is not exercised within the time specified herein or in the Option Agreement (as applicable), the Option shall terminate. If the Optionholder designates a third party beneficiary of the Option in accordance with Section 5(d)(iii), then upon the death of the Optionholder such designated beneficiary shall have the sole right to exercise the Option and receive the Common Stock or other consideration resulting from an Option exercise.

 

(j)            Termination for Cause.  Except as explicitly otherwise provided in the applicable Option Agreement or other agreement between the Optionholder and the Company, if a Optionholder’s Continuous Service is terminated for Cause, the Option shall terminate immediately upon such Optionholder’s termination of Continuous Service, and the Optionholder shall be prohibited from exercising his or her Option from and after the time of such termination of Continuous Service.

 

(k)         Non-Exempt Employees. No Option, whether or not vested, granted to an Employee who is a non-exempt employee for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act shall be first exercisable for any shares of Common Stock until at least six (6) months following the date of grant of the Option. The foregoing provision is intended to operate so that any income derived by a non-exempt employee in connection with the exercise or vesting of an Option will be exempt from his or her regular rate of pay.

 

(l)            Compliance with Section 409A of the Code.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, any Option granted under the Plan that is not exempt from the requirements of Section 409A of the Code shall contain such provisions so that such Option will comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.  Such provisions, if any, shall be determined by the Board and contained in the award agreement evidencing such Option.  For example, such provisions may include, without limitation, a requirement that an Option not exempt from 409A must be exercised and paid in accordance with a fixed pre-determined schedule.

 

6.                          PROVISIONS OF STOCK AWARDS OTHER THAN OPTIONS.

 

(a)         Restricted Stock Awards. Each Restricted Stock Award Agreement shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate. To the extent consistent with the Company’s Bylaws, at the Board’s election, shares of Common Stock may be (x) held in book entry form subject to the Company’s instructions until any restrictions relating to the Restricted Stock Award lapse; or (y) evidenced by a certificate, which certificate shall be held in such form and manner as determined by the Board. The terms and conditions of Restricted Stock Award Agreements may change from time to time, and the terms and conditions of separate Restricted Stock Award Agreements need not be identical; provided, however, that each Restricted Stock Award Agreement shall include (through incorporation of provisions hereof by reference in the agreement or otherwise) the substance of each of the following provisions:

 

(i)            Consideration. A Restricted Stock Award may be awarded in consideration for (A) future services to be rendered to the Company or an Affiliate, or (B) any other form of legal consideration that may be acceptable to the Board in its sole discretion and permissible under applicable law.

 

(ii)        Vesting. Shares of Common Stock awarded under the Restricted Stock Award Agreement may be subject to forfeiture to the Company in accordance with a vesting schedule to be determined by the Board.

 

(iii)    Termination of Participant’s Continuous Service. In the event a Participant’s Continuous Service terminates, the Company may receive via a forfeiture condition, any or all of the shares of Common Stock held by the Participant that have not vested as of the date of termination of Continuous Service under the terms of the Restricted Stock Award Agreement.

 

(iv)     Transferability. Rights to acquire shares of Common Stock under the Restricted Stock Award Agreement shall be transferable by the Participant only upon such terms and conditions as are set forth in the

 

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Restricted Stock Award Agreement, as the Board shall determine in its sole discretion, so long as Common Stock awarded under the Restricted Stock Award Agreement remains subject to the terms of the Restricted Stock Award Agreement.

 

(v)         Dividends.  A Restricted Stock Award Agreement may provide that any dividends paid on Restricted Stock will be subject to the same vesting and forfeiture restrictions as apply to the shares subject to the Restricted Stock Award to which they relate.

 

(b)         Restricted Stock Unit Awards. Each Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate. The terms and conditions of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreements may change from time to time, and the terms and conditions of separate Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreements need not be identical; provided, however, that each Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement shall include (through incorporation of the provisions hereof by reference in the Agreement or otherwise) the substance of each of the following provisions:

 

(i)            Consideration. At the time of grant of a Restricted Stock Unit Award, the Board will determine the consideration, if any, to be paid by the Participant upon delivery of each share of Common Stock subject to the Restricted Stock Unit Award. The consideration to be paid (if any) by the Participant for each share of Common Stock subject to a Restricted Stock Unit Award may be paid in any form of legal consideration that may be acceptable to the Board in its sole discretion and permissible under applicable law.

 

(ii)        Vesting. At the time of the grant of a Restricted Stock Unit Award, the Board may impose such restrictions or conditions to the vesting of the Restricted Stock Unit Award as it, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate.

 

(iii)    Payment. A Restricted Stock Unit Award may be settled by the delivery of shares of Common Stock, their cash equivalent, any combination thereof or in any other form of consideration, as determined by the Board and contained in the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement.

 

(iv)     Additional Restrictions. At the time of the grant of a Restricted Stock Unit Award, the Board, as it deems appropriate, may impose such restrictions or conditions that delay the delivery of the shares of Common Stock (or their cash equivalent) subject to a Restricted Stock Unit Award to a time after the vesting of such Restricted Stock Unit Award.

 

(v)         Dividend Equivalents. Dividend equivalents may be credited in respect of shares of Common Stock covered by a Restricted Stock Unit Award, as determined by the Board and contained in the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement. At the sole discretion of the Board, such dividend equivalents may be converted into additional shares of Common Stock covered by the Restricted Stock Unit Award in such manner as determined by the Board. Any additional shares covered by the Restricted Stock Unit Award credited by reason of such dividend equivalents will be subject to all the terms and conditions of the underlying Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement to which they relate.

 

(vi)     Termination of Participant’s Continuous Service. Except as otherwise provided in the applicable Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement, such portion of the Restricted Stock Unit Award that has not vested will be forfeited upon the Participant’s termination of Continuous Service.

 

(vii) Compliance with Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, any Restricted Stock Unit Award granted under the Plan shall contain such provisions so that such Restricted Stock Unit Award is either exempt from or in compliance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code. Such provisions, if any, shall be determined by the Board and contained in the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement evidencing such Restricted Stock Unit Award.

 

(c)          Stock Appreciation Rights. Each Stock Appreciation Right Agreement shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate. Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted as stand-alone Stock Awards or in tandem with other Stock Awards. The terms and conditions of Stock Appreciation Right Agreements may change from time to time, and the terms and conditions of separate Stock Appreciation Right Agreements need not be identical; provided, however, that each Stock Appreciation Right Agreement shall include (through incorporation of the provisions hereof by reference in the Agreement or otherwise) the substance of each of the following provisions:

 

(i)            Term. No Stock Appreciation Right shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years from the date of its grant or such shorter period specified in the Stock Appreciation Right Agreement.

 

(ii)        Strike Price. Each Stock Appreciation Right will represent the right to receive the excess of the value of a specified number shares of Common Stock at the time of exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right over the strike price of such number of shares. The strike price of each Stock Appreciation Right shall not be less than

 

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one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock in respect of which the Stock Appreciation Right is granted on the date of grant.

 

(iii)    Calculation of Appreciation. The appreciation payable on the exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right will be not greater than an amount equal to the excess of (A) the aggregate Fair Market Value (on the date of the exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right) of the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which the Participant is exercising the Stock Appreciation Right on such date, over (B) the strike price that will be determined by the Board at the time of grant of the Stock Appreciation Right.

 

(iv)     Vesting. At the time of the grant of a Stock Appreciation Right, the Board may impose such restrictions or conditions to the vesting of such Stock Appreciation Right as it, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate.

 

(v)         Exercise. To exercise any outstanding Stock Appreciation Right, the Participant must provide written notice of exercise to the Company in compliance with the provisions of the Stock Appreciation Right Agreement evidencing such Stock Appreciation Right.

 

(vi)     Payment. The appreciation distribution in respect to a Stock Appreciation Right may be paid in Common Stock, in cash, in any combination of the two or in any other form of consideration, as determined by the Board and contained in the Stock Appreciation Right Agreement evidencing such Stock Appreciation Right.

 

(vii) Termination of Continuous Service. Except as otherwise provided in the applicable Stock Appreciation Right Agreement or other agreement between the Participant and the Company, in the event that a Participant’s Continuous Service terminates, the Participant may exercise his or her Stock Appreciation Right (to the extent that the Participant was entitled to exercise such Stock Appreciation Right as of the date of termination) but only within such period of time ending on the earlier of (A) the date three (3) months following the termination of the Participant’s Continuous Service (or such longer or shorter period specified in the Stock Appreciation Right Agreement), or (B) the expiration of the term of the Stock Appreciation Right as set forth in the Stock Appreciation Right Agreement. If, after termination, the Participant does not exercise his or her Stock Appreciation Right within the time specified herein or in the Stock Appreciation Right Agreement (as applicable), the Stock Appreciation Right shall terminate.

 

(viii)         Extension of Termination Date. Except as otherwise provided in a Participant’s Stock Appreciation Right Agreement or other agreement between the Participant and the Company, if the exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right following the termination of the Participant’s Continuous Service (other than for Cause or upon the Participant’s death or Disability) would be prohibited at any time solely because the issuance of shares of Common Stock would violate the registration requirements under the Securities Act, then the Stock Appreciation Right shall terminate on the earlier of (i) the expiration of a period equal to the original post-termination exercise period applicable to such Stock Award during which the exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right would not be in violation of such registration requirements, or (ii) the expiration of the term of the Stock Appreciation Right as set forth in the Stock Appreciation Right Agreement. In addition, unless otherwise provided in a Participant’s Stock Appreciation Right Agreement, if the sale of the Common Stock received upon exercise of an Stock Appreciation Right following the termination of the Participant’s Continuous Service would violate the Company’s insider trading policy, then the Stock Appreciation Right shall terminate on the earlier of (i) the expiration of a period equal to the original post-termination exercise period applicable to such Stock Award during which the exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right would not be in violation of the Company’s insider trading policy or (ii) the expiration of the term of the Stock Appreciation Right as set forth in the Stock Appreciation Right Agreement.

 

(ix)     Disability of Participant. Except as otherwise provided in the applicable Stock Appreciation Right Agreement or other agreement between the Participant and the Company, in the event that an Participant’s Continuous Service terminates as a result of the Participant’s Disability, the Participant may exercise his or her Stock Appreciation Right (to the extent that the Participant was entitled to exercise such Stock Appreciation Right as of the date of termination of Continuous Service), but only within such period of time ending on the earlier of (i) the date twelve (12) months following such termination of Continuous Service (or such longer or shorter period specified in the Stock Appreciation Right Agreement), or (ii) the expiration of the term of the Stock Appreciation Right as set forth in the Stock Appreciation Right Agreement. If, after termination of Continuous Service, the Participant does not exercise his or her Stock Appreciation Right within the time specified herein or in the Stock Appreciation Right Agreement (as applicable), the Stock Appreciation Right shall terminate.

 

(x)         Death of Participant. Except as otherwise provided in the applicable Stock Appreciation Right Agreement or other agreement between the Participant and the Company, in the event that (i) a Participant’s Continuous Service terminates as a result of the Participant’s death, or (ii) the Participant dies within the period (if any) specified in the Stock Appreciation Right Agreement after the termination of the Participant’s Continuous Service for a reason other than death, then the Stock Appreciation Right may be exercised (to the extent the

 

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Participant was entitled to exercise such Stock Appreciation Right as of the date of death) by the Participant’s estate, by a person who acquired the right to exercise the Stock Appreciation Right by bequest or inheritance or by a person designated as the beneficiary of the Stock Appreciation Right upon the Participant’s death, but only within the period ending on the earlier of (A) the date eighteen (18) months following the date of death (or such longer or shorter period specified in the Stock Appreciation Right Agreement), or (B) the expiration of the term of such Stock Appreciation Right as set forth in the Stock Appreciation Right Agreement. If, after the Participant’s death, the Stock Appreciation Right is not exercised within the time specified herein or in the Stock Appreciation Right Agreement (as applicable), the Stock Appreciation Right shall terminate. If the Participant designates a third party beneficiary of the Stock Appreciation Right in accordance with Section 5(d)(iii), then upon the death of the Participant such designated beneficiary shall have the sole right to exercise the Stock Appreciation Right and receive the Common Stock or other consideration resulting from an Stock Appreciation Right exercise.

 

(xi)     Termination for Cause.  Except as explicitly otherwise provided in the applicable Stock Appreciation Right Agreement or other agreement between the Participant and the Company, if a Participant’s Continuous Service is terminated for Cause, the Stock Appreciation Right shall terminate immediately upon such Participant’s termination of Continuous Service, and the Patricipant shall be prohibited from exercising his or her Stock Appreciation Right from and after the time of such termination of Continuous Service.

 

(xii) Compliance with Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, any Stock Appreciation Rights granted under the Plan that are not exempt from the requirements of Section 409A of the Code shall contain such provisions so that such Stock Appreciation Rights will comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code. Such provisions, if any, shall be determined by the Board and contained in the Stock Appreciation Right Agreement evidencing such Stock Appreciation Right.

 

(d)         Other Stock Awards. Other forms of Stock Awards valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on, Common Stock may be granted either alone or in addition to Stock Awards provided for under Section 5 and the preceding provisions of this Section 6. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Board shall have sole and complete authority to determine the persons to whom and the time or times at which such Other Stock Awards will be granted, the number of shares of Common Stock (or the cash equivalent thereof) to be granted pursuant to such Other Stock Awards and all other terms and conditions of such Other Stock Awards.

 

7.                          COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY.

 

(a)         Availability of Shares. During the terms of the Stock Awards, the Company shall keep available at all times the number of shares of Common Stock reasonably required to satisfy such Stock Awards.

 

(b)         Securities Law Compliance. The Company shall seek to obtain from each regulatory commission or agency having jurisdiction over the Plan such authority as may be required to grant Stock Awards and to issue and sell shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Stock Awards; provided, however, that this undertaking shall not require the Company to register under the Securities Act the Plan, any Stock Award or any Common Stock issued or issuable pursuant to any such Stock Award. If, after reasonable efforts, the Company is unable to obtain from any such regulatory commission or agency the authority that counsel for the Company deems necessary for the lawful issuance and sale of Common Stock under the Plan, the Company shall be relieved from any liability for failure to issue and sell Common Stock upon exercise of such Stock Awards unless and until such authority is obtained. A Participant shall not be eligible for the grant of a Stock Award or the subsequent issuance of Common Stock pursuant to the Stock Award if such grant or issuance would be in violation of any applicable securities law.

 

(c)          No Obligation to Notify. The Company shall have no duty or obligation to any holder of a Stock Award to advise such holder as to the time or manner of exercising such Stock Award. Furthermore, the Company shall have no duty or obligation to warn or otherwise advise such holder of a pending termination or expiration of a Stock Award or a possible period in which the Stock Award may not be exercised. The Company has no duty or obligation to minimize the tax consequences of a Stock Award to the holder of such Stock Award.

 

8.                          MISCELLANEOUS.

 

(a)         Use of Proceeds from Sales of Common Stock. Proceeds from the sale of shares of Common Stock pursuant to Stock Awards shall constitute general funds of the Company.

 

(b)         Corporate Action Constituting Grant of Stock Awards. Corporate action constituting a grant by the Company of a Stock Award to any Participant shall be deemed completed as of the date of such corporate action, unless otherwise determined by the Board, regardless of when the instrument, certificate, or letter evidencing the Stock Award is communicated to, or actually received or accepted by, the Participant.

 

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(c)          Stockholder Rights. No Participant shall be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any shares of Common Stock subject to such Stock Award unless and until such Participant has exercised the Stock Award (or otherwise received the shares of Common Stock) pursuant to the terms of the Stock Award and the Participant shall not be deemed to be a stockholder of record until the issuance of the Common Stock has been entered into the books and records of the Company.

 

(d)         No Employment or Other Service Rights. Nothing in the Plan, any Stock Award Agreement or other instrument executed thereunder or in connection with any Stock Award granted pursuant to the Plan shall confer upon any Participant any right to continue to serve the Company or an Affiliate in the capacity in effect at the time the Stock Award was granted or shall affect the right of the Company or an Affiliate to terminate (i) the employment of an Employee with or without notice and with or without Cause, (ii) the service of a Consultant pursuant to the terms of such Consultant’s agreement with the Company or an Affiliate, or (iii) the service of a Director pursuant to the Bylaws of the Company or an Affiliate, and any applicable provisions of the corporate law of the state in which the Company or the Affiliate is incorporated, as the case may be.

 

(e)          Investment Assurances. The Company may require a Participant, as a condition of exercising or acquiring Common Stock under any Stock Award, (i) to give written assurances satisfactory to the Company as to the Participant’s knowledge and experience in financial and business matters and/or to employ a purchaser representative reasonably satisfactory to the Company who is knowledgeable and experienced in financial and business matters and that he or she is capable of evaluating, alone or together with the purchaser representative, the merits and risks of acquiring the Common Stock; and (ii) to give written assurances satisfactory to the Company stating that the Participant is acquiring Common Stock subject to the Stock Award for the Participant’s own account and not with any present intention of selling or otherwise distributing the Common Stock. The foregoing requirements, and any assurances given pursuant to such requirements, shall be inoperative if (A) the issuance of the shares upon the exercise or acquisition of Common Stock under the Stock Award has been registered under a then currently effective registration statement under the Securities Act, or (B) as to any particular requirement, a determination is made by counsel for the Company that such requirement need not be met in the circumstances under the then applicable securities laws. The Company may, upon advice of counsel to the Company, place legends on stock certificates issued under the Plan as such counsel deems necessary or appropriate in order to comply with applicable securities laws, including, but not limited to, legends restricting the transfer of the Common Stock.

 

(f)           Withholding Obligations. The Company, in its sole discretion, may satisfy any federal, state or local tax withholding obligation relating to a Stock Award by any of the following means (in addition to the Company’s right to withhold from any compensation paid to the Participant by the Company or a Subsidiary) or by a combination of such means: (i) causing the Participant to tender a cash payment; (ii) withholding shares of Common Stock from the shares of Common Stock issued or otherwise issuable to the Participant in connection with the Stock Award; (iii) withholding cash from a Stock Award settled in cash; or (iv) by such other method as may be set forth in the Stock Award Agreement.

 

(g)         Electronic Delivery. Any reference herein to a “written” agreement or document shall include any agreement or document delivered electronically or posted on the Company’s intranet.

 

(h)         Deferrals. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Board, in its sole discretion, may determine that the delivery of Common Stock or the payment of cash, upon the exercise, vesting or settlement of all or a portion of any Stock Award may be deferred and may establish programs and procedures for deferral elections to be made by Participants. Deferrals by Participants will be made in accordance with Section 409A of the Code. Consistent with Section 409A of the Code, the Board may provide for distributions while a Participant is still an employee. The Board is authorized to make deferrals of Stock Awards and determine when, and in what annual percentages, Participants may receive payments, including lump sum payments, following the Participant’s termination of Continuous Service, and implement such other terms and conditions consistent with the provisions of the Plan and in accordance with applicable law.

 

(i)            Compliance with Section 409A of the Code. To the extent that the Board determines that any Stock Award granted under the Plan is subject to Section 409A of the Code, the Stock Award Agreement evidencing such Stock Award shall incorporate the terms and conditions necessary to avoid the consequences specified in Section 409A(a)(1) of the Code. To the extent applicable, the Plan and Stock Award Agreements shall be interpreted in accordance with Section 409A of the Code and Department of Treasury regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder, including without limitation any such regulations or other guidance that may be issued or amended after the Effective Date. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, in the event that following the Effective Date the Board determines that any Stock Award may be subject to Section 409A of the Code and related Department of Treasury guidance (including such Department of Treasury guidance as may be issued after the Effective Date), the Board may adopt such amendments to the Plan and the applicable Stock Award

 

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Agreement or adopt other policies and procedures (including amendments, policies and procedures with retroactive effect), or take any other actions, that the Board determines are necessary or appropriate to (i) exempt the Stock Award from Section 409A of the Code and/or preserve the intended tax treatment of the benefits provided with respect to the Stock Award, or (ii) comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and Department of Treasury regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder, including without limitation any such regulations or other guidance that may be issued or amended after the Effective Date. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary in the Plan, to the extent that a Participant is a “specified employee” (as determined in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code), no payment on account of a Participant’s “separation from service” (as such term is defined in Section 409A) in settlement of a 409A Award may be made before the date which is six months after such Participant’s date of separation from service, or, if earlier, the date of the Participant’s death.  Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan, in no event shall the Company be liable for any additional tax, interest or penalty imposed upon or other detriment suffered by a Participant under Code Section 409A or for any damages suffered by such Participant for any failure of this Plan or any Award to comply with or be exempt from Code Section 409A.

 

(j)            Not Benefit Plan Compensation.  Payments and other benefits received by a Participant under a Stock Award made pursuant to the Plan shall not be deemed a part of Participant’s compensation for purposes of determining the Participant’s benefits under any other benefit plans or arrangements provided by the Company or an Affiliate, except where the Board expressly provides otherwise in writing.

 

9.                          ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN COMMON STOCK; OTHER CORPORATE EVENTS.

 

(a)         Capitalization Adjustments. In the event of a Capitalization Adjustment, the Board shall appropriately adjust: (i) the class(es) and maximum number of securities subject to the Plan pursuant to Section 3(a) and (ii) the class(es) and number of securities and, in the case of Options or Stock Appreciation Rights, the strike price per share of stock subject to outstanding Stock Awards. The Board shall make such adjustments, and its determination shall be final, binding and conclusive.

 

(b)         Dissolution or Liquidation. Except as otherwise provided in the Stock Award Agreement, in the event of a dissolution or liquidation of the Company, all outstanding Stock Awards (other than Stock Awards consisting of vested and outstanding shares of Common Stock not subject to a forfeiture condition or the Company’s right of repurchase) shall terminate immediately prior to the completion of such dissolution or liquidation, and the shares of Common Stock subject to the Company’s repurchase rights or subject to a forfeiture condition may be repurchased or reacquired by the Company notwithstanding the fact that the holder of such Stock Award is providing Continuous Service, provided, however, that the Board may, in its sole discretion, cause some or all Stock Awards to become fully vested, exercisable and/or no longer subject to repurchase or forfeiture (to the extent such Stock Awards have not previously expired or terminated) before the dissolution or liquidation is completed but contingent on its completion.

 

(c)          Corporate Transaction. The following provisions shall apply to Stock Awards in the event of a Corporate Transaction unless otherwise provided in the instrument evidencing the Stock Award or any other written agreement between the Company or any Affiliate and the Participant or unless otherwise expressly provided by the Board at the time of grant of a Stock Award. In the event of a Corporate Transaction, then, notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Board shall take one or more of the following actions with respect to Stock Awards, contingent upon the closing or completion of the Corporate Transaction:

 

(i)            arrange for the surviving corporation or acquiring corporation (or the surviving or acquiring corporation’s parent company) to assume or continue the Stock Award or to substitute a similar stock award for the Stock Award (including, but not limited to, an award to acquire the same consideration paid to the stockholders of the Company pursuant to the Corporate Transaction);

 

(ii)        arrange for the assignment of any reacquisition or repurchase rights held by the Company in respect of Common Stock issued pursuant to the Stock Award to the surviving corporation or acquiring corporation (or the surviving or acquiring corporation’s parent company);

 

(iii)    accelerate the vesting, in whole or in part, of the Stock Award (and, if applicable, the time at which the Stock Award may be exercised) to a date prior to the effective time of such Corporate Transaction as the Board shall determine (or, if the Board shall not determine such a date, to the date that is five days prior to the effective date of the Corporate Transaction), with such Stock Award terminating if not exercised (if applicable) at or prior to the effective time of the Corporate Transaction;

 

(iv)   arrange for the lapse of any reacquisition or repurchase rights held by the Company with respect to the Stock Award;

 

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(v)       cancel or arrange for the cancellation of the Stock Award, to the extent not vested or not exercised prior to the effective time of the Corporate Transaction, in exchange for such cash consideration, if any, as the Board, in its sole discretion, may consider appropriate; or

 

(vi)   make a payment, in such form as may be determined by the Board equal to the excess, if any, of (A) the value of the property the Participant would have received upon the exercise of the Stock Award, over (B) any exercise price payable by such holder in connection with such exercise.

 

(d)         Change in Control. A Stock Award may be subject to additional acceleration of vesting and exercisability upon or after a Change in Control as may be provided in the Stock Award Agreement for such Stock Award or as may be provided in any other written agreement between the Company or any Affiliate and the Participant, but in the absence of such provision, no such acceleration shall occur.

 

10.                   TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF THE PLAN.

 

(a)         Plan Term. The Board may suspend or terminate the Plan at any time. No Stock Awards may be granted under the Plan while the Plan is suspended or after it is terminated.

 

(b)         No Impairment of Rights. Termination of the Plan shall not impair rights and obligations under any Stock Award granted while the Plan is in effect except with the written consent of the affected Participant.

 

11.                   EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN.

 

This Plan shall become effective on the Effective Date.

 

12.                   CHOICE OF LAW.

 

The law of the State of Delaware shall govern all questions concerning the construction, validity and interpretation of this Plan, without regard to such state’s conflict of laws rules.

 

13.                   DEFINITIONS.

 

As used in the Plan, the definitions contained in this Section 13 shall apply to the capitalized terms indicated below:

 

(a)         “Affiliate” means, at the time of determination, any “parent” or “subsidiary” of the Company as such terms are defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. The Board shall have the authority to determine the time or times at which “parent” or “subsidiary” status is determined within the foregoing definition.

 

(b)         “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

(c)          “Capitalization Adjustment” means any change that is made in, or other events that occur with respect to, the Common Stock subject to the Plan or subject to any Stock Award after the Effective Date without the receipt of consideration by the Company through merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, reincorporation, stock dividend, dividend in property other than cash, large nonrecurring cash dividend, stock split, liquidating dividend, combination of shares, exchange of shares, change in corporate structure or any similar equity restructuring transaction, as that term is used in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be treated as a Capitalization Adjustment.

 

(d)         “Cause” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in any written agreement between the Participant and the Company defining such term and, in the absence of such agreement, such term shall mean, with respect to a Participant, the occurrence of any of the following events that has a material negative impact on the business or reputation of the Company: (i) such Participant’s attempted commission of, or participation in, a fraud or act of dishonesty against the Company; (ii) such Participant’s intentional, material violation of any contract or agreement between the Participant and the Company or of any statutory duty owed to the Company; (iii) such Participant’s unauthorized use or disclosure of the Company’s confidential information or trade secrets; or (iv) such Participant’s gross misconduct. The determination that a termination of the Participant’s Continuous Service is either for Cause or without Cause shall be made by the Company, in its sole discretion. Any determination by the Company that the Continuous Service of a Participant was terminated with or without Cause for the purposes of outstanding Awards held by such Participant shall have no effect upon any determination of the rights or obligations of the Company or such Participant for any other purpose.

 

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(e)          “Change in Control” means the occurrence, in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions, of any one or more of the following events:

 

(i)            any Exchange Act Person becomes the Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities other than by virtue of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change in Control shall not be deemed to occur (A) on account of the acquisition of securities of the Company directly from the Company, (B) on account of the acquisition of securities of the Company by an investor, any affiliate thereof or any other Exchange Act Person from the Company in a transaction or series of related transactions the primary purpose of which is to obtain financing for the Company through the issuance of equity securities or (C) solely because the level of Ownership held by any Exchange Act Person (the “Subject Person”) exceeds the designated percentage threshold of the outstanding voting securities as a result of a repurchase or other acquisition of voting securities by the Company reducing the number of shares outstanding, provided that if a Change in Control would occur (but for the operation of this sentence) as a result of the acquisition of voting securities by the Company, and after such share acquisition, the Subject Person becomes the Owner of any additional voting securities that, assuming the repurchase or other acquisition had not occurred, increases the percentage of the then outstanding voting securities Owned by the Subject Person over the designated percentage threshold, then a Change in Control shall be deemed to occur;

 

(ii)        there is consummated a merger, consolidation or similar transaction involving (directly or indirectly) the Company and, immediately after the consummation of such merger, consolidation or similar transaction, the stockholders of the Company immediately prior thereto do not Own, directly or indirectly, either (A) outstanding voting securities representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined outstanding voting power of the surviving Entity in such merger, consolidation or similar transaction or (B) more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined outstanding voting power of the parent of the surviving Entity in such merger, consolidation or similar transaction, in each case in substantially the same proportions as their Ownership of the outstanding voting securities of the Company immediately prior to such transaction;

 

(iii)    the stockholders of the Company approve or the Board approves a plan of complete dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or a complete dissolution or liquidation of the Company shall otherwise occur, except for a liquidation into a parent corporation;

 

(iv)     there is consummated a sale, lease, exclusive license or other disposition of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, other than a sale, lease, license or other disposition of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries to an Entity, more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are Owned by stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their Ownership of the outstanding voting securities of the Company immediately prior to such sale, lease, license or other disposition; or

 

(v)         individuals who, on the date this Plan is adopted by the Board, are members of the Board (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the members of the Board; provided, however, that if the appointment or election (or nomination for election) of any new Board member was approved or recommended by a majority vote of the members of the Incumbent Board then still in office, such new member shall, for purposes of this Plan, be considered as a member of the Incumbent Board.

 

For clarity, the term Change in Control shall not include a sale of assets, merger or other transaction effected exclusively for the purpose of changing the domicile of the Company.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Plan, the definition of Change in Control (or any analogous term) in an individual written agreement between the Company or any Affiliate and the Participant shall supersede the foregoing definition with respect to Stock Awards subject to such agreement; provided, however, that if no definition of Change in Control or any analogous term is set forth in such an individual written agreement, the foregoing definition shall apply.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Plan, to the extent “Change in Control” is a payment trigger, and not merely a vesting trigger for a 409A Award, “Change in Control” will be defined in accordance with Treas. Reg. §1.409A-3(i)(5), and any such payments in respect of such 409A Award shall not occur until after the occurrence of such a “Change in Control” event.

 

(f)           “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

(g)         “Committee” means a committee of two (2) or more Directors to whom authority has been delegated by the Board in accordance with Section 2(c).

 

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(h)         “Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company.

 

(i)            “Company” means Gemphire Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

(j)            “Consultant” means any person, including an advisor, who is (i) engaged by the Company or an Affiliate to render consulting or advisory services and is compensated for such services, or (ii) serving as a member of the board of directors of an Affiliate and is compensated for such services. However, service solely as a Director, or payment of a fee for such service, shall not cause a Director to be considered a “Consultant” for purposes of the Plan. Consultants are not eligible to receive Stock Awards under the Plan with respect to their service in such capacity.

 

(k)         “Continuous Service” means that the Participant’s service with the Company or an Affiliate, whether as an Employee, Director or Consultant, is not interrupted or terminated. A change in the capacity in which the Participant renders service to the Company or an Affiliate as an Employee, Consultant or Director or a change in the entity for which the Participant renders such service, provided that there is no interruption or termination of the Participant’s service with the Company or an Affiliate, shall not terminate a Participant’s Continuous Service. For example, a change in status from an employee of the Company to a consultant to an Affiliate or to a Director shall not constitute an interruption of Continuous Service. To the extent permitted by law, the Board or the chief executive officer of the Company, in that party’s sole discretion, may determine whether Continuous Service shall be considered interrupted in the case of any leave of absence approved by that party, including sick leave, military leave or any other personal leave. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a leave of absence shall be treated as Continuous Service for purposes of vesting in a Stock Award only to such extent as may be provided in the Company’s leave of absence policy, in the written terms of any leave of absence agreement or policy applicable to the Participant, or as otherwise required by law.

 

(l)            “Corporate Transaction” means the occurrence, in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions, of any one or more of the following events:

 

(i)            a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all, as determined by the Board in its sole discretion, of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries;

 

(ii)        a sale or other disposition of at least ninety percent (90%) of the outstanding securities of the Company;

 

(iii)    the consummation of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction following which the Company is not the surviving corporation; or

 

(iv)     the consummation of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction following which the Company is the surviving corporation but the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately preceding the merger, consolidation or similar transaction are converted or exchanged by virtue of the merger, consolidation or similar transaction into other property, whether in the form of securities, cash or otherwise.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Plan, to the extent “Corporate Transaction” is a payment trigger, and not merely a vesting trigger for a 409A Award, “Corporate Transaction” will be defined in accordance with Treas. Reg. §1.409A-3(i)(5), and any such payments in respect of such 409A Award shall not occur until after the occurrence of such a “Corporate Transaction” event.

 

(m)     “Director” means a member of the Board. Directors are not eligible to receive Stock Awards under the Plan with respect to their service in such capacity.

 

(n)         “Disability” means, with respect to a Participant, the inability of such Participant to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months, as provided in Section 22(e)(3) and 409A(a)(2)(c)(i) of the Code.

 

(o)         “Effective Date” means the date this Plan is approved by the Board.

 

(p)         “Employee” means any person employed by the Company or an Affiliate. However, service solely as a Director, or payment of a fee for such services, shall not cause a Director to be considered an “Employee” for purposes of the Plan.

 

(q)         “Entity” means a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity.

 

(r)          “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

(s)           “Exchange Act Person” means any natural person, Entity or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act), except that “Exchange Act Person” shall not include (i) the Company or any

 

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Subsidiary of the Company, (ii) any employee benefit plan of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, (iii) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, (iv) an Entity Owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their Ownership of stock of the Company; or (v) any natural person, Entity or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act) that, as of the Effective Date of the Plan as set forth in Section 11, is the Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities.

 

(t)            “Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the value of the Common Stock determined as follows:

 

(i)            If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or traded on any established market, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock shall be the closing sales price for such stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such exchange or market (or the exchange or market with the greatest volume of trading in the Common Stock) on the date of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Board deems reliable. Unless otherwise provided by the Board, if there is no closing sales price (or closing bid if no sales were reported) for the Common Stock on the date of determination, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price (or closing bid if no sales were reported) on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists.

 

(ii)        In the absence of such markets for the Common Stock, the Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Board in good faith and, if necessary for an award to be exempt from or to comply with Code Section 409A in accordance with Treas. Reg. 1.409A-1(b)(5)(iv).

 

(u)         “409A Award” means any Stock Award that is treated as a deferral of compensation subject to the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.

 

(v)         “Non-Employee Director” means a Director who either (i) is not a current employee or officer of the Company or an Affiliate, does not receive compensation, either directly or indirectly, from the Company or an Affiliate for services rendered as a consultant or in any capacity other than as a Director (except for an amount as to which disclosure would not be required under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act (“Regulation S-K”)), does not possess an interest in any other transaction for which disclosure would be required under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K, and is not engaged in a business relationship for which disclosure would be required pursuant to Item 404(b) of Regulation S-K; or (ii) is otherwise considered a “non-employee director” for purposes of Rule 16b-3.

 

(w)       “Nonstatutory Stock Option” means any option granted pursuant to Section 5 of the Plan that does not qualify as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code

 

(x)         “Officer” means a person who is an officer of the Company within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

(y)         “Option” means a Nonstatutory Stock Option to purchase shares of Common Stock granted pursuant to the Plan.

 

(z)          “Option Agreement” means a written agreement between the Company and an Optionholder evidencing the terms and conditions of an Option grant. Each Option Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

 

(aa)  “Optionholder” means a person to whom an Option is granted pursuant to the Plan or, if permitted under the terms of this Plan, such other person who holds an outstanding Option.

 

(bb)  “Other Stock Award” means an award based in whole or in part by reference to the Common Stock which is granted pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section 6(d).

 

(cc)    “Other Stock Award Agreement” means a written agreement between the Company and a holder of an Other Stock Award evidencing the terms and conditions of an Other Stock Award grant. Each Other Stock Award Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

 

(dd)  “Own,” “Owned,” “Owner,” “Ownership” A person or Entity shall be deemed to “Own,” to have “Owned,” to be the “Owner” of, or to have acquired “Ownership” of securities if such person or Entity, directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has or shares voting power, which includes the power to vote or to direct the voting, with respect to such securities.

 

(ee)    “Participant” means a person to whom a Stock Award is granted pursuant to the Plan or, if applicable, such other person who holds an outstanding Stock Award.

 

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(ff)      “Plan” means this Gemphire Therapeutics Inc. Inducement Plan.

 

(gg)  “Restricted Stock Award” means an award of shares of Common Stock which is granted pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section 6(a).

 

(hh)  “Restricted Stock Award Agreement” means a written agreement between the Company and a holder of a Restricted Stock Award evidencing the terms and conditions of a Restricted Stock Award grant. Each Restricted Stock Award Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

 

(ii)        “Restricted Stock Unit Award” means a right to receive shares of Common Stock (or cash in an amount equal to the value of Common Stock) which is granted pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section 6(b).

 

(jj)        “Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement” means a written agreement between the Company and a holder of a Restricted Stock Unit Award evidencing the terms and conditions of a Restricted Stock Unit Award grant. Each Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

 

(kk)  “Rule 16b-3” means Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act or any successor to Rule 16b-3, as in effect from time to time.

 

(ll)        “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

(mm) “Stock Appreciation Right” means a right to receive the appreciation on Common Stock that is granted pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section 6(c).

 

(nn)  “Stock Appreciation Right Agreement” means a written agreement between the Company and a holder of a Stock Appreciation Right evidencing the terms and conditions of a Stock Appreciation Right grant. Each Stock Appreciation Right Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

 

(oo)  “Stock Award” means any right to receive Common Stock (or all or a portion of the value of Common Stock) granted under the Plan, including a Nonstatutory Stock Option, a Restricted Stock Award, a Restricted Stock Unit Award, a Stock Appreciation Right or any Other Stock Award.

 

(pp)  “Stock Award Agreement” means a written agreement between the Company and a Participant evidencing the terms and conditions of a Stock Award grant. Each Stock Award Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

 

(qq)  “Subsidiary” means, with respect to the Company, (i) any corporation of which more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding capital stock having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether, at the time, stock of any other class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time, directly or indirectly, Owned by the Company, and (ii) any partnership, limited liability company or other entity in which the Company has a direct or indirect interest (whether in the form of voting or participation in profits or capital) of more than fifty percent (50%).

 

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