Regulatory Filings • Dec 14, 2018
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Washington, D.C. 20549
CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 14, 2018
(Exact Name of registrant as specified in its charter)
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
Israel 001-16174 Not Applicable (IRS Employer Identification No.)
5 Basel Street P.O. Box 3190 Petach Tikva 4951033, Israel
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)
+972-3-914-8171 (Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code)
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
The information set forth under Item 5.03 is incorporated herein by reference.
In connection with the conversion of the 7.00% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares (the "Preferred Shares") of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (the "Company") into American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") of the Company, all registered but unissued Preferred Shares will also be converted into Ordinary Shares, NIS 0.10 par value, of the Company, on a one-for-one basis, and following their conversion, no Preferred Shares will remain outstanding.
Upon the conversion of the Preferred Shares, the Company's Memorandum of Association (the "Memorandum") and Articles of Association (the "Articles") will be amended, effective December 17, 2018, to reflect such conversion and the Articles will be amended to remove references to the Preferred Shares, without any further act or approval, as set forth in the Company's proxy statement dated October 1, 2015 (including the Company's Articles included as Annex A thereto).
The foregoing description of the Amendment to the Memorandum and the Articles is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment to Memorandum, which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto, and the Articles, which is filed as Exhibit 3.2 hereto in marked form showing the amendments described above, and as Exhibit 3.3 hereto in unmarked form, and are incorporated herein by reference.
The Mandatory Conversion Date of the Preferred Shares is December 15, 2018. Since the Mandatory Conversion Date is not a business day, the conversion will be processed on the next succeeding business day, December 17, 2018. On the Mandatory Conversion Date, each Preferred Share, unless previously converted, will automatically convert into 16 ADSs. The number of ADSs issuable upon conversion was determined based on the average volume-weighted average price per ADS over the 20 consecutive trading day period (the "Settlement Period") commencing on and including, the 22nd scheduled trading day immediately preceding the Mandatory Conversion Date, in accordance with the terms of the Preferred Shares. No action by holders of Preferred Shares is required in connection with the mandatory conversion. The Company will pay cash in lieu of any fractional share upon conversion in accordance with the terms of the Company's Articles.
In addition, the Company will pay all of the accumulated and unpaid dividends on the Preferred Shares (the "Additional Conversion Amount") in ADSs of the Company. The Additional Conversion Amount is 3.0262 ADSs per Preferred Share.
To pay the Additional Conversion Amount in ADSs, the ADSs were valued at 97% of the average volume-weighted average price per ADS over the five consecutive trading day period on and including the seventh scheduled trading day prior to the Mandatory Conversion Date, which period ended on December 12, 2018, in accordance with the terms of the Preferred Shares (the "Average Price"). No fractional ADSs shall be delivered by the Company to holders of Preferred Shares in payment or partial payment of the Additional Conversion Amount. The Company shall instead pay a cash adjustment to each holder of Preferred Shares that would otherwise be entitled to receive a fraction of an ADS based on the Average Price.
The information contained herein is being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K. This information shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
| (d) Exhibits | |
|---|---|
| Exhibit No. | Description |
| 3.1 | Amendment to the Memorandum of Association. |
| 3.2 | Articles of Association of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, updated on December 17, 2018, marked for amendments. |
| 3.3 | Articles of Association of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, updated on December 17, 2018. |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
By /s/ Michael McClellan
Name: Michael McClellan
Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Dated: December 14, 2018
OF
Following the conversion of the 7% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares of the Company into American Depositary Shares of the Company as set forth in the Company's proxy statement dated October 1, 2015 (including the Company's Articles of Association included as Annex A thereto), Article 4 of the Company's Memorandum of Association, shall be replaced in its entirety with the following:
"The registered share capital of the Company is NIS 249,434,338 consisting of 2,494,343,376 shares of NIS 0.1 par value each, divided as follows:
2,494,343,316 Ordinary Shares, nominal (par) value NIS 0.1 per share ("Ordinary Shares").
60 Deferred Shares, nominal (par) value NIS 0.1 per share ("Deferred Shares")."
This amendment will enter into effect on December 17, 2018.
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A Limited Liability Company
Updated on DecemberJuly 173, 20187
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| A. INTRODUCTION | 3 |
|---|---|
| Interpretation | 3 |
| Objectives and Purpose of the Company | 4 |
| Limitation of Liability | 4 |
| B. CAPITAL OF THE COMPANY | 4 |
| Capital Structure | 4 |
| Share Certificates | 5 |
| Transfer and Endorsement of Shares | 5 |
| Bearer Share Warrants | 6 |
| Increase and Issue of the Registered Capital | 7 |
| Change of the Registered Capital | 7 |
| C. GENERAL MEETINGS | 7 |
| Deliberations at General Meetings | 8 |
| Votes by the Shareholders | 10 |
| D. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS | 11 |
| Appointment and Retirement from Office | 11 |
| Remuneration of Directors | 12 |
| Powers and Duties of the Board of Directors | 13 |
| Operations of the Board of Directors | 13 |
| Committees of the Board of Directors | 14 |
| Audit Committee | 14 |
| Signature and Minutes | 14 |
| Director-Emeritus | 15 |
| E. CEO | 15 |
| F. DIVIDEND, RESERVE FUND AND CAPITALIZATION | 15 |
| Dividend | 15 |
| Reserve Fund | 16 |
| Capitalization | 16 |
| G. AUDITING AND NOTICES | 17 |
| Auditing and Internal Auditor | 17 |
| Notices | 17 |
| H. EXEMPTION, INSURANCE AND INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS | 18 |
| I. MISCELLANEOUS | 19 |
| Amendment of the Articles of Association | 19 |
| Special Tender Offer | 19 |
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| Words | Interpretations |
|---|---|
| "the Company" | Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. |
| "the Companies Law" | The Companies Law, 5759-1999, and any other law which shall replace or amend it and which shall apply to the Company and be in force at the time in question. |
| "these Articles" | The Articles of Association of the Company, as they are set forth in this document or as they shall be in force from time to time, including Exhibit A. |
| "the Directors" | The Directors, or, in the case of fewer than two, the Director of the Company at the time in question. |
| "the Board of Directors" | The Board of Directors established pursuant to these Articles of Association. |
| "the Registered Office" | The registered office of the Company at any time. |
| "the Register" | The register of the shareholders in the Company, which must be maintained pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Law. |
| "month" | A Gregorian calendar month. |
| "year" | A Gregorian calendar year. |
| "CEO" | A General Manager pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Law. |
| "the Accountant" | An auditing accountant pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Law. |
| "Officer" | As per its definition in the Companies Law. |
| "the Securities Law" | The Securities Law, 5728-1968, or any other law which shall replace or amend it and which shall apply to the Company and be in force at the time in question. |
| "Additional Register" | As defined in Article 51 below. |
| "Annual Meetings" | As defined in Article 33 below. |
| "Special Meetings" | As defined in Article 33 below. |
| "Proposing Shareholder(s)" | As defined in Article 37 below. |
| "Proposal Request" | As defined in Article 37 below. |
| "Authorized Person" | As defined in Article 17 below. |
| "Three-Year Term" | As defined in Article 60 (c) below. |
| "Removed Director" | As defined in Article 64 (a) below. |
| Exhibit A | Designations of the Terms of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares attached to these Articles as Exhibit A and which forms an integral part hereof. |
| Preferred Shares | As defined in Article 6 below. |
The Hebrew version of these Articles shall be the sole binding version, provided however, that with respect to Exhibit A, the English version shall be the sole and binding version.
Writing shall be deemed to include printing and lithography and any other means of setting down words in a visible form. Words which are in the singular form shall be deemed to include the plural form, and vice versa. Words which are in the masculine gender shall be deemed to include the feminine gender, and vice versa. Words which apply to individual persons shall be deemed to include incorporated entities, unless specified otherwise.
With the exception of that set forth above, the words and expressions in these Articles shall have the same meaning as that given to them in the Companies Law, unless they conflict with the content or the subject of that set forth in writing.
5,000,000 Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, nominal (par) value NIS 0.1 per share ("Preferred Shares").
60 Deferred Shares, nominal (par) value NIS 0.1 per share ("Deferred Shares").
However, should the commission with regard to the shares be paid, or be payable, out of capital, the legal conditions and requirements concerning such payment shall be preserved and upheld. The commission may be paid in cash, in shares or in bonds of the Company, or by way of any two or of all three of said means.
The transferor shall be deemed to be the holder of a transferred share until the name of the transferee shall have been registered in the Register with regard to said share. With regard to shares which are registered in an Additional Register, a certificate of transfer may be drawn up in the form, and may be signed in the manner, which shall be permitted or customary, according to the Companies Law or prevailing procedure, in the country in which the Additional Register is maintained.

Without derogating from the provisions of Article 35 above, the Company will publish its decision to convene a General Meeting in any manner reasonably determined by the Company, including, without limitation, by publishing a notice in one or more daily newspapers in Israel or in one or more international wire services and any such publication shall be deemed to have been duly given and delivered on the date of such publication.
The Proposal Request shall set forth (i) the name, business address, telephone number and fax number or email address of the Proposing Shareholder (or each Proposing Shareholder, as the case may be) and, if an entity, the name(s) of the person(s) that controls or manages such entity, (ii) the number of Ordinary Shares held by the Proposing Shareholder, directly or indirectly, and, if any of such Ordinary Shares are held indirectly, an explanation of how they are held and by whom, and, if such Proposing Shareholder is not the holder of record of any such Ordinary Shares, a written statement from the holder of record or authorized bank, broker, depository or other nominee, as the case may be, indicating the number of Ordinary Shares the Proposing Shareholder is entitled to vote as of a date that is no more than ten (10) days prior to the date of receipt by the Company of the Proposal Request, (iii) any agreements, arrangements, understandings or relationships between the Proposing Shareholder and any other person with respect to any securities of the Company or the subject matter of the Proposal Request, (iv) the Proposing Shareholder's purpose in making the Proposal Request, (v) the complete text of the resolution that the Proposing Shareholder proposes to be voted upon at the General Meeting and, if the Proposing Shareholder wishes to have a statement in support of the Proposing Shareholder's proposal included in the Company's proxy statement, if provided or published, a copy of such statement, which shall not exceed 500 words, (vi) a statement signed by the Proposing Shareholder of whether the Proposing Shareholder has a personal interest in the proposal and, if so, a description in reasonable detail of such personal interest, (vii) if the proposal is to nominate a candidate for election to the Board of Directors at an Annual Meeting, the Proposal Request shall also include (A) a declaration signed by the nominee and any other information required under the Companies Law, (B) to the extent not otherwise provided in the Proposal Request, information in respect of the nominee as would be provided in response to the applicable disclosure requirements in Israel or abroad, including those of Item 6A (directors and senior management), Item 6E (share ownership) and Item 7B (related party transactions) of Form 20-F of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, to the extent applicable, (C) a representation made by the nominee of whether the nominee meets the objective criteria for an independent director and/or external director of the Company under the Companies Law and/or under any applicable law, regulation or stock exchange rules, in Israel or abroad, and if not, then an explanation of why not, (D) details of all relationships and understandings between the Proposing Shareholder and the nominee, and (E) a statement signed by the nominee that he or she consents to be named in the Company's notices and proxy materials relating to the General Meeting, if provided or published, and, if elected, to serve on the Board of Directors, and (viii) any other information required at the time of submission of the Proposal Request by applicable law, regulations or stock exchange rules, in Israel or abroad. In addition, the Proposing Shareholder shall promptly provide any other information reasonably requested by the Company. The Company shall be entitled to publish any information provided by a Proposing Shareholder pursuant to this Article 37 (b), and the Proposing Shareholder shall be responsible for the accuracy thereof. The parenthetical regulation headings contained in this Article 37 (b) are for convenience only and shall not be deemed a part hereof or used to limit the scope of disclosure required by this Article 37 (b). References in this Article 37 (b) to particular laws, regulations or rules shall be deemed to apply to such amended, successor or other similar laws, regulations or rules as shall apply to the Company and be in effect from time to time.
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I, the undersigned, of , in my capacity as a shareholder of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, do hereby vote in writing, with ordinary shares which are registered in my name, at the General Meeting of shareholders in the Company which shall take place on the day of the month of in the year and at any adjourned meeting, with regard to the proposed resolutions which are set forth below, as follows:
Signed this day, the day of the month of in the year ."
Should this not be done, the document as set forth above shall not be valid unless otherwise decided by the Chair of the Meeting.
I, the undersigned, of , in my capacity as a shareholder of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, do hereby appoint of as my proxy, to vote in my name and in my stead, at the General Meeting of shareholders in the Company which shall take place on the day of the month of in the year and at any adjourned meeting.
Signed this day, the day of the month of in the year , "
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Should the Board of Directors not determine the term of office of the CEO as a Board Member, such CEO shall serve as a member of the Board until the next annual meeting and may be re-appointed.

Should the Chair of the Board of Directors fail to convene a session of the Board of Directors within 21 days of the date on which a demand was presented to him or her by any person entitled to present a demand as stated above (hereinafter: the "Demanding Party"), or within 21 days of the date on which he or she shall have been demanded to do so pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Law, any one of the Demanding Parties shall be entitled to convene a session of the Board of Directors pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Law.
To preclude all doubt, the Board of Directors is entitled to transfer its power to authorize a transaction which is not an extraordinary transaction which complies with that set forth in Section 270 (1) of the Companies Law, to a Committee of the Board of Directors.
The minutes of any such session, provided that they shall be seen to have been signed by the Chair of that session or by the Chair of the subsequent session of the same entity, shall be deemed to constitute prima facie evidence of the correctness of all of the matters set forth therein.
as a result of the issue of the bonus shares, had they exploited their Rights prior to the date of record which sets forth the right to receive bonus shares, including the right to fractions of shares, and, in the case of a second or additional distribution of bonus shares including eligibility which results from any prior distribution of bonus shares.
(2) In any case in which the Company shall issue new shares and/or, in lieu of such issue, shall cause its subsidiary to transfer existing shares in the Company which are held by said subsidiary, as a result of the exploitation of said Rights by the persons entitled thereto, in cases where the Board of Directors implemented a transfer to the Special Fund with respect to those Rights pursuant to subsection (1) above, the Company shall issue to any such holder, in addition to the shares to which he or she is entitled as a result of the exploitation of his or her Rights, a number of fully paid-up shares whose total par value shall be equal to the amount which was transferred to the Special Fund in respect of his or her Rights. This shall be done by means of capitalization of an appropriate amount from the Special Fund, and the Board of Directors shall be entitled to decide, at its sole discretion, on the manner of handling the Rights to fractions of shares.
(3) Following any transfer to the Special Fund, should the Rights expire, or should the period set forth for exploitation of the Rights with regard to which the transfer was implemented come to an end, before said Rights have been exploited, any amount which was transferred to the Special Fund with regard to the aforementioned unexploited Rights shall be released from the Special Fund, and the Company shall be entitled to handle any amount which shall be so released in any manner in which it would have been entitled to handle said amount, had it not been transferred to the Special Fund.

In English—Official Version
SECTION 1. General. The purpose of this Exhibit A is to supplement the Company's Articles in defining the rights attached to the Preferred Shares. This Exhibit A forms an integral part of the Articles of Association of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (the "Company"), as amended from time to time, including as a result of the amendment embodied in this Exhibit A (the "Articles of Association").
References to "Articles" or Article numbers herein shall be deemed as references to sections or articles of the Articles of Association and references to "Sections" or Section numbers shall be deemed as references to sections of this Exhibit A, unless otherwise indicated.
Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in other provisions of the Articles of Association, including Article 1.
SECTION 2. Ranking. Each Preferred Share shall be identical in all respects to every other Preferred Share. The Preferred Shares, with respect to dividend rights and distribution rights upon the liquidation, winding up or dissolution of the Company, rank:
SECTION 3. Definitions. As used in this Exhibit A with respect to the Preferred Shares:
"\$" means the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.
"Accumulated Dividend Amount" shall mean, with respect to any Fundamental Change, the aggregate amount of undeclared, accumulated and unpaid dividends, if any, on the Preferred Shares for Dividend Periods prior to the relevant Fundamental Change Effective Date, including for the partial Dividend Period, if any, from, and including, the Dividend Payment Date immediately preceding such Fundamental Change Effective Date to, but excluding, such Fundamental Change Effective Date (but excluding any declared dividends for a Dividend Period during which the Fundamental Change Effective Date falls).
"ADS Depositary" means J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. or its successor as depositary under the Deposit Agreement.
"Agent Members" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 22(b).
"American Depositary Shares" or "ADSs" means the American Depositary Shares issued under the Deposit Agreement representing Deposited Securities.
"Applicable Market Value" means the Average VWAP per ADS over the 20 consecutive Trading Day period (the "Settlement Period") commencing on and including, the 22nd Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Mandatory Conversion Date (determined without regard to Section 10(f)).
"Articles of Association" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.
"Authorized Officer" means an "Officer" as defined in Article 1 and any Executive, Senior or other Vice President, the Corporate Treasurer, the Head of Corporate Treasury or the Secretary of the Company.
"Average Price" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(e).
"Average VWAP" means the average of the VWAPs for each Trading Day in the relevant period.
"Beneficial Owner" means "beneficial owner" as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act.
"Board of Directors" means, for purposes of this Exhibit A, the Board of Directors of the Company and shall include any authorized committee of such Board of Directors.
"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City (or, with respect to Sections 9 and 13(d), or Tel Aviv) are authorized or required by law or executive order to close.
"Change in Tax Law" means any change in, or amendment to, the laws or regulations of any taxing jurisdiction or any change in the official interpretation of such laws or regulations, which change or amendment becomes effective on or after the Initial Issue Date, other than a change in tax rate.
"Clause I Distribution" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(a)(iv).
"Clause II Distribution" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(a)(iv).
"Clause IV Distribution" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(a)(iv).
"Company" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.
"Company Event" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10(f).
"Conversion and Dividend Disbursing Agent" shall mean the Company's duly appointed conversion and dividend disbursing agent for the Preferred Shares, and any successor appointed under Section 15.
"Conversion Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).
"Current Market Price" per ADS (or, in the case of Section 13(a)(iv), per ADS, or per unit of share capital or equity interest, as applicable) on any date means for the purposes of determining an adjustment to the Fixed Conversion Rates:
(i) for purposes of any adjustment pursuant to Section 13(a)(ii), Section 13(a)(iv) (but only in the event of an adjustment thereunder not relating to a Spin-Off), or Section 13(a)(v), the Average VWAP per ADS over the five consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Date with respect to the issuance or distribution requiring such computation;
(ii) for purposes of any adjustment pursuant to Section 13(a)(iv) in the event of an adjustment thereunder relating to a Spin-Off, the Average VWAP per ADS or per unit of share capital or equity interests of the subsidiary or other business unit being distributed, as applicable, over the first ten consecutive Trading Days commencing on and including the fifth Trading Day following the effective date of such distribution; and
(iii) for purposes of any adjustment pursuant to Section 13(a)(vi), the Average VWAP per ADS over the ten consecutive Trading Day period commencing on and including the Trading Day following the Expiration Date of the relevant tender offer or exchange offer.
"Deposit Agreement" means the Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement, dated November 5, 2012, among the Company, the ADS Depositary and the holders from time to time of American Depositary Shares, as the same may be amended from time to time.
"Depositary" means DTC or its nominee or any successor.
"Deposited Securities" means Ordinary Shares deposited or deemed to be deposited under the Deposit Agreement and any and all other securities, property and cash received by the depositary or the custodian thereunder in respect thereof and at such time held under the Deposit Agreement.
"Discount Rate" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(d)(i)(A).
"Dividend Payment Date" means the quarterly dividend payment dates of each year determined by the Board of Directors on or prior to the Initial Issue Date, commencing on the first such quarterly date on or after the Initial Issue Date, to and including the Mandatory Conversion Date.
"Dividend Period" means the period from, and including, a Dividend Payment Date to, but excluding, the next Dividend Payment Date, except that the initial Dividend Period shall commence on, and include, the Initial Issue Date and shall end on, and exclude, the first Dividend Payment Date occurring after the Initial Issue Date.
"Dividend Rate" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).
"DTC" means The Depository Trust Company.
"Early Conversion" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(a).
"Early Conversion Additional Conversion Amount" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b).
"Early Conversion Average Price" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b).
"Early Conversion Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10(b).
"Early Conversion Settlement Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b).
"Exchange Act" means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
"Exchange Property" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(e).
"Ex-Date," when used with respect to any issuance or distribution, means the first date on which ADSs trade without the right to receive such issuance or distribution.
"Expiration Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(a)(vi).
"Fair Market Value" means the fair market value as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be final and set forth in a resolution of the Board of Directors.
"Fixed Conversion Rates" means the Maximum Conversion Rate and the Minimum Conversion Rate.
"Floor Price" means an amount not less than 35% of the Reference Price as determined by the Board of Directors on or prior to the Initial Issue Date, as may be adjusted from time to time in a manner inversely proportional to any anti-dilution adjustment to each Fixed Conversion Rate as set forth in Section 13.
A "Fundamental Change" shall be deemed to have occurred, at such time after the Initial Issue Date, upon: (i) the consummation of any transaction or event (whether by means of an exchange offer, liquidation, tender offer, consolidation, merger, combination, recapitalization or otherwise) in connection with which 90% or more of the outstanding Ordinary Shares, American Depositary Shares or other securities representing common equity interests are exchanged for, converted into, acquired for or constitute solely the right to receive, consideration 10% or more of which is not common stock or ordinary shares (or depositary shares representing common stock or ordinary shares) that are listed on, or immediately after the transaction or event will be listed on, any of the New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market; (ii) any "person" or "group" (as such terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, whether or not applicable), other than the Company, any of the Company's majority-owned subsidiaries or any of the Company's or the Company's majority-owned subsidiaries' employee benefit plans, becoming the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power in the aggregate of all classes of share capital then outstanding entitled to vote generally in elections of the Company's directors; or (iii) the ADSs (or, following a Reorganization Event, any Ordinary Shares, ADSs or other securities representing common equity interests into which the Preferred Shares become convertible in connection with such Reorganization Event) cease to be listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or any of their respective successors) or another United States national securities exchange.
"Fundamental Change Conversion" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(a).
"Fundamental Change Conversion Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10(c).
"Fundamental Change Conversion Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(a).
"Fundamental Change Conversion Rate" means, for any Fundamental Change Conversion, the conversion rate for the Fundamental Change Effective Date and the Fundamental Change Share Price applicable to such Fundamental Change, as set forth on a table to be determined by the Board of Directors on or prior to the Initial Issue Date, taking into consideration what the Board of Directors considers appropriate compensation to holders of the Preferred Shares if a Fundamental Change occurs as well as market and other factors, in each case as determined by the Board of Directors, with such Fundamental Change Conversion Rates as set forth in the table (i) to depend on the applicable Fundamental Change Effective Date (which shall be no earlier than the Initial Issue Date and no later than the Mandatory Conversion Date) and Fundamental Change Share Price and (ii) to be no less than 98% of the Minimum Conversion Rate and no greater than the Maximum Conversion Rate. Within the foregoing parameters, if the Fundamental Change Share Price falls between two Fundamental Change Share Prices (as set forth in such table to be established by the Board of Directors), or if the Fundamental Change Effective Date falls between two Fundamental Change Effective Dates (as set forth in such table), the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate shall be determined by straight-line interpolation between the Fundamental Change Conversion Rates as established by the Board of Directors in accordance with the foregoing for the higher and lower Fundamental Change Share Prices and the two Fundamental Change Effective Dates based on a 365-day year, as applicable. If the Fundamental Change Share Price is greater than the highest Fundamental Change Share Price included in the table (subject to adjustment in the
same manner as adjustments are made to the Fundamental Change Share Price in accordance with the provisions of Section 13(c)(iv)), then the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate shall be the Minimum Conversion Rate. If the Fundamental Change Share Price is less than the lowest Fundamental Change Share Price included in the table (subject to adjustment in the same manner as adjustments are made to the Fundamental Change Share Price in accordance with the provisions of Section 13(c)(iv)), then the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate shall be the Maximum Conversion Rate. The Fundamental Change Share Prices are subject to adjustment in accordance with the provisions of Section 13(c)(iv). The Fundamental Change Conversion Rates are subject to adjustment in the same manner as each Fixed Conversion Rate as set forth in Section 13.
"Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(d)(i)(A).
"Fundamental Change Effective Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(a).
"Fundamental Change Share Price" means, for any Fundamental Change, (i) if the holders of Ordinary Shares or ADSs receive only cash in such Fundamental Change, the amount of cash paid in such Fundamental Change per Ordinary Share or ADS, and (ii) if the holders of Ordinary Shares or ADSs receive any property other than cash in such Fundamental Change, the Average VWAP per ADS over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day preceding the Fundamental Change Effective Date.
"Global Preferred Shares" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 22.
"Holder" means each Person in whose name the Preferred Shares are registered, who shall be treated by the Company and the Registrar as the absolute owner of those Preferred Shares for the purpose of making payment and settling conversions and for all other purposes.
"Initial Dividend Threshold" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(a)(v).
"Initial Issue Date" means the date on which Preferred Shares are first issued by the Company.
"Junior Shares" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
"LIBOR" means, as of any date, the rate (expressed as a percentage per annum) for deposits in U.S. dollars for a three-month period that appears on Bloomberg, L.P. page US0003M on such date. If the appropriate page is replaced or service ceases to be available, the Board of Directors may select another page or service displaying the appropriate rate.
"Liquidation Dividend Amount" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a)(ii).
"Liquidation Preference" means, as to the Preferred Shares, \$1,000 per share.
"Mandatory Conversion" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).
"Mandatory Conversion Additional Conversion Amount" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(c).
"Mandatory Conversion Date" means a date approximately three years from the Initial Issue Date as determined by the Board of Directors on or prior to the Initial Issue Date, to be no earlier than 15 days before such three-year anniversary date and no later than 15 days after such three-year anniversary date.
"Mandatory Conversion Rate" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(b).
"Maximum Conversion Rate" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(b)(iii).
"Memorandum of Association" shall mean the Company's Memorandum of Association, as amended from time to time.
"Minimum Conversion Rate" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(b)(i).
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate of the Company, signed by any two Authorized Officers.
"Ordinary Dividends" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(a)(v).
"Ordinary Share Current Market Price" means the Current Market Price per ADS, minus the fair market value per ADS (determined by the Company in good faith) of any property (cash or otherwise) then held by the ADS Depositary on behalf of the existing ADS holders, divided by the number of Ordinary Shares represented by each ADS.
"Ordinary Shares" shall have the meaning set forth in Article 6.
"Parity Shares" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).
"Person" means any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, governmental authority or other entity of whatever nature.
"Preferred Shares" shall have the meaning set forth in Article 6.
"Record Date" means, with respect to any Dividend Payment Date, the immediately preceding applicable record date established by the Board of Directors on or prior to the Initial Issue Date, which shall be no more than 16 days prior to the applicable Dividend Payment Date. These Record Dates shall apply regardless of whether a particular Record Date is a Business Day.
"Record Holder" means, with respect to any Dividend Payment Date, a Holder of record of any Preferred Shares as such Holder appears on the Register at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Record Date.
"Reference Price" shall mean the per share public offering price of Ordinary Shares or ADSs as determined by the Board of Directors in connection with an offering of Ordinary Shares or ADSs to be conducted by the Company on or about the time of the offering of the Preferred Shares, or, if no such offering is conducted, a price no less than 95% of the closing sale price per ADS on the New York Stock Exchange on the Trading Day that the offering of Preferred Shares is priced, as determined by the Board of Directors on or prior to the Initial Issue Date.
"Registrar" shall mean the Company's duly appointed registrar for the Preferred Shares and any successor under Section 15.
"Reorganization Event" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(e).
"Scheduled Trading Day" means any day that is scheduled to be a Trading Day.
"Senior Shares" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(c).
"Settlement Period" shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of "Applicable Market Value."
"Share Dilution Amount" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b).
"Shelf Registration Statement" shall mean a shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the issuance of or resales of American Depositary Shares issued as payment in respect of the Preferred Shares, including dividends paid in connection with a conversion.
"Spin-Off" means a dividend or other distribution by the Company to all holders of Ordinary Shares consisting of share capital of, or similar equity interests in, or relating to a subsidiary or other business unit of the Company.
"TASE" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10(f).
"Taxing Jurisdiction" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14(a).
"Threshold Appreciation Price" means an amount not less than 115% of the Reference Price, as determined by the Board of Directors on or prior to the Initial Issue Date, as may be adjusted from time to time in a manner inversely proportional to any anti-dilution adjustment to each Fixed Conversion Rate as set forth in Section 13.
"Trading Day" means a day on which the ADSs:
(a) are not suspended from trading, and on which trading in the ADSs is not limited, on any U.S. national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market during any period or periods aggregating one half-hour or longer; and
(b) have traded at least once on the U.S. national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market that is the primary market for the trading of the ADSs; provided that if the ADSs are not traded on any such U.S. exchange, association or market, "Trading Day" means any Business Day.
"Transfer Agent" shall mean the Company's duly appointed transfer agent for the Preferred Shares and any successor appointed under Section 15.
"Trigger Event" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(a)(iv)(D).
"Unit of Exchange Property" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(e).
"U.S. GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.
"VWAP" per ADS on any Trading Day means the per share volume-weighted average price as displayed on Bloomberg page "TEVA US
(a) Rate. Subject to the rights of holders of any class or series of share capital ranking senior to the Preferred Shares with respect to dividends, Holders shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds of the Company legally available therefor, cumulative dividends at a rate per annum as shall be determined by the Board of Directors on or before the Initial Issue Date and which shall not exceed 8.5% per annum on the Liquidation Preference per Preferred Share (the "Dividend Rate"), payable in cash. Declared dividends on the Preferred Shares shall be payable quarterly on each Dividend Payment Date at such annual rate, and dividends shall accumulate from the most recent date as to which dividends shall have been paid or, if no dividends have been paid, from the Initial Issue Date, whether or not in any Dividend Period or Dividend Periods there have been funds legally available for the payment of such dividends. Declared dividends shall be payable on the relevant Dividend Payment Date to Record Holders at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the immediately preceding Record Date, whether or not the Preferred Shares held by such Record Holders on such Record Date are converted after such Record Date and on or prior to the immediately succeeding Dividend Payment Date. If a Dividend Payment Date is not a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day, without any interest or other payment in lieu of interest accruing with respect to this delay.
The amount of dividends payable on each Preferred Share for each full Dividend Period (after the initial Dividend Period) shall be computed by dividing the Dividend Rate by four. Dividends payable on the Preferred Shares for the initial Dividend Period and any partial Dividend Period shall be computed based upon the actual number of days elapsed during such period over a 360-day year (consisting of twelve 30-day months). Accumulated dividends shall not bear interest.
No dividend shall be declared or paid upon, or any sum of cash set apart for the payment of dividends upon, any outstanding Preferred Shares with respect to any Dividend Period unless all dividends for all preceding Dividend Periods have been declared and paid upon, or a sufficient sum of cash has been set apart for the payment of such dividends upon, all outstanding Preferred Shares.
Holders shall not be entitled to any dividends on the Preferred Shares, whether payable in cash, property or Ordinary Shares or ADSs, in excess of full cumulative dividends.
Except as described in this Section 4(a), dividends on any Preferred Shares converted to ADSs shall cease to accumulate on the Mandatory Conversion Date, the Fundamental Change Conversion Date or the Early Conversion Date (each, a "Conversion Date"), as applicable.
(b) Priority of Dividends. So long as any Preferred Share remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on Ordinary Shares, ADSs or any other class or series of Junior Shares, and no Ordinary Shares, ADSs or any other class or series of Junior Shares shall be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Company or any of its subsidiaries unless all accumulated and unpaid dividends for all preceding Dividend Periods have been declared and paid upon, or a sufficient sum of cash has been set apart for the payment of such dividends upon, all outstanding Preferred Shares. The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) any dividend or distribution payable in Ordinary Shares, ADSs or other Junior Shares; (ii) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of Ordinary Shares, ADSs or other Junior Shares in connection with the administration of any benefit or other incentive plan, including any employment contract, in the ordinary course of business (including purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan); provided that any purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount; (iii) any dividends or distributions of rights in connection with a shareholders' rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any shareholders' rights plan; (iv) purchases of Ordinary Shares, ADSs or Junior Shares pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy Ordinary Shares, ADSs or Junior Shares existing prior to the preceding Dividend Period, including under a contractually binding share repurchase plan; or (v) the deemed purchase or acquisition of fractional interests in Ordinary Shares, ADSs or Junior Shares pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such shares or the security being converted or exchanged. The phrase "Share Dilution Amount" means the increase in the number of diluted shares outstanding (determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and as measured from the Initial Issue Date) resulting from the grant, vesting, settlement or exercise of equity-based compensation to directors, employees, agents and others and equitably adjusted for any share split, share dividend, reverse share split, reclassification or similar transaction.
When dividends on the Preferred Shares (i) have not been declared and paid in full on any Dividend Payment Date or (ii) have been declared but a sum of cash sufficient to discharge the Company's obligations in respect thereof has not been set aside for the benefit of the Record Holders thereof on the applicable Record Date, no dividends may be declared or paid on any Parity Shares unless dividends are declared on the Preferred Shares such that the respective amounts of such dividends declared on the Preferred Shares and such Parity Shares shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accumulated dividends and all declared and unpaid dividends per share on the Preferred Shares and such Parity Shares bear to each other; provided that any unpaid dividends on the Preferred Shares will continue to accumulate.
Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Ordinary Shares and ADSs, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and Holders shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.
(c) Method of Payment of Dividends. Any declared dividend (or any portion of any declared dividend) on the Preferred Shares, whether or not for a current Dividend Period or any prior Dividend Period, shall be paid by the Company in cash.
(a) In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, winding up or dissolution of the Company, each Holder shall be entitled to receive: (i) the Liquidation Preference per Preferred Share, plus (ii) an amount (the "Liquidation Dividend Amount") equal to accumulated and unpaid dividends on such Holder's Preferred Shares to (but excluding) the date fixed for liquidation, winding up or dissolution, to be paid out of the assets of the Company legally available for distribution to its shareholders, after satisfaction of liabilities owed to the Company's creditors and holders of any Senior Shares, and before any payment or distribution is made to holders of Junior Shares, including Ordinary Shares and ADSs.
(b) Neither the sale of all or substantially all of the Company's assets nor the merger or consolidation of the Company into or with any other Person or Persons, shall be deemed to be a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, winding-up or dissolution of the Company for the purposes of this Section 5.
(c) If, upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, winding up or dissolution of the Company, the amounts payable with respect to (1) the Liquidation Preference plus the Liquidation Dividend Amount of the Preferred Shares and (2) the liquidation preference of, and the amount of accumulated and unpaid dividends to, but excluding, the date fixed for liquidation, dissolution or winding up, on, any Parity Shares are not paid in full, the Holders and all holders of any Parity Shares shall share equally and ratably in any distribution of the Company's assets in proportion to the respective liquidation preferences and an amount equal to the accumulated and unpaid dividends to which they are entitled.
(d) After the payment to any Holder of the full amount of the Liquidation Preference and the Liquidation Dividend Amount for each of such Holder's Preferred Shares, such Holder as such shall have no right or claim to any of the remaining assets of the Company.
(a) General. The Preferred Shares shall not confer upon the Holders thereof any voting rights or any right to appoint directors or any other right with respect to Annual Meetings and Special Meetings, including without limitation, attending, voting at or requesting to convene, such meetings or proposing matters for the agenda of such meetings, except as expressly set forth in this Section 6 or as otherwise specifically provided by Israeli law.
(b) Other Voting Rights. So long as any Preferred Shares are outstanding, the provisions of Article 9 and the provisions of this Section 6(b) and of Section 6(c) shall apply, such that the adoption of a resolution, by a majority of at least three-quarters in voting power of the Preferred Shares who are present, entitled to vote thereon (if any) and voting thereon, voting together as a single class, given in person or by proxy or by an Authorized Person, at a meeting of holders of Preferred Shares shall be necessary for effecting or validating:
(i) Authorization of Senior Shares. Any amendment or alteration of the Memorandum of Association or Articles of Association so as to authorize or create, or increase the authorized amount of, any class or series of Senior Shares;
(ii) Amendment of the Preferred Shares. Any amendment, alteration or repeal of any provision of the Articles of Association so as to adversely affect the special rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers of the Preferred Shares, including without limitation, the majority and quorum requirements set forth in this Section 6(b), the right to payment of additional amounts as described under Section 14 and the terms of the Preferred Shares stipulated in the form of share certificate prepared pursuant to Section 20(a) hereof;
(iii) Share Exchanges, Reclassifications, Mergers and Consolidations. Any consummation of a binding share exchange or reclassification involving the Preferred Shares, or of a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another entity, unless in each case (x) the Preferred Shares remain outstanding or, in the case of any such merger or consolidation with respect to which the Company is not the surviving or resulting entity (or the Preferred Shares are otherwise exchanged or reclassified), are converted or reclassified into or exchanged for preferred shares of the surviving or resulting entity or its ultimate parent, and (y) such Preferred Shares that remain outstanding or such preferred shares, as the case may be, have rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers of the surviving or resulting entity or its ultimate parent that, taken as a whole, are not materially less favorable to the holders thereof than the rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, taken as a whole, of the Preferred Shares immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction;
provided, however, that (A) notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 9, 38 and 39, the legal quorum for any such meeting, including any adjourned meeting, of holders of Preferred Shares, shall be holders of Preferred Shares, present in person or by proxy or represented by their Authorized Persons, who jointly hold two-thirds or more of the Preferred Shares outstanding at the time the meeting is held; (B) for all purposes of this Section 6(b), (1) any increase in the amount of the Company's authorized Preferred Shares or the issuance of any additional Preferred Shares or (2) the authorization or creation of any class or series of Parity Shares or Junior Shares, any increase in the amount of authorized but unissued shares of such class or series of Parity Shares or Junior Shares or the issuance of additional shares of such class or series of Parity Shares or Junior Shares will be deemed not to adversely affect (or to otherwise cause to be materially less favorable) the rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers of the Preferred Shares and shall not require the consent or the adoption of a resolution by the holders of the Preferred Shares; (C) in the event of a binding share exchange or reclassification involving the Preferred Shares, or of a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another entity, as described in Section 6(b) (iii) above in which the provisions of Section 6(b)(iii)(x) and (y) are complied with, the consent or the adoption of a resolution by the holders of the Preferred Shares shall not be required in order to effect, validate or approve such share exchange, reclassification, merger or consolidation; and (D) to the extent that, notwithstanding the provisions of immediately preceding clauses (B) and (C), the consent or approval of the holders of Preferred Shares, voting together as a single class, is nonetheless required by applicable law or the Articles of Association in such circumstances, or such consent or approval is otherwise required by applicable law or the Articles of Association with respect to any matter that is not set forth in the provisions of items (i)-(iii) of this Section 6(b), such approval or consent may be given by the adoption of a resolution, by a simple majority of the voting power of the Preferred Shares who are present, entitled to vote thereon (if any) and voting thereon, voting together as a single class, given in person or by proxy or by an Authorized Person, at a meeting of holders of Preferred Shares and the legal quorum for any such meeting shall be as set forth in Articles 38 and 39.
(c) Procedures for Voting and Consents. The rules and procedures for calling and conducting any meeting of the Holders (including, without limitation, the fixing of a record date in connection therewith), the solicitation and use of proxies at such a meeting, the obtaining of written consents and any other procedural aspect or matter with regard to such a meeting or such consents shall be governed by any rules the Board of Directors, in its discretion, may adopt from time to time, which rules and procedures shall conform to the requirements of the Articles of Association (including the provisions of Section 6(b) above), applicable law and, if applicable, the rules of any national securities exchange or other trading facility on which the Preferred Shares are listed or traded at the time.
(a) Each Preferred Share shall automatically convert (unless previously converted at the option of the Holder in accordance with Section 8 or pursuant to an exercise of a Fundamental Change Conversion right pursuant to Section 9) on the Mandatory Conversion Date ("Mandatory Conversion"), into a number of ADSs equal to the Mandatory Conversion Rate. With respect to any type of conversion of the Preferred Shares provided for hereunder (including Mandatory Conversion, Early Conversion or Fundamental Change Conversion), a portion of the premium paid for such Preferred Shares (or any other funds or reserves available to the Company at such time for such purposes) will be attributed as payment on account of the nominal (par) value of the Ordinary Shares, to the extent that the then applicable law requires that such shares are issued for no less than their nominal (par) value.
(b) The "Mandatory Conversion Rate," which is the number of ADSs issuable upon conversion of each Preferred Share on the Mandatory Conversion Date shall be as follows:
(i) if the Applicable Market Value is greater than the Threshold Appreciation Price, then the Mandatory Conversion Rate shall be equal to \$1,000.00 divided by the Threshold Appreciation Price (the "Minimum Conversion Rate");
(ii) if the Applicable Market Value is less than or equal to the Threshold Appreciation Price but equal to or greater than the Reference Price, then the Mandatory Conversion Rate per Preferred Share shall be equal to \$1,000.00 divided by the Applicable Market Value; or
(iii) if the Applicable Market Value is less than the Reference Price, then the Mandatory Conversion Rate shall be equal to \$1,000.00 divided by the Reference Price (the "Maximum Conversion Rate");
provided that the Fixed Conversion Rates, the Threshold Appreciation Price, the Reference Price, the Floor Price and the Applicable Market Value are each subject to adjustment in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.
(c) If, prior to the Mandatory Conversion Date, the Company has not declared all or any portion of the accumulated and unpaid dividends on the Preferred Shares, Holders shall receive a payment (the "Mandatory Conversion Additional Conversion Amount") equal to and in lieu of such accumulated and unpaid dividends from the Company as a portion of the consideration for the Mandatory Conversion. The Mandatory Conversion Additional Conversion Amount will be delivered, as determined in the Company's sole discretion:
(i) in cash;
(ii) by delivery of ADSs; or
(iii) by delivery of any combination of cash and ADSs.
(d) The Mandatory Conversion Additional Conversion Amount shall be delivered in cash, except to the extent the Company timely elects to make all or any portion of such payment in ADSs. The Company shall give notice to Holders of any such election and the portions of such payment that will be made in cash and in ADSs no later than 10 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the Mandatory Conversion Date; provided that if the Company does not provide timely notice of this election, the Company will be deemed to have elected to deliver the Mandatory Conversion Additional Conversion Amount in cash.
(e) If the Company elects to deliver the Mandatory Conversion Additional Conversion Amount, or any portion thereof, in ADSs, such shares shall be valued for such purpose, in the case of any dividend payment or portion thereof, at 97% of the Average VWAP per ADS over the five consecutive Trading Day period beginning on and including the seventh Scheduled Trading Day prior to the applicable Mandatory Conversion Date (the "Average Price").
(f) To the extent that the Company, in its reasonable judgment, determines that a Shelf Registration Statement is required in connection with the issuance of, or for resales of, ADSs issued as payment of a dividend on the Preferred Shares, including dividends paid in connection with a conversion, the Company shall, to the extent such a Shelf Registration Statement is not currently filed and effective, use its commercially reasonable efforts to file and maintain the effectiveness of such a Shelf Registration Statement until the earlier of such time as all such ADSs have been resold thereunder and such time as all such shares would be freely tradable without registration by holders thereof that are not "affiliates" of the Company for purposes of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(g) No fractional ADSs shall be delivered by the Company to Holders in payment or partial payment of the Mandatory Conversion Additional Conversion Amount. The Company shall instead pay a cash adjustment to each Holder that would otherwise be entitled to receive a fraction of an ADS based on the Average Price.
(a) Other than during a Fundamental Change Conversion Period, the Holders shall have the right to convert their Preferred Shares, in whole or in part (but in no event less than one Preferred Share), at any time prior to the Mandatory Conversion Date ("Early Conversion"), into ADSs at the Minimum Conversion Rate, subject to adjustment as described in Section 13 and to satisfaction of the conversion procedures set forth in Section 10.
(b) If as of any Early Conversion Date, the Company has not declared all or any portion of the accumulated and unpaid dividends for all Dividend Periods ending on a Dividend Payment Date prior to such Early Conversion Date, the Minimum Conversion Rate shall be adjusted, with respect to the relevant Early Conversion, so that the converting Holder receives an additional number of ADSs equal to the amount of undeclared, accumulated and unpaid dividends for such prior Dividend Periods (the "Early Conversion Additional Conversion Amount"), divided by the greater of the Floor Price and the Average VWAP per ADS over the 20 consecutive Trading Day period (the "Early Conversion Settlement Period") commencing on, and including, the 22nd Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Early Conversion Date (determined without regard to Section 10(f)) (such average being referred to as the "Early Conversion Average Price"). To the extent that the Early Conversion Additional Conversion Amount exceeds the product of the number of additional ADSs and the Early Conversion Average Price, the Company shall not have any obligation to pay the shortfall in cash. Except as described in the first sentence of this Section 8(b), upon any Early Conversion of any Preferred Shares, the Company shall make no payment or allowance for unpaid dividends on such Preferred Shares, unless such Early Conversion occurs after the Record Date for a declared dividend and on or prior to the immediately succeeding Dividend Payment Date, in which case the Company shall pay such dividend on such Dividend Payment Date to the Record Holder of the converted Preferred Shares as of such Record Date, in accordance with Section 4.
(a) If a Fundamental Change occurs on or prior to the Mandatory Conversion Date, the Holders shall have the right to (i) convert their Preferred Shares, in whole or in part (but in no event less than one Preferred Share) (any such conversion pursuant to this Section 9(a) being a "Fundamental Change Conversion") at any time during the period (the "Fundamental Change Conversion Period") that begins on the effective date of such Fundamental Change (the "Fundamental Change Effective Date") and ends at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date that is 20 Business Days after the Fundamental Change Effective Date (or, if earlier, the Mandatory Conversion Date) into a number of ADSs equal to the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate per Preferred Share, (ii) with respect to such converted Preferred Shares, receive a Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount payable in cash or in ADSs; and (iii) with respect to such converted Preferred Shares, receive the Accumulated Dividend Amount, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), subject to the Company's right to deliver ADSs in lieu of all or part of such amounts as set forth in clause (d) below; provided that if such Fundamental Change Effective Date or the relevant Fundamental Change Conversion Date falls after the Record Date for a declared dividend and prior to the next Dividend Payment Date, the Company shall pay such dividend on such Dividend Payment Date to the Record Holders as of such Record Date, in accordance with Section 4, and such dividend shall not be included in the Accumulated Dividend Amount, and the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount shall not include the present value of such dividend. With respect to any Fundamental Change, Holders who do not submit their Preferred Shares for conversion during the relevant Fundamental Change Conversion Period will not be entitled to convert their nonsubmitted Preferred Shares at the relevant Fundamental Change Conversion Rate or to receive the relevant Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount or the relevant Accumulated Dividend Amount.
(b) On or before the twentieth calendar day prior to the anticipated Fundamental Change Effective Date or, if such prior notice is not practicable, no later than the second Business Day immediately following the actual Fundamental Change Effective Date, a written notice shall be sent by or on behalf of the Company, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holders. Such notice shall state:
(i) the event causing the Fundamental Change;
(ii) the anticipated Fundamental Change Effective Date or actual Fundamental Change Effective Date, as the case may be;
(iii) that Holders shall have the right to effect a Fundamental Change Conversion in connection with such Fundamental Change during the Fundamental Change Conversion Period;
(iv) the Fundamental Change Conversion Period; and
(v) the instructions a Holder must follow to effect a Fundamental Change Conversion in connection with such Fundamental Change.
If the Company notifies Holders of a Fundamental Change later than the twentieth calendar day prior to the Fundamental Change Effective Date, the Fundamental Change Conversion Period shall be extended by a number of days equal to the number of days from, and including, the twentieth calendar day prior to such Fundamental Change Effective Date to, but excluding, the date of such notice; provided that the Fundamental Change Conversion Period shall not be extended beyond the Mandatory Conversion Date.
(c) Not later than the second Business Day following the Fundamental Change Effective Date (or, if the Company provides notice to Holders of the Fundamental Change prior to the anticipated Fundamental Change Effective Date, on the date the Company gives Holders notice of the anticipated Fundamental Change Effective Date), the Company shall notify Holders of:
(i) the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate;
(ii) the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount and whether the Company will pay such amount in cash, ADSs or a combination thereof, specifying the combination, if applicable; and
(iii) the Accumulated Dividend Amount as of the Fundamental Change Effective Date and whether the Company will pay such amount in cash, ADSs or a combination thereof, specifying the combination, if applicable.
(d) (i) For any Preferred Shares that are converted during the Fundamental Change Conversion Period, in addition to the ADSs issued upon conversion at the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate, the Company shall at its option:
(A) pay the Holder in cash, to the extent the Company is legally permitted to do so, the present value, computed using a discount rate no less than LIBOR on the Trading Day that the offering of Preferred Shares is priced, as determined by the Board of Directors on or prior to the Initial Issue Date (the "Discount Rate"), of all dividend payments on the Holder's Preferred Shares for all the remaining Dividend Periods (excluding any Accumulated Dividend Amount and declared dividends for a Dividend Period during which the Fundamental Change Effective Date falls) from and including such Fundamental Change Effective Date to but excluding the Mandatory Conversion Date (the "Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount"),
(B) increase the number of ADSs to be issued on conversion by a number equal to (x) the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount divided by (y) the greater of the Floor Price and 97% of the Fundamental Change Share Price, or
(C) pay the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount in a combination of cash and ADSs in accordance with the provisions of clauses (A) and (B) immediately above.
(ii) In addition, to the extent that the Accumulated Dividend Amount exists as of the Fundamental Change Effective Date, Holders who convert Preferred Shares within the Fundamental Change Conversion Period will be entitled to receive such Accumulated Dividend Amount upon conversion. The Accumulated Dividend Amount will be payable, at the Company's election, in:
(A) cash, to the extent the Company is legally permitted to do so,
(B) an additional number of ADSs equal to (x) the Accumulated Dividend Amount divided by (y) the greater of the Floor Price and 97% of the Fundamental Change Share Price, or
(C) a combination of cash and ADSs in accordance with the provisions of clauses (A) and (B) immediately above.
(iii) The Company shall pay the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount and the Accumulated Dividend Amount in cash except to the extent the Company elects on or prior to the second Business Day following the Fundamental Change Effective Date to make all or any portion of such payments in ADSs. If the Company elects to deliver ADSs in respect of all or any portion of the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount or the Accumulated Dividend Amount, to the extent that the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount or the Accumulated Dividend Amount or any portion thereof paid in ADSs exceeds the product of the number of additional shares the Company delivers in respect thereof and 97% of the Fundamental Change Share Price, the Company shall, if it is legally able to do so, declare and pay such excess amount in cash. No such payment in cash may be made if the payment is not permitted by the Company's then existing debt instruments.
(iv) No fractional ADSs shall be delivered by the Company to converting Holders in respect of the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount or the Accumulated Dividend Amount. A cash adjustment shall be paid by the Company to each Holder that would otherwise be entitled to receive a fraction of an ADS based on the Average VWAP per ADS over the five consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the seventh Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the relevant Conversion Date (determined without regard to Section 10(f)).
(a) Pursuant to Section 7, on the Mandatory Conversion Date, any outstanding Preferred Shares shall automatically convert into ADSs. The Person or Persons entitled to receive the ADSs issuable upon Mandatory Conversion of the Preferred Shares shall be treated as the record holder(s) of such ADSs as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Mandatory Conversion Date. Except as provided under Section 13(c)(iii), prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Mandatory Conversion Date, the ADSs issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares shall not be deemed to be outstanding for any purpose and Holders shall have no rights with respect to such ADSs, including voting rights, rights to respond to tender offers and rights to receive any dividends or other distributions on the ADSs, by virtue of holding the Preferred Shares.
(b) To effect an Early Conversion pursuant to Section 8, a Person who:
(i) holds a beneficial interest in a Global Preferred Share must deliver to DTC the appropriate instruction form for conversion pursuant to DTC's conversion program and, if required, pay all transfer or similar taxes or duties, if any; or
(ii) holds Preferred Shares in definitive, certificated form must:
(A) complete and manually sign the conversion notice on the back of the Preferred Share certificate or a facsimile of such conversion notice;
(B) deliver the completed conversion notice and the certificated Preferred Shares to be converted to the Conversion and Dividend Disbursing Agent;
(C) if required, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents; and
(D) if required, pay all transfer or similar taxes or duties, if any.
The Early Conversion shall be effective on the date on which a Holder has satisfied the foregoing requirements, to the extent applicable ("Early Conversion Date"). A Holder shall not be required to pay any transfer or similar taxes or duties relating to the issuance or delivery of ADSs if such Holder exercises its conversion rights, but such Holder shall be required to pay any transfer or similar tax or duty that may be payable relating to any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of ADSs in a name other than the name of such Holder. A certificate representing the ADSs issuable upon conversion shall be issued and delivered to the converting Holder or, if the Preferred Shares being converted are in book-entry form, the ADSs issuable upon conversion shall be delivered to the converting Holder through book-entry transfer through the facilities of the Depositary, in each case together with delivery by the Company to the converting Holder of any cash to which the converting Holder is entitled, on the latest of (i) the third Business Day immediately succeeding the Early Conversion Date, (ii) the third Business Day immediately succeeding the last day of the Early Conversion Settlement Period and (iii) the Business Day after the Holder has paid in full all applicable taxes and duties, if any.
The Person or Persons entitled to receive the ADSs issuable upon Early Conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder(s) of such ADSs as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the applicable Early Conversion Date. Except as set forth in Section 13(c)(iii), prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time on such applicable Early Conversion Date, the ADSs issuable upon conversion of any Preferred Shares shall not be deemed to be outstanding for any purpose, and Holders shall have no rights with respect to such ADSs (including voting rights, rights to respond to tender offers for the ADSs and rights to receive any dividends or other distributions on the ADSs) by virtue of holding Preferred Shares.
In the event that an Early Conversion is effected with respect to Preferred Shares constituting fewer than all the Preferred Shares held by a Holder, upon such Early Conversion the Company shall execute and instruct the Registrar and Transfer Agent to countersign and deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a certificate evidencing the Preferred Shares as to which Early Conversion was not effected, or, if the Preferred Shares are held in book-entry form, the Company shall cause the Transfer Agent and Registrar to reduce the number of Preferred Shares represented by the global certificate by making a notation on a schedule attached to the global certificate or otherwise notate such reduction in the register maintained by such Transfer Agent and Registrar.
(c) To effect a Fundamental Change Conversion pursuant to Section 9, a Person who:
(i) holds a beneficial interest in a Global Preferred Share must deliver to DTC the appropriate instruction form for conversion pursuant to DTC's conversion program and, if required, pay all transfer or similar taxes or duties, if any; or
(ii) holds Preferred Shares in definitive, certificated form must:
(A) complete and manually sign the conversion notice on the back of the Preferred Shares certificate or a facsimile of such conversion notice;
(B) deliver the completed conversion notice and the certificated Preferred Shares to be converted to the Conversion and Dividend Disbursing Agent;
(C) if required, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents; and
(D) if required, pay all transfer or similar taxes or duties, if any.
The Fundamental Change Conversion shall be effective on the date on which a Person has satisfied the foregoing requirements, to the extent applicable (the "Fundamental Change Conversion Date"). A Holder shall not be required to pay any transfer or similar taxes or duties relating to the issuance or delivery of ADSs if such Holder exercises its conversion rights, but such Holder shall be required to pay any transfer or similar tax or duty that may be payable relating to any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of ADSs in a name other than the name of such Holder. A certificate representing the ADSs issuable upon conversion shall be issued and delivered to the converting Holder or, if the Preferred Shares being converted are in book-entry form, the ADSs issuable upon conversion shall be delivered to the converting Holder through book-entry transfer through the facilities of the Depositary, in each case together with delivery by the Company to the converting Holder of any cash to which the converting Holder is entitled, on the later of the third Business Day immediately succeeding the Fundamental Change Conversion Date and the Business Day after the Holder has paid in full all applicable taxes and duties, if any.
The Person or Persons entitled to receive the ADSs issuable upon such Fundamental Change Conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder(s) of such ADSs as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the applicable Fundamental Change Conversion Date. Except as set forth in Section 13(c)(iii), prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time on such applicable Fundamental Change Conversion Date, the ADSs issuable upon conversion of any Preferred Shares shall not be deemed to be outstanding for any purpose, and Holders shall have no rights with respect to the ADSs (including voting rights, rights to respond to tender offers for the ADSs and rights to receive any dividends or other distributions on the ADSs) by virtue of holding Preferred Shares.
In the event that a Fundamental Change Conversion is effected with respect to Preferred Shares constituting fewer than all the Preferred Shares held by a Holder, upon such Fundamental Change Conversion the Company shall execute and instruct the Registrar and Transfer Agent to countersign and deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a certificate evidencing the Preferred Shares as to which Fundamental Change Conversion was not effected, or, if the Preferred Shares are held in book-entry form, the Company shall cause the Transfer Agent and Registrar to reduce the number of Preferred Shares represented by the global certificate by making a notation on a schedule attached to the global certificate or otherwise notate such reduction in the register maintained by such Transfer Agent and Registrar.
(d) In the event that a Holder shall not by written notice designate the name in which ADSs to be issued upon conversion of the Preferred Shares should be registered or, if applicable, the address to which the certificate or certificates representing such ADSs should be sent, the Company shall be entitled to register such shares, and make such payment, in the name of the Holder as shown on the records of the Company and, if applicable, to send the certificate or certificates representing such ADSs to the address of such Holder shown on the records of the Company.
(e) Converted Preferred Shares shall cease to be outstanding on the applicable Conversion Date, subject to the right of Holders of such shares to receive ADSs issuable upon conversion of such Preferred Shares and other amounts and ADSs, if any, to which they are entitled pursuant to Sections 7, 8 or 9, as applicable and, if the applicable Conversion Date occurs after the Record Date for a declared dividend and prior to the immediately succeeding Dividend Payment Date, subject to the right of the Record Holders of such shares on such Record Date to receive payment of such declared dividend on such Dividend Payment Date pursuant to Section 4.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Exhibit A, in accordance with the regulations of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Ltd. ("TASE"), if any Conversion Date would otherwise take place on the "record date" (as such term is defined in the TASE's regulations) for the distribution of dividends or bonus shares, a rights offering, a split or reverse split of the Company's share capital, or a capital reduction (each of the foregoing a "Company Event"), such Conversion Date shall be postponed to the following "trading day" (as such term is defined in the TASE's regulations). In addition, if the "ex day" (as such term is defined in the TASE's regulations) in respect of a Company Event occurs prior to the "record date" therefor, any Conversion Date that would otherwise take place on such "ex day" shall be postponed to the following "trading day."
(a) The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its registered (authorized) and unissued Ordinary Shares, solely for issuance of ADSs issuable upon the conversion of Preferred Shares as herein provided, free from any preemptive or other similar rights, a number of Ordinary Shares equal to the product of the Maximum Conversion Rate then in effect and the number of Preferred Shares then outstanding. For purposes of this Section 11(a), the number of ADSs that shall be deliverable upon the conversion of all outstanding Preferred Shares shall be computed as if at the time of computation all such outstanding shares were held by a single Holder.
(b) The Company will (i) deposit or cause to be deposited with the ADS Depositary in accordance with the terms of the Deposit Agreement Ordinary Shares represented by the ADSs issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares, or as otherwise required to be delivered as provided herein and (ii) comply with the applicable terms of the Deposit Agreement so that ADSs representing such Ordinary Shares will be executed by the ADS Depositary and delivered to the holders of Preferred Shares as required hereby and the Deposit Agreement.
(c) All Ordinary Shares delivered to the ADS Depositary under the Deposit Agreement for the issuance and delivery of ADSs upon conversion of Preferred Shares, or other payments of ADSs as provided herein, shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of all liens, claims, security interests and other encumbrances (other than liens, charges, security interests and other encumbrances created by the Holders).
(d) Prior to the delivery of any securities that the Company shall be obligated to deliver upon conversion of the Preferred Shares, the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable U.S. federal and state and Israeli laws and regulations thereunder requiring the registration of such securities with, or any approval of or consent to the delivery thereof by, any governmental authority.
(e) If at any time the ADSs shall be listed on the New York Stock Exchange or any other U.S. national securities exchange or automated quotation system, the Company shall, if permitted by the rules of such exchange or automated quotation system, list and keep listed, so long as the ADSs shall be so listed on such exchange or automated quotation system, all ADSs issuable upon conversion of, or issuable in respect of the payment of the Accumulated Dividend Amount or the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount on, the Preferred Shares.
(f) In the event that Ordinary Shares cease to be represented by ADSs issued under the Deposit Agreement or another depositary receipt program sponsored by the Company, or the ADSs cease to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange (and are not at that time listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market or another U.S. national securities exchange), all references herein to ADSs or American Depositary Shares will be deemed to have been replaced by a reference to:
(i) the number of Ordinary Shares corresponding to the ADSs on the last day on which the ADSs were listed on the New York Stock Exchange (or such other U.S. national stock exchange); and
(ii) as adjusted, pursuant to the adjustment provisions contained in Section 13, for any other property the ADSs represented as if the other property has been distributed to holders of Ordinary Shares on that day.
(a) No fractional Ordinary Shares or ADSs shall be issued as a result of any conversion of Preferred Shares, and the number of Ordinary Shares or ADSs to be issued shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number of Ordinary Shares or ADSs (with payment therefor to be made under Section 12 (b)).
(b) In lieu of any fractional ADS otherwise issuable in respect of any mandatory conversion pursuant to Section 7 or a conversion at the option of the Holder pursuant to Section 8 or Section 9, the Company shall pay an amount in cash (computed to the nearest cent) equal to the product of (i) that same fraction and (ii) the Average VWAP of the ADSs over the five consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the seventh Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Mandatory Conversion Date, Fundamental Change Conversion Date or Early Conversion Date, as applicable (determined without regard to Section 10(f)).
(c) If more than one Preferred Share is surrendered for conversion at one time by or for the same Holder, the number of full ADSs issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of Preferred Shares so surrendered.
(a) Each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be subject to the following adjustments:
(i) Share Dividends and Distributions. If the Company issues Ordinary Shares to all holders of Ordinary Shares as a dividend or other distribution, each Fixed Conversion Rate in effect at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for determination of the holders of Ordinary Shares entitled to receive such dividend or other distribution shall be multiplied by a fraction:
(A) the numerator of which is the sum of the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for such determination and the total number of Ordinary Shares constituting such dividend or other distribution, and
(B) the denominator of which is the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for such determination.
Subject to the provisions of Section 13(a)(iv)(E), any adjustment made pursuant to this clause (i) shall become effective immediately after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for such determination. If any dividend or distribution described in this clause (i) is declared but not so paid or made, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors publicly announces its decision not to pay or make such dividend or distribution, to such Fixed Conversion Rate that would be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared. For the purposes of this clause (i), the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for such determination shall not include shares that the Company holds in treasury and which do not confer upon the holder thereof any dividend or distribution rights. For so long as any Preferred Shares are outstanding, the Company shall not pay any dividend or make any other distribution on Ordinary Shares that it holds in treasury, except for dividends and distributions on Ordinary Shares held by any of the Company's subsidiaries, which confer upon the holder thereof dividend rights.
(ii) Issuance of Share Purchase Rights. If the Company issues to all holders of Ordinary Shares rights or warrants (other than rights or warrants issued pursuant to a dividend reinvestment plan or share purchase plan or other similar plans), entitling such holders, for a period of up to 45 calendar days from the date of issuance of such rights or warrants, to subscribe for or purchase Ordinary Shares at a price per share less than the Ordinary Share Current Market Price, each Fixed Conversion Rate in effect at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for determination of the holders of Ordinary Shares entitled to receive such rights or warrants shall be increased by multiplying such Fixed Conversion Rate by a fraction:
(A) the numerator of which is the sum of the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for such determination and the number of Ordinary Shares issuable or deliverable upon the exercise of such rights or warrants, and
(B) the denominator of which shall be the sum of the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for such determination and the number of Ordinary Shares equal to the quotient of the aggregate offering price payable to exercise such rights or warrants divided by the Ordinary Share Current Market Price.
Subject to the provisions of Section 13(a)(iv)(E), any adjustment made pursuant to this clause (ii) shall become effective immediately after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for such determination. In the event that such rights or warrants described in this clause (ii) are not so issued, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors publicly announces its decision not to issue such rights or warrants, to such Fixed Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such issuance had not been declared. To the extent that such rights or warrants are not exercised prior to their expiration or Ordinary Shares are otherwise not delivered pursuant to such rights or warrants upon the exercise of such rights or warrants, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to such Fixed Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustment made upon the issuance of such rights or warrants been made on the basis of the delivery of only the number of Ordinary Shares actually delivered. In determining whether any rights or warrants entitle the holders thereof to subscribe for or purchase Ordinary Shares at less than the Ordinary Share Current Market Price, and in determining the aggregate offering price payable to exercise such rights or warrants, there shall be taken into account any consideration received for such rights or warrants and the value of such consideration (if other than cash, to be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, which determination shall be final). For the purposes of this clause (ii), the number of Ordinary Shares at the time outstanding shall not include shares that the Company holds in treasury and which do not confer upon the holder thereof any right to participate in the issuance of such rights or warrants. For so long as any Preferred Shares are outstanding, the Company shall not issue any such rights or warrants in respect of Ordinary Shares that the Company holds in treasury, except in respect of Ordinary Shares held by any of the Company's subsidiaries, which confer upon the holder thereof the right to participate in the issuance of such rights or warrants.
(iii) Subdivisions and Combinations of the Ordinary Shares. If outstanding Ordinary Shares shall be subdivided into a greater number of Ordinary Shares or combined into a lesser number of Ordinary Shares, each Fixed Conversion Rate in effect at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the effective date of such subdivision or combination shall be multiplied by a fraction:
(A) the numerator of which is the number of Ordinary Shares that would be outstanding immediately after, and solely as a result of, such subdivision or combination, and
(B) the denominator of which is the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately prior to such subdivision or combination. Any adjustment made pursuant to this clause (iii) shall become effective immediately after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the effective date of such subdivision or combination.
(A) If the Company distributes to all holders of Ordinary Shares evidences of its indebtedness, shares of its share capital, securities, rights to acquire shares of the Company's share capital, cash (other than Ordinary Dividends) or other assets (excluding (1) any dividend or distribution covered by Section 13(a)(i) or 13(a)(iii), (2) any rights or warrants covered by Section 13(a)(ii), (3) any dividend or distribution covered by Section 13(a)(v) and (4) any Spin-Off to which the provisions set forth in Section 13(a)(iv)(B) apply), each Fixed Conversion Rate in effect at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for the determination of holders of Ordinary Shares entitled to receive such distribution shall be multiplied by a fraction:
(2) the denominator of which is the Ordinary Share Current Market Price minus the Fair Market Value, on such date fixed for determination, of the portion of the evidences of indebtedness, shares of the Company's share capital, securities, rights to acquire shares of the Company's share capital, cash (other than Ordinary Dividends) or other assets so distributed applicable to one Ordinary Share.
(B) In the case of a Spin-Off, each Fixed Conversion Rate in effect at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for the determination of holders of Ordinary Shares entitled to receive such distribution shall be multiplied by a fraction:
(1) the numerator of which is the sum of (x) the Ordinary Share Current Market Price and (y) the Fair Market Value of the portion of those shares of share capital or similar equity interests so distributed that is applicable to one Ordinary Share as of the 15th Trading Day after the effective date for such distribution (or, if such shares of share capital or equity interests are listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, the Current Market Price of such securities), and
(2) the denominator of which is the Ordinary Share Current Market Price.
(C) Any adjustment made pursuant to this clause (iv) shall become effective immediately after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for the determination of the holders of Ordinary Shares entitled to receive such distribution. In the event that such distribution described in this clause (iv) is not so made, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors publicly announces its decision not to make such distribution, to such Fixed Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such distribution had not been declared. If an adjustment to each Fixed Conversion Rate is required under this clause (iv) during any Settlement Period or Early Conversion Settlement Period in respect of Preferred Shares that have been tendered for conversion, delivery of the ADSs issuable upon conversion shall be delayed to the extent necessary in order to complete the calculations provided for in this clause (iv).
(D) For purposes of this clause (iv) (and subject in all respects to clause (ii)), rights, options or warrants distributed by the Company to all holders of its Ordinary Shares entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Company's share capital, including, but not limited to, Ordinary Shares (either initially or under certain circumstances), which rights, options or warrants, until the occurrence of a specified event or events ("Trigger Event"): (i) are deemed to be transferred with such Ordinary Shares; (ii) are not exercisable; and (iii) are also issued in respect of future issuances of the Ordinary Shares, shall be deemed not to have been distributed for purposes of this clause (iv) (and no adjustment to the Fixed Conversion Rates under this clause (iv) shall be required) until the occurrence of the earliest Trigger Event, whereupon such rights, options or warrants shall be deemed to have been distributed and an appropriate adjustment (if any is required) to the Fixed Conversion Rates shall be made under this clause (iv).
If any such right, option or warrant, including any such existing rights, options or warrants distributed prior to the Initial Issue Date, is subject to events, upon the occurrence of which such rights, options or warrants become exercisable to purchase different securities, evidences of indebtedness or other assets, then the date of the occurrence of any and each such event shall be deemed to be the date of distribution and the date fixed for the determination of the holders of Ordinary Shares entitled to receive such distribution with respect to new rights, options or warrants with such rights (in which case the existing rights, options or warrants shall be deemed to terminate and expire on such date without exercise by any of the holders thereof). In addition, in the event of any distribution (or deemed distribution) of rights, options or warrants, or any Trigger Event or other event (of the type described in the immediately preceding sentence) with respect thereto that was counted for purposes of calculating a distribution amount for which an adjustment to the Fixed Conversion Rates under this clause (iv) was made, (1) in the case of any such rights, options or warrants that shall all have been redeemed or purchased without exercise by any holders thereof, upon such final redemption or purchase (x) the Fixed Conversion Rates shall be readjusted as if such rights, options or warrants had not been issued and (y) the Fixed Conversion Rates shall then again be readjusted to give effect to such distribution, deemed distribution or Trigger Event, as the case may be, as though it were a cash distribution, equal to the per share redemption or purchase price received by a holder or holders of Ordinary Shares with respect to such rights, options or warrants (assuming such holder had retained such rights, options or warrants), made to all holders of Ordinary Shares as of the date of such redemption or purchase, and (2) in the case of such rights, options or warrants that shall have expired or been terminated without exercise by any holders thereof, the Fixed Conversion Rates shall be readjusted as if such rights, options and warrants had not been issued. For purposes of clause (1) of the immediately preceding sentence, any rights that have become void by reason of the actions or status of the holder(s) thereof shall not be included in determining whether all rights have been redeemed or purchased.
(E) For purposes of clause (i), clause (ii) and this clause (iv), if any dividend or distribution to which this clause (iv) is applicable includes one or both of:
(I) a dividend or distribution of Ordinary Shares to which clause (i) is applicable (the "Clause I Distribution"); or
(II) an issuance of rights or warrants to which clause (ii) is applicable (the "Clause II Distribution"),
then (1) such dividend or distribution, other than the Clause I Distribution, if any, and the Clause II Distribution, if any, shall be deemed to be a dividend or distribution to which this clause (iv) is applicable (the "Clause IV Distribution") and any Fixed Conversion Rate adjustment required by this clause (iv) with respect to such Clause IV Distribution shall then be made, and (2) the Clause I Distribution, if any, and Clause II Distribution, if any, shall be deemed to immediately follow the Clause IV Distribution and any Fixed Conversion Rate adjustment required by clause (i) and clause (ii) with respect thereto shall then be made, except that, if determined by the Company (x) the date fixed for determination of the holders of Ordinary Shares entitled to receive any Clause I Distribution or Clause II Distribution shall be deemed to be the date fixed for the determination of holders of Ordinary Shares entitled to receive the Clause IV Distribution and (y) any Ordinary Shares included in any Clause I Distribution or Clause II Distribution shall be deemed not to be "outstanding at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for such determination" within the meaning of clauses (i) and (ii).
(v) Cash Distributions. If the Company pays or makes a dividend or other distribution consisting exclusively of cash to all holders of Ordinary Shares other than a regular, quarterly dividend the gross amount of which does not exceed \$0.34 per Ordinary Share (the "Initial Dividend Threshold" and any such dividends, "Ordinary Dividends"), excluding (1) any cash that is distributed in a Reorganization Event to which Section 13(e) applies, (2) any dividend or other distribution in connection with the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company and (3) any consideration payable as part of a tender or exchange offer by the Company or any subsidiary of the Company covered by Section 13(a)(vi)), each Fixed Conversion Rate in effect at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for determination of the holders of Ordinary Shares entitled to receive such dividend or other distribution shall be multiplied by a fraction:
(1) the numerator of which is the Ordinary Share Current Market Price minus the Initial Dividend Threshold (provided that if the distribution is not a regular, quarterly cash dividend, the Initial Dividend Threshold will be deemed to be zero), and
(2) the denominator of which is the Ordinary Share Current Market Price minus the amount per Ordinary Share of such dividend or other distribution.
Any adjustment made pursuant to this clause (v) shall become effective immediately after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for the determination of the holders of Ordinary Shares entitled to receive such dividend or other distribution. In the event that any dividend or other distribution described in this clause (v) is not so paid or made, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors publicly announces its decision not to pay such dividend or make such distribution, to such Fixed Conversion Rate which would then be in effect if such dividend or other distribution had not been declared.
The Initial Dividend Threshold is subject to adjustment in a manner inversely proportional to adjustments to the Fixed Conversion Rates; provided that no adjustment will be made to the Initial Dividend Threshold for any adjustment to the Fixed Conversion Rates pursuant to this clause (v).
(vi) Self Tender Offers and Exchange Offers. If the Company or any subsidiary of the Company successfully completes a tender or exchange offer pursuant to a Schedule TO or registration statement on Form F-4 for Ordinary Shares or ADSs (excluding any securities convertible or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares or ADSs), where the cash and the value of any other consideration included in the payment per Ordinary Share or ADS exceeds the Ordinary Share Current Market Price, each Fixed Conversion Rate in effect at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of expiration of the tender or exchange offer (the "Expiration Date") shall be multiplied by a fraction:
(A) the numerator of which shall be equal to the sum of:
(1) the aggregate cash and Fair Market Value on the Expiration Date of any other consideration paid or payable for Ordinary Shares or ADSs purchased in such tender or exchange offer; and
(2) the product of (I) the Ordinary Share Current Market Price and (II) (x) the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding at the time such tender or exchange offer expires less (y) any purchased Ordinary Shares and ADSs; and
(B) the denominator of which shall be equal to the product of (I) the Ordinary Share Current Market Price and (II) the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding at the time such tender or exchange offer expires, including any purchased Ordinary Shares and ADSs.
Any adjustment made pursuant to this clause (vi) shall become effective immediately after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the 10th Trading Day immediately following the Expiration Date but will be given effect as of 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date. In the event that the Company or one of its subsidiaries is obligated to purchase Ordinary Shares or ADSs pursuant to
any such tender offer or exchange offer, but the Company or such subsidiary is permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchases, or all such purchases are rescinded, then each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to be such Fixed Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such tender offer or exchange offer had not been made. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, if the application of this clause (vi) to any tender offer or exchange offer would result in a decrease in each Fixed Conversion Rate, no adjustment shall be made for such tender offer or exchange offer under this clause (vi). If an adjustment to each Fixed Conversion Rate is required pursuant to this clause (vi) during any Settlement Period or Early Conversion Settlement Period in respect of the Preferred Shares that have been tendered for conversion, delivery of the related conversion consideration shall be delayed to the extent necessary in order to complete the calculations provided for in this clause (vi).
(vii) Fair Market Value in Excess of Ordinary Share Current Market Price. Except with respect to a Spin-Off, in cases as to which Section 13(a) (iv) or Section 13(a)(v) applies where the Fair Market Value of the evidences of the Company's indebtedness, shares of share capital, securities, rights to acquire shares of the Company's share capital, cash or other assets applicable to one Ordinary Share distributed to holders of Ordinary Shares equals or exceeds the Ordinary Share Current Market Price (as determined for purposes of calculating the conversion rate adjustment pursuant to Section 13(a) (iv) or Section 13(a)(v)), rather than being entitled to an adjustment in each Fixed Conversion Rate, Holders shall be entitled to receive upon conversion, in addition to a number of Ordinary Shares otherwise deliverable on the applicable Conversion Date, the kind and amount of the evidences of the Company's indebtedness, shares of share capital, securities, rights to acquire shares of the Company's share capital, cash or other assets comprising the distribution that such Holder would have received if such Holder had owned immediately prior to the record date for determining the holders of Ordinary Shares entitled to receive the distribution, for each Preferred Share, a number of ADSs equal to the Maximum Conversion Rate in effect on the date of such distribution.
(viii) Rights Plans. To the extent that the Company has a rights plan in effect with respect to the Ordinary Shares or ADSs on any Conversion Date, upon conversion of any Preferred Shares, converting Holders shall receive, in addition to the ADSs, the rights under such rights plan, unless, prior to such Conversion Date, the rights have separated from the Ordinary Shares or ADSs, as applicable, in which case each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be adjusted at the time of separation of such rights as if the Company made a distribution to all holders of the Ordinary Shares as described in Section 13(a) (iv), subject to readjustment in the event of the expiration, termination or redemption of such rights. Any distribution of rights or warrants pursuant to a rights plan that would allow Holders to receive upon conversion, in addition to any ADSs, the rights described therein (unless such rights or warrants have separated from the Ordinary Shares or ADSs) shall not constitute a distribution of rights or warrants that would entitle Holders to an adjustment to the Fixed Conversion Rates.
(b) Adjustment for Tax Reasons. The Company may make such increases in each Fixed Conversion Rate, in addition to any other increases required by this Section 13, as the Company deems advisable to avoid or diminish any income tax to holders of the Ordinary Shares or ADSs resulting from any dividend or distribution of Ordinary Shares (or issuance of rights or warrants to acquire Ordinary Shares) or from any event treated as such for income tax purposes or for any other reasons; provided that the same proportionate adjustment must be made to each Fixed Conversion Rate.
(i) All adjustments to each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be calculated to the nearest 1/10,000th of an ADS. Prior to the Mandatory Conversion Date, no adjustment in a Fixed Conversion Rate shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least one percent therein. If any adjustment by reason of this Section 13(c)(i) is not required to be made, such adjustment shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment; provided, however, that on the earlier of the Mandatory Conversion Date, an Early Conversion Date and a Fundamental Change Effective Date, adjustments to each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be made with respect to any such adjustment carried forward that has not been taken into account before such date.
(ii) If an adjustment is made to the Fixed Conversion Rates pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 13(b), (x) an inversely proportional adjustment shall also be made to the Threshold Appreciation Price and the Reference Price solely for purposes of determining which of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of Section 7 (b) shall apply on the Mandatory Conversion Date and (y) an inversely proportional adjustment will also be made to the Floor Price. Such adjustment shall be made by multiplying each of the Threshold Appreciation Price and the Reference Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be either Fixed Conversion Rate immediately before such adjustment pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 13(b) and the denominator of which shall be such Fixed Conversion Rate immediately after such adjustment. Whenever any provision of this Exhibit A requires the Company or the Board of Directors to calculate the VWAP per ADS over a span of multiple days, the Board of Directors shall make appropriate adjustments (including, without limitation, to the Applicable Market Value, the Early Conversion Average Price, the Ordinary Share Current Market Price and the Average Price (as the case may be)) to account for any adjustments to the Reference Price, the Threshold Appreciation Price, the Floor Price and the Fixed Conversion Rates (as the case may be) that become effective, or any event that would require such an adjustment if the Ex-Date, Fundamental Change Effective Date or Expiration Date (as the case may be) of such event occurs, during the relevant period used to calculate such prices or values (as the case may be).
(A) the record date for a dividend or distribution on Ordinary Shares occurs after the end of the 20 consecutive Trading Day period used for calculating the Applicable Market Value and before the Mandatory Conversion Date; and
(B) such dividend or distribution would have resulted in an adjustment of the number of Ordinary Shares represented by the ADSs issuable to the Holders had such record date occurred on or before the last Trading Day of such 20 consecutive Trading Day period, then the Company shall deem the Holders to be holders of record, for each of their Preferred Shares, of ADSs representing a number of Ordinary Shares equal to the Mandatory Conversion Rate for purposes of that dividend or distribution. In this case, the Holders would receive the dividend or distribution on Ordinary Shares represented by the ADSs together with the number of Ordinary Shares represented by the ADSs issuable upon the Mandatory Conversion Date.
(iv) If an adjustment is made to the Fixed Conversion Rates pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 13(b), a proportional adjustment shall be made to each Fundamental Change Share Price column heading set forth in the table referenced in the definition of "Fundamental Change Conversion Rate" as of the day on which the Fixed Conversion Rates are so adjusted. Such adjustment shall be made by multiplying each Fundamental Change Share Price included in such table, applicable immediately prior to such adjustment, by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Minimum Conversion Rate immediately prior to the adjustment giving rise to such Fundamental Change Share Price adjustment, and the denominator of which is the Minimum Conversion Rate as so adjusted.
(v) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no adjustment to the Fixed Conversion Rates shall be made if Holders may participate, at the same time, upon the same terms and otherwise on the same basis as holders of Ordinary Shares or ADSs and solely as a result of holding Preferred Shares, in the transaction that would otherwise give rise to an adjustment as if they held, for each Preferred Share, ADSs representing a number of Ordinary Shares equal to the Maximum Conversion Rate then in effect. In addition, the Fixed Conversion Rates shall not be adjusted:
(A) upon the issuance of any Ordinary Shares or ADSs pursuant to any present or future plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on the Company's securities and the investment of additional optional amounts in Ordinary Shares or ADSs under any plan;
(B) upon the issuance of any Ordinary Shares or ADSs or rights or warrants to purchase those shares pursuant to any present or future benefit or other incentive plan or program of or assumed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries;
(C) upon the issuance of any Ordinary Shares or ADSs pursuant to any option, warrant, right or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security outstanding as of the Initial Issue Date;
(D) for a change solely in the nominal (par) value of the Ordinary Shares;
(E) for share repurchases that are not tender offers, including structured or derivative transactions; or
(F) for accumulated and unpaid dividends on the Preferred Shares, except as provided under Sections 7, 8 and 9.
(vi) The Fixed Conversion Rates reflect that as of the date of this Exhibit A, each ADS represents one Ordinary Share. If the number of Ordinary Shares represented by each ADS changes, the Fixed Conversion Rates will be adjusted proportionately.
(d) Notice of Adjustment. Whenever the Fixed Conversion Rates and the Fundamental Change Conversion Rates set forth in the table referenced in the definition of "Fundamental Change Conversion Rate" are to be adjusted, the Company shall:
(i) compute such adjusted Fixed Conversion Rates and Fundamental Change Conversion Rates and prepare and transmit to the Transfer Agent an Officers' Certificate setting forth such adjusted Fixed Conversion Rates and Fundamental Change Conversion Rates, the method of calculation thereof in reasonable detail and the facts requiring such adjustment and upon which such adjustment is based;
(ii) within 10 Business Days following the occurrence of an event that requires an adjustment to the Fixed Conversion Rates and the Fundamental Change Conversion Rates, provide, or cause to be provided, a written notice to the Holders of the occurrence of such adjustment; and
(iii) as soon as practicable following the determination of such adjusted Fixed Conversion Rates and Fundamental Change Conversion Rates provide, or cause to be provided, to the Holders a statement setting forth in reasonable detail the method by which the adjustments to the Fixed Conversion Rates and Fundamental Change Conversion Rates were determined and setting forth such adjusted Fixed Conversion Rates and Fundamental Change Conversion Rates.
(e) Reorganization Events. In the event of:
(i) any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another Person (other than a merger or consolidation in which the Company is the continuing Company and in which the Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately prior to the merger or consolidation are not exchanged for cash, securities or other property of the Company or another Person);
(ii) any sale, transfer, lease or conveyance to another Person of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company;
(iii) any reclassification of Ordinary Shares into securities including securities other than Ordinary Shares; or
(iv) any statutory exchange of securities of the Company with another Person (other than in connection with a merger or acquisition),
in each case, as a result of which the Ordinary Shares would be converted into, or exchanged for, securities, cash or other property (each, a "Reorganization Event"), each Preferred Share outstanding immediately prior to such Reorganization Event shall, without the consent of the Holders, become convertible into the kind of securities, cash and other property that such Holder would have been entitled to receive if such Holder had converted its Preferred Shares into ADSs immediately prior to such Reorganization Event (such securities, cash and other property, the "Exchange Property," with each "Unit of Exchange Property" meaning the kind and amount of such Exchange Property that a Holder of one Ordinary Share is entitled to receive). For purposes of the foregoing, the type and amount of Exchange Property in the case of any Reorganization Event that causes the Ordinary Shares to be converted into the right to receive more than a single type of consideration (determined based in part upon any form of shareholder election) shall be deemed to be the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration received by the holders of Ordinary Shares that affirmatively make such an election (or of all holders of Ordinary Shares if none makes an election). The Company shall notify Holders of the weighted average as soon as practicable after such determination is made. The number of Units of Exchange Property for each Preferred Share converted following the effective date of such Reorganization Event shall be determined as if references in Section 7, Section 8 and Section 9 to Ordinary Shares or ADSs were to Units of Exchange Property (without any interest thereon and without any right to dividends or distributions thereon which have a record date that is prior to such Conversion Date, except as provided in Section 13(c)(iii)). For the purpose of determining which of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of Section 7(b) shall apply upon Mandatory Conversion, and for the purpose of calculating the Mandatory Conversion Rate if clause (ii) of Section 7(b) is applicable, the value of a Unit of Exchange Property shall be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors (which determination will be final), except that if a Unit of Exchange Property includes ordinary shares, depositary receipts or other securities representing common equity interests that are traded on a U.S. national securities exchange, the value of such ordinary shares, depositary receipts or other securities representing common equity interests shall be the average over the 20 consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the 22nd Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Mandatory Conversion Date (determined without regard to Section 10(f)) of the volume weighted average prices for such ordinary shares, depositary receipts or other securities representing common equity interests, as displayed on the applicable Bloomberg screen (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors (which determination will be final)); or, if such price is not available, the average market value per share of such ordinary shares, depositary receipts or other securities representing common equity interests over such period as determined, using a volume-weighted average method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained by the Company for this purpose.
The above provisions of this Section 13(e) shall similarly apply to successive Reorganization Events and the provisions of Section 13 shall apply to any shares of the share capital or depositary receipts of the Company (or any successor thereto) received by the holders of Ordinary Shares in any such Reorganization Event.
The Company (or any successor thereto) shall, as soon as reasonably practicable (but in any event within 20 calendar days) after the occurrence of any Reorganization Event, provide written notice to the Holders of such occurrence and of the kind and amount of the cash, securities or other property that constitute the Exchange Property. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the operation of this Section 13(e).
(a) The Company shall make all payments on the Preferred Shares (including but not limited to any payments of dividends and cash in lieu of any fractional ADSs upon conversion) without deduction or withholding for any taxes, assessments or other governmental charges imposed by any jurisdiction where the Company is incorporated or tax resident, as the case may be, or a jurisdiction in which a successor to the Company is incorporated or tax resident (each, a "Taxing Jurisdiction") unless the deduction or withholding is required by law.
(b) If, as a result of a Change in Tax Law, a Taxing Jurisdiction requires that the Company deducts or withholds any taxes, assessments or other governmental charges from payments on or with respect to the Preferred Shares, the Company shall pay any additional amounts necessary to make the net amount paid to a Holder or beneficial owner equal the amount that such Holder or beneficial owner would have received in the absence of such deduction or withholding, provided that such additional amounts shall only be paid in respect of payments to a Holder or beneficial owner that were eligible to be made without deduction or withholding for any taxes, assessment or other governmental changes in the absence of such Change in Tax Law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no case shall any additional amounts be paid on account of:
(i) the amount of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is payable only because a type of connection exists between the Holder or beneficial owner of the Preferred Share and a Taxing Jurisdiction, other than a connection related solely to purchase or ownership of Preferred Shares;
(ii) the amount of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is payable only because the Holder or beneficial owner presented the Preferred Shares for payment more than 30 days after the date on which the relevant payment becomes due or was provided for, whichever is later;
(iii) any estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, excise, personal property or similar tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge;
(iv) the amount of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed or withheld due to the Holder or beneficial owner of the Preferred Shares failing to accurately comply with a request from the Company for any certification, identification or other reporting requirement concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection of the Holder or beneficial owner of the Preferred Shares with the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction if compliance is required by law, regulation or an applicable income tax treaty, as a precondition to exemption from, or reduction in the rate of, such tax, assessment or other governmental charge;
(v) the amount of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge payable otherwise than by deduction or withholding from payments on or with respect to the Preferred Shares;
(vi) any taxes payable under Sections 1471-1474 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, as of the Initial Issue Date (or any amended or successor version), any regulations or official interpretations thereof, any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection therewith, or any law or regulation adopted pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement between a non-U.S. jurisdiction and the United States with respect to the foregoing or any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of such Code;
(vii) any payment to any Holder or beneficial owner of Preferred Shares that is a fiduciary or partnership or a Person other than the sole beneficial owner of any such payment, to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary, a member of such a partnership or the beneficial owner of the payment would not have been entitled to the additional amounts had the beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the holder of the Preferred Shares;
(viii) any withholding or deduction that is imposed on a payment to or for the benefit of an individual and required to be made pursuant to the European Council Directive 2014/48/EU (as amended from time to time) or any law implementing or complying with or introduced in order to conform to such Directive; or
(ix) any combination of the withholdings, taxes, assessments or other governmental charges described in clauses (i) through (viii) above.
SECTION 15. Transfer Agent, Registrar, and Conversion and Dividend Disbursing Agent. On or prior to the Initial Issue Date, the Company shall appoint a duly appointed Transfer Agent and Registrar for the Preferred Shares and a Conversion and Dividend Disbursing Agent for the Preferred Shares. Upon any removal of the Transfer Agent, Registrar or Conversion and Dividend Disbursing Agent in accordance with the Company's agreements with such Persons, the Company shall appoint a successor transfer agent, registrar or conversion and dividend disbursing agent, as the case may be, who shall accept such appointment prior to the effectiveness of such removal. Upon any such removal or appointment, the Company shall send notice thereof by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holders.
SECTION 16. Record Holders. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company and the Transfer Agent may deem and treat the Holder of any Preferred Share as the true and lawful owner thereof for all purposes.
SECTION 17. Notices. All notices or communications in respect of the Preferred Shares shall be sufficiently given if given in writing and delivered in person or by first class mail, postage prepaid, or if given in such other manner as may be permitted in the Articles of Association and by applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Preferred Shares are represented by Global Preferred Shares, such notices may also be given to the Holders in any manner permitted by DTC or any similar facility used for the settlement of transactions in the Preferred Shares.
SECTION 18. No Sinking Fund. The Preferred Shares shall not be subject to any redemption, sinking fund or other similar provisions.
SECTION 19. Other Rights. Without derogating the provisions of Article 8A, the Preferred Shares shall not have any rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth in the Articles of Association or as provided by applicable law.
(a) The Preferred Shares shall initially be represented by share certificates. On or prior to the Initial Issue Date, the Board of Directors shall cause a form of share certificate for the Preferred Shares to be prepared, containing the final terms of the Preferred Shares as contemplated by and in accordance with this Exhibit A, including: Discount Rate, Dividend Payment Dates, Dividend Rate, Floor Price, Fundamental Change Conversion Rate, Mandatory Conversion Date, Maximum Conversion Rate, Record Dates and Threshold Appreciation Price.
(b) Share certificates representing the Preferred Shares shall be signed in accordance with the Articles of Association.
(c) A share certificate representing the Preferred Shares shall not be valid until manually countersigned by an authorized signatory of the Transfer Agent and Registrar. Each share certificate representing the Preferred Shares shall be dated the date of its countersignature.
(d) If any officer of the Company who has signed a share certificate no longer holds that office at the time the Transfer Agent and Registrar countersigns the share certificate, the share certificate shall be valid nonetheless.
(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 14, the Company may at its option issue Preferred Shares without certificates under the circumstances specified in Section 22(d).
(a) Without derogating from the provisions of Article 15, if physical certificates are issued, and any of the Preferred Shares certificates shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall, at the expense of the Holder, issue, in exchange and in substitution for and upon cancellation of the mutilated Preferred Shares certificate, or in lieu of and substitution for the Preferred Shares certificate lost, stolen or destroyed, a new Preferred Shares certificate of like tenor and representing an equivalent number of Preferred Shares, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such Preferred Shares certificate and indemnity, if requested, reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Transfer Agent.
(b) The Company is not required to issue any certificate representing the Preferred Shares on or after the Mandatory Conversion Date. In lieu of the delivery of a replacement certificate following the Mandatory Conversion Date, the Transfer Agent, upon delivery of the evidence and indemnity described above, shall deliver the ADSs issuable and any cash deliverable pursuant to the terms of the Preferred Shares formerly evidenced by the certificate.
(a) The Preferred Shares shall be issued in global form ("Global Preferred Shares") eligible for book-entry settlement with the Depositary, represented by one or more share certificates in global form registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary bearing the form of global securities legend set forth in the form of share certificate prepared pursuant to Section 20(a) hereof. The aggregate number of Preferred Shares represented by each share certificate representing Global Preferred Shares may from time to time be increased or decreased by a notation by the Registrar and Transfer Agent on a schedule attached to the share certificate.
(b) Members of, or participants in, the Depositary ("Agent Members") shall have no rights under this Exhibit A, with respect to any Global Preferred Shares, and the Depositary shall be treated by the Company, the Registrar and any agent of the Company or the Registrar as the sole Holder of the Preferred Shares held as Global Preferred Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Registrar or any agent of the Company or the Registrar from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices of the Depositary governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of a beneficial interest in any Preferred Shares. The Holders may grant proxies or otherwise authorize any Person to take any action that a Holder is entitled to take pursuant to the Preferred Shares or the Articles of Association.
(c) Transfers of a Global Preferred Share shall be limited to transfers of such Global Preferred Share in whole, but not in part, to nominees of the Depositary or to a successor of the Depositary or such successor's nominee.
(d) If DTC is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Global Preferred Shares or DTC ceases to be registered as a "clearing agency" under the Exchange Act, and in either case a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days, the Company shall issue certificated shares in exchange for the Global Preferred Shares or otherwise provide for alternate book-entry arrangements with respect to the Preferred Shares. In any such case, the Global Preferred Shares shall be exchanged in whole for definitive share certificates in substantially the form of the form of share certificate prepared pursuant to Section 20(a) hereof representing an equal aggregate number of Preferred Shares or otherwise exchanged pursuant to such alternate book-entry arrangements providing for beneficial interests of an equal aggregate number of Preferred Shares. If definitive share certificates are issued pursuant to this Section 22(d), such definitive share certificates shall be registered in the name or names of the Person or Persons specified by DTC in a written instrument to the Registrar.
(a) The Company shall pay any and all stock transfer and documentary stamp taxes that may be payable in respect of any issuance or delivery of Preferred Shares or ADSs or other securities issued on account of Preferred Shares pursuant hereto or certificates representing such shares or securities. The Company shall not, however, be required to pay any such tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of ADSs or other securities in a name other than that in which the Preferred Shares with respect to which such shares or other securities are issued or delivered were registered, and shall not be required to make any such issuance or delivery unless and until the Person otherwise entitled to such issuance or delivery has paid to the Company the amount of any such tax or has established, to the satisfaction of the Company, that such tax has been paid or is not payable.
(b) The Liquidation Preference and the Dividend Rate each shall be subject to equitable adjustment whenever there shall occur a stock split, combination, reclassification or other similar event involving the Preferred Shares. Such adjustments shall be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors and submitted by the Board of Directors to the Transfer Agent.
(c) If any difficulties arise with respect to the implementation or application of this Exhibit A, or if any event or contingency occurs as to which the provisions of this Exhibit A are not strictly applicable or if the strict application would not fairly protect the rights of the Holders or the Company, as applicable, in accordance with the essential intent and principles set forth herein, then the Board of Directors shall on or prior to the Initial Issue Date be authorized to take such actions as it may deem reasonably necessary to resolve such difficulties or to implement or apply this Exhibit A (or otherwise interpret this Exhibit A), in accordance with such essential intent and principles.
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A Limited Liability Company
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| A. INTRODUCTION | 3 |
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| Interpretation | 3 |
| Objectives and Purpose of the Company | 3 |
| Limitation of Liability | 4 |
| B. CAPITAL OF THE COMPANY | 4 |
| Capital Structure | 4 |
| Share Certificates | 4 |
| Transfer and Endorsement of Shares | 5 |
| Bearer Share Warrants | 6 |
| Increase and Issue of the Registered Capital | 6 |
| Change of the Registered Capital | 7 |
| C. GENERAL MEETINGS | 7 |
| Deliberations at General Meetings | 7 |
| Votes by the Shareholders | 9 |
| D. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS | 11 |
| Appointment and Retirement from Office | 11 |
| Remuneration of Directors | 12 |
| Powers and Duties of the Board of Directors | 13 |
| Operations of the Board of Directors | 13 |
| Committees of the Board of Directors | 14 |
| Audit Committee | 14 |
| Signature and Minutes | 14 |
| Director-Emeritus | 15 |
| E. CEO | 15 |
| F. DIVIDEND, RESERVE FUND AND CAPITALIZATION | 15 |
| Dividend | 15 |
| Reserve Fund | 16 |
| Capitalization | 16 |
| G. AUDITING AND NOTICES | 17 |
| Auditing and Internal Auditor | 17 |
| Notices | 17 |
| H. EXEMPTION, INSURANCE AND INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS | 18 |
| I. MISCELLANEOUS | 19 |
| Amendment of the Articles of Association | 19 |
| Special Tender Offer | 19 |
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| Words | Interpretations |
|---|---|
| "the Company" | Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. |
| "the Companies Law" | The Companies Law, 5759-1999, and any other law which shall replace or amend it and which shall apply to the Company and be in force at the time in question. |
| "these Articles" | The Articles of Association of the Company, as they are set forth in this document or as they shall be in force from time to time. |
| "the Directors" | The Directors, or, in the case of fewer than two, the Director of the Company at the time in question. |
| "the Board of Directors" | The Board of Directors established pursuant to these Articles of Association. |
| "the Registered Office" | The registered office of the Company at any time. |
| "the Register" | The register of the shareholders in the Company, which must be maintained pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Law. |
| "month" | A Gregorian calendar month. |
| "year" | A Gregorian calendar year. |
| "CEO" | A General Manager pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Law. |
| "the Accountant" | An auditing accountant pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Law. |
| "Officer" | As per its definition in the Companies Law. |
| "the Securities Law" | The Securities Law, 5728-1968, or any other law which shall replace or amend it and which shall apply to the Company and be in force at the time in question. |
| "Additional Register" | As defined in Article 51 below. |
| "Annual Meetings" | As defined in Article 33 below. |
| "Special Meetings" | As defined in Article 33 below. |
| "Proposing Shareholder(s)" | As defined in Article 37 below. |
| "Proposal Request" | As defined in Article 37 below. |
| "Authorized Person" | As defined in Article 17 below. |
| "Three-Year Term" | As defined in Article 60 (c) below. |
| "Removed Director" | As defined in Article 64 (a) below. |
The Hebrew version of these Articles shall be the sole binding version.
Writing shall be deemed to include printing and lithography and any other means of setting down words in a visible form. Words which are in the singular form shall be deemed to include the plural form, and vice versa. Words which are in the masculine gender shall be deemed to include the feminine gender, and vice versa. Words which apply to individual persons shall be deemed to include incorporated entities, unless specified otherwise.
With the exception of that set forth above, the words and expressions in these Articles shall have the same meaning as that given to them in the Companies Law, unless they conflict with the content or the subject of that set forth in writing.
The Company is entitled to contribute a reasonable amount to a worthy cause, even if the contribution does not fall within the framework of its business objectives.
2,494,343,316 Ordinary Shares, nominal (par) value NIS 0.1 per share ("Ordinary Shares").
However, should the commission with regard to the shares be paid, or be payable, out of capital, the legal conditions and requirements concerning such payment shall be preserved and upheld. The commission may be paid in cash, in shares or in bonds of the Company, or by way of any two or of all three of said means.
Board of Directors from time to time), a number of certificates, each of which shall be issued with respect to one or more of the shares which are held by him or her. The Company shall issue the certificates with respect to fully paid-up shares within one month of the date of the issue thereof, or within one month of the date of receipt of the total consideration with respect thereto, or within one month of the date on which the Company shall have been provided, pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Law and of these Articles, with the certificate of transfer of the fully paid-up shares with respect to which the share certificate is requested. Each share certificate shall designate the numbers of the shares with respect to which it was issued.
The transferor shall be deemed to be the holder of a transferred share until the name of the transferee shall have been registered in the Register with regard to said share. With regard to shares which are registered in an Additional Register, a certificate of transfer may be drawn up in the form, and may be signed in the manner, which shall be permitted or customary, according to the Companies Law or prevailing procedure, in the country in which the Additional Register is maintained.
Any person or entity that has become entitled to a share as the result of the death or bankruptcy of a shareholder shall also be entitled to the same dividends and other rights to which said person or entity would have been entitled, had said person or entity been the registered holder of said share. However, prior to being registered as a shareholder, said person or entity shall not be entitled, with respect to said share, to benefit from any right which is granted to shareholders with regard to General Meetings of shareholders in the Company.
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The Proposal Request shall set forth (i) the name, business address, telephone number and fax number or email address of the Proposing Shareholder (or each Proposing Shareholder, as the case may be) and, if an entity, the name(s) of the person(s) that controls or manages such entity, (ii) the number of Ordinary Shares held by the Proposing Shareholder, directly or indirectly, and, if any of such Ordinary Shares are held indirectly, an explanation of how they are held and by whom, and, if such Proposing Shareholder is not the holder of record of any such Ordinary Shares, a written statement from the holder of record or authorized bank, broker, depository or other nominee, as the case may be, indicating the number of Ordinary Shares the Proposing Shareholder is entitled to vote as of a date that is no more than ten (10) days prior to the date of receipt by the Company of the Proposal Request, (iii) any agreements, arrangements, understandings or relationships between the Proposing Shareholder and any other person with respect to any securities of the Company or the subject matter of the Proposal Request, (iv) the Proposing Shareholder's purpose in making the Proposal Request, (v) the complete text of the resolution that the Proposing Shareholder proposes to be voted upon at the General Meeting and, if the Proposing Shareholder wishes to have a statement in support of the Proposing Shareholder's proposal included in the Company's proxy statement, if provided or published, a copy of such statement, which shall not exceed 500 words, (vi) a statement signed by the Proposing Shareholder of whether the Proposing Shareholder has a personal interest in the proposal and, if so, a description in reasonable detail of such personal interest, (vii) if the proposal is to nominate a candidate for election to the Board of Directors at an Annual Meeting, the Proposal Request shall also include (A) a declaration signed by the nominee and any other information required under the Companies Law, (B) to the extent not otherwise provided in the Proposal Request, information in respect of the nominee as would be provided in response to the applicable disclosure requirements in Israel or abroad, including those of Item 6A (directors and senior management), Item 6E (share ownership) and Item 7B (related party transactions) of Form 20-F of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, to the extent applicable, (C) a representation made by the nominee of whether the nominee meets the objective criteria for an independent director and/or external director of the Company under the Companies Law and/or under any applicable law, regulation or stock exchange rules, in Israel or abroad, and if not, then an explanation of why not, (D) details of all relationships and understandings between the Proposing Shareholder and the nominee, and (E) a statement signed by the nominee that he or she consents to be named in the Company's notices and proxy materials relating to the General Meeting, if provided or published, and, if elected, to serve on the Board of Directors, and (viii) any other information required at the time of submission of the Proposal Request by applicable law, regulations or stock exchange rules, in Israel or abroad. In addition, the Proposing Shareholder shall promptly provide any other information reasonably requested by the Company. The Company shall be entitled to publish any information provided by a Proposing Shareholder pursuant to this Article 37 (b), and the Proposing Shareholder shall be responsible for the accuracy thereof. The parenthetical regulation headings contained in this Article 37 (b) are for convenience only and shall not be deemed a part hereof or used to limit the scope of disclosure required by this Article 37 (b). References in this Article 37 (b) to particular laws, regulations or rules shall be deemed to apply to such amended, successor or other similar laws, regulations or rules as shall apply to the Company and be in effect from time to time.
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has been demanded as stated above, the announcement by the Chair that the resolution has been adopted, or has been adopted unanimously or by a certain majority, or has been rejected, or has not been adopted by a certain majority, and a comment registered to that effect in the minutes kept by the Company, shall constitute prima facie evidence thereof, and there shall be no need to prove the number of votes or the relative quota of votes in favor or against said resolution.
I, the undersigned, of , in my capacity as a shareholder of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, do hereby vote in writing, with ordinary shares which are registered in my name, at the General Meeting of shareholders in the Company which shall take place on the day of the month of in the year and at any adjourned meeting, with regard to the proposed resolutions which are set forth below, as follows:
Signed this day, the day of the month of in the year ."
Should this not be done, the document as set forth above shall not be valid unless otherwise decided by the Chair of the Meeting.
I, the undersigned, of , in my capacity as a shareholder of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, do hereby appoint of as my proxy, to vote in my name and in my stead, at the General Meeting of shareholders in the Company which shall take place on the day of the month of in the year and at any adjourned meeting.
Signed this day, the day of the month of in the year , "
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Should the Board of Directors not determine the term of office of the CEO as a Board Member, such CEO shall serve as a member of the Board until the next annual meeting and may be re-appointed.

Should the Chair of the Board of Directors fail to convene a session of the Board of Directors within 21 days of the date on which a demand was presented to him or her by any person entitled to present a demand as stated above (hereinafter: the "Demanding Party"), or within 21 days of the date on which he or she shall have been demanded to do so pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Law, any one of the Demanding Parties shall be entitled to convene a session of the Board of Directors pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Law.
To preclude all doubt, the Board of Directors is entitled to transfer its power to authorize a transaction which is not an extraordinary transaction which complies with that set forth in Section 270 (1) of the Companies Law, to a Committee of the Board of Directors.
The minutes of any such session, provided that they shall be seen to have been signed by the Chair of that session or by the Chair of the subsequent session of the same entity, shall be deemed to constitute prima facie evidence of the correctness of all of the matters set forth therein.
as a result of the issue of the bonus shares, had they exploited their Rights prior to the date of record which sets forth the right to receive bonus shares, including the right to fractions of shares, and, in the case of a second or additional distribution of bonus shares including eligibility which results from any prior distribution of bonus shares.
(2) In any case in which the Company shall issue new shares and/or, in lieu of such issue, shall cause its subsidiary to transfer existing shares in the Company which are held by said subsidiary, as a result of the exploitation of said Rights by the persons entitled thereto, in cases where the Board of Directors implemented a transfer to the Special Fund with respect to those Rights pursuant to subsection (1) above, the Company shall issue to any such holder, in addition to the shares to which he or she is entitled as a result of the exploitation of his or her Rights, a number of fully paid-up shares whose total par value shall be equal to the amount which was transferred to the Special Fund in respect of his or her Rights. This shall be done by means of capitalization of an appropriate amount from the Special Fund, and the Board of Directors shall be entitled to decide, at its sole discretion, on the manner of handling the Rights to fractions of shares.
(3) Following any transfer to the Special Fund, should the Rights expire, or should the period set forth for exploitation of the Rights with regard to which the transfer was implemented come to an end, before said Rights have been exploited, any amount which was transferred to the Special Fund with regard to the aforementioned unexploited Rights shall be released from the Special Fund, and the Company shall be entitled to handle any amount which shall be so released in any manner in which it would have been entitled to handle said amount, had it not been transferred to the Special Fund.


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