CUSIP No. Y27183105
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NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
CMA CGM S.A.
I.R.S. No. 00-0000000
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CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) ☒
(b) ☐
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SEC USE ONLY
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SOURCE OF FUNDS
OO
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CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) ☐
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CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
France
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NUMBER
OF SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
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7
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SOLE VOTING POWER
0
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8
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SHARED VOTING POWER
3,051,587 (1)
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9
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SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
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10
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SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
3,051,587 (1)
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AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
3,051,587 (1)
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CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES ☐
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PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
8.3% (2)
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TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
CO
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(1)
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CMA CGM S.A. (“CMA CGM”), a French company, directly holds 3,051,587 of Global Ship Lease, Inc.’s (the “Issuer”) Class A Common Shares. CMA CGM is controlled
by Merit France SAS (“Merit”). Accordingly, Merit may be deemed to exercise voting and investment power over all securities of the Issuer held by CMA CGM and thus may be deemed to beneficially own such
securities.
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(2)
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The calculation of the foregoing percentage is based on an aggregate of 36,911,395 Class A Common Shares outstanding as of April 4, 2022, as disclosed in the Form S-8 Registration Statement filed by the Issuer with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 4, 2022.
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CUSIP No. Y27183105
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NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
Merit France SAS
I.R.S. No. 00-0000000
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CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) ☒
(b) ☐
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SEC USE ONLY
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SOURCE OF FUNDS
AF
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CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) ☐
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CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
France
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NUMBER
OF SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
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7
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SOLE VOTING POWER
0
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8
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SHARED VOTING POWER
3,051,587 (1)
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9
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SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
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10
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SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
3,051,587 (1)
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AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
3,051,587 (1)
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CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES ☐
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PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
8.3% (2)
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TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
CO
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(1)
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CMA CGM, a French company, directly holds 3,051,587 of the Issuer’s Class A Common Shares. CMA CGM is controlled by Merit. Accordingly, Merit may be deemed to exercise voting and investment power over all securities of the Issuer held by
CMA CGM and thus may be deemed to beneficially own such securities.
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(2)
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The calculation of the foregoing percentage is based on an aggregate of 36,911,395 Class A Common Shares outstanding as of April 4, 2022, as disclosed in the Form S-8 Registration Statement filed by the Issuer with the SEC on April 4,
2022.
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CUSIP No. Y27183105
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CUSIP No. Y27183105
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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99.5
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Power of Attorney, dated as of May 24, 2022.
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99.6
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Power of Attorney, dated as of May 9, 2022
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99.7
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Master Confirmation, dated as of May 25, 2022, by and between CMA CGM and Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE.
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CMA CGM S.A.
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By: Rodolphe Saadé, Chief Executive Officer
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By:
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/s/ Michel Sirat
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Name: Michel Sirat
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Title: Attorney-in Fact
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MERIT FRANCE SAS
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By: Rodolphe Saadé, Legal Representative
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By:
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/s/ Nicolas Reynard
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Name: Nicolas Reynard
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Title: Attorney-in Fact
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Name,
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Principal Business Address
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Name of Employer
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Present Principal Occupation
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Citizenship
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Rodolphe Saadé
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c/o CMA CGM 4 quai d’Arenc 13002 Marseille, France
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CMA CGM S.A.
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Chief Executive Officer
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France
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MERIT FRANCE SAS
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By: /s/ Rodolphe Saadé
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Name: Rodolphe Saadé
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Title: Legal Representative
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Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE | Marienturm | Taunusanlage 9-10 | 60329 Frankfurt am Main
Tel: +49 (0)69 7 532-1000
Registered in Germany HRB 91313 | Registered Office As Above
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To:
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CMA CGM S.A.
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A/C:
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035385319
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From:
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Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE
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Re:
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Variable Price Forward Sale Transaction
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Ref. No:
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[Insert Reference Number]
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Date:
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May 25, 2022
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Trade Date: |
May 25, 2022
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Seller: |
Counterparty
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Buyer: |
GS
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Shares: |
Class A common shares, par value $0.01 per share, of the Issuer (Ticker: GSL)
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Issuer: |
Global Ship Lease, Inc.
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Number of Shares: |
3,051,587
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Initial Share Sale: |
On or prior to the Initial Share Settlement Date, Counterparty shall sell, convey, transfer, assign and deliver to GS a number of Shares equal to the Number of Shares (the “Purchased Shares”). The
parties agree and acknowledge that GS shall not be obligated to make any payment to Counterparty on the Initial Share Settlement Date in respect of the delivery of the Purchased Shares to GS, and that GS’s obligation to pay the Forward Cash
Settlement Amount to Counterparty on the Final Settlement Date shall constitute good and valuable consideration for such purchase and sale of the Purchased Shares on the Initial Share Settlement Date.
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Counterparty shall be deemed to represent to GS on the Initial Share Settlement Date and any other day on which Shares are delivered to GS by Counterparty that all of the representations set forth in Section 9.11 of the Equity
Definitions shall be true and correct with respect to the delivery of Purchased Shares to GS other than with respect to any Permitted Transfer Restrictions (as defined below). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Purchased
Shares shall be delivered to GS in book-entry form (which are registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company’s (the “DTC”) nominee, maintained in the form of book entries on the books of DTC
and allowed to be settled through DTC’s regular book-entry settlement services) without any restrictive legend.
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Initial Share Settlement Date: |
May 27, 2022
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Permitted Transfer Restrictions: |
Transfer restrictions on the Purchased Shares on account of the fact that Counterparty is an “affiliate” of Issuer within the meaning of Rule 144 (“Rule 144”) under the U.S. Securities Act of
1933, as amended (“Securities Act”) and on account of the fact that the Purchased Shares are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144, with a holding period for purposes of Rule 144(d)
that began no later than one year prior to the Trade Date.
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Early Unwind: |
If Counterparty has been unable to deliver the full number of Purchased Shares by 4:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the Initial Share Settlement Date, Counterparty shall deliver the remaining Purchased Shares by 4:00 P.M. (New York City
time) on the fourth Exchange Business Day after the Initial Share Settlement Date (the “Initial Delivery Longstop Deadline”). If fewer than all of the Purchased Shares have been delivered to GS by
the Initial Delivery Longstop Deadline, the Transaction shall automatically terminate as of such time with respect to the Purchased Shares that have not been delivered by the Initial Delivery Longstop Deadline (such terminated portion of
the Transaction, the “Terminated Portion”) and the Calculation Agent shall adjust the Number of Shares and any other relevant terms accordingly. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Confirmation, (a) the Calculation Period Start Date shall be postponed to the later of (i) the date on which Counterparty has delivered all of the Purchased Shares to GS and (ii) the date of termination, if any, of a partially Terminated
Portion; and (b) if the Calculation Period Start Date is postponed under clause (a), then the Scheduled Valuation Date and the First Acceleration Date shall each be postponed by the same number of days as the Calculation Period Start Date.
Upon any termination under this paragraph, the Terminated Portion and all of the respective rights and obligations of GS and Counterparty hereunder with respect to the Terminated Portion shall be cancelled and terminated. Following such
termination and cancellation, each party shall be released and discharged by the other party from, and agrees not to make any claim against the other party with respect to, any obligations or liabilities of either party arising out of, and
to be performed in connection with, the Terminated Portion either prior to or after the Initial Share Settlement Date. GS and Counterparty represent and acknowledge to the other that upon the occurrence of the termination contemplated by
this paragraph all obligations with respect to the Terminated Portion shall be deemed fully and finally discharged.
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Prepayment: |
Not Applicable
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Variable Obligation: |
Not Applicable
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Forward Price: |
The arithmetic average of the VWAP Prices for the Valid Days in the Calculation Period, subject to “Valuation Disruption” below.
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Premium Amount: |
As specified in Annex A
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VWAP Price: |
For any Exchange Business Day, the per Share volume-weighted average price for the regular trading session (without regard to pre-open or after hours trading outside of such regular trading session) as displayed under the heading
“Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page “GSL US <Equity> AQR” (or any successor thereto) at 4:15 P.M. New York time (or 15 minutes following the end of any extension of the regular trading session) on such Exchange Business Day or, if such
volume-weighted average price is unavailable for any reason or is, in the Calculation Agent’s reasonable discretion, erroneous, the market value of one Share on such Exchange Business Day, as determined by the Calculation Agent using a
volume-weighted method.
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Settlement Currency: |
USD
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Exchange: |
The New York Stock Exchange
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Related Exchange: |
All Exchanges
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Valuation Time: |
As provided in Section 6.1 of the Equity Definitions
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Valuation Date: |
The Scheduled Valuation Date; provided that GS shall have the right to designate any Scheduled Trading Day on or after the First Acceleration Date to be the Valuation Date (the “Accelerated Valuation Date”) by delivering notice to Counterparty of any such designation prior to 11:59 P.M. New York City time on the Exchange Business Day immediately following the designated
Accelerated Valuation Date.
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Calculation Period: |
The period from and including the Calculation Period Start Date to and including the Valuation Date.
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Calculation Period Start Date: |
As specified in Annex A
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Scheduled Valuation Date: |
As specified in Annex A
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First Acceleration Date: |
As specified in Annex A
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Valuation Disruption: |
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Equity Definitions, to the extent that a Disrupted Day occurs during the Calculation Period, the Calculation Agent may, in its good faith and commercially reasonable discretion, postpone
the Scheduled Valuation Date. If any such Disrupted Day is a Disrupted Day because of a Market Disruption Event (or a deemed Market Disruption Event as provided herein), the Calculation Agent shall determine whether (i) such Disrupted
Day is a Disrupted Day in full, in which case the VWAP Price for such Disrupted Day shall not be included for purposes of determining the Forward Price, or (ii) such Disrupted Day is a Disrupted Day only in part, in which case the VWAP
Price for such Disrupted Day shall be determined by the Calculation Agent based on transactions in the Shares on such Disrupted Day taking into account the nature and duration of the relevant Market Disruption Event, and the weighting of
the VWAP Price for the relevant Valid Days during the Calculation Period shall be adjusted in a commercially reasonable manner by the Calculation Agent for purposes of determining the Forward Price, with such adjustments based on, among
other factors, the duration of any Market Disruption Event and the volume, historical trading patterns and price of the Shares. Any Scheduled Trading Day on which the Exchange is scheduled to close prior to its normal close of trading
shall be deemed to be a Disrupted Day in full.
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If a Disrupted Day occurs during the Calculation Period and each of the nine immediately following Scheduled Trading Days is a Disrupted Day (a “Disruption Event”), then the Calculation Agent,
in its good faith and commercially reasonable discretion, may deem such Disruption Event (and each consecutive Disrupted Day thereafter) to be either (x) a Potential Adjustment Event or (y) an Additional Termination Event, with
Counterparty as the sole Affected Party and the Transaction as the sole Affected Transaction.
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The definition of “Market Disruption Event” in Section 6.3(a) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the words “at any time during the one-hour period that ends at the relevant Valuation Time, Latest Exercise Time,
Knock-in Valuation Time or Knock-out Valuation Time, as the case may be” and inserting the words “at any time on any Scheduled Trading Day during the Calculation Period” after the word “material,” in the third line thereof.
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Section 6.3(d) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the remainder of the provision following the term “Scheduled Closing Time” in the fourth line thereof.
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Valid Day: |
Each Exchange Business Day during the Calculation Period.
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Cash Settlement: |
Applicable; provided that notwithstanding Section 8.4(a) of the Equity Definitions, GS shall pay to Counterparty an amount equal to the Forward Cash Settlement Amount on the Final Settlement
Date.
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Forward Cash Settlement Amount: |
An amount determined by the Calculation Agent equal to the product of (i)(A) the Forward Price plus (B) the Premium Amount and (ii) the Number of Shares as of the Final Settlement Date.
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Final Settlement Date: |
In the case of an Acceleration Valuation Date, the date that is one Settlement Cycle immediately following the date on which GS delivers the notice described in “Valuation Date”, and in the case of the Scheduled Valuation Date, the date
that is one Settlement Cycle after the Valuation Date.
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Potential Adjustment Event: |
In addition to the events described in Section 11.2(e) of the Equity Definitions, it shall constitute an additional Potential Adjustment Event if (x) the Scheduled Valuation Date is postponed pursuant to “Valuation Disruption” above,
(y) a Regulatory Disruption as described in Section 8 occurs or (z) a Disruption Event occurs.
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Method of Adjustment: |
Calculation Agent Adjustment; provided, however, that the Equity Definitions shall be amended by replacing the words “diluting or concentrative” in
Sections 11.2(a), 11.2(c) (in two instances) and 11.2(e)(vii) with the word “material” and by adding the words “or the Transaction” after the words “theoretical value of the relevant Shares” in Sections 11.2(a), 11.2(c) and 11.2(e)(vii);
and provided further that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Equity Definitions, adjustments may be made in respect of any Potential Adjustment Event to account for changes in
volatility, expected dividends, stock loan rate and liquidity relative to the relevant Share or the Transaction.
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New Shares: |
In the definition of “New Shares” in Section 12.1(i) of the Equity Definitions, the text in subsection (i) shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with: “publicly quoted, traded or listed on any of the New York Stock Exchange,
The Nasdaq Global Market or The Nasdaq Global Select Market (or their respective successors)”.
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Consequences of Merger Events:
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(a) Share-for-Share: |
Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment
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(b) Share-for-Other: |
Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment
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(c) Share-for-Combined: |
Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment
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Tender Offer |
Applicable
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Consequences of Tender Offers:
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(a) Share-for-Share: |
Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment
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(b) Share-for-Other: |
Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment
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(c) Share-for-Combined: |
Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment
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Composition of Combined Consideration: |
Not Applicable.
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Consequences of Announcement Events: |
Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment as set forth in Section 12.3(d) of the Equity Definitions; provided that, in respect of an Announcement Event, (x) references to “Tender Offer” shall be
replaced by references to “Announcement Event” and references to “Tender Offer Date” shall be replaced by references to “date of such Announcement Event”, (y) the word “shall” in the second line shall be replaced with “may (acting in a
reasonable and commercial manner)” and (z) for the avoidance of doubt, the Calculation Agent may determine (acting in a reasonable and commercial manner) whether the relevant Announcement Event has had an economic effect on the
Transaction (and, if so, adjust the terms of such Transaction accordingly) on one or more occasions on or after the date of the Announcement Event it being understood that any adjustment in respect of an Announcement Event shall take
into account any earlier adjustment relating to the same Announcement Event. An Announcement Event shall be an “Extraordinary Event” for purposes of the Equity Definitions, to which Article 12 of the Equity Definitions is applicable.
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Announcement Event: |
(i) The public announcement by any entity of (x) any transaction or event that, if completed, would constitute a Merger Event or Tender Offer, (y) any potential acquisition or disposition by Issuer and/or its subsidiaries where the
aggregate consideration exceeds 15% of the market capitalization of Issuer as of the date of such announcement (an “Acquisition Transaction”) or (z) the intention to enter into a Merger Event or
Tender Offer or an Acquisition Transaction, (ii) the public announcement by any entity of an intention to solicit or enter into, or to explore strategic alternatives or other similar undertaking that may include, a Merger Event or Tender
Offer or an Acquisition Transaction or (iii) any subsequent public announcement by any entity of a change to a transaction or intention that is the subject of an announcement of the type described in clause (i) or (ii) of this sentence
(including, without limitation, a new announcement, whether or not by the same party, relating to such a transaction or intention or the announcement of a withdrawal from, or the abandonment or discontinuation of, such a transaction or
intention), as determined by the Calculation Agent. For the avoidance of doubt, the occurrence of an Announcement Event with respect to any transaction or intention shall not preclude the occurrence of a later Announcement Event with
respect to such transaction or intention. For purposes of this definition of “Announcement Event,” the remainder of the definition of “Merger Event” in Section 12.1(b) of the Equity Definitions following the definition of “Reverse Merger”
therein shall be disregarded.
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Nationalization, Insolvency or Delisting: |
Cancellation and Payment; provided that in addition to the provisions of Section 12.6(a)(iii) of the Equity Definitions, it shall also constitute a Delisting if the Exchange is located in the
United States and the Shares are not immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any of the New York Stock Exchange, The Nasdaq Global Market or The Nasdaq Global Select Market (or their respective successors) (and if the Shares are
immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any such exchange or quotation system, such exchange or quotation system shall be deemed to be the Exchange).
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(i) Change in Law:
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Applicable; provided that Section 12.9(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (i) replacing the phrase “the interpretation” in the third line thereof
with the phrase “, or public announcement of, the formal or informal interpretation”, (ii) by replacing the word “Shares” where it appears in clause (X) thereof with the words “Hedge Position”, (iii) adding the words “, or holding,
acquiring or disposing of Shares or any Hedge Positions relating to,” after the words “obligations under” in clause (Y) thereof and (iv) by immediately following the word “Transaction” in clause (X) thereof, adding the phrase “in the
manner contemplated by the Hedging Party on the Trade Date”; provided further that (i) any determination as to whether (A) the adoption of or any change in any applicable law or regulation
(including, for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation, (x) any tax law or (y) adoption or promulgation of new regulations authorized or mandated by existing statute) or (B) the promulgation of or any change in the interpretation
by any court, tribunal or regulatory authority with competent jurisdiction of any applicable law or regulation (including any action taken by a taxing authority), in each case, constitutes a “Change in Law” shall be made without regard
to Section 739 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (“Dodd-Frank”) or any similar legal certainty provision in any legislation enacted, or rule or regulation
promulgated, on or after the Trade Date, and (ii) Section 12.9(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by replacing the parenthetical beginning after the word “regulation” in the second line thereof the words “(including, for
the avoidance of doubt and without limitation, (x) any tax law or (y) adoption or promulgation of new regulations authorized or mandated by existing statute)”. Except as set forth above or in Section 12.8 of the Equity Definitions or
in Section 6(e) of the Agreement, Counterparty and GS agree that Counterparty shall not be liable for any economic risks, costs and expenses relating to any hedging or market activities in Issuer’s securities or the unwinding of GS’s
hedging activities in respect of the Transaction, and the Forward Price shall be determined as set forth above in this Section 2.
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(ii) Failure to Deliver:
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Not Applicable
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(iii) Insolvency Filing:
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Applicable; provided that the definition of “Insolvency Filing” in Section 12.9(a)(iv) of the Equity Definitions shall be amended by deleting the clause “provided that
proceedings instituted or petitions prevented by creditors and not consented to by the Issuer shall not be deemed an Insolvency Filing” at the end thereof and replacing it with the following: “or it has instituted against it a proceeding
seeking a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or any other relief under any bankruptcy or insolvency law or other similar law affecting creditors’ rights, or a petition is presented for its winding-up or liquidation by a creditor and
such proceeding is not dismissed, discharged, stayed or restrained in each case within fifteen days of the institution or presentation thereof.
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Determining Party:
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For all Extraordinary Events, GS
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Non-Reliance:
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Applicable
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Agreements and Acknowledgements Regarding Hedging Activities
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Applicable
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Additional Acknowledgements:
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Applicable
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Transfer:
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement, GS may assign, transfer and set over all rights, title and interest, powers, privileges and remedies of GS under the Transaction, in whole or in part, to an affiliate
of GS whose obligations are guaranteed by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. without the consent (but with the prior notice to ) of Counterparty to the extent such transfer (i) is not made to an entity located in a non-cooperative
jurisdiction as defined under article 238-0 A of the French Tax code and (ii) does not result in Counterparty being required to pay to the transferee an amount in respect of an Indemnifiable Tax under Section 2(d)(i)(4) of this
Agreement larger than the amount in respect of which Counterparty would have been required to pay to GS in the absence of such transfer and (B) the transferee will not, as a result of such transfer, be required to withhold or
deduct on account of an Indemnifiable Tax under Section 2(d)(i)(4) amounts in excess of that which GS would have been required to so withhold or deduct unless the transferee would be required to make additional payments pursuant
to Section 2(d)(i)(4) corresponding to such excess.
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Counterparty Payment Instructions:
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To be provided by Counterparty
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Account for Delivery of Shares to Counterparty:
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To be provided by Counterparty
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GS Payment Instructions:
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To be provided by GS
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Account for Delivery of Shares to GS:
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To be provided by GS
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Counterparty’s Contact Details for Purpose of Giving Notice:
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CMA CGM S.A.
4, Quai d’Arenc
Marseille Cedex 02 13235, France
Attention: Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel
A copy by email must be sent to each of the following:
HO.MSIRAT@cma-cgm.com
HO.GHECKETSWEILER@cma-cgm.com
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GS’s Contact Details for purpose of Giving Notice:
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Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE
Marienturm
Taunusanlage 9-10
D-60329 Frankfurt am Main
A copy by email must be sent to each of the following:
sebastian.plassmann@gs.com
alessandro.guicciardi@gs.com
andreas.ziehme@gs.com
David.sprake@gs.com
gs-otc-legal-london@gs.com.
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