EXHIBIT 1.1
STANDARD PACIFIC CORP.
$100,000,000
8-1/2% Senior Notes Due 2007
Underwriting Agreement
New York, New York
June 12, 1997
Salomon Brothers Inc
Xxxxxx, Read & Co. Inc.
Xxxxxxxxx, Lufkin & Xxxxxxxx
Securities Corporation
BancAmerica Securities, Inc.
c/o Salomon Brothers Inc
Seven Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Dear Sirs:
Standard Pacific Corp., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
proposes to sell to you, the underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the
"Underwriters"), $100,000,000 principal amount of its 8-1/2% Senior Notes Due
2007 (the "Securities"), to be issued under an indenture (the "Indenture") dated
as of April 1, 1992, between the Company and United States Trust Company of New
York, as trustee (the "Trustee").
1. Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and
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warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter as set forth below in this
Section 1. Certain terms used in this Section 1 are defined in paragraph (c)
hereof.
(a) If the offering of the Securities is a Delayed Offering (as
specified in Schedule I hereto), paragraph (i) below is applicable and, if
the offering of the Securities is a Non-Delayed Offering (as so specified),
paragraph (ii) below is applicable.
(i) The Company meets the requirements for the use of Form S-3
under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act") and has filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") a registration
statement (file number 33-45271) on such Form, including a basic
prospectus, for registration under the Act of the offering and sale of
the Securities. The Company may have filed one or more amendments
thereto, and may have used a Preliminary Final Prospectus, each of
which has previously been furnished to you. Such registration
statement, as so amended, has become effective. The
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offering of the Securities is a Delayed Offering and, although the
Basic Prospectus may not include all the information with respect to
the Securities and the offering thereof required by the Act and the
rules thereunder to be included in the Final Prospectus, the Basic
Prospectus includes all such information required by the Act and the
rules thereunder to be included therein as of the Effective Date. The
Company will next file with the Commission pursuant to Rules 415 and
424(b)(2) and (5) a final supplement to the form of prospectus
included in such registration statement relating to the Securities and
the offering thereof. As filed, such final prospectus supplement shall
include all required information with respect to the Securities and
the offering thereof and, except to the extent the Underwriters shall
agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive
respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or,
to the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only
such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that
contained in the Basic Prospectus and any Preliminary Final
Prospectus) as the Company has advised you, prior to the Execution
Time, will be included or made therein.
(ii) The Company meets the requirements for the use of Form S-3
under the Act and has filed with the Commission a registration
statement (the file number of which is set forth in Schedule I hereto)
on such Form, including a basic prospectus, for registration under the
Act of the offering and sale of the Securities. The Company may have
filed one or more amendments thereto, including a Preliminary Final
Prospectus, each of which has previously been furnished to you. The
Company will next file with the Commission either (x) a final
prospectus supplement relating to the Securities in accordance with
Rules 430A and 424(b)(1) or (4), or (y) prior to the effectiveness of
such registration statement, an amendment to such registration
statement, including the form of final prospectus supplement. In the
case of clause (x), the Company has included in such registration
statement, as amended at the Effective Date, all information (other
than Rule 430A Information) required by the Act and the rules
thereunder to be included in the Final Prospectus with respect to the
Securities and the offering thereof. As filed, such final prospectus
supplement or such amendment and form of final prospectus supplement
shall contain all other such required information, with respect to the
Securities and the offering thereof and, except to the extent the
Underwriters shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all
substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the
Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at the Execution Time,
shall contain only such specific
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additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the
Basic Prospectus and any Preliminary Final Prospectus) as the Company
has advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made
therein.
(b) On the Effective Date, the Registration Statement did or will, and
when the Final Prospectus is first filed (if required) in accordance with
Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus (and any
supplement thereto) will, comply in all material respects with the
applicable requirements of the Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(the "Exchange Act") and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Trust
Indenture Act") and the respective rules thereunder; on the Effective Date,
the Registration Statement did not or will not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not
misleading; on the Effective Date and on the Closing Date the Indenture did
or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Trust
Indenture Act and the rules thereunder; and, on the Effective Date, the
Final Prospectus, if not filed pursuant to Rule 424(b), did not or will
not, and on the date of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the
Closing Date, the Final Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto)
will not, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided, however, that the Company makes no representations or warranties
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as to (i) that part of the Registration Statement which shall constitute
the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) under the Trust
Indenture Act of the Trustee or (ii) the information contained in or
omitted from the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus (or any
supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with information
furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter
specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement or the Final
Prospectus (or any supplement thereto).
(c) The terms which follow, when used in this Agreement, shall have
the meanings indicated. The term "the Effective Date" shall mean each date
that the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment or
amendments thereto became or become effective and each date after the date
hereof on which a document incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement is filed. "Execution Time" shall mean the date and time that this
Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto. "Basic
Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus referred to in paragraph (a) above
contained in the Registration Statement at the Effective Date including, in
the case of a Non-Delayed Offering, any Preliminary Final Prospectus.
"Preliminary Final
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Prospectus" shall mean any preliminary prospectus supplement to the Basic
Prospectus which describes the Securities and the offering thereof and is
used prior to filing of the Final Prospectus. "Final Prospectus" shall mean
the prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that is first filed
pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the Execution Time, together with the Basic
Prospectus or, if, in the case of a Non-Delayed Offering, no filing
pursuant to Rule 424(b) is required, shall mean the form of final
prospectus relating to the Securities, including the Basic Prospectus,
included in the Registration Statement at the Effective Date. "Registration
Statement" shall mean the registration statement referred to in paragraph
(a) above, including incorporated documents, exhibits and financial
statements, as amended at the Execution Time (or, if not effective at the
Execution Time, in the form in which it shall become effective) and, in the
event any post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective prior to the
Closing Date (as hereinafter defined), shall also mean such registration
statement as so amended. Such term shall include any Rule 430A Information
deemed to be included therein at the Effective Date as provided by Rule
430A. "Rule 415", "Rule 424", "Rule 430A" and "Regulation S-K" refer to
such rules or regulation under the Act. "Rule 430A Information" means
information with respect to the Securities and the offering thereof
permitted to be omitted from the Registration Statement when it becomes
effective pursuant to Rule 430A. Any reference herein to the Registration
Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus or the
Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents
incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 which
were filed under the Exchange Act on or before the Effective Date of the
Registration Statement or the issue date of the Basic Prospectus, any
Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be;
and any reference herein to the terms "amend," amendment" or "supplement"
with respect to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any
Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to
refer to and include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act
after the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of
the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final
Prospectus, as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by
reference. A "Non-Delayed Offering" shall mean an offering of securities
which is intended to commence promptly after the effective date of a
registration statement, with the result that, pursuant to Rules 415 and
430A, all information (other than Rule 430A Information) with respect to
the securities so offered must be included in such registration statement
at the effective date thereof. A "Delayed Offering" shall mean an offering
of securities pursuant to Rule 415 which does not commence promptly after
the effective date of a registration statement, with the result that only
information required pursuant to Rule 415 need be included in such
registration
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statement at the effective date thereof with respect to the securities so
offered. Whether the offering of the Securities is a Non-Delayed Offering
or a Delayed Offering shall be set forth in Schedule I hereto.
2. Purchase and Sale. Subject to the terms and conditions and in
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reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Company
agrees to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and
not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the purchase price of 97.181% of
the principal amount of the Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter's
name in Schedule II hereto.
3. Delivery and Payment. Delivery of and payment for the Securities
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shall be made on the date and at the time specified in Schedule I hereto (or
such later date not later than five business days after such specified date as
the Underwriters shall designate), which date and time may be postponed by
agreement between the Underwriters and the Company or as provided in Section 8
hereof (such date and time of delivery and payment for the Securities being
herein called the "Closing Date"). Delivery of the Securities shall be made to
each Underwriter for their respective accounts against payment by each
Underwriter of the purchase price thereof to or upon the order of the Company by
certified or official bank check or checks or by wire transfer payable in same
day funds. Delivery of the Securities shall be made at such location as the
Underwriters shall reasonably designate at least one business day in advance of
the Closing Date and payment for the Securities shall be made a the office
specified in Schedule I hereto. Certificates for the Securities shall be
registered in such names and in such denominations as the Underwriters may
request no less than three full business days in advance of the Closing Date.
The Company agrees to have the Securities available for inspection,
checking and packaging by the Underwriters in New York, New York, not later than
1:00 PM on the business day prior to the Closing Date.
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4. Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters
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that:
(a) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration
Statement, if not effective at the Execution Time, and any amendment
thereto, to become effective. Prior to the termination of the offering of
the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration
Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary
Final Prospectus) to the Basic Prospectus unless the Company has furnished
you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such
proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. Subject to
the foregoing sentence, the Company will cause the Final Prospectus,
properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed with the
Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the
time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the
Underwriters of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the
Underwriters (i) when the Registration Statement, if not effective at the
Execution Time, and any amendment thereto, shall have become effective,
(ii) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), (iii) when, prior to
termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the
Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iv) of
any request by the Commission for any amendment of the Registration
Statement or supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional
information, (v) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the
institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (vi) of
the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the
suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any
jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such
purpose. The Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of
any such stop order and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the
withdrawal thereof.
(b) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is
required to be delivered under the Act, any event occurs as a result of
which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary
to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend
the Registration Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply
with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, the
Company promptly will (i) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to
the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 4, an amendment or
supplement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such
compliance
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and (ii) supply any supplemented Prospectus to you in such quantities as
you may reasonably request.
(c) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available
to its security holders and to the Underwriters an earnings statement or
statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the
provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 under the Act.
(d) The Company will furnish to the Underwriters and counsel for the
Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement
(including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the
Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery
of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act, as
many copies of each Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus
and any supplement thereto as the Underwriters may reasonably request. The
Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all
documents relating to the offering.
(e) The Company will arrange for the qualification of the Securities
for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriters may
designate, will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required
for the distribution of the Securities, and will arrange for the
determination of the legality of the securities for purchase by
institutional investors and will pay the fee of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc., if necessary, in connection with its review of
the offering.
(f) Until the business date set forth on Schedule I hereto, the
Company will not, without consent of the Underwriters, offer, sell or
contract to sell, or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, or
announce the offering of, any debt securities issued or guaranteed by the
Company (other than the Securities).
(g) The Company confirms as of the date hereof that it is in
compliance with all provisions of Section 1 of Laws of Florida, Chapter 92-
198, An Act Relating to Disclosure of Doing Business with Cuba, and the
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Company further agrees that if it commences engaging in business with the
government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba after
the date the Registration Statement became effective with the Securities
and Exchange Commission or with the Florida Department of Banking and
Finance (the "Department"), or if the information reported in the Final
Prospectus, if any, concerning the Company's business with Cuba or with any
person or affiliate located in Cuba changes in any material way, the
Company will provide the Department notice of such business or change, as
appropriate, in a form acceptable to the Department.
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5. Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriters. The
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obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Securities shall be subject to
the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company
contained herein as of the Execution Time and the Closing Date, to the accuracy
of the statements of the Company made in any certificates pursuant to the
provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations
hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) The Registration Statement shall have become effective prior to
the Execution Time, and if filing of the Final Prospectus, or any
supplement thereto, is required pursuant to Rule 424(b), the Final
Prospectus, and any such supplement, will be filed in the manner and within
the time period required by Rule 424(b); and no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened.
(b) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriters the opinion
of Xxxxxx, Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Company, dated the Closing
Date, to the effect that:
(i) The Company and each of Standard Pacific Savings, F.A.
("Savings"), Panel Concepts, Inc., Standard Pacific of Texas, Inc.,
Standard Pacific of Orange County, Inc., and Standard Pacific of
Fullerton, Inc. (together, the "Subsidiaries ) have been duly
organized and are validly existing as corporations; the Company and
each of the Subsidiaries other than Savings (as to which no opinion
need be expressed) are in good standing under the laws of their
respective jurisdictions of organization, and are duly qualified to
transact business as foreign corporations and are in good standing
under the laws of each jurisdiction identified in a certificate of the
Company, executed by the President and the Vice President-Finance of
the Company, as being jurisdictions in which any of such entities owns
or leases property, maintains or has an office or is engaged in the
business of developing real property, building and selling homes or
constructing office furniture, except where the failure to be so
qualified would not result in material liability or disability to the
Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(ii) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries have the corporate
power to own or lease their respective properties and conduct their
respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement and
the Final Prospectus, and the Company has the corporate power to enter
into this Agreement and to carry out all the terms and provisions
hereof and thereof to be carried
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out by it;
(iii) The Company's authorized equity capitalization is as set
forth in the Final Prospectus, and the issued shares of capital stock
of each of the Subsidiaries have been duly authorized and validly
issued, are fully paid and nonassessable, and are owned of record by
the Company. To the best knowledge of such counsel, the issued shares
of capital stock of each of the Subsidiaries are owned beneficially by
the Company free and clear of any other security interests, liens,
encumbrances, equities or claims;
(iv) The Securities have been duly authorized for listing,
subject to official notice of issuance, on the New York Stock
Exchange, Inc.; to the best knowledge of such counsel, no holders of
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are entitled as
such to any preemptive or other rights to subscribe for any of the
Securities; and to the best knowledge of such counsel, no holders of
securities of the Company are entitled to have such securities
registered under the Registration Statement;
(v) The Indenture and the Securities conform in all material
respects to the descriptions thereof in the Final Prospectus;
(vi) The execution and delivery of this Agreement have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company and this
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company;
(vii) The Indenture has been duly and validly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Company, and constitutes the valid and
binding agreement of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its
terms, subject (A) to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy,
reorganization, insolvency, moratorium, arrangement and similar laws
of general application relating to or affecting creditors' rights,
including, without limitation, the effect of statutory or other law
regarding fraudulent conveyances, fraudulent transfers and
preferential transfers, and (B) to the limitations imposed by general
principles of equity (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding
at law or in equity);
(viii) The Securities are in the form contemplated by the
Indenture, have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary
corporate action and, when executed and authenticated as specified in
the Indenture and delivered against payment pursuant to this
Agreement, will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and will
be valid and binding obligations of
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the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject (A) to
the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency,
moratorium, arrangement and similar laws of general application
relating to or affecting creditors' rights, including, without
limitation, the effect of statutory or other law regarding fraudulent
conveyances, fraudulent transfers and preferential transfers, and (B)
to the limitations imposed by general principles of equity (regardless
of whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity); and the
purchase and sale of the Securities in accordance with the terms and
provisions of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated under this Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities
will not violate the provisions of Section 1 of Article XV of the
Constitution of the State of California;
(ix) The Indenture is duly qualified under the Trust Indenture
Act;
(x) To the best knowledge of such counsel, (A) no legal or
governmental proceedings are pending to which the Company or any of
its subsidiaries is a party or to which the property of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries is subject that are required to be described
in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus and are not
described therein and no such proceedings have been threatened against
the Company or any of its subsidiaries or with respect to any of their
respective properties, and (B) no contract or other document is
required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Final
Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement
that is not described therein or filed as required;
(xi) The issuance, offering and sale of the Securities to the
Underwriters by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, the compliance
by the Company with the other provisions of this Agreement and the
consummation of the other transactions herein and therein contemplated
do not (A) require the consent, approval, authorization, registration
or qualification of or with any governmental authority, except such as
have been obtained and such as may be required under state securities
or blue sky laws, or (B) conflict with or result in a breach or
violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a
default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease or other
agreement or instrument filed as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement or as an exhibit to a document incorporated by reference
into the Final Prospectus and to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or any of their respective properties are
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bound, or the charter documents or by-laws of the Company or any of
the Subsidiaries, or any statute or any judgment, decree, order, rule
or regulation of any court or other governmental authority or any
arbitrator known to such counsel and applicable to the Company or any
of the Subsidiaries;
(xii) The Registration Statement is effective under the Act; and
to the best knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective
amendment thereto and no order directed at any document incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement or the Final Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto has been issued, and no proceedings for that purpose have been
instituted or threatened by the Commission;
(xiii) The Registration Statement with respect to the
Securities, when declared effective, and the Final Prospectus (in each
case, including the documents incorporated by reference therein but
not including the financial statements and other financial and
statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel
need make no comment) comply as to form in all material respects with
the applicable requirements of the Act, the Exchange Act and the
respective rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder;
(xiv) The Company is a savings and loan holding company
registered under Section 10 of the Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933, as
amended; and
(xv) Savings is a member in good standing of The Federal Home
Loan Bank of San Francisco; Savings is operating as a Savings
Association Insurance Fund insured financial institution; and to the
best knowledge of such counsel without investigation of court records,
no proceedings for the termination or revocation of such insurance are
pending or threatened.
Such counsel shall also state that nothing has come to their attention
which causes them to believe that the Registration Statement, as of its
effective date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading or that the Final Prospectus, as of its date
or the date of such opinion, included or includes any untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading (except that no comment need be made concerning the
financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained
or incorporated by reference therein).
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In rendering any such opinion, such counsel may rely, as to matters of
fact, to the extent such counsel deems proper, on certificates of responsible
officers of the Company and public officials.
References to the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus in this
paragraph (b) shall include any amendment or supplement thereto at the date of
such opinion.
(c) The Underwriters shall have received from O'Melveny & Xxxxx LLP,
counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing
Date, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, the
Indenture, the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus (together with
any supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Underwriters may
reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel
such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass
upon such matters.
(d) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriters a certificate
of the Company, signed by the Chairman of the Board or the President and
the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the
Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have
carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus, any
supplement to the Final Prospectus and this Agreement and that:
(i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this
Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of
the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date
and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all
the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to
the Closing Date;
(ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that
purpose have been instituted or, to the Company's knowledge,
threatened; and
(iii) since the date of the most recent financial statements
included in the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement
thereto), there has been no material adverse change in the condition
(financial or other), earnings, business or properties of the Company
and its subsidiaries, whether or not arising from transactions in the
ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in
the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(e) At the Closing Date, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP shall have furnished to
the Underwriters a letter or letters,
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dated respectively as of the Execution Time and as of the Closing Date, in
form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters, confirming that they
are independent accountants within the meaning of the Act and the Exchange
Act and the respective applicable published rules and regulations
thereunder and stating in effect that:
(i) in their opinion the audited financial statements and
financial statement schedules and pro forma financial statements
included or incorporated in the Registration Statement and the Final
Prospectus and reported on by them comply in form in all material
respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and
the Exchange Act and the related published rules and regulations;
(ii) on the basis of a reading of the latest unaudited
financial statements made available by the Company and its
subsidiaries; their limited review in accordance with standards
established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
of the unaudited interim financial information as indicated in their
reports incorporated in the Registration Statement and the Final
Prospectus; carrying out certain specified procedures (but not an
examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards)
which would not necessarily reveal matters of significance with
respect to the comments set forth in such letter; a reading of the
minutes of the meetings of the stockholders, directors and committees
of the Company and the Subsidiaries; and inquiries of certain
officials of the Company who have responsibility for financial and
accounting matters of the Company and its subsidiaries as to
transactions and events subsequent to December 31, 1996, nothing came
to their attention which caused them to believe that:
(1) any unaudited financial statements included or
incorporated in the Registration Statement and the Final
Prospectus do not comply in form in all material respects with
applicable accounting requirements and with the published rules
and regulations of the Commission with respect to financial
statements included or incorporated in quarterly reports on Form
10-Q under the Exchange Act; and said unaudited financial
statements are not in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles applied on a basis substantially consistent
with that of the audited financial statements included or
incorporated in the Registration Statement and the Final
Prospectus; or
(2) with respect to the period subsequent to March 31,
1997, there were any changes, at a
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specified date not more than five business days prior to the date
of the letter, in the long-term debt of the Company and its
subsidiaries or capital stock of the Company or decreases in
consolidated stockholders' equity of the Company as compared with
the amounts shown on the March 31, 1997, consolidated balance
sheet included or incorporated in the Registration Statement and
the Final Prospectus, or for the period from April 1, 1997, to
such specified date there were any decreases, as compared with
the corresponding period in the preceding year in revenues for
homebuilding and corporate, homebuilding and corporate pretax
income, net income, net income per share from continuing
operations or net income per share of the Company and its
subsidiaries except in all instances for changes or decreases set
forth in such letter, in which case the letter shall be
accompanied by an explanation by the Company as to the
significance thereof unless said explanation is not deemed
necessary by the Underwriters;
(iii) they have performed certain other specified procedures as
a result of which they determined that certain information of an
accounting, financial or statistical nature (which is limited to
accounting, financial or statistical information derived from the
general accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries) set
forth in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus, agrees
with the accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries,
excluding any questions of legal interpretation; and
(iv) on the basis of a reading of the unaudited pro forma
financial statements included or incorporated in the Registration
Statement and the Final Prospectus (the "pro forma financial
statements"); carrying out certain specified procedures; inquiries of
certain officials of the Company who have responsibility for financial
and accounting matters; and proving the arithmetic accuracy of the
application of the pro forma adjustments to the historical amounts in
the pro forma financial statements, nothing came to their attention
which caused them to believe that the pro forma financial statements
do not comply in form in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements of Rule 11-02 of Regulation S-X or that the
pro forma adjustments have not been properly applied to the historical
amounts in the compilation of such statements.
References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (e) include any
supplement thereto at the date of the letter.
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In addition, except as provided in Schedule I hereto, at the Execution
Time, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP shall have furnished to the Underwriters a letter
or letters, dated as of the Execution Time, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Underwriters, to the effect set forth above.
(f) Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of
which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any
amendment thereof) and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement
thereto), there shall not have been (i) any change or decrease specified in
the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (e) of this Section 5 or
(ii) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or
affecting the business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries
the effect of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above,
is, in the judgment of the Underwriters, so material and adverse as to make
it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of
the Securities as contemplated by the Registration Statement (exclusive of
any amendment thereof) and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any
supplement thereto).
(g) Subsequent to the Execution Time, there shall not have been any
decrease in the rating of any of the Company's debt securities by any
"nationally recognized statistical rating organization" (as defined for
purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Act) or any notice given of any intended
or potential decrease in any such rating or of a possible change in any
such rating that does not indicate the direction of the possible change.
(h) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the
Underwriters such further information, certificates and documents as the
Underwriters may reasonably request.
If any of the conditions specified in this Section 5 shall not have
been fulfilled in all material respects when and as provided in this Agreement,
or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this
Agreement shall not be in all material respects reasonably satisfactory in form
and substance to the Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters, this
Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be canceled at,
or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Underwriters. Notice of such
cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing or by telephone or
telegraph confirmed in writing.
The documents required to be delivered by this Section 5 shall be
delivered at the office of O'Melveny & Xxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters,
at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, on the Closing
Date.
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6. Reimbursement of Underwriters' Expenses. If the sale of the
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Securities provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the
obligations of the Underwriters set forth in Section 5 hereof is not satisfied,
because of any termination pursuant to Section 9 hereof or because of any
refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any
agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof other than by reason of a
default by any of the Underwriters, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters
severally upon demand for all out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees
and disbursements of counsel) that shall have been incurred by them in
connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Securities.
7. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company agrees to
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indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees
and agents of each Underwriter and each person who controls any Underwriter
within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act against any and all
losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any
of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal or
state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out
of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the registration statement for the registration of
the Securities as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in any
preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, or in any amendment thereof or
supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and agrees to reimburse
each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any
such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the
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Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss,
claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made
therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to
the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for inclusion
therein. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which
the Company may otherwise have.
(b) Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signs the
Registration Statement, and each person who controls the Company within the
meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the
foregoing indemnity from the Company to each Underwriter, but only with
reference to written information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the
Company by or on behalf of such Underwriter specifically for inclusion in the
documents referred to in the foregoing
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indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which
any Underwriter may otherwise have. The Company acknowledges that the
statements set forth in the last paragraph of page S-2 and in the second, fifth
and last three sentences of the sixth paragraphs under the heading
"Underwriting" in the Final Prospectus constitute the only information furnished
in writing by or on behalf of the several Underwriters for inclusion in any
Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, and you, as the
Underwriters, confirm that such statements are correct.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section
7 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a
claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this
Section 7, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof;
but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from
liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it did not
otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the
indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any
event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified
party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b)
above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel of the
indemnifying party's choice at the indemnifying party's expense to represent the
indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which
case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and
expenses of any separate counsel retained by the indemnified party or parties
except as set forth below): provided, however, that such counsel shall be
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satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party's
election to appoint counsel to represent the indemnified party in an action, the
indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including
local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs
and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the
indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel
with a conflict of interest, (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or
targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the
indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded
that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified
parties which are different from or additional to those available to the
indemnifying party, (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel
satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within
a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action or (iv) the
indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate
counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. An indemnifying party will
not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or
compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending
or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which
indemnification or
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contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are
actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement,
compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified
party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding.
(d) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a) or (b)
of this Section 7 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an
indemnified party for any reason, the Company and the Underwriters agree to
contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or
defending same) (collectively "Losses") to which the Company and one or more of
the Underwriters may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
the relative benefits received by the Company and by the Underwriters from the
offering of the Securities; provided, however, that in no case shall any
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Underwriter (except as may be provided in any agreement among underwriters
relating to the offering of the Securities) be responsible for any amount in
excess of the underwriting discount or commission applicable to the Securities
purchased by such Underwriter hereunder. If the allocation provided by the
immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the Company and
the Underwriters shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the
Company and of the Underwriters in connection with the statements or omissions
which resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. Benefits received by the Company shall be deemed to be equal to
the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses), and
benefits received by the Underwriters shall be deemed to be equal to the total
underwriting discounts and commissions, in each case as set forth on the cover
page of the Final Prospectus. Relative fault shall be determined by reference
to whether any alleged untrue statement or omission relates to information
provided by the Company or the Underwriters. The Company and the Underwriters
agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by
pro rata allocation or any other method of allocation which does not take
account of the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this paragraph (d), no person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be
entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 7, each person who controls an
Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each
director, officer, employee and agent of an Underwriter shall have the same
rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each person who controls the
Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer
of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each
director of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the
Company, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this
paragraph (d).
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8. Default by an Underwriter. If any one or more Underwriters shall
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fail to purchase and pay for any of the Securities agreed to be purchased by
such Underwriter or Underwriters hereunder and such failure to purchase shall
constitute a default in the performance of its or their obligations under this
Agreement, the remaining Underwriters shall be obligated severally to take up
and pay for (in the respective proportions which the principal amount of
Securities set forth opposite their names in Schedule I hereto bears to the
aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of all the
remaining Underwriters) the Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase; provided, however, that in the event
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that the aggregate principal amount of Securities which the defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 10% of
the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth in Schedule I hereto, the
remaining Underwriters shall have the right to purchase all, but shall not be
under any obligation to purchase any, of the Securities, and if such
nondefaulting Underwriters do not purchase all the Securities, this Agreement
will terminate without liability to any nondefaulting Underwriter or the
Company. In the event of a default by any Underwriter as set forth in this
Section 8, the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding
seven days, as the Underwriters shall determine in order that the required
changes in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus or in any other
documents or arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained in this Agreement
shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its liability, if any, to the
Company and any nondefaulting Underwriter for damages occasioned by its default
hereunder.
9. Termination. This Agreement shall be subject to termination in
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the absolute discretion of the Underwriters, by notice given to the Company
prior to delivery of and payment for the Securities, if prior to such time (i)
trading in the Company's Common Stock shall have been suspended by the
Commission, New York Stock Exchange or the Pacific Stock Exchange or trading in
securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended or
limited or minimum prices shall have been established on such Exchange, (ii) a
banking moratorium shall have been declared either by Federal or New York State
authorities or (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of
hostilities, declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war or
other calamity or crisis the effect of which on financial markets is such as to
make it, in the judgment of the Underwriters, impracticable or inadvisable to
proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the
Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
10. Representations and Indemnities to Survive. The respective
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agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the
Company or its officers and of the Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to
this Agreement will
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remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on
behalf of any Underwriter or the Company or any of the officers, directors or
controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof, and will survive delivery
of and payment for the Securities. The provisions of Sections 6 and 7 hereof
shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement.
11. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and
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effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Underwriters, will be mailed,
delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to Salomon Brothers Inc. at Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, 00000; or, if sent to the Company, will be
mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it at 0000 Xxxx XxxXxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, attention of the legal department.
12. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be
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binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers
and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof, and no
other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
14. Applicable Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed
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in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon
this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement among the
Company and the several Underwriters.
Very truly yours,
STANDARD PACIFIC CORP.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President -
Finance, Treasurer and
Chief Financial
Officer
The foregoing Agreement is hereby
confirmed and accepted as of the
date first above written.
Salomon Brothers Inc
Xxxxxx, Read & Co. Inc.
Xxxxxxxxx, Lufkin & Xxxxxxxx
Securities Corporation
BancAmerica Securities, Inc.
By: Salomon Brothers Inc
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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SCHEDULE I
Underwriting Agreement dated June 12, 1997
Registration Statement No. 33-45271
Title, Purchase Price and Description of Securities:
Title: 8-1/2% Senior Notes Due 2007
Principal amount: $100,000,000
Purchase price (include accrued
interest or amortization, if any): 97.181%
Sinking fund provisions: None
Redemption provisions: See Prospectus Supplement,
dated June 12, 1997
Other provisions: See Prospectus Supplement,
dated June 12, 1997
Closing Date, Time and Location: June 17, 1997; 7:00 a.m., Los Angeles Time; at
the offices of O'Melveny & Xxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx
Type of Offering: Delayed Offering
Date referred to in Section 4(f) after which the Company may offer or sell debt
securities issued or guaranteed by the Company without the consent of the
Underwriters: September 10, 1997
Modification of items to be covered by the letter from Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP
delivered pursuant to Section 5(e) at the Execution Time: None
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SCHEDULE II
Underwriters Principal Amount
of Securities to
be Purchased
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Salomon Brothers Inc........... $ 55,000,000
Xxxxxx, Read & Co. Inc......... 20,000,000
Xxxxxxxxx, Lufkin & Xxxxxxxx,
Securities Corporation....... 20,000,000
BancAmerica Securities, Inc.... 5,000,000
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Total.......................... $100,000,000
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