Initial Purchasers See the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
Indemnification of the Initial Purchasers The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser, its affiliates, directors, officers and employees, and each person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense, as incurred, to which such Initial Purchaser, affiliate, director, officer, employee or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, or at common law or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company), insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Final Term Sheet, any Company Additional Written Communication or the Final Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and to reimburse each Initial Purchaser and each such affiliate, director, officer, employee or controlling person for any and all expenses (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Representatives) as such expenses are reasonably incurred by such Initial Purchaser or such affiliate, director, officer, employee or controlling person in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action; provided, however, that the foregoing indemnity agreement shall not apply, with respect to an Initial Purchaser, to any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense to the extent, but only to the extent, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Initial Purchaser through the Representatives expressly for use in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Final Term Sheet, any Company Additional Written Communication or the Final Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto). The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 8(a) shall be in addition to any liabilities that the Company may otherwise have.
Notice to the Underwriters The Depositor will advise the Underwriters promptly, and confirm such advice in writing, (i) when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective during the Prospectus Delivery Period; (ii) when any amendment or supplement to the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus has been filed; (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or the receipt of any comments from the Commission relating to the Registration Statement or any other request by the Commission for any additional information; (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose; (v) of the occurrence of any event during the Prospectus Delivery Period as a result of which the Preliminary Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented) or the Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented) would 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 existing when the Preliminary Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented) or the Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented) is delivered to an investor, not misleading; and (vi) of the receipt by the Depositor of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Offered Certificates for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Depositor will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus or suspending any such qualification of the Offered Certificates and, if issued, will obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
Defaulting Initial Purchasers If, on the Closing Date, any Initial Purchaser defaults in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers shall be obligated to purchase the Notes that such defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed but failed to purchase on the Closing Date (the “Remaining Notes”) in the respective proportions that the principal amount of the Notes set opposite the name of each non-defaulting Initial Purchaser in Schedule I hereto bears to the total number of the Notes set opposite the names of all the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers in Schedule I hereto; provided, however, that the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers shall not be obligated to purchase any of the Notes on the Closing Date if the total amount of Notes which the defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed but failed to purchase on such date exceeds 10% of the total amount of Notes to be purchased on the Closing Date, and no non-defaulting Initial Purchaser shall be obligated to purchase more than 110% of the amount of Notes that it agreed to purchase on the Closing Date pursuant to this Agreement. If the foregoing maximums are exceeded, the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers, or those other purchasers satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers and the Company who so agree, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to purchase, in such proportion as may be agreed upon among them, all the Remaining Notes. If the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers or other Initial Purchasers satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers do not elect to purchase the Remaining Notes, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Initial Purchaser or the Company, except that the Company will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses to the extent set forth herein. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall relieve a defaulting Initial Purchaser of any liability it may have to the Company for damages caused by its default. If other purchasers are obligated or agree to purchase the Notes of a defaulting or withdrawing Initial Purchaser, the Company or the Representative may postpone the Closing Date for up to five full business days in order to effect any changes in the Transaction Documents or in any other document or arrangement that, in the opinion of counsel for the Company or Counsel for the Initial Purchasers, may be necessary.
Offering by Initial Purchasers Each Initial Purchaser, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to and agrees with the Issuer that:
(a) It is a qualified institutional buyer as defined in Rule 144A under the Act (a “QIB”), and an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501 of the Act and acknowledges that it is purchasing the Securities pursuant to a private sale exemption from registration under the Act.
(b) It has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, any Securities except (i) to those it reasonably believes to be qualified institutional buyers (as defined in Rule 144A under the Act) and that, in connection with each such sale, it has taken or will take reasonable steps to ensure that the purchaser of such Securities is aware that such sale is being made in reliance on Rule 144A or (ii) in accordance with the restrictions set forth in Exhibit A hereto. Each of the Initial Purchasers will comply with all applicable laws and regulations in each jurisdiction in which it acquires, offers, sells or delivers Securities or has in its possession or distributes the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Memorandum, any Issuer Written Communication or any such other material, in all cases at its own expense, except as provided in Section 5(m).
(c) Neither it nor any person acting on its behalf has made or will make offers or sales of the Securities in the United States by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act) in the United States or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(a) of the Act.
(d) Each Initial Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that the Issuer and, for the purposes of the opinions to be delivered to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to Section 6(a) through 6(d), (i) counsel for the Companies and counsel for Holdings and (ii) counsel for the Initial Purchasers, respectively, may rely upon the accuracy of the representations and warranties of such Initial Purchaser, and compliance of such Initial Purchaser with its agreements, contained in paragraphs 4(a) through (c), above, and such Initial Purchaser hereby consents to such reliance.
Conditions to the Initial Purchasers’ Obligations The several obligations of the Initial Purchasers to purchase and pay for the Securities on the Closing Date are subject to the following conditions:
(a) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date:
(i) there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded the Company or any of the Guarantors or any of the securities of the Company or any of the Guarantors or in the rating outlook for the Company or the Guarantors by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization," as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act; and
(ii) there shall not have occurred any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Trust and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Final Memorandum provided to prospective purchasers of the Securities that, in your judgment, is material and adverse and that makes it, in your judgment, impracticable to market the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Final Memorandum.
(b) The Initial Purchasers shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate from each of the Company and the Guarantors, dated the Closing Date and signed by an executive officer, trustee or managing partner, as applicable, of each of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors to the effect set forth in Section 5(a)(i) and to the effect that the representations and warranties of each of the Company and the Guarantors contained in this Agreement are true and correct as of the Closing Date and that each of the Company and the Guarantors has complied with all of the agreements and satisfied all of the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder on or before the Closing Date. The officers signing and delivering such certificates may rely upon the best of his or her knowledge as to proceedings threatened.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Burnet, Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP, Canadian counsel for the Company and the Guarantors, dated the Closing Date, to the effect set forth in Exhibit A. Such opinion shall be rendered to the Initial Purchasers at the request of the Company and the Guarantors and shall so state therein.
(d) The Initial Purchasers shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Xxxx, Weiss, Rifkind, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, U.S. counsel for the Company and the Guarantors, dated the Closing Date, to the effect set forth in Exhibit B. Such opinion shall be rendered to the Initial Purchasers at the request of the Company and the Guarantors and shall so state therein.
(e) The Initial Purchasers shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP, U.S. counsel for the Initial Purchasers, dated the Closing Date, to the effect set forth in Exhibit C.
(f) The Initial Purchasers shall have received on each of the date hereof and the Closing Date a letter, dated the date hereof or the Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, from KPMG, LLP, independent public accountants for the Trust and its subsidiaries, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants' "comfort letters" to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in each Memorandum; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a "cut-off date" not more than three business days prior to the Closing Date.
(g) The Initial Purchasers shall have received on each of the date hereof and the Closing Date a letter, dated the date hereof or the Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, from Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent public accountants for Storm Energy Ltd ("Storm") containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants' "comfort letters" to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in each Memorandum; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a "cut-off date" not more than three business days prior to the Closing Date.
(h) The Initial Purchasers shall have received on each of the date hereof and the Closing Date a letter, dated the date hereof or the Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, from PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, independent public accountants for EnCana Corporation ("EnCana"), containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants' "comfort letters" to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in each Memorandum; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a "cut-off date" not more than three business days prior to the Closing Date.
(i) Prior to the Closing Date, (i) the Company and the Trust shall have entered into an Amended and Restated Net Profit Interest Agreement that is reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchaser and (ii) Harvest Sask Energy Trust and the Trust shall have entered into an Amended and Restated Net Profit Interest Agreement that is reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchaser.
Initial Purchase Price (a) Prior to Closing, the Company shall prepare (and, if requested by Purchaser, in consultation with Purchaser), and at least four Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to Purchaser, a written statement (the “Closing Statement”) setting forth:
(i) the Company’s good faith estimate and supporting calculations of (I) the Cash Amount (the “Estimated Cash Amount”), (II) the Net Working Capital (the “Estimated Net Working Capital”), (III) the Indebtedness Amount (the “Estimated Indebtedness Amount”) and (IV) the Transaction Expenses Amount (the “Estimated Transaction Expenses Amount”);
(ii) payment instructions for the payment of the Closing Consideration;
(iii) a list of and, as applicable, payment instructions for the payment of, each of the Transaction Expenses included in the Estimated Transaction Expenses Amount; and
(iv) the calculation of the Initial Purchase Price and Closing Consideration derived therefrom.
(b) During the preparation of the Closing Statement (if requested by Purchaser) and after the delivery of the Closing Statement, Purchaser and its Representatives shall have a reasonable opportunity to review and to discuss with the Company and its Representatives (a) the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ working papers and the working papers of the Company’s independent accountants, if any, relating to the preparation of the Closing Statement and the calculation of the Estimated Cash Amount, Estimated Net Working Capital, Estimated Indebtedness Amount and Estimated Transaction Expenses Amount and (b) the relevant books and records of the Company and its Subsidiaries relating to the Cash Amount, the Net Working Capital, the Indebtedness Amount or the Transaction Expenses Amount; and the Company and its Representatives shall reasonably assist Purchaser and its representatives in their review of the Closing Statement and the preparation thereof and reasonably cooperate with respect thereto. In the event Purchaser notifies the Company in writing prior to the Closing that it disputes any amount set forth in the Closing Statement, Purchaser and the Company shall cooperate in good faith to resolve any such dispute as promptly as practicable prior to the Closing Date. If, prior to the Closing, Purchaser and the Company agree in writing to any component on the Closing Statement, then such components of the Closing Statement shall be modified as so agreed. The Closing shall not be delayed if Purchaser and the Company are unable, after any such cooperation, to agree on all of the components of the Closing Statement and, except as otherwise agreed to by Purchaser and the Company in writing, the parties shall use the Closing Statement as delivered by the Company for purposes of determining the Closing Consideration (without limiting any of the provisions of this Agreement, including Article II).
(c) From 12:00 a.m. on the Closing Date and until the Closing, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make any dividend or distributions of Cash or incur any Indebtedness or Transaction Expenses (other than as a result of the Financing or as already fully reflected in the Closing Statement) or use any Cash to pay any Transaction Expenses or to repay any Indebtedness. If, as a result of a breach by the Company of any of its covenants contained in this Section 1.02(c), Cash, Transaction Expenses or Indebtedness shall have changed between 11:59 p.m. on the day immediately preceding the Closing Date and the time immediately preceding the Closing, then any such changes shall be included in the calculation of Cash Amount, Transaction Expenses Amount and/or Indebtedness Amount (as the case may be) for purposes of the Closing Statement.
(d) For purposes of this Agreement,
Initial Purchase On the Initial Closing Date, subject to satisfaction of the conditions specified in Article VI and the First Step Initial Receivables Assignment (and, in any event, immediately prior to consummation of the related transactions contemplated by the Further Transfer and Servicing Agreements, if any), the Seller shall sell, transfer, assign and otherwise convey to XXXX, without recourse:
(i) all right, title and interest of the Seller in, to and under the Initial Receivables listed on the Schedule of Initial Receivables and all monies received thereon on and after the Initial Cutoff Date, exclusive of any amounts allocable to the premium for physical damage collateral protection insurance required by the Seller or the Servicer covering any related Financed Vehicle;
(ii) the interest of the Seller in the security interests in the Financed Vehicles granted by Obligors pursuant to the Initial Receivables and, to the extent permitted by law, any accessions thereto;
(iii) the interest of the Seller in any proceeds from claims on any physical damage, credit life, credit disability or other insurance policies covering the related Financed Vehicles or Obligors;
(iv) the interest of the Seller in any proceeds from recourse against Dealers on the Initial Receivables;
(v) all right, title and interest of the Seller in, to and under the First Step Initial Receivables Assignment;
(vi) the right to purchase Additional Receivables during the Revolving Period at a price equal to the Aggregate Additional Receivables Principal Balance on each applicable Distribution Date; and
(vii) all present and future claims, demands, causes and choses in action in respect of any or all of the foregoing described in clauses (i) through (vi) above and all payments on or under and all proceeds of every kind and nature whatsoever in respect of any or all the foregoing, including all proceeds of the conversion of any or all of the foregoing, voluntary or involuntary, into cash or other liquid property, all cash proceeds, accounts, accounts receivable, notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel paper, checks, deposit accounts, insurance proceeds, investment property, payment intangibles, general intangibles, condemnation awards, rights to payment of any and every kind and other forms of obligations and receivables, instruments and other property which at any time constitute all or part of or are included in the proceeds of any of the foregoing. The property described in clauses (i) through (vii) above is referred to herein collectively as the “Initial Purchased Property.”
Notice to the Representatives The Company will advise the Representatives promptly, and confirm such advice in writing, (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective; (ii) when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective; (iii) when any supplement to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment to the Prospectus has been filed; (iv) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or the receipt of any comments from the Commission relating to the Registration Statement or any other request by the Commission for any additional information; (v) of the issuance by the Commission of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any of the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act; (vi) of the occurrence of any event within the Prospectus Delivery Period as a result of which the Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would 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 existing when the Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; and (vii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any of the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or suspending any such qualification of the Shares and, if any such order is issued, will obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
Notice to the Underwriter The Company will advise the Underwriter promptly, and confirm such advice in writing:
(i) when the Registration Statement has become effective;
(ii) when the Final Prospectus has been filed with the Commission;
(iii) when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective;
(iv) when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement has been filed with the Commission;
(v) when any supplement to the Final Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication or any amendment to the Final Prospectus has been filed or distributed;
(vi) of (x) any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Final Prospectus, (y) the receipt of any comments from the Commission relating to the Registration Statement or (z) any other request by the Commission for any additional information, including, but not limited to, any request for information concerning any Testing-the-Waters Communication;
(vii) of (x) the issuance by the Commission of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication or (y) the initiation or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act;
(viii) of the occurrence of any event or development within the Prospectus Delivery Period as a result of which, the Final Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication as then amended or supplemented would 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 existing when the Final Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package, any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading;
(ix) of the issuance by any governmental or regulatory authority or any order preventing or suspending the use of any of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Testing-the-Waters Communication or the initiation or threatening for that purpose; and
(x) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Closing Units for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.
