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.
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.
Future Reports to the Underwriters For one year after the date of this Agreement, the Company will furnish, upon written request by the Representative and if not otherwise available on XXXXX, to the Representative at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX, 00000 Attn: Xxxxxxxxx Xx (i) as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, copies of the Annual Report of the Company containing the balance sheet of the Company as of the close of such fiscal year and statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the year then ended and the opinion thereon of the Company’s independent public or certified public accountants; (ii) as soon as practicable after the filing thereof, copies of each proxy statement, Annual Report on Form 20-F, semi-annual financial statements using a Form 6-K or other report filed by the Company with the Commission; and (iii) as soon as available, copies of any report or communication of the Company mailed generally to holders of its share capital.
Delivery to the Underwriters of Prospectuses The Company has delivered or made available or will deliver or make available to each Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus as such Underwriter reasonably requested, and the Company hereby consents to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the Securities Act. The Company will furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, during the period when a prospectus relating to the Public Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172, would be) required to be delivered under the Securities Act, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as such Underwriter may reasonably request. The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EXXXX, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
Delivery to the Underwriters of Registration Statements The Company has delivered or made available or shall deliver or make available to the Representative and counsel for the Representative, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith) and signed copies of all consents and certificates of experts, and will also deliver to the Underwriters, without charge, a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (without exhibits) for each of the Underwriters. The copies of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EXXXX, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
Sale and Delivery to the Underwriters Closing (a) Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements 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 a purchase price of $_____ per share (the "Purchase Price"), the number -------------- of Company Firm Shares set forth opposite such Underwriter's name in Schedule I hereto, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 10 hereof.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements herein set forth, the Selling Stockholder agrees to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Selling Stockholder, at the Purchase Price, the number of Selling Stockholder Firm Shares set forth opposite such Underwriter's name in Schedule I hereto, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 10 hereof.
(c) The Company and the Selling Stockholder grant to the Underwriters an option to purchase all or any part of the Additional Shares at the Purchase Price. Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements herein set forth, Additional Shares may be purchased from the Company and the Selling Stockholder, for the accounts of the respective Underwriters in the same proportion that the number of Firm Shares set forth in Schedule I hereto opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of Firm Shares. Such option may be exercised only to cover over-allotments in the sale of the Firm Shares by the Underwriters and may be exercised in whole or in part at any time and from time to time within 30 days after the date of this Agreement, in each case upon written or facsimile notice, or verbal or telephonic notice confirmed by written or telegraphic notice, by the Underwriters to the Company and the Selling Stockholder no later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the business day before the Firm Shares Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) or at least two business days before the Additional Shares Closing Date (as hereinafter defined), as the case may be, setting forth the number of Additional Shares to be purchased and the time and date (if other than the Firm Shares Closing Date) of such purchase. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the initial 383,513 Additional Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters pursuant to this Section 3 shall be Selling Stockholder Additional Shares which shall be purchased from the Selling Stockholder and any Additional Shares in excess thereof to be purchased by the Underwriters shall be Company Additional Shares which shall be purchased exclusively from the Company.
(d) Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of, the Firm Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters shall be made at the offices of Jefferies & Company, Inc., 520 Madison Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10022, or at such oxxxx xxxxx xx xxxxx xx xxxxxx xxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxs and the Company at 10:00 A.M. on the third (fourth, if the pricing occurred after 4:30 p.m. on any given day) business day after the date of this Agreement, or such other time not later than ten business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company (such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called the "Firm Shares Closing Date"). ------------------------ Payment shall be made to the Company and the Selling Stockholder by wire transfer and payable in immediately available funds to the order of the Company and the Selling Stockholder against delivery to the Underwriters of the Firm Shares.
(e) Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of, the Additional Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters shall be made at the offices as set forth above or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company at the time and on the date (which may be the same as, but in no event shall be earlier than, the Firm Shares Closing Date) specified in the notice referred to in Section 3(c) hereof (such time and date of delivery and payment are called the "Additional Shares Closing Date"). The Firm ------------------------------ Shares Closing Date and the Additional Shares Closing Date are called, individually, a "Closing Date" and together, the "Closing Dates." Payment shall ------------ ------------- be made to the Company and the Selling Stockholder by wire transfer and payable in immediately available funds to the order of the Company and the Selling Stockholder against delivery to the Underwriters of the applicable Additional Shares.
(f) The Shares shall be in such denominations and registered in such names as the Representatives may request in writing at least two business days before the Firm Shares Closing Date or, in the case of the Additional Shares, on the day of notice of exercise of the option as described in Section 3(c) hereof. The Shares will be made available for examination and packaging by the Underwriters not later than 1:00 P.M. on the last business day prior to the Firm Shares Closing Date (or the Additional Shares Closing Date in the case of the Additional Shares) at such place as is reasonably designated by the Representatives. If the Representatives so elect, delivery of the Shares may be made by credit through full FAST transfer to the accounts of The Depository Trust Company designated by the Representatives.
(g) It is understood that the Representatives, individually and not as Representatives of the several Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment to the Company on behalf of any Underwriter or Underwriters for any Shares to be purchased by such Underwriter or Underwriters in connection with the Offering. Any such payment by the Representatives shall not relieve such Underwriter or Underwriters from any of its or their other obligations hereunder.
Offering by the Underwriters It is understood that the several Underwriters are to make a public offering of the Firm Shares as soon as the Representatives deem it advisable to do so. The Firm Shares are to be initially offered to the public at the initial public offering price set forth in the Prospectus. The Representatives may from time to time thereafter change the public offering price and other selling terms. To the extent, if at all, that any Option Shares are purchased pursuant to Section 2 hereof, the Underwriters will offer them to the public on the foregoing terms. It is further understood that you will act as the Representatives for the Underwriters in the offering and sale of the Shares in accordance with a Master Agreement Among Underwriters entered into by you and the several other Underwriters.
Conditions to the Underwriters’ Obligations The several obligations of the Underwriters 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 any of the securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined for purposes of Section 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange 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 Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus as of the date of this Agreement that, in your judgment, is material and adverse and that makes it, in your judgment, impracticable to market the Offered Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus.
(b) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by an executive officer of the Company, to the effect set forth in Section 5(a)(i) above and to the effect that the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement are true and correct as of the Closing Date and that the Company 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 officer signing and delivering such certificate may rely upon the best of his or her knowledge as to proceedings threatened.
(c) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion and statement of Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, outside counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect set forth in Exhibit A hereto.
(d) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx P.C, Xxxxxxxx Islands counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto.
(e) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP, special U.S. maritime environmental counsel and Liberian counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
(f) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion and statement of Xxxxxx, Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date, with respect to such matters as may be requested by the Underwriters.
(g) The Underwriters 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 Underwriters, from Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent public accountants, 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 the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a “cut-off date” not earlier than the date hereof.
(h) The Offered Shares shall have been approved for listing on the NYSE, and satisfactory evidence thereof shall have been provided to you.
(i) FINRA shall have raised no objection to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements.
(j) The “lock-up” agreements, each substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, between you and Genco and each officer and director of the Company relating to sales and certain other dispositions of shares of Common Stock or certain other securities, delivered to you on or before the date hereof, shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date. The several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase Optional Shares hereunder are subject to the delivery to you on the applicable Option Closing Date of such documents as you may reasonably request with respect to the good standing of the Company, the due authorization and issuance of the Optional Shares to be sold on such Option Closing Date and other matters related to the issuance of such Optional Shares.
Delivery of Prospectus to the Underwriters Not later than 12:00 p.m. on the second business day following the date the Common Shares are first released by the Underwriters for sale to the public, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered, copies of the Prospectus in such quantities and at such places as the Representatives shall request.
Representation of the Underwriters The Representatives will act for the several Underwriters in connection with this financing, and any action under this Agreement taken by the Representatives will be binding upon all the Underwriters.
