Centerplate, Inc. 2,517,818 Income Deposit Securities (IDSs) Each Representing One Share of Common Stock and $5.70 Principal Amount of 13.5% Subordinated Notes Due 2013 Underwriting Agreement
EXHIBIT 1.1
2,517,818 Income Deposit Securities (IDSs)
Each Representing One Share of Common Stock and $5.70 Principal Amount of 13.5%
Subordinated Notes Due 2013
Each Representing One Share of Common Stock and $5.70 Principal Amount of 13.5%
Subordinated Notes Due 2013
December 3, 2007
December 3, 2007
UBS Securities LLC
as Managing Underwriter
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
as Managing Underwriter
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The selling stockholders identified in Schedule C annexed hereto (each, a “Selling
Stockholder” and collectively, the “Selling Stockholders”), propose to sell, to the
underwriter named in Schedule A annexed hereto (the “Underwriter”), for whom you
are acting as representative, an aggregate of 2,517,818 Income Deposit Securities (“IDSs”),
representing 2,517,818 shares (the “Shares”) of common stock, $0.01 par value per share
(the “Common Stock”), of Centerplate, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and
$14,351,562.60 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 13.5% Subordinated Notes due 2013 (the
“Subordinated Notes” and, together with the IDSs and the Shares, the “Offered
Securities”)) to be offered to the public. Each IDS represents one share of Common Stock and
one Subordinated Note with a $5.70 principal amount. The number of IDSs to be sold by each Selling
Stockholder is the number of IDSs set forth opposite the name of such Selling Stockholder in
Schedule C annexed hereto. Pursuant to the terms of the amended and restated stockholders
agreement dated as of December 10, 2003 among the Company, BCP Volume L.P., BCP Offshore Volume
L.P., VSI Management Direct L.P. and Recreational Services L.L.C., as amended by the letter
agreement dated as of May 4, 2007 among the Company, BCP Volume L.P., BCP Offshore Volume L.P., VSI
Management Direct L.P. and Recreational Services L.L.C. (as so amended, the “Stockholders
Agreement”), immediately prior to the offering contemplated by this Agreement, the Selling
Stockholders will exchange an aggregate of 1,543,179 shares of Common Stock with the Company for
$14,351,562.60 aggregate principal amount of Subordinated Notes, which exchanged Subordinated Notes
will then be combined by the Company with 2,517,818 shares of Common Stock held by the Selling
Stockholders in order to create the 2,517,818 IDSs to be sold to the Underwriter. The transactions
described in the preceding sentence are being referred to in this Agreement as the
“Exchange.”
The Subordinated Notes will be issued pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture, dated as of
December 10, 2003, among the Company, the guarantors thereto and The Bank of New York, as Trustee,
as amended by the First Amendment to Indenture, dated as of October 24, 2006 (as so amended, the
“Indenture”). The Subordinated Notes will be guaranteed (the “Guarantees”) on an unsecured
subordinated basis by the subsidiaries of the Company listed on Schedule D annexed hereto
(collectively, the “Guarantors”). The Shares, the Subordinated Notes and the IDSs are described in
the Prospectus which is referred to below. Unless the context otherwise requires, references to
the “Offered Securities” herein shall constitute reference to the IDSs as well as to the Shares,
the Subordinated Notes and the Guarantees represented by such IDSs.
The Company has prepared and filed, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Act”), with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form
S-3 (File No. 333-141551) under the Act (the “registration statement”), including a
prospectus, which registration statement incorporates by reference documents which the Company has
filed, or will file, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange Act”).
Amendments to such registration statement, if necessary or appropriate, have been similarly
prepared and filed with the Commission in accordance with the Act. The registration statement, as
so amended, has become effective under the Act.
Except where the context otherwise requires, “Registration Statement,” as used herein,
means the registration statement, as amended at the time of such registration statement’s
effectiveness for purposes of Section 11 of the Act, as such section applies to the Underwriter
(the “Effective Time”), including (i) all documents filed as a part thereof or incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein, (ii) any information contained or incorporated
by reference in a prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, to
the extent such information is deemed, pursuant to Rule 430B or Rule 430C under the Act, to be part
of the registration statement at the Effective Time, and (iii) any registration statement filed to
register the offer and sale of the Offered Securities pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act.
The Company has furnished to you, for use by the Underwriter and by dealers in connection with
the offering of the Offered Securities, copies of one or more preliminary prospectus supplements,
and the documents incorporated by reference therein, relating to the Offered Securities. Except
where the context otherwise requires, “Pre-Pricing Prospectus,” as used herein, means each
such preliminary prospectus supplement, in the form so furnished, including any basic prospectus
(whether or not in preliminary form) furnished to you by the Company and attached to or used with
such preliminary prospectus supplement. Except where the context otherwise requires, “Basic
Prospectus,” as used herein, means any such basic prospectus and any basic prospectus furnished
to you by the Company and attached to or used with the Prospectus Supplement (as defined below).
Except where the context otherwise requires, “Prospectus Supplement,” as used herein,
means the final prospectus supplement, relating to the Offered Securities, filed by the Company
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act on or before the second business day
after the date hereof (or such earlier time as may be required under the Act), in the form
furnished by the Company to you for use by the Underwriter and by dealers in connection with the
offering of the Offered Securities.
Except where the context otherwise requires, “Prospectus,” as used herein, means the
Prospectus Supplement together with the Basic Prospectus attached to or used with the Prospectus
Supplement.
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“Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses,” as used herein, means the information set forth
on Schedule B attached hereto and each “road show” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Act),
if any, related to the offering of the Offered Securities contemplated hereby that is a “written
communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act). The Underwriter has not offered or sold and
will not offer or sell, without the Company’s consent, any Offered Securities by means of any “free
writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) that is required to be filed by the
Underwriter with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433 under the Act, other than a Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus.
“Disclosure Package,” as used herein, means any Pre-Pricing Prospectus or Basic
Prospectus, in either case together with any combination of one or more of the Permitted Free
Writing Prospectuses, if any, as of the Applicable Time (as defined below).
“Applicable Time,” as used herein, means 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on December
3, 2007.
Any reference herein to the registration statement, the Registration Statement, any Basic
Prospectus, any Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any Permitted
Free Writing Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents, if any, incorporated
by reference, or deemed to be incorporated by reference, therein (the “Incorporated
Documents”), including, unless the context otherwise requires, the documents, if any, filed as
exhibits to such Incorporated Documents. Any reference herein to the terms “amend,”
“amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, any Basic
Prospectus, any Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any Permitted
Free Writing Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document under
the Exchange Act on or after the initial effective date of the Registration Statement, or the date
of such Basic Prospectus, such Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement the Prospectus or
any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, and deemed to be incorporated therein by
reference.
As used in this Agreement, “business day” shall mean a day on which the American Stock
Exchange (the “AMEX”) is open for trading. The terms “herein,” “hereof,” “hereto,”
“hereinafter” and similar terms, as used in this Agreement, shall in each case refer to this
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section, paragraph, sentence or other subdivision of
this Agreement. The term “or,” as used herein, is not exclusive.
The Company, each of the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriter agree as follows:
1. Sale, Purchase and Exchange. Upon the basis of the representations and warranties
and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Selling Stockholder, severally and
not jointly, agrees to sell the number of IDSs set forth opposite the name of such Selling
Stockholder in Schedule C annexed hereto, to the Underwriter and the Underwriter
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agrees to purchase from the Selling Stockholders, the number of IDSs set forth opposite the
name of the Underwriter in Schedule A annexed hereto, at a purchase price of $11.0 per IDS.
The Company is advised by you that the Underwriter intends (i) to make a public offering of
the Offered Securities as soon after the effectiveness of this Agreement as in your judgment is
advisable and (ii) initially to offer the Offered Securities upon the terms set forth in the
Prospectus.
2. Payment and Delivery. Payment of the purchase price for the IDSs shall be made to
each Selling Stockholder by Federal Funds wire transfer against delivery of the certificates for
the IDSs to you through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) for the
account of the Underwriter. Such payment and delivery shall be made at 9:00 A.M., New York City
time, on December 5, 2007 (unless another time shall be agreed to by you and the Selling
Stockholders). The time at which such payment and delivery are to be made is hereinafter sometimes
called the “time of purchase.” Electronic transfer of the IDSs shall be made to you at the
time of purchase in such names and in such denominations as you shall specify.
Deliveries of the documents described in Section 9 hereof with respect to the purchase of the
IDSs shall be made at the offices of Davies Xxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000, at 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the date of the closing of the purchase of the
IDSs.
3. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants
to and agrees with the Underwriter that:
(a) the Registration Statement has heretofore become effective under the Act or, with
respect to any registration statement to be filed to register the offer and sale of Offered
Securities pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act, will be filed with the Commission and
become effective under the Act no later than 10:00 P.M., New York City time, on the date of
determination of the public offering price for the IDSs; no stop order of the Commission
preventing or suspending the use of any Basic Prospectus, any Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the
Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, or the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement, has been issued, and no proceedings for such
purpose have been instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge, are contemplated by the
Commission;
(b) the Registration Statement complied when it became effective, complies as of the
date hereof and, as amended or supplemented, at the time of purchase and at all times during
which a prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or through
compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any sale of
the Offered Securities, will comply, in all material respects, with the requirements of the
Act; the conditions to the use of Form S-3 in connection with the offering and sale of the
Offered Securities as contemplated hereby have been satisfied; the Registration Statement
meets, and the offering and sale of the Offered Securities as contemplated hereby complies
with, the requirements of Rule 415 under the Act; the Registration Statement did not, as of
the Effective Time, contain an untrue
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statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; each Pre-Pricing
Prospectus complied, at the time it was filed with the Commission, and complies as of the
date hereof, in all material respects with the requirements of the Act; at no time during
the period that begins on the earlier of the date of such Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the
date such Pre-Pricing Prospectus was filed with the Commission and ends at the time of
purchase did or will any Pre-Pricing Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, include an
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, and at no time during such period did or will any Pre-Pricing Prospectus, as
then amended or supplemented, together with any combination of one or more of the then
issued Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, include an 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; each
Basic Prospectus complied or will comply, as of its date and the date it was or will be
filed with the Commission, complies as of the date hereof (if filed with the Commission on
or prior to the date hereof) and, at the time of purchase and at all times during which a
prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or through compliance
with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any sale of the Offered
Securities, will comply, in all material respects, with the requirements of the Act; at no
time during the period that begins on the earlier of the date of such Basic Prospectus and
the date such Basic Prospectus was filed with the Commission and ends at the time of
purchase did or will any Basic Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, include an
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, and at no time during such period did or will any Basic Prospectus, as then
amended or supplemented, together with any combination of one or more of the then issued
Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, include an 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; each of the
Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus will comply, as of the date that it is filed with
the Commission, the date of the Prospectus Supplement, the time of purchase and at all times
during which a prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or
through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any
sale of the Offered Securities, in all material respects, with the requirements of the Act
(in the case of the Prospectus, including, without limitation, Section 10(a) of the Act); at
no time during the period that begins on the earlier of the date of the Prospectus
Supplement and the date the Prospectus Supplement is filed with the Commission and ends at
the later of the time of purchase and the end of the period during which a prospectus is
required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172
under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any sale of the Offered Securities did
or will any Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented,
include an 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; at no time during the period that begins on the date of such
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Permitted Free Writing Prospectus and ends at the time of purchase did or will any
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus include an 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 representation or warranty in this Section 3(b) with respect to
any statement contained in the Registration Statement, any Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the
Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with
information concerning the Underwriter and furnished in writing by or on behalf of the
Underwriter through you to the Company expressly for use in the Registration Statement, such
Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus; each
Incorporated Document, at the time such document was filed with the Commission or at the
time such document became effective, as applicable, complied, in all material respects, with
the requirements of the Exchange Act and did not include an 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;
(c) prior to the execution of this Agreement, the Company has not, directly or
indirectly, offered or sold any Offered Securities by means of any “prospectus” (within the
meaning of the Act) or used any “prospectus” (within the meaning of the Act) in connection
with the offer or sale of the Offered Securities, in each case other than the Pre-Pricing
Prospectuses and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any; the Company has not,
directly or indirectly, prepared, used or referred to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus
except in compliance with Rules 164 and 433 under the Act; assuming that such Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus is so sent or given after the Registration Statement was filed with the
Commission (and after such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus was, if required pursuant to
Rule 433(d) under the Act, filed with the Commission), the sending or giving, by the
Underwriter, of any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus will satisfy the provisions of Rule
164 and Rule 433 (without reliance on subsections (b), (c) and (d) of Rule 164); the
conditions set forth in one or more of subclauses (i) through (iv), inclusive, of Rule
433(b)(1) under the Act are satisfied, and the registration statement relating to the
offering of the Offered Securities contemplated hereby, as initially filed with the
Commission, includes a prospectus that, other than by reason of Rule 433 or Rule 431 under
the Act, satisfies the requirements of Section 10 of the Act; neither the Company nor the
Underwriter are disqualified, by reason of subsection (f) or (g) of Rule 164 under the Act,
from using, in connection with the offer and sale of the Offered Securities, “free writing
prospectuses” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) pursuant to Rules 164 and 433 under the
Act; the Company is not an “ineligible issuer” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) as of
the eligibility determination date for purposes of Rules 164 and 433 under the Act with
respect to the offering of the Offered Securities contemplated by the Registration
Statement; the parties hereto agree and understand that the content of any and all “road
shows” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Act) related to the offering of the Offered
Securities contemplated hereby is solely the property of the Company;
(d) as of the date of this Agreement, the Company has an authorized and outstanding
capitalization as set forth in the sections of the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses and
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the Prospectus entitled “Capitalization” (and any similar sections or information, if
any, contained in any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus), and, as of the time of purchase,
the Company shall have an authorized and outstanding capitalization as set forth in the
sections of the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses and the Prospectus entitled “Capitalization” (and
any similar sections or information, if any, contained in any Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus); all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock, including the Common
Stock, of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and
non-assessable, have been issued in compliance with all applicable securities laws and were
not issued in violation of any preemptive right, resale right, right of first refusal or
similar right; the IDSs are duly listed, and admitted and authorized for trading, subject to
official notice of issuance, on the AMEX and the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”);
(e) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with full corporate power and
authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in
the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses, the Prospectus and the Permitted
Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, to execute and deliver this Agreement and to issue, sell
and deliver the Subordinated Notes and the IDSs that are to be sold on behalf of the Selling
Stockholders as contemplated herein;
(f) the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in
good standing in each jurisdiction where the ownership or leasing of its properties or the
conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so
qualified and in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, either (i) have
a material adverse effect on the business, properties, financial condition, results of
operations or prospects of the Company and the Subsidiaries (as defined below) taken as a
whole, (ii) prevent or materially interfere with consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby or (iii) result in the delisting of IDSs from the AMEX (the occurrence
of any such effect or any such prevention or interference or any such result described in
the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) being herein referred to as a “Material
Adverse Effect”);
(g) the Company has no subsidiaries (as defined under the Act) other than those listed
on Schedule I hereto (each a “Subsidiary” and collectively, the
“Subsidiaries”); the only Subsidiaries of the Company that are not Guarantors are
Servomation, Inc., a Canadian subsidiary, VSI of Maryland, Inc., a Maryland corporation, and
Centerplate of Delaware, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which, in the aggregate, do not meet
the definition of a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X;
the Company’s “significant subsidiaries” are listed in Schedule I hereto. The Guarantors
that are incorporated in states other than Delaware do not, in the aggregate, meet the
definition of a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X; the
Company owns all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each of the Guarantors;
except as set forth on Schedule II, other than the capital stock of the Subsidiaries, the
Company does not own, directly or indirectly, any shares of stock or any other equity
interests or long-term debt securities of any corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture,
association or other entity; complete and correct copies of the
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charters and the bylaws of the Company and each Guarantor and all amendments thereto
have been delivered to you, and no changes therein will be made on or after the date hereof
through and including the time of purchase; each Guarantor has been duly incorporated and is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation, with full corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its
properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the
Pre-Pricing Prospectuses, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if
any; each Guarantor is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction where the ownership or leasing of its properties or the
conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so
qualified and in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect; all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the Guarantors
have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, have been
issued in compliance with all applicable securities laws, were not issued in violation of
any preemptive right, resale right, right of first refusal or similar right and are owned by
the Company subject to no security interest, other encumbrance or adverse claims, other than
the security interest in favor of the lenders under the Company’s senior credit facility;
and no options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to
issue or other rights to convert any obligation into shares of capital stock or ownership
interests in the Subsidiaries are outstanding;
(h) the Shares to be combined with the Subordinated Notes by the Company to form IDSs
have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free
of statutory and contractual preemptive rights, resale rights, rights of first refusal and
similar rights pursuant to statute or the Company’s charter or bylaws or any agreement or
other instrument to which the Company is a party; the Shares to be combined with the
Subordinated Notes by the Company to form IDSs, after they are delivered in the Exchange,
will be free of any restriction upon the voting or transfer thereof pursuant to the
Company’s charter or bylaws or any agreement or other instrument to which the Company is a
party;
(i) each of the capital stock of the Company (including the Shares and the IDSs) and
the Subordinated Notes conform in all material respects to each description thereof, if any,
contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing
Prospectuses, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any; and the
certificates for the Shares and the IDSs are in due and proper form;
(j) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and
each of the Guarantors;
(k) the Company and each Guarantor has the requisite corporate power and authority to
execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Indenture; the Indenture has been
duly and validly authorized executed and delivered by the Company and each Guarantor and
meets the requirements for qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended
(the “Trust Indenture Act”) and, constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement
of the Company and each Guarantor, enforceable against the Company and each Guarantor in
accordance with its terms except that the
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enforcement thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (whether considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing;
(l) the Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and
perform its obligations under the Subordinated Notes. The Subordinated Notes have been duly
and validly authorized by the Company for issuance and, when executed by the Company and
authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, and
delivered in the Exchange, will be duly executed, issued and delivered by the Company and
will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, entitled to the
benefits of the Indenture and enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms
except that the enforcement thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (whether
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and as implied covenant of good faith and
fair dealing;
(m) neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors is (A) in violation of its charter or
bylaws, (B) in breach or violation of or in default under (nor has any event occurred which,
with notice, lapse of time or both, would result in any breach or violation of, constitute a
default under or give the holder of any indebtedness (or a person acting on such holder’s
behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a part of
such indebtedness under) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, bank loan or credit
agreement or other evidence of indebtedness, or any license, lease, contract or other
agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may
be bound or affected, or (C) in violation of any federal, state, local or foreign law,
regulation or rule, or (D) in violation of any rule or regulation of any self-regulatory
organization or other non-governmental regulatory authority (including, without limitation,
the rules and regulations of the AMEX), or (E) in violation of any decree, judgment or
order applicable to it or any of its properties; except, in the case of (B), (C), (D) and
(E), where such breach, violation or default will not have a Material Adverse Effect;
(n) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Exchange, the sale
of the Offered Securities pursuant hereto and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby will not (i) result in any breach or violation of or constitute a
default under (nor constitute any event which, with notice, lapse of time or both, would
result in any breach or violation of, constitute a default under or give the holder of any
indebtedness (or a person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the
repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a part of such indebtedness under) (or result
in the creation or imposition of a lien, charge or encumbrance on any property or assets of
the Company or any Guarantor pursuant to) (A) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, bank
loan or credit agreement or other evidence of indebtedness, or any license, lease, contract
or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of the Guarantors is a party or
by which any of them or any of their respective properties may be bound or affected, or (B)
any violation of federal, state, local or
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violation of foreign law, regulation or rule, or (C) any violation of rule or
regulation of any self-regulatory organization or other non-governmental regulatory
authority (including, without limitation, the rules and regulations of the AMEX), or (D) any
violation of decree, judgment or order applicable to the Company or any of the Guarantors or
any of their respective properties;
(o) immediately after the consummation of the Exchange and transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, (i) the fair value and present fair saleable value of the assets of the
Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole will exceed its stated liabilities (including
contingent, subordinated, unmatured and unliquidated liabilities); and (ii) the Company and
its subsidiaries taken as a whole is not, nor will it be, after giving effect to the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, unable to pay its debts (contingent or otherwise) as they
mature;
(p) no approval, authorization, consent or order of or filing with any federal, state,
local or foreign governmental or regulatory commission, board, body, authority or agency, or
of or with any self-regulatory organization or other non-governmental regulatory authority
(including, without limitation, the AMEX), or approval of the stockholders of the Company,
is required in connection with (A) the sale of the Offered Securities to be sold by the
Selling Stockholders pursuant hereto or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby or (B) the Exchange, other than (i) registration of the Offered Securities under the
Act, which has been effected (or, with respect to any registration statement to be filed
hereunder pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act, will be effected in accordance herewith),
(ii) any necessary qualification under the securities or blue sky laws of the various
jurisdictions in which the Offered Securities are being offered by the Underwriter, or (iii)
under the Conduct Rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (the
“FINRA”);
(q) except as described in the Registration Statement (excluding the exhibits thereto),
each Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, (i) no person has the right, contractual or
otherwise, to cause the Company to issue or sell to it any IDSs or shares of Common Stock or
shares of any other capital stock or other equity interests of the Company, (ii) no person
has any preemptive rights, resale rights, rights of first refusal or other rights to
purchase any IDSs or shares of Common Stock or shares of any other capital stock of or other
equity interests in the Company, (iii) no person has the right to act as an underwriter or
as a financial advisor to the Company in connection with the offer and sale of the Offered
Securities, and (iv) no person has the right, contractual or otherwise, to cause the Company
to register under the Act any IDSs or shares of any other capital stock of or other equity
interests in the Company, or to include any such IDSs or shares or interests in the
Registration Statement or the offering contemplated thereby;
(r) each of the Company and the Guarantors has all necessary licenses, authorizations,
consents and approvals and has made all necessary filings required under any applicable law,
regulation or rule, and has obtained all necessary licenses, authorizations, consents and
approvals from other persons, in order to conduct their
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respective businesses, except where the failure to do so would not, individually or in
the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors
is in violation of, or in default under, or has received notice of any proceedings relating
to revocation or modification of, any such license, authorization, consent or approval or
any federal, state, local or foreign law, regulation or rule or any decree, order or
judgment applicable to the Company or any of the Guarantors, except where such violation,
default, revocation or modification would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect;
(s) other than as described in the Registration Statement and the Pre-Pricing
Prospectuses, there are no actions, suits, claims, investigations or proceedings pending or,
to the Company’s knowledge, threatened or contemplated to which the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries or any of their respective directors or officers is or would be a party or of
which any of their respective properties is or would be subject at law or in equity, before
or by any federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory commission, board,
body, authority or agency, or before or by any self-regulatory organization or other
non-governmental regulatory authority (including, without limitation, the AMEX), except any
such action, suit, claim, investigation or proceeding which, if resolved adversely to the
Company or any Subsidiary, would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect;
(t) Deloitte & Touche LLP, whose report on the consolidated financial statements of the
Company and the Subsidiaries is included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses and the Prospectus, are independent registered
public accountants as required by the Act and by the rules of the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board;
(u) the financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing
Prospectuses, if any, together with the related notes and schedules, present fairly in all
material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and the Subsidiaries as
of the dates indicated and the consolidated results of operations, cash flows and changes in
stockholders’ equity of the Company for the periods specified and have been prepared in
compliance with the requirements of the Act and Exchange Act and in conformity with U.S.
generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods
involved; all pro forma financial statements or data included or incorporated by reference
in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses, the Prospectus and the
Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, comply with the requirements of the Act and the
Exchange Act, and the assumptions used in the preparation of such pro forma financial
statements and data are reasonable, the pro forma adjustments used therein are appropriate
to give effect to the transactions or circumstances described therein and the pro forma
adjustments have been properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of those
statements and data; the other financial and statistical data contained or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses, the Prospectus and
the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, are in all material respects accurately and
fairly presented and prepared on a basis consistent with the financial statements and books
and
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records of the Company; there are no financial statements (historical or pro forma)
that are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement,
any Pre-Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus that are not included or incorporated by
reference as required; the Company and the Subsidiaries do not have any material liabilities
or obligations, direct or contingent (including any off-balance sheet obligations), not
described in the Registration Statement, each Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus; and
all disclosures contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the
Pre-Pricing Prospectuses, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if
any, regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and
regulations of the Commission) comply with Regulation G of the Exchange Act and Item 10 of
Regulation S-K under the Act, to the extent applicable;
(v) subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the
Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free
Writing Prospectuses, if any, in each case excluding any amendments or supplements to the
foregoing made after the execution of this Agreement, there has not been (i) any material
adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the
business, properties, management, financial condition or results of operations of the
Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) any transaction which is material to the
Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (iii) any obligation or liability, direct or
contingent (including any off-balance sheet obligations), incurred by the Company or any
Subsidiary, which is material to the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (iv) any
material change in the capital stock or outstanding indebtedness of the Company or any
Subsidiaries or (v) any dividend or distribution of any kind (other than in connection with
the regular monthly distribution on the Company’s outstanding Common Stock in an aggregate
amount of $0.066 per share) declared, paid or made on the capital stock of the Company or
any Subsidiary, in each case other than as described in the Registration Statements and the
Pre-pricing Prospectuses;
(w) the Company has obtained for the benefit of the Underwriter the agreement (a
“Lock-Up Agreement”), in the form set forth as Exhibit A hereto, of each of
its directors and “officers” (within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(f) under the Exchange Act);
(x) neither the Company nor any Guarantor is, and at no time during which a prospectus
is required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule
172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any sale of the Offered Securities
will any of them be, and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Offered
Securities, none of them will be, an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”);
(y) the Company and each of the Guarantors have title to all property (real and
personal) described as being owned by them in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing
Prospectuses, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any,
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as being owned by any of them, free and clear of all liens, claims, security interests
or other encumbrances (“Liens”), except for the Lien of the senior credit facility and other
Liens described therein, and Liens that would not have a Material Adverse Effect; all the
property described in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses, the
Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, as being held under lease by
the Company or a Guarantor is held thereby under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases,
except where any invalidity or unenforceability would not have a Material Adverse Effect;
(z) each of the Company and the Guarantors owns or possesses all inventions, patent
applications, patents, trademarks (both registered and unregistered), tradenames, service
names, copyrights, trade secrets and other proprietary information described in the
Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free
Writing Prospectuses, if any, as being owned or licensed by it or which is necessary for the
conduct of, or material to, its businesses (collectively, the “Intellectual
Property”), except where the failure to own, license or possess such rights would not
have a Material Adverse Effect, and the Company is unaware of any claim to the contrary or
any challenge by any other person to the rights of the Company or any of the Guarantors with
respect to the Intellectual Property. Neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors has
received notice that it has infringed or is infringing the Intellectual Property of a third
party;
(aa) except for matters which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect (i) neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is engaged in
any unfair labor practice; (ii) there is (A) no unfair labor practice complaint pending or,
to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company or any of the Subsidiaries before
the National Labor Relations Board, and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising out
of or under collective bargaining agreements is pending or, to the Company’s knowledge,
threatened, (B) no strike, labor dispute, slowdown or stoppage pending or, to the Company’s
knowledge, threatened against the Company or any of the Subsidiaries and (C) no union
representation dispute currently existing concerning the employees of the Company or any of
the Subsidiaries, (iii) to the Company’s knowledge, no union organizing activities are
currently taking place concerning the employees of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries
and (iv) there has been no violation of any federal, state, local or foreign law relating to
discrimination in the hiring, promotion or pay of employees, any applicable wage or hour
laws or any provision of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder concerning the employees of the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries, except, in each case, as would not have a Material Adverse Effect;
(bb) the Company and the Subsidiaries and their respective properties, assets and
operations are in compliance with, and the Company and each of the Subsidiaries hold all
permits, authorizations and approvals required under, Environmental Laws (as defined below),
except to the extent that failure to so comply or to hold such permits, authorizations or
approvals would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; there
are no past, present or, to the Company’s knowledge, reasonably anticipated future events,
conditions, circumstances, activities, practices, actions,
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omissions or plans that could reasonably be expected to give rise to any material costs
or liabilities to the Company or any Subsidiary under, or to interfere with or prevent
compliance by the Company or any Subsidiary with, Environmental Laws; except for such
matters as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries (i) has received
notice or is otherwise aware that it is the subject of any investigation, (ii) has received
any notice or claim, (iii) is a party to any pending or, to the Company’s knowledge,
threatened action, suit or proceeding, (iv) is bound by any judgment, decree or order or (v)
has entered into any agreement, in each case relating to any alleged violation of any
Environmental Law or any actual or alleged release or threatened release or cleanup at any
location of any Hazardous Materials (as defined below) (as used herein, “Environmental
Law” means any federal, state, local or foreign law, statute, ordinance, rule,
regulation, order, decree, judgment, injunction, permit, license, authorization or other
binding requirement, or common law, relating to health, safety or the protection, cleanup or
restoration of the environment or natural resources, including those relating to the
distribution, processing, generation, treatment, storage, disposal, transportation, other
handling or release or threatened release of Hazardous Materials, and “Hazardous
Materials” means any material (including, without limitation, pollutants, contaminants,
hazardous or toxic substances or wastes) that is regulated by or may give rise to liability
under any Environmental Law);
(cc) all tax returns required to be filed by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries
have been timely filed, or extensions for filings have been duly requested, and all taxes
and other assessments of a similar nature (whether imposed directly or through withholding)
including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto due or claimed to
be due from such entities have been timely paid, other than those being contested in good
faith and for which adequate reserves have been provided;
(dd) except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Company and each of the
Guarantors maintain insurance covering their respective properties, operations, personnel
and businesses as the Company reasonably deems adequate; such insurance insures against such
losses and risks to an extent which is adequate in accordance with customary industry
practice to protect the Company and the Subsidiaries and their respective businesses; all
such insurance is fully in force on the date hereof and will be fully in force at the time
of purchase; neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has reason to believe that it will not
be able to renew any such insurance as and when such insurance expires;
(ee) except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary has received any written notice of termination or written notice of intent not to
renew, any contract or agreement that represents more than 5% of the Company’s consolidated
revenues or expenses for fiscal year 2006;
(ff) the Company and each of the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting
controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in
accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are
recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
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conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability
for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general
or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with
existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences;
(gg) the Company has established and maintains and evaluates “disclosure controls and
procedures” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act) and
“internal control over financial reporting” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 and
15d-15 under the Exchange Act); such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to
ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial
Officer by others within those entities, and such disclosure controls and procedures are
effective to perform the functions for which they were established; the Company’s
independent auditors and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company have
been advised of: (i) all significant deficiencies, if any, in the design or operation of
internal controls over financial reporting which could adversely affect the Company’s
ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data; and (ii) all fraud, if any,
whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a role in the
Company’s internal controls over financial reporting; all material weaknesses, if any, in
internal controls over financial reporting have been identified to the Company’s independent
auditors; since the date of the most recent evaluation of such disclosure controls and
procedures and internal controls over financial reporting, there have been no significant
changes in internal controls over financial reporting or in other factors that could
significantly affect internal controls over financial reporting, including any corrective
actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses; the principal
executive officers (or their equivalents) and principal financial officers (or their
equivalents) of the Company have made all certifications required by the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act
of 2002 (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”) and any related rules and regulations promulgated
by the Commission, and the statements contained in each such certification are complete and
correct; the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Company’s directors and officers are each in
compliance in all material respects with all applicable effective provisions of the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission and the AMEX promulgated
thereunder;
(hh) each “forward-looking statement” (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Act or
Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing
Prospectuses, if any, has been made or reaffirmed with a reasonable basis and in good faith;
(ii) all statistical or market-related data included or incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses, the Prospectus and the Permitted
Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, are based on or derived from sources that the Company
reasonably believes to be reliable and accurate, and the Company has obtained the written
consent to the use of such data from such sources to the extent required;
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(jj) neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries nor, to the Company’s knowledge,
any employee or agent of the Company or any Subsidiary has made any payment of funds of the
Company or any Subsidiary or received or retained any funds in violation of any law, rule or
regulation (including, without limitation, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977), which
payment, receipt or retention of funds is of a character required to be disclosed in the
Registration Statement, any Pre-Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus;
(kk) no Subsidiary is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any
dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such Subsidiary’s capital
stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such Subsidiary from the
Company or from transferring any of such Subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company or
any other Subsidiary of the Company, except as described in the Registration Statement
(excluding the exhibits thereto), each Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus;
(ll) the sale of the Offered Securities to be sold by the Selling Stockholders as
contemplated hereby will not cause any holder of any shares of capital stock, securities
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for capital stock or options, warrants or
other rights to purchase capital stock or any other securities of the Company to have any
right to acquire any shares of preferred stock of the Company;
(mm) the Company has not received any notice from the AMEX or the TSX regarding the
delisting of the IDSs from the AMEX or the TSX;
(nn) except pursuant to this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries
has incurred any liability for any finder’s or broker’s fee or agent’s commission in
connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby or by the Registration Statement;
(oo) neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries nor any of their respective
directors, officers, affiliates or controlling persons has taken, directly or indirectly,
any action designed, or which has constituted or might reasonably be expected to cause or
result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to
facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Securities;
(pp) to the Company’s knowledge, there are no affiliations or associations between (i)
any member of the FINRA and (ii) the Company or any of the Company’s officers, or directors
(other than Xxxxx Xxxxxxx) or any beneficial owner of the Company’s unregistered equity
securities that were acquired at any time on or after the 180th day immediately preceding
the date the Registration Statement was initially filed with the Commission, except as
disclosed in the Registration Statement (excluding the exhibits thereto), the Pre-Pricing
Prospectuses and the Prospectus;
(qq) the Company has determined that there should not be an automatic exchange, as
described in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses, the Prospectus and
the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, as a result of the sale and
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offering of the Subordinated Notes and IDSs as contemplated in the Registration
Statement and hereby; and
(rr) all material conditions to the Selling Stockholders’ (i) exchange of an aggregate
of 1,543,179 shares of the Company’s Common Stock with the Company for $14,351,562.60
aggregate principal amount of the Company’s Subordinated Notes and (ii) sale of an aggregate
of 2,517,818 IDSs, representing 2,517,818 shares of the Company’s Common Stock and
$14,351,562.60 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s Subordinated Notes, set forth in
Section 1.4(a)(i), (iii) and (iv) of the Stockholders Agreement have been satisfied,
including that such sale and exchange shall not cause a mandatory suspension of dividends or
deferral of interest under any material financing agreement as of the measurement date
immediately following the proposed sale and exchange date, as such terms are described and
defined in the Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December 10, 2003,
between the Company and the Selling Stockholders, as amended by the letter agreement, dated
as of May 4, 2007.
In addition, any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries
and delivered to the Underwriter or counsel for the Underwriter in connection with the offering of
the Offered Securities shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company, as to
matters covered thereby, to the Underwriter.
4. Representations and Warranties of the Selling Stockholders. Each Selling
Stockholder, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to the Underwriter that:
(a) the Registration Statement, as it relates to such Selling Stockholder, as of the
Effective Time, did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading; at no time during the period that begins on the earlier of the date of such
Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the date such Pre-Pricing Prospectus was filed with the
Commission and ends at the time of purchase did or will any Pre-Pricing Prospectus, as then
amended or supplemented, as such Pre-Pricing Prospectus relates to such Selling Stockholder,
include an 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, and at no time during such period did or will any Pre-Pricing
Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, together with any combination of one or more of
the then issued Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, in each case as they relate to
the Selling Stockholder, include an 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; at no time during the period that
begins on the earlier of the date of the Prospectus and the date the Prospectus is filed
with the Commission and ends at the later of the time of purchase and the end of the period
during which a prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or
through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any
sale of Offered Securities did or will the Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, as
the Prospectus relates to such Selling Stockholder, include an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to
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make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading; at no time during the period that begins on the date of such Permitted
Free Writing Prospectus and ends at the time of purchase did or will any Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus, as such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus relates to such Selling
Stockholder, include an 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 representations and
warranties set forth in this paragraph apply only to statements or omissions made in
reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to such Selling Stockholder
furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Selling Stockholder to the Company expressly
for use in the specified documents (the “Selling Stockholders Information”), it
being understood and agreed that the only Selling Stockholders Information consists of the
name of such Selling Stockholder, the number of shares of Common Stock owned or to be
offered by such Selling Stockholder, as the case may be, and the address and other
information with respect to the Selling Stockholder (excluding any percentages), in each
case that appear under the caption “Selling Securityholders” in the Prospectus.
(b) such Selling Stockholder has not, prior to the execution of this Agreement, offered
or sold any Offered Securities by means of any “prospectus” (within the meaning of the Act),
or used any “prospectus” (within the meaning of the Act) in connection with the offer or
sale of the Offered Securities, in each case other than the then most recent Pre-Pricing
Prospectus;
(c) (A) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the Custody
Agreement to which such Selling Stockholder is a party and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (B) the sale by such Selling Stockholder of the
Offered Securities to be sold by such Selling Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement or (C)
the Exchange, will not conflict with, result in any breach or violation of or constitute a
default under (or constitute any event which with notice, lapse of time or both would result
in any breach or violation of or constitute a default under) (i) the charter or bylaws or
other organizational instruments of such Selling Stockholder, (ii) any indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, bank loan or credit agreement or other evidence of indebtedness, or any
license, lease, contract or other agreement or instrument to which such Selling Stockholder
is a party or by which such Selling Stockholder or any of its properties may be bound or
affected, (iii) any federal, state, local or foreign law, regulation or rule, (iv) or any
rule or regulation of any self-regulatory organization or other non-governmental regulatory
authority (including, without limitation, the rules and regulations of the AMEX and the
TSX), or (v) any decree, judgment or order applicable to such Selling Stockholder or any of
its properties except for such breach, violation or default that will not materially
adversely affect such Selling Stockholder’s ability to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement;
(d) no approval, authorization, consent or order of or filing with any federal, state,
local or foreign governmental or regulatory commission, board, body, authority or agency, or
of or with any self-regulatory organization or other non-governmental regulatory authority
(including, without limitation, the AMEX and the TSX), is required
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in connection with (A) the sale of the Offered Securities to be sold by such Selling
Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by such Selling Stockholder of
the transactions contemplated hereby or by the Custody Agreement to which such Selling
Stockholder is a party or (B) the Exchange other than (i) registration of the Offered
Securities under the Act, which has been effected, (ii) any necessary qualification under
the securities or blue sky laws of the various jurisdictions in which the Offered Securities
are being offered by the Underwriter or (iii) under the Conduct Rules of the FINRA;
(e) the Selling Stockholder has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly,
any action which is designed to or which has constituted or which might reasonably be
expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of
the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Securities.
(f) such Selling Stockholder at the time of delivery of such IDSs, will be the lawful
owner of the number of IDSs to be sold by such Selling Stockholder pursuant to this
Agreement and at the time of delivery of such IDSs, will have security entitlements with
respect to such IDSs, and upon delivery of and payment for such IDSs, the Underwriter will
acquire security entitlements with respect to such IDSs;
(g) such Selling Stockholder has and, at the time of delivery of the IDSs to be sold by
such Selling Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement, will have full legal right, power and
capacity, and all authorizations and approvals required by law (other than those imposed by
the Act and state securities or blue sky laws), to (i) enter into this Agreement and the
Custody Agreement (as defined below), (ii) sell, assign, transfer and deliver the IDSs to be
sold by such Selling Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement in the manner provided in this
Agreement and (iii) make the representations, warranties and agreements made by such Selling
Stockholder herein;
(h) this Agreement and the custody agreement (the “Custody Agreement”), dated a
recent date before the pricing date, between the Company, as custodian (the
“Custodian”), and such Selling Stockholder have each been duly executed and
delivered by or, on behalf of such Selling Stockholder;
(i) pursuant to the Custody Agreement to which such Selling Stockholder is a party,
certificates in negotiable form for the IDSs to be sold by such Selling Stockholder pursuant
to this Agreement have been placed in custody for the purpose of making delivery of such IDS
in accordance with this Agreement; such Selling Stockholder agrees that (i) such IDSs
represented by such certificates are for the benefit of, and coupled with and subject to the
interest of, the Custodian, the Underwriter and the Company, (ii) the arrangements made by
such Selling Stockholder for custody and for the appointment of the Custodian by such
Selling Stockholder are irrevocable, and (iii) the obligations of such Selling Stockholder
hereunder shall not be terminated by operation of law, whether by the death, disability or
incapacity of such Selling Stockholder (or, if such Selling Stockholder is not an
individual, the liquidation, dissolution, merger or consolidation of such Selling
Stockholder) or the occurrence of any other event (each, an “Event”); if an Event
occurs before the delivery of the IDSs hereunder, certificates for the IDSs shall be
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delivered by the Custodian in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Custody
Agreement to which such Selling Stockholder is a party and this Agreement, and actions taken
by the Custodian pursuant to such Custody Agreement shall be as valid as if such Event had
not occurred, regardless of whether or not the Custodian shall have received notice thereof.
In addition, any certificate signed by any officer of such Selling Stockholder and delivered
to the Underwriter or counsel for the Underwriter in connection with the offering of the Offered
Securities shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by such Selling Stockholder, as to
matters covered thereby, to the Underwriter.
5. Certain Covenants of the Company. The Company hereby agrees:
(a) to furnish such information as may be required and otherwise to cooperate in
qualifying the Offered Securities for offering and sale under the securities or blue sky
laws of such states or other jurisdictions as you may reasonably designate and to maintain
such qualifications in effect so long as you may reasonably request for the distribution of
the Offered Securities; provided, however, that the Company shall not be
required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to consent to the service of process under
the laws of any such jurisdiction (except service of process with respect to the offering
and sale of the Offered Securities); and to promptly advise you of the receipt by the
Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the
Offered Securities for offer or sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of
any proceeding for such purpose;
(b) to make available to the Underwriter in New York City, as soon as practicable after
this Agreement becomes effective, and thereafter from time to time to furnish to the
Underwriter, as many copies of the Prospectus (or of the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented if the Company shall have made any amendments or supplements thereto after the
effective date of the Registration Statement) as the Underwriter may reasonably request for
the purposes contemplated by the Act; in case the Underwriter is required to deliver
(whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule),
in connection with the sale of the Offered Securities, a prospectus after the nine-month
period referred to in Section 10(a)(3) of the Act, or after the time a post-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement is required pursuant to Item 512(a) of Regulation
S-K under the Act, the Company will prepare, at its expense, promptly upon request such
amendment or amendments to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as may be necessary
to permit compliance with the requirements of Section 10(a)(3) of the Act or Item 512(a) of
Regulation S-K under the Act, as the case may be;
(c) if, at the time this Agreement is executed and delivered, it is necessary or
appropriate for a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, or a Registration
Statement under Rule 462(b) under the Act, to be filed with the Commission and become
effective before the Offered Securities may be sold, the Company will use its reasonable
best efforts to cause such post-effective amendment or such Registration
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Statement to be filed and become effective, and will pay any applicable fees in
accordance with the Act, as soon as possible; and the Company will advise you promptly and,
if requested by you, will confirm such advice in writing (i) when such post-effective
amendment or such Registration Statement has become effective, and (ii) if Rule 430A under
the Act is used, when the Prospectus is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)
under the Act (which the Company agrees to file in a timely manner in accordance with such
rules);
(d) if, at any time during the period when a prospectus is required by the Act to be
delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any
similar rule) in connection with any sale of Offered Securities, the Registration Statement
shall cease to comply with the requirements of the Act with respect to eligibility for the
use of the form on which the Registration Statement was filed with the Commission, to (i)
promptly notify you, (ii) promptly file with the Commission a new registration statement
under the Act, relating to the Offered Securities, or a post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement, which new registration statement or post-effective amendment shall
comply with the requirements of the Act and shall be in a form reasonably satisfactory to
you, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to cause such new registration statement or
post-effective amendment to become effective under the Act as soon as practicable, (iv)
promptly notify you of such effectiveness and (v) take all other action necessary or
appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Offered Securities to continue as
contemplated in the Prospectus; all references herein to the Registration Statement shall be
deemed to include each such new registration statement or post-effective amendment, if any;
(e) to advise you promptly, confirming such advice in writing, of any request by the
Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, any Pre-Pricing
Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus or for additional
information with respect thereto, or of notice of institution of proceedings for, or the
entry of a stop order, suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and, if
the Commission should enter a stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement, to use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the lifting or removal of such order
as soon as possible; to advise you promptly of any proposal to amend or supplement the
Registration Statement, any Pre-Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, and to provide you and
Underwriter’s counsel copies of any such documents for review and comment a reasonable
amount of time prior to any proposed filing and to file no such amendment or supplement to
which you shall reasonably object in writing;
(f) subject to Section 5(e) hereof, to promptly file all reports and documents and any
preliminary or definitive proxy or information statement required to be filed by the Company
with the Commission in order to comply with the Exchange Act for so long as a prospectus is
required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172
under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any sale of Offered Securities; and to
provide you, for your review and comment, with a copy of such reports and statements and
other documents to be filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act during such period a reasonable amount of time prior to any proposed filing,
and to file no such report, statement or document to
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which you shall have reasonably objected in writing; and to promptly notify you of such
filing;
(g) to advise you promptly of the happening of any event within the period during which
a prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or through
compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any sale of
Offered Securities, which event could require the making of any change in the Prospectus
then being used so that the Prospectus would not include an 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 are made, not misleading, and to advise you
promptly if, during such period, it shall become necessary to amend or supplement the
Prospectus to cause the Prospectus to comply with the requirements of the Act, and, in each
case, during such time, subject to Section 5(e) hereof, to prepare and furnish, at the
Company’s expense, to the Underwriter promptly such amendments or supplements to such
Prospectus as may be necessary to reflect any such change or to effect such compliance;
(h) to make generally available to its security holders, and to deliver to you, an
earnings statement (which need not be audited) of the Company (which will satisfy the
provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act) covering a period of twelve months beginning after
the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act)
as soon as is reasonably practicable after the termination of such twelve-month period but
in any case not later than seventy five (75) days after the end of the Company’s fiscal
year; provided that the obligation to deliver an earnings statement may be satisfied by
filing such document with the Commission;
(i) if not available on XXXXX, to furnish to you two copies of the Registration
Statement, as initially filed with the Commission, and of all amendments thereto (including
all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein);
(j) to furnish to you as early as practicable prior to the time of purchase but not
later than two business days prior thereto, a copy of the latest available unaudited interim
and monthly consolidated financial statements, if any, of the Company and the Subsidiaries
which have been read by the Company’s independent registered public accountants, as stated
in their letter to be furnished pursuant to Section 9(d) hereof;
(k) to comply with Rule 433(d) under the Act (without reliance on Rule 164(b) under the
Act) and with Rule 433(g) under the Act;
(l) beginning on the date hereof and ending on, and including, the date that is 90 days
after the date of the Prospectus Supplement (the “Lock-Up Period”), without the
prior written consent of UBS, not to (i) issue, sell, offer to sell, contract or agree to
sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agree to
dispose of, directly or indirectly, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or
liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, with
respect to, any Common Stock or IDSs or Subordinated Notes or any other
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securities of the Company that are substantially similar to Common Stock, IDSs or
Subordinated Notes, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for,
or any warrants or other rights to purchase, the foregoing, (ii) file or cause to become
effective a registration statement under the Act relating to the offer and sale of any
Common Stock or IDSs or Subordinated Notes or any other securities of the Company that are
substantially similar to Common Stock or IDSs or Subordinated Notes, or any securities
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, or any warrants or other rights to
purchase, the foregoing, (iii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to
another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of Common Stock
or IDSs or Subordinated Notes or any other securities of the Company that are substantially
similar to Common Stock or IDSs or Subordinated Notes, or any securities convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for, or any warrants or other rights to purchase, the foregoing,
whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or IDSs or
Subordinated Notes or such other securities, in cash or otherwise or (iv) publicly announce
an intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (i), (ii) or (iii), except, in
each case, for (A) the registration of the offer and sale of the Offered Securities as
contemplated by this Agreement, (B) issuances of Common Stock or IDSs or Subordinated Notes
upon the exercise of options or warrants disclosed as outstanding in the Registration
Statement (excluding the exhibits thereto), each Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus,
if any, and (C) the issuance of employee stock options not exercisable during the Lock-Up
Period pursuant to stock option plans described in the Registration Statement, if any
(excluding the exhibits thereto), each Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus;
provided, however, that if (a) during the period that begins on the date
that is fifteen (15) calendar days plus three (3) business days before the last day of the
Lock-Up Period and ends on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, the Company issues an
earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or (b)
prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release
earnings results during the sixteen (16) day period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up
Period, then the restrictions imposed by this Section 5(l) shall continue to apply until the
expiration of the date that is fifteen (15) calendar days plus three (3) business days after
the date on which the issuance of the earnings release or the material news or material
event occurs;
(m) prior to the time of purchase, to issue no press release or other communication
directly or indirectly and hold no press conferences with respect to the Company or any
Subsidiary, the financial condition, results of operations, business, properties, assets, or
liabilities of the Company or any Subsidiary, or the offering of the Offered Securities,
without your prior reasonable consent, except to the extent that the Company has been
advised by counsel that prompt disclosure is required;
(n) not, at any time at or after the execution of this Agreement, to, directly or
indirectly, offer or sell any Offered Securities by means of any “prospectus” (within the
meaning of the Act), or use any “prospectus” (within the meaning of the Act) in connection
with the offer or sale of the Offered Securities, in each case other than the Prospectus and
any permitted Free Writing Prospectus;
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(o) not to, and to cause the Subsidiaries not to, take, directly or indirectly, any
action designed, or which will constitute, or has constituted, or might reasonably be
expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any
security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Securities;
(p) to use its best efforts to cause the IDSs to be listed on the AMEX and the TSX and
to maintain the listing of the IDSs on the AMEX and the TSX; and
(q) to maintain a transfer agent and, if necessary under the jurisdiction of
incorporation of the Company, a registrar for the Common Stock and the IDSs.
6. Certain Covenants of the Selling Stockholders. Each Selling Stockholder hereby
agrees:
(a) not, at any time at or after the execution of this Agreement, to offer or sell any
Offered Securities by means of any “prospectus” (within the meaning of the Act), or use any
“prospectus” (within the meaning of the Act) in connection with the offer or sale of the
Offered Securities, in each case other than the Prospectus;
(b) not to take, directly or indirectly, any action designed, or which will constitute,
or has constituted, or might reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization
or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale
of the Offered Securities;
(c) to advise you promptly, and if requested by you, confirm such advice in writing, so
long as a prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or through
compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any sale of
Offered Securities, of any change in information in the Registration Statement, the
Pre-Pricing Prospectuses, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if
any, relating to such Selling Stockholder; and
(d) prior to or concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, to
execute and deliver to the Underwriter a Custody Agreement.
7. Covenant to Pay Costs. The Company agrees to pay all costs, expenses, fees and
taxes in connection with (i) the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement, each Basic
Prospectus, each Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus, each Permitted
Free Writing Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, and the printing and furnishing
of copies of each thereof to the Underwriter and to dealers (including costs of mailing and
shipment), (ii) the registration, issue, sale and delivery of the IDSs including any stock or
transfer taxes and stamp or similar duties payable upon the sale, issuance or delivery of the IDSs
to the Underwriter, (iii) the producing, word processing and/or printing of this Agreement, any
dealer agreements, any Custody Agreements and any closing documents (including compilations
thereof) and the reproduction and/or printing and furnishing of copies of each thereof to the
Underwriter and (except closing documents) to dealers (including costs of mailing and shipment),
(iv) the qualification of the Offered Securities for offering and sale under state or foreign laws
and the determination of their eligibility for investment under state or foreign law (including the
legal fees and filing fees and other disbursements of counsel for the
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Underwriter) and the printing and furnishing of copies of any blue sky surveys or legal
investment surveys to the Underwriter and to dealers, (v) any listing of the IDSs on any securities
exchange or qualification of the IDSs for quotation on the AMEX and the TSX and any registration
thereof under the Exchange Act, (vi) any filing for review of the public offering of the Offered
Securities by the FINRA, including the legal fees and filing fees and other disbursements of
counsel to the Underwriter relating to FINRA matters; provided that the legal fees relating to
FINRA matters shall not exceed an aggregate of $20,000, (vii) the fees and disbursements of any
transfer agent or registrar for the Shares and IDSs and of the Trustee for the Subordinated Notes,
(viii) the costs and expenses of the Company and such Selling Stockholder relating to presentations
or meetings undertaken in connection with the marketing of the offering and sale of the Offered
Securities to prospective investors and the Underwriter’s sales forces, including, without
limitation, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and
expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations, travel, lodging
and other expenses incurred by the officers of the Company or by such Selling Stockholder and any
such consultants, and the cost of any aircraft chartered in connection with the road show, and (ix)
the performance of the Company’s and such Selling Stockholder’s other obligations hereunder.
8. Reimbursement of Underwriter’s Expenses. If the IDSs are not delivered due to a
termination of this Agreement pursuant to clause (2)(A), (2)(C), (2)(D) or (2)(E) of the second
paragraph of Section 10 hereof or the default by the Underwriter of its obligations hereunder, none
of the parties to this Agreement shall be responsible for reimbursing the out-of-pocket expenses of
the Underwriter, including the fees and disbursements of its counsel. If the IDSs are not delivered
due to a termination of this Agreement pursuant to clause (1), (2)(B), (3)(A) or (3)(B) of the
second paragraph of Section 10 hereof or any default, refusal, inability or failure by the Company,
the Company shall reimburse the Underwriter for all of its out-of-pocket expenses, including the
fees and disbursements of its counsel. If the IDSs are not delivered due to any default, refusal,
inability or failure on the part of one or more of the Selling Stockholders (each, a
“Defaulting Selling Stockholder”), such Defaulting Selling Stockholder or Defaulting
Selling Stockholders shall reimburse the Underwriter for all of its out-of-pocket expenses,
including the fees and disbursements of its counsel. Nothing in this Section 8 shall affect the
Company’s obligations under Section 7 hereof. The provisions of this Section shall not supersede
or otherwise affect any agreement that the Company and the Selling Stockholders may otherwise have
for the allocation of such expenses among themselves.
9. Conditions of Underwriter’s Obligations. The several obligations of the
Underwriter hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the respective representations and warranties
on the part of the Company and each Selling Stockholder on the date hereof, at the time of
purchase, the performance by the Company and the each Selling Stockholder of each of their
respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent:
(a) The Company shall furnish to you at the time of purchase an opinion of Davies Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Company, addressed to the Underwriter, and dated
the time of purchase, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter and
substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit “B” hereto.
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(b) The Selling Stockholders shall furnish to you at the time of purchase an opinion of
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, addressed to the
Underwriter, and dated the time of purchase, and in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Underwriter, in the form set forth in Exhibit “C” hereto.
(c) The Selling Stockholders shall furnish to you at the time of purchase an opinion of
Walkers, Cayman Islands counsel for the Selling Stockholders, addressed to the Underwriter,
and dated the time of purchase, and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to UBS, in
the form set forth in Exhibit “D” hereto.
(d) You shall have received from Deloitte & Touche LLP letters dated, respectively, the
date of this Agreement, the date of the Prospectus Supplement, the time of purchase, and
addressed to the Underwriter in the forms satisfactory to the Underwriter and each of the
Selling Stockholders, which letters shall cover, without limitation, the various financial
disclosures contained in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses, the
Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any.
(e) You shall have received at the time of purchase the favorable opinion of Skadden,
Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriter, dated the time of purchase, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter.
(f) No Prospectus or amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus shall have been filed to which you shall have objected in writing.
(g) The Registration Statement and any registration statement required to be filed,
prior to the sale of the Offered Securities, under the Act pursuant to Rule 462(b) shall
have been filed and shall have become effective under the Act. The Prospectus Supplement
shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act at or before
5:30 P.M., New York City time, on the second full business day after the date of this
Agreement (or such earlier time as may be required under the Act).
(h) Prior to and at the time of purchase, (i) no stop order with respect to the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued under the Act or
proceedings initiated under Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the Act; (ii) the Registration Statement
and all amendments thereto shall not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading; (iii) none of the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses or the Prospectus, and no
amendment or supplement thereto, shall include an 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 are made, not misleading; (iv) no Disclosure
Package, and no amendment or supplement thereto, shall include an 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 are made, not misleading; and
(v) none of the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, shall include an 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 are made, not
misleading.
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(i) The Company will, at the time of purchase, deliver to you (x) a certificate of its
Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer, dated the time of purchase, in the
form attached as Exhibit “E” hereto and (y) a certificate of its Chief Financial
Officer, dated the time of purchase, in the form attached as Exhibit “F” hereto.
(j) Each Selling Stockholder will, at the time of purchase, deliver to you a
certificate signed by an authorized signatory of such Selling Stockholder, dated the time of
purchase, in the form attached as Exhibit “G” hereto.”
(k) You shall have received each of the signed Lock-Up Agreements referred to in
Section 3(w) hereof, and each such Lock-Up Agreement shall be in full force and effect at
the time of purchase.
(l) The Company shall have furnished to you such other documents and certificates as to
the accuracy and completeness of any statement in the Registration Statement, any
Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as of the
time of purchase, as you may reasonably request.
(m) Each Selling Stockholder shall have furnished to you such other documents and
certificates as you may reasonably request.
(n) The IDSs shall have been approved for listing on the AMEX and the TSX, subject only
to notice of issuance at or prior to the time of purchase.
(o) The FINRA shall not have raised any objection with respect to the fairness or
reasonableness of the underwriting, or other arrangements of the transactions, contemplated
hereby.
(p) Each Selling Stockholder shall have delivered to you a duly executed Custody
Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to UBS.
10. Effective Date of Agreement; Termination. This Agreement shall become effective
when the parties hereto have executed and delivered this Agreement.
The obligations of the Underwriter hereunder shall be subject to termination in the absolute
discretion of the Underwriter, if (1) since the time of execution of this Agreement or the earlier
respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing
Prospectuses, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, there has been
any change or any development involving a prospective change in the business, properties,
management, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken
as a whole, the effect of which change or development is, in the sole judgment of the Underwriter,
so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the public
offering or the delivery of the Offered Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in
the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free
Writing Prospectuses, if any, or (2) since the time of execution of this Agreement, there shall
have occurred: (A) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the
NYSE, the AMEX or the NASDAQ; (B) a suspension or material limitation in
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trading in the Company’s securities on the AMEX; (C) a general moratorium on commercial
banking activities declared by either federal or New York State authorities or a material
disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United
States; (D) an outbreak or escalation of hostilities or acts of terrorism involving the United
States or a declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war; or (E) any other
calamity or crisis or any change in financial, political or economic conditions in the United
States or elsewhere, if the effect of any such event specified in clause (D) or (E), in the sole
judgment of the Underwriter, makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the public
offering or the delivery of the Offered Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in
the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectuses, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free
Writing Prospectuses, if any, or (3) since the time of execution of this Agreement, there shall
have occurred any downgrading, or any notice or announcement shall have been given or made of: (A)
any intended or potential downgrading or (B) any watch, review or possible change that does not
indicate an affirmation or improvement in the rating accorded any securities of or guaranteed by
the Company or any Subsidiary by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as
that term is defined in Rule 436(g)(2) under the Act.
If the Underwriter elects to terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section 10, the
Company and the Selling Stockholders shall be notified promptly in writing.
If the sale to the Underwriter of the Offered Securities, as contemplated by this Agreement,
is not carried out by the Underwriter for any reason permitted under this Agreement, or if such
sale is not carried out because the Company or any Selling Stockholder, as the case may be, shall
be unable to comply with any of the terms of this Agreement, the Company and the Selling
Stockholders shall not be under any obligation or liability under this Agreement (except to the
extent provided in Sections 7, 8 and 11 hereof), and the Underwriter shall be under no obligation
or liability to the Company or any Selling Stockholder under this Agreement (except to the extent
provided in Section 11 hereof).
11. Indemnity and Contribution.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Underwriter, its
partners, directors and officers, and any person who controls the Underwriter within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and the successors and
assigns of all of the foregoing persons, from and against any loss, damage, expense,
liability or claim (including the reasonable cost of investigation) which, jointly or
severally, the Underwriter or any such person may incur under the Act, the Exchange Act, the
common law or otherwise, insofar as such loss, damage, expense, liability or claim arises
out of or is based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact contained in the Registration Statement (or in the Registration Statement as amended by
any post-effective amendment thereof by the Company) or arises out of or is based upon any
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as any such loss,
damage, expense, liability or claim arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained
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in, and in conformity with information concerning the Underwriter furnished in writing
by or on behalf of the Underwriter to the Company expressly for use in, the Registration
Statement or arises out of or is based upon any omission or alleged omission to state a
material fact in the Registration Statement in connection with such information, which
material fact was not contained in such information and which material fact was required to
be stated in such Registration Statement or was necessary to make such information not
misleading or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
included in any Prospectus (the term Prospectus for the purpose of this Section 11 being
deemed to include any Basic Prospectus, any Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus
Supplement, the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements to the foregoing), in any
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, in any “issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433 under
the Act) of the Company, which “issuer information” is required to be, or is, filed with the
Commission,” or in any Prospectus together with any combination of one or more of the
Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, or arises out of or is based upon any omission
or alleged omission 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, with respect to such Prospectus or Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, insofar as any
such loss, damage, expense, liability or claim arises out of or is based upon any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in, and in conformity
with information concerning the Underwriter furnished in writing by or on behalf of the
Underwriter through you to the Company expressly for use in, such Prospectus or Permitted
Free Writing Prospectus or arises out of or is based upon any omission or alleged omission
to state a material fact in such Prospectus or Permitted Free Writing Prospectus in
connection with such information, which material fact was not contained in such information
and which material fact was necessary in order to make the statements in such information,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(b) Each Selling Stockholder, severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify, defend
and hold harmless the Underwriter, its partners, directors and officers, and any person who
controls the Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act, and the successors and assigns of all of the foregoing persons, from and
against any loss, damage, expense, liability or claim (including the reasonable cost of
investigation) which, jointly or severally, the Underwriter or any such person may incur
under the Act, the Exchange Act, the common law or otherwise, insofar as such loss, damage,
expense, liability or claim arises out of or is based upon (i) any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in, and in conformity with Selling
Stockholders Information concerning such Selling Stockholder furnished in writing by or on
behalf of such Selling Stockholder to the Company expressly for use in, the Registration
Statement (or in the Registration Statement as amended by any post-effective amendment
thereof by the Company), as such Registration Statement relates to such Selling Stockholder,
or arises out of or is based upon any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or
(ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in, and in
conformity with Selling Stockholders Information concerning such Selling Stockholder
furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Selling Stockholder to the Company expressly
for use in,
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any Prospectus, in any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus or in any Prospectus together
with any combination of one or more of the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, in
each case as such document relates to such Selling Stockholder, or arises out of or is based
upon any omission or alleged omission 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 no Selling Stockholder shall be
responsible, either pursuant to this Section 11(b) for losses, damages, expenses,
liabilities or claims arising out of or based upon such untrue statement or omission or
allegation thereof based upon information furnished by any party other than such Selling
Stockholder and, in any event, no Selling Stockholder shall be responsible, pursuant to this
Section 11(b), for losses, damages, expenses, liabilities or claims for an amount in excess
of an amount equal to the net amount received by such Selling Stockholder (after deducting
any underwriting discounts or commissions but before deducting any other fees or expenses)
from the sale of the IDSs pursuant hereto.
(c) The Underwriter agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company, its
directors and officers, each Selling Stockholder and any person who controls the Company or
such Selling Stockholder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act, and the successors and assigns of all of the foregoing persons, from and
against any loss, damage, expense, liability or claim (including the reasonable cost of
investigation) which, jointly or severally, the Company, such Selling Stockholder or any
such person may incur under the Act, the Exchange Act, the common law or otherwise, insofar
as such loss, damage, expense, liability or claim arises out of or is based upon (i) any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in, and in
conformity with information concerning the Underwriter furnished in writing by or on behalf
of the Underwriter to the Company expressly for use in, the Registration Statement (or in
the Registration Statement as amended by any post-effective amendment thereof by the
Company), or arises out of or is based upon any omission or alleged omission to state a
material fact in such Registration Statement in connection with such information, which
material fact was not contained in such information and which material fact was required to
be stated in such Registration Statement or was necessary to make such information not
misleading or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in, and in conformity with information concerning the Underwriter furnished in
writing by or on behalf of the Underwriter to the Company expressly for use in the
Disclosure Package, any Prospectus or a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, or arises out of
or is based upon any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact in such
Prospectus or Permitted Free Writing Prospectus in connection with such information, which
material fact was not contained in such information and which material fact was necessary in
order to make the statements in such information, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading.
(d) If any action, suit or proceeding (each, a “Proceeding”) is brought against
a person (an “indemnified party”) in respect of which indemnity may be sought
against the Company, a Selling Stockholder or the Underwriter (as applicable, the
“indemnifying party”) pursuant to subsection (a), (b) or (c), respectively, of this
Section 11, such indemnified party shall promptly notify such indemnifying party in writing
of the
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institution of such Proceeding and such indemnifying party shall assume the defense of
such Proceeding, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to such
indemnified party and payment of all fees and expenses; provided, however,
that the omission to so notify such indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying
party from any liability which such indemnifying party may have to any indemnified party or
otherwise, except to the extent that such indemnifying party is actually materially
prejudiced thereby. The indemnified party or parties shall have the right to employ its or
their own counsel in any such case, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at
the expense of such indemnified party or parties unless the employment of such counsel shall
have been authorized in writing by the indemnifying party (or, in the case such indemnifying
party is a Selling Stockholder, by such Selling Stockholder) in connection with the defense
of such Proceeding or the indemnifying party shall not have, within a reasonable period of
time in light of the circumstances, employed counsel to defend such Proceeding or such
indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably concluded that there may be defenses
available to it or them which are different from, additional to or in conflict with those
available to such indemnifying party (in which case such indemnifying party shall not have
the right to direct the defense of such Proceeding on behalf of the indemnified party or
parties), in any of which events such fees and expenses shall be borne by such indemnifying
party and paid as incurred (it being understood, however, that such indemnifying party shall
not be liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel (in addition to any local
counsel) in any one Proceeding or series of related Proceedings in the same jurisdiction
representing the indemnified parties who are parties to such Proceeding). The indemnifying
party shall not be liable for any settlement of any Proceeding effected without its written
consent (or, in the case such indemnifying party is a Selling Stockholder, without the
written consent of such Selling Stockholder) but, if settled with its written consent (or,
in the case such indemnifying party is a Selling Stockholder, without the written consent of
such Selling Stockholder), such indemnifying party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
indemnified party or parties from and against any loss or liability by reason of such
settlement. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party
shall have requested an indemnifying party (or, where such indemnifying party is a Selling
Stockholder, requested such Selling Stockholder) to reimburse the indemnified party for fees
and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the second sentence of this Section 11(d), then
the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any Proceeding
effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 60
business days after receipt by such indemnifying party (or, where such indemnifying party is
a Selling Stockholder, receipt by such Selling Stockholder) of the aforesaid request (ii)
such indemnifying party shall not have fully reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance
with such request prior to the date of such settlement and (iii) such indemnified party
shall have given the indemnifying party (or, where such indemnifying party is a Selling
Stockholder, given such Selling Stockholder) at least 30 days’ prior notice of its intention
to settle. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the
indemnified party (or, where such indemnified party is a Selling Stockholder, the prior
written consent of such Selling Stockholder), effect any settlement of any pending or
threatened Proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a
party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless
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such settlement includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all
liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding and does not include an
admission of fault or culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of such indemnified
party.
(e) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 11 is unavailable to an
indemnified party under subsections (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 11 or is insufficient to
hold an indemnified party harmless in respect of any losses, damages, expenses, liabilities
or claims referred to therein, then each applicable indemnifying party, in lieu of
indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
indemnified party as a result of such losses, damages, expenses, liabilities or claims (i)
in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriter on the other hand
from the offering of the Offered Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i)
above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault
of the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand and of the Underwriter on the
other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, damages,
expenses, liabilities or claims, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.
The relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand
and the Underwriter on the other shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as
the total proceeds from the offering (net of underwriting discounts and commissions but
before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders, and the
total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriter, bear to the
aggregate public offering price of the IDSs. The relative fault of the Company and the
Selling Stockholders on the one hand and of the Underwriter on the other shall be determined
by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission relates to information supplied
by the Company or the Selling Stockholders or by the Underwriter and the parties’ relative
intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses,
damages, expenses, liabilities and claims referred to in this subsection shall be deemed to
include any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection
with investigating, preparing to defend or defending any Proceeding.
(f) The Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriter agree that it would not
be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 11 were determined by pro
rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to in subsection (e) above. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this Section 11, the Underwriter shall not be required to contribute any
amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Offered Securities
underwritten by the Underwriter and distributed to the public were offered to the public
exceeds the amount of any damages which the Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay
by reason of such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission. No person guilty of fraudulent
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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.
(g) The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 11 and the
covenants, warranties and representations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders
contained in this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of the Underwriter, its partners, directors or officers
or any person (including each partner, officer or director of such person) who controls the
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act,
or by or on behalf of the Company or the Selling Stockholders, their respective directors or
officers or any person who controls the Company or any Selling Stockholder within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and shall survive any
termination of this Agreement or the delivery of the Securities to be sold by the Selling
Stockholders pursuant hereto. The Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriter
agree promptly to notify each other of the commencement of any Proceeding against it and, in
the case of the Company or a Selling Stockholder, against any of their officers or directors
in connection with the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities, or in connection with
the Registration Statement, any Basic Prospectus, any Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus
or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.
12. Information Furnished by the Underwriter. The statements set forth in the last
paragraph on the cover page of the Prospectus and the statements set forth in the “Price
stabilization, short positions,” and “Commissions and discounts” paragraphs under the caption
“Underwriting” in the Prospectus, only insofar as such statements relate to the amount of selling
concession and reallowance or to over-allotment and stabilization activities that may be undertaken
by the Underwriter, constitute the only information furnished by or on behalf of the Underwriter,
as such information is referred to in Sections 3 and 11 hereof.
13. Notices. Except as otherwise herein provided, all statements, requests, notices
and agreements shall be in writing or by telegram or facsimile and, if to the Underwriter, shall be
sufficient in all respects if delivered or sent to UBS Securities LLC, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000-0000, Attention: Syndicate Department and, if to the Company, shall be sufficient in all
respects if delivered or sent to the Company at the offices of the Company at the offices of
the Company at 0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Xxxx X.
Xxxxx, Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, with a copy to Davies
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxx,
and, if to (i) BCP Volume L.P., BCP Offshore Volume L.P. or VSI Management Direct L.P., shall be
sufficient in all respects if delivered or sent to such Selling Stockholder at c/o The Blackstone
Group L.P., 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Managing Director, or
(ii) Recreational Services L.L.C., shall be sufficient in all respects if delivered or sent to such
Selling Stockholder at c/o General Electric Capital Corporation, 000 Xxxxxx 0, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000,
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx, Managing Director and Senior Securities Counsel, in each case with a
copy to Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Risë
Xxxxxx.
14. Governing Law; Construction. This Agreement and any claim, counterclaim or
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dispute of any kind or nature whatsoever arising out of or in any way relating to this
Agreement (“Claim”), directly or indirectly, shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. The section headings in this Agreement have
been inserted as a matter of convenience of reference and are not a part of this Agreement.
15. Submission to Jurisdiction. Except as set forth below, no Claim may be commenced,
prosecuted or continued in any court other than the courts of the State of New York located in the
City and County of New York or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New
York, which courts shall have jurisdiction over the adjudication of such matters, and the Company
and the Selling Stockholders each consent to the jurisdiction of such courts and personal service
with respect thereto. The Underwriter, the Company and the Selling Stockholders each hereby consent
to personal jurisdiction, service and venue in any court in which any Claim arising out of or in
any way relating to this Agreement is brought by any third party against the Underwriter or any
indemnified party. The Underwriter and the Company (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, on behalf of its stockholders) and each Selling Stockholder (on its behalf and, to
the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of its stockholders and affiliates) each waive
all right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim (whether based upon contract,
tort or otherwise) in any way arising out of or relating to this Agreement. The Company and the
Selling Stockholders each agree that a final judgment in any such action, proceeding or
counterclaim brought in any such court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Underwriter, the
Company and each Selling Stockholder and may be enforced in any other courts to the jurisdiction of
which the Underwriter, the Company or any Selling Stockholder is or may be subject, by suit upon
such judgment.
16. Parties at Interest. The Agreement herein set forth has been and is made solely
for the benefit of the Underwriter, the Company and the Selling Stockholders and to the extent
provided in Section 11 hereof the controlling persons, partners, directors and officers referred to
in such Section, and their respective successors, assigns, heirs, personal representatives and
executors and administrators. No other person, partnership, association or corporation (including
a purchaser, as such purchaser, from the Underwriter) shall acquire or have any right under or by
virtue of this Agreement.
17. No Fiduciary Relationship. The Company and the Selling Stockholders each hereby
acknowledges that the Underwriter is acting solely as underwriter in connection with the purchase
and sale of the Company’s securities. The Company and the Selling Stockholders each further
acknowledges that the Underwriter is acting pursuant to a contractual relationship created solely
by this Agreement entered into on an arm’s length basis, and in no event do the parties intend that
the Underwriter act or be responsible as a fiduciary to the Company or any Selling Stockholder,
their respective management, stockholders or creditors or any other person in connection with any
activity that the Underwriter may undertake or have undertaken in furtherance of the purchase and
sale of the Company’s securities, either before or after the date hereof. The Underwriter hereby
expressly disclaims any fiduciary or similar obligations to the Company or any Selling Stockholder,
either in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any matters leading up
to such transactions, and the Company and the Selling Stockholders each hereby confirm their
understanding and agreement to that effect. The Company, the Selling Stockholders and the
Underwriter agree that they are each responsible for making their own independent judgments with
respect to any such transactions and that any
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opinions or views expressed by the Underwriter to the Company or any Selling Stockholder
regarding such transactions, including, but not limited to, any opinions or views with respect to
the price or market for the Company’s securities, do not constitute advice or recommendations to
the Company or any Selling Stockholder. The Company hereby waives and releases, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, any claims that the Company may have against the Underwriter with respect
to any breach or alleged breach of any fiduciary or similar duty to the Company in connection with
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any matters leading up to such transactions.
18. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed by the parties in one or more
counterparts which together shall constitute one and the same agreement among the parties.
19. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Underwriter and
the Company and the Selling Stockholders and their successors and assigns and any successor or
assign of any substantial portion of the Company’s, any Selling Stockholder’s and the Underwriter’s
respective businesses and/or assets.
20. Miscellaneous. UBS, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of UBS AG, is not a bank
and is separate from any affiliated bank, including any U.S. branch or agency of UBS AG. Because
UBS is a separately incorporated entity, it is solely responsible for its own contractual
obligations and commitments, including obligations with respect to sales and purchases of
securities. Securities sold, offered or recommended by UBS are not deposits, are not insured by
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, are not guaranteed by a branch or agency, and are not
otherwise an obligation or responsibility of a branch or agency.
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If the foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding among the Company, the Selling
Stockholders and the Underwriter, please so indicate in the space provided below for that purpose,
whereupon this Agreement and your acceptance shall constitute a binding agreement among the
Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriter.
Very truly yours,
Centerplate, Inc. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. XxXxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx X. XxXxxxxx | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President and CFO | |||
Centerplate of Kansas, Inc. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. XxXxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx X. XxXxxxxx | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President and CFO | |||
Service America Concessions Corporation |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. XxXxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx X. XxXxxxxx | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President and CFO | |||
Service America Corporation |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. XxXxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx X. XxXxxxxx | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President and CFO |
Service America of Texas, Inc. |
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By: | /s/ J. Xxxxxxx Xxxx | |||
Name: | J. Xxxxxxx Xxxx | |||
Title: | President | |||
Volume Services, Inc. (Delaware) |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. XxXxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx X. XxXxxxxx | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President and CFO | |||
Volume Services America, Inc. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. XxXxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx X. XxXxxxxx | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President and CFO |
BCP VOLUME L.P. | |||||
By: | Blackstone Capital Partners II Merchant Banking Fund L.P., as General Partner |
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By: | Blackstone Management Associates II L.L.C., as General Partner |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | ||||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | ||||
Title: | Authorized Signatory | ||||
BCP OFFSHORE VOLUME L.P. |
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By: | Blackstone Offshore Capital Partners II L.P. |
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By: | Blackstone Management Associates II L.L.C., as General Partner |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | ||||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | ||||
Title: | Authorized Signatory | ||||
By: | Blackstone Service (Cayman) LDC, as Administrative General Partner |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | ||||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | ||||
Title: | Authorized Signatory | ||||
VSI MANAGEMENT DIRECT L.P. By: VSI Management I L.L.C. |
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By: | Blackstone Management Associates II L.L.C., as Managing Member |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | ||||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | ||||
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
RECREATIONAL SERVICES L.L.C. By: General Electric Capital Corporation, as Managing Member |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President |
Accepted and agreed to as of the date first above written UBS Securities LLC |
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By: | UBS Securities LLC | |||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Executive Director | |||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx Xxxx | |||
Title: | Executive Director | |||
SCHEDULE A
Number of IDSs | ||||
Offered to the | ||||
Underwriter | Public | |||
UBS SECURITIES LLC |
2,517,818 |
SCHEDULE B
1. The public offering price per IDS is $11.0 and the total public price is $27,695,998.0.
2. Underwriting discounts and commissions per IDS is $0.8239 and the total underwriting discounts
and commissions are $2,074,430.25.
SCHEDULE C
Number of IDSs | ||||
Offered to the Public | ||||
Selling Stockholders |
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BCP Volume L.P. |
1,188,394 | |||
BCP Offshore Volume L.P. |
308,298 | |||
VSI Management Direct L.P. |
106,935 | |||
Recreational Services L.L.C. |
914,191 | |||
Total |
2,517,818 | |||
SCHEDULE D
Subsidiary Guarantors
Centerplate of Kansas, Inc.
Service America Concessions Corporation
Service America Corporation
Service America of Texas, Inc.
Volume Services, Inc.
Volume Services America, Inc.
Service America Concessions Corporation
Service America Corporation
Service America of Texas, Inc.
Volume Services, Inc.
Volume Services America, Inc.
EXHIBIT A
Lock-Up Agreement
, 2007
UBS Securities LLC
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This Lock-Up Agreement is being delivered to you in connection with the proposed Underwriting
Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) to be entered into by Centerplate, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Selling Stockholders named therein and you, with
respect to the public offering (the “Offering”) of Income Deposit Securities (the
“IDSs”) of the Company. Each IDS represents one share of the Company’s common stock, $0.01
par value per share (the “Common Stock”) and one 13.50% Subordinated Note due 2013, with a
$5.70 principal amount of the Company (the “Note”).
In order to induce you to enter into the Underwriting Agreement, the undersigned agrees that,
for a period (the “Lock-Up Period”) beginning on the date hereof and ending on, and
including, the date that is 90 days after the date of the final prospectus supplement relating to
the Offering, the undersigned will not, without the prior written consent of UBS Securities LLC,
(i) sell, offer to sell, contract or agree to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option to
purchase or otherwise dispose of or agree to dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file (or
participate in the filing of) a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “Commission”) in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or
liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder (the “Exchange Act”) with respect to, any Common Stock or IDSs or Notes or any
other securities of the Company that are substantially similar to Common Stock or IDSs or Notes, or
any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, or any warrants or other rights
to purchase, the foregoing, (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to
another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of Common Stock or IDSs
or Notes or any other securities of the Company that are substantially similar to Common Stock or
IDSs or Notes, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, or any
warrants or other rights to purchase, the foregoing, whether any such transaction is to be settled
by delivery of Common Stock or IDSs or Notes or such other securities, in cash or otherwise or
(iii) publicly announce an intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (i) or (ii).
The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (a) the registration of the offer and sale of Common
Stock, IDSs or Notes as contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement and the sale of the IDSs to the
Underwriter in the Offering, (b) bona fide gifts, provided the recipient thereof agrees in writing
with the Underwriter to be bound by the terms of this Lock-Up
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Agreement or (c) dispositions to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned
and/or the immediate family of the undersigned, provided that such trust agrees in writing with the
Underwriter to be bound by the terms of this Lock-Up Agreement. For purposes of this paragraph,
“immediate family” shall mean the undersigned and the spouse, any lineal descendent, father,
mother, brother or sister of the undersigned.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the preceding paragraph shall not apply to
the sale of Shares or IDSs or Notes by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the
Underwriting Agreement.
In addition, the undersigned hereby waives any rights the undersigned may have to require
registration of Common Stock or IDSs or Notes in connection with the filing of a registration
statement relating to the Offering. The undersigned further agrees that, for the Lock-Up Period,
the undersigned will not, without the prior written consent of UBS Securities LLC, make any demand
for, or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of Common Stock or IDSs or Notes or
any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or IDSs or Notes,
or warrants or other rights to purchase Common Stock or IDSs or Notes or any such securities.
Notwithstanding the above, if (a) during the period that begins on the date that is fifteen
(15) calendar days plus three (3) business days before the last day of the Lock-Up Period and ends
on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a
material event relating to the Company occurs; or (b) prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up
Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the sixteen (16) day
period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, then the restrictions imposed by this
Lock-Up Agreement shall continue to apply until the expiration of the date that is fifteen (15)
calendar days plus three (3) business days after the date on which the issuance of the earnings
release or the material news or material event occurs.
The undersigned hereby confirms that the undersigned has not, directly or indirectly, taken,
and hereby covenants that the undersigned will not, directly or indirectly, take, any action
designed, or which has constituted or will constitute or might reasonably be expected to cause or
result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to
facilitate the sale or resale of shares of Common Stock, IDSs or the Notes.
* * *
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If (i) the Company notifies you in writing that it does not intend to proceed with the
Offering, (ii) the registration statement filed with the Commission with respect to the Offering is
withdrawn or (iii) for any reason the Underwriting Agreement shall be terminated prior to the “time
of purchase” (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement), this Lock-Up Agreement shall be terminated
and the undersigned shall be released from its obligations hereunder.
Yours very truly, |
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EXHIBIT B
[OPINION OF DAVIES XXXX XXXXXXXX & XXXXXXXX LLP]
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EXHIBIT C
[OPINION OF XXXXXXX XXXXXXX & XXXXXXXX LLP]
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EXHIBIT D
[OPINION OF WALKERS]
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EXHIBIT F
[CERTIFICATE OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER]
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EXHIBIT G
[CERTIFICATE OF SELLING STOCKHOLDERS]
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SCHEDULE I
SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY
Name | State of Incorporation | |
Volume Services America, Inc.
|
Delaware | |
Volume Services, Inc.
|
Delaware | |
Service America Corporation
|
Delaware | |
Service America Concessions Corporation
|
Maryland | |
Service America of Texas, Inc.
|
Texas | |
Servomation, Inc.
|
Quebec, Canada | |
V.S.I. of Maryland, Inc.
|
Maryland | |
Centerplate of Kansas, Inc.
|
Kansas | |
Centerplate of Delaware, Inc.
|
Delaware |
SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY
Name | State of Incorporation | |
Volume Services America, Inc.
|
Delaware | |
Volume Services, Inc.
|
Delaware | |
Service America Corporation
|
Delaware |
SCHEDULE II
Equity interests in entities other than the Subsidiaries, owned directly or indirectly by the
Company:
• | Limited partnership interests in VSI Management Direct L.P., representing a 14.7% limited partnership interest | ||
• | Limited partnership interest in VSI Management II L.P., representing a 13.0% limited partnership interest |