Exhibit 1.1
EXECUTION COPY
MIRANT CORPORATION
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
For Purchase of 60,000,000 Shares of Common Stock
December 20, 2001
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
Eleven Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
as the Underwriter
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Mirant Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), proposes, subject to
the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to Credit Suisse First
Boston (the "Underwriter") 60,000,000 shares of common stock, $.01 par value per
share (the "Common Stock"), of the Company (the "Shares").
1. Registration Statement and Prospectus: The Company prepared and filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") in accordance
with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the "Act"), a
registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-64158) under the Act
(the "Registration Statement"), including the combined prospectus therein
relating to debt securities, preferred stock, depositary shares, common stock
and associated preferred stock purchase rights, warrants, stock purchase
contracts and stock purchase units. The term "Registration Statement" as used in
this Agreement means the registration statement (including all financial
schedules and exhibits), as amended at the time it became effective, and as
supplemented or amended prior to the execution of this Agreement, including such
documents that are, or are deemed to be, incorporated by reference therein. The
term "Prospectus" as used in this Agreement means the prospectus in the form
included in the Registration Statement, as supplemented by a prospectus
supplement specifying the plan of distribution of the Shares, as filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act. The date of the Prospectus
shall herein refer to the date of the prospectus supplement.
2. Purchase and Sale: Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth,
the Company agrees to issue and sell to the Underwriter, and the Underwriter
agrees to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price per share of $12.65,
the Shares.
3. Offer of Shares: The Company has been advised by you that you propose to
make an offering of the Shares on the terms and subject to the conditions and in
the manner set forth in the Prospectus.
4. Payment and Delivery:
(a) The Shares to be purchased by the Underwriter hereunder, in definitive
or electronic form, and in such authorized denominations and
registered in such names as the Underwriter may request upon at least
forty-eight hours' prior notice to the Company, shall be delivered by
or on behalf of the Company to the Underwriter, through the facilities
of The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), for the account of such
Underwriter, against payment by or on behalf of such Underwriter of
the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of Federal (same-day)
funds to the account specified by the Company to the Underwriter at
least forty-eight hours in advance. The Company will cause the
certificates representing the Shares to be made available for checking
and packaging at least twenty-four hours prior to the Time of Delivery
(as defined below) with respect thereto at the office of the
Underwriter, Eleven Madison Avenue, New York, NY (the "Designated
Office"). The time and date of such delivery and payment shall be,
with respect to the Shares, 9:30 a.m., New York, New York time, on
December 26, 2001 or such other time and date as the Underwriter and
the Company may agree upon in writing. Such time and date for delivery
of the Shares is herein called the "Time of Delivery".
(b) The documents to be delivered at the Time of Delivery by or on behalf
of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 5(b) hereof, including the
cross receipt for the Shares and any additional documents requested by
the Underwriter pursuant to Section 5(b)(v) hereof, will be delivered
at the offices of Xxxxxx, Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, 0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX, Xxxxxxxxxx XX 00000 (the "Closing Location"), and the
Shares will be delivered at the Designated Office, all at the Time of
Delivery. A meeting will be held at the Closing Location at 1:00 p.m.,
New York, New York time, on the Business Day immediately preceding the
Time of Delivery, at which meeting the final drafts of the documents
to be delivered pursuant to the preceding sentence will be available
for review by the parties hereto. For the purposes of this Section 4,
"Business Day" shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in New
York, New York or Atlanta, Georgia are generally authorized or
obligated by law or executive order to close.
5. Conditions of Underwriters' Obligations: The obligations of the
Underwriter hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and
warranties on the part of the Company herein contained at the Time of Delivery,
and to the following other conditions:
(a) The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) within the applicable time period prescribed for such
filing by the rules and regulations under the Act and in accordance
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with Section 6(a) hereof; no stop order suspending the effectiveness
of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been
issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or
threatened by the Commission; and all requests for additional
information on the part of the Commission shall have been complied
with to your reasonable satisfaction.
(b) That, at the Time of Delivery, the Underwriter shall be furnished the
following opinions and letter, with such changes therein as may be
agreed upon by the Company and the Underwriter.
(i) Opinion of Xxxxxx, Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, of Washington, DC,
counsel to the Company, substantially in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit 1.
(ii) Opinion of Shearman & Sterling, of New York, New York, counsel to
the Underwriter, substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit 2.
(iii)On the date of the First Time of Delivery, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP
shall have furnished to the Underwriter a letter or letters,
dated the respective dates of delivery thereof, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Underwriter.
(iv) A letter dated as of any subsequent Time of Delivery from Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx LLP, which shall confirm the statements made in the
letter dated the date of the First Time of Delivery from Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx LLP being delivered to the Underwriter pursuant to
clause (iii) above, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Underwriter.
(v) Such documents relating to the Company's corporate existence and
its authorization and execution of this Agreement, as the
Underwriter may reasonably request.
(c) That, prior to the Time of Delivery, there shall have been no material
adverse change in the business, properties or financial condition of
the Company from that set forth in or contemplated by the Prospectus,
and that the Company shall, at the Time of Delivery, have delivered to
the Underwriter a certificate to such effect of an executive officer
of the Company.
(d) The Company has obtained and delivered to the Underwriter executed
copies of a lock-up agreement attached hereto as Annex A hereto from
X.X. Xxxxxxxx and from each of the executive officers who are members
of the Company's Management Council, addressed to the Underwriter.
(e) The Shares to be delivered at the Time of Delivery shall have been
duly listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange subject to
official notice of issuance.
(f) That the Company shall have performed such of its obligations under
this Agreement as are to be performed at or prior to the Time of
Delivery by the terms hereof.
6. Certain Covenants of the Company: In further consideration of the
agreements of the Underwriters herein contained, the Company covenants as
follows:
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(a) To prepare the Prospectus and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule
424(b) under the Act not later than the Commission's close of business
on the second business day following the execution and delivery of
this Agreement; to furnish to the Underwriter one manually signed copy
of the Registration Statement and all amendments thereto; to advise
the Underwriter promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the
issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order
preventing or suspending the use of any Prospectus, of the suspension
of the qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any
jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for
any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending
or supplementing of the Registration Statement or Prospectus or for
additional information; and, in the event of the issuance of any stop
order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any
Prospectus or suspending any such qualification, promptly to use
reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order.
The Company will furnish to the Underwriter, without charge, as
many copies of the Prospectus (as supplemented or amended if the
Company shall have made any supplements or amendments thereto) as the
Underwriter may reasonably request.
(b) If, in the opinion of counsel to the Underwriter, the delivery of a
prospectus is required under the Act at any time prior to the
expiration of nine months after the time of issue of the Prospectus in
connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and if at such time
any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as
then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which the
statements are made when such Prospectus is delivered, not misleading,
or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such period
to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to comply with the Act,
to notify the Underwriter and upon the Underwriter's request to
forthwith amend or supplement the Prospectus by furnishing, at its own
expense, to the Underwriter and to dealers (whose names and addresses
are furnished to the Company by the Underwriter) to whom Shares may
have been sold by the Underwriter and, upon request, to any other
dealers making such request, as many copies as the Underwriter may
from time to time reasonably request of an amended Prospectus or
supplements thereto so that the statements in the Prospectus as so
amended or supplemented will not, in light of the circumstances under
which the statements are made, be misleading. If, in the opinion of
counsel to the Underwriters, the delivery of a prospectus is required
under the Act in connection with sales of any of the Shares at any
time nine months or more after the time of issue of the Prospectus, at
the Underwriter's request, but at the expense of such Underwriter, the
Company will prepare and deliver to such Underwriter as many copies as
such Underwriter may request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus
complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act.
(c) During such time as the Underwriter is required to deliver a
Prospectus pursuant to Section 5 of the Act, the Company will prepare
and file with the Commission the documents required to be filed
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pursuant to Sections 13 and 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder.
(d) To make generally available to its security holders as soon as
practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen months after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule
158(c) under the Act), an earnings statement of the Company and its
subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a)
of the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder (including, at the
option of the Company, Rule 158).
(e) The Company will cooperate with the Underwriter to qualify the Shares
for offer and sale under the securities or "blue sky" laws of such
states and other jurisdictions as the Underwriter may reasonably
request and to pay filing fees, reasonable attorneys' fees and
disbursements in connection therewith in an amount not exceeding
$15,000 in the aggregate (including filing fees and disbursements paid
or incurred prior to the date this Agreement becomes effective);
provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify
as a foreign corporation or to file a consent to service of process or
to file annual reports or to comply with any other requirements deemed
by the Company to be unduly burdensome.
(f) The Company will pay all costs and expenses incident to the
performance of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement,
including (i) the preparation of the Prospectus (including financial
statements) and any amendments or supplements thereto, (ii) the
preparation and printing of Share certificates, (iii) the issuance and
delivery of the Shares to the Underwriter (other than transfer taxes),
(iv) the furnishing of the opinions, letter and certificate referred
to in Section 5(b) hereof (other than the opinion referred to in
Section 5(b)(ii) hereof), and in the amounts agreed pursuant to
separate agreements. It is understood that the Underwriter shall be
solely responsible to pay all fees and expenses of counsel to the
Underwriter, and that the Company shall not be liable to reimburse the
Underwriter for such fees and expenses.
(g) If the Underwriter shall not take up and pay for the Shares due to the
failure of the Company to comply with any of the conditions specified
in Section 5 hereof, the Company shall reimburse the Underwriter for
all of their reasonable out-of-pocket accountable expenses incurred in
connection with the financing contemplated by this Agreement.
(h) During a period of 90 days from the date of the Prospectus, the
Company will not, without the prior written consent of the
Underwriter, offer or sell (or grant any option or warrant to offer or
sell) Common Stock of the Company or any security convertible into or
exchangeable for Common Stock of the Company or any securities
substantially similar to the shares of Common Stock of the Company;
provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to any shares
issuable pursuant hereto or the issuance, offer, sale or grant of
securities or options or warrants to purchase any securities pursuant
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to any trading plan or employee compensation or stock purchase plans
or director compensation plans described in the Registration Statement
(or any transaction pursuant to which the Company xxxxxx its
obligations under any such employee compensation or stock purchase
plans or director compensation plans) or any issuance or offer of
securities (or options or warrants to purchase any securities) as
consideration in connection with an acquisition (whether by merger or
otherwise) by the Company, provided that the recipients of those
securities, in connection with the acquisition, agree to be locked-up
on similar terms for the remainder of such 90-day period.
7. Warranties of and Indemnity by the Company:
(a) The Company warrants and represents to the Underwriter that:
(i) The Company has filed with the Commission the Registration
Statement and the Registration Statement has been declared
effective under the Act.
(ii) (A) The Registration Statement, at its effective date, conformed
with, and the Prospectus and any further amendments or
supplements to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will
conform, in all material respects to the requirements of the Act,
(B) each document incorporated by reference into the Prospectus,
at the time originally filed with the Commission pursuant to the
Exchange Act, conformed with, and will conform, in all material
respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act, and (C) the
Registration Statement, at its effective date, did not, and the
Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of any
applicable filing date as to the Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement thereto, will 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 (with
respect to statements in the Prospectus or the Prospectus as
amended or supplemented, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made) not misleading; provided, however, that
this representation and warranty shall not apply to any
statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity
with information furnished in writing to the Company by the
Underwriter expressly for use therein.
(iii)The Company is a corporation duly organized and validly existing
under the laws of Delaware and has all requisite corporate power
and authority to execute, deliver and perform its material
obligations under this Agreement.
(iv) The Shares, when issued and delivered by the Company pursuant to
this Agreement against payment of the consideration set forth in
this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable; and the issuance of such Shares is not and will
not be subject to preemptive or other similar rights under (i)
the statutes, judicial and administrative decisions, and the
rules and regulations of the governmental agencies of the State
of Delaware, (ii) the Company's Certificate of Incorporation or
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By-laws, or (iii) any instrument, document, contract or other
agreement filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or
filed as an exhibit to any documents incorporated by reference
therein.
(v) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Company;
(vi) Other than as set forth in the Prospectus, no litigation,
arbitration or administrative proceeding is currently pending or,
to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against it, which
would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on
the business, properties or financial condition of the Company.
(vii)The Company is not in violation of its Certificate of
Incorporation or By-laws or in default in the performance or
observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition
contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is
a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound that
would have a material adverse effect on the business, financial
condition, results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(b) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriter and
each person, if any, who controls any such Underwriter within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Act against any and all losses, claims,
damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them
may become subject under the Act or otherwise, and to reimburse the
Underwriters and such controlling person or persons, if any, for any
legal or other expenses incurred by them in connection with
investigating or defending any actions, insofar as such losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon
any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as amended
or supplemented, or arise out of or are based upon any omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (with
respect to statements in the Prospectus or the Prospectus as amended
or supplemented, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made) not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon any
such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or
omission which was made in such Registration Statement or Prospectus,
as amended or supplemented, in reliance upon and in conformity with
information furnished in writing to the Company by the Underwriter for
use therein and except that this indemnity with respect to the
Prospectus if the Company shall have furnished any amendment or
supplement thereto, shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter
(or of any person controlling such Underwriter) on account of any
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions arising from the sale
of Shares to any person if a copy of the Prospectus, as the same may
then be amended or supplemented, after having been supplied in the
quantities requested by the Representatives from the Company and with
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sufficient time to effect a recirculation, shall not have been sent or
given by or on behalf of such Underwriter to such person with or prior
to the written confirmation of the sale involved and if the Prospectus
(as so amended or supplemented) would have corrected the defect giving
rise to such loss, liability, claim or damage.
The Company's indemnity agreement contained in this Section 7(b), and its
covenants, warranties and representations contained in this Agreement, shall
remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on
behalf of any Underwriter or controlling person, and shall survive the delivery
of and payment for the Shares hereunder.
8. Indemnity by Underwriter: The Underwriter agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless the Company, its directors and officers, and each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act, to the same
extent and upon the same terms as the indemnity agreement of the Company set
forth in Section 7(b) hereof, but only with respect to untrue statements or
omissions or alleged untrue statements or omissions in the Prospectus or the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented, made in reliance upon and in conformity
with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Underwriter for use
therein.
The indemnity agreement on the part of each Underwriter contained in this
Section 8 shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation
made by or on behalf of the Company or other Underwriter or controlling person,
and shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Shares hereunder.
9. Procedures Relating to Indemnification: Promptly after receipt by a
party indemnified under Section 7 or 8 above of written notice of any loss,
claim, damage or liability in respect of which indemnity may be sought by it
hereunder, such indemnified party will, if a claim is to be made against an
indemnifying party, notify the indemnifying party thereof in writing, but the
omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve the indemnifying
party from any liability (otherwise than under Section 7 or 8 hereof, as the
case may be) which it may have to the indemnified party. Thereafter, the
indemnified party and the indemnifying party shall consult, to the extent
appropriate, with a view to minimizing the cost to the indemnifying party of its
obligations hereunder. In case any indemnified party receives written notice of
any loss, claim, damage or liability in respect of which indemnity may be sought
by it hereunder and it notifies the indemnifying party thereof, the indemnifying
party will be entitled to participate therein, and to the extent that it may
elect by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after
receiving the aforesaid notice from the indemnified party, to assume the defense
thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party; provided,
however, that if the parties against which any loss, claim, damage or liability
arises include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the
indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that the defenses available to
it create a conflict of interest for the counsel selected by the indemnifying
party under the code of professional responsibility applicable to such counsel,
the indemnified party shall have the right to select one separate counsel to
assume such legal defenses and otherwise to participate in the defenses of such
loss, claim, damage or liability on behalf of the indemnified party. Upon
receipt by the indemnified party of notice from the indemnifying party of its
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election so to assume the defense of such loss, claim, damage or liability and
approval by the indemnified party of counsel, the indemnifying party shall not
be liable to the indemnified party under Section 7 or 8 hereof, as the case may
be, for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the indemnified
party in connection with the defense thereof unless (i) the indemnified party
shall have employed such counsel in connection with the assumption of legal
defenses in accordance with the proviso to the next preceding sentence, (ii) the
indemnifying party shall not have employed and continued to employ counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified
party within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action, (iii)
the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal
defenses which are available to it which are different from and conflict with
those available to the indemnifying party, or (iv) the indemnifying party shall
have authorized in writing the employment of separate counsel for the
indemnified party at the expense of the indemnifying party. No indemnifying
party shall, without prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any
settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which the
indemnified party is or is entitled or subject to be a party and the indemnified
party is entitled to indemnity hereunder unless such settlement (i) includes an
unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability on any claims
that are the subject matter of such action and (ii) does not require any
admission or acknowledgement of culpability or wrongdoing on behalf of an
indemnified party. No indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement,
compromise or consent to the entry of any order adjudicating or otherwise
disposing of any loss, claim, damage or liability effected without its written
consent.
If the indemnification provided for under Section 7 or 8 above is
unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect
of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
that would otherwise have been indemnified under the terms of such indemnity,
then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by
such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate
to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the
Underwriter on the other from the offering of the Shares. If, however, the
allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by
applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required
above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or
payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the
Company on the one had and the Underwriter on the other in connection with the
statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant
equity considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one
had and the Underwriter on the other shall be deemed to be in the same
proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting
expenses) received by the Company bear to the total compensation received by the
Underwriter in respect of underwriting discounts and commissions as set forth in
the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state
a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one hand
or the Underwriter on the other and the parties' relative intent, knowledge,
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access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or
omission. The Company and the Underwriter agrees that it would not be just and
equitable if contributions pursuant to this section were determined by pro rata
allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of
the equitable considerations referred to above in this section. The amount paid
or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this section
shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such
action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, no Underwriter
shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the
total price at which the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public
were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such
Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation.
10. Termination of Agreement: This Agreement may be terminated at any time
prior to the Time of Delivery by the Underwriter, if, after this Agreement
becomes effective, (i) trading in securities on the New York Stock Exchange
shall have been generally suspended or materially limited; (ii) trading in the
Company's securities on the New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended;
(iii) a general banking moratorium shall have been declared by federal or New
York State authorities; (iv) there shall have occurred and be continuing any
substantial disruption of the settlements of securities or clearance services in
the United States, (v) there shall have occurred any declaration of war by the
United States Congress, an outbreak or substantial escalation of hostilities
involving the United States or any other substantial national or international
emergency affecting the United States; or (vi) the Company's long-term unsecured
senior debt securities shall be rated Ba2 or below by Xxxxx'x Investor Services
or BB or below by Standard and Poor's, Rating Agency, in any such case provided
for in clauses (i) through (vi) with the result that, in the reasonable judgment
of the Representatives, the marketability of the Shares shall have been
materially impaired.
If the Underwriter elects to terminate this Agreement as provided in this
Section 10, the Company shall be notified promptly by the Underwriter by
telephone, confirmed in writing. If this Agreement shall not be carried out by
any Underwriter for any reason permitted hereunder, or if the sale of the Shares
to the Underwriter as herein contemplated shall not be carried out because the
Company is not able to comply with the terms hereof, the Company shall not be
under any obligation under this Agreement and shall not be liable to any
Underwriter or to any member of any selling group for the loss of anticipated
profits from the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (except that the
Company shall remain liable to the extent provided in Section 6(f) and (g)
hereof) and the Underwriter shall be under no liability to the Company nor be
under any liability under this Agreement to one another.
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11. Notices: All notices hereunder shall, unless otherwise expressly
permitted, be in writing and be delivered at or mailed to the following
addresses:
Mirant Corporation
0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Treasurer
Tel: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (678) 579-____
with copies to (such copy not to constitute notice to the Company):
Xxxxxx, Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP
0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX
Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X., 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxx, Esq.
Tel: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
If to Underwriter at:
Credit Suisse First Boston
Eleven Madison Avenue
New York NY 10010-3629
Attention: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Tel: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
with copies to (such copy not to constitute notice to the Underwriter):
Shearman & Sterling
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxx III
Tel: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
12. Parties in Interest: The agreement herein set forth has been and is
made solely for the benefit of the Underwriter and the Company, its directors
and officers, and the controlling persons, if any, referred to in Sections 7 and
8 hereof, and their respective successors, assigns, executors and
administrators, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by
virtue of this agreement.
13. Applicable Law, Jurisdiction: This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving
effect to the choice of law or conflict of law principles thereof.
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14. Counterparts: This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which
together shall be deemed to be one and the same instrument.
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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement
between the Company and the Underwriter.
Very truly yours,
MIRANT CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
Title:
Confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON
By:
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Credit Suisse First Boston
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EXHIBIT 1
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Form of Opinion of Xxxxxx, Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP
On the basis of the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, limitations
and qualifications set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:
1. The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of Delaware, with full corporate
power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its
properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and to enter
into and perform its obligations under, and as contemplated under, the
Underwriting Agreement.
2. All the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been
duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.
3. The Company's authorized equity capitalization is as set forth in the
Prospectus; the capital stock of the Company conforms in all material respects
to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus.
4. To our knowledge, there is no pending or threatened action, suit or
proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or
any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their
property of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement
or the Prospectus and which is not so disclosed, and there is no contract or
other document of a character required to be described in the Registration
Statement or Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not
described or filed as required.
5. The statements included in the Prospectus under the captions
"Description of Capital Stock" to the extent that they purport to summarize
provisions of the Shares and the Company's charter and by-laws or legal matters,
fairly summarize, in all material respects, such provisions or matters.
6. Each of the documents incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus at the time they were filed or last amended (other
than the financial statements and the notes thereto, the financial schedules,
and any other financial data included or incorporated by reference therein, as
to which no opinion need be expressed), complied as to form in all material
respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations, as
applicable.
7. To our knowledge, no holders of securities of the Company have rights to
the registration of such securities under the Registration Statement that have
not been waived with respect to the offering of the Shares.
8. The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company.
9. The Shares have been authorized for issuance and sale to the Underwriter
pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and, when issued and delivered by the
Company pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, will be validly issued and fully
paid and non-assessable.
10. The issuance of the Shares is not subject to preemptive or other
similar rights arising by law or otherwise.
11. The Registration Statement has become effective under the 1933 Act; any
required filing of the Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule
424(b) have been made in the manner and within the time period required by Rule
424(b); to our knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have
been instituted or threatened; and the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of
the 1933 Act and 1933 Act Regulations.
12. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of
the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the
Prospectus, will not be, an "investment company" required to be registered under
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
13. The Stockholder Rights Plan has been duly authorized by the Company and
constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Company; the Shares will be
entitled to the benefits of the Stockholder Rights Plan.
Nothing has come to our attention that would lead us to believe that the
Registration Statement or any amendment thereto (except for financial statements
and schedules and other financial data included or incorporated by reference
therein or omitted therefrom, as to which we need make no statement), at the
time such Registration Statement or any such amendment became effective,
contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading or that the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto
(except for financial statements and schedules and other financial data included
or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom, as to which we need
make no statement), at the time the Prospectus was issued, at the time any such
amended or supplemented prospectus was issued or at the Time of Delivery,
included or includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits
to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely as to matters of fact (but
not as to legal conclusions), to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of
responsible officers of the Company and public officials. Such opinion shall not
state that it is to be governed or qualified by, or that it is otherwise subject
to, any treatise, written policy or other document relating to legal opinions,
including, without limitation, the Legal Opinion Accord of the ABA Section of
Business Law (1991).
EXHIBIT 2
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Form of Opinion of Shearman & Sterling
On the basis of the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, limitations
and qualifications set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:
(i) the Company is a corporation duly incorporated and validly existing in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with corporate
power and authority under such laws to own or lease its properties and
conduct its business as described in the Prospectus;
(ii) the Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company;
(iii)the Shares have been authorized for issuance and sale to the
Underwriter pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, and when issued
and delivered by the Company pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement,
will be validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable; and the
Shares conform to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus;
(iv) the statements included in the Prospectus under the captions
"Description of Capital Stock" and _______to the extent that they
purport to summarize provisions of the Shares and the Company's
charter and by-laws or legal matters, fairly summarize, in all
material respects, such provisions or matters.
Nothing has come to our attention that would lead us to believe that the
Registration Statement or any amendment thereto (except for financial statements
and schedules and other financial data included or incorporated by reference
therein or omitted therefrom, as to which we need make no statement), at the
time such Registration Statement or any such amendment became effective,
contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading or that the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto
(except for financial statements and schedules and other financial data included
or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom, as to which we need
make no statement), at the time the Prospectus was issued, at the time any such
amended or supplemented prospectus was issued or at the Time of Delivery,
included or includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits
to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely as to matters of fact (but
not as to legal conclusions), to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of
responsible officers of the Company and public officials. Such opinion shall not
state that it is to be governed or qualified by, or that it is otherwise subject
to, any treatise, written policy or other document relating to legal opinions,
including, without limitation, the Legal Opinion Accord of the ABA Section of
Business Law (1991).
ANNEX A
Mirant Corporation
Lock-Up Agreement
December __, 2001
Credit Suisse First Boston
Eleven Madison Avenue
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Re: Mirant Corporation - Lock-Up Agreement
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned understands that you (the "Underwriter"), propose to
enter into an Underwriting Agreement with Mirant Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), providing for a public offering of Shares of Common
Stock, $.01 per value per share (the "Common Stock") of the Company (the
"Shares") pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC").
In consideration of the agreement by the Underwriters to offer and sell
the Shares, and of other good and valuable consideration the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned agrees that, during
the period beginning from the date of the Prospectus covering the public
offering of the Shares and continuing to and including the date 90 days after
the date of such Prospectus, the undersigned will not offer, sell, contract to
sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise
dispose of any Shares, purchase contract or any shares of Common Stock of the
Company, or any options or warrants to purchase any Shares, purchase contract or
any shares of Common Stock of the Company, or any securities convertible into,
exchangeable for or that represent the right to receive any Shares, purchase
contract or any shares of Common Stock of the Company, whether now owned or
hereinafter acquired, owned directly by the undersigned (including holding as a
custodian) or with respect to which the undersigned has beneficial ownership
within the rules and regulations of the SEC (collectively the "Undersigned's
Shares").
The foregoing restriction is expressly agreed to preclude the
undersigned from engaging in any hedging or other transaction which is designed
to or which reasonably could be expected to lead to or result in a sale or
disposition of the Undersigned's Shares even if such Shares would be disposed of
by someone other than the undersigned. Such prohibited hedging or other
transactions would include without limitation any short sale or any purchase,
sale or grant of any right (including without limitation any put or call option)
with respect to any of the Undersigned's Shares or with respect to any security
that includes, relates to, or derives any significant part of its value from
such Shares.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the undersigned may transfer the
Undersigned's Shares (i) as a bona fide gift or gifts, provided that the donee
or donees thereof agree to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth
herein, (ii) to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned
or the immediate family of the undersigned, provided that the trustee of the
trust agrees to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein, and
provided further that any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for
value, or (iii) with the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. on behalf
of the Underwriters. For purposes of this Lock-Up Agreement, "immediate family"
shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than
first cousin. In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, if the undersigned is
a corporation, the corporation may transfer the capital stock of the Company to
any wholly-owned subsidiary of such corporation; provided, however, that in any
such case, it shall be a condition to the transfer that the transferee execute
an agreement stating that the transferee is receiving and holding such capital
stock subject to the provisions of this Agreement and there shall be no further
transfer of such capital stock except in accordance with this Agreement, and
provided further that any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for
value. The undersigned now has, and, except as contemplated by clause (i), (ii),
or (iii) above, for the duration of this Lock-Up Agreement will have, good and
marketable title to the Undersigned's Shares, free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances, and claims whatsoever. The undersigned also agrees and consents to
the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company's transfer agent and
registrar against the transfer of the Undersigned's Shares except in compliance
with the foregoing restrictions.
The undersigned understands that the Company and the Underwriters are
relying upon this Lock-Up Agreement in proceeding toward consummation of the
offering. The undersigned further understands that this Lock-Up Agreement is
irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigned's heirs, legal
representatives, successors, and assigns.
Very truly yours,
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Exact Name of Shareholder
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Authorized Signature
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