PENSKE AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC. (a Delaware corporation) [ ] Shares of Voting Common Stock PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
PENSKE AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC.
(a Delaware corporation)
(a Delaware corporation)
[ ] Shares of Voting Common Stock
Dated: [ ], 2010
(a Delaware corporation)
[ ] Shares of Voting Common Stock
[ ], 2010
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
as Representatives of the several Underwriters
c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated
Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Incorporated
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
as Representatives of the several Underwriters
c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated
Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Penske Automotive Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the persons listed
in Schedule B hereto (the “Selling Shareholders”), confirm their respective agreements with Xxxxxxx
Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated (“Xxxxxxx Xxxxx”) and each of the other Underwriters
named in Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “Underwriters,” which term shall also include any
underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10 hereof), for whom Xxxxxxx Xxxxx and
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. are acting as representatives (in such capacity, the
“Representatives”), with respect to (i) the sale by the Selling Shareholders and the purchase by
the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective number of shares of Voting
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (“Common Stock”) set forth in Schedules A
and B hereto and (ii) the grant by Penske Automotive Holdings Corp. (“PAHC”) to the Underwriters of
the option described in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any part of [ ] additional
shares of Common Stock to cover overallotments, if any. The aforesaid [ ] shares of Common
Stock (the “Initial Securities”) to be purchased by the Underwriters and all or any part of the [
] shares of Common Stock subject to the option described in Section 2(b) hereof (the “Option
Securities”) are herein called, collectively, the “Securities.”
The Company and the Selling Shareholders understand that the Underwriters propose to make a
public offering of the Securities as soon as the Representatives deem advisable after this
Agreement has been executed and delivered.
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a
registration statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-164453), including the related preliminary prospectus
or prospectuses, covering the registration of the sale of the Securities
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”). Promptly after execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the Company will prepare and file a prospectus in accordance with the
provisions of Rule 430A (“Rule 430A”) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1933
Act (the “1933 Act Regulations”) and Rule 424(b) (“Rule 424(b)”) of the 1933 Act Regulations. The
information included in such prospectus that was omitted from such registration statement at the
time it became effective but that is deemed to be part of such registration statement at the time
it became effective pursuant to Rule 430A(b) is herein called the “Rule 430A Information.” Such
registration statement, including the amendments thereto, the exhibits thereto and any schedules
thereto, and the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-1 under
the 1933 Act, at the time it became effective, and including the Rule 430A Information, is herein
called the “Registration Statement.” Any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of
the 1933 Act Regulations is herein called the “Rule 462(b) Registration Statement” and, after such
filing, the term “Registration Statement” shall include the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement.
Each prospectus used prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, and each prospectus
that omitted the Rule 430A Information that was used after such effectiveness and prior to the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, including the documents incorporated by reference therein
pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-1 under the 1933 Act, is herein called a “preliminary prospectus.”
The final prospectus, in the form first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) and furnished to the
Underwriters for use in connection with the offering of the Securities, including the documents
incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-1 under the 1933 Act, is herein
called the “Prospectus.” For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration
Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of the
foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic
Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (“XXXXX”).
As used in this Agreement:
“Applicable Time” means [ ], New York City time, on [ ], 2010 or such other
time as agreed by the Company and the Representatives.
“General Disclosure Package” means any Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectuses
issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, the prospectus (including any documents
incorporated therein by reference) that is included in the Registration Statement as of the
Applicable Time and the information included on Schedule C-1 hereto, all considered
together.
“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined
in Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 433”), including without limitation any “free
writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 405”))
relating to the Securities that is (i) required to be filed with the Commission by the
Company, (ii) a “road show that is a written communication” within the meaning of Rule
433(d)(8)(i), whether or not required to be filed with the Commission, or (iii) exempt from
filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description
of the Securities or of the offering that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in
the form filed or required to be filed with the
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Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s
records pursuant to Rule 433(g).
“Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors (other than a “bona fide
electronic road show,” as defined in Rule 433), as evidenced by its being specified in
Schedule C-2 hereto.
“Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
that is not an Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus.
All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information
which is “contained,” “included” or “stated” in the Registration Statement, any preliminary
prospectus or the Prospectus (or other references of like import) shall include all such financial
statements and schedules and other information which are incorporated by reference in or otherwise
deemed by 1933 Act Regulations to be a part of or included in the Registration Statement, any
preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, prior to the execution and delivery
of this Agreement; and all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the
Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus shall include the filing of
any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), which is
incorporated by reference in or otherwise deemed by 1933 Act Regulations to be a part of or
included in the Registration Statement, such preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case
may be, at or after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and on or prior to the date of
such amendment or supplement.
SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties.
(a) Representations and Warranties by the Company. The Company represents and warrants to
each Underwriter and Selling Shareholder as of the date hereof, the Applicable Time, the Closing
Time (as defined below) and any Date of Delivery (as defined below), and agrees with each
Underwriter and Selling Shareholder, as follows:
(i) Registration Statement and Prospectuses. Each of the Registration
Statement and any amendment thereto has become effective under the 1933 Act. No stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment
thereto has been issued under the 1933 Act, no order preventing or suspending the use of any
preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for any of those
purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, contemplated.
The Company has complied to the Commission’s satisfaction with each request (if any) from
the Commission for additional information.
Each of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the
time it became effective, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the
1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations. Each preliminary prospectus (including the
prospectus filed as part of the Registration Statement as originally filed or as part of any
amendment or supplement thereto), at the time it was filed, and the Prospectus complied in
all material respects with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations. Each
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preliminary prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with this
offering and the Prospectus was or will be virtually identical to the electronically
transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to XXXXX, except to the extent
permitted by Regulation S-T.
The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus, at the time they were
or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied and will comply in all material
respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission under the 1934 Act (the “1934 Act Regulations”).
(ii) Accurate Disclosure. Neither the Registration Statement nor any amendment
thereto, at its effective time, at the Closing Time or at any Date of Delivery, contained,
contains or will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will
omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading. As of the Applicable Time, neither (A) the General
Disclosure Package nor (B) any individual Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus, when
considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted 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.
Neither the Prospectus nor any amendment or supplement thereto (including any prospectus
wrapper), as of its issue date, at the time of any filing with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b), at the Closing Date or at any Date of Delivery, included, includes or will
include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will 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. The documents incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus, at the time the Registration Statement became effective or when
such documents incorporated by reference were filed with the Commission, as the case may be,
when read together with the other information in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, did, and any further documents so
filed or incorporated by reference will, not include 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.
The representations and warranties in this subsection shall not apply to statements in
or omissions from the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), the General
Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) made in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any
Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein. For purposes of this
Agreement, the only information so furnished shall be the information in the first paragraph
under the heading “Underwriting—Commissions and Discounts,” the information in the second,
third and fourth paragraphs under the heading “Underwriting—Price Stabilization and Short
Positions” in the Prospectus and the information under the heading “Underwriting—Electronic
Offer, Sale and Distribution of Shares” (collectively, the “Underwriter Information”).
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(iii) Incorporation of Documents by Reference. The Company meets the
requirements to incorporate documents by reference in the Registration Statement pursuant to
General Instruction VII to Form S-1 under the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations.
(iv) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. No Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein, and any
preliminary or other prospectus deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or
modified.
(v) Company Not Ineligible Issuer. At the time of filing the Registration
Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the
Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule
164(h)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations) of the Securities and at the date hereof, the Company
was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405, without taking account of
any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the
Company be considered an ineligible issuer.
(vi) The Purchase Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Company.
(vii) Description of the Securities. The Common Stock conforms in all material
respects to all statements relating thereto contained in the General Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus and such description conforms to the rights set forth in the instruments
defining the same. No holder of Securities will be subject to personal liability by reason
of being such a holder.
(viii) No Material Adverse Change. Except as otherwise stated therein, since
the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the
General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (i) there has been no material adverse change,
or any development that could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change,
in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business, operations or
prospects, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, of
the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one entity (any such change is called a
“Material Adverse Effect”); (ii) the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one entity,
have not incurred any material liability or obligation, indirect, direct or contingent, not
in the ordinary course of business nor entered into any material transaction or agreement
not in the ordinary course of business; and (iii) as of the date hereof, the Applicable Time
and the Closing Time, there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid
or made by the Company or, except for dividends paid to the Company or other subsidiaries,
any of its subsidiaries on any class of capital stock or repurchase or redemption by the
Company or any of its subsidiaries of any class of capital stock.
(ix) Independent Accountants. Deloitte & Touche LLP, who have expressed their
opinion with respect to the financial statements (which term as used in this
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Agreement includes the related notes thereto) and supporting schedules filed with the
Commission included in the Registration Statement, are independent public or certified
public accountants within the meaning of Regulation S-X under the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act
(“Regulation S-X”). KPMG Audit Plc, who have expressed their opinion with respect to the
financial statements of UAG UK Holding Limited, are independent public or certified public
accountants within the meaning of Regulation S-X.
(x) Preparation of the Financial Statements. The financial statements,
together with the related schedules and notes, included and incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, present fairly in
all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its
subsidiaries as of and at the dates indicated and the results of their operations,
stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the periods specified. Such financial statements
have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”)
applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved, except as may be expressly
stated in the related notes thereto. The financial data and the summary financial
information set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus under the captions “Prospectus Summary — Summary Consolidated Financial and
Other Data” and “Capitalization” present fairly in all material respects the information set
forth therein on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements included
therein. There are no historical, pro forma financial statements or supporting schedules
that would be required to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that have not been included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or
the Prospectus under the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations.
(xi) Incorporation and Good Standing of the Company and its Subsidiaries. Each
of the Company and each “significant subsidiary” of the Company (as such term is defined in
Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) (each a “Subsidiary” and, collectively, the “Subsidiaries”) has
been duly incorporated or formed and is validly existing as a corporation, partnership or
limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation or organization and has corporate or similar power and authority to own, lease
and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and, in the case of the Company, to enter into and
perform its obligations under this Agreement. Each of the Company and each Subsidiary is
duly qualified as a foreign corporation, partnership or limited liability company, as
applicable, to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the
conduct of business, except for such jurisdictions where the failure to so qualify or to be
in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse
Effect. All of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each Subsidiary has been duly
authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and is owned by the Company,
directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge,
lien, encumbrance or claim, other than liens granted pursuant to the Company’s Credit
Agreement with (i) DCFS, LLC and Toyota Motor Credit Corporation (the “U.S. Credit
Agreement”) and (ii) the Royal Bank
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of Scotland (the “U.K. Credit Agreement”). The Company does not own or control,
directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity other than the
Subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2008, other than entities acquired since such date.
(xii) Capitalization and Other Capital Stock Matters. The total stockholders’
equity of the Company is as set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
in the table under the caption “Capitalization” as of the respective dates set forth
therein, and the actual, authorized, issued and outstanding number of shares of Common Stock
of the Company as of [ ], 2010 is as set forth in the section entitled “Description of
Capital Stock” in the Prospectus, and there have been no changes to such amounts (except for
subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to this Agreement, pursuant to reservations,
agreements, employee benefit plans referred to in the General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus or pursuant to the exercise of convertible securities or options referred to in
the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus). All of the outstanding shares of Common
Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and
have been issued in compliance with federal and state securities laws. None of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock were issued in violation of any preemptive rights, rights
of first refusal or other similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities of the
Company. There are no authorized or outstanding options, warrants, preemptive rights,
rights of first refusal or other rights to purchase, or equity or debt securities
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, any capital stock of the Company or any
of its subsidiaries other than those accurately described in the General Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus. The description of the Company’s stock option, stock bonus and other
stock plans or arrangements, and the options or other rights granted thereunder, set forth
or incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus accurately
and fairly describes such plans, arrangements, options and rights.
(xiii) Stock Exchange Listing. The Common Stock is registered pursuant to
Section 12(b) of the 1934 Act and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and the Company
has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the
registration of the Common Stock under the 1934 Act or delisting the Common Stock from the
NYSE, nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission or the NYSE is
contemplating terminating such registration or listing.
(xiv) Registration Rights. There are no persons (other than the Selling
Shareholders) with registration rights or other similar rights to have any securities
registered for sale pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise registered for sale
by the Company under the 1933 Act, other than those rights that have been disclosed in the
General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and have been waived.
(xv) Non-Contravention of Existing Instruments; No Further Authorizations or
Approvals Required. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of
its charter, by-laws or similar organizational document or is in default (or, with the
giving of notice or lapse of time, would be in default) (“Default”) under any indenture,
mortgage, loan or credit agreement, note, contract, franchise, lease or other instrument to
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which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them
may be bound (including, without limitation, the U.S. Credit Agreement and the U.K. Credit
Agreement), or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is subject (each, an “Existing Instrument”), except for such Defaults as would
not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. The execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company and consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action
and (i) will not result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or
similar organizational document of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) will not
conflict with or constitute a breach of, or Default or a Debt Repayment Triggering Event (as
defined below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or
encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary pursuant to, or
require the consent of any other party to, any Existing Instrument, except for such
conflicts, breaches, Defaults, liens, charges or encumbrances as would not, individually or
in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (iii) will not result in any
violation of any law, administrative regulation or administrative or court decree of any
arbitrator, court, governmental body, regulatory body, administrative agency or other
authority, body or agency having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
any of their respective properties, assets or operations (each, a “Governmental Entity”).
No consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or registration or filing with, any
Governmental Entity, nor any consent or waiver under any registration rights or other
similar agreement, is required for the Company’s execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement or consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, except such as have been
obtained or made by the Company and are in full force and effect under the 1933 Act, the
1933 Act Regulations, the rules of the New York Stock Exchange, applicable state securities
or blue sky laws or the rules of Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”).
No consent of any floorplan lender, automobile manufacturer or distributor or any affiliate
of any of the foregoing is required in connection with the sale of the Securities or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. As used herein, a “Debt
Repayment Triggering Event” means any event or condition which gives, or with the giving of
notice or lapse of time would give, the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of
indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the
repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company
or any of its subsidiaries.
(xvi) No Material Actions or Proceedings. There are no legal or governmental
actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, threatened
against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries, which has as the subject
thereof any property owned or leased by, the Company or any of its subsidiaries, where in
any such case there is a reasonable possibility that such action, suit or proceeding might
be determined adversely to the Company or such subsidiary and any such action, suit or
proceeding, if so determined adversely, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect or adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. No material labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries exists or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, is threatened or imminent.
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(xvii) Accuracy of Exhibits. There are no contracts or documents which are
required to be described in the Registration Statement or to be filed as exhibits thereto
which have not been so described and filed as required.
(xviii) Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its subsidiaries own or
possess sufficient trademarks, trade names, patent rights, copyrights, licenses, approvals,
trade secrets and other similar rights (collectively, “Intellectual Property Rights”)
reasonably necessary to conduct their businesses as now conducted; and the expected
expiration of any of such Intellectual Property Rights (other than the Intellectual Property
Rights granted pursuant to the Trade Name and Trademark Agreement dated May 6, 2008 between
the Company and Penske System, Inc., which is filed with the Commission) would not result in
a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any
notice of infringement or conflict with asserted Intellectual Property Rights of others,
which infringement or conflict, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, could reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xix) All Necessary Permits, etc. The Company and each subsidiary possess such
valid and current certificates, authorizations or permits issued by the appropriate state,
federal or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct their respective
businesses, and neither the Company nor any subsidiary has received any notice of
proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of, or non-compliance with, any such
certificate, authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an
unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, could result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xx) Title to Properties. The Company and each of its subsidiaries has good
and marketable title to all the properties and assets reflected as owned in the financial
statements referred to in this Agreement (or elsewhere in the General Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus), in each case free and clear of any security interests, mortgages, liens,
encumbrances, equities, claims and other defects, except for the security interests held by
the lenders under the U.S. Credit Agreement, the U.K. Credit Agreement, any floor plan
lender or such as do not materially and adversely affect the value of such property and do
not materially interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such property by the
Company or such subsidiary. The real property, improvements, equipment and personal
property held under lease by the Company or any subsidiary are held under valid and
enforceable leases, with such exceptions as are not material and do not materially interfere
with the use made or proposed to be made of such real property, improvements, equipment or
personal property by the Company or such subsidiary.
(xxi) Tax Law Compliance. The Company and its subsidiaries have filed all
necessary federal, state and foreign income and franchise tax returns or have properly
requested extensions thereof and have paid all taxes required to be paid by any of them and,
if due and payable, any related or similar assessment, fine or penalty levied against any of
them except as may be being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings. The
Company has made adequate charges, accruals and reserves in the applicable financial
statements referred to in this Agreement in respect of all federal, state
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and foreign income and franchise taxes for all periods as to which the tax liability of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries has not been finally determined.
(xxii) Company Not an “Investment Company”. The Company is not required, and
upon the sale of the Securities as herein contemplated will not be required, to register as
an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940
Act”).
(xxiii) Insurance. The Company and its Subsidiaries carry or are entitled to
the benefits of insurance, with financially sound and reputable insurers, in such amounts
and covering such risks as it believes prudent, and all such insurance is in full force and
effect in all material respects. Other than what may be inferred from publicly available
information with respect to the insurance industry generally, the Company has no reason to
believe that it or any Subsidiary will not be able (A) to renew its existing insurance
coverage as and when such policies expire or (B) to obtain comparable coverage from similar
institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted and
at a cost that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxiv) No Price Stabilization or Manipulation. The Company has not taken and
will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to, or that might be reasonably
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 Securities.
(xxv) Company’s Accounting System. The Company on a consolidated
basis and UAG UK Holdings Limited maintain effective internal control over financial
reporting (as defined under Rule 13-a15 and 15d-15 under the 1934 Act Regulations) and a
system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (A)
transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization;
(B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (C) access to assets is
permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (D)
the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable
intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as
described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, since the end of the
Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (1) no material weakness in the
Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (2) no
change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over
financial reporting.
(xxvi) Compliance with Environmental Laws. Except as would not, individually
or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect (i) neither the Company nor any of
its subsidiaries is in violation of any federal, state, local or foreign law or regulation
relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including, without
limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or
wildlife, including without limitation, laws and regulations relating to emissions,
discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes,
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toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum and petroleum products (collectively,
“Materials of Environmental Concern”), or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing,
distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Materials of
Environmental Concern (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), which violation includes, but is
not limited to, noncompliance with any permits or other governmental authorizations required
for the operation of the business of the Company or its subsidiaries under applicable
Environmental Laws, or noncompliance with the terms and conditions thereof, nor has the
Company or any of its subsidiaries received any written communication, whether from a
governmental authority, citizens group, employee or otherwise, that alleges that the Company
or any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any Environmental Law, (ii) there is no claim,
action or cause of action filed with a court or governmental authority, no investigation
with respect to which the Company has received written notice, and no written notice by any
person or entity alleging potential liability for investigatory costs, cleanup costs,
governmental responses costs, natural resources damages, property damages, personal
injuries, attorneys’ fees or penalties arising out of, based on or resulting from the
presence, or release into the environment, of any Material of Environmental Concern at any
location owned, leased or operated by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, now or in the
past (collectively, “Environmental Claims”), pending or, to the best of the Company’s
knowledge, threatened against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any person or entity
whose liability for any Environmental Claim the Company or any of its subsidiaries has
retained or assumed either contractually or by operation of law, and (iii) to the best of
the Company’s knowledge, there are no past or present actions, activities, circumstances,
conditions, events or incidents, including, without limitation, the release, emission,
discharge, presence or disposal of any Material of Environmental Concern, that reasonably
could result in a violation of any Environmental Law or form the basis of a potential
Environmental Claim against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or against any person or
entity whose liability for any Environmental Claim the Company or any of its subsidiaries
has retained or assumed either contractually or by operation of law.
(xxvii) ERISA Compliance. The Company and its subsidiaries and any “employee
benefit plan” (as defined under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (collectively,
“ERISA”)) established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or their “ERISA
Affiliates” (as defined below) are in compliance in all material respects with ERISA.
“ERISA Affiliate” means, with respect to the Company or a subsidiary, any member of any
group of organizations described in Sections 414, or of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the “Code”) of
which the Company or such subsidiary is a member. No “reportable event” (as defined under
ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any “employee benefit
plan” established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or any of their ERISA
Affiliates. No “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company, its
subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates, if such “employee benefit plan” were
terminated, would have any “amount of unfunded benefit liabilities” (as defined under
ERISA). Neither the Company, its subsidiaries nor any of their ERISA Affiliates has
incurred or reasonably expects to incur any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect
to termination of, or withdrawal from,
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any “employee benefit plan” or (ii) Sections 412, 4971, 4975 or 4980B of the Code.
Each “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or
any of their ERISA Affiliates that is intended to be qualified under Section 401 of the Code
is so qualified and nothing has occurred, whether by action or failure to act, which would
cause the loss of such qualification.
(xxviii) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Neither the Company nor, to the
knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person
acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any
action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder
(the “FCPA”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or
instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment,
promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift,
promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign
official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official
thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the
Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, its affiliates have conducted their businesses
in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures
designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued
compliance therewith.
(xxix) Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company are and have been
conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting
requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the
money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any
related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any
Governmental Entity (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or
proceeding by or before any Governmental Entity involving the Company with respect to the
Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(xxx) Compliance with the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. There is and has been no failure
on the part of the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any of the Company’s directors or
officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with any provision
of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection
therewith (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”), including Section 402 related to loans and Sections
302 and 906 related to certifications.
(xxxi) OFAC. None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge
of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on
behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions
administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department
(“OFAC”).
(b) Representations and Warranties by the Selling Shareholders. Each Selling Shareholder
severally represents and warrants to each Underwriter and the Company as of the
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date hereof, as of the Applicable Time, as of the Closing Time and, if the Selling Shareholder
is selling Option Securities on a Date of Delivery, as of each such Date of Delivery, and agrees
with each Underwriter and the Company, as follows:
(i) Accurate Disclosure. Such Selling Shareholder has no reason to believe
that the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or any amendments or supplements
thereto includes any untrue statement of a material fact 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; such Selling Shareholder is not prompted to sell the
Securities to be sold by such Selling Shareholder hereunder by any information concerning
the Company or any subsidiary of the Company which is not set forth in the General
Disclosure Package or the Prospectus.
(ii) The Purchase Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by or on behalf of such Selling Shareholder.
(iii) Noncontravention. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
sale and delivery of the Securities to be sold by such Selling Shareholder and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and compliance by such Selling
Shareholder with its obligations hereunder do not and will not, whether with or without the
giving of notice or passage of time or both, (i) conflict with or constitute a breach of, or
default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any tax, lien, charge or
encumbrance upon the Securities to be sold by such Selling Shareholder or any property or
assets of such Selling Shareholder pursuant to any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, loan or credit agreement, note, license, lease or other agreement or instrument to
which such Selling Shareholder is a party or by which such Selling Shareholder may be bound,
or to which any of the property or assets of such Selling Shareholder is subject, except for
such conflicts, breaches, defaults, liens, charges or encumbrances as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the ability of such
Selling Shareholder to consummate the transactions contemplated herein, (ii) result in any
violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or other organizational instrument of
such Selling Shareholder, if applicable, or (iii) result in any violation of any applicable
treaty, law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any government,
government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over such
Selling Shareholder or any of its properties.
(iv) Valid Title. Such Selling Shareholder has valid title to the Securities
to be sold by such Selling Shareholder free and clear of all security interests, claims,
liens, equities or other encumbrances, except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus. Such Selling Shareholder, at the Closing Time and, if any Option
Securities are purchased and sold hereunder, at the Date of Delivery with respect to the
Option Securities to be sold by such Selling Shareholder, will have, valid title to the
Securities to be sold by such Selling Shareholder free and clear of all security interests,
claims, liens, equities or other encumbrances. Such Selling Shareholder has the legal right,
power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to sell, transfer and deliver the
Securities to be sold by such Selling Shareholder or a valid security entitlement in respect
of such Securities.
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(v) Delivery of Securities. Upon payment of the purchase price for the
Securities to be sold by such Selling Shareholder pursuant to this Agreement, delivery of
such Securities, as directed by the Underwriters, to Cede & Co. (“Cede”) or such other
nominee as may be designated by The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) (unless delivery of
such Securities is unnecessary because such Securities are already in possession of Cede or
such nominee), registration of such Securities in the name of Cede or such other nominee
(unless registration of such Securities is unnecessary because such Securities are already
registered in the name of Cede or such nominee), and the crediting of such Securities on the
books of DTC to securities accounts (within the meaning of Section 8-501(a) of the UCC) of
the Underwriters (assuming that neither DTC nor any such Underwriter has notice of any
“adverse claim,” within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the Uniform Commercial Code then in
effect in the State of New York (“UCC”), to such Securities), (A) under Section 8-501 of the
UCC, the Underwriters will acquire a valid “security entitlement” in respect of such
Securities and (B) no action (whether framed in conversion, replevin, constructive trust,
equitable lien, or other theory) based on any “adverse claim,” within the meaning of Section
8-102 of the UCC, to such Securities may be asserted against the Underwriters with respect
to such security entitlement; for purposes of this representation, such Selling Shareholder
may assume that when such payment, delivery (if necessary) and crediting occur, (I) such
Securities will have been registered in the name of Cede or another nominee designated by
DTC, in each case on the Company’s share registry in accordance with its certificate of
incorporation, bylaws and applicable law, (II) DTC will be registered as a “clearing
corporation,” within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC, (III) appropriate entries to
the accounts of the several Underwriters on the records of DTC will have been made pursuant
to the UCC, (IV) to the extent DTC, or any other securities intermediary which acts as
“clearing corporation” with respect to the Securities, maintains any “financial asset” (as
defined in Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC in a clearing corporation pursuant to Section
8-111 of the UCC, the rules of such clearing corporation may affect the rights of DTC or
such securities intermediaries and the ownership interest of the Underwriters, (V) claims of
creditors of DTC or any other securities intermediary or clearing corporation may be given
priority to the extent set forth in Section 8-511(b) and 8-511(c) of the UCC and (VI) if at
any time DTC or other securities intermediary does not have sufficient Securities to satisfy
claims of all of its entitlement holders with respect thereto then all holders will share
pro rata in the Securities then held by DTC or such securities intermediary.
(vi) No Price Stabilization or Manipulation. Such Selling Shareholder has not
taken, and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed to or which
has constituted or would 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 Securities to be sold by such Selling Shareholder.
(vii) No Further Authorizations or Approvals Required. No filing with, or
consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, qualification or decree of any
arbitrator, court, governmental body, regulatory body, administrative agency or other
authority, body or agency, domestic or foreign, nor any consent or waiver under any
registration rights or other similar agreement, is necessary or required for the
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performance by each Selling Shareholder of its obligations hereunder, or in connection
with the sale and delivery of the Securities to be sold by such Selling Shareholder
hereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except
such as have been already made or obtained or as may be required under the 1933 Act, the
1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act, the 1934 Act Regulations, the rules of the New York
Stock Exchange, state securities laws or the rules of FINRA.
(viii) No Registration or Other Similar Rights. Except as described in the
General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and as set forth in the Registration Rights
Agreement among the Company and PAHC dated as of December 22, 2000, such Selling Shareholder
does not have any registration or other similar rights to have any equity or debt securities
(other than the Securities) registered for sale by the Company under the Registration
Statement or included in the offering contemplated by this Agreement.
(ix) No Free Writing Prospectuses. Such Selling Shareholder has not prepared
or had prepared on its behalf or used or referred to, any “free writing prospectus” (as
defined in Rule 405) other than any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and has not distributed
any written materials in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities in violation of
the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations.
(x) No Association with FINRA. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus, such Selling Shareholder is not an affiliate of any FINRA
member, and, directly, or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, does not control,
is not controlled by, and is not under common control with any member firm of FINRA (within
the meaning of the FINRA By-Laws).
(xi) OFAC. Each Selling Shareholder will not directly or indirectly use the
proceeds of the sale of the Securities, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such
proceeds to any of its subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other person, for the purpose
of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions
administered by OFAC.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no Selling Shareholder shall be liable
for any amount under Section 1(b)(i), 6 or 7, in the aggregate, in excess of the amount equal to
the aggregate gross proceeds after underwriting commissions and discounts, but before expenses, to
such Selling Shareholder from the sale of Securities sold by such Selling Shareholder hereunder.
In addition, the Underwriters shall not proceed against any Selling Shareholder for any breach of
the representation and warranty set forth in Section 1(b)(i) unless the Underwriters shall first
have proceeded against the Company for any breaches of Section 1(a) and the Underwriters have not
recovered in full within 60 days; provided that the Underwriters shall not be required to proceed
first against the Company if the Underwriters, acting in good faith and upon the advice of outside
legal counsel, would thereby materially prejudice their right to recovery from the Selling
Shareholders.
(c) Officer’s Certificates. Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries delivered to the Representatives or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be
deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to each Underwriter as to the matters covered
thereby; and any certificate signed by or on behalf of the Selling Shareholders as such and
delivered to the Representatives or to counsel for the Underwriters pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement shall be deemed a representation and warranty by such Selling Shareholder to the
Underwriters as to the matters covered thereby.
SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to Underwriters; Closing.
(a) Initial Securities. On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained
and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Selling Shareholder agrees to sell
to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from each
Selling Shareholder, at the price per share set forth in Schedule A, that proportion of the number
of Initial Securities set forth in Schedule B opposite the name of the
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such Selling Shareholder, as the case may be, which the number of Initial Securities set forth
in Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter, plus any additional number of Initial
Securities which such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of
Section 10 hereof, bears to the total number of Initial Securities, subject, in each case, to such
adjustments among the Underwriters as Xxxxxxx Xxxxx in its sole discretion shall make to eliminate
any sales or purchases of fractional shares.
(b) Option Securities. In addition, on the basis of the representations and warranties herein
contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, PAHC hereby grants an option to
the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, to purchase up to an additional [ ] shares of
Common Stock, as set forth in Schedule B, at the price per share set forth in Schedule A, less an
amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the
Initial Securities but not payable on the Option Securities. The option hereby granted will expire
30 days after the date hereof and may be exercised in whole or in part from time to time only for
the purpose of covering overallotments which may be made in connection with the offering and
distribution of the Initial Securities upon notice by the Representatives to PAHC setting forth the
number of Option Securities as to which the several Underwriters are then exercising the option and
the time and date of payment and delivery for such Option Securities. Any such time and date of
delivery (a “Date of Delivery”) shall be determined by the Representatives, but shall not be later
than seven full business days after the exercise of said option, nor in any event prior to the
Closing Time. If the option is exercised as to all or any portion of the Option Securities, each
of the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, will purchase that proportion of the total
number of Option Securities then being purchased which the number of Initial Securities set forth
in Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of Initial
Securities, subject, in each case, to such adjustments as Xxxxxxx Xxxxx in its sole discretion
shall make to eliminate any sales or purchases of fractional shares.
(c) Payment. Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates for, the Initial
Securities shall be made at the offices of Shearman & Sterling, LLP, 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, 00000, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and
the Company and the Selling Shareholders, at [ ] (New York City time) on the [third] [(fourth,
if the pricing occurs after 4:30 P.M. (New York City time) on any given day)] business day after
the date hereof (unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10), or such other
time not later than ten business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by the
Representatives and the Company and the Selling Shareholders (such time and date of payment and
delivery being herein called “Closing Time”).
In addition, in the event that any or all of the Option Securities are purchased by the
Underwriters, payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates for, such Option
Securities shall be made at the above-mentioned offices, or at such other place as shall be agreed
upon by the Representatives and the Company and PAHC, on each Date of Delivery as specified in the
notice from the Representatives to the Company and PAHC.
Payment shall be made to the Selling Shareholders by wire transfer of immediately available
funds to bank accounts designated by the Selling Shareholders against delivery to the
Representatives for the respective accounts of the Underwriters of certificates for the Securities
to be purchased by them. It is understood that each Underwriter has authorized the
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Representatives, for its account, to accept delivery of, receipt for, and make payment of the
purchase price for, the Initial Securities and the Option Securities, if any, which it has agreed
to purchase. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, individually and not as representative of the Underwriters, may (but
shall not be obligated to) make payment of the purchase price for the Initial Securities or the
Option Securities, if any, to be purchased by any Underwriter whose funds have not been received by
the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, but such payment shall not
relieve such Underwriter from its obligations hereunder.
(d) Denominations; Registration. To the extent applicable, certificates for the Initial
Securities and the Option Securities, if any, shall be in such denominations and registered in such
names as the Representatives may request in writing at least one full business day before the
Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be. To the extent applicable, the
certificates for the Initial Securities and the Option Securities, if any, will be made available
for examination and packaging by the Representatives in The City of New York not later than 10:00
A.M. (New York City time) on the business day prior to the Closing Time or the relevant Date of
Delivery, as the case may be.
SECTION 3. Covenants.
(A) Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants with each Underwriter as follows:
(a) Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests. The Company, subject to
Section 3(b), will comply with the requirements of Rule 430A, and will notify the Representatives
immediately, (i) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement shall become
effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus shall have been filed, (ii) of the
receipt of any comments from the Commission, (iii) of any request by the Commission for any
amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus, including
any document incorporated by reference therein or for additional information, (iv) of the issuance
by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or
any post-effective amendment or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary
prospectus or the Prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for
offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for
any of such purposes or of any examination pursuant to Section 8(e) of the 1933 Act concerning the
Registration Statement and (v) if the Company becomes the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A
of the 1933 Act in connection with the offering of the Securities. The Company will effect all
filings required under Rule 424(b), in the manner and within the time period required by Rule
424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)), and will take such steps as it deems necessary to
ascertain promptly whether the form of prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 424(b) was
received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file such
prospectus. The Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop
order, prevention or suspension and, if any such order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at
the earliest possible moment.
(b) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws. The Company will comply with the 1933 Act and
the 1933 Act Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the
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Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and in the General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus. If at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is (or, but for the
exception afforded by Rule 172 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 172”), would be) required by the
1933 Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Securities, any event shall occur or
condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the
Underwriters or for the Company, to (i) amend the Registration Statement in order that the
Registration Statement will not include 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, (ii) amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus in order that
the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, will not include any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is
delivered to a purchaser or (iii) amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the
General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, in order to comply with the
requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, the Company will promptly (A) give the
Representatives notice of such event, (B) prepare any amendment or supplement as may be necessary
to correct such statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure
Package or the Prospectus comply with such requirements and, a reasonable amount of time prior to
any proposed filing or use, furnish the Representatives with copies of any such amendment or
supplement and (C) file with the Commission any such amendment or supplement; provided that the
Company shall not file or use any such amendment or supplement to which the Representatives or
counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object. The Company will furnish to the Underwriters
such number of copies of such amendment or supplement as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
The Company has given the Representatives notice of any filings made pursuant to the 1934 Act or
1934 Act Regulations within 48 hours prior to the Applicable Time; the Company will give the
Representatives notice of its intention to make any such filing from the Applicable Time to the
Closing Time and will furnish the Representatives with copies of any such documents a reasonable
amount of time prior to such proposed filing, as the case may be.
(c) Delivery of Registration Statements. The Company has furnished or will deliver to the
Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration
Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto and signed copies of all consents and
certificates of experts, and will also deliver to the Representatives, without charge, a conformed
copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (without
exhibits) for each of the Underwriters. The copies of the Registration Statement and each
amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be virtually identical to the electronically
transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to XXXXX, except to the extent
permitted by Regulation S-T.
(d) Delivery of Prospectuses. The Company has delivered to each Underwriter, without charge,
as many copies of each preliminary prospectus as such Underwriter reasonably requested, and the
Company hereby consents to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the 1933 Act. The
Company will furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, during the period when a prospectus
relating to the Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172, would be) required
to be delivered under the 1933 Act, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or
supplemented) as such Underwriter may reasonably request. The Prospectus and
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any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be virtually
identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to
XXXXX, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(e) Blue Sky Qualifications. The Company will cooperate with the Underwriters, to qualify the
Securities for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other
jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as the Representatives may designate and to maintain such
qualifications in effect so long as required to complete the distribution of the Securities;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service
of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction
in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in
any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject.
(f) DTC. The Company will cooperate with the Underwriters and use their commercially
reasonable efforts to permit the Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through the
facilities of DTC.
(g) Rule 158. The Company will timely file such reports pursuant to the 1934 Act as are
necessary in order to make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable an
earnings statement for the purposes of, and to provide to the Underwriters the benefits
contemplated by, the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act.
(h) Listing. The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the listing
of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange.
(i) Restriction on Sale of Securities. During a period of 90 days from the date of the
Prospectus, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, (i)
directly or indirectly, offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to
purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase
or otherwise transfer or dispose of any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into
or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or file any registration statement under the 1933
Act with respect to any of the foregoing or (ii) enter into any swap or any other agreement or any
transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence
of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such swap or transaction described in clause (i) or
(ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or
otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (A) shares of Common Stock issued as
consideration for the acquisition of another business entity, provided that such shares of Common
Stock do not exceed five (5) percent of the Company’s then outstanding shares of Common Stock;
further provided that the recipient of such shares shall have agreed in writing not to sell, offer,
dispose of or otherwise transfer any such shares during such 90-day period without the prior
written consent of the Representatives and (B) shares of Common Stock or options to be issued
pursuant to employee benefit plans, qualified stock option plans or other employee compensation
benefit plans or pursuant to currently outstanding options, warrants or rights existing on the date
hereof and referred to in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or issued after the
date hereof pursuant to employee benefit plans, qualified stock option plans or other employee
compensation plans that are currently in effect as of the date hereof. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if (1) during the last 17 days of the 90-day restricted
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period the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to
the Company occurs or (2) prior to the expiration of the 90-day restricted period, the Company
announces that it will issue an earnings release or becomes aware that material news or a material
event will occur during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 90-day restricted
period, the restrictions imposed in this clause (i) shall continue to apply until the expiration of
the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the
material news or material event; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall any
restrictions imposed in this clause (i) continue beyond 124 days from the date of the Prospectus.
(j) Reporting Requirements. The Company, during the period when a Prospectus relating to the
Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172, would be) required to be delivered
under the 1933 Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to
the 1934 Act within the time periods required by the 1934 Act and 1934 Act Regulations.
Additionally, the Company shall report the use of proceeds from the issuance of the Shares as may
be required under Rule 463 under the 1933 Act.
(B) Covenants of the Company and the Selling Shareholders. The Company and each
Selling Shareholder covenants with each Underwriter as follows:
(a) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company agrees that, unless it obtains the prior
written consent of the Representatives, and each Selling Shareholder agrees that, unless it obtains
the prior written consent of the Company and the Representatives, it will not make any offer
relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would
otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” or a portion thereof, required to be filed by the
Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433; provided that the
Representatives will be deemed to have consented to the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses listed on
Schedule C-2 hereto and any “road show that is a written communication” within the meaning of Rule
433(d)(8)(i) that has been reviewed by the Representatives. Each of the Company and each Selling
Shareholder represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each such free writing
prospectus consented to, or deemed consented to, by the Representatives as an “issuer free writing
prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and that it has complied and will comply with the applicable
requirements of Rule 433 with respect thereto, including timely filing with the Commission where
required, legending and record keeping. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the
Registration Statement or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances existing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company
will promptly notify the Representatives and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense,
such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or
omission.
SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses.
(a) Expenses. The Company and/or the Selling Shareholders will pay or cause to be paid all
expenses incident to the performance of their obligations under this Agreement,
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including (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement (including
financial statements and exhibits) as originally filed and each amendment thereto, (ii) the
preparation, issuance and delivery of the certificates for the Securities to the Underwriters,
including any stock or other transfer taxes and any stamp or other duties payable upon the sale,
issuance or delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters, (iii) the fees and disbursements of the
Company’s counsel, accountants and other advisors, (iv) the qualification of the Securities under
securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(f) hereof, including filing fees and
the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith and
in connection with the preparation of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplement thereto, (v) the
preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of each preliminary prospectus,
each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto
and any costs associated with electronic delivery of any of the foregoing by the Underwriters to
investors, (vi) the fees and expenses of any transfer agent or registrar for the Securities, (vii)
one-half of the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations on any “road
show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the Securities, including without limitation,
expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, travel and lodging
expenses of the representatives and officers of the Company, and the cost of aircraft and other
transportation chartered in connection with the road show, (viii) the filing fees incident to, and
the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters in connection with, the review
by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Securities, (ix) the fees and expenses incurred in
connection with the listing of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange and (x) the costs and
expenses (including, without limitation, any damages or other amounts payable in connection with
legal or contractual liability) associated with the reforming of any contracts for sale of the
Securities made by the Underwriters caused by a breach of the representation contained in the third
sentence of Section 1(a)(ii).
(b) Expenses of the Selling Shareholders. Subject to any agreement between the Company and
the Selling Shareholders, the Selling Shareholders will pay any brokerage, accounting, tax and
certain other expenses incurred by the Selling Shareholders in disposing of the Securities under
this Agreement.
(c) Termination of Agreement. If this Agreement is terminated by the Representatives in
accordance with the provisions of Section 5, Section 9(a)(i) or (iii) or Section 11 hereof, the
Company shall reimburse the Underwriters for all of their out-of-pocket expenses with respect to
the transactions contemplated hereby, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel
for the Underwriters.
(d) Allocation of Expenses. The provisions of this Section shall not affect any agreement
that the Company and the Selling Shareholders may make for the sharing of such costs and expenses.
SECTION 5. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligations of the several
Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the
Company and the Selling Shareholders contained herein or in certificates of any officer of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or on behalf of any Selling Shareholder delivered pursuant to
the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and each Selling
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Shareholder of their respective covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to the
following further conditions:
(a) Effectiveness of Registration Statement; Rule 430A Information. The Registration
Statement, including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, has become effective and at Closing
Time no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective
amendment thereto has been issued under the 1933 Act, no order preventing or suspending the use of
any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for any of those
purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, contemplated; and the
Company has complied with each request (if any) from the Commission for additional information. A
prospectus containing the Rule 430A Information shall have been filed with the Commission in the
manner and within the time frame required by Rule 424(b) without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or a
post-effective amendment providing such information shall have been filed with, and declared
effective by, the Commission in accordance with the requirements of Rule 430A.
(b) Opinion of Counsel for Company. At the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have
received (1) the favorable opinion, dated the Closing Time, of Fried, Frank, Harris, Xxxxxxx &
Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the
Underwriters, in a form to be agreed, and (2) the favorable opinion, dated as of such Closing Time,
of Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the Company, in form and
substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, in a form to be agreed and to such further
effect as counsel to the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(c) Opinion of Counsel for the Selling Shareholders. At the Closing Time, the Representatives
shall have received the favorable opinion, dated the Closing Time, of Fried, Frank, Harris, Xxxxxxx
& Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Selling Shareholders, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel
for the Underwriters, in a form to be agreed and to such further effect as counsel to the
Underwriters may reasonably request.
(d) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters. At the Closing Time, the Representative shall have
received the favorable opinion, dated as of such Closing Time, of Shearman & Sterling, LLP, counsel
for the Underwriters. In giving such opinion such counsel may rely, as to all matters governed by
the laws of jurisdictions other than the law of the State of New York and the federal law of the
United States and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, upon the opinions of
counsel satisfactory to the Representatives. Such counsel may also state that, insofar as such
opinion involves factual matters, they have relied, to the extent they deem proper, upon
certificates of officers of the Company and its subsidiaries and certificates of public officials.
(e) Officers’ Certificate. At the Closing Time, there shall not have been, since the date
hereof or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the General Disclosure
Package or the Prospectus, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or
in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries
considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, and the
Representatives shall have received a certificate of the President or a Vice President of the
Company and of the chief financial or chief accounting officer of the Company,
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dated the Closing Time, to the effect that (i) there has been no such material adverse change,
(ii) the representations and warranties of the Company in Section 1(a) of this Agreement are true
and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the Closing Time,
(iii) the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be
performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Time, and (iv) no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the 1933 Act has been issued, no order preventing
or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and no
proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to their knowledge,
contemplated.
(f) Certificate of Selling Shareholders. At the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have
received a certificate of the Selling Shareholders, dated the Closing Time, to the effect that (i)
the representations and warranties of each Selling Shareholder in Section 1(b) of this Agreement
are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the
Closing Time and (ii) each Selling Shareholder has complied with all agreements and all conditions
on its part to be performed under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Time.
(g) Accountants’ Comfort Letter. At the time of the execution of this Agreement, the
Representatives shall have received from: (1) Deloitte & Touche LLP a letter dated such date, in
form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, together with signed or reproduced copies
of such letter for the other Underwriters, containing statements and information of the type
ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial
statements of the Company and certain financial information contained in the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and (2) KPMG Audit Plc a letter dated
such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, together with signed or
reproduced copies of such letter for the other Underwriters, relating to UAG UK Holding Limited.
(h) Bring-down Comfort Letter. At the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received
from Deloitte & Touche LLP and KPMG Audit Plc, respectively, a letter, dated as of the Closing
Time, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to
subsection (g) of this Section, except that the specified date referred to shall be a date not more
than three business days prior to such Closing Time.
(i) No Objection. FINRA has confirmed that it has not raised any objection with respect to
the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements relating to the offering
of the Securities.
(j) Lock-up Agreements. At the date of this Agreement, the Representatives shall have
received an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto signed by the persons listed on
Schedule D hereto.
(k) Conditions to Purchase of Option Securities. In the event that the Underwriters exercise
their option provided in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any portion of the Option
Securities, the representations and warranties of the Company and the Selling Shareholders
contained herein and the statements in any certificates furnished by the Company, any of its
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subsidiaries and the Selling Shareholders hereunder shall be true and correct as of each Date
of Delivery and, at the relevant Date of Delivery, the Representatives shall have received:
(i) Officers’ Certificate. A certificate, dated such Date of Delivery, of the
President or a Vice President of the Company and of the chief financial or chief accounting
officer of the Company confirming that the certificate delivered at the Closing Time
pursuant to Section 5(e) hereof remains true and correct as of such Date of Delivery.
(ii) Certificate of Selling Shareholders. A certificate, dated such Date of
Delivery, of the Selling Shareholders confirming that the certificate delivered at Closing
Time pursuant to Section 5(f) remains true and correct as of such Date of Delivery.
(iii) Opinion of Counsel for Company. If requested by the Representatives, the
favorable opinion of Fried, Frank, Harris, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Company,
in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, dated such Date of
Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and
otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(b) hereof.
(iv) Opinion of Counsel for the Selling Shareholders. If requested by the
Representatives, the favorable opinion of Fried, Frank, Harris, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP,
counsel for the Selling Shareholders, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the
Underwriters, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased
on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section
5(c) hereof.
(v) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters. If requested by the Representatives,
the favorable opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated such
Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery
and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(d) hereof.
(vi) Bring-down Comfort Letter. If requested by the Representatives, a letter
from Deloitte & Touche LLP and KPMG Audit Plc, respectively, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Representatives and dated such Date of Delivery, substantially in the
same form and substance as the letter furnished to the Representatives pursuant to Section
5(g) hereof, except that the “specified date” in the letter furnished pursuant to this
paragraph shall be a date not more than three business days prior to such Date of Delivery.
(l) Additional Documents. At the Closing Time and at each Date of Delivery (if any) counsel
for the Underwriters shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may require
for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein
contemplated, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or
the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the
Company and the Selling Shareholders in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities as
herein contemplated shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel
for the Underwriters.
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(m) Termination of Agreement. If any condition specified in this Section shall not have been
fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement, or, in the case of any condition to
the purchase of Option Securities on a Date of Delivery which is after the Closing Time, the
obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase the relevant Option Securities, may be
terminated by the Representatives by notice to the Company and the Selling Shareholders at any time
at or prior to Closing Time or such Date of Delivery, as the case may be, and such termination
shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 and
except that Sections 1, 6, 7, 8, 16 and 17 shall survive any such termination and remain in full
force and effect.
SECTION 6. Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification of Underwriters by the Company. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 501(b) under the 1933
Act (each, an “Affiliate”)), its selling agents and each person, if any, who controls any
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act as
follows:
(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as
incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430A
Information, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or arising out of
any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in any
preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any
amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as
incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any
investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or
of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such
alleged untrue statement or omission; provided that (subject to Section 6(e) below) any such
settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company and the Selling Shareholders;
(iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the fees and
disbursements of counsel chosen by Xxxxxxx Xxxxx), reasonably incurred in investigating,
preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any
governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any
such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the
extent that any such expense is not paid under (i) or (ii) above;
provided, however, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim,
damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue
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statement or omission made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the
Rule 430A Information, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement
thereto) or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with the
Underwriter Information.
(b) Indemnification of Underwriters by the Selling Shareholders. Each Selling Shareholder,
severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its Affiliates
and selling agents and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of
Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act to the extent and in the manner set forth
in clauses (a)(i), (ii) and (iii) above; provided that the liability under this subsection of each
Selling Shareholder shall be limited to an amount equal to the aggregate gross proceeds after
underwriting commissions and discounts, but before expenses, to such Selling Shareholder from the
sale of Securities sold by such Selling Shareholder hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Agreement, the Underwriters and other indemnified parties shall not seek
indemnification under this Section 6(b) from any Selling Shareholder unless the Underwriters and
other indemnified parties shall first have sought indemnity from the Company under Section 6(a) and
the Company has not satisfied such request for indemnification in full within 60 days; provided
that the Underwriters shall not be required to make an initial demand upon the Company if the
Underwriters, acting in good faith and upon the advice of outside
legal counsel, would thereby materially prejudice their right to indemnification from the Selling Shareholder.
(c) Indemnification of Company, Directors and Officers and Selling Shareholders. Each
Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, each of its
officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company
within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, and each Selling
Shareholder and each person, if any, who controls any Selling Shareholder within the meaning of
Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act against any and all loss, liability,
claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this Section,
as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements
or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule
430A Information, any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus
(or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter
Information.
(d) Actions against Parties; Notification. Each indemnified party shall give notice as
promptly as reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in
respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party
shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to the extent it is not
materially prejudiced as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability
which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement. In the case of parties
indemnified pursuant to Section 6(a) and 6(b) above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be
selected by Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, and, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(c) above,
counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Company and the Selling Shareholders.
An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the defense of any such action;
provided, however, that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the consent of the
indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. In no event shall the indemnifying
parties be liable for fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in
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addition to any local counsel) separate from their own counsel for all indemnified parties in
connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction
arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall, without
the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry
of any judgment with respect to any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any
governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which
indemnification or contribution could be sought under this Section 6 or Section 7 hereof (whether
or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties thereto), unless such settlement,
compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all
liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and (ii) does not
include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf
of any indemnified party.
(e) Settlement without Consent if Failure to Reimburse. If at any time an indemnified party
shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses
of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature
contemplated by Section 6(a)(ii) effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is
entered into more than 90 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request,
(ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 45
days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not have
reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such
settlement.
(f) Other Agreements with Respect to Indemnification. The provisions of this Section shall
not affect any agreement among the Company and the Selling Shareholders with respect to
indemnification.
SECTION 7. Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in Section 6 hereof is
for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of
any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying
party shall contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and
expenses incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate
to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Shareholders, on the one
hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this
Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) 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 Shareholders, on the one hand,
and of the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which
resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations.
The relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Shareholders, on the one hand,
and the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the offering of the Securities pursuant
to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net
proceeds from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses)
received by the Company and the Selling Shareholders, on the one hand, and the total underwriting
discount received by the Underwriters, on the other hand, in each case as set forth
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on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate initial public offering price of the
Securities as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus.
The relative fault of the Company and the Selling Shareholders, on the one hand, and the
Underwriters, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether
any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to
state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Selling Shareholders or
by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The Company, the Selling Shareholders and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even
if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of
allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this
Section 7. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by
an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 7 shall be deemed to include any legal
or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or
defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or
body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, (i) no Selling Shareholder shall be required
to contribute any amount in excess of the aggregate gross proceeds after underwriting commissions
and discounts, but before expenses, to such Selling Shareholder from the sale of Securities sold by
such Shareholder hereunder, and (ii) no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in
excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities 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 any such untrue or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement, the Underwriters and other indemnified parties shall not seek contribution under this
Section 7 from any Selling Shareholder unless the Underwriters and other indemnified parties shall
first have sought contribution from the Company under Section 7 for all such losses, liabilities,
claims, damages and expenses for which the Company and the Selling Stockholders are responsible and
the Company has not satisfied such request for contribution in full within 60 days; provided that
the Underwriters shall not be required to make an initial demand upon the Company if the
Underwriters, acting
in good faith and upon the advice of outside legal counsel, would
thereby materially prejudice their right to contribution from the Selling Shareholder.
No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the
0000 Xxx) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation.
For purposes of this Section 7, each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the
meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act and each Underwriter’s
Affiliates and selling agents shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and
each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement,
and each person, if any, who controls the Company or any Selling Shareholder within
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the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same
rights to contribution as the Company or such Selling Shareholder, as the case may be. The
Underwriters’ respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in
proportion to the number of Initial Securities set forth opposite their respective names in
Schedule A hereto and not joint. The Selling Shareholders’ respective obligations to contribute
pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to the number of Initial Securities to be sold
by such Selling Shareholder set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule B hereto and not
joint.
The provisions of this Section shall not affect any agreement among the Company and the
Selling Shareholders with respect to contribution.
SECTION 8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive. All
representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or in certificates of
officers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or the Selling Shareholders submitted pursuant
hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any investigation
made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or its Affiliates or selling agents, any person controlling
any Underwriter, its officers or directors, any person controlling the Company or any person
controlling any Selling Shareholder and (ii) delivery of and payment for the Securities.
SECTION 9. Termination of Agreement.
(a) Termination. The Representatives may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the Company
and the Selling Shareholders, at any time at or prior to the Closing Time (i) if there has been,
since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information
is given in the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, any material adverse change in the
condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of
the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the
ordinary course of business, or (ii) if there has occurred any material adverse change in the
financial markets in the United States or the international financial markets, any outbreak of
hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis or any change or development
involving a prospective change in national or international political, financial or economic
conditions, in each case the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the
Representatives, impracticable or inadvisable to market the Securities or to enforce contracts for
the sale of the Securities, or (iii) if trading in any securities of the Company has been suspended
or materially limited by the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange, or (iv) if trading
generally on the New York Stock Exchange or in the Nasdaq Global Market has been suspended or
materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for
prices have been required, by any of said exchanges or by order of the Commission, FINRA or any
other governmental authority, or (v) a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or
securities settlement or clearance services in the United States, or (vi) if a banking moratorium
has been declared by either Federal or New York authorities.
(b) Liabilities. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section, such termination
shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in
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Section 4 hereof, and provided further that Sections 1, 6, 7, 8, 16 and 17 shall survive such
termination and remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 10. Default by One or More of the Underwriters. If one or more of the
Underwriters shall fail at Closing Time or a Date of Delivery to purchase the Securities which it
or they are obligated to purchase under this Agreement (the “Defaulted Securities”), the
Representatives shall have the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one or
more of the non-defaulting Underwriters, or any other underwriters, to purchase all, but not less
than all, of the Defaulted Securities in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms
herein set forth; if, however, the Representatives shall not have completed such arrangements
within such 24-hour period, then:
(i) if the number of Defaulted Securities does not exceed 10% of the number of Securities
to be purchased on such date, each of the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated,
severally and not jointly, to purchase the full amount thereof in the proportions that their
respective underwriting obligations hereunder bear to the underwriting obligations of all
non-defaulting Underwriters, or
(ii) if the number of Defaulted Securities exceeds 10% of the number of Securities to be
purchased on such date, this Agreement or, with respect to any Date of Delivery which occurs
after the Closing Time, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase, and PAHC to sell, the
Option Securities to be purchased and sold on such Date of Delivery shall terminate without
liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter.
No action taken pursuant to this Section shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from
liability in respect of its default.
In the event of any such default which does not result in a termination of this Agreement or,
in the case of a Date of Delivery which is after the Closing Time, which does not result in a
termination of the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase and PAHC to sell the relevant Option
Securities, as the case may be, either the (i) Representatives or (ii) the Company and any Selling
Shareholder shall have the right to postpone Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the
case may be, for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes in the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or in any other documents
or arrangements. As used herein, the term “Underwriter” includes any person substituted for an
Underwriter under this Section 10.
SECTION 11. Default by One or More of the Selling Shareholders. If a Selling
Shareholder shall fail at the Closing Time or a Date of Delivery, as the case may be, to sell and
deliver the number of Securities which such Selling Shareholder or Selling Shareholders are
obligated to sell hereunder, and the remaining Selling Shareholders do not exercise the right
hereby granted to increase, pro rata or otherwise, the number of Securities to be sold by them
hereunder to the total number to be sold by all Selling Shareholders as set forth in Schedule B
hereto, then the Underwriters may, at option of the Representatives, by notice from the
Representatives to the Company and the non-defaulting Selling Shareholders, either (i) terminate
this Agreement without any liability on the fault of any non-defaulting party except that the
provisions of Sections 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 16 and 17 shall remain in full force and effect or (ii) elect
to
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purchase the Securities which the non-defaulting Selling Shareholders have agreed to sell
hereunder. No action taken pursuant to this Section 11 shall relieve any Selling Shareholder so
defaulting from liability, if any, in respect of such default.
In the event of a default by any Selling Shareholder as referred to in this Section 11, each
of the Representatives, the Company and the non-defaulting Selling Shareholders shall have the
right to postpone the Closing Time or any Date of Delivery, as the case may be, for a period not
exceeding seven days in order to effect any required change in the Registration Statement, the
General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements.
SECTION 12. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form
of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be directed to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx at Xxx Xxxxxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, attention of Syndicate Department, with a copy to ECM Legal, to
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
attention of Equity Syndicate Desk; notices to the Company shall be directed to it at 0000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, attention of General Counsel; and notices to the
Selling Shareholders shall be directed to PAHC at 0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
00000, attention of General Counsel.
SECTION 13. No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship. Each of the Company and each
Selling Shareholder acknowledges and agrees that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities
pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the initial public offering price of the
Securities and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm’s-length commercial transaction
between the Company and the Selling Shareholders, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on
the other hand, (b) in connection with the offering of the Securities and the process leading
thereto, each Underwriter is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or
fiduciary of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any Selling Shareholder, or its respective
stockholders, creditors, employees or any other party, (c) no Underwriter has assumed or will
assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company or any Selling Shareholder
with respect to the offering of the Securities or the process leading thereto (irrespective of
whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company, any of its subsidiaries
or any Selling Shareholder on other matters) and no Underwriter has any obligation to the Company
or any Selling Shareholder with respect to the offering of the Securities except the obligations
expressly set forth in this Agreement, (d) the Underwriters and their respective affiliates may be
engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of each of
the Company and each Selling Shareholder, and (e) the Underwriters have not provided any legal,
accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering of the Securities and the Company
and each of the Selling Shareholders has consulted its own respective legal, accounting, regulatory
and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate.
SECTION 14. Integration. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and
understandings (whether written or oral) among the Company and the Underwriters with respect to the
subject matter hereof.
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SECTION 15. Parties. This Agreement shall each inure to the benefit of and be binding
upon the Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Shareholders and their respective successors.
Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any
person, firm or corporation, other than the Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Shareholders
and their respective successors and the controlling persons and officers and directors referred to
in Sections 6 and 7 and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy
or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement
and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of
the Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Shareholders and their respective successors, and
said controlling persons and officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and
for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Securities from any
Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.
SECTION 16. Trial by Jury. The Company (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, on behalf of its stockholders and affiliates), each of the Selling Shareholders and
each of the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
SECTION 17. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 18. TIME. TIME SHALL BE OF THE ESSENCE OF THIS AGREEMENT. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE
SET FORTH HEREIN, SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.
SECTION 19. Partial Unenforceability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any
Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability
of any other Section, paragraph or provision hereof. If any Section, paragraph or provision of
this Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed
to be made such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and
enforceable.
SECTION 20. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall
together constitute one and the same Agreement.
SECTION 21. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only
and shall not affect the construction hereof.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and
return to the Company and the Selling Shareholders a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument,
along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among the Underwriters, the Company
and the Selling Shareholders in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours, PENSKE AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC. |
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By | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
PENSKE AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS CORP. |
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By | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
INTERNATIONAL MOTOR CARS GROUP II, L.L.C. |
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By | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
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CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED,
as of the date first above written:
as of the date first above written:
XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX
INCORPORATED
INCORPORATED
By |
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Authorized Signatory | ||||
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC. | ||||
By |
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Authorized Signatory |
For themselves and as Representatives of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto.
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SCHEDULE A
The public offering price per share for the Securities shall be $[ ].
The purchase price per share for the Securities to be paid by the several Underwriters shall
be $[ ], being an amount equal to the public offering price set forth above less $[ ] per
share, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 2(b) for dividends or distributions
declared by the Company and payable on the Initial Securities but not payable on the Option
Securities.
Number of | ||
Name of Underwriter | Initial Securities | |
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated |
[ ] | |
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. |
[ ] | |
Total |
[ ] | |
Sch A-1
SCHEDULE B
Number of Initial | Maximum Number of Option | |||
Securities to be Sold | Securities to Be Sold | |||
PENSKE AUTOMOTIVE
HOLDINGS CORP. |
[ ] | [ ] | ||
INTERNATIONAL MOTOR
CARS GROUP II, L.L.C. |
[ ] | [ ] | ||
Total |
[ ] | [ ] |
Sch B-1
SCHEDULE C-1
Pricing Terms
Pricing Terms
1. The Selling Shareholders are selling [ ] shares of Common Stock.
2. PAHC has granted an option to the Underwriters to purchase up to an additional [ ]
shares of Common Stock.
3. The public offering price per share for the Securities shall be $[ ].
Sch C-2
SCHEDULE C-2
Free Writing Prospectuses
Free Writing Prospectuses
[ ]
Sch C-2
SCHEDULE D
List of Persons and Entities Subject to Lock-up
List of Persons and Entities Subject to Lock-up
Directors (Officers):
Xxxx X. Xxxx
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx.
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxx
Xxxxx X. Penske
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
H. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx.
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxx
Xxxxx X. Penske
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
H. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Executive Officers:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Xxxxxx X’Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx X’Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Significant Stockholders:
Penske Corporation
Penske Automotive Holdings Corp.
Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc.
Penske Automotive Holdings Corp.
Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc.
Sch D-1
Exhibit A
Form of lock-up from directors, officers or other stockholders pursuant to Section 5(j)
[ ], 2010
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated,
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
as Representatives of the several
Underwriters to be named in the
within-mentioned Purchase Agreement
c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated
Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Incorporated,
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
as Representatives of the several
Underwriters to be named in the
within-mentioned Purchase Agreement
c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated
Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Re: | Proposed Secondary Offering of Common Stock of Penske Automotive Group, Inc. |
Dear Sirs:
The undersigned, [a stockholder] [a stockholder and an officer and/or director] of Penske
Automotive Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), understands that Xxxxxxx Lynch,
Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated (“Xxxxxxx Xxxxx”) and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. (“X.X.
Xxxxxx”) propose to enter into a Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with the Company and
the Selling Shareholders named in the Purchase Agreement providing for the public offering (the
“Offering”) of shares (the “Securities”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share
(the “Common Stock”). In recognition of the benefit that such an offering will confer upon the
undersigned as [a stockholder] [a stockholder and an officer and/or director] of the Company, and
for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the undersigned agrees with each underwriter to be named in the Purchase Agreement
that, during a period of 90 days from the date of the Purchase Agreement (the “Lock-Up Period”),
the undersigned will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx and X.X. Xxxxxx,
directly or indirectly, (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to
purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant for the sale
of, or otherwise dispose of or transfer any shares of the Company’s Common Stock or any securities
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired by the undersigned or with respect to which the undersigned has or hereafter acquires the
power of disposition, or file, or cause to be filed, any registration statement under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to any of the foregoing (collectively, the
“Lock-Up Securities”) except as contemplated by the Purchase Agreement or (ii) enter into any swap
or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or
indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of the Lock-Up Securities, whether any such swap
or transaction is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or
otherwise.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the foregoing shall not be deemed to restrict
the undersigned with respect to (1) the exercise of options to acquire shares of Common Stock, (2)
the disposition or sale, when combined with all other dispositions and sales by any person listed
on Schedule D to the Purchase Agreement, of up to 73,490 shares of restricted stock of the Company
that vest on June 1, 2010 (3) the disposition or sale of shares of Common Stock to the Company, (4)
the disposition or sale of any shares of Common Stock that are currently pledged by the undersigned
in favor of a financial institution by the relevant financial institution, or (5) the entering into
of any written trading plan or
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agreement (“Rule 10b5-1 Plan”) with a broker designed to comply with Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)
promulgated pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, provided that any such
Rule 10b5-1 Plan shall specify that any sales of Common Stock sold for the undersigned’s benefit
pursuant to the Rule 10b5-1 Plan shall not occur prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to the conditions below, the undersigned may
transfer the Lock-Up Securities without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx and X.X. Xxxxxx,
provided that (1) Xxxxxxx Xxxxx and X.X. Xxxxxx receive a signed lock-up agreement for the balance
of the Lock-Up Period from each donee, trustee, distributee, or transferee, as the case may be, (2)
any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value, (3) such transfers are not required to
be reported with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 4 in accordance with Section 16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and (4) the undersigned does not otherwise
voluntarily effect any public filing or report regarding such transfers during the Lock-Up Period:
(i) | as a bona fide gift or gifts; or | ||
(ii) | by will or intestate succession or to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned (for purposes of this lock-up agreement, “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin); or | ||
(iii) | as a distribution to general or limited partners, members or stockholders of the undersigned; or | ||
(iv) | to the undersigned’s affiliates or any entity under common control with the undersigned or to any investment fund or other entity controlled or managed by the undersigned. |
Furthermore, during the Lock-Up Period, the undersigned may sell shares of Common Stock of the
Company purchased by the undersigned on the open market following the Offering if and only if (i)
such sales are not required to be reported in any public report or filing with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, or otherwise and (ii) the undersigned does not otherwise voluntarily effect
any public filing or report regarding such sales.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if:
(1) during the last 17 days of the Lock-Up Period, the Company issues an earnings release or
material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or
(2) prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release
earnings results or becomes aware that material news or a material event will occur during the
16-day period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period,
then Xxxxxxx Xxxxx and X.X. Xxxxxx may extend, by written notice to the Company, the restrictions
imposed by this lock-up agreement until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the
issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event, as
applicable.
The undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees that written notice of any extension of the
Lock-Up Period pursuant to the previous paragraph will be delivered by Xxxxxxx Xxxxx and X.X.
Xxxxxx to the Company (in accordance with Section 12 of the Purchase Agreement) and that any such
notice properly delivered will be deemed to have been given to, and received by, the undersigned.
The undersigned further agrees that, prior to engaging in any transaction or taking any other
action that is
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subject to the terms of this lock-up agreement during the period from the date of this lock-up
agreement to and including the 34th day following the expiration of the initial Lock-Up
Period, it will give notice thereof to the Company and will not consummate such transaction or take
any such action unless it has received written confirmation from the Company that the Lock-Up
Period (as may have been extended pursuant to the previous paragraph) has expired.
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 Lock-Up Securities except in
compliance with the foregoing restrictions.
If the Company notifies you in writing that it does not intend to proceed with the Offering of
the Securities, or for any reason following the execution of the Purchase Agreement it shall be
terminated (other than the provisions thereof that survive termination) prior to the time of
purchase in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement, this letter agreement shall be
terminated and the undersigned shall be released from its obligations hereunder. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if the Offering does not close by
[ ], 2010, this letter agreement shall be
terminated and the undersigned shall be released from its obligations hereunder.
Very truly yours, | ||||
Signature: | ||||
Print Name: | ||||
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