INGRAM MICRO INC. $[____________] [___%] NOTES DUE 20[___] UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
XXXXXX MICRO INC.
$[____________] [___%] NOTES DUE 20[___]
August [ ], 2010
August
[ ], 2010
To the Managers named in Schedule I hereto
for the Underwriters named in Schedule II hereto
for the Underwriters named in Schedule II hereto
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Xxxxxx Micro Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the
several underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as
managers (the “Managers”), the principal amount of its debt securities identified in Schedule I
hereto (the “Securities”) under the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement
(this “Agreement”), to be issued under the indenture specified in Schedule I hereto (the
“Indenture”) between the Company and the Trustee identified in such Schedule (the “Trustee”). If
the firm or firms listed in Schedule II hereto include only the Managers listed in Schedule I
hereto, then the terms “Underwriters” and “Managers” as used herein shall each be deemed to refer
to such firm or firms.
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a
registration statement, including a prospectus, (the file number of which is set forth in Schedule
I hereto) on Form S-3, relating to securities (the “Shelf Securities”), including the Securities,
to be issued from time to time by the Company. The registration statement as amended to the date
of this Agreement, including the information (if any) deemed to be part of the registration
statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A or Rule 430B under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), is hereinafter referred to as the “Registration
Statement,” and the related prospectus covering the Shelf
Securities dated August [ ], 2010 in the
form first used to confirm sales of the Securities (or in the form first made available to the
Underwriters by the Company to meet requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the
Securities Act) is hereinafter referred to as the “Basic Prospectus.” The Basic Prospectus, as
supplemented by the prospectus supplement specifically relating to the Securities in the form first
used to confirm sales of the Securities (or in the form first made available to the Underwriters by
the Company to meet requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) is
hereinafter referred to as the “Prospectus,” and the term “preliminary prospectus” means any
preliminary form of the Prospectus. For purposes of this Agreement, “free writing prospectus” has
the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, “Time of Sale Prospectus” means the
Basic Prospectus, together with the free writing prospectuses, if any, each identified in Schedule
I hereto, and “broadly available road show” means a “bona fide electronic road show” as defined in
Rule 433(h)(5) under the Securities Act that has been made available without restriction to any
person. As used herein, the terms “Registration Statement,” “Basic Prospectus,” “preliminary
prospectus,” “Time of Sale Prospectus” and “Prospectus” shall include the documents, if any,
incorporated by reference therein. The terms
“supplement,” “amendment,” and “amend” as used herein with respect to the Registration
Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus or free
writing prospectus shall include all documents subsequently filed by the Company with the
Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that
are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein.
1. Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to and agrees with
each of the Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement has become effective; no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, and no proceedings for such purpose are
pending before or threatened by the Commission. If the Registration Statement is an automatic
shelf registration statement as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, the Company is a
well-known seasoned issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) eligible to use the
Registration Statement as an automatic shelf registration statement and the Company has not
received notice that the Commission objects to the use of the Registration Statement as an
automatic shelf registration statement.
(b) (i) Each document, if any, filed or to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act and
incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus complied or will comply
when so filed in all material respects with the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder, (ii) each part of the Registration Statement, when such
part became effective, did not contain, and each such part, as amended or supplemented, if
applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
(iii) the Registration Statement as of the date hereof does not contain any 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, (iv) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply,
and as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will comply in all material respects with the
Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (v) the Time
of Sale Prospectus does not, and at the time of each sale of the Securities in connection with the
offering when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and at the Closing Date
(as defined in Section 4), the Time of Sale Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented by the
Company, if applicable, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading, (vi) each broadly available road show, if any, when
considered together with the Time of Sale Prospectus, does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (vii) the
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Prospectus does not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading,
except that the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph do not apply to (A)
statements or omissions referred to in the last clause of Section 8(a) of this Agreement in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus based upon information
relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the
Managers expressly for use therein or (B) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes
the Statement of Eligibility (Form T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the
“Trust Indenture Act”), of the Trustee.
(c) The Company is not an “ineligible issuer” in connection with the offering pursuant to
Rules 164, 405 and 433 under the Securities Act. Any free writing prospectus that the Company is
required to file pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act has been, or will be, filed with
the Commission in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Each free writing prospectus that the Company has
filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or that was
prepared by or behalf of or used or referred to by the Company complies or will comply in all
material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder. Except for the free writing prospectuses, if any,
identified in Schedule I hereto, and electronic road shows, if any, each furnished to you before
first use, the Company has not prepared, used or referred to, and will not, without your prior
consent, prepare, use or refer to, any free writing prospectus.
(d) The Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has the corporate power and
authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale
Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction
in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such
qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing
would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(e) Each significant subsidiary (as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the
Securities Act) of the Company (together, the “Material Subsidiaries”) has been duly incorporated,
is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation, has the corporate power and authority to own its property and to conduct its
business as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and
is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or
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its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that
the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on
the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; all of the issued shares of capital stock of
each Material Subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully
paid and non-assessable and are owned directly by the Company, free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances, equities or claims.
(f) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(g) The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by, and is a valid and binding agreement of, the Company,
enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar
laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and equitable principles of general applicability.
(h) The Securities have been duly authorized and, when executed and authenticated in
accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be valid and binding obligations of the
Company, in each case enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, subject to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and equitable
principles of general applicability, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
(i) The execution and delivery by the Company of, and the performance by the Company of its
obligations under, this Agreement, the Indenture or the Securities will not contravene any
provision of (i) applicable law; (ii) the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company;
(iii) any agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company or any of its subsidiaries; or
(iv) any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction
over the Company or any subsidiary, except in the case of clause (iii) as would not have a material
adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or on the power or ability of
the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement, and no material consent, approval,
authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental body or agency is required for
the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture or the
Securities, except such as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states
in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities.
(j) There has not occurred any material adverse change, or any development involving a
prospective material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings,
business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth
in the Time of Sale Prospectus.
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(k) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or threatened to which the Company
or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any of the properties of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries is subject (i) other than proceedings accurately described in all material
respects in the Time of Sale Prospectus and proceedings that would not have a material adverse
effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or on the power or ability of the
Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture or the Securities or to
consummate the transactions contemplated by the Time of Sale Prospectus or (ii) that are required
to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and are not so described; and there
are no statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that are required to be described in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed or incorporated by reference as exhibits to
the Registration Statement that are not described or filed as required.
(l) Each preliminary prospectus filed as part of the registration statement as originally
filed or as part of any amendment thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act,
complied when so filed in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(m) The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and
the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Prospectus will not be, required to
register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended.
(n) The Company and its subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable
foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health
and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants
(“Environmental Laws”), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of
them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) are in
compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except where such
noncompliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other
approvals or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals
would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(o) There are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws (including, without
limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or
compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on
operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties) which would, singly or in the
aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
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(p) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries or any director or officer, nor, to the
knowledge of the Company, any employee, agent, affiliate, or representative of the Company or of
any of its subsidiaries, has taken any action in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay,
or authorization or approval of the payment or giving of money, property, gifts or anything else of
value, directly or indirectly, to any “government official” (including any officer or employee of a
government or government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or
any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any
political party or party official or candidate for political office) to influence official action
or secure an improper advantage; and the Company and its subsidiaries have to the knowledge of the
Company conducted their businesses in compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws and have
instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with
such laws.
(q) The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted in material
compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of
the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by Title III of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing
Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT Act), and
the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of jurisdictions where the Company and its
subsidiaries conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar
rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any applicable governmental
agency (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or
before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company
or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(r) (i) The Company represents that neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries
(collectively, the “Entity”) or any director or officers or, to the knowledge of the Company, any
employee, agent, affiliate or representative of the Entity, is an individual or entity (“Person”)
that is, or is owned or controlled by, a Person that is:
(A) the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S.
Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), the United
Nations Security Council (“UNSC”), the European Union (“EU”), Her Majesty’s
Treasury (“HMT”), or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively,
“Sanctions”), nor
(B) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the
subject of Sanctions (including, without limitation, Burma/Myanmar, Cuba, Iran,
North Korea, Sudan and Syria).
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(ii) The Company represents and covenants that it will not, directly or indirectly, use the
proceeds of the offering contemplated hereby, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such
proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person:
(A) to fund or facilitate any activities or business of or with any Person
or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding or facilitation,
is the subject of Sanctions; or
(B) in any other manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions by any
Person (including any Person participating in the offering, whether as
underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise).
(iii) The Company represents and covenants that, for the past five years, the Entity, has
not knowingly engaged in and is not now knowingly engaged in, and will not knowingly engage in, any
prohibited dealings or transactions with any Person, or in any country or territory, that at the
time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject of Sanctions.
2. Agreements to Sell and Purchase. The Company hereby agrees to sell to the several
Underwriters, and each Underwriter, upon the basis of the representations and warranties herein
contained, but subject to the conditions hereinafter stated, agrees, severally and not jointly, to
purchase from the Company the respective principal amounts of Securities set forth in Schedule II
hereto opposite its name at the purchase price set forth in Schedule I hereto.
3. Public Offering. The Company is advised by you that the Underwriters propose to make a
public offering of their respective portions of the Securities as soon after the Registration
Statement and this Agreement have become effective as in your judgment is advisable. The Company
is further advised by you that the Securities are to be offered to the public upon the terms set
forth in the Prospectus.
4. Payment and Delivery. Payment for the Securities shall be made to the Company in Federal
or other funds immediately available in New York City on the closing date and time set forth in
Schedule I hereto, or at such other time on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth
business day thereafter, as may be designated in writing by you. The time and date of such payment
are hereinafter referred to as the “Closing Date.”
Payment for the Securities shall be made against delivery to you on the Closing Date for the
respective accounts of the several Underwriters of the Securities registered in such names and in
such denominations as you shall request in writing not later than one full business day prior to
the Closing Date, with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the transfer of the Securities
to the Underwriters duly paid.
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5. Conditions to the Underwriters’ Obligations. The several obligations of the Underwriters
are subject to the following conditions:
(a) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date:
(i) there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been
given of any intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible change that
does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded the Company
or any of the securities of the Company by any “nationally recognized statistical rating
organization,” as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities
Act; and
(ii) there shall not have occurred any change, or any development involving a
prospective change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business
or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth
in the Time of Sale Prospectus as of the date of this Agreement that, in your judgment, is
material and adverse and that makes it, in your judgment, impracticable to market the
Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus.
(b) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate, dated the Closing
Date and signed by an executive officer of the Company, to the effect set forth in Section 5(a)(i)
above and to the effect that the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this
Agreement are true and correct as of the Closing Date and that the Company has complied with all of
the agreements and satisfied all of the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied
hereunder on or before the Closing Date.
The officer signing and delivering such certificate may rely upon the best of his or her
knowledge as to proceedings threatened.
(c) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Xxxxx Xxxx &
Xxxxxxxx LLP, outside counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance to the
effect set forth in Annex A.
(d) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx
LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date, covering the matters referred to in
paragraphs (iii), (iv) , (v) and the second to last paragraph of Annex A (but only as to the
statements in each of the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus under “Description of Debt
Securities,” [“Description of the Notes”] insofar as relevant to the offering of the Securities and
“Underwriters”) and clauses (B)(1), (B)(2), and (B)(3) of the last paragraph of Annex A.
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With respect to the last paragraph of Annex A, counsel for the Company may state that their
opinions and beliefs are based upon their participation in the preparation of the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto
and review and discussion of the contents thereof, but are without independent check or
verification, except as specified. With respect to clauses (B)(1), (B)(2) and (B)(3) of the last
paragraph of Annex A, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP may state that their opinions and beliefs are based upon
their participation in the preparation of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, [the free
writing prospectuses identified as part of the Time of Sale Prospectus in Schedule I hereto,] the
prospectus supplement and any amendments or supplements thereto (other than the documents
incorporated by reference) and upon review and discussion of the contents of the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus (including documents incorporated by
reference), but are without independent check or verification, except as specified.
The opinion of counsel for the Company described in Section 5(c) above shall be rendered to
the Underwriters at the request of the Company and shall so state therein.
(e) The Underwriters shall have received, on each of the date hereof and the Closing Date, a
letter dated the date hereof or the Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Underwriters, from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent public accountants,
containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort
letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information
contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.
6. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants with each Underwriter as follows:
(a) To furnish to you, without charge, a signed copy of the Registration Statement (including
exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein) and to deliver to each of the
Underwriters during the period mentioned in Section 6(e) or 6(f) below, as many copies of the Time
of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, any documents incorporated by reference therein and any
supplements and amendments thereto or to the Registration Statement as you may reasonably request.
(b) Before amending or supplementing the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus
or the Prospectus, to furnish to you a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement and, to
the extent possible, to provide you and your counsel an opportunity to comment and to consider your
comments in good faith.
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(c) To furnish to you a copy of each proposed free writing prospectus to be prepared by or on
behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company and, to the extent possible, to provide you and
your counsel an opportunity to comment and to consider your comments in good faith.
(d) Not to take any action that would result in an Underwriter or the Company being required
to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act a free writing
prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Underwriter that the Underwriter otherwise would not
have been required to file thereunder.
(e) If the Time of Sale Prospectus is being used to solicit offers to buy the Securities at a
time when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any event shall occur
or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale
Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances, not
misleading, or if any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which the Time of Sale
Prospectus conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement then on file, or
if it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus to comply with applicable
law, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the
Underwriters and to any dealer upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale
Prospectus so that the statements in the Time of Sale Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will
not, in the light of the circumstances when the Time of Sale Prospectus is delivered to a
prospective purchaser, be misleading or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or
supplemented, will no longer conflict with the Registration Statement, or so that the Time of Sale
Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.
(f) If, during such period after the first date of the public offering of the Securities, the
Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Securities Act) is
required by law to be delivered in connection with sales by an Underwriter or dealer, any event
shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the
Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the
Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Securities Act) is
delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if it is necessary to amend or supplement the
Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission and
furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to the dealers (whose names and addresses you
will furnish to the Company) to which Securities may have been sold by you on behalf of the
Underwriters and to any other dealers upon request, either amendments or supplements to the
Prospectus so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the
light of the circumstances when the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule
173(a) of the Securities Act) is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or
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so that the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.
(g) To endeavor to qualify the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky
laws of such jurisdictions as you shall reasonably request; provided that the Company shall not be
required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in
any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file any general
consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any
such jurisdiction if it now otherwise so subject.
(h) To make generally available to the Company’s security holders and to you as soon as
practicable an earning statement covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the
first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the date of this Agreement which shall satisfy
the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder.
(i) Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement are consummated or this
Agreement is terminated, to pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of its
obligations under this Agreement, including: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the
Company’s counsel and the Company’s accountants in connection with the registration and delivery of
the Securities under the Securities Act and all other fees or expenses of the Company in connection
with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time
of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of, used
by, or referred to by the Company and amendments and supplements to any of the foregoing, including
the filing fees payable to the Commission relating to the Securities (within the time required by
Rule 456 (b)(1), if applicable), all printing costs associated therewith, and the mailing and
delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers, in the quantities hereinabove
specified, (ii) all costs and expenses related to the transfer and delivery of the Securities to
the Underwriters, including any transfer or other taxes payable thereon, (iii) the cost of printing
or producing any Blue Sky or legal investment memorandum in connection with the offer and sale of
the Securities under state securities laws and all expenses in connection with the qualification of
the Securities for offer and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 6(g) hereof,
including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in
connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky or legal investment
memorandum, (iv) if required, all filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel
to the Underwriters incurred in connection with the review and qualification of the offering of the
Securities by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, (v) any fees charged by the
rating agencies for the rating of the Securities, (vi) all fees and expenses in connection with the
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preparation and filing of the registration statement on Form 8-A relating to the Securities,
if listed, and all costs and expenses incident to listing the Securities on the NYSE, (vii) the
cost of the preparation, issuance and delivery of the Securities, (viii) the costs and charges of
any trustee, transfer agent, registrar or depositary, (ix) the costs and expenses of the Company
relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing
of the offering of the Securities, including, without limitation, expenses associated with the
preparation or dissemination of any electronic road show, expenses associated with the production
of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with
the road show presentations with the prior approval of the Company and travel and lodging expenses
of the representatives and officers of the Company and any such consultants, and (x) all other
costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company hereunder for
which provision is not otherwise made in this Section. It is understood, however, that except as
provided in this Section, Section 8 entitled “Indemnity and Contribution,” and the last paragraph
of Section 10 below, the Underwriters will pay all of their costs and expenses, including fees and
disbursements of their counsel, transfer taxes payable on resale of any of the Securities by them
and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
(j) During the period beginning on the date hereof and continuing to and including the Closing
Date, not to offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities of the
Company or warrants to purchase or otherwise acquire debt securities of the Company substantially
similar to the Securities (other than (i) the Securities, (ii) commercial paper issued in the
ordinary course of business or (iii) securities or warrants permitted with the prior written
consent of the Managers identified in Schedule I with the authorization to release this lock-up on
behalf of the Underwriters).
(l) To prepare a final term sheet relating to the offering of the Securities, containing only
information that describes the final terms of the Securities or the offering in a form consented to
by the Managers, and to file such final term sheet within the period required by Rule 433(d)(5)(ii)
under the Securities Act following the date the final terms have been established for the offering
of the Securities.
7. Covenants of the Underwriters. Each Underwriter severally covenants with the Company not
to take any action that would result in the Company being required to file with the Commission
under Rule 433(d) a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of such Underwriter that
otherwise would not be required to be filed by the Company thereunder, but for the action of the
Underwriter.
8. Indemnity and Contribution. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each
Underwriter, each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section
15 of the Securities Act or
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Section 20 of the Exchange Act and each affiliate of any Underwriter within the meaning of
Rule 405 under the Securities Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and
liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in
connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim) caused by any untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any
amendment thereof, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any issuer free writing
prospectus as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act, any Company information that the
Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or the
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to
state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by
any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission based upon
information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter
through you expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such
information consists of the concession and reallowance figures appearing in the [•] paragraph under
the caption “Underwriting” in the Prospectus and the information relating to price stabilization
and short positions appearing in the [•] paragraph under the caption “Underwriting” in the
Prospectus.
(b) Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the
Company, its directors, its officers who sign the Registration Statement and each person, if any,
who controls the Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section
20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to such
Underwriter, but only with reference to information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the
Company in writing by such Underwriter through you expressly for use in the Registration Statement,
any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any issuer free writing prospectus or the
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto.
(c) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted
involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 8(a) or 8(b),
such person (the “indemnified party”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity
may be sought (the “indemnifying party”) in writing and the indemnifying party, upon request of the
indemnified party, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to
represent the indemnified party and any others the indemnifying party may designate in such
proceeding and shall pay the reasonable fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such
proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own
counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified
party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the
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indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) the
named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the
indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel
would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is
understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in respect of the legal expenses of any
indemnified party in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same
jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to
any local counsel) for all such indemnified parties and that all such fees and expenses shall be
reimbursed as they are incurred, but only after receipt of a reasonably detailed invoice in respect
thereof. Such firm shall be designated in writing by the Managers authorized to appoint counsel
under this Section set forth in Schedule I hereto, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to
Section 8(a), and by the Company, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(b),
provided, however, that in either such case, counsel shall be reasonably acceptable to the other
party. The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected
without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for
the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against
any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing
sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to
reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the second and
third sentences of this paragraph, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any
settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered
into more than 60 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii)
such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such
request prior to the date of such settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior
written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened
proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity
could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an
unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject
matter of such proceeding that relate to potential liability of such indemnified party.
(d) To the extent the indemnification provided for in Section 8(a) or 8(b) is unavailable to
an indemnified party or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities
referred to therein, then each indemnifying party under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying
such indemnified party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion
as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the
Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation
provided by clause 8(d)(i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits
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referred to in clause 8(d)(i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand
and of the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions that
resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters
on the other hand in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed to be in the
same respective proportions as the net proceeds from the offering of the Securities (before
deducting expenses) received by the Company and the total underwriting discounts and commissions
received by the Underwriters bear to the aggregate initial public offering price of the Securities
as set forth in the Prospectus. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the
Underwriters on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the
untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state
a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the
parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent
such statement or omission. The Underwriters’ respective obligations to contribute pursuant to
this Section 8 are several in proportion to the respective principal amounts of Securities they
have purchased hereunder, and not joint.
(e) The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just or equitable if
contribution pursuant to this Section 8 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 that
does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in Section 8(d). The amount paid
or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities
referred to in Section 8(d) shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above,
any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with
investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Section 8, 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 that such Underwriter has otherwise been
required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of
the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. The remedies provided for in this Section 8 are not exclusive and
shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any indemnified party at
law or in equity.
(f) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 8 and the
representations, warranties and other statements of the Company contained in this Agreement shall
remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement,
(ii) any investigation made by
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or on behalf of any Underwriter, any person controlling any Underwriter or any affiliate of
any Underwriter or by or on behalf of the Company, its officers or directors or any person
controlling the Company and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the Securities.
9. Termination. The Underwriters may terminate this Agreement by notice given by you to the
Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date (i)
trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on, or by, as the case may be,
any of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ Global Market, (ii)
trading of any securities of the Company shall have been suspended on the New York Stock Exchange,
(iii) a material disruption in securities settlement, payment or clearance services in the United
States or other relevant jurisdiction shall have occurred, (iv) any moratorium on commercial
banking activities shall have been declared by Federal or New York State authorities or (v) there
shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, or any change in financial markets
or any calamity or crisis that, in your judgment, is material and adverse and which, singly or
together with any other event specified in this clause (v), makes it, in your judgment,
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offer, sale or delivery of the Securities on the
terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus.
10. Effectiveness; Defaulting Underwriters. This Agreement shall become effective upon the
execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.
If, on the Closing Date, any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase
Securities that it has or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, and the aggregate
principal amount of Securities which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed
or refused to purchase is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities to be purchased on such date, the other Underwriters shall be obligated severally in the
proportions that the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their respective names in
Schedule II bears to the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of
all such non-defaulting Underwriters, or in such other proportions as you may specify, to purchase
the Securities which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to
purchase on such date; provided that in no event shall the principal amount of Securities that any
Underwriter has agreed to purchase pursuant to this Agreement be increased pursuant to this Section
10 by an amount in excess of one-ninth of such principal amount of Securities without the written
consent of such Underwriter. If, on the Closing Date, any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail
or refuse to purchase Securities and the aggregate principal amount of Securities with respect to
which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to
be purchased on such date, and arrangements satisfactory to you and the Company for the purchase of
such Securities are not made within 36 hours after
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such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any
non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company. In any such case either you or the Company shall have
the right to postpone the Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order that
the required changes, if any, in the Registration Statement, in the Time of Sale Prospectus, in the
Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Any action taken under this
paragraph shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of
such Underwriter under this Agreement.
If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters, or any of them, because of any
failure or refusal on the part of the Company to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the
conditions contained in Section 5 of this Agreement, or if for any reason the Company shall be
unable to perform its obligations under this Agreement the Company will reimburse the Underwriters
or such Underwriters as have so terminated this Agreement with respect to themselves, severally,
for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and disbursements of their counsel) reasonably
incurred by such Underwriters in connection with this Agreement or the offering contemplated
hereunder.
11. Entire Agreement. (a) This Agreement, together with any contemporaneous written
agreements and any prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this Agreement) that
relate to the offering of the Securities, represents the entire agreement between the Company and
the Underwriters with respect to the preparation of any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale
Prospectus, the Prospectus, the conduct of the offering, and the purchase and sale of the
Securities.
(b) The Company acknowledges that in connection with the offering of the Securities: (i) the
Underwriters have acted at arms length, are not agents of, and owe no fiduciary duties to, the
Company or any other person, (ii) the Underwriters owe the Company only those duties and
obligations set forth in this Agreement and prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded
by this Agreement), if any, and (iii) the Underwriters may have interests that differ from those of
the Company. The Company waives to the full extent permitted by applicable law any claims it may
have against the Underwriters arising from an alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with
the offering of the Securities.
12. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in two or more counterparts, each of which
shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the
same instrument.
13. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
internal laws of the State of New York.
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14. Headings. The headings of the sections of this Agreement have been inserted for
convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a part of this Agreement.
15. Notices. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and effective only upon receipt
and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered, mailed or sent to you at the address set forth in
Schedule I hereto; and if to the Company shall be delivered, mailed or sent to the address set
forth in Schedule I hereto.
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Very truly yours, Xxxxxx Micro Inc. |
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By: | ||||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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Accepted as of the date hereof
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
Banc of America Securities LLC
Banc of America Securities LLC
Acting severally on behalf of themselves and the several Underwriters named in Schedule II hereto |
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By: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated | |||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
By: | Banc of America Securities LLC | |||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
SCHEDULE I
Managers: |
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Managers authorized to
release lock-up under
Section 2:
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated |
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Banc of America Securities LLC | ||
Managers authorized to
appoint counsel under
Section 8(c):
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated |
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Banc of America Securities LLC | ||
Indenture:
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Indenture dated as of August [___], 2010 between the Company and the Trustee | |
Trustee:
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Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas | |
Registration Statement File No.:
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333- | |
Time of Sale Prospectus
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1.
Prospectus dated August 16, 2010 relating to the Shelf Securities |
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2. Preliminary prospectus
supplement dated August [ ], 2010 relating to the Securities |
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3. [Free writing prospectus
containing a description of terms
that does not reflect final terms, if
the Time of Sale Prospectus does not
include a final term sheet] |
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4. [Identify all free
writing prospectuses filed by the
Company under Rule 433(d) of the
Securities Act] |
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Securities to be purchased:
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[___]% Notes due 20[___] | |
Aggregate Principal Amount:
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$[____________] | |
Purchase Price:
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___% of the principal amount of the Securities, plus accrued interest, if any, from , 2010 |
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Maturity:
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, 20[___] | |
Interest Rate:
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___% per annum, accruing from August [___], 2010 | |
Interest Payment Dates:
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and commencing , 20__ | |
Closing Date and Time:
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August [___], 2010 ___:___a.m. | |
Closing Location:
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Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP | |
000 Xxxxx Xxxxx | ||
Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 | ||
Address for Notices to Underwriters:
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated | |
0000 Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx | ||
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Attention: Investment Banking Division | ||
Facsimile: (000) 000 0000 | ||
with a copy to the Legal Department | ||
and | ||
Banc of America Securities LLC | ||
Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxx | ||
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Facsimile: (000) 000 0000 | ||
Attention: Syndicate Department | ||
with a copy to: | ||
Banc of America Securities LLC | ||
Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxx | ||
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000 | ||
Attention: ECM Legal | ||
Address for Notices to the Company:
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Xxxxxx Micro Inc. | |
0000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx | ||
Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 | ||
Attn: Xxxxx X. Xxxx | ||
Xxxx Xxxxxxx |
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SCHEDULE II
Principal Amount of | ||||
Securities To Be | ||||
Underwriter | Purchased | |||
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated |
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Banc of America Securities LLC |
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Total |
$ | |||
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SCHEDULE A
Securities:
Principal Amounts to be Purchased:
Purchase Price:
Delivery:
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ANNEX A
Form of
Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP Opinion
(i) the Company is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws
of the State of Delaware, and the Company has corporate power and authority to issue the
Securities, to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations thereunder;
(ii) each of the Material Subsidiaries incorporated in Delaware or California is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation;
(iii) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;
(iv) the Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and has been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is a valid and binding
agreement of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, concepts of
reasonableness and equitable principles of general applicability, provided that we express
no opinion as to the enforceability of any waiver of rights under any usury or stay law;
(v) the Securities have been duly authorized and when executed and authenticated in
accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the
Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, will be valid and binding obligations of the
Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, concepts of
reasonableness and equitable principles of general applicability, and will be entitled to
the benefits of the Indenture pursuant to which such Securities are to be issued, provided
that we express no opinion as to the enforceability of any waiver of rights under any
usury or stay law;
(vi) the execution and delivery by the Company of, and the performance by the Company
of its obligations under, the Indenture, the Securities and this Agreement (collectively,
the “Documents”) will not contravene (i) any provision of the laws of the State of New
York or any federal law of the United States of America that in our experience is normally
applicable to general business corporations in relation to transactions of the type
contemplated by the Documents, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
provided that counsel expresses no opinion as to federal or state securities laws, (ii)
the certificate of
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incorporation or by laws of the Company, or (iii) any agreement that is filed as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement;
(vii) no consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or qualification with, any
governmental body or agency under the laws of the State of New York or any federal law of
the United States of America that in our experience is normally applicable to general
business corporations in relation to transactions of the type contemplated by the
Documents, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware is required for the
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of its obligations under the Documents,
except such as may be required under federal or state securities or Blue Sky laws as to
which we expresses no opinion; and
(viii) the Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the
Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Prospectus will
not be, required to register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
We have considered the statements included in the Prospectus under the captions “Description
of the Debt Securities” and “Description of the Notes” insofar as they summarize provisions of the
Indenture and the Securities. In our opinion, such statements fairly summarize these provisions in
all material respects. The statements included in the Prospectus under the caption “Certain U.S.
Federal Income Tax Considerations,” insofar as they purport to describe provisions of U.S. federal
income tax laws or legal conclusions with respect thereto, fairly and accurately summarize the
matters referred to therein in all material respects;
On the basis of the information gained in the course of the performance of our services, but
without independent check or verification, except as stated, (A) the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus appear on their face to be appropriately responsive in all material respects to the
requirements of the Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; and
(B) nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that, insofar as relevant to the
offering of the Securities: (1) on the date hereof, the Registration Statement contained any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (2) the Time of Sale Prospectus as of the
date hereof, did not contain any 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, or (3) the Prospectus as of the date hereof or as of the
Closing Date contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. We have not been called to pass upon,
and such counsel expresses no view regarding, the financial statements or financial schedules or
other financial or
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accounting data included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the
Prospectus, or the Statement of Eligibility of the Trustee on Form T-1. In addition, we express
no view as to the conveyance of the Time of Sale of Prospectus or the information contained therein
to investors.
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