TORTOISE CAPITAL RESOURCES CORPORATION (a Maryland corporation) [ ] shares of Common Stock PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Exhibit h
Dated: [ ], 2007
TORTOISE CAPITAL RESOURCES CORPORATION
(a Maryland corporation)
[ ] shares of Common Shares
(Par Value $.001 Per Share)
(a Maryland corporation)
[ ] shares of Common Shares
(Par Value $.001 Per Share)
[ ], 2007
XXXXXXX XXXXX & CO.
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Company, Incorporated
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
x/x Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xx.
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated
0 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Company, Incorporated
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
x/x Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xx.
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated
0 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Tortoise Capital Resources Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), confirms its
agreement with Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co., 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 Lynch, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated (“Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx”) and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (“Wachovia”) are acting as representatives (in such
capacity, the “Representatives”), with respect to (i) the issue and sale by the Company and the
purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective numbers of shares
of Common Stock, par value $.001 per share, of the Company (“Common Stock”) set forth in said
Schedule A and (ii) the grant by the Company to the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly,
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 (“Option
Securities”) are hereinafter called, collectively, the “Securities.”
The Company understands 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 and the Underwriters agree that up to shares of the Securities to be
purchased by the Underwriters (the “Reserved Securities”) shall be reserved for sale by the
Underwriters to certain eligible employees and persons having business relationships with the
Company (the “Invitees”), as part of the distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters,
subject to the terms of this Agreement, the applicable rules, regulations and interpretations of
the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. and all other applicable laws, rules and
regulations. To the extent that such Reserved Securities are not orally confirmed for purchase by
Invitees by the end of the first business day after the
date of this Agreement, such Reserved Securities may be offered to the public as part of the
public offering contemplated hereby.
A Form N-54A Notification of Election to be Subject to Sections 55 through 65 of the
Investment Company Act of 1940 filed pursuant to Section 54(a) of the Investment Company Act (File
No. ) (the “Notification of Election”) was filed with the Commission on [ ],
2007 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder
(collectively, the “1940 Act”).
The Company has entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2007
(the “Investment Advisory Agreement”), with Tortoise Capital Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company registered as an investment adviser (the “Adviser”), under the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the
“Advisers Act”).
The Company has entered into a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 8, 2005 and
a Registration Rights Agreement dated as of January 9, 2006 (the “Registration Rights Agreements”),
with Xxxxxxx Xxxxx and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx.
The Company has entered into two purchase agreements dated as of December 22, 2006 by and
between the Company and the investors party thereto with respect to the sale of Series A preferred
shares and warrants ( the “2006 Purchase Agreements”).
The Company has entered into an Administrative Services Agreement dated as of November 14,
2006 (the “Administrative Services Agreement”) with Tortoise Capital Advisors, LLC.
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SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties.
(i) Compliance with Registration Requirements. The Company is eligible to use
Form N-2. Each of the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and
any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective under the 1933 Act and no stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has been issued under the
1933 Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, are contemplated by the Commission, and any request on the part of
the Commission for additional information has been complied with.
At the respective times the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement and any post-effective amendments thereto became effective at the Applicable Time
and at the Closing Time (and, if any Option Securities are purchased, at the Date of
Delivery), the Registration Statement, the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and any
amendments and supplements thereto complied and will comply in all material respects with
the requirements of the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations and the 1940 Act and did not and
will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
and the Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and any supplement thereto or prospectus
wrapper to be used in connection with the offering or sale of the Reserved Securities
prepared in connection therewith, at their respective times of issuance and at the Closing
Time, complied and will comply in all material respects with any applicable laws or
regulations of foreign jurisdictions in which the Prospectus and such Preliminary
Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, are distributed in connection with
the offer and sale of Reserved Securities. Neither the Prospectus nor any amendments or
supplements thereto (including any prospectus wrapper), at the time the Prospectus or any
such amendment or supplement was issued and at the Closing Time (and, if any Option
Securities are purchased, at the Date of Delivery), included or will include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted 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 Statutory Prospectus (as defined below) as of the Applicable Time (as defined
below) and the information included on Schedule B hereto, all considered together
(collectively, the “General Disclosure Package”), did not include any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
As used in this subsection and elsewhere in this Agreement:
“Applicable Time” means l:00 [a/p]m (Eastern time) on [ ] or such other
time as agreed by the Company and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx.
“Statutory Prospectus” as of any time means the prospectus relating to the Securities
that is included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to that time.
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The representations and warranties in this subsection shall not apply to statements in
or omissions from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus made in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx expressly for use therein.
Each Preliminary Prospectus complied when so filed in all material respects with the
1933 Act Regulations and each Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus delivered to the
Underwriters for use in connection with this offering was identical to the electronically
transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to XXXXX, except to the extent
permitted by Regulation S-T.
(ii) Independent Accountants. The accountants who certified the financial
statements included in the Registration Statement are independent public accountants as
required by the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, (the “1934 Act”).
(iii) Financial Statements. The financial statements included in the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, together with the
related schedules and notes, present fairly the financial position of the Company at the
date indicated and the consolidated statement of operations, statement of stockholders’
equity and statement of cash flows of the Company for the periods indicated; there are no
financial statements that are required to be included in the Registration Statement, the
General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that are not included as required; said
financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the
periods involved. The “Selected Financial Data” included in the Registration Statement, the
General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly, in all material respects, the
information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the
audited financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus. The financial data set forth in the General Disclosure Package
and in the Prospectus under the caption “Capitalization” fairly presents the information set
forth therein on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements and
related notes thereto contained in the Registration Statement.
(iv) No Material Adverse Change in Business. Since the respective dates as of
which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or
the Prospectus, except as otherwise stated therein, (A) there has been no material adverse
change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the business affairs or business
prospects of the Company, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business (a
“Material Adverse Effect”), (B) there have been no transactions entered into by the Company,
other than those in the ordinary course of business, which are material with respect to the
Company, and (C) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or
made by the Company on any class of its capital stock.
(v) Good Standing of the Company. The Company has been duly organized and is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland
and has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to
conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its
obligations under this Agreement, the Investment Advisory Agreement and the Administrative
Services Agreement; and the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact
business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is
required, whether by reason of the
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ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure
so to qualify or to be in good standing would not be reasonably likely to result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
(vi) Subsidiaries and Investments. The Company has no direct subsidiaries in
which it owns a majority interest other than Mowood, LLC. Other than as described in the
Registration Statement, the Company does not have any investments and does not own, directly
or indirectly, any shares of stock or any other equity or debt securities of any corporation
or have any equity or debt interest in any firm, partnership, joint venture, association or
other entity.
(vii) Capitalization. The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of
the Company is as set forth in the Statutory Prospectus as of the Applicable Time and the
Prospectus in the column entitled “As Adjusted” under the caption “Capitalization” (except
for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to reservations, agreements or employee benefit
plans, if any, referred to in the in the Statutory Prospectus as of the Applicable Time or
the Prospectus or pursuant to the exercise of convertible securities or options, if any,
referred to in the Statutory Prospectus as of the Applicable Time or the Prospectus). The
shares of issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and
validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; none of the outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Company was issued in violation of preemptive or other similar rights
of any securityholder of the Company.
(viii) Authorization of Agreements. This Agreement, the Investment Advisory
Agreement and the Administrative Services Agreement have each been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Company. The Investment Advisory Agreement and the Administrative
Services Agreement are valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the
Company in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be subject to
(i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or
thereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of
equity and the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.
(ix) Authorization and Description of Securities. The Securities have been
duly authorized for issuance and sale to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement and,
when issued and delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement against payment of the
consideration set forth herein, will be validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable;
the Common Stock conforms to all statements relating thereto contained in the Prospectus and
such descriptions conform to the rights set forth in the instruments defining the same; no
holder of the Securities will be subject to personal liability by reason of being such a
holder; and the issuance of the Securities is not subject to the preemptive or other similar
rights of any securityholder of the Company.
(x) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts. The Company is not in violation of its
articles or by-laws or in default in the performance or observance of any obligation,
agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the
Company is a party or by which it may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of
the Company is subject (collectively, “Agreements and Instruments”) except for such defaults
that would not be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Investment Advisory Agreement,
the Administrative Services Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
herein and therein (including the issuance and sale of the Securities and the use of the
proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in the Prospectus under the caption
“Use of Proceeds”) and compliance by the Company with its obligations hereunder and
thereunder have been duly authorized by all
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necessary corporate action and do not and will not, whether with or without the giving
of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default
under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any
property or assets of the Company pursuant to, the Agreements and Instruments, nor will such
action result in any violation of the provisions of the articles or by-laws of the Company,
any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any
government, government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction
over the Company or any of its assets, properties or operations.
(xi) Absence of Proceedings. There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or
investigation before or brought by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or
foreign, now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against or affecting
the Company, which is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement (other than as
disclosed therein), or that is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or
that is reasonably likely to materially and adversely affect the properties or assets
thereof or the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, the
Investment Advisory Agreement, the Administrative Services Agreement or the performance by
the Company of its obligations hereunder or thereunder; the aggregate of all pending legal
or governmental proceedings to which the Company is a party or of which any of its property
or assets is the subject which are not described in the Registration Statement, including
ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business, is not reasonably likely to result
in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xii) Accuracy of Exhibits. There are no contracts or documents which are
required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as
exhibits thereto which have not been so described and filed as required.
(xiii) Absence of Further Requirements. No filing with, or authorization,
approval, consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any court or
governmental authority or agency is necessary or required for the performance by the Company
of its obligations hereunder, in connection with the offering, issuance or sale of the
Securities hereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
the Registration Rights Agreements, the 2006 Purchase Agreements, the Investment Advisory
Agreement, the Administrative Services Agreement or the Prospectus, except (A) such as have
been already obtained under the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations or the 1940 Act, (B) such
as may be required under state securities laws, or such as may be required under the 1933
Act in connection with filings pursuant to Regulation D of the 1933 Act relating to
securities issued pursuant to the 2006 Purchase Agreements, or (C) such as have been
obtained under the laws and regulations of jurisdictions outside the United States in which
the Reserved Securities are offered and (D) the filing of the Notification of Election under
the 1940 Act, which has been effected.
(xiv) Absence of Manipulation. Neither the Company nor any affiliate of the
Company has taken, nor will the Company or any affiliate take, directly or indirectly, any
action which is designed to or which has constituted or which would 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 in violation of any law, statute, regulation
or rule applicable to the Company or its affiliates.
(xv) Possession of Licenses and Permits. The Company possesses such permits,
licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively, “Governmental
Licenses”) issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or
bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by it or proposed to be operated by it
immediately following
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the offering of the Securities as described in the Prospectus, except where the failure
so to possess is not reasonably likely to, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material
Adverse Effect; the Company is in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such
Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply is not reasonably likely to,
singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; all of the Governmental
Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except when the invalidity of such
Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and
effect is not reasonably likely to, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse
Effect; and the Company has not received any notice of proceedings relating to the
revocation or modification of any such Governmental Licenses which, singly or in the
aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
(xvi) Registration Rights. Other than as set forth in the Registration Rights
Agreements and the 2006 Purchase Agreements, there are no persons with registration rights
or other similar rights requiring the Company to register any securities as a result of the
Offering.
(xvii) Related Party Transactions. There are no business relationships or
related party transactions involving the Company or any other person required to be
described in the Prospectus which have not been described as required.
(xviii) Notification of Election. When the Notification of Election was filed
with the Commission, it (A) contained all statements required to be stated therein in
accordance with, and complied in all material respects with the requirements of, the 1940
Act and (B) did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(xix) Investment Advisory Agreement. (A) The terms of the Investment Advisory
Agreement, including compensation terms, comply in all material respects with all applicable
provisions of the 1940 Act and the Advisers Act and (B) the approvals by the board of
directors and the stockholders of the Company of the Investment Advisory Agreement have been
made in accordance with the requirements of Section 15 of the 1940 Act applicable to
companies that have elected to be regulated as business development companies under the 1940
Act.
(xx) Interested Persons. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement,
the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (A) no person is serving or acting as an
officer, director or investment adviser of the Company, except in accordance with the
provisions of the 1940 Act and the Advisers Act, and (B) to the knowledge of the Company, no
director of the Company is an “interested person” (as defined in the 0000 Xxx) of the
Company or an “affiliated person” (as defined in the 0000 Xxx) of any of the Underwriters.
(xxi) Business Development Company. (A) The Company has duly elected to be
treated by the Commission under the 1940 Act as a business development company, such
election is effective and the Company has not withdrawn such election and, to our knowledge,
the Commission has not ordered such election to be withdrawn nor, to our knowledge have
proceedings to effectuate such withdrawal been initiated or threatened by the Commission;
and all action required of the Company under the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act to make the
public offering and consummate the sale of the Securities as provided in this Agreement has
been taken; (B) the provisions of the corporate charter and by-laws of the Company, and the
investment objectives, policies and restrictions described in the Prospectus, assuming they
are implemented as described, will comply in all material respects with the requirements of
the 1940 Act; and (C) as of the Applicable Time, as of the Closing Date and as of each Date
of Delivery, the operations
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of the Company are in compliance in all material respects with the provisions of the
1940 Act applicable to business development companies.
(xxii) Employees and Executives. The Company is not aware that (A) any
executive, key employee or significant group of employees of the Adviser plans to terminate
employment with the Adviser or (B) any such executive or key employee is subject to any
noncompete, nondisclosure, confidentiality, employment, consulting or similar arrangement
that would be violated by the present or proposed business activities of the Company or the
Adviser.
(xxiii) Accounting Controls. The Company has established and maintains a system
of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (A)
transactions will be executed in accordance with management’s authorization; (B)
transactions will be recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for
assets; (C) access to assets will be permitted only in accordance with management’s
authorization; (D) the recorded accountability for assets will be compared with the existing
assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action will be taken with respect to any
differences; (E) material information relating to the Company and the assets managed by the
Adviser will be promptly made known to the officers responsible for establishing and
maintaining the system of internal accounting controls; and (F) any significant deficiencies
or weaknesses in the design or operation of internal accounting controls which could
adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
data, and any fraud whether or not material that involves management or other employees who
have a significant role in internal controls, will be adequately and promptly disclosed to
the Company’s independent auditors and the audit committee of the Company’s board of
directors.
(xxiv) No Extension of Credit. The Company has not, directly or indirectly,
extended credit, arranged to extend credit, or renewed any extension of credit, in the form
of a personal loan, to or for any director or executive officer of the Company, or to or for
any family member or affiliate of any director or executive officer of the Company.
(xxv) Payment of Taxes. All United States federal income tax returns of the
Company required by law to be filed have been filed and all taxes shown by such returns or
otherwise assessed, which are due and payable, have been paid, except assessments against
which appeals have been or will be promptly taken and as to which adequate reserves have
been provided. The Company has filed all other tax returns that are required to have been
filed by them pursuant to applicable foreign, state, local or other law except insofar as
the failure to file such returns would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, and has paid
all taxes due pursuant to such returns or pursuant to any assessment received by the
Company, except for such taxes, if any, as are being contested in good faith and as to which
adequate reserves have been provided. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the
Company in respect of any income and corporation tax liability for any years not finally
determined are adequate to meet any assessments or re-assessments for additional income tax
for any years not finally determined, except to the extent of any inadequacy that would not
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(i) No Material Adverse Change in Business. Since the respective dates as of
which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and
the
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Prospectus, except as otherwise stated therein, there has been no material adverse
change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the business affairs, business
prospects or regulatory status of the Adviser, whether or not arising in the ordinary course
of business, or that would otherwise prevent the Adviser from carrying out its respective
obligations under the Investment Advisory Agreement (an “Adviser’s Material Adverse
Effect”).
(ii) Good Standing. The Adviser has been duly organized and is validly
existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware, and has limited liability company power and authority to own, lease and operate
its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and to enter into
and perform its obligations under this Agreement; the Adviser also has limited liability
company power and authority to execute and deliver and perform its obligations under the
Investment Advisory Agreement; the Adviser is duly qualified to transact business as a
foreign entity and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such
qualification is required, whether by reason of ownership or leasing of its property or the
conduct of business, except where the failure to qualify or be in good standing would not be
reasonably likely to result in an Adviser’s Material Adverse Effect.
(iii) Registration Under Advisers Act. The Adviser is duly registered with the
Commission as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act and is not prohibited by the
Advisers Act, the 1940 Act or the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder from
acting under the Investment Advisory Agreement for the Company as contemplated by the
Prospectus. There does not exist any proceeding or, to the Adviser’s knowledge, any facts or
circumstances the existence of which could lead to any proceeding which might adversely
affect the registration of the Adviser with the Commission.
(iv) Absence of Proceedings. There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or
investigation before or brought by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or
foreign, now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Adviser, threatened, against or affecting
the Adviser, which is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement (other than as
disclosed therein), or which might result in a Material Adverse Effect or an Adviser’s
Material Adverse Effect, or which might materially and adversely affect the properties or
assets thereof or the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, the
Investment Advisory Agreement, the Sub-Advisory Agreement between the Adviser and Kenmont
Investments Management, L.P. (the “Kenmont Sub-Advisory Agreement”) or the Administrative
Services Agreement or the performance by the Adviser of its obligations hereunder or
thereunder; the aggregate of all pending legal or governmental proceedings to which the
Adviser is a party or of which any of its property or assets is the subject which are not
described in the Registration Statement, including ordinary routine litigation incidental to
its business, could not result in an Adviser’s Material Adverse Effect.
(v) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts. The Adviser is not in violation of its
limited liability company operating agreement or in default in the performance or observance
of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or
instrument to which the Adviser is a party or by which it may be bound, or to which any of
the property or assets of the Adviser is subject (collectively, the “Adviser Agreements and
Instruments”), or in violation of any law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order or
decree except for such violations or defaults that would not be reasonably likely to result
in a Material Adverse Effect or an Adviser’s Material Adverse Effect; and the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Investment Advisory Agreement and the
Kenmont Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Administrative Services Agreement and the consummation
of the transactions contemplated herein and therein and in the
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Registration Statement and General Disclosure Package (including the issuance and sale
of the Securities and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described
in the Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds”) and compliance by the Adviser with
its obligations hereunder and under the Investment Advisory Agreement have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not and will not, whether with or
without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a
breach of, or default or Adviser Repayment 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
Adviser pursuant to, the Adviser Agreements and Instruments, nor will such action result in
any violation of the provisions of the limited liability company operating agreement of the
Adviser, or any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree
of any government, government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having
jurisdiction over the Adviser or any of its assets, properties or operations. As used
herein, an “Adviser Repayment Event” means any event or condition which gives 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 Adviser.
(vi) Authorization of Agreements. This Agreement, the Investment Advisory
Agreement and the Kenmont Sub-Advisory Agreement have been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Adviser. This Agreement, the Investment Advisory Agreement and the Kenmont
Sub-Advisory Agreement are valid and binding obligations of the Adviser, as applicable,
enforceable against it in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may
be subject to (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws
now or thereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general
principles of equity and the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor
may be brought.
(vii) Absence of Further Requirements. No filing with, or authorization,
approval, consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any court or
governmental authority or agency is necessary or required for the performance by the Adviser
of its obligations hereunder, in connection with the offering, issuance or sale of the
Securities hereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Kenmont Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Administrative
Services Agreement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, except (A) such as
have already been made or obtained under the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations or the 1940
Act, (B) such as may be required under state securities laws and (C) the filing of the
Notification of Election under the 1940 Act, which has been effected..
(viii) Description of Adviser. The description of the Adviser contained in the
General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus does not, and prior to the time of purchase
will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were
made, not misleading.
(ix) Financial Resources. The Adviser has the financial resources available to
it necessary for the performance of its services and obligations as contemplated in the
Prospectus and under this Agreement and the Investment Advisory Agreement.
(x) Possession of Licenses and Permits. The Adviser possesses such
Governmental Licenses issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory
agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by it, except where the
failure so to possess would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse
Effect or an Adviser’s Material Adverse Effect; the Adviser is in compliance with the terms
and conditions of all such
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Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would not, singly or in
the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect or an Adviser’s Material Adverse Effect;
all of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except when the
invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be
in full force and effect would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse
Effect or an Adviser’s Material Adverse Effect; and the Adviser has not received any notice
of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such Governmental Licenses
which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or
finding, would result in a Material Adverse Effect or an Adviser’s Material Adverse Effect.
(xi) Employment Status. The Adviser is not aware that (A) any executive, key
employee or significant group of employees of the Adviser plans to terminate employment with
the Adviser (B) any such executive or key employee is subject to any non-compete,
nondisclosure, confidentiality, employment, consulting or similar agreement that would be
violated by the present or proposed business activities of the Company or the Adviser except
where such termination or violation would not constitute a Material Adverse Effect or an
Adviser’s Material Adverse Effect.
(xii) Internal Controls. The Adviser operates a system of internal controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (A) transactions effectuated by it under the
Investment Advisory Agreement are executed in accordance with its management’s general or
specific authorization; and (B) access to the Company’s assets is permitted only in
accordance with its management’s general or specific authorization.
(xiii) Reserved Securities Sales The Company has not offered, or caused the
Representatives to offer, Reserved Securities to any person with the specific intent to
unlawfully influence (i) a customer or supplier of the Company or any of its affiliates to
alter the customer’s or supplier’s level or type of business with any such entity or (ii) a
trade journalist or publication to write or publish favorable information about the Company
or any of its affiliates, or their respective businesses or products.
SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to Underwriters; Closing.
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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 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx to the Company 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 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, 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, as
hereinafter defined. 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 discretion shall make
to eliminate any sales or purchases of fractional shares.
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, on each Date of Delivery as specified in the notice
from the Representatives to the Company.
Payment shall be made to the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank
account designated by the Company, against delivery to the Representatives through the facilities
of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) 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 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.
SECTION 3. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants with each Underwriter as
follows:
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supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically
transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to XXXXX, except to the extent
permitted by Regulation S-T.
(i) Listing. The Company will use its best efforts to effect and maintain the listing of the
Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange.
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warrant or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof and referred to in the
Prospectus, (C) any shares of Common Stock issued or options to purchase Common Stock granted
pursuant to existing employee benefit plans of the Company referred to in the Prospectus (D) any
shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to any non-employee director stock plan or dividend
reinvestment plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) during the last 17 days of the 180-day
restricted 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 180-day restricted 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 180-day
restricted period, the restrictions imposed in this clause (j) 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 or (E) any shares of Common Stock or warrants to purchase
Common Stock to be sold under a registration statement filed on or prior to June 8, 2007 pursuant
to the Registration Rights Agreements or the 2006 Purchase Agreements; provided such registration
statement shall not be filed earlier than 90 days from the date of this Agreement.
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SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses.
(a) Expenses. The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its
obligations under this Agreement, including (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the
Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits) as originally filed and of
each amendment thereto, (ii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of this
Agreement, any Agreement among Underwriters and such other documents as may be required in
connection with the offering, purchase, sale, issuance or delivery of the Securities (iii) 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, (iv) the fees and disbursements of the
Company’s counsel, accountants and other advisors, (v) 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, (vi) the
printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of each Preliminary Prospectus and of the
Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, (vii) the preparation, printing and delivery
to the Underwriters of copies of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplement thereto, (viii) the fees
and expenses of any transfer agent or registrar for the Securities, (ix) 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, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with
the road show presentations, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the
Company and any such consultants, and the cost of aircraft and other transportation chartered in
connection with the road show, (x) the filing fees incident to, and the reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters in connection with, the review by the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the “NASD”) of the terms of the sale of the Securities,
(xi) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Securities on the New
York Stock Exchange, (xii) the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters, in
connection with matters related to the Reserved Securities which are designated by the Company for
sale to Invitees and (xiii) 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 Underwriter caused by a breach of
the representation contained in the third paragraph of Section 1(a)(i).
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 Adviser contained in Section 1 hereof or in certificates of any officer of the
Company or the Adviser, to the performance by the Company and the Adviser of their respective
covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to the following further conditions:
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424(b)(8) or a post-effective amendment providing such information shall have been filed and
declared effective in accordance with the requirements of Rule 430A.
(c) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters. At Closing Time, the Representatives shall have
received the favorable opinion, dated as of Closing Time, of Fried, Frank, Harris, Xxxxxxx &
Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such
letter for each of the other Underwriters in form and substance satisfactory to the
Representatives. 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, upon the opinions of counsel satisfactory to the Representatives, including counsel of the
Company. 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
certificates of public officials.
(ii) At Closing Time, there shall not have been, since the date hereof or since the respective
dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package, any
material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the business affairs or
business prospects or regulatory status of the Adviser, whether or not arising in the ordinary
course of business, and the Representatives shall have received a certificate of the president of
the Advisor and of the chief financial or chief accounting officer of the Advisor, dated as of
Closing Time, to the effect that (i) there has been no such material adverse change, (ii) the
representations and warranties in Section 1(a) and 1(b) hereof are true and correct with the same
force and effect as though expressly made at and as of Closing Time and (iii) the Advisor has
complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied
at or prior to Closing Time.
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(g) Approval of Listing. At Closing Time, the Securities shall have been approved for listing
on the New York Stock Exchange, subject only to official notice of issuance.
(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(d) hereof remains true and correct as of such Date of Delivery.
(ii) Opinion of Counsel for Company. The favorable opinion of Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Company and Xxxxxxx LLP, special Maryland counsel
for the Company, each 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 opinions required by Section 5(b)
hereof.
(iii) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters. The favorable opinion of Fried,
Frank, Harris, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx 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(c) hereof.
(iv) Bring-down Comfort Letter. A letter from Ernst & Young LLP, 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(f) hereof, except that the “specified date” in the letter furnished pursuant to
this paragraph shall be a date not more than five days prior to such Date of Delivery.
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SECTION 6. Indemnification.
(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 or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or in the
General Disclosure Package 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(d) below) any such
settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company;
(iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the reasonable
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 statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through Xxxxxxx Xxxxx expressly for use in
the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430A Information, or any
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto).
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Section 20 of the 1934 Act, the Company or the Adviser, 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 or any Preliminary Prospectus, or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement
thereto), in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by
such Underwriter through Xxxxxxx Xxxxx expressly for use therein.
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statement of a material fact contained in any prospectus wrapper or other material prepared by
or with the consent of the Company for distribution to Invitees in connection with the offering of
the Reserved Securities 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;
(iii) caused by the failure of any Invitee to pay for and accept delivery of Reserved Securities
which have been orally confirmed for purchase by any Invitee by the end of the first business day
after the date of the Agreement; or (iv) related to, or arising out of or in connection with, the
offering of the Reserved Securities.
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 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 on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other hand in
connection with the statements or omissions, or in connection with any violation of the nature
referred to in Section 6(e) hereof, 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 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
total underwriting discount received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth 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 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 and the Adviser or by the Underwriters and the parties’
relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission, or any violation of the nature referred to in Section 6(e) hereof.
The Company 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, 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 such untrue or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
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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.
No Underwriter shall be entitled to indemnification under Section 6 or contribution
under this Section 7 in violation of Section 17(i) of the 1940 Act.
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 executive officer or director of the Company 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 shall have the same
rights to contribution as the Company. The Underwriters’ respective obligations to contribute
pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to the number of Securities set forth opposite
their respective names in Schedule A hereto and not joint.
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 and the Adviser 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 or any person controlling the Company and (ii) delivery of and payment for the
Securities.
SECTION 9. Termination of Agreement.
(a) Termination; General. The Representatives may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the
Company, at any time at or prior to 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 Prospectus
or the General Disclosure Package, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or
otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and the
Adviser, 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 New York Stock Exchange, or
if trading generally on the American Stock Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange or in the Nasdaq
National 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
such system or by order of the Commission, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or
any other governmental authority, or (iv) a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking
or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States, or (v) if a banking moratorium
has been declared by either Federal or New York authorities.
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
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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 underwriter, 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 of the
Company 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 Underwriters.
No action taken pursuant to this Section shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from
liability in respect of its default. In the event this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section
10(ii) above, the Company, subject to Section 4(b), shall be relieved from its obligation to
reimburse the Underwriter’s for all of their out-of-pocket expenses incurred, including the
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters.
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 the Company to sell the relevant
Option Securities, as the case may be, either the Representatives or the Company 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 or
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. Tax Disclosure. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement,
from the commencement of discussions with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, the
Company (and each employee, representative or other agent of the Company) may disclose to any and
all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure (as such terms are
used in Sections 6011, 6111 and 6112 of the U.S. Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated
thereunder) of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all materials of any kind
(including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided relating to such tax treatment and tax
structure.
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 the Representatives at One
Houston Center, 0000 XxXxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx XX 00000, attention of Xxxxxx Xxxxx, with a
copy to Fried, Frank, Harris, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, Xxx Xxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
attention of Xxxxxxx Xxxx Jacob, Esq.; and notices to the Company and the Adviser shall be directed
to them at Tortoise Capital Resources Corporation, 00000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxx
Xxxx, Xxxxxx 00000, attention of Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, with a copy to Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
L.L.P, 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000, attention of Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Esq.
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SECTION 13. No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship. The Company acknowledges and
agrees that (i) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, including the
determination of the offering price of the Securities and any related discounts and commissions, is
an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the several
Underwriters, on the other hand, (ii) in connection with the offering contemplated hereby and the
process leading to such transaction each Underwriter is and has been acting solely as a principal
and is not the agent or fiduciary of the Company, or its stockholders, creditors, employees or any
other party, (iii) no Underwriter has assumed or will assume an advisory or fiduciary
responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the
process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently
advising the Company on other matters) and no Underwriter has any obligation to the Company with
respect to the offering contemplated hereby except the obligations expressly set forth in this
Agreement, (iv) the Underwriters and their respective affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of
transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company, and (v) the Underwriters
have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering
contemplated hereby and the Company has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax
advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate.
SECTION 14. Parties. This Agreement shall each inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the Underwriters, the Adviser and the Company 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 Adviser 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 Adviser 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 15. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 16. 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 17. 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 18. 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 a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts,
will become a binding agreement between the Underwriters, the Company and the Adviser in accordance
with its terms.
Very truly yours, COMPANY: TORTOISE CAPITAL RESOURCES CORPORATION |
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By | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
ADVISER: TORTOISE CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC |
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By | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED, as of the date first above written:
XXXXXXX XXXXX & CO.
XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX
INCORPORATED
XXXXXX, XXXXXXXX & COMPANY, INCORPORATED
WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC
XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX
INCORPORATED
XXXXXX, XXXXXXXX & COMPANY, INCORPORATED
WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC
By: XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX
INCORPORATED
INCORPORATED
By |
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SCHEDULE A
Maximum | ||||||||
Number of | ||||||||
Number of | Option | |||||||
Name of Underwriter | Initial Securities | Securities | ||||||
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated |
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Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Company, Incorporated |
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Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC. |
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Xxxxxxxxxxx & Co. Inc. |
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Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx,
Incorporated |
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Total |
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Sch A -1
1. The number of Initial Securities to be sold by the Company is [ ] shares of
Common Stock.
2. The public offering price per share for the Securities, determined as provided in
Section 2, shall be [ ].
3. The trade date is [ ].
4. The closing date will be [ ].
Sch B-1
SCHEDULE C
List of persons and entities
subject to lock-up
List of persons and entities
subject to lock-up
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
H. Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Tortoise Capital Advisors LLC
Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
H. Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Tortoise Capital Advisors LLC
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Exhibit A
FORM OF OPINION OF XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXX, LLP
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 5(b)
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 5(b)
(i) The Company is a corporation duly incorporated and existing under and by virtue of
the laws of the State of Maryland and is in good standing with the State Department of
Assessments and Taxation of Maryland.
(ii) The Company has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its
properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement and to
enter into and perform its obligations under the Purchase Agreement, and to perform its
obligations under the Registration Rights Agreements, the 2006 Purchase Agreements, the
Investment Advisory Agreement and the Administrative Services Agreement.
(iii) The Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation 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 where the
failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(iv) The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set
forth in the Prospectus in the column entitled “As Adjusted” under the caption
“Capitalization” (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to reservations,
agreements or employee benefit plans referred to in the Prospectus or pursuant to the
exercise of convertible securities or options referred to in the Prospectus); the shares of
issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and validly
issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; and none of the outstanding shares of capital
stock of the Company was issued in violation of the preemptive or other similar rights of
any securityholder of the Company.
(v) The Securities have been duly authorized for issuance and sale to the Underwriters
pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and when issued and delivered by the Company pursuant to
the Purchase Agreement against payment of the consideration set forth in the Purchase
Agreement will be validly issued, and fully paid and non-assessable. No personal liability
will attach under the laws of the State of Maryland, the Company’s state of incorporation,
to holders of the Common Stock for any debt or obligation of the Company solely as a result
of their status as stockholders of the Company.
(vi) The issuance of the Securities pursuant to the Purchase Agreement is not subject
to preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company.
(vii) To our knowledge, other than Mowood, LLC, the Company does not have any direct
subsidiaries in which it owns a majority interest.
(viii) The Purchase Agreement, the Investment Advisory Agreement and the Administrative
Services Agreement have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. The
Registration Rights Agreements and the 2006 Purchase Agreements are valid and binding
obligations of the Company, and are enforceable against the Company in accordance with their
terms.
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(ix) The Registration Statement, including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, has
been declared effective under the 1933 Act; any required filing of the Prospectus pursuant
to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by Rule
424(b) (without reference to Rule 424(b)(8)); and, to the best of our knowledge, no stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement has been issued under the 1933 Act and no proceedings for that
purpose have been instituted or are pending or threatened by the Commission.
(x) The Registration Statement, including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and
the Rule 430A Information, the Prospectus and each amendment or supplement to the
Registration Statement and Prospectus, as of the Applicable Time and all subsequent
effective or issue dates (other than the financial statements and supporting schedules
included therein or omitted therefrom, as to which we express no opinion) complied as to
form in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act , 1933 Act Regulations
and the 0000 Xxx.
(xi) The form of certificates used to evidence the Common Stock complies in all
material respects with all applicable statutory requirements of the Maryland General
Corporation Law (the “MGCL”) and with any applicable requirements of the articles and bylaws
of the Company and the requirements of the New York Stock Exchange.
(xii) To our knowledge, there is not pending or threatened any action, suit,
proceeding, inquiry or investigation, to which the Company is a party, or to which the
property of the Company is subject, before or brought by any court or governmental agency or
body, domestic or foreign, that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect, or that would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the
properties or assets of the Company or the consummation of the transactions contemplated in
the Purchase Agreement or the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder.
(xiii) The information in the Prospectus under “Description of Capital Stock”,
“Certain Provisions of our Charter and Bylaws and the Maryland General Corporation Law”,
“Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations” and each of the risk factors set forth
under the section “Risks Related to our Operations—As a BDC, we will be subject to
limitations on our ability to engage in certain transactions with affiliates,” “If our
investments are deemed not to be qualifying assets, we could lose our status as a BDC or be
precluded from investing according to our current business plan,” “We may choose to invest a
portion of our portfolio in investments that may be considered highly speculative and that
negatively impact our ability to pay dividends and cause you to lose part of your
investment,” “Unrealized decreases in the value of debt instruments in our portfolio may
impact the value of our common shares and may reduce our income for distribution,” “Changes
in laws or regulations or in the interpretations of laws or regulations could significantly
affect our operations and cost of doing business,” to the extent that and only as to that
portion that explicitly addresses matters of law, summaries of legal matters, the Company’s
articles and bylaws or legal proceedings, legal conclusions, or descriptions of documents
has been reviewed by us and is correct in all material respects and the opinion of such firm
set forth under “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations” is confirmed.
(xiv) All descriptions in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus of
contracts and other documents to which the Company is a party are accurate in all material
respects; to our knowledge, there are no franchises, contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan
agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in
the
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Registration Statement other than those described or referred to therein and the
descriptions thereof or references thereto are correct in all material respects.
(xv) No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration,
qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or agency, domestic or
foreign (other than under the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations or the 0000 Xxx) is
necessary or required in connection with the due authorization, execution and delivery of
the Purchase Agreement.
(xvi) The execution, delivery and performance of the Purchase Agreement, the Investment
Advisory Agreement and the Administrative Services Agreement, and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated in the Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreements, the
2006 Purchase Agreements, the Investment Advisory Agreement and the Administrative Services
Agreement and compliance by the Company with its obligations under the Purchase Agreement,
the Registration Rights Agreements, the 2006 Purchase Agreements, the Investment Advisory
Agreement and the Administrative Services Agreement do not and will not, whether with or
without the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach
of, or default under or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or
encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company pursuant to any agreement to which
the Company is a party and that is filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement at the
Applicable Time or any time thereafter (except for such conflicts, breaches, defaults or
liens, charges or encumbrances that would not have a Material Adverse Effect), nor will such
action result in any violation of (A) the provisions of the articles or by-laws of the
Company; or (B) any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or
decree, known to us, of any government, government instrumentality or court, domestic or
foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its respective properties, assets or
operations.
(xvii) To our knowledge, there are no persons with registration rights or other similar
rights to have any securities registered in this Offering, other than such rights which have
been waived.
(xviii) The Investment Advisory Agreement contains the applicable provisions required
by Section 205 of the Advisers Act and Section 15 of the 1940 Act.
(xix) The Adviser has been duly formed and is validly existing as a limited liability
company in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with full power and
authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described
in the Prospectus and General Disclosure Package and to execute and deliver the Purchase
Agreement, the Investment Advisory Agreement and the Administrative Services Agreement; and
the Adviser is duly qualified to transact business as a foreign limited liability company
and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction where the ownership or leasing of its
properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the
failure to be so qualified and in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate,
have an Adviser’s Material Adverse Effect.
(xx) The Adviser is duly registered with the Commission as an investment adviser under
the Advisers Act and, to such counsel’s knowledge, is not prohibited by the Advisers Act,
the 1940 Act or the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder from acting under
the Investment Advisory Agreement as an investment adviser to the Company, as contemplated
by the Registration Statement; and, to such counsel’s knowledge, there does not exist any
proceeding
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pending or threatened, which could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the
registration of the Adviser with the Commission.
(xxi) To our knowledge, there is not pending or threatened any action, suit,
proceeding, inquiry or investigation, to which the Adviser is a party or to which the
property of the Adviser is subject, before or brought by any court or governmental agency or
body, domestic or foreign, that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect or an Adviser’s Material Adverse Effect, or that would reasonably be expected to
materially and adversely affect the properties or assets thereof or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated in the Purchase Agreement, the Investment Advisory Agreement or
the Administrative Services Agreement or the performance by the Adviser of its obligations
thereunder.
(xxii) The execution, delivery and performance of the Purchase Agreement, the
consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Purchase Agreement, and compliance by
the Adviser with its obligations under the Purchase Agreement, does not and will not,
whether with or without the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, conflict with or
constitute a breach of, or default under or result in the creation or imposition of any
lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Adviser pursuant to any
contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or any
other agreement or instrument, known to us, to which the Adviser is a party or by which it
may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Adviser is subject (except
for such conflicts, breaches, defaults or liens, charges or encumbrances that would not have
a Material Adverse Effect or an Adviser’s Material Adverse Effect), nor will such action
result in any violation of the provisions of the constituent document of the Adviser, or any
applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree, known to us, of
any government, government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having
jurisdiction over the Adviser or of its properties, assets or operations.
(xxiii) The Purchase Agreement, the Investment Advisory Agreement and the
Administrative Services Agreement have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Adviser.
(xxiv) To such counsel’s knowledge, no further Governmental Permits are required under
any law, regulation or rule in order for the Adviser to perform its obligations under the
Investment Advisory Agreement.
(xxv) The Company has duly elected to be treated by the Commission under the 1940 Act
as a business development company, such election is effective, and the Company has not
withdrawn such election and, to our knowledge, the Commission has not ordered such election
be withdrawn nor, to our knowledge, have proceedings to effectuate such withdrawal been
initiated or threatened by the Commission.
(xxvi) As described in the Prospectus, the provisions of the corporate charter and
by-laws, and the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Company comply in
all material respects with the requirements of the 1940 Act.
(xxvii) As of the Applicable Time, as of the Closing Date and as of each Date of
Delivery, the specific actions of the Company that are explicitly described in the Statutory
Prospectus are in compliance in all material respects with the provisions of the 1940 Act
applicable to business development companies.
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Nothing has come to our attention that would lead us to believe that the Registration
Statement or any amendment thereto, including the Rule 430A Information, (except for
financial statements and schedules and other financial data included or omitted therefrom,
as to which we need make no statement), at the time such Registration Statement or any such
amendment became effective, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading or that the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (except
for financial statements and schedules and other financial data included therein or omitted
therefrom, as to which we need make no statement), at the time the Prospectus was issued, at
the time any such amended or supplemented prospectus was issued or at the Closing Time,
included or includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. In addition, nothing has come to
our attention that would lead us to believe that the documents included in the General
Disclosure Package, other than the financial statements and schedules and other financial
data included or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom, as to which we need
make no statement, as of the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material
fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. With
respect to statements contained in the General Disclosure Package, any statement contained
in any of the constituent documents shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the
extent that any information contained in subsequent constituent documents modifies or
replaces such statement.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the
application of the laws of the State of Maryland, upon the opinion of Xxxxxxx LLP, special
Maryland counsel to the Company (which opinion shall be dated and furnished to the
Representatives at the Closing Time, shall be satisfactory in form and substance to counsel
for the Underwriters and shall expressly state that the Underwriters may rely on such
opinion as if it were addressed to them), provided that Xxxxxxx LLP shall state in their
opinion that they believe that they and the Underwriters are justified in relying upon such
opinion, and (B), as to matters of fact (but not as to legal conclusions), to the extent
they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public
officials. Such opinion shall not state that it is to be governed or qualified by, or that
it is otherwise subject to, any treatise, written policy or other document relating to legal
opinions, including, without limitation, the Legal Opinion Accord of the ABA Section of
Business Law (1991).
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Exhibit B
FORM OF OPINION OF XXXXXXX LLP,
SPECIAL MARYLAND COUNSEL TO THE COMPANY
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 5(b)
SPECIAL MARYLAND COUNSEL TO THE COMPANY
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 5(b)
(i) The Company is a corporation duly incorporated and existing under and by virtue of
the laws of the State of Maryland and is in good standing with the State Department of
Assessments and Taxation of Maryland.
(ii) The Company has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its
properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement and to
enter into and to perform its obligations under the Purchase Agreement, to perform its
obligations under the Registration Rights Agreements, the 2006 Purchase Agreements, the
Investment Advisery Agreement and the Administrative Services Agreement.
(iii) The Securities have been duly authorized for issuance and sale to the
Underwriters pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and, when issued and delivered by the
Company pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, against payment of the consideration set forth
in the Purchase Agreement, will be validly issued, and fully paid and non-assessable. No
personal liability will attach under the laws of the State of Maryland, the Company’s state
of incorporation, to holders of the Common Stock for any debt or obligation of the Company
solely as a result of their status as stockholders of the Company.
(iv) The authorized, issued and outstanding stock of the Company is as set forth in the
Prospectus in the column entitled “As Adjusted” under the caption “Capitalization” (except
for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to reservations, agreements or employee benefit
plans referred to in the Prospectus or pursuant to the exercise of convertible securities or
options referred to in the Prospectus); the shares of common stock of the Company issued and
outstanding as of the date hereof (immediately prior to the issuance of the Securities
pursuant to the Purchase Agreement) have been duly authorized and validly issued and are
fully paid and non-assessable; and none of the outstanding shares of common stock of the
Company was issued in violation of preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder
of the Company under Maryland General Corporation Law (the “MGCL”) or the Company’s charter
(“Charter”) or Bylaws (the “Bylaws”).
(v) The issuance of the Securities pursuant to the Purchase Agreement is not subject to
preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company under the MGCL or
the Charter or Bylaws.
(vi) The Purchase Agreement, the Investment Advisory Agreement and the Administrative
Services Agreement have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. The
Registration Rights Agreements and the 2006 Purchase Agreements are valid and
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binding obligations of the Company, and are enforceable against the Company in
accordance with their terms.
(vii) The form of certificates used to represent the Common Stock comply in all
material respects with the applicable statutory requirements of the MGCL and with any
applicable requirements of the Charter and Bylaws.
(viii) The information in the General Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus under
the caption “Description of Capital Stock” and in the Registration Statement under the
caption “Item 30. Indemnification,” to the extent it purports to summarize matters arising
under Maryland law or the Charter and Bylaws, has been reviewed by us and is correct in all
material respects.
(ix) No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration,
qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or agency of the State of
Maryland (other than as may be required under the securities or blue sky laws of such state,
as to which we need express no opinion) is necessary or required in connection with the due
authorization, execution and delivery of the Purchase Agreement or for the offering,
issuance, sale or delivery of the Securities.
(x) The execution, delivery and performance of the Purchase Agreement, and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Purchase Agreement and in the
Registration Statement and General Disclosure Package (including the issuance and sale of
the Securities and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in
the Prospectus under the caption “Use Of Proceeds”) and compliance by the Company with its
obligations under the Purchase Agreement, does not and will not result in any violation of
the provisions of the Charter or Bylaws of the Company, or any applicable law, statute,
rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree, known to us, of any government,
government instrumentality or court of the State of Maryland.
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[Form of lock-up from directors, officers or other stockholders pursuant to Section 5(g)]
Exhibit C
, 2007
XXXXXXX XXXXX & CO.
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated,
XXXXXX, XXXXXXXX & COMPANY, INCORPORATED
WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC
as Representatives of the several
Underwriters
to be named in the within-mentioned Purchase Agreement
x/x Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xx.
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated
0 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated,
XXXXXX, XXXXXXXX & COMPANY, INCORPORATED
WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC
as Representatives of the several
Underwriters
to be named in the within-mentioned Purchase Agreement
x/x Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xx.
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated
0 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Re: Proposed Offering by Tortoise Capital Resources Corporation
Dear Sirs:
The undersigned, an officer, director, employee partner and/or affiliate of Tortoise Capital
Resources Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), or Tortoise Capital Advisors LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (the “Adviser”), understands that Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co., Xxxxxxx
Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated (“Xxxxxxx Xxxxx”), Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Company,
Incorporated, Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC and the other underwriters set forth in the Purchase
Agreement (as defined) (the “Underwriters”) propose to enter into a Purchase Agreement (the
“Purchase Agreement”) with the Company providing for the public offering of shares (“Securities”)
of the Company’s common stock, par value $.001 per share (the “Common Stock”). In recognition of
the benefit that such an offering will confer upon the undersigned as an officer, director,
employee partner and/or affiliate of the Company or Adviser, 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 180 days from
the date of the Purchase Agreement, the undersigned will not, without the prior written consent of
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, 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 (except for any such filing as required
pursuant to contractual obligations of the Company existing as of the date hereof and as described
in the registration statement for the Securities), 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”) 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
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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 the foregoing, if:
(1) during the last 17 days of the 180-day 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 180-day 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 180-day lock-up period,
the restrictions imposed by this lock-up agreement 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, as applicable, unless Xxxxxxx Xxxxx waives, in writing, such
extension.
The undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees that written notice of any extension of the
180-day lock-up period pursuant to the previous paragraph will be delivered by Xxxxxxx Xxxxx 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
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 180-day
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
180-day 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.
Very truly yours, | ||||
Signature: | ||||
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