UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 1.1
EXECUTION COPY
34,000,000 Shares
Common Stock
July 17, 2014
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC
Eleven Madison Avenue,
New York, N.Y. 10010-3629
Dear Sirs:
1. Introductory. The stockholder listed in Schedule A hereto (the “Selling Stockholder”) agrees to sell to Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (“Credit Suisse”) an aggregate of 34,000,000 outstanding shares (the “Firm Securities”) of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Securities”), of Orbitz Worldwide, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), as set forth below. In addition, the Selling Stockholder agrees to sell to Credit Suisse, at the option of Credit Suisse, an aggregate of not more than 5,000,000 additional outstanding shares of the Securities (collectively, the “Optional Securities”) as set forth below. The Firm Securities and the Optional Securities are herein collectively called the “Offered Securities”.
2. Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Selling Stockholder. (i) The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, Credit Suisse that:
(a) Filing and Effectiveness of Registration Statement; Certain Defined Terms. The Company has filed with the Commission a registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-192669) covering the registration of the Offered Securities under the Act, including a related preliminary prospectus or prospectuses, which has become effective. “Registration Statement” at any particular time means such registration statement, in the form then on file with the Commission, including any amendment thereto, any document incorporated by reference therein and all 430B Information and all 430C Information with respect to such registration statement, that in any case has not then been superseded or modified. “Registration Statement” without reference to a time means the Registration Statement as of the Effective Time. For purposes of this definition, 430B Information shall be considered to be included in the Registration Statement as of the time specified in Rule 430B. The Company may also have filed, or may file, with the Commission a Rule 462(b) registration statement covering the registration of Offered Securities. At any particular time, this Rule 462(b) registration statement, in the form then on file with the Commission, including the contents of the Registration Statement incorporated by reference therein and including all 430B Information and all 430C Information, that in any case has not then been superseded or modified, shall be referred to as the “Additional Registration Statement” and, together with the Registration Statement, the “Registration Statements”.
For purposes of this Agreement:
“430B Information” means information included in a prospectus then deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B(e) or retroactively deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B(f).
“430C Information” means information included in a prospectus then deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430C.
“Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Applicable Time” means 9:00 a.m. (New York time) on the date of this Agreement.
“Closing Date” has the meaning defined in Section 3 hereof.
“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Effective Time” of the Registration Statement relating to the Offered Securities means the time of the first contract of sale for the Offered Securities.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Final Prospectus” means the Statutory Prospectus that discloses the public offering price, other 430B Information and other final terms of the Offered Securities and otherwise satisfies Section 10(a) of the Act and any document incorporated by reference therein.
“General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors, as evidenced by its being so specified in Schedule B to this Agreement.
“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, relating to the Offered Securities in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g).
“Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not a General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.
“Rules and Regulations” means the rules and regulations of the Commission.
“Securities Laws” means, collectively, the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 (“Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx”), the Act, the Exchange Act, the Rules and Regulations, the auditing principles, rules, standards and practices applicable to auditors of “issuers” (as defined in Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx) promulgated or approved by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and the rules of the New York Stock Exchange (“Exchange Rules”).
“Statutory Prospectus” with reference to any particular time means the prospectus relating to the Offered Securities that is included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to that time, including any document incorporated by reference therein and all 430B Information and all 430C Information with respect to the Registration Statement. For purposes of the foregoing definition, 430B Information shall be considered to be included in the Statutory Prospectus only as of the actual time that form of prospectus (including a prospectus supplement) is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and not retroactively.
Unless otherwise specified, a reference to a “rule” is to the indicated rule under the Act.
(b) Compliance with Securities Act Requirements. (i) (A) At the time the Registration Statement initially became effective, (B) at the time of each amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act (whether by post‑effective amendment, incorporated report or form of prospectus), (C) at the Effective Time relating to the Offered Securities and (D) on the Closing Date, the Registration Statement conformed and will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and (ii) on its date, at the time of filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and
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the Rules and Regulations and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any such document based upon written information furnished to the Company by Credit Suisse specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information is that described as such in Section 8(c) hereof. Each document, if any, filed or to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus complied or will comply when so filed in all material respects with the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(c) Shelf Registration Statement. The date of this Agreement is not more than three years subsequent to the initial effective time of the Registration Statement.
(d) Ineligible Issuer Status. (i) At the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2)) of the Offered Securities and (ii) at the date of this Agreement, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer”, as defined in Rule 405, including (x) the Company or any of its subsidiaries in the preceding three years not having been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor described in paragraphs (i) through (iv) of Section 15(b)(4)(B) of the Exchange Act or having been made the subject of a judicial or administrative decree or order as described in Rule 405 and (y) the Company in the preceding three years not having been the subject of a bankruptcy petition or insolvency or similar proceeding, not having had a registration statement be the subject of a proceeding under Section 8 of the Act and not being the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the Act in connection with the offering of the Offered Securities, all as described in Rule 405.
(e) General Disclosure Package. As of the Applicable Time, neither (i) the General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus(es) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, the preliminary prospectus supplement, dated July 16, 2014, including the base prospectus, dated March 6, 2014 (which is the most recent Statutory Prospectus distributed to investors generally) and the other information, if any, stated in Schedule B to this Agreement to be included in the General Disclosure Package, all considered together (collectively, the “General Disclosure Package”), nor (ii) any individual Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included 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 the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Statutory Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by Credit Suisse specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by Credit Suisse consists of the information described as such in Section 8(c) hereof.
(f) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Offered Securities or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies Credit Suisse as described in the next sentence, did not, does not and will not include any material information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information then contained in the Registration Statement. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict in any material respect with the information then contained in the Registration Statement or as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, if republished immediately following such event or development, would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (i) the Company has promptly notified or will promptly notify Credit Suisse and (ii) the Company has promptly amended or supplemented or will promptly amend or supplement such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(g) Good Standing of the Company. The Company has been duly incorporated and is existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority (corporate and other) to
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own its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package; and the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, properties or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (“Material Adverse Effect”).
(h) Subsidiaries. Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly formed and is existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package; and each subsidiary of the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the issued and outstanding capital stock (or equivalent thereof) of each subsidiary of the Company has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable; and the capital stock of each subsidiary owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, is owned free from liens, encumbrances and defects, other than as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.
(i) Offered Securities. The Offered Securities and all other outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized; the authorized equity capitalization of the Company is as set forth in the General Disclosure Package; all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are, and, when the Offered Securities have been delivered and paid for in accordance with this Agreement on each Closing Date, such Offered Securities will have been, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, will conform to the information in the General Disclosure Package and to the description of such Offered Securities contained in the Final Prospectus; except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, the stockholders of the Company have no preemptive rights with respect to the Securities; and none of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights of any security holder.
(j) No Finder’s Fee. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or Credit Suisse for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or other like payment in connection with this offering.
(k) Registration Rights. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Act with respect to any securities of the Company owned or to be owned by such person or to require the Company to include such securities in the securities registered pursuant to a Registration Statement or in any securities being registered pursuant to any other registration statement filed by the Company under the Act (collectively, “registration rights”), and any person to whom the Company has granted registration rights has agreed not to exercise such rights until after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period referred to in Section 5(k) hereof, other than the exercise of any such right by the Selling Stockholder with respect to the Offered Securities to be sold by the Selling Stockholder to Credit Suisse pursuant to this Agreement.
(l) Listing. The Offered Securities have been approved for listing on The New York Stock Exchange.
(m) Absence of Further Requirements. No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing or registration with, any person (including any governmental agency or body or any court) is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in connection with the sale of the Offered Securities, except such as have been obtained, or made and such as may be required under state securities laws.
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(n) Title to Property. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, the Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real properties and all other properties and assets owned by them, in each case free from liens, charges, encumbrances and defects that would materially affect the value thereof or materially interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them and, except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, the Company and its subsidiaries hold any leased real or personal property under valid and enforceable leases with no terms or provisions that would materially interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them, subject in each case to (i) applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect and (ii) general principles of equity and public policy and the discretion of the court or other body before which any proceeding may be brought, including, without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, in each case, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law and with such exceptions that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(o) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts Resulting from Transaction. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default or a Debt Repayment Triggering Event (as defined below) under, or result in the imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, the charter or by-laws of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, any statute, rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties, or any agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject; a “Debt Repayment Triggering Event” means any event or condition that gives, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time would give, the holder of any note, debenture, or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
(p) Absence of Existing Defaults and Conflicts. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of its respective charter or by-laws or in default (or with the giving of notice or lapse of time would be in default) under any existing obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, lease or other agreement or instrument to which any of them is a party or by which any of them is bound or to which any of the properties of any of them is subject, except such defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(q) Authorization of Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(r) Possession of Licenses and Permits. Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its subsidiaries possess, and are in compliance with the terms of, all adequate certificates, authorizations, franchises, licenses and permits (“Licenses”) necessary or material to the conduct of the business now conducted or proposed in the General Disclosure Package to be conducted by them and have not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Licenses that, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.
(s) Absence of Labor Dispute. No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent that could have a Material Adverse Effect.
(t) Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its subsidiaries own, possess or can acquire on reasonable terms sufficient trademarks, trade names, patent rights, copyrights, domain names, licenses, approvals, trade secrets, inventions, technology, know-how and other intellectual property and similar rights, including registrations and applications for registration thereof (collectively, “Intellectual Property Rights”) necessary or material to the conduct of the business now conducted or proposed in the General Disclosure
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Package to be conducted by them, and the expected expiration of any such Intellectual Property Rights would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, (i) to the Company’s knowledge, there are no rights of third parties to any of the Intellectual Property Rights owned by the Company or its subsidiaries; (ii) to the Company’s knowledge, there is no material infringement, misappropriation breach, default or other violation, or the occurrence of any event that with notice or the passage of time would constitute any of the foregoing, by the Company, its subsidiaries or third parties of any of the Intellectual Property Rights of the Company or its subsidiaries; (iii) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company’s or any subsidiary’s rights in or to, or the violation of any of the terms of, any of their Intellectual Property Rights, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (iv) to the Company’s knowledge, there is no pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity, enforceability or scope of any such Intellectual Property Rights, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (v) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company or any subsidiary infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates or conflicts with any Intellectual Property Rights or other proprietary rights of others and the Company is unaware of any other fact which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; and (vi) none of the Intellectual Property Rights used by the Company or its subsidiaries in their businesses has been obtained or is being used by the Company or its subsidiaries in violation of any contractual obligation binding on the Company or any of its subsidiaries in violation of the rights of any persons; except in each case covered by clauses (i) - (vi) such as would not, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(u) Environmental Laws. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any statute, any rule, regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, relating to the use, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or relating to the protection or restoration of the environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), owns or operates any real property contaminated with any substance that is subject to any Environmental Laws, is liable for any off-site disposal or contamination pursuant to any Environmental Laws, or is subject to any claim relating to any Environmental Laws, which violation, contamination, liability or claim would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect; and the Company is not aware of any pending investigation which might lead to such a claim.
(v) Accurate Disclosure. The statements in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the headings “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences to Non-U.S. Holders”, “Description of Capital Stock”, “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions”, which is incorporated by reference, “Risk Factors-We are involved in various legal proceedings and may experience unfavorable outcomes, which could affect our financial position”, “Risk Factors-We may not be effectively protecting our intellectual property, which would allow competitors to duplicate our products and services. This could make it more difficult for us to compete with them”, “Risk Factors-We have granted Travelport perpetual licenses to use certain of our intellectual property, which could facilitate Travelport's ability to compete with us”, and “Business-Intellectual Property;-Regulation; and -Legal Proceedings”, which is incorporated by reference, insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate in all material respects and fair summaries of such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings and present the information required to be shown. There are no contracts or documents which are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the General Disclosure Package pursuant to Form S‑3 or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S‑K or incorporated by reference therein which have not been so described, filed or incorporated as required.
(w) Absence of Manipulation. The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action that is designed to or that has constituted or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Securities.
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(x) Statistical and Market-Related Data. Any third-party statistical and market-related data included or incorporated by reference in a Registration Statement, a Statutory Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate.
(y) Internal Controls and Compliance with the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, the Company, its subsidiaries and the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) are in compliance in all material respects with Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx and all applicable Exchange Rules. The Company maintains a system of internal controls, including, but not limited to, disclosure controls and procedures, internal controls over accounting matters and financial reporting, an internal audit function and legal and regulatory compliance controls (collectively, “Internal Controls”) that comply with the Securities Laws and are sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis and to maintain accountability for assets, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences and (v) the interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language (“XBRL”) included or incorporated by reference in any Registration Statement, any Statutory Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package fairly present the information called for in all material respects and are prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto . The Internal Controls are overseen by the Audit Committee (the “Audit Committee”) of the Board in accordance with Exchange Rules. The Company has not publicly disclosed or reported to the Audit Committee or the Board, and currently does not reasonably expect to publicly disclose or report to the Audit Committee or the Board, within the next 90 days, a “material weakness” (as defined in Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) Standard No. 2), change in Internal Controls or fraud involving management or other employees who have a significant role in Internal Controls (each, an “Internal Control Event”), any violation of, or failure to comply with, the Securities Laws, or any matter which, if determined adversely, would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(z) [Reserved]
(aa) Litigation. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, there are no pending actions, suits or proceedings (including any inquiries or investigations by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign) against or affecting the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, and to the Company’s knowledge, no such actions, suits or proceedings (including any inquiries or investigations by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign) are threatened that, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect, or would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(bb) Financial Statements. The financial statements included in, or incorporated by reference into, the Registration Statements and the General Disclosure Package present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates shown and their results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown, and such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis; and the schedules included in, or incorporated by reference into, the Registration Statements present fairly in all material respects the information required to be stated therein. Deloitte & Touche LLP, who has certified the financial statements of the Company included in, or incorporated by reference into, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company within the Rules and Regulations and as required by the Act and the applicable rules and guidance from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). The summary and selected financial data included in, or incorporated by reference into, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus presents fairly in all material respects the information shown therein and such data has been compiled on a basis consistent with the financial statements presented therein and the books and records of the Company. The
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Company does not have any material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent (including any off-balance sheet obligations or any “variable interest entities” within the meaning of Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 46), not disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus. There are no financial statements that are required to be included in, or incorporated by reference into, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus that are not included as required.
(cc) No Material Adverse Change in Business. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, since the end of the period covered by the latest audited financial statements included in, or incorporated by reference into, the General Disclosure Package (i) there has been no change, nor any development or event involving a prospective change, in the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, properties or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that is material and adverse, (ii) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock, (iii) there has been no material adverse change in the capital stock, short-term indebtedness, long-term indebtedness, net current assets or net assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, (iv) there has been no material transaction entered into and there is no material transaction that is probable of being entered into by the Company, (v) there has been no obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Company taken as a whole, incurred by the Company and (vi) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or dispute or any action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority.
(dd) Investment Company Act. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Offered Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the General Disclosure Package, will not be an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.
(ee) Ratings. No “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act has imposed (or has informed the Company that it is considering imposing) any condition (financial or otherwise) on the Company’s retaining any rating assigned to the Company or any securities of the Company or (ii) has indicated to the Company that it is considering any of the actions described in Section 7(d)(ii) hereof.
(ff) Taxes. The Company and its subsidiaries have filed all federal, state, local and non-U.S. tax returns that are required to have been filed by them or have requested extensions thereof (except in any case in which the failure so to file would not have a Material Adverse Effect); and, except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, the Company and its subsidiaries have paid all taxes (including any assessments, fines or penalties) required to be paid by them, except for (i) any such taxes, assessments, fines or penalties currently being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been provided to the extent required in accordance with GAAP or (ii) as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(gg) Required Filings. The Company has timely made all filings required to be made by it under the Exchange Act that are necessary to meet the eligibility requirements of Form S-3.
(hh) Insurance. The Company and its subsidiaries are insured by insurers with appropriately rated claims paying abilities against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary for similarly-sized companies in the businesses in which they are engaged; all policies of insurance and fidelity or surety bonds insuring the Company or any of its subsidiaries or their respective businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors are in full force and effect, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of such policies and instruments in all material respects; and there are no material claims by the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause, except for any such reservation of rights as would not have a Material Adverse Effect; neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage
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sought or applied for, other than any such refusal that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect, except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.
(ii) No Unlawful Payments. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries or affiliates nor any director, officer, nor to the Company’s knowledge, any agent, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has, or will, (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or (iv) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment. The Company and its subsidiaries have conducted their businesses in compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws and have instituted and maintain, and will continue to maintain, policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws and with the representation and warranty contained in this clause (ii).
(jj) Compliance with Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, applicable money laundering statutes, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations and guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(kk) Compliance with OFAC. None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, any director of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any executive officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or, to the Company’s knowledge, any other officer, agent or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or is controlled by a person or entity that is currently, or in five years preceding the date hereof has been, (i) subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”) or (ii) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of sanctions (including, without limitation, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria), and, to the extent the Company receives any proceeds from the offering and sale of the Offered Securities, it will not, directly or indirectly, use such proceeds, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC, or in any other manner that will result in a violation of sanctions by any person participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise.
(ll) No Restrictions on Payments by Subsidiaries. Except as pursuant to the Company’s senior credit facilities described in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, no subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, (i) from paying any dividends to the Company, (ii) from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock, (iii) from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or (iv) from transferring any of such subsidiary’s material properties or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company.
(mm) Information Incorporated by Reference. The interactive data in XBRL included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, any Statutory Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.
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(ii) The Selling Stockholder represents and warrants to, and agrees with, Credit Suisse that:
(a) Title to Securities. The Selling Stockholder has and on each Closing Date hereinafter mentioned will have good and valid title to, or a valid “security entitlement” within the meaning of Section 8-501 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code (the “UCC”) in respect of, the Offered Securities to be delivered by the Selling Stockholder on such Closing Date, free of all adverse claims (within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC), and the legal right and power, and all authorization and approval required by applicable law, to enter into this Agreement, and to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Offered Securities to be sold by the Selling Stockholder on such Closing Date hereunder pursuant to this Agreement, and, assuming that Credit Suisse acquires its interest in the Offered Securities without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), if Credit Suisse acquires such Offered Securities by making payment therefor as provided in this Agreement, and if such Offered Securities are credited to the securities account of Credit Suisse maintained with The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) or such other securities intermediary, Credit Suisse will have acquired a security entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a) of the UCC) with respect to such Offered Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC) may be asserted against Credit Suisse with respect to such Offered Securities.
(b) Good Standing of the Selling Stockholder. The Selling Stockholder is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation.
(c) No Distribution of Offering Material. The Selling Stockholder has not distributed and will not distribute any prospectus or other offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Offered Securities.
(d) Absence of Further Requirements. No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing with, any person (including any governmental agency or body or any court) is required to be obtained or made by the Selling Stockholder for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in connection with the offering and sale of the Offered Securities sold by the Selling Stockholder, except such as have been obtained and made under the Act and such as may be required under state securities laws;
(e) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts Resulting from Transaction. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Selling Stockholder and the consummation by the Selling Stockholder of the transactions contemplated hereby will not (i) result in a breach or violation by the Selling Stockholder of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, license or other agreement or instrument to which the Selling Stockholder is a party or by which the Selling Stockholder is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Selling Stockholder is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws (or similar organizational documents) of the Selling Stockholder or (iii) result in any violation of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Selling Stockholder or the property or assets of the Selling Stockholder, except in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) for such conflicts, breaches, violations or defaults as would not reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect the Selling Stockholder’s ability to perform its obligations hereunder.
(f) Compliance with Securities Act Requirements; General Disclosure Package. (i)(A) At the time the Registration Statement initially became effective, (B) at the time of each amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act (whether by post‑effective amendment, incorporated report or form of prospectus), (C) at the Effective Time relating to the Offered Securities and on the date of this Agreement and (D) on the Closing Date, the Registration Statement did not and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) on its date, at the time of filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and (iii) to the Selling Stockholder’s knowledge, as of the Applicable Time, the General
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Disclosure Package did not include 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 the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any such document based upon written information furnished to the Company by Credit Suisse specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information is that described as such in Section 8(c) hereof. The representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2(ii)(f) apply only to statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Selling Stockholder furnished by or on behalf of the Selling Stockholder expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any other Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, it being understood and agreed that the only such information provided by the Selling Stockholder consists of the following information in the Final Prospectus furnished on behalf of the Selling Stockholder: the information relating to the Selling Stockholder under the caption “Principal and Selling Stockholder” (the “Selling Stockholder Information”).
(g) No Undisclosed Information. The sale of the Offered Securities by the Selling Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement is not prompted by any information concerning the Company or any of its subsidiaries that is not set forth in the General Disclosure Package.
(h) [Reserved]
(i) Authorization of Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Selling Stockholder. All consents, approvals, authorizations and orders necessary for the execution and delivery by the Selling Stockholder of this Agreement and for the sale and delivery of the Offered Securities by the Selling Stockholder hereunder have been obtained; and the Selling Stockholder has full right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement
(j) No Finder’s Fee. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Selling Stockholder and any person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Selling Stockholder or Credit Suisse for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or other like payment in connection with this offering.
(k) Absence of Manipulation. The Selling Stockholder has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action that is designed to or that has constituted or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Securities.
3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Offered Securities. On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Selling Stockholder agrees to sell to Credit Suisse, and Credit Suisse agrees to purchase from the Selling Stockholder, at a purchase price of $8.00 per share, the Firm Securities.
The Selling Stockholder will deliver the Firm Securities to or as instructed by Credit Suisse in a form reasonably acceptable to Credit Suisse against payment of the purchase price in Federal (same day) funds by official bank check or checks or wire transfer to an account at a bank acceptable to Credit Suisse drawn to the order of the Selling Stockholder, at the office of Cravath, Swaine & Xxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 at 10:00 a.m., New York time, on July 22, 2014, or at such other time not later than seven full business days thereafter as Credit Suisse and the Company determine, such time being herein referred to as the “First Closing Date”. For purposes of Rule 15c6-1 under the Exchange Act, the First Closing Date (if later than the otherwise applicable settlement date) shall be the settlement date for payment of funds and delivery of securities for all the Offered Securities sold pursuant to the offering. The Firm Securities so to be delivered or evidence of their issuance will be made available for checking at the above office of Cravath, Swaine & Xxxxx LLP at least 24 hours prior to the First Closing Date.
In addition, upon written notice from Credit Suisse given to the Company and the Selling Stockholder from time to time not more than 30 days subsequent to the date of the Final Prospectus, Credit Suisse may purchase all or
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less than all of the Optional Securities at a purchase price of $8.04 per Security. The Selling Stockholder agrees to sell to Credit Suisse the number of Optional Securities specified in such notice. Such Optional Securities shall be purchased from the Selling Stockholder for the account of Credit Suisse. No Optional Securities shall be sold or delivered unless the Firm Securities previously have been, or simultaneously are, sold and delivered. The right to purchase the Optional Securities or any portion thereof may be exercised from time to time and to the extent not previously exercised may be surrendered and terminated at any time upon notice by Credit Suisse to the Company and the Selling Stockholder.
Each time for the delivery of and payment for the Optional Securities, being herein referred to as an “Optional Closing Date”, which may be the First Closing Date (the First Closing Date and each Optional Closing Date, if any, being sometimes referred to as a “Closing Date”), shall be determined by Credit Suisse but shall be not later than five full business days after written notice of election to purchase Optional Securities is given. The Selling Stockholder will deliver the Optional Securities being purchased on each Optional Closing Date to or as instructed by Credit Suisse in a form reasonably acceptable to Credit Suisse, against payment of the purchase price therefore in Federal (same day) funds by official bank check or checks or wire transfer to an account at a bank acceptable to Credit Suisse drawn to the order of the Selling Stockholder, at the above office of Cravath, Swaine & Xxxxx LLP. The Optional Securities being purchased on each Optional Closing Date or evidence of their issuance will be made available for checking at the above office of Cravath, Swaine & Xxxxx LLP at a reasonable time in advance of such Optional Closing Date.
4. Offering by Credit Suisse. It is understood that Credit Suisse proposes to offer the Offered Securities for sale to the public as set forth in the Final Prospectus.
5. Certain Agreements of the Company and the Selling Stockholder. The Company agrees with Credit Suisse and the Selling Stockholder (and, where applicable, the Selling Stockholder agrees with the Company and Credit Suisse) that:
(a) Filing of Prospectuses. The Company has filed or will file each Statutory Prospectus (including the Final Prospectus) pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 424(b)(2) (or, if applicable and consented to by Credit Suisse, subparagraph (5)) not later than the second business day following the earlier of the date it is first used or the execution and delivery of this Agreement. The Company has complied and will comply with Rule 433.
(b) Additional Filings. If an Additional Registration Statement is necessary to register a portion of the Offered Securities under the Act but the Effective Time thereof has not occurred as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will file the additional registration statement or, if filed, will file a post-effective amendment thereto with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 462(b) on or prior to 10:00 p.m., New York time, on the date of this Agreement or, if earlier, on or prior to the time the Final Prospectus is finalized and distributed to Credit Suisse, or will make such filing at such later date as shall have been consented to by Credit Suisse.
(c) Filing of Amendments: Response to Commission Requests. The Company will promptly advise Credit Suisse of any proposal to amend or supplement the Registration Statement, any Additional Registration Statement or any Statutory Prospectus at any time and will offer Credit Suisse a reasonable opportunity to comment on any such amendment or supplement; and the Company will also advise Credit Suisse promptly of (i) the effectiveness of any Additional Registration Statement (if its Effective Time is subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement), (ii) the filing of any such amendment or supplement, (iii) any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment to the Registration Statement, for any supplement to any Statutory Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) the institution by the Commission of any stop order proceedings in respect of the Registration Statement or the threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Offered Securities in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceedings for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the suspension of any such qualification and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
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(d) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws. If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Offered Securities is (or but for the exemption in Rule 172 would be) required to be delivered under the Act by Credit Suisse or any dealer, any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act, the Company will promptly notify Credit Suisse (or, if applicable, the Selling Stockholder will promptly notify the Company and Credit Suisse) of such event and will promptly prepare and file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to Credit Suisse and the dealers and any other dealers upon request of Credit Suisse, an amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance. Neither Credit Suisse’s consent to, nor Credit Suisse’s delivery of, any such amendment or supplement shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section 7 hereof.
(e) Rule 158. As soon as practicable, but not later than 16 months, after the date of this Agreement, the Company will make generally available to its security holders an earnings statement covering a period of at least 12 months beginning after the date of this Agreement and satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 under the Act.
(f) Furnishing of Prospectuses. The Company will furnish to Credit Suisse copies of the Registration Statement, including all exhibits, any Statutory Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each case as soon as available and in such quantities as Credit Suisse reasonably requests. The Company will pay the expenses of printing and distributing to Credit Suisse all such documents.
(g) Blue Sky Qualifications. The Company will arrange for the qualification of the Offered Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as Credit Suisse designates and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution; provided that the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not presently qualified or already required to be qualified or where it would be subject to taxation as a foreign corporation not otherwise required.
(h) Reporting Requirements. During the period of two years hereafter, the Company will furnish to Credit Suisse, as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, a copy of its annual report to stockholders for such year; and the Company will furnish to Credit Suisse (i) as soon as available, a copy of each report and any definitive proxy statement of the Company filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act or mailed to stockholders, and (ii) from time to time, such other information concerning the Company as Credit Suisse may reasonably request. However, so long as the Company is subject to the reporting requirements of either Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act and is timely filing reports with the Commission on its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (or any successor system), it is not required to furnish such reports or statements to Credit Suisse.
(i) Payment of Expenses. The Company and the Selling Stockholder agree with Credit Suisse that the Company will pay the following expenses related to the performance of their obligations under this Agreement: (i) any filing fees and other expenses (including fees and reasonable and documented disbursements of counsel to Credit Suisse not to exceed $5,000) incurred in connection with qualification of the Offered Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as Credit Suisse designates and the preparation and printing of memoranda relating thereto, (ii) fees and expenses incident to listing the Offered Securities on the New York Stock Exchange, (iii) fees and expenses in connection with the registration of the Offered Securities under the Exchange Act, (iv) expenses incurred in distributing preliminary prospectuses and the Final Prospectus (including any amendments and supplements thereto) to Credit Suisse and for expenses incurred for preparing, printing and distributing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses to investors or prospective investors and (v) costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations or any “road show” in connection with the offering and sale of the Offered Securities including, without limitation, any travel expenses of the Company’s officers and employees (but not Credit Suisse) and any other expenses
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of the Company. The parties agree that, if applicable, all air travel will be on commercial airlines, unless the parties otherwise agree. The Company and the Selling Stockholder agree with Credit Suisse that the Selling Stockholder will pay any transfer taxes on the sale by the Selling Stockholder of the Offered Securities to Credit Suisse. It is further understood that (A) any other expenses of the Company or the Selling Stockholder related to the performance of their obligations under this Agreement will be paid initially by the Selling Stockholder, which shall be entitled to seek contribution or reimbursement for such expenses from the Company to the extent set forth in that certain Separation Agreement, dated as of July 25, 2007, by and between Travelport Limited and the Company (as amended, the “Separation Agreement”), (B) nothing in this Section 5(i) amends the Separation Agreement and (C) except as provided herein, Credit Suisse will pay all of its own expenses, including the fees and disbursements of its counsel.
(j) Absence of Manipulation. The Company and the Selling Stockholder will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Securities.
(k) Restriction on Sale of Securities by Company. For the period specified below (the “Lock-Up Period”), the Company will not, directly or indirectly, take any of the following actions with respect to its Securities or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any of its Securities (“Lock-Up Securities”): (i) offer, sell, issue, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of Lock-Up Securities, (ii) offer, sell, issue, contract to sell, contract to purchase or grant any option, right or warrant to purchase Lock-Up Securities, (iii) enter into any swap, hedge or any other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, the economic consequences of ownership of Lock-Up Securities, (iv) establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position in Lock-Up Securities within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act or (v) file with the Commission a registration statement under the Act relating to Lock-Up Securities, or publicly disclose the intention to take any such action, without the prior written consent of Credit Suisse, except, in each case, (A) the Securities to be sold hereunder, (B) grants of employee stock options, restricted stock units or performance-based restricted stock units authorized for issuance pursuant to the terms of a plan in effect on the date hereof and disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, (C) issuances of Lock-Up Securities pursuant to the exercise of such options and the vesting and settlement of restricted stock units and performance-based restricted stock units, and the filing of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 in connection therewith or (D) issuances of Lock-Up Securities pursuant to the exercise of any other employee stock options outstanding on the date hereof and disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus. The initial Lock-Up Period will commence on the date hereof and continue for 90 days after the date hereof or such earlier date that Credit Suisse consents to in writing; provided, however, that if (1) during the last 17 days of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company releases earnings results or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs or (2) prior to the expiration of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the initial Lock-Up Period, then in each case the Lock-Up Period will be extended until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of release of the earnings results or the occurrence of the material news or material event, as applicable, unless Credit Suisse waives, in writing, such extension. The Company will provide Credit Suisse with notice of any announcement described in clause (2) of the preceding sentence that gives rise to an extension of the Lock-Up Period.
(l) New Shelf Registration Statement. If the third anniversary of the initial effective date of the Registration Statement occurs before all the Offered Securities have been sold by Credit Suisse, prior to such third anniversary, the Company will file a new shelf registration statement and take any other action reasonably necessary to permit the public offering of the Offered Securities to continue without interruption; references herein to the Registration Statement shall include the new registration statement declared effective by the Commission.
6. Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company and the Selling Stockholder represent and agree that, unless they obtain the prior consent of Credit Suisse, and Credit Suisse represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Offered Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined
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in Rule 405, required to be filed with the Commission. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Company and Credit Suisse is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company represents that it has treated and agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely Commission filing where required, legending and record keeping. The Company represents that is has satisfied and agrees that it will satisfy the conditions in Rule 433 to avoid a requirement to file with the Commission any electronic road show.
7. Conditions of the Obligations of Credit Suisse. The obligations of Credit Suisse to purchase and pay for the Firm Securities on the First Closing Date and the Optional Securities to be purchased on each Optional Closing Date will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Selling Stockholder herein (as though made on such Closing Date), to the accuracy of the statements of Company officers made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholder of their obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent:
(a) Accountants’ Comfort Letter. Credit Suisse shall have received letters, dated, respectively, the date hereof and each Closing Date, of Deloitte & Touche LLP confirming that they are a registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the Securities Laws and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Credit Suisse (except that, in any letter dated a Closing Date, the specified date referred to in such letter shall be a date no more than three days prior to such Closing Date).
(b) Effectiveness of Registration Statement. If the Effective Time of the Additional Registration Statement (if any) is not prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, such Effective Time shall have occurred not later than 10:00 p.m., New York time, on the date of this Agreement or, if earlier, the time the Final Prospectus is finalized and distributed to Credit Suisse, or shall have occurred at such later time as shall have been consented to by Credit Suisse.
(c) Filing of Prospectus. The Final Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission in accordance with the Rules and Regulations and Section 5(a) hereof. Prior to such Closing Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or of any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Selling Stockholder, the Company or Credit Suisse, shall be contemplated by the Commission.
(d) No Material Adverse Change. Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development or event involving a prospective change, in the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, properties or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole which, in the judgment of Credit Suisse, is material and adverse and makes it impractical or inadvisable to market the Offered Securities; (ii) any downgrading in the rating of any debt securities of the Company by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act), or any public announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or review its rating of any debt securities of the Company (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating) or any announcement by such organization that the Company has been placed on negative outlook; (iii) any change in U.S. or international financial, political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of Credit Suisse, impractical to market or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Offered Securities, whether in the primary market or in respect of dealings in the secondary market; (iv) any suspension or material limitation of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ Stock Market, or any setting of minimum or maximum prices for trading on such exchange; (v) or any suspension of trading of any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market; (vi) any banking moratorium declared by any U.S. federal or New York authorities; (vii) any major disruption of settlements of securities, payment or clearance services in the United States or any other country where such securities are listed or (viii) any attack on, outbreak or escalation of hostilities or act of terrorism involving the United States, any declaration of war by Congress or any other national or international calamity or emergency if, in the judgment of Credit Suisse, the effect of any such attack, outbreak, escalation, act, declaration, calamity or emergency is such as to make it impractical or inadvisable to market the Offered Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Offered Securities.
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(e) Opinion of Counsel for the Company. Credit Suisse shall have received an opinion, dated such Closing Date, of each of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Company and its subsidiaries, and Xxx Xxxxxx, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Company, in the forms previously agreed by Credit Suisse and Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP or Xxx Xxxxxx, as applicable.
(f) Opinion of Counsel for Selling Stockholder. Credit Suisse shall have received an opinion, dated such Closing Date, of each of Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLP and Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, Avocats à la Cour, counsel for TDS Investor (Luxembourg) S.a.r.l., in the forms previously agreed by Credit Suisse and Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLP or Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, Avocats à la Cour, as applicable.
(g) Opinion of Counsel for Credit Suisse. Credit Suisse shall have received from Cravath, Swaine & Xxxxx LLP, counsel for Credit Suisse, such opinion or opinions, dated such Closing Date, with respect to such matters as Credit Suisse may require, and the Selling Stockholder and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(h) Officer’s Certificate from the Company. Credit Suisse shall have received a certificate, dated such Closing Date, of an executive officer of the Company and a principal financial or accounting officer of the Company in which such officers, in their capacity as an officer of the Company and not in their individual capacity, shall state that: (A) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct; (B) the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such Closing Date; (C) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the best of their knowledge and after reasonable investigation, are contemplated by the Commission; (D) the Additional Registration Statement (if any) satisfying the requirements of subparagraphs (1) and (3) of Rule 462(b) was timely filed pursuant to Rule 462(b), including payment of the applicable filing fee in accordance with Rule 111(a) or (b) of Regulation S-T of the Commission; and (E) subsequent to the date of the most recent financial statements in the General Disclosure Package, there has been no material adverse change, nor any development or event involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, properties or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus or as described in such certificate.
(i) Officer’s Certificate from Selling Stockholder. Credit Suisse shall have received a certificate, dated such Closing Date, of an officer of the Selling Stockholder in which such officer shall state that in his or her capacity as an officer of the Selling Stockholder and not in his or her individual capacity: the representations and warranties of the Selling Stockholder in this Agreement are true and correct, and the Selling Stockholder has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such Closing Date.
(j) Lock-Up Agreements. On or prior to the date hereof, Credit Suisse shall have received lockup letters, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, from each of the executive officers and directors of the Company and, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, from the Selling Stockholder.
(k) Selling Stockholder Tax Forms. The Selling Stockholder will deliver to Credit Suisse a properly completed and executed United States Treasury Department Form W‑9 (or other applicable form or statement specified by the Treasury Department regulations in lieu thereof).
(l) Chief Financial Officer’s Certificate. Credit Suisse shall have received certificates, dated, respectively, the date hereof and each Closing Date, from the Chief Financial Officer of the Company in the form previously agreed by Credit Suisse and the Company certifying the accuracy of the figures and statements set forth on Exhibit C hereto.
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The Selling Stockholder and the Company will furnish Credit Suisse with any additional certificates, letters or documents as Credit Suisse reasonably requests and conformed copies of documents delivered pursuant to this Section 7. Credit Suisse may in its sole discretion waive compliance with any conditions to the obligations of Credit Suisse hereunder, whether in respect of an Optional Closing Date or otherwise.
8. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) Indemnification of Credit Suisse by Company. The Company will indemnify and hold harmless Credit Suisse, its partners, members, directors, officers, employees, agents, affiliates (within the meaning of Rule 405 of the Exchange Act) and each person, if any, who controls Credit Suisse within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each an “Indemnified Party”), against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Act, the Exchange Act, other Federal or state statutory law or regulation or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any part of any Registration Statement at any time or the omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any Statutory Prospectus as of any time, the Final Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and will reimburse each Indemnified Party for any third-party legal or other documented expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending against any loss, claim, damage, liability, action, litigation, investigation or proceeding whatsoever (whether or not such Indemnified Party is a party thereto), whether threatened or commenced, and in connection with the enforcement of this provision with respect to any of the above as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission from any of such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by Credit Suisse specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by Credit Suisse consists of the information described as such in subsection (c) below.
(b) Indemnification of Credit Suisse by Selling Stockholder. The Selling Stockholder will indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Party against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Act, the Exchange Act, other Federal or state statutory law or regulation or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any part of any Registration Statement at any time or the omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any Statutory Prospectus as of any time, the Final Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and will reimburse each Indemnified Party for any third-party legal or other documented expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending against any loss, claim, damage, liability, action, litigation, investigation or proceeding whatsoever (whether or not such Indemnified Party is a party thereto), whether threatened or commenced, and in connection with the enforcement of this provision with respect to the above as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that (i) the Selling Stockholder will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission from any of such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by Credit Suisse specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by Credit Suisse consists of the information described as such in subsection (c) below and (ii) the Selling Stockholder shall be subject to such liability only to the extent that the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission is based upon the Selling Stockholder Information; provided, further, that the liability under this Section 8(b) shall be limited to an amount equal to the aggregate gross proceeds after underwriting commissions and discounts, but before expenses, to the Selling Stockholder from the sale of Securities sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder.
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(c) Indemnification of Company and Selling Stockholder. Credit Suisse will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors and each of its officers who signs a Registration Statement, each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, the Selling Stockholder and each person, if any, who controls the Selling Stockholder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each, an “Underwriter Indemnified Party”) against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which such Underwriter Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Act, the Exchange Act, or other Federal or state statutory law or regulation or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any part of any Registration Statement at any time or the omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any Statutory Prospectus as of any time, the Final Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by Credit Suisse specifically for use therein, and will reimburse any third-party legal or other documented expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending against any such loss, claim, damage, liability, action, litigation, investigation or proceeding whatsoever (whether or not such Underwriter Indemnified Party is a party thereto), whether threatened or commenced, based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission as such expenses are incurred, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by Credit Suisse consists of the following information in the Final Prospectus furnished on behalf of Credit Suisse: the concession figure appearing in the fourth paragraph under the heading “Underwriting” and the information relating to stabilizing transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids contained in the thirteenth paragraph under the heading “Underwriting”.
(d) Actions against Parties; Notification. Promptly after written receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party under subsection (a), (b) or (c) above, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; provided, however, that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under subsection (a), (b) or (c) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided, further, that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under subsection (a), (b) or (c) above. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party and it notifies an indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable and documented costs of investigation. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to appoint counsel to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest, (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or legal defenses available to other indemnified parties that such party believes may be available to it that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect
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of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action and (ii) does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of an indemnified party.
(e) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a), (b) or (c) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in subsection (a), (b) or (c) above (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Stockholder, on the one hand, and Credit Suisse, on the other, from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Selling Stockholder, on the one hand, and Credit Suisse, on the other, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Stockholder, on the one hand, and Credit Suisse, on the other, shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Selling Stockholder bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by Credit Suisse. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, the Selling Stockholder or Credit Suisse and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (e) shall be deemed to include any third-party legal or other documented expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim which is the subject of this subsection (e). Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (e), Credit Suisse shall not 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 Credit Suisse has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Company, the Selling Stockholder and Credit Suisse agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(e) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 8(e). Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8(e), the Selling Stockholder shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of an amount equal to the aggregate gross proceeds after underwriting commissions and discounts, but before expenses, to the Selling Stockholder from the sale of Securities sold by the Selling Stockholder hereunder.
9. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Selling Stockholder, of the Company or its officers and of Credit Suisse set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of Credit Suisse, the Selling Stockholder, the Company or any of their respective representatives, officers or directors or any controlling person, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Offered Securities. If the purchase of the Offered Securities by Credit Suisse is not consummated for any reason other than solely because of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9 hereof, the Selling Stockholder will reimburse Credit Suisse for all out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred by them in connection with the offering of the Offered Securities, and the respective obligations of the Company, the Selling Stockholder and Credit Suisse pursuant to Section 8 hereof shall remain in effect. In addition, if any Offered Securities have been purchased hereunder, the representations and warranties in Section 2 and all obligations under Section 5 shall also remain in effect.
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10. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if sent to Credit Suisse, will be mailed, delivered or faxed and confirmed to, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Eleven Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000, Attention: LCD-IBD, with a copy to Cravath, Swaine & Xxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx, Esq., or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or faxed and confirmed to it at Orbitz Worldwide, Inc., 000 X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxx Xxxxxx, with a copy to Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, 000 X. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Xxxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq., or, if sent to the Selling Stockholder, will be mailed, delivered or faxed and confirmed to Xxxx X. Xxxx at 00 Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxx, XX 00000, with a copy to Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxx.
11. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 8, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
12. 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.
13. Absence of Fiduciary Relationship. The Company and the Selling Stockholder acknowledge and agree that:
(a) No Other Relationship. Credit Suisse has been retained solely to act as underwriter in connection with the sale of the Offered Securities and that no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Company or the Selling Stockholder, on the one hand, and Credit Suisse, on the other, has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Final Prospectus, irrespective of whether Credit Suisse has advised or is advising the Company or the Selling Stockholder on other matters;
(b) Arms’ Length Negotiations. The price of the Offered Securities set forth in this Agreement was established by the Company and the Selling Stockholder following discussions and arms-length negotiations with Credit Suisse and the Company and the Selling Stockholder are capable of evaluating and understanding and understand and accept the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(c) Absence of Obligation to Disclose. The Company and the Selling Stockholder have been advised that Credit Suisse and their affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions which may involve interests that differ from those of the Company or the Selling Stockholder and that Credit Suisse has no obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to the Company or the Selling Stockholder by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship; and
(d) Waiver. The Company and the Selling Stockholder waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims they may have against Credit Suisse for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty and agree that Credit Suisse shall have no liability (whether direct or indirect) to the Company or the Selling Stockholder in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of the Company, including stockholders, employees or creditors of the Company.
14. Applicable Law. This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
Each of the Company and the Selling Stockholder hereby submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. Each of the Company and the Selling Stockholder irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in Federal and state courts in the Borough of
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Manhattan in the City of New York and irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit or proceeding in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with Credit Suisse’s understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to the Company one of the counterparts hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement among the Selling Stockholder, the Company and Credit Suisse in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | ||
Title Chief Financial Officer |
TDS Investor (Luxembourg) S.A.R.L., | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxx | ||
Title Manager |
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]
The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written. | ||
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxx | |
Name: Xxxx Xxxx | ||
Title: Managing Director |
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]
SCHEDULE A
Selling Stockholder | Number of Firm Securities to be Sold | Number of Optional Securities to be Sold | |
TDS Investor (Luxembourg) S.a.r.l. | 34,000,000 | 5,000,000 | |
Total | 34,000,000 | 5,000,000 |
SCHEDULE B
1. General Use Free Writing Prospectuses (included in the General Disclosure Package)
“General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” includes each of the following documents:
None.
2. Other Information Included in the General Disclosure Package
The following information is also included in the General Disclosure Package:
1. | The price at which investors purchased the shares. |
2. | The Selling Stockholder is selling 34,000,000 Securities and Credit Suisse may purchase 5,000,000 Optional Securities. |
EXHIBIT A
July __, 0000
Xxxxxx Worldwide, Inc.
000 X. Xxxxxxx Xx., Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Eleven Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Dear Sirs:
As an inducement to Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (“Credit Suisse”) to execute the underwriting agreement to be entered into among Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. (the “Company”), Credit Suisse and a stockholder of the Company (the “Underwriting Agreement”), pursuant to which such stockholder will offer to sell common stock (the “Securities”) of the Company (the “Offering”), I hereby agree that, during the period specified in the following paragraph (the “Lock-Up Period”), I will not:
(i) | offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any Securities; |
(ii) | enter into a transaction that would have the same effect as any transaction set forth in clause (i) above; or |
(iii) | enter into any swap, hedge or other arrangement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Securities, whether any such aforementioned transaction is to be settled by delivery of the Securities or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, or publicly disclose the intention to make any such offer, sale, pledge or disposition, or to enter into any such transaction, swap, hedge or other arrangement; |
without, in each case, the prior written consent of Credit Suisse. In addition, I agree that, without the prior written consent of Credit Suisse, I will not, during the Lock-Up Period, make any demand for, or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any Securities or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for the Securities.
The initial Lock-Up Period will commence on the date of this letter agreement (the “Lock-Up Agreement”) and continue until and include the date that is 90 days after the public offering date set forth on the final prospectus used to sell the Securities (the “Public Offering Date”) pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement; provided, however, that if (i) during the last 17 days of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company releases earnings results or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs or (ii) prior to the expiration of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the initial Lock-Up Period, then in each case the Lock-Up Period will be extended until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of release of the earnings results or the occurrence of the material news or material event, as applicable, unless Credit Suisse waives, in writing, such extension.
I agree 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 Lock-Up Period, I will give notice thereof to the Company and will not consummate such transaction or take any such action unless I have received written confirmation from the Company that the Lock-Up Period (as may have been extended pursuant to the previous paragraph) has expired.
For the avoidance of doubt, any Securities received upon exercise of options granted to me will also be subject to this Lock-Up Agreement. The restrictions of this Lock-Up Agreement shall not apply to:
(i) | any Securities acquired by me in the open market; |
(ii) | transfers of Securities as a bona fide gift or gifts; |
(iii) | transfers by will, other testamentary document or intestate succession; provided that no filing or any public announcement by any party under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended, the “Exchange Act”) shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with such transfer (other than a filing on a Form 5 made after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period); |
(iv) | any transfer of Securities to a family member or partner (if a partnership) or member (if a limited liability company) or to any trust, partnership, corporation or other entity formed for the direct or indirect benefit of me or my family member; provided, in the case of clause (ii) and this clause (iv), the transferee agrees to be bound in writing by the terms of this Lock-Up Agreement prior to such transfer, such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value and no filing or any public announcement by any party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under the Exchange Act shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with such transfer (other than a filing on a Form 5 made after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period); |
(v) | sales pursuant to trading plans under Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act existing on the date hereof (and any exercise of previously-awarded options or vesting and settlement of previously-awarded restricted stock units or performance-based restricted stock units in connection therewith); provided that if I report any such sale on a Form 4 under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, I shall cause such Form 4 to include a statement that such sale (and any exercise of previously-awarded options or vesting and settlement of previously-awarded restricted stock units or performance-based restricted stock units in connection therewith) was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan; |
(vi) | the establishment of any new trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act relating to sales by me of Securities, if then permitted by the Company; provided that the Securities subject to such plan may not be sold until after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period and no public announcement or filing under the Exchange Act regarding the establishment of such plan shall be required or voluntarily made during the Lock-Up Period; provided, however, that, if I am a director, sales may be made during the Lock-Up Period pursuant to such a plan but only to the extent necessary to cover my tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of deferred restricted stock units; and, provided further that no filing by any party under the Exchange Act shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with such sale (other than any filing on Form 4 under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act so long as such filing includes a footnote or other disclosure that expressly states that such disposition is a sale to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of previously-awarded deferred restricted stock units); or |
(vii) | (a) the vesting and settlement of restricted stock units or performance-based restricted stock units, (b) the exercise, in accordance with their terms, of options outstanding on the date hereof that would expire during the Lock-Up Period and (c) the transfer to the Company, in a transaction exempt from Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, of any such securities on a “cashless” or “net exercise” basis or to cover my tax withholding obligations in connection with such vesting and settlement or exercise; provided that, in the case of clauses (a), (b) and (c), the securities received upon such vesting and settlement or exercise will also be subject to this Lock-Up Agreement and no filing by any party under the Exchange Act shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with such vesting and settlement or exercise (other than any filing on Form 4 under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act under transaction code “M” and/or “F” so long as such filing includes a footnote or other disclosure that expressly states that such disposition (x) in the case of an option exercise pursuant to clause (b), relates to the exercise of a stock option pursuant to an employee benefit plan that has been described in the General Disclosure Package (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement), that no Securities were sold by the reporting person and that any Securities received are subject to a lock-up agreement with Credit Suisse; and/or (y) in the case of clause (c), is a transfer to the Company in order to satisfy cashless exercise and/or tax withholding |
obligations in connection with the vesting of previously-awarded restricted stock units or performance-based restricted stock units or the exercise of previously-awarded options, as applicable).
In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company and its transfer agent and registrar are hereby authorized to decline to make any transfer of shares of Securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this Lock-Up Agreement.
This Lock-Up Agreement shall be binding on me and my successors, heirs, personal representatives and assigns. This Lock-Up Agreement shall lapse and become null and void upon the earlier to occur, if any, of (i) October 15, 2014, if the Public Offering Date shall not have occurred on or before such date, (ii) the termination of the Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) prior to the payment for and delivery of the Securities to be sold thereunder or (iii) the date the Company notifies Credit Suisse in writing that it does not intend to proceed with the Offering; provided that such notice is delivered prior to the Company’s execution of the Underwriting Agreement. This agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
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Very truly yours, |
[Name of Director or Executive Officer] |
EXHIBIT B
EXECUTION VERSION
July __, 0000
Xxxxxx Worldwide, Inc.
000 X. Xxxxxxx Xx., Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
c/o Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Eleven Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Dear Sirs:
As an inducement to Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (“Credit Suisse”) to execute the underwriting agreement to be entered into among Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. (the “Company”), Credit Suisse and the undersigned stockholder of the Company (the “Underwriting Agreement”), pursuant to which such stockholder will offer to sell common stock (the “Securities”) of the Company (the “Offering”), the undersigned hereby agrees that, during the period specified in the following paragraph (the “Lock-Up Period”), the undersigned will not:
(i) | offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any Securities; |
(ii) | enter into a transaction that would have the same effect as any transaction set forth in clause (i) above; or |
(iii) | enter into any swap, hedge or other arrangement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Securities, whether any such aforementioned transaction is to be settled by delivery of the Securities or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, or publicly disclose the intention to make any such offer, sale, pledge or disposition, or to enter into any such transaction, swap, hedge or other arrangement; |
without, in each case, the prior written consent of Credit Suisse. In addition, the undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of Credit Suisse, it will not, during the Lock-Up Period, make any demand for, or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any Securities or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for the Securities.
The initial Lock-Up Period will commence on the date of this letter agreement (the “Lock-Up Agreement”) and continue until and include the date that is 90 days after the public offering date set forth on the final prospectus used to sell the Securities (the “Public Offering Date”) pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement; provided, however, that if (i) during the last 17 days of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company releases earnings results or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs or (ii) prior to the expiration of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the initial Lock-Up Period, then in each case the Lock-Up Period will be extended until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of release of the earnings results or the occurrence of the material news or material event, as applicable, unless Credit Suisse waives, in writing, such extension.
The undersigned 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 Lock-Up Period, it will give notice thereof to the Company and
will not consummate such transaction or take any such action unless it has received written confirmation from the Company that the Lock-Up Period (as may have been extended pursuant to the previous paragraph) has expired.
For the avoidance of doubt, any Securities received upon exercise of options granted to the undersigned will also be subject to this Lock-Up Agreement. The restrictions of this Lock-Up Agreement shall not apply to:
(i) | any Securities acquired by the undersigned in the open market; |
(ii) | transfers of Securities as a bona fide gift or gifts; |
(iii) | transfers by will, other testamentary document or intestate succession; provided that no filing or any public announcement by any party under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended, the “Exchange Act”) shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with such transfer (other than a filing on a Form 5 made after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period); |
(iv) | transfers to the general or limited partners, members, stockholders or wholly owned subsidiaries of the undersigned; provided, in the case of clause (ii) and this clause (iv), the transferee agrees to be bound in writing by the terms of this Lock-Up Agreement prior to such transfer, such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value and no filing or any public announcement by any party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under the Exchange Act shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with such transfer (other than a filing on a Form 5 made after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period); |
(v) | transfers of Securities pursuant to the Travelport 2013 Long-Term Management Incentive Plan or any other equity plan of the undersigned, its subsidiaries or its direct or indirect parent companies in effect on the date hereof; provided that, if any such transfer is reported on a Form 4 under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, the undersigned shall cause such Form 4 to include a statement that (a) such transfer relates to the disposition of Securities in connection with the Travelport 2013 Long-Term Management Incentive Plan or such other equity plan and (b) no Securities were sold on the open market; |
(vi) | any Securities to be sold by the undersigned to Credit Suisse pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement; |
(vii) | any transfer of Securities by the undersigned pursuant to a bona fide third-party tender offer; provided that such offer is made to all holders of the Securities and is for all of the Securities and, in the event that such transaction is not completed, the Securities owned by the undersigned shall remain subject to the restrictions contained in this Lock-Up Agreement and title to such Securities shall remain with the undersigned; |
(viii) | any transfer of substantially all of the Securities owned by the undersigned pursuant to a merger, consolidation or other similar transaction involving a change of control of the Company; provided that in the event that such transaction is not completed, the Securities owned by the undersigned shall remain subject to the restrictions contained in this Lock-Up Agreement and title to such Securities shall remain with the undersigned; or |
(ix) | any offer, sale, contract to sell, pledge or other disposition of the Securities, directly or indirectly, so long as such transaction is not underwritten and the distributee or transferee enters into, with the undersigned, a similar lock-up agreement to this Lock-Up Agreement for a period not less than 90 days from the closing of such transaction (provided that, the undersigned hereby agrees not to waive such lock-up agreement without the written consent of Credit Suisse); provided that, in the event that such transaction is not completed, the Securities owned by the undersigned shall remain subject to the restrictions contained in this Lock-Up Agreement and title to such Securities shall remain with the undersigned. |
For the purposes of clause (viii), “change of control” shall mean the transfer (whether by tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction), in one transaction or a series of related transactions, to a person or group of affiliated persons, of the Company’s voting securities if, after such transfer, such person or group of affiliated persons would hold 100% of the outstanding voting securities of the Company (or the surviving entity).
In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company and its transfer agent and registrar are hereby authorized to decline to make any transfer of shares of Securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this Lock-Up Agreement.
This Lock-Up Agreement shall be binding on the undersigned and the successors, heirs, personal representatives and assigns of the undersigned. This Lock-Up Agreement shall lapse and become null and void upon the earlier to occur, if any, of (i) October 15, 2014, if the Public Offering Date shall not have occurred on or before such date, (ii) the termination of the Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) prior to the payment for and delivery of the Securities to be sold thereunder or (iii) the date the undersigned notifies Credit Suisse in writing that it does not intend to proceed with the Offering; provided that such notice is delivered prior to the undersigned’s execution of the Underwriting Agreement. This agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
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EXHIBIT C
Chief Financial Officer’s Certificate
Capitalized terms not defined in this certificate have the meaning ascribed to them in the Underwriting Agreement dated July [], 2014 (the “Underwriting Agreement”).
In connection with the offering by Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. (the “Company”) of its Common Stock par value $0.01 per share (the “Securities”) pursuant to a preliminary Prospectus dated July [], 2014 (together with the Final Prospectus dated July [], 2014 (the “Prospectus”) and each “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) related to the Securities as of the Applicable Time (together with the preliminary Prospectus, the “General Disclosure Package”), I, Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, am delivering this certificate pursuant to Section 7(l) of the Underwriting Agreement, and, based on my examination of the Company’s financial records and schedules undertaken by myself or members of my staff who are responsible for the Company’s financial accounting matters, I hereby certify, in my capacity as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, that:
1. | I am knowledgeable with respect to the accounting records and internal accounting practices, policies, procedures and controls of the Company and have responsibility for accounting matters with respect to the Company. |
2. | I have reviewed the information under the heading “Recent Developments” in the General Disclosure Package and Final Prospectus, including the amounts marked on the copies of certain pages of the General Disclosure Package and Final Prospectus attached hereto as Exhibit A. Such information is accurate and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and such amounts are derived from the accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries. |
This certificate is to assist the underwriters in conducting and documenting their investigation of the affairs of the Company in connection with the offering of the Securities covered by the Prospectus.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name on this ____ day of
July, 2014.
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EXHIBIT A