15,500,000 Shares Diamond Resorts International, Inc. Common Stock UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
15,500,000 Shares
Diamond Resorts International, Inc.
Common Stock
July [—], 2013
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC
As Representative of the Several Underwriters,
Eleven Madison Avenue,
New York, N.Y. 10010-3629
Ladies and Gentlemen:
1. Introductory. Diamond Resorts International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Company”), agrees with the several Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (“Underwriters”), for which Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (the “Representative”) is acting as Representative, to issue and sell to the several Underwriters 14,000,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Securities”), and Cloobeck Diamond Parent, LLC (the “Selling Stockholder”) agrees with the Underwriters to sell to the several Underwriters an aggregate of 1,500,000 outstanding shares of the Securities (such shares of Securities together with those referred to above being hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Firm Securities”), as further described in Section 3 below. The Company also agrees to sell to the Underwriters, at the option of the Underwriters, an aggregate of not more than 2,100,000 additional outstanding shares, and the Selling Stockholder also agrees to sell to the Underwriters, at the option of the Underwriters, an aggregate of not more than 225,000 additional shares (all of such additional shares of Securities being hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Optional Securities”) of Securities, as further described in Section 3. The Firm Securities and the Optional Securities are herein collectively called the “Offered Securities”. As part of the offering contemplated by this Agreement, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (the “Designated Underwriter”) has agreed to reserve out of the Firm Securities purchased by it under this Agreement, up to 775,000 shares of Securities, for sale to the Company’s directors, officers, employees and other parties associated with the Company (collectively, “Participants”), as set forth in the Final Prospectus (as defined herein) under the heading “Underwriting” (the “Directed Share Program”). The Firm Securities to be sold by the Designated Underwriter pursuant to the Directed Share Program (the “Directed Shares”) will be sold by the Designated Underwriter pursuant to this Agreement at the public offering price. Any Directed Shares not subscribed for by the end of the business day on which this Agreement is executed will be offered to the public by the Underwriters as set forth in the Final Prospectus.
Upon the consummation of the offering contemplated by this Agreement, the Company will be a holding company, and its principal asset will be direct and indirect ownership of equity interests in its subsidiaries, including Diamond Resorts Corporation, a Maryland corporation (“DRC”), which is the Company’s primary operating subsidiary. DRC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Diamond Resorts Holdings, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“DRH”), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Diamond Resorts Parent, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“DRP”). As part of the reorganization transactions (the “Reorganization Transactions”, as defined in the Statutory Prospectus as of the Applicable Time), DRH will be merged with and into DRP with DRP being the surviving entity, and DRP will be merged with and into the Company, with the Company being the surviving entity.
2. Representations and Warranties of the Company, DRC and the Selling Stockholder.
(a) The Company and DRC jointly and severally represent and warrant to, and agree with, the several Underwriters that:
(i) Filing and Effectiveness of Registration Statement; Certain Defined Terms. The Company has filed with the Commission a registration statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-189306) covering the registration of the Offered Securities under the Act, including a related preliminary prospectus or prospectuses. At any particular time, this initial registration statement, in the form then on file with the Commission, including all information contained in the registration statement (if any) filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) and then deemed to be a part of the initial registration statement, and all 430A Information and all 430C Information, that in any case has not then been superseded or modified, shall be referred to as the “Initial Registration Statement”. 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 Initial Registration Statement incorporated by reference therein and including all 430A 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”.
As of the time of execution and delivery of this agreement (this “Agreement”), the Initial Registration Statement has been declared effective under the Act and is not proposed to be amended. Any Additional Registration Statement has or will become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b) and is not proposed to be amended. The Offered Securities all have been or will be duly registered under the Act pursuant to the Initial Registration Statement and, if applicable, the Additional Registration Statement.
For purposes of this Agreement:
“430A Information”, with respect to any registration statement, means information included in a prospectus and retroactively deemed to be a part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430A(b).
“430C Information”, with respect to any registration statement, means information included in a prospectus then deemed to be a part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430C.
“Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Applicable Time” means [—]:00 [p.m.] (Eastern time) on the date of this Agreement.
“Closing Date” has the meaning given to such term in Section 3 hereof.
“Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Effective Time” with respect to the Initial Registration Statement or, if filed prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Additional Registration Statement means the date and time as of which such Registration Statement was declared effective by the Commission or has become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(c). If an Additional Registration Statement
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has not been filed prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement but the Company has advised the Representative that it proposes to file one, “Effective Time” with respect to such Additional Registration Statement means the date and time as of which such Registration Statement is filed and becomes effective pursuant to Rule 462(b).
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Final Prospectus” means the Statutory Prospectus that discloses the public offering price, other 430A Information and other final terms of the Offered Securities and otherwise satisfies Section 10(a) of the Act.
“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 C 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.
The Initial Registration Statement and the Additional Registration Statement are referred to collectively as the “Registration Statements” and individually as a “Registration Statement”. A “Registration Statement” with reference to a particular time means the Initial Registration Statement and any Additional Registration Statement as of such time. A “Registration Statement” without reference to a time means such Registration Statement as of its Effective Time. For purposes of the foregoing definitions, 430A Information with respect to a Registration Statement shall be considered to be included in such Registration Statement as of the time specified in Rule 430A.
“Significant Subsidiary” means any “significant subsidiary” (as defined in Rule 405, but substituting 5% in place of 10% in such definition) of the Company and/or DRP.
“Rule 405” means Rule 405 under the Act.
“Rules and Regulations” means the rules and regulations of the Commission.
“Securities Laws” means, collectively, the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, as amended (“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, as applicable, the rules of the New York Stock Exchange (“Exchange Rules”).
“Statutory Prospectus” with reference to a particular time means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement immediately prior to that time, including any 430A Information or 430C Information with respect to such Registration Statement. For purposes of the foregoing definition, 430A Information shall be considered to be included in the Statutory Prospectus as of the actual time that form of prospectus is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) or Rule 462(c) and not retroactively.
References to “subsidiaries” of the Company, Significant Subsidiaries and similar expressions shall be construed after giving effect to the Reorganization Transactions as if the same had occurred immediately prior to the date hereof.
“Testing-the-Waters Communication” means any oral or written communication with potential investors undertaken in reliance on Section 5(d) of the Act.
Unless otherwise specified, a reference to a “rule” is to the indicated rule under the Act.
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(ii) Compliance with Securities Act Requirements. (i) (A) At their respective Effective Times, (B) on the date of this Agreement and (C) on each Closing Date, each of the Initial Registration Statement and the Additional Registration Statement (if any) 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, (ii) on its date, at the time of filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (if no such filing is required) at the Effective Time of the Additional Registration Statement in which the Final Prospectus is included, and on each Closing Date, the Final Prospectus will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and 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 light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (iii) on the date of this Agreement, at their respective Effective Times or issue dates and on each Closing Date, each Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus, any Statutory Prospectus, any prospectus wrapper and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complied or comply, and such documents and any further amendments or supplements thereto will comply, with any applicable laws or regulations of foreign jurisdictions in which the Final Prospectus, any Statutory Prospectus, any prospectus wrapper or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, are distributed in connection with the Directed Share Program. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any such document based upon written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representative 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 Initial Registration Statement was filed publicly with the Commission at least 21 days prior to the commencement of any “roadshow” (as defined in Rule 433).
(iii) Ineligible Issuer Status. At the time of the initial filing of the Initial Registration Statement and at the date of this Agreement, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405.
(iv) General Disclosure Package. As of the Applicable Time, none of (i) the General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus(es) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time and the preliminary prospectus, dated July [—], 2013 (which is the most recent Statutory Prospectus distributed to investors generally) and the other information, if any, stated in Schedule C to this Agreement to be included in the General Disclosure Package, all considered together (collectively, the “General Disclosure Package”), (ii) any individual Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package or (iii) any individual Testing-the-Waters Communication that has been approved by the Company, 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 made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8(c) hereof.
(v) 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 the Representative as described in the next sentence, did not, does not and will not include any 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 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
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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 the Representative 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.
(vi) Good Standing of the Company. The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with the requisite corporate power and authority to 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 have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined below).
(vii) Subsidiaries. Each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, with the requisite power and authority (corporate or 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 or other entity 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 have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable; and except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package the capital stock of each Material Subsidiary owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, is owned free from liens, encumbrances and defects.
(viii) 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 description of such Offered Securities contained in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; the stockholders of the Company have no preemptive rights with respect to the Securities except as have been duly, validly and irrevocably waived; 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. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, there are no outstanding (i) securities or obligations of the Company convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock of the Company, (ii) warrants, rights or options to subscribe for or purchase from the Company any such capital stock or any such convertible or exchangeable securities or obligations or (iii) obligations of the Company to issue or sell any shares of capital stock, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or obligations or any such warrants, rights or options. The Company has not, directly or indirectly, offered or sold any of the Offered Securities by means of any “prospectus” (within the meaning of the Act and the Rules and Regulations) or used any “prospectus” or made any offer (within the meaning of the Act and the Rules and Regulations) in connection with the offer or sale of the Offered Securities, in each case other than the preliminary prospectus referred to in Section 2(a)(iv) hereof.
(ix) No Finder’s Fee. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, 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 any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or other like payment in connection with this offering.
(x) Registration Rights. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company or any of its subsidiaries and any
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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(l) hereof, except in the case of the Selling Stockholder, for purposes of effectuating the offer and sale of Offered Securities pursuant to this Agreement.
(xi) Listing. The Offered Securities have been approved for listing on The New York Stock Exchange, subject to notice of issuance.
(xii) 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 (i) for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in connection with the sale of the Offered Securities or (ii) for the execution and delivery of the Reorganization Agreements (as defined in Section (xvi) of this paragraph 2) and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereunder or the Reorganization Transactions, in each case except such as have been obtained or made prior to the date hereof and such as may be required under state securities laws and such as are required to be made in the States of Delaware and Nevada in connection with the Reorganization Transactions that will be obtained on or prior to the Closing Date (other than any filings that are required to be made on Form 8-K in connection with the Reorganization Agreements, this Agreement or any Material Definitive Agreement (as defined in Form 8-K) entered into by the Company relating to the Reorganization Transactions). No authorization, consent, approval, license, qualification or order of, or filing or registration with any person (including any governmental agency or body or any court) in any foreign jurisdiction is required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in connection with the offering, issuance and sale of the Directed Shares under the laws and regulations of such jurisdiction except such as have been obtained or made.
(xiii) Title to Property. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, the Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real properties and all other material 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, the Company and its subsidiaries hold any leased real property or material leased 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.
(xiv) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts Resulting from the Transaction. None of (i) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, nor the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities, (ii) the execution and delivery of the Reorganization Agreements nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereunder nor (iii) the consummation of the Reorganization Transactions will 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, (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (B) 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 (C) 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, except, in the case of clauses (B) and (C) above, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; 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
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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 (other than as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package with respect to the Senior Secured Notes (as defined therein)).
(xv) Absence of Existing Defaults and Conflicts. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of its respective charter, by-laws or other constitutional document 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, (1) 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 or (2) materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company or DRC to perform its obligations under this Agreement (any of the items set forth in clause (1) or (2), a “Material Adverse Effect”).
(xvi) Authorization of Agreements. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and DRC. The Exchange Agreement among the Company, DRP and each Exchanging Member and Former Member, as those terms are defined therein, dated as of [—] (the “Exchange Agreement”), has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, DRC and DRP. The Agreement and Plan of Merger between the Company and DRP, dated as of [—] (the “Agreement and Plan of Merger”) has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and DRP. The Holdings Plan of Merger between DRH and DRP, dated as of [—] (the “Holdings Plan of Merger”), has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by DRH and DRP. The Director Designation Agreement, by and among the Company, the Selling Stockholder and DRP Holdco, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, dated as of [—] (the “Director Designation Agreement”), has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. Any other documents or agreements necessary to effect the Reorganization Transactions (together with the Exchange Agreement, the Agreement and Plan of Merger, the Holdings Plan of Merger and the Director Designation Agreement, the “Reorganization Agreements”) have been duly authorized, executed and delivered.
(xvii) Possession of Licenses and Permits. 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.
(xviii) 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 or DRC, is imminent that would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.
(xix) Possession of Intellectual Property. The Company and its subsidiaries own, possess or can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate trademarks, trade names and other rights to inventions, know-how, patents, copyrights, confidential information and other intellectual property (collectively, “intellectual property rights”) necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, and have not received any notice of infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any intellectual property rights that, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.
(xx) Environmental Laws. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, (A)(1) neither the Company, DRC nor any of their respective subsidiaries is in violation of, or has any liability or cost under, any federal, state, local or non-U.S. statute, law, rule, regulation,
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ordinance, code, other requirement or rule of law (including common law), or decision or order of any domestic or foreign governmental agency, governmental body or court, relating to pollution, to the use, handling, transportation, treatment, storage, discharge, disposal or release of Hazardous Substances, to the protection or restoration of the environment or natural resources (including biota), to health and safety including as such relates to exposure to Hazardous Substances, or to natural resource damages (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (2) neither the Company, DRC nor any of their respective subsidiaries owns, occupies, operates or leases any real property contaminated with Hazardous Substances, (3) neither the Company, DRC nor any of their respective subsidiaries is conducting or funding any investigation, remediation, remedial action or monitoring of actual or suspected Hazardous Substances in the environment, (4) neither the Company, DRC nor any of their respective subsidiaries is liable for any release or threatened release of Hazardous Substances, including at any off-site treatment, storage or disposal site, (5) neither the Company, DRC nor any of their respective subsidiaries is subject to any claim by any governmental agency or governmental body or person relating to Environmental Laws or Hazardous Substances, and (6) the Company, DRC and its subsidiaries have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses, authorizations, identification numbers or other approvals required under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses, except in each case covered by clauses (1) through (6) such as would not individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect; (B) to the knowledge of the Company and DRC, there are no facts or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to result in a violation of, liability under, or claim pursuant to, or to interfere with or prevent compliance by the Company, DRC or any of their subsidiaries with, any Environmental Law that would have a Material Adverse Effect; (C) neither the Company nor DRC is aware of any facts or issues relating to compliance with Environmental Law that would reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect; and (D) there are no proceedings that are pending relating to Environmental Laws against the Company, DRC or any of their respective subsidiaries to which a governmental entity is also a party, other than such proceedings as to which the Company reasonably believes that no monetary sanctions of $100,000 or more will be imposed. For purposes of this subsection “Hazardous Substances” means (x) petroleum and petroleum products, by-products or petroleum derivatives, radioactive materials, asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls and toxic mold, and (y) any other chemical, material or substance prohibited or regulated under Environmental Laws.
(xxi) Accurate Disclosure. The statements in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the headings “Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations for Non-U.S. Holders of Common Stock”, “Description of Capital Stock”, “Business—Governmental Regulation” and “Organizational Structure” 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.
(xxii) 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.
(xxiii) Statistical and Market-Related Data. Any third-party statistical and market-related data included in a Registration Statement, a Statutory Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or any Testing-the-Waters Communication are based on, or derived from, sources that the Company and DRC believe to be reliable and accurate in all material respects.
(xxiv) Internal Controls and Compliance with Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx. Except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package, the Company, its subsidiaries and the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) are in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable provisions of Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx and all applicable Exchange Rules. The Company maintains a system of internal controls (collectively, “Internal Controls”) that comply with the applicable 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
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preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (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. The Internal Controls are, or upon consummation of the offering of the Offered Securities will be, 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 within the next 135 days the Company does not reasonably expect to publicly disclose or report to the Audit Committee or the Board, a significant deficiency, material weakness, change in Internal Controls or fraud involving management or other employees who have a significant role in Internal Controls (each, an “Internal Control Event”) or any violation of, or failure to comply with, the Securities Laws, or any matter which, if determined adversely, would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxv) Litigation. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, there are no pending actions, suits or proceedings (including, to the knowledge of the Company and DRC after reasonable investigation, 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 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, or which are otherwise material in the context of the sale of the Offered Securities; and no such actions, suits or proceedings (including any inquiries or investigations by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign) are, to the knowledge of the Company or DRC, threatened.
(xxvi) Financial Statements. The (i) consolidated financial statements of DRP, and its subsidiaries, (ii) consolidated financial statements of Pacific Monarch Resorts Inc., a California corporation (“PMR”), and its subsidiaries, (iii) consolidated financial statements of Island One, Inc., a Florida corporation (“Island One”), and its subsidiaries and (iv) combined financial statements of Resort Services Group, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, Monarch Grand Vacations Management, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, Monarch Owner Services, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, and Monarch Owner Services, Inc., a California corporation (collectively, the “PMR Service Companies”), in each case included in each Registration Statement and the General Disclosure Package present fairly the financial position of DRP and its subsidiaries, PMR and its subsidiaries, Island One and its subsidiaries and the PMR Services Companies, respectively, as of the dates shown and their respective results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown, and such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis; and the assumptions used in preparing the pro forma financial statements included in each Registration Statement and the General Disclosure Package provide a reasonable basis for presenting the significant effects directly attributable to the transactions or events described therein, the related pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions, and the pro forma columns therein reflect the proper application of those adjustments to the corresponding historical financial statement amounts. BDO Xxxxxxx, LLP is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to each of the Company, DRP and its subsidiaries, PMR and its subsidiaries and the PMR Services Companies, and Cross, Xxxxxxxxx and Xxxxx, LLP is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to Island One and its subsidiaries, in each case 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 Company, DRP, PMR, the PMR Services Companies, Island One and their respective subsidiaries do 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 General Disclosure Package. There are no financial statements that are required to be included in the General Disclosure Package under the Securities Laws that are not included as required.
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(xxvii) No Material Adverse Change in Business. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, since the end of the period covered by the latest audited financial statements included in 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 transaction that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, entered into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, other than transactions in the ordinary course of business, (v) there has been no obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, incurred by the Company or its subsidiaries, except obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, and (vi) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained any material loss or material 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.
(xxviii) 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 (the “Investment Company Act”).
(xxix) Ratings. No “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined for purposes of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act, (i) 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(c)(ii) hereof.
(xxx) Emerging Growth Company Status. From the time of initial confidential submission of the Initial Registration Statement to the Commission (or, if earlier, the first date on which the Company engaged directly or through any person authorized to act on its behalf in any Testing the Waters Communication) through the date hereof, the Company has been and is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Act (an “Emerging Growth Company”).
(xxxi) Use of Testing-the-Waters Communications. The Company and DRC (i) have not alone engaged in or distributed any Testing-the-Waters Communication and (ii) have not authorized anyone other than the Representative to engage in or distribute Testing-the-Waters Communications. The Company and DRC reconfirm that the Representative has been authorized to act on the Company’s behalf in undertaking Testing-the-Waters Communications; provided, however, that no such undertaking may be made without the Company’s prior written consent.
(xxxii) Other Offerings. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, the Company has not sold, issued or distributed any shares of capital stock during the six-month period preceding the date hereof, including any sales pursuant to Rule 144A, Regulation D or Regulation S under the Act.
(xxxiii) Taxes. The Company, DRC and their respective subsidiaries have filed all federal, state, local and non-U.S. tax returns that are required to be filed 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 set forth in the General Disclosure Package, the Company, DRC and their respective subsidiaries have paid all taxes (including any assessments, fines or penalties) required to be paid by them, except for any such taxes, assessments, fines or penalties currently being contested in good faith or as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(xxxiv) Tax-Free Treatment. The Company, DRC and their respective subsidiaries intend that the Reorganization Transactions will qualify for non-recognition treatment under Sections 351 and 1032 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(xxxv) Insurance. The Company, DRC and their respective subsidiaries are insured in such amounts as are reasonably prudent for the businesses in which they are engaged; all material policies of insurance and material fidelity or surety bonds insuring the Company, DRC or any of their respective subsidiaries or their respective businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors are in full force and effect; the Company, DRC and their respective 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, DRC or any of their respective subsidiaries under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause; neither the Company, nor DRC nor any such subsidiary has been refused any material insurance coverage sought or applied for; and neither the Company, nor DRC 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 Company has obtained directors’ and officers’ insurance in such amounts as are reasonably prudent for the Company in connection with the initial public offering contemplated by this Agreement.
(xxxvi) No Unlawful Payments. None of the Company, DRC or any of their respective subsidiaries, any director of the Company, DRC or any of their respective subsidiaries, any executive officer of the Company, DRC or any of their respective subsidiaries, or, to the Company or DRC’s knowledge, any other officer, agent, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company, DRC or any of their respective subsidiaries has (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 unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment.
(xxxvii) Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company, DRC and their respective 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, the anti-money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions applicable to the Company, DRC and their respective subsidiaries, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations and guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company, DRC or any of their respective subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or DRC, threatened.
(xxxviii) Compliance with OFAC. None of the Company, DRC, any of their respective subsidiaries, any director of the Company, DRC or any of their respective subsidiaries or any executive officer of the Company, DRC or any of their respective subsidiaries, or, to the knowledge of the Company or DRC, any other officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company, DRC or any of their respective subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”); and the Company will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering and sale of the Offered Securities, 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.
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(xxxix) No Restrictions on Payments by Subsidiaries. Except as described in the General Disclosure Package, no subsidiary of the Company or DRC 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, DRC or any other subsidiary of the Company or DRC.
(xxxx) Absence of Unlawful Influence. The Company has not offered or sold, or caused the Underwriters to offer or sell, any Offered Securities to any person pursuant to the Directed Share Program with the specific intent to unlawfully influence (i) a customer or supplier of the Company to alter the customer’s or supplier’s level or type of business with the Company or (ii) a trade journalist or publication to write or publish favorable information about the Company or its products.
(b) The Selling Stockholder represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the several Underwriters that:
(i) Title to Securities. The Selling Stockholder will have on each Closing Date hereinafter mentioned valid and unencumbered title to the Offered Securities to be delivered by the Selling Stockholder on such Closing Date and the Selling Stockholder has and on each Closing Date hereinafter mentioned will have full right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Offered Securities to be delivered by the Selling Stockholder on such Closing Date hereunder; and upon the delivery of and payment for the Offered Securities on each Closing Date hereunder the several Underwriters will acquire valid and unencumbered title to the Offered Securities to be delivered by the Selling Stockholder on such Closing Date.
(ii) 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 organization.
(iii) 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 by the Selling Stockholder of the transactions contemplated by the Custody Agreement or 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.
(iv) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts Resulting from Transaction. The execution, delivery and performance of the Custody Agreement and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions therein and herein contemplated will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Selling Stockholder pursuant to, (A) any statute, any rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court having jurisdiction over the Selling Stockholder or any of its properties or any 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 properties of the Selling Stockholder is subject, or (B) the charter or by-laws of the Selling Stockholder (if a corporation) or the other constituent documents of the Selling Stockholder that is not a natural person or a corporation.
(v) Custody Agreement. The Power of Attorney and related Custody Agreement with respect to the Selling Stockholder have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Selling Stockholder and constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Selling Stockholder enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.
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(vi) [Reserved.]
(vii) No Undisclosed Material Information. The sale of the Offered Securities by the Selling Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement is not prompted by any material information concerning the Company or any of its subsidiaries that is not set forth the General Disclosure Package.
(viii) [Reserved.]
(ix) Authorization of Agreements. This Agreement and the Reorganization Agreements to which the Selling Stockholder is a party have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Selling Stockholder.
(x) No Finder’s Fee. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, 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 any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or other like payment in connection with this offering.
(xi) 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 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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(xii) 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.
(xiii) Lock-up Agreements. The Selling Stockholder duly authorized, executed and delivered to the Representative a lock-up letter in the form of Exhibit B hereto (a “Lock-Up Agreement”).
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 Company and the Selling Stockholder agree, severally and not jointly, to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company and the Selling Stockholder, at a purchase price of $[—] per share, the number of Firm Securities set forth below the caption “Company” or “Selling Stockholder”, as the case may be, and opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule A hereto.
The Offered Securities to be sold by the Selling Stockholder hereunder will be, when issued, placed in custody, for delivery under this Agreement, under the Custody Agreement made with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as custodian (“Custodian”). The Selling Stockholder agrees that the shares held in custody for the Selling Stockholder under the Custody Agreement are subject to the interests of the Underwriters hereunder, that the arrangements made by the Selling Stockholder for such custody are to that extent irrevocable, and that the obligations of the Selling Stockholder hereunder shall not be terminated by operation of law, whether by the death of any individual Selling Stockholder or the occurrence of any other event, or in the case of a trust, by the death of any trustee or trustees or the termination of such trust. If any individual Selling Stockholder or any such trustee or trustees should die, or if any other such event should occur, or if any of such trusts should terminate, before the delivery of the Offered Securities hereunder, such Offered Securities shall be delivered by the Custodian in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement as if such death or other event or termination had not occurred, regardless of whether or not the Custodian shall have received notice of such death or other event or termination.
The Company and the Custodian will deliver the Firm Securities to or as instructed by the Representative for the accounts of the several Underwriters in a form acceptable to the Representative against payment of the purchase price in Federal (same day) funds by official bank check or checks or wire transfer to an account or accounts at a bank designated by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Representative drawn to the order of the Company in the case of 14,000,000 shares of Firm Securities and the to the Custodian in the case of 1,500,000 shares of Firm Securities, at the office of Cravath, Swaine & Xxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, at [—] a.m., New York time, on July [—], 2013 or at such other time not later than seven full business days thereafter as the Representative 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 the Representative 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, the Underwriters may purchase all or less than all of the Optional Securities at the purchase price per Security to be paid for the Firm Securities. Each of the Company and the Selling Stockholder agrees, severally and not jointly, to sell to the Underwriters the respective numbers of Optional Securities obtained by multiplying the total number of Optional Securities specified in such notice by a fraction the numerator of which is 2,100,000 in the case of the Company and 225,000 in the case of the Selling Stockholder, and the denominator of which is the total number of Optional Securities (subject to adjustment by the Representative to eliminate fractions). Such Optional Securities shall be purchased from the Company and the Selling Stockholder for the account of each Underwriter in the same proportion as the number of Firm Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name bears to the total number of Firm Securities (subject to adjustment by the Representative to eliminate fractions) and may be purchased by the Underwriters only for the purpose of covering over-allotments made in connection with the sale of the Firm Securities. No Optional Securities shall be sold or
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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 the Representative 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 the Representative but shall be not later than five full business days after written notice of election to purchase Optional Securities is given. The Company and the Custodian will deliver the Optional Securities being purchased on each Optional Closing Date to or as instructed by the Representative for the accounts of the several Underwriters in a form reasonably acceptable to the Representative, against payment of the purchase price therefore in Federal (same day) funds by official bank check or checks or wire transfer to an account or accounts at banks designated by the Company and acceptable to the Representative drawn to the order of the Company in the case of any Optional Securities delivered by the Company to the Underwriters, and to the Custodian in the case of any Optional Securities delivered by the Custodian on behalf of the Selling Stockholder to the Underwriters, 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 Underwriters. It is understood that the several Underwriters propose to offer the Offered Securities for sale to the public as set forth in the Final Prospectus.
5. Certain Agreements of the Company, DRC and the Selling Stockholder. The Company and DRC jointly and severally agree with the several Underwriters and the Selling Stockholder severally (and not jointly with the Company) agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Additional Filings. Unless filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) as part of the Additional Registration Statement in accordance with the next sentence, the Company will file the Final Prospectus, in a form approved by the Representative, with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with subparagraph (1) (or, if applicable and if consented to by the Representative (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), subparagraph (4)) of Rule 424(b) not later than the earlier of (A) the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement or (B) the fifteenth business day after the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement. The Company will advise the Representative promptly of any such filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and provide satisfactory evidence to the Representative of such timely filing. 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 any Underwriter, or will make such filing at such later date as shall have been consented to by the Representative.
(b) Filing of Amendments: Response to Commission Requests. The Company will promptly advise the Representative of any proposal to amend or supplement at any time the Initial Registration Statement, any Additional Registration Statement or any Statutory Prospectus and will not effect such amendment or supplementation without the Representative’s consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); and the Company will also advise the Representative 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) any amendment or supplementation of a Registration Statement or any Statutory Prospectus, (iii) any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment to any 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 a Registration Statement or the threatening of any proceeding for
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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 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 reasonably possible the withdrawal thereof.
(c)(A) 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 any Underwriter or 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 the Representative of such event and will promptly prepare and file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and the dealers and any other dealers upon request of the Representative, an amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance. Neither the Representative’s consent to, nor the Underwriters’ delivery of, any such amendment or supplement shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section 7 hereof.
(B) Testing-the-Waters Communications. If at any time following the distribution of any Testing-the-Waters Communication there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Testing-the-Waters Communication included or would include an untrue statement of material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company and DRC will promptly notify the Representative and will promptly amend or supplement, at their own expense, such Testing-the-Waters Communication to eliminate or correct such untrue statement or omission. Neither the Representative’s consent to, nor the Underwriters’ delivery of, any such amendment or supplement shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section 7 hereof.
(d) Rule 158. Not later than the Availability Date (as defined below), the Company will make generally available to its security holders an earnings statement covering a period of at least 12 months beginning after the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement (or, if later, the Effective Time of the Additional Registration Statement) which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 under the Act. For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “Availability Date” means the day after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes such Effective Time on which the Company is required to file its Form 10-Q for such fiscal quarter except that, if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, “Availability Date” means the day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter on which the Company is required to file its Form 10-K.
(e) Furnishing of Prospectuses. The Company will furnish to the Representative copies of each Registration Statement (one of which will be signed and will include all exhibits), each related Statutory Prospectus, and, so long as 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, the Final Prospectus and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each case in such quantities as the Representative reasonably requests. The Final Prospectus shall be so furnished on or prior to 3:00 P.M., New York time, or such other time as the Company and the Representative agree, on the business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement. All other such documents shall be so furnished as soon as available. The Company will pay the expenses of printing and distributing to the Underwriters all such documents.
(f) Blue Sky Qualifications. The Company will arrange for the qualification of the Offered Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative reasonably designates and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Offered Securities.
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(g) Reporting Requirements. During the period of five years hereafter, the Company will, upon request, furnish to the Representative, as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, a copy of its annual report to stockholders for such year; and, upon request, the Company will furnish to the Representative (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 the Representative may reasonably request; provided, however, that 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 thereto), it is not required to furnish such reports or statements to the Representative.
(h) Payment of Expenses. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that the Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholder, as the case may be, under this Agreement, including, but not limited to, (i) any filing fees and other expenses (including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters) incurred in connection with qualification of the Offered Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative designates and the preparation and printing of memoranda relating thereto, (ii) costs and expenses related to the review by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) of the Offered Securities (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such review), (iii) costs and expenses 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, Credit Suisse and the other Underwriters associated therewith, including the chartering of airplanes, (iv) fees and expenses incident to listing the Offered Securities on the New York Stock Exchange and other national and foreign exchanges, if applicable, (v) fees and expenses in connection with the registration of the Offered Securities under the Exchange Act, (vi) any transfer taxes on the sale by the Selling Stockholder of the Offered Securities to the Underwriters, and (vii) expenses incurred in distributing preliminary prospectuses and the Final Prospectus (including any amendments and supplements thereto) to the Underwriters and for expenses incurred for preparing, printing and distributing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses to investors or prospective investors. The Company will also pay or promptly reimburse the Representative for the fees and expenses of the Representative’s outside legal counsel reasonably incurred in connection with the offering of the Offered Securities.
(i) Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the net proceeds received by it in connection with this offering in the manner described in the “Use of Proceeds” section of the General Disclosure Package and, except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, the Company does not intend to use any of the proceeds from the sale of the Offered Securities hereunder to repay any outstanding debt owed to any Underwriter or any affiliate of any Underwriter.
(j) Absence of Manipulation. The Company and the Selling Stockholder agree not to 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)(A) 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
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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 the Representative, except (I) pursuant to this Agreement, (II) issuances of Lock-Up Securities pursuant to the conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities or the exercise of warrants or options, in each case outstanding on the date hereof and disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and Prospectus, (III) grants of stock options or other equity awards to officers, directors, employees (including employees of, and service providers to, Hospitality Management and Consulting Services, LLC) or consultants in each case pursuant to the terms of a plan in effect on the date hereof as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and the issuance of Lock-Up Securities pursuant to any such stock option or other equity award to persons subject to a lockup letter substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, or (IV) issuances of Securities in connection with mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures or other strategic transactions, provided that (x) excluding any such issuance to the Island One Equity Holder (as defined in the General Disclosure Package) disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, such issuances do not exceed in the aggregate 5% of the total outstanding shares of Securities immediately following the initial closing hereunder and (y) the recipients of such Securities agree to restrictions on disposition thereof substantially similar to those contained in the Lock-Up Agreements. The Lock-Up Period will commence on the date hereof and continue for 180 days after the date hereof or until such earlier date that the Representative consents to in writing; provided, however, that, in the event the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company, 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 materials news or material event, as applicable, unless the Representative waives, in writing, such extension. The Company will provide the Representative with notice of any announcement described in clause (2) of the preceding sentence that gives rise to an extension of the Lock-Up Period.
(B) Agreement to Announce Lock-Up Waiver. If the Representative, in its sole discretion, agrees to release or waive the restrictions set forth in a Lock-Up Agreement for an officer or director of the Company and provides the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three business days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by a press release substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto through a major news service at least two business days before the effective date of the release or waiver.
(l) Restriction on Sale of Securities by the Selling Stockholder. The Selling Stockholder agrees not to take any actions that would result in a breach or violation of the Lock-Up Agreement to which it is a party.
(m) Loss of Emerging Growth Company Status. The Company and DRC will promptly notify the Representative if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the later of (a) completion of the distribution of the Offered Securities within the meaning of the Act and (b) expiration of the Lock-Up Period referred to in Section 5(k) hereof.
(n) Extension of the Lock-Up Period. If the initial Lock-Up Period is extended as contemplated by the proviso in the second to last sentence of paragraph (k)(A) of this Section 5, the Company shall (i) notify the Representative and the Selling Stockholder of such extension on or before the date that is 180 days after the date hereof and (ii) direct the Transfer Agent not to permit any transfer of shares by the persons listed on Schedule E during such extension.
(o) Transfer Restrictions. In connection with the Directed Share Program, the Company will ensure that the Directed Shares will be restricted to the extent required by FINRA or the FINRA rules from sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or hypothecation for a period of three months
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following the date of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement. The Designated Underwriter will notify the Company as to which Participants will need to be so restricted. The Company will direct the transfer agent to place stop transfer restrictions upon such Securities for such period of time.
(p) Payment of Expenses Related to Directed Share Program. The Company will pay all fees and disbursements of counsel (including non-U.S. counsel) incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the Directed Share Program and stamp duties, similar taxes or duties or other taxes, if any, incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the Directed Share Program.
(q) Compliance with Foreign Laws. The Company will comply with all applicable securities and other applicable laws, rules and regulations in each foreign jurisdiction in which the Directed Shares are offered in connection with the Directed Share Program.
6. Free Writing Prospectuses. Each of the Company and the Selling Stockholder severally (and not jointly with the Company) represents and agrees that, and each Underwriter severally (and not jointly with any other Underwriter) represents and agrees that, unless it has obtained the prior consent of the Company and the Representative, 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 in Rule 405, required to be filed with the Commission. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Company and the Representative 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 or will comply (as applicable) 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 the Underwriters. The obligations of the several Underwriters 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, DRC and the Selling Stockholder herein (as though made on such Closing Date), to the accuracy of the statements of officers of the Company and DRC made on behalf of the Company and DRC pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company, DRC and the Selling Stockholder of their obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent:
(a) Accountants’ Comfort Letters. The Representative shall have received letters, dated, respectively, the date hereof and each Closing Date, of BDO Xxxxxxx, LLP and Cross, Xxxxxxxxx and Xxxxx, LLP confirming that they are a registered public accounting firm and independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Laws and in the form of Schedule D-1 and D-2 hereto, respectively (except that, in any letter dated a Closing Date, the specified date referred to in Schedule D-1 and D-2 hereto, as applicable, 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 any Underwriter, or shall have occurred at such later time as shall have been consented to by the Representative. 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 shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Selling Stockholder, the Company, DRC or the Representative, shall be contemplated by the Commission.
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(c) 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 the Representative, is material and adverse and makes it impractical or inadvisable to market the Offered Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Offered Securities; (ii) any downgrading in the rating of any debt securities or preferred stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 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 or preferred stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (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 any such organization that the Company or any of its subsidiaries has been placed on a 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 the Representative, 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 the NASDAQ Stock Market, or any setting of minimum or maximum prices for trading on such exchange; (v) any suspension of trading of any securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries 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 (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 the Representative, the effect of any such attack, outbreak, escalation, act, declaration, calamity or emergency is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representative, impractical or inadvisable to market the Offered Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Offered Securities.
(d) Opinion of Counsel for the Company and the Selling Stockholder. The Representative shall have received an opinion, dated such Closing Date, of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Rosenman LLP, counsel for the Company and the Selling Stockholder, in the form of Schedule F hereto.
(e) Opinion of Maryland Counsel for the Company. The Representative shall have received an opinion, dated such Closing Date, of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx LLP, Maryland counsel for the Company, in the form of Schedule G hereto.
(f) Opinion of Regulatory Counsel to the Company. The Representative shall have received an opinion, dated such Closing Date, of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx LLP, regulatory counsel for the Company, to the effect that the statements under the captions “Risk Factors—Risk Related to Our Business—We are subject to extensive regulation relating to the marketing and sale of vacation interests and the servicing and collection of customer loans;” and “Business—Governmental Regulation,” in the Registration Statement, insofar as such statements constitute a description of legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present the information called for with respect to such legal matters, documents and proceedings.
(g) Opinions of Counsel for the Selling Stockholder. The Representative shall have received an opinion, dated such Closing Date, of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholder, in the form of Schedule I hereto.
(h) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters. The Representative shall have received from Cravath, Swaine & Xxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated such Closing Date, with respect to such matters as the Representative may require, and the Selling Stockholder and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
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(i) Officer’s Certificate. The Representative shall have received a certificate, dated such Closing Date, of an executive officer of the Company and DRC and a principal financial or accounting officer of the Company and DRC in which such officers shall state on behalf of the Company and DRC that: the representations and warranties of the Company and DRC in this Agreement are true and correct, the Company and DRC have complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on their part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such Closing Date; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to their knowledge and after reasonable investigation, are contemplated by the Commission; 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, subsequent to the respective dates 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 or as described in such certificate.
(j) Lock-Up Agreements. On or prior to the date hereof, the Representative shall have received lockup letters in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B from each of the executive officers and directors of the Company and from such stockholders of the Company as set forth on Schedule E hereto, including the Selling Stockholder.
(k) Delivery of Form 1099. The Custodian will deliver to the Representative a letter stating that they will deliver to the Selling Stockholder a United States Treasury Department Form 1099 (or other applicable form or statement specified by the United States Treasury Department regulations in lieu thereof) on or before January 31 of the year following the date of this Agreement.
(l) [Reserved.]
(m) No Objection. FINRA shall have confirmed that it has not raised any objection with respect to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements relating to the offering of the Offered Securities.
(n) NYSE Listing. The Offered Securities shall have been approved for listing on The New York Stock Exchange, subject to official notice of issuance.
(o) Reorganization Transactions. The Reorganization Transactions shall have been consummated prior to or concurrently with the initial closing hereunder.
(p) Chief Financial Officer’s Certificate. On the date hereof and the Closing Date the Underwriters shall have received a written certificate executed by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company in the form attached as Exhibit I.
(q) The Underwriters shall have received a Limited Guarantee Agreement, dated such Closing Date, duly executed by Xxxxxxx X. Cloobeck in the form attached as Schedule J hereto.
The Selling Stockholder, the Company and DRC will furnish the Representative with any additional opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the Representative reasonably requests and conformed copies of documents delivered pursuant to this Section 7. The Representative may in its sole discretion waive on behalf of the Underwriters compliance with any conditions to the obligations of the Underwriters hereunder, whether in respect of an Optional Closing Date or otherwise.
8. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) Indemnification of Underwriters by Company and DRC. The Company and DRC, jointly and severally, will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its partners, members, directors, officers, employees, agents, affiliates and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter 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
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thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any part of any Registration Statement at any time, any Statutory Prospectus as of any time, the Final Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Testing-the-Waters Communication, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of statements in any Statutory Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Testing-the-Waters Communication, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made) not misleading, and will reimburse each Indemnified Party for any legal or other 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 neither the Company nor DRC will 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 or DRC by any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in subsection (c) below. Insofar as the foregoing indemnity agreement, or the representations and warranties contained in Section 2(a)(ii) hereof, may permit indemnification for liabilities under the Act, the Exchange Act, other Federal or state statutory law or regulation of any person who is an Underwriter or a partner or controlling person of an Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act and who, at the date hereof, is a director, officer or controlling person of the Company, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such provisions may contravene Federal public policy as expressed in the Act and may therefore be unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification under such indemnity agreement or such representations and warranties for any such liabilities (except insofar as such agreement provides for the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such a person, the Company will submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction (unless in the opinion of counsel for the Company the matter has already been settled by controlling precedent) the question of whether or not indemnification by it for such liabilities is against public policy as expressed in the Act and therefore unenforceable, and the Company and such person will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Designated Underwriter and its affiliates and each person, if any, who controls the Designated Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (the “Designated Entities”), from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim) (i) arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any material prepared by or with the consent of the Company (other than any 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 or DRC by any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in subsection (c) below) for distribution to Participants in connection with the Directed Share Program or arising out of or based upon any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (ii) arising out of or based upon the failure of any Participant to pay for and accept delivery of Directed Shares that the Participant agreed to purchase; or (iii) arising out of, related to, or in connection with the Directed Share Program, other than losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or expenses relating thereto) that are finally judicially determined to have resulted from the willful misconduct or gross negligence of the Designated Entities.
(b) Indemnification of Underwriters by the 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
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respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any part of any Registration Statement at any time, any Statutory Prospectus as of any time, the Final Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Testing-the-Waters Communication, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of statements in any Statutory Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Testing-the-Waters Communication, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made) not misleading, and will reimburse each Indemnified Party for any legal or other 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 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 any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in subsection (c) below; provided further, however, that the liability under this subsection of the Selling Stockholder shall be limited to an amount equal to the aggregate gross proceeds after underwriting commission and discounts, but before expenses, to the Selling Stockholder from the sale of Offered Securities sold by the Selling Stockholder hereunder.
(c) Indemnification of Company and the Selling Stockholder. Each Underwriter will severally and not jointly indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors and each of its officers who signs a Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and the Selling Stockholder (each, an “Underwriter Indemnified Party”) against any 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 any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any Registration Statement at any time, any Statutory Prospectus at any time, the Final Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Testing-the-Waters Communication or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of statements in any Statutory Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Testing-the-Waters Communication, in light of the circumstances under which such statements 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 or DRC by such Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein, and will reimburse any legal or other 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 any Underwriter consists of the information contained in the fourth, fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth and twentieth paragraphs, as well as the first sentence of the nineteenth paragraph, under the caption “Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest)”.
(d) Actions against Parties; Notification. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 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; but the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not
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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 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, if indemnity may be sought pursuant to the last paragraph in Section 8 (a) hereof in respect of such action or proceeding, then in addition to such separate firm for the indemnified parties, the indemnifying party shall be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of not more than one additional separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for the Designated Underwriter for the defense of any losses, claims, damages and liabilities arising out of the Directed Share Program, and all persons, if any, who control the Designated Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Act of Section 20 of the Exchange Act. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement (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 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, DRC and the Selling Stockholder on the one hand and the Underwriters 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, DRC and the Selling Stockholder on the one hand and the Underwriters 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, DRC and the Selling Stockholder on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportions as the total net proceeds from the sale of the Offered Securities (before deducting expenses) received by each of the Company and the Selling Stockholder bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters. 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, DRC, the Selling Stockholder or the Underwriters 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 legal or other 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), (x) no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission and (y) the liability of the Selling Stockholder under this subsection shall be limited to an amount equal to the aggregate gross proceeds after underwriting commission and discounts, but before expenses, to the Selling Stockholder from the sale of Offered Securities sold by the Selling Stockholder hereunder, less any amount which the Selling Stockholder has otherwise been required to pay under Section 8(b) by reason of such 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 Underwriters’ obligations in this subsection (e) to contribute are
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several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint. The Company, DRC, the Selling Stockholder and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(e) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 8(e).
9. Default of Underwriters. If any Underwriter or Underwriters default in their obligations to purchase Offered Securities hereunder on either the First Closing Date or any Optional Closing Date and the aggregate number of shares of Offered Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase does not exceed 10% of the total number of shares of Offered Securities that the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on such Closing Date, the Representative may make arrangements satisfactory to the Company and the Selling Stockholder for the purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons, including any of the Underwriters, but if no such arrangements are made by such Closing Date, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated severally, in proportion to their respective commitments hereunder, to purchase the Offered Securities that such defaulting Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase on such Closing Date. If any Underwriter or Underwriters so default and the aggregate number of shares of Offered Securities with respect to which such default or defaults occur exceeds 10% of the total number of shares of Offered Securities that the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on such Closing Date and arrangements satisfactory to the Representative, the Company and the Selling Stockholder for the purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter, the Company or the Selling Stockholder, except as provided in Section 10 (provided that if such default occurs with respect to Optional Securities after the First Closing Date, this Agreement will not terminate as to the Firm Securities or any Optional Securities purchased prior to such termination). As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section. Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
10. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Selling Stockholder, of the Company, DRC or their respective officers and of the several Underwriters 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 any Underwriter, the Selling Stockholder, the Company, DRC 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 Firm Securities by the Underwriters is not consummated for any reason other than solely because of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9 hereof, the Company and DRC will, jointly and severally, reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable 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, DRC, the Selling Stockholder and the Underwriters 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.
11. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if sent to the Underwriters, will be mailed, delivered or faxed and confirmed to the Representative at Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Eleven Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000, Attention: LCD-IBD, or, if sent to the Company or DRC, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it at 00000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Chief Administrative Officer, or, if sent to the Selling Stockholder, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to [—] at [—]; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 8 will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to such Underwriter.
12. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and, solely for purposes of Section 8, the officers and directors, controlling persons and other indemnified persons referred to in Section 8, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
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13. Representation. The Representative will act for the several Underwriters in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and any action under this Agreement taken by the Representative will be binding upon all the Underwriters. Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, C. Xxxx Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, in their respective capacities as attorneys-in-fact, will act for the Selling Stockholder in connection with such transactions, and any action under or in respect of this Agreement taken by any of them will be binding upon the Selling Stockholder.
14. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (which may be delivered by facsimile or other form of electronic transmission), each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement.
15. Absence of Fiduciary Relationship. The Company, DRC and the Selling Stockholder acknowledge and agree that:
(a) No Other Relationship. The Underwriters have been retained solely to act as underwriters in connection with the sale of the Offered Securities and that no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Company, DRC or the Selling Stockholder, on the one hand, and any Underwriter, on the other, has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Final Prospectus, irrespective of whether any Underwriter has advised or is advising the Company, DRC 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, DRC and the Selling Stockholder following discussions and arms-length negotiations with the Underwriters, and the Company, DRC 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, DRC and the Selling Stockholder have been advised that the Underwriters and their affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions (including with the Selling Stockholder) which may involve interests that differ from those of the Company, DRC or the Selling Stockholder and that the Underwriters have no obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to the Company, DRC or the Selling Stockholder by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship; and
(d) Waiver. Each of the Company, DRC and the Selling Stockholder waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims it may have against the Underwriters for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and agrees that the Underwriters shall have no liability (whether direct or indirect) to the Company, DRC or the Selling Stockholder, as applicable, 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 or DRC, including stockholders, employees or creditors of the Company or DRC.
16. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York (without giving effect to its principles of conflicts of laws).
The Company, DRC, the Selling Stockholder and the Underwriters hereby submit 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. The Company, DRC, the Selling Stockholder and the Underwriters irrevocably and unconditionally waive 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 Manhattan in the City of New York and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree 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. The Company, DRC, the Selling Stockholder and the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
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17. Guarantee. DRC hereby absolutely, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, the payment and performance of all obligations of the Company under this Agreement.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with the Representative’s understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to the Company and DRC one of the counterparts hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement among the Selling Stockholder, the Company, DRC and the several Underwriters in accordance with its terms.
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CLOOBECK DIAMOND PARENT, LLC | ||||
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The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written. | ||||
Acting on behalf of itself and as the Representative of the several Underwriters. | ||||
By CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC | ||||
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SCHEDULE A
Underwriter |
Number of Firm
Securities to be Sold By |
Total Number of Firm Securities | ||||
Company | Selling Stockholder |
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Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC |
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Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated |
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X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC |
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Guggenheim Securities LLC |
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Cantor Xxxxxxxxxx & Co. |
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SCHEDULE B
[Reserved.]
SCHEDULE C
1. | General Use Free Writing Prospectuses (included in the General Disclosure Package) |
“General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” includes each of the following documents:
1. [—]
2. | Other Information Included in the General Disclosure Package |
The following information is also included in the General Disclosure Package:
1. The initial price to the public of the Offered Securities.
SCHEDULE D-1
See attached.
SCHEDULE D-2
See attached.
SCHEDULE E
Parties Executing Lock-Up Agreements
B. Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Cloobeck Diamond Parent, LLC
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Praesumo Partners, LLC
Best Amigos Partners, LLC
Diamond Oursurance, LLC
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Investments, LLC
Chautauqua Management, LLC
Chautauqua IIA, LLC
Chautauqua IIB, LLC
Jstone, Inc.
Xxx Field Discretionary Trust for Xxxxxx U/A/D 11/21/78
Deifik Resorts, LLC
Trivergance Diamond Sub, LLC
LDK Holdco, LLC
DRP Friends Holding, LLC
DRP Holdco, LLC
Silver Rock Financial, LLC
IN - FP1 LLC
BDIF LLC
CM - NP LLC
The Hartford Growth Opportunities Fund
Hartford Growth Opportunities HLS Fund
Quisset Investors (Bermuda) L.P.
Quisset Partners, L.P.
The Hartford Capital Appreciation Fund
Bay Pond Partners, L.P.
Bay Pond Investors (Bermuda) L.P.
Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
C. Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
1818 Partners, LLC
Xxxxxxx X. Cloobeck
The Chantal Cloobeck Separate Property Trust
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Timeshare Acquisitions, LLC
Xxxx Xxxx
SCHEDULE F
See attached.
SCHEDULE G
See attached.
SCHEDULE H
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE
DIAMOND RESORTS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
July [—], 2013
In connection with the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of July [—], 2013 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), among the Diamond Resorts International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Cloobeck Diamond Parent, LLC, Diamond Resorts Corporation, a Maryland corporation, and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (the “Representative”), as Representative of the several Underwriters named in Schedule A thereto (the “Underwriters”), I, C. Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify in my role as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, on behalf of the Company and not in my individual capacity, that:
1. I am familiar with the accounting, operations and records systems of the Company and its subsidiaries.
2. I have supervised the compilation of, and reviewed the circled information contained in the pages attached hereto as Exhibit A and included in the preliminary prospectus dated July [—], 2013 (the “Preliminary Prospectus”). Such information has been derived from the accounting records of the Company and, to the best of my knowledge and belief, is accurate in all material respects.
This certificate is being furnished to the Underwriters solely to assist in conducting their due diligence investigation of the Company in connection with the offering contemplated by the Preliminary Prospectus. This certificate may be relied upon by the Underwriters for this purpose. Without the written consent of the Company: (i) no person other than the Underwriters may rely on this certificate for any purpose; (ii) this certificate may not be cited or quoted in any financial statement, prospectus, private placement memorandum or other similar document; (iii) this certificate may not be cited or quoted in any other document or communication which might encourage reliance upon this certificate by any person or for any purpose excluded by the restrictions in this paragraph; and (iv) copies of this certificate may not be furnished to anyone for purposes of encouraging such reliance.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this certificate as of the date first set forth above.
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Name: | C. Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
[CFO Certificate]
EXHIBIT A
(see attached)
SCHEDULE I
(see attached)
SCHEDULE J
(see attached)
Exhibit A
[Form of Press Release]
Diamond Resorts International, Inc.
[—]
(“Diamond Resorts”) announced today that Credit Suisse, the lead book-running manager in Diamond Resorts’ recent public sale of [—] shares of common stock, is [waiving] [releasing] a lock-up restriction with respect to [—] shares of Diamond Resorts’ common stock held by [certain officers or directors] [an officer or director] of Diamond Resorts. The [waiver] [release] will take effect on [—], [—], and the shares may be sold on or after such date.
This press release is not an offer for sale of the securities in the United States or in any other jurisdiction where such offer is prohibited, and such securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Exhibit B
July , 2013
Diamond Resorts International, Inc.
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
c/o Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Eleven Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
As an inducement to Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (“Credit Suisse”) to execute an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), pursuant to which an offering (the “Offering”) will be made that is intended to result in the establishment of a public market for the shares of common stock (such shares, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, including pursuant to any reorganization transaction, the “Securities”) of Diamond Resorts International, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or of any other holding company of the business held as of the date hereof by Diamond Resorts Parent, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (Diamond Resorts International, Inc. or such other holding company, as applicable, the “Company”), the undersigned hereby agrees that during the period specified in the following paragraph (the “Lock-Up Period”), the undersigned will not 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, enter into a transaction which would have the same effect, or 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 (other than exercising registration rights of the undersigned in existence as of the date hereof solely for purposes of participation in the Offering).
The initial Lock-Up Period will commence on the date the first preliminary prospectus relating to the Offering is distributed to investors in connection with the launch and marketing of the Offering and continue until and include the date 180 days after the date of the public offering date set forth on the final prospectus used to sell the Securities (the “Public Offering Date”); provided, however, that, if the Company ceases to be an emerging growth company (as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) on or prior to the expiration of the initial Lock-Up Period, and (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.
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 agreement (this “Lock-Up Agreement”).
If the undersigned is an officer or director of the Company, the undersigned further agrees that the foregoing restrictions in this Lock-Up Agreement shall be equally applicable to any issuer-directed Securities the undersigned may purchase in the above-referenced Offering (“Directed Shares”).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the undersigned may (a) transfer Securities (i) pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, (ii) to effect the Reorganization Transactions (as defined in the registration statement relating to the Offering), (iii) as a bona fide gift or gifts, or by will or intestacy, or (iv) to (x) any family partnership or trust for the benefit of the undersigned and/or one or more members of the “immediate family” (as defined below) of the undersigned or (y) any affiliate of the undersigned or any charitable organization formed by the undersigned or any of its affiliates; provided that, in the case of any transfer pursuant to clause (iii) or clause (iv) above, 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 other public announcement by any party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with such transfer (other than filings on a Form 5 made after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period); (b) transfer Securities to partners, members or stockholders of the undersigned, if the undersigned is a partnership, limited liability company or corporation, as part of a distribution; provided that (w) the transferee agrees to be bound in writing by the terms of this Lock-Up Agreement prior to such transfer, (x) such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value, (y) no filing by any party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under the Exchange Act or otherwise shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with such transfer (other than filings on a Form 5 made after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period and filings on a Form 13F, Schedule 13G, Schedule 13D, Form N-CSR or From N-Q), and (z) no other public announcement shall be made in connection with such transfer by any party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee), other than, in the case of an entity subject to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, such public disclosure as is consistent with its internal disclosure policies; or (c) engage in transactions involving any Securities that are acquired by the undersigned in the Offering (other than Directed Shares) or in the public market after the Public Offering Date; provided that (x) no filing by any party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under the Exchange Act or otherwise shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with such transfer (other than filings on a Form 5 made after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period and filings on a Form 13F, Schedule 13G, Schedule 13D, Form N-CSR or From N-Q), and (y) no other public announcement shall be made in connection with such transfer by any party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee), other than, in the case of an entity subject to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, such public disclosure as is consistent with its internal disclosure policies. For purposes of this Lock-Up Agreement, “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin. Furthermore, the restrictions contained herein shall not apply to any transfers, sales, tenders or other dispositions of Securities pursuant to a tender offer for securities of the Company that would, if consummated, result in not less than a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Company being disposed in such transaction or pursuant to any other transaction, including, without limitation, a merger, consolidation or other business combination, resulting in not less than a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Company being disposed in such transaction (including, without limitation, entering into any lock-up, voting or similar agreement pursuant to which the undersigned may agree to transfer, sell, tender or otherwise dispose of Securities in connection with any such transaction resulting in not less than a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Company being disposed in such transaction, or vote any Securities in favor of any such transaction resulting in not less than a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Company being disposed in such transaction); provided that if such tender offer or other transaction is not completed, any Securities subject to this Lock-Up Agreement shall remain subject to the restrictions contained in this Lock-Up Agreement.
No provision of this Lock-Up Agreement shall restrict or prohibit the exercise, exchange or conversion by the undersigned of any option or warrant to acquire Securities, or any other security convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Securities; provided that any Securities and any of such other securities acquired in connection with any such exercise, exchange or conversion will be subject to the restrictions provided for in this Lock-Up Agreement. In addition, no provision of this Lock-Up Agreement shall be deemed to restrict or prohibit the entry into, or modification of, a so-called “10b5-1 plan” at any time; provided that (i) no transactions thereunder are made prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period and (ii) no filing or other public announcement by any party under the Exchange Act or otherwise shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection therewith (other than filings on a Form 5 made after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period).
If the undersigned is an officer or director of the Company, (i) Credit Suisse agrees that, at least three business days before the effective date of any release or waiver of the foregoing restrictions in connection with a transfer of Securities, Credit Suisse will notify the Company of the impending release or waiver, and (ii) the Company has agreed in the Underwriting Agreement to announce the impending release or waiver by press release through a major news service at least two business days before the effective date of the release or waiver. Any release or waiver granted by Credit Suisse hereunder to any such officer or director shall only be effective two business days after the publication date of such press release. The provisions of this paragraph will not apply if (a) the release or waiver is effected solely to permit a transfer not for consideration and (b) the transferee has agreed in writing to be bound by the same terms described in this Lock-Up Agreement to the extent and for the duration that such terms remain in effect at the time of the transfer.
If any stockholder of the Company that is party to a lock-up agreement with respect to the Securities is released by Credit Suisse from any or all of the lock-up restrictions thereunder, the undersigned will be similarly and contemporaneously released from the lock-up restrictions hereunder (which for the avoidance of doubt will include a release of the same percentage of the undersigned’s Securities as was granted to the relevant stockholder of the Company so released by Credit Suisse); provided, however that if such stockholder is so released for the purpose of enabling such stockholder to participate in a registered offering of Securities, the undersigned will, to the same extent, be similarly and contemporaneously released from its obligations hereunder solely for the purpose of enabling the undersigned to participate in such registered offering, and Credit Suisse agrees to provide notice thereof to the undersigned at least three business days prior thereto; provided further that this paragraph shall not apply to any release of lock-up restrictions with respect to any stockholder of the Company that is in respect of not more than 1% of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of the Company.
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 earliest of (i) September 30, 2013, if the Public Offering Date shall not have occurred on or prior to such date, (ii) the withdrawal from the Securities and Exchange Commission of the registration statement by the Company relating to the Offering for any reason prior to the effective date of such registration statement, (iii) the termination of the Underwriting Agreement prior to any closing thereunder and (iv) the delivery of an officer’s certificate by the Company to Credit Suisse, prior to the effective date of the registration statement relating to the Offering, certifying that the Board of Directors of the Company has passed a resolution to the effect that the Company is no longer pursuing the Offering. The Company shall provide written notice to the undersigned of the expiration of the Lock-Up Period within one (1) business day thereafter.
This agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York (without giving effect to its principles of conflicts of laws).
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