Horizon Lines, Inc. Purchase Agreement
Exhibit 10.1
4.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2012
August 1, 2007
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
Banc of America Securities LLC
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Banc of America Securities LLC
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Horizon Lines, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes, subject to the terms
and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to the Purchasers named in Schedule I hereto (the
“Purchasers”) an aggregate of $300,000,000 in principal amount (the “Firm Securities”) of its 4.25%
Convertible Senior Notes due 2012 (the “Notes”), which are convertible into cash and shares of the
Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Stock”), upon the occurrence of certain
circumstances under the terms of an indenture to be dated August 8, 2007 (the “Indenture”) between
the Company and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the “Trustee”), and, at the election of the
Purchasers, up to an aggregate of $30,000,000 in additional aggregate principal amount of Notes
(the “Optional Securities”) (the Firm Securities and the Optional Securities which the Purchasers
elect to purchase pursuant to Section 2 hereof are herein collectively called the “Securities”).
1. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Purchasers that:
(a) A preliminary offering circular, dated July 31, 2007 (the “Preliminary Offering
Circular”), has been prepared, and an offering circular, dated August 1, 2007 (the “Offering
Circular”), will be prepared in connection with the offering of the Securities and the Stock
issuable upon conversion thereof. The Preliminary Offering Circular, as amended and
supplemented immediately prior to the Applicable Time (as defined in Section 1(b)), is
hereinafter referred to as the “Pricing Circular”. Any reference to the Preliminary
Offering Circular, the Pricing Circular or the Offering Circular shall be deemed to refer to
and include the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and all subsequent
documents filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c) or 15(d) of the United States Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), after December 24, 2006 and on or prior to the date
of such circular (to the extent incorporated by reference therein) and any reference to the
Preliminary Offering Circular or the Offering Circular, as the case may be, as amended or
supplemented, as of any specified date, shall be deemed to include (i) any documents filed
with the
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Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date
of the Preliminary Offering Circular or the Offering Circular, as the case may be, and prior
to such specified date (to the extent incorporated by reference therein) and (ii) any
Additional Issuer Information (as defined in Section 5(f)) furnished by the Company prior to
the completion of the distribution of the Securities; and all documents filed under the
Exchange Act and so deemed to be included in the Preliminary Offering Circular, the Pricing
Circular or the Offering Circular, as the case may be, or any amendment or supplement
thereto are hereinafter called the “Exchange Act Reports”. The Exchange Act Reports, when
they were or are filed with the Commission, conformed or will conform in all material
respects to the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder; and no such documents were filed with the
Commission since the Commission’s close of business on the business day immediately prior to
the date of this Agreement and prior to the execution of this Agreement, except as set forth
on Schedule II(a) hereof. The Preliminary Offering Circular and any amendments or
supplements thereto, the Offering Circular and any amendments or supplements thereto and the
Exchange Act Reports (i) did not and will not, in each case as of their respective dates,
contain an untrue statement of a material fact or (ii) 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; provided, however, that this representation and
warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in
conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by a Purchaser through
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. expressly for use therein;
(b) For the purposes of this Agreement, the “Applicable Time” is 8:00 a.m. (Eastern
Daylight Time) on August 2, 2007; the Pricing Circular as supplemented by the information
set forth in Schedule III hereto, taken together (collectively, the “Pricing Disclosure
Package”) as of the Applicable Time, will not include any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and each
Company Supplemental Disclosure Document (as defined in Section 6(a)(ii)) listed on Schedule
II(b) hereto does not conflict with the information contained in the Pricing Circular or the
Offering Circular and each such Company Supplemental Disclosure Document, as supplemented by
and taken together with the Pricing Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time, (i) will
not include any untrue statement of a material fact or (ii) omit to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and
warranty shall not apply to statements or omissions made in a Company Supplemental
Disclosure Document in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing
to the Company by a Purchaser through Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein;
(c) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained, since the date of
the latest audited financial statements included in the Pricing Circular, any material loss
or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or
not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order
or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Circular; and, since
the respective dates as of which information is given in the Pricing Circular, there has not
been any change in the capital stock (excluding grants of restricted shares to employees or
directors of the Company, the issuance of shares pursuant to the Company’s employee stock
purchase plan and the exercise of outstanding stock options) or long-term debt of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or any material adverse change, or any development
involving a prospective
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material adverse change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial
position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Circular;
(d) The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to
all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them, in
each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are described
in the Pricing Circular or such as do not materially affect the value of such property and
do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company
and its subsidiaries; and any real property and buildings held under lease by the Company
and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with
only such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed
to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and its subsidiaries;
(e) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority (corporate
and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Pricing
Circular, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of
business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns
or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, or is
subject to no material liability or disability by reason of the failure to be so qualified
in any such jurisdiction; and each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated or
organized, as applicable, and is validly existing as a corporation or other organization in
good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization;
(f) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Pricing Circular,
and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly
authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; the shares of Stock initially
issuable upon conversion of the Securities have been duly and validly authorized and
reserved for issuance and, when issued and delivered in accordance with the provisions of
the Securities and the Indenture referred to below, will be duly and validly issued, fully
paid and non-assessable and will conform to the description of the Stock contained in the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Circular; and all of the issued shares of
capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and
issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and (except as otherwise set forth in the Pricing
Circular) are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances, equities or claims;
(g) The Securities have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered pursuant to
this Agreement and authenticated by the Trustee, will have been duly executed,
authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute valid and legally binding
obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture, under which
they are to be issued, which will be substantially in the form previously delivered to you;
the Indenture has been duly authorized and, when executed and delivered by the Company and
the Trustee, the Indenture will constitute a valid and legally binding instrument,
enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting
creditors’ rights and to general equity principles; and the Securities and the Indenture
will conform to the descriptions thereof in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering
Circular and will be in substantially the form previously delivered to you;
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(h) The Registration Rights Agreement to be dated as of August 8, 2007 (the
“Registration Rights Agreement”), which will be substantially in the form previously
delivered to you, has been duly authorized, and as of the First Time of Delivery (as defined
herein), will have been duly executed and delivered by the Company, and will constitute a
valid and legally binding instrument enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject, as
to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles;
and the Registration Rights Agreement will conform to the descriptions thereof in the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Circular;
(i) None of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without
limitation, the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities) will violate or result
in a violation of Section 7 of the Exchange Act, or any regulation promulgated thereunder,
including, without limitation, Regulations T, U, and X of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System;
(j) Except as described in the Pricing Circular, prior to the date hereof, neither the
Company nor any of its affiliates has taken any action which is designed to or which has
constituted or which might have been expected to cause or result in stabilization or
manipulation of the price of any security of the Company in connection with the offering of
the Securities;
(k) The issue and sale of the Securities and the compliance by the Company with all of
the provisions of the Securities, the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement and this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated will not
(a) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of,
or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or
other 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 property or
assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject other than any conflict, breach,
violation or default that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect, (b) result in any violation of the provisions of the Certificate of
Incorporation or By-laws of the Company or (c) result in any violation of any statute or any
order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction
over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties; and no consent,
approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or
governmental agency or body is required for the issue and sale of the Securities or the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the
Indenture or the Registration Rights Agreement, except for the filing of a registration
statement by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the United States Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the “Act”), pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and such
consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required
under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of
the Securities by the Purchasers;
(l) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its
Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws or (ii) in default in the performance or observance
of any obligation, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by
which it or any of its properties may be bound other than, in the case of clause (ii) of
this paragraph, any such default that would not have a Material Adverse Effect;
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(m) The statements set forth in the Pricing Circular and the Offering Circular under
the caption “Description of the Notes” and “Description of Capital Stock”, insofar as they
purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Securities and the Stock, under the
caption “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations,” and under the caption “Plan of
Distribution,” insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws and documents
referred to therein, are accurate and fair summaries in all material respects;
(n) Other than as set forth in the Pricing Circular, there are no legal or governmental
proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which
any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject which, if determined
adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate
have a material adverse effect on the current or future financial position, stockholders’
equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries (“Material Adverse
Effect”); and to the best of the Company’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or
contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others;
(o) When the Securities are issued and delivered pursuant to this Agreement, the
Securities will not be of the same class (within the meaning of Rule 144A under the
Securities Act) as securities which are listed on a national securities exchange registered
under Section 6 of the Exchange Act or quoted in a U.S. automated inter-dealer quotation
system;
(p) The Company is subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;
(q) The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the
Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof, will not be an “investment company”,
as such term is defined in the United States Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
“Investment Company Act”);
(r) Neither the Company nor any person acting on its behalf (other than the Purchasers,
as to which no representation or warranty is made) has offered or sold the Securities by
means of any general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c)
under the Act;
(s) Within the preceding six months, neither the Company nor any other person acting on
behalf of the Company has offered or sold to any person any Securities, or any securities of
the same or a similar class as the Securities, other than Securities offered or sold to the
Purchasers hereunder or grants of restricted shares to employees or directors of the
Company, the issuance of shares pursuant to the Company’s employee stock purchase plan or
the exercise of outstanding options. The Company will take reasonable precautions designed
to insure that any offer or sale, direct or indirect, in the United States or to any U.S.
person (as defined in Rule 902 under the Act) of any Securities or any substantially similar
security issued by the Company, within six months subsequent to the date on which the
distribution of the Securities has been completed (as notified to the Company by Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxx & Co.), is made under restrictions and other circumstances reasonably designed not to
affect the status of the offer and sale of the Securities in the United States and to U.S.
persons contemplated by this Agreement as transactions exempt from the registration
provisions of the Securities Act;
(t) The Company maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as
such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that complies with the
requirements of the Exchange Act and has been designed by the Company’s principal executive
officer and principal financial officer, or under their supervision, to provide
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reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles. Except as disclosed in the Pricing Circular, the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting is effective and the Company is not aware of any
material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting;
(u) Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated
by reference in the Pricing Circular, there has been no change in the Company’s internal
control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting;
(v) The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined
in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange
Act; such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that material
information relating to the Company and its subsidiaries is made known to the Company’s
principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those entities;
and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective;
(w) Ernst & Young LLP, which has audited certain consolidated financial statements of
the Company and its subsidiaries is an independent registered public accounting firm as
required by the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder;
(x) The Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses, permits, certificates,
consents, orders, approvals and other authorizations from, and have made all declarations
and filings with, all federal, state, local and other governmental authorities, and all
courts and other tribunals, presently required or necessary to own or lease, as the case may
be, and to operate their respective properties and to carry on their respective businesses
as now or proposed to be conducted as set forth in the Prospectus (“Permits”), except where
the failure to obtain such Permits (by possession, declaration or filing) could not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;
(y) Except as described in the Pricing Circular or as could not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (A) the Company and each of its subsidiaries is
in compliance with and not subject to any known liability under applicable Environmental
Laws (as defined below), (B) the Company and each of its subsidiaries has made all filings
and provided all notices required under any applicable Environmental Law, and has, and is in
compliance with, all Permits required under any applicable Environmental Laws and each of
them is in full force and effect, (C) there is no civil, criminal or administrative action,
suit, demand, claim, hearing, notice of violation or, to the best knowledge of the Company,
investigation by any governmental authority, or judicial or administrative proceeding,
notice or demand letter or written request for information, pending or, to the best
knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of its subsidiaries under
any Environmental Law, (D) no lien, charge, encumbrance or restriction has been recorded
under any Environmental Law with respect to any assets, facility or property owned,
operated, leased or controlled by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (E) none of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries has received written notice that it has been identified
as a potentially responsible party under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (“CERCLA”), or any comparable state law
and (F) no property or facility of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is (i) listed or,
to the best knowledge of the Company, proposed for listing on the National Priorities List
under CERCLA or (ii) listed in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Information System List
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promulgated pursuant to CERCLA, or on any comparable list maintained by any state or
local governmental authority; for purposes of this Agreement, “Environmental Laws” means the
common law and all applicable federal, provincial, state and local laws or regulations,
codes, orders, decrees, judgments or injunctions issued, promulgated, approved or entered
thereunder, relating to pollution or protection of public or employee health or the
environment, including, without limitation, laws relating to (i) emissions, discharges,
releases or threatened releases of hazardous materials into the environment (including,
without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface
strata), (ii) the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, generation, treatment,
storage, disposal, transport or handling of hazardous materials, and (iii) underground and
aboveground storage tanks and related piping, and emissions, discharges, releases or
threatened releases therefrom;
(z) There is no material strike, labor dispute, slowdown or work stoppage with the
employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries which is pending or, to the best
knowledge of the Company, threatened; and
(aa) The Company and each of its subsidiaries carries insurance in such amounts and
covering such risks as in its reasonable determination is adequate for the conduct of its
business and the value of its properties.
2. | Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, (a) the Company agrees to issue and sell to each of the Purchasers, and each of the Purchasers agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price of 97.25% of the principal amount thereof, the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the name of such Purchaser in Schedule I hereto, and (b) in the event and to the extent that the Purchasers shall exercise the election to purchase Optional Securities as provided below, the Company agrees to issue and sell to each of the Purchasers, and each of the Purchasers agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the same purchase price set forth in clause (a) of this Section 2, that portion of the aggregate principal amount of the Optional Securities as to which such election shall have been exercised (to be adjusted by you so as to eliminate fractions of $1,000) determined by multiplying such aggregate principal amount of Optional Securities by a fraction, the numerator of which is the maximum aggregate principal amount of Optional Securities which such Purchaser is entitled to purchase as set forth opposite the name of such Purchaser in Schedule I hereto and the denominator of which is the maximum aggregate principal amount of Optional Securities which all of the Purchasers are entitled to purchase hereunder. | |
The Company hereby grants to the Purchasers the right to purchase at their election up to $30,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Optional Securities, at the purchase price set forth in clause (a) of the first paragraph of this Section 2, for the sole purpose of covering sales of securities in excess of the aggregate principal amount of Firm Securities. Any such election to purchase Optional Securities may be exercised by written notice from you to the Company, given within a period of 30 calendar days after the date of this Agreement, setting forth the aggregate principal amount of Optional Securities to be purchased and the date on which such Optional Securities are to be delivered, as determined by you but in no event earlier than the First Time of Delivery (as defined in Section (4) hereof) or, unless you and the Company otherwise agree in writing, earlier than two or later than ten business days after the date of such notice. | ||
3. | Upon the authorization by you of the release of the Securities, the several Purchasers propose to offer the Securities for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Offering Circular and each Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to, and agrees with the Company that: |
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(a) It will offer and sell the Securities only to persons who it reasonably believes
are “qualified institutional buyers” (“QIBs”) within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Act
in transactions meeting the requirements of Rule 144A;
(b) It is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Act; and
(c) It will not offer or sell the Securities by any form of general solicitation or
general advertising, including but not limited to the methods described in Rule 502(c) under
the Act.
4.
(a) The Securities to be purchased by each Purchaser hereunder will be represented by
one or more definitive global Securities in book-entry form which will be deposited by or on
behalf of the Company with The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) or its designated custodian.
The Company will deliver the Securities to Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co., for the account of each
Purchaser, against payment by or on behalf of such Purchaser of the purchase price therefor
by wire transfer to the Company in Federal (same day) funds, by causing DTC to credit the
Securities to the account of Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. at DTC. The Company will cause the
certificates representing the Securities to be made available to Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. for
checking at least twenty-four hours prior to such Time of Delivery (as defined below) at the
office of McGuireWoods LLP, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
00000 (the “Closing Location”). The time and date of such delivery and payment shall be,
with respect to the Firm Securities, 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on August 8, 2007, or
such other time and date as Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. and the Company may agree upon in writing,
and, with respect to the Optional Securities, 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the date
specified by Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. in the written notice given by the Purchasers of the
Purchasers’ election to purchase the Optional Securities, or at such other time and date as
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. and the Company may agree upon in writing. Such time and date for
delivery of the Firm Securities is herein called the “First Time of Delivery”, any time and
date for delivery of Optional Securities, if not the First Time of Delivery, is herein
called an “Optional Time of Delivery”, and each such time and date for delivery of
Securities is herein called a “Time of Delivery”
(b) The documents to be delivered at each Time of Delivery by or on behalf of the
parties hereto pursuant to Section 8 hereof, including the cross-receipt for the Securities
and any additional documents requested by the Purchasers pursuant to Section 8(l) hereof,
will be delivered at such time and date at the Closing Location, and the Securities will be
delivered at DTC or its designated custodian), all at each Time of Delivery. A meeting will
be held at the Closing Location at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the New York Business
Day next preceding such Time of Delivery, at which meeting the final drafts of the documents
to be delivered pursuant to the preceding sentence will be available for review by the
parties hereto. For the purposes of this Section 4, “New York Business Day” shall mean each
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking
institutions in New York are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to
close.
5. The Company agrees with each of the Purchasers:
(a) To prepare the Offering Circular in a form approved by you; to make no amendment or
any supplement to the Offering Circular which shall be disapproved by you promptly after
reasonable notice thereof; and to furnish you with copies thereof;
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(b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as you may reasonably request to
qualify the Securities and the shares of Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities
for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as you may request and
to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in
such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of the
Securities, provided that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to
qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any
jurisdiction;
(c) To furnish the Purchasers with written and electronic copies thereof in such
quantities as you may from time to time reasonably request, and if, at any time prior to the
expiration of nine months after the date of the Offering Circular, any event shall have
occurred as a result of which the Offering Circular as then amended or supplemented would
(i) include an untrue statement of a material fact or (ii) omit to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made when such Offering Circular is delivered, not misleading, or, if for
any other reason it shall be necessary or desirable during such same period to amend or
supplement the Offering Circular, to notify you and upon your request to prepare and furnish
without charge to each Purchaser and to any dealer in securities as many written and
electronic copies as you may from time to time reasonably request of an amended Offering
Circular or a supplement to the Offering Circular which will correct such statement or
omission or effect such compliance;
(d) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing until the date 90
days after the First Time of Delivery, not to offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise
dispose of, except as provided hereunder any securities of the Company that are
substantially similar to the Securities or the Stock, including but not limited to any
securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to
receive, Stock or any such substantially similar securities (other than pursuant to employee
stock option plans, stock incentive plans or stock purchase plans existing on, or upon the
conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities outstanding as of, the date
of this Agreement), without Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.’s prior written consent;
(e) Not to be or become, at any time prior to the expiration of two years after the
last Time of Delivery, an open-end investment company, unit investment trust, closed-end
investment company or face-amount certificate company that is or is required to be
registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act;
(f) At any time during the two-year period following the last Time of Delivery when the
Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, for the benefit of
holders from time to time of Securities, to furnish at its expense, upon request, to holders
of Securities and prospective purchasers of securities information (the “Additional Issuer
Information”) satisfying the requirements of subsection (d)(4)(i) of Rule 144A under the
Act;
(g) If requested by you, to use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such
Designated Securities to be eligible for the PORTAL trading system of the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.;
(h) Except for such documents that are publicly available on XXXXX, to furnish to the
holders of the Securities as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year an annual
report (including a consolidated balance sheet and consolidated statements of income,
stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries
certified by independent public accountants) and, as soon as practicable after the end of
each of the
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first three quarters of each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal quarter ending
after the date of the Offering Circular), to make available to its stockholders consolidated
summary financial information of the Company and its subsidiaries for such quarter in
reasonable detail;
(i) During the period of two years after the last Time of Delivery, the Company will
not, and will not permit any of its “affiliates” (as defined in Rule 144 under the
Securities Act) to, resell any of the Securities which constitute “restricted securities”
under Rule 144 that have been reacquired by any of them;
(j) To use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Securities pursuant to
this Agreement in the manner specified in the Pricing Circular under the caption “Use of
Proceeds”;
(k) To reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive rights, shares of
Stock for the purpose of enabling the Company to satisfy any obligations to issue shares of
its Stock upon conversion of the Securities; and
(l) To use its commercially reasonable efforts to list, subject to notice of issuance,
the shares of Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities on the New York Stock
Exchange (the “Exchange”).
6.
(a) | (i) The Company represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co., it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that, if the offering of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement were conducted as a public offering pursuant to a registration statement filed under the Act with the Commission, would constitute an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 under the Act (any such offer is hereinafter referred to as a “Company Supplemental Disclosure Document”); | ||
(ii) each Purchaser represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the Company and Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co., other than one or more term sheets relating to the Securities containing customary information and conveyed to purchasers of the securities, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that, if the offering of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement were conducted as a public offering pursuant to a registration statement filed under the Act with the Commission, would constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act (any such offer (other than any such term sheets), is hereinafter referred to as a “Purchaser Supplemental Disclosure Document”); and | |||
(iii) any Company Supplemental Disclosure Document or Purchaser Supplemental Disclosure Document the use of which has been consented to by the Company and Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. is listed on Schedule II(b) hereto. | |||
7. | The Company covenants and agrees with the several Purchasers that the Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel and accountants in connection with the issue of the Securities and the shares of Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities and all other expenses in connection with the preparation, printing, reproduction and filing of the Preliminary Offering Circular and the Offering Circular and any amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Purchasers and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or producing any Agreement among Purchasers, this Agreement, the Indenture, the |
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Registration Rights Agreement, the Blue Sky Memorandum, closing documents (including any compilations thereof) and any other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities; (iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities and the shares of Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 5(b) hereof, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Purchasers in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky and legal investment surveys; (iv) any fees charged by securities rating services for rating the Securities; (v) the cost of preparing the Securities; (vi) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any agent of the Trustee and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture and the Securities; (vii) any cost incurred in connection with the designation of the Securities for trading in PORTAL and the listing of the shares of Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities; and (viii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section, and Sections 9 and 12 hereof, the Purchasers will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make. |
8. | The obligations of the Purchasers hereunder shall be subject, in their discretion, to the condition that all representations and warranties and other statements of the Company herein are, at and as of each Time of Delivery, true and correct, the condition that the Company shall have performed all of its obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the following additional conditions: |
(a) Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Purchasers, shall have furnished to you (i)
their written opinions, dated such Time of Delivery, substantially in the form of the drafts
attached hereto as Annex IV and (ii) their written letter, dated such Time of Delivery,
substantially in the form of the draft attached hereto as Annex IV and such counsel shall
have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to
pass upon such matters;
(b) McGuireWoods LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to you their
written opinion, dated such Time of Delivery, substantially in the form of the draft
attached hereto as Annex II;
(c) Blank Rome LLP, special maritime counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to
you their written opinion, dated such Time of Delivery, substantially in the form of the
draft attached hereto as Annex III;
(d) On the date of the Offering Circular prior to the execution of this Agreement and
also at each Time of Delivery, Ernst & Young LLP shall have furnished to you a letter or
letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof, in form and substance satisfactory
to you, to the effect set forth in Annex I hereto;
(e) (i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained since the
date of the latest audited consolidated financial statements included or incorporated by
reference in the Pricing Circular any loss or interference with its business from fire,
explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor
dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or
contemplated in the Pricing Circular, and (ii) since the respective dates as of which
information is given in the Pricing Circular there shall not have been any change in the
capital stock (excluding grants of
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restricted shares to employees or directors of the Company, the issuance of shares
pursuant to the Company’s employee stock purchase plan and the exercise of outstanding stock
options) long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any change, or any
development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the general affairs, management,
financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Circular, the
effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is in your judgment so
material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering
or the delivery of the Securities being issued at such Time of Delivery on the terms and in
the manner contemplated in this Agreement and in the Offering Circular;
(f) On or after the Applicable Time (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the
rating accorded the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ debt securities by any “nationally
recognized statistical rating organization”, as that term is defined by the Commission for
purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Act, and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly
announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its
rating of any of the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ debt securities or the Company’s
or any of its subsidiaries’ financial strength or claims paying ability;
(g) On or after the Applicable Time there shall not have occurred any of the following:
(i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the New York
Stock Exchange; (ii) a suspension or material limitation in trading in the Company’s
securities on the New York Stock Exchange; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking
activities declared by either Federal or New York State authorities or a material disruption
in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States;
(iv) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or the
declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war or (v) the occurrence of any
other calamity or crisis or any change in financial, political or economic conditions in the
United States or elsewhere, if the effect of any such event specified in clause (iv) or (v)
in your judgment makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or the
delivery of the Securities being issued at such Time of Delivery on the terms and in the
manner contemplated in the Offering Circular;
(h) The Securities shall have been designated for trading on PORTAL;
(i) The shares of Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities shall have been duly
listed, subject to notice of issuance, on the Exchange;
(j) The Purchasers shall have received a counterpart of the Registration Rights
Agreement that shall have been executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the
Company;
(k) The Company shall have obtained and delivered to the Purchasers executed copies of
an agreement from each of the persons listed in Schedule IV, substantially in the form and
substance of Annex V hereof; and
(l) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to you at Time of
Delivery certificates of officers of the Company satisfactory to you as to the accuracy of
the representations and warranties of the Company herein at and as of such Time of Delivery,
as to the performance by the Company of all of its obligations hereunder to be performed at
or prior to such Time of Delivery, as to the matters set forth in subsection (f) of this
Section and as to such other matters as you may reasonably request.
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9. | (a) | The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Purchaser against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Purchaser may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Offering Circular, the Pricing Circular, the Offering Circular, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Company Supplemental Disclosure Document, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Purchaser for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Purchaser in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall 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 or omission or alleged omission made in any Preliminary Offering Circular, the Pricing Circular, the Offering Circular or any such amendment or supplement, or any Company Supplemental Disclosure Document, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Purchaser through Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. expressly for use therein. |
(b) Each Purchaser will indemnify and hold harmless the Company against any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may become subject, under the Act or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any Preliminary Offering Circular, the Pricing Circular, the
Offering Circular, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Company Supplemental
Disclosure Document, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to
state therein a material fact or necessary to make the statements therein 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 any Preliminary Offering
Circular, the Pricing Circular, the Offering Circular or any such amendment or supplement,
or any Company Supplemental Disclosure Document in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by such Purchaser through Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.
expressly for use therein; and will reimburse the Company for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or defending any such
action or claim as such expenses are incurred.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of
notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in
respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify
the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify
the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any
indemnified party otherwise than under such subsection. In case any such action shall be
brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the
commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and,
to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly
notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably 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
shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses
of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case
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subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof
other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the
written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent
to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in
respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the
indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such
settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified
party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a
statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf
of any indemnified party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is unavailable to or
insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above in
respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities
(or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Purchasers on the other from the
offering of the Securities. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately
preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to
give the notice required under subsection (c) above, then each indemnifying party shall
contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the
Company on the one hand and the Purchasers on the other in connection with the statements or
omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative
benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Purchasers on the other shall be
deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before
deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and
commissions received by the Purchasers, in each case as set forth in the Offering Circular.
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 on the one hand or the
Purchasers on the other and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information
and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the
Purchasers agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this
subsection (d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Purchasers were treated
as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take
account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (d). The
amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (d) shall
be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified
party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Purchaser shall be required to
contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the
Securities purchased by it and distributed to investors were offered to investors exceeds
the amount of any damages which such Purchaser has otherwise been required to pay by reason
of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. The Purchasers’
obligations in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their
respective underwriting obligations and not joint.
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(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 9 shall be in addition to any
liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and
conditions, to any affiliate of each Purchaser and each person, if any, who controls any
Purchaser within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of the Purchasers under this
Section 9 shall be in addition to any liability which the respective Purchasers may
otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and
director of the Company and to each person, if any, who controls the Company within the
meaning of the Act.
10. | (a) | If any Purchaser shall default in its obligation to purchase the Securities which it has agreed to purchase hereunder, you may in your discretion arrange for you or another party or other parties to purchase such Securities on the terms contained herein at a Time of Delivery. If within thirty-six hours after such default by any Purchaser you do not arrange for the purchase of such Securities, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of thirty-six hours within which to procure another party or other parties satisfactory to you to purchase such Securities on such terms. In the event that, within the respective prescribed periods, you notify the Company that you have so arranged for the purchase of such Securities, or the Company notifies you that it has so arranged for the purchase of such Securities, you or the Company shall have the right to postpone such Time of Delivery for a period of not more than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Offering Circular, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the Company agrees to prepare promptly any amendments to the Offering Circular which in your opinion may thereby be made necessary. The term “Purchaser” as used in this Agreement shall include any person substituted under this Section with like effect as if such person had originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such Securities. |
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities to
be purchased at such Time of Delivery of a defaulting Purchaser or Purchasers by you and the
Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such
Securities which remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate principal
amount of all the Securities, then the Company shall have the right to require each
non-defaulting Purchaser to purchase the principal amount of Securities which such Purchaser
agreed to purchase hereunder at such Time of Delivery and, in addition, to require each
non-defaulting Purchaser to purchase its pro rata share (based on the principal amount of
Securities which such Purchaser agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Securities of such
defaulting Purchaser or Purchasers for which such arrangements have not been made; but
nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Purchaser from liability for its default.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a
defaulting Purchaser or Purchasers by you and the Company as provided in subsection (a)
above, the aggregate principal amount of Securities which remains unpurchased exceeds
one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities to be purchased at such
Time of Delivery, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in subsection (b)
above to require non-defaulting Purchasers to purchase Securities of a defaulting Purchaser
or Purchasers, then this Agreement (or, with respect to an Optional Time of Delivery, the
obligation of the Purchasers to purchase and of the Company to sell Optional Securities)
shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Purchaser or
the Company, except for the expenses to be borne by the Company and the Purchasers as
provided in Section 6 hereof and the indemnity and contribution agreements in Section 9
hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Purchaser from liability for its
default.
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11. | The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company and the several Purchasers, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of any Purchaser or any controlling person of any Purchaser, or the Company, or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. | |
12. | If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 10 hereof, the Company shall not then be under any liability to any Purchaser except as provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof; but, if for any other reason, any Securities are not delivered by or on behalf of the Company as provided herein, the Company will reimburse the Purchasers through you for all expenses approved in writing by you, including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred by the Purchasers in making preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities, but the Company shall then be under no further liability to any Purchaser except as provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof. | |
13. | In all dealings hereunder, you shall act on behalf of each of the Purchasers, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Purchaser made or given by you jointly or by Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. on behalf of you as the representatives. | |
All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and if to the Purchasers shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to you as the representatives in care of Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co., Xxx Xxx Xxxx Xxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Registration Department; and if to the Company shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the address of the Company set forth in the Offering Circular, Attention: Secretary; provided, however, that any notice to a Purchaser pursuant to Section 9(c) hereof shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such Purchaser at its address set forth in its Purchasers’ Questionnaire, or telex constituting such Questionnaire, which address will be supplied to the Company by you upon request. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof. | ||
14. | This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the Purchasers, the Company and, to the extent provided in Sections 9 and 11 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and each person who controls the Company or any Purchaser, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Securities from any Purchaser shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase. | |
15. | Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. | |
16. | The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the several Purchasers, on the other, (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading to such transaction each Purchaser is acting solely as a principal and not the agent or fiduciary of the Company, (iii) no Purchaser has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Purchaser has advised or is currently advising the Company on other matters) or any other obligation to the Company except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement and (iv) the Company has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate. The Company agrees that it will not claim that the Purchaser, or |
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any of them, has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to the Company, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto. | ||
17. | This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company and the Purchasers, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof. | |
18. | This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. | |
19. | The Company and each of the Purchasers hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. | |
20. | This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such respective counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. | |
21. | Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company (and the Company’s employees, representatives, and other agents) are authorized to disclose to any and all persons, the tax treatment and tax structure of the potential transaction and all materials of any kind (including tax opinions and other tax analyses) provided to the Company relating to that treatment and structure, without the Purchasers’ imposing any limitation of any kind. However, any information relating to the tax treatment and tax structure shall remain confidential (and the foregoing sentence shall not apply) to the extent necessary to enable any person to comply with securities laws. For this purpose, “tax treatment” means US federal and state income tax treatment, and “tax structure” is limited to any facts that may be relevant to that treatment. |
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us a
counterpart hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you, on behalf of each of the Purchasers,
this letter and such acceptance hereof shall constitute a binding agreement between each of the
Purchasers and the Company. It is understood that your acceptance of this letter on behalf of each
of the Purchasers is pursuant to the authority set forth in a form of Agreement among Purchasers,
the form of which shall be submitted to the Company for examination upon request, but without
warranty on your part as to the authority of the signers thereof.
Very truly yours, Horizon Lines, Inc. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Secretary | |||
Accepted as of the date hereof: | ||||
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. | |||
(Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.) | ||||
On behalf of each of the Purchasers |
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SCHEDULE I
Aggregate | ||||||||
Principal | ||||||||
Amount of | ||||||||
Optional | ||||||||
Securities to | ||||||||
Principal | be Purchased | |||||||
Amount of | if Maximum | |||||||
Securities to be | Option | |||||||
Purchased | Exercised | |||||||
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. |
$ | 180,000,000 | $ | 18,000,000 | ||||
Banc of America Securities LLC |
60,000,000 | 6,000,000 | ||||||
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC |
60,000,000 | 6,000,000 | ||||||
Total |
$ | 300,000,000 | $ | 30,000,000 | ||||
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