EXHIBIT 1
$100,000,000
REPUBLIC GROUP INCORPORATED
9.50% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2008
Purchase Agreement
July 10, 1998
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, a division of
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Incorporated
X.X. Xxxxxxx & Sons, Inc.
c/o X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Republic Group Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the "COMPANY"),
proposes to issue and sell to the initial purchasers listed in Schedule I hereto
(the "INITIAL PURCHASERS") $100,000,000 principal amount of its 9.50% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2008 (the "SECURITIES"). The Securities will be issued
pursuant to the provisions of an indenture to be dated as of July 10, 1998 (the
"INDENTURE") between the Company and UMB Bank, N.A., as trustee (the "TRUSTEE").
The sale of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers will be made without
registration of the Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"SECURITIES ACT"), in reliance upon exemptions therefrom.
In connection with the sale of the Securities, the Company has prepared a
preliminary offering memorandum dated June 26, 1998 (the "PRELIMINARY
MEMORANDUM") and has prepared a final offering memorandum dated the date hereof
(the "FINAL MEMORANDUM" and, with the Preliminary Memorandum, collectively, the
"OFFERING MEMORANDUM"), for the information of the Initial Purchasers and for
delivery to prospective purchasers of the Securities. As used herein, the terms
"Preliminary Memorandum" and "Final Memorandum" shall include in each case the
documents incorporated by reference therein. The terms "supplement",
"amendment" and "amend" with respect to the Preliminary Memorandum and the Final
Memorandum shall be deemed to refer to and include
the filing of any document with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"COMMISSION") deemed to be incorporated by reference therein.
The purchasers of the Securities and their direct and indirect transferees
will be entitled to the benefits of a Registration Rights Agreement, to be dated
as of the Closing Date and to be substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A (the "REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT"), pursuant to which the Company
will file one or more registration statements with the Commission registering
with the Commission the Securities or the Exchange Securities referred to (and
as defined) in such Registration Rights Agreement.
It is understood that concurrently with or prior to the closing of the
offering and sale of the Securities, the Company will enter into a credit
agreement with a syndicate of banks led by Xxxxxx Guaranty Trust Company of New
York and NationsBank, N.A. as co-agents, establishing a credit facility (the
"NEW CREDIT FACILITY") in an aggregate principal amount of up to $85 million.
It is further understood that substantially all of the net proceeds from the
offering, together with most of the net proceeds of borrowings under the New
Credit Facility, will be used to finance the construction of a recycled
paperboard mill in Lawton, Oklahoma (the "LAWTON MILL") or to repay indebtedness
incurred in connection therewith. In connection with the construction of the
Lawton Mill, the Company has entered into a long-term supply agreement dated as
of May 15, 1998 with Xxxxx Xxxxxx Gypsum, Inc. (the "XXXXXX CONTACT"), an
equipment purchase agreement dated as of June 26, 1998 with Voith Sulzer Paper
Technology, North America, Inc. (the "VOITH SULZER AGREEMENT") and an
engineering, procurement and construction agreement dated as of June 26, 1998
with Fluor Xxxxxx Inc. (the "FLUOR XXXXXX AGREEMENT", and together with the
Xxxxxx Agreement, the Voith Sulzer Agreement and the New Credit Facility, the
"TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS").
The Company hereby agrees with the Initial Purchasers as follows:
1. The Company agrees to issue and sell the Securities to the several
Initial Purchasers as hereinafter provided, and the Initial Purchasers, upon the
basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to the
conditions hereinafter stated, agree to purchase, severally and not jointly,
from the Company the respective principal amount of Securities set forth
opposite such Initial Purchaser's name in Schedule I hereto at a price (the
"PURCHASE PRICE") equal to 97.375% of their principal amount plus accrued
interest, if any, from July 15, 1998 to the date of payment and delivery.
2. The Company understands that the Initial Purchasers intend (i) to
offer privately and pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act
("REGULATION S") their respective portions of the Securities as soon after this
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Agreement has become effective as in the judgment of the Initial Purchasers is
advisable and (ii) initially to offer the Securities upon the terms set forth in
the Offering Memorandum.
The Company confirms that it has authorized the Initial Purchasers, subject
to the restrictions set forth below, to distribute copies of the Offering
Memorandum in connection with the offering of the Securities. Each Initial
Purchaser hereby makes to the Company the following representations and
agreements:
(i) it is a "qualified institutional buyer" within the meaning of
Rule 144A under the Securities Act; and
(ii) (a) it will not solicit offers for, or offer to sell, the
Securities by any form of general solicitation or general advertising (as
those terms are used in Regulation D under the Securities Act ("REGULATION
D")), including: (i) any advertisement, article, notice or other
communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar medium or
broadcast over television or radio; and (ii any seminar or meeting whose
attendees have been invited by any general solicitation or general
advertising; (B) it will not solicit offers for, or offer to sell, the
Securities in a manner involving a public offering within the meaning of
Section 4(2) of the 1933 Act; and (C) it will solicit offers for the
Securities only from, and will offer and initially sell the Securities only
to, persons who it reasonably believes to be (x) in the case of offers
inside the United States, "qualified institutional buyers" within the
meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act and (y) in the case of offers
outside the United States, to persons other than U.S. persons ("FOREIGN
PURCHASERS", which term shall include dealers or other professional
fiduciaries in the United States acting on a discretionary basis for
foreign beneficial owners (other than an estate or trust)) that, in each
case, in purchasing the Securities are deemed to have represented and
agreed as provided in the Offering Memorandum.
With respect to offers and sales outside the United States, as described in
clause (ii)(B)(y) above, each Initial Purchaser hereby represents and agrees
with the Company that:
(i) it understands that no action has been or will be taken by the
Company that would permit a public offering of the Securities, or
possession or distribution of the Offering Memorandum or any other offering
or publicity material relating to the Securities, in any country or
jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required;
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(ii) it will comply with all applicable laws and regulations in each
jurisdiction in which it acquires, offers, sells or delivers Securities or
has in its possession or distributes the Offering Memorandum or any such
other material, in all cases at its own expense;
(iii) it understands that the Securities have not been and will not
be registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold
within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S.
persons except in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act or
pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the
registration requirements of the Securities Act;
(iv) it has offered the Securities and will offer and sell the
Securities (x) as part of its distribution at any time and (y) otherwise
until 40 days after the later of the commencement of the offering and the
Closing Date, only in accordance with Rule 903 of Regulation S.
Accordingly, neither such Initial Purchaser, nor any of its Affiliates, nor
any persons acting on its behalf has engaged or will engage in any directed
selling efforts (within the meaning of Regulation S) with respect to the
Securities, and such Initial Purchaser, its Affiliates and any such persons
have complied and will comply with the offering restrictions requirement of
Regulation S; and
(v) it agrees that, at or prior to confirmation of sales of the
Securities, it will have sent to each distributor, dealer or person
receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration that purchases
Securities from it during the distribution compliance period a confirmation
or notice to substantially the following effect:
"The Securities covered hereby have not been registered under the
U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "SECURITIES ACT"), and
may not be offered and sold within the United States or to, or for
the account or benefit of, U.S. persons (i) as part of their
distribution at any time or (ii) otherwise prior to 40 days after the
closing of the offering, except in either case in accordance with
Regulation S (or Rule 144A, if available) under the Securities Act.
Terms used above have the meaning given to them by Regulation S."
Terms used in this Section 2 and not otherwise defined in this Agreement
have the meanings given to them by Regulation S.
3. Payment for the Securities shall be made by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account specified by the Company at 9:00
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A.M. on July 15, 1998, or at such other time on the same or such other date, not
later than the fifth Business Day thereafter, as the Initial Purchasers and the
Company may agree upon in writing. The time and date of such payment are
referred to herein as the "CLOSING DATE". As used herein, the term "BUSINESS
DAY" means any day other than a day on which banks are permitted or required to
be closed in New York City.
Payment for the Securities shall be made against delivery of the
certificates evidencing the Securities registered in such names and issued in
such denominations as the Initial Purchasers shall request no later than two
Business Days prior to the Closing Date, at the office of Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx,
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 or at such other location as the
Initial Purchasers and the Company may agree, with any transfer taxes payable in
connection with the transfer to the Initial Purchasers of the Securities duly
paid by the Company. The certificates for the Securities will be made available
for inspection by the Initial Purchasers at the office of X.X. Xxxxxx Securities
Inc. at the address set forth above not later than 10:00 A.M., New York City
time, on the Business Day prior to the Closing Date.
4. The Company represents and warrants to each Initial Purchaser that:
(a) the Preliminary Memorandum did not, as of its date, and the
Final Memorandum will not, in the form used by the Initial Purchasers to
confirm sales of the Securities and as of the Closing Date, contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances existing at such dates, 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 relating
to any Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company in writing by such
Initial Purchaser expressly for use therein;
(b) the documents incorporated by reference in the Final
Memorandum, when they were filed with the Commission, conformed in all
material respects to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "EXCHANGE ACT"), and none of such documents contained
an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; and any further documents so
filed and incorporated by reference in the Final Memorandum, when such
documents are filed with the Commission, will conform in all material
respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act, and will not contain an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
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a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(c) the financial statements, and the related notes thereto,
included or incorporated by reference in the Offering Memorandum present
fairly the consolidated financial position of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of
their operations and the changes in their consolidated cash flows for the
periods specified; and said financial statements have been prepared in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and practices
applied on a consistent basis (it being understood that the unaudited
financial statements do not contain complete footnotes and are subject to
normal fiscal year-end adjustments);
(d) since the respective dates as of which information is given in
the Preliminary Memorandum and Final Memorandum, there has not been any
decrease in the capital stock or increase in long-term debt of the Company
or any of its subsidiaries otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in
the Offering Memorandum, or any material adverse change or any development
involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting (i)(x) the
expected timetable for the construction, start-up, commercial production
and full operation of the Lawton Mill, (y) the anticipated cost of
construction of the Lawton Mill and (z) the expected quantitative and
qualitative production capability of the Lawton Mill, in each case as
contemplated by the Offering Memorandum (collectively, the "LAWTON MILL
DEVELOPMENT") or (ii) the general affairs, business, prospects, 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 Offering Memorandum; and except as set forth or
contemplated in the Offering Memorandum, neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has entered into any transaction or agreement (whether or not
in the ordinary course of business) material to the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(e) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing
as a corporation in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its
properties and conduct its business as described in the Offering Memoran
dum, 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, other than where the failure
to be so qualified or in good standing would not have a material adverse
effect on the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole;
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(f) each of the Company's subsidiaries has been duly incorporated
and is validly existing as a corporation under the laws of its jurisdiction
of incorporation, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its
properties and conduct its business as described in the Offering
Memorandum, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the
transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each
jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any
business, so as to require such qualification, other than where the failure
to be so qualified or in good standing would not have a material adverse
effect on the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and all the
outstanding shares of capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company have
been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully-paid and non-assessable,
and, except as set forth on Exhibit B, are owned by the Company, directly
or indirectly, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security
interests and claims;
(g) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Company and constitutes the valid and binding agreement of the
Company;
(h) the Securities have been duly authorized, and, when executed,
authenticated and issued under the Indenture and delivered to and paid for
by the Initial Purchasers, will have been duly executed, authenticated,
issued and delivered and will constitute valid and binding obligations of
the Company entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture; the
Indenture has been duly authorized and, when executed and delivered by the
Company and the Trustee, will constitute a valid and binding instrument of
the Company; and the Securities and the Indenture conform in all material
respects to the descriptions thereof in the Offering Memorandum;
(i) the Exchange Securities have been duly authorized, and, when
authenticated and issued under the Indenture and delivered in exchange for
the Securities upon consummation of the Exchange Offer (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement) in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement, will have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and
delivered and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company
entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture;
(j) the Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by, and is a valid and binding instrument of, the
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Company; and the Registration Rights Agreement conforms to the description
thereof in the Offering Memorandum;
(k) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is, or with the
giving of notice or lapse of time or both would be, in violation of or in
default under (i) its Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws, (ii) any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or loan agreement or (iii) any other
agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
a party or by which it or any of them or any of their respective properties
is bound, except for violations and defaults which individually and in the
aggregate are not material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a
whole or to the holders of the Securities; the issue and sale of the
Securities and the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of
its obligations under the Securities, the Indenture, the Registration
Rights Agreement, this Agreement and the Transaction Documents and the
consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated will not
conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of,
or constitute a default under, or, except as contemplated pursuant to the
Loan Documents (as defined in the New Credit Facility) result in the
creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property
or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, 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 except for
conflicts with, breaches of or defaults under agreements (other than any
indenture or loan agreements) which individually and in the aggregate are
not material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or to the
holders of the Securities, nor will any such action result in any violation
of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the
Company or any applicable law or statute or any order, rule or regulation
of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the
Company, its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties except for
violations (other than violations of the Certificate of Incorporation or
the By-Laws of the Company) which individually and in the aggregate are not
material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or to the
holders of the Securities; and, except for the recording of the Mortgage
(as defined in the New Credit Facility) and for the filing of Uniform
Commercial Code financing statements as contemplated by the Loan Documents,
no consent, approval, authorization, order, license, registration,
qualification or notice of or with any 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
Registration Rights
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Agreement, the Indenture or the Transaction Documents, except such
consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, licenses, registrations,
qualifications or notices (i) as may be required under (A) state securities
or Blue Sky Laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the
Securities by the Initial Purchasers or (B) under the Securities Act with
respect to the registration of the Exchange Securities pursuant to the
terms of the Registration Rights Agreement and the qualification of the
Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, or (ii in the
case of consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, licenses,
registrations, qualifications or notices with respect to the Lawton Mill
Development, such as are not, in the good faith business judgment of the
Company's management, required to be obtained as of the date hereof and as
of the Closing Date in order to meet the time schedule and cost estimates
for the Lawton Mill Development contemplated by the Offering Memorandum;
(l) except as set forth in the Offering Memorandum, there are no
legal or governmental investigations, actions, suits or proceedings pending
or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or
to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may be a party or to
which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may be
the subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, could individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected
to have, a material adverse effect on the general affairs, business,
prospects, management, financial position, stockholders' equity or results
of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(m) neither the Company, nor any affiliate (as defined in Rule
501(b) of Regulation D) of the Company has directly, or through any agent,
sold, offered for sale, solicited offers to buy or otherwise negotiated in
respect of, any security (as defined in the Securities Act) which is or
will be integrated with the sale of the Securities in a manner that would
require the registration under the Securities Act of the offering
contemplated by the Offering Memorandum;
(n) none of the Company, any affiliate (as defined in Rule 501(b)
of Regulation D) of the Company or any person acting on behalf of any of
them has offered or sold the Securities by means of any general
solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) under
the Securities Act or, with respect to Securities sold outside the United
States to non-U.S. persons (as defined in Rule 902 under the Securities
Act) by means of any directed selling efforts within the meaning of Rule
902 under the Securities Act and the Company, any affiliate of the Company
and any person acting on behalf of any of them has complied
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with and will implement the "offering restrictions" requirements of
Regulation S;
(o) the Securities satisfy the requirements set forth in Rule
144A(d)(3) under the Securities Act;
(p) assuming the accuracy of the representations of the Initial
Purchasers contained in Section 2 hereof, it is not necessary in connection
with the offer, sale and delivery of the Securities in the manner
contemplated by this Agreement to register the Securities under the
Securities Act or to qualify an indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended;
(q) the Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and
sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as
described in the Final Memorandum, will not be an "investment company", as
defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
(r) Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP, who have certified certain financial
statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, are independent public
accountants with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries as required by
the Securities Act;
(s) each of the Transaction Documents has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by, and constitutes a valid and binding obligation
of, the Company and/or one or more of its subsidiaries, as applicable; each
of the Transaction Documents is in full force and effect as of the date
hereof and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor, to the
knowledge of the Company, any of the other parties thereto, is, or with the
giving of notice or lapse of time or both would be, in violation of or in
default under any of the Transaction Documents, except for violations and
defaults which individually or in the aggregate would not be material to
the Lawton Mill Development, to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a
whole or to the issuance and sale of the Securities;
(t) the Company and its subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire
on reasonable terms, all patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions,
copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or
unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or
procedures), trademarks, service marks and trade names or licenses with
respect thereto, currently employed by them in connection with the business
now operated by them or necessary for the Lawton Mill Development except
where the failure to own, possess or have the ability
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to acquire the same could not, individually or in the aggregate, be
reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on the condition,
financial or otherwise, or on the earnings, business or operations of the
Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or on the Lawton Mill
Development, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has
received any notice of infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of
others with respect to any of the foregoing which, singly or in the
aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding,
would result in any material adverse change in the condition, financial or
otherwise, or on the earnings, business or operations of the Company and
its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or on the Lawton Mill Development;
(u) the Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title
in fee simple to all material items of real property and good and
marketable title to all material personal property owned by them, in each
case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as
are described or referred to in the Offering Memorandum or such as do not
materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the
use made or 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, existing and
enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not
interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such property and
buildings by the Company or its subsidiaries;
(v) the Company and its subsidiaries have led all material Federal,
state, and local tax returns which have been required to be filed and have
paid all taxes shown thereon and all assessments received by them or any of
them to the extent that such taxes have become due and are not being
contested in good faith; and, except as disclosed in the Offering
Memorandum there is no tax deficiency which has been or might reasonably be
expected to be asserted or threatened against the Company or any subsidiary
which could reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect on
the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole ;
(w) each of the Company and its subsidiaries owns, possesses or has
obtained all licenses, permits, certificates, consents, orders, approvals
and other authorizations from, and has made all declarations and filings
with, all Federal, state, local and other governmental authorities
(including regulatory agencies) and all courts and other tribunals
necessary to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its
properties and to carry on its business as conducted as of the date hereof,
and to effect the Lawton Mill Development (except for licenses, permits,
certificates, consents, approvals and other authorizations the failure to
own, possess or obtain
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which could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on
the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, and except for licenses,
permits, certificates, consents, approvals and other authorizations with
respect to the Lawton Mill Development that are not, in the good faith
business judgment of the Company's management, required to be obtained as
of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date in order to meet the time
schedule and cost estimates for the Lawton Mill Development), and neither
the Company nor any such subsidiary has received any notice of any
proceedings relating to revocation or modification of any such license,
permit, certificate, consent, order, approval or other authorization which
revocation or modification could reasonably be expected to have, a material
adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or on
the Xxxxxx Mill Development, and each of the Company and its subsidiaries
is in compliance with all laws and regulations relating to the conduct of
its business as conducted as of the date hereof except for violations which
individually and in the aggregate are not material to the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(x) there are no existing or, to the best knowledge of the Company,
threatened labor disputes with the employees of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries which could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
effect on the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(y) except as set forth in the Offering Memorandum, the Company and
its subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable Federal,
state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human
health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or
wastes, pollutants or contaminants ("ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS"), (ii) have
received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under
applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and
(iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit,
license or approval, except where such noncompliance with Environmental
Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or
failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses
or approvals would not have, or would not reasonably be expected to have, a
material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole;
(z) the Company has reasonably concluded that the costs and
liabilities associated with Environmental Laws (including, without
limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up,
closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit,
license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities
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and any potential liabilities to third parties) of the Company and its
subsidiaries will not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and
(aa) none of the Company's subsidiaries is organized under the laws
of, or has its principal place of business in, a jurisdiction located
outside of the United States.
5. The Company covenants and agrees with each of the several Initial
Purchasers as follows:
(a) to deliver to the Initial Purchasers as many copies of the
Preliminary Memorandum, the Final Memorandum and any documents incorporated
by reference therein (including any amendments and supplements thereto) as
the Initial Purchasers may reasonably request;
(b) before distributing any amendment or supplement to the Offering
Memorandum, to furnish to the Initial Purchasers a copy of the proposed
amendment or supplement for review and not to distribute any such proposed
amendment or supplement to which the Initial Purchasers reasonably object;
(c) if, at any time prior to the completion of the initial
placement of the Securities, any event shall occur as a result of which it
is necessary to amend or supplement the Offering Memorandum in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the
Offering Memorandum is delivered to the Initial Purchasers, not misleading,
or if it is necessary to amend or supplement the Offering Memorandum to
comply with law, forthwith to prepare and furnish, at the expense of the
Company, to the Initial Purchasers and to the dealers (whose names and
addresses the Initial Purchasers will furnish to the Company) to which
Securities may have been sold by the Initial Purchasers on behalf of the
Initial Purchasers and to any other dealers upon request, such amendments
or supplements to the Offering Memorandum as may be necessary so that the
statements in the Offering Memorandum as so amended or supplemented will
not, in the light of the circumstances when the Offering Memorandum is
delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Offering Memorandum
will comply with law;
(d) to endeavor to qualify the Securities for offer and sale under
the securities or Blue Sky laws of such United States state or territorial
jurisdictions as the Initial Purchasers shall reasonably request and to
continue such qualification in effect so long as reasonably required for
distribution of the Securities; provided that the Company shall not be
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required to register or qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a
general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction;
(e) for a period of three years beginning on the date hereof, to
furnish to the Initial Purchasers copies of all reports or other
communications (financial or other) furnished to holders of Securities, and
copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with
the Commission (other than those portions as to which confidential
treatment has been requested) or any national securities exchange or inter-
dealer quotation system;
(f) during the period beginning on the date hereof and continuing
to and including the Business Day following the Closing Date, not to offer,
sell, contract to sell (except pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement), or otherwise dispose of any debt securities of or guaranteed by
the Company which are substantially similar to the Securities without the
prior written consent of the Initial Purchasers;
(g) to use the net proceeds received by the Company from the sale
of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement in the manner specified in the
Offering Memorandum under the caption "Use of Proceeds";
(h) to use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Securities to
be eligible for the PORTAL trading system of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. (the Company hereby confirms that it has
authorized the Initial Purchasers to take steps necessary for that
purpose);
(i) to use its reasonable best efforts to have the Securities
accepted for settlement through DTC, and if requested by the Initial
Purchasers, Euroclear and Cedel (the Company hereby confirms that it has
authorized the Initial Purchasers to take steps necessary for that
purpose);
(j) during the period of two years after the Closing Date, 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 that
have been reacquired by any of them; provided that any individual that is
an affiliate of the Company may resell Securities if such Securities upon
acquisition by the purchaser thereof are freely tradeable under the 1933
Act.
(k) whether or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement
are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, to pay or cause to be paid
all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations
hereunder, including without limiting the generality of the
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foregoing, all fees, costs and expenses (i) incident to the preparation,
issuance, execution, authentication and delivery of the Securities,
including any expenses of the Trustee, (ii incident to the preparation,
printing and distribution of the Preliminary Memorandum and the Final
Memorandum (including in each case all exhibits, amendments and supplements
thereto), (ii incurred in connection with the registration or qualification
and determination of eligibility for investment of the Securities under the
laws of such United States state or territorial jurisdictions as the
Initial Purchasers may designate (including reasonable fees of counsel for
the Initial Purchasers and their disbursements), (iv in connection with the
approval for trading of the Securities on any securities exchange or inter-
dealer quotation system (as well as in connection with the designation of
the Securities as PORTAL securities), (v) in connection with the printing
(including word processing and duplication costs) and delivery of this
Agreement, the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement, any Blue Sky
Memorandum and the furnishing to the Initial Purchasers and dealers of
copies of the Offering Memorandum, including mailing and shipping, as
herein provided, (vi related to any filing with the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. with respect to the Securities or Exchange
Securities, (vi payable to rating agencies in connection with the rating of
the Securities, and (vi any expenses incurred by the Company in connection
with a "road show" presentation to potential investors;
(l) the Company will not take any action prohibited by Regulation M
under the Exchange Act, in connection with the distribution of the
Securities contemplated hereby;
(m) none of the Company, any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule
501(b) of Regulation D) or any person acting on behalf of the Company or
such affiliate will solicit any offer to buy or offer or sell the
Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or general
advertising, including: (i) any advertisement, article, notice or other
communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar medium or
broadcast over television or radio; and (ii any seminar or meeting whose
attendees have been invited by any general solicitation or general
advertising;
(n) none of the Company, any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule
144(a)(1) under the Securities Act) or any person acting on behalf of any
of them will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the
Securities within the meaning of Regulation S;
(o) none of the Company, any of its affiliates (as defined in
Regulation 501(b) of Regulation D) or any person acting on behalf of
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them will sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise
negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in the Securities Act)
which will be integrated with the sale of the Securities in a manner which
would require the registration under the Securities Act of the Securities,
and the Company will take all action that is appropriate or necessary to
assure that its offerings of other securities will not be integrated for
purposes of the Securities Act with the offerings contemplated hereby;
(p) to comply with all of the terms and conditions of the
Registration Rights Agreement; and
(q) prior to any registration of the Securities pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement, or at such earlier time as may be so
required, to qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939,
as amended (the "TIA"), and to enter into any necessary supplemental
indentures in connection therewith.
6. The several obligations of the Initial Purchasers hereunder to
purchase the Securities on the Closing Date are subject to the performance by
the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional
conditions:
(a) the representations and warranties of the Company contained
herein are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date as if made on and
as of the Closing Date and the Company shall have complied with all
agreements and all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied
hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date;
(b) subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and
prior to the Closing Date, there shall not have occurred any downgrading,
nor shall any notice have been given of (i) any downgrading, (ii) any
intended or potential downgrading or (iii) any review or possible change
that does not indicate an improvement, in the rating accorded any
securities of or guaranteed by the Company by any "nationally recognized
statistical rating organization", as such term is defined for purposes of
Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act;
(c) since the respective dates as of which information is given in
the Offering Memorandum, there shall not have been any decrease in the
capital stock or increase in the long-term debt of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the
Offering Memorandum, or any material adverse change or any development
which could reasonably be expected to result in a prospective material
adverse change, in or affecting the Xxxxxx Mill Development or the general
affairs, business, prospects, management, financial position, stockholders'
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equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken
as a whole, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Offering
Memorandum, the effect of which in the judgment of the Initial Purchasers
makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or the
delivery of the Securities on the Closing Date on the terms and in the
manner contemplated in the Offering Memorandum; and neither the Company nor
any of its subsidiaries has sustained since the date of the latest audited
financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Offering
Memorandum 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 Offering Memorandum;
(d) the Initial Purchasers shall have received on and as of the
Closing Date a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by Xxxx Xxxxxxx,
the chief executive officer of the Company, and Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, the chief
financial officer of the Company, satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers to
the effect set forth in Sections 6 and 6 and to the further effect that (i)
there has not occurred any material adverse change, or any development
which would reasonably be expected to result in a prospective material
adverse change, in or affecting (A) the Xxxxxx Mill Development or (B) the
general affairs, business, prospects, management, financial position,
stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole from that set forth or contemplated in the
Offering Memorandum and (ii neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries
has sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements
included or incorporated by reference in the Offering Memorandum 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 to decree, otherwise than as
set forth or contemplated in the Offering Memorandum;
(e) Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Rain Xxxxxxx (A Professional Corporation),
counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Initial Purchasers
their written opinion, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, to the effect that:
(i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of incorporation, with corporate power and authority to
own its properties and conduct its business as described in the
Offering Memorandum;
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(ii) the Company 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, other than where the failure to be so qualified or in
good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Company
and its subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(iii) each of the Company's significant subsidiaries as
defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X has been duly incorporated and
is validly existing as a corporation under the laws of its
jurisdiction of incorporation, with corporate power and authority to
own its properties and conduct its business as described in the
Offering Memorandum, 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, other than where the failure to be so qualified and in
good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Company
and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and, except as set forth on
Exhibit B hereto, all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of
each subsidiary, have been duly and validly authorized and issued,
are fully paid and non-assessable, and are owned directly or
indirectly by the Company, to the best knowledge of such counsel free
and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims;
(iv) other than as described in the Offering Memorandum, to
the best of such counsel's knowledge (after due inquiry of the
Company) there are no legal or governmental investigations, actions,
suits or proceedings pending or threatened against or affecting the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective
properties or to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or
may be a party or to which any property of the Company or its
subsidiaries is or may be the subject which, if determined adversely
to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, could individually or in
the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
effect on the general affairs, business, prospects, management,
financial position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of
the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(v) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company;
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(vi) the Securities have been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company and, when duly authenticated in accordance
with the terms of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the
Initial Purchasers in accordance with the terms of this Agreement,
will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company entitled
to the benefits provided by the Indenture; and the Securities and the
Indenture conform in all material respects to the descriptions
thereof in the Offering Memorandum;
(vii) the Exchange Securities have been duly authorized, and,
when authenticated and issued under the Indenture and delivered in
exchange for the Securities upon consummation of the Exchange Offer
(as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) in accordance with
the Registration Rights Agreement, will have been duly executed,
authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute valid and
binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits provided
by the Indenture;
(viii) the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company and constitutes a valid and binding
agreement of the Company;
(ix) the Registration Rights Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by, and is a valid and binding
agreement of, the Company, except that no opinion need be expressed
with respect to the effect of federal or state securities laws and
principles of public policy on the rights of indemnification and
contribution contained therein;
(x) each of the Transaction Documents has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes a
valid and binding instrument of the Company;
(xi) to the knowledge of such counsel, neither the Company
nor any of its subsidiaries is, or with the giving of notice or lapse
of time or both would be, in violation of or in default under, its
Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws; to the knowledge of such
counsel, the issue and sale of the Securities and the execution,
delivery and performance by the Company of its obligations under the
Securities, the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement, this
Agreement and the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the
transactions herein and therein contemplated will not conflict with
or result in a breach of any of
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the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or, except
as expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents, result in the
creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any
property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, under
any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other
agreement or instrument known to such counsel, nor will any such
action result in any violation of the provisions of the Certificate
of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Company or any applicable law
or statute or any order, rule or regulation that in our experience is
typically applicable to transactions of the type contemplated by the
Transaction Documents (and in any case excluding such violations as
would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its
subsidiaries as a whole) of any court or governmental agency or bo dy
having jurisdiction over the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any
of their respective properties;
(xii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, license,
registration, qualification or notice of, or with or to any court or
governmental agency or body is required for the issue and sale of the
Securities or the consummation of the other transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement or the Indenture
(but excluding the Transaction Documents), except such consents,
approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be
required under (A) state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection
with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Initial
Purchasers or (B) state securities or Blue Sky laws or the Securities
Act with respect to the registration of the Exchange Securities
pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement and the
qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939,
as amended;
(xiii) based upon the representations, warranties and
agreements of the Company in this Agreement (other than the
representations and warranties set forth in Section 4(p)) and of the
Initial Purchasers in Section 2 of this Agreement (other than the
representations and agreements set forth in Section 2(ii)(B)) and on
the truth and accuracy of the representations and agreements deemed
to be made by purchasers of the Securities contained in the Final
Memorandum, it is not necessary in connection with the offer, sale
and delivery of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers under this
Agreement or in connection with the initial resale of such Securities
by the Initial Purchasers in accordance with Section 2 of this
Agreement to register the Securities under the Securities
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Act or to qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended; provided however that such counsel need not express
any opinion with respect to the conditions under which the Securities
may be further resold;
(xiv) the Securities satisfy the requirements set forth in
Rule 144A(d)(3) under the Securities Act;
(xv) the statements in the Offering Memorandum under
"Business--The Xxxxxx Mill", "Business--The Xxxxxx Agreement",
"Business--Environmental Regulation", "Business--Legal Proceedings",
"Description of New Credit Facility", "Description of Notes", "Plan
of Distribution" (other than the last three paragraphs under such
caption) and "Notice to Investors", insofar as such statements
constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings
referred to therein, accurately present in all material respects such
legal matters, documents or proceedings;
(xvi) the Company is not and, after giving effect to the
offering and sale of the Securities and the application of proceeds
thereof as described in the Offering Memorandum, will not be, an
"investment company", as defined in the Investment Company Act; and
(xvii) such counsel (A) is of the opinion that each document
filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act and
incorporated by reference in the Final Memorandum (except for the
financial statements or other financial and statistical information
included therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion)
complied as to form in all material respects, when filed with the
Commission, with the Exchange Act; and (B) no facts have come to the
attention of such counsel that lead such counsel to believe that
(except for the financial statements or other financial and
statistical information included or incorporated by reference therein
as to which such counsel need express no belief) the Final Memorandum
as of its date of issuance, or as amended or supplemented, if
applicable, as of the Closing Date, contained or contains any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
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In rendering such opinions, such counsel may (A) as to matters involving
the application of laws other than the laws of the State of Texas, the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the Federal securities laws of the
United States, to the extent such counsel deems proper and to the extent
specified in such opinion, if at all, either (x) rely upon an opinion or
opinions (reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers' counsel) of other
counsel, reasonably acceptable to the Initial Purchasers' counsel, familiar with
the applicable laws or (y) for purposes of expressing its opinion assume (1)
with respect to the Securities, Exchange Securities, Indenture, Registration
Rights Agreement, New Credit Facility and this Agreement, that New York law is
the same as Texas law, (2) with respect to the Fluor Xxxxxx Agreement, that
Oklahoma law is the same as Texas law, and (3) with respect to the Voith Sulzer
Agreement, that California law is the same as Texas law; and (B) rely as to
matters of fact, to the extent such counsel deems proper, on certificates of
responsible officers of the Company and certificates or other written statements
of officials of jurisdictions having custody of documents respecting the
corporate existence or good standing of the Company and its subsidiaries. The
opinion of such counsel for the Company shall state that the opinion of any such
other counsel upon which they relied is in form satisfacto ry to such counsel
and, in such counsel's opinion, the Initial Purchasers and they are justified in
relying thereon. With respect to the matters to be covered in Section
6(e)(xvii) above counsel may state their opinion and belief is based upon their
participation in the preparation of the Offering Memorandum and any amendment or
supplement thereto but is without independent check or verification except as
specified.
The opinion of Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Rain Xxxxxxx (A Professional Corporation)
described above shall be rendered to the Initial Purchasers at the request of
the Company and shall so state therein.
(f) on the date of the issuance of the Offering Memorandum and also
on the Closing Date, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP shall have furnished to the
Initial Purchasers letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof,
in form and substance satisfactory to you, containing statements and
information of the type customarily included in accountants "comfort
letters" to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and
certain financial information contained in the Offering Memorandum;
(g) all of the conditions to borrowing under the New Credit
Facility shall have been satisfied and not waived and the New Credit
Facility shall have been executed by each of the parties thereto and shall
be in full force and effect;
(h) the Initial Purchasers shall have received on and as of the
Closing Date an opinion of Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx, counsel to the Initial
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Purchasers, as to such matters as you reasonably request, in form and
substance satisfactory to you; and
(i) on or prior to the Closing Date the Company shall have
furnished to you such further certificates and documents as you shall
reasonably request.
7. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial
Purchaser, each person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser and, each
affiliate of any Initial Purchaser which assists such Initial Purchaser in the
distribution of the Securities within the meaning of either Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all
losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including without limitation the legal
fees and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with any suit, action
or proceeding or any claim asserted) caused by any breach or alleged breach of
any of the representatives and warranties contained in Section 4, breach or
alleged breach of any of the covenants contained in subparagraphs (l), (m), (n)
and (o) of Section 5 or any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the Offering Memorandum (and any amendment or
supplement thereto if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or
supplements thereto) or the Preliminary Memorandum, or caused by any omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as
such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any untrue statement
or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in
conformity with information relating to any Initial Purchaser furnished to the
Company in writing by such Initial Purchaser expressly for use therein; provided
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that the foregoing indemnity with respect to any preliminary offering memorandum
shall not inure to the benefit of any Initial Purchaser (or to the benefit of
any person controlling such Initial Purchaser) from whom the person asserting
such losses, claims, damages or liabilities purchased Securities if such untrue
statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in the
Preliminary Memorandum is eliminated or remedied in the Final Memorandum (as
amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or
supplements thereto to such Initial Purchaser prior to the confirmation of the
sale of such Securities to such person by such Initial Purchaser) and a copy of
the Final Memorandum (as so amended or supplemented) shall not have been
furnished to such person in connection with the sale of such Securities to such
person, to the extent such claims asserted by such person do not include
allegations of other untrue statements or omissions made in the Final
Memorandum.
Each Initial Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and
hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers and each person who
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controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and
Section 20 of the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity
from the Company to each Initial Purchaser, but only with reference to
information relating to such Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company in
writing by such Initial Purchaser expressly for use in the Offering Memorandum
or any amendment or supplement thereto.
If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory
investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person
in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to either of the two
preceding paragraphs, such person (the "INDEMNIFIED PERSON") shall promptly
notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the "INDEMNIFYING
PERSON") in writing, and the Indemnifying Person, upon request of the
Indemnified Person, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person and any others the
Indemnifying Person may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and
expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding,
any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the
fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified
Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have
mutually agreed to the contrary, (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within
a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified
Person or (iii) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any
impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified
Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be
inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It
is understood that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any
proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the
fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local
counsel and counsel for the Indemnifying Person) for all Indemnified Persons,
and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred
reasonably promptly after receipt by the Indemnifying Party of a request
therefor by the Indemnified Party. Any such separate firm for the Initial
Purchasers, each affiliate of any Initial Purchaser which assists such Initial
Purchaser in the distribution of the Securities and such control persons of
Initial Purchasers shall be designated in writing by X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
and any such separate firm for the Company, its directors, its officers and such
control persons of the Company shall be designated in writing by the Company.
The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding
effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if
there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to
indemnify any Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by
reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence,
if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested an Indemnifying Person
to reimburse the Indemnified Person
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for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the second and third
sentence of this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person agrees that it shall be
liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent
if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 120 days after receipt by such
Indemnifying Person of the aforesaid request and (ii) such Indemnifying Person
shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request
prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the
prior written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any
pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is
or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by
such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement includes an unconditional
release of such Indemnified Person from all liability on claims that are the
subject matter of such proceeding.
If the indemnification provided for in the first and second paragraphs of
this Section 7 is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in
respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then
each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such
Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by
such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on
the other hand 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 on the one
hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other in connection with the statements
or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as
well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits
received by the Company on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other
shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds
from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the
total discounts and commissions received by the Initial Purchasers, in each case
as set forth in the table on the cover of the Offering Memorandum, bear to the
aggregate offering price of the Securities. The relative fault of the Company
on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact
relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Initial Purchasers and
the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity
to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The Company and the Initial Purchasers agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata
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allocation (even if the Initial Purchasers were treated as one entity for such
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purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph.
The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses,
claims, damages and liabilities referred to in the immediately preceding
paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth
above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in
connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, in no event shall the Initial
Purchasers be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which
the total price at which the Securities purchased by it were offered exceeds the
amount of any damages that the Initial Purchasers has otherwise been required to
pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning
of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from
any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Initial
Purchasers' obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in
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proportion to the respective principal amount of the Securities set forth
opposite their names in Schedule I hereto, and not joint.
The remedies provided for in this Section 7 are not exclusive and shall not
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limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any indemnified
party at law or in equity.
The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 7 and
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the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement
shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any
termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of
any Initial Purchaser or any person controlling any Initial Purchaser or by or
on behalf of the Company, its officers or directors or any other person
controlling the Company and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the
Securities.
8. Notwithstanding anything herein contained, this Agreement may be
terminated in the absolute discretion of the Initial Purchasers by notice given
to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior
to the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or
materially limited on or by, as the case may be, any of the New York Stock
Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc., (ii) trading of any securities of or guaranteed by the Company
shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market,
(iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities in New York shall
have been declared by either Federal or New York State authorities, or (iv)
there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any
change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis that, in the judgment of
the Initial Purchasers, is material and adverse and which, in the judgment of
the Initial Purchasers, makes
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it impracticable to market the Securities on the terms and in the manner
contemplated in the Offering Memorandum.
9. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery
hereof by the parties hereto.
If, on the Closing Date any one or more of the Initial Purchasers shall
fail or refuse to purchase Securities which it or they have agreed to purchase
hereunder on such date, and the aggregate principal amount of Securities which
such defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed but failed or
refused to purchase is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount
of the Securities to be purchased on such date, the other Initial Purchasers
shall be obligated severally in the proportions that the principal amount of
Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule I bears to the
aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of all
such non-defaulting Initial Purchasers, or in such other proportions as the
Initial Purchasers may specify, to purchase the Securities which such defaulting
Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed but failed or refused to purchase
on such date; provided that in no event shall the principal amount of Securities
that any Initial Purchaser has agreed to purchase pursuant to Section 1 be
increased pursuant to this Section 9 by an amount in excess of one-ninth of such
principal amount of Securities without the written consent of such Initial
Purchaser. If, on the Closing Date any Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers
shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities which it or they have agreed to
purchase hereunder on such date, and the aggregate principal amount of
Securities with respect to which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of
the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be purchased on such date, and
arrangements satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers and the Company for the
purchase of such Securities are not made within 36 hours after such default,
this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-
defaulting Initial Purchaser or the Company. In any such case either the
Initial Purchasers or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing
Date, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order that the required
changes, if any, in the Offering Memorandum or in any other documents or
arrangements may be effected. Any action taken under this paragraph shall not
relieve any defaulting Initial Purchaser from liability in respect of any
default of such Initial Purchaser under this Agreement.
10. If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Initial Purchasers, or
any of them, because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Company to
comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, or
if for any reason the Company shall be unable to perform its obligations under
this Agreement (other than such inability as results from the default hereunder
of one or more Initial Purchaser) or any condition of the Initial Purchasers'
obligations cannot be fulfilled, the Company agrees to reimburse the Initial
Purchasers or
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such Initial Purchasers as have so terminated this Agreement with respect to
themselves, severally, for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and
expenses of their counsel) reasonably incurred by such Initial Purchasers in
connection with this Agreement or the offering contemplated hereunder.
11. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
Company, the Initial Purchasers, each affiliate of any Initial Purchaser which
assists such Initial Purchaser in the distribution of the Securities, any
controlling persons referred to herein and their respective successors and
assigns. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall
be construed to give any other person, firm or corporation any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any
provision herein contained. No initial purchaser of Securities from any Initial
Purchaser shall be deemed to be a successor by reason of such purchase.
12. Any action by the Initial Purchasers hereunder or under the
Registration Rights Agreement may be taken by the Initial Purchasers jointly or
by X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. alone on behalf of the Initial Purchasers, and
any such action taken by the Initial Purchasers jointly or by X.X. Xxxxxx
Securities Inc. alone shall be binding upon the Initial Purchasers. All notices
and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to
have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of
telecommunication. Notices to the Initial Purchasers shall be given to X.X.
Xxxxxx Securities Inc., 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (telefax: 212-
648-5348); Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Syndicate Department. Notices to the
Company shall be given to it at1320 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxx
00000-0000 (telefax: 316-727-2727)); Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxx, and at 000 Xxxx
00xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx 00000 (telefax: 316-727-2727); Attention: Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxx.
13. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall be
an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
14. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICTS OF
LAWS PROVISIONS THEREOF.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign
below.
Very truly yours,
REPUBLIC GROUP INCORPORATED
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President Finance
Accepted: July 15, 1998
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.
XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXX,
a division of Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Incorporated
X.X. XXXXXXX & SONS, INC.
By: X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Managing Director
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SCHEDULE I
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
OF SECURITIES
INITIAL PURCHASER TO BE PURCHASED
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X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc............... $ 90,000,000
X.X. Xxxxxxx & Sons, Inc................. 5,000,000
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, a division of
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Incorporated.......... 5,000,000
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Total:......................... $100,000,000
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EXHIBIT B
Approximately 99% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Xxxxxx &
Eastern Railroad Company, an Oklahoma corporation, is owned by Republic Gypsum
Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. The remaining approximately
1% is owned by individuals.
The New Credit Facility will impose liens on the stock of the Company's direct
and indirect subsidiaries.
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