Solectron Corporation PURCHASE AGREEMENT dated February 14, 2006 Banc of America Securities LLC Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Goldman, Sachs & Co. Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. KeyBanc Capital Markets Greenwich Capital...
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Solectron Global Finance LTD
Solectron Corporation
$150,000,000
8.00% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2016
dated February 14, 2006
Banc of America Securities LLC
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
KeyBanc Capital Markets
Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc.
February 14, 2006
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
XXXXXX XXXXXXX & CO. INCORPORATED
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
As Representatives of the several Initial Purchasers
XXXXXX XXXXXXX & CO. INCORPORATED
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
As Representatives of the several Initial Purchasers
c/o Banc of America Securities LLC
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Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
c/o Morgan Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
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Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
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Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
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Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
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Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Introductory. Solectron Global Finance LTD, an exempted company with limited liability under
the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several Initial
Purchasers named in Schedule A (the “Initial Purchasers”), acting severally and not jointly, the
respective amounts set forth in such Schedule A of an $150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
the Company’s 8.00% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2016 (the “Notes”), which are guaranteed, as
described below, by Solectron Corporation, a Delaware corporation, the indirect parent corporation
of the Company (the “Parent Guarantor”). Banc of America Securities LLC, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co.
Incorporated and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. have agreed to act as the representatives of the
several Initial Purchasers (the “Representatives”) in connection with the offering and sale of the
Notes (with the benefits of the Guarantee (as defined below) from the Parent Guarantor).
The Securities (as defined below) will be issued pursuant to an indenture, to be dated as of
February 21, 2006 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Parent Guarantor and U.S. Bank National
Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”). The Notes will be issued only in book-entry form in the
name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company (the “Depositary”) pursuant to a
letter of representations, to be dated on or before the Closing Date (as defined in Section 2
hereof) (the “DTC Agreement”), among the Company, the Parent Guarantor, the Trustee and the
Depositary.
The holders of the Notes will be entitled to the benefits of a registration rights agreement,
to be dated as of February 21, 2006 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), among the Company, the
Parent Guarantor and the Initial Purchasers, pursuant to which the Company and the Parent Guarantor
will agree to file with the Commission (as defined below), under the circumstances set forth
therein, (i) a registration statement under the Securities Act (as defined below) relating to
another series of debt securities of the Company in like aggregate principal amount as the Notes
originally issued under the Indenture with terms substantially identical to the Notes (except that
they will not contain terms with respect to transfer restrictions or the payment of Liquidated
Damages) (the “Exchange Notes”) to be offered in exchange for the Notes (the “Exchange Offer”) and
(ii) to the extent required by the Registration Rights Agreement, a shelf registration statement
pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act relating to the resale by certain holders of the Notes,
and in each case, to use their reasonable efforts to cause such registration statements to be
declared effective.
The payment of principal of, premium and Liquidated Damages (as defined in the Indenture), if
any, and interest on the Notes and the Exchange Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed
on a senior subordinated unsecured basis, by the Parent Guarantor, pursuant to its guarantee (the
“Guarantee”). The Notes and the Guarantee attached thereto are herein collectively referred to as
the “Securities”; and the Exchange Notes and the Guarantee attached thereto are herein collectively
referred to as the “Exchange Securities.”
The Company and the Parent Guarantor understand that the Initial Purchasers propose to make an
offering of the Securities on the terms and in the manner set forth herein and in the Pricing
Disclosure Package (as defined below) and agrees that the Initial Purchasers may resell, subject to
the conditions set forth herein, all or a portion of the Securities to purchasers (the “Subsequent
Purchasers”) at any time after the time this Agreement is executed by the parties hereto (the “Time
of Execution”). The Securities are to be offered and sold to or through the Initial Purchasers
without being registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the
Securities Act of 1933 (as amended, the “Securities Act,” which term, as used herein, includes the
rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder), in reliance upon exemptions
therefrom. Pursuant to the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, investors who acquire
Securities shall be deemed to have agreed that Securities may only be resold or otherwise
transferred, after the date hereof, if such Securities are registered for sale under the Securities
Act or if an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act is available
(including the exemptions afforded by Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“Rule 144A”) or
Regulation S under the Securities Act (“Regulation S”)).
The Company and the Parent Guarantor have prepared and delivered to each Initial Purchaser
copies of a Preliminary Offering Memorandum, dated February 13, 2006 (the
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“Preliminary Offering Memorandum”), and has prepared and delivered to each Initial Purchaser
copies of a supplement describing the terms of the Securities, dated February 14, 2006 (the
“Pricing Supplement”), each for use by such Initial Purchaser in connection with its solicitation
of offers to purchase the Securities. The Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Pricing
Supplement are herein referred to as the “Pricing Disclosure Package.” Promptly after the Time of
Execution and in any event no later than the second Business Day following the Time of Execution,
the Company will prepare and deliver to each Initial Purchaser a final offering memorandum (the
“Final Offering Memorandum”).
All references in this Agreement to the terms “Pricing Disclosure Package” and “Final Offering
Memorandum” shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements and schedules and
other information filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended, the “Exchange Act,”
which term, as used herein, includes the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder) prior to the Time of Execution and incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure
Package (including the Preliminary Offering Memorandum) or the Final Offering Memorandum, as the
case may be, and all references herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with
respect to the Final Offering Memorandum shall be deemed to mean and include all information filed
under the Exchange Act after the Time of Execution and incorporated by reference in the Final
Offering Memorandum.
Each of the Company and the Parent Guarantor hereby confirms its agreements with the Initial
Purchaser as follows:
Section 1.
Representations and Warranties. Each of the Company and the Parent Guarantor,
jointly and severally, hereby represents, warrants and covenants to each Initial Purchaser as
follows (references in this Section 1 to the “Offering Memorandum” are to (x) the Pricing
Disclosure Package in the case of representations and warranties made as of the date hereof and (y)
the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum in the case of representations and
warranties made as of the Closing Date):
(a) No Registration Required. Subject to compliance by the Initial Purchasers with the
representations and warranties set forth in Section 2 hereof and with the procedures set forth in
Section 7 hereof, it is not necessary in connection with the offer, sale and delivery of the
Securities to the Initial Purchasers and to each Subsequent Purchaser in the manner contemplated by
this Agreement and the Offering Memorandum to register the Securities under the Securities Act or,
until such time as the Exchange Securities are issued pursuant to an effective registration
statement, to qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Trust Indenture
Act,” which term, as used herein, includes the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder).
(b) No Integration of Offerings or General Solicitation. None of the Company, the Parent
Guarantor, or, assuming the accuracy of the Initial Purchasers’ representations, any person acting
on its or their behalf 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, the Parent Guarantor, any affiliate of the
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Company or the Parent Guarantor and any person acting on its or their behalf has complied with
and will implement the “offering restriction” within the meaning of such Rule 902, it being
understood that the Company or the Parent Guarantor makes no representations or warranties in this
clause (b) as to the sale of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers. Within the six months prior
to the date of this Agreement, none of the Company, the Parent Guarantor or any other person acting
on behalf of the Company or the Parent Guarantor 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 Initial Purchasers hereunder. The Company and the Parent Guarantor will take
reasonable precautions designed to ensure 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 Securities Act) of any Securities or
any substantially similar security issued by the Company or the Parent Guarantor, within six months
subsequent to the date on which the distribution of the Securities has been completed (as notified
to the Company or the Parent Guarantor by the Initial Purchasers), 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. With respect to those Securities
sold in reliance upon Regulation S, (i) none of the Company, the Parent Guarantor, their affiliates
or any person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the
Company and the Parent Guarantor make no representation or warranty) has engaged or will engage in
any directed selling efforts within the meaning of Regulation S and (ii) each of the Company, the
Parent Guarantor and their affiliates and any person acting on its or their behalf (other than the
Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Company and the Parent Guarantor make no representation or
warranty) has complied and will comply with the offering restrictions set forth in Regulation S.
(c) Eligibility for Resale under Rule 144A. 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.
(d) The Offering Memorandum. Neither the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Time of
Execution, nor the Final Offering Memorandum as of its date or (as amended or supplemented in
accordance with Section 3(a), as applicable) as of the Closing Date, includes an untrue statement
of a material fact or 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
that this representation, warranty and agreement shall not apply to statements in or omissions from
the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Memorandum or any amendment or supplement
thereto made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in
writing by any Initial Purchaser through Banc of America Securities LLC expressly for use in the
Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Memorandum or amendment or supplement thereto, as
the case may be. The Pricing Disclosure Package contains, and the Final Offering Memorandum will
contain, all the information specified in, and meeting the requirements of, Rule 144A. The Company
has not distributed and will not distribute, prior to the later of the Closing Date and the
completion of the Initial Purchasers’ distribution of the Securities, any offering material in
connection with the offering
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and sale of the Securities other than the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering
Memorandum.
(e) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference in the Offering Memorandum at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the
Commission (collectively, the “Incorporated Documents”) complied and will comply in all material
respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act.
(f) The Purchase Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by each of the Company and the Parent Guarantor.
(g) The Registration Rights Agreement. The Registration Rights Agreement has been duly
authorized by the Company, the Parent Guarantor and, when executed and delivered by the Company and
the Parent Guarantor and the Initial Purchasers, the Registration Rights Agreement will constitute
a valid and binding obligation of the Company and the Parent Guarantor, enforceable against the
Company and the Parent Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except that enforcement thereof may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to
fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally, except as enforcement thereof may be subject to general principles of
equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law and
except that any rights to indemnity or contribution may be limited by applicable law or equitable
principles); the Registration Rights Agreement conforms in all material respects to the description
thereof contained in the Offering Memorandum.
(h) Authorization of the Notes, the Guarantee and the Exchange Notes. The Notes have been
duly authorized by the Company, and when authenticated, issued and delivered in the manner provided
in the Indenture and delivered against payment of the purchase price therefor as provided in this
Agreement, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance
with their terms. The Exchange Notes have been duly authorized for issuance by the Company, and
when authenticated, issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the
Registration Rights Agreement and the Exchange Offer, will constitute valid and binding obligations
of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms. The Guarantee of the Notes and the
Exchange Notes have been duly authorized by the Parent Guarantor and when the Notes have been
authenticated, issued and delivered in the manner provided for in the Indenture and the Exchange
Notes have been authenticated, issued and delivered in the manner provided for in the Indenture,
the Registration Rights Agreement and the Exchange Offer, and when the Guarantees of the Notes and
Exchange Notes have been delivered against payment of the purchase price therefor, will constitute
valid and binding obligations of the Parent Guarantor, enforceable in accordance with their terms.
The Securities and the Exchange Securities will conform in all material respects to the
descriptions thereof in the Offering Memorandum.
(i) Authorization of the Indenture. The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and
the Parent Guarantor and, at the Closing Date, will have been duly executed and delivered by the
Company and the Parent Guarantor and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the
Trustee, will constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Company and the Parent Guarantor,
enforceable against the Company and the Parent Guarantor in accordance
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with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency
(including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization,
moratorium or similar laws or affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, except as
enforcement thereof may be subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether
enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and except that any rights to
indemnity or contribution may be limited by applicable law or equitable principles). The Indenture
conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Offering Memorandum.
(j) Description of the Securities and the Indenture. The statements set forth in the Offering
Memorandum under the caption “Description of the Notes” insofar as they purport to constitute a
summary of the terms of the Securities, and the statements set forth in the Offering Memorandum
under the captions “Plan of Distribution” (other than statements made under such caption in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company or the Parent
Guarantor by the Initial Purchasers through Banc of America Securities LLC expressly for use
therein) and “Description of Certain Indebtedness”, insofar as they purport to describe the
provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate, complete and fair in all
material respects.
(k) No Material Adverse Change. Since the date of the latest financial statements included in
the Offering Memorandum, except as otherwise stated therein, (a) there has been no material adverse
change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business
prospects of the Company, the Parent Guarantor and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise,
whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business (a “Material Adverse Change”), and (b)
there have been no transactions entered into by the Company, the Parent Guarantor or any of its
subsidiaries, other than those arising in the ordinary course of business, which are material with
respect to the Company and the Parent Guarantor and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise.
(l) Independent Accountants. KPMG LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the
Parent Guarantor and its subsidiaries, are independent public accountants as required by the
Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(m) Preparation of the Financial Statements. The financial statements of the Parent Guarantor
(excluding for purposes of this clause (m), pro forma financial information, if any) included in
the Offering Memorandum, together with the related schedules and notes, as well as those financial
statements, schedules and notes of any other entity included therein (or incorporated by
reference), present fairly the financial position of the Parent Guarantor and its consolidated
subsidiaries, or such other entity, as the case may be, at the dates indicated and the statement of
operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Parent Guarantor and its consolidated
subsidiaries, or such other entity, as the case may be, for the periods specified. Such financial
statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”)
applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved except to the extent that the interim
audited financial statements are subject to normal year-end adjustments, lack of footnotes and
other presentation items. The supporting schedules, if any, included in the Offering Memorandum
present fairly in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated therein. The selected
financial data and the summary financial information included in the
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Offering Memorandum present fairly the information shown therein and have been compiled on a
basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements included in the Offering Memorandum.
(n) Incorporation and Good Standing of the Company. The Company has been duly formed and is
validly existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the Cayman
Islands and has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to
conduct its business as described in the Offering Memorandum and, in the case of the Company, to
enter into and perform its obligations under, or as contemplated under, this Agreement, the
Registration Rights Agreement and the Indenture. The Company is duly qualified as a foreign
corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct
of business, except for such jurisdictions where the failure to so qualify or to be in good
standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change. The
Company is currently an indirect 100%-owned finance subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor and has no
assets, operations, revenues or cash flows other than those related to the issuance, administration
and repayment of the Securities and any other security guaranteed by its parent company. The
Company currently has no subsidiaries.
(o) Incorporation and Good Standing of the Parent Guarantor and it Subsidiaries. The Parent
Guarantor has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware and has corporate power and authority to own, lease and
operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Offering Memorandum and to
enter into and perform its obligations under, or as contemplated under, this Agreement, the
Registration Rights Agreement and the Indenture. The Parent Guarantor is duly qualified as a
foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in
which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or
the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or be in good standing would not
result in a Material Adverse Change. Each subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor has been duly
organized and is validly existing as an entity in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction
of its organization, has the power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to
conduct its business as described in the Offering Memorandum and is duly qualified as a foreign
organization to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct
of business, except where the failure to so qualify or be in good standing would not result in a
Material Adverse Change. The Parent Guarantor does not have any “significant subsidiaries” (as such
term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated under the United States Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) other than those listed on Schedule B hereto. Except as
otherwise stated in the Offering Memorandum, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of
each significant subsidiary has been duly authorized and is validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable and is owned by the Parent Guarantor (except for directors qualifying shares),
directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien,
encumbrance, claim or equity. None of the outstanding shares of capital stock of any significant
subsidiary were issued in violation of preemptive or other similar rights of any security holder of
such subsidiary.
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(p) Capitalization and Other Capital Stock Matters. The Parent Guarantor has the
capitalization set forth in the Offering Memorandum under the heading “Capitalization,” and all of
the issued shares of capital stock of the Parent Guarantor have been duly and validly authorized
and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable.
(q) Non-Contravention of Existing Instruments; No Further Authorizations or Approvals
Required. The issue and sale of the Securities and the compliance by the Company, the Parent
Guarantor and with all of the provisions of the Securities, the Registration Rights Agreement, the
Indenture and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein
contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or
provisions of, or constitute a default under, (i) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company, the Parent Guarantor or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company, the Parent Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries is
bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company, the Parent Guarantor or any of its
subsidiaries is subject, except as disclosed in the Offering Memorandum, and except for such
conflicts, breaches, violations or defaults that would not result in a Material Adverse Change,
(ii) nor will such action result in any violation of (A) the provisions of the Memorandum and
Articles of Association of the Company or the Certificate of Incorporation or the By-laws of the
Parent Guarantor, or (B) any applicable statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or
governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company, the Parent Guarantor or any of
its subsidiaries or any of their properties, except for such violations in the case of this clause
(B) that would not result in a Material Adverse Change; 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 and the
Parent Guarantor of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Rights
Agreement or the Indenture, except for (i) those consents, approvals, authorizations, orders,
registrations or qualifications which have already been obtained, (ii) the filing of a registration
statement or shelf registration statement, as applicable, pursuant to the terms of the Registration
Rights Agreement by the Company and the Parent Guarantor with the Commission pursuant to the
Securities Act, or (iii) 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 of the Securities.
(r) No Violations. None of the Company, the Parent Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries is
(i) in violation of its charter or by-laws or similar governing documents or (ii) in default in the
performance or observance of any material 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, except, in the case of this
clause (ii), as disclosed in the Offering Memorandum on the date hereof, and except for such
defaults as would not result in a Material Adverse Change.
(s) No Material Actions or Proceedings. Other than as set forth in the Offering Memorandum,
there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending, or to the knowledge of the Company or the
Parent Guarantor, threatened, to which the Company, the Parent Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries
is a party or of which any property of the Company, the Parent Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries
is the subject which, if determined adversely to the
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Company, the Parent Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the
aggregate have a Material Adverse Change.
(t) Intellectual Property Rights. The Company, the Parent Guarantor and its subsidiaries own
or possess, or can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate 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, trade
names or other intellectual property (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) necessary to carry on
the business now operated by them, and other than as described in the Offering Memorandum, none of
the Company, the Parent Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of or is
otherwise aware of any infringement of, or conflict with, asserted rights of others with respect to
any Intellectual Property or of any facts or circumstances which would render any Intellectual
Property invalid or inadequate to protect the interest of the Company, the Parent Guarantor or any
of its subsidiaries therein, and which infringement or conflict (if the subject of any unfavorable
decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity or inadequacy, singly or in the aggregate, would result
in a Material Adverse Change.
(u) All Necessary Permits, etc. The Company, the Parent Guarantor and its subsidiaries
possess such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively,
“Governmental Licenses”) issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory
agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, except as would not,
singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change. The Company, the Parent Guarantor
and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Governmental
Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a
Material Adverse Change. All of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect,
except where the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental
Licenses to be in full force and effect would not result in a Material Adverse Change. None of the
Company, the Parent Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings
relating to the revocation or modification of any such Governmental Licenses which, singly or in
the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in a
Material Adverse Change.
(v) Title to Properties. The Company, the Parent Guarantor and its subsidiaries (i) have good
and marketable title to all real property owned by them and (ii) hold all personal property owned
by them, in each case free and clear of all adverse claims, liens, encumbrances and defects except
such as are described in the Offering Memorandum or such as would not result, singly or in the
aggregate, in a Material Adverse Change; and all of the leases and subleases material to the
business of the Company, the Parent Guarantor and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise,
are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as do not
interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company,
the Parent Guarantor and its subsidiaries, except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, result
in a Material Adverse Change.
(w) Tax Law Compliance. Each the Company, the Parent Guarantor, and its subsidiaries have
filed all material federal, state, local, and foreign tax returns required to be filed and all such
returns were true, correct, and complete in all material respects. Each of the Company, the Parent
Guarantor, and its subsidiaries have paid all material taxes required to be
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paid, other than those being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, or those that
are currently payable without penalty or interest and, in each case, for which an adequate reserve
or accrual has been established on the books and records of the Company, the Parent Guarantor or
its subsidiaries, as applicable, in accordance with GAAP. There are no actual or proposed
additional tax assessments for any tax period against the Company, the Parent Guarantor or any of
its subsidiaries, that would, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Change. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books and records of the Company, the
Parent Guarantor and any of its subsidiaries, in respect of any material tax liability for tax
periods not finally determined are adequate to meet any assessments of tax or re-assessments of
additional tax for any such period.
(x) Company and Parent Guarantor Not an “Investment Company”. The Company and the Parent
Guarantor are not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities will not be,
an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company,” as such items are
defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (the “Investment Company Act”).
(y) No Price Stabilization or Manipulation. Prior to the date hereof, other than open market
or private repurchases by the Parent Guarantor of convertible debt securities and senior debt
securities of the Parent Guarantor in the aggregate amounts disclosed in the Offering Memorandum,
none of the Company, the Parent Guarantor or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Parent
Guarantor, any of their affiliates has taken any action which is designed to or which has
constituted or which could reasonably be expected to cause or result in stabilization or
manipulation of the price of any security of the Company or the Parent Guarantor in connection with
the offering of the Securities.
(z) Solvency. Each of the Company and the Parent Guarantor is, and immediately after the
Closing Date will be, Solvent. As used herein, the term “Solvent” means, with respect to any
person on a particular date, that on such date (i) the fair market value of the assets of such
person is greater than the total amount of liabilities (including contingent liabilities) of such
person, (ii) the present fair salable value of the assets of such person is greater than the amount
that will be required to pay the probable liabilities of such person on its debts as they become
absolute and matured, (iii) such person is able to realize upon its assets and pay its debts and
other liabilities, including contingent obligations, as they mature and (iv) such person does not
have unreasonably small capital.
(aa) Disclosure Controls and Procedures. The Parent Guarantor maintains disclosure controls
and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act) designed to ensure that information
required to be disclosed by the Parent Guarantor in the reports that it files or submits under the
Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported in accordance with the Exchange Act
and the rules and regulations thereunder. The Parent Guarantor has carried out out evaluations,
under the supervision and with the participation of the Parent Guarantor’s management, of the
effectiveness of the design and operation of the Parent Guarantor’s disclosure controls and
procedures in accordance with Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act.
(bb) Compliance with Environmental Laws. Except as otherwise stated in the Offering
Memorandum or as would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change,
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(a) none of the Company, the Parent Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries is in violation of
any federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, policy or
rule of common law or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof including any judicial
or administrative order, consent, decree or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of human
health, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater,
land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations
relating to the release or threatened release of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic
substances, hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum products (collectively, “Hazardous
Materials”) or to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal,
transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (b) the Company,
the Parent Guarantor and its subsidiaries have all permits, authorizations and approvals required
under any applicable Environmental Laws and are each in compliance with their requirements, (c)
there are no pending or threatened administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands,
demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigation or proceedings
relating to any Environmental Law against the Company, the Parent Guarantor or any of its
subsidiaries and (d) there are no events or circumstances that might reasonably be expected to form
the basis of an order for clean-up or remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any private
party or governmental body or agency, against or affecting the Company, the Parent Guarantor or any
of its subsidiaries relating to Hazardous Materials or any Environmental Laws.
(cc) Compliance with Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx. The Parent Guarantor and its subsidiaries and their
respective officers and directors are in compliance in all material respects with the currently
effective and currently applicable provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, as amended (the
“Sarbanes Oxley Act,” which term, as used herein, includes the rules and regulations of the
Commission promulgated thereunder).
(dd) Regulation S. The Company, the Parent Guarantor and their respective affiliates and all
persons acting on their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Company and the
Parent Guarantor make no representation) have complied with and will comply with the offering
restrictions requirements of Regulation S in connection with the offering of the Securities outside
the United States and, in connection therewith, the Offering Memorandum will contain the disclosure
required by Rule 902. The Securities sold in reliance on Regulation S will be represented upon
issuance by a temporary global security that may not be exchanged for definitive securities until
the expiration of the 40-day restricted period referred to in Rule 903 of the Securities Act and
only upon certification of beneficial ownership of such Securities by non-U.S. persons or U.S.
persons who purchased such Securities in transactions that were exempt from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act.
(ee) Reporting under the Exchange Act. The Parent Guarantor is subject to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act and the Parent Guarantor’s financial statements are filed for the periods
specified under Rules 3-01 and 3-02 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange
Act.
(ff) No Narrative 3-10 Disclosures. There are no disclosures required to be made pursuant to
Rules 3-10 (i)(9) and (i)(10) under Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act
that are not so disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package.
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(gg) No Dividend Encumbrances. There does not exist any consensual encumbrance or restriction
on the ability of any of the Parent Guarantor’s subsidiaries to (i) pay dividends or make any other
distributions on its capital stock to the Parent Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) pay any
indebtedness owed to the Parent Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries, (iii) make loans or advances
to the Parent Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries, or (iii) transfer any of its properties or
assets to the Parent Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries, that would, individually or in the
aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change.
Any certificate signed by an officer of the Company or the Parent Guarantor and delivered to
the Initial Purchasers or to counsel for the Initial Purchaser shall be deemed to be a
representation and warranty by the Company or such Parent Guarantor to each Initial Purchaser as to
the matters set forth therein.
Section 2. Purchase, Sale And Delivery Of The Securities.
(a) The Securities. Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the
representations and warranties of the Initial Purchasers herein set forth, each of the Company and
the Parent Guarantor agree to issue and sell to the Initial Purchasers, severally and not jointly,
all of the Securities, and the Initial Purchasers agree, subject to the representations and
warranties of the Company and the Parent Guarantor, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the
Company and the Parent Guarantor the respective principal amount of Securities set forth opposite
their names on Schedule A, at a purchase price of 98.25% of the principal amount thereof payable on
the Closing Date, plus accrued interest, if any, from February 21, 2006 to the Closing Date (if
such date is postponed pursuant to paragraph (b) below), on the basis of the representations,
warranties and agreements herein contained, and upon the terms, subject to the conditions thereto,
herein set forth.
(b) The Closing Date. Delivery of certificates for the Securities in definitive form to be
purchased by the Initial Purchasers and payment therefor shall be made at the offices of Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, Professional Corporation, 000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx
00000 (or such other place as may be agreed to by the Company and Banc of America Securities LLC)
at 9:00 a.m. New York City time, on February 21, 2006, or such other time and date not more than
three business days after the foregoing date as Banc of America Securities LLC shall designate by
written notice to the Company prior to February 21, 2006, which date and time may be postponed by
agreement between the Representatives and the Company or as provided in Section 16 hereof (the time
and date of such closing are called the “Closing Date”). The Company hereby acknowledges that
circumstances under which Banc of America Securities LLC may provide notice to postpone the Closing
Date as originally scheduled include, but are in no way limited to, any determination by the
Company or the Initial Purchaser to recirculate to investors copies of an amended or supplemented
Offering Memorandum or a delay as contemplated by the provisions of Section 16 hereof.
(c) Delivery of the Securities. The Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to Banc
of America Securities LLC for the accounts of the several Initial Purchasers certificates for the
Notes at the Closing Date against the payment by the several Initial Purchasers to or upon order of
the Company by wire transfer payable in same-day funds for the amount of the purchase price
therefore to the account specified by the Company. The certificates for the Notes shall be
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in such denominations and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of the Depositary,
pursuant to the DTC Agreement, and shall be made available for inspection on the business day
preceding the Closing Date in New York, New York , or at a location as Banc of America Securities
LLC may designate. Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time and place specified in
this Agreement is a further condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchaser.
(d) Representation and Warranties of the Several Initial Purchasers. Each Initial Purchaser
severally and not jointly represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company and the Parent
Guarantor that (i) it is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A (a
“Qualified Institutional Buyer”), (ii) it will not offer or sell the Securities except to persons
they reasonably believe to be a Qualified Institutional Buyer or pursuant to offers and sales to
non-U.S. persons that occur outside the United States with in the meaning of Regulation S under the
Securities Act, (iii) neither it nor any person acting on its behalf has made or will make offers
or sales of the Securities in the United States by means of any form of general solicitation or
general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in the United States, (iv) neither it, nor
any of it Affiliates nor any person acting on its or their behalf has engaged or will engage in any
directed selling efforts (within the meaning of Regulation S) with respect to the Securities; and
(v) it will offer or sell the Securities upon the terms and conditions set forth in Annex I.
Section 3. Additional Covenants. Each of the Company and the Parent Guarantor
further covenant and agree with each Initial Purchaser as follows:
(a) Initial Purchasers’ Review of Proposed Amendments and Supplements. Until the later of (x)
the completion of the placement of the Securities by the Initial Purchaser (as reasonably
determined by the Initial Purchasers and upon which the Initial Purchasers will promptly give
notice of such completion to the Company) and (y) the Closing Date, prior to amending or
supplementing the Final Offering Memorandum (or filing any report with the Commission under the
Exchange Act), the Company shall furnish to the Initial Purchasers for review a copy of each such
proposed amendment or supplement (or report), and the Company shall not use any such proposed
amendment or supplement (or file any such report) to which the Initial Purchasers reasonably object
on a timely fashion. The Company will not amend or supplement the Preliminary Offering Memorandum
or the Pricing Supplement after the Time of Execution.
(b) Amendments and Supplements to the Final Offering Memorandum and Other Securities Act
Matters. If, prior to the earlier of (x) the completion of the placement of the Securities by the
Initial Purchasers (as reasonably determined by the Initial Purchasers and upon which the Initial
Purchasers will promptly give notice of such completion to the Company) and (y) the effectiveness
of a shelf registration statement filed pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, any event
shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the
Final Offering Memorandum in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances when the Final Offering Memorandum is delivered to a Subsequent Purchaser, not
misleading or under which they were made, or if in the reasonable judgment of the Initial
Purchasers or counsel for the Initial Purchasers, in consultation with the Company, it is otherwise
necessary to amend or supplement the Final Offering Memorandum to comply with law, the Company
agrees to promptly prepare (subject to Section 3(a) hereof), file with the
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Commission, if applicable, and furnish at its own expense to the Initial Purchasers,
amendments or supplements to the Final Offering Memorandum so that the statements in the Final
Offering Memorandum as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when
the Final Offering Memorandum is delivered to a Subsequent Purchaser or under which they were made,
be misleading or so that the Final Offering Memorandum, as amended or supplemented, will comply
with all applicable law.
Following the consummation of the Exchange Offer or the effectiveness of an applicable shelf
registration statement and for so long as the Securities are outstanding if, in the judgment of the
Initial Purchasers, the Initial Purchasers or any of their affiliates (as such term is defined in
the Securities Act) are required to deliver a prospectus in connection with sales of, or
market-making activities with respect to, the Securities, to periodically amend the applicable
registration statement so that the information contained therein complies with the requirements of
Section 10 of the Securities Act, to amend the applicable registration statement or supplement the
related prospectus or the documents incorporated therein when necessary to reflect any material
changes in the information provided therein so that the registration statement and the prospectus
will not contain 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 existing as of
the date the prospectus is so delivered, not misleading and to provide the Initial Purchasers with
copies of each amendment or supplement filed and such other documents as the Initial Purchasers may
reasonably request.
The Company hereby expressly acknowledges that the indemnification and contribution provisions
of Sections 8 and 9 hereof are specifically applicable and relate to each offering memorandum,
registration statement, prospectus, amendment or supplement referred to in this Section 3.
(c) Copies of the Offering Memorandum. The Company shall furnish to the Initial Purchasers
copies of the Pricing Disclosure Package as the Initial Purchasers may reasonably request and the
Company shall also furnish, prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the second business day
following the date of this Agreement and during the period referred to in paragraph (b) above, to
the Initial Purchasers with written and electronic copies of the Final Offering Memorandum and each
amendment or supplement thereto, including amendments to the financial statements contained
therein, in such quantities as the Initial Purchasers may reasonably request.
(d) Blue Sky Compliance. The Company and the Parent Guarantor shall promptly from time to time
to take such action as the Initial Purchasers may reasonably request to qualify the Securities for
offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Initial Purchasers may
request and to comply in all material respects 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 neither the Company nor the
Parent Guarantor shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to take any action
that would subject it to general to service of process in any jurisdiction or subject itself to
taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not presently qualified or so subject. The Company
and the Parent Guarantor will advise the Initial Purchasers promptly of the suspension of the
qualification of (or any such exemption relating to) the Securities for offering, sale or
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trading in any jurisdiction or any initiation or threat of any proceeding for any such
purpose, and in the event of the issuance of any order suspending such qualification or exemption,
each of the Company and the Parent Guarantor shall use its reasonably efforts promptly to obtain
the withdrawal thereof.
(e) Use of Proceeds. The Parent Guarantor shall apply the net proceeds from the sale of the
Securities sold by it in the manner described under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Pricing
Disclosure Package.
(f) The Depositary. The Company and the Parent Guarantor will cooperate with the Initial
Purchasers, if requested by the Initial Purchasers, and use its reasonable efforts to permit the
Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through the facilities of the Depositary.
(g) Additional Issuer Information. Prior to the earlier of (x) the completion of the
placement of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers (as reasonably determined by the Initial
Purchasers and upon which the Initial Purchasers will promptly give notice of such completion to
the Company) and (y) the effectiveness of a shelf registration statement filed pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement, the Company and the Parent Guarantor shall file, on a timely basis,
with the Commission and the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”), as applicable, all reports and
documents required to be filed under Section 13 or 15 of the Exchange Act. Additionally, at any
time when the Parent Guarantor is not subject to Section 13 or 15 of the Exchange Act, for the
benefit of holders and beneficial owners from time to time of the Securities, the Company and the
Parent Guarantor shall furnish, at their expense, upon request, to holders of Securities and
prospective purchasers of Securities information (“Additional Issuer Information”) required to be
provided by subsection (d)(4) of Rule 144A of the Securities Act.
(h) Agreement Not To Offer or Sell Additional Securities. During the period beginning from
the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 60 days following the date of the Final
Offering Memorandum, the Company and the Parent Guarantor will not, without the prior written
consent of Banc of America Securities LLC (which consent may be withheld at the sole discretion of
Banc of America Securities LLC), directly or indirectly, sell, offer, contract or grant any option
to sell, pledge, transfer or otherwise dispose of or transfer, or announce the offering of, or file
any registration statement under the Securities Act in respect of, any debt securities of the
Company or the Parent Guarantor or securities exchangeable for or convertible into Securities or
such substantially similar securities of the Company or the Parent Guarantor (other than as
contemplated by this Agreement and to register the Exchange Securities).
(i) Reports to Holders. The Company and the Parent Guarantor shall make available pursuant to
the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval system (“XXXXX”) or, if XXXXX is not
available, to furnish to the holders of the Securities as soon as practicable after the end of each
fiscal year an annual report (including a balance sheet and statements of income, stockholders’
equity and cash flows of the Parent Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries certified by
independent public accountants) and, as soon as practicable after the end of each of the first
three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal quarter ending after the date
of the Offering Memorandum), to make available pursuant to XXXXX or, if XXXXX is not
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available, to furnish to the holders of Securities consolidated summary financial information
of the Company and its subsidiaries for such quarter in reasonable detail.
(j) Future Reports to the Initial Purchasers. During a period of two years from the date of
the Final Offering Memorandum, the Parent Guarantor shall furnish to the Initial Purchasers copies,
to the extent not available on XXXXX, of all reports or other communications (financial or other)
furnished to stockholders generally, and to deliver to the Initial Purchasers (i) as soon as they
are available, copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the
Commission or any national securities exchange on which the Securities or any class of securities
of the Company or the Parent Guarantor is listed (excluding any report or financial statement which
is available publicly through XXXXX); and (ii) for such time as the Initial Purchasers may continue
to hold an unsold allotment of Securities, such additional information concerning the business and
financial condition of the Company and the Parent Guarantor as the Initial Purchasers may from time
to time reasonably request (such financial statements to be on a consolidated basis to the extent
the accounts of the Parent Guarantor and its subsidiaries are consolidated in reports furnished to
its stockholders generally or to the Commission); provided, that neither the Company nor the Parent
Guarantor shall be required to furnish to you information if in the opinion of counsel to the
Company and the Parent Guarantor, the provision of such information would amount to a violation of
Regulation FD under the Securities Act.
(k) No Integration. The Company and the Parent Guarantor agree that they will not and will
cause their controlled affiliates (as defined in Rule 501 under the Securities Act) not to, and
shall use its reasonable efforts to prevent other affiliates (as defined in Rule 501 under the
Securities Act) to, make any offer or sale of securities of the Company of any class if, as a
result of the doctrine of “integration” referred to in Rule 502 under the Securities Act, such
offer or sale would render invalid (for the purpose of (i) the sale of the Securities by the
Company to the Initial Purchaser, (ii) the resale of the Securities by the Initial Purchaser to
Subsequent Purchasers or (iii) the resale of the Securities by such Subsequent Purchasers to
others) the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Section
4(2) thereof or by Rule 144A or by Regulation S thereunder or otherwise.
(l) No Restricted Resales. During the period of two years after the Closing Date, the Company
and the Parent Guarantor will not, and will not permit any of its controlled “affiliates” (as
defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) and shall use its reasonable best efforts to prevent
any other “affiliates” to, resell any of the Notes which constitute “restricted securities” under
Rule 144 that have been reacquired by any of them.
(m) PORTAL. If requested, the Company will use its best reasonable efforts to assist the
Initial Purchasers in causing such Notes to be eligible for The PORTAL® Market.
Banc of America Securities LLC, on behalf of the several Initial Purchasers, may, in its sole
discretion, waive in writing the performance by the Company or the Parent Guarantor of any one or
more of the foregoing covenants or extend the time for their performance.
Section 4. Payment of Expenses. Each of the Company and the Parent Guarantor agrees to pay
all costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations
hereunder and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including,
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without limitation, (i) all expenses incident to the issuance and delivery of the Securities
(including all printing and engraving costs), (ii) all necessary issue, transfer and other stamp
taxes in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers, (iii)
all fees and expenses of the Company’s and the Parent Guarantor’s counsel, independent public or
certified public accountants and other advisors, (iv) all costs and expenses incurred in connection
with the preparation, printing, filing, shipping and distribution of each Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Final Offering Memorandum (including financial statements and exhibits), and all
amendments and supplements thereto, this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the
Indenture and the Notes and Guarantee, (v) all filing fees, attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred
by the Company, the Parent Guarantor or the Initial Purchasers in connection with qualifying or
registering (or obtaining exemptions from the qualification or registration of) all or any part of
the Securities for offer and sale under the securities laws of the several states of the United
States, the provinces of Canada or other jurisdictions designated by the Initial Purchasers
(including, without limitation, the cost of preparing, printing and mailing preliminary and final
blue sky or legal investment memoranda and any related supplements to the Pricing Disclosure
Package or Final Offering Memorandum), (vi) the fees and expenses of the Trustee, including the
fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture, the Securities
and the Exchange Securities, (vii) any fees payable in connection with the rating of the Securities
or the Exchange Securities with the ratings agencies and the listing of the Securities with The
PORTAL® Market, (viii) any filing fees incident to, and any reasonable fees and disbursements of
counsel to the Initial Purchasers in connection with the review by the NASD, if any, of the terms
of the sale of the Securities or the Exchange Securities, and (ix) all fees and expenses (including
reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) of the Company and the Parent Guarantor in connection with
approval of the Securities by the Depositary for “book-entry” transfer, and the performance by the
Company and the Parent Guarantor of their respective other obligations under this Agreement
counsel. Except as provided in this Section 4 and Sections 6, 8 and 9 hereof, the Initial
Purchasers shall pay their own expenses, including the fees and disbursements of their counsel.
Section 5.
Conditions of the Obligations of the Initial Purchasers. The obligations of the
several Initial Purchasers to purchase and pay for the Securities as provided herein on the Closing
Date shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the
Company and the Parent Guarantor set forth in Section 1 hereof as of the date hereof and as of the
Closing Date as though then made and to the timely performance by the Company and the Parent
Guarantor of its covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional
conditions:
(a) Accountants’ Comfort Letter. On the date hereof, the Initial Purchasers shall have
received from KPMG LLP, independent public or certified public accountants for the Company, a
letter dated the date hereof addressed to the Initial Purchasers, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, containing statements and information of the type
ordinarily included in accountant’s “comfort letters” to Initial Purchaser, delivered according to
Statement of Auditing Standards Nos. 72, 76 and 100 (or any successor bulletins) with respect to
the audited and unaudited financial information contained or incorporated by reference in the
Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Pricing Supplement.
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(b) No Material Adverse Change or Ratings Agency Change. For the period from and after the
date of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date:
(i) none of the Company, the Parent Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries shall
have sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or
incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package a material adverse
change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business
affairs or business prospects of the Company, the Parent Guarantor and its
subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary
course of business, or any material change in the capital stock or long-term or
short-term debt of the Company, the Parent Guarantor and its subsidiaries
considered as one enterprise, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the
Pricing Disclosure Package, the effect of which is, in the judgment of the Initial
Purchasers, so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to
proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Securities being issued on
the Closing Date on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Pricing
Disclosure Package; and
(ii) there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall, except as
disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package, any notice to the Company or the Parent
Guarantor or any public announcement have been given of any intended or potential
downgrading or of any review for a possible change that does not indicate the
direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded any debt securities of the
Company, the Parent Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries by any “nationally
recognized statistical rating organization” as such term is defined for purposes of
Rule 436 under the Securities Act.
(c) Opinion of Counsel for the Company and the Parent Guarantor. On the Closing Date, the
Initial Purchaser shall have received the favorable opinion of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx,
Professional Corporation, counsel for the Company and the Parent Guarantor, dated as of such
Closing Date, the form of which is attached as Exhibit A, subject to customary reasonable
exceptions and limitations.
(d) Opinion of Local Counsel for the Company. On the Closing Date, the Initial Purchasers
shall have received the favorable opinion of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, Cayman Islands
counsel for the Company, dated as of such Closing Date, the form of which is attached as Exhibit B.
(e) Opinion of Counsel for the Initial Purchasers. On the Closing Date, the Initial
Purchasers shall have received the favorable opinion of Xxxxxxx, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP,
counsel for the Initial Purchasers, dated as of such Closing Date, with respect to such matters as
may be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers.
(f) Officers’ Certificate. On the Closing Date, the Initial Purchasers shall have received a
written certificate executed by the directors of the Company, the Chairman of the Board, Chief
Executive Officer or President of the Parent Guarantor and the Chief Financial
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Officer or Chief Accounting Officer of the Parent Guarantor, dated as of the Closing Date, to
the effect set forth in Section 5(b)(ii) hereof, and further to the effect that:
(i) for the period from and after the date of this Agreement and prior to the
Closing Date there has not occurred any event as set forth in Section 5(b)(i)
hereof;
(ii) the representations, warranties and covenants of each of the Company and
the Parent Guarantor set forth in Section 1 hereof shall be true and correct as of
the Time of Execution and shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date with the
same force and effect as though expressly made on and as of the Closing Date; and
(iii) each of the Company and the Parent Guarantor has complied with all the
agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied
by it under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date.
(g) Bring-down Comfort Letter. On each of the date of the Final Offering Memorandum and the
Closing Date, the Initial Purchasers shall have received from KPMG LLP, independent public or
certified public accountants for the Parent Guarantor, a letter dated such date, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements
made in the letter furnished by them pursuant to Section 5(a) hereof, except that the specified
date referred to therein for the carrying out of procedures shall be no more than three business
days prior to the date of the Final Offering Memorandum or the Closing Date, as applicable, and
that their procedures shall extend to financial information in the Final Offering Memorandum not
contained in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or Pricing Supplement.
(h) PORTAL Listing. At the Closing Date the Notes shall have been designated for trading on
The PORTAL® Market.
(i) Registration Rights Agreement. The Company and the Parent Guarantor shall have entered
into the Registration Rights Agreement and the Initial Purchasers shall have received executed
counterparts thereof.
(j) Additional Documents. On or before the Closing Date, the Initial Purchasers and counsel
for the Initial Purchaser shall have received such information, documents and opinions as they may
reasonably require for the purposes of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the
Securities as contemplated herein, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the
representations and warranties, or the satisfaction of any of the conditions or agreements, herein
contained.
If any condition specified in this Section 5 is not satisfied when and as required to be
satisfied, this Agreement may be terminated by the Initial Purchasers by notice to the Company at
any time on or prior to the Closing Date, which termination shall be without liability on the part
of any party to any other party, except that Sections 4, 6, 8 and 9 hereof shall at all times be
effective and shall survive such termination.
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Section 6.
Reimbursement of Initial Purchasers’ Expenses. If this Agreement is terminated by
the Initial Purchasers pursuant to Section 5 or 10 hereof, including if the sale to the Initial
Purchasers of the Securities on the Closing Date is not consummated because of any refusal,
inability or failure on the part of the Company or the Parent Guarantor to perform any agreement
herein or to comply with any provision hereof, the Company agrees to reimburse the Initial
Purchasers (or such Initial Purchasers as have terminated this Agreement with respect to
themselves), severally, upon demand for all out-of-pocket expenses that shall have been reasonably
incurred by the Initial Purchasers in connection with the proposed purchase and the offering and
sale of the Securities, including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel, printing
expenses, travel expenses, postage, facsimile and telephone charges.
Section 7.
Offer, Sale and Resale Procedures. Each of the Initial Purchasers, on the one hand,
and the Company and the Parent Guarantor, on the other hand, hereby agree to observe the following
procedures in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities:
(a) Offers and sales of the Securities will be made only by the Initial Purchasers or
Affiliates thereof qualified to do so in the jurisdictions in which such offers or sales are made.
Each such offer or sale shall only be made to persons whom the offeror or seller reasonably
believes to be Qualified Institutional Buyers or non-U.S. persons outside the United States to whom
the offeror or seller reasonably believes offers and sales of the Securities may be made in
reliance upon Regulation S upon the terms and conditions set forth in Annex I hereto, which Annex I
is hereby expressly made a part hereof.
(b) The Securities will be offered by approaching prospective Subsequent Purchasers on an
individual basis. No general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Rule 502
under the Securities Act) will be used in the United States in connection with the offering of the
Securities.
(c) Upon original issuance by the Company, and until such time as the same is no longer
required under the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Notes (and all securities
issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof, other than the Exchange Notes) shall bear
the following legend:
“THE SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) EVIDENCED HEREBY WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A
TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY
MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH
REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY
EVIDENCED HEREBY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION
FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A
THEREUNDER. THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED XXXXXX AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF
THE COMPANY THAT (A) SUCH SECURITY MAY BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED,
ONLY (1)(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES
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TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER
(AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR
FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO
A FOREIGN PERSON IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 903 OR RULE 904
OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF
APPLICABLE) OR (d) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE
TO THE COMPANY IF THE COMPANY SO REQUESTS), (2) TO THE COMPANY, THE PARENT GUARANTOR
OR ANY SUBDIARY THEREOF OR (3) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND,
IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE
UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH
SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED
HEREBY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN CLAUSE (A) ABOVE. NO REPRESENTATION
CAN BE MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 FOR RESALE
OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY.”
Section 8.
Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification of the Initial Purchasers. Each of the Company and the Parent Guarantor,
jointly and severally, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser, its directors,
officers and employees, and each person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser within the
meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act against any loss, claim, damage, liability or
expense, as incurred, to which such Initial Purchaser, director, officer, employee or controlling
person may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state
statutory law or regulation, or at common law or otherwise (including in settlement of any
litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company), insofar as
such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated
below) arises out of or is based: upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum (or any
amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading; and to reimburse each Initial Purchaser and each such director,
officer, employee or controlling person for any and all expenses (including the fees and
disbursements of counsel chosen by the Representatives) as such expenses are reasonably incurred by
such Initial Purchaser or such director, officer, employee or controlling person in connection with
investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability,
expense or action; provided,
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however, that the foregoing indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, claim, damage,
liability or expense to the extent, but only to the extent, arising out of or based upon any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company or the Parent Guarantor by the Initial
Purchasers expressly for use in the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum (or
any amendment or supplement thereto). The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 8(a) shall
be in addition to any liabilities that the Company or the Parent Guarantor may otherwise have.
(b) Indemnification of the Company and the Parent Guarantor. Each Initial Purchaser agrees,
severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Parent Guarantor, each
of their respective directors, officers and employees and each person, if any, who controls the
Company or the Parent Guarantor within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act,
against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense, as incurred, to which the Company, the
Parent Guarantor or any such director or controlling person may become subject, under the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, or at
common law or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected
with the written consent of such Initial Purchaser), insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability
or expense (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arises out of or is based upon any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Pricing Disclosure
Package or the Final Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission
or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, 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 the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum (or
any amendment or supplement thereto), in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company or the Parent Guarantor by the Initial Purchasers expressly for use
therein; and to reimburse the Company, the Parent Guarantor and each such director, officer,
employee or controlling person for any and all expenses (including the fees and disbursements of
counsel) as such expenses are reasonably incurred by the Company, the Parent Guarantor or such
director, officer, employee or controlling person in connection with investigating, defending,
settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action. Each
of the Company and the Parent Guarantor hereby acknowledges that the only information that the
Initial Purchasers have furnished to the Company or the Parent Guarantor expressly for use in the
Pricing Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement
thereto) are the statements set forth in the fourth paragraph and the third sentence of the seventh
paragraph under the caption “Plan of Distribution” in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the
Final Offering Memorandum. The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 8(b) shall be in
addition to any liabilities that each Initial Purchaser may otherwise have.
(c) Notifications and Other Indemnification Procedures. Promptly after receipt by an
indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such
indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party
under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof, but the
omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability which it may
have to any indemnified party for contribution or otherwise than under the indemnity
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agreement contained in this Section 8 or to the extent it is not materially prejudiced as a
proximate result of such failure. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party
and such indemnified party seeks or intends to seek indemnity from an indemnifying party, the
indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in and, to the extent that it shall elect,
jointly with all other indemnifying parties similarly notified, by written notice delivered to the
indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to
assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party;
provided, however, if the defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party and the
indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that a conflict may
arise between the positions of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in conducting the
defense of any such action or that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other
indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying
party, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to assume
such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such
indemnified party or parties. Upon receipt of notice from the indemnifying party to such
indemnified party of such indemnifying party’s election so to assume the defense of such action and
approval by the indemnified party of counsel, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such
indemnified party under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by
such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof unless (i) the indemnified party
shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the proviso to the next preceding sentence
(it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the expenses of
more than one separate counsel (together with local counsel), approved by the indemnifying party
(Banc of America Securities LLC in the case of Sections 8(b) and 9 hereof), representing the
indemnified parties who are parties to such action) or (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have
employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a
reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action, in each of which cases the fees and
expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnifying party.
(d) Settlements. The indemnifying party under this Section 8 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 party agrees to indemnify the
indemnified party against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of such
settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified
party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and
expenses of counsel as contemplated by this Section 8, the indemnifying party 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 30 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the
aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party
in accordance with such request or disputed in good faith the indemnified party’s entitlement to
such reimbursement prior to the date of such settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the
prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement, compromise or consent to the
entry of judgment in any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which any
indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity was or could have been sought
hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an
unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject
matter of such action, suit or proceeding and
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(ii) does not include any statements as to or any findings of fault, culpability or failure to
act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
Section 9. Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in Section 8 hereof is for any
reason held to be unavailable to or otherwise insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in
respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein, then each
indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount paid or payable by such indemnified
party, as incurred, as a result of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to
therein (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
Company and the Parent Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand,
from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided
by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault
of the Company and the Parent Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other
hand, in connection with the statements or omissions or inaccuracies in the representations and
warranties herein which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well
as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and
the Parent Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, in connection
with the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same
respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities pursuant to
this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company, and the total discount received
by the Initial Purchasers bear to the aggregate initial offering price of the Securities. The
relative fault of the Company and the Parent Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Initial
Purchasers, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any
such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state
a material fact or any such inaccurate or alleged inaccurate representation or warranty relates to
information supplied by the Company and the Parent Guarantor, on the one hand, or the Initial
Purchasers, on the other hand, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information
and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission or inaccuracy.
The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities
and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in
Section 8 hereof, any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in
connection with investigating or defending any action or claim. The provisions set forth in
Section 8 hereof with respect to notice of commencement of any action shall apply if a claim for
contribution is to be made under this Section 9; provided, however, that no additional notice shall
be required with respect to any action for which notice has been given under Section 8 hereof for
purposes of indemnification.
The Company, the Parent Guarantor and the Initial Purchasers agree that it would not be just
and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were determined by pro rata allocation
(even if the Initial 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 in
this Section 9.
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Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9, no Initial Purchaser shall be required to
contribute any amount in excess of the discount received by such Initial Purchaser in connection
with the Securities distributed by it. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within
the meaning of Section 11 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 9 are several, and not joint, in proportion to their respective
commitments as set forth opposite their names in Schedule A. For purposes of this Section 9, each
director, officer and employee of an Initial Purchaser and each person, if any, who controls an
Initial Purchaser within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act shall have the same
rights to contribution as such Initial Purchaser, and each director, officer and employee of the
Company or the Parent Guarantor, and each person, if any, who controls the Company or the Parent
Guarantor within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act shall have the same rights
to contribution as the Company and the Parent Guarantor.
Section 10. Termination of this Agreement. Prior to the Closing Date, this Agreement may be
terminated by the Initial Purchasers by notice given to the Company if at any time: (i) trading or
quotation in any of the Company’s or the Parent Guarantor’s securities shall have been suspended or
limited by the Commission or by the NYSE, or trading in securities generally on either the Nasdaq
Stock Market or the NYSE shall have been suspended or limited, or minimum or maximum prices shall
have been generally established on any of such quotation system or stock exchange by the Commission
or the NASD; (ii) a general banking moratorium shall have been declared by any of federal or New
York authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or
clearance services in the United States; (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation
of national or international hostilities or any crisis or calamity, or any change in the United
States or international financial markets, or any substantial change or development involving a
prospective substantial change in United States’ or international political, financial or economic
conditions, as in the judgment of the Initial Purchasers is material and adverse and makes it
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering sale or delivery of the Securities in the
manner and on the terms described in the Pricing Disclosure Package or to enforce contracts for the
sale of securities; or (iv) in the judgment of the Initial Purchasers there shall have occurred any
Material Adverse Change. Any termination pursuant to this Section 10 shall be without liability on
the part of (i) the Company or the Parent Guarantor to any Initial Purchaser, except that the
Company and the Parent Guarantor shall be obligated to reimburse the expenses of the Initial
Purchasers pursuant to Sections 4 and 6 hereof if the termination is based on an event that relates
specifically to the Company or to the Parent Guarantor, (ii) any Initial Purchaser to the Company
or the Parent Guarantor, or (iii) any party hereto to any other party except that the provisions of
Sections 8 and 9 hereof shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination.
Section 11. Representations and Indemnities to Survive Delivery. The respective
indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company, the
Parent Guarantor, their respective officers and the several Initial Purchasers set forth in or made
pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation
made by or on behalf of any Initial Purchaser, the Company, any Parent Guarantor or any of their
partners, officers or directors or any controlling person, as the case may be, and will survive
delivery of and payment for the Securities sold hereunder and any termination of this Agreement.
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Section 12. Notices. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed,
hand delivered, couriered or facsimiled and confirmed to the parties hereto as follows:
If to the Initial Purchasers:
Banc of America Securities LLC
0 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Legal Department
0 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Legal Department
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: High Yield Capital Markets Syndicate Desk
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: High Yield Capital Markets Syndicate Desk
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx 00X0
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: General Counsel
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx 00X0
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: General Counsel
with a copy to:
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP
000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxx., Xxxxx 0000
Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx, Esq.
000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxx., Xxxxx 0000
Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx, Esq.
If to the Company or the Parent Guarantor:
Solectron Corporation
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Treasurer
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Treasurer
Any party hereto may change the address or facsimile number for receipt of communications by
giving written notice to the others.
Section 13. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
parties hereto, including any substitute Initial Purchasers pursuant to Section 16 hereof, and to
the benefit of the indemnified parties referred to in Sections 8 and 9 hereof, and in each case
their respective successors, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder. The
term “successors” shall not include any Subsequent Purchaser or other purchaser of the Securities
as such from any of the Initial Purchasers merely by reason of such purchase.
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Section 14. Partial Unenforceability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any section,
paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any
other section, paragraph or provision hereof. If any section, paragraph or provision of this
Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be
made such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and
enforceable.
Section 15. Governing Law Provisions. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE
PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE.
(a) Consent to Jurisdiction. Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based
upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (“Related Proceedings”) may be
instituted in the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and County of
New York or the courts of the State of New York in each case located in the City and County of New
York (collectively, the “Specified Courts”), and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive
jurisdiction (except for suits, actions, or proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of
a judgment of any Specified Court in a Related Proceeding (a “Related Judgment”), as to which such
jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of the Specified Courts in any Related Proceeding. Service of any
process, summons, notice or document by mail to such party’s address set forth above shall be
effective service of process for any Related Proceeding brought in any Specified Court. The
parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any Specified
Proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead
or claim in any Specified Court that any Related Proceeding brought in any Specified Court has been
brought in an inconvenient forum. Each party not located in the United States irrevocably appoints
CT Corporation System, as its agent to receive service of process or other legal summons for
purposes of any Related Proceeding that may be instituted in any Specified Court.
(b) Waiver of Immunity. With respect to any Related Proceeding, each party irrevocably
waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, all immunity (whether on the basis of
sovereignty or otherwise) from jurisdiction, service of process, attachment (both before and after
judgment) and execution to which it might otherwise be entitled in the Specified Courts, and with
respect to any Related Judgment, each party waives any such immunity in the Specified Courts or any
other court of competent jurisdiction, and will not raise or claim or cause to be pleaded any such
immunity at or in respect of any such Related Proceeding or Related Judgment, including, without
limitation, any immunity pursuant to the United States Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, as
amended.
(c) Judgment Currency. If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary
to convert a sum due hereunder into any currency other than U.S. dollars, the parties hereto agree,
to the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be the
rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Initial Purchasers
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could purchase U.S. dollars with such other currency in The City of New York on the business
day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligations of the Company and the Parent
Guarantor in respect of any sum due from it to any Initial Purchaser shall, notwithstanding any
judgment in any currency other than U.S. dollars, not be discharged until the first business day,
following receipt by such Initial Purchaser of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other
currency, on which (and only to the extent that) such Initial Purchaser may in accordance with
normal banking procedures purchase U.S. dollars with such other currency; if the U.S. dollars so
purchased are less than the sum originally due to such Initial Purchaser hereunder, the Company and
the Parent Guarantor agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to
indemnify such Initial Purchaser against such loss. If the U.S. dollars so purchased are greater
than the sum originally due to such Initial Purchaser hereunder, such Initial Purchaser agrees to
pay to the Company and the Parent Guarantor (but without duplication) an amount equal to the excess
of the U.S. dollars so purchased over the sum originally due to such Initial Purchaser hereunder.
Section 16. Default of One or More of the Several Initial Purchasers. If any one or more of
the several Initial Purchasers shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities that it or they have
agreed to purchase hereunder on the Closing Date, and the aggregate number of Securities which such
defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed but failed or refused to purchase does
not exceed 10% of the aggregate number of the Securities to be purchased on such date, the other
Initial Purchasers shall be obligated, severally, in the proportions that the number of Securities
set forth opposite their respective names on Schedule A bears to the aggregate number of Securities
set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting Initial Purchasers, or in such other
proportions as may be specified by the Initial Purchasers with the consent of the non-defaulting
Initial Purchasers, to purchase the Securities which such defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial
Purchasers agreed but failed or refused to purchase on the Closing Date. If any one or more of the
Initial Purchasers shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities and the aggregate number of
Securities with respect to which such default occurs exceeds 10% of the aggregate number of
Securities to be purchased on the Closing Date, and arrangements satisfactory to the Initial
Purchasers and the Company for the purchase of such Securities are not made within 48 hours after
such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability of any party to any other party
except that the provisions of Sections 4, 6, 8 and 9 hereof shall at all times be effective and
shall survive such termination. In any such case either the Initial Purchasers or the Company
shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date, as the case may be, but in no event for longer
than seven days in order that the required changes, if any, to the Offering Memorandum or any other
documents or arrangements may be effected.
As used in this Agreement, the term “Initial Purchaser” shall be deemed to include any person
substituted for a defaulting Initial Purchaser under this Section 16. Any action taken under this
Section 16 shall not relieve any defaulting Initial Purchaser from liability in respect of any
default of such Initial Purchaser under this Agreement.
Section 17. No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. Each of the Company and the Parent
Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that: (i) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to
this Agreement, including the determination of the offering price of the Securities and any related
discounts and commissions, is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company and the
Parent Guarantor, on the one hand, and the several Initial Purchasers, on
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the other hand, and the Company and the Parent Guarantor are capable of evaluating and
understanding and understand and accept the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement; (ii) in connection with each transaction contemplated hereby and
the process leading to such transaction each Initial Purchaser is and has been acting solely as a
principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of the Company, the Parent Guarantor or their
respective affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other party; (iii) no Initial
Purchaser has assumed or will assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the
Company or the Parent Guarantor with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the
process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Initial Purchaser has advised or is currently
advising the Company or the Parent Guarantor on other matters) or any other obligation to the
Company and the Parent Guarantor except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement; (iv)
the several Initial Purchasers and their respective affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of
transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company and the Parent Guarantor
and that the several Initial Purchasers have no obligation to disclose any of such interests by
virtue of any fiduciary or advisory relationship; and (v) the Initial Purchasers have not provided
any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering contemplated hereby
and the Company and the Parent Guarantor have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and
tax advisors to the extent they deemed appropriate.
The Company and the Parent Guarantor hereby waive and release, to the fullest extent permitted
by law, any claims that the Company and the Parent Guarantor may have against the several Initial
Purchasers with respect to any breach or alleged breach of fiduciary duty.
Section 18. General Provisions. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of
the parties to this Agreement and supersedes all prior written or oral and all contemporaneous oral
agreements, understandings and negotiations with respect to the subject matter hereof. This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each one of which shall be an original, with
the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. This
Agreement may not be amended or modified unless in writing by all of the parties hereto, and no
condition herein (express or implied) may be waived unless waived in writing by each party whom the
condition is meant to benefit. The section headings herein are for the convenience of the parties
only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and
return to the Company the enclosed copies hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all
counterparts hereof, shall become a binding agreement in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours, | ||||||
SOLECTRON GLOBAL FINANCE LTD | ||||||
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||||
Title: Director | ||||||
SOLECTRON CORPORATION | ||||||
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||||
Title: Senior Vice President, Treasurer | ||||||
and Investor Relations |
The foregoing Purchase Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted by the Initial Purchasers as
of the date first above written.
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
XXXXXX XXXXXXX & CO. INCORPORATED
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
XXXXXXX, XXXXX & CO.
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.
SCOTIA CAPITAL (USA) INC.
KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS
GREENWICH CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.
XXXXXX XXXXXXX & CO. INCORPORATED
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
XXXXXXX, XXXXX & CO.
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.
SCOTIA CAPITAL (USA) INC.
KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS
GREENWICH CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.
By: Banc of America Securities LLC
By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: Managing Director |
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By:
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated | |||
By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: Executive Director |
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By:
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Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | |||
By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxx-Xxxxx | |||
Title: Director |
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On behalf of the Initial Purchasers.
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SCHEDULE A
Aggregate Principal | ||||
Amount of | ||||
Securities to be | ||||
Initial Purchasers | Purchased | |||
Banc of America Securities LLC |
$ | 52,500,000 | ||
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated |
24,750,000 | |||
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
24,750,000 | |||
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. |
13,500,000 | |||
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. |
13,500,000 | |||
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. |
13,500,000 | |||
KeyBanc Capital Markets |
3,750,000 | |||
Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc. |
3,750,000 | |||
Total |
$ | 150,000,000 | ||
Schedule A-1
SCHEDULE B
SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARIES OF PARENT GUARANTOR
Solectron Technology SDN BHD
Solectron Suzhou Ltd
Solectron Texas LP
Solectron USA, Inc.
Schedule B-1
ANNEX I
Each Initial Purchaser understands that:
(i) Such Initial Purchaser agrees that it has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell
the Securities in the United States or to, or for the benefit or account of, a U.S. Person (other
than a distributor), in each case, as defined in Rule 902 of Regulation S (i) as part of its
distribution at any time and (ii) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the commencement of
the offering of the Securities pursuant hereto and the Closing Date, other than in accordance with
Regulation S or another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Such
Initial Purchaser agrees that, during such 40-day restricted period, it will not cause any
advertisement with respect to the Securities (including any “tombstone” advertisement) to be
published in any newspaper or periodical or posted in any public place and will not issue any
circular relating to the Securities, except such advertisements as permitted by and include the
statements required by Regulation S.
(ii) Such Initial Purchaser agrees that, at or prior to confirmation of a sale of Securities
by it to any distributor, dealer or person receiving a selling concession, fee or other
remuneration during the 40-day restricted period referred to in Rule 903 of Regulation S, it will
send to such distributor, dealer or person receiving a selling concession, fee or other
remuneration 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 your distribution at any time or (ii) otherwise until 40 days after the
later of the date the Securities were first offered to persons other than
distributors in reliance on Regulation S and the Closing Date, except in either case
in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act (or in accordance with Rule
144A under the Securities Act or to accredited investors in transactions that are
exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act), and in connection
with any subsequent sale by you of the Securities covered hereby in reliance on
Regulation S under the Securities Act during the period referred to above to any
distributor, dealer or person receiving a selling concession, fee or other
remuneration, you must deliver a notice to substantially the foregoing effect.
Terms used above have the meanings assigned to them in Regulation S under the
Securities Act.”
(iii) Such Initial Purchaser agrees that the Securities offered and sold in reliance on
Regulation S will be represented upon issuance by a global security that may not be exchanged for
definitive securities until the expiration of the 40-day restricted period referred to in Rule 903
of Regulation S and only upon certification of beneficial ownership of such Securities by non-U.S.
persons or U.S. persons who purchased such Securities in transactions that were exempt from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act.
Annex I-1
(iv) Such Initial Purchaser represents and agrees with effect from and including the date on
which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the “Relevant
Implementation Date”) it has not made and will not make an offer of notes to the public in that
Relevant Member State prior to the publication of a prospectus in relation to the notes which has
been approved by the competent authority in that Relevant Member State or, where appropriate,
approved in another Relevant Member State and notified to the competent authority in that Relevant
Member State, all in accordance with the Prospectus Directive, except that it may, with effect from
and including the Relevant Implementation Date, make an offer of notes to the public in that
Relevant Member State at any time:
(a) to legal entities which are authorized or regulated to operate in the financial markets
or, if not so authorized or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in
securities;
(b) to any legal entity which has two or more of (1) an average of at least 250 employees
during the last financial year; (2) a total balance sheet of
more than €43,000,000 and
(3) an annual net turnover of more than
€50,000,000, as shown in its last annual or
consolidated accounts; or
(c) in any other circumstances which do not require the publication by the issuer of a
prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive.
For the purposes of this provision, the expression an “offer of notes to the public” in
relation to any notes in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any
means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the notes to be offered so as to
enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the notes, as the same may be varied in that
Relevant Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Relevant Member
State and the expression Prospectus Directive means Directive 2003/71/EC and includes any relevant
implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.
(v) Such Initial Purchaser agrees that it will not offer or sell any securities, directly or
indirectly, in Japan or to, or for the benefit of, any resident of Japan (which term as used herein
means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the
laws of Japan), or to others for re-offering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to a
resident of Japan, except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and
otherwise in compliance with, the Securities and Exchange Law and any other applicable laws,
regulations and ministerial guidelines of Japan.
Annex I-2