C&J Energy Services, Inc. 7,000,000 Shares Common Stock ($0.01 par value) Underwriting Agreement
Exhibit 1.1
Execution Version
C&J Energy Services, Inc.
7,000,000 Shares
Common Stock
($0.01 par value)
April 6, 2017
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Eleven Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
and
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
As Representatives of the several Underwriters,
Ladies and Gentlemen:
C&J Energy Services, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware (the “Company”), proposes to sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you (the “Representatives” or “you”) are acting as representatives, 6,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value (“Common Stock”), of the Company, and the persons named in Schedule II hereto (the “Selling Stockholders”) propose to sell to the several Underwriters 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock (said shares to be issued and sold by the Company and shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholders collectively being hereinafter called the “Underwritten Securities”). The Company also proposes to grant to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to 1,050,000 additional shares of Common Stock (the “Option Securities”; the Option Securities, together with the Underwritten Securities, being hereinafter called the “Securities”). Certain terms used in this underwriting agreement (this “Agreement”) are defined in Section 21 hereof.
Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 which were filed under the Exchange Act on or before the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be; and any reference herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus
shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act after the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by reference. To the extent that there is not more than one Selling Stockholder named in Schedule II, the term Selling Stockholder shall mean either the singular or plural.
1. Representations and Warranties : (i) The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter and Selling Stockholder as set forth below in this Section 1(i).
(a) The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the Act and has prepared and filed with the Commission a registration statement (file number 333-216515) on Form S-3, including a related Base Prospectus, for the registration of the offering and sale of the Securities under the Act. Such Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto filed prior to the Execution Time, has become effective. The Company may have filed with the Commission, as part of an amendment to the Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 424(b), preliminary prospectus supplements relating to the Securities, each of which has previously been furnished to you. The Company will file with the Commission a final prospectus supplement relating to the Securities in accordance with Rule 424(b) after the Execution Time. As filed, such final prospectus supplement shall contain all information required by the Act and the rules thereunder and, except to the extent the Representatives shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the Base Prospectus and any Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company has advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made therein. The Registration Statement, at the Execution Time, meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x). The initial Effective Date of the Registration Statement was not earlier than the date three years before the Execution Time.
(b) On each Effective Date, the Registration Statement did, and when the Final Prospectus is first filed in accordance with Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date (as defined herein) and on any date on which Option Securities are purchased, if any and such date is not the Closing Date (a “Settlement Date”), the Final Prospectus (and any supplement thereto) will, comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act; on each Effective Date, at the Execution Time and on the Closing Date, the Registration Statement did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and on the date of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date and any Settlement Date, the Final Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) will not include any 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, however, that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to the information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus (or any supplement thereto), it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8 hereof.
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(c) (i) The (A) Disclosure Package and (B) the price to the public, the number of Underwritten Securities and the number of Option Securities to be included on the cover page of the Final Prospectus (the information in this clause (B) is referred to as the “Pricing Information”), when taken together as a whole, and (ii) each electronic road show, when taken together as a whole with the Disclosure Package and the Pricing Information, when taken together as a whole with the Disclosure Package and the Pricing Information, does 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 under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Disclosure Package based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8 hereof.
(d) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus does not include any information that conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement, including any document incorporated by reference therein and any prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified. The foregoing sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8 hereof.
(e) The interactive data in the eXtensible Business Reporting Language (“XBRL”) included as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, or incorporated by reference therein, fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the SEC’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.
(f) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has been duly incorporated or formed, as applicable, and is validly existing as a corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership, as applicable, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is chartered or organized with full corporate, limited liability company or limited partnership, as applicable, power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, except where non-qualification would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined herein), is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership, as applicable, and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such qualification.
(g) All the outstanding shares of capital stock or interests of each subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, and, except as otherwise set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all outstanding shares of capital stock or interests of the subsidiaries are owned by the Company either directly
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or through wholly owned subsidiaries, free and clear of any perfected security interest or any other security interests, claims, liens or encumbrances (“Liens”), except for (i) Liens under the New Credit Facility (as defined in the Registration Statement) and (ii) such Liens as would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity that would constitute a “significant subsidiary” (as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X), other than the subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21.1 to the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K.
(h) There is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required (and the Preliminary Prospectus contains in all material respects the same description of the foregoing xxxxxx contained in the Final Prospectus); and the statements in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus under the headings “Business—Government Regulations and Environmental, Health and Safety Matters,” “Descriptions of Capital Stock,” “Certain ERISA Considerations” and “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations for Non-U.S. Holders” insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries of such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings.
(i) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(j) The Company is not, and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, will not be an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(k) No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required in connection with the transactions contemplated herein, except such as have been obtained under the Act and such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters in the manner contemplated herein and in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.
(l) Neither the issue and sale of the Securities nor the consummation of any other of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment of the terms hereof will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, (i) the (x) charter or certificate or articles of incorporation or formation, as applicable, or (y) the by-laws, limited liability company agreement, limited partnership agreement or other operating agreement, as applicable, of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority
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having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, except, with respect to the foregoing clauses (ii) and (iii), as could not reasonably be expected to have (A) a material adverse effect on the performance of this Agreement or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or (B) a Material Adverse Effect.
(m) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, (i) no holders of securities of the Company have rights to the registration of such securities under the Registration Statement and (ii) the holders of outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are not entitled to statutory preemptive or other similar contractual rights to subscribe for the Securities.
(n) The shares of Common Stock outstanding prior to the issuance of the Securities have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. The Securities have been duly and validly authorized and, when issued and delivered against payment therefor as provided in this Agreement, will be duly and validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable and will conform to the description of the Common Stock contained in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus. The consummation of the other transactions contemplated herein and by the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus will, when consummated, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company or partnership action of the Company.
(o) The consolidated historical financial statements and schedules of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and the Registration Statement present fairly the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, as applicable, of the Company as of the dates and for the periods indicated, comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise noted therein). The summary financial data set forth under the captions “Summary— Summary Historical Consolidated and Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information” in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and Registration Statement fairly present, in all material respects, on the basis stated in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and the Registration Statement, the information included therein. The pro forma financial statements included in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and the Registration Statement include assumptions that provide a reasonable basis for presenting the significant effects directly attributable to the transactions and events described therein, the related pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions, and the pro forma adjustments reflect the proper application of those adjustments to the historical financial statement amounts in the pro forma financial statements included in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and the Registration Statement. The pro forma financial statements included in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and the Registration Statement comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of Regulation S-X under the Act and the pro forma adjustments have been properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of those statements. The statistical and market-related data and forward-looking statements (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) included in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company and its subsidiaries believe to be reliable and accurate in all material respects and represent their good faith estimates that are made on the basis of data derived from such sources.
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(p) No action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened that (i) could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the performance of this Agreement or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or (ii) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).
(q) Neither the Company nor any subsidiary of the Company is in violation or default of (i) any provision of its (x) charter or certificate or articles of incorporation or formation, as applicable, or (y) by-laws, limited liability company agreement, limited partnership agreement or other operating agreement, as applicable, (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which it is a party or bound or to which its property is subject, or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or such subsidiary or any of its properties, as applicable, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) as would not have or be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(r) KPMG LLP, who has certified certain financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, and delivered their report with respect to the audited consolidated financial statements and schedules included in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, are independent public accountants with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder.
(s) The Company has filed all tax returns that are required to be filed or has requested extensions thereof (except in any case in which the failure so to file would not have a Material Adverse Effect) and has paid all material taxes required to be paid by it and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and payable, except for any such assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good faith or the nonpayment of which would not have or be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(t) No labor problem or dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the Company’s knowledge, is threatened or imminent, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or its subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, contractors or customers, that could have or be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(u) The Company and each of its subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged; all policies of insurance insuring the Company or any of its subsidiaries or their respective businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors are in full force and effect; the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of such policies and instruments in all material respects; and there are no claims that individually or in the aggregate are reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect against the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause.
(v) No subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company, except as described in or contemplated by the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).
(w) The Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by all applicable authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except for such failure to possess as would not have or be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(x) The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences and (v) the interactive data in XBRL included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus is in compliance with the Commission’s published rules, regulations and guidelines applicable thereto. As of December 31, 2016, the Company maintained effective internal control over financial reporting, and the Company is not aware of any material weakness in its internal controls over financial reporting.
(y) The Company has established and maintained “disclosure controls and procedures” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act), and, as of December 31, 2016, such disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
(z) The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
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(aa) The Company and its subsidiaries are (i) in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of occupational health and workplace safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”), (ii) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability under any environmental law except in case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has been named as a “potentially responsible party” under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended.
(bb) Except, in each case, as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) there has been no failure to satisfy the minimum funding standard under Section 302 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (“ERISA”), with respect to a Plan; (ii) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no audit or investigation underway by the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any other federal or state governmental agency or any foreign regulatory agency with respect to a Plan; (iii) there has been no breach of any contractual obligation or any violation of applicable law with respect to the employment or compensation of employees by the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (iv) there has not been a material increase in the aggregate amount of contributions required to be made to all Plans for the current fiscal year of the Company and its subsidiaries compared to the amount of such contributions made in the last completed fiscal year of the Company and its subsidiaries; (v) there has not been a material increase in the “accumulated post-retirement benefit obligations” (within the meaning of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards Topic 106) for the current fiscal year of the Company and its subsidiaries compared to the amount of such obligations in the last completed fiscal year of the Company and its subsidiaries; (vi) no event or condition giving rise to a liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than contributions to a Plan or premiums to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation in the ordinary course and without default) in respect of a Plan has occurred; or (vii) to the knowledge of the Company, no claims have been filed by one or more employees or former employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries related to their employment (other than routine benefits claims). For purposes of this paragraph, the term “Plan” means an “employee benefit plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to Title IV of ERISA with respect to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries would have any liability.
(cc) There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company and any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any provision of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection thereunder (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”), including Section 402 relating to loans and Sections 302 and 906 relating to certifications.
(dd) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any controlled affiliate, director or officer, agent, employee, or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any
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affiliate that is not under common control with the Company, has taken, or has no present intention to take any action, directly or indirectly, that could result in a violation or a sanction for violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or the U.K. Xxxxxxx Xxx 0000, each as may be amended, or similar law of any other relevant jurisdiction, or the rules or regulations thereunder to which the Company, its subsidiaries, and controlled affiliates are subject; and the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith and with the representations and warranties contained herein. No part of the proceeds of the offering contemplated hereby will be used by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or the U.K. Xxxxxxx Xxx 0000, each as may be amended, or similar law of any other relevant jurisdiction, or the rules or regulations thereunder to which the Company, its subsidiaries, and controlled affiliates are subject.
(ee) The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, and the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions where the Company and its subsidiaries conduct business, and the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(ff) Neither the Company, nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, employee, controlled affiliate, or agent of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is, or is 50 percent or more owned in the aggregate by, or controlled by, or acting on behalf of, one or more individuals or entities that are currently identified on any list of restricted persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”), the U.S. Department of State, or the Bureau of Industry and Security of the U.S. Department of Commerce (“BIS”), nor is the Company or any of its subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is, or whose government is, the subject of a comprehensive U.S. embargo that broadly prohibit dealings with that country or territory (currently, Cuba, Iran, Sudan, Syria, North Korea and the Crimea region of Ukraine). The Company will not directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person, (i) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any person that, at the time of such funding, is identified on any list of restricted persons maintained by OFAC, the U.S. Department of State or BIS, or, in the case of persons identified on the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons and the Sectoral Sanctions Identification List maintained by OFAC, any entity that is 50 percent or more owned in the aggregate by any such person (such persons, “Sanctioned Persons” and each such person, a “Sanctioned Person”), or is located, organized or resident in Cuba, Iran, Sudan, Syria, North Korea and the Crimea region of Ukraine or in any other country or territory that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of a comprehensive U.S. embargo (collectively, “Sanctioned
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Countries” and each a, “Sanctioned Country”; the U.S. laws and regulations relating to Sanctioned Countries and Sanctioned Persons collectively referred to as “Sanctions”), or (ii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions.
(gg) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has engaged in any unauthorized dealings or transactions with or for the benefit of a Sanctioned Person, or with or in a Sanctioned Country, in the preceding five (5) years, nor does the Company or any of its subsidiaries have any plans to engage in dealings or transactions with or for the benefit of a Sanctioned Person, or with or in a Sanctioned Country.
(hh) The Company and its subsidiaries own, possess, license or have other rights to use in any material respects, all patents, patent applications, trade and service marks, trade and service xxxx registrations, trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets, technology, know-how and other intellectual property (collectively, the “Intellectual Property”) used or held for use in or otherwise necessary for the conduct of the Company’s business as now conducted or as proposed in the Disclosure Package and Prospectus to be conducted. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, (a) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no infringement by third parties of any such Intellectual Property in any material respect; (b) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding or written claim by others challenging the Company’s rights, including ownership rights in or to any such Intellectual Property; (c) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or written claim by others challenging the validity or scope of any Intellectual Property owned by the Company; (d) there is no pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or written claim against the Company alleging that the Company infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates any Intellectual Property rights of others.
(ii) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, the Company (i) does not have any material lending or other relationship with any bank or lending affiliate of any of the Underwriters.
Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.
(ii) Each Selling Stockholder, severally and not jointly and solely as to itself, represents and warrants to each Underwriter as of the date hereof and the Closing Date, and agrees with each Underwriter, as follows:
(a) (i) On each Effective Date and at the Execution Time, the Registration Statement did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; (ii) on the date of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b), the Closing Date and the Settlement Date, if any, the Final Prospectus (together with
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any supplement thereto) will not include any 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; and (iii) the Disclosure Package and the Pricing Information, when taken together as a whole, does 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 under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the foregoing representations and warranties in this paragraph 1(ii)(a) are limited to statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company or to the Underwriters by any Selling Stockholder expressly for use in connection with the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, it being understood and agreed that such information is limited to the name of such Selling Stockholder, the number of offered shares and the address and other information (excluding percentages) with respect to such Selling Stockholder that appear in the table and corresponding footnotes under the caption “Selling Stockholder” in the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto (the “Selling Stockholder Information”).
(b) The sale of Securities by such Selling Stockholder pursuant hereto is not prompted by any information concerning the Company or any of its subsidiaries which is not set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto.
(c) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf of such Selling Stockholder.
(d) Neither the sale of the Securities being sold by such Selling Stockholder nor the consummation of any other of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment of the terms hereof by such Selling Stockholder will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of such Selling Stockholder, under (i) the (x) charter or certificate or articles of incorporation or formation, as applicable, or (y) the by-laws, limited liability company agreement, limited partnership agreement or other operating agreement, as applicable, of such Selling Stockholder, (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which such Selling Stockholder is a party which is material to such Selling Stockholder, or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to such Selling Stockholder of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over such Selling Stockholder or any of its properties, except, with respect to the foregoing clauses (ii) and (iii), as would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the performance of such Selling Stockholder’s obligations under this Agreement (a “Selling Stockholder Material Adverse Effect”).
(e) On the date hereof and the Closing Date, such Selling Stockholder is the record and beneficial owner of the Securities to be sold by it hereunder free and clear of all Liens (except for such Liens that would not have a Selling Stockholder Material Adverse Effect) and has full power and authority to sell its interest in the Securities.
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(f) Assuming that each Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased from such Selling Stockholder without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code (“UCC”)), each Underwriter that has purchased such Securities delivered on the Closing Date or the Settlement Date to The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) or other securities intermediary by making payment therefor as provided herein, and that has had such Securities credited to the securities account or accounts of such Underwriters maintained with DTC or such other securities intermediary will have acquired a security entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC) to such Securities purchased by such Underwriter, and no action based on an adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC) may be asserted against such Underwriter with respect to such Securities; for purposes of this representation, such Selling Stockholder may assume that when such payment, delivery and crediting occur, (x) such Securities will have been registered in the name of Cede & Co. or another nominee designated by DTC or such other securities intermediary, in each case on the Company’s share registry in accordance with its certificate of incorporation, bylaws and applicable law, (y) DTC or such other securities intermediary will be registered as a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC and (z) appropriate entries to the accounts of the several Underwriters on the records of DTC will have been made pursuant to the UCC.
(g) Such Selling Stockholder has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(h) No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by such Selling Stockholder of the transactions contemplated herein by such Selling Stockholder, except such as have been obtained under the Act and such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters in the manner contemplated herein and in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus or when, if not obtained, would not have a Selling Stockholder Material Adverse Effect.
(i) Other than the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any other prospectus supplement filed pursuant to the Registration Statement on or before the date hereof, such Selling Stockholder has not prepared or had prepared on its behalf or used or referred to any Free Writing Prospectus other than (x) any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Act, Rule 134 of the Act or otherwise or (y) a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below), without the prior written consent of the Company and the Representatives.
(j) Such Selling Stockholder will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of this offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person in any manner that will result in a violation of (i) Sanctions administered or enforced by OFAC or (ii) the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or the
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U.K. Xxxxxxx Xxx 0000, each as may be amended; provided, in each case, that the foregoing shall not apply with respect to the distribution of the proceeds of this offering to general or limited partners, limited liability company members, stockholders or holders of similar equity interests in such Selling Stockholder or any Related Fund of such Selling Stockholder if prior to such distribution such Selling Stockholder has no knowledge that such proceeds will be used for any of the foregoing purposes.
Any certificate signed by any officer of any Selling Stockholder and delivered to the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed a representation and warranty by such Selling Stockholder (and not the individual xxxxxx), as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.
2. Purchase and Sale.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Company and the Selling Stockholders agree, severally and not jointly, to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company and the Selling Stockholders, at a purchase price of $30.875 per share (the “Per Share Price”), the number of Underwritten Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule I hereto.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Company hereby grants an option to the several Underwriters to purchase, severally and not jointly, up to 1,050,000 Option Securities at the Per Share Price, less an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Underwritten Securities but not payable on the Option Securities. Said option may be exercised in whole or in part, at any time on or before the 30th day after the date of the Final Prospectus upon written or telegraphic notice by the Representatives to the Company setting forth the number of Option Securities as to which the several Underwriters are exercising the option and the Settlement Date. The number of Option Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be the same percentage of the total number of Option Securities to be purchased by the several Underwriters as such Underwriter is purchasing of the Underwritten Securities, subject to such adjustments as you in your absolute discretion shall make to eliminate any fractional shares.
3. Delivery and Payment. Delivery of and payment for the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities (if the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof shall have been exercised on or before the third Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date) shall be made at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on April 12, 2017, or at such time on such later date not more than three Business Days after the foregoing date as the Representatives shall designate, which date and time may be postponed by agreement among the Representatives, the Company and the Selling Stockholders or as provided in Section 9 hereof (such date and time of delivery and payment for the Securities being herein called the “Closing Date”). Delivery of the Securities shall be made to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters against payment by the several Underwriters through the Representatives of the respective aggregate purchase prices of the Securities being sold by the Company and each of the Selling Stockholders to or upon the order of the Company and the Selling Stockholders by wire
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transfer payable in same-day funds to the respective accounts specified by the Company and the Selling Stockholders. Delivery of the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct.
Each Selling Stockholder will pay all applicable state transfer taxes, if any, involved in the transfer to the several Underwriters of the Securities to be purchased by them from such Selling Stockholder and the respective Underwriters will pay any additional stock transfer taxes involved in further transfers.
If the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof is exercised after the third Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date, the Company will deliver the Option Securities (at the expense of the Company) to the Representatives, at 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, on the date specified by the Representatives (which shall be within three Business Days after exercise of said option) for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters, against payment by the several Underwriters through the Representatives of the purchase price thereof to or upon the order of the Company by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to the account specified by the Company. If settlement for the Option Securities occurs after the Closing Date, the Company will deliver to the Representatives on the Settlement Date for the Option Securities, and the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase the Option Securities shall be conditioned upon receipt of, supplemental opinions, certificates and letters confirming as of such date the opinions, certificates and letters delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6 hereof.
4. Offering by Underwriters. It is understood that the several Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for sale to the public as set forth in the Final Prospectus.
5. Agreements. (i) The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the
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institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in clause (a) shall restrict the Company from the filing (or participating in the filing) of a prospectus supplement to the Registration Statement naming the parties to the Registration Rights Agreement (as defined below) as a selling stockholder and including all Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) held by such parties in such prospectus supplement; provided that such prospectus supplement shall not be filed before the 31st day after the date of this Agreement; and provided further that such prospectus supplement shall state that the Registrable Securities are subject to the restrictions contained in the Lock-Up Agreements.
(b) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(c) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; (iii) use its best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
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(d) As soon as practicable to do so, but in any event not later than the Availability Date (as defined below), the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives (which may be satisfied under the conditions of Rule 158 under the Act) an earning statement covering a period of at least 12 consecutive months beginning after the Effective Date of the Registration Statement that will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “Availability Date” means the day the Company is required to publicly file with the Commission its Form 10-Q or Form 10-K, as applicable, for the fourth fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes the Effective Date.
(e) So long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), the Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(f) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(g) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company) directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any other shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock; or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction prior to May 30, 2017 (the “Lock-Up Period”), provided, however, that the Company may (i) issue and sell Common Stock pursuant to any employee stock option plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company in effect at the Execution Time and described in the Disclosure Package, (ii) issue Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants outstanding or agreed in writing to be issued at or before the Execution Time, (iii) issue any shares of its capital stock or securities convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, its capital stock that the Company has agreed in writing to issue at or before the Execution Time; provided, however, that in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), such written agreement has been disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, (iv) file one or more registration statements on Form S-8, (v) offer, issue and sell shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, Common Stock, in connection with any acquisition or strategic investment (including any joint venture, strategic alliance or
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partnership); provided, however, that in the case of this clause (v) (x) any such offer, issuance or sale shall not exceed 10% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (including the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders) on an as-converted basis and (y) any recipient of such securities shall execute and deliver to the Representatives a lock-up letter described in Section 6(l) hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 5(g) shall not (i) apply to or prohibit the sale of shares of Common Stock by the Company and the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) restrict or prevent the Company from the filing (or participating in the filing) of a prospectus supplement to the Registration Statement naming the parties to the Registration Rights Agreement as selling stockholders and including all Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) held by such parties in such prospectus supplement; provided that such prospectus supplement shall state that such Registrable Securities are subject to the restrictions contained in the Lock-Up Agreements.
(h) Until the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(i) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act and the listing of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification, not to exceed $10,000); (vii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities, including in connection with any “road-show,” provided that the Company shall be responsible for 50% of the cost of any chartered aircraft and the Underwriters shall be responsible for the remaining 50% of such costs; (viii) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of its counsel and counsel for the Selling Stockholders (in each case, including local and special counsel) and financial advisors for the Company and the Selling Stockholders; and (ix) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their obligations
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hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(i) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, stock transfer taxes on resale of any of the Common Stock by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
(j) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a Free Writing Prospectus required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto and any electronic road show. Any such Free Writing Prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(k) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to list, subject to notice of issuance, the Common Stock on The New York Stock Exchange on or prior to the Closing Date.
(ii) Each Selling Stockholder agrees, severally and not jointly and solely as to itself, with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Until the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, such Selling Stockholder will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(b) For so long as delivery of a prospectus relating to the Securities by an underwriter or dealer may be required under the Act, such Selling Stockholder will advise the Representatives reasonably promptly, and if reasonably requested by the Underwriter, will confirm such advice in writing, of any change in information solely with respect to any statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Selling Stockholder Information relating to, and furnished in writing specifically for inclusion in such documents by, such Selling Stockholder.
(c) Other than the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any other prospectus supplement filed pursuant to the Registration Statement on or before the date hereof, such Selling Stockholder will not, so long as delivery of a prospectus relating to the Securities by an underwriter or dealer may be required under the Act, prepare or
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have prepared on its behalf, use, distribute or refer to any Free Writing Prospectus other than (x) any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Act, Rule 134 of the Act or otherwise or (y) a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, without the prior written consent of the Company and the Representatives.
(iii) Each of the Representatives and the Company, severally and not jointly, agrees with each Selling Stockholder that:
(a) In the event of any discretionary waiver or release of the provisions of the letter agreements referred to in Section 6(l) (the “Lock-Up Agreements”), the Representatives shall use reasonable efforts to notify the Company, the Selling Stockholders and counsel to the Selling Stockholders at least two business days before the effectiveness of such release or waiver. The Company shall further undertake to use reasonable efforts to notify the Selling Stockholders, the parties to the Registration Rights Agreement (as defined below) and counsel to each of the foregoing. The Representatives also agree that such discretionary waiver or release shall apply equally to the parties of such other Lock-Up Agreements to the extent provided in such Lock-Up Agreement.
6. Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities, as the case may be, shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Execution Time, the Closing Date and the Settlement Date, if any, pursuant to Section 3 hereof, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, have been filed in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened.
(b) (1) The Company shall have requested and caused Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx L.L.P., counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Representatives their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters, substantially in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.
(c) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Representatives their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.
(d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused one or more opinions of local counsels to certain of the Selling Stockholders to have furnished to the Representatives their opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.
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(e) The Representatives shall have received from Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Representatives may reasonably require, and the Company and each Selling Stockholder shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(f) The Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a certificate of the Company, signed by the Chief Executive Officer or the President and the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have examined the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, as well as each electronic road show used in connection with the offering of the Securities, and this Agreement and that:
(i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date;
(ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened; and
(iii) since the date of the most recent financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), there has been no Material Adverse Effect.
(g) Each Selling Stockholder shall have furnished to the Representatives a certificate, signed by an authorized person of such Selling Stockholder and solely as to itself with no liability to the xxxxxx thereof, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the representations and warranties of such Selling Stockholder in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date to the same effect as if made on the Closing Date and such Selling Stockholder has complied in all material respects with all of the agreements and satisfied in all material respects all of the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date.
(h) The Company shall have requested and caused KPMG LLP to have furnished to the Representatives, at the Execution Time and at the Closing Date, “comfort” letters, dated respectively as of the Execution Time and as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives and covering the financial statements of the Company and certain other financial information included or incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus and other customary matters.
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(i) Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), there shall not have been (i) any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (h) of this Section 6 or (ii) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto) the effect of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).
(j) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have furnished to the Representatives such further information, certificates and documents as the Representatives may reasonably request.
(k) Subsequent to the Execution Time, there shall not have been any decrease in the rating of any of the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act) or any notice given of any intended or potential decrease in any such rating or of a possible change in any such rating that does not indicate the direction of the possible change.
(l) At the Execution Time, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a letter substantially in the form agreed from each officer and director of the Company and each of the Selling Stockholders addressed to the Representatives.
(m) At the Execution Time and at the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.
If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Representatives. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing.
The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 shall be delivered at the office of Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, at 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000, on the Closing Date.
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7. Reimbursement of Expenses.
If the sale of the Securities provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set forth in Section 6 hereof is not satisfied, because of any termination pursuant to Section 10(i) hereof or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company or any Selling Stockholder to perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof other than by reason of a default by any of the Underwriters, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters severally through Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC on demand for all expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that shall have been incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Securities.
8. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees, affiliates and agents of each Underwriter and each person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, including reasonable, documented and out-of-pocket legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending the same (collectively, “Losses”) (or actions in respect thereof), to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such Losses arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, or in the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or any other preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the Securities, the Final Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any “road show” (as defined in Rule 433(h)), or, in each case, in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any documented and out-of-pocket legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such Loss or action; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such Loss arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8(c) below. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have.
(b) Each Selling Stockholder severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signs the Registration Statement, each Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees, affiliates and agents of each Underwriter and each person who controls the Company or any Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each other Selling Stockholder against any and all Losses, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar
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as such Losses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any documented and out-of-pocket legal and other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such Loss or action; provided, however, that each Selling Stockholder’s agreement to indemnify and hold harmless (including reimbursement for legal or other expenses) shall only apply insofar as such Losses (or actions in respect thereof) or legal or other expenses arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Selling Stockholder Information of such Selling Stockholder furnished to the Company in writing by such Selling Stockholder expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; provided, further, that the Selling Stockholders will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such Loss (or actions in respect thereof) or legal or other expenses arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company or the Selling Stockholders by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion within any of the foregoing, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8(c) below. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which any Selling Stockholder may otherwise have.
(c) Each Underwriter severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each Selling Stockholder, each of its respective directors, each of its respective officers who signs the Registration Statement, and each person who controls the Company or such Selling Stockholder within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity to each Underwriter, but only with reference to written information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which any Underwriter may otherwise have. The Company and each Selling Stockholder acknowledge that the statements set forth in (i) the list of Underwriters and their respective participation in the sale of the Securities, (ii) the sentences related to concessions and reallowances and (iii) the sentences related to stabilization and syndicate covering transactions in the fourteenth and fifteenth paragraphs under the heading “Underwriting” in any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the several Underwriters for inclusion in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.
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(d) 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 the indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a), (b) or (c) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel of the indemnifying party’s choice at the indemnifying party’s expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided, however, that such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to appoint counsel to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest, (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(e) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters agree to contribute to the aggregate Losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending the same) to which the Company, one or more of the Selling Stockholders and one or more of the Underwriters may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, by the Selling Stockholders and by the Underwriters from the offering of the Securities. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the
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Company, of the Selling Stockholders and of the Underwriters in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Company and by the Selling Stockholders shall be deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by each of them, and benefits received by the Underwriters shall be deemed to be equal to the total underwriting discounts and commissions, in each case as set forth on the cover page of the Final Prospectus. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the Company or any of the Selling Stockholders, on the one hand, or the Underwriters on the other, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (e), in no event shall any Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter with respect to the offering of the Securities exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 8, each person who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee, affiliate and agent of an Underwriter shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (e).
(f) The liability of each Selling Stockholder under the indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 8 shall be limited to an aggregate amount equal to the lower of (i) the Per Share Price (net of any discounts and commissions and any transfer taxes) multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock sold by such Selling Stockholder to the Underwriters and (ii) the proceeds from such sale of shares of Common Stock actually received by such Selling Stockholder from the Underwriters. The Company and the Selling Stockholders may agree, as among themselves and without limiting the rights of the Underwriters under this Agreement, as to the respective amounts of such liability for which they each shall be responsible.
9. Default by an Underwriter. If any one or more Underwriters shall fail to purchase and pay for any of the Securities agreed to be purchased by such Underwriter or Underwriters hereunder and such failure to purchase shall constitute a default in the performance of its or their obligations under this Agreement, the remaining Underwriters shall be obligated severally to take up and pay for (in the respective proportions which the amount of Securities set forth opposite their names in Schedule I hereto bears to the aggregate amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of all the remaining Underwriters) the Securities which the defaulting
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Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase; provided, however, that in the event that the aggregate amount of Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 10% of the aggregate amount of Securities set forth in Schedule I hereto, the remaining Underwriters shall have the right to purchase all, but shall not be under any obligation to purchase any, of the Securities, and if such non-defaulting Underwriters do not purchase all the Securities, this Agreement will terminate without liability to any non-defaulting Underwriter, the Selling Stockholders or the Company. In the event of a default by any Underwriter as set forth in this Section 9, the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding five Business Days, as the Representatives shall determine in order that the required changes in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its liability, if any, to the Company, the Selling Stockholders and any non-defaulting Underwriter for damages occasioned by its default hereunder.
10. Termination. This Agreement shall be subject to termination in the absolute discretion of the Representatives, by notice given to the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the Securities, if at any time prior to such delivery and payment (i) trading in the Company’s Common Stock shall have been suspended by the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange or trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ Global Market shall have been suspended or limited or minimum prices shall have been established on such exchange, (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared either by Federal or New York State authorities, (iii) there shall have occurred a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war, or other calamity or crisis the effect of which on financial markets is such as to make it, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).
11. Representations and Indemnities to Survive. The respective agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the Company or its officers or directors, of each Selling Stockholder or its officers or directors and of the Underwriters 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 Underwriter, any Selling Stockholder or the Company or any of the officers, directors, employees, agents, affiliates or controlling persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. The provisions of Sections 7 and 8 hereof shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement.
12. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Representatives, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to ; (i) Citigroup Global Markets Inc., 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: General Counsel, facsimile number: (000) 000-0000; (ii) Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Eleven Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000 Facsimile: (000) 000-0000 Attention: IBCM-Legal; and (iii) Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC, 0000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk, with a copy to the Legal Department; or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to C&J Energy Services, Inc., 0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, facsimile number: (000) 000-0000,
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with a copy to Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx L.L.P., 0000 Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx; or if sent to the Selling Stockholders, will be mailed, delivered e-mailed to GSO Capital Partners LP, 000 Xxxx Xxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, with a copy to Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, 0000 Xx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, facsimile number: (000) 000-0000 and e-mail address: xxxxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx.
13. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers, directors, employees, agents and controlling persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
14. Jurisdiction. The Company agrees that any suit, action or proceeding against the Company brought by any Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees, affiliates and agents of any Underwriter, or by any person who controls any Underwriter, arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby will be tried exclusively in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York or, if that court does not have subject matter jurisdiction, in any state court located in The City of New York and County of New York, and waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such proceeding, and irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any suit, action or proceeding. The Company hereby appoints Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx as its authorized agent (the “Authorized Agent”) upon whom process may be served in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein that may be instituted in any State or U.S. federal court in The City of New York and County of New York, by any Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees, affiliates and agents of any Underwriter, or by any person who controls any Underwriter, and expressly accepts the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any such court in respect of any such suit, action or proceeding. The Company hereby represents and warrants that the Authorized Agent has accepted such appointment and has agreed to act as said agent for service of process, and the Company agrees to take any and all action, including the filing of any and all documents that may be necessary to continue such appointment in full force and effect as aforesaid. Service of process upon the Authorized Agent shall be deemed, in every respect, effective service of process upon the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any action arising out of or based upon this Agreement may be instituted by any Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees, affiliates and agents of any Underwriter, or by any person who controls any Underwriter, in any court of competent jurisdiction in Delaware.
15. No Fiduciary Duty. The Company and each Selling Stockholder hereby acknowledge that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand, and the Underwriters and any affiliate through which it may be acting, on the other, (b) the Underwriters are acting as principal and not as an agent or fiduciary of the Company or the Selling Stockholders and (c) the engagement of the Underwriters by the Company and the Selling Stockholders in connection with the offering and the process leading up to the offering is as independent contractors and not in any other capacity. Furthermore, the Company and the Selling Stockholders agree that each is solely responsible for making its own judgments in connection with the offering (irrespective of whether any of the Underwriters has advised or is
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currently advising the Company or the Selling Stockholders on related or other matters). The Company and the Selling Stockholders agree that each will not claim that the Underwriters have rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owe an agency, fiduciary or similar duty to the Company and the Selling Stockholders in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.
16. Integration. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof, except that this Agreement as it relates to the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the other parties to the agreements mentioned below does not supersede that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of January 6, 2017 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), by and among the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the other parties thereto and that certain Stockholders Agreement, dated as of January 6, 2017, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to Stockholders Agreement, dated as of February 27, 2017, by and among the Company, Selling Stockholders and the other parties thereto. The Company and the Selling Stockholders which are parties to the Registration Rights Agreement hereby agree that the Registration Rights Agreements remains in full force and effect and that the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, including, without limitation, Sections 6, 7, 8, 9 and 11 thereof, apply to the transactions hereunder.
17. Applicable Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed within the State of New York.
18. Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
19. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
20. Headings. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
21. Definitions. The terms that follow, when used in this Agreement, shall have the meanings indicated.
“Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
“Base Prospectus” shall mean the base prospectus referred to in Section 1(i)(a) hereof contained in the Registration Statement at the Execution Time.
“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or obligated by law to close in New York City.
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“Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Disclosure Package” shall mean (i) the Base Prospectus, (ii) the Preliminary Prospectus used most recently prior to the Execution Time, (iii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus identified in Schedule III hereto, and (iv) any other Free Writing Prospectus that the parties hereto shall hereafter expressly agree in writing to treat as part of the Disclosure Package.
“Effective Date” shall mean each date and time that the Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment or amendments thereto and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement became or becomes effective.
“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
“Execution Time” shall mean the date and time that this Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto.
“Final Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that is first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the Execution Time, together with the Base Prospectus.
“Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean a free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405.
“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433.
“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any event, circumstance, change, development or condition that, individually or in the aggregate, has had a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business.
“Preliminary Prospectus” shall mean any preliminary prospectus supplement to the Base Prospectus which is used prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus, together with the Base Prospectus.
“Registration Statement” shall mean the registration statement referred to in Section 1(i)(a) above, including exhibits and financial statements and any prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and deemed part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B, as amended on each Effective Date, and, in the event any post-effective amendment thereto or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement becomes effective prior to the Closing Date, shall also mean such registration statement as so amended or such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, as the case may be.
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“Related Fund” shall mean, with respect to any person, any another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, investment fund, special purpose vehicle, investment account, investment manager, investment advisor or sub-advisor or other business entity that (A) is a direct or indirect subsidiary, affiliate, or direct or indirect subsidiary of an affiliate of such person, (B) is controlled by, or under common with, such person, (C) is an investment manager, investment advisor or sub-advisor to such person or is an affiliate of such investment manager or investment advisor or sub-advisor, (D) is managed or advised or sub-advised by (1) the same investment manager or investment advisor or sub-advisor as such person or (2) an affiliate of such person’s investment manager or investment advisor or sub-advisor, or (E) is a special purpose vehicle owned in whole or in part by such person or an affiliate of such person.
“Rule 158,” “Rule 164,” “Rule 172,” “Rule 405,” “Rule 415,” “Rule 424,” “Rule 430B,” “Rule 433” and “Rule 462” refer to such rules under the Act.
“Rule 462(b) Registration Statement” shall mean a registration statement and any amendments thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) relating to the offering covered by the registration statement referred to in Section 1(i)(a) hereof.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this Agreement and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement among the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the several Underwriters.
Very truly yours, | ||
C&J Energy Services, Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Title: | Executive Vice President, General Counsel |
The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.
GSO Captial Solutions Fund II (Luxembourg) S.a.r.l. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxx-Xxxxxx Xxxx | |
Name: | Xxxx-Xxxxxx Xxxx | |
Title: | Manager A | |
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Foot | |
Name: | Xxxxxxx Foot | |
Title: | Manager B |
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The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written. | ||
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Title: | Vice Chairman | |
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxx | |
Name: | Xxxx Xxxx | |
Title: | Managing Director | |
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxx | |
Name: | Xxxx Xxxx | |
Title: | Vice President | |
For themselves and the other several Underwriters named in Schedule I to the foregoing Agreement. |
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SCHEDULE I
Underwriters |
Number of Underwritten Securities to be Purchased |
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Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
1,642,308 | |||
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC |
1,642,308 | |||
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC |
1,938,462 | |||
Barclays Capital Inc. |
312,308 | |||
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. |
312,308 | |||
Evercore Group L.L.C. |
366,154 | |||
Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC |
312,308 | |||
Blackstone Advisory Partners L.P. |
118,461 | |||
Xxxxxxxxx LLC |
118,461 | |||
PNC Capital Markets LLC |
118,461 | |||
Seaport Global Securities LLC |
118,461 | |||
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Total |
7,000,000 | |||
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SCHEDULE II
Selling Stockholders |
Number of Underwritten Securities to be Sold |
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GSO Capital Solutions Fund II (Luxembourg) S.a.r.l. |
1,000,000 | |||
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Total |
1,000,000 | |||
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SCHEDULE III
Schedule of Free Writing Prospectuses included in the Disclosure Package
None.
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