NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION 30,000,000 Shares of Common Stock, par value $1.60 per share Underwriting Agreement
Exhibit 1.1
NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION
30,000,000 Shares of Common Stock, par value $1.60 per share
Underwriting Agreement
January 28, 2009
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
As Representatives of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
As Representatives of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto
Citigroup Global Markets Canada Inc.
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Canada Inc.
BMO Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Inc.
As Sub-Underwriters
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Canada Inc.
BMO Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Inc.
As Sub-Underwriters
c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
and
c/o X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Newmont Mining Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell
to the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are
acting as representatives (the “Representatives”), an aggregate of 30,000,000 shares (the
“Underwritten Shares”) and, at the option of the Underwriters, up to an additional 4,500,000 shares
(the “Option Shares”) of common stock, par value $1.60 per share, of the Company. The Underwritten
Shares and the Option Shares are herein referred to as the “Shares”. The shares of common stock of
the Company to be outstanding after giving effect to the sale of the Shares are referred to herein
as the “Stock”.
The Company hereby confirms its agreement with the several Underwriters concerning the
purchase and sale of the Shares, as follows:
1. Registration Statement. The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”), a registration
statement on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-146720), including a prospectus, relating to the Shares.
Such registration statement, as amended at the time it became effective, including the information,
if any, deemed pursuant to Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act to be part of the
registration statement at the time of
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its effectiveness (“Rule 430 Information”), is referred to herein as the “Registration
Statement”; and as used herein, the term “Preliminary Prospectus” means each prospectus included in
such registration statement (and any amendments thereto) before effectiveness, any prospectus filed
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the Securities Act and the prospectus included in
the Registration Statement at the time of its effectiveness that omits Rule 430 Information, and
the term “Prospectus” means the prospectus in the form first used (or made available upon request
of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) in connection with confirmation of
sales of the Shares. If the Company has filed an abbreviated registration statement pursuant to
Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (the “Rule 462 Registration Statement”), then any reference
herein to the term “Registration Statement” shall be deemed to include such Rule 462 Registration
Statement. Any reference in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by
reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act, as of the effective
date of the Registration Statement or the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as
the case may be, and any reference to “amend”, “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the
Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to
and include any documents filed after such date under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange
Act”) that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein. Capitalized terms used but not
defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus.
The Company has also filed the Registration Statement, and the related multi-jurisdictional
disclosure system prospectus (the “Canadian Prospectus”), with securities regulatory authorities
(the “Canadian Regulators”) in each of the Canadian provinces other than Quebec (the “Canadian
Jurisdictions”), pursuant to and in accordance with the Canadian Securities Administrators’
National Instrument 71-101, The Multijurisdictional Disclosure System (the “MJDS Rule”), and has
received a receipt from or on behalf of each of the Canadian Regulators. For the purposes of the
representations in subsections 3(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (r) hereof, and the covenants and
agreements in subsection 4(a) references to: (i) the “Prospectus” and/or the “Preliminary
Prospectus” shall, where and as applicable, be deemed to include the Canadian Prospectus; (ii) the
“Pricing Disclosure Package” shall, where and as applicable, be deemed to include the Canadian
Supplement (as defined below); (iii) the “Commission” shall, where and as applicable, be deemed to
include the Canadian Regulators; and (iv) the “Exchange Act” or the “Securities Act” shall, where
and as applicable, be deemed to include the MJDS Rule, securities laws applicable in the Canadian
Jurisdictions and/or the terms of any order(s) to which the Company is subject.
At or prior to the Applicable Time (as defined below), the Company had prepared the following
information (collectively, the “Pricing Disclosure Package”): a Preliminary Prospectus dated
January 27, 2009 and each “free-writing prospectus” (as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the
Securities Act) listed on Annex D hereto, together with a form of supplement for filing in the
Canadian Jurisdictions pursuant to the MJDS Rule (the “Canadian Supplement”).
“Applicable Time” means 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on January 28, 2009.
2. Purchase of the Shares by the Underwriters.
(a) The Company agrees to issue and sell the Underwritten Shares to the several Underwriters
as provided in this Agreement, and each Underwriter, on the basis of the representations,
warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, agrees,
severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the respective number of Underwritten
Shares set forth
opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule 1 hereto at a price per share (the “Purchase
Price”) of $35.83.
In addition, the Company agrees to issue and sell the Option Shares to the several
Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and the Underwriters, on the basis of the
representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth
herein, shall have the option to purchase, severally and not jointly, from the Company the Option
Shares at the Purchase Price less an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions
declared by the Company and payable on the Underwritten Shares but not payable on the Option
Shares.
If any Option Shares are to be purchased, the number of Option Shares to be purchased by each
Underwriter shall be the number of Option Shares which bears the same ratio to the aggregate number
of Option Shares being purchased as the number of Underwritten Shares set forth opposite the name
of such Underwriter in Schedule 1 hereto (or such number increased as set forth in Section 10
hereof) bears to the aggregate number of Underwritten Shares being purchased from the Company by
the several Underwriters, subject, however, to such adjustments to eliminate any fractional Shares
as the Representatives in their sole discretion shall make.
The Underwriters may exercise the option to purchase Option Shares at any time in whole, or
from time to time in part, on or before the thirtieth day following the date of the Prospectus, by
written notice from the Representatives to the Company. Such notice shall set forth the aggregate
number of Option Shares as to which the option is being exercised and the date and time when the
Option Shares are to be delivered and paid for, which may be the same date and time as the Closing
Date (as hereinafter defined) but shall not be earlier than the Closing Date or later than the
tenth full business day (as hereinafter defined) after the date of such notice (unless such time
and date are postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10 hereof). Any such notice
shall be given at least two business days prior to the date and time of delivery specified therein.
(b) The Company understands that the Underwriters intend to make a public offering of the
Shares as soon after the effectiveness of this Agreement as in the judgment of the Representatives
is advisable, and initially to offer the Shares on the terms set forth in the Prospectus. The
Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters may offer and sell Shares to or through any
affiliate (as hereinafter defined) of an Underwriter.
(c) Payment for the Shares shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to
the account specified by the Company to the Representatives in the case of the Underwritten Shares,
at the offices of Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 at 10:00
A.M., New York City time, on February 3, 2009, or at such other time or place on the same or such
other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as the Representatives and the
Company may agree upon in writing or, in the case of the Option Shares, on the date and at the time
and place specified by the Representatives in the written notice of the Underwriters’ election to
purchase such Option Shares. The time and date of such payment for the Underwritten Shares is
referred to herein as the “Closing Date”, and the time and date for such payment for the Option
Shares, if other than the Closing Date, is herein referred to as the “Additional Closing Date”.
Payment for the Shares to be purchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as
the case may be, shall be made against delivery to the Representatives for the respective accounts
of the several Underwriters of the Shares to be purchased on such date or the Additional Closing
Date, as the case may be, with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale of such
Shares duly paid by the Company. Delivery of the Shares shall be made through the facilities of
The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct. The
certificates for the Shares will be made
available for inspection and packaging by the Representatives at the office of DTC or its
designated custodian not later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the business day prior to the
Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
(d) The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters are acting solely in the
capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Company with respect to the offering of
Shares contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and
not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company or any other person.
Additionally, neither the Representatives nor any other Underwriter is advising the Company or any
other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any
jurisdiction. The Company shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be
responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions
contemplated hereby, and the Underwriters shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company
with respect thereto. Any review by the Underwriters of the Company, the transactions contemplated
hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of
the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the Company.
(e) The Company understands that a portion of the Shares may be offered and sold in Canadian
Jurisdictions by Citigroup Global Markets Canada Inc., X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Canada Inc. and BMO
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Inc. (the “Sub-Underwriters”), the Canadian broker-dealer affiliates of Citigroup
Global Markets Inc., X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. and BMO Capital Markets Corp., respectively,
pursuant to the Canadian Prospectus and the Canadian Supplement. The Sub-Underwriters, subject to
the terms and conditions set forth herein, agree to use reasonable efforts to sell the Shares in
the Canadian Jurisdictions. Any Shares sold by the Sub-Underwriters will be purchased by the
Sub-Underwriters from Citigroup Global Markets Inc., X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. and BMO Capital
Markets Corp., as applicable, on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may
be, at a price equal to the public offering price per share less an amount to be mutually agreed
upon by each Sub-Underwriter and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. and BMO
Capital Markets Corp., as applicable, which amount shall not be greater than the Public Offering
Price per Share less the Underwriting Discount per Share, in each case as set forth in Annex E
hereto.
3. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants
to each Underwriter that:
(a) Preliminary Prospectus. No order preventing or suspending the use of any
Preliminary Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus
included in the Pricing Disclosure Package, at the time of filing thereof, complied in all
material respects with the Securities Act, and no Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of
filing thereof, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company
makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in
reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to
the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in
any Preliminary Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information
furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b)
hereof.
(b) Pricing Disclosure Package. The Pricing Disclosure Package as of the Applicable
Time did not, and as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case
may be, will not, contain 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 that the Company makes no
representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance
upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company
in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in such Pricing
Disclosure Package, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished
by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
(c) Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Other than the Registration Statement, the
Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company (including its agents and
representatives, other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not prepared,
used, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, use, authorize, approve or
refer to any “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that
constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Shares (each such
communication by the Company or its agents and representatives (other than a communication
referred to in clause (i) below) an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”) other than (i) any
document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act
or Rule 134 under the Securities Act or (ii) the documents listed on Annex D hereto, any
electronic road show and any other written communications approved in writing in advance by
the Representatives. Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (w) complied in all material
respects with the Securities Act, (x) has been or will be (within the time period specified
in Rule 433) filed in accordance with the Securities Act (to the extent required thereby),
(y) does not include any information that conflicts with the information contained in the
Registration Statement, including any document incorporated by reference therein that has
not be superseded or modified and (z) when taken together with the Preliminary Prospectus
accompanying, or delivered prior to delivery of, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, did
not, and as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be,
will not, contain 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 that the Company makes no
representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in each such
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Preliminary Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity
with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such
Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in such Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus or Preliminary Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such
information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in
Section 7(b) hereof.
(d) Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an “automatic
shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been
filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and no
notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any
post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has
been received by the Company. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement has been issued by the Commission, and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant
to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Company or related to the offering of the
Shares has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective
date of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, the
Registration Statement and any such post-effective amendment complied and will comply in all
material respects with the Securities Act, and did not and will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and as of the date of
the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date and as of
the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Prospectus will not contain 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 that the Company makes no representation and warranty
with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with
information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such
Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus and any amendment or 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 7(b) hereof.
(e) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure Package, when they were
filed with the Commission conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the
Exchange Act, and none of such documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact
or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and any further documents
so filed and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the
Pricing Disclosure Package, when such documents are filed with the Commission, will conform
in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and will not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
(f) Financial Statements. The financial statements (including the related notes
thereto) of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and
the Exchange Act, as applicable, and present fairly the consolidated financial position of
the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of
their operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified; such
financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered
thereby, and any supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement present fairly the information required to be stated therein; and the
other financial information included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus has been derived from the
accounting records of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and presents fairly the
information shown thereby.
(g) No Material Adverse Change. Since the date of the most recent financial statements
of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (i) there has not been any change in the
capital stock (other than the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of stock
options and warrants described as outstanding in, and the grant of options and awards under
existing equity incentive plans described in, the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus), or increase in short-term debt or long-term debt of
the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (except as disclosed on Schedule 2
hereto), or any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment, paid
or made by the Company on any class of capital stock (other than the regular quarterly
dividend paid on December 29, 2008), or any material adverse change, or except as otherwise
disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the
business, properties, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity, results of
operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; (ii) neither
the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any transaction or
agreement (whether or not in the ordinary course of business) that is material to the
Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or incurred any liability or obligation,
direct or contingent, that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole;
and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained any loss or
interference with its business that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as
a whole and that is either from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not
covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or dispute or any action, order or
decree of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except in each
case as otherwise disclosed in or contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(h) Organization and Good Standing. The Company and each of its Significant
Subsidiaries (as set forth in Schedule 3 hereto, the “Significant Subsidiaries”) have been
duly organized and are validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their
respective jurisdictions of organization, are duly qualified to do business and are in good
standing (to the extent such concept exists in the jurisdiction in question) in each
jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of
their respective businesses requires such qualification, and have all power and authority
necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which
they are engaged, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing or have
such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse
effect on the business, properties, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity,
results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or
on the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement (a “Material
Adverse Effect”), and, other than the Significant Subsidiaries (which directly or indirectly
own over 10% of the Company’s consolidated assets or derive over 10% of the Company’s
consolidated revenues), there are no subsidiaries of the Company that directly own (i.e.,
other than through the ownership of equity interests of other subsidiaries of the Company)
over 10% of the Company’s consolidated assets or directly derive (i.e., other than as a
result of the ownership of equity interests of other subsidiaries of the Company) over 10%
of the Company’s consolidated revenues.
(i) Capitalization. The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading
“Capitalization”; all the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly
and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and are not subject
to any pre-emptive or similar rights; except as described in or expressly contemplated by
the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no outstanding rights
(including, without limitation, pre-emptive rights), warrants or options to acquire, or
instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock or other
equity interest in the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, or any contract,
commitment, agreement, understanding or arrangement of any kind relating to the issuance of
any capital stock of the Company or any such Significant Subsidiary (except, if any, such
rights, warrants, options, instruments, contracts, commitments, agreements, understandings
or arrangements in favor of the Company or its subsidiaries), or any such convertible or
exchangeable securities or any such rights, warrants or options except for this Agreement;
the capital stock of the Company conforms in all material respects to the description
thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus; and all the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of
each Significant Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid
and non-assessable (except, in the case of any foreign subsidiary, for directors’ qualifying
shares and except as set forth in Schedule 4, all outstanding shares of capital stock or
other interests of the Significant Subsidiaries are owned directly or indirectly by the
Company, free and clear of any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, restriction on
voting or transfer or any other claim of
any third party except those that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(j) Stock Options. With respect to the outstanding stock options (the “Stock Options”)
granted pursuant to the stock-based compensation plans of the Company and its subsidiaries
(the “Company Stock Plans”), (i) each Stock Option intended to qualify as an “incentive
stock option” under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
“Code”) was designed to so qualify, (ii) each grant of a Stock Option was duly authorized no
later than the date on which the grant of such Stock Option was by its terms to be effective
(the “Grant Date”) by all necessary corporate action, including, as applicable, approval by
the board of directors of the Company (or a duly constituted and authorized committee
thereof) and any required stockholder approval by the necessary number of votes or written
consents, and the award agreement governing such grant (if any) was duly executed and
delivered by each party thereto, (iii) each such grant was made in accordance with the
applicable material terms of the Company Stock Plans, the Exchange Act and all other
applicable laws and regulatory rules or requirements, including the rules of the New York
Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”) and any other exchange on which Company securities are
traded, and (iv) each such grant was properly accounted for in accordance with GAAP in the
financial statements (including the related notes) of the Company in all material respects
and disclosed in the Company’s filings with the Commission in accordance with the Exchange
Act and all other applicable laws. The Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no
and has been no policy or practice of the Company of granting, Stock Options prior to, or
otherwise improperly coordinating the grant of Stock Options with, the release or other
public announcement of material nonpublic information regarding the Company or its
subsidiaries or their results of operations or prospects.
(k) Due Authorization. The Company has full right, power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder; and all action required to
be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery by it of this
Agreement and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby has been duly
and validly taken.
(l) Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company.
(m) The Shares. The Shares to be issued and sold by the Company hereunder have been
duly authorized and, when issued and delivered and paid for as provided herein, will be duly
and validly issued, will be fully paid and nonassessable and will conform in all material
respects to the description thereof in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus; and the issuance of the Shares is not subject to any preemptive
or similar rights.
(n) Acquisition. The Sale and Purchase Agreement, dated January 27, 2009, among the
Company, AngloGold Xxxxxxx Australia Limited, AngloGold Xxxxxxx Limited, Saddleback
Investments Pty Ltd, Newmont Boddington Pty Ltd, Newmont Australia Limited and BGM
Management Company Pty Limited, (the “SPA”) has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Company. To the knowledge of the Company, since January 27, 2009, there has not been
any “Material Adverse Effect” (as such term is defined in the SPA) that would give any party
thereto the right to terminate the SPA.
(o) No Violation or Default. Neither the Company nor any of the Significant
Subsidiaries is in violation of its charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents.
Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in default, and no event has occurred
that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due
performance or observance of any
term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries
is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of
the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject; or (ii) in
violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or
arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except for any such default or violation
that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(p) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this
Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Shares and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation
of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the
creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries
is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of
the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, (ii) result in
any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or similar organizational
documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (iii) result in the violation of any
law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or
governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above,
for any such conflict, breach, violation or default that would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(q) No Consents Required. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or
qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority is
required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, the
issuance and sale of the Shares and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, except for the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act (and, to
the extent applicable, the qualification of the Shares under applicable securities laws in
the Canadian Jurisdictions) and such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and
registrations or qualifications as may be required under applicable state or other
securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the
Underwriters.
(r) Legal Proceedings. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory
investigations, actions, suits or proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or to which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
is the subject that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect; no such investigations, actions, suits or proceedings are, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened or contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authority or
threatened by others; and (i) there are no current or pending legal, governmental or
regulatory actions, suits or proceedings that are required under the Securities Act to be
described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus
that are not so described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus and (ii) there are no statutes, regulations or contracts or other documents
that are required under the Securities Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration
Statement or described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the
Prospectus that are not so filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in
the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(s) Independent Accountants. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, which has certified certain
financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, is an independent registered
public accounting firm with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the
applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States) and as required by the Securities Act.
(t) Title to Real and Personal Property. The Company and its subsidiaries have good
title in fee simple (in the case of real property) to, or have valid rights to lease or
otherwise use, all items of real and personal property and assets that are material to the
respective businesses of the Company and its subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of
all liens, encumbrances, claims and defects and imperfections of title except those that (i)
do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by
the Company and its subsidiaries or (ii) would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(u) Title to Intellectual Property. The Company and its Significant Subsidiaries own
or possess adequate rights to use all material patents, patent applications, trademarks,
service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service xxxx registrations, copyrights,
licenses and know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable
proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) (collectively, the
“Intellectual Property”) reasonably necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses
as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, except where the failure to own or
possess such Intellectual Property would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the
aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its subsidiaries have not
received any notice of infringement, misappropriation or conflict with the asserted rights
of others with respect to any Intellectual Property except for notices the content of which
if accurate would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(v) No Undisclosed Relationships. No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between
or among the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the directors,
officers, stockholders or affiliates of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the
other, that is required by the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus and that is not so described in such documents and in the Pricing
Disclosure Package.
(w) Investment Company Act. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the
offering and sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in
the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will not be
required to register as an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment
company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Investment Company Act”).
(x) Taxes. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has filed all federal, state,
local and foreign tax returns required to be filed by it through the date hereof and paid
all taxes as shown thereon and all assessments received by it to the extent required to be
paid and not being contested in good faith, except where the failure to do so would not have
a Material Adverse Effect; and to the Company’s knowledge, except as otherwise disclosed in
the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is no
tax deficiency that has been, or could reasonably be expected to be, asserted in writing
against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or
assets that if ultimately upheld would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(y) Licenses and Permits. The Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses,
certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by, and have made all declarations and
filings with, the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory
authorities that are necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties or
the conduct of their respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except where the failure to possess or make
the same would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and
except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any
revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, permit or authorization or has
any reason to believe that any such license, certificate, permit or authorization will not
be renewed in the ordinary course, which would, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(z) No Labor Disputes. No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is
contemplated or threatened, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor
disturbance by, or dispute with, the employees of any of its or its subsidiaries’ principal
suppliers, contractors or customers, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(aa) Compliance with and Liability under Environmental Laws. Except as described in
the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and except
for matters that would not individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Company and its subsidiaries are, and at all prior times
were, in compliance with any and all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws,
rules, regulations, requirements, decisions, judgments, decrees, orders and the common law
relating to pollution or the protection of the environment, natural resources or human
health or safety, including those relating to the generation, storage, treatment, use,
handling, transportation, Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials (as defined
below) (collectively, “Environmental Laws”); (ii) the Company and its subsidiaries have
received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses, certificates or other
authorizations or approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct
their respective businesses; (iii) the Company and its subsidiaries have not received notice
of any actual or potential liability under or relating to, or actual or potential violation
of, any Environmental Laws, including for the investigation or remediation of any Release or
threat of Release of Hazardous Materials, and have no knowledge of any event or condition
that would reasonably be expected to result in any such notice; (iv) neither the Company nor
any of its subsidiaries is conducting or paying for, in whole or in part, any investigation,
remediation or other corrective action pursuant to any Environmental Law at any location;
(v) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any order, decree or
agreement that imposes any obligation or liability under any Environmental Law; (vi) other
than as reserved on the Company’s financial statements, there are no costs or liabilities
associated with Environmental Laws of or relating to the Company or its subsidiaries; and
(vii) (A) there are no proceedings that are pending, or that are known to be contemplated,
against the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws in which a
governmental entity is also a party, other than such proceedings regarding which it is
reasonably believed no monetary sanctions of $100,000 or more will be imposed, and (B) the
Company and its subsidiaries are not aware of any facts or issues regarding compliance with
Environmental Laws, or liabilities or other obligations under Environmental Laws.
(bb) Compliance with ERISA. To the best knowledge of the Company (i) each employee
benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), for which the Company or any member of its
“Controlled Group” (defined as any organization which is a member of a controlled group
of corporations within the meaning of Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the “Code”)) would reasonably be expected to have any material liability (each, a
“Plan”) has been maintained in compliance with its terms and the requirements of ERISA and
the Code in all material respects, except where the failure to be in such compliance would
not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) no material
prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Code, has occurred with respect to any Plan excluding transactions effected pursuant to a
statutory or administrative exemption that could reasonably be expected to result in a
material liability to the Company or its subsidiaries; (iii) for each Plan that is subject
to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, the minimum funding
standard of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, as applicable, has been
satisfied (without taking into account any waiver thereof or extension of any amortization
period) and is reasonably expected to be satisfied in the future (without taking into
account any waiver thereof or extension of any amortization period); (iv) except as
otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, there is no material difference between the fair market value of the assets of
each Plan and the present value of all benefits accrued under such Plan (determined based on
those assumptions used to fund such Plan); (v) no “reportable event” (within the meaning of
Section 4043(c) of ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur for which the
Company would have liability; (vi) neither the Company nor any member of the Controlled
Group has incurred, nor reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA
(other than contributions to the Plan or premiums to the Pension Benefit Guarantee
Corporation, in the ordinary course and without default) in respect of a Plan (including a
“multiemployer plan”, within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA); and (vii) to the
knowledge of the Company, there is no pending audit or investigation by the Internal Revenue
Service, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any other
governmental agency or any foreign regulatory agency with respect to any Plan that could
reasonably be expected to result in material liability to the Company or its subsidiaries,
except, in the case of clause (iv), (v) and (vi) above, where such liability would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. No material increase in
the Company and its subsidiaries’ “accumulated post-retirement benefit obligations” (within
the meaning of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 106) compared to the amount of
such obligations in the Company and its subsidiaries’ most recently completed fiscal year
has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur.
(cc) Disclosure Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis
maintain an effective system of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule
13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act and
that has been designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in
reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized
and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms,
including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated
and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions
regarding required disclosure. The Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis
have carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of their disclosure controls and
procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act.
(dd) Accounting Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis
maintain systems of “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule
13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act and
have been designed by, or under the supervision of, their respective principal executive and
principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable
assurance
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial
statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, including, but not limited to, 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; and (iv)
the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable
intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Based on the
Company’s most recent evaluation of its internal controls over financial reporting pursuant
to Rule 13a-15(c) of the Exchange Act, there are no material weaknesses in the Company’s
internal controls. The Company’s auditors and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors
of the Company have been advised of: (i) all significant deficiencies and material
weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which
have adversely affected or are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability
to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and (ii) any fraud, whether
or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in
the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting.
(ee) Insurance. The Company and its subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized
financial responsibility or are self insured against such losses and risks and in such
amounts as are reasonable and consistent with sound business practice.
(ff) No Unlawful Payments. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the
knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated
with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has (i) used any
corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense
relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any
foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or
is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or (iv) made
any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment.
(gg) Compliance with Money Laundering Laws. 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, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the
rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or
guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (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.
(hh) Compliance with OFAC. None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the
knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company
or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the
Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”); and the
Company will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering of the Shares
hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary,
joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities
of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
(ii) No Broker’s Fees. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to
any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that
would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any
Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the
offering and sale of the Shares.
(jj) No Registration Rights. No person has the right to require the Company or any of
its subsidiaries to register any securities for sale under the Securities Act by reason of
the filing of the Registration Statement with the Commission or the issuance and sale of the
Shares.
(kk) No Stabilization. The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action
designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or
manipulation of the price of the Shares.
(ll) Margin Rules. The application of the proceeds received by the Company from the
issuance, sale and delivery of the Shares as described in the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will not violate Regulation T, U or X of the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation of such Board of
Governors.
(mm) Forward-Looking Statements. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus has been made or
reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.
(nn) Statistical and Market Data. Nothing has come to the attention of the Company
that has caused the Company to believe that the statistical and market-related data included
or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus is not based on or derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in
all material respects.
(oo) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company
or, to the knowledge of the Company, 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 therewith (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”),
including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.
(pp) Status under the Securities Act. At the time of filing the Registration Statement
and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company
or any offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2)
under the Securities Act) of the Shares and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is
not an “ineligible issuer,” and is a well-known seasoned issuer, in each case as defined in
Rule 405 under the Securities Act. The Company has paid the registration fee for this
offering pursuant to Rule 456(b)(1) under the Securities Act or will pay such fee within the
time period required by such rule and in any event prior to the Closing Date.
(qq) Status under Canadian Securities Laws. At the time of filing the Canadian
Prospectus and any post-effective amendment thereto, the Company is qualified to file a
shelf prospectus under the Canadian Securities Administrators’ National Instrument 44-102,
Shelf Distributions.
4. Further Agreements of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with each
Underwriter that:
(a) Required Filings. The Company will file the final Prospectus with the Commission
within the time periods specified by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the
Securities Act, will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to the extent required by Rule
433 under the Securities Act; will file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or
information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to
Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the
Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with
the offering or sale of the Shares; and will furnish copies of the Prospectus and each
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (to the extent not previously delivered) to the Underwriters
in New York City prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the business day next
succeeding the date of this Agreement in such quantities as the Representatives may
reasonably request. The Company will pay the registration fee for this offering within the
time period required by Rule 456(b)(1) under the Securities Act and in any event prior to
the Closing Date.
(b) Delivery of Copies. The Company will deliver, without charge, (i) to the
Representatives, three signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and
each amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith;
and (ii) to each Underwriter (A) a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as
originally filed and each amendment thereto (without exhibits) and (B) during the Prospectus
Delivery Period (as defined below), as many copies of the Prospectus (including all
amendments and supplements thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein and each
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus) as the Representatives may reasonably request. As used
herein, the term “Prospectus Delivery Period” means such period of time after the first date
of the public offering of the Shares as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a
prospectus relating to the Shares is required by law to be delivered (or required to be
delivered but for Rule 172 under the Securities Act) in connection with sales of the Shares
by any Underwriter or dealer.
(c) Amendments or Supplements, Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Before preparing,
using, authorizing, approving, referring to or filing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus,
and before filing any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, whether before or after the time that the Registration Statement becomes
effective, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters
a copy of the proposed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, amendment or supplement for review
and will not prepare, use, authorize, approve, refer to or file any such Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus or file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives
reasonably objects.
(d) Notice to the Representatives. The Company will advise the Representatives
promptly, and confirm such advice in writing, (i) when the Registration Statement has become
effective; (ii) when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes
effective; (iii) when any supplement to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
or any amendment to the Prospectus has been filed; (iv) of any request by the Commission for
any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus
or the receipt of any comments from the Commission relating to the Registration Statement or
any other request by the Commission for any additional information; (v) of the issuance by
the Commission of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or
preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any of the Pricing
Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for
that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act; (vi) of the occurrence of any
event within the
Prospectus Delivery Period as a result of which the Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure
Package or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would 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 existing when the
Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is
delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; (vii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice
of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any
post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act; and
(viii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the
qualification of the Shares for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or
threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company will use its best efforts to
prevent the issuance of any such order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement, preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any of the
Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or suspending any such qualification of the
Shares and, if any such order is issued, will obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal
thereof.
(e) Ongoing Compliance. (1) If during the Prospectus Delivery Period (i) any event
shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or
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 existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or
(ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company
will immediately notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to
paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission and furnish to the Underwriters and to such
dealers as the Representatives may designate such amendments or supplements to the
Prospectus as may be necessary so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or
supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is
delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus will comply with law and
(2) if at any time prior to the Closing Date (i) any event shall occur or condition shall
exist as a result of which the Pricing Disclosure Package as then amended or 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
existing when the Pricing Disclosure Package is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or
(ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Pricing Disclosure Package to comply with
law, the Company will immediately notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and,
subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission (to the extent required) and
furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representatives may designate such
amendments or supplements to the Pricing Disclosure Package as may be necessary so that the
statements in the Pricing Disclosure Package as so amended or supplemented will not, in the
light of the circumstances existing when the Pricing Disclosure Package is delivered to a
purchaser, be misleading or so that the Pricing Disclosure Package will comply with law.
(f) Blue Sky Compliance. The Company will qualify the Shares for offer and sale under
the securities or Blue Sky laws of such states in the United States as the Representatives
shall reasonably request and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required
for distribution of the Shares; provided that the Company shall not be required to
(i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any
such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file any
general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to
taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject.
(g) Earning Statement. The Company will make generally available to its security
holders and the Representatives as soon as practicable an earning statement that satisfies
the
provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Commission
promulgated thereunder covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first
fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the “effective date” (as defined in Rule 158)
of the Registration Statement.
(h) Clear Market. For a period of 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, the
Company will not (i) offer, pledge, announce the intention to sell, sell, contract to sell,
sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any
option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or
indirectly, any shares of Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for Stock or (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in
whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Stock, whether any
such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Stock
or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, without the prior written consent of each of
the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters, other than (A) the Shares to be sold
hereunder, (B) the 1.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2014, the 1.625% Convertible Senior
Notes due 2017 and the 3.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2012 to be sold by the Company
concurrently herewith pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated the date hereof, between
the Company, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc., as
representatives of the several underwriters named therein, (C) the grant of options and
issuance of shares of Stock to employees or directors by the Company in each case under
Company Stock Plans in the ordinary course of business, and (D) any shares of Stock of the
Company issued upon the exercise of options granted under Company Stock Plans.
(i) Use of Proceeds. The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the
Shares as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus under the heading “Use of Proceeds”.
(j) No Stabilization. The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action
designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or
manipulation of the price of the Stock.
(k) Exchange Listing. The Company will use its best efforts to list, subject to notice
of issuance, the Shares on the Exchange.
(l) Reports. So long as the Shares are outstanding, the Company will furnish to the
Representatives, as soon as they are available, copies of all reports or other
communications (financial or other) furnished generally to holders of the Shares, and copies
of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any
national securities exchange or automatic quotation system; provided the Company
will be deemed to have furnished such reports and financial statements to the
Representatives to the extent they are filed on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering,
Analysis, and Retrieval system.
(m) Record Retention. The Company will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in
good faith, retain copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not filed with the
Commission in accordance with Rule 433 under the Securities Act.
5. Certain Agreements of the Underwriters. Each Underwriter hereby represents and
agrees that:
(a) It has not used, authorized use of, referred to or participated in the planning for
use of, and will not use, authorize use of, refer to or participate in the planning for use
of, any
“free writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (which term
includes use of any written information furnished to the Commission by the Company and not
incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued by
the Company) required to be filed with the Commission other than (i) a free writing
prospectus that contains no “issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433(h)(2) under the
Securities Act) that was not included (including through incorporation by reference) in the
Preliminary Prospectus or a previously filed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (ii) any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus listed on Annex D or prepared pursuant to Section 3(c) or Section
4(c) above (including any electronic road show), or (iii) any free writing prospectus
prepared by such underwriter and approved by the Company in advance in writing (each such
free writing prospectus referred to in clauses (i) or (iii), an “Underwriter Free Writing
Prospectus”).
(b) It has not and will not, without the prior written consent of the Company, use any
free writing prospectus that contains the final terms of the Shares unless such terms have
previously been included in a free writing prospectus filed with the Commission; provided
that Underwriters may use a term sheet substantially in the form of Annex E hereto without
the consent of the Company; provided further that any Underwriter using such term sheet
shall notify the Company, and provide a copy of such term sheet to the Company, prior to the
first use of such term sheet.
(c) It is not subject to any pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act
with respect to the offering (and will promptly notify the Company if any such proceeding
against it is initiated during the Prospectus Delivery Period).
6. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligation of each Underwriter to
purchase the Underwritten Shares on the Closing Date or the Option Shares on the Additional Closing
Date, as the case may be, as provided herein is subject to the performance by the Company of its
covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) Registration Compliance; No Stop Order. No order suspending the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding for such purpose, pursuant
to Rule 401(g)(2) or pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act shall be pending before
or threatened by the Commission; the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
shall have been timely filed with the Commission under the Securities Act (in the case of an
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act)
and in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof; and all requests by the Commission for
additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the
Representatives.
(b) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company
contained herein shall be true and correct on the date hereof and on and as of the Closing
Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be; and the statements of the Company
and its officers made in any certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be true
and correct on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may
be.
(c) No Downgrade. Subsequent to the earlier of (A) the Applicable Time and (B) the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, no downgrading to below an investment grade rating
shall have occurred in the rating accorded any debt securities or preferred stock of, or
guaranteed by, the Company or any of its subsidiaries that are rated by a “nationally
recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined by the Commission for
purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act (“NRSRO”). In addition, subsequent to
the earlier of (A) the Applicable Time and (B) the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
if any NRSRO shall have
downgraded the rating accorded any debt securities or preferred stock issued or
guaranteed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries to the lowest investment grade rating,
such rating organization shall not have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or
review its rating of any such debt securities or preferred stock.
(d) No Material Adverse Change. No event or condition of a type described in Section
3(g) hereof shall have occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not described in
the Pricing Disclosure Package (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the
Prospectus (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the effect of which in the
judgment of the Representatives makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the
offering, sale or delivery of the Shares on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date,
as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(e) Officer’s Certificate. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the
Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, a certificate of the chief
financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Company and one additional senior
executive officer of the Company who is reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives (i)
confirming that such officers have reviewed the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and, to the knowledge of such officers, the
representations set forth in Sections 3(b) and 3(d) hereof are true and correct, (ii)
confirming that the other representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement
are true and correct and that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all
conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing
Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and (iii) to the effect set forth
in paragraphs (a), (c) and (d) above.
(f) Comfort Letters. On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date or the
Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP shall have furnished
to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, letters, dated the respective dates
of delivery thereof and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Representatives, containing statements and information of the type
customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the
financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus;
provided, that the letter delivered on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as
the case may be, shall use a “cut-off” date no more than three business days prior to such
Closing Date or such Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
(g) Opinions and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Company. White & Case LLP, counsel
for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company,
their written opinion and 10b-5 statement, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing
Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, substantially in the form and
to the effect set forth in Annex A. Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Vice President and General Counsel of the
Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company his
written opinion, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be,
and addressed to the Underwriters, substantially in the form and to the effect set forth in
Annex B. Goodmans LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the
Representatives, at the request of the Company their written opinion, dated the Closing Date
or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters,
substantially in the form and to the effect set forth in Annex C.
(h) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Underwriters. The Representatives
shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the
case may be, an opinion and 10b-5 statement of Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the
Underwriters, with respect to such matters as the Representatives may reasonably request,
and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably
request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
(i) No Legal Impediment to Issuance. No action shall have been taken and no statute,
rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state
or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing Date or the
Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, prevent the issuance or sale of the Shares; and
no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that
would, as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, prevent
the issuance or sale of the Shares.
(j) Good Standing. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing
Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, satisfactory evidence of the good
standing of the Company in its jurisdiction of organization and its good standing as a
foreign entity in the State of Colorado, in each case in writing or any standard form of
telecommunication from the appropriate governmental authorities of such jurisdictions.
(k) Exchange Listing. The Shares to be delivered on the Closing Date or Additional
Closing Date, as the case may be, shall have been approved for listing on the New York Stock
Exchange, subject to official notice of issuance.
(l) Lock-up Agreements. The “lock-up” agreements, each substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto, between you and certain officers and directors of the Company relating to
sales and certain other dispositions of shares of Stock or certain other securities,
delivered to you on or before the date hereof, shall be full force and effect on the Closing
Date or Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
(m) Additional Documents. On or prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing
Date, as the case may be, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives such
further certificates and documents as the Representatives may reasonably request.
All opinions, letters, certificates and evidence mentioned above or elsewhere in this
Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters.
7. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) Indemnification of the Underwriters. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
each Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls such
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange
Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without
limitation, reasonable legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action
or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several,
that 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 caused by any 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 any Preliminary Prospectus, the
Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any
“issuer information” relating to this offering filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule
433(d) under the Securities Act or any Pricing Disclosure Package (including any Pricing Disclosure
Package that has subsequently been amended), or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities 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 any
information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter
through the Representatives expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only
such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in
subsection (b) below.
(b) Indemnification of the Company. Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration
Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in
paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities
(including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection
with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred)
that 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 any information relating to such
Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives
expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus (or any
amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Pricing Disclosure
Package, it being understood and agreed upon that the only such information furnished by any
Underwriter consists of the following information in the Prospectus furnished on behalf of each
Underwriter: the concession figure appearing in the third paragraph under the caption
“Underwriting” and the information contained in the tenth and eleventh paragraphs under the caption
“Underwriting”.
(c) Notice and Procedures. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or
regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in
respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b) above, such
person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such
indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided that the
failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have
under paragraph (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced
(through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided,
further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any
liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under paragraph (a) or (b)
above. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it
shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who shall not, without the consent of the
Indemnified Person, be counsel to the Indemnifying Person) to represent the Indemnified Person in
such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as
incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own
counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified
Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to
the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have
reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in
addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such
proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the
Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate
due to
actual or potential differing interest between them. It is understood and agreed that the
Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same
jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to
any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be paid
or reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for any Underwriter, its affiliates,
directors and officers and any control persons of such Underwriter shall be designated in writing
by the Representatives and any such separate firm for the Company, its directors, its officers who
signed the Registration Statement and any control persons of the Company shall be designated in
writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any
proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld,
but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the
Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or
liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at
any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse the
Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the
Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its
written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by the
Indemnifying Person of such request and (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the
Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No
Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person (which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld), effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding
in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could
have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an
unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such
proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a
failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.
(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) above is
unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of
indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by
such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one
hand, and the Underwriters on the other, from the offering of the Shares or (ii) if the allocation
provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the
Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other, in connection with the statements or
omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other
relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand,
and the Underwriters on the other, shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the
net proceeds (before deducting expenses) received by the Company from the sale of the Shares and
the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters in connection
therewith, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the
aggregate offering price of the Shares. The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and
the Underwriters on the other, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the
untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state
a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters,
respectively, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to
correct or prevent such statement or omission.
(e) Limitation on Liability. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just
and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro
rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or
by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations
referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid
or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities
referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth
above, any reasonable legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection
with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, in no event shall
an 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 Shares 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
Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section
7 are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder and not joint.
(f) Non-Exclusive Remedies. The remedies provided for in this Section 7 are not exclusive and
shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person
at law or in equity.
8. Effectiveness of Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective upon the
execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.
9. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the
Representatives, by notice to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement
and prior to the Closing Date or, in the case of the Option Shares, prior to the Additional Closing
Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on or by any of the
Exchange, or the Nasdaq Stock Market; (ii) trading of any securities issued or guaranteed by the
Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market; (iii) a
general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by federal or New York
State authorities; or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or
any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis, either within or outside the United
States, that, in the judgment of the Representatives, is material and adverse and makes it
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Shares on the
Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner
contemplated by this Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
10. Defaulting Underwriter.
(a) If, on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, any
Underwriter defaults on its obligation to purchase the Shares that it has agreed to purchase
hereunder on such date, the Representatives may in their discretion arrange for the purchase of
such Shares by themselves, the non-defaulting Underwriters or by other persons reasonably
satisfactory to the Company on the terms contained in this Agreement. If, within 36 hours after
any such default by any Underwriter, the Representatives do not arrange for the purchase of such
Shares, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which to procure
other persons satisfactory to the Representatives to purchase such Shares on such terms. If,
within the respective prescribed period, the Representatives shall have arranged for the purchase
of such Shares, or the Company shall have arranged for the purchase of such Shares, either the
Representatives or the Company may postpone the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the
case may be, for up to five full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion
of the Company or the Representatives may be necessary in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement relating to such purpose, and the Company agrees
to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
that effects any such changes. As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes,
for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires, any person not
listed in Schedule 1 hereto that, pursuant to this Section 10, purchases Shares that a defaulting
Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase.
(b) If, either (i) after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the
Underwritten Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters,
the Representatives and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate number of
such Underwritten Shares that remain unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate
number of Underwritten Shares or (ii) after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of
the Option Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriter by the non-defaulting underwriters,
the Representatives and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal
amount of such Option Shares that remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the
aggregate principal amount of all Option Shares to be purchased at the relevant Additional Closing
Date, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase
the number of Shares or Option Shares, as the case may be, that such Underwriter agreed to purchase
hereunder on such date plus such Underwriter’s pro rata share (based on the number of such Shares
that such Underwriter agreed to purchase on such date) of such Shares of such defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Company as provided in
paragraph (a) above, the aggregate number of Shares that remain unpurchased on the Closing Date or
the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate amount of
Shares to be purchased on such date, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in
paragraph (b) above, then this Agreement or, with respect to any Additional Closing Date, the
obligation of the Underwriters to purchase Shares on the Additional Closing Date shall terminate
without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters. Any termination of this
Agreement pursuant to this Section 10 shall be without liability on the part of the Company, except
that the Company will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in Section 11
hereof and except that the provisions of Section 7 hereof shall not terminate and shall remain in
effect.
(d) Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may
have to the Company or any non-defaulting Underwriter for damages caused by its default.
11. Payment of Expenses.
(a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this
Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident
to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including without limitation, (i) the costs
incident to the authorization, sale, execution, issue, packaging and delivery of the Shares and any
taxes payable by it in that connection; (ii) the costs incident to the preparation, printing and
filing under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (including all
exhibits, amendments and supplements thereto) and the distribution thereof; (iii) the costs of
reproducing and distributing each of the Underwriting Agreement; (iv) the fees and expenses of the
Company’s counsel and independent accountants; (v) the fees and expenses incurred in connection
with the registration or qualification of the Shares under the state or foreign securities or blue
sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and the preparation, printing
and distribution of Blue Sky memoranda related thereto (including the related fees and expenses of
counsel for the Underwriters); (vi) the cost of preparing stock certificates; (vii) the costs and
charges of any transfer agent and any registrar; (viii) all expenses and application fees incurred
in connection with any filing with, and clearance of the offering by, FINRA; (ix) all expenses
incurred by the Company in connection
with any “road show” presentation to potential investors; and (x) all expenses and application
fees related to the listing of the Shares on the Exchange; provided, however, that except as
provided in this Section 11, the Underwriters shall pay their own costs and expenses, including
without limitation the fees and disbursements of their counsel and any advertising expenses (other
than with respect to any road show presentation) connected with any offers they make.
(b) If the purchase of the Underwritten Shares by the Underwriters is not consummated for any
reason permitted under this Agreement other than because of the termination of this Agreement
pursuant to clauses (i), (iii) and (iv) of Section 9 hereof, the occurrence of any event specified
in Section 10 hereof or the occurrence of any event specified in paragraph (h) of Section 6 hereof,
the Company agrees to reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses
(including the fees and expenses of their counsel) reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in
connection with this Agreement and the offering contemplated hereby, but the Company shall be under
no further liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Section 7 hereof.
12. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers
and directors and any controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof. Nothing in this
Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No
purchaser of Shares from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such
purchase.
13. Survival. The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations,
warranties and agreements of the Company and the Underwriters contained in this Agreement or made
by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate
delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Shares and shall remain
in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any investigation made
by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriters.
14. Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where otherwise
expressly provided, the term “affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities
Act; (b) the term “business day” means any day other than a day on which banks are permitted or
required to be closed in New York City; and (c) the term “subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in
Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
15. Miscellaneous.
(a) Authority of the Representatives. Any action by the Underwriters hereunder may be taken
by the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters, and any such action taken by the
Representatives shall be binding upon the Underwriters.
(b) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of
telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be given to the Representatives c/o Citigroup
Global Markets Inc., 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (fax: (000) 000-0000),
Attention: General Counsel; or X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc., 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx xxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000 (fax: (000) 000-0000); Attention Equity Syndicate Desk. Notices to the Company
shall be given to it at 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
(fax:(000) 000-0000); Attention: Treasurer.
(c) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed in such state.
(d) Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts (which may include
counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall be an
original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
(e) Amendments or Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any
consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same
shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.
(f) Headings. The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not
intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of
this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.
Very truly yours, NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Assistant General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
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Accepted: January 28, 2009 | ||||
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. | ||||
For itself and on behalf of the | ||||
several Underwriters listed | ||||
in Schedule 1 hereto. | ||||
By: |
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Accepted: January 28, 2009 | ||||
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS CANADA INC. | ||||
As Sub-Underwriter in Canada | ||||
By: |
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Accepted: January 28, 2009 | ||||
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC. | ||||
For itself and on behalf of the | ||||
several Underwriters listed | ||||
in Schedule 1 hereto. | ||||
By: |
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Accepted: January 28, 2009 | ||||
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES CANADA INC. | ||||
As Sub-Underwriter in Canada | ||||
By: |
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Accepted: January 28, 2009 | ||||
BMO XXXXXXX XXXXX INC. | ||||
As Sub-Underwriter in Canada | ||||
By: |
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxx | |||
Schedule 1
Underwriter | Number of Shares | |||
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
12,000,000 | |||
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. |
12,000,000 | |||
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Canada Inc. |
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BMO Capital Markets Corp. |
6,000,000 | |||
BMO Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Inc. |
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Total |
30,000,000 | |||
Schedule 2
1. An increase in long-term debt to approximately $3.5 billion; and
2. An increase in short term debt outstanding to approximately $172 million.
Schedule 3
Newmont USA Limited, a Delaware corporation
Newmont Mining Corporation of Canada Limited, a Canadian federal corporation
P.T. Newmont Nusa Tengarra, an Indonesian limited liability company
Newmont Australia Limited, an Australian limited liability company
Minera Yanacocha S.R.L, a Peruvian limited liability company
Schedule 4
Capitalization
Minera Yanacocha S.R.L.
Newmont holds a 51.35% interest in MineraYanacocha S.R.L. (“Yanacocha”) with the remaining
interests held by Compañia de Minas Buenaventura, S.A.A. (43.65%) and the International Finance
Corporation (5%). %). An agreement among the shareholders provides for certain preemptive rights
should a shareholder seek to transfer its ownership interest.
Pursuant to the terms of a bond offering entered into by Yanacocha, Newmont and Buenaventura
collectively must continue to maintain ownership of at least 51% of Yanacocha. If such ownership
level is not maintained, the bonds are subject to repayment. The current principal amount of bonds
outstanding is $100 million.
P.T. Newmont Nusa Tenggara
Newmont operates the Batu Hijau mine, a producer of copper/gold concentrates, and has a 45%
ownership interest therein, held through a partnership with an affiliate of Sumitomo Corporation.
Newmont has a 56.25% interest in the partnership and the Sumitomo affiliate holds the remaining
43.75%. The partnership, in turn, owns 80% of P.T. Newmont Nusa Tenggara (“PTNNT”), the subsidiary
that owns the Batu Hijau mine. The remaining 20% interest in PTNNT is held by P.T. Pukuafu Indah
(“PTPI”), an unrelated Indonesian company.
Under the Batu Hijau Contract of Work, beginning in 2005 and continuing through 2010, a
portion of PTNNT owned by Newmont/Sumitomo must be offered for sale to the Indonesian government or
to Indonesian nationals, equal to the difference between the following percentages and the
percentage of shares already owned by the Indonesian government or Indonesian nationals (if such
number is positive): 15% by the end of the 2005; 23% by the end of 2006; 30% by the end of 2007;
37% by the end of 2008, 44% by the end of 2009; and 51% by the end of 2010. The price at which such
interest must be offered for sale to the Indonesian parties is the highest of the then-current
replacement cost, the price at which shares of the project company would be accepted for listing on
the Jakarta Stock Exchange, or the fair market value of such interest as a going concern. PTPI
currently owns a 20% interest in Batu Hijau, which required the Newmont/Sumitomo partnership to
offer a 3% interest in 2006 and an additional 7% interest in 2007. To date, while local
governments and other Indonesian companies have expressed an interest in acquiring the shares, no
sale transactions have been effected. Pursuant to this provision, it is possible that the
ownership interest of the Newmont/Sumitomo partnership in Batu Hijau could be reduced to 49% by the
end of 2010.
The shares of PTNNT held by Newmont through the Newmont/Sumitomo partnership have been pledged
as security to the senior lenders who provided financing to develop the Batu Hijau mine. The
Newmont/Sumitomo partnership agreement contains provisions on governance and transfers of
partnership interests.
Annex A
Form of Opinion of White & Case LLP
Annex B
Form of Opinion of Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Vice President and General Counsel of the Company
Annex C
Form of Opinion of Goodmans LLP
Annex D
a. Pricing Disclosure Package
Annex E
Pricing Term Sheet
Pricing Term Sheet dated January 28, 2009 | Filed pursuant to Rule 433 | |
Registration File No. 333-146720 | ||
Supplementing the Preliminary | ||
Prospectus Supplements dated | ||
January 27, 2009 and the | ||
Prospectus dated October15, 2007 |
Newmont Mining Corporation
Concurrent Offerings of
30 million shares of Common Stock, par value $1.60 per share
(the “Common Stock Offering”)
(the “Common Stock Offering”)
and
$450 million aggregate principal amount of 3.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2012
(the “Convertible Notes Offering”)
(the “Convertible Notes Offering”)
This free writing prospectus relates only to the concurrent offerings of shares of Common Stock and
3.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2012 and should be read together with (1) the preliminary
prospectus supplement, dated January 27, 2009, relating to the Common Stock Offering, including the
documents incorporated therein by reference, (2) the preliminary prospectus supplement, dated
January 27, 2009, relating to the Convertible Notes Offering, including the documents incorporated
therein by reference, and (3) the related base prospectus, dated October 15, 2007, each filed
pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, Registration Statement No. 333-146720.
Issuer:
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Newmont Mining Corporation, a Delaware corporation | |
Common stock symbol:
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NEM |
Common Stock Offering
Title of Securities:
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Common Stock, par value $1.60 per share, of the Issuer. | |
Shares Issued:
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30,000,000 (34,500,000 if the over-allotment option is exercised in full). | |
Outstanding Common Shares after
Offering:
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473,062,428 (477,562,428 if the over-allotment option is exercised in full). | |
Net Proceeds to Issuer after
Underwriting Discount:
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Approximately $1,075 million (approximately $1,236 million if the over-allotment option is exercised in full). |
Last Sale Price of Issuer’s
Common Stock on the New York
Stock Exchange:
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$38.61. | |
Public Offering Price per Share:
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$37.00. | |
Underwriting Discount per Share:
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$1.17. | |
Aggregate Underwriting Discount:
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$35.1 million. | |
Selling Concession per Share:
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$0.70. | |
Pricing Date:
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January 28, 2009. | |
Trade Date:
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January 28, 2009. | |
Settlement Date:
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February 3, 2009. | |
Joint Book-Running Managers:
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Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. | |
Co-Managers:
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BMO Capital Markets Corp. | |
Use of Proceeds:
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The Issuer intends to use the net proceeds from this offering and the Convertible Notes Offering (including any proceeds resulting from any exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option for either offering) to fund the acquisition from AngloGold Xxxxxxx Australia Limited of the 33.33% interest in the Boddington project in Western Australia that it does not already own, and the additional capital expenditures that will result from its increased ownership in the Boddington project, as well as for general corporate purposes. If the Acquisition is not completed, the issuer intends to use the net proceeds from this offering and the Convertible Notes Offering for general corporate purposes. |
Convertible Notes Offering
Title of Securities:
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3.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2012 (the “Notes”). | |
Aggregate Principal Amount
Offered:
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$450,000,000. | |
Over-allotment Option:
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$ 67,500,000. | |
Maturity Date:
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February 15, 2012. | |
Interest:
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3.00% per year, accruing from the Settlement Date. | |
Interest Payment Dates:
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Each February 15 and August 15, beginning August 15, 2009. | |
Record Dates:
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Each February 1 and August 1, beginning on August 1, 2009. | |
Price to Public:
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100%. |
Net Proceeds to Issuer
after Underwriting
Discount:
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97.5%. | |
Conversion Premium:
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25% of the Public Offering Price Per Share in the Common Stock Offering. | |
Conversion Price:
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Approximately $46.25 per share of Issuer’s common stock, subject to adjustment. | |
Conversion Rate:
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21.6216 shares of Issuer’s common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, subject to adjustment. | |
CUSIP:
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651639 AK2. | |
Pricing Date:
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January 28, 2009. | |
Trade Date:
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January 28, 2009. | |
Settlement Date:
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February 3, 2009. | |
Joint Book-Running Managers:
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Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. | |
Co-Managers:
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BMO Capital Markets Corp. | |
Use of Proceeds:
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The Issuer intends to use the net proceeds from this offering and the Common Stock Offering (including any proceeds resulting from any exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option for either offering) to fund the acquisition from AngloGold Xxxxxxx Australia Limited of the 33.33% interest in the Boddington project in Western Australia that it does not already own, and the additional capital expenditures that will result from its increased ownership in the Boddington project, as well as for general corporate purposes. If the Acquisition is not completed, the issuer intends to use the net proceeds from this offering and the Common Stock Offering for general corporate purposes. | |
Adjustment to Conversion
Rate Upon Certain
Make-Whole Fundamental
Changes:
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The number of additional shares to be added to the conversion rate with respect to conversions during the make-whole conversion period will be determined by reference to the table below and is based on the effective date of the relevant make-whole fundamental change and the “applicable price” in respect of such make-whole fundamental change. |
Stock Price
Effective Date | $37.00 | $45.00 | $52.50 | $60.00 | $67.50 | $75.00 | $82.50 | $90.00 | $97.50 | $105.00 | $112.50 | $120.00 | $127.50 | $135.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
February 3, 2009 |
5.4054 | 4.1120 | 2.6430 | 1.7375 | 1.1604 | 0.7823 | 0.5289 | 0.3559 | 0.2360 | 0.1520 | 0.0928 | 0.0512 | 0.0228 | 0.0054 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
February 15, 2010 |
5.4054 | 3.6886 | 2.2006 | 1.3363 | 0.8219 | 0.5088 | 0.3143 | 0.1912 | 0.1119 | 0.0602 | 0.0267 | 0.0065 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
February 15, 2011 |
5.4054 | 2.9012 | 1.4270 | 0.6916 | 0.3318 | 0.1572 | 0.0717 | 0.0285 | 0.0060 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
February 15, 2012 |
5.4054 | 0.6006 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
The exact stock prices and effective dates may not be set forth in the table above, in which case
• | If the stock price is between two stock price amounts in the table or the effective date is between two effective dates in the table, the number of additional shares by which the conversion rate will be increased will be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the number of additional shares set forth for the higher and lower stock price amounts and the two dates, as applicable, based on a 365-day year. |
• | If the stock price is greater than $135.00 per share (subject to adjustment), no additional shares will be added to the conversion rate. | ||
• | If the stock price is less than $37.00 per share (subject to adjustment), no additional shares will be added to the conversion rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the total number of shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes exceed 27.0270 per $1,000 principal amount of notes, subject to adjustments in the same manner as the conversion rate as set forth above under “— Conversion rate adjustments.” |
If any information contained in this Pricing Term Sheet is inconsistent with information contained
in the prospectus, preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the Common Stock Offering or
preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the Convertible Notes Offering, the terms of this
Pricing Term Sheet shall govern.
The Issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus and the related preliminary
prospectus supplements) with the SEC for the offerings to which this communication relates. Before
you invest, you should read the preliminary prospectus in that registration statement, the related
preliminary prospectus supplements and other documents the Issuer has filed with the SEC for more
complete information about the Issuer and these offerings. You may get these documents for free by
visiting XXXXX on the SEC Web site at xxx.xxx.xxx. Alternatively, copies may be obtained from
Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Brooklyn Army Terminal, 000 00xx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, XX
00000, (000) 000-0000 or from X.X. Xxxxxx, National Statement Processing, Prospectus Library, 4
Chase Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 or by
telephone at (000) 000-0000.
Any disclaimers or other notices that may appear below are not applicable to this communication and
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Exhibit A
FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
January [__], 2009
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.
As Representatives of
the several Underwriters
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.
As Representatives of
the several Underwriters
c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
and
c/o X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Re: Newmont Mining Corporation — Public Offerings
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned understands that you, as Representatives of the several Underwriters, propose
to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Equity Underwriting Agreement”) with Newmont Mining
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), providing for the public offering (the “Public
Equity Offering”) by the several Underwriters named in Schedule 1 to the Equity Underwriting
Agreement of Common Stock, par value $1.60 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”), and an
Underwriting Agreement (the “Convertible Underwriting Agreement,” together with the Equity
Underwriting Agreement, the “Underwriting Agreements”) with the Company, providing for the public
offering (the “Public Convertible Offering,” together with the Public Equity Offering, the “Public
Offerings”) by the several Underwriters named in Schedule 1 to the Convertible Underwriting
Agreement of convertible notes of the Company (the Common Stock and the convertible notes offered
pursuant to the Underwriting Agreements, collectively, the “Securities”). Capitalized terms used
herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Underwriting Agreements.
In consideration of the Underwriters’ agreement to purchase and make the Public Offerings of
the Securities, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of each of
the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters, the undersigned will not, during the period
ending 90 days after the date of the prospectuses relating to the Public Offerings, (1) offer,
pledge, announce the intention to sell, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to
purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase,
or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of the Common Stock or any
securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock (including without
limitation, Common Stock which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in
accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and securities
which may be issued upon exercise of a stock option or warrant) or (2) enter into any swap or other
agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the
Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled
by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise or (3) make
any demand for or exercise any right with respect to the registration of any shares of Common Stock
or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, in each case
other than (A) transfers of shares of Common Stock (or stock options exercisable for shares of
Common Stock) as a bona fide gift or gifts (including, for the avoidance of doubt, charitable
donations or gifts) or for estate planning purposes, (B) distributions of shares of Common Stock to
partners, members or stockholders of the undersigned, (C) distributions or sales of shares of
Common Stock acquired in open market transactions by the undersigned after the completion of the
Public Offerings, and (D) sales of shares of Common Stock on behalf of the undersigned by the
undersigned’s broker pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plan established prior to the date of this
Letter Agreement; provided that in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to
clause (A) or (B), each donee or distributee shall execute and deliver to the Representatives a
lock-up letter in the form of this paragraph; and provided, further, that in the
case of any sale, transfer or distribution pursuant to clause (A), (B) or (C), no filing by any
party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or other public announcement shall be required or shall be made voluntarily in connection
with such transfer or distribution (other than a filing on a Form 5 made after the expiration of
the 90-day period referred to above).
In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company, and any duly appointed transfer agent for the
registration or transfer of the securities described herein, are hereby authorized to decline to
make any transfer of securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this
Letter Agreement.
The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and
authority to enter into this Letter Agreement. All authority herein conferred or agreed to be
conferred and any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the successors, assigns,
heirs or personal representatives of the undersigned.
The undersigned understands that, if the Underwritings Agreement do not become effective, or
if the Underwriting Agreements (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) shall
terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the Securities to be sold
thereunder, the undersigned shall be released from all obligations under this Letter Agreement.
The undersigned understands that the Underwriters are entering into the Underwriting Agreements and
proceeding with the Public Offerings in reliance upon this Letter Agreement.
This Letter Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.
Very truly yours, |
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