Fidelity National Financial, Inc. 15,800,000 Shares of Common Stock, $0.0001 par value Underwriting Agreement
Exhibit 1.1
15,800,000 Shares of Common Stock, $0.0001 par value
April 14, 2009
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.
As Representatives of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.
As Representatives of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto
c/o X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Fidelity National Financial, Inc., 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 15,800,000 shares of common
stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the “Underwritten Shares”) and, at the option
of the Underwriters, up to an additional 2,370,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per
share, of the Company (the “Option Shares”). The Underwritten Shares and the Option Shares are
herein referred to as the “Shares”. The shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, 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 promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”), a
registration statement (File No. 333-147391), including a prospectus relating to the registration
of certain securities described therein, including 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
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 that relates to the Shares) 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.
At or prior to the Applicable Time (as defined below), the Company had prepared the following
information (collectively with the pricing information set forth on Annex B, the “Pricing
Disclosure Package”): a Preliminary Prospectus dated April 14, 2009 and each “free-writing
prospectus” (as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the Securities Act) listed on Annex B hereto.
“Applicable Time” means 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on April 14, 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 $18.24.
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 execution 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
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 Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on April 20, 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.
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 or
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 or 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 B hereto, each
electronic road show and any other written communications approved in writing in advance by
the Representatives. Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complied in all material
respects with the Securities Act, 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), does
not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus as of the Applicable Time, and 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 or 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 or 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 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 in all material respects the 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 in all material respects the information
required to be stated therein; 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 in all material respects the information shown thereby; and
the pro forma financial information and the related notes thereto included or incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus have been prepared in accordance with the applicable requirements of the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the assumptions underlying such pro
forma financial information are reasonable and are set forth in the Registration Statement,
the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(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), short-term debt or long-term debt of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries, 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, or any material adverse
change, or 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 the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(h) Organization and Good Standing. The Company and each of its subsidiaries listed on
Exhibit 21.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2008 (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 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”). The Company
does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other
entity that would be a “Significant Subsidiary” (as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation
S-X) other than the Significant Subsidiaries.
(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 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 subsidiary, any such convertible or exchangeable securities
or any such rights, warrants or options; 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 subsidiary owned,
directly or indirectly, by the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are
fully paid and non-assessable and 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.
(j) Stock Options. With respect to the 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 Code (as defined below) so qualifies, (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 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 and any other exchange on which Company securities are traded, and
(iv) each such grant was properly accounted for in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles in the financial statements (including the related notes) of the
Company 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 coordinating the grant of Stock Options with, the release or other public
announcement of material information regarding the Company or its subsidiaries or their
results of operations or prospects.
(k) Due Authorization. The Company has the corporate, 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 to the
descriptions 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) Description of the Underwriting Agreement. The Underwriting Agreement conforms in
all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement,
the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(o) No Violation or Default. Neither the Company nor any of its Significant
Subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its charter or by-laws or similar organizational
documents; (ii) 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 Significant Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or
any of its Significant Subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of
the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is subject; or (iii) 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, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above,
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 Significant Subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its
Significant 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
Significant 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, license,
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 such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or
qualifications as may be required under applicable state 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 or may be a party or to which any property of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is or may be the subject that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined
adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect; no such investigations, actions, suits or proceedings are
threatened or, to the knowledge of the Company, 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. KPMG LLP, who have 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
and marketable title in fee simple (in the case of real property) to, or have valid and
marketable 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) could not reasonably be
expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(u) Title to Intellectual Property. The Company and its 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) necessary for the conduct of their
respective businesses as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, and the
conduct of their respective businesses will not conflict in any material respect with any
such rights of others. The Company and its subsidiaries have not received any notice of any
claim of infringement, misappropriation or conflict with any such rights of others in
connection with its patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, trademarks, service marks,
trade names, copyrights and know-how, which could reasonably be expected to result in 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, customers or suppliers 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. The Company and its subsidiaries have paid all federal, state, local and
foreign taxes and filed all tax returns required to be paid or filed through the date
hereof; and 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 against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any
of their respective properties or assets that could reasonably be expected, individually or
in the aggregate, to 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.
(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 have a Material Adverse Effect.
(aa) Compliance with ERISA. (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 have any liability (each,
a “Plan”) has been maintained in compliance with its terms and the requirements of any
applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to ERISA and
the Code, except for noncompliance that could not reasonably be expected to result in
material liability to the Company or its subsidiaries; (ii) no 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) the fair market value of the assets of each Plan
exceeds 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 that either has
resulted, or could reasonably be expected to result, in material liability to the Company or
its subsidiaries; (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 PBGC, 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) 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. None of the following events has occurred or is reasonably likely to
occur: (x) a material increase in the aggregate amount of contributions required to be made
to all Plans by the Company or its subsidiaries in the current fiscal year of the Company
and its subsidiaries compared to the amount of such contributions made in the Company and
its subsidiaries’ most recently completed fiscal year; or (y) a 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.
(bb) Disclosure Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries 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 have carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of their
disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act.
(cc) Accounting Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries 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. Except as disclosed in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, 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.
(dd) Insurance. The Company and its subsidiaries have insurance covering their
respective properties, operations, personnel and businesses, including business interruption
insurance, which insurance is in amounts and insures against such losses and risks as are
adequate to protect the Company and its subsidiaries and their respective businesses; and
neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has (i) received notice from any insurer or
agent of such insurer that capital improvements or other expenditures are required or
necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance or (ii) any reason to believe that
it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage
expires or to obtain similar coverage at reasonable cost from similar insurers as may be
necessary to continue its business.
(ee) 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 bribe, rebate,
payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment.
(ff) 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.
(gg) 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.
(hh) No Restrictions on Subsidiaries. Except as described in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no Significant Subsidiary of
the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any agreement or other
instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying any dividends to the Company,
from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the
Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any
of such subsidiary’s properties or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the
Company.
(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. Except for certain rights of Land America Financial
Group, Inc. (“LFG”) pursuant to that certain amended and restated Stock Purchase Agreement
by and between the Company and LFG, 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
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.
(qq) Insurance Subsidiary Statements. For each of the insurance subsidiaries of the
Company chartered as an insurance company under state law (the “Insurance Subsidiaries”),
the Company has provided access to true, correct and complete copies of the statutory
financial statements (including the annual reports filed in each state in which one of such
Insurance Subsidiaries is admitted or approved) for each such Insurance Subsidiary for the
years 2005 through 2008. All such statements shall be referred to as “Insurance Subsidiary
Statements”; the Insurance Subsidiary Statements present fairly in all material respects, on
a consistent basis and in accordance with practices prescribed or permitted by the
appropriate regulatory agencies of each state in which the Insurance Subsidiary Statements
have been filed or may be required to be filed, the financial position at the end of each
such referenced period and results of each such Insurance Subsidiary’s operations for each
such referenced period; the exhibits and schedules included in the Insurance Subsidiary
Statements are fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the subject Insurance
Subsidiary and the Insurance Subsidiary Statements comply in all material respects with
applicable regulatory requirements; and each of the Company and the Insurance Subsidiaries
maintains its books and records in accordance with, and is otherwise in compliance with, the
applicable Insurance Laws (as defined in Section 3(rr) below), except where the failure to
so maintain its books and records or be in compliance would not, individually or in the
aggregate, be reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(rr) Insurance Laws. Each of the Insurance Subsidiaries is duly licensed as an
insurance brokerage company, insurer or reinsurer, as the case may be, under the insurance
laws and the rules, regulations and interpretations of the insurance regulatory authorities
thereunder (collectively, the “Insurance Laws”) of each jurisdiction in which the conduct of
its existing business as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
requires such licensing, except for such jurisdictions in which the failure to be so
licensed would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect; each of the Company and the Insurance Subsidiaries has made all
required filings under applicable holding company statutes or other Insurance Laws in each
jurisdiction where such
filings are required, except for such jurisdictions in which the failure to make such
filings would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect; each of the Company and the Insurance Subsidiaries has all other
necessary authorizations, approvals, orders, consents, certificates, licenses, permits,
registrations and qualifications of and from all insurance regulatory authorities necessary
to conduct their respective existing businesses as described in the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus and all of the foregoing are in full force and effect, except
where the failure to have such authorizations, approvals, orders, consents, certificates,
permits, registrations or qualifications or their failure to be in full force and effect
would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect; none of the Company and the Insurance Subsidiaries has received any
notification from any insurance regulatory authority or other governmental authority in the
United States or elsewhere to the effect that any additional material authorization,
approval, order, consent, certificate, permit, registration or qualification is needed to be
obtained by either the Company or the Insurance Subsidiaries to conduct its existing
business as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and except as
otherwise described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no insurance
regulatory authority has issued any order or decree impairing, restricting or prohibiting
the payment of dividends by the Company or any of the Insurance Subsidiaries.
(ss) Reinsurance. All reinsurance treaties, reinsurance contracts and reinsurance
agreements to which the Company or any of its Insurance Subsidiaries is a party are in full
force and effect, and none of the Company or any of its Insurance Subsidiaries is in
violation of, or in default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of, any
obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained therein, except where the failure to
be in full force and effect and except where any such violation or default would not, singly
or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; none of the Company or any of its
Insurance Subsidiaries has received any notice from any of the other parties to such
treaties, contracts or agreements which are material to its business that such other party
intends not to perform in any material respect such treaty, contract or agreement; and the
Company and its Insurance Subsidiaries have no reason to believe that any of the parties to
such treaties, contracts or agreements will be unable to perform such treaty, contract,
agreement or arrangement, except where such non-performance would not, singly or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(tt) Reserves. Except as described in the Registration Statement the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, none of the Company or any of its Insurance
Subsidiaries have made any material changes in their insurance reserving practices during
the last two years.
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 (without giving effect to the proviso therein) and in any event
prior to the Closing Date.
(b) Delivery of Copies. The Company will deliver, without charge, (i) to the
Representatives, one signed copy 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, 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 in a timely manner.
(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 reasonable 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, to 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 (including insurance securities laws) of such jurisdictions
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 60 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 the Representatives, other than (i) the Shares to be sold
hereunder, (ii) any shares of Stock of the Company issued upon the exercise of options
granted under Company Stock Plans outstanding on the date hereof, (iii) options or other
share-based awards under Company Stock Plans, provided that such awards do not vest within
such 60-day period or, of if they do vest, that any shares of Stock acquired on exercise are
subject to the restrictions set forth in Exhibit A hereto for the remainder of such 60-day
period, and (iv) shares of Stock issued as consideration in acquisitions up to a maximum of
10% of the Stock outstanding as of the date hereof.
(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 New York Stock Exchange (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 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) 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 B 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
C 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, or substantially concurrently with, the first use of such term sheet.
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, if there are 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, (i) no downgrading shall
have occurred in the rating accorded any such debt securities or preferred stock and (ii) no
such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, or
has changed its outlook with respect to, its rating of any such debt securities or preferred
stock (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading).
(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 satisfactory to the Representatives on behalf of the
Company (i)
confirming that such officers have carefully 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, KPMG LLP and Ernst & Young 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”, and on the
date of this Agreement with respect to Ernst & Young LLP, an agreed upon procedures letter,
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) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsels for the Company. Xxxxx & XxXxxxx LLP,
counsel for the Company, and Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, in-house 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, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Representatives, collectively to the effect set forth in Annex A hereto.
(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 Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx, 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 and its Significant Subsidiaries in their respective jurisdictions
of organization and their good standing as foreign entities in such other jurisdictions as
the Representatives may reasonably request, 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.
(n) CFO Certificate. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing
Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, a CFO certificate in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect set forth in Annex D
hereto.
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, 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, (ii) or any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact contained in the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under
the Securities Act or any Pricing Disclosure Package, 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 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, 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 and reallowance figures
appearing in the third paragraph under the caption “Underwriting” and the information contained in
the twelfth and thirteenth 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 X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. 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, 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, 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 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 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 New York
Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Stock Market, the Chicago Board Options
Exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange or the Chicago Board of Trade; (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 non-defaulting Underwriters may in their discretion arrange for the
purchase of such Shares by other persons satisfactory to the Company on the terms contained in this
Agreement. If, within 36 hours after any such default by any Underwriter, the non-defaulting
Underwriters 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
non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase such Shares on such terms. If other persons become
obligated or agree to purchase the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter, either the non-defaulting
Underwriters 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 counsel for the Company or counsel for the Underwriters may be necessary in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement, 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, 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, does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate
number of Shares to be purchased on such date, then the Company shall have the right to require
each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number of Shares that such Underwriter agreed to
purchase hereunder on such date plus such Underwriter’s pro rata share (based on the number of
Shares that such Underwriter agreed to purchase on such date) of the 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, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Shares and any taxes
payable in connection therewith; (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 fees and expenses of
the Company’s counsel and independent accountants; (iv) 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 (including insurance securities laws) of such jurisdictions as the
Representatives may designate and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky
Memorandum (including the related fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters); (v) the cost
of preparing stock certificates; (vi) the costs and charges of any transfer agent and any
registrar; (vii) all expenses and application fees incurred in connection with any filing with, and
clearance of the offering by, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.; (viii) all
expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any “road show” presentation to potential
investors; and (ix) all expenses and application fees related to the listing of the Shares on the
New York Stock Exchange.
(b) If (i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9, (ii) the Company for any reason
fails to tender the Shares for delivery to the Underwriters or (iii) the Underwriters decline to
purchase the Shares for any reason permitted under this Agreement, 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.
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 X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. and Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.. Any action by the
Underwriters hereunder may be taken by X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. and Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. on
behalf of the Underwriters, and any such action taken by X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. and Xxxxxxx,
Sachs & Co. 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 X.X.
Xxxxxx Securities Inc., 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 Fax: 000-000-0000; Attention
Equity Syndicate Desk and Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co., 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000;
Attention Control Room. Notices to the Company shall be given to it at Fidelity National
Financial, Inc., 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxx., Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attn: Executive Vice President, Chief
Legal Officer, Fax: 000-000-0000 with a copy to Fidelity National Financial, Inc., 0000 Xxxxx
Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attn: Executive Vice President, Legal, Fax:
000-000-0000.
(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, FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL, INC. |
||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Executive Vice President | |||
Title: | Corporate Finance | |||
Accepted: April 14, 2009
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.
XXXXXXX, XXXXX & CO.
XXXXXXX, XXXXX & CO.
For themselves and on behalf of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto.
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto.
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC. |
||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Authorized Signatory | ||||
XXXXXXX, SACHS & CO. |
||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. | |||
Authorized Signatory | ||||
Schedule 1
Underwriter | Number of Shares | |||
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. |
5,925,000 | |||
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. |
5,925,000 | |||
Barclays Capital Inc. |
1,106,000 | |||
Xxxxxxxx Inc. |
1,106,000 | |||
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx, Inc. |
711,000 | |||
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. |
711,000 | |||
Xxxxxxx & Partners Securities LLC |
316,000 | |||
Total |
15,800,000 | |||
Annex A
[Form of Opinion of Counsels for the Company]
Annex B
a. | Pricing Disclosure Package | |
None. | ||
b. | Pricing Information Provided Orally by Underwriters | |
Price of Underwritten Shares: $19.00 | ||
Number of Underwritten Shares: 15,800,000 |
Annex C
None.
Annex D
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE
The undersigned, Chief Financial Officer of Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (the “Company”),
hereby certifies, in his capacity as Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Section 6(n) of that
certain Underwriting Agreement dated April 14, 2009 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), among the
Company, X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. and Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. as the representatives of the
underwriters named therein, that as of the date hereof:
1) I have reviewed the Preliminary Prospectus and Prospectus (each as defined in the
Underwriting Agreement) and the information presented in the Preliminary Prospectus and Prospectus
to the best of my knowledge and belief is accurate as of the dates thereof and is accurately
derived from the Company’s accounting records.
2) I have compared each item marked on the attached copy of the Preliminary Prospectus and
Prospectus with the amount included in the Company’s accounting records or on a schedule or report
prepared by the Company from its accounting records and found them to be in agreement.
3) No facts have come to my attention that have caused me to believe that the financial data
presented in the Preliminary Prospectus and Prospectus are not prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles on a basis substantially consistent with that of the
consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries audited by KPMG LLP and
included in the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 except that [Note: Insert
exceptions included in prospectus].
In witness whereof, I have executed this certificate this 20th day of April, 2009.
FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL, INC. |
||||
By: | ||||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
Exhibit A
FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
, 2009
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.
As Representatives of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.
As Representatives of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto
c/o X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Re: Fidelity National Financial, Inc. — Public Offering
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned understands that you, as Representatives of the several Underwriters, propose
to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Fidelity National
Financial, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), providing for the public offering (the
“Public Offering”) by the several Underwriters named in Schedule 1 to the Underwriting Agreement
(the “Underwriters”), of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the
“Securities”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set
forth in the Underwriting Agreement.
In consideration of the Underwriters’ agreement to purchase and make the Public Offering of
the Securities, and for other good and valuable consideration receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of X.X. Xxxxxx
Securities Inc. and Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. on behalf of the Underwriters, the undersigned will not,
during the period ending 60 days after the date of the prospectus relating to the Public Offering
(the “Prospectus”), (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 Common Stock, $0.0001 per share par value, of the Company (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 without the prior written
consent of the Representatives, in each case other than (A) transfers of shares of Common Stock as
a bona fide gift or gifts, and (B) sales of shares of Common Stock by the undersigned to the
Company, including shares withheld for withholding taxes; provided, that in the case of any
transfer or distribution pursuant to clause (A), 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 transfer or distribution pursuant to
clause (A) or (B), 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 60-day period referred to above). In addition, the
undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. and
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during the period ending 60 days
after the date of the Prospectus, 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 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 Underwriting Agreement does not become effective, or
if the Underwriting Agreement (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 Agreement and
proceeding with the Public Offering 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, [NAME OF STOCKHOLDER] |
||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||