Select Medical Corporation 6.250% Senior Notes due 2026 PURCHASE AGREEMENT December 5, 2019
Exhibit 1.1
Execution Version
$675,000,000
Select Medical Corporation
6.250% Senior Notes due 2026
December 5, 2019
December 5, 2019
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
as Representative of the Initial Purchasers
c/o X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Select Medical Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several purchasers named in Schedule I hereto (the “Initial Purchasers”) $675,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 6.250% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Notes”) pursuant to the terms of this purchase agreement (this “Agreement”). X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC has agreed to act as the representative of the several Initial Purchasers (the “Representative”) in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes.
The Securities (as defined herein) will be issued pursuant to the provisions of that certain Indenture, dated as of August 1, 2019 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors (as defined herein) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
The payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis, jointly and severally, by (i) the entities listed on the signature pages hereof as “Guarantors” and (ii) any subsidiary of the Company formed or acquired after the Closing Date (as defined herein) that executes an additional guarantee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, and their respective successors and assigns (collectively, the “Guarantors”) pursuant to their guarantees (the “Guarantees”). The Notes and the Guarantees attached thereto are herein collectively referred to as the “Securities”.
The Company previously issued $550,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.250% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Existing Notes”) under the Indenture. The Securities that will be issued and sold by the Company pursuant to this Agreement will constitute an issuance of “Additional Notes” under and as defined in the Indenture. Except as otherwise described in the Time of Sale Memorandum (as defined below), the Securities offered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement will have identical terms to the Existing Notes and will be treated collectively as a single class of notes for all purposes under the Indenture.
Concurrently with the issuance of the Securities, the Company intends to (x) enter into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of March 6, 2017 (as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of March 22, 2018, by Amendment No. 2, dated as of October 26, 2018, and by Amendment No. 3, dated as of August 1, 2019, and as further amended, modified and supplemented from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”), among Select Medical Holdings Corporation (“Parent”), the Company, as Borrower, the Lenders and issuing banks party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“JPMCB”), as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, and the other agents and entities party thereto from time to time, which will, among other modifications to the Credit Agreement, establish Incremental Term Loans (as defined in the Credit Agreement) (the “New Term Loans”) in an aggregate principal amount of $615.0 million and (y) enter into an intercompany secured loan agreement (the “Concentra Intercompany Loan Agreement”) among the Company, Concentra, Inc. (“Concentra”), and each of the subsidiaries of Concentra, pursuant to which the Company will make an intercompany loan (the “Concentra Loan”) to Concentra. The Securities are being issued to fund, together with the proceeds of the New Term Loans and, if required, available cash, the Concentra Loan made under the Concentra Intercompany Loan Agreement, which will be used by Concentra to repay in full all currently outstanding term loans under that certain First Lien Credit Agreement, dated June 1, 2015, by and among Concentra, MJ Acquisition Corporation, Concentra Holdings, Inc., JPMCB as administrative agent and collateral agent, and the other lenders party thereto, and to pay the fees and expenses incurred or otherwise payable in connection therewith, and otherwise to fund the general corporate purposes of the Company and its subsidiaries.
The issuance of the Securities, the entrance into the Amendment (including the borrowing of the New Term Loans) and the Concentra Intercompany Loan Agreement (including the extension of the Concentra Loan thereunder) and the other related transactions described herein and in the Time of Sale Memorandum are collectively referred to as the “Transactions.”
The Company understands that the Initial Purchasers propose to make an offering of the Securities on the terms and in the manner set forth herein and in the Time of Sale Memorandum and agrees that the Initial Purchasers may resell, subject to the conditions set forth herein, all or a portion of the Securities to purchasers (the “Subsequent Purchasers”) on the terms set forth in the Time of Sale Memorandum (the first time when sales of the Securities are made is referred to as the “Time of Sale”). The Securities will be offered without being registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), to persons who are reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers in compliance with the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“Rule 144A”) and in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act (“Regulation S”). Pursuant to the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, investors who acquire Securities shall be deemed to have agreed that Securities may only be resold or otherwise transferred, after the date hereof, if an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act is available (including the exemptions afforded by Rule 144A or Regulation S). The Company hereby confirms that it has authorized the use of the Time of Sale Memorandum, the Final Memorandum (as defined herein) and any Additional Written Communication (as defined herein) in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers.
In connection with the sale of the Securities, the Company has prepared and delivered to each Initial Purchaser copies of a preliminary offering memorandum, dated December 5, 2019 (the “Preliminary Memorandum”), and prepared and delivered to each Initial Purchaser copies of a pricing supplement, dated December 5, 2019 (the “Pricing Supplement”), describing the terms of the Securities, each for use by such Initial Purchaser in connection with its solicitation of offers to purchase the Securities. The Preliminary Memorandum and the Pricing Supplement are herein referred to together as the “Time of Sale Memorandum.” Promptly after this Agreement is executed and delivered, the Company will prepare and deliver to each Initial Purchaser a final offering memorandum, dated the date hereof (the “Final Memorandum”). As used herein, the terms “Preliminary Memorandum,” “Time of Sale Memorandum” and “Final Memorandum” shall include the documents, if any, incorporated by reference therein on the date hereof. The terms “supplement,” “amendment” and “amend” as used herein with respect to the Preliminary Memorandum, the Time of Sale Memorandum or the Final Memorandum shall include all documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the “Exchange Act”), that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein.
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1. Representations and Warranties. Each of the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, hereby represents and warrants to, and agrees with each Initial Purchaser that, as of the Time of Sale and as of the Closing Date:
(a) (i) Each document, if any, filed or to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Memorandum, the Time of Sale Memorandum or the Final Memorandum complied or will comply when so filed in all material respects with the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (ii) the Time of Sale Memorandum as of the Time of Sale does not, and as of the Closing Date 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, (iii) the Final Memorandum as of its date and as of the Closing Date 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, except that the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph do not apply to statements in or omissions from the Time of Sale Memorandum or the Final Memorandum based upon information relating to any Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company in writing by such Initial Purchaser through the Representative expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such written information so furnished is as set forth in Section 8(b).
(b) The Company has not prepared, made, used, authorized, approved or distributed and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or distribute any written communication that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities other than (i) the Time of Sale Memorandum, (ii) the Final Memorandum and (iii) any electronic road show or other written communications, in each case used in accordance with Section 6(c). Each such communication by the Company or its agents and representatives pursuant to clause (iii) of the preceding sentence (each, a “Additional Written Communication”), when taken together with the Time of Sale Memorandum, did not as of the Time of Sale, and, when taken together with the Final Memorandum, at the Closing Date 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 this representation, warranty and agreement shall not apply to statements in or omissions from each such Additional Written Communication made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by any Initial Purchaser through the Representative expressly for use in any Additional Written Communication, it being understood and agreed that the only such written information so furnished is as set forth in Section 8(b).
(c) The Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has the corporate power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Memorandum, and to enter into this Agreement and the Securities and to perform its obligations under each of this Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities. The Company is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
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(d) Each of the Guarantors has been duly organized, is validly existing as a corporation, limited liability company or partnership in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has the corporate, limited liability company, or partnership power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Memorandum and to enter into this Agreement and the Securities and to perform its obligations under each of this Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities, as applicable. Each Guarantor is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; all of the issued shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each Guarantor have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly by the Company or through subsidiaries of the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, except for any lien or encumbrance in connection with (i) the Credit Agreement and (ii) equity interests owned by minority investors in non-wholly owned subsidiaries.
(e) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and each Guarantor.
(f) The Notes have been duly authorized by the Company and, on the Closing Date, will have been duly executed and delivered by the Company. When the Notes are authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture (assuming that the Indenture was duly executed and delivered by the Trustee), and the Notes have been issued, delivered to and paid for by the Initial Purchasers in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Notes will be valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as enforceability may be limited by the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing (the “Enforceability Exceptions”) and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
(g) [reserved].
(h) The Guarantees of the Notes on the Closing Date when issued will be in the form contemplated by the Indenture and have been duly authorized for issuance pursuant to this Agreement and the Indenture by the Guarantors; the Guarantees of the Notes, at the Closing Date, will have been duly executed by each of the Guarantors and, when the Notes have been authenticated in the manner provided for in the Indenture and issued and delivered to the Initial Purchasers against payment of the purchase price therefor by the Initial Purchasers, the Guarantees of the Notes will constitute valid and binding agreements of the Guarantors, in each case, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture pursuant to which such Guarantees are to be issued.
(i) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and each Guarantor and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Company and each Guarantor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions.
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(j) The Notes and the Guarantees to be purchased by the Initial Purchasers from the Company will on the Closing Date be in the form contemplated by the Indenture. The Indenture conforms, and the Securities will conform, to the descriptions thereof in the Time of Sale Memorandum and the Final Memorandum.
(k) At September 30, 2019, on a consolidated basis, after giving pro forma effect to the consummation of the Transactions, the Company would have an authorized and outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Time of Sale Memorandum and the Final Memorandum under the caption “Capitalization” (other than for subsequent issuances of capital stock, if any, pursuant to employee benefit plans described in the Time of Sale Memorandum and the Final Memorandum or upon exercise of outstanding options or warrants described in the Time of Sale Memorandum and the Final Memorandum).
(l) Neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors is in (i) violation of its certificate of incorporation, certificate of formation, bylaws or other operating agreement, as applicable, or (ii) default in any material respect, and no event has occurred which, 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, credit agreement or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its property or assets is subject, except for any default described in clause (ii) above which would not be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. The Company’s and the Guarantors’ execution and delivery of this Agreement and performance of this Agreement and the Indenture and the issuance and delivery of the Securities and consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and by the Time of Sale Memorandum and the Final Memorandum (i) will not result in any violation of the provisions of the charter, bylaws or other constitutive document of the Company or any subsidiary, (ii) will not conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or a Debt Repayment Triggering Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, or require the consent of any other party to, any existing note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness, except for such conflicts, breaches, defaults, debt repayments, liens, charges or encumbrances as would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to result in a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and (iii) will not result in any violation of any law, administrative regulation or administrative or court decree applicable to the Company or any subsidiary, except for such violations as would not be reasonably expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. As used herein, a “Debt Repayment Triggering Event” means any event or condition which gives, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time would give, the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
(m) No consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or registration or filing with, any court or other governmental or regulatory authority or agency is required for the Company’s and the Guarantors’ execution and delivery of this Agreement or performance of this Agreement or the Indenture, or the issuance and delivery of the Securities, or consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and by the Time of Sale Memorandum or the Final Memorandum, except such as have been obtained or made by the Company and the Guarantors and are in full force and effect under the Securities Act, applicable securities laws of the several states of the United States or provinces of Canada and except to the extent that the failure to obtain or file such consent, approval, authorization order, registration or filing would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the power or ability of the Company and the Guarantors to perform their obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture or the Securities or to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Time of Sale Memorandum.
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(n) Since the date of the most recent consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in each of the Time of Sale Memorandum and the Final Memorandum and in each case except as otherwise disclosed in each of the Time of Sale Memorandum and the Final Memorandum, there has not occurred any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(o) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in each of the Time of Sale Memorandum and the Final Memorandum, (i) the Company and its subsidiaries have not incurred any material liability or obligation, direct or contingent, nor entered into any material transaction; (ii) the Company has not purchased any of its outstanding capital stock, except for purchases pursuant to the Company’s publicly disclosed stock repurchase plan, nor has the Company declared, paid or otherwise made any dividend or distribution of any kind on its capital stock other than ordinary and customary dividends; and (iii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock, short-term debt or long-term debt of the Company and its subsidiaries, except in each case as described in each of the Time of Sale Memorandum and the Final Memorandum, respectively.
(p) Other than proceedings accurately described in all material respects in the Time of Sale Memorandum and the Final Memorandum, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors, threatened to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any of the properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject that would be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or on the power or ability of the Company and the Guarantors to perform their obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture or the Securities or to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Time of Sale Memorandum and the Final Memorandum.
(q) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, the Company and its subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all, and have not violated any, applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws (including common law), rules, regulations, requirements, judgement, decrees, orders and other legally enforceable requirements relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses, (iii) are in compliance with all, and have not violated any, terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, (iv) have not received written notice of any actual or potential liability or obligation under or relating to, or any actual or potential violation of, any Environmental Laws, including for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in any such notice and (v) are not aware of any facts or issues regarding compliance with Environmental Laws, or liabilities or other obligations under Environmental Laws or concerning releases of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, that would reasonably be expected to have an effect on the capital expenditures, earnings or competitive position of the Company and its subsidiaries.
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(r) To the knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors, neither the Company nor its subsidiaries have any outstanding obligation to incur costs pursuant to or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for the clean-up or closure of properties pursuant to Environmental Laws or compliance with Environmental Laws, including any permit, license, approval or any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties) which would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(s) The Company and each Guarantor is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Final Memorandum will not be, required to register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”).
(t) None of the Company, a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, the person specified (an “Affiliate”) of the Company, or any person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Company and the Guarantors make no representation or warranty) has, directly or indirectly, solicited any offer to buy or offered to sell, or will, directly or indirectly, solicit any offer to buy or offer to sell, in the United States or to any United States citizen or resident, any security which is or would be integrated with the sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the Securities to be registered under the Securities Act. None of the Company, its Affiliates, or any person acting on its or any of their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Company and the Guarantors make no representation or warranty) has engaged or will engage, in connection with the offering of the Securities, in any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502 under the Securities Act. With respect to those Securities sold in reliance upon Regulation S, (i) none of the Company, its Affiliates or any person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Company and the Guarantors make no representation or warranty) has engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts within the meaning of Regulation S and (ii) each of the Company and its Affiliates and any person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Company and the Guarantors make no representation or warranty) has complied and will comply with the offering restrictions set forth in Regulation S.
(u) Subject to compliance by the Initial Purchasers with the procedures set forth in Section 7 hereof, it is not necessary in connection with the offer, sale and delivery of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers and to each Subsequent Purchaser in the manner contemplated by this Agreement and the Time of Sale Memorandum to register the issuance, sale or resale of the Securities under the Securities Act or to qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
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(v) The Securities are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A and will not be, at the Closing Date, of the same class as securities listed on a national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act or quoted in a U.S. automated interdealer quotation system.
(w) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor any director, officer or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company and each of the Guarantors, any agent, affiliate 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 or taken an act in furtherance of an offer, promise or authorization of any direct or indirect unlawful payment or benefit to any foreign or domestic government official or employee, including of any government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the FCPA, or any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, or committed an offence under the Xxxxxxx Xxx 0000 of the United Kingdom, or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law; or (iv) made, offered, agreed, requested or taken an act in furtherance of any unlawful bribe or other unlawful benefit, including, without limitation, any rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful or improper payment or benefit. The Company and its subsidiaries have instituted, maintain and enforce, and will continue to maintain and enforce, policies and procedures designed to promote and ensure compliance with all applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws.
“FCPA” means Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
(x) The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in material compliance with all applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by Title III of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT Act), and the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of jurisdictions where the Company and its subsidiaries conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Anti-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 Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors, threatened.
(y) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, directors, officers or employees, nor, to the knowledge of the Company or any of the Guarantors, any agent, affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently the subject or the target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. government, (including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”) or the U.S. Department of State and including, without limitation, the designation as a “specially designated national” or “blocked person”), the United Nations Security Council (“UNSC”), the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury (“HMT”), or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor is the Company or any of its subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject or target of Sanctions, including, without limitation, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Venezuela and Crimea (each, a “Sanctioned Country”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity (i) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any person that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or target of Sanctions, (ii) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business in any Sanctioned Country or (iii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the transaction, whether as initial purchaser, underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions. For the past five years, the Company and its subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in, are not now knowingly engaged in any dealings or transactions with any person that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject or the target of Sanctions or with any Sanctioned Country.
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(z) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, which expressed its opinion with respect to the financial statements (which term as used in this Agreement includes the related notes thereto) and supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Memorandum and the Final Memorandum, are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Rules of Professional Conduct/Code of Ethics (or similar rules) and Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and any non-audit services provided to the Company by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP have been approved by the audit committee of the board of directors of the Company.
(aa) The financial statements, together with the related schedules and notes, included or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Memorandum and the Final Memorandum present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the entities to which they relate as of and at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and cash flows for the periods specified. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved, except as may be expressly stated in the related notes thereto and in the case of unaudited financial statements, subject to normal and recurring year-end adjustments that if presented, would not differ materially from that included in the audited financial statements. The financial data set forth in the Time of Sale Memorandum and the Final Memorandum under the caption “Summary—Summary Historical Consolidated Financial and Other Data” fairly present the information set forth therein on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Memorandum and the Final Memorandum. The statistical and market-related data and forward-looking statements included or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Memorandum and the Final Memorandum are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate in all material respects and represent the Company’s good faith estimates that are made on the basis of data derived from such sources. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in each of the Preliminary Memorandum, the Time of Sale Memorandum and the Final Memorandum fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commission's rules and guidelines applicable thereto.
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(bb) The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess, or, to the knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors, can acquire on reasonable terms, all material patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks and trade names currently employed by them in connection with the business now operated by them. Neither the Company nor any of its Guarantors has received any unresolved notice of infringement of or conflict with the intellectual property rights of others with respect to any of the foregoing which, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(cc) The Company and its subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, including, without limitation, such certificates, authorizations and permits as are required (i) under such federal and state healthcare laws as are applicable to the Company and such subsidiary and (ii) with respect to those facilities operated by the Company or any of its subsidiaries that participate in Medicare and/or Medicaid, to receive reimbursement thereunder, except in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) above where the failure to possess such certificates, authorizations and permits would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit which, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as described in the Time of Sale Memorandum. The Company and each of its subsidiaries have fulfilled and performed all of their obligations with respect to such certificates, authorizations and permits, except for such instances which would not be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and no event or change in condition has occurred which allows, or after notice or lapse of time would allow, revocation or termination of any such certificates, authorizations and permits or result in any other material impairment of the rights of the holder thereof, except for such instances as may be set forth in the Time of Sale Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum or which would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Except for any specialty hospitals or outpatient rehabilitation facilities under development as of the date hereof or as disclosed in the Time of Sale Memorandum, all of the specialty hospitals and substantially all of the outpatient rehabilitation facilities operated by the Company and its subsidiaries are eligible to participate in the Medicare program.
(dd) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has failed to file with applicable regulatory authorities any statement, report, information or form required by any applicable law, regulation or order, except to the extent that the failure to so file would not be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and all such filings or submissions were in compliance with applicable laws when filed and no deficiencies have been asserted by any regulatory commission, agency or authority with respect to any such filings or submissions, except to the extent that such non-compliance or deficiency would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
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(ee) During the period for which financial statements are included or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Memorandum and the Final Memorandum, denials by third party payors of claims for reimbursement for services rendered by the Company have not had a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(ff) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any written notice from a federal health care program, including but not limited to Medicare and Medicaid, or other managed care insurer seeking, threatening, requesting or claiming recoupment against the Company or any of its subsidiaries, except (i) for claims rejected or payments recouped in the ordinary course of business or (ii) to the extent that such recoupment would not be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(gg) The accounts receivable of the Company and its subsidiaries have been and will continue to be adjusted to reflect reimbursement policies of third party payors such as Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance companies, health maintenance organizations, preferred provider organizations, managed care systems and other third party payors in accordance with GAAP. The accounts receivable relating to such third party payors do not and shall not exceed amounts the Company and its subsidiaries estimate that they are entitled to receive, subject to adjustments to reflect reimbursement policies of third party payors and normal discounts in the ordinary course of business.
(hh) None of the Company, its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors, any of their respective officers, directors, stockholders, employees or agents, has engaged on behalf of the Company or such subsidiary in any of the following: (A) knowingly and willfully making or causing to be made a false statement or representation of a material fact in any applications for any benefit or payment under the Medicare or Medicaid program or from any third party (where applicable federal or state law prohibits such payments to third parties), (B) knowingly and willfully making or causing to be made any false statement or representation of a material fact for use in determining rights to any benefit or payment under the Medicare or Medicaid program or from any third party (where applicable federal or state law prohibits such payments to third parties), (C) knowingly and willfully failing to disclose knowledge by a claimant of the occurrence of any event affecting the initial or continued right to any benefit or payment under the Medicare or Medicaid program or from any third party (where applicable federal or state law prohibits such payments to third parties) on its own behalf or on behalf of another, with intent to secure such benefit or payment fraudulently or (D) knowingly and willfully offering, paying, soliciting or receiving any remuneration (including any kickback, bribe or rebate), directly or indirectly, overtly or covertly, in cash or in kind (1) in return for referring an individual to a person for the furnishing or arranging for the furnishing of any item or service for which payment may be made in whole or in part by Medicare or Medicaid or any third party (where applicable federal or state law prohibits such payments to third parties) or (2) in return for purchasing, leasing or ordering or arranging for or recommending the purchasing, leasing or ordering of any good, facility, service or item for which payment may be made in whole or in part by Medicare or Medicaid or any third party (where applicable federal or state law prohibits such payments to third parties), except in each of clauses (A)-(D) above where such activities would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
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(ii) The Company and its subsidiaries have good title in fee simple to all real property and good title to all personal property owned by them which is material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as (i) are described in the Time of Sale Memorandum, (ii) granted under the Credit Agreement, or (iii) would not be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and any real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in each case except as described in the Time of Sale Memorandum.
(jj) The Company and each of its subsidiaries have filed all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns required to be filed through the date of this Agreement or have requested extensions thereof (except where the failure to file would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole) and have paid all taxes required to be paid thereon (except for cases in which the failure to file or pay would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or, except as currently being contested in good faith and for which reserves required by GAAP have been created in the financial statements of the Company), and no tax deficiency has been determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries which has had (nor does the Company nor any of its subsidiaries have any notice or knowledge of any tax deficiency which could reasonably be expected to be determined adversely to the Company or its subsidiaries and which could reasonably be expected to have) a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. The Company has made adequate charges, accruals and reserves in accordance with GAAP in the applicable financial statements referred to in Section 1(z) hereof in respect of all federal, state, provincial and foreign income and franchise taxes for all periods as to which the tax liability of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has not been finally determined.
(kk) The Company and each of its subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as the Company believes are prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged; neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has been refused any material insurance coverage sought or applied for since January 1, 2014; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has 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 from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(ll) None of the Company or any of the Guarantors has taken or will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that might be reasonably expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company or any Guarantor to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
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(mm) Each of the Company and the Guarantors is, and immediately after the consummation of the Transactions will be, Solvent. As used herein, the term “Solvent” means, with respect to any person on a particular date, that on such date (i) the fair market value of the assets of such person is greater than the total amount of liabilities (including contingent liabilities) of such person, (ii) the present fair salable value of the assets of such person is greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liabilities of such person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (iii) such person is able to realize upon its assets and pay its debts and other liabilities, including contingent obligations, as they mature and (iv) such person does not have unreasonably small capital.
(nn) The Company and its subsidiaries and their respective officers and directors are in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act,” which term, as used herein, includes the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder).
(oo) 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. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls that is in compliance in all material respects with the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act and is sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences and (v) the interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included in the documents filed by the Company with Commission fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto. Except as described in the Time of Sale Memorandum, since the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (i) no material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (ii) no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
(pp) 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 is 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.
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(qq) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor any agent thereof acting on their behalf has taken, and none of them will take, any action that might cause this Agreement or the issuance or sale of the Securities to violate Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
(rr) (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 entity, whether or not incorporated, that is under common control with the Company within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA or any entity that would be regarded as a single employer with the Company under Section 414(b),(c),(m) or (o) 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; (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; (iii) no Plan that is subject to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA has failed (whether or not waived), or is reasonably expected to fail, to satisfy the minimum funding standards (within the meaning of Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code) applicable to such Plan; (iv) no Plan is, or is reasonably expected to be, in “at risk status” (within the meaning of Section 303(i) of ERISA), and no Plan that is a “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA is in “endangered status” or “critical status” (within the meaning of Section 305 of ERISA); (v) no “reportable event” (within the meaning of Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations promulgated thereunder) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (vi) each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified, and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification; and (vii) neither the Company nor any member of its Controlled Group has incurred, nor reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than contributions to the Plan or premiums to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, in the ordinary course and without default) in respect of a Plan (including a “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA), except in each case with respect to the events or conditions set forth in (i) through (vii) hereof, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(ss) No material labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors, is imminent; and the Company is not aware of any existing, threatened or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its principal suppliers, manufacturers or contractors that would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(tt) No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among any of Company or any affiliate of the Company, on the one hand, and any director, officer, member, stockholder, customer or supplier of the Company or any affiliate of the Company, on the other hand, which would be required by the Securities Act to be disclosed in a registration statement on Form S-1 which is not so disclosed in the Time of Sale Memorandum and the Final Memorandum. There are no outstanding loans, advances (except advances for business expenses in the ordinary course of business) or guarantees of indebtedness by the Company or any affiliate of the Company to or for the benefit of any of the officers or directors of the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any of their respective family members.
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(uu) The Company, the Guarantors and their respective affiliates and all persons acting on their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Company and the Guarantors make no representation) have complied with and will comply with the offering restrictions requirements of Regulation S in connection with the offering of the Securities outside the United States and, in connection therewith, the Time of Sale Memorandum will contain the disclosure required by Rule 902. Each of the Company and the Guarantors is a “reporting issuer”, as defined in Rule 902 under the Securities Act.
(vv) The Company and its subsidiaries’ information technology assets and equipment, computers, systems, networks, hardware, software, websites, applications, and databases (collectively, “IT Systems”) are adequate for, and operate and perform in all respects as required in connection with the operation of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries as currently conducted, free and clear of all material bugs, errors, defects, Trojan horses, time bombs, malware and other corruptants, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. The Company and its subsidiaries have implemented and maintained commercially reasonable controls, policies, procedures, and safeguards to maintain and protect their material confidential information and the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of all IT Systems and data (including all personal, personally identifiable, sensitive, confidential or regulated data (“Personal Data”)) used in connection with their businesses, and to the Company’s knowledge there have been no breaches, violations, outages or unauthorized uses of or accesses to same, except for those that have been remedied without material cost or liability or the duty to notify any other person, nor any incidents under internal review or investigations relating to the same. The Company and its subsidiaries are presently in material compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Personal Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Personal Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification.
2. Agreements to Sell and Purchase. The Company hereby agrees to issue and sell to the Initial Purchasers, and the Guarantors hereby agree to guarantee the payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, and each Initial Purchaser, upon the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to the conditions hereinafter stated, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the respective principal amount of Securities set forth in Schedule I hereto opposite its name at a purchase price of 104.750% of the principal amount thereof (the “Purchase Price”), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, from August 1, 2019 to the Closing Date.
3. Terms of Offering. The Representative has advised the Company that the Initial Purchasers will make an offering of the Securities purchased by the Initial Purchasers hereunder as soon as practicable after this Agreement is entered into as in the Representative’s judgment is advisable.
4. Payment and Delivery. Payment for the Securities shall be made to the Company in Federal or other funds immediately available in New York City against delivery of such Securities for the respective accounts of the several Initial Purchasers at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on December 10, 2019, or at such other time on the same or such other date as shall be designated in writing by X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC. The time and date of such payment are hereinafter referred to as the “Closing Date.” Such delivery and payment shall be made at the offices of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx llp, Eighty Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (or such other place as may be agreed to by the Company and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC). The Company hereby acknowledges that circumstances under which X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC may provide notice to postpone the Closing Date as originally scheduled include, but are in no way limited to, any determination by the Company or the Initial Purchasers to recirculate to investors copies of an amended or supplemented Offering Memorandum or a delay as contemplated by the provisions of Section 10 hereof.
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The Securities shall be in definitive form or global form, as specified by the Representative, and registered in such names and in such denominations as the Representative shall request in writing not later than one full business day prior to the Closing Date. The Securities shall be delivered to the Representative on the Closing Date for the respective accounts of the Initial Purchasers, with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the transfer of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers duly paid, against payment of the Purchase Price therefor plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, from August 1, 2019 to the date of payment and delivery. Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time and place specified in this Agreement is a condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers.
5. Conditions to the Initial Purchasers’ Obligations. The several obligations of the Initial Purchasers to purchase and pay for the Securities as provided herein on the Closing Date are subject to the satisfaction or waiver, as determined by the Representative in its sole discretion of the following conditions precedent on or prior to the Closing Date:
(a) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date:
(i) there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded the Company or any of the securities of the Company, Parent or any of its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act; and
(ii) there shall not have occurred any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Time of Sale Memorandum provided to the prospective purchasers of the Securities that, in the Representative’s judgment, is material and adverse and that makes it, in the Representative’s judgment, impracticable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Memorandum.
(b) The representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the Time of Sale and on and as of the Closing Date as if made on and as of the Closing Date; the statements of the Company’s officers made pursuant to any certificate delivered in accordance with the provisions hereof shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date made and on and as of the Closing Date; the Company and the Guarantors shall have performed all covenants and agreements in all material respects and satisfied all conditions on their part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date.
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(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by the Chief Executive Officer or President of the Company and the Chief Financial Officer or Chief Accounting Officer of the Company to the effect set forth in Section 5(a)(i) and 5(a)(ii), and further to the effect that the representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors contained in this Agreement were true and correct in all material respects as of the Time of Sale and as of the Closing Date, provided that each such representation or warranty that contains materiality qualification in the text of such representation or warranty were true and correct in all respects; that the Company and the Guarantors have complied in all material respects with all of the agreements and satisfied all of the conditions on their part to be performed or satisfied hereunder (unless otherwise waived by the Initial Purchasers hereunder) on or before the Closing Date; and that the sale of the Securities has not been enjoined (temporarily or permanently).
(d) The Initial Purchasers shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion and negative assurance letter of Dechert LLP, outside counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, consistent in form and substance with the opinion and negative assurance letter, respectively, delivered in connection with the issuance of the Existing Notes, and reasonably satisfactory to the Representative and counsel to the Initial Purchasers. Such opinion and letter shall be rendered to the Initial Purchasers at the request of the Company and shall so state therein. In rendering such opinion, Dechert LLP shall have received and may rely upon any certificates and other documents and information as it may reasonably request to pass upon such matters.
(e) The Initial Purchasers shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion from each of (i) Xxxx Xxxxx LLP, special regulatory counsel for the Company and (ii) Xxxxx Hill PLC, Michigan counsel for the Company, in each case, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative. Each such opinion shall be rendered to the Initial Purchasers at the request of the Company and shall so state therein.
(f) The Initial Purchasers shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion and negative assurance letter of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx llp, counsel for the Initial Purchasers, dated the Closing Date, with respect to such matters as may be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers.
(g) On the date hereof, the Initial Purchasers shall have received from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company, a “comfort letter” dated the date hereof addressed to the Initial Purchasers, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, covering the financial information included or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Memorandum and other customary matters. In addition, on the Closing Date, the Initial Purchasers shall have received from such accountants a “bring-down comfort letter” dated the Closing Date addressed to the Initial Purchasers, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, in the form of the “comfort letter” delivered on the date hereof, except that (i) it shall cover the financial information included or incorporated by reference in the Final Memorandum and any amendment or supplement thereto and (ii) procedures shall be brought down to a date no more than 3 days prior to the Closing Date.
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(h) The Company shall have duly executed and delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate (as defined in the Indenture), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, meeting the requirements of Section 2.14 of the Indenture in respect of the issuance of the Securities as “Additional Notes” as defined in and pursuant to the Indenture, and the Initial Purchasers shall have received an executed copy thereof. The Securities shall have been duly executed and delivered by the Company or the Guarantors, as applicable, and the Notes shall have been duly authenticated by the Trustee.
(i) 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, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities; and the sale of the Securities shall not be enjoined (temporarily or permanently) on the Closing Date.
(j) On or before the Closing Date, the Initial Purchasers and counsel for the Initial Purchasers shall have received such information, documents, letters and opinions as they may reasonably require for the purposes of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as contemplated herein, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations and warranties, or the satisfaction of any of the conditions or agreements, herein contained.
(k) The Amendment and the Concentra Intercompany Loan Agreement shall have become effective, and the incurrence of the New Term Loans and the Concentra Loan shall have been consummated, in each case, substantially concurrently with the issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder, on the terms and conditions described in the Time of Sale Memorandum.
(l) The Securities shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through The Depository Trust Company.
If any condition specified in this Section 5 is not satisfied when and as required to be satisfied, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representative by notice to the Company at any time on or prior to the Closing Date, which termination shall be without liability on the part of any party to any other party, except that Sections 6(g), 8 and 11 hereof shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination.
6. Covenants of the Company. Each of the Company and the Guarantors jointly and severally covenants with each Initial Purchaser as follows:
(a) To furnish to the Initial Purchasers, without charge, as promptly as practicable following the Time of Sale and in any event not later than the second business day following the date hereof and during the period mentioned in Section 6(d) or (e), as many copies of the Time of Sale Memorandum, the Final Memorandum, any documents incorporated by reference therein and any supplements and amendments thereto as they may reasonably request.
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(b) Before amending or supplementing the Preliminary Memorandum, the Time of Sale Memorandum or the Final Memorandum, to furnish to the Initial Purchasers a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement and not to use any such proposed amendment or supplement to which they reasonably object.
(c) To furnish to the Initial Purchasers a copy of each proposed Additional Written Communication to be prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company and not to use or refer to any proposed Additional Written Communication to which they reasonably object.
(d) If at any time prior to the Closing Date (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which any of the Time of Sale Memorandum 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 under which they were made, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Memorandum to comply with law, the Company will immediately notify the Initial Purchasers thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (b) above, furnish to the Initial Purchasers such amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Memorandum (or any document to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference therein) as may be necessary so that the statements in any of the Time of Sale Memorandum as so amended or supplemented (including such documents to be incorporated by reference therein) will not, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, be misleading or so that any of the Time of Sale Memorandum will comply with law.
(e) If, during such period after the date hereof and prior to the date on which all of the Securities shall have been sold by the Initial Purchasers, any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Final Memorandum in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading or if, in the judgment of the Representative or counsel for the Initial Purchasers, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Final Memorandum to comply with applicable law, subject to paragraph (b) above, forthwith to prepare and furnish, at its own expense, to the Initial Purchasers, either amendments or supplements to the Final Memorandum so that the statements in the Final Memorandum as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, when delivered to a Subsequent Purchaser, be misleading or so that the Final Memorandum, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.
(f) (i) To cooperate with the Representative and counsel for the Initial Purchasers to qualify or register (or to obtain exemptions from qualifying or registering) all or any part of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities laws of the several states of the United States, the provinces of Canada or any other jurisdictions designated by the Initial Purchasers, and to comply with such laws and to continue such qualifications, registrations and exemptions in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities and (ii) to advise the Representative promptly of the suspension of the qualification or registration of (or any such exemption relating to) the Securities for offering, sale or trading in any jurisdiction or any initiation or threat of any proceeding for any such purpose, and in the event of the issuance of any order suspending such qualification, registration or exemption, to use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal thereof at the earliest possible moment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Company or any of the Guarantors shall be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not presently qualified or where it would be subject to taxation as a foreign corporation.
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(g) Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, to pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel and the Company’s accountants and other advisors in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities and all other fees or expenses in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities, including, without limitation, in connection with the preparation, printing, filing, shipping and distribution of the Preliminary Memorandum, the Time of Sale Memorandum, the Final Memorandum, any Additional Written Communication and any amendments and supplements to any of the foregoing, this Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities, including all printing costs associated therewith, and the delivering of copies thereof to the Initial Purchasers, (ii) all reasonable costs and expenses related to the transfer and delivery of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers, including any transfer or other taxes payable thereon, (iii) the cost of printing or producing any Blue Sky or legal investment memorandum in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities under state securities laws and all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 6(f) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Initial Purchasers in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky or legal investment memorandum, (iv) any fees charged by rating agencies for the rating of the Securities, (v) the fees and expenses, if any, incurred in connection with the admission of the Securities for trading any appropriate market system, (vi) the reasonable costs, charges and counsel fees of the Trustee and any transfer agent, registrar or depositary, (vii) the cost of the preparation, issuance and delivery of the Securities, (viii) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Securities, including, without limitation, expenses associated with the preparation or dissemination of any electronic road show, expenses associated with production of road show slides and graphics, fees and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations with the prior approval of the Company, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Company and any such consultants, and 50% of the cost of any aircraft chartered in connection with the road show, and (ix) the document production charges and expenses associated with printing this Agreement. It is understood, however, that except as provided in this Section, Section 8 and Section 11, the Initial Purchasers will pay all of their costs and expenses, including fees and disbursements of their counsel, transfer taxes payable on resale of any of the Securities by them and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
(h) Neither the Company nor any Affiliate will sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in the Securities Act) which if, as a result of the doctrine of “integration” referred to in Rule 502 under the Securities Act, such offer or sale would render invalid (for the purpose of (i) the sale of the Securities by the Company to the Initial Purchasers, (ii) the resale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers to the Subsequent Purchasers or (iii) the resale of the Securities by such Subsequent Purchasers to others) the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Section 4(a)(2) thereof or by Rule 144A or by Regulation S thereunder or otherwise.
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(i) Not to solicit any offer to buy or offer or sell the Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising (as those terms are used in Rule 502(c) of Regulation D under the Securities Act) or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.
(j) (i) For so long as any of the Securities remain outstanding, to furnish to the Initial Purchasers copies of all reports and other communications (financial or otherwise) furnished by the Company to the Trustee or to the holders of the Securities; (ii) prior to the Closing Date, to furnish to the Initial Purchasers, as soon as they have been prepared, a copy of any audited annual financial statements or unaudited interim financial statements of the Company for any period subsequent to the period covered by the most recent financial statements appearing or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Memorandum and the Final Memorandum; and (iii) while any of the Securities remain outstanding, to make available, upon request, to any holder of such Securities and any prospective purchasers thereof the information specified in Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act, unless as such time the Company shall be subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and shall have filed all reports required to be filed pursuant to such Sections and the related rules and regulations of the Commission.
(k) During the period of two years after the Closing Date, the Company will not be, nor will it become, an open-end investment company, unit investment trust or face-amount certificate company that is or is required to be registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act.
(l) None of the Company, its Affiliates or any person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers) will engage in any directed selling efforts (as that term is defined in Regulation S) with respect to the Securities, and the Company and its Affiliates and each person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers) will comply with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S.
(m) The Company will not, will not permit any of its subsidiaries and will use its reasonable best efforts not to permit any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) to, resell any of the Securities that have been acquired by any of them, except for Securities purchased by the Company or any of its affiliates and resold in a transaction registered under the Securities Act.
(n) The Company will not take any action prohibited by Regulation M under the Exchange Act in connection with the distribution of the Securities contemplated hereby.
(o) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities in the manner described under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Time of Sale Memorandum and the Final Memorandum.
(p) During the period of 90 days following the date hereof, the Company will not and will not permit any of its subsidiaries to, without the prior written consent of X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC (which consent may be withheld at the sole discretion of X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC), directly or indirectly, sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell, pledge, transfer or establish an open “put equivalent position” within the meaning of Rule 16a-1 under the Exchange Act, or otherwise dispose of or transfer, or announce the offering of, or file any registration statement under the Securities Act in respect of, any debt securities of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company or securities exchangeable for or convertible into debt securities of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company (other than as contemplated by this Agreement).
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7. Offering of Securities; Restrictions on Transfer.
(a) Each Initial Purchaser, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants that such Initial Purchaser is a qualified institutional buyer as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act (a “QIB”) and an accredited investor within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act. Each Initial Purchaser, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that (i) it has not and will not solicit offers for, or offer or sell, such Securities by any form of general solicitation or general advertising (as those terms are used in Regulation D under the Securities Act) or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and (ii) it has and will solicit offers for such Securities only from, and will offer such Securities only to, persons that it reasonably believes to be (A) in the case of offers inside the United States, QIBs or (B) in the case of offers outside the United States, to persons other than U.S. persons (“foreign purchasers,” which term shall include dealers or other professional fiduciaries in the United States acting on a discretionary basis for foreign beneficial owners (other than an estate or trust)) in reliance upon Regulation S under the Securities Act that, in each case, in purchasing such Securities are deemed to have represented and agreed as provided in the Final Memorandum under the caption “Notice to Investors.”
(b) Each Initial Purchaser, severally and not jointly, represents, warrants, and agrees with respect to offers and sales outside the United States that:
(i) such Initial Purchaser understands that no action has been or will be taken in any jurisdiction by the Company that would permit a public offering of the Securities, or possession or distribution of the Preliminary Memorandum, the Time of Sale Memorandum, the Final Memorandum or any other offering or publicity material relating to the Securities, in any country or jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required;
(ii) such Initial Purchaser has and will comply with all applicable laws and regulations in each jurisdiction in which it acquires, offers, sells or delivers Securities or has in its possession or distributes the Preliminary Memorandum, the Time of Sale Memorandum, the Final Memorandum or any such other material, in all cases at its own expense;
(iii) the Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Rule 144A or Regulation S under the Securities Act or pursuant to another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act; and
(iv) such Initial Purchaser has offered the Securities and will offer and sell the Securities (A) as part of its distribution at any time and (B) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the commencement of the offering and the Closing Date, only in accordance with Rule 903 of Regulation S or as otherwise permitted in Section 7(a); accordingly, neither such Initial Purchaser, its Affiliates nor any persons acting on its or their behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts (within the meaning of Regulation S) with respect to the Securities, and any such Initial Purchaser, its Affiliates and any such persons have complied and will comply with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S.
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Terms used in this Section 7(b) have the meanings given to them by Regulation S.
8. Indemnity and Contribution.
(a) Each of the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser, its directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and each affiliate of each Initial Purchaser within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim, as such expenses are incurred) arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained or incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Memorandum, the Time of Sale Memorandum or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Additional Written Communication prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company, or the Final Memorandum or any amendment or supplement thereto, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of or are based upon by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission based upon information relating to any Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company by such Initial Purchaser through the Representative expressly for use in the Time of Sale Memorandum, any Additional Written Communication or the Final Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto), it being understood and agreed that the only such information so furnished is as set forth in Section 8(b). The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 8(a) shall be in addition to any liabilities that the Company and the Guarantors may otherwise have.
(b) Each Initial Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each Guarantor, each of their respective directors, officers and each person, if any, who controls the Company or any Guarantor within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to such Initial Purchaser, but only with reference to information relating to such Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company by such Initial Purchaser through the Representative expressly for use in the Time of Sale Memorandum, any Additional Written Communication or the Final Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto). Each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby acknowledges that the only information that the Initial Purchasers through the Representative have furnished to the Company expressly for use in the Preliminary Memorandum, the Time of Sale Memorandum, any Additional Written Communication or the Final Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto) are the statements set forth in the fourth and fifth sentences of the sixth paragraph and in the eighth paragraph under the caption “Plan of Distribution” in the Preliminary Memorandum and the Final Memorandum. The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 8(b) shall be in addition to any liabilities that each Initial Purchaser may otherwise have.
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(c) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 8(a) or 8(b), such person (the “indemnified party”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “indemnifying party”) in writing; provided, however, that the failure to so notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party under paragraph (a) or (b) above, except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced by such failure (through the forfeiture of substantive rights and defenses) and shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability that the indemnifying party may have to an indemnified party other than under paragraph (a) or (b) above. The indemnifying party, upon request of the indemnified party, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party and any others the indemnifying party may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party 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 party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel, (ii) the indemnifying party has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party, (iii) the indemnified party 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 party or another indemnified party represented by such counsel, or (iv) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party (and/or other indemnified parties) and such indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in respect of the legal expenses of any indemnified party 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 and any additional counsel engaged pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) above) for all such indemnified parties and that all such fees and expenses shall be paid or reimbursed as they are incurred. Such firm shall be designated in writing by X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(a), and by the Company, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(b). The indemnifying party 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, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the second and third sentences of this paragraph, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and does not include any statements as to or any findings or admissions of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(d) To the extent the indemnification provided for in Section 8(a) or 8(b) is unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other hand from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause 8(d)(i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause 8(d)(i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and of the Initial Purchasers on the other hand 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 and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other hand in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds from the offering of the Securities (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the total discounts and commissions received by the Initial Purchasers bear to the aggregate offering price of the Securities. The relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and of the Initial Purchasers on the other hand 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 the Guarantors, or by the Initial Purchasers, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Initial Purchasers’ respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 8(d) are several in proportion to the respective principal amount of Securities they have purchased hereunder as set forth opposite their names in Schedule I hereto, and not joint.
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(e) The Company and the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers agree that it would not be just or equitable if contribution pursuant to Section 8(d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Initial Purchasers were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in Section 8(d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in Section 8(d) shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (e), no Initial Purchaser shall be obligated to make contributions hereunder that in the aggregate exceed the total discounts, commissions and other compensation received by such Initial Purchaser under this Agreement, less the aggregate amount of any damages that such Initial Purchaser 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 remedies provided for in this Section 8 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.
(f) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 8 and the representations, warranties and other statements of the Company contained in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Initial Purchaser, its officers and directors, any person controlling any Initial Purchaser or any affiliate of any Initial Purchaser or by or on behalf of the Company, its officers or directors or any person controlling the Company and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the Securities.
9. Termination. The Representative may terminate this Agreement by notice given by it to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on, or by, as the case may be, any of the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Amex Equities, the NASDAQ Stock Market, the Chicago Board of Options Exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange or the Chicago Board of Trade, (ii) trading of any securities of the Company or Parent shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market, (iii) a material disruption in securities settlement, payment or clearance services in the United States shall have occurred, (iv) any moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by Federal or New York State authorities or (v) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis that, in the Representative’s judgment, is material and adverse and which, singly or together with any other event specified in this clause (v), makes it, in the judgment of the Representative, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offer, sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Memorandum or the Final Memorandum.
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10. Effectiveness; Defaulting Initial Purchasers. This Agreement shall become effective as of the date first written above.
If, on the Closing Date, any one or more of the Initial Purchasers shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities that it or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, and the aggregate principal amount of Securities which such defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed but failed or refused to purchase is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be purchased on such date, the other Initial Purchasers shall be obligated severally in the proportions that the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule I bears to the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting Initial Purchasers, or in such other proportions as may be specified by the Representative with the consent of the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers, to purchase the Securities which such defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed but failed or refused to purchase on the Closing Date; provided that in no event shall the principal amount of Securities that any Initial Purchaser has agreed to purchase pursuant to this Agreement be increased pursuant to this Section 10 by an amount in excess of one-tenth of such principal amount of Securities without the written consent of such Initial Purchaser. If, on the Closing Date any Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities which it or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date and the aggregate principal amount of Securities with respect to which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be purchased on the Closing Date, and arrangements satisfactory to the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers and the Company for the purchase of such Securities are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Initial Purchaser or of the Company or any Guarantor except that the provisions of Sections 6(g), 8 and 11 hereof shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination. In any such case either the Representative or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order that the required changes, if any, in the Time of Sale Memorandum, the Final Memorandum or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. As used in this Agreement, the term “Initial Purchaser” shall be deemed to include any person substituted for a defaulting Initial Purchaser under this Section 10. Any action taken under this paragraph shall not relieve any defaulting Initial Purchaser from liability in respect of any default of such Initial Purchaser under this Agreement.
11. Reimbursement of the Expenses of the Initial Purchasers. If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Representative pursuant to Section 9 or because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Company to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, or if for any reason the Company shall be unable to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Company and each of the Guarantors, jointly and severally, will reimburse the Initial Purchasers, severally, upon demand for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and disbursements of their counsel) reasonably incurred by such Initial Purchasers in connection with this Agreement or the offering contemplated hereunder.
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12. Entire Agreement.
(a) This Agreement, together with any contemporaneous written agreements and any prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this Agreement) that relate to the offering of the Securities, represents the entire agreement between the Company and the Initial Purchasers with respect to the preparation of the Preliminary Memorandum, the Time of Sale Memorandum, the Final Memorandum, the conduct of the offering, and the purchase and sale of the Securities.
(b) This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
(c) The Company acknowledges that in connection with the offering of the Securities: (i) the Initial Purchasers have acted at arm’s length, are not agents of, and owe no fiduciary duties to, the Company, the Guarantors or any other person, (ii) the Initial Purchasers owe the Company only those duties and obligations set forth in this Agreement and prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this Agreement) if any, (iii) the Initial Purchasers may have interests that differ from those of the Company and the Guarantors, and (iv) the Initial Purchasers have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering contemplated hereby, and the Company and the Guarantors have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent they deemed appropriate. The Company and the Guarantors waive to the full extent permitted by applicable law any claims it may have against the Initial Purchasers arising from an alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the offering of the Securities.
13. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by telecopier, facsimile or other electronic transmission (i.e., a “pdf” or “tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof.
14. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, and to the benefit of the indemnified parties referred to in Section 8 hereof, and in each case their respective successors, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder. The term “successors” shall not include any Subsequent Purchaser or other purchaser of the Securities as such from any of the Initial Purchasers merely by reason of such purchase.
15. Partial Unenforceability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other section, paragraph or provision hereof. If any section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be made such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and enforceable.
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16. Authority of the Representative. Any action by the Initial Purchasers hereunder may be taken by the Representative on behalf of the Initial Purchasers, and any such action taken by the Representative shall be binding upon the Initial Purchasers.
17. Applicable Law. This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York.
Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (“Related Proceedings”) may be instituted in the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and County of New York or the courts of the State of New York in each case located in the City and County of New York (collectively, the “Specified Courts”), and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction (except for suits, actions, or proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any Specified Court in a Related Proceeding (a “Related Judgment”), as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of the Specified Courts in any Related Proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such party’s address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any Related Proceeding brought in any Specified Court. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any Specified Proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any Specified Court that any Related Proceeding brought in any Specified Court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each party not located in the United States irrevocably appoints CT Corporation System as its agent to receive service of process or other legal summons for purposes of any Related Proceeding that may be instituted in any Specified Court.
Each of the parties hereto hereby waives any right to trial by jury in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement.
18. Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes. (i) In the event that any Initial Purchaser that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Initial Purchaser of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. (ii) In the event that any Initial Purchaser that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Initial Purchaser becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Initial Purchaser are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
As used in this Section 18:
“BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k).
“Covered Entity” means any of the following:
(i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);
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(ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or
(iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
“U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
19. Headings. The headings of the sections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a part of this Agreement.
20. Notices. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and effective only upon receipt and if to the Initial Purchasers shall be delivered, mailed or sent to the Initial Purchasers in care of X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC, at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx, with a copy to the Legal Department; and if to the Company shall be delivered, mailed or sent to 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, X.X. Xxx 0000, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: General Counsel, with a copy to Dechert LLP, Xxxx Centre 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
21. Patriot Act. In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.
[Signature Pages Follow]
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to the Company the enclosed copies hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts hereof, shall become a binding agreement in accordance with its terms.
| Very truly yours, | ||
| SELECT MEDICAL CORPORATION | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
| Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||
| Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||
| EACH OF THE SUBSIDIARIES LISTED ON EXHIBIT A HERETO | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
| Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||
| Title: Vice President | ||
Accepted as of the date hereof
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
Acting on behalf of itself and as
the Representative of the several
Initial Purchasers named in Schedule I hereto.
| By: | X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC | |
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx III | |
| Name: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx III | ||
| Title: Vice President |
SCHEDULE I
| Initial Purchaser | Principal Amount of Securities to be Purchased | |||
| X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC | $ | 168,750,000 | ||
| BofA Securities, Inc. | 101,250,000 | |||
| Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. | 101,250,000 | |||
| Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC | 101,250,000 | |||
| RBC Capital Markets, LLC | 87,750,000 | |||
| Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co. LLC | 67,500,000 | |||
| PNC Capital Markets LLC | 27,000,000 | |||
| Fifth Third Securities, Inc. | 20,250,000 | |||
| Total: | $ | 675,000,000 | ||
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