GOGO INC. Purchase Agreement
Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION VERSION
3.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2020
March 3, 2015
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES LLC
XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX
INCORPORATED
As Representatives of the
several Initial Purchasers listed
in Schedule 1 hereto
c/o X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated
Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Gogo Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several initial purchasers listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Initial Purchasers”), for whom you are acting as representatives (the “Representatives”), $340 million principal amount of its 3.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Underwritten Securities”) and, at the option of the Initial Purchasers, up to an additional $60 million principal amount of its 3.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Option Securities”) if and to the extent that the Initial Purchasers shall have determined to exercise the option to purchase such 3.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2020 granted to the Initial Purchasers in Section 2 hereof. The Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities are herein referred to as the “Securities”. The Securities will be convertible into shares (the “Underlying Securities”) of common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”). The Securities will be issued pursuant to an Indenture to be dated as of March 9, 2015 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
In connection with the offering of the Securities, the Company and one or more financial institutions (the “Forward Transaction Counterparties”) are entering into forward stock purchase transactions pursuant to one or more forward stock purchase confirmations (the “Forward Transaction Confirmations”), dated the date hereof.
The Company hereby confirms its agreement with the several Initial Purchasers concerning the purchase and sale of the Securities, as follows:
1. The Securities will be sold to the Initial Purchasers without being registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in reliance upon an exemption therefrom. The Company has prepared a preliminary offering memorandum dated March 2, 2015 (the “Preliminary Offering Memorandum”) and will prepare an offering memorandum dated the date hereof (the “Offering Memorandum”) setting forth information concerning the Company and the Securities. Copies of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum have been, and copies of the Offering Memorandum will be, delivered by the Company to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to the terms of this purchase agreement (this “Agreement”). The Company hereby confirms that it has authorized the use of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the other Time of Sale Information (as defined below) and the Offering Memorandum in connection with the offering and resale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers in the manner contemplated by this Agreement. References herein to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum shall be deemed to refer to and include any document incorporated by reference therein and any reference to “amend”, “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after such date and incorporated by reference therein. For purposes of this Agreement, the “Time of Sale” is 11:59 P.M. New York City time on the date of this Agreement.
At or prior to the Time of Sale, the Company had prepared the following information (collectively, the “Time of Sale Information”): the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, as supplemented and amended by the written communications listed on Annex A hereto.
2. Purchase and Resale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers.
(a) The Company agrees to issue and sell the Underwritten Securities to the several Initial Purchasers as provided in this Agreement, and each Initial Purchaser, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the respective principal amount of Underwritten Securities set forth opposite such Initial Purchaser’s name in Schedule 1 hereto at a price equal to 97.375% of the principal amount thereof (the “Purchase Price”) plus accrued interest, if any, from March 9, 2015 to the Closing Date (as defined below).
In addition, the Company agrees to issue and sell the Option Securities to the several Initial Purchasers as provided in this Agreement, and the Initial Purchasers, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, shall have the option to purchase, severally and not jointly, from the Company the Option Securities at the Purchase Price plus accrued interest, if any, from the Closing Date to the date of payment and delivery.
If any Option Securities are to be purchased, the amount of Option Securities to be purchased by each Initial Purchaser shall be the amount of Option Securities which bears the same ratio to the aggregate amount of Option Securities being purchased as the amount of
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Underwritten Securities set forth opposite the name of such Initial Purchaser in Schedule 1 hereto (or such amount increased as set forth in Section 10 hereof) bears to the aggregate amount of Underwritten Securities being purchased from the Company by the several Initial Purchasers, subject, however, to such adjustments to eliminate Securities in denominations other than $1,000 as the Representatives in their sole discretion shall make.
The Initial Purchasers may exercise the option to purchase the Option Securities at any time in whole, or from time to time in part, on or before the thirtieth day following the date of this Agreement, by written notice from the Representatives to the Company. Such notice shall set forth the aggregate amount of Option Securities plus accrued interest as to which the option is being exercised and the date and time when the Option Securities are to be delivered and paid for which may be the same date and time as the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) but shall not be earlier than the Closing Date nor later than the tenth full business day (as hereinafter defined) after the date of such notice (unless such time and date are postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10 hereof). Any such notice shall be given at least two business days prior to the date and time of delivery specified therein. Option Securities may be purchased as provided in this Section 2 solely to cover over-allotments made in connection with the offering and distribution of the Underwritten Securities.
(b) The Company understands that the Initial Purchasers intend to offer the Securities for resale on the terms set forth in the Time of Sale Information. Each Initial Purchaser, severally and not jointly, represents, warrants and agrees that:
(i) it is a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act (a “QIB”) and an accredited investor within the meaning of Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act (“Regulation D”);
(ii) it has not solicited offers for, or offered or sold, and will not solicit offers for, or offer or sell, the Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) of Regulation D or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act; and
(iii) it has not solicited offers for, or offered or sold, and will not solicit offers for, or offer or sell, the Securities as part of their initial offering except within the United States to persons whom it reasonably believes to be QIBs in transactions pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“Rule 144A”) and in connection with each such sale, it has taken or will take reasonable steps to ensure that the purchaser of the Securities is aware that such sale is being made in reliance on Rule 144A.
(c) Each Initial Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that the Company and, for purposes of the opinions to be delivered to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to Sections 6(e), 6(f), 6(g) and 6(h), counsel for the Company, regulatory counsel for the Company and counsel for the Initial Purchasers, respectively, may rely upon the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Initial Purchasers, and compliance by the Initial Purchasers, with their agreements contained in paragraph (b) above, and each Initial Purchaser hereby consents to such reliance.
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(d) The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Initial Purchasers may offer and sell Securities to or through any affiliate of an Initial Purchaser and that any such affiliate may offer and sell Securities purchased by it to or through any Initial Purchaser; provided that such offers and sales shall be made in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(e) Payment for the Securities shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account specified by the Company to the Representatives in the case of the Underwritten Securities, at the offices of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 at 10:00 A.M. New York City time on March 9, 2015, or at such other time or place on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing or, in the case of the Option Securities, on the date and at the time and place specified by the Representatives in the written notice of the Initial Purchasers’ election to purchase such Option Securities. The time and date of such payment for the Underwritten Securities is referred to herein as the “Closing Date” and the time and date for such payment for the Option Securities, if other than the Closing Date, is herein referred to as the “Additional Closing Date”.
Payment for the Securities to be purchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall be made against delivery to the nominee of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), for the respective accounts of the several Initial Purchasers of the Securities to be purchased on such date of one or more global notes representing the Securities (collectively, the “Global Note”). The Global Note will be made available for inspection by the Representatives at the office of X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC set forth above not later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the business day prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
(f) The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Initial Purchaser is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Company with respect to the offering of Securities contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company or any other person. Additionally, neither of the Representatives nor any other Initial Purchaser is advising the Company or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Representatives nor any other Initial Purchaser shall have any responsibility or liability to the Company with respect thereto. Any review by the Representatives or any Initial Purchaser of the Company, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Representatives or such Initial Purchaser and shall not be on behalf of the Company or any other person.
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3. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to each Initial Purchaser that:
(a) Preliminary Offering Memorandum. The Preliminary Offering Memorandum, as of its date, did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company in writing by such Initial Purchaser through the Representatives expressly for use in any Preliminary Offering Memorandum, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Initial Purchaser consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
(b) Time of Sale Information. The Time of Sale Information, at the Time of Sale, did not, and at the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company in writing by such Initial Purchaser through the Representatives expressly for use in such Time of Sale Information, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Initial Purchaser consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
(c) Additional Written Communications. The Company (including its agents and representatives, other than the Initial Purchasers in their capacity as such) has not made, used, prepared, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities (each such communication by the Company or its agents and representatives (other than a communication referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) below) an “Issuer Written Communication”) other than (i) the Preliminary Offering Memorandum; (ii) the Offering Memorandum; (iii) the documents listed on Annex A hereto, including a term sheet substantially in the form of Annex B hereto, which constitute part of the Time of Sale Information; and (iv) each electronic road show and any other written communications, in each case in accordance with Section 4(c). Each such Issuer Written Communication does not conflict with the information contained in the Time of Sale Information, and when taken together with the Time of Sale Information, did not, and at the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in each such Issuer Written Communication in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company in writing by such Initial Purchaser through the Representatives expressly for use in such Issuer Written Communication, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Initial Purchaser consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
(d) Offering Memorandum. As of the date of the Offering Memorandum and as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Offering
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Memorandum does not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company in writing by such Initial Purchaser through the Representatives expressly for use in the Offering Memorandum, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Initial Purchaser consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
(e) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated by reference in the Offering Memorandum or the Time of Sale Information, when filed with the Commission, or as subsequently amended prior to the Time of Sale, conformed or will conform, as the case may be, in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange Act”) and such documents did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(f) Financial Statements. The financial statements and the related notes thereto of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods specified; such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby; and the other financial information included or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum has been derived from the accounting records of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and presents fairly the information shown thereby.
(g) No Material Adverse Change. Since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, (i) there has not been any material change in the capital stock, short-term debt or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment, paid or made by the Company on any class of capital stock, or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business, earnings or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; (ii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any transaction or agreement that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or dispute or any action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except in each case as otherwise disclosed in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum.
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(h) Organization and Good Standing. The Company and each of its subsidiaries have been duly incorporated or organized and are validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization, are duly qualified to transact business and are in good standing in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification, and have all power and authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), business, properties, or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Transaction Documents (as defined below) (a “Material Adverse Effect”). The subsidiaries listed in Schedule 2 to this Agreement are the only subsidiaries of the Company.
(i) Capitalization. The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum under the heading “Capitalization”; all the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and are not subject to any preemptive or similar rights; except as described in or expressly contemplated by the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, there are no outstanding rights (including, without limitation, preemptive rights), warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock or other equity interest in the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any contract, commitment, agreement, understanding or arrangement of any kind relating to the issuance of any capital stock of the Company or any such subsidiary, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or any such rights, warrants or options; the capital stock of the Company conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum; and all the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable (except, in the case of any foreign subsidiary, for directors’ qualifying shares and except as otherwise described in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum) and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of any lien, encumbrance, equity or claim.
(j) Stock Options. With respect to the stock options (the “Stock Options”) granted pursuant to the stock-based compensation plans of the Company (the “Company Stock Plans”), (i) each Stock Option intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) so qualifies; (ii) each grant of a Stock Option was duly authorized no later than the date on which the grant of such Stock Option was by its terms to be effective (the “Grant Date”) by all necessary corporate action, including, as applicable, approval by the board of directors of the Company (or a duly constituted and authorized committee thereof) and any required stockholder approval by the necessary number of votes or written consents, and the award agreement governing such grant (if any) was duly executed and delivered by each party thereto; (iii) each such grant was made in accordance with the terms of the Company Stock Plans, the Exchange Act and all other applicable laws and regulatory rules or requirements; (iv) the per share exercise price of each Stock Option was at least equal to the fair market value of a share of Common Stock on the applicable Grant Date; and (v) each such grant
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was properly accounted for in accordance with GAAP in the financial statements (including the related notes) of the Company and disclosed in the Company’s filings with the Commission in accordance with the Exchange Act and all other applicable laws. The Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no policy or practice of the Company of granting, Stock Options prior to, or otherwise coordinating the grant of Stock Options with, the release or other public announcement of material information regarding the Company or its subsidiaries or their results of operations or prospects.
(k) Due Authorization. The Company has the corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Indenture, the Securities and the Forward Transaction Confirmations (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”) and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder; and all action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery by it of each of the Transaction Documents and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated thereby or by the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum has been duly and validly taken.
(l) The Indenture. The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and, when duly executed and delivered in accordance with its terms by each of the parties thereto, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability (collectively, the “Enforceability Exceptions”).
(m) Purchase Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(n) The Securities. The Securities to be issued and sold by the Company hereunder have been duly authorized by the Company and, when duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
(o) The Underlying Securities. Upon issuance and delivery of the Securities in accordance with this Agreement and the Indenture, the Securities will be convertible at the option of the holder thereof into shares of the Underlying Securities in accordance the terms of the Securities; the Underlying Securities reserved for issuance upon conversion of the Securities have been duly authorized and reserved and, when issued upon conversion of the Securities in accordance with the terms of the Securities, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of the Underlying Securities will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights.
(p) Forward Transaction Confirmations. Each of the Forward Transaction Confirmations on the Closing Date has been duly authorized, and each Forward Transaction Confirmation has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming due execution and delivery thereof by the Forward Transaction Counterparties, constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions.
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(q) No Violation or Default. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents; (ii) in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject; or (iii) in violation of any provision of applicable law or any applicable judgment, order or decree of any federal, state, local, international or foreign governmental authority, or any court, administrative or regulatory agency or commission or other governmental authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries (each a “Governmental Entity”), except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such default or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(r) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each of the Transaction Documents, the issuance and sale of the Securities (including the issuance of the Underlying Securities upon conversion thereof) and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum will not violate or breach (i) any provision of applicable law; (ii) the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company, as amended and restated as of the date hereof; (iii) any agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company or any of its subsidiaries; or (iv) any applicable judgment, order or decree of any Governmental Entity, except, in the case of clauses (i), (iii) and (iv) above, for any such violation or breach that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(s) No Consents Required. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Entity, other than those obtained, is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each of the Transaction Documents, the issuance and sale of the Securities (including the issuance of the Underlying Securities upon conversion thereof) and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, except for (i) such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may be required under applicable Blue Sky or securities laws of the various states in connection with the purchase and resale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers; (ii) such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as will have been obtained or made as of the Time of Sale; and (iii) where the failure to obtain or make any such consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(t) Legal Proceedings. Except as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, there are no legal or governmental investigations or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(u) Independent Accountants. Deloitte & Touche LLP, who have certified certain consolidated financial statements of the Company, are an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company within the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and as required by the Securities Act.
(v) Title to Real and Personal Property. The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple (in the case of real property) to, or have valid, subsisting and enforceable rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of real and personal property and assets that are material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except those that (i) do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries or (ii) could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(w) Title to Intellectual Property. The Company and its subsidiaries own or have a right to use all patents, inventions, service marks, trade names, trademarks, service marks, copyrights, and know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as currently conducted, except to the extent that lack of ownership or possession of such rights would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Other than as set forth on Schedule 3 hereto, the Company and its subsidiaries have not received any notice of infringement, misappropriation or other violation with any such Intellectual Property rights of any third party with respect to which, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company as of the date hereof, the conduct of the business of the Company does not infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate, the Intellectual Property rights of any third party. To the knowledge of the Company, as of the date hereof, no third party is infringing upon, misappropriating or otherwise violating the Company’s rights in Intellectual Property owned by the Company, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has taken reasonable measures to protect the confidentiality of all trade secrets and confidential and proprietary information included in the Intellectual Property owned by the Company from which the Company derives independent economic value by virtue of their not being generally known, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. As of the date hereof, the Company does not use “open source” software in its products or services in a manner that obligates the Company to disclose the source code of its owned software, except for such disclosure as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. As of the date hereof, the Company’s collection and use of personally identifiable information is in compliance with applicable laws, the current Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, the Company’s privacy policies and contracts to which the Company is a party pertaining thereto, except for such non-compliance as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(x) No Undisclosed Relationships. No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders, customers or suppliers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the other, that is required by the Securities Act to be described in a registration statement to be filed with the Commission and that is not so described in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum.
(y) Investment Company Act. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, will not be required to register as an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Investment Company Act”).
(z) Taxes. The Company and its subsidiaries have filed all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns required to be filed through the date hereof or have requested extensions with respect thereto and paid all taxes required to be paid through the date hereof, except for cases in which the failure to file or pay would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect or any taxes currently being contested in good faith and for which reserves required by GAAP have been created in the financial statements of the Company or such subsidiary; and except as otherwise disclosed in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, there is no tax deficiency that has been asserted against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets which has had, or which could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
(aa) Licenses and Permits. (i) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries possesses such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively, “Government Licenses”) issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies, including the U.S. Department of Transportation (the “USDOT”), the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (the “FAA”) and the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (the “FCC”) (and together with the USDOT and the FAA, the “Regulatory Agencies”) necessary to conduct the business now operated by it except where the failure so to possess such Governmental Licenses would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each of the Company and its subsidiaries is qualified to hold the Government Licenses held by such entities and is in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) all of the Government Licenses are valid and in full force, except where the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (iv) there is no pending proceeding relating to the revocation, amendment, modification or non-compliance with any such Government Licenses, which if implemented or adversely decided, would have a Material Adverse Effect; (v) the Company has not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation,
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amendment or modification of or non-compliance with any such Governmental Licenses, or the imposition of any penalty or fine by any Regulatory Agencies with respect to any of the Government Licenses, which, individually or in the aggregate, is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (vi) no event has occurred with respect to any Government Licenses, which, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute grounds for revocation or modification of or non-compliance with any of the Government Licenses except for any such event which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(bb) Regulatory Filings. Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum or as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its subsidiaries have filed with the Regulatory Agencies, all reports, documents, instruments, information and applications required to be filed pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Regulatory Agencies. To the Company’s knowledge, fees due and payable pursuant to the rules governing the Regulatory Agencies Licenses held by the Company and its subsidiaries, the nonpayment of which, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute grounds for revocation thereof, have been timely paid, except as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(cc) Federal Communications Act. The business of the Company is being conducted in compliance with applicable requirements under the Federal Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and the regulations issued thereunder, all relevant rules, regulations and published policies of the FCC and any applicable state, local and foreign governmental authority (collectively, the “Communications Laws”), except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no (i) outstanding decree, decision, judgment, or order that has been issued by the FCC or any other Regulatory Agency against the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or with respect to any Government License, or (ii) notice of violation, order to show cause, complaint, investigation or other administrative or judicial proceeding pending or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, threatened by or before the FCC or any Regulatory Agency, against the Company, any of its subsidiaries, or the Government Licenses, that assuming an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, in the case of each of (i) or (ii) above, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No consent, approval, authorization, order or waiver of, or filing with, the FCC or any other Regulatory Agency, except for those already obtained, is required under the Communications Laws to be obtained or made by the Company for the issuance and sale of the Shares or the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein.
(dd) No Labor Disputes. No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent, and the Company is not aware of any existing, threatened or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or its subsidiaries’ airline partners, principal suppliers, manufacturers, contractors or customers, except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(ee) Compliance with Environmental Laws. The Company and its subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations 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; and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except where such non-compliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ff) Compliance with ERISA. (i) Each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), for which the Company or any member of its “Controlled Group” (defined as any organization which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414 of the Code) would have any liability (each, a “Plan”) has been maintained in compliance with its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to, ERISA and the Code, except for non-compliance that could not reasonably be expected to result in material liability to the Company or its subsidiaries; (ii) no prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any Plan excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption that could reasonably be expected to result in a material liability to the Company or its subsidiaries; (iii) for each Plan that is subject to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, as applicable, has been satisfied (without taking into account any waiver thereof or extension of any amortization period) and is reasonably expected to be satisfied in the future (without taking into account any waiver thereof or extension of any amortization period); (iv) the fair market value of the assets of each Plan exceeds the present value of all benefits accrued under such Plan (determined based on those assumptions used to fund such Plan); (v) no “reportable event” (within the meaning of Section 4043(c) of ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that either has resulted, or could reasonably be expected to result, in material liability to the Company or its subsidiaries; (vi) neither the Company nor any member of the Controlled Group has incurred, nor reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than contributions to the Plan or premiums to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (the “PBGC”), in the ordinary course and without default) in respect of a Plan (including a “multiemployer plan”, within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA); and (vii) there is no pending audit or investigation by the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Labor, the PBGC or any other governmental agency or any foreign regulatory agency with respect to any Plan that could reasonably be expected to result in material liability to the Company or its subsidiaries.
(gg) Disclosure Controls. The Company and its consolidated subsidiaries have established and maintain “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management of the Company, including its principal executive officer and
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principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure to be made and such disclosure controls are effective to a reasonable level of assurance to perform the functions for which they were established. 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.
(hh) Accounting Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain systems of “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act and have been designed by, or under the supervision of, their respective principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP, including, but not limited to internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, there are no material weaknesses in the Company’s internal controls. The Company’s auditors and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company have been advised of: (i) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting.
(ii) eXtensible Business Reporting Language. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum 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.
(jj) Insurance. The Company and its subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as the Company believes in good faith to be prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged; 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, except where such failure to renew or obtain similar coverage would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(kk) No Unlawful Payments. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries or, to the Company’s knowledge after due inquiry, affiliates, nor any director or officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any employee, agent or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, (i) has taken or, in the case of the Company and its subsidiaries, will take any action in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization or approval of the payment or giving of money,
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property, gifts or anything else of value, directly or indirectly, to any “government official” (including any officer or employee of a government or 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) to influence official action or secure an improper advantage or (ii) has violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, 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. The Company and its subsidiaries and, to the Company’s knowledge after due inquiry, affiliates, have conducted their businesses in compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws and have instituted and maintain, and will continue to maintain policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws.
(ll) Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, 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 to the Company’s knowledge after due inquiry, the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions where the Company or any of its subsidiaries conducts 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 knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(mm) No Conflicts with Sanctions Laws. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, directors or officers, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any employee, agent, affiliate or representative of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”) 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 of Sanctions, including, without limitation, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria (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 of Sanctions or (ii) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business in any Sanctioned Country. For the past five years, the Company and its subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in and 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 of Sanctions or with any Sanctioned Country.
(nn) No Restrictions on Subsidiaries. No subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on
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such subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s properties or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company, except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum or as would not reasonably be expected to materially affect the Company’s ability to make payments on the Securities as required by the Indenture.
(oo) No Broker’s Fees. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any Initial Purchaser for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities.
(pp) Rule 144A Eligibility. On the Closing Date, the Securities will not be of the same class as securities listed on a national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act or quoted in an automated inter-dealer quotation system; and each of the Time of Sale Information, as of the Time of Sale, and the Offering Memorandum, as of its date, contains or will contain all the information that, if requested by a prospective purchaser of the Securities, would be required to be provided to such prospective purchaser pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
(qq) No Integration. Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D) has, directly or through any agent, sold, offered for sale, solicited offers to buy or otherwise negotiated in respect of, any security (as defined in the Securities Act), that is or will be integrated with the sale of the Securities in a manner that would require registration of the Securities under the Securities Act.
(rr) No General Solicitation. None of the Company or any of its affiliates or any other person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to which no representation is made) has solicited offers for, or offered or sold, the Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) of Regulation D or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.
(ss) Securities Law Exemptions. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Initial Purchasers contained in Section 2(b) and their compliance with their agreements set forth therein, it is not necessary, in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers and the offer, resale and delivery of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, to register the Securities under the Securities Act or to qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”).
(tt) No Stabilization. Except, for the avoidance of doubt, with respect to the forward stock purchase transactions described in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, the Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities.
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(uu) Statistical and Market Data. Nothing has come to the attention of the Company that has caused the Company to believe that the statistical and market-related data included or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum is not based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate in all material respects or represent the Company’s good faith estimates that are made on the basis of the data derived from such sources.
(vv) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. The Company is in compliance with the provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith as currently in effect (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”), including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.
(ww) No Ratings. There are no securities or preferred stock of or guaranteed by the Company that are rated by a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act.
4. Further Agreements of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with each Initial Purchaser that:
(a) Delivery of Copies. The Company will deliver to the Initial Purchasers as many copies of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, any other Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication and the Offering Memorandum (including all amendments and supplements thereto) as the Representatives may reasonably request.
(b) Offering Memorandum, Amendments or Supplements. Before finalizing the Offering Memorandum or making or distributing any amendment or supplement to any of the Time of Sale Information or the Offering Memorandum or filing with the Commission any document that will be incorporated by reference therein, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Initial Purchasers a copy of the proposed Offering Memorandum or such amendment or supplement or document to be incorporated by reference therein for review, and will not distribute any such proposed Offering Memorandum, amendment or supplement or file any such document with the Commission to which the Representatives reasonably object.
(c) Additional Written Communications. Before making, preparing, using, authorizing, approving or referring to any Issuer Written Communication, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Initial Purchasers a copy of such written communication for review and will not make, prepare, use, authorize, approve or refer to any such written communication to which the Representatives reasonably object.
(d) Notice to the Representatives. The Company will advise the Representatives promptly, and confirm such advice in writing, (i) of the issuance by any governmental or regulatory authority of any order preventing or suspending the use of any of the Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication or the Offering Memorandum or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose; (ii) of the occurrence or development of any event at any time prior to the completion of the initial offering of the Securities as a result of
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which any of the Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication or the Offering Memorandum as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when such Time of Sale Information, Issuer Written Communication or the Offering Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; and (iii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order preventing or suspending the use of any of the Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication or the Offering Memorandum or suspending any such qualification of the Securities and, if any such order is issued, will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
(e) Ongoing Compliance of the Offering Memorandum and Time of Sale Information. (1) If at any time prior to the completion of the initial offering of the Securities (i) any event or development shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Offering 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 existing when the Offering Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Offering 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 Offering Memorandum (or any document to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference therein) as may be necessary so that the statements in the Offering Memorandum as so amended or supplemented (or including such document to be incorporated by reference therein) will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Offering Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Offering Memorandum will comply with law and (2) if at any time prior to the Closing Date (i) any event or development shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which any of the Time of Sale Information 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 any of the Time of Sale Information 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 any of the Time of Sale Information (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 Information as so amended or supplemented will not, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, be misleading.
(f) Blue Sky Compliance. The Company will qualify the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives shall reasonably request and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the offering and resale of the Securities; provided that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify; (ii) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction; or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject.
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(g) Clear Market. For a period of 60 days after the date of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with the Commission a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge, disposition or filing, or (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock or any such other securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, other than (A) the Securities to be sold hereunder; (B) grants of options or other awards under existing employee stock option plans; (C) any shares of Common Stock of the Company issued upon the exercise of options or restricted stock units granted under existing employee stock option plans; (D) the issuance by the Company of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of an option or warrant or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof of which the Initial Purchasers have been advised in writing; or (E) the issuance of shares of Common Stock (or options, warrants or convertible securities in respect of Common Stock) in connection with any merger or acquisition of securities, businesses, property or other assets, joint ventures, strategic alliances, technology development or equipment manufacturing arrangements or debt financing, provided that the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock (on an as-converted or as-exercised basis, as the case may be) that the Company may sell or issue or agree to sell or issue pursuant to this clause (E) shall not exceed 5% of the total number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately following the completion of the transactions contemplated herein; provided, further, that any recipients of such Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock pursuant to this clause (E) shall execute a lock-up agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.
(h) Use of Proceeds. The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum under the heading “Use of Proceeds”.
(i) No Stabilization. Except, for the avoidance of doubt, with respect to the forward stock purchase transactions described in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, the Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities and will not take any action prohibited by Regulation M under the Exchange Act in connection with the distribution of the Securities contemplated hereby.
(j) Underlying Securities. The Company will reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive rights, shares of Common Stock for the purpose of enabling the Company to satisfy all obligations to issue the Underlying Securities upon conversion of the Securities. The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Underlying Securities to be listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market (the “Exchange”).
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(k) Supplying Information. While the Securities remain outstanding and are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act, the Company will, during any period in which the Company is not subject to and in compliance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, furnish to holders of the Securities, prospective purchasers of the Securities designated by such holders and securities analysts, in each case upon request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
(l) DTC. The Company will assist the Initial Purchasers in arranging for the Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.
(m) No Resales by the Company. During the period from the Closing Date until one year after the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, if applicable, the Company will not, and will not 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) No Integration. Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D) will, directly or through any agent, sell, offer for sale, solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of, any security (as defined in the Securities Act), that is or will be integrated with the sale of the Securities in a manner that would require registration of the Securities under the Securities Act.
(o) No General Solicitation. None of the Company or any of its affiliates or any other person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to which no covenant is given) will solicit offers for, or offer or sell, the Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) of Regulation D or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.
5. Certain Agreements of the Initial Purchasers. Each Initial Purchaser hereby represents and agrees that it has not and will not use, authorize use of, refer to, or participate in the planning for use of, any written communication that constitutes an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities other than (i) the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum; (ii) a written communication that contains no “issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433(h)(2) under the Securities Act) that was not included (including through incorporation by reference) in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum; (iii) any written communication listed on Annex A or prepared pursuant to Section 4(c) above (including any electronic road show); (iv) any written communication prepared by such Initial Purchaser and approved by the Company in advance in writing; or (v) any written communication relating to or that contains the terms of the Securities and/or other information that was included (including through incorporation by reference) in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum.
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6. Conditions of Initial Purchasers’ Obligations. The obligation of each Initial Purchaser to purchase the Underwritten Securities on the Closing Date or the Option Securities on the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, as provided herein is subject to the performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company contained herein shall be true and correct on the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be; and the statements of the Company and its officers made in any certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
(b) No Material Adverse Change. No event or condition of a type described in Section 3(g) hereof shall have occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not described in the Time of Sale Information (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the Offering Memorandum (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the effect of which in the judgment of the Representatives makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum.
(c) Officer’s Certificate. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, a certificate of an executive officer of the Company, to the effect that the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such Closing Date and to the effect set forth in paragraph (b) above.
(d) Comfort Letters. (i) On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, Deloitte & Touche LLP shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Initial Purchasers, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to initial purchasers with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be shall use a “cut-off” date no more than three business days prior to such Closing Date or such Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
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(ii) On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a certificate, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Initial Purchasers, of its chief financial officer with respect to certain financial data contained in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, providing “management comfort” with respect to such information, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.
(e) Opinion and Negative Assurance Letter of Counsel for the Company. Debevoise & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, their written opinion and negative assurance letter, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Initial Purchasers, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect set forth in Annex C hereto.
(f) Opinion of General Counsel of the Company. Xxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, her written opinion, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Initial Purchasers, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect set forth in Annex D hereto.
(g) Opinion of Regulatory Counsel for the Company. Xxxxx Lovells, outside counsel for the company, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, their written opinion, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Initial Purchasers, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.
(h) Opinion and Negative Assurance Letter of Counsel for the Initial Purchasers. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, an opinion and negative assurance letter of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Initial Purchasers, with respect to such matters as the Representatives may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
(i) No Legal Impediment to Issuance. No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities.
(j) Good Standing. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, satisfactory evidence of the good standing of the Company and its subsidiaries in their respective jurisdictions of organization and their good standing as foreign entities in such other jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request, in each case in writing or any standard form of telecommunication from the appropriate governmental authorities of such jurisdictions.
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(k) DTC. The Securities shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.
(l) Exchange Listing. An application for the listing of the Underlying Securities shall have been submitted to the Exchange.
(m) Lock-up Agreements. The “lock-up” agreements, each substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, between you and certain shareholders, officers and directors of the Company listed on Schedule 4 hereto relating to sales and certain other dispositions of shares of Common Stock or certain other securities, delivered to you on or before the date hereof, shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date or Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
(n) Additional Documents. On or prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives such further certificates and documents as the Representatives may reasonably request.
All opinions, letters, certificates and evidence mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Initial Purchasers.
7. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) Indemnification of the Initial Purchasers. The Company 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 any Initial Purchaser within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, any of the other Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication, any road show as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act (a “road show”) (when considered together with the Time of Sale Information), or the Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused 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 in writing by such Initial Purchaser through the Representatives expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Initial Purchaser consists of the information described as such in subsection (b) below.
(b) Indemnification of the Company. Each Initial Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers and each person,
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if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities caused by any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made with reference to information relating to such Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company in writing by such Initial Purchaser through the Representatives expressly for use in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, any of the other Time of Sale Information (including any of the other Time of Sale Information that has subsequently been amended), any Issuer Written Communication, any road show or the Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto), it being understood and agreed upon that the only such information furnished by any Initial Purchaser consists of the following information in the Offering Memorandum furnished on behalf of each Initial Purchaser: the information contained in the third and fourth sentences of the third paragraph under the caption “Plan of distribution—New issue of notes” and the first paragraph under the caption “Plan of distribution—Price stabilization and short positions”.
(c) Notice and Procedures. If any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b) above, such person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under paragraph (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided, further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under paragraph (a) or (b) above. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who shall not, without the consent of the Indemnified Person, be counsel to the Indemnifying Person) to represent the Indemnified Person in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in respect of the legal expenses of any Indemnified Person in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for (i) the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Initial Purchasers, their directors and officers, and all persons, if any, who control any Initial Purchaser within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act or who are affiliates of any Initial Purchaser within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities
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Act, and (ii) the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for the Company, its directors, its officers and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of either such Section, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for any Initial Purchaser and any control persons or affiliates of such Initial Purchaser shall be designated in writing by the Representatives and any such separate firm for the Company, its directors, its officers and any control persons of the Company shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such request and (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (A) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (B) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.
(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) or (b) above is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other, from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other, in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other, shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds (before deducting expenses) received by the Company from the sale of the Securities and the total discounts and commissions received by the Initial Purchasers in connection therewith, as provided in this Agreement, bear to the aggregate offering price of the Securities. The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Initial Purchasers and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or
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prevent such statement or omission. The Initial Purchasers’ respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to the respective aggregate principal amount of Securities they have purchased hereunder, and not joint.
(e) Limitation on Liability. The Company and the Initial Purchasers agree that it would not be just or equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 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 paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, in no event shall an Initial Purchaser be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total discounts and commissions received by such Initial Purchaser with respect to the offering of the Securities exceeds the 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 Initial Purchasers’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder and not joint.
(f) Non-Exclusive Remedies. The remedies provided for in this Section 7 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.
8. Effectiveness of Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.
9. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the Representatives, by notice to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date or, in the case of the Option Securities, prior to the Additional Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on or by any of the New York Stock Exchange or The NASDAQ Global Select Market; (ii) trading of any securities of the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by federal or New York State authorities; or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis that, in the judgment of the Representatives, is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum.
10. Defaulting Initial Purchaser.
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(a) If, on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, any Initial Purchaser defaults on its obligation to purchase the Securities that it has agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers may in their discretion arrange for the purchase of such Securities by other persons satisfactory to the Company on the terms contained in this Agreement. If, within 36 hours after any such default by any Initial Purchaser, the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers do not arrange for the purchase of such Securities, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which to procure other persons satisfactory to the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers to purchase such Securities on such terms. If other persons become obligated or agree to purchase the Securities of a defaulting Initial Purchaser, either the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers or the Company may postpone the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, for up to five full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the Initial Purchasers may be necessary in the Time of Sale Information, the Offering Memorandum or in any other document or arrangement, and the Company agrees to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the Time of Sale Information or the Offering Memorandum that effects any such changes. As used in this Agreement, the term “Initial Purchaser” includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires, any person not listed in Schedule 1 hereto that, pursuant to this Section 10, purchases Securities that a defaulting Initial Purchaser agreed but failed to purchase.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers by the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of Securities that remain unpurchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be purchased on such date, then each non-defaulting Initial Purchaser shall be obligated severally to purchase the principal amount of Securities that such Initial Purchaser agreed to purchase hereunder on such date plus such Initial Purchaser’s pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Securities that such Initial Purchaser agreed to purchase on such date) of the Securities of such defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers for which such arrangements have not been made.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers by the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of Securities that remain unpurchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate amount of Securities to be purchased on such date then this Agreement or, with respect to any Additional Closing Date, the obligation of the Initial Purchasers to purchase Securities on the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10 shall be without liability on the part of the Company, except that the Company will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in Section 11 hereof and except that the provisions of Section 7 hereof shall not terminate and shall remain in effect.
(d) Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Initial Purchaser of any liability it may have to the Company or any non-defaulting Initial Purchaser for damages caused by its default.
11. Payment of Expenses.
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(a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including without limitation, (i) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Securities and any transfer, stamp, documentary and similar taxes payable in that connection; (ii) the costs incident to the preparation and printing of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, any other Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication and the Offering Memorandum (including any amendments and supplements thereto) and the distribution thereof; (iii) the costs of reproducing and distributing each of the Transaction Documents; (iv) the fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and independent accountants; (v) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the registration or qualification and determination of eligibility for investment of the Securities under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum (including the related fees and expenses of counsel for the Initial Purchasers); (vi) any fees charged by rating agencies for rating the Securities; (vii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any paying agent (including related fees and expenses of any counsel to such parties); (viii) all expenses and application fees incurred in connection with the approval of the Securities for book-entry transfer by DTC; (ix) 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 the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and 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; provided that the Underwriters shall pay for one-half of the expense of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations as described in this clause (ix); and (x) all expenses and application fees related to the listing of the Underlying Securities on the Exchange.
(b) If (i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9; (ii) the Company for any reason fails to tender the Securities for delivery to the Initial Purchasers; or (iii) the Initial Purchasers decline to purchase the Securities for any reason permitted under this Agreement, the Company agrees to reimburse the Initial Purchasers for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the fees and disbursements of their counsel) reasonably incurred by the Initial Purchasers in connection with this Agreement and the offering contemplated hereby.
12. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and any controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No purchaser of Securities from any Initial Purchaser shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase.
13. Survival. The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and the Initial Purchasers contained in this Agreement
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or made by or on behalf of the Company or the Initial Purchasers pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Securities and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company or the Initial Purchasers.
14. Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where otherwise expressly provided, the term “affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; (b) the term “business day” means any day other than a day on which banks are permitted or required to be closed in New York City; and (c) the term “subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
15. Compliance with USA 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 Initial Purchasers 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 Initial Purchasers to properly identify their respective clients.
16. Miscellaneous.
(a) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Initial Purchasers shall be given to the Representatives: X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (fax: (000) 000-0000); Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk; and Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated, Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (fax: (000) 000-0000); Attention: Syndicate Department, with a copy to Attention: ECM Legal, (fax: (000) 000-0000)). Notices to the Company shall be given to it at 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xx., Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000; Attention: General Counsel.
(b) Governing 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 laws of the State of New York.
(c) Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts (which may include counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
(d) Amendments or Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.
(e) Headings. The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.
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(f) Xtract Research LLC. The Company hereby agrees that the Initial Purchasers may provide copies of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Final Offering Memorandum relating to the offering of the Securities and any other agreements or documents relating thereto, including, without limitation, the Indenture, to Xtract Research LLC (“Xtract”) following the completion of the offering for inclusion in an online research service sponsored by Xtract, access to which is restricted to “qualified institutional buyers” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.
Very truly yours, | ||
GOGO INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief | |
Financial Officer |
Accepted: As of the date first written above
Each for itself and on behalf of the
several Initial Purchasers listed
in Schedule 1 hereto.
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx | |
Authorized Signatory | ||
XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX INCORPORATED | ||
By: | /s/ Mandar Donde | |
Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Purchase Agreement]
Schedule 1
Initial Purchaser |
Principal Amount | |||
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC |
$ | 161,500,000 | ||
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated |
127,500,000 | |||
Evercore Group L.L.C. |
51,000,000 | |||
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Total |
$ | 340,000,000 |
Schedule 2
Subsidiaries
Subsidiary |
Jurisdiction of Organization | |
AC BidCo LLC |
Delaware | |
Gogo Business Aviation LLC |
Delaware | |
Gogo LLC |
Delaware | |
Gogo Air International Sàrl |
Geneva (Switzerland) | |
Gogo Connectivity Ltd. |
British Columbia (Canada) | |
Gogo Intermediate Holdings LLC |
Delaware | |
Gogo International Holdings LLC |
Delaware | |
Gogo GK |
Japan | |
Gogo Air Mexico, S. de X.X. de C.V. |
Mexico City (Mexico) | |
Gogo Singapore Pte. Ltd. |
Singapore |
Schedule 3
None.
Schedule 4
Shareholders, Officers and Directors of the Company subject to Lock-up Agreements
Anand K. Xxxxx
Xxx A. ElDifrawi
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx X. Small
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Oakleigh Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx X. XxXxx
Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxx
Oakleigh X. Xxxxxx Trust Under Will FBO Oakleigh X. Xxxxxx
Oakleigh X. Xxxxxx Trust Under Agreement FBO Oakleigh X. Xxxxxx
Oakleigh X. Xxxxxx Dynasty Trust 2011
Oakleigh X. Xxxxxx Trust Under Agreement dated 12/15/1976
OAP, LLC
OTAC (Xxxxxx) LLC
TACA Xxxxxx LLC
TACA II Xxxxxx LLC
Oakleigh X. Xxxxxx 2013 2 Year Annuity Trust
Oakleigh X. Xxxxxx November 2013 2 Year Annuity Trust
Oakleigh X. Xxxxxx May 2014 2 Year Annuity Trust
Oakleigh X. Xxxxxx August 2014 2 Year Annuity Trust
Oakleigh X. Xxxxxx October 2014 2 Year Annuity Trust
Xxxxxx OHT 1995 Trust
Xxxxxx KFT 1997 Trust
2005 Restatement of the Oakleigh Xxxxxx Trust dated June 23, 1997
Oakleigh X. Xxxxxx Trust Under Will FBO Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Oakleigh X. Xxxxxx Trust Under Will FBO Xxxx X. Teach
Oakleigh X. Xxxxxx Trust Under Will FBO Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Oakleigh X. Xxxxxx Trust Under Will FBO Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Oakleigh X. Xxxxxx Trust Under Agreement FBO Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Dynasty Trust 0000
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx Trust created under the Xxxxxx X. Wamlser September 11, 1984 Trust
Agreement, dated as of February 4, 2004
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx Trust created under the Xxxxxx X. Wamlser September 11, 1984 Trust
Agreement, dated as of February 4, 0000
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx Trust created under the Xxxxxx X. Wamlser September 11, 1984 Trust
Agreement, dated as of February 4, 2004
Xxxxx Xxxxx 2012 Trust
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx 2005 Trust
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx 2007 Trust
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx 2010 Trust
Xxx X. Xxxxxxxx 2012 Trust
IWG Xxxxxx 97 Trust
DGG Xxxxxx 97 Trust
ECG Xxxxxx 00 Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx 0000 Trust
Xxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx 2011 Trust
Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx 2013 Trust
Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx 2010 Trust
NCT Xxxxxx 97 Trust
FT Xxxxxx 97 Trust
TAT Xxxxxx 97 Trust
XX Xxxxxx 97 Trust
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx Trust FBO Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Revocable Trust dated September 16, 2002
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx 2012 Trust
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx 2010 Trust
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Revocable Trust dated December 13, 2005
Oakleigh Xxxxxx GST III
Xxxxxxx Blue 2006 Trust
Matilda Blue 2007 Trust
Xxxxxx ALT 1995 Trust
Xxxxxx MET 1995 Trust
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Annex A
a. Time of Sale Information
Term sheet containing the terms of the Securities, substantially in the form of Annex B.
Annex B
PRICING TERM SHEET
Dated March 3, 2015
3.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2020
The information in this pricing term sheet supplements Gogo Inc.’s preliminary offering memorandum, dated March 2, 2015 (the “Preliminary Offering Memorandum”), and supersedes the information in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum to the extent inconsistent with the information in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum. In all other respects, this term sheet is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum. Terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings as set forth in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum. All references to dollar amounts are references to U.S. dollars.
Issuer: | Gogo Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Gogo”). | |
Ticker / Exchange: | GOGO / The NASDAQ Global Select Market (“NASDAQ”). | |
Title of Securities: | 3.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Notes”). | |
Aggregate Principal Amount of Notes Offered: | $340,000,000. | |
Offering Price: | The Notes will be issued at a price of 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued interest, if any, from March 9, 2015. | |
Initial Purchasers’ Over- Allotment Option: | $60,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes. | |
Interest Rate: | The Notes will bear interest at a rate equal to 3.75% per annum from March 9, 2015. | |
Interest Payment Dates: | March 1 and September 1 of each year, beginning on September 1, 2015. | |
Maturity Date: | March 1, 2020, unless earlier repurchased or converted. | |
NASDAQ Last Reported Sale Price of Gogo’s Common Stock on March 3, 2015: | $19.47 per share. | |
Conversion Premium: | Approximately 22.50% above the NASDAQ Last Reported Sale Price of Gogo’s common stock on March 3, 2015. | |
Initial Conversion Price: | Approximately $23.85 per share of Gogo common stock. | |
Initial Conversion Rate: | 41.9274 shares of Gogo common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes. | |
Settlement: | In shares of Gogo’s common stock or, if and when Gogo receives the approval of shareholders as described in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, in cash, shares of Gogo’s common stock or a combination of cash and shares of Gogo’s common stock, at Gogo’s election. | |
The Preliminary Offering Memorandum will be changed by inserting the following paragraph immediately following the second paragraph under “Description of notes— Conversion rights—Settlement upon conversion” in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum (as well as making any additional conforming changes consistent with such insertion): | ||
“Notwithstanding the foregoing, we will be deemed to have obtained such shareholder approval if we (i) determine that such approval from our shareholders is no longer |
required under NASDAQ Stock Market Rule 5635 (or its successor or replacement rule) and (ii) so notify holders, the trustee and the conversion agent. Disclosure of such determination (and the resulting deemed shareholder approval) on a Current Report on Form 8-K filed by us will be deemed to be notice to holders, the trustee and the conversion agent.” | ||
Trade Date: | March 4, 2015. | |
Settlement Date: | March 9, 2015. | |
Joint Book-Running | X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC | |
Managers: | Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated | |
Lead Manager: | Evercore Group L.L.C. | |
CUSIP Number: | 38046C AA7. | |
ISIN: | US38046CAA71. | |
Forward Stock Purchase Transactions: |
In connection with the pricing of the Notes, Gogo intends to enter into privately negotiated forward stock purchase transactions with one or more of the initial purchasers or their respective affiliates (the “forward counterparties”), pursuant to which Gogo will repurchase in aggregate approximately 7.19 million shares of Gogo’s common stock, subject to adjustment, at the NASDAQ Last Reported Sale Price of Gogo’s common stock on March 3, 2015. Gogo will prepay the purchase price for the shares in cash using a portion of the net proceeds from the offering of the Notes on the initial issuance date for the Notes, expected to be March 9, 2015. Under the terms of the forward stock purchase transactions, the forward counterparties will be obligated to deliver the shares of common stock to Gogo in settlement of those transactions on the last day of the 50 trading day period commencing on, and including, the 42nd scheduled trading day immediately preceding March 1, 2020, subject to the ability of each forward counterparty to elect to settle all or a portion of its forward stock purchase transaction early. | |
The forward stock purchase transactions are generally expected to facilitate privately negotiated derivative transactions, including swaps, between the forward counterparties and investors in the Notes relating to shares of Gogo’s common stock by which investors in the Notes will establish short positions relating to shares of Gogo’s common stock and otherwise hedge their investments in the Notes concurrently with the pricing of the Notes. The forward counterparties or their respective affiliates generally expect to, but are not required to, enter into privately negotiated derivative transactions with investors in the Notes at the pricing of the Notes. | ||
Gogo’s entry into the forward stock purchase transactions with the forward counterparties and the entry by the forward counterparties into derivative transactions in respect of shares of Gogo’s common stock with the purchasers of the Notes could have the effect of increasing, or reducing the size of any decrease in, the price of Gogo’s common stock concurrently with, or shortly after, the pricing of the Notes. See “Description of forward stock purchase transactions” in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum. | ||
Use of Proceeds: | The net proceeds of the Notes offering are estimated to be approximately $329.0 million (or $387.0 million if the initial purchasers of the Notes exercise their overallotment option in full), after deducting estimated fees and offering expenses payable by Gogo. | |
Gogo intends to use approximately $140.0 million of the net proceeds from the Notes |
offering to fund the cost to purchase shares of Gogo’s common stock pursuant to forward stock purchase transactions with the forward counterparties, as described above. Gogo intends to use the remaining net proceeds, as well as the net proceeds from the exercise of the over-allotment option by the initial purchasers, if applicable, for working capital and other general corporate purposes, including costs associated with developing and launching Gogo’s next-generation technology solutions and the acquisition of additional spectrum should it become available. | ||
Adjustment to Conversion Rate upon a Make-Whole Fundamental Change: |
The table below sets forth the amount, if any, by which the conversion rate per $1,000 principal amount of Notes will be increased upon conversion of such Notes into cash in connection with a “make-whole fundamental change” as described in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum for each stock price and effective date set forth below. |
Stock Price | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Effective Date |
$19.47 | $20.00 | $23.85 | $25.00 | $27.00 | $30.00 | $33.00 | $36.00 | $40.00 | $45.00 | $50.00 | $55.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 9, 2015 |
9.4336 | 9.1842 | 5.8022 | 5.5442 | 4.5304 | 3.2776 | 2.2978 | 1.9154 | 1.2187 | 0.5638 | 0.2971 | 0.0000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 1, 2016 |
9.4336 | 9.1588 | 5.2406 | 5.3972 | 4.3192 | 3.1082 | 2.2395 | 1.6064 | 1.0126 | 0.5343 | 0.2418 | 0.0000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 1, 2017 |
9.4336 | 9.0972 | 4.9670 | 5.2448 | 4.1247 | 2.8911 | 2.0278 | 1.4142 | 0.8548 | 0.4199 | 0.1656 | 0.0000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 1, 2018 |
9.4336 | 9.0824 | 4.6714 | 4.8473 | 3.6886 | 2.4571 | 1.6344 | 1.0769 | 0.5956 | 0.2466 | 0.0630 | 0.0000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 1, 2019 |
9.4336 | 9.0622 | 3.7627 | 3.8178 | 2.6690 | 1.5526 | 0.8924 | 0.4995 | 0.2043 | 0.0308 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 1, 2020 |
9.4336 | 8.0726 | 0.0013 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
The exact stock prices and effective dates may not be set forth in the table above, in which case:
• | if the stock price is between two stock prices in the table or the effective date is between two effective dates in the table, the amount of the conversion rate increase will be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the amount of the conversion rate increase set forth for the higher and lower stock prices and the earlier and later effective dates, as applicable, based on a 365-day year; |
• | if the stock price is greater than $55.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the conversion rate as set forth under “Description of notes—Conversion rights—Conversion rate adjustments” in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum), no adjustment to the conversion rate will be made; and |
• | if the stock price is less than $19.47 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the conversion rate as set forth under “Description of notes—Conversion rights—Conversion rate adjustments” in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum), no adjustment to the conversion rate will be made. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the conversion rate exceed 51.3610 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, subject to adjustment in the same manner as the conversion rate as set forth under “Description of notes—Conversion rights—Conversion rate adjustments” in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum.
General
This communication is intended for the sole use of the person to whom it is provided by the sender.
This material is confidential and is for your information only and is not intended to be used by anyone other than you. This information does not purport to be a complete description of the Notes or the offering. This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes or any securities nor shall there be any sale of any securities in any state in which such solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification of such securities under the laws of any such state.
Neither the Notes nor the shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any state securities laws, and neither may be offered or sold in the United States or any other jurisdiction, except pursuant to an exemption from,
or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any other applicable securities laws. Accordingly, the Notes are being offered and sold only to “qualified institutional buyers” as defined in Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act. The Notes are not transferable except in accordance with the restrictions described under “Transfer restrictions” in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum.
A copy of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum for the offering of the Notes may be obtained by contacting X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC (toll free) at 866-803-9204 or Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated by mail at 000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attn: Prospectus Department or by email at xx.xxxxxxxxxx_xxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.
ANY DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES THAT MAY APPEAR BELOW ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO THIS COMMUNICATION AND SHOULD BE DISREGARDED. SUCH DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES WERE AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED AS A RESULT OF THIS COMMUNICATION BEING SENT VIA BLOOMBERG OR ANOTHER EMAIL SYSTEM.
Annex C
FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE COMPANY
1. The Company (a) is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and (b) has the corporate power and authority to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum.
2. The Company has the corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Purchase Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities.
3. The Purchase Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Company.
4. The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Company and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.
5. The Securities have been duly authorized and executed by or on behalf of the Company, and, when issued and authenticated on behalf of the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Initial Purchasers today in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
6. The statements in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, insofar as such statements purport to summarize the terms of the Company’s common stock, under the heading “Description of common stock”, are accurate in all material respects.
7. The statements in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum under the heading “Description of notes,” insofar as such statements purport to summarize certain provisions of the Indenture and the Securities, are accurate in all material respects.
8. The statements in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum under the heading “Description of forward stock purchase transactions,” insofar as such statements purport to summarize certain provisions of the forward stock purchase transactions, are accurate in all material respects.
9. The shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities in accordance with the terms of the Indenture have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance upon such conversion by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and such shares, when issued upon such conversion in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Securities, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. The issuance of such shares of common stock upon conversion of the Securities is not subject to preemptive or similar subscription rights arising under the DGCL or the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company.
10. To our knowledge, no consent or authorization of, approval by, notice to or filing with any United States Federal, New York State or (insofar as the DGCL is concerned) Delaware
governmental authority is required under United States Federal or New York State law or the DGCL to be obtained or made on or prior to the date hereof by the Company for the execution and delivery by the Company of the Purchase Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities or the issuance and sale by the Company of the Securities in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement, except for any consents, authorizations, approvals, notices and filings that have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect and those consents, authorizations, approvals, notices and filings that, individually or in the aggregate, if not made, obtained or done would not to our knowledge have a Material Adverse Effect; provided, that we express no opinion in this paragraph 8 with respect to United States Federal or state securities laws.
11. The execution and delivery by the Company of the Purchase Agreement and the Indenture did not, the execution and delivery by the Company of the Indenture will not, and the issuance and sale by the Company of the Securities in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement will not violate (a) the certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the Company, (b) any United States Federal or New York State law, rule or regulation known to us to be applicable to the Company or the DGCL, (c) to our knowledge, any existing judgment, order or decree of any United States Federal, New York State or (insofar as the DGCL is concerned) Delaware court or other governmental authority binding upon the Company or (d) any contract listed in Schedule B hereto; except, in the case of clauses (b), (c) and (d), for such violations that to our knowledge would not have a Material Adverse Effect; provided that we express no opinion in this paragraph 11 with respect to United States Federal or state securities laws.
12. The Company is not, and, on the date hereof after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities in the manner contemplated in the Purchase Agreement and the Offering Memorandum, will not be, required to be registered as an “investment company,” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
13. Subject to the assumptions, qualifications and limitations set forth in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, the statements of United States Federal income tax law under the heading “Certain United States federal income tax considerations” in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, as they relate to the Securities, are accurate in all material respects.
14. It is not necessary, in connection with the offer, sale and delivery of the Securities by the Company to the Initial Purchasers and the initial resale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers to the subsequent purchasers, in accordance with the Purchase Agreement and in the manner contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and the Offering Memorandum, to register the Securities under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or to qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. We express no opinion as to any subsequent resale of any Security.
Such counsel shall also state that they have participated in conferences with representatives of the Company and with representatives of its independent accountants and counsel at which conferences the contents of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum and any amendment and supplement thereto and related matters were discussed and, although such counsel assume no responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the Time of Sale Information, the Offering Memorandum and any amendment or supplement thereto (except as expressly
provided above), nothing has come to the attention of such counsel to cause such counsel to believe that the Time of Sale Information, at the Time of Sale (which such counsel may assume to be the date of the Purchase Agreement) contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or that the Offering Memorandum or any amendment or supplement thereto as of its date and the Closing Date contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (other than (1) the financial statements, the related notes and schedules, and other financial and accounting information contained in or omitted from the Time of Sale Information or the Offering Memorandum or (2) the report of management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting or the auditor’s attestation report on internal control over reporting contained in the Time of Sale Information or the Offering Memorandum, as to which such counsel need express no belief).
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely as to matters of fact on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials that are furnished to the Initial Purchasers.
The opinion of Debevoise & Xxxxxxxx LLP described above shall be rendered to the Initial Purchasers at the request of the Company and shall so state therein.
Annex D
FORM OF OPINION OF GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE COMPANY
Each of AC BidCo LLC, Gogo LLC and Gogo Business Aviation LLC (the “Covered Subsidiaries”) is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. Each of the Covered Subsidiaries has the limited liability power
and authority to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum.
Exhibit A
FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
, 2015
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES LLC
XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX
INCORPORATED
As Representatives of
the several Initial Purchasers listed in
Schedule 1 to the Purchase
Agreement referred to below
c/o X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated
Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Re: | GOGO INC. — Rule 144A Offering |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned understands that you, as Representatives of the several Initial Purchasers, propose to enter into a Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Gogo Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), providing for the purchase and resale (the “Placement”) by the several Initial Purchasers named in Schedule 1 to the Purchase Agreement (the “Initial Purchasers”) of Convertible Senior Notes due 2020 of the Company (the “Securities”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
In consideration of the Initial Purchasers’ agreement to purchase and make the Placement of the Securities, and for other good and valuable consideration receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of each of (i) the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) and (ii) X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC and Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated on behalf of the Initial Purchasers (together, the “Representatives”), the undersigned will not, during the period ending 60 days after the date of the offering memorandum relating to the Placement (the “Offering Memorandum”), (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of,
directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock, $0.0001 per share par value, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock (including without limitation, Common Stock or such other securities which are beneficially owned by the undersigned in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and securities which may be issued upon exercise of a stock option or warrant); or (2) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock or such other securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise; or (3) make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to the registration of any shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (a) transactions relating to shares of Common Stock or other securities acquired in open market transactions after the completion of the offering, provided that no filing under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) shall be required or shall be voluntarily made during the restricted period referred to in the preceding sentence in connection with subsequent sales of Common Stock or other securities acquired in such open market transactions; (b) transfers of shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into Common Stock as a bona fide gift, by will or by intestacy; (c) distributions of shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into Common Stock to general or limited partners, members or stockholders of the undersigned; (d) transfers of shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into Common Stock to partnerships or limited liability companies for the benefit of the immediate family of the undersigned and the partners and members of which are only the undersigned and the immediate family of the undersigned; (e) transfers of shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into Common Stock to the undersigned’s affiliates; (f) distributions of shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into Common Stock to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned or to a trustor or beneficiary of such trust; (g) dispositions of shares of Common Stock to the Company (A) to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the exercise of options to purchase Common Stock or (B) in connection with the rights of the Company to redeem or cause the disposition of shares of Common Stock in order to ensure the Company’s compliance with the Communications Act of 1934, as amended; (h) the establishment of a trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act for the transfer of shares of Common Stock, provided that such plan does not provide for the transfer of Common Stock during the restricted period and no public announcement or filing under the Exchange Act regarding the establishment of such plan shall be required of or voluntarily made by or on behalf of the undersigned or the Company during the restricted period; (i) transfers of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act that was in effect as of, and only shares scheduled for sale thereunder on the date hereof, provided that such trading plan may not be amended during the restricted period without the prior written consent of the Representatives; or (j) transfers of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a bona fide third-party tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction made to all holders of the Common Stock involving a change of control of the Company, provided that in the event that the tender offer, merger, consolidation or other such transaction is not completed, the Common Stock owned by the undersigned shall remain subject to the restrictions contained in this agreement; provided that in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clause (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f), (i) each donee, transferee or
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distributee shall sign and deliver a lock-up letter substantially in the form of this letter and (ii) no filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock, shall be required or shall be voluntarily made during the restricted period referred to in the foregoing sentence.
The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the undersigned’s shares of Common Stock except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions; provided that such stop transfer instructions shall expire on the 60th day following the date of the Purchase Agreement.
In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company, and any duly appointed transfer agent for the registration or transfer of the securities described herein, are hereby authorized to decline to make any transfer of securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this Letter Agreement.
The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this Letter Agreement. All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred and any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the successors, assigns, heirs or personal representatives of the undersigned.
The undersigned understands that, if the Purchase Agreement does not become effective, or if the Purchase Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the Common Stock to be sold thereunder, the undersigned shall be released from all obligations under this Letter Agreement. The undersigned understands that the Initial Purchasers are entering into the Purchase Agreement and proceeding with the Placement in reliance upon this Letter Agreement.
This Letter Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Letter Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.
Very truly yours, | ||
[NAME OF STOCKHOLDER] | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
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