525,000,000 Units, including Units in the form of American depositary shares Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A. FORM OF INTERNATIONAL UNDERWRITING AND PLACEMENT AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
525,000,000 Units, including Units in the form of American depositary shares
October 6, 2009
Santander Investment Securities INC.
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated
Ubs Securities LLC,
As Representatives of the Several Underwriters,
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated
Ubs Securities LLC,
As Representatives of the Several Underwriters,
Dear Sirs:
1. Introductory. Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A. (the “Company”), a sociedade por ações
(corporation) incorporated under the laws of the Federative Republic of Brazil (“Brazil”), has
entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Brazilian Underwriting Agreement”), dated as of the
date hereof, with the several underwriters named therein (the “Brazilian Underwriters”) for the
sale by the Company of an aggregate of [•] units, each of which represents initially 48.125
subscripton receipts for common shares, 6.875 common shares, 43.750 subscripton receipts for
preferred shares and 6.250 preferred shares, and after the Capital Increase Approval Date (as
defined below) 55 common shares, without par value, and 50 preferred shares, without par value, to
be issued by the Company (the “Firm Units”). In the Brazilian Underwriting Agreement, the Company
also grants an option to the Brazilian Underwriters to acquire additional units (“Optional Units”,
and, together with the Firm Units, the “Units”) to cover over-allotments, if any.
Santander Investment Securities Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Xxxxxxx Lynch,
Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated and UBS Securities LLC as representatives (the
“Representatives”) of the several underwriters (the “International Underwriters”, and together with
the Brazilian Underwriters, the “Underwriters”) listed on Schedule A to this agreement (this
“Agreement”) will act as placement agents on behalf of the Brazilian Underwriters with respect to
the placement of the Units outside Brazil, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein.
Units purchased by non-Brazilian investors will be settled in Brazil and paid for in Brazilian
reais. Non-Brazilian investors purchasing Units must be authorized to invest in Brazilian
securities under the requirements established by the Conselho Monetário Nacional (the “Brazilian
National Monetary Council” or “CMN”), the Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (the “Brazilian
Securities Commission” or “CVM”) and the Banco Central do Brasil (the “Central Bank”).
The parties to this Agreement agree and acknowledge that the Company reserved up to 15% of the
Firm Units in the offering for its employees, directors and officers and for its customers in
Brazil at the purchase price per Unit set forth in the Brazilian Underwriting Agreement. Employees
who purchase Units in this special allocation may not transfer or dispose of their Units for a
period of 60 days from the day after the First Closing Date.
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Pursuant to this Agreement, the Company proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated
herein, to sell to the International Underwriters Units in the form of American depositary shares
(the “Firm ADSs”), in the respective amounts set forth in Schedule A hereto. Each ADS (as defined
below) will represent one Unit. The ADSs will be evidenced by American depositary receipts
(“ADRs”) to be issued under a deposit agreement, dated as of the First Closing Date, among the
Company, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as depositary, and the registered holders and beneficial owners
from time to time of the ADSs issued hereunder (the “Deposit Agreement”). The ADSs shall be
offered by the International Underwriters in the United States and by the Representatives and
certain other financial instititions in other countries outside of Brazil. In addition, the
Company grants the International Underwriters an option, exercisable by Credit Suisse Securities
(USA) LLC, upon notification to the other Representatives, to purchase up to an additional
75,000,000 Units in the form of ADSs (less the number of Optional Units acquired by the Brazilian
Underwriters) within 30 days from the date of commencement of trading of Units on the BM&FBOVESPA,
as defined below (“Optional ADSs”, and, together with the Firm ADSs, the “ADSs”). The Units,
including Units in the form of ADSs, are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Offered
Securities.”
All references herein to “U.S. dollars” or “US$” are to United States dollars and references
to “real”, “reais” or “R$” are to Brazilian reais.
In connection with the placement of the Units in Brazil, the Company has prepared a
preliminary prospectus in Portuguese dated September 21, 2009, including any and all exhibits
thereto, (the “Brazilian Preliminary Prospectus”) and a final prospectus in Portuguese dated the
date hereof, including any and all exhibits thereto (the “Brazilian Final Prospectus” and, together
with the Brazilian Preliminary Prospectus, each a “Brazilian Prospectus”). The parties to this
Agreement agree and acknowledge that the closing of this transaction is not conditioned on the
receipt of the Central Bank‘s approval of the capital increase relating to the transaction
contemplated in this Agreement. The parties to this Agreement further agree and acknowledge that,
until the Central Bank’s approval of the capital increase relating to the transaction contemplated
in this Agreement and the Brazilian Underwriting Agreement (the “Capital Increase Approval Date”),
the Units will represent a combination of common shares and preferred shares of the Company and
subscription receipts for the subscription of common shares and preferred shares of the Company.
The International Underwriters and the Brazilian Underwriters are, simultaneously herewith,
entering into an Intersyndicate Agreement among their respective syndicates, dated the date hereof,
that provides for, among other things, the transfer of ADSs and Units between the two syndicates
for the purpose of resale.
The Company hereby confirms that it has authorized the use of the General Disclosure Package
and the Final International Prospectus (each as defined below) and any amendment or supplement
thereto approved by the Company and the International Underwriters in connection with the sale and
placement of Offered Securities outside of Brazil by the International Underwriters to the
prospective purchasers thereof.
2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to,
and agrees with, the several Underwriters that:
(a) Filing and Effectiveness of Registration Statements; Certain Defined Terms. The
Company has filed with the Commission a registration statement on Form F-1 (No. 333-
161704) covering the registration of 540,000,000 of the Offered Securities under the Act,
including a related preliminary prospectus or prospectuses. At any particular time, this
initial registration statement, in the form then on file with the Commission, including all
information contained in the registration statement (if any) pursuant to Rule 462(b) and
then deemed to be a part of the initial registration statement, and all 430A Information
and all 430C Information, that in any case has not then been superseded or modified, shall
be referred to as the “Initial Registration Statement”. The Company may also have filed,
or may file with the Commission, a Rule 462(b) registration statement covering the
registration of the Offered Securities. At any particular time, this Rule 462(b)
registration statement, in the form then on file with the Commission, including the
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contents of the Initial Registration Statement incorporated by reference therein and including
all 430A Information and all 430C Information, that in any case has not then been
superseded or modified, shall be referred to as the “Additional Registration Statement”.
With respect to the placement outside the United States of any Units not subject to any
Registration Statement (as defined below), neither the Company nor any person acting on its
behalf (other than the Underwriters or their affiliates, as to which the Company makes no
representation or warranty) has engaged in any directed selling efforts (as defined under
Regulation S of the Act).
As of the time of execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Initial Registration
Statement has been declared effective under the Act and is not proposed to be amended. Any
Additional Registration Statement has or will become effective upon filing with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b) and is not proposed to be amended. 540,000,000 of the
Offered Securities have been or will be duly registered under the Act pursuant to the
Initial Registration Statement and, if applicable, the Additional Registration Statement.
A registration statement on Form F-6 (File No. 333-162027) in respect of the ADSs has
also been filed with the Commission; such registration statement, in the form heretofore
delivered to the Representatives, has been declared effective by the Commission in such
form; no other document with respect to such registration statement has heretofore been
filed with the Commission; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of such registration
statement has been issued, and to the best of the Company’s knowledge, no proceeding for
that purpose has been initiated or threatened by the Commission (the various parts of such
registration statement, taken together, including all exhibits thereto, each as amended at
the time such part of the registration statement became effective, are hereinafter referred
to as the “ADS Registration Statement”).
For purposes of this Agreement:
“430A Information”, with respect to any registration statement, means information
included in a prospectus and retroactively deemed to be a part of such registration
statement pursuant to Rule 430A(b).
“430C Information”, with respect to any registration statement, means information
included in a prospectus then deemed to be a part of such registration statement pursuant
to Rule 430C.
“Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Applicable Time” means 3:00 pm (New York City time) on the date of this
Agreement.
“Closing Date” has the meaning defined in Section 3 hereof.
“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Effective Time” with respect to the Initial Registration Statement or, if filed prior
to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Additional Registration Statement,
means the date and time as of which such Registration Statement was declared effective by
the Commission or has become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(c). If an
Additional Registration Statement has not been filed prior to the execution and delivery of
this Agreement but the Company has advised the Representatives that it proposes to file
one, “Effective Time” with respect to such Additional Registration Statement means the date
and time as of which such Registration Statement is filed and becomes effective pursuant to
Rule 462(b).
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
“Final International Prospectus” means the Statutory Prospectus that discloses the
public offering price, other 430A Information and other final terms of the Offered
Securities and otherwise satisfies Section 10(a) of the Act.
“General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors, as evidenced by its
being so specified in Schedule B to this Agreement.
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“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus”, as
defined in Rule 433, relating to the Offered Securities in the form filed or required to be
filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the
Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g).
“Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
that is not a General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.
The Initial Registration Statement and any Additional Registration Statement are referred
to collectively as the “Registration Statements” and individually as a “Registration
Statement”. A “Registration Statement” with reference to a particular time means the
Initial Registration Statement and any Additional Registration Statement as of such time.
A “Registration Statement” without reference to a time means such Registration Statement as
of its Effective Time. For purposes of the foregoing definitions, 430A Information with
respect to a Registration Statement shall be considered to be included in such Registration
Statement as of the time specified in Rule 430A.
“Rules and Regulations” means the rules and regulations of the Commission.
“Securities Laws” means, collectively, the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002
(“Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx”), the Act, the Exchange Act, the Rules and Regulations, the auditing
principles, rules, standards and practices applicable to auditors of “issuers” (as defined
in Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx) promulgated or approved by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
and the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”) and the rules (“Exchange Rules”)
of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”).
“Statutory Prospectus” with reference to a particular time means the prospectus
included in a Registration Statement immediately prior to that time, including any document
incorporated by reference therein and any 430A Information or 430C Information with respect
to such Registration Statement. For purposes of the foregoing definition, 430A Information
shall be considered to be included in the Statutory Prospectus as of the actual time that
form of prospectus is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) or Rule 462(c) and
not retroactively.
Unless otherwise specified, a reference to a “rule” is to the indicated rule under the
Act.
(b) Compliance with Securities Act Requirements. (i) At their respective Effective
Times each of the Initial Registration Statement, the Additional Registration Statement (if
any), and the ADS Registration Statement, conformed and will conform in all material
respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not and will
not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
and (ii) on its date, at the time of filing of the Final International Prospectus pursuant
to Rule 424(b) or (if no such filing is required) at the Effective Time of the Additional
Registration Statement in which the Final International Prospectus is included, and on each
Closing Date, the Final International Prospectus will conform in all material respects to
the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and will not include any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to
statements in or omissions from any such document based upon written information furnished
to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein,
it being understood and agreed that the only such information is that described as such in
Section 8(b) hereof.
(c) Ineligible Issuer Status. (i) At the time of initial filing of the Initial
Registration Statement and (ii) at the date of this Agreement, the Company was
not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405, including (x) the Company or
any other subsidiary in the preceding three years not having been convicted of a felony or
misdemeanor or having been made the subject of a judicial or administrative decree or order
as described in Rule 405 and (y) the Company in the preceding three years not having been
the subject of a bankruptcy petition or
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insolvency or similar proceeding, not having had a registration statement be the
subject of a proceeding under Section 8 of the Act and not being the subject of a
proceeding under Section 8A of the Act in connection with the offering of the Offered
Securities, all as described in Rule 405.
(d) General Disclosure Package. As of the Applicable Time, neither (i) the General
Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus(es) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, the
preliminary prospectus dated September 21, 2009 (which is the most recent Statutory
Prospectus distributed to investors generally) and the other information, if any, stated in
Schedule B to this Agreement to be included in the General Disclosure Package, all
considered together (collectively, the “General Disclosure Package”), nor (ii) any
individual Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the
General Disclosure Package, included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does
not apply to statements in or omissions from any Statutory Prospectus or any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to
the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it
being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter
consists of the information described as such in Section 8(b) hereof. The Company has not
distributed any offering material in connection with this offering of the Offered
Securities outside Brazil other than the General Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus and the Final International Prospectus.
(e) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its
issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale
of the Offered Securities outside Brazil or until any earlier date that the Company
notified or notifies the Representatives as described in the next sentence, did not, does
not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict, with
the information then contained in the Registration Statement. If at any time following
issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or
development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would
conflict with the information then contained in the Registration Statement or as a result
of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, if republished immediately following such
event or development, would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or
would 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, (i) the Company
has promptly notified or will promptly notify the Representatives and (ii) the Company has
promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(f) Good standing of the Company. The Company has been duly incorporated and is
validly existing as a corporation (sociedade por ações) in good standing under the laws of
Brazil (to the extent that good standing is applicable under Brazilian law), with full
power and authority (corporate and other) to own or lease its properties and conduct its
business as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Final International
Prospectus, and the Company is duly qualified to do business in Brazil and is duly
qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in each other jurisdiction in which the
ownership or leasing of its properties or the conduct of its business requires such
qualification except where the failure to be so qualified would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise),
results of operations, business, properties or prospects of the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole (“Material Adverse Effect”).
(g) Subsidiaries. Each subsidiary of the Company listed in Schedule C hereto (each a
“Subsidiary” and together the “Subsidiaries”) has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation (sociedade por ações) or a limited liability company (sociedade
limitada) in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation (to the
extent that good standing is applicable under the law of the relevant jurisdiction of
incorporation), with full power and authority (corporate and other) to own or lease its
properties and conduct its business as described
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in the General Disclosure Package and the Final International Prospectus; and each
Subsidiary of the Company is duly qualified to do business in Brazil and is duly qualified
to do business as a foreign corporation in all other jurisdictions which require such
qualification and in which it conducts business except where the failure to be so
qualified would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; all
of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each Subsidiary of the Company has been duly
authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable; and the capital stock of
each Subsidiary owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, is owned free from
liens, encumbrances and defects. No Subsidiary of the Company is prohibited, directly or
indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, or from making any other distribution
on such Subsidiary’s capital stock, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(h) Offered Securities. The Offered Securities, including the preferred and common
stock of the Company underlying the Offered Securities, and all other outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized; the capitalization of the Company
is as set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Final International Prospectus,
and except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Final International
Prospectus under “Management” and “Description of Capital Stock”, there are no authorized
or outstanding stock options, warrants, preemptive rights or other rights to acquire, or
instruments convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Units or shares of capital
stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; all outstanding shares of capital stock of
the Company are, and, when the Offered Securities have been delivered and paid for in
accordance with this Agreement, such Offered Securities will have been, as of the Capital
Increase Approval Date, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and will conform to
the description thereof in the General Disclosure Package and the Final International
Prospectus; the stockholders of the Company have no preemptive rights with respect to the
Offered Securities; and none of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have
been issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights of any security holder. Upon
payment for the Offered Securities pursuant to this Agreement and the Brazilian
Underwriting Agreement, all rights, title and interest in the Offered Securities will be
transferred free and clear of any security interests, claims, liens or other encumbrances.
(i) Authorization of Transaction Documents. Each of this Agreement, the Brazilian
Underwriting Agreement, the Deposit Agreement and a Brazilian stabilization agreement dated
October 6, 2009, among Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A., Banco de Investimentos Credit Suisse
(Brasil) S.A. and Credit Suisse (Brasil) S.A. Corretora de Títulos e Valores Mobiliários
(together the “Transaction Documents”) and all other documents executed or delivered by the
Company in connection therewith, have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company, and assuming due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the other
parties thereto, constitutes the legal, valid and binding agreement of the Company,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms subject, as to the
enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium
or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of
equity. The Company has full right, power and authority to perform its obligations under
the Transaction Documents.
(j) Deposit Agreement. Upon issuance by the Depositary of ADRs evidencing ADSs
against the deposit of Units in respect thereof in accordance with the provisions of the
Deposit Agreement, such ADRs will be duly and validly issued and the persons in whose names
the ADRs are registered will be entitled to the rights specified therein and in the Deposit
Agreement; and the Deposit Agreement and the ADRs will conform in all material respects to
the description thereof in the General Disclosure Package and the Final International
Prospectus.
(k) Deposit of Units. The Units will be deposited prior to the applicable Closing
Date with Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A., as custodian for the Units (the “Custodian”) and
has consented to the issuance by the Depositary of the ADRs evidencing the ADSs to be
delivered by the Company as provided hereunder to the International Underwriters on each
Closing Date. The Units may be deposited, without any restriction on voting, holding or
transfer, with the Custodian, as agent for
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the Depositary, against the issuance of ADRs evidencing ADSs as contemplated in the
Deposit Agreement, except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final
International Prospectus.
(l) No Finder’s Fee. There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the
Company and any person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any
Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or other like payment in connection
with the offering, placement and sale of the Offered Securities or any of the transactions
contemplated herein or in the Brazilian Underwriting Agreement.
(m) Registration Rights. There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between
the Company and any person granting such person the right to require the Company to file a
registration statement under the Act with respect to any securities of the Company owned or
to be owned by such person or to require the Company to include such securities in the
securities registered pursuant to a Registration Statement or in any securities being
registered pursuant to any other registration statement filed by the Company under the Act
(collectively, “registration rights”), and any person to whom the Company has granted
registration rights has agreed not to exercise such rights until after the expiration of
the Lock-Up Period referred to in Section 5 hereof.
(n) Listing. The ADSs have been approved for listing on the NYSE, subject to notice
of issuance. The Units have been approved for listing on the Nível 2 segment of the
BM&FBOVESPA S.A. — Bolsa de Valores, Mercadorias e Futuros (“BM&FBOVESPA”), subject to
notice of issuance. The Company’s common shares and preferred shares are listed on the
BM&FBOVESPA under the symbols “SANB3” and “SANB4”, respectively, and the Company has not
received notice of any proceeding relating to their delisting.
(o) Absence of Further Requirements. No consent, approval, authorization, or order
of, or filing or registration with, any Brazilian, U.S. or other governmental agency, body
or court or stock exchange is required for the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents in connection with the offering, issuance and
sale of the Offered Securities by the Company, except: (i) such as have been obtained and
made under the Act and the Exchange Act; (ii) approval by the Central Bank and the CVM of
the Deposit Agreement and qualification of the Deposit Agreement under Annex V to
Resolution No. 1289 of March 20, 1987, as amended, (“Annex V”) of the National Monetary
Council; (iii) authorization for trading of the Units on BM&FBOVESPA and authorization for
trading of the ADSs on the NYSE; (iv) adherence of the Company to the rules of Nível 2
segment of BM&FBOVESPA; (v) approvals from the CVM relating to the offering of the Units
and the ADSs; (vi) approval by the Central Bank of the fees and reimbursement of expenses
pursuant to this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement; (vii) any necessary qualification
under the securities or blue sky laws of the various jurisdictions in which the Units and
the ADSs are being offered by the International Underwriters; and (viii) ratification by
the Central Bank of the capital increase of the Company in connection with the issue and
sale of the Units.
(p) Title to Property. The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable
title to all real properties and all other properties and assets owned by them, in each
case free from liens, charges, encumbrances and defects that would affect the value thereof
or interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them, except where the failure to
have good and marketable title would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect, and, except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final
International Prospectus, the Company and its Subsidiaries hold any leased real or personal
property under valid and enforceable leases with no terms or provisions that would
interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them, except where the failure of
such property to be under a valid and enforceable lease would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(q) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts Resulting from Transaction. The execution,
delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents, and the issuance, offer, placement
and sale of the Offered Securities will not result in a breach or violation of any of the
terms and provisions of, or constitute a default or a Debt Repayment Triggering Event (as
defined below) under, or result in the imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon
any property or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to, (i) the
charter or by-laws of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) any statute, rule,
regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign,
having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their properties,
or (iii) any 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
properties of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, except, in the case of
(iii), as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; a
“Debt Repayment Triggering Event” means any event or condition that gives, or with the
giving of notice or lapse of time would give, the holder of any note, debenture, or other
evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to
require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(r) Absence of Existing Defaults and Conflicts. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is in violation of (i) its respective charter or by-laws, (ii) in violation of
any statute, rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court,
domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any
of their properties, or (iii) in default (or with the giving of notice or lapse of time
would be in default), under any existing obligation, agreement, covenant or condition
contained in any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, lease or other agreement or
instrument to which any of them is a party or by which any of them is bound or to which any
of the properties of any of them is subject, except, with regard to items (ii) and (iii),
such violations or defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(s) Possession of Licenses and Permits. The Company and its Subsidiaries possess, and
are in compliance with the terms of, all adequate certificates, authorizations, franchises,
licenses and permits (“Licenses”) necessary or material to the conduct of the business now
conducted or proposed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final International
Prospectus to be conducted by them, except where the failure to own or possess such
intellectual property rights would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect, and have not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation
or modification of any Licenses that, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(t) Possession of Intellectual Property. The Company and its Subsidiaries own,
possess, have the right to use or can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate trademarks,
trade names and other rights to inventions, know-how, patents, copyrights, confidential
information and other intellectual property (collectively, “intellectual property rights”)
necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, except where the failure to own or
possess such intellectual property right would not, individually or in the aggregate, have
a Material Adverse Effect, or presently employed by them, and have not received any notice
of infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any
intellectual property rights that, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(u) Absence of Labor Dispute. No unfair labor practice, strike or stoppage and no
labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries exists or is
threatened, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(v) Taxation. There is no tax, duty, levy, impost, deduction, charge or withholding
imposed by Brazil or any political subdivision thereof or taxing authority therein, either
(i) on or by virtue
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of the Company’s execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of any of the
Transaction Documents or of any other documents to be furnished thereunder, or (ii) on any
payment to be made pursuant to any Transaction Documents, except for income tax (Imposto
sobre a Xxxxx xx Xxxxxx Jurídica — IRPJ), social contribution on net profits (Contribuição
Social sobre o Lucro Líquido — CSLL), social contributions on gross revenue (Programa de
Integração Social — PIS and Contribuição para Financiamento da Seguridade Social —
COFINS), municipal services tax (Imposto sobre Serviços de Qualquer Natureza — ISS), and
tax on financial transactions (Imposto sobre Operações de Crédito, Cambio e Seguro ou
relativos a Titulos e Valores Mobiliários — IOF), contribution for intervention on the
economic domain (Contribuição de Intervenção no Domínio Econômico — CIDE) and withholding
income tax (Imposto sobre Xxxxx Retira xx Xxxxx — IRRF), as applicable.
(w) Environmental Laws. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in
violation of any statute, any rule, regulation, decision or order of any governmental
agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, relating to the use, disposal or release
of hazardous or toxic substances or relating to the protection or restoration of the
environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances (collectively,
“environmental laws”), owns or operates any real property contaminated with any substance
that is subject to any environmental laws, is liable for any off-site disposal or
contamination pursuant to any environmental laws, or is subject to any claim relating to
any environmental laws, which violation, contamination, liability or claim would,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and the Company is not
aware of any pending investigation which might lead to such a claim.
(x) Accurate Disclosure. The statements in the General Disclosure Package and the
Final International Prospectus under the headings “Regulatory Overview”, “Description of
Capital Stock”, “Description of the American Depositary Shares”, “Service of Process and
Enforcement of Judgments” and “Taxation”, insofar as such statements purport to summarize
legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and
fair summaries in all material respects of such legal matters, agreements, documents or
proceedings and present the information required to be shown.
(y) Absence of Manipulation. The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any
action that is designed to or that has constituted or that would cause or result in the
stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the
sale or resale of the Offered Securities.
(z) Statistical and Market-Related Data and Forward-Looking Statements. Any
third-party statistical and market-related data included or incorporated by reference in
the General Disclosure Package or the Final International Prospectus are based on or
derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate. Any other
financial and statistical information provided in the General Disclosure Package or the
Final International Prospectus is in all material respects accurately presented and
prepared on a basis consistent with the financial statements and books and records of the
Company and its consolidated subsidiaries. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning
of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained in any
of the General Disclosure Package or the Final International Prospectus has been made or
reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.
(aa) Internal Controls and Compliance with the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. The Company, its
Subsidiaries and the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) are in compliance with the
applicable provisions of Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx, and to the extent applicable, all applicable
Exchange Rules. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain a system of internal controls,
including, but not limited to, disclosure controls and procedures, internal controls over
accounting matters and financial reporting, an internal audit function and legal and
regulatory compliance controls (collectively, “Internal Controls”) that comply with the
Securities Laws to the extent applicable and are sufficient to provide reasonable
assurances that (i) transactions are executed in accordance
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with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded
as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRS (as
hereinafter defined) and to maintain accountability for assets, (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.
(bb) Litigation. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final
International Prospectus, there are no pending actions, suits or proceedings (including any
inquiries or investigations by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or
foreign) against or affecting the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
respective properties or directors or officers that, if determined adversely to the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect, or would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company to
perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents, or which are otherwise material in
the context of the sale and placement of the Offered Securities; and, to the best of the
Company’s knowledge, no such actions, suits or proceedings (including any inquiries or
investigations by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign) are
threatened.
(cc) Independent Auditors. Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Auditores Independentes, who have
audited the consolidated financial statements of the Company and the combined financial
statements of Banco ABN AMRO Real S.A. and ABN AMRO Brasil Dois Participações S.A.
(together “Banco Real”) included in the General Disclosure Package and the Final
International Prospectus are an independent registered public accounting firm with respect
to the Company and Banco Real and their subsidiaries within the applicable rules and
regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and
as required by the Securities Act.
(dd) Financial Statements. The financial statements included in each Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final International Prospectus, present
fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Company, Banco Real (except
for the omission of the combined balance sheet of Banco Real as of August 29, 2008 for
which the auditor’s report on the respective financial statements contains a qualified
opinion) and their respective consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates shown and their
results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown, and except as otherwise
disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final International Prospectus, such
financial statements have been prepared in conformity with the International Financial
Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) applied on a consistent basis and the schedules included in
each Registration Statement present fairly in all material respects the information
required to be stated therein; and the assumptions used in preparing the pro forma
financial statements included in each Registration Statement, the General Disclosure
Package and the Final International Prospectus provide a reasonable basis for presenting
the significant effects directly attributable to the transactions or events described
therein, the related pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions,
and the pro forma columns therein reflect the proper application of those adjustments to
the corresponding historical financial statement amounts.
(ee) Filing of Tax Returns. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has filed or
caused to be filed all tax returns that are required to be filed or has obtained extensions
thereof, and has paid all taxes required to be paid by it and any other assessment, fine,
penalty or other governmental charge levied against it by any governmental authority to the
extent that any of the foregoing is due and payable (other than to the extent that the
amount or validity of which is currently being contested in good faith and for which
adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with IFRS), except as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(ff) No Material Adverse Change in Business. Except as disclosed in the General
Disclosure Package and the Final International Prospectus, since the end of the period
covered by the latest audited financial statements included in the General Disclosure
Package and the Final International Prospectus there has not been or occurred (i) any
change, nor any development or event involving a prospective change, in the condition
(financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, properties or prospects of the
Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole that is material and adverse, (ii) any
transaction which is material to the Company and the subsidiaries as a whole, and (iii) any
obligation or liability, direct or contingent (including any off-balance sheet
obligations), incurred by the Company or any subsidiary, which is material to the Company
and the subsidiaries taken as a whole (iv) any dividend or distribution of any kind
declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock and (v) any
material adverse change in the capital stock, short-term indebtedness, long-term
indebtedness, net current assets or net assets of the Company and its subsidiaries.
(gg) Investment Company Act. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the
offering and sale of the Offered Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as
described in the General Disclosure Package and the Final International Prospectus, will
not be an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the
“Investment Company Act”).
(hh) Ratings. No “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” as such term
is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) (i) has imposed (or has informed the Company that
it is considering imposing) any condition (financial or otherwise) on the Company’s
retaining any rating assigned to the Company or any securities of the Company or (ii) has
indicated to the Company that it is considering any of the actions described in Section
7(c)(ii) hereof.
(ii) PFIC Status. The Company does not believe it should be classified as a “passive
foreign investment company” (“PFIC”) as defined in Section 1297 of the United States
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, for its most recently completed taxable year
and, based on the Company’s current projected income, assets and activities, the Company
does not expect to be classified as a PFIC for the current year or for the foreseeable
future.
(jj) Related Party Transactions. The description under the caption “Related Party
Transactions” in the General Disclosure Package and the Final International Prospectus
contains a complete and accurate summary of all material relationships, direct or indirect,
existing between or among any of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand,
and the Company’s indirect controlling shareholder Banco Santander, S.A., a corporation
organized under the laws of Spain (“Banco Santander, S.A.”) and any other affiliate of the
Company or Banco Santander, S.A., on the other.
(kk) Use of Funds. None of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge
of the Company, any director, officer or employee acting on behalf of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries has (i) used any corporate funds of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to
political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or
domestic government official or employee from corporate funds of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries; (iii) made any payment or taken any action from any funds of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries which violated any applicable provision of Brazilian
anti-corruption law or of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (the “FCPA”), to
the extent applicable; or (iv) made any bribe, unlawful rebate, unlawful payoff, unlawful
influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment. The Company, its subsidiaries and,
to the knowledge of the Company, its affiliates have instituted and maintain policies and
procedures designed to ensure continued compliance with all applicable anti-corruption
legislation.
(ll) Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are
and have been conducted in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting
requirements of the money laundering statutes of Brazil and all other applicable
jurisdictions, the
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rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or
guidelines, issued and administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively,
“Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or
governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of
its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge
of the Company, threatened.
(mm) Office of Foreign Assets Control. None of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, employee or affiliate of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered
by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”).
The Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the
Offered Securities contemplated hereby, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available
such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity for the
purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions
administered by OFAC.
(nn) Brazilian Approvals. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and
the Final International Prospectus under the sections “Description of Capital Stock” and
“Dividends and Dividend Policy”, no approvals are required in Brazil in order for the
Company to pay dividends, interest attributable to shareholders’ equity or other
distributions declared by the Company to the holders of the Units and ADS, so long as, with
respect to distributions to holders of the ADSs, the ADR program remains registered with
the Central Bank and the CVM pursuant to Annex V of the CMN.
(oo) Immunity. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor any of their
respective subsidiaries, the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ properties or assets, have any
immunity from the jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through
service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution or
otherwise) under the laws of Brazil, except for the reserve accounts held by Brazilian
financial institutions with the Central Bank, which are subject to certain immunities
according to Brazilian Law No. 9069.
(pp) Enforcement of Judgments. Any judgment obtained in a U.S. federal or state court
of competent jurisdiction sitting in New York City arising out of or in relation to the
obligations of the Company under this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby
will be enforceable against the Company and will be recognized in Brazil after that
judgment is confirmed by the Superior Court of Justice of Brazil (Superior Tribunal de
Justiça) provided that (a) such judgment is rendered by a competent court and obtained in
compliance with the legal requirements of the jurisdiction of the court rendering such
judgment; (b) proper service of process in accordance with Brazilian legislation is made;
(c) such judgment does not contravene Brazilian national sovereignty, good morals or public
policy; (d) such judgment is final and conclusive and, therefore, not subject to appeal in
the jurisdiction where rendered; (e) such judgment is authenticated by a consular official
of Brazil having jurisdiction over place of signing and submitted to the Brazilian courts
with a certified translation of such judgment; and (f) the applicable procedure under the
law of Brazil with respect to the enforcement of foreign judgments is complied with.
(qq) Valid Choice of Law. The choice of laws of the State of New York as the governing
law of this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement is a valid choice of law under the laws of
Brazil and will be honored by the courts of Brazil. The submission by the Company to the
non-exclusive jurisdiction of the U.S. federal or state courts sitting in The City of New
York and County of New York in this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement constitutes a valid
and legally binding obligation of the Company, and service of process effected in the
manner set forth in this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement, assuming validity under the
laws of the State of New York, will be effective, insofar as Brazilian law is concerned, to
confer valid personal jurisdiction over the Company. The Company has the power to
designate, appoint and empower and pursuant to Section 17 of this Agreement has validly and
effectively designated, appointed and empowered
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an agent for service of process in any suit or proceeding based on or arising from
this Agreement in any U.S. federal or state court sitting in New York City.
(rr) No Material Differences. There are no material differences between the
disclosure contained in the (A) Brazilian Prospectus and the Final Brazilian Prospectus, on
the one hand, and (B) the Preliminary International Prospectus and the Final International
Prospectus, on the other.
3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of ADSs and Placement of Units. On the basis of the
representations, warranties and agreements and subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein, the Company agrees to sell to the several International Underwriters, and each of the
International Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to (i) purchase from the Company, at
a purchase price of $ per ADS, the respective number of Firm ADSs set forth opposite
the names of the International Underwriters in Schedule A hereto and (ii) act as placement agents
for the placement of the Units outside Brazil.
The Company will deliver the Firm ADSs to or as instructed by the Representatives for the
accounts of the International Underwriters in a form reasonably acceptable to the Representatives
against payment of the purchase price by the International Underwriters in Federal (same day) funds
by wire transfer to an account at a bank acceptable to the International Underwriters drawn to the
order of Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A., at 10:00 A.M. New York time on October 13, or at such other
time not later than seven full business days thereafter as the Representatives and the Company
determine, such time being herein referred to as the “First Closing Date”. For purposes of Rule
15c6-1 under the Exchange Act, the First Closing Date (if later than the otherwise applicable
settlement date) shall be the settlement date for payment of funds and delivery of securities for
all the Offered Securities sold pursuant to the offering. The Firm ADSs so to be delivered or
evidence of their issuance will be made available for checking at least 24 hours prior to the First
Closing Date.
In addition, upon written notice from the Representatives given to the Company not more than
30 days subsequent to the date of the commencement of trading of the Firm ADSs on the NYSE, the
International Underwriters may purchase all or less than all of the Optional ADSs at the purchase
price per ADS set forth in this Section 3. The Company agrees to sell to the International
Underwriters the principal amount of Optional ADSs specified in such notice and the International
Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase such Optional ADSs. Such Optional ADSs
shall be purchased for the account of each International Underwriter in the same proportion as the
total number of Firm ADSs set forth opposite such International Underwriter’s name bears to the
total number of Firm ADSs in Schedule A hereto (subject to adjustment by the Representatives to
eliminate fractions) and may be purchased by the International Underwriters only for the purpose of
covering over-allotments, if any. No Optional ADSs shall be sold or delivered unless previously
the Units have been, or simultaneously are, sold and delivered. The right to purchase the Optional
ADSs or any portion thereof may be exercised at the First Closing Date or during the 30-day period
subsequent to the date of the commencement of trading of the units on the BM&FBOVESPA and to the
extent not exercised may be surrendered and terminated at any time upon notice by the
Representatives to the Company.
The time for the delivery of and payment for the Optional ADSs, being herein referred to as
the “Optional Closing Date” (the First Closing Date and the Optional Closing Date, if any, being
sometimes referred to as a “Closing Date”), shall be determined by the Representatives but shall be
not later than five full business days after written notice of election to purchase Optional ADSs
is given. The Company will deliver the Optional ADSs being purchased on the Optional Closing Date
to or as instructed by the Representatives for the accounts of the several International
Underwriters in a form reasonably acceptable to the Representatives against payment of the purchase
price therefor in Federal (same day) funds by wire transfer to an account at a bank acceptable to
the Representatives drawn to the order of Credit Suisse Securiries (USA) LLC. The
Optional ADSs being purchased on the Optional Closing Date or evidence of their issuance will be
made available for checking at a reasonable time in advance of the Optional Closing Date.
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4. Offering by International Underwriters; Certain Agreements of the Underwriters.
(a) It is understood that the several International Underwriters propose to offer the Offered
Securities outside Brazil for sale to the public as set forth in the Final International
Prospectus.
(b) Each Underwriter 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 “free writing prospectus,” as
defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (which term includes use of any written information
furnished to the Commission by the Company and not incorporated by reference into the Registration
Statement and any press release issued by the Company) required to be filed with the Commission
other than any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Schedule B hereto.
(c) The several International Underwriters agree with the Company that they shall reimburse
fifty percent (50%) of the Company’s reasonably documented airplane tickets costs and expenses
related to “road show” travel of the Company’s officers and directors in connection with the
offering and sale of the Offered Securities; it is understood that the International Underwriters
shall bear their own respective costs and expenses relating to investor presentations or any “road
show” including travel expenses of the respective International Underwriters’ officers and
employees.
5. Certain Agreements of the Company. The Company agrees with the several International
Underwriters that:
(a) Additional Filings. Unless filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) as part of the
Additional Registration Statement in accordance with the next sentence, the Company will
file the Final International Prospectus, in a form approved by the Representatives, with
the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with subparagraph (1) (or, if applicable and
if consented to by the Representatives, subparagraph (4)) of Rule 424(b) not later than the
earlier of (A) the second business day following the execution and delivery of this
Agreement or (B) the fifteenth business day after the Effective Time of the Initial
Registration Statement. The Company will advise the Representatives promptly of any such
filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and provide satisfactory evidence to the Representatives of
such timely filing. If an Additional Registration Statement is necessary to register a
portion of the Offered Securities under the Act but the Effective Time thereof has not
occurred as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will file the
additional registration statement or, if filed, will file a post-effective amendment
thereto with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 462(b) on or prior to
10:00 P.M. New York time on the date of this Agreement or, if earlier, on or prior to the
time the Final International Prospectus is finalized and distributed to any Underwriter, or
will make such filing at such later date as shall have been consented to by the
Representatives.
(b) Filing of Amendments; Response to Commission Requests. The Company will promptly
advise the Representatives of any proposal to amend or supplement at any time the Initial
Registration Statement, any Additional Registration Statement or any Statutory Prospectus
and will not effect such amendment or supplementation without the Representatives consent;
and the Company will also advise the Representatives promptly of (i) the effectiveness of
any Additional Registration Statement (if its Effective Time is subsequent to the execution
and delivery of this Agreement), (ii) any amendment or supplementation of a Registration
Statement or any Statutory Prospectus, (iii) any request by the Commission or its staff for
any amendment to any Registration Statement, for any supplement to any Statutory Prospectus
or for any additional information, (iv) the institution by the Commission of any stop order
proceedings in respect of a Registration Statement or the threatening of any proceeding for
that purpose, and (v) the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the
suspension of the qualification of the Offered Securities in any jurisdiction or the
institution or threatening of any proceedings for such purpose. The Company will use its
reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the suspension of
any such qualification and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal
thereof.
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(c) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws. If, at any time when a prospectus
relating to the Offered Securities is (or but for the exemption in Rule 172 would be)
required to be delivered under the Act by any Underwriter or dealer, any event occurs as a
result of which the Final International Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would
include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend the Registration Statement
or supplement the Final International Prospectus to comply with the Act, the Company will
promptly notify the Representatives of such event and will promptly prepare and file with
the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the International Underwriters and the
dealers and any other dealers upon request of the Representatives, an amendment or
supplement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect
such compliance. Neither the Representatives consent to, nor the Representatives’ delivery
of, any such amendment or supplement shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set
forth in Section 7 hereof.
(d) Rule 158. As soon as practicable, but not later than the Availability Date (as
defined below), the Company will make generally available to its securityholders an
earnings statement covering a period of at least 12 months beginning after the Effective
Time of the Initial Registration Statement (or, if later, the Effective Time of the
Additional Registration Statement) which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of
the Act and Rule 158 under the Act. For the purpose of the preceding sentence,
“Availability Date” means the day on which the Company is required to file its annual
report on Form 20-F.
(e) Furnishing Prospectuses. The Company will furnish to the Representatives copies
of each Registration Statement, each related Statutory Prospectus, and, so long as a
prospectus relating to the Offered Securities is (or but for the exemption in Rule 172
would be) required to be delivered under the Act, but no later than nine months after the
date of this Agreement, the Final International Prospectus and all amendments and
supplements to such documents, in each case in such quantities as the Representatives
reasonably request. The Final International Prospectus shall be so furnished following the
execution and delivery of this Agreement or such other time as the Representatives may
indicate. All other documents shall be so furnished as soon as available. The Company will
pay the expenses of printing and distributing to the International Underwriters all such
documents.
(f) Blue Sky Qualifications. The Company will arrange for the qualification of the
Offered Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives
designate and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for
distribution of the Offered Securities; provided that the Company shall not be required to
(i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other foreign 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 (other than de minimis amounts) in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise
so subject.
(g) Reporting Requirements. During the period of three years hereafter, the Company
will furnish to the Representatives and, upon request, to each of the other International
Underwriters, as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, a copy of its
annual report to stockholders for such year; and the Company will furnish to the
Representatives (i) as soon as available, a copy of each report and any definitive proxy
statement of the Company filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act or mailed to
stockholders, and (ii) from time to time, such other information concerning the Company as
the Representatives may reasonably request. However, so long as the Company is subject to
the reporting requirements of either Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act and is
timely filing reports with the Commission on its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and
Retrieval system (“XXXXX”), it is not required to furnish any of the foregoing to the
International Underwriters.
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(h) Payment of Expenses. The Company will pay all reasonable expenses incident to the
performance of its obligations under this Agreement for any filing fees and other expenses
including reasonable fees and disbursements of its counsel incurred in connection with
qualification of the Offered Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as
the Representatives designate and the preparation and printing of memoranda relating
thereto, for the filing fee incident to the review by the Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority (“FINRA”) of the Offered Securities, fifty percent (50%) of the Company’s
reasonably documented airplane tickets costs and expenses related to “road show” travel of
the Company’s officers and directors in connection with the offering and sale of the
Offered Securities, and any other expenses of the Company including fees and expenses
incident to listing the Offered Securities on the New York Stock Exchange and other
national and foreign exchanges, fees and expenses in connection with the registration of
the Offered Securities under the Exchange Act, and expenses incurred in distributing
Preliminary International Prospectus and the Final International Prospectus (including any
amendments and supplements thereto) to the International Underwriters and for expenses
incurred for preparing, printing and distributing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses to
investors or prospective investors.
(i) Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the net proceeds received in connection
with this offering in the manner described in the “Use of Proceeds” section of the General
Disclosure Package and Final International Prospectus.
(j) Absence of Manipulation. The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any
action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause
or result in, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company
to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Securities.
(k) Taxes. The Company will indemnify and hold harmless the International
Underwriters against any documentary, stamp or similar issue tax, including any interest
and penalties, on the creation, issue and sale of the Offered Securities and on the
execution and delivery of this Agreement. All payments to be made by the Company hereunder
shall be made without withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or future
taxes, duties or governmental charges whatsoever unless the Company is compelled by law to
deduct or withhold such taxes, duties or charges. In that event, the Company shall pay such
additional amounts as may be necessary in order that the net amounts received after such
withholding or deduction shall equal the amounts that would have been received if no
withholding or deduction had been made, provided, however, that no such additional amounts
shall be paid on account of any taxes, duties or charges (i) which would not have been
imposed but for the existence of any present or former connection between any Underwriter
and the jurisdiction imposing such taxes, duties or charges, including such Underwriter
having been a resident thereof or being or having been present or engaged in a trade or
business therein or having had a permanent establishment therein (other than a connection
arising solely from the creation, issue, and sale of the Offered Securities, the execution
and delivery of this Agreement or the Brazilian Underwriting Agreement or the mere receipt
of payment under this Agreement or the Brazilian Underwriting Agreement or relating to the
General Disclosure Package) or (ii) imposed or withheld by reason of the failure by any of
the Underwriters to provide certification, information, documents or other evidence
concerning the nationality, residence or identity of such Underwriter or to make any
declarations or similar claim or satisfy any other reporting requirement relating to such
matters, which is required by a statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of
the jurisdiction imposing such taxes, duties or charges.
(l) Restriction on Sale of Securities. For the period specified below (the “Lock-Up
Period”), the Company will not, directly or indirectly, take any of the following actions
with respect to its Offered Securities or any securities convertible into or exchangeable
or exercisable for any of its Offered Securities (“Lock-Up Securities”): (i) offer, sell,
issue, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of Lock-Up Securities, (ii) offer,
sell, issue, contract to sell, contract to purchase or grant any option, right or warrant
to purchase Lock-Up Securities, (iii) enter into
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any swap, hedge or any other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, the economic
consequences of ownership of Lock-Up Securities, (iv) establish or increase a put
equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position in Lock-Up
Securities within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act or (v) file with the
Commission a registration statement under the Act relating to Lock-Up Securities, or
publicly disclose the intention to take any such action, without the prior written consent
of the Underwriters, except (A) grants of employee stock options pursuant to the terms of a
plan, whether in effect on the date hereof or approved by the Company hereafter, (B)
issuances of Lock-Up Securities pursuant to the exercise of such options or the exercise of
any other employee stock options outstanding on the date hereof or issuances of Lock-Up
Securities pursuant to the Company’s dividend reinvestment plan, (C) sales of Lock-Up
Securities by Santander Seguros S.A. to existing minority shareholders of the Company for
assembling Units as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Final International
Prospectus, and (D) as otherwise provided in the Brazilian Underwriting Agreement. The
initial Lock-Up Period will commence on the date hereof and continue for 180 days after the
date hereof or such earlier date that the Representatives’ (excluding Santander Investment
Securities Inc.) consent to in writing; provided, however, that if (1) during the last 17
days of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company releases earnings results or material news
or a material event relating to the Company occurs or (2) prior to the expiration of the
initial Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during
the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the initial Lock-Up Period, then in each
case the Lock-Up Period will be extended until the expiration of the 18-day period
beginning on the date of release of the earnings results or the occurrence of the materials
news or material event, as applicable, unless the Representatives (excluding Santander
Investment Securities Inc.) waive, in writing, such extension. The Company will provide
the Representatives with notice of any announcement described in clause (2) of the
preceding sentence that gives rise to an extension of the Lock-Up Period.
6. Free Writing Prospectuses. (a) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company represents
and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the International Underwriters, and
each International Underwriter represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior
consent of the Company and the Representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer
relating to the Offered Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus,
or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in
Rule 405, required to be filed with the Commission. Any such free writing prospectus
consented to by the Company and Representatives is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted
Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company represents that it has treated and agrees that it
will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus,”
as defined in Rule 433, and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rules 164
and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely Commission
filing where required, legending and record keeping. The Company represents that is has
satisfied and agrees that it will satisfy the conditions in Rule 433 to avoid a requirement
to file with the Commission any electronic road show.
7. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of the several
International Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Offered Securities on the First
Closing Date and the Optional ADSs to be purchased on each Optional Closing Date will be
subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company herein and in
the Final International Prospectus (as though made on such Closing Date), to the accuracy
of the statements of Company officers made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the
performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional
conditions precedent:
(a) Effectiveness of Registration Statement. If the Effective Time of the Additional
Registration Statement (if any) is not prior to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, such Effective Time shall have occurred not later than 10:00 P.M. New York time
on the date of this Agreement or, if earlier, the time the Final International Prospectus
is finalized and distributed to any International Underwriter, or shall have occurred at
such later time as shall have been consented to by the Representatives. The Final
International Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission in accordance with the
Rules and Regulations and Section 5(a) hereof. Prior to
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such Closing Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration
Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been
instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Representatives, shall be
contemplated by the Commission.
(b) No Material Adverse Change. Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development or event
involving a prospective change, in the condition (financial or otherwise), results of
operations, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole
which, in the judgment of the Representatives, is material and adverse and makes it
impractical or inadvisable to market the Offered Securities; (ii) any downgrading in the
rating of any debt securities or preferred stock of the Company by any “nationally
recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)), or
any public announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or review its
rating of any debt securities or preferred stock of the Company (other than an announcement
with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible
downgrading, of such rating); (iii) any change in U.S., Brazilian or international
financial, political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls
the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representatives,
impractical to market or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Offered Securities,
whether in the primary market or in respect of dealings in the secondary market; (iv) any
suspension or material limitation of trading in securities generally on the NYSE or
BM&FBOVESPA, or any setting of minimum or maximum prices for trading on such exchange; (v)
any suspension of trading of any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the
over-the-counter market; (vi) any banking moratorium declared by any U.S. federal, New York
or Brazilian authorities; (vii) any major disruption of settlements of securities, payment,
or clearance services in the United States or Brazil or any other country where such
securities are listed or (viii) any attack on, outbreak or escalation of hostilities or act
of terrorism involving the United States or Brazil, any declaration of war by Congress or
any other national or international calamity or emergency if, in the judgment of the
Representatives, the effect of any such attack, outbreak, escalation, act, declaration,
calamity or emergency is such as to make it impractical or inadvisable to market the
Offered Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Offered Securities.
(c) Accountants’ Comfort Letter. The Representatives shall have received letters,
dated, respectively, the date hereof and each Closing Date, of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Auditores Independentes confirming that they are a registered public accounting firm and
independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Laws and in form and
substance satisfactory to the Representatives.
(d) Opinion of Counsel for Company. The International Underwriters shall have
received an opinion, and a customary negative assurance letter, dated such Closing Date, of
Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Company and in form and substance satisfactory
to the Representatives.
(e) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters. The Representatives shall have received
from Shearman & Sterling LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated
such Closing Date, with respect to such matters as the Representatives may require and in
form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, and the Company shall have
furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them
to pass upon such matters. In rendering such opinion, Shearman & Sterling LLP may rely as
to the incorporation of the Company and all other matters governed by Brazilian law upon
the opinion of Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice Advogados referred to below.
(f) Officer’s Certificate. The Representatives shall have received a certificate,
dated such Closing Date, of an executive officer of the Company and a principal financial
or accounting officer of the Company in which such officers shall state, to the best of
such Officer’s knowledge after due and careful inquiry, that: the representations and
warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct; the Company has complied
with all agreements and satisfied all
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conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such
Closing Date; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement has
been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are contemplated by
the Commission; the Additional Registration Statement (if any) satisfying the requirements
of subparagraphs (1) and (3) of Rule 462(b) was timely filed pursuant to Rule 462(b),
including payment of the applicable filing fee in accordance with Rule 111(a) or (b) of
Regulation S-T of the Commission; and, subsequent to the date of the most recent financial
statements in the General Disclosure Package and the Final International Prospectus, there
has been no material adverse change, nor any development or event involving a prospective
material adverse change, in the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations,
business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole except as set
forth in the General Disclosure Package, the Final International Prospectus or as described
in such certificate.
(g) Lock-up Agreements. On or prior to the date hereof, the Representatives shall
have received lockup letters from Banco Santander, S.A. and each of the executive officers
and directors of the Company.
(h)
Financial Information Officer Certificates. On or prior to the date hereof and
at each Closing Date, the Representatives shall have received a certificate signed on
behalf of the Company by the chief financial officer of the Company in form and substance
satisfactory to the Representatives and relating to and confirming certain financial
information included in the section “Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Results
of Operatings” in the General Disclosure Package and the Final International Prospectus.
(i) Opinion of Counsel for the Depositary. The Company shall have requested and caused
Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx & Associates LLP, counsel to the Depositary, to furnish to the
Representatives its opinion, dated each Closing Date, addressed to the International
Underwriters, and in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives.
(j) Opinion of Brazilian Counsel. The International Underwriters shall have received
the legal opinion in English, in form and substance satisfactory to the International
Underwriters, which shall include negative assurances with respect to the General
Disclosure Package and the Final International Prospectus, dated as of each Closing Date,
and in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives of: (i) Xxxxxxxx Neto
Advogados, Brazilian counsel to the Company, and (ii) Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice
Advogados, Brazilian counsel to the International Underwriters .
(k) Brazilian Closing. The closing of the placement of the Offered Securities in
Brazil under the Brazilian Underwriting Agreement shall have occurred concurrently with the
closing hereunder on the Closing Date.
(l) Listing. The listing of the Units on the BM&FBOVESPA shall be in full force and
effect and the listing of the ADSs on the NYSE shall be in full force and effect.
(m) Additional Documents. On or prior to any Closing Date, the Company shall have
furnished to the Representatives such further certificates (including incumbency
certificates) and documents as the Representatives may reasonably request in connection
with this Agreement.
The Company will furnish the Representatives with such conformed copies of such opinions,
certificates, letters and documents as the Representatives reasonably request. The Representatives
may in their sole discretion waive on behalf of the Underwriters compliance with any conditions to
the obligations of the International Underwriters hereunder, whether in respect of an Optional
Closing Date or otherwise.
8. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) Indemnification of Underwriters. The Company will
indemnify and hold harmless each International Underwriter, its partners, members, directors,
officers,
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employees, agents, affiliates and each person, if any, who controls such International
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each, an
“Indemnified Party”), against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several,
to which such Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Act, the Exchange Act, other Federal
or state statutory law or regulation or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any part of any Registration Statement
at any time, any Statutory Prospectus as of any time, the Final International Prospectus or any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission
of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, and will reimburse each Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending against any such
loss, claim, damage, liability, action, litigation, investigation or proceeding whatsoever (whether
or not such Indemnified Party is a party thereto), whether threatened or commenced, and in
connection with the enforcement of this provision with respect to any of the above as such expenses
are incurred; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent
that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission from any of such documents in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any
International Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being
understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any International Underwriter
consists of the information described as such in subsection (b) below.
(b) Indemnification of Company. Each International Underwriter will severally and not
jointly indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its partners, members, employees, agents,
affiliates, directors and each of its officers who signs a Registration Statement and each person,
if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act (each, an “International Underwriter Indemnified Party”), against any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities to which such International Underwriter Indemnified Party may become
subject, under the Act, the Exchange Act, other Federal or state statutory law or regulation or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material
fact contained in any part of any Registration Statement at any time, any Statutory Prospectus as
of any time, the Final International Prospectus, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or arise
out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission of a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the
extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission
or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished
to the Company by such International Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use
therein, and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such International
Underwriter Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending against any such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action, litigation, investigation or proceeding whatsoever (whether or
not such International Underwriter Indemnified Party is a party thereto), whether threatened or
commenced, and in connection with the enforcement of this provision with respect to any of the
above as such expenses are incurred, it being understood and agreed that the only such information
furnished by any International Underwriter consists of (i) the following information in the Final
International Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Underwriter: the marketing and legal names of
each Underwriter, the 17th through 21st paragraphs, and the 23rd
paragraph under the caption “Underwriting”, and the concession and reallowance figures appearing in
the 9th paragraph under the caption “Underwriting”.
(c) Actions Against Parties; Notification. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party
under this Section or Section 10 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified
party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party under
subsection (a) or (b) above or Section 10, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement
thereof; but the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability
that it may have under subsection (a) or (b) above or Section 10 except to the extent that it has
been materially prejudiced by such failure; and provided further that the failure to notify the
indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an indemnified party
otherwise than under subsection (a) or (b) above or Section 10. In case any such action is brought
against any indemnified party and it notifies the indemnifying party of the
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commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the
extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume
the defense thereof, with one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) reasonably satisfactory to
such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel
to the indemnifying party), and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party
of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such
indemnified party under this Section or Section 10, as the case may be, for any legal or other
expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof
other than reasonable costs of investigation. The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any
settlement of any action effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld, unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of each
indemnified party from all liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, claim or
proceeding, and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or
failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party, but if settled with such consent or
pursuant to the immediately preceding items (i) and (ii), or if there be a final judgment for the
plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any
loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing
sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to
reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the second
sentence of this paragraph, then the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any
settlement of any action effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered
into more than 60 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such
indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request
prior to the date of such settlement and (iii) such indemnified party shall have given the
indemnifying party at least 30 days’ prior notice of its intention to settle. No indemnifying party
shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any
pending or threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a
party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such
settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on
any claims that are the subject matter of such action and (ii) does not include a statement as to,
or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of an indemnified party.
(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Section is unavailable or
insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above, then each
indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a
result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in subsection (a) or (b) above (i)
in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on
the one hand and the International Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Offered
Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable
law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in
clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the International
Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which 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 International Underwriters on the
other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering
(before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and
commissions received by the International Underwriters. The relative fault shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the
Company or the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The amount paid by an
indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the
first sentence of this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any
action or claim which is the subject of this subsection (d). Notwithstanding the provisions of
this subsection (d), no International Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in
excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and
distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such
International Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation
(within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the
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Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The International Underwriters’ obligations in this subsection (d) to contribute
are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint. The Company
and the International Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution
pursuant to this Section
8(d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the International
Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation
which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 8(d).
9. Default of Underwriters. If any International Underwriter or International Underwriters
default in their obligations to purchase Offered Securities hereunder on either the First or any
Optional Closing Date and the aggregate number of Offered Securities that such defaulting
International Underwriter or International Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase does not
exceed 10% of the total number of Offered Securities that the International Underwriters are
obligated to purchase on such Closing Date, the International Underwriters may make arrangements
satisfactory to the Company for the purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons, including
any of the International Underwriters, but if no such arrangements are made by such Closing Date,
the non-defaulting International Underwriters shall be obligated severally, in proportion to their
respective commitments hereunder, to purchase the Offered Securities that such defaulting
International Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase on such Closing Date. If any International
Underwriter or International Underwriters so default and the aggregate number of Offered
Securities with respect to which such default or defaults occur exceeds 10% of the total number of
Offered Securities that the International Underwriters are obligated to purchase on such Closing
Date and arrangements satisfactory to the International Underwriters and the Company for the
purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons are not made within 36 hours after such
default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting
International Underwriter or the Company, except as provided in Section 11 (provided that if such
default occurs with respect to Optional ADSs after the First Closing Date, this Agreement will not
terminate as to the Offered Securities or any Optional ADSs purchased prior to such termination).
As used in this Agreement, the term “International Underwriter” includes any person substituted for
an International Underwriter under this Section. Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting
International Underwriter from liability for its default.
10. Qualified Independent Underwriter. The Company hereby confirms that at its request
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC has without compensation acted as “qualified independent
underwriter” (in such capacity, the “QIU”) within the meaning of Rule 2720 of the Conduct Rules of
the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (now FINRA) in connection with the offering of
the Offered Securities. The Company will indemnify and hold harmless the QIU, its directors,
officers, employees and agents and each person, if any, who controls such International Underwriter
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against
any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which the QIU may become
subject, under the Act, the Exchange Act, other Federal or state statutory law or regulation or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
arise out of or are based upon the QIU’s acting (or alleged failing to act) as such “qualified
independent underwriter” and will reimburse the QIU for any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by the QIU in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action as such expenses are incurred provided, however, that the Company will not be
liable under this Section 10 in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or
liability results from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the QIU.
11. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The respective indemnities,
agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company or its officers and of
the several International Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain
in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof,
made by or on behalf of any International Underwriter, the Company or any of their respective
representatives, officers or directors or any controlling person, and will survive delivery of and
payment for the Offered Securities. If the purchase of the Offered Securities by the International
Underwriters is not consummated for any reason other than solely because of the termination of this
Agreement pursuant to Section 9 or the occurrence of any event specified in clause (iii), (iv),
(vi), (vii) or (viii) of Section 7(b) hereof, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters for all
out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel)
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reasonably incurred by them in connection with the offering of the Offered Securities, and the
respective obligations of the Company and the International Underwriters pursuant to Section 8
hereof and the obligations of the Company pursuant to Section 10 hereof shall remain in effect. In
addition, if any Offered Securities have been purchased hereunder, the representations and
warranties in Section 2 and all obligations under Section 5 shall also remain in effect.
12. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if sent to the Underwriters,
will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to the Representatives at Credit Suisse
Securities (USA) LLC, Eleven Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000 Facsimile: (000)
000-0000 Attention: LCD-IBD; Santander Investment Securities, Inc., 00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx.
XX 00000, XXX, Attention Xxxxx Xxxxxx xx Xxxxx, Fax: (000) 000-0000, Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx
& Xxxxx Incorporated, Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, XXX, Attention: Syndicate Operations,
with copy to ECM Legal, Fax: (000) 000-0000; and UBS Securities LLC, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX
00000-0000, XXX, Attention: Syndicate Department, Fax: (000) 000-0000, with a copy to the Legal
Department, fax: (000) 000-0000; or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or
telegraphed and confirmed to it at Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, 0.000, Xxxxx Xxxxx, São Paulo, SP, Brazil,
Attention: Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, provided, however, that any notice to an International Underwriter
pursuant to Section 8 will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to such International
Underwriter.
13. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties
hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and controlling persons
referred to in Section 8, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
14. Representation of Underwriters. The Representatives will act for the several
International Underwriters in connection with the transaction contemplated in this Agreement, and
any action under this Agreement taken by the Representatives will be binding upon all the
Underwriters.
15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one
and the same Agreement.
16. Absence of Fiduciary Relationship. The Company acknowledges and agrees that:
(a) No Other Relationship. The Representatives have been retained solely to act as
underwriters in connection with the sale of Offered Securities and that no fiduciary, advisory or
agency relationship between the Company and the Representatives has been created in respect of any
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Final International Prospectus,
irrespective of whether the Representatives have advised or is advising the Company on other
matters;
(b) Arms’ Length Negotiations. The price of the Offered Securities set forth in this
Agreement was established by the Company following discussions and arms-length negotiations with
the Representatives and the Company is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and
accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(c) Absence of Obligation to Disclose. The Company has been advised that the Representatives
and their affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions which may involve interests that
differ from those of the Company and that the Representatives have no obligation to disclose such
interests and transactions to the Company by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency
relationship; and
(d) Waiver. The Company waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims it may
have against the Representatives for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty
and agrees that the Representatives shall have no liability (whether direct or indirect) to the
Company in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim
on behalf of or in right of the Company, including stockholders, employees or creditors of the
Company.
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17. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with,
the laws of the State of New York.
The Company hereby submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal and state courts in
the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or
relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. To the extent permitted by
law, the Company irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any
suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby in Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York and
irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any
such suit or proceeding in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. The Company
has appointed Banco Santander, S.A., New York branch, at its offices located at 00 X.
00xx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX, 00000, XXX, and its authorized agents (each, as “Authorized
Agent”) upon whom process may be served in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based
upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein that may be instituted in any U.S.
federal or state court in New York City, by any International Underwriter, the directors, officers,
employees, affiliates and agents of any International Underwriter, or by any person who controls
any International Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20
of the Exchange Act. Such appointment shall be irrevocable. The Company hereby represents and
warrants that its Authorized Agent has accepted such appointment and has agreed to act as said
agent for service of process, and the Company agrees to take any and all action, including the
filing of any and all documents that may be necessary to continue such appointment in full force
and effect as aforesaid. Service of process in compliance with applicable requirements upon the
Company’s Authorized Agent shall be deemed, in every respect, effective service of process upon the
Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any action arising out of or based upon this Agreement may
be instituted by any International Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees, affiliates and
agents of any International Underwriter, or by any person who controls any International
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange
Act, in any court of competent jurisdiction in Brazil. The parties hereto each hereby waive any
right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim arising out of or relating to this
Agreement.
The obligation of the Company pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any sum due to any
International Underwriter shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than United
States dollars, not be discharged until the first business day, following receipt by such
International Underwriter of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency, on which (and
only to the extent that) such International Underwriter may in accordance with normal banking
procedures purchase United States dollars with such other currency; if the United States dollars so
purchased are less than the sum originally due to such International Underwriter hereunder, the
Company agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such
International Underwriter against such loss. If the United States dollars so purchased are greater
than the sum originally due to such International Underwriter hereunder, such International
Underwriter agrees to pay to the Company an amount equal to the excess of the dollars so purchased
over the sum originally due to such International Underwriter hereunder.
18. Waiver of Immunity. To the extent that the Company has or hereafter may acquire any
immunity (sovereign or otherwise) from any legal action, suit or proceeding, from jurisdiction of
any court or from set-off or any legal process (whether service or notice, attachment in aid or
otherwise) with respect to itself or any of its property, the Company hereby irrevocably waives and
agrees not to plead or claim such immunity in respect of its obligations under this Agreement to
the extent permitted by applicable law.
If the foregoing is in accordance with the Representatives’ understanding of our agreement,
kindly sign and return to the Company one of the counterparts hereof, whereupon it will become a
binding agreement between the Company and the several International Underwriters in accordance with
its terms.
Very truly yours, Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A. |
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Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
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The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
Acting on behalf of itself and as the Representative of the several Underwriters. Santander Investment Securities Inc. |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
Acting on behalf of itself and as the Representative of the several Underwriters. Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
Acting on behalf of itself and as the Representative of the several Underwriters. UBS SECURITIES LLC |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
Acting on behalf of itself and as the Representative of the several Underwriters. |
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SCHEDULE A
Underwriter | Number of ADSs | |||
Santander Investment Securities Inc. |
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Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC |
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Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated |
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UBS Securities LLC |
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Banco Bradesco BBI S.A. |
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Barclays Capital Inc. |
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Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. |
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Calyon Securities (USA) Inc. |
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Total |
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SCHEDULE B
1. | General Use Free Writing Prospectuses (included in the General Disclosure Package) | |
“General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” includes each of the following documents: | ||
[None] | ||
2. | Other Information Included in the General Disclosure Package | |
The following information is also included in the General Disclosure Package: | ||
[None] |
SCHEDULE C
Banco Bandepe S.A. (formerly named Banco de Pernambuco S.A. — BANDEPE) | ||
Real Leasing S.A. Arrendamento Mercantil |