EXHIBIT 1.1
9,000,000
ADVANCE AUTO PARTS, INC.
Common Stock
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
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March __, 2002
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX
INCORPORATED
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.
XXXXXX BROTHERS INC.
XXXXXX XXXXXXX & CO. INCORPORATED
XXXXXXX XXXXX BARNEY INC.
As Representatives of the Several Underwriters,
c/o Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation,
Eleven Madison Avenue,
New York, N.Y. 10010-3629
Dear Sirs:
1. Introductory. Advance Auto Parts, Inc., a Delaware corporation
("Company"), proposes to issue and sell 2,250,000 shares of its common stock
("Securities") and the stockholders listed in Schedule A hereto ("Selling
Stockholders") propose severally to sell an aggregate of 6,750,000 outstanding
shares of the Securities (such 9,000,000 shares of Securities being hereinafter
referred to as the "Firm Securities"). Ripplewood Partners L. P. and Ripplewood
Advance Auto Parts Employee Fund I L.L.C. (the "Employee Fund") also propose to
sell to the Underwriters, at the option of the Underwriters, an aggregate of not
more than 1,350,000 additional outstanding shares of the Company's Securities,
as set forth below (such 1,350,000 additional shares being hereinafter referred
to as the "Optional Securities"). The Firm Securities and the Optional
Securities are herein collectively called the "Offered Securities". The Company
and the Selling Stockholders hereby agree with the several Underwriters named in
Schedule B hereto ("Underwriters") as follows:
2. Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Selling
Stockholders. (a) The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the
several Underwriters that:
(i) A registration statement (No. 333-82298) relating to the Offered
Securities, including a form of prospectus, has been filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") and either (A) has been
declared effective under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Act") and is not
proposed to be amended or (B) is proposed to be amended by amendment or
post-effective amendment. If such registration statement (the "initial
registration statement") has been declared effective, either (A) an
additional registration statement (the "additional registration statement")
relating to the Offered Securities may have been filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 462(b) ("Rule 462(b)") under the Act and, if so filed, has
become effective upon filing pursuant to such Rule and the Offered
Securities all have been duly registered under the Act pursuant to the
initial registration statement and, if applicable, the additional
registration statement or (B) such an additional registration statement is
proposed to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b) and will
become effective upon filing pursuant to such Rule and upon such filing the
Offered Securities will all have been duly registered under the Act
pursuant to the initial registration statement and such additional
registration statement. If the Company does not propose to amend the
initial registration statement or if an additional registration statement
has been filed and the Company does not propose to amend it, and if any
post-effective amendment to either such registration statement has
been filed with the Commission prior to the execution and delivery of
this Agreement, the most recent amendment (if any) to each such
registration statement has been declared effective by the Commission
or has become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(c) ("Rule
462(c)") under the Act or, in the case of the additional registration
statement, Rule 462(b). For purposes of this Agreement, "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 (A) if the Company has advised the
Representatives that it does not propose to amend such registration
statement, the date and time as of which such registration statement,
or the most recent post-effective amendment thereto (if any) filed
prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, was declared
effective by the Commission or has become effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(c), or (B) if the Company has advised the
Representatives that it proposes to file an amendment or
post-effective amendment to such registration statement, the date and
time as of which such registration statement, as amended by such
amendment or post-effective amendment, as the case may be, is declared
effective by the Commission. 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). "Effective Date" with respect to the initial registration
statement or the additional registration statement (if any) means the
date of the Effective Time thereof. The initial registration
statement, as amended at its Effective Time, including all information
contained in the additional registration statement (if any) and deemed
to be a part of the initial registration statement as of the Effective
Time of the additional registration statement pursuant to the General
Instructions of the Form on which it is filed and including all
information (if any) deemed to be a part of the initial registration
statement as of its Effective Time pursuant to Rule 430A(b) ("Rule
430A(b)") under the Act, is hereinafter referred to as the "Initial
Registration Statement". The additional registration statement, as
amended at its Effective Time, including the contents of the initial
registration statement incorporated by reference therein and including
all information (if any) deemed to be a part of the additional
registration statement as of its Effective Time pursuant to Rule
430A(b), is hereinafter referred to as the "Additional Registration
Statement". The Initial Registration Statement and the Additional
Registration are hereinafter referred to collectively as the
"Registration Statements" and individually as a "Registration
Statement". The form of prospectus relating to the Offered Securities,
as first filed with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with
Rule 424(b) ("Rule 424(b)") under the Act or (if no such filing is
required) as included in a Registration Statement, is hereinafter
referred to as the "Prospectus". No document has been or will be
prepared or distributed in reliance on Rule 434 under the Act.
(ii) If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement
is prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement: (A) on the
Effective Date of the Initial Registration Statement, the Initial
Registration Statement conformed in all respects to the requirements
of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission ("Rules and
Regulations") and did 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, (B) on the
Effective Date of the Additional Registration Statement (if any), each
Registration Statement conformed or will conform, in all respects to
the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not
include, or will not include, any untrue statement of a material fact
and did not omit, or will not omit, to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, and (C) on the date of this Agreement, the
Initial Registration Statement and, if the Effective Time of the
Additional Registration Statement is prior to the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the Additional Registration Statement each
conforms, and at the time of filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule
424(b) or (if no such filing is required) at the Effective Date of the
Additional Registration Statement in which the Prospectus is included,
each Registration Statement and the Prospectus will conform, in all
respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations,
and neither of such documents includes, or will include, any untrue
statement of a material fact or omits, or will omit, to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading. If the Effective Time of
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the Initial Registration Statement is subsequent to the execution and
delivery of this Agreement: on the Effective Date of the Initial Registration
Statement, the Initial Registration Statement and the Prospectus will conform in
all respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations,
neither of such documents will include any untrue statement of a material fact
or will omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and no Additional
Registration Statement has been or will be filed. The two preceding sentences do
not apply to statements in or omissions from a Registration Statement or the
Prospectus 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 7(c) hereof.
(iii) The Company has been duly incorporated and is an existing corporation
in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and
authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business
as described in the Prospectus; and the Company is duly qualified to do business
as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which
its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such
qualification, except for such failures to qualify or to be in good standing as
a foreign corporation which, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a
material adverse effect on the condition (financial or other), business,
properties or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as
a whole ("MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT").
(iv) Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated and is an
existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its
properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus; and each
subsidiary of the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership
or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification,
except for such failures to qualify or to be in good standing as a foreign
corporation which, individually or in the aggregate, would not 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 all of the capital stock of each subsidiary is
owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free from liens,
encumbrances and defects (other than the pledge of all of the capital stock of
each such subsidiary to the various lenders under the Company's senior credit
facility).
(v) The Offered Securities and all other outstanding shares of capital
stock of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid
and nonassessable and conform to the description thereof contained in the
Prospectus; and the stockholders of the Company have no preemptive rights with
respect to the Securities.
(vi) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, 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 this offering.
(vii) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, 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 that have not been validly waived or satisfied prior to
the date hereof.
(viii) The Securities are listed on The New York Stock Exchange.
(ix) No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing with, any
governmental agency or body or any court is required to be obtained or made by
the Company for the
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consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in connection
with the sale of the Offered Securities, except such as have been obtained and
made under the Act and such as may be required under state securities laws.
(x) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and the
consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will not result in a breach
or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default
under, any statute, any rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or
body or any court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or
any subsidiary of the Company or any of their properties, or any agreement or
instrument to which the Company or any such subsidiary is a party or by which
the Company or any such subsidiary is bound or to which any of the properties of
the Company or any such subsidiary is subject, or the charter or by-laws of the
Company or any such subsidiary.
(xi) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company.
(xii) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, 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, encumbrances
and defects that would materially affect the value thereof or materially
interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them; and except as
disclosed in the Prospectus, the Company and its subsidiaries hold any leased
real or personal property under valid and enforceable leases with no exceptions
that would materially interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them.
(xiii) The Company and its subsidiaries possess adequate certificates,
authorities or permits issued by appropriate governmental agencies or bodies
necessary to conduct the business now operated by them and have not received any
notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such
certificate, authority or permit that, if determined adversely to the Company or
any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(xiv) No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any subsidiary
exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent that might have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(xv) The Company and its subsidiaries own, possess 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, 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.
(xvi) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, 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 Material Adverse Effect; and the Company
is not aware of any pending investigation which might lead to such a claim.
(xvii) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no pending actions,
suits or proceedings against or affecting the Company, any of its subsidiaries
or any of their respective properties that, if determined adversely to the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, would
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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 this Agreement, or which are otherwise material in the
context of the sale of the Offered Securities; and no such actions, suits
or proceedings are threatened or, to the Company's knowledge, contemplated.
(xviii) The financial statements included in each Registration
Statement and the Prospectus present fairly the financial position of the
Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates shown and their
results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown, and such
financial statements have been prepared in conformity with the generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent
basis; and the assumptions used in preparing the pro forma financial
statements included in each Registration Statement and the 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.
(xix) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, since the date of the
latest audited financial statements included in the Prospectus there has
been no material adverse change, nor any development or event involving a
prospective material adverse change, in the condition (financial or other),
business, properties or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole, and, except as disclosed in or contemplated
by the Prospectus, there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind
declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock.
(xx) The Company is subject to the reporting requirements of either
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
files reports with the Commission on the Electronic Data Gathering,
Analysis, and Retrieval (XXXXX) system.
(xxi) 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 Prospectus, will not be an "investment company" as
defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.
(b) Each Selling Stockholder severally represents and warrants to, and
agrees with, the several Underwriters that:
(i) Such Selling Stockholder has and on each Closing Date hereinafter
mentioned will have valid and unencumbered title to the Offered Securities
to be delivered by such Selling Stockholder on such Closing Date and full
right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to sell,
assign, transfer and deliver the Offered Securities to be delivered by such
Selling Stockholder on such Closing Date hereunder; and upon the delivery
of and payment for the Offered Securities on each Closing Date hereunder
the several Underwriters will acquire valid and unencumbered title to the
Offered Securities to be delivered by such Selling Stockholder on such
Closing Date.
(ii) If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is
prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement: (A) on the Effective
Date of the Initial Registration Statement, the Initial Registration
Statement conformed in all respects to the requirements of the Act and the
Rules and Regulations and did 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, (B) on
the Effective Date of the Additional Registration Statement (if any), each
Registration Statement conformed, or will conform, in all respects to the
requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations did not include, or
will not include, any untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit,
or will not omit, to state any material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and (C) on the
date of this Agreement, the Initial Registration Statement and, if the
Effective Time of the Additional Registration Statement is prior to the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Additional
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Registration Statement each conforms, and at the time of filing of the
Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (if no such filing is required) at
the Effective Date of the Additional Registration Statement in which the
Prospectus is included, each Registration Statement and the Prospectus will
conform, in all respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and
Regulations, and neither of such documents includes, or will include, any
untrue statement of a material fact or omits, or will omit, to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading. If the Effective Time of the Initial
Registration Statement is subsequent to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement: on the Effective Date of the Initial Registration Statement, the
Initial Registration Statement and the Prospectus will conform in all
respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations,
neither of such documents will include any untrue statement of a material
fact or will omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The two
preceding sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from a
Registration Statement or the Prospectus 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 7(c); and the two
preceding sentences apply only to the extent that any statements in or
omissions from a Registration Statement or the Prospectus are based on
written information furnished to the Company by such Selling Stockholder
specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only
such information is that provided for use under the caption "Principal and
Selling Stockholders."
(iii) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no contracts,
agreements or understandings between such Selling Stockholder and any
person that would give rise to a valid claim against such Selling
Stockholder or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder's fee or
other like payment in connection with this offering.
3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Offered Securities. On the basis of the
representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject to the
terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company and each Selling Stockholder
agree, severally and not jointly, to sell to each Underwriter, and each
Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company and
each Selling Stockholder, at a purchase price of $___________ per share, that
number of Firm Securities (rounded up or down, as determined by Credit Suisse
First Boston Corporation ("CSFBC") in its discretion, in order to avoid
fractions) obtained by multiplying ________ Firm Securities in the case of the
Company and the number of Firm Securities set forth opposite the name of such
Selling Stockholder in Schedule A hereto, in the case of a Selling Stockholder,
in each case by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of Firm
Securities set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule B hereto
and the denominator of which is the total number of Firm Securities.
Certificates in negotiable form for the Offered Securities to be sold
by the Selling Stockholders hereunder have been placed in custody, for delivery
under this Agreement, under Custody Agreements made with _____________________ ,
as custodian ("Custodian"). Each Selling Stockholder agrees that the shares
represented by the certificates held in custody for the Selling Stockholders
under such Custody Agreements are subject to the interests of the Underwriters
hereunder, that the arrangements made by the Selling Stockholders for such
custody are to that extent irrevocable, and that the obligations of the Selling
Stockholders hereunder shall not be terminated by operation of law, whether by
the death of any individual Selling Stockholder or the occurrence of any other
event, or in the case of a trust, by the death of any trustee or trustees or the
termination of such trust. If any individual Selling Stockholder or any such
trustee or trustees should die, or if any other such event should occur, or if
any of such trusts should terminate, before the delivery of the Offered
Securities hereunder, certificates for such Offered Securities shall be
delivered by the Custodian in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement as if such death or other event or termination had not occurred,
regardless of whether or not the Custodian shall have received notice of such
death or other event or termination.
The Company and the Custodian will deliver the Firm Securities to the
Representatives for the accounts of the Underwriters, against payment of the
purchase price in Federal (same day) funds by official bank check or checks or
wire transfer to an account at a bank acceptable to CSFBC drawn to the order of
the Company in the case of shares of Firm Securities to be sold by the Company
and the Custodian in the case of shares of Firm Securities to be sold by Selling
Stockholders, at the office of King & Spalding, Atlanta, Georgia, at
___A.M., New
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York time, on ______________________, or at such other time not later than seven
full business days thereafter as CSFBC and the Company determine, such time
being herein referred to as the "First Closing Date". For purposes of Rule
15c6-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 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 certificates for the Firm
Securities so to be delivered will be in definitive form, in such denominations
and registered in such names as CSFBC requests and will be made available for
checking and packaging at the above office of King & Spalding at least 24 hours
prior to the First Closing Date.
In addition, upon written notice from CSFBC given to the Company and
the Selling Stockholders from time to time not more than 30 days subsequent to
the date of the Prospectus, the Underwriters may purchase all or less than all
of the Optional Securities at the purchase price per Security to be paid for the
Firm Securities. Ripplewood Partners, L.P. and the Employee Fund agree,
severally and not jointly, to sell to the Underwriters the respective numbers of
Optional Securities obtained by multiplying the number of Optional Securities
specified in such notice by a fraction the numerator of which is _____ and
______ in the case of Ripplewood Partners, L.P. and the Employee Fund,
respectively, and the denominator of which is the total number of Optional
Securities (subject to adjustment by CSFBC to eliminate fractions). Such
Optional Securities shall be purchased from each Selling Stockholder for the
account of each Underwriter in the same proportion as the number of Firm
Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter's name bears to the total number
of Firm Securities (subject to adjustment by CSFBC to eliminate fractions) and
may be purchased by the Underwriters only for the purpose of covering
over-allotments made in connection with the sale of the Firm Securities. No
Optional Securities shall be sold or delivered unless the Firm Securities
previously have been, or simultaneously are, sold and delivered. The right to
purchase the Optional Securities or any portion thereof may be exercised from
time to time and to the extent not previously exercised may be surrendered and
terminated at any time upon notice by CSFBC to the Company and the Selling
Stockholders.
Each time for the delivery of and payment for the Optional Securities,
being herein referred to as an "Optional Closing Date", which may be the First
Closing Date (the First Closing Date and each Optional Closing Date, if any,
being sometimes referred to as a "Closing Date"), shall be determined by CSFBC
but shall be not later than five full business days after written notice of
election to purchase Optional Securities is given. The Custodian will deliver
the Optional Securities being purchased on each Optional Closing Date to the
Representatives for the accounts of the several Underwriters, against payment of
the purchase price therefor in Federal (same day) funds by official bank check
or checks or wire transfer to an account at a bank acceptable to CSFBC drawn to
the order of the Custodian at the above office of King & Spalding. The
certificates for the Optional Securities being purchased on each Optional
Closing Date will be in definitive form, in such denominations and registered in
such names as CSFBC requests upon reasonable notice prior to such Optional
Closing Date and will be made available for checking and packaging at the above
office of King & Spalding at a reasonable time in advance of such Optional
Closing Date.
4. Offering by Underwriters. It is understood that the several Underwriters
propose to offer the Offered Securities for sale to the public as set forth in
the Prospectus.
5. Certain Agreements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders. The
Company agrees with the several Underwriters and the Selling Stockholders that:
(a) If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is
prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will
file the Prospectus with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with
subparagraph (1) (or, if applicable and if consented to by CSFBC,
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 Date of the Initial
Registration Statement.
The Company will advise CSFBC promptly of any such filing pursuant to Rule
424(b). If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is
prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and 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 such execution and delivery, 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
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the date of this Agreement or, if earlier, on or prior to the time the
Prospectus is printed and distributed to any Underwriter, or will make such
filing at such later date as shall have been consented to by CSFBC.
(b) The Company will advise CSFBC promptly of any proposal to amend or
supplement the initial or any additional registration statement as filed or the
related prospectus or the Initial Registration Statement, the Additional
Registration Statement (if any) or the Prospectus and will not effect such
amendment or supplementation without CSFBC's consent; and the Company will also
advise CSFBC promptly of the effectiveness of each Registration Statement (if
its Effective Time is subsequent to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement) and of any amendment or supplementation of a Registration Statement
or the Prospectus and of the institution by the Commission of any stop order
proceedings in respect of a Registration Statement and will use its best efforts
to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and to obtain as soon as possible
its lifting, if issued.
(c) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Offered Securities is
required to be delivered under the Act in connection with sales by any
Underwriter or dealer, any event occurs as a result of which the 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 Prospectus to comply
with the Act, the Company will promptly notify CSFBC of such event and will
promptly prepare and file with the Commission, at its own expense, an amendment
or supplement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment
which will effect such compliance. Neither CSFBC's consent to, nor the
Underwriters' delivery of, any such amendment or supplement shall constitute a
waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section 6.
(d) 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 Date of the Initial Registration Statement (or, if later, the
Effective Date of the Additional Registration Statement) which will satisfy the
provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act. For the purpose of the preceding
sentence, "Availability Date" means the 45th day after the end of the fourth
fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes such Effective Date,
except that, if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company's
fiscal year, "Availability Date" means the 90th day after the end of such fourth
fiscal quarter.
(e) The Company will furnish to the Representatives copies of each
Registration Statement seven of which will be signed and will include all
exhibits), each related preliminary prospectus, and, so long as a prospectus
relating to the Offered Securities is required to be delivered under the Act in
connection with sales by any Underwriter or dealer, the Prospectus and all
amendments and supplements to such documents, in each case in such quantities as
CSFBC requests. The Prospectus shall be so furnished on or prior to 3:00 P.M.,
New York time, on the business day following the later of the execution and
delivery of this Agreement or the Effective Time of the Initial Registration
Statement. All other such documents shall be so furnished as soon as available.
The Company and the Selling Stockholders will pay the expenses of printing and
distributing to the Underwriters all such documents.
(f) The Company will arrange for the qualification of the Offered
Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as CSFBC designates and
will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the
distribution.
(g) For a period of 90 days after the date of the initial public offering
of the Offered Securities, the Company will not offer, sell, contract to sell,
pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with the
Commission a registration statement under the Act relating to, any additional
shares of its Securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for any shares of its Securities, or publicly disclose the intention
to make any such offer, sale, pledge, disposition or filing, without the prior
written consent of CSFBC, except (i) grants of options to purchase shares of
Securities pursuant to the terms of a plan in effect on the date hereof, and
(ii) the issuance by the Company of Securities upon the exercise of stock
options or upon the exercise or conversion of options, warrants or convertible
securities of the Company, in each case, outstanding on the date hereof.
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(h) The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that the Company
will pay all expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the
Company and the Selling Stockholders under this Agreement, for any filing
fees and other expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) in
connection with qualification of the Offered Securities for sale under the
laws of such jurisdictions as CSFBC designates and the printing of
memoranda relating thereto, for the filing fee incident to the review by
the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. of the Offered
Securities, for any hotel expenses of the Company's officers and employees
in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective
purchasers of the Offered Securities and for one-half of the expenses
associated with using the Company's aircraft or chartering an aircraft for
such officers and employees to attend or host such meetings (or, if such
officers or employees travel to such meetings via commercial airlines, the
full cost of any airline tickets purchased for such officers and
employees), for any transfer taxes on the sale by the Selling Stockholders
of the Offered Securities to the Underwriters and for expenses incurred in
distributing preliminary prospectuses and the Prospectus (including any
amendments and supplements thereto) to the Underwriters.
(i) Each Selling Stockholder agrees, for a period of 90 days after
the date of the initial public offering of the Offered Securities, not to
offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or
indirectly, any additional shares of the Securities of the Company or
securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any shares
of Securities, enter into a transaction which would have the same effect,
or enter into any swap, hedge or other arrangement that transfers, in whole
or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the
Securities, whether any such aforementioned transaction is to be settled by
delivery of the Securities or such other securities, in cash or otherwise,
or publicly disclose the intention to make any such offer, sale, pledge or
disposition, or enter into any such transaction, swap, hedge or other
arrangement, without, in each case, the prior written consent of CSFBC.
6. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of
the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Firm Securities on the
First Closing Date and the Optional Securities to be purchased on each Optional
Closing Date will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and
warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders herein, to
the accuracy of the statements of Company officers made pursuant to the
provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling
Stockholders of their obligations hereunder and to the following additional
conditions precedent:
(a) The Representatives shall have received a letter, dated the date
of delivery thereof (which, if the Effective Time of the Initial
Registration Statement is prior to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, shall be on or prior to the date of this Agreement or, if the
Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is subsequent to the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, shall be prior to the filing of
the amendment or post-effective amendment to the registration statement to
be filed shortly prior to such Effective Time), of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP
confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning
of the Act and the applicable published Rules and Regulations thereunder
and stating to the effect that:
(i) in their opinion the financial statements and financial
statement schedules of the Company audited by them and included in the
Registration Statements comply as to form in all material respects
with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the related
published Rules and Regulations;
(ii) they have performed the procedures specified by the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants for a review of interim
financial information as described in Statement of Auditing Standards
No. 71, Interim Financial Information, on the unaudited financial
statements of the Company included in the Registration Statements;
(iii) on the basis of the review referred to in clause (ii)
above, a reading of the latest available interim financial statements
of the Company, inquiries of officials of the Company who have
responsibility for financial and accounting matters and other
specified procedures, nothing came to their attention that caused them
to believe that:
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(A) the unaudited financial statements of the Company
included in the Registration Statements do not comply as to form
in all material respects with the applicable accounting
requirements of the Act and the related published Rules and
Regulations or any material modifications should be made to such
unaudited financial statements for them to be in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States;
(B) the unaudited consolidated net sales, net operating
income, net income and net income per share amounts of the
Company for the forty weeks ended October 6, 2001 and October 7,
2000 included in the Prospectus do not agree with the amounts set
forth in the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the
Company for those same periods or were not determined on a basis
substantially consistent with that of the corresponding amounts
in the audited statements of income of the Company;
(C) at the date of the latest available balance sheet of the
Company read by such accountants, or at a subsequent specified
date not more than three business days prior to the date of this
Agreement, there was any change in the capital stock or any
increase in short-term indebtedness or long-term debt of the
Company and its consolidated subsidiaries or, at the date of the
latest available balance sheet read by such accountants, there
was any decrease in consolidated net current assets or net
assets, as compared with amounts shown on the latest balance
sheet included in the Prospectus; or
(D) for the period from the closing date of the latest
income statement of the Company included in the Prospectus to the
closing date of the latest available income statement of the
Company read by such accountants there were any decreases, as
compared with the corresponding period of the previous year and
with the period of corresponding length ended the date of the
latest income statement of the Company included in the
Prospectus, in consolidated net sales or net operating income in
the total or per share amounts of consolidated income before
extraordinary items or net income of the Company;
except in all cases set forth in clauses (__) and (__) above for
changes, increases or decreases which the Prospectus discloses have
occurred or may occur or which are described in such letter;
(iv) on the basis of their reading of the unaudited pro forma
financial data included in the Prospectus, inquiries of officials of the
Company who have responsibility for financial and accounting matters and
other specified procedures, nothing came to their attention that caused
them to believe that: (A) the assumptions of the Company's management do
not provide a reasonable basis for presenting the significant effects
directly attributable to the transactions described in the introductory
information to the section entitled "Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated
Financial Data," (B) the related pro forma adjustments do not give
appropriate effect to those assumptions and (C) the pro forma columns do
not reflect the proper application of those adjustments to the historical
financial statement amounts in the pro forma combined financial data;
(v) they have compared specified dollar amounts (or percentages
derived from such dollar amounts) and other financial information contained
in the Registration Statements (in each case to the extent that such dollar
amounts, percentages and other financial information are derived from the
general accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries subject to
the internal controls of the Company's accounting system or are derived
directly from such records by analysis or computation) with the results
obtained from inquiries, a reading of such general accounting records and
other procedures specified in such letter and have found such dollar
amounts, percentages and other financial information to be in agreement
with such results, except as otherwise specified in such letter.
The Representatives shall have received a letter, dated the date of
delivery thereof (which, if the Effective Time of the Initial Registration
Statement is prior to the execution and delivery of this
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Agreement, shall be on or prior to the date of this Agreement or, if the
Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is subsequent to the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, shall be prior to the filing of the
amendment or post-effective amendment to the registration statement to be filed
shortly prior to such Effective Time), of Ernst & Young LLP confirming that they
are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Act and the
applicable published Rules and Regulations thereunder and stating to the effect
that:
(i) in their opinion the financial statements of
Discount Auto Parts, Inc. ("Discount") examined by them and
included in the Registration Statements comply as to form in
all material respects with the applicable accounting
requirements of the Act and the related published Rules and
Regulations;
(ii) they have performed the procedures specified by
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for a
review of interim financial information as described in
Statement of Auditing Standards No. 71, Interim Financial
Information, on the unaudited financial statements of Discount
included in the Registration Statement;
(iii) on the basis of the review referred to in
clause (ii) above, a reading of the latest available interim
financial statements of Discount, inquiries of officials of
Discount having responsibility for financial and accounting
matters and other specified procedures, nothing came to their
attention that caused them to believe that:
(A) the unaudited financial statements of
Discount included in the Registration Statements do
not comply as to form in all material respects with
the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and
the related published Rules and Regulations or any
material modifications should be made to such
unaudited financial statements for them to be in
conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles;
(B) the unaudited consolidated net sales,
net operating income, net income and net income per
share amounts of Discount for the 26 weeks ended
November 27, 2001 included in the Prospectus do not
agree with the amounts set forth in the unaudited
consolidated financial statements of Discount for
those same periods or were not determined on a basis
substantially consistent with that of the
corresponding amounts in the audited statements of
income of Discount;
[(C) at the date of the latest available
balance sheet of Discount read by such accountants,
there was any change in the capital stock or any
increase in short-term indebtedness or long-term debt
of Discount and its consolidated subsidiaries or, at
the date of the latest available balance sheet of
Discount read by such accountants, there was any
decrease in consolidated net current assets or net
assets if Discount, as compared with amounts shown on
the latest balance sheet included in the Prospectus;
or]
[(D) for the period from the closing date of
the latest income statement of Discount included in
the Prospectus to the closing date of the latest
available income statement of Discount read by such
accountants there were any decreases, as compared
with the corresponding period of the previous year
and with the period of corresponding length ended the
date of the latest income statement of Discount
included in the Prospectus, in consolidated net sales
or net operating income in the total or per share
amounts of consolidated income before extraordinary
items or net income;]
except in all cases set forth in clauses( ) and ( ) above for
changes, increases or decreases which the Prospectus discloses
have occurred or may occur or which are described in such
letter; and
(iv) they have compared specified dollar amounts (or
percentages derived from such dollar amounts) and other
historical financial information of Discount contained in the
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Registration Statements (in each case to the extent that such
dollar amounts, percentages and other financial information are
derived from the general accounting records of Discount and its
subsidiaries subject to the internal controls of Discount's
accounting system or are derived directly from such records by
analysis or computation) with the results obtained from
inquiries, a reading of such general accounting records and other
procedures specified in such letter and have found such dollar
amounts, percentages and other financial information to be in
agreement with such results, except as otherwise specified in
such letter.
For purposes of this subsection, (i) if the Effective Time of the
Initial Registration Statements is subsequent to the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, "Registration Statements" shall mean the
initial registration statement as proposed to be amended by the
amendment or post-effective amendment to be filed shortly prior to its
Effective Time, (ii) if the Effective Time of the Initial Registration
Statements is prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement
but the Effective Time of the Additional Registration Statement is
subsequent to such execution and delivery, "Registration Statements"
shall mean the Initial Registration Statement and the additional
registration statement as proposed to be filed or as proposed to be
amended by the post-effective amendment to be filed shortly prior to
its Effective Time, and (iii) "Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus
included in the Registration Statements.
(b) If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement
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 such later date as shall have
been consented to by CSFBC. 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 Prospectus is printed and
distributed to any Underwriter, or shall have occurred at such later
date as shall have been consented to by CSFBC. If the Effective Time
of the Initial Registration Statement is prior to the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the Prospectus shall have been filed with
the Commission in accordance with the Rules and Regulations and
Section 5(a) of this Agreement. Prior to 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 any Selling Stockholder, the
Company or the Representatives, shall be contemplated by the
Commission.
(c) 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
other), business, properties or results of operations of the Company
and its subsidiaries taken as one enterprise which, in the judgment of
a majority in interest of the Underwriters including the
Representatives, is material and adverse and makes it impractical or
inadvisable to proceed with completion of the public offering or the
sale of and payment for the Offered Securities; (ii) any downgrading
in the rating of any debt securities of the Company by any "nationally
recognized statistical rating organization" (as defined for purposes
of Rule 436(g) under the Act), or any public announcement that any
such organization has under surveillance or review its rating of any
debt securities 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. or
international financial, political or economic conditions or currency
exchange rates or exchange controls as would, in the judgment of a
majority in interest of the Underwriters including the
Representatives, be likely to prejudice materially the success of the
proposed issue, sale or distribution of the Offered Securities,
whether in the primary market or in respect of dealings in the
secondary market; (iv) any material suspension or material limitation
of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or
any setting of minimum prices for trading on such exchange, or any
suspension of trading of any securities of the Company on any exchange
or in the over-the-counter market; (v) any banking moratorium declared
by U.S. Federal or New York authorities; (vi) any major disruption of
settlements of securities or clearance services in the United States
or (vii) any attack on, outbreak or escalation of hostilities or act
of terrorism involving the United States, any declaration of war by
Congress or any other national or international calamity or emergency
if, in the judgment of a majority in interest of the Underwriters
including the Representatives, the effect of any such attack,
outbreak, escalation, act, declaration, calamity or emergency makes it
impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the public
offering or the sale of and payment for the Offered Securities.
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(d) The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated such
Closing Date, of Xxxxxxx & XxXxxxxx, counsel for the Company, to the
effect that:
(i) The Offered Securities delivered on such Closing Date and all
other outstanding shares of the Common Stock of the Company have been
duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable
and conform to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus;
and the stockholders of the Company have no preemptive rights with
respect to the Securities;
(ii) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no
contracts, agreements or understandings known to such counsel 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 the Registration Statement or in any
securities being registered pursuant to any other registration
statement filed by the Company under the Act;
(iii) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing
with, any governmental agency or body or any court is required to be
obtained or made by the Company for the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement in connection with the
sale of the Offered Securities, except such as have been obtained and
made under the Act and such as may be required under state securities
laws;
(iv) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
and the consummation of the transactions herein or therein
contemplated will not result in a breach or violation of any of the
terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, any statute,
any rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or
any court having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary of
the Company or any of their properties, or the charter or by-laws of
the Company or any such subsidiary;
(v) The Initial Registration Statement was declared effective
under the Act as of the date and time specified in such opinion, the
Additional Registration Statement (if any) was filed and became
effective under the Act as of the date and time (if determinable)
specified in such opinion, the Prospectus either was filed with the
Commission pursuant to the subparagraph of Rule 424(b) specified in
such opinion on the date specified therein or was included in the
Initial Registration Statement or the Additional Registration
Statement (as the case may be), and, to the best of the knowledge of
such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of a
Registration Statement or any part thereof has been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or
contemplated under the Act, and each Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement thereto, as of their
respective effective or issue dates, complied as to form in all
material respects with the requirements of the Act and the Rules and
Regulations; and
(vi) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company.
Such opinion letter shall also state that such counsel has
participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the
Company and its subsidiaries, representatives of the independent public
accountants for the Company and its subsidiaries, representatives of the
Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters, at which conferences the
contents of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus were discussed
and, although such counsel are not passing upon, and do not assume any
responsibility for, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the
statements contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus,
except for those referenced in Subsection (iii) of this Section 6(d), on
the basis of the foregoing, nothing has come to such counsel's attention
that would lead them to believe that the Registration Statement or any
further amendment made thereto by the Company prior to such Closing Date
(other than the financial statements and related schedules and other
financial data included therein, as to which such counsel need make no
statement), as of its effective date, contained an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the
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statements therein not misleading or that the Prospectus (other than the
financial statements and related schedules and other financial data
included therein, as to which such counsel need make no statement), as of
its date or as of such Closing Date, included or includes an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted or omits 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. Such counsel do
not know of any amendment to the Registration Statement required to be
filed or of any contracts or other documents of a character required to be
filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or required to be
described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which are not
filed or described as required.
The Representatives shall also have received an opinion, dated such
Closing Date, of Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, General Counsel of the Company, to the
effect that:
(vii) The Company has been duly incorporated and is an existing
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware,
with corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct
its business as described in the Prospectus; and the Company is duly
qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in
all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or
the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except for
such failures to qualify or to be in good standing as a foreign
corporation which, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a
Material Adverse Effect;
(viii) Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated
and is an existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation, with power and authority (corporate
and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described
in the Prospectus; and each subsidiary of the Company is duly
qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in
all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or
the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except for
such failures to qualify or to be in good standing as a foreign
corporation which, individually or in the aggregate, would not 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 all of the
capital stock of each subsidiary is owned by the Company, directly or
through subsidiaries, free from liens, encumbrances and defects (other
than the pledge of all of the capital stock of each such subsidiary to
the various lenders under the Company's senior credit facility); and
(ix) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
and the consummation of the transactions herein or therein
contemplated will not result in a breach or violation of any of the
terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, any agreement
or instrument to which the Company or any such subsidiary is a party
or by which the Company or any such subsidiary is bound or to which
any of the properties of the Company or any such subsidiary is
subject.
(e) The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated
such Closing Date, of the respective counsel for each of the Selling
Stockholders, to the effect that:
(i) Such Selling Stockholder had valid and unencumbered title to
the Offered Securities delivered by such Selling Stockholder on such
Closing Date and had full right, power and authority to sell, assign,
transfer and deliver the Offered Securities delivered by such Selling
Stockholder on such Closing Date hereunder; and the several
Underwriters have acquired valid and unencumbered title to the Offered
Securities purchased by them from such Selling Stockholder on such
Closing Date hereunder;
(ii) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing
with, any governmental agency or body or any court is required to be
obtained or made by such Selling Stockholder for the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by the Custody Agreement or this
Agreement in connection with the sale of the Offered Securities sold
by such Selling Stockholder, except such as have been obtained and
made under the Act and such as may be required under state securities
laws;
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(iii) The execution, delivery and performance of the Custody
Agreement and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
therein and herein contemplated will not result in a breach or
violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a
default under, (a) any statute, any rule, regulation or order of any
governmental agency or body or any court having jurisdiction over such
Selling Stockholder or any of its properties or any agreement or
instrument to which such Selling Stockholder is a party or by which
such Selling Stockholder is bound or to which any of the properties of
such Selling Stockholder is subject, except for such breaches,
violations or defaults which, individually or in the aggregate, would
not have a material adverse effect on the ability of such Selling
Stockholder to perform its obligations under the Custody Agreement and
this Agreement, or (b) the charter or by-laws of such Selling
Stockholder, if such Selling Stockholder is a corporation;
(iv) The Custody Agreement with respect to such Selling
Stockholder has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such
Selling Stockholder and constitutes valid and legally binding
obligation of such Selling Stockholder enforceable in accordance with
its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability
relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity
principles; and
(v) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by such Selling Stockholder.
(f) The Representatives shall have received from King & Spalding,
counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated such Closing
Date, with respect to the incorporation of the Company, the validity of the
Offered Securities delivered on such Closing Date, the Registration
Statements, the Prospectus and other related matters as the Representatives
may require, and the Selling Stockholders 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.
(g) The Representatives shall have received a certificate, dated such
Closing Date, of the President or any Vice President and a principal
financial or accounting officer of the Company in which such officers, to
the best of their knowledge after reasonable investigation, shall state
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 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 filed
pursuant to Rule 462(b), including payment of the applicable filing fee in
accordance with Rule 111(a) or (b) under the Act, prior to the time the
Prospectus was printed and distributed to any Underwriter; and, subsequent
to the date of the most recent financial statements in the Prospectus,
there has been no material adverse change, nor any development or event
involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition
(financial or other), business, properties or results of operations of the
Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole except as set forth in or
contemplated by the Prospectus or as described in such certificate.
(h) The Representatives shall have received a letter, dated such
Closing Date, of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, LLP and Ernst & Young LLP which meets the
requirements of subsection (a) of this Section, except that the specified
date referred to in such subsection will be a date not more than three days
prior to such Closing Date for the purposes of this subsection.
(i) On or prior to the date of this Agreement, the Representatives
shall have received lockup letters from each of the executive officers and
directors of the Company and the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Trust Dated July 13, 1964.
(j) The Custodian will deliver to CSFBC a letter stating that they
will deliver to each Selling Stockholder a United States Treasury
Department Form 1099 (or other applicable form or statement
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Specified by the United States Treasury Department regulations in lieu
thereof) on or before January 31 of the year following the date of this
Agreement.
The Selling Stockholders and the Company will furnish the Representatives with
such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as
the Representatives reasonably request. CSFBC may in its sole discretion waive
on behalf of the Underwriters compliance with any conditions to the obligations
of the Underwriters hereunder, whether in respect of an Optional Closing Date or
otherwise.
7. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company will indemnify and
hold harmless each Underwriter, its partners, directors and officers and each
person, if any who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of
the Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several,
to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act 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 Registration Statement, the
Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any related preliminary
prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission
to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter
for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter 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 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 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
subsection (c) below; and provided, further, that with respect to any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission from
any preliminary prospectus the indemnity agreement contained in this subsection
(a) shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter from whom the person
asserting any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities purchased the Offered
Securities concerned, to the extent that a prospectus relating to such Offered
Securities was required to be delivered by such Underwriter under the Act in
connection with such purchase and any such loss, claim, damage or liability of
such Underwriter results from the fact that there was not sent or given to such
person, at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of such Offered
Securities to such person, a copy of the Prospectus if the Company had
previously furnished copies thereof to such Underwriter.
(b) The Selling Stockholders, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and
hold harmless each Underwriter, its partners, directors and officers and each
person who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to
which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act 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 Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or
any amendment or supplement thereto, or any related preliminary prospectus, or
arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter for any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection
with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or
action as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Selling
Stockholders 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 an 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 subsection (c) below, provided, further, that
the Selling Stockholders shall only be subject to such liability to the extent
that the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission is based upon information provided by such Selling Stockholder (it
being understood and agreed that the only such information is that provided for
use under the caption "Principal and Selling Stockholders") or contained in a
representation or warranty given by such Selling Stockholder in this Agreement
or the Custody Agreement; and provided, further, that the liability under this
subsection of each Selling Stockholder shall be limited to an amount equal to
the aggregate gross proceeds, net of underwriting discounts and commissions
before deducting expenses, to such Selling Stockholder from the sale of
Securities sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder; and provided, further,
that
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with respect to any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission
or alleged omission from any preliminary prospectus the indemnity agreement
contained in this subsection (b) shall not inure to the benefit of any
Underwriter from whom the person asserting any such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities purchased the Offered Securities concerned, to the extent that a
prospectus relating to such Offered Securities was required to be delivered by
such Underwriter under the Act in connection with such purchase and any such
loss, claim, damage or liability of such Underwriter results from the fact that
there was not sent or given to such person, at or prior to the written
confirmation of the sale of such Offered Securities to such person, a copy of
the Prospectus if the Company had previously furnished copies thereof to such
Underwriter.
(c) Each Underwriter will severally and not jointly indemnify and hold
harmless the Company, its directors and officers and each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act, and each
Selling Stockholder, its directors and officers and each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act, against any
losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company or such Selling
Stockholder may become subject, under the Act 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 Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or any
amendment or supplement thereto, or any related preliminary prospectus, or arise
out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission to state therein 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 Underwriter through the Representatives
specifically for use therein, and will reimburse any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by the Company and each Selling Stockholder in connection
with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or
action as such expenses are incurred, it being understood and agreed that the
only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the following
information in the Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Underwriter: the
concession and reallowance figures appearing in the fourth paragraph, and the
information contained in the sixth, 13th and 14th paragraphs, under the caption
"Underwriting."
(d) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section or
Section 9 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), (b) or (c) above or Section 9, notify the indemnifying
party of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the
indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to
any indemnified party otherwise than under subsection (a), (b) or (c) above or
Section 9. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party and
it notifies an indemnifying party of the 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 counsel 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 9, 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. 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 (i) settlement 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.
(e) If the indemnification provided for in this Section is unavailable or
insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a), (b) or
(c) 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), (b) or (c) above (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the
other from the offering of the 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 and the Selling Stockholders on
the one hand and the 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
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equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and
the Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the 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 and the Selling
Stockholders bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received
by the 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, the Selling Stockholders 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 (e) 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 (e). Notwithstanding the
provisions of this subsection (e), no 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 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 Act) shall be
entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations in this subsection (e) to
contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting
obligations and not joint.
(f) The obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders under this
Section or Section 9 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company and
the Selling Stockholders may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same
terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter or
the QIU (as defined herein) within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations
of the Underwriters under this Section shall be in addition to any liability
which the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the
same terms and conditions, to each director of the Company, to each officer of
the Company who has signed a Registration Statement and to each person, if any,
who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act.
8. Default of Underwriters. If any Underwriter or Underwriters default in
their obligations to purchase Offered Securities hereunder on either the First
or any Optional Closing Date and the aggregate number of shares of Offered
Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to
purchase does not exceed 10% of the total number of shares of Offered Securities
that the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on such Closing Date, CSFBC may
make arrangements satisfactory to the Company and the Selling Stockholders for
the purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons, including any of the
Underwriters, but if no such arrangements are made by such Closing Date, the
non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated severally, in proportion to their
respective commitments hereunder, to purchase the Offered Securities that such
defaulting Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase on such Closing Date. If
any Underwriter or Underwriters so default and the aggregate number of shares of
Offered Securities with respect to which such default or defaults occur exceeds
10% of the total number of shares of Offered Securities that the Underwriters
are obligated to purchase on such Closing Date and arrangements satisfactory to
CSFBC, the Company and the Selling Stockholders 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 Underwriter, the Company or the Selling Stockholders, except as
provided in Section 10 (provided that if such default occurs with respect to
Optional Securities after the First Closing Date, this Agreement will not
terminate as to the Firm Securities or any Optional Securities purchased prior
to such termination). As used in this Agreement, the term "Underwriter" includes
any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section. Nothing herein
will relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
9. Qualified Independent Underwriter. The Company hereby confirms that at
its request Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated has [without
compensation] acted as "qualified independent underwriter" (in such capacity,
the "QIU") within the meaning of Rule 2710 of the Conduct Rules of the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. in connection with the offering of the
Offered Securities. The Company and the Selling Stockholders will severally and
not jointly indemnify and hold harmless the QIU against any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which the QIU may become subject,
under the Act 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, that each Selling Stockholder shall only be subject to liability under
this
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Section to the extent such liability arises out of or is based upon any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or upon an omission or alleged
omission based upon information provided by such Selling Stockholder (it being
understood and agreed that the only such information is that provided for use
under the caption "Principal and Selling Stockholders") or contained in a
representation or warranty given by such Selling Stockholder in this Agreement
or the Custody Agreement; and provided, further, that the liability under this
Section of each Selling Stockholder shall be limited to an amount equal to the
aggregate gross proceeds, net of underwriting discounts and commissions (before
deducting expenses), to such Selling Stockholder from the sale of Securities
sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder.
10. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The respective
indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the
Selling Stockholders, of the Company or its officers and of the several
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 Underwriter, any Selling
Stockholder, 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 this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section
8 or if for any reason the purchase of the Offered Securities by the
Underwriters is not consummated, the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall
remain responsible for the expenses to be paid or reimbursed by them pursuant to
Section 5 and the respective obligations of the Company, the Selling
Stockholders, and the Underwriters pursuant to Section 7 and the obligations of
the Company and the Selling Stockholders pursuant to Section 9 shall remain in
effect, and 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. If the purchase of the Offered Securities by the
Underwriters is not consummated for any reason other than solely because of the
termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8 or the occurrence of any
event specified in clause (iii), (iv), (v), (vi) or (vii) of Section 6(c), the
Company and the Selling Stockholders will, jointly and severally, reimburse the
Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and disbursements of
counsel) reasonably incurred by them in connection with the offering of the
Offered Securities.
11. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if sent
to the Underwriters, will be mailed, delivered or faxed and confirmed to the
Representatives, c/o Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, Eleven Madison
Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010-3629, Attention: Transactions Advisory Group (fax:
000-000-0000), or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or faxed
and confirmed to it at 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx, XX, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000,
Attention: General Counsel (fax: (000) 000-0000), or, if sent to the Selling
Stockholders or any of them, will be mailed, delivered or faxed and confirmed to
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx at Xxxxxxx & XxXxxxxx, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 (facsimile no. 213-830-8603); provided, however, that
any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 7 will be mailed, delivered or
telegraphed and confirmed to such Underwriter.
12. 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 7, and no other person
will have any right or obligation hereunder.
13. Representation. The Representatives will act for the several
Underwriters in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
and any action under this Agreement taken by the Representatives jointly or by
CSFBC will be binding upon all the Underwriters.
14. 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.
15. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles
of conflicts of laws.
The Company hereby submits to the non-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.
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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 among the
Selling Stockholders, the Company and the several Underwriters in accordance
with its terms.
Very truly yours,
FS EQUITY PARTNERS IV, L.P.
By
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SEARS, XXXXXXX AND CO.
By
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[Insert title]
RIPPLEWOOD PARTNERS, L.P.
By
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[Insert title]
RIPPLEWOOD ADVANCE AUTO PARTS EMPLOYEE FUND I L.L.C.
By
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[Insert title]
ADVANCE AUTO PARTS, INC.
By
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[Insert title]
The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the
date first above written.
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX
INCORPORATED
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.
XXXXXX BROTHERS INC.
XXXXXX XXXXXXX & CO. INCORPORATED
XXXXXXX XXXXX BARNEY INC.
Acting on behalf of themselves and as the Representatives of the several
Underwriters.
By CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
By
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SCHEDULE A
Number of
Number of Optional
Firm Securities Securities to
Selling Stockholder to be Sold be Sold
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FS Equity Partners IV, L.P. 2,930, 511 0
Sears, Xxxxxxx and Co. 3,050,669 0
Ripplewood Partners, L.P. 734,223 2,023,473
Ripplewood Advance Auto Parts Employee Fund I L.L.C. 34,597 95,347
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Total ........................................ 6,750,000 1,350,000
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SCHEDULE B
Number of
Firm Securities
Underwriter to Purchased
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Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation ....................
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Barney Inc.
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Total ............................................
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