FORM OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT] SHARES COMPLETE PRODUCTION SERVICES, INC. COMMON STOCK UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 1.1
[FORM OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT]
SHARES
COMMON STOCK
, 2006
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
UBS Securities LLC,
As Representatives of the
Several Underwriters (“Representatives”),
c/o Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC,
Eleven Madison Avenue,
New York, N.Y. 10010-3629
UBS Securities LLC,
As Representatives of the
Several Underwriters (“Representatives”),
c/o Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC,
Eleven Madison Avenue,
New York, N.Y. 10010-3629
Dear Sirs:
1. Introductory. Complete Production Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
proposes to issue and sell shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per
share (“Securities”) and the stockholders listed in Schedule A hereto (“Selling Stockholders”)
propose severally to sell an aggregate of outstanding shares of the Securities
(such shares of Securities being hereinafter referred to as the “Firm Securities”).
The Selling Stockholders also propose to sell to the Underwriters, at the option of the
Underwriters, an aggregate of not more than additional outstanding shares of
the Company’s Securities, as set forth below (such additional shares being hereinafter
referred to as the “Optional Securities”). The Firm Securities and the Optional Securities are
herein collectively called the “Offered Securities”. As part of the offering contemplated by this
Agreement, UBS Securities LLC (the “Designated Underwriter”) has agreed to reserve out of the Firm
Securities purchased by it under this Agreement, up to shares, for sale to
the Company’s directors, officers, employees and other parties associated with the Company
(collectively, “Participants”), as set forth in the Prospectus (as defined herein) under the
heading “Underwriting” (the “Directed Share Program”). The Firm Securities to be sold by the
Designated Underwriter pursuant to the Directed Share Program (the “Directed Shares”) will be sold
by the Designated Underwriter pursuant to this Agreement at the public offering price. Any
Directed Shares not subscribed for by the end of the business day on which this Agreement is
executed will be offered to the public by the Underwriters as set forth in the Prospectus. 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. 333-128750) 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,
as amended (“Act”), and
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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 Statement are hereinafter referred
to collectively as the “Registration Statements” and individually as a “Registration
Statement”. “Registration Statement” without reference to a time means the Registration
Statement as of its Effective Time. “Registration Statement” as of any time means the
initial registration statement and any additional registration statement in the form then
filed with the Commission, including any amendment thereto and any prospectus deemed or
retroactively deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified. For
purposes of the previous sentence, information contained in a form of prospectus or
prospectus supplement that is deemed retroactively to be a part of the Registration
Statement pursuant to Rule 430A (“Rule 430A”) under the Act shall be considered to be
included in the Registration Statement as of the time specified in Rule 430A. “Statutory
Prospectus” as of any time means the prospectus included in the Registration Statement
immediately prior to that time, including any prospectus deemed to be a part thereof
that has not been superseded or modified. For purposes of the preceding sentence,
information contained
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in a form of prospectus that is deemed retroactively to be a part of
the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A shall be considered to be included in the
Statutory Prospectus as of the actual time that form of prospectus is filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) (“Rule 424(b)”) under the Act. “Prospectus” means the
Statutory Prospectus that discloses the public offering price and other final terms of the
Offered Securities and otherwise satisfies Section 10(a) of the Act. “Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 (“Rule 433”)
under the Act, relating to the Offered Securities in the form filed or required to be filed
with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s
records pursuant to Rule 433(g). “General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective
investors, as evidenced by its being specified in Schedule C hereto. “Limited Use Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not a General Use
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. “Applicable Time” means :00 [A./P.]M., New York time, on
the date of this Agreement.
(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 material
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 material
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 material 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
material 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 8(c) hereof.
(iii) (A) At the time of filing the Registration Statement and (B) at the date of this
Agreement, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405
(“Rule 405”) under the Act, including (1) the Company or any other subsidiary in the
preceding three years not having been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor or having been
made the subject of a judicial or administrative decree or order as described in Rule 405
and (2) the Company in the preceding three years not having been the subject of a
bankruptcy petition or insolvency or similar proceeding, not having had a registration
statement be the subject of a proceeding under
Section 8 of the Act and not being the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the
Act in connection with the offering of the Offered Securities, all as described in Rule
405.
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(iv) As of the Applicable Time, neither (A) the General Use Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus(es) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, the Statutory Prospectus, the
documents attached to Schedule E hereto all considered together (collectively, the “General
Disclosure Package”), nor (B) any individual Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus,
when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included any untrue statement
of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any
prospectus included in the Registration Statement or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any
Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood
and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the
information described as such in Section 8(c) hereof.
(v) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent
times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Offered Securities or
until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Representatives as
described in the next sentence, did not, does not and will not include any information that
conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information then contained in the
Registration Statement. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus and prior to the relevant Closing Date hereinafter mentioned there occurred or
occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
conflicted or would conflict with the information then contained in the Registration
Statement or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or
would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, (A) the
Company has promptly notified or will promptly notify the Representatives and (B) the
Company has promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement such Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission. The
foregoing two sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to
the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it
being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter
consists of the information described as such in Section 8(c) hereof.
(vi) 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 General Disclosure Package; 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 where the failure to be so qualified or in good
standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the
condition (financial or other), business, properties, results of operations or prospects of
the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (“Material Adverse Effect”).
(vii) Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated, organized or formed
and is an existing corporation or other entity in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation, organization or formation, with corporate, limited
liability company or limited partnership power and authority, as applicable, to own its
properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package; and
each subsidiary of the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation or
other entity 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 where the
failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the issued
and outstanding capital stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary of the Company
have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; and the
capital stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary are owned by the Company,
directly or through subsidiaries, free from liens, encumbrances and defects,
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except to the
extent such capital stock or equity interests are subject to a lien or encumbrance in
connection with the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 29, 2006 (the
“Credit Agreement”) by and among Complete Production Services, Inc., as U.S. Borrower,
Integrated Production Services Ltd., as Canadian Borrower, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National
Association, as U.S. Administrative Agent, U.S. Issuing Lender and U.S. Swingline Lender,
HSBC Bank Canada, as Canadian Administrative Agent, Canadian Issuing Lender and Canadian
Swingline Lender, and the Lenders party thereto, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association as
Sole Book Runner and Co-Lead Arranger, UBS Securities LLC, as Co-Lead Arranger and
Syndication Agent and Amegy Bank N.A. and Comerica Bank, as Co-Documentation Agents.
(viii) The Offered Securities and all other outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Company have been duly authorized; all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company
are, and, when the Offered Securities to be sold by the Company have been delivered and
paid for in accordance with this Agreement, such Offered Securities will be, validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable and conform in all material respects to the
description thereof contained in the General Disclosure Package; and the stockholders of
the Company have no preemptive rights with respect to the Securities.
(ix) Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, 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.
(x) Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, 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.
(xi) The Securities have been approved for listing, subject to notice of issuance, on
The New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”).
(xii) 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 (provided, however, a filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) may be made
after the date hereof so long as such filing is made within the time period specified in
the applicable provision of such rule) and such as may be required under state securities
laws.
(xiii) 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, (A) any statute, rule,
regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign,
having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary of the Company or any of their
properties, or (B) 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 (C) the charter or by-laws or other organizational documents
of the Company or any such subsidiary, other than in the case of clause (B), such breaches,
violations or defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(xiv) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
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(xv) Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, 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 General Disclosure Package, 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.
(xvi) The Company and its subsidiaries maintain insurance covering their properties,
operations, personnel and businesses against such losses and risks and in such amounts as
is reasonably adequate for the conduct of their respective businesses and the value of
their respective properties and as is customary for companies engaged in similar businesses
in similar industries. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice
from any insurer or agent of such insurer that substantial capital improvements or other
material expenditures will have to be made in order to continue such insurance, and all
such insurance is outstanding and duly in force on the date hereof and will be outstanding
and duly in force on each Closing Date hereinafter mentioned.
(xvii) 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 in all material respects 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.
(xviii) No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any subsidiary exists
or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent that would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(xix) The Company and its subsidiaries own, possess, license 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, except where the lack thereof would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, 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.
(xx) Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, neither the Company nor
any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any statute, rule, regulation, decision or order
of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, relating to the use,
disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or relating to the protection or
restoration of the environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances
(collectively, “environmental laws”), owns or operates any real property contaminated with
any substance that is subject to any environmental laws, is liable for any off-site
disposal or contamination pursuant to any environmental laws, or is subject to any claim
relating to any environmental laws, which violation, contamination, liability or claim
would individually or in the aggregate have a Material
Adverse Effect; and the Company is not aware of any pending investigation which might
lead to such a claim.
(xxi) Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, 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 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
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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.
(xxii) The financial statements included in each Registration Statement and the
General Disclosure Package 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 (“GAAP”) applied on
a consistent basis; all non-GAAP financial information included in each Registration
Statement and the General Disclosure Package complies in all material respects with the
requirements of Item 10 of Regulation S-K under the Act; the schedules included in each
Registration Statement and the General Disclosure Package present fairly the information
required to be stated therein; and the assumptions used in preparing the pro forma
financial statements included in each Registration Statement and the General Disclosure
Package 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.
(xxiii) Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, since the date of the
latest audited financial statements included in the General Disclosure Package 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 General Disclosure Package, there has been no dividend
or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its
capital stock.
(xxiv) The Company and its subsidiaries maintain systems of internal accounting
controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (A) transactions are executed in
accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (B) transactions are
recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP
and to maintain asset accountability; (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance
with management’s general or specific authorization; and (D) the recorded accountability
for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate
action is taken with respect to any differences.
(xxv) The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable
provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, the Rules and Regulations thereunder and the
rules of the NYSE that are effective and applicable to the Company.
(xxvi) The Company has provided true, correct and complete copies of all documentation
pertaining to any extension of credit in the form of a personal loan made, directly or
indirectly, by the Company or any of its subsidiaries to any director or “executive
officer” as defined by Rule 3b-7 under the Exchange Act of the Company or to any family
member or affiliate of any director or “executive officer” of the Company.
(xxvii) None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the
Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated with or acting
on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, has used any partnership, limited
liability company or corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or
other unlawful expense relating to political activity; made any direct or indirect unlawful
payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from partnership,
limited liability company or corporate funds; violated or is in violation of any provision
of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff,
influence payment, kickback or other similar unlawful payment.
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(xxviii) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the
Offered Securities and the application of the proceeds therefrom as described in the
General Disclosure Package, will not be an “investment company” as defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940.
(xxix) The Company and its subsidiaries have filed all material federal, state and
local income and franchise tax returns required to be filed through the date hereof and
have paid all taxes due thereon, and other than tax deficiencies which the Company or any
of its subsidiaries is contesting in good faith and for which reasonable or adequate
reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP, there is no material tax deficiency
that has been asserted against the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
(xxx) Prior to the date hereof, none of the Company, its subsidiaries or, to the
knowledge of the Company, any of its other affiliated entities has taken any action which
is designed to or which has constituted or which might have been reasonably expected to
cause or result in unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of
the Company in connection with the offering of the Offered Securities.
(xxxi) The market-related and customer-related data and estimates included in the
Registration Statement and the General Disclosure Package are based on or derived from
sources which the Company reasonably believes to be reliable.
(xxxii) Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP, KPMG LLP, Darnall, Sikes, Gardes & Xxxxxxxxx and BKD, LLP
who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries are
each an independent registered public accounting firm as contemplated by the Act and the
Rules and Regulations thereunder.
(xxxiii) As of the date of this Agreement, SCF-IV, L.P. (“SCF”) owns approximately
% of the issued and outstanding Securities of the Company.
(xxxiv) The Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus and any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus comply, and any further amendments or supplements thereto
will comply, in all material respects, with any applicable laws or regulations of foreign
jurisdictions in which the Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus or any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, are distributed at the
request of the Company in connection with the Directed Share Program, and no authorization,
approval, consent, license, order, registration or qualification of or with any government,
governmental instrumentality or court, other than such as have been obtained, is necessary
under the securities law and regulations of such foreign jurisdictions in which the
Directed Shares are offered outside the United States.
(xxxv) The Company has not offered, or caused the Underwriters to offer, any Offered
Securities to any person pursuant to the Directed Share Program with the specific intent to
unlawfully influence (A) a customer or supplier of the Company to alter the customer’s or
supplier’s level or type of business with the Company or (B) a trade journalist or
publication to write or publish favorable information about the Company or its products.
(b) Each Selling Stockholder severally and not jointly 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 (A) valid and unencumbered title to the Offered Securities to be delivered by such
Selling Stockholder on such Closing Date, except for restrictions set forth in the Amended
and Restated Stockholders’ Agreement dated as of September 12, 2005 by and among the
Company and the stockholders of the Company listed therein; provided, however, that any
such restrictions shall not be
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applicable upon and in connection with the completion of the
public offer and sale of the Firm Securities and (B) 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 other than any encumbrances
created by an Underwriter.
(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 material
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 material 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 material
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 material 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 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.
(iii) Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, 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.
(iv) 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 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.
(v) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of
the transactions herein contemplated will not result in a breach or violation by the
Selling Stockholder of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default by the
Selling Stockholder under, (A) any statute, rule, regulation or order of any governmental
agency or body or any court having jurisdiction over such Selling Stockholder or any of the
properties of such Selling Stockholder or (B) 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, or (C) the charter or by-laws
or other organizational documents of such Selling Stockholder which is a
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corporation or
other entity, other than in the case of clause (B), such breaches, violations or defaults
that would not, individually or in the aggregate, materially adversely affect the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in connection with the sale
of the Offered Securities sold by such Selling Stockholder.
(vi) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of such
Selling Stockholder.
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 the Representatives in their discretion, in order
to avoid fractional shares) 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 Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., 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 the
extent set forth in the Custody Agreement) 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 the
Representatives drawn to the order of the Company in the case of the Firm Securities to be issued
and sold by the Company and to the order of the Custodian in the case of the Firm Securities to be
sold by the Selling Stockholders, at the office of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx L.L.P., First City Tower, 0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000, at 9:00 A.M., New York time, on , 2006, or at
such other time not later than seven full business days thereafter as the Representatives and the
Company determine, such time being
herein referred to as the “First Closing Date”. For purposes of Rule 15c6-1 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), the First Closing Date (if later than
the otherwise applicable settlement date) shall be the settlement date for payment of funds and
delivery of securities for all the Offered Securities sold pursuant to the offering. The
certificates for the Firm Securities so to be delivered will be in definitive form, in such
denominations and registered in such names as the Representatives request and will be made
available for inspection by the Representatives at the above office of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx L.L.P. at
least 24 hours prior to the First Closing Date.
In addition, upon written notice from the Representatives 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
share to
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be paid for the Firm Securities. The Selling Stockholders 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 the
number of shares set forth opposite the names of such Selling Stockholders in Schedule A hereto
under the caption “Number of Optional Securities to be Sold” and the denominator of which is the
total number of Optional Securities (subject to adjustment by the Representatives to eliminate
fractional shares). 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 the Representatives to eliminate fractional shares) 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 the
Representatives 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 the Representatives 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 the Representatives drawn to the order of the Custodian, at the above office of
Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx L.L.P. 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 the Representatives request upon reasonable notice prior to such Optional Closing Date and
will be made available for inspection by the Representatives at the above office of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx
L.L.P. 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) The Company has filed or will file each Statutory Prospectus pursuant to and in
accordance with Rule 424(b)(1) (or, if applicable and consented to by the Representatives
(which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), subparagraph (4) of Rule 424(b)) not
later than the second business day following the earlier of the date it is first used or
the date of this Agreement.
(b) 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 the Representatives (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld),
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 the Representatives 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
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Rule 462(b) on or prior to 10:00 P.M., New York time, on the date of
this Agreement or, if earlier, on or prior to the time the Prospectus is printed and
distributed to any Underwriter, or will make such filing at such later date as shall have
been consented to by the Representatives.
(c) The Company will advise the Representatives 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 any Statutory Prospectus and will not effect such amendment or supplementation
without the Representatives’ consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld);
and the Company will also advise the Representatives 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
any Statutory Prospectus and of the institution by the Commission of any stop order
proceedings in respect of a Registration Statement and will use its reasonable best efforts
to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and to obtain as soon as possible its
lifting, if issued.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Offered Securities is (or but
for the exemption in Rule 172 under the Act would be 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 the Representatives 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 the
Representatives’ 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 7.
(e) 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.
(f) The Company will furnish to the Representatives copies of each Registration
Statement (three 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 the Representatives reasonably request. The Prospectus shall be so
furnished on or prior to 3:00 P.M., New York time, on the second 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 will pay the expenses of printing and distributing to the
Underwriters all such documents.
(g) The Company will arrange for the qualification of the Offered Securities for sale
under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives designate and will continue
such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Offered
Securities; provided that, in connection therewith, the Company shall not be required to
qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any
jurisdiction or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any
jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject.
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(h) During the period of five years hereafter, the Company will furnish or make
available to the Representatives and, upon request, to each of the other Underwriters, as
soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, a copy of its annual report to
stockholders for such year; and the Company will furnish or make available to the
Representatives as soon as available, a copy of each report and any definitive proxy
statement of the Company filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act or mailed to
stockholders.
(i) For the period specified below ( the “Lock-Up Period”), 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 the
Representatives, except with respect to (i) Securities issued or issuable pursuant to stock
options outstanding on the date hereof, (ii) Securities contingently issuable under
acquisition contracts existing on the date hereof, (iii) Securities, not to exceed
10,500,000 shares, issuable in connection with future acquisitions by the Company subject
to the same restriction on resales during the Lock-Up Period, (iv) Securities and other
Securities-based awards issued or issuable pursuant to the terms of the Company’s stock
incentive plans in effect on the date hereof and (v) the filing of a registration statement
on Form S-8 relating to securities referenced in clauses (i) and (iv). The initial Lock-Up
Period will commence on the date hereof and will continue and include the date 180 days
after the date hereof or such earlier date that the Representatives consent to in writing;
provided, however, that if (1) during the last 17 days of the initial Lock-Up Period, the
Company releases earnings results or material news or a material event relating to the
Company occurs or (2) prior to the expiration of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company
announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the
last day of the initial Lock-Up Period, then in each case the Lock-Up Period will be
extended until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of release of the
earnings results or the occurrence of the material news or material event, as applicable,
unless the Representatives waive, in writing, such extension. The Company will provide the
Representatives with notice of any announcement described in clause (2) of the preceding
sentence that gives rise to an extension of the Lock-Up Period.
(j) The Company and each Selling Stockholder agree with the several Underwriters that
the Company and such Selling Stockholder will pay all expenses incident to the performance
of the obligations of the Company and such Selling Stockholder, as the case may be, under
this Agreement, for any filing fees and other expenses (including fees and disbursements of
counsel) incurred in connection with qualification of the Offered Securities for sale under
the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives designate and the printing of
memoranda relating thereto, for the filing fee incident to the review by the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the “NASD”) of the Offered Securities, for any
travel expenses of the Company’s officers and employees and any other expenses of the
Company in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the
Offered Securities, including the cost of any aircraft chartered in connection with
attending or hosting such meetings, 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 and for expenses incurred for preparing, printing
and distributing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses to investors or prospective
investors. The provisions of this Section shall not affect any agreement that the Company
and the Selling Stockholders have made or may make for the sharing of costs and expenses
incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
(k) Each Selling Stockholder agrees during the Lock-Up Period 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
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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 the Representatives.
The initial Lock-Up Period will commence on the date hereof and will continue and include
the date 180 days after the date hereof or such earlier date that the Representatives
consent to in writing; provided, however, that if (1) during the last 17 days of the
initial Lock-Up Period, the Company releases earnings results or material news or a
material event relating to the Company occurs or (2) prior to the expiration of the initial
Lock-up Period, the company announces that it will release earnings results during the
16-day period beginning on the last day of the initial Lock-Up Period, then in each case
the Lock-Up Period will be extended until the expiration of the 18 day period beginning on
the date of release of the earnings results or the occurrence of the material news or
material event, as applicable, unless the Representatives waive, in writing, such
extension.
(l) In connection with the Directed Share Program, the Company will ensure that the
Directed Shares will be restricted to the extent required by the NASD or the NASD rules
from sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or hypothecation for a period of three months
following the date of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement. The Designated
Underwriter will notify the Company as to which Participants will need to be so restricted.
The Company will direct the transfer agent to place stop transfer restrictions upon such
securities for such period of time.
(m) The Company will pay all fees and disbursements of counsel incurred by the
Underwriters in connection with the Directed Share Program and stamp duties, similar taxes
or duties or other taxes, if any, incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the
Directed Share Program.
Furthermore, the Company covenants with the Underwriters that the Company will comply
with all applicable securities and other applicable laws, rules and regulations in each
foreign jurisdiction in which the Directed Shares are offered, at the request of the
Company, in connection with the Directed Share Program.
6. Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company and each Selling Stockholder represent and agree
that, unless they obtain the prior consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter represents
and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Company and the Representatives, they
have not made and will not make any offer relating to the Offered Securities that would constitute
an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,”
as defined in Rule 405, required to be filed with the Commission. Any such free writing prospectus
consented to by the Company and the Representatives is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus.” The Company and each Selling Stockholder represent that they have treated and
agree that they will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing
prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and have complied and will comply with the requirements of
Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely Commission
filing where required, legending and record keeping. The Company and each Selling Stockholder
represent that they have satisfied and agree that they will
satisfy the conditions in Rule 433 to avoid a requirement to file with the Commission any
electronic road show.
7. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of the several
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
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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 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP confirming that they are an independent registered
public accounting firm 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 schedules examined by them
and included in the Registration Statements and each Statutory
Prospectus 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. 100, Interim Financial
Information, on the unaudited financial statements 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:
(A) the unaudited financial statements included in the Registration
Statements and each Statutory Prospectus 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 GAAP;
(B) at the date of the latest available balance sheet 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 General
Disclosure Package; or
(C) for the period from the closing date of the latest statement of
operations included in the General Disclosure Package to the closing date
of the latest available statement of operations 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 statement of operations included in the General Disclosure
Package, in consolidated net sales or net operating income in the total or
per share amounts of consolidated income before minority interest or net
income;
except in all cases set forth in clauses (B) and (C) above for changes, increases
or decreases which the General Disclosure Package 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 financial information contained in the Registration
Statements, each Statutory Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
(other than any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is an “electronic road show,”
as defined in Rule 433(h)) and the
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General Disclosure Package (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.
(b) 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 KPMG LLP confirming that they are an independent registered public
accounting firm 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 schedules
examined by them and included in the Registration Statements and each
Statutory Prospectus comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements of the Act and the related published Rules and Regulations;
and
(ii) they have compared specified dollar amounts (or percentages derived from
such dollar amounts) and other financial information contained in the Registration
Statements, each Statutory Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
(other than any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is an “electronic road show,”
as defined in Rule 433(h)) and the General Disclosure Package (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.
(c) 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 Darnall, Sikes, Gardes & Xxxxxxxxx confirming that they are an independent public
accounting firm within the meaning of the Act and the applicable published Rules and
Regulations thereunder and stating to the effect that in their opinion the financial
statements and schedules examined by them and included in the Registration
Statements and each Statutory Prospectus comply as to form in all material respects with
the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the related published Rules and
Regulations.
(d) 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 BKD, LLP confirming that they are an independent public accounting firm
within the meaning of the Act and the applicable published Rules and Regulations thereunder
and stating to the effect that in their opinion the financial statements and schedules
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examined by them and included in the Registration Statements and each Statutory
Prospectus comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting
requirements of the Act and the related published Rules and Regulations.
For purposes of subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this Section, (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.
(e) 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 the Representatives. 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 the Representatives. 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(b) 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.
(f) 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 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 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 NYSE, or any setting of minimum prices for trading
on such exchange; (v) any suspension of trading of any securities of the Company on any
exchange or in the over-the-counter market; (vi) any banking moratorium declared by U.S.
Federal or New York authorities; (vii) any major disruption of settlements of securities or
clearance services in the United States or (viii) 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
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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(g) The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated such Closing Date, of
Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx L.L.P., counsel for the Company, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
(h) The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated such Closing Date, of
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx LLP, counsel for Integrated Production Services Ltd., in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit B.
(i) The Representatives shall have received on or prior to the date hereof, the
opinion contemplated in the Power of Attorney executed and delivered by counsel for each
Selling Stockholder.
(j) The Representatives shall have received from Xxxxx Xxxxx L.L.P., 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.
(k) 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 Applicable Time; and, subsequent to the date of the most recent financial
statements in the General Disclosure Package, 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 the General Disclosure
Package or as described in such certificate.
(l) The Representatives shall have received a letter, dated such Closing Date, from
each of Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP, KPMG LLP, Darnall, Sikes, Gardes & Xxxxxxxxx and BKD, LLP which
meets the requirements of subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d), respectively, of this Section,
except that the specified date referred to in such subsections will be a date not more than
three days prior to such Closing Date for the purposes of this subsection.
(m) On or prior to the date of this Agreement, the Representatives shall have received
lockup letters from each of the officers and directors of the Company and certain other
persons listed on Schedule D hereto who are not Selling Stockholders substantially in the
form of Exhibit C hereto.
(n) The Custodian will have delivered to the Representatives a letter stating that it
will deliver to each Selling Stockholder a United States Treasury Department Form 1099 (or
other applicable form or statement 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.
(o) The Representatives shall have received a certificate, dated such Closing Date, of
each Selling Stockholder and in which such Selling Stockholder, to the best of his, her or
its knowledge after reasonable investigation, shall state that: the representations and
warranties of the Selling Stockholder in this Agreement are true and correct; and the
Selling Stockholder has complied with all
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agreements and satisfied all conditions on its
part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such Closing Date.
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. The Representatives may in their 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.
8. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each
Underwriter, its partners, members, directors, officers and its affiliates 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, each Statutory Prospectus, the
Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing 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.
The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Designated Underwriter and each person,
if any, who controls the Designated Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Act
or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (the “Designated Entities”), from and against any and all losses,
claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim) (i)
caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
material prepared by or with the consent of the Company for distribution to Participants in
connection with the Directed Share Program or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading; (ii) caused by the failure of any Participant to pay for and accept delivery of
Directed Shares that the Participant agreed to purchase; or (iii) related to, arising out of, or in
connection with the Directed Share Program, other than losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
expenses relating thereto) that are finally judicially determined to have resulted from the bad
faith or gross negligence of the Designated Entities.
The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Selling Stockholder, its partners, members,
directors, officers and its affiliates and each person, if any, who controls such Selling
Stockholder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act, against any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, joint or several, to which 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, each Statutory Prospectus, the Prospectus,
any Issuer Free Writing 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 Selling Stockholder for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such Selling Stockholder in connection with investigating or defending any
such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; provided, however,
that the Company
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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 Selling Stockholder specifically for use
therein.
(b)The Selling Stockholders, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless each
Underwriter, its partners, members, directors, officers and its affiliates 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, each Statutory Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing 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 each Selling Stockholder 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 in writing by such Selling Stockholder specifically for inclusion in such
Registration Statement, each Statutory Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or any amendment
or supplement thereto, or contained in a representation or warranty given by such Selling Stockholder in this Agreement;
provided, however, that with respect to any amount due an indemnified person under this Section 8(b), each Selling
Stockholder shall be liable in the aggregate only to the extent of the gross proceeds attributable to such Selling
Stockholder from the sale of Offered Securities pursuant to this Agreement.
The Selling Stockholders, severally and not jointly, will 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, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which the Company 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, each Statutory Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing 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 the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company
in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are
incurred; provided, however, that each Selling Stockholder 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 in
writing by such Selling Stockholder specifically for inclusion in such Registration Statement, each Statutory Prospectus,
the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or contained in a
representation or warranty given by such Selling Stockholder in this Agreement; provided, however, that with respect
to any amount due an indemnified person under this Section 8(b), each Selling Stockholder shall be liable in the
aggregate only to the extent
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of the gross proceeds attributable to such Selling Stockholder from the sale of Offered Securities pursuant to this Agreement.
(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, the partners,
members, directors and officers of each Selling Stockholder, and each person, if any, who
controls such Selling Stockholder 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, each Statutory Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing 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: (i) the concession and reallowance figures
appearing in the fourth paragraph under the caption “Underwriting,” (ii) the information
contained in the seventh paragraph under the caption “Underwriting,” (iii) the information
contained in the sixteenth and seventeenth paragraphs under the caption “Underwriting”
related to stabilizing transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids and
(iv) the information contained in the eighteenth paragraph under the caption “Underwriting”
related to prospectuses in electronic format and Internet distributions.
(d) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 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, notify the
indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the failure to notify the indemnifying
party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under subsection (a), (b) or
(c) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the
forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided further that
the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that
it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under subsection (a), (b) or (c) above.
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 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in
connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, if indemnity may be sought
pursuant to the last paragraph in Section 8(a) hereof in respect of such action or
proceeding, then in addition to such separate firm for the indemnified parties, the
indemnifying party shall be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of not more than
one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for the Designated Underwriter for the
defense of any losses, claims, damages and liabilities arising out of the Directed Share
Program, and all persons, if any, who control the Designated Underwriter within the meaning
of either Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act. 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
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indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party
unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from
all liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action and (ii) does not
include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act by or
on behalf of an indemnified party.
(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 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.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (e), no Selling Stockholder shall be
required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which
the Securities sold by it were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages
which such Selling Stockholder 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. The
Selling Stockholders’ obligations in this subsection (e) to contribute are several in
proportion to their respective participation in the offering and not joint.
(f) The obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders under this Section
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 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, to the partners, members, directors and officers of each Selling Stockholder, and each
person, if any, who controls such Selling Stockholder within the meaning of Section 15 of
the Act.
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9. Default of Underwriters. If any Underwriter or Underwriters default in their obligations
to purchase Offered Securities hereunder on either the First Closing Date 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, the
Representatives 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 the Representatives, 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.
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 9 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 8 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 9 or the occurrence of any event specified in
clause (iii), (iv), (vi), (vii) or (viii) of Section 7(f), the Company will 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
Securities (USA) LLC, Eleven Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000, Attention: Transactions
Advisory Group (fax no. (000) 000-0000), or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or
faxed and confirmed to it at , Attention: , or, if sent to the Selling Stockholders or any of them, will be mailed, delivered or
faxed and confirmed to at ; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 8 will be mailed, delivered or faxed
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 personal representatives and successors and the officers and directors
and controlling persons referred to in Section 8, and no other person will have any right or
obligation hereunder.
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
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Representatives jointly or by Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC will be binding upon all the
Underwriters. will act for the Selling Stockholders in connection
with such transactions, and any action under or in respect of this Agreement taken by will be binding upon all the Selling Stockholders as provided in
the Powers of Attorney.
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. Absence of Fiduciary Relationship. The Company and the Selling Stockholders acknowledge
and agree that:
(a) the Representatives have been retained solely to act as underwriters in connection
with the sale of the Offered Securities and that no fiduciary, advisory or agency
relationship between the Company or the Selling Stockholders, on the one hand, and the
Representatives, on the other, has been created in respect of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, irrespective of whether the Representatives have advised or
are advising the Company or the Selling Stockholders on other matters;
(b) the price of the Offered Securities set forth in this Agreement was established by
the Company and the Selling Stockholders following discussions and arms-length negotiations
with the Representatives, and the Company and the Selling Stockholders are capable of
evaluating and understanding, and understand and accept, the terms, risks and conditions of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(c) the Company and the Selling Stockholders have been advised that the
Representatives and their affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions which may
involve interests that differ from those of the Company or the Selling Stockholders and
that the Representatives have no obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to
the Company or the Selling Stockholders by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency
relationship; and
(d) the Company and the Selling Stockholders waive, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, any claims they may have against the Representatives for breach of fiduciary duty or
alleged breach of fiduciary duty with respect to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and agree that the Representatives shall have no liability (whether direct or
indirect) to the Company or the Selling Stockholders in respect of such a fiduciary duty
claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of the
Company, including stockholders, employees or creditors of the Company.
16. 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, |
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COMPLETE PRODUCTION SERVICES, INC. | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
The Selling Stockholders named in Schedule A hereto, acting severally |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Attorney-in-fact |
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The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
UBS Securities LLC | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
Acting on behalf of themselves and as the Representatives of the several Underwriters.
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SCHEDULE A
Number of | ||||||||
Number of | Optional | |||||||
Firm Securities | Securities to | |||||||
Selling Stockholder | to be Sold | be Sold | ||||||
Total |
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SCHEDULE B
Number of | ||||
Firm Securities | ||||
Underwriter | to be Purchased | |||
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC |
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UBS Securities LLC |
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Banc of America Securities LLC |
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Xxxxxxxxx & Company, Inc. |
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Xxxxxxx Rice & Company L.L.C |
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Associates, Inc. |
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Xxxxxxx & Company International |
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Xxxxxxxxx Energy Partners, Inc. |
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Total |
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SCHEDULE C
[To
be provided.]
SCHEDULE D
[To
be provided.]
SCHEDULE E
[To
be provided.]
EXHIBIT A
Form of Opinion of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx L.L.P.
[To be provided.]
EXHIBIT B
Form of Opinion of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx LLP
[To be provided.]
EXHIBIT C
Lock-Up Agreement
, 2006
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC | ||
UBS Securities LLC | ||
c/o
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Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC | |
Eleven Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000 |
Dear Sirs and Mesdames:
As an inducement to the Underwriters to execute the Underwriting Agreement, pursuant to which
an offering will be made that is intended to result in the establishment of a public market for the
common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Securities”) of Complete Production Services, Inc.,
and any successor (by merger or otherwise) thereto, (the “Company”), the undersigned hereby agrees
that during the period specified in the following paragraph (the “Lock-Up Period”), the undersigned
will not offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, any
shares of Securities 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 to enter into any such
transaction, swap, hedge or other arrangement, without, in each case, the prior written consent of
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (“Credit Suisse”) and UBS Securities LLC (“UBS”). In addition,
the undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of Credit Suisse and UBS, it will
not, during the Lock-Up Period, make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to, the
registration of any Securities or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for
the Securities.
The initial Lock-Up Period will commence on the date of this Lock-Up Agreement and continue
and include the date 180 days after the public offering date set forth on the final prospectus used
to sell the Securities (the “Public Offering Date”) pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement;
provided, however, that if (1) during the last 17 days of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company
releases earnings results or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs or
(2) prior to the expiration of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will
release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the initial Lock-Up
Period, then in each case the Lock-Up Period will be extended until the expiration of the 18-day
period beginning on the date of release of the earnings results or the occurrence of the material
news or material event, as applicable, unless Credit Suisse and UBS waives, in writing, such
extension.
The undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees that written notice of any extension of the
Lock-Up Period pursuant to the previous paragraph will be delivered by Credit Suisse and UBS to the
Company (in accordance with Section 11 of the Underwriting Agreement) and that any such notice
properly delivered will be deemed to have been given to, and received by, the undersigned. The
undersigned further agrees that, prior to engaging in any transaction or taking any other action
that is subject to the terms of this Lock-Up Agreement during the period from the date of this
Lock-Up Agreement to and including the 34th day following the expiration of the initial
Lock-Up Period, the undersigned will give notice thereof to the
Company and will not consummate
such transaction or take any such action unless it has received written
confirmation from the Company that the Lock-Up Period (as may have been extended pursuant to
the previous paragraph) has expired.
Any Securities received upon exercise of options granted to the undersigned will also be
subject to this Agreement. A transfer of Securities to a family member or trust may be made,
provided the transferee agrees to be bound in writing by the terms of this Agreement prior to such
transfer and no filing by any party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with such
transfer (other than a filing on a Form 5 made after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period).
In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company and its transfer agent and registrar are hereby
authorized to decline to make any transfer of shares of Securities if such transfer would
constitute a violation or breach of this Agreement
This Agreement shall be binding on the undersigned and the successors, heirs, personal
representatives and assigns of the undersigned. This Agreement shall lapse and become null and
void if the Public Offering Date shall not have occurred on or before , .
This agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New
York.
Very truly yours, | ||
[Insert Name] |