Teekay Tankers Ltd. 10,000,000 Shares Plus an option to purchase from the Company up to 1,500,000 additional Shares to cover over-allotments Class A Common Stock ($0.01 par value) Underwriting Agreement
Exhibit 1.1
10,000,000 Shares
Plus an option to purchase from the Company up to
1,500,000 additional Shares to cover over-allotments
Plus an option to purchase from the Company up to
1,500,000 additional Shares to cover over-allotments
Class A Common Stock
($0.01 par value)
($0.01 par value)
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
As Representatives of the several Underwriters,
c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
As Representatives of the several Underwriters,
c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Teekay Tankers Ltd., a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of The Xxxxxxxx
Islands (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell (the “Offering”) to the several
underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you (the
“Representatives”) are acting as representatives, 10,000,000 shares of Class A Common
Stock, $0.01 par value (“Class A Common Stock”) of the Company (said shares to be issued
and sold by the Company being hereinafter called the “Firm Securities”). The Company also
proposes to grant to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to 1,500,000 additional shares of
Class A Common Stock to cover over-allotments, if any (the “Option Securities”; the Option
Securities, together with the Firm Securities, being hereinafter called the “Securities”).
To the extent there are no additional Underwriters listed on Schedule I other than you, the term
Representatives as used herein shall mean you, as Underwriters, and the terms Representatives and
Underwriters shall mean either the singular or plural as the context requires. Certain terms used
herein are defined in Section 21 hereof.
As part of the offering contemplated by this Agreement, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. has
agreed to reserve out of the Securities set forth opposite its name on Schedule I to this
Agreement, up to 1,000,000 shares, for sale to the Company’s and Parent’s employees, officers and
directors (collectively, the “Participants”), as set forth in the Prospectus under the
heading “Underwriting” (the “Directed Share Program”). The Securities to be sold by
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. pursuant to the Directed Share Program (the “Directed
Shares”) will be sold by Citigroup Global Markets Inc. pursuant to this Agreement at the public
offering price. Any Directed Shares not orally confirmed for purchase by any Participants by 8:00
AM New York
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City time on the business day following the date on which this Agreement is executed will be
offered to the public by Citigroup Global Markets Inc. as set forth in the Prospectus.
It is understood that the form of prospectus to be used in connection with the offering and
sale of the Securities shall have a Canadian “wrap-around” for purposes of distribution to Canadian
persons or entities.
It is understood and agreed to by all parties that the Company was formed by Teekay
Corporation, a Xxxxxxxx Islands corporation (the “Parent”), to acquire the nine vessels
(each, a “Vessel”) listed on Schedule III hereto from Parent, as described more
particularly in the Prospectus. It is further understood and agreed by all parties that:
(a) On the Closing Date (as defined in Section 3 hereof), pursuant to a Contribution,
Conveyance and Assumption Agreement among the Company,
Teekay Holdings Limited, a Bermudian holding company (“THL”) and Parent (the
“Contribution Agreement”), the Company will acquire all the outstanding ownership
interests of each of the entities listed on Schedule III hereto (each a “Vessel Owning
Subsidiary” and, together with the Company, the “Company Entities”) and Parent
will agree to offer the Company four Suezmax-class conventional oil tankers (the “Option
Vessels”) on the terms set forth therein and as described in the Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus;
(b) On the Closing Date, Parent, Teekay Chartering Limited, a Xxxxxxxx Islands
corporation (the “Pool Manager”), and the Company
will enter into a Gross Revenue Sharing
Pool Agreement (the “Pooling Agreement”), pursuant to which the Pool Manager will
agree to commercially manage certain of the Vessels and other vessels owned by Parent that
trade in the conventional oil tanker spot market on the terms set forth therein and as
described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus;
(c) On the Closing Date, Teekay Tankers Management Services, Ltd., a Xxxxxxxx Islands
corporation (the “Manager”), and the Company will enter into a Management Agreement
(the “Management Agreement”), pursuant to which the Manager will agree to provide
commercial management, technical, administrative and strategic services in respect of the Vessels on
the terms set forth therein and as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus;
and
(d) The transactions to be effected by the Contribution Agreement will have occurred at
or prior to the Closing Date (such transactions are collectively referred to as the
“Transactions”). In connection with the Transactions, the parties to the
Transactions entered into various transfer agreements, bills of sale, assignments,
conveyances, contribution agreements and related documents (collectively, and together with
the Contribution Agreement, the “Contribution Documents”).
The Company, the Manager and Parent are referred to herein as the “Teekay Parties”
and, together with the Pool Manager are referred to herein as the “Teekay Entities.”
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1. Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Teekay Parties. Each of the
Teekay Parties, jointly and severally, represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each
Underwriter that:
(a) Registration. The Company has prepared and filed with the Commission a
registration statement (file number 333-147798) on Form F-1, including a related preliminary
prospectus, for registration under the Act of the offering and sale of the Securities. Such
Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto filed prior to the Execution Time,
has become effective. The Company may have filed one or more amendments thereto, including a
related preliminary prospectus, each of which has previously been furnished to you. The
Company will file with the Commission a final prospectus in accordance with Rule 424(b). As
filed, such final prospectus shall contain all information required by the Act and the rules
thereunder and, except to the extent the Representatives shall agree in writing to a
modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the
Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only
such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the latest
Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company has advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be
included or made therein.
(b) No Material Misstatements or Omissions in Registration Statement and Prospectus.
On the Effective Date, the Registration Statement did, and when the Prospectus is first
filed in accordance with Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date (as defined herein) and on any
date on which Option Securities are purchased hereunder, if such date is not the Closing
Date (an “Option Closing Date”), the Prospectus (and any supplement(s) thereto)
will, comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the
rules thereunder; on the Effective Date and at the Execution Time, the Registration
Statement did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein not misleading; and on the date of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and
on the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date, the Prospectus (together with any
supplement thereto) will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and the statements made or to be
made in such documents that are covered by Rule 175(b) under the Act were made or will be
made with a reasonable basis and in good faith; provided, however, that the
Teekay Parties make no representations or warranties as to the information contained in or
omitted from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) in
reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or
on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or any supplement thereto), it being understood
and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the
information described as such in Section 8(d) hereof.
(c) No Material Misstatements or Omissions in Disclosure Package. (i) As of the
Execution Time, the Disclosure Package and the price to the public, the number of Firm
Securities and the number of Option Securities to be included on the cover page of
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the Prospectus, when taken together as a whole, and (ii) each Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus when taken together as a whole with the Disclosure Package and the price to the
public, the number of Firm Securities and the number of Option Securities to be included on
the cover page of the Prospectus, did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding
sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Disclosure Package based 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 or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the
information described as such in Section 8(d) hereof.
(d) No Ineligible Issuer. (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement and
(ii) as of the Execution Time (with such time being used as the determination date for
purposes of this clause (ii)), the Company was not and is not an Ineligible Issuer (as
defined in Rule 405), without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant
to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an Ineligible Issuer.
(e) No Conflicting Information in Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Each Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus does not include any information that conflicts with the information
contained in the Registration Statement, including any document incorporated by reference
therein that has not been superseded or modified.
(f) Formation and Qualification. Each of the Teekay Entities has been duly
incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation, in good standing under the laws of
the Republic of The Xxxxxxxx Islands, and is, or at the Closing Date will be, duly
registered or qualified to do business and is, or at the Closing Date will be, in good
standing as a foreign corporation, in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of
property or the conduct of its businesses requires such registration or qualification,
except where the failure so to register or qualify would not reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect. “Material Adverse Effect,” as used throughout this
Agreement, means a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise),
results of operations, business, properties, assets or prospects of the Company Entities,
taken as a whole, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto). Each of the Company Entities has all
limited liability company or corporate, as the case may be, power and authority necessary to
own or lease its properties currently owned or leased or to be owned or leased at the
Closing Date, to assume the liabilities assumed or being assumed by it pursuant to the
Transactions and to conduct its business as currently conducted and as to be conducted at
the Closing Date, in each case in all material respects as described in the Registration
Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(g) Parent Ownership of Class A and Class B Shares. At the Closing Date and each
Option Closing Date, after giving effect to the Transactions, Parent will own directly (or
indirectly through THL) 12,500,000 shares of Class B common stock, $0.01 par value, of the
Company (“Class B Common Stock” and, together with the Class A
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Common Stock, the “Common Stock”)) and 2,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock
(the amount of such shares of Class A Common Stock to be reduced on a share-for-share basis
through repurchase by the Company if the Underwriters purchase any of the Optional
Securities). All such shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock
(collectively, the “Parent Shares”) have been duly authorized and, when issued on or
prior to the Closing Date, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable; and Parent
will own all such shares free and clear of all pledges, liens, encumbrances, security
interests, charges, equities or other claims (collectively, the “Liens”).
(h) Valid Issuance of the Class A Common Stock. At the Closing Date or the Option
Closing Date, the Firm Securities and the Option Securities, as the case may be, will be
duly authorized and, when issued and delivered to the Underwriters against payment therefor
in accordance with the terms hereof, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable;
and, other than the Parent Shares, the Securities will be the only equity interests of the
Company issued and outstanding at the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, other than
any awards made to outside directors under the Company’s 2007 Long-Term Incentive Plan, up
to an aggregate of 5,000 shares of Class A Common Stock.
(i) Ownership of the Vessel Owning Subsidiaries. At the Closing Date and each Option
Closing Date, after giving effect to the Transactions, the Company will own, directly or
indirectly, 100% of the equity interests in each of the Vessel Owning Subsidiaries; such
equity interests will be duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the
organizational documents of each Vessel Owning Subsidiary (as the same may be amended and
restated at or prior to the Closing Date, the “Vessel Owning Subsidiaries’
Organizational Documents”) and will be fully paid and nonassessable; and the Company
will own such equity interests free and clear of all Liens except for Liens under the Credit
Agreements.
(j) No Other Subsidiaries. Other than the Vessel Owning Subsidiaries, the Company does
not own, and at the Closing Date and each Option Closing Date, will not own, directly or
indirectly, any equity or long-term debt securities of any corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture, association or other entity.
(k) No Preemptive Rights or Options. Except as described in the Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus, there are no preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or to
purchase, nor any restriction upon the voting or transfer of, any equity interests of any of
the Company Entities. Except as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
there are no outstanding options or warrants to purchase (i) any shares of Class A Common
Stock or other interests in the Company or (ii) any equity interests in any Vessel Owning
Subsidiary.
(l) No Registration Rights. Except as described in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, no holder of securities of any of the Company Entities has rights to the
registration of such securities under the Registration Statement.
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(m) Capitalization. As of June 30, 2007, the Company would have had, on the
consolidated pro forma basis indicated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (and any
amendment or supplement thereto), a capitalization as set forth therein.
(n) Authority and Authorization. The Company has all requisite corporate power and
authority to issue, sell and deliver (i) the Securities, in accordance with and upon the
terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus and (ii) the Parent Shares, in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth
in the Contribution Documents. At the Closing Date and each Option Closing Date, all
corporate action required to be taken by the Teekay Entities or any of their stockholders,
partners or members for the authorization, issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities and
the Parent Shares, the execution and delivery by the Teekay Entities of the Operative
Agreements (as defined in the last paragraph of Section 1(p) hereof) and the consummation of
the transactions (including the Transactions) contemplated by this Agreement and the
Operative Agreements to take place as of the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as
applicable, shall have been validly taken.
(o) Execution and Delivery of this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized,
validly executed and delivered by each of the Teekay Parties.
(p) Enforceability of Operative Agreements.
(1) the Contribution Agreement has been, or will be at the time
of Closing, duly authorized, executed and delivered by Parent, THL
and the Company;
(2) each of the Vessel Owning Subsidiaries’ Organizational
Documents has been, or will be at the time of Closing, duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the appropriate Vessel Owning
Subsidiary;
(3) the Secured Credit Facility Agreement dated December 17,
2003 among Great Xxxx Xxxx Xx. 0000 X.X.X., Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxx No. 1520
L.L.C., DSME Hull No. 5254 L.L.C., DSME Hull No. 5255 L.L.C., The
Export-Import Bank of Korea, Fortis Capital Corporation, and
Landesbank Hessen-Thuringen Girozentrale (the “Term Loan
Agreement”), has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
each Company Entity that is a party thereto and, assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties thereto,
is a valid and legally binding agreement of each Company Entity that
is a party thereto, enforceable against it in accordance with its
terms;
(4) the Secured Facility Agreement dated November 28, 2007 among
Everest Spirit Holding L.L.C. and the other
Borrowers named therein; Nordea Bank Finland PLC, New York Branch, as
Agent; and Xxxxxx Xxxx
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Xxxxx XXX, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, ING Bank N.V.,
London Branch, and the other Lenders named therein (the
“Revolving Credit Agreement” and, together with the Term Loan
Agreement, the “Credit Agreements”), has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Company Entities
that is a party thereto and, assuming the due authorization,
execution and delivery by the other parties thereto, is a valid and
legally binding agreement of each of the Company Entities that is a
party thereto, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms;
(5) each of the Contribution Documents has been, or will be at
the time of Closing, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
parties thereto and is, or will be at the time of Closing, a valid
and legally binding agreement of each of them, enforceable against
each of them in accordance with its terms;
(6) the Management Agreement has been, or will be at the time of
Closing, duly authorized, executed and delivered by each Teekay
Entity that is a party thereto, and is, or will be at the time of
Closing, a valid and legally binding agreement of each of them,
enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms;
(7) the Registration Rights Agreement dated December ,
2007, between the Company and the Parent (the “Registration Rights
Agreement”), has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each
of the Company and the Parent, is a valid and legally binding
agreement of each of the Company and the Parent, enforceable against
each of the Company and the Parent in accordance with its terms; and
(8) the Pooling Agreement has been, or will be at the time of
Closing, duly authorized, executed and delivered by each Teekay
Entity that is a party thereto, and is, or will be at the time of
Closing, a valid and legally binding agreement of each of them,
enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms.
provided that, with respect to each agreement described in this Section 1(p), the
enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
reorganization, moratorium and similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights
generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); and, provided further, that the indemnity,
contribution and exoneration provisions contained in any of such agreements may be limited
by applicable laws and public policy.
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The Contribution Documents, the Credit Agreements, the Management Agreement,
the Pooling Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement are herein collectively
referred to as the “Operative Agreements.”
(q) Enforceability of Other Agreements. Each of the agreements listed on Schedule IV
(collectively, the “Other Agreements”) has been, or will be at the time of Closing,
duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Teekay Entities party thereto and,
assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties thereto, is, or
will be at the time of Closing, a valid and legally binding agreement of such Teekay Entity,
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except where the failure to be
enforceable would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or a material
adverse effect on the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided that, with
respect to each agreement described in this Section 1(q), the enforceability thereof may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and
similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles
of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity
or at law); and, provided further, that the indemnity, contribution and exoneration
provisions contained in any of such agreements may be limited by applicable laws and public
policy.
(r) Sufficiency of Contribution Documents. The Contribution Documents were or will be
legally sufficient to transfer or convey to, or vest in, the Company and the Vessel Owning
Subsidiaries satisfactory title to, or valid rights to use or manage, all properties not
already held by them that are, individually or in the aggregate, required to enable the
Company and the Vessel Owning Subsidiaries to conduct their operations (in all material
respects as contemplated by the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus), subject to the
conditions, reservations and limitations contained in the Contribution Documents and those
set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The Company and the Vessel Owning
Subsidiaries, upon execution and delivery of the Contribution Documents, succeeded or will
succeed in all material respects to the business, assets, properties, liabilities and
operations of the Teekay Tankers Predecessor (as defined in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus) as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(s) No Conflicts. None of the offering, issuance and sale by the Company of the
Securities, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the Operative
Agreements by the Teekay Entities that are parties hereto or thereto, or the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the Transactions) (i) conflicts
or will conflict with or constitutes or will constitute a violation of any articles of
incorporation or bylaws of any of the Teekay Entities, (ii) conflicts or will conflict with
or constitutes or will constitute a breach or violation of, or a default (or an event that,
with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default) under, any indenture,
contract, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement, lease or other agreement,
or instrument to which any of the Teekay Entities is a party or by which any of them or any
of their respective properties may be bound, (iii) violates or will violate any statute,
law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to any of the Teekay Entities of
any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental
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body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over any of the Teekay Entities
or any of their properties, or (iv) results or will result in the creation or imposition of
any Lien upon any property or assets of any of the Company Entities (other than Liens
referred to or described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus), which conflicts,
breaches, violations, defaults or Liens, in the case of clauses (ii), (iii) or (iv), could,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
or could materially impair the ability of any of the Teekay Entities to perform their
obligations under this Agreement, the Operative Agreements or the Other Agreements.
(t) No Consents. Except for (i) the registration of the Securities under the Act, (ii)
such Consents (as defined herein), approvals, authorizations, registrations or
qualifications as may be required under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“Exchange Act”), and applicable state securities or “Blue Sky” laws in connection
with the purchase and distribution of Securities by the Underwriters, (iii) such Consents
that have been, or prior to the Closing Date will be, obtained, (iv) such Consents that, if
not obtained, would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect or could not reasonably be expected to materially impair the ability
of any of the Teekay Entities to perform their obligations under this Agreement, the
Operative Agreements or the Other Agreements, and (v) as disclosed in the Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus, no permit, consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, filing
or qualification (“Consent”) of or with any court, governmental agency or body
having jurisdiction over any of the Teekay Entities or any of their respective properties is
required in connection with the offering, issuance and sale by the Company of the
Securities, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Operative
Agreements by the Teekay Entities parties hereto or thereto, or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Operative Agreements (including the
Transactions).
(u) No Default. None of the Teekay Entities is (i) in violation of its articles of
incorporation or bylaws, (ii) in breach of or in default under (and no event that, with
notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default has occurred or is
continuing under) any term, covenant, obligation, agreement or condition contained in any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement, lease or other
agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which it is a party or by which
it is or may be bound or to which any of its properties or assets is subject or (iii) in
violation of any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to any
of the Teekay Entities of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental
body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over any of the Teekay Entities or
any of their properties, which breach, default or violation, in the case of clause (ii) or
(iii), would, if continued, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or
could reasonably be expected to materially impair the ability of any of the Teekay Entities
to perform their obligations under this Agreement, the Operative Agreements or the Other
Agreements. To the knowledge of the Teekay Parties, no third party to any indenture,
contract, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement, lease or other agreement,
obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which any of the Teekay Entities is a party
or by which any of them are bound or to which any of their
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properties are subject, is in default under any such agreement, which breach, default
or violation would, if continued, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(v) Conformity of Securities to Description in Prospectus. The Securities, when issued
and delivered against payment therefor as provided herein, and the Parent Shares, when
issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of the Contribution Documents, will
conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus.
(w) No Material Adverse Change. Since the date of the latest audited financial
statements included in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and other than as set forth
in or contemplated by the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (i) no Company Entity has
sustained any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or
other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or
governmental action, investigation, order or decree, (ii) there has not been any material
change in the capitalization or material increase in the short-term debt or long-term debt
of the Company Entities or any material adverse change, or any development involving or
which could reasonably be expected to involve, individually or in the aggregate, a
prospective material adverse change in or affecting the general affairs, management,
condition (financial or otherwise), stockholders’ equity, partners’ equity, members’ equity,
results of operations, business, properties, assets or prospects of the Company Entities,
taken as a whole, and (iii) none of the Company Entities has incurred any liability or
obligation, direct, indirect or contingent, or entered into any transactions, whether or not
in the ordinary course of business, that, individually or in the aggregate, is material to
the Company Entities taken as a whole, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(x) Financial Statements. The combined historical financial statements (including the
related notes and supporting schedules) included in the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus
and the Registration Statement (i) present fairly in all material respects the financial
condition, results of operations and cash flows of the entities or businesses purported to
be shown thereby on the basis stated therein, at the respective dates or for the respective
periods indicated, (ii) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements of the Act and (iii) have been prepared in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved
(except as otherwise noted therein). The summary historical and pro forma financial and
operating information set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (and any
amendment or supplement thereto) under the caption “Summary Historical Combined Carve-out
Financial and Operating Data” and the selected historical and pro forma financial and
operating data set forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus under the caption “Selected Historical and Pro Forma Financial and Operating
Data” is accurately presented in all material respects and prepared on a basis consistent
with the audited and unaudited historical financial statements and pro forma financial
statements, as applicable, from which it has been derived. The pro forma financial
statements included in the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and the Registration Statement
include
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assumptions that provide a reasonable basis for presenting the significant effects
directly attributable to the transactions and events described therein; the related pro
forma adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions; and the pro forma
adjustments reflect the proper application of those adjustments to the historical financial
statement amounts in the pro forma financial statements included in the Prospectus, the
Disclosure Package and the Registration Statement. The pro forma financial statements
included in the Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and the Registration Statement comply as
to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of Regulation
S-X under the Act.
(y) Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The accountants, Ernst & Young LLP,
who have certified or shall certify the financial statements of Teekay Tankers Predecessor
(as defined in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus) and the Company and delivered
their report with respect to the audited combined carve-out financial statements included in
the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, were and are the independent registered public
accounting firm with respect to such entities within the meaning of the Act and the
applicable published rules and regulations thereunder and the rules and regulations of the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
(z) Transfer Taxes. There are no transfer taxes or other similar fees or charges under
U.S. federal law or the laws of any state, the Xxxxxxxx Islands or Canada or any political
subdivision thereof, required to be paid in connection with the execution and delivery of
this Agreement, the issuance or sale by the Company of the Securities or the consummation of
the transactions (including the Transactions) contemplated by this Agreement and the
Operative Agreements.
(aa) Title to Properties. At the Closing Date and each Option Closing Date, after
giving effect to the Transactions, the Company and the Vessel Owning Subsidiaries will have
good and marketable title to all real property and good title to all personal property
described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus to be owned by the Company and the
Vessel Owning Subsidiaries, and each Vessel Owning Subsidiary identified on Schedule III is
the sole owner of the Vessel set forth opposite its name on Schedule III, in each case free
and clear of all Liens except (i) as described, and subject to the limitations contained, in
the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (ii) that arise under the Credit Agreements or
(iii) as do not materially affect the value of such property, taken as a whole, and do not
materially interfere with the use of such properties, taken as a whole, as they have been
used in the past and are proposed to be used in the future, as described in the Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus (the Liens described in clauses (i) through (iii) above being
“Permitted Liens”); provided, that with respect to any interest in real property and
buildings held under lease by the Company or any of the Vessel Owning Subsidiaries, such
real property and buildings are held under valid and subsisting and enforceable leases
(except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization,
moratorium and similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by
general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law)), with such exceptions as do not materially interfere with
the use of the properties of the Company Entities, taken as a whole as they have been used
in the past as described in the Disclosure Package and
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the Prospectus and are proposed to be used in the future as described in the Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus.
(bb) Vessel Registration. Each vessel identified in Schedule III is duly registered
under the laws of the jurisdiction set forth on Schedule III in the name of the applicable
Vessel Owning Subsidiary identified in Schedule III, free and clear of all Liens except for
Permitted Liens.
(cc) Permits. Each of the Company Entities has, or at the Closing Date and each Option
Closing Date will have, such permits, Consents, licenses, franchises, concessions,
certificates and authorizations (“Permits”) of, and has or will have made all
declarations and filings with, all U.S. federal, provincial, state, local or foreign
governmental or regulatory authorities, all self-regulatory organizations and all courts and
other tribunals, as are necessary to own or lease its properties and to conduct its business
in the manner described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, subject to such
qualifications as may be set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and except
for such Permits, declarations and filings that, if not obtained, would not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; except as set
forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, each of the Company Entities has, or at
the Closing Date and each Option Closing Date will have, fulfilled and performed all its
material obligations with respect to such Permits which are or will be due to have been
fulfilled and performed by such date and no event has occurred that would prevent the
Permits from being renewed or reissued or that allows, or after notice or lapse of time
would allow, revocation or termination thereof or results or would result in any impairment
of the rights of the holder of any such Permit, except for such non-renewals, non-issues,
revocations, terminations and impairments that would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and none of such Permits contains
any restriction that is materially burdensome to the Company Entities, taken as a whole.
(dd) Insurance. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus with
respect to off-hire insurance, the Company Entities are insured by insurers of recognized
financial responsibility covering against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are
prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged; all policies of insurance
insuring the Company Entities or their respective businesses, assets, employees, officers
and directors are in full force and effect; the Company Entities are in compliance with the
terms of such policies and instruments in all material respects; and there are no claims by
any of the Company Entities under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance
company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause; none of the
Company Entities has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and the
Company believes that each of the Company Entities will be able to renew its existing
insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from
similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(ee) Contracts to be Described or Filed. To the best knowledge of the Teekay Parties,
there is no agreement, franchise, contract, indenture, lease or other document or instrument
of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure
Package or Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed
as required.
(ff) Litigation. There is (i) no action, suit or proceeding before or by any court,
arbitrator or governmental agency, body or official, domestic or foreign, now pending or, to
the knowledge of the Teekay Parties, threatened, to which any of the Teekay Entities is or
could reasonably be expected to be made a party or to which the business or property of any
of the Teekay Entities is or could reasonably be expected to be made subject or that would
be required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed
in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as required, (ii) no statute, rule, regulation
or order that has been enacted, adopted or issued by any governmental agency or, to the
knowledge of the Teekay Parties, that has been proposed by any governmental agency, and
(iii) no injunction, restraining order or order of any nature issued by a Federal or state
court or foreign court of competent jurisdiction to which any of the Teekay Entities is or
may be subject, that, in the case of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, (A) could reasonably
be expected to (1) individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect, or (2)
prevent or result in the suspension of the offering and issuance of the Securities, or
(B) questions the validity of this Agreement, any Operative Agreement or any Other
Agreement.
(gg) Certain Relationships and Related Transactions. No relationship, direct or
indirect, exists between or among any Teekay Entity, on the one hand, and the directors,
officers, members, partners, stockholders, customers or suppliers of any Teekay Entity on
the other hand that is required to be described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
that is not so described. There are no outstanding loans, advances (except normal advances
for business expenses in the ordinary course of business) or guarantees of indebtedness by
any Teekay Entity to or for the benefit of any of the officers, directors or managers of any
Company Entity or their respective family members, except as disclosed in the Registration
Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. No Teekay Entity has, in violation of
the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, directly or indirectly, extended or maintained credit,
arranged for the extension of credit, or renewed an extension of credit, in the form of a
personal loan to or for any director or executive officer of any Company Entity.
(hh) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002. Each of the Company Entities is in compliance in all
material respects with all applicable provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the
rules and regulations of the Commission, the NYSE (as defined in Section 1(qq) hereof) that
are effective and applicable to each of the Company Entities.
(ii) No Labor Dispute. No labor problem or dispute with the employees of the Teekay
Entities exists or is threatened or imminent, and none of the Teekay Parties is aware of any
existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its principal suppliers,
contractors or customers, that, in each case, could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
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(jj) Tax Returns. Each of the Teekay Entities has filed all foreign, federal, state
and local tax returns that are required to be filed or has requested extensions thereof
(except in any case in which the failure so to file could not reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect) and has paid all taxes required to be paid by it and any other
assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, to the extent that any of the foregoing is
due and payable, except for any such assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being
contested in good faith or as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(kk) Books and Records. Each Company Entity maintains systems of internal accounting
controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in
accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are
recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S.
generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access
to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing
assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences.
(ll) Environmental Compliance. Each Company Entity (i) is in compliance with any and
all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the
protection of human health and safety, the environment or Hazardous Materials (as defined
below) (“Environmental Laws”), (ii) has received and is in compliance with all
permits, licenses or other approvals required of it under applicable Environmental Laws to
conduct its business, (iii) has not received notice of any actual or potential liability
under any environmental law, and (iv) is not a party to or affected by any pending or, to
the knowledge of the Teekay Parties, threatened action, suit or proceeding, is not bound by
any judgment, decree or order, and has not entered into any agreement, in each case relating
to any alleged violation of any Environmental Law or any actual or alleged release or
threatened release or cleanup at any location of any Hazardous Materials, except where such
noncompliance or deviation from that described in (i) — (iv) above could not, individually
or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the
Teekay Entities has been named as a “potentially responsible party” under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended
(“CERCLA”). The term “Hazardous Materials” means (A) any “hazardous
substance” as defined in CERCLA, (B) any “hazardous waste” as defined in the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended, (C) any petroleum or petroleum product, (D) any
polychlorinated biphenyl and (E) any pollutant or contaminant or hazardous, dangerous or
toxic chemical, material, waste or substance regulated under or within the meaning of any
other Environmental Law.
(mm) Effect of Environmental Laws. In the ordinary course of its business, each
Company Entity periodically reviews the effect of Environmental Laws on its business,
operations and properties, in the course of which it identifies and evaluates associated
costs and liabilities (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures
required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any
permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any
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potential liabilities to third parties). On the basis of such review, each Company
Entity has reasonably concluded that such associated costs and liabilities would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(nn) Intellectual Property. The Company Entities own or possess, or as of the Closing
Date will own or possess, after giving effect to the Transactions, rights to use all
patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark
registrations, service xxxx registrations, copyrights, technology, know-how and other
intellectual property necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses, except where
the failure to possess such rights could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, and the Company Entities believe that the conduct of their respective
businesses will not conflict with, and the Company Entities have not received any notice of
any claim of conflict with, any such rights of others.
(oo) Private Placement. The offer, sale and issuance of the Parent Shares to Parent
are exempt from the registration requirements of the Act, the rules thereunder and the
securities laws of any state having jurisdiction with respect thereto, and none of the
Teekay Parties has taken or will take any action that would cause the loss of such
exemption.
(pp) No Distribution of Other Offering Materials. None of the Teekay Parties has
distributed and, prior to the later to occur of (i) the Closing Date and (ii) completion of
the distribution of the Securities, will not distribute, any prospectus (as defined under
the Act) in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities other than the
Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or other materials, if
any, permitted by the Act, including Rule 134 under the Act.
(qq) NYSE Listing. The Securities have been approved for listing on the New York Stock
Exchange (“NYSE”), subject only to official notice of issuance.
(rr) Investment Company. None of the Company Entities is now, and after the issuance
and sale of the Securities to be sold by the Company hereunder and application of the net
proceeds from such sale as described in the Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds”
and after giving effect to the Transactions will be, an “investment company” or a company
“controlled by” an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “1940 Act”).
(ss) Passive Foreign Investment Company. To the best knowledge of the Teekay Parties,
the Company is not a Passive Foreign Investment Company (“PFIC”) within the meaning
of Section 1296 of the Code.
(tt) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. No Teekay Party nor any director, officer, agent,
employee or affiliate of any Teekay Party, is aware of or has taken any action, directly or
indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the FCPA, including, without
limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce
corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or
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authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or
authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is
defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for
foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and each of the Teekay Entities and
its affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have
instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably
expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.
(uu) Sanctions Laws and Regulations. Neither the issuance and sale of the Securities
by the Company hereunder nor the use of the proceeds thereof will cause any U.S. person
participating in the offering, either as underwriter and/or purchasers of the Securities, to
violate the Trading With the Enemy Act, as amended, the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act, as amended, or any foreign asset control regulations of the United States
Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) (all such laws and
regulations collectively referred to as the “Sanctions Laws and Regulations”) or any
enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto.
(vv) OFAC. None of the Teekay Entities is, and, to the knowledge of the Teekay
Parties, no director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of any of the Teekay Entities
is, currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets
Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Company Entities will not
directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise
make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or
entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any
U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
(ww) Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Teekay Entities are and have been
conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting
requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the
money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any
related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any
governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit
or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any
arbitrator involving any of the Teekay Entities with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is
pending or, to the best knowledge of the Teekay Parties, threatened.
(xx) Brokers. Except as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there
are no contracts, agreements or understandings between any Company Entity and any person
that would give rise to a valid claim against any Company Entity or any Underwriter for a
brokerage commission, finder’s fee or other like payment in connection with this offering of
the Shares.
(yy) Market Stabilization. None of the Teekay Entities has taken, directly or
indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be
expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or
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manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or
resale of the Securities.
(zz) Prohibition on Dividends. Except as provided in the Credit Agreements and by
Section 43 of the Xxxxxxxx Islands Business Corporations Act, no Vessel Owning Subsidiary is
prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making
any other distribution on such subsidiary’s equity securities, from repaying to the Company
any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such
subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company.
(aaa) Statistical and Market Data. The statistical and market-related data included in
the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and the Registration Statement are based on or
derived from sources which the Teekay Parties believe to be reliable and accurate.
(bbb) No Restrictions. There are no restrictions on subsequent transfers of the
Securities under the laws of the Republic of The Xxxxxxxx Islands.
(ccc) Pro Forma Cash Available for Distribution. The pro forma cash available for
distribution of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2006 and the six months ended
June 30, 2007 contained under the caption “Our Dividend Policy and Restrictions on
Dividends-Pro Forma Cash Available for Distribution” in the Prospectus were made with a
reasonable basis in good faith. All significant assumptions used in the preparation of such
calculations are accurately disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus, and such assumptions are, in the opinion of management of the Company,
reasonable.
(ddd) Immunity. None of the Teekay Parties nor any of their respective properties or
assets has any immunity from the jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process
(whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of
execution or otherwise) under the laws of the United States, the Republic of The Xxxxxxxx
Islands or Canada or any political subdivisions thereof.
(eee) Taxes. No capital gains, income, withholding or other taxes are payable by or on
behalf of the Underwriters to the Republic of The Xxxxxxxx Islands or Canada, or to any
political subdivision or taxing authority of either thereof or therein in connection with
the sale and delivery by the Company of the Securities to or for the respective accounts of
the Underwriters or the sale and delivery by the Underwriters of the Securities to the
initial purchasers thereof.
(fff) Dividends and Distributions. All dividends and other distributions declared and
payable on the shares of capital stock of the Company may, under the current laws and
regulations of the Republic of The Xxxxxxxx Islands and any political subdivisions thereof,
be paid in United States dollars and may be freely transferred out of the Republic of The
Xxxxxxxx Islands, and all such dividends and other distributions will not be subject to
withholding or other taxes under the laws and regulations of the
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Republic of The Xxxxxxxx Islands and are otherwise free and clear of any other tax,
withholding or deduction and without the necessity of obtaining any Consents of or with any
court or governmental agency or body in the Republic of The Xxxxxxxx Islands or any
political subdivision thereof.
(ggg) Business in the Xxxxxxxx Islands. The Company is not carrying on any business or
conducting any transactions in the Republic of The Xxxxxxxx Islands.
Furthermore, the Teekay Parties, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to the
Representatives that (i) the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and any
preliminary prospectus comply, and any further amendments or supplements thereto are exempt from or
will comply, with any applicable laws or regulations of foreign jurisdictions in which the
Prospectus, the Disclosure Package or any preliminary prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if
applicable, are distributed in connection with the Directed Share Program, and (ii) 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 laws and regulations of foreign jurisdictions in which the Directed
Securities are offered outside the United States. None of the Teekay Entities has offered, or
caused the Underwriters to offer, Securities to any person pursuant to the Directed Share Program
with the specific intent to unlawfully influence (i) a customer or supplier of the Teekay Entities
to alter the customer’s or supplier’s level or type of business with the Teekay Entities, or (ii) a
trade journalist or publication to write or publish favorable information about the Teekay Entities
or its products.
Any certificate signed by any officer of any Teekay Party and delivered to the Representatives
or to counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the closing of the Offering shall be deemed a
representation and warranty by such Teekay Party, as to matters covered thereby, to each
Underwriter.
2. Purchase and Sale. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon
the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to each
Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company,
at a purchase price of $ per share, the amount of the Firm Securities set forth opposite such
Underwriter’s name in Schedule I hereto.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and
warranties herein set forth, the Company hereby grants an option to the several Underwriters
to purchase, severally and not jointly, up to 1,500,000 Option Securities at the same
purchase price per share as the Underwriters shall pay for the Firm Securities. Said option
may be exercised only to cover over-allotments in the sale of the Firm Securities by the
Underwriters. Said option may be exercised in whole or in part at any time and from time to
time on or before the 30th day after the date of the Prospectus upon written or telegraphic
notice by the Representatives to the Company setting forth the number of Option Securities
as to which the several Underwriters are exercising the option and the Option Closing Date.
The number of Option Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be the same
percentage of the total number of shares of the Option Securities to be purchased by the
several Underwriters as such Underwriter is purchasing
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of the Firm Securities, subject to such adjustments as you in your absolute discretion
shall make to eliminate any fractional shares.
3. Delivery and Payment. Delivery of and payment for the Firm Securities and the
Option Securities (if the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof shall have been exercised on
or before the third Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date) shall be made at 9:00 AM,
New York City time, on December , 2007, at the offices of Cravath, Swaine & Xxxxx LLP, New
York, New York, or at such time on such later date not more than three Business Days after the
foregoing date as the Representatives shall designate, which date and time may be postponed by
agreement between the Representatives and the Company or as provided in Section 9 hereof (such date
and time of delivery and payment for the Securities being herein called the “Closing
Date”). Delivery of the Securities shall be made to the Representatives for the respective
accounts of the several Underwriters against payment by the several Underwriters through the
Representatives of the purchase price thereof to or upon the order of the Company by wire transfer
payable in same-day funds to an account specified by the Company. Delivery of the Firm Securities
and the Option Securities shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company
(“DTC”) unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct.
If the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof is exercised after the third Business Day
immediately preceding the Closing Date, the Company will deliver the Option Securities (at the
expense of the Company) to the Representatives, at 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, xx the
date specified by the Representatives (which shall be within three Business Days after exercise of
said option) for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters, against payment by the
several Underwriters through the Representatives of the purchase price thereof to or upon the order
of the Company by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to an account specified by the Company.
If settlement for the Option Securities occurs after the Closing Date, the Company will deliver to
the Representatives on the Option Closing Date for the Option Securities, and the obligation of the
Underwriters to purchase the Option Securities shall be conditioned upon receipt of, supplemental
opinions, certificates and letters confirming as of such date the opinions, certificates and
letters delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6 hereof.
4. Offering by Underwriters. It is understood that the several Underwriters propose
to offer the Securities for sale to the public as set forth in the Prospectus.
5. Agreements. Each of the Teekay Parties, jointly and severally, agrees with the
several Underwriters that:
(a) Preparation of the Prospectus and Registration Statement. Prior to the termination
of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the
Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus or any Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement unless the Company has furnished to you a copy for your review prior to filing and
will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The
Company will cause the Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be
filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the
applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period
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prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely
filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Prospectus, and
any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the
Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment
to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any
request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or
any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Prospectus or for any
additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the
institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the
Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the
Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding
for such purpose. The Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such
stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the
Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain
as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or
objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or
a new registration statement and using its best efforts to have such amendment or new
registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) Notification Regarding Disclosure Package. If, at any time prior to the filing of
the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure
Package would include any 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 at such time not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the
Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or
supplemented; (ii) amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or
omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may
reasonably request.
(c) Filing of Amendment or Supplement. If, at any time when a prospectus relating to
the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where
such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of
which the Prospectus as then supplemented would include any 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 or the circumstances then prevailing
not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement or
supplement the Prospectus to comply with the Act or the rules thereunder, the Company
promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event; (ii) prepare and file with
the Commission, subject to the first sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an
amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such
compliance; and (iii) supply any supplemented prospectus to you in such quantities as you
may reasonably request.
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(d) Reports to Shareholders. As soon as practicable, but in any event not later than
90 days after the close of the period covered thereby, the Company will make generally
available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or
statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of
Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158.
(e) Copies of Reports. The Company will furnish or make available via the Commission’s
Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval System (“XXXXX”) to its
shareholders annual reports containing financial statements audited by independent public
accountants and quarterly reports containing financial statements and financial information
which may be unaudited. The Company will, for a period of two years from the Closing Date,
furnish or make available via XXXXX, to the Underwriters a copy of each annual report,
quarterly report, current report and all other documents, reports and information furnished
by the Company to holders of the Securities (excluding any periodic income tax reporting
materials) or filed with any securities exchange or market pursuant to the requirements of
such exchange or market or with the Commission pursuant to the Act or the Exchange Act
(other than any annual chief executive officer certification and annual written affirmations
to the NYSE).
(f) Signed Copies of the Registration Statement. The Company will furnish to the
Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters photocopies of signed copies of the
Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of
the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a
prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in
circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies
of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and
any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request.
(g) Qualification of Securities. The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the
qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the
Representatives may reasonably designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so
long as reasonably required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no
event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it
is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in
suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any
jurisdiction where it is not now so subject. The Company will, from time to time, prepare
and file such statements and reports as are or may be reasonably required of it to continue
such qualifications in effect for so long a period as the Underwriters may reasonably
request for the distribution of the Securities.
(h) Lock-up Period; Lock-up Letters. Parent will not and will cause its subsidiaries,
directly or indirectly, not to, without the prior written consent of Citigroup Global
Markets Inc. and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge,
or otherwise dispose of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might
reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or
effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by Parent or its
affiliates) directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of
a
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registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a
put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the
meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any other shares of Common Stock or any
securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock; or
publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period of 18 months
after the date of this Underwriting Agreement; provided, however, that (i)
the Company may grant restricted shares or options to purchase Class A Common Stock under
the Company’s 2007 Long-Term Incentive Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (x) during
the last 17 days of the 18-month restricted period the Company issues an earnings release or
announces material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs, or (y) prior to
the expiration of the 18-month restricted period, the Company announces that it will release
earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 18-month period,
the restrictions imposed in this clause shall continue to apply until the expiration of the
18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the announcement of the
material news or the occurrence of the material event. The Company will provide the
Representatives and any co-managers and each individual subject to the restricted period
pursuant to the lock-up letters described in Section 6(m) with prior notice of any such
announcement that gives rise to an extension of the restricted period.
The lock-up period above applies to the Company for a period of 180 days.
(i) Compliance with the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. Each of the Company Entities will comply
in all material respects with all applicable securities and other applicable provisions of
the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act.
(j) Price Manipulation. The Teekay Parties will not take, directly or indirectly, any
action designed to or that would constitute or that could reasonably be expected to cause or
result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price
of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(k) Expenses. The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the
following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the
Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits
thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or
reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting
and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus,
the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to
any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the
offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication,
issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer
taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing
(or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other
agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the
offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the
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Securities under the Exchange Act and the listing of the Securities on the NYSE;
(vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the
securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable
fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (vii) any
filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
(including filing fees); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on
behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers
of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and
expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (x) all other
costs and expenses of the Company or the Teekay Entities incident to the performance by them
of their obligations hereunder. The Underwriters will reimburse the Company for expenses
that are incurred in connection with the Offering up to a maximum of $ . Such
reimbursement may be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to such account or
accounts designated by the Company or such other method as agreed to by the parties
following delivery of reasonably satisfactory documentation of the expenses to the
Underwriters. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood that, except as expressly
provided in this subsection (k), subsection (q) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the
Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including without limitation,
fees and disbursements of their counsel (including in connection with any filings required
to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority), transfer taxes on the
resale by them of any of the Securities by them, the transportation and other expenses
incurred by or on their behalf in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of
Securities and any advertising expenses relating to the offers they may make.
(l) Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Each Teekay Party agrees that, unless it has or
shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter,
severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have
obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and
will not make any offer relating to the 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 by the Company with the Commission or retained by
the Company under Rule 433; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto
shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in
Schedule II hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented
to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the
case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and
(y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164
and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely
filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(m) Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the
sale of the Securities in the manner specified in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
under “Use of Proceeds”.
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(n) Rule 463. The Company will file with the Commission such information in Form 20-F
as may be required by Rule 463 under the Act.
(o) Investment Company; PFIC. For a period of five years after the Closing Date or, if
later, the Option Closing Date, the Company will use its best reasonable efforts to ensure
that (i) no Company Entity, nor any subsidiary thereof, shall become an “investment company”
as defined in the 1940 Act, and (2) the Company shall not become a PFIC.
(p) Sanctions Laws and Regulations. The Company will not take, and will cause each
subsidiary not to take, directly or indirectly, any action that could reasonably be expected
to result in a violation by any U.S. person participating in the offering of the Sanctions
Laws and Regulations with respect to the sale of the Securities hereunder. Further, the
Company will not use, and will cause each subsidiary not to use, the proceeds from the sale
of the Securities, directly or indirectly, for any purpose or activity that would cause the
Underwriters or any purchaser of the Securities to be in violation of the Sanctions Laws and
Regulations or any agent or “Specially Designated National” of any country the subject of
the Sanctions Laws and Regulations, or any person or entity of any country the subject of
the Sanctions Laws and Regulations.
(q) Directed Shares.
(1) The Company agrees to pay (i) all fees and disbursements reasonably
incurred by the Underwriters, (ii) all costs and expenses incurred by the
Underwriters in connection with the printing (or reproduction) and delivery
(including postage, air freight charges and other charges for counting and
packaging) of such copies of the Directed Share Program materials, and (iii)
all stamp duties, similar taxes or duties or other taxes, if any, incurred
by the Underwriters in connection with the Directed Share Program.
(2) Furthermore, the Company covenants with Citigroup Global Markets
Inc. that the Company Entities will comply with all applicable securities
and other applicable laws, rules and regulations in each foreign
jurisdiction in which the Directed Shares are offered in connection with the
Directed Share Program.
(r) Appointment of Qualified Independent Underwriter. The Teekay Parties hereby
confirm their engagement of Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC as, and Wachovia Capital Markets,
LLC hereby confirms its agreement with the Teekay Parties to render services as, a
“qualified independent underwriter” within the meaning of Rule 2720 of the Conduct Rules of
the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority with respect to the offering and sale of the
Securities. Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, solely in its capacity as qualified independent
underwriter and not otherwise, is referred to herein as the “Independent Underwriter.”
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6. Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of the
Underwriters to purchase the Firm Securities and the Option Securities, as the case may be, shall
be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Teekay Parties
contained herein as of the Execution Time, the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date pursuant to
Section 3 hereof, to the accuracy of the statements of the Teekay Parties made in any certificates
delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Teekay Parties of their
obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) The Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, have been filed in the manner and
within the time period required by Rule 424(b); any other material required to be filed by
the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act shall have been filed with the Commission
within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to
its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been
instituted or threatened.
(b) All corporate, partnership and limited liability company proceedings and other
legal matters incident to the authorization, form and validity of this Agreement, the
Operative Agreements, the Class A Common Stock, the Parent Shares, the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, and all other legal matters relating to this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby (including the Transactions) shall be reasonably
satisfactory in all material respects to counsel for the Underwriters, and the Company shall
have furnished to such counsel all documents and information that they may reasonably
request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
(c) The Company shall have requested and caused Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx (New York)
LLP, special Xxxxxxxx Islands counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the
Representatives their written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the
Representatives, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, to
the effect that:
(i) Formation of the Company. The Company has been duly incorporated
and is validly existing in good standing as a corporation under the laws of
the Republic of The Xxxxxxxx Islands, and has the corporate power and
authority to own or lease its properties, to assume the liabilities and to
conduct its business, in each case in all material respects as described in
the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(ii) Formation of Subsidiaries. Each Vessel Owning Subsidiary has been
duly formed and is validly existing in good standing as a limited liability
company under the law of the Republic of The Xxxxxxxx Islands, and has the
limited liability company power and authority to own or lease its
properties, to assume the liabilities being assumed by it pursuant to the
Contribution Documents and to conduct its business, in each case in all
material respects as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus.
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(iii) Valid Issuance of the Class A Common Stock. The Firm Securities
and the Optional Securities, as the case may be, when issued and delivered
to the Underwriters against payment therefor by the Company pursuant to this
Agreement, have been validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable; and,
other than the Parent Shares, the Securities are the only equity interests
of the Company issued and outstanding, other than any awards made to outside
directors under the Company’s 2007 Long-Term Incentive Plan, up to an
aggregate of 5,000 shares of Class A Common Stock.
(iv) Ownership of the Vessel Owning Subsidiaries. Following the
consummation of the Transactions, the Company owns 100% of the equity
interests in each of the Vessel Owning Subsidiaries; such equity interests
have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Vessel
Owning Subsidiaries’ Organizational Documents, have been fully paid and are
nonassessable; and the Company owns such equity interests free and clear of
all Liens except for Liens pursuant to the Credit Agreements.
(v) Parent Ownership of Class A and Class B Shares. Following the
consummation of the Transactions, Parent owns directly (or indirectly
through THL) the Parent Shares and all such Parent Shares have been duly
authorized, have been validly issued and fully paid and are nonassessable;
Parent owns all such shares free and clear of all Liens.
(vi) No Preemptive Rights or Options. Except as described in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no preemptive rights or
other rights to subscribe for or to purchase, nor any restriction upon the
voting or transfer of, any equity interests of any Company Entities, in each
case pursuant to the organizational documents of such entity. To the
knowledge of such counsel and except as described in the Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus, there are no outstanding options or warrants to purchase
(A) any shares of Class A Common Stock or other interests in the Company or
(B) any equity interests in any Vessel Owning Subsidiary.
(vii) No Registration Rights. To the knowledge of such counsel,
neither the filing of the Registration Statement nor the offering or sale of
the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement gives rise to any rights
for or relating to the registration of any securities of any of the Company
Entities.
(viii) Authority and Authorization. The Company has all requisite
corporate power and authority to issue, sell and deliver (i) the Securities,
in accordance with and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and (ii) the Parent
Shares, in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the
Contribution Agreement and the Contribution Documents. All
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corporate action required to be taken by any of the Teekay Entities or
any of their respective stockholders, pursuant to the law of the Republic of
The Xxxxxxxx Islands for the authorization, issuance, sale and delivery of
the Securities and the Parent Shares, the execution and delivery of the
Operative Agreements to which any of the Teekay Entities are a party and the
consummation of the transactions (including the Transactions) contemplated
by this Agreement and such Operative Agreements, has been validly taken.
(ix) Due Execution and Delivery of the Underwriting Agreement and the
Operative Agreements. Each of this Agreement and the Operative Agreements
(not including the Credit Agreements) to which any of the Teekay Entities is
a party has been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by each
such Teekay Entity party hereto and thereto.
(x) Enforceability of Contribution Documents. Assuming due
authorization, execution and delivery by THL, the Contribution Documents
constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of each of the Teekay
Entities parties thereto, enforceable against each such Teekay Entity in
accordance with its respective terms, except that (i) the enforceability
thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws relating to or
affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity
(regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law) and (ii) the indemnity, contribution and exoneration
provisions contained in any of such agreements may be limited by applicable
laws and public policy.
(xi) Sufficiency of Contribution Documents. Each of the Contribution
Documents is in a form legally sufficient under the law of the State of New
York to transfer or convey to, or vest in, the Company Entities, as the case
may be, the properties identified in such Contribution Documents, subject to
the conditions, reservations and limitations contained in such Contribution
Documents. The Company Entities, upon execution and delivery of the
Contribution Documents, succeeded or will succeed in all material respects
under the law of the State of New York to the business, assets, properties,
liabilities and operations of the Teekay Tankers Predecessor to the extent
provided by such Contribution Documents.
(xii) No Conflicts. None of the offering, issuance and sale by the
Company of the Securities, the execution, delivery and performance by the
Teekay Entities of this Agreement or the Operative Agreements, or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including
the Transactions) (i) conflicts or will conflict with or constitutes or will
constitute a violation of the organizational documents of any
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Company Entity, (ii) violates or will violate any statute, law, rule,
regulation, judgment, order or decree known to such counsel of any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or
other authority situated in, the Republic of The Xxxxxxxx Islands, or (iii)
to such counsel’s knowledge, results or will result in the creation or
imposition of any Lien upon any property or assets of any of the Company
Entities other than under the Credit Agreements.
(xiii) No Consents. No Consent (as defined under Section 1(t)) under
the law of the Republic of The Xxxxxxxx Islands is required for the
offering, issuance and sale by the Company of the Securities, the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Operative Agreements by
the Teekay Entities party thereto or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or the Operative Agreements.
(xiv) Permits. To the knowledge of such counsel, no Permits (as
defined under Section 1(cc) of this Agreement) of, or declarations or
filings with, any governmental or regulatory authorities of the Republic of
The Xxxxxxxx Islands are required for any of the Company Entities to own or
lease its properties and to conduct its business in the manner described in
the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(xv) Accuracy of Statements. The statements in the Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus under the captions “Business-Regulation- Environmental
Regulation-International Maritime Organization,”
“Business-Regulation-Environmental Regulations-U.S. Requirements,”
“Business-Regulation-Environmental Regulation-Other Environmental
Initiatives,” “Business-Regulation-Vessel Security Regulation,”
“Business-Taxation of the Company-Xxxxxxxx Islands Taxation,” “Comparison of
Xxxxxxxx Islands Corporate Law to Delaware Corporate Law,” “Non-U.S. Tax
Consequences” and “Service of Process and Enforcement of Civil Liabilities,”
insofar as they constitute descriptions of agreements governed by Xxxxxxxx
Islands law, fairly describe in all material respects the portions of the
agreements addressed thereby, and insofar as they purport to constitute
summaries of Xxxxxxxx Islands law or legal conclusions, fairly describe in
all material respects the portions of the statutes and regulations addressed
thereby.
(xvi) Negative Assurance. Although we have not independently verified,
are not passing on and are not assuming any responsibility for the accuracy,
completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration
Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the captions
“Business-Regulation-Environmental Regulation- International Maritime
Organization,” “Business-Regulation- Environmental Regulations-U.S.
Requirements,” “Business-Regulation- Environmental Regulation- Other
Environmental Initiatives,” “Business-
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Regulation-Vessel Security Regulation,” “Business-Taxation of the
Company-Xxxxxxxx Islands Taxation,” “Comparison of Xxxxxxxx Islands
Corporate Law to Delaware Corporate Law,” “Non-U.S. Tax Consequences” and
“Service of Process and Enforcement of Civil Liabilities” (except to the
extent specified in the foregoing opinion), no facts have come to such
counsel’s attention that lead such counsel to believe that the
above-referenced sections of the Registration Statement, as of its effective
date, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, that the above-referenced sections of the
Prospectus, as of its issue date and the Closing Date, contains or contained
an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or that the
above-referenced sections of the Disclosure Package, as of the Execution
Time, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(xvii) Choice of Law. The choice of New York law to govern this
Agreement constitutes a valid choice of law under the law of the Republic of
The Xxxxxxxx Islands.
(xviii) Non-Exclusive Jurisdiction. The submission by the Company to
the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any Federal or state court in the Borough
of Manhattan, The City of New York, is a valid submission under the law of
the Republic of The Xxxxxxxx Islands.
(xix) Enforcement of Judgments. A judgment granted by a foreign court
against the Company may be enforced in the Republic of The Xxxxxxxx Islands
without a retrial on the merits of the matter provided that: (i) the
judgment is for a sum of money and is final in the jurisdiction granting the
judgment; (ii) the court granting the judgment had jurisdiction under the
laws of the place where it sat and the judgment does not offend principles
of the Republic of The Xxxxxxxx Islands as to due process, propriety or
public order, and (iii) the defendant was actually present in person or by a
duly appointed representative and the judgment does not constitute in effect
a default judgment.
(xx) Conformity of Securities to Description in Prospectus. The
Securities and the Parent Shares conform in all material respects to the
descriptions thereof contained in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(xxi) No Restrictions. There are no restrictions on subsequent
transfers of the Securities under the law of the Republic of The Xxxxxxxx
Islands.
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(xxii) No Immunity. None of the Teekay Parties nor any of their
respective properties or assets has any immunity from the jurisdiction of
any court or from any legal process (whether through service or notice,
attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution or otherwise)
under the laws of the Republic of The Xxxxxxxx Islands or any political
subdivisions thereof.
(xxiii) Taxes. No capital gains, income, withholding or other taxes
are payable by or on behalf of the Underwriters to the Republic of The
Xxxxxxxx Islands, or to any taxing authority thereof or therein in
connection with the sale and delivery by the Company of the Securities to or
for the respective accounts of the Underwriters or the sale and delivery by
the Underwriters of the Securities to the initial purchasers thereof.
(xxiv) Dividends and Distributions. All dividends and other
distributions declared and payable on the shares of capital stock of the
Company may, under the current laws and regulations of the Republic of The
Xxxxxxxx Islands, be paid in U.S. dollars and may be freely transferred out
of the Republic of The Xxxxxxxx Islands, and all such dividends and other
distributions will not be subject to withholding or other taxes under the
laws and regulations of the Republic of The Xxxxxxxx Islands and are
otherwise free and clear of any other tax, withholding or deduction and
without the necessity of obtaining any Consents of or with any court or
governmental agency or body in the Republic of The Xxxxxxxx Islands.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may (A) rely in respect of matters of fact upon
certificates of officers and employees of the Teekay Entities and upon information obtained
from public officials, (B) assume that all documents submitted to them as originals are
authentic, that all copies submitted to them conform to the originals thereof, and that the
signatures on all documents examined by them are genuine, (C) state that their opinion is
limited to Federal laws, the laws of the State of New York and the laws of the Republic of
The Xxxxxxxx Islands, (D) state that they express no opinion with respect to the title of
any of the Teekay Entities to any of their respective real or personal property purported to
be transferred by the Contribution Documents nor with respect to the accuracy or
descriptions of real or personal property. References to the Prospectus in this
paragraph (c) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date.
Such counsel will state that their opinion filed as Exhibit 8.2 to the Registration
Statement is confirmed and the Underwriters may rely upon such opinion as if it were
addressed to them.
(d) The Company shall have requested and caused Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, special
English counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Representatives their written
opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect that:
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(i) Enforceability of Management Agreement and Pooling Agreement. Each
of the Management Agreement and the Pooling Agreement constitutes a valid
and legally binding obligation of each of the Teekay Entities parties
thereto, enforceable against each such Teekay Entity in accordance with its
respective terms, except that (i) the enforceability thereof may be limited
by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization,
moratorium and similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights
generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (ii)
the indemnity, contribution and exoneration provisions contained in any of
such agreements may be limited by applicable laws and public policy.
(e) The Company shall have requested and caused Xxxxxxx Coie LLP, counsel for the
Company, to have furnished to the Representatives their written opinion, dated the Closing
Date and addressed to the Representatives, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Representatives, to the effect that:
(i) Tax Opinion. The opinion of Xxxxxxx Coie LLP that is filed as
Exhibit 8.1 to the Registration Statement is confirmed and the Underwriters
may rely upon such opinion as if it were addressed to them.
(ii) No Options. To the knowledge of such counsel and except as
described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no
outstanding options or warrants to purchase any Securities in any of the
Company Entities.
(iii) No Registration Rights. Except as described in the Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus, to the knowledge of such counsel, there are no
contracts, agreements or understandings between any of the Teekay Entities
and any person granting such person the right to require any of the Teekay
Entities to file a registration statement under the Act with respect to any
securities of any of the Company Entities owned or to be owned by such
person or to require any of the Teekay Entities to include such securities
in the securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement or in
any securities being registered pursuant to any other registration statement
filed by any Company Entity under the Act.
(iv) Accuracy of Statements. The statements in the Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus under the captions “Our Dividend Policy and Restrictions
on Dividends-Limitations on Dividends and Our Ability to Change Our Dividend
Policy,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations-Liquidity and Capital Resources-New Credit Facility,”
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations-Liquidity and Capital Resources-Covenants and Other Restrictions
in Our Financing
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Agreements,” “Business-Our Charters and Participation in the Teekay
Pool-Spot Charters,” “Business-Our Charters and Participation in the Teekay
Pool-Time Charters,” “Our Manager and Management-Related
Agreements-Management Agreement” “Our Manager and Management-Related Agreements-Pooling
Agreement” and “Certain Relationships and Related-Party
Transactions-Contribution, Conveyance and Assumption Agreement,” insofar as
they constitute descriptions of agreements, fairly describe in all material
respects the portions of the agreements addressed thereby; provided,
however, that such counsel need not express any opinion with respect to
Xxxxxxxx Islands law.
(v) Effectiveness of Registration Statement. The Registration
Statement has been declared effective under the Act; any required filing of
the Prospectus and of, any supplements thereto pursuant to Rule 424(b) has
been made in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b);
and, to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued under the Act
and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened.
(vi) Compliance as to Form. The Registration Statement and the
Prospectus (other than the financial statements and other financial and
statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need not
express any opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the
applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder.
(vii) Legal Proceedings or Contracts to be Described or Filed. To the
knowledge of such counsel, (i) there is no pending or threatened action,
suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority
or body or any arbitrator involving any of the Teekay Entities or its
property of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration
Statement which is not disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus as required and (ii) there is no agreement, franchise, contract,
indenture, lease or other document or instrument of a character that are
required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus by
the Act or to be filed by the Act as exhibits to the Registration Statement
that are not described or filed as required.
(viii) Investment Company. No Company Entity is an “investment
company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
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(ix) Private Placement. The offer, sale and issuance of the Parent
Shares to Parent are exempt from the registration requirements of the Act.
(x) NYSE Listing. The application of the Company to list the
Securities on the NYSE has been approved by the NYSE.
(xi)
No Immunity.
To the knowledge of such counsel, none of the Teekay Parties nor any
of their respective properties or assets has any immunity from the
jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through
service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of
execution of otherwise) under the laws of the United States or any
political subdivisions thereof.
(xii) Enforceability of Registration Rights Agreement. The Registration
Rights Agreement constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of each
of the Company and the Parent, enforceable against each of them in
accordance with its respective terms, except that (i) the enforceability
thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws relating to or
affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity
(regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in
equity or law) and (ii) the indemnity, contribution and exoneration
provisions contained in any of such agreements may be limited by applicable
laws and public policy.
In addition, such counsel shall state that, in the course of such counsel’s
participation, as counsel to the Company, in the preparation of the Registration Statement,
the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, such counsel has examined information available
to it, including legal records, documents and proceedings, and has attended conferences
with, among others, representatives of the Underwriters, officers and other representatives
of the Company and the independent public accountants for the Company, at which conferences
the contents of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus were
discussed. Such counsel shall also state that, without undertaking to determine
independently or assuming any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of
the statements contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, such counsel has
no reason to believe that: (i) the Registration Statement, as of its effective date,
contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
(ii) the Disclosure Package, as of the Execution Time, contained 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; or (iii) the Prospectus, as of its issue date or as of the Closing Date,
contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits 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 (except that such counsel need not
express any statement or belief with respect to (x) the financial statements included
therein, including the notes and schedules thereto and the auditor’s report, thereon, or (y)
the other financial or statistical data included in the Registration Statement, Disclosure
Package or the Prospectus).
(f) The Company shall have requested and caused Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, special Bahamian counsel
for the Company, to have furnished to the Representatives their
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written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect that:
(i) Ownership of Vessels. Each of the vessels identified in Schedule
III hereto as registered under the laws of the Bahamas is registered under
the law of the Bahamas in the ownership of the owning entity identified in
Schedule III hereto, free and clear of all recorded pledges, liens,
encumbrances, security interests, charges, equities or other claims, except
(i) as described, and subject to limitations contained, in the Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus or (ii) as do not materially affect the value of
such property, taken as a whole, as they have been used in the past and are
proposed to be used in the future, as described in the Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus.
(g) The Company shall have requested and caused Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Executive Vice
President and General Counsel for Parent, to have furnished to the Representatives a letter,
dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, which shall state that such counsel has
participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Teekay Entities
and the independent public accountants of the Company and your representatives, at which the
contents of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and
related matters were discussed, and although such counsel has not independently verified, is
not passing on, and is not assuming any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or
fairness of the statements contained in, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus, no facts have come to such counsel’s attention that lead such counsel to
believe that: (i) the Registration Statement (other than (x) the financial statements
included therein, including the notes and schedules thereto and the auditors’ reports
thereon, and (y) the other financial and statistical information included therein, as to
which such counsel need not comment), as of its effective date contained an untrue statement
of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (ii) the Disclosure Package (other
than (x) the financial statements included therein, including the notes and schedules
thereto and the auditors’ reports thereon, and (y) the other financial and statistical
information included therein, as to which such counsel need not comment), as of the
Execution Time contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; or (iii) the Prospectus (other than (x) the
financial statements included therein, including the notes and schedules thereto and the
auditors’ reports thereon, and (y) the other financial and statistical information included
therein, as to which such counsel need not comment), as of its issue date and the Closing
Date contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(h) The Representatives shall have received from Cravath, Swaine & Xxxxx LLP, counsel
for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the
Representatives, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities,
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the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus (together with any
supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Representatives may reasonably require,
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.
(i) Each of Parent, the Manager and the Company shall have furnished to the
Underwriters a certificate, signed by the principal executive officer and the principal
financial officer of each such entity, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the
Underwriters, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the
Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as well as each electronic road show
used in connection with the offering of the Securities, and this Agreement and that:
(i) the representations and warranties of the Teekay Parties in this
Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same
effect as if made on the Closing Date and each Teekay Party has complied
with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be
performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date;
(ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to such entity’s
knowledge, threatened; and
(iii) since the date of the most recent financial statements included
in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement
thereto), there has been no material adverse effect on the general affairs,
condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business,
properties, assets or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course
of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
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(j) The Company shall have requested and caused Ernst & Young LLP to have furnished to
the Representatives, at the Execution Time and at the Closing Date, letters, dated
respectively as of the Execution Time and as of the Closing Date, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, confirming that they are independent
accountants with respect to the Teekay Entities within the meaning of the Act and the
Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission thereunder
and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (the “PCAOB”) and
that they have performed a review of the unaudited interim financial information of Teekay
Tankers Predecessor for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 and as at
June 30, 2007, in accordance with Statement on Auditing Standards No. 100 and stating in
effect that:
(i) in their opinion the audited financial statements and financial
statement schedules included in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus and reported on by them comply as to form in
all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act
and the related rules and regulations adopted by the Commission;
(ii) on the basis of a reading of the latest unaudited financial
statements made available by the Company and its subsidiaries; their limited
review, in accordance with standards of the PCAOB as described in Statement
on Auditing Standards No. 100, of the unaudited interim financial
information for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 and as at
June 30, 2007; carrying out certain specified procedures (but not an
examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards) which
would not necessarily reveal matters of significance with respect to the
comments set forth in such letter; a reading of the minutes of the meetings
of the stockholders, directors and committees of the Company and Parent; and
inquiries of certain officials of the Company who have responsibility for
financial and accounting matters of the Company and its subsidiaries as to
transactions and events subsequent to December 31, 2006, nothing came to
their attention which caused them to believe that:
(1) any unaudited interim financial statements included in the
Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus
do not comply as to form in all material respects with applicable
accounting requirements of the Act and with the related rules and
regulations adopted by the Commission with respect to registration
statements on Form F-1; and any material modifications should be made
to said unaudited financial statements for them to be in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a basis
substantially consistent with that of the audited financial
statements included in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus;
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(2) with respect to the period subsequent to June 30, 2007,
there were any changes, at a specified date not more than five days
prior to the date of the letter, in the long-term debt of Teekay
Tankers Predecessor or decreases in the consolidated net current
assets (working capital) or stockholders’ equity of Teekay Tankers
Predecessor as compared with the amounts shown on the June 30, 2007
consolidated balance sheet included in the Registration Statement,
the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, or for the period from
July 1, 2007 to such specified date there were any decreases, as
compared with the corresponding period during the preceding year in
combined net revenues or net income of Teekay Tankers Predecessor,
except in all instances for changes or decreases set forth in such
letter, in which case the letter shall be accompanied by an
explanation by the Company as to the significance thereof unless said
explanation is not deemed necessary by the Representatives; or
(3) the information included in the Registration Statement, the
Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus in response to Form 20-F,
Item 3A (Selected Financial Data) and Form 20-F, Item 6B
(Compensation) is not in conformity in all material respects with the
applicable disclosure requirements of Form F-1 and Form 20-F.
(iii) they have performed certain other specified procedures as a
result of which they determined that certain information of an accounting,
financial or statistical nature (which is limited to accounting, financial
or statistical information derived from the general accounting records of
the Company and Teekay Tankers Predecessor) set forth in the Registration
Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, including the
information set forth under the captions “Summary — Summary Historical
Combined Carve-out Financial and Operating Data,” “Capitalization,”
“Dilution,” “Selected Historical and Pro Forma Financial and Operating Data”
and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations” in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, agrees with
the accounting records of the Company and Teekay Tankers Predecessor,
excluding any questions of legal interpretation; and
(iv) on the basis of a reading of the unaudited pro forma financial
statements included in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus (the “pro forma financial
statements”); carrying out certain specified procedures; inquiries of
certain officials of Teekay Entities who have responsibility for financial
and accounting matters; and proving the arithmetic accuracy of the
application of the pro forma adjustments to the historical amounts in the
pro forma financial statements, nothing came to their attention which caused
them to
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believe that the pro forma financial statements do not comply as to
form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of
Rule 11-02 of Regulation S-X or that the pro forma adjustments have not been
properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of such
statements.
References to the Prospectus in this paragraph (h) include any supplement thereto at the date
of the letter.
(k) Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of which information
is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the
Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), there shall not have been
(i) any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (h)
of this Section 6 or (ii) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in
or affecting the general affairs, management, condition (financial or otherwise),
stockholders’ equity, members’ equity, results of operations, business, properties, assets
or prospects of the Company Entities taken as a whole, whether or not arising from
transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in
the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto) the effect
of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the sole judgment of
the Representatives, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to
proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Registration
Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
(exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).
(l) Prior to the Closing Date, the Teekay Entities shall have furnished to the
Representatives such further information, certificates and documents as the Representatives
may reasonably request.
(m) Subsequent to the Execution Time, there shall not have been any decrease in the
rating of any of the debt securities of the Company Entities by any “nationally recognized
statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Act) or
any notice given of any intended or potential decrease in any such rating or of a possible
change in any such rating that does not indicate the direction of the possible change.
(n) The Securities shall have been listed and admitted and authorized for trading on
the NYSE, and satisfactory evidence of such actions shall have been provided to the
Representatives.
(o) At the Execution Time, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a
lock-up letter substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto from each officer and
director of the Company and addressed to the Representatives.
If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as
provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere
in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance
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to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, this Agreement and all obligations of
the Underwriters hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the
Representatives. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing or by
telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing.
The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 shall be delivered at the office of
Cravath, Swaine & Xxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, at Worldwide Plaza, 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, on the Closing Date.
7. Reimbursement of Underwriters’ Expenses. If the sale of the Securities provided
for herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set
forth in Section 6 hereof is not satisfied, because of any termination pursuant to Section 10
hereof or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Teekay Parties to perform
any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof other than by reason of a default by any
of the Underwriters, the Teekay Parties will reimburse the Underwriters severally through Citigroup
Global Markets Inc. on demand for all out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel) that shall have been reasonably incurred by them in connection with the
proposed purchase and sale of the Securities.
8. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Teekay Parties, jointly and severally,
agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees and
agents of each Underwriter and each person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of
either the Act or the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities,
joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act
or other Federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law 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 a material fact contained in the
registration statement for the registration of the Securities as originally filed or in any
amendment thereof, or in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, 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 agrees to reimburse each such
indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in
connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action;
provided, however, that the Teekay Parties 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 any such
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Teekay Parties by or on
behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion therein. This
indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Teekay Parties may otherwise
have.
(b) The Teekay Parties, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and the directors, officers, employees and agents of Citigroup
Global Markets Inc. and each person, who controls Citigroup Global Markets Inc. within the
meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act (the “Citigroup Entities”), from and
against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities to which they may become subject
under the Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal or state
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statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise (including, without limitation,
any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or
investigating any such action or claim), insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) (i) arise out of or are based upon any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the prospectus wrapper
material prepared by or with the consent of the Teekay Parties for distribution in foreign
jurisdictions in connection with the Directed Shares Program attached to the Prospectus or
any 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 statement in such wrapper material, when considered in conjunction with the Prospectus
or to any applicable preliminary prospectus, not misleading; (ii) were caused by the failure
of any Participant to pay for and accept delivery of the securities which immediately
following the Effective Date of the Registration Statement, were subject to a properly
confirmed agreement to purchase; or (iii) are related to, arising out of, or in connection
with the Directed Shares Program, except that this clause (iii) shall not apply to the
extent that such loss, claim, damage or liability is finally judicially determined to have
resulted primarily from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any of the Citigroup
Entities.
(c) In addition to and without limitation of the Teekay Parties’ obligations to
indemnify Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC as an Underwriter, the Teekay Parties also, jointly
and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Independent Underwriter, the
directors, officers, employees and agents of the Independent Underwriter and each person who
controls the Independent Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange
Act from and against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as
incurred, incurred as a result of the Independent Underwriter’s participation as a
“qualified independent underwriter” within the meaning of Rule 2720 of the Conduct Rules of
the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority in connection with the offering of the
Securities.
(d) Each Underwriter severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
the Teekay Parties, each of their respective directors, each of their respective officers
who signs the Registration Statement, and each person who controls the Teekay Parties within
the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the indemnity in
Section 8(a) from the Teekay Parties to each Underwriter, but only with reference to written
information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Teekay Parties by or on behalf of
such Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion in the documents
referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any
liability which any Underwriter may otherwise have. The Teekay Parties acknowledge that the
statements set forth (i) in the last paragraph of the cover page regarding delivery of the
Securities and (ii) under the heading “Underwriting”, (A) the list of Underwriters and their
respective participation in the sale of the Securities, (B) the sentences related to
concessions and reallowances and (C) the paragraph related to stabilization, syndicate
covering transactions and penalty bids in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus
constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the several
Underwriters for inclusion in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus.
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(e) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of
the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof
is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying
party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying
party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) above
unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results
in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will
not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified
party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d)
above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel of the indemnifying
party’s choice at the indemnifying party’s expense to represent the indemnified party in any
action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not
thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel retained by the
indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided, however,
that such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party.
Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to appoint counsel to represent the
indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ one
separate counsel (in addition to local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the
reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel
chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such
counsel with a conflict of interest, (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets
of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the
indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available
to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those
available to the indemnifying party, (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed
counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party
within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action or (iv) the
indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the
expense of the indemnifying party. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior
written consent of the indemnified parties (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld, conditioned or delayed), settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any
judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in
respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the
indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such
settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified
party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, (x) if indemnity may be sought
pursuant to Section 8(b) 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 Citigroup Global Markets Inc., the directors, officers, employees and
agents of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., and all persons, if any, who control Citigroup
Global Markets Inc. within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act for the defense
of any losses, claims, damages and liabilities arising out of the Directed Share Program and
(y) if indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 8(c) hereof in respect of such action or
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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 Independent Underwriter in its
capacity as a “qualified independent underwriter”, the directors, officers, employees and
agents of the Independent Underwriter, and all persons, if any, who control the Independent
Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act in connection with any
one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out
of the same general allegations or circumstances if, in the reasonable judgment of the
Independent Underwriter, there may exist a conflict of interest between the Independent
Underwriter and the other indemnified parties. Any such separate counsel for the
Independent Underwriter and such control persons of the Independent Underwriter shall be
designated in writing by the Independent Underwriter.
(f) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this
Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any
reason, the Teekay Parties, jointly and severally, and the Underwriters severally agree to
contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending the same)
(collectively “Losses”) to which one or more of the Teekay Parties and one or more
of the Underwriters may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative benefits received by the Teekay Parties on the one hand and by the Underwriters on
the other from the Offering; provided, however, that in no case shall any
Underwriter (except as may be provided in any agreement among underwriters relating to the
offering of the Securities) be responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting
discount or commission applicable to the Securities purchased by such Underwriter hereunder.
If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any
reason, the Teekay Parties and the Underwriters severally shall contribute in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the
relative fault of the Teekay Parties on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other in
connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses as well as any
other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Teekay Parties shall be
deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds from the Offering (before deducting expenses)
received by it, and benefits received by the Underwriters shall be deemed to be equal to the
total underwriting discounts and commissions, in each case as set forth on the cover page of
the Prospectus. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or
alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the Teekay
Parties on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other, the intent of the parties and
their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
untrue statement or omission. The Teekay Parties and the Underwriters agree that Wachovia
Capital Markets, LLC will not receive any additional benefits from the Teekay Parties
hereunder or otherwise for serving as the Independent Underwriter in connection with the
offering and sale of the Securities. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would
not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or any
other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations
referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (f), no person guilty
of fraudulent
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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. For
purposes of this Section 8, each person who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of
either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of an
Underwriter shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each person
who controls any of the Teekay Parties within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange
Act, each officer of any of the Teekay Parties who shall have signed the Registration
Statement and each director of any of the Teekay Parties shall have the same rights to
contribution as the Teekay Parties, subject in each case to the applicable terms and
conditions of this paragraph (f).
9. Default by an Underwriter. If any one or more Underwriters shall fail to purchase
and pay for any of the Securities agreed to be purchased by such Underwriter or Underwriters
hereunder and such failure to purchase shall constitute a default in the performance of its or
their obligations under this Agreement, the remaining Underwriters shall be obligated severally to
take up and pay for (in the respective proportions which the amount of Securities set forth
opposite their names in Schedule I hereto bears to the aggregate amount of Securities set forth
opposite the names of all the remaining Underwriters) the Securities which the defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase; provided, however, that
in the event that the aggregate amount of Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 10% of the aggregate amount of Securities
set forth in Schedule I hereto, the remaining Underwriters shall have the right to purchase all,
but shall not be under any obligation to purchase any, of the Securities, and if such nondefaulting
Underwriters do not purchase all the Securities, this Agreement will terminate without liability to
any nondefaulting Underwriter or the Teekay Parties. In the event of a default by any Underwriter
as set forth in this Section 9, the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding
five Business Days, as the Representatives shall determine in order that the required changes in
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be
effected. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its
liability, if any, to the Teekay Parties and any nondefaulting Underwriter for damages occasioned
by its default hereunder.
10. Termination. This Agreement shall be subject to termination in the absolute
discretion of the Representatives, by notice given to the Company prior to delivery of and payment
for the Securities, if at any time prior to such delivery and payment (i) trading in the Company’s
Class A Common Stock shall have been suspended by the Commission or the NYSE or trading in
securities generally on the NYSE shall have been suspended or limited or minimum prices shall have
been established on such exchange, (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared either by
Federal or New York State authorities or (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation
of hostilities, declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war, or other calamity
or crisis the effect of which on financial markets is such as to make it, in the sole judgment of
the Representatives, impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the
Securities as contemplated by the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (exclusive of any
supplement thereto).
11. Representations and Indemnities to Survive. The respective agreements,
representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the Teekay Parties or their
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respective officers and of the Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement
will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any
Underwriter or the Teekay Parties or any of the officers, directors, employees, agents or
controlling persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for
the Securities. The provisions of Sections 7, 8 and 9 hereof shall survive the termination or
cancellation of this Agreement.
12. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on
receipt, and, if sent to the Representatives, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to the
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. General Counsel (fax no.: (000) 000-0000) and confirmed to the
General Counsel, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., at 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, 00000,
Attention: General Counsel and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, 0000 Xxxxxxxx, xxx Xxxx, Xxx
Xxxx 00000, Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk, with a copy to the Legal Department; or, if sent to
the Company, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to Teekay Tankers Ltd., Bayside House, Bayside
Executive Park, West Bay Street and Xxxxx Xxxx, X.X. Xxx XX-00000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx of the
Bahamas, Attn. Corporate Secretary (fax no. 000-000-0000), with a copy to Xxxxxxx Coie LLP, 0000
X.X. Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx 00000-0000, Attn: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx (fax no.
000-000-0000).
13. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers, directors, employees, agents and
controlling persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and no other person will have any right or
obligation hereunder.
14. No fiduciary duty. Each of the Teekay Parties hereby acknowledges that (a) the
purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial
transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters and any affiliate through
which it may be acting, on the other, (b) the Underwriters are acting as principal and not as an
agent or fiduciary of any of the Teekay Parties and (c) the Company’s engagement of the
Underwriters in connection with the offering and the process leading up to the offering is as
independent contractors and not in any other capacity. Furthermore, each of the Teekay Parties
agree that it is solely responsible for making its own judgments in connection with the Offering
(irrespective of whether any of the Underwriters has advised or is currently advising it on related
or other matters). Each of the Teekay Parties agrees that it will not claim that the Underwriters
have rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owe an agency, fiduciary or similar
duty to the Company, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.
15. Integration. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings
(whether written or oral) between the Teekay Parties and the Underwriters, or any of them, with
respect to the subject matter hereof.
16. Judicial Proceedings.
(a) Each of the Teekay Parties irrevocably (i) agrees that any legal suit, action or
proceeding against it arising out of or based upon this Agreement, the transactions
contemplated hereby or alleged violations of the securities laws of the United States or
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any state in the United States may be instituted in any New York court, (ii) waive, to
the fullest extent it may effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter
have to the laying of venue of any such proceeding in any New York court and (iii) submits
to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. Each
of the Teekay Parties has appointed Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx, New York, New York, as its
authorized agent (the “Authorized Agent”), upon whom process may be served in any
such action arising out of or based on this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby
or any alleged violations of the securities laws of the United States or any state in the
United States which may be instituted in any New York court, expressly consents to the
jurisdiction of any such court in respect of any such action, and waives any other
requirements of or objections to personal jurisdiction with respect thereto. Such
appointment shall be irrevocable. Each of the Teekay Parties represents and warrants that
the Authorized Agent has agreed to act as such agent for service of process and agrees to
take any and all action, including the filing of any and all documents and instruments, that
may be necessary to continue such appointment in full force and effect as aforesaid.
Service of process upon the Authorized Agent and written notice of such service to any of
the Teekay Parties shall be deemed, in every respect, effective service of process upon such
Teekay Party.
(b) If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a
sum due hereunder into any currency other than U.S. dollars, the parties hereto agree, to
the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be
the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Underwriters could
purchase U.S. dollars with such other currency in the City of New York on the business day
preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligations of the Teekay Parties in
respect of any sum due from it to the Underwriters shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a
currency other than U.S. dollars, not be discharged until the first business day, following
receipt by the Underwriters of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency, on
which (and only to the extent that) the Underwriters may in accordance with normal banking
procedures purchase U.S. dollars with such other currency; if the U.S. dollars so purchased
are less than the sum originally due to the Underwriters hereunder, each of the Teekay
Parties agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, that the
party responsible for such judgment shall indemnify the Underwriters against such loss. If
the U.S. dollars so purchased are greater than the sum originally due to the Underwriters
hereunder, the Underwriters agree to pay to the applicable Teekay Party an amount equal to
the excess of the dollars so purchased over the sum originally due to the Underwriters
hereunder.
17. Applicable Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed within the
State of New York.
18. Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the Teekay Parties hereby irrevocably waives, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
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19. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of
which shall constitute an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same
agreement.
20. Headings. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not
affect the construction hereof.
21. Definitions. The terms that follow, when used in this Agreement, shall have the
meanings indicated.
“Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission promulgated thereunder.
“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day
on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or obligated by law to close in New
York City.
“Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Disclosure Package” shall mean (i) the Preliminary Prospectus that is generally distributed
to investors and used to offer the Securities, including any document that is incorporated by
reference therein (ii) the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule II
hereto and (iii) any other Free Writing Prospectus that the parties hereto shall hereafter
expressly agree in writing to treat as part of the Disclosure Package.
“Effective Date” shall mean each date and time that the Registration Statement, any
post-effective amendment or amendments thereto and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement became or
becomes effective.
“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
“Execution Time” shall mean the date and time that this Agreement is executed and delivered by
the parties hereto.
“FCPA” means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and
regulations thereunder.
“Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean a free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405.
“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in
Rule 433.
“Preliminary Prospectus” shall mean any preliminary prospectus referred to in Section 1(a)
above and any preliminary prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the Effective Date
that omits Rule 430A Information.
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“Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus relating to the Securities that is first filed pursuant
to Rule 424(b) after the Execution Time.
“Registration Statement” shall mean the registration statement referred to in Section 1(a)
above, including exhibits and financial statements and any prospectus supplement relating to the
Securities that is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and deemed part of such
registration statement pursuant to Rule 430A, as amended at the Execution Time and, in the event
any post-effective amendment thereto or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement becomes effective
prior to the Closing Date, shall also mean such registration statement as so amended or such Rule
462(b) Registration Statement, as the case may be.
“Rule 158”, “Rule 163”, “Rule 164”, “Rule 172”, “Rule 405”, “Rule 415”, “Rule 424”, “Rule
430A”, “Rule 433” and “Rule 462” refer to such rules under the Act.
“Rule 430A Information” shall mean information with respect to the Securities and the offering
thereof permitted to be omitted from the Registration Statement when it becomes effective pursuant
to Rule 430A.
“Rule 462(b) Registration Statement” shall mean a registration statement and any amendments
thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) relating to the offering covered by the registration
statement referred to in Section 1(a) hereof.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and
return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall
represent a binding agreement among Parent, the Company, the Manager and the several Underwriters.
Very truly yours, | ||||||
Teekay Corporation | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: | ||||||
Teekay Tankers Management, Ltd. | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: | ||||||
Teekay Tankers Ltd. | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: |
The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written. | ||||
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | ||||
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated | ||||
By:
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Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | |||
By: |
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Name:
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Title: |
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By:
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated | |||
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Name:
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For themselves and the other several Underwriters named in Schedule I to the foregoing Agreement. |
SCHEDULE I
Number of Firm Securities | ||||
Underwriters | to be Purchased | |||
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated |
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Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated |
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Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC |
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Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. |
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X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. |
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Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Company, LLC |
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Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. |
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Xxxxxxx Rice & Company L.L.C. |
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Total |
10,000,000 | |||
SCHEDULE II
Schedule of Free Writing Prospectuses included in the Disclosure Package
[None].
SCHEDULE III
Subsidiary | Jurisdiction of Registration | Vessel Name | ||
Xxxx Spirit L.L.C.
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Bahamas | Xxxx Spirit | ||
Matterhorn Spirit L.L.C.
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Bahamas | Matterhorn Spirit | ||
Everest Spirit Holding L.L.C.
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Bahamas | Everest Spirit | ||
Kanata Spirit Holding L.L.C.
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Bahamas | Kanata Spirit | ||
Kareela Spirit Holding L.L.C.
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Bahamas | Kareela Spirit | ||
Kyeema Spirit Holding L.L.C.
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Bahamas | Kyeema Spirit | ||
Nassau Spirit Holding L.L.C.
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Bahamas | Nassau Spirit | ||
Falster Spirit Holding L.L.C.
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Bahamas | Falster Spirit | ||
Sotra Spirit Holding L.L.C.
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Bahamas | Sotra Spirit |
SCHEDULE IV
1. Xxxx Spirit Time Charter Party, dated September 4, 2007, between Teekay Chartering Limited as
Disponent Owner and ConocoPhillips Company as Charterer.
2. Matterhorn Spirit Time Charter Party between Teekay Chartering Limited as Disponent Owner and
Eiger Shipping SA as Charterer. The parties intend to sign this agreement with an expected
effective date of November 1, 2007.
3. Kanata Spirit Time Charter Party, dated October 15, 2003, between Teekay Chartering Limited as
Disponent Owner and Sabic Hydrocarbons bv as Charterer, along with Addendums No. 1 – 4.
Falster Spirit Time Charter Party, dated June 12, 2007, between Teekay Chartering Limited as
Disponent Owner and Skaugen Petro Trans Incorporated as Charterer.
[Form of Lock-Up Agreement] | EXHIBIT A | |
[Letterhead of officer, director of
Company]
Teekay Tankers Ltd.
Public Offering of Class A Common Stock
Public Offering of Class A Common Stock
[•], 2007
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
As Representatives of the several Underwriters,
c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
As Representatives of the several Underwriters,
c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter is being delivered to you in connection with the proposed Underwriting Agreement
(the “Underwriting Agreement”), among Teekay Tankers Ltd., a Xxxxxxxx Islands corporation
(the “Company”), Teekay Tankers Management, Ltd., a Xxxxxxxx Islands corporation, Teekay
Corporation, a Xxxxxxxx Islands corporation, and each of you as representatives of a group of
Underwriters named therein, relating to an underwritten public offering of Class A Common Stock,
$0.01 par value per share (the “Class A Common Stock”), of the Company.
In order to induce you and the other Underwriters to enter into the Underwriting Agreement,
the undersigned will not, without the prior written consent of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of
(or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in
the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash
settlement or otherwise) by the undersigned or any affiliate of the undersigned or any person in
privity with the undersigned or any affiliate of the undersigned), directly or indirectly,
including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the
Securities and Exchange Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent
position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Securities
and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder with respect to, any shares of capital stock of the
Company or any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for the Company’s
capital stock, or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period of
[180] days after the date of the Underwriting Agreement, other than shares of Class A Common Stock
disposed of as bona fide gifts approved by Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co.
Incorporated.1
If (i) the Company issues an earnings release or announces material news, or a material event
relating to the Company occurs, during the last 17 days of the lock-up period, or
1 | Any exceptions to the lock-up TBD. |
(ii) prior to the expiration of the lock-up period, the Company announces that it will release
earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the lock-up period, the
restrictions imposed by this agreement shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day
period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the announcement of the material news
or the occurrence of the material event, unless Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx &
Co. Incorporated waive, in writing, such extension. The undersigned hereby acknowledges that the
Company has agreed in the Underwriting Agreement to provide written notice to the undersigned of
any event that would result in an extension of the Lock-Up Period and agrees that any such notice
properly delivered to the undersigned will be deemed to have given to, and received by, the
undersigned.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, to the extent that (a) at any time
subsequent to the execution of this Lock-up Agreement the undersigned would not be required to make
filings under Section 16 for reasons other than the fact that the Company is a foreign private
issuer and is not required to make filings under Sections 13(d) or (g) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 with respect to any Common Stock, and (b) the undersigned has entered into or will
enter into an agreement similar to this Lock-up Agreement (1) in connection with a bona fide issuer
directed share program relating to the underwritten public offering of shares of Class A Common
Stock (a “DSP Program”) with respect to any Class A Common Stock to be purchased in such
DSP Program (the “DSP Shares”) and (2) with any member of the underwriting syndicate or any
affiliate of such member who is acting as administrator of such DSP Program, the terms of such
other similar lock-up agreement and not of this Lock-up Agreement shall govern the undersigned’s
rights with respect to such DSP Shares.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the restrictions herein shall not apply to transactions
relating to the Class A Common Stock acquired in open market transactions after the completion of
the public offering, provided that with respect to any proposed subsequent sales of the Class A
Common Stock acquired in such open market transactions, it shall be a condition to such proposed
subsequent sales that no filing by any party under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934 shall
be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with such sales.
If for any reason the Underwriting Agreement shall be terminated prior to the Closing Date (as
defined in the Underwriting Agreement), this lock-up agreement shall likewise automatically be
terminated.
Yours very truly, | ||
[Signature of officer, director or major stockholder] | ||
[Name and address of officer, director or major stockholder] |