DENBURY RESOURCES INC. $1,000,000,000 8.25% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2020 Underwriting Agreement
Exhibit 1.1
$1,000,000,000 8.25% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2020
February 3, 2010
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
As Representative of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto
c/o X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Denbury Resources Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to
the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting
as representative (the “Representative”), $1.0 billion principal amount of its 8.25% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2020 (the “Securities”). The Securities will be issued pursuant to an
Indenture, dated on or about February 10, 2010 (the “Indenture”) between the Company, the
guarantors listed in Schedule 2 (collectively, the “Denbury Guarantors”), and Xxxxx Fargo Bank,
N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”). Upon consummation of the Merger (as defined below), the Company
shall cause the entities listed on Schedule 3 hereto (collectively, the “Encore Guarantors” and,
together with the Denbury Guarantors, the “Guarantors”) to (i) enter into a joinder agreement to
this Agreement, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Joinder Agreement”)
pursuant to which such Encore Guarantors will become parties hereto and (ii) enter into a
supplemental indenture, a form of which is attached to the Indenture (the “Supplemental
Indenture”), pursuant to which they will become parties to the Indenture and Guarantors of the
Securities. The Securities will be guaranteed on an unsecured senior subordinated basis (the
“Guarantees”) by each of the Denbury Guarantors on the Closing Date and also by each of the Encore
Guarantors upon consummation of the Merger. The representations, warranties, agreements and
obligations of the Encore Guarantors herein shall not become effective until the consummation of
the Merger, at which time such representations, warranties, agreements and obligations shall become
effective pursuant to the Joinder Agreement. Thereafter all representations, warranties,
agreements and obligations of the Company and the Guarantors shall be joint and several. All
representations and warranties made by the Company in this Agreement with respect to Encore and its
subsidiaries (including the Encore Guarantors) are made to the Company’s knowledge, whether or not
so stated in any particular such representation and warranty.
The Securities are being issued and sold in connection with the proposed merger (the “Merger”)
of Encore Acquisition Company, a Delaware corporation (“Encore”), into the Company, pursuant to an
Agreement and Plan of Merger dated October 31, 2009 (the “Merger Agreement”), between the Company
and Encore. The term “Merger Closing Date” shall refer to the date of the consummation of such
Merger.
Pursuant to this Underwriting Agreement (this “Agreement”), the Indenture and the escrow and
security agreement (the “Escrow Agreement”) among the Company, the Trustee and Xxxxx Fargo Bank,
N.A., as escrow agent (the “Escrow Agent”), the Company is required on the Closing Date to direct
the Underwriters to deposit the net proceeds as determined in accordance with Section 2(a) hereof
(the “Offering Proceeds”) into an escrow account (the “Escrow Account”).
The Company hereby confirms its agreement with the several Underwriters concerning the
purchase and sale of the Securities, as follows:
1. Registration Statement. The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”), a registration
statement on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-164630), including a prospectus, relating to the Securities.
Such registration statement, which became effective upon filing with the Commission, including the
information, if any, deemed pursuant to Rule 430A or 430B under the Securities Act to be part of
the registration statement at the time of its effectiveness (“Rule 430 Information”), is referred
to herein as the “Registration Statement”; and as used herein, the term “Preliminary Prospectus”
means the prospectus included in such registration statement (and any amendments thereto) at the
time it was filed that omits Rule 430 Information, and the term “Prospectus” means the prospectus
in the form first used (or made available upon request of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the
Securities Act) in connection with confirmation of sales of the Securities. Any reference in this
Agreement to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be
deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12
of Form S-3 under the Securities Act, as of the effective date of the Registration Statement or the
date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be and any reference to
“amend”, “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after such
date under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange Act”) that are deemed to be incorporated by
reference therein. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to
such terms in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
At or prior to the time when sales of the Securities were first made (the “Time of Sale”), the
Company had prepared the following information (collectively, the “Time of
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Sale Information”): a Preliminary Prospectus dated February 2, 2010, and each “free-writing
prospectus” (as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the Securities Act) listed on Annex B hereto as
constituting part of the Time of Sale Information.
2. Purchase of the Securities by the Underwriters. (a) The Company agrees to issue
and sell the Securities to the several Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and each
Underwriter, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and
subject to the conditions set forth herein, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the
Company the respective principal amount of Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in
Schedule 1 hereto at a price equal to 98.000% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued
interest, if any, from February 10, 2010 to the Closing Date (as defined below); provided that if
the Merger is not consummated prior to May 31, 2010, each of the Underwriters shall rebate to the
Company 50% of the gross spread received by such Underwriter based on the respective principal
amount of Securities purchased by such Underwriter set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in
Schedule 1 hereto. The Company will not be obligated to deliver any of the Securities except upon
payment for all the Securities to be purchased as provided herein.
(b) The Company understands that the Underwriters intend to make a public offering
of the Securities as soon after the effectiveness of this Agreement as in the judgment of the
Representative is advisable, and initially to offer the Securities on the terms set forth in the
Prospectus. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters may offer and sell
Securities to or through any affiliate of an Underwriter and that any such affiliate may offer and
sell Securities purchased by it to or through any Underwriter.
(c) Payment for and delivery of the Securities will be made at the offices of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
& Xxxxxxxx LLP at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on February 10, 2010, or at such other time or
place on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as the
Representative and the Company may agree upon in writing. The time and date of such payment and
delivery is referred to herein as the “Closing Date”.
(d) Payment for the Securities shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds
to the Escrow Accounts against delivery to the nominee of The Depository Trust Company, for the
account of the Underwriters, of one or more global notes representing the Securities (collectively,
the “Global Notes”), with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale of the Securities
duly paid by the Company. The Global Notes will be made available for inspection by the
Representative not later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the business day prior to the
Closing Date.
(e) The Company and the Guarantors acknowledge and agree that each Underwriter is acting
solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Company and the
Guarantors with respect to the offering of Securities contemplated hereby (including in connection
with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a
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financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company, the Guarantors or any other
person. Additionally, neither the Representative nor any other Underwriter is advising the
Company, the Guarantors or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or
regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company and the Guarantors shall consult with their
own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making their own independent
investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Underwriters shall
have no responsibility or liability to the Company or the Guarantors with respect thereto. Any
review by the Underwriters of the Company, the Guarantors and the transactions contemplated hereby
or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the
Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the Company or the Guarantors.
3. Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Guarantors. The Company and
the Guarantors jointly and severally represent and warrant to each Underwriter that:
(a) Preliminary Prospectus. No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary
Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of
filing thereof, complied in all material respects with the Securities Act and did not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company and the Guarantors make no
representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and
in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by
such Underwriter through the Representative expressly for use in any Preliminary Prospectus.
(b) Time of Sale Information. The Time of Sale Information, at the Time of Sale did not, and
at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company and the Guarantors
make no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance
upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in
writing by such Underwriter through the Representative expressly for use in such Time of Sale
Information. No statement of material fact included in the Prospectus has been omitted from the
Time of Sale Information and no statement of material fact included in the Time of Sale Information
that is required to be included in the Prospectus has been omitted therefrom.
(c) Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. The Company (including its agents and representatives,
other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not prepared, made, used, authorized,
approved or referred to and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any
“written communication” (as defined in Rule 405
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under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the
Securities (each such communication by the Company or its agents and representatives, other than
the Underwriters in their capacity as such (other than a communication referred to in clauses (i),
(ii) and (iii) below) an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”) other than (i) any document not
constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or Rule 134 under
the Securities Act, (ii) the Preliminary Prospectus, (iii) the Prospectus, (iv) the documents
listed on Annex B as constituting part of the Time of Sale Information and (v) any electronic road
show or other written communications, in each case approved in writing in advance by the
Representative. Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complied in all material respects with
the Securities Act, has been or will be (within the time period specified in Rule 433) filed in
accordance with the Securities Act (to the extent required thereby) and, when taken together with
the Preliminary Prospectus filed prior to the first use of such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, did
not, and at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company and the
Guarantors make no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in
any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information
relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the
Representative expressly for use in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.
(d) Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf
registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with
the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of
the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto
pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been received by the Company. No order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and no
proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Company or
related to the offering has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable
effective date of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, the Registration Statement
complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively,
the “Trust Indenture Act”), and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make
the statements therein not misleading; and as of the date of the Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date, the Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading; provided that the Company and the Guarantors make no representation and
warranty with respect to (i) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement
of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act or (ii)
any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information
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relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the
Representative expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment
or supplement thereto.
(e) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information, when they were filed with the
Commission, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulation of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange
Act”), and none of such documents contained any 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, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and any further
documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or
the Time of Sale Information, when such documents become effective or are filed with the
Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and will not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
(f) Financial Statements. The financial statements and the related notes thereto included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act
and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and present fairly the financial position of the Company and
its subsidiaries and, to the Company’s knowledge, of Encore and its subsidiaries, as of the dates
indicated and the results of their respective operations and the changes in their respective cash
flows for the periods specified; such financial statements of the Company and, to the Company’s
knowledge, such financial statements of Encore have been prepared in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered
thereby, and the supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement present fairly the information required to be stated therein; the other financial
information of the Company and its subsidiaries and of Encore and its subsidiaries included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus has been derived from the accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries and, to
the Company’s knowledge, of Encore and its subsidiaries, respectively, and presents fairly the
information shown thereby. The pro forma financial information and the related notes thereto
included in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus
have been prepared in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the
assumptions underlying such pro forma financial information are reasonable, and the adjustments
used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions or circumstances referred to
therein.
(g) No Material Adverse Change. Since the date of the most recent financial statements of the
Company and Encore included or incorporated by reference in the
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Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, (i) there has not been any
change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or of
Encore or any of its subsidiaries, or any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside
for payment, paid or made by the Company or Encore on any class of capital stock, or any material
adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting
the business, properties, management, financial position, results of operations or prospects of the
Company and its subsidiaries or of Encore and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (ii) neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor Encore or any of its subsidiaries, has entered into any
transaction or agreement that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries or Encore and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that
is material to the Company and its subsidiaries or Encore and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor Encore or any of its subsidiaries,
has sustained any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or
other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or dispute or
any action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority,
except with respect to each of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), as disclosed in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
(h) Organization and Good Standing. The Company, Encore and each of their respective
subsidiaries have been duly organized and are validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of their respective jurisdictions of organization, are duly qualified to do business and are in
good standing in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the
conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification, and have all power and
authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to conduct the businesses in
which they are engaged, except where the failure to be so qualified, in good standing or have such
power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on
the business, properties, management, financial position, results of operations or prospects of the
Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole and after giving effect to the Merger, or on the
performance by the Company and the Guarantors of their obligations under the Securities and the
Guarantees (a “Material Adverse Effect”). The Company does not own or control, directly or
indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity other than the subsidiaries required to be
listed and so listed in Exhibit 21 to the Registration Statement.
(i) Capitalization. The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and all the outstanding
shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly
and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable (except for general partner
interests) and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, after giving effect to the Merger,
free and clear of any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, restriction on voting or
transfer or any other claim of any third party, except as set forth in any partnership governing
documents.
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(j) Due Authorization. The Company and each of the Denbury Guarantors have full right, power
and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Securities, the Indenture (including each
Guarantee set forth therein) and the Escrow Agreement (together with the Joinder Agreement and the
Supplemental Indenture, the “Transaction Documents”) and to perform their respective obligations
hereunder and thereunder; and all action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization,
execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents to which they are a party and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby has been duly and validly taken.
(k) The Indenture and Escrow Agreement. The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company
and each of the Denbury Guarantors and has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and,
when the Indenture is duly executed and delivered in accordance with its terms by each of the
parties thereto, constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company and each of the
Denbury Guarantors enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms, except as
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability
(collectively, the “Enforceability Exceptions”). The Escrow Agreement has been duly and validly
authorized by the Company and, when such Escrow Agreement is duly executed and delivered the
Company (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Escrow Agent and the
Trustee), will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company enforceable against
it in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by the Enforceability
Exceptions.
(m) The Securities and the Guarantees. The Securities have been duly authorized by the
Company and, when duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture
and paid for as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and will
constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in
accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the
benefits of the Indenture; and on the date hereof, the Guarantees of the Denbury Guarantors have
been duly authorized by each of the Denbury Guarantors and, when the Securities have been duly
executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided
herein will be valid and legally binding obligations of each of the Denbury Guarantors, enforceable
against each of the Denbury Guarantors in accordance with their terms, subject to the
Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
(n) Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Company and each of the Denbury Guarantors.
(o) Descriptions of the Transaction Documents. Each Transaction Document conforms in all
material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of
Sale Information and the Prospectus.
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(p) No Violation or Default. Neither the Company, nor Encore or any of their respective
subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents;
(ii) in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would
constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition
contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or
instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its property or assets
is subject; or (iii) in violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation
of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses
(ii) and (iii) above, for any such default or violation that would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(q) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company and each of the
Guarantors of each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, the issuance and sale of
the Securities, the issuance of the Guarantees and compliance by the Company and each of the
Guarantors with the terms thereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents to which it is a party will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or
violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the
creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the
Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or
by which it is bound or to which any of its property or assets is subject, (ii) result in any
violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents of the
Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries or (iii) result in the violation of
any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or
governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for any
such conflict, breach, violation or default that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have
a Material Adverse Effect.
(r) No Consents Required. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or
qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority is
required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company or any of the Guarantors of
each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, the issuance and sale of the Securities
and the issuance of the Guarantees and compliance by the Company and each of the Guarantors with
the terms thereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents to which it is a party, except for the registration of the Securities (including the
Guarantees) under the Securities Act, the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture
Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may
be required under applicable state securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution
of the Securities (including the Guarantees) by the Underwriters.
(s) Legal Proceedings. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Information and the Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations,
actions, suits or proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries or Encore or
any of its subsidiaries is or may be a party or to
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which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or Encore or any of its subsidiaries
is or may be the subject that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or Encore or any of its subsidiaries, could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; no such investigations, actions, suits or proceedings
are threatened or, to the best knowledge of the Company and each of the Guarantors, contemplated by
any governmental or regulatory authority or threatened by others; and (i) there are no current or
pending legal, governmental or regulatory actions, suits or proceedings that are required under the
Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus that are not so
described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and (ii)
there are no statutes, regulations or contracts or other documents that are required under the
Securities Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus that are not so filed as exhibits to the Registration
Statement or described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus.
(t) Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms. PricewaterhouseCoopers (“PwC”), who has
audited certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, is an independent
registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the
applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States) and as required by the Securities Act. Ernst & Young LLP (“E&Y”),
who has certified certain financial statements of Encore and its subsidiaries, is an independent
registered public accounting firm with respect to Encore and its subsidiaries within the applicable
rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
(United States) and as required by the Securities Act.
(u) Title to Real and Personal Property. The Company, Encore and their respective
subsidiaries have good and valid title in fee simple to, or have valid rights to lease or otherwise
use, all items of real and personal property that are material to the respective businesses of the
Company, Encore and their respective subsidiaries. Any liens, encumbrances, claims and defects and
imperfections of title with respect to the items of real and personal property are disclosed in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus or do not materially
interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company, Encore and
their respective subsidiaries and could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the
aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(v) Title to Intellectual Property. The Company, Encore and their respective subsidiaries own
or possess adequate rights or licenses to use all material patents, patent applications,
trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service xxxx registrations,
copyrights, licenses and know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable
proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) necessary for the conduct of their
respective businesses; and believe the conduct of their respective businesses will not conflict in
any material respect with any
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such rights of others, and the Company, Encore and their respective subsidiaries have not received
any notice of any claim of infringement or conflict with any such rights of others.
(w) No Undisclosed Relationships. No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or
among the Company, Encore or any of their respective subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the
directors, officers, stockholders, customers or suppliers of the Company, Encore or any of their
respective subsidiaries, on the other, that is required by the Securities Act to be described in
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and that is not so described in such documents and in
the Time of Sale Information.
(x) Investment Company Act. Each of the Company and the Guarantors is not and, after giving
effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as
described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, will not
be an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning
of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder (collectively, “Investment Company Act”).
(y) Taxes. The Company, Encore and their respective subsidiaries have paid all federal,
state, local and foreign taxes and filed all tax returns required to be paid or filed through the
date hereof; and except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect or as otherwise disclosed in
the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there is no tax
deficiency that has been, or could reasonably be expected to be, asserted against the Company,
Encore or any of their respective subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets.
(z) Licenses and Permits. The Company, Encore and their respective subsidiaries possess all
licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by, and have made all declarations
and filings with, the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory
authorities that are necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties or the
conduct of their respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Information and the Prospectus, except where the failure to possess or make the same would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as described in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, none of the Company,
Encore or any of their respective subsidiaries has received notice of any revocation or
modification of any such license, certificate, permit or authorization or has any reason to believe
that any such license, certificate, permit or authorization will not be renewed in the ordinary
course.
(aa) No Labor Disputes. No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the Company,
Encore or any of their respective subsidiaries exists or, to the best knowledge of the Company and
the Guarantors, is contemplated or threatened and the Company and the Guarantors are not aware of
any existing or imminent labor disturbance by, or dispute with, the employees of any of their or
their subsidiaries’
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principal suppliers, contractors or customers, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(bb) Compliance With Environmental Laws. (i) The Company, Encore and their respective
subsidiaries (x) are in compliance with any and all applicable federal, state, local and foreign
laws, rules, regulations, requirements, decisions and orders relating to the protection of human
health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or
contaminants (collectively, “Environmental Laws”); (y) have received and are in compliance with all
permits, licenses, certificates or other authorizations or approvals required of them under
applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses; and (z) have not received
notice of any actual or potential liability for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or
release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, and (ii) there are
no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws of or relating to the Company, the
Guarantors or their respective subsidiaries, except in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii)
above, for any such failure to comply, or failure to receive required permits, licenses or
approvals, or cost or liability, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(cc) Compliance With ERISA. Each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), that is maintained,
administered or contributed to by the Company or any of its affiliates for employees or former
employees of the Company, Encore and their respective affiliates has been maintained in compliance
with its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations,
including but not limited to ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”),
except for any such failure to comply as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect; no prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any such plan excluding transactions
effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption, except for any such prohibited
transaction, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and no
such plan is a “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA or is subject
to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA.
(dd) Disclosure Controls. The Company, Encore and their respective subsidiaries maintain
“disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) designed to
ensure that information required under the Exchange Act to be disclosed in the Company’s filings is
recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s
rules and forms. In connection with assessing material information required to be disclosed in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, the chief executive
officer and chief financial officer of the Company and, to the Company’s knowledge, the chief
executive officer and chief financial officer of Encore have evaluated the effectiveness of the
Company’s and Encore’s disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the Company’s and
Encore’s 2008 fiscal year and have
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determined that such disclosure controls and procedures are effective in all material respects in
providing to them on a timely basis such material information.
(ee) Accounting Controls. The Company, Encore and their respective subsidiaries maintain
systems of “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the
Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act and have been designed by, or
under the supervision of, their respective principal executive and principal financial officers, or
persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles, including, but not limited to internal accounting
controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in
accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as
necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; and (iii) access to assets is permitted
only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization. Except as disclosed in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there were no material
weaknesses in the Company’s or Encore’s internal controls for the period covered by the applicable
2008 10-K, and, for the periods subsequent to the period covered by the applicable 2008 10-K, there
are no material weaknesses in the Company’s or Encore’s internal controls that have come to the
attention of the Company’s or, to the Company’s knowledge, Encore’s management.
(ff) Insurance. The Company, Encore and their respective subsidiaries have insurance covering
such risks as are customarily carried by businesses similarly situated, including insurance
against (other than losses or damage to property owned by the Company, Encore or any of their
respective subsidiaries which is self-insured) losses customarily insured against as a result of
damage by fire, lightning, hail, tornado, explosion and other similar risk covering their
respective properties, operations, personnel and businesses, including business interruption
insurance; and none of the Company, Encore or any of their respective subsidiaries has (i) received
notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that capital improvements or other expenditures
are required or necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance or (ii) any reason to
believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage
expires or to obtain similar coverage at reasonable cost from similar insurers as may be necessary
to continue its business.
(gg) No Unlawful Payments. None of the Company, Encore or any of their respective
subsidiaries or, to the best knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors, any director, officer,
agent, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company, Encore or any
of their respective subsidiaries has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution,
gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct
or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from
corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act of 1977; or (iv) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other
unlawful payment.
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(hh) Compliance with Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company, Encore and their
respective subsidiaries 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 the Company, Encore or any of their respective subsidiaries with respect
to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company or the Guarantors,
threatened.
(ii) Compliance with OFAC. None of the Company, Encore, any of their respective subsidiaries
or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Guarantors, any director, officer, agent, employee or
Affiliate of the Company, Encore or any of their subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S.
sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the
Treasury (“OFAC”); the Company is not currently under investigation by OFAC; the Company has not
discovered any facts that would lead it to believe it has violated any laws or regulations
administered by OFAC; and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the
offering of the Securities hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds
to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing
the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
(jj) Solvency. On the Closing Date, and after giving effect to the issuance of the Securities
and the consummation of the other transactions related thereto as described in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, as of the Closing Date, the Company
will be Solvent. As used in this paragraph, the term “Solvent” means, with respect to a particular
date, that on such date (i) the present fair market value (or present fair saleable value) of the
assets of the Company is not less than the total amount required to pay the debts of the Company
(including an amount of contingent liabilities, computed at the amount which, in light of all of
the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be
expected to become an actual or matured liability) as they become absolute and matured; (ii) the
Company is able to realize upon its assets and pay its debts as they mature and become due in the
normal course of business; (iii) assuming consummation of the issuance of the Securities as
contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus, the Company has not incurred debts and does not propose to incur debts that would be
beyond its ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature; and (iv) the Company is not engaged
in any business or transaction, and does not propose to engage in any business or transaction, for
which its property would constitute unreasonably small capital after giving due consideration to
the prevailing practice in the industry in which the Company is engaged.
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(kk) No Restrictions on Subsidiaries. Except as provided in (i) before the Merger, the
Company’s Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, among Denbury Onshore, LLC, as Borrower, the
Company as Parent Guarantor, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and certain other
financial institutions dated September 14, 2006, as amended, and after the Merger, an agreement of
the Company with respect to a new senior secured revolving credit facility with a four year term
and an aggregate commitment of senior secured lenders of $1.6 billion (or any successor thereto or
replacement thereof) as described in the Prospectus, (ii) the Credit Agreement, among Encore Energy
Partners Operating LLC, as Borrower, Encore Energy Partners LP, as Guarantor, Bank of America,
N.A., as Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer, and certain other financial institutions dated Xxxxx
0, 0000, (xxx) the Indenture, (iv) the Company’s Indenture dated as of March 25, 2003 relating to
the Company’s 71/2% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2013, (v) the Company’s Indenture dated as of April
3, 2007 relating to the Company’s 71/2% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2015, (vi) the Company’s
Indenture dated as of February 13, 2009 relating to the Company’s 93/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due
2016, (vii) the Company’s Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of April 27, 2009 relating to the
Company’s 91/2% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2016, (viii) Encore’s Indenture, dated as of April 2,
2004, relating to Encore’s 6.25% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014, (ix) Encore’s Indenture,
dated as of July 13, 2005, relating to Encore’s 6.0% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015, (x)
Encore’s First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 16, 2005, to Encore’s Indenture, dated
as of November 16, 2005, relating to Encore’s 7.25% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2017 and (xi)
Encore’s Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 27, 2009, to Encore’s Indenture, dated as
of November 16 2005, relating to Encore’s 9.50% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2016, no subsidiary
of the Company or Encore is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any agreement or
other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying any dividends to the Company or
Encore, as applicable, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock, from
repaying to the Company or Encore, as applicable, any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the
Company or Encore, as applicable, or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s properties or
assets to the Company or Encore, as applicable, or any other subsidiary of the Company except that
there are limitations on dividends, asset contributions, or distributions that may be paid to
Genesis Energy Inc.
(ll) No Broker’s Fees. None of the Company, Encore or any of their respective subsidiaries is
a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement)
that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company, Encore or any of their respective
subsidiaries or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in
connection with the offering and sale of the Securities.
(mm) No Registration Rights. No person has the right to require the Company, Encore or any of
their respective subsidiaries to register any securities for sale under the Securities Act by
reason of the filing of the Registration Statement with the Commission or the issuance and sale of
the Securities.
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(nn) No Stabilization. Neither the Company, Encore nor any of their respective subsidiaries
have taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to
cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities.
(oo) [Intentionally Omitted.]
(pp) Margin Rules. Neither the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities nor the
application of the proceeds thereof by the Company as described in the Registration Statement, the
Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus will violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation of such Board of Governors.
(qq) Forward-Looking Statements. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section
27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus has been
made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.
(rr) Statistical and Market Data. Nothing has come to the attention of the Company that has
caused the Company to believe that the statistical and market-related data included or incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus is not
based on or derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects.
(ss) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any
of the Company’s directors or officers or, to the Company’s knowledge, Encore or any of its
directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply, in all material respects, with any
provision of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection
therewith (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”), including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and
906 related to certifications.
(tt) Status under the Securities Act. The Company is not an ineligible issuer and is a
well-known seasoned issuer, in each case as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, in each
case at the times specified in the Securities Act in connection with the offering of the
Securities. The Company has paid the registration fee for this offering.
(uu) Reserve Report Data. The oil and gas reserve estimates of each of the Company and its
subsidiaries and Encore and its subsidiaries for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2007, 2008 and
2009 contained in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus are derived from reports that have
been prepared by the independent petroleum consulting firms as set forth therein, such reserve
estimates fairly reflect the oil and gas reserves of each of the Company and its subsidiaries and
Encore and its
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subsidiaries at the dates indicated therein and are in accordance, in all material respects, with
the Commission guidelines applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved.
(vv) Independent Reserve Engineering Firms. XxXxxxxx and XxxXxxxxxxx have represented to the
Company that they are, and the Company believes them to be, independent reserve engineers with
respect to the Company and its subsidiaries and for the periods set forth in the Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus. Xxxxxx and Xxxxx, Ltd. have represented to Encore that they are, and
Encore believes them to be, independent reserve engineers with respect to Encore and its
subsidiaries and for the periods set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(ww) Encore Merger Agreement. The Merger Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by each of the Company and, to the Company’s knowledge, Encore, and constitutes a valid
and legally binding agreement of the Company enforceable against it in accordance with its terms,
subject to the Enforceability Exceptions; and, to the Company’s knowledge, constitutes a valid and
legally binding agreement of Encore enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to
the Enforceability Exceptions. The Merger Agreement conforms in all material respects to the
summary description thereof contained in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Information and the Prospectus.
(xx) Encore Merger. To the knowledge of the Company, the representations and warranties of
Encore contained in Article III of the Merger Agreement (as qualified therein and in the disclosure
schedules thereto) were, as of the date of the Merger Agreement, and are, as of the date hereof,
and will be, as of the Closing Date, true and accurate in all material respects. To the knowledge
of the Company, neither Encore nor its subsidiaries were, as of the date of the Merger Agreement,
or are, as of the date hereof, or will be, as of the Closing Date, in default or breach, and no
event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such default or
breach, of the due performance or observance of any term, agreement, covenant or condition
contained in the Merger Agreement, in each case except to the extent that such default or breach
would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties,
financial position or results of operations of the Combined Successor Company (defined below) and
its subsidiaries taken as a whole. “Combined Successor Company” shall mean the Company after
giving effect to the Merger and shall include all assets (including capital stock of all
subsidiaries of the Combined Successor Company), liabilities and business held by or to be
transferred to the Company and its subsidiaries after giving effect to the Merger.
4. Further Agreements of the Company and the Guarantors. The Company and each of the
Guarantors jointly and severally covenant and agree with each Underwriter that:
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(a) Required Filings. The Company will file the final Prospectus with the Commission within
the time periods specified by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A or 430B under the Securities Act, will
file, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including the Term Sheet in the form of Annex C hereto)
to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act; and will file, within the time periods
required under the Exchange Act, all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements
required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery
of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities; and the
Company will furnish copies of the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (to the
extent not previously delivered) to the Underwriters in New York City prior to 10:00 A.M., New York
City time, on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement in such quantities as the
Representative may reasonably request. The Company has paid or will pay the registration fees for
this offering within the time period required by Rule 456(b)(1)(i) under the Securities Act
(without giving effect to the proviso therein) and in any event prior to the Closing Date.
(b) Delivery of Copies. The Company will deliver, without charge, (i) to the Representative,
two copies of the Registration Statement with fax signatures as originally filed and each amendment
thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith; and (ii) to each
Underwriter (A) a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each
amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith and (B) during
the Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined below), as many copies of the Prospectus (including all
amendments and supplements thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein) and each Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus as the Representative may reasonably request. As used herein, the term
“Prospectus Delivery Period” means such period of time after the first date of the public offering
of the Securities as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus relating to the
Securities is required by law to be delivered (or required to be delivered but for Rule 172 under
the Securities Act) in connection with sales of the Securities by any Underwriter or dealer.
(c) Amendments or Supplements; Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Before making, preparing,
using, authorizing, approving, referring to or filing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and
before filing any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the
Company will furnish to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters a copy of the proposed
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, amendment or supplement for review and will not make, prepare, use,
authorize, approve, refer to or file any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or file any such
proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representative reasonably objects.
(d) Notice to the Representative. The Company will advise the Representative promptly, and
confirm such advice in writing, (i) when the Registration Statement has been filed; (ii) when any
amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective; (iii) when any
supplement to the Prospectus or any amendment to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus has been filed; (iv)
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of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment
or supplement to the Prospectus or the receipt of any comments from the Commission relating to the
Registration Statement or any other request by the Commission for any additional information; (v)
of the issuance by the Commission of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or
the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the
Securities Act; (vi) of the occurrence of any event within the Prospectus Delivery Period as a
result of which the Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus, the Time of Sale
Information or any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading;
(vii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the
Securities Act; and (viii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to
any suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the
initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company will use its
reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order suspending the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement, preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the
Prospectus or suspending any such qualification of the Securities and, if any such order is issued,
will obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
(e) Time of Sale Information. If at any time prior to the Closing Date (i) any event shall
occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Time of Sale Information as then amended or
supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances, not
misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Information to comply
with law, the Company will immediately notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and,
subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission (to the extent required) and furnish to
the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representative may designate, such amendments or
supplements to the Time of Sale Information as may be necessary so that the statements in the Time
of Sale Information as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances, be
misleading or so that the Time of Sale Information will comply with law.
(f) Ongoing Compliance. If during the Prospectus Delivery Period (i) any event shall occur or
condition shall exist as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would
include 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, in the light of the
circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it
is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will immediately
notify the
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Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the
Commission and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representative may designate,
such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus as may be necessary so that the statements in the
Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when
the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus will comply
with law.
(g) Blue Sky Compliance. The Company will qualify the Securities for offer and sale under the
securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative shall reasonably request
and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for distribution of the
Securities; provided that neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors shall be required
to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such
jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file any general consent
to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such
jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject.
(h) Earning Statement. The Company will make generally available to its security holders and
the Representative as soon as practicable an earning statement that satisfies the provisions of
Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Commission promulgated thereunder covering
a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring
after the “effective date” (as defined in Rule 158) of the Registration Statement.
(i) Clear Market. During the period from the date hereof through and including the date that
is 90 days after the date hereof, the Company and each of the Guarantors will not, without the
prior written consent of the Representative, offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of
any debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company or any of the Guarantors and having a tenor
of more than one year.
(j) Use of Proceeds. The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities
as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus under
the heading “Use of Proceeds.”
(k) No Stabilization. Neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors will take, directly or
indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any
stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities.
(l) Legending and Record Retention. The Company will, pursuant to reasonable procedures
developed in good faith, comply with legending requirements applicable to Issuer Free Writing
Prospectuses and retain copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not filed with the
Commission in accordance with the Securities Act.
(m) Escrow Agreement. The Company will deposit the Offering Proceeds into the Escrow Account
and will comply with all of its agreements set forth in the Escrow
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Agreement and will use its best efforts to do and perform all things necessary to perfect a first
priority security interest in the Offering Proceeds and the other Collateral (as such terms are
defined in the Escrow Agreement).
(n) Joinder Agreement and Supplemental Indenture. On the Merger Closing Date, the Company
will cause the Encore Guarantors to execute and deliver to the Underwriters the Joinder Agreement
and shall deliver to the Underwriters copies of the Supplemental Indenture executed and delivered
by duly authorized officers of the Encore Guarantors.
5. Certain Agreements of the Underwriters. Each Underwriter hereby represents and
agrees that
(a) It has not used and will not use, authorize use of, refer to, create, or participate in
the planning for use of, any “free writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities
Act (which term includes use of any written information furnished to the Commission by the Company
and not incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued by
the Company); provided however, that it may create, use, authorize use of, refer to, or participate
in the planning for use of (i) a free writing prospectus that, solely as a result of use by such
Underwriter, would not trigger an obligation to file such free writing prospectus with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 433, (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Annex B or
prepared pursuant to Section 3(c) or Section 4(c) above (including any electronic road show,
if the contents therein have been prepared by, or approved in advance by, the Company),
or (iii) any free writing prospectus prepared by such Underwriter and approved by the Company in
advance in writing (each such free writing prospectus referred to in clause (i) or (iii), an
“Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Underwriters may use a
term sheet substantially in the form of Annex C hereto without the consent of the Company.
(b) It will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, comply with any
legending requirements applicable to each free writing prospectus used or referred to by it in
accordance with the Securities Act.
(c) It is not subject to any pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act with
respect to the offering (and will promptly notify the Company if any such proceeding against it is
initiated during the Prospectus Delivery Period).
6. Conditions of the Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligation of each Underwriter to
purchase Securities on the Closing Date as provided herein is subject to the performance by the
Company and each of the Denbury Guarantors of their respective covenants and other obligations
hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) Registration Compliance; No Stop Order. No order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding for
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such purpose, pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act shall
be pending before or threatened by the Commission; the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission under the Securities Act (in the case
of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act)
and in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof; and all requests by the Commission for additional
information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Representative.
(b) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company and the
Denbury Guarantors contained herein shall be true and correct on the date hereof and on and as of
the Closing Date; and the statements of the Company, the Denbury Guarantors and their respective
officers made in any certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct on
and as of the Closing Date.
(c) No Downgrade. Subsequent to the earlier of (A) the Time of Sale and (B) the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the
Securities or any other debt securities or preferred stock of or guaranteed by the Company or
Encore, any of the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized
statistical rating organization”, as such term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule
436(g)(2) under the Securities Act and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that
it has under surveillance or review, or has changed its outlook with respect to, its rating of the
Securities or of any other debt securities or preferred stock of or guaranteed by the Company or
Encore, any of the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries (other than an announcement
with positive implications of a possible upgrading).
(d) No Material Adverse Change. No event or condition of a type described in Section 3(g)
hereof shall have occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not described in the Time of
Sale Information (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the Prospectus (excluding any
amendment or supplement thereto) and the effect of which in the reasonable judgment of the
Representative makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery
of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale
Information and the Prospectus.
(e) Officer’s Certificate. The Representative shall have received on and as of the Closing
Date a certificate of an executive officer of the Company and of each Denbury Guarantor who has
specific knowledge of the Company’s or such Denbury Guarantor’s financial matters and is
satisfactory to the Representative (i) confirming that such officer has carefully reviewed the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and, to the best knowledge
of such officer, the representations set forth in Sections 3(b) and 3(d) hereof are true and
correct, (ii) confirming that the other representations and warranties of the Company and the
Denbury Guarantors in this Agreement are true and correct and that the Company and the Denbury
Guarantors have complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions
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on their part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date and (iii) to
the effect set forth in paragraphs (a), (c) and (d) above.
(f) Encore Officer’s Certificate. The Representative shall have received on and as of the
Closing Date a certificate of an executive officer of Encore who has specific knowledge of Encore’s
financial matters and is satisfactory to the Representative confirming that such officer has
carefully reviewed the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and
Encore’s annual report, quarterly reports and current reports filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act and, to the best knowledge of such officer, the financial statements and
specified portions of such filings by Encore that are incorporated by reference into the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus are true and correct in all
material respects.
(g) Comfort Letters. On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date, each of PwC (with
respect to the Company) and E&Y (with respect to Encore) shall have furnished to the
Representative, at the request of the Company and Encore, respectively, letters, dated the
respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, containing statements and information with respect
to the financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus;
provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a “cut-off” date no more
than three business days prior to the Closing Date.
(h) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Company. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for
the Company, shall have furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Company, their
written opinion and 10b-5 Statement, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, to the effect set forth in Annex
A hereto.
(i) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Underwriters. The Representative shall
have received on and as of the Closing Date an opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx &
Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, with respect to such matters as the Representative may
reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may
reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
(j) No Legal Impediment to Issuance. No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule,
regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign
governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or
sale of the Securities or the issuance of the Guarantees; and no injunction or order of any
federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent
the issuance or sale of the Securities or the issuance of the Guarantees.
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(k) Good Standing. The Representative shall have received on and as of the Closing Date
satisfactory evidence of the good standing of the Company and its subsidiaries in their respective
jurisdictions of organization and their good standing in such other jurisdictions as the
Representative may reasonably request, in each case in writing or any standard form of
telecommunication from the appropriate governmental authorities of such jurisdictions.
(l) Additional Documents. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company and the Guarantors
shall have furnished to the Representative such further certificates and documents as the
Representative may reasonably request.
(m) Reserve Report Confirmation Letters. On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing
Date, (a) XxXxxxxx and XxxXxxxxxxx shall have furnished to the Representative, at the request of
the Company, letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the
Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, containing
statements and information with respect to the oil and gas reserves of the Company and its
subsidiaries as reported in letters to the Company and (b) Xxxxxx and Xxxxx, Ltd. shall have
furnished to the Representative, at the request of Encore, letters, dated the respective dates of
delivery thereof and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Representative, containing statements and information with respect to the oil and gas
reserves of Encore and its subsidiaries as reported in letters to Encore.
(n) Escrow Agreement. The Company, the Escrow Agent and the Trustee shall have executed and
delivered the Escrow Agreement and the Underwriters shall have received a copy thereof. The Escrow
Account shall have been established by the Escrow Agent, to the reasonable satisfaction of the
Underwriters. The Company shall have deposited the Offering Proceeds into the Escrow Account
substantially concurrently with payment and delivery of the Securities. The Company shall have
granted, to the extent it has rights therein, a valid first priority security interest in the
Escrow Account and, upon deposit thereof, all Offering Proceeds maintained therein in favor of the
Trustee on behalf of the holders of the Securities and shall have perfected such security interest
to the reasonable satisfaction of the Underwriters and the other conditions contained in the Escrow
Agreement shall have been satisfied. The Underwriters shall have received copies of such documents
as they may reasonably request in connection with the foregoing.
All opinions, letters, certificates and evidence mentioned above or elsewhere in this
Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters.
7. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) Indemnification of the Underwriters. The Company and each of the Denbury Guarantors agree
as of the date hereof, and upon execution and delivery of the Joinder Agreement, each of the Encore
Guarantors will jointly and severally agree to
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indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and each
person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities
Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and
liabilities (including, without limitation, legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection
with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred),
joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or caused by any omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements therein, not misleading, or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement
thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Time of Sale Information, or caused by any
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in
each of clauses (i) and (ii) except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise
out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission
made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Underwriter furnished
to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representative for use therein.
(b) Indemnification of the Company. Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to
indemnify and hold harmless (i) as of the date hereof, the Company and each of the Denbury
Guarantors and, upon the execution and delivery of the Joinder Agreement, the Encore Guarantors,
(ii) each director and each officer who signed the Registration Statement, as of the date hereof,
of the Company or any of the Denbury Guarantors and (iii) each person, if any, who controls, as of
the date hereof, the Company or any of the Denbury Guarantors and, upon the execution and delivery
of the Joinder Agreement, the Encore Guarantors within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities
Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph
(a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of,
or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in
reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the
Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representative expressly for use in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus or any Time of Sale Information, it being understood and agreed that the only
such information consists of the following: the fourth and sixth paragraphs under the table of
Underwriters in the section entitled “Underwriting” in the Prospectus and the following information
in the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus dated February 3, 2010: the final sentence of the first
paragraph of the legend in the final pricing term sheet for the Securities.
(c) Notice and Procedures. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or
regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in
respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either
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paragraph (a) or (b) above, such person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the person
against whom such indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing;
provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any
liability that it may have under paragraph (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been
materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure;
and provided, further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not
relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under
paragraph (a) or (b) above. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an
Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying
Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who shall not,
without the consent of the Indemnified Person, be counsel to the Indemnifying Person) to represent
the Indemnified Person and any others entitled to indemnification pursuant to paragraphs (a) and
(b) above that the Indemnifying Party may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and
expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any
Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of
such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person
and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person
has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified
Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal
defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the
Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded
parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both
parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interest
between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection
with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and
expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified
Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such
separate firm for any Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control persons
of such Underwriter shall be designated in writing by X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. and any such
separate firm for the Company, each of the Guarantors, each of their respective directors, each of
their respective officers who signed the Registration Statement and any control persons of the
Company and the Guarantors shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person
shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but
if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying
Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason
of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an
Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse the Indemnified
Person for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person
shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i)
such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such
request and (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in
accordance with such
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request prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written
consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in
respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could
have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an
unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such
proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a
failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.
(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) above is
unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of
indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by
such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the
Denbury Guarantors and, upon execution and delivery of the Joinder Agreement, the Encore
Guarantors, on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Securities
or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i)
but also the relative fault of the Company and the Denbury Guarantors and, upon execution and
delivery of the Joinder Agreement, the Encore Guarantors, on the one hand and the Underwriters on
the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative
benefits received by the Company and the Denbury Guarantors and, upon execution and delivery of the
Joinder Agreement, the Encore Guarantors, on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall
be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds (before deducting expenses)
received by the Company from the sale of the Securities and the total underwriting discounts and
commissions received by the Underwriters in connection therewith, in each case as set forth in the
table on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate offering price of the Securities. The
relative fault of the Company and the Denbury Guarantors and, upon execution and delivery of the
Joinder Agreement, the Encore Guarantors, on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall
be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to
information supplied by the Company or any Guarantor or by the Underwriters and the parties’
relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission.
(e) Limitation on Liability. The Company and the Denbury Guarantors and, upon execution and
delivery of the Joinder Agreement, the Encore Guarantors and the Underwriters agree that it would
not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to paragraph (d) above were determined by
pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such
purpose) or by any other method of allocation that
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does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The
amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and
liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the
limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in
connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (e), in no
event shall an Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which
the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter with respect to the
offering of the Securities exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise
been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of
the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations to contribute pursuant to paragraph
(d) above are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder and not
joint.
(f) Non-Exclusive Remedies. The remedies provided for in this Section 7 are not exclusive and
shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person
at law or in equity.
8. Effectiveness of Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective upon the
execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.
9. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the
Representative, by notice to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and
prior to the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on
the New York Stock Exchange or the over-the-counter market; (ii) trading of any securities issued
or guaranteed by the Company, Encore or any of the Guarantors shall have been suspended on any
exchange or in any over-the-counter market; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking
activities shall have been declared by federal or New York State authorities or (iv) there shall
have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any
calamity or crisis, either within or outside the United States, that, in the judgment of the
Representative, is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with
the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by
this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
10. Defaulting Underwriter. (a) If, on the Closing Date, any Underwriter defaults on
its obligation to purchase the Securities that it has agreed to purchase hereunder, the
non-defaulting Underwriters may in their discretion arrange for the purchase of such Securities by
other persons satisfactory to the Company on the terms contained in this Agreement. If, within 36
hours after any such default by any Underwriter, the non-defaulting Underwriters do not arrange for
the purchase of such Securities, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours
within which to procure other
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persons satisfactory to the non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase such Securities on such terms.
If other persons become obligated or agree to purchase the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter,
either the non-defaulting Underwriters or the Company may postpone the Closing Date for up to five
full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or
counsel for the Underwriters may be necessary in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or
in any other document or arrangement, and the Company agrees to promptly prepare any amendment or
supplement to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that effects any such changes. As used
in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the
context otherwise requires, any person not listed in Schedule 1 hereto that, pursuant to this
Section 10, purchases Securities that a defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Company as
provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities that remains
unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities,
then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the
principal amount of Securities that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder plus such
Underwriter’s pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Securities that such
Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Securities of such defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Company as
provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities that remains
unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities, or if the
Company shall not exercise the right described in paragraph (b) above, then this Agreement shall
terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters. Any termination of
this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10 shall be without liability on the part of the Company,
except that the Company will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in
Section 11 hereof and except that the provisions of Section 7 hereof shall not terminate and shall
remain in effect.
(d) Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may
have to the Company or any non-defaulting Underwriter for damages caused by its default.
11. Payment of Expenses. (a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company and each of the Denbury
Guarantors and on the Merger Closing Date, the Encore Guarantors, jointly and severally agree to
pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations
hereunder, including without limitation, (i) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance,
sale, preparation and delivery of the Securities and any taxes payable in that connection; (ii) the
costs incident to
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the preparation, printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement, the
Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus (including all exhibits, amendments and supplements thereto) and the distribution
thereof; (iii) the costs of reproducing and distributing each of the Transaction Documents; (iv)
the fees and expenses of the Company’s and the Guarantors’ counsel and independent accountants and
independent reserve engineers; (v) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the
registration or qualification and determination of eligibility for investment of the Securities
under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative may designate and the preparation,
printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum (including the related fees and expenses of
counsel for the Underwriters); (vi) any fees charged by rating agencies for rating the Securities;
(vii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any paying agent (including related fees and
expenses of any counsel to such parties); (viii) all expenses and application fees incurred in
connection with any filing with, and clearance of the offering by, the Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority, Inc.; and (ix) all expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any
“road show” presentation to potential investors.
(b) If (i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9, (ii) the Company for any reason
fails to tender the Securities for delivery to the Underwriters, (iii) the Underwriters decline to
purchase the Securities for any reason permitted under this Agreement or (iv) the Underwriters
refund a portion of the gross underwriting spread pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof, the Company and
the Denbury Guarantors jointly and severally agree to reimburse the Underwriters for all
out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the fees and expenses of their counsel) reasonably
incurred by the Underwriters in connection with this Agreement and the offering contemplated
hereby.
12. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers
and directors and any controlling persons referred to herein, and the affiliates of each
Underwriter referred to in Section 7 hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be
construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in
respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No purchaser of Securities from any
Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase.
13. Survival. The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations,
warranties and agreements of the Company, the Guarantors and the Underwriters contained in this
Agreement or made by or on behalf of the Company, the Guarantors or the Underwriters pursuant to
this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the delivery of and
payment for the Securities and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination
of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company, the Guarantors or the
Underwriters.
14. Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where otherwise
expressly provided, the term “affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405
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under the Securities Act; (b) the term “business day” means any day other than a day on which banks
are permitted or required to be closed in New York City; and (c) the term “subsidiary” has the
meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
15. Miscellaneous. (a) Authority of the Representative. Any action by the
Underwriters hereunder may be taken by X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. on behalf of the Underwriters,
and any such action taken by X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. shall be binding upon the Underwriters.
(b) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of
telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be given to the Representative c/o X.X.
Xxxxxx Securities Inc., 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (fax: 000-000-0000); Attention:
Xxxxx Xxxxxx. Notices to the Company and the Guarantors shall be given to them at Denbury
Resources Inc., 0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxx, Xxxxx 00000, (fax: 000-000-0000);
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxx.
(c) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York.
(d) Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts (which may include
counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall be an
original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
(e) Amendments or Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any
consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same
shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.
(f) Headings. The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not
intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of
this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.
Very truly yours,
DENBURY RESOURCES INC., |
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By | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name | Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS: DENBURY ONSHORE, LLC, |
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By | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||
Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||
DENBURY GATHERING & MARKETING, INC., |
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By | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||
Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||
DENBURY OPERATING COMPANY, |
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By | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||
Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||
DENBURY MARINE, L.L.C., |
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By | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||
Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||
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TUSCALOOSA ROYALTY FUND LLC, | |||||
By | Denbury Operating Company, its Sole Member |
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By | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||
Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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DENBURY GREEN PIPELINE-TEXAS, LLC, |
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By | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||
Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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Accepted: February 3, 2010
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.
By /s/ X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. |
Authorized Signatory |
For itself and on behalf of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto.
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto.
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Schedule 1
Principal Amount | ||||
Underwriter | of Securities | |||
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. |
$ | 330,000,000 | ||
Banc of America Securities LLC |
220,000,000 | |||
RBC Capital Markets Corporation |
55,000,000 | |||
UBS Securities LLC |
55,000,000 | |||
Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC |
55,000,000 | |||
BNP Paribas Securities Corp. |
55,000,000 | |||
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC |
55,000,000 | |||
Scotia Capital Inc. |
55,000,000 | |||
Calyon Securities (USA) Inc. |
30,000,000 | |||
BBVA Securities Inc. |
30,000,000 | |||
Capital One Southcoast, Inc. |
30,000,000 | |||
Comerica Securities, Inc. |
10,000,000 | |||
Suntrust Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Inc. |
10,000,000 | |||
ING Financial Markets LLC |
10,000,000 | |||
Total |
$ | 1,000,000,000 | ||
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Schedule 2
State of | ||
Incorporation | ||
Guarantors | or Organization | |
DENBURY ONSHORE, LLC
|
Delaware | |
DENBURY GATHERING & MARKETING, INC. | Delaware | |
DENBURY OPERATING COMPANY | Delaware | |
DENBURY MARINE, L.L.C. | Louisiana | |
TUSCALOOSA ROYALTY FUND LLC | Mississippi | |
DENBURY GREEN PIPELINE-TEXAS, LLC | Delaware |
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Schedule 3
State of | ||
Incorporation | ||
Guarantors | or Organization | |
EAP PROPERTIES, INC. | Delaware | |
EAP OPERATING, LLC | Delaware | |
ENCORE OPERATING, L.P. | Texas | |
ENCORE OPERATING LOUISIANA, LLC | Delaware | |
GREENCORE PIPELINE COMPANY LLC | Delaware | |
GREEN ROCK LLC | Delaware | |
BELLE AIRE LLC | Delaware |
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Annex A
Form of Opinion of Xxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP
(a) The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as
defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier
than three years prior to the date of the Underwriting Agreement and the Indenture was qualified
under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as of the date and time specified in such opinion; each of
the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus was filed with the Commission pursuant to the
subparagraph of Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act specified in such opinion on the date
specified therein; and no order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been
issued, no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any
post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been
received by the Company and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the
Securities Act against the Company or in connection with the offering is pending or, to the best
knowledge of such counsel, threatened by the Commission.
(b) The Registration Statement and the Preliminary Prospectus included in the Time
of Sale Information and the Prospectus (other than the financial statements or notes thereto, pro
forma financial data, or other financial, statistical, accounting or reserve data, schedules or
matters contained in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus included in the Time of
Sale Information and the Prospectus, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to
form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act; and the Indenture
complies as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) The Company, the Denbury Guarantors and each of their respective subsidiaries have been
duly incorporated or formed, as applicable, and are validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of their respective jurisdictions of incorporation or formation, are duly qualified to do
business and are in good standing in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease
of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification, and have the
corporate or limited liability company (as applicable) power and authority to own or hold their
respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged, except where the
failure to be so qualified or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Registration Statement,
the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and all the outstanding shares of capital stock or
other equity interests of each subsidiary of the Company and the Denbury Guarantors have been duly
and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable (except for general partner
interests).
(e) The Company and each of the Denbury Guarantors have the corporate or limited liability
company (as applicable) power and authority to execute and deliver each of
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the Transaction Documents to which any of them is a party and to perform their respective
obligations thereunder; and all action required to be taken by the Company and each of the Denbury
Guarantors for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery of each of the Transaction
Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby has been duly and validly
taken.
(f) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and each of
the Denbury Guarantors and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the
Trustee, constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company and each of the Denbury
Guarantors enforceable against the Company and each of the Denbury Guarantors in accordance with
its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions.
(g) The Securities have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and, when
duly authenticated as provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided in the Underwriting
Agreement, will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and will constitute valid and legally
binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms,
subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture;
and the Guarantees by the Denbury Guarantors have been duly authorized by each of the Denbury
Guarantors and, when the Securities have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as
provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided in the Underwriting Agreement, will be valid and
legally binding obligations of each of the Denbury Guarantors, enforceable against each of the
Denbury Guarantors in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and
will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
(h) The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company
and each of the Denbury Guarantors.
(i) The Escrow Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and
is a valid and legally binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions.
(j) Each Transaction Document conforms in all material respects to the description thereof
contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
(k) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company and each of the Denbury Guarantors
of each of the Transaction Documents to which they are a party, the issuance and sale of the
Securities, the issuance of the Guarantees by the Denbury Guarantors and compliance by the Company
and each of the Denbury Guarantors with the terms thereof and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation
of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under (i) any provision of law
applicable to the Company or any of the Denbury Guarantors, (ii) the articles or certificate of
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incorporation or articles of organization, bylaws or operating agreement, or other charter
documents of the Company or any of the Denbury Guarantors, or (iii) any agreement or other
instrument listed and filed as an exhibit to an Exchange Act report or, to our knowledge, any
judgment, order or decree to which the Company or any of the Denbury Guarantors are subject of any
governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Company or any of the Denbury
Guarantors, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for any such conflict, breach,
violation or default that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(l) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any
court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority is required for the execution, delivery
and performance by the Company and each of the Denbury Guarantors of each of the Transaction
Documents to which they are a party, the issuance and sale of the Securities, the issuance of the
Guarantees by the Denbury Guarantors and compliance by the Company and each of the Denbury
Guarantors with the terms thereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents, except for the registration of the Securities and the Guarantees under the
Securities Act, the qualification of the Indenture and the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act
and such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may be
required under applicable state securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of
the Securities by the Underwriters.
(m) To the best knowledge of such counsel, except as described in the Registration Statement,
the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory
investigations, actions, suits or proceedings pending to which the Company, the Denbury Guarantors
or any of their respective subsidiaries is or may be a party or to which any property of the
Company, the Denbury Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries is or may be the subject
which, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company, the Denbury
Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries, could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect; and no such investigations, actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or, to the
best knowledge of such counsel, contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authority or
threatened by others.
(n) The statements or descriptions included or incorporated by reference in the Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus under the headings “Summary—The offering,” “Risk factors—
We are subject to complex federal, state and local laws and regulations, including
environmental laws, that could adversely affect our business,” “Risk factors— A
subsidiary guarantee could be voided if it constitutes a fraudulent transfer under U.S. bankruptcy
or similar state law, which would prevent the holders of the notes from relying on that subsidiary
to satisfy claims,” “Description of the notes,” and “Material U.S. federal income tax
considerations,” and in the Company’s 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K under the captions “Item 1.
Business — Federal and State Regulations” and “Item 3. Legal Proceedings,” only insofar as such
statements constitute summaries of the legal matters, documents and proceedings referred to
therein, fairly present the information called for with respect to such legal matters, documents
and proceedings and fairly summarize the
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legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein. To the best knowledge of such
counsel, (A) there are no current or pending legal, governmental or regulatory actions, suits or
proceedings that are required under the Securities Act to be described in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus and that are not so described in the Registration Statement, the Time
of Sale Information and the Prospectus and (B) there are no statutes, regulations or contracts and
other documents that are required under the Securities Act to be filed as exhibits to the
Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and that have
not been so filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
(o) The Company and each of the Denbury Guarantors is not and, after giving effect to the
offer and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, will not be an “investment
company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment
Company Act.
(p) The documents incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus
or any further amendment or supplement thereto made by the Company and Encore prior to the Closing
Date (other than the financial statements or notes thereto, pro forma financial data, or other
financial, statistical, accounting or reserve data, schedules or matters contained in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, as to which such counsel
need express no opinion), when they were filed with the Commission, complied as to form in all
material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder; and such counsel has no reason to believe that any of such documents, when
such documents were so filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state
a material fact necessary in order to make the statement therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made when such documents were so filed, not misleading.
(q) Neither the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities nor the application of the
proceeds thereof by the Company as described in the Prospectus will violate Regulation T, U or X of
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation of such Board of
Governors.
Such counsel shall also state that they have participated in conferences with representatives
of the Company, representatives of Encore, representatives of the independent accountants of the
Company, representatives of the independent accountants of Encore and counsel at which conferences
the contents of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and any
amendment and supplement thereto and related matters were discussed and, although such counsel
assume no responsibility for, and have not verified, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information, the Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement thereto (except as expressly provided in paragraph (n) of this opinion), and, on the
basis of the foregoing (relying as to materiality, in part, on facts and
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opinions provided by officers and other representatives of the Company and Encore) nothing has come
to the attention of such counsel to cause such counsel to believe that the Registration Statement,
at the time of its effective date (including the information, if any, deemed pursuant to Rule 430A
or 430B to be part of the Registration Statement at the time of effectiveness), contained any
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 Time of Sale
Information, at the Time of Sale (which such counsel may assume to be the date of the Underwriting
Agreement) contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading or that the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto as of its date
and the Closing Date contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material
fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading; provided that the matters covered in this paragraph do not speak to, and
such counsel expresses no belief as to, financial statements or notes thereto, pro forma financial
data, or other financial, statistical, accounting or reserve data, schedules or matters contained
in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely as to matters of fact on certificates of
responsible officers of the Company and the Denbury Guarantors and public officials that are
furnished to the Underwriters.
The opinion of Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx LLP described above shall be rendered to the Underwriters at
the request of the Company and shall so state therein.
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Annex B
Time of Sale Information
1. | Final pricing term sheet relating to the Securities substantially in the form of Annex C attached hereto. |
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Annex C
Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Registration Statement No. 333-164630
February 3, 2010
Registration Statement No. 333-164630
February 3, 2010
Pricing Term Sheet
Issuer:
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Denbury Resources Inc. | |
Security Description:
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Senior Subordinated Notes | |
Distribution:
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SEC Registered | |
Aggregate Principal Amount:
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$1,000,000,000 | |
Gross Proceeds:
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$1,000,000,000 | |
Net Proceeds (Before Expenses):
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$980,000,000 | |
Coupon:
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8.250% | |
Maturity:
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February 15, 2020 | |
Offering Price:
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100.0% of face amount, plus accrued interest from February 10, 2010 | |
Yield to Maturity:
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8.250% | |
Spread to Benchmark Treasury:
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+457 bps | |
Benchmark Treasury:
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UST 3.375% due 11/15/2019 | |
Interest Payment Dates:
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February 15 and August 15, commencing August 15, 2010 | |
Optional Redemption:
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Make-whole call at T+50 until February 15, 2015 | |
On or after February 15, 2015: 104.125% | ||
On or after February 15, 2016: 102.750% | ||
On or after February 15, 2017: 101.375% | ||
On or after February 15, 2018 and thereafter: 100% | ||
Equity Clawback:
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Prior to February 15, 2013, up to 35% may be redeemed at 108.250% |
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Change of Control:
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Put @ 101% of principal plus accrued interest | |
Trade Date:
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February 3, 2010 | |
Settlement:
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T+5; February 10, 2010 | |
CUSIP:
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00000XXX0 | |
ISIN:
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US24823UAG31 | |
Ranking:
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Senior subordinated unsecured obligations of Issuer | |
Ratings:
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B1/BB | |
Denominations:
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2,000x1,000 | |
Book-Running Managers:
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X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. | |
Banc of America Securities LLC | ||
RBC Capital Markets Corporation | ||
UBS Securities LLC | ||
Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC | ||
Co-Managers:
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BNP Paribas Securities Corp. | |
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC | ||
Scotia Capital Inc. | ||
Calyon Securities (USA) Inc. | ||
BBVA Compass Bank | ||
Capital One Southcoast, Inc. | ||
Comerica Securities, Inc. | ||
Suntrust Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Inc. | ||
ING Financial Markets LLC |
Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold
securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.
The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the
offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in
that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete
information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting
XXXXX on the SEC Web site at xxx.xxx.xxx. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer
participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling
collect 0-000-000-0000.
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Exhibit A
FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT
[DATE]
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
As Representative of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 to the Purchase
Agreement (as defined)
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 to the Purchase
Agreement (as defined)
c/o X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, the Company, the Denbury Guarantors and the Underwriters named therein (the
“Underwriters”) heretofore executed and delivered an Underwriting Agreement, dated February 3, 2010
(the “Underwriting Agreement”), providing for the issuance and sale of the Securities (as defined
therein); and
WHEREAS, the Company has agreed to cause, as a condition to the consummation of the offering
of the Securities, each Encore Guarantor (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement), which was
originally not a party thereto, to join in the Underwriting Agreement on the Merger Closing Date.
Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such
terms in the Underwriting Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, each Encore Guarantor party hereto hereby agrees for the benefit of the
Underwriters, as follows:
1. Joinder. Each of the undersigned hereby acknowledges that it has received and
reviewed a copy of the Underwriting Agreement and all other documents it deems fit to enter into
this Joinder Agreement (the “Joinder Agreement”), and acknowledges and agrees to (i) join and
become a party to the Underwriting Agreement as indicated by its signature below; (ii) be bound by
all covenants, agreements, representations, warranties and acknowledgements attributable to a
Guarantor in the Underwriting Agreement as if made by, and with respect to, each signatory hereto;
and (iii) perform all obligations and duties required of a Guarantor and be entitled to all rights
and privileges of a Guarantor pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.
2. Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Encore Guarantors. Each of the
Encore Guarantors hereby represents and warrants to and agrees with the Underwriters that:
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(a) it has all the requisite corporate or organizational power and authority to execute, deliver
and perform its obligations under this Joinder Agreement and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby; that this Joinder Agreement has been duly and validly authorized and that when
this Joinder Agreement is executed and delivered, it will constitute a valid and legally binding
agreement enforceable against each of the undersigned in accordance with its terms (subject to the
Enforceability Exceptions).
(b) it has full right, power and authority to execute and deliver the Supplemental Indenture
(including each Guarantee set forth therein) and to perform its respective obligations thereunder;
and, on the date hereof, all action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization,
execution and delivery of the Supplemental Indenture (including each Guarantee set forth therein)
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby will have been duly and validly
taken.
(c) the Supplemental Indenture has been duly and validly authorized by each of the Encore
Guarantors, and upon the execution and delivery thereof and, assuming due authorization, execution
and delivery by the Trustee, the Indenture as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture will
constitute the valid and binding agreement of each of the Encore Guarantors, except as
enforceability may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions.
(d) the Guarantee of each Encore Guarantor has been duly and validly authorized by that Encore
Guarantor and, when the Supplemental Indenture is duly executed and delivered by the Encore
Guarantors, the Guarantees of the Encore Guarantors will constitute valid and binding obligations
of the Encore Guarantors, except as enforceability may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions.
3. Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Company. The Company hereby
makes as of the date hereof, with respect to the Encore Guarantors, jointly and severally with the
Denbury Guarantors, each representation and warranty in the Underwriting Agreement relative to
Denbury Guarantors, with each reference therein to Denbury Guarantors or Guarantors constituting
for this purpose a reference to Encore Guarantors.
4. Governing Law. This letter agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
5. Counterparts. This letter agreement may be signed in counterparts (which may
include counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall be
an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
6. Amendments. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any
consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same
shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.
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7. Headings. The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and
are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.
[Signature pages follow]
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please indicate
your acceptance of this letter agreement by signing in the space provided below, whereupon this
letter agreement will become a binding agreement among the Encore Guarantors party hereto and the
several Underwriters in accordance with its terms.
[ENCORE GUARANTORS] |
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By | ||||
Name | ||||
Title: | ||||
DENBURY RESOURCES INC.* |
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By | ||||
Name | ||||
Title: | ||||
*For purposes of Section 3 of this letter agreement. |
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