SESI, L.L.C.
Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION VERSION
$500,000,000
SESI, L.L.C.
6.375% Senior Notes due 2019
Purchase Agreement
April 20, 2011
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
As Representative of the
several Initial Purchasers listed
in Schedule 1 hereto
c/o X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
As Representative of the
several Initial Purchasers listed
in Schedule 1 hereto
c/o X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
SESI, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), and wholly owned
subsidiary of Superior Energy Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Parent”), proposes to
issue and sell to the several initial purchasers listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Initial
Purchasers”), for whom you are acting as representative (the
“Representative”), $500,000,000
principal amount of its 6.375% Senior Notes due 2019 (the “Securities”). The Securities will be
issued pursuant to an Indenture to be dated as of April 27, 2011 (the “Indenture”) among the
Company, Parent, the guarantors listed in Schedule 2 hereto (the “Subsidiary Guarantors” and,
together with the Parent, the “Guarantors”) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as
trustee (the “Trustee”), and will be guaranteed on an unsecured senior basis, jointly and
severally, by each of the Guarantors (the “Guarantees”).
The Securities will be sold to the Initial Purchasers without being registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in reliance upon an exemption therefrom.
The Company and the Guarantors have prepared a preliminary offering memorandum dated April 20,
2011 (the “Preliminary Offering Memorandum”) and will prepare an offering memorandum dated the date
hereof (the “Offering Memorandum”) setting forth information concerning the Company, the Guarantors
and the Securities. Copies of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum have been, and copies of the
Offering Memorandum will be, delivered by the Company to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement. The Company hereby confirms that it has authorized the use of the
Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the other Time of Sale Information (as defined below) and the
Offering Memorandum in connection with the offering and resale of the Securities by the Initial
Purchasers in the manner contemplated by this Agreement. Capitalized terms used but not defined
herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum.
References herein to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Time of Sale
Information and the Offering Memorandum shall be deemed to refer to and include any document
incorporated by reference therein and any reference to “amend,” “amendment” or
“supplement” with respect to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum
shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after such date and incorporated by
reference therein.
At or prior to the time when sales of the Securities were first made (the “Time of Sale”), the
following information shall have been prepared (collectively, the “Time of Sale Information”): the
Preliminary Offering Memorandum, as supplemented and amended by the written communications listed
on Annex A hereto.
The Company intends to use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities to redeem, on or
about December 15, 2011, the Company’s $400.0 million aggregate principal amount of outstanding
1.50% senior exchangeable notes due 2026 (the “Existing Exchangeable Securities”). In the interim,
a portion of the proceeds will be used to pay down all of the Company’s borrowings under the Credit
Agreement (as defined herein). Pending application of the remaining proceeds to the redemption of
the Existing Exchangeable Securities, the Company will invest the net proceeds of offering of the
Securities in one or more mutual funds, money market funds or common trust funds selected by Parent
consisting only of either (a) Treasury only funds which invest only in U.S. Treasury securities,
including bills, notes, and bonds, that are guaranteed as to principal and interest by the full
faith and credit of the U.S. government, (b) Treasury (AAA) funds which invest only in U.S.
Treasury bills, notes, bonds, and repurchase agreements backed by these securities, and (c) U.S.
government funds which invest only in obligations issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest
by the U.S. government, such as Treasury bills, bonds, and notes.
Holders of the Securities (including the Initial Purchasers and their direct and indirect
transferees) will be entitled to the benefits of a Registration Rights Agreement, to be dated the
Closing Date (as defined below) and substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the
“Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company and the Guarantors will agree to
file one or more registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission”) providing for the registration under the Securities Act of the Securities or the
Exchange Securities referred to (and as defined) in the Registration Rights Agreement.
The Company hereby confirms its agreement with the several Initial Purchasers concerning the
purchase and resale of the Securities, as follows:
1. Purchase and Resale of the Securities. The Company agrees to issue and sell the
Securities to the several Initial Purchasers as provided in this Agreement, and each Initial
Purchaser, 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 Initial Purchaser’s
name in Schedule 1 hereto at a price equal to 98.25% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued
interest, if any, from April 27, 2011 to the Closing Date. 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.
(a) The Company understands that the Initial Purchasers intend to offer the Securities
for resale on the terms set forth in the Time of Sale Information. Each Initial
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Purchaser, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the
Company that:
(i) it is a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A under
the Securities Act (a “QIB”) and an accredited investor within the meaning of Rule
501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act (“Regulation D”);
(ii) it has not solicited offers for, or offered or sold, and will not solicit
offers for, or offer or sell, the Securities by means of any form of general
solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) of Regulation
D or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) of
the Securities Act; and
(iii) it has not solicited offers for, or offered or sold, and will not solicit
offers for, or offer or sell, the Securities as part of their initial offering
except:
(A) within the United States to persons whom it reasonably believes to
be QIBs in transactions pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act
(“Rule 144A”) and in connection with each such sale, it has taken or will
take reasonable steps to ensure that the purchaser of the Securities is
aware that such sale is being made in reliance on Rule 144A; or
(B) in accordance with the restrictions set forth in Annex C hereto.
(b) Each Initial Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that the Company and, for purposes
of the “no registration” opinions to be delivered to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to
Sections 6(f) and 6(g), counsel for the Company and counsel for the Initial Purchasers,
respectively, may rely upon the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the
Initial Purchasers, and compliance by the Initial Purchasers with their agreements,
contained in paragraph (b) above (including Annex C hereto), and each Initial Purchaser
hereby consents to such reliance.
(c) The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Initial Purchasers may offer and sell
Securities to or through any affiliate of an Initial Purchaser and that any such affiliate
may offer and sell Securities purchased by it to or through any Initial Purchaser.
(d) The Company and the Guarantors acknowledge and agree that the Initial Purchasers
are 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 financial advisors or
fiduciaries to, or agents of, the Company, the Guarantors or any other person.
Additionally, neither the Representative nor any other Initial Purchaser 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
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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 neither the Representative nor any other Initial Purchaser shall
have any responsibility or liability to the Company or the Guarantors with respect thereto.
Any review by the Representative or any Initial Purchaser 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 Representative or such Initial Purchaser, as the
case may be, and shall not be on behalf of the Company, the Guarantors or any other person.
2. Payment and Delivery. 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 April 27, 2011,
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”.
(a) Payment for the Securities shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available
funds for the purchase price thereof to the account(s) specified by the Company to the
Representative against delivery to the nominee of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), for
the account of the Initial Purchasers, of one or more global notes representing the
Securities (collectively, the “Global Note”), with any transfer taxes payable in connection
with the sale of the Securities duly paid by the Company. The Global Note 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.
3. Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Guarantors. The Company and
the Guarantors jointly and severally represent and warrant to each Initial Purchaser that as of the
date hereof and as of the Closing Date:
(a) Preliminary Offering Memorandum, Time of Sale Information and Offering Memorandum.
The Preliminary Offering Memorandum, as of its date, did not, the Time of Sale Information,
at the Time of Sale, did not, and at the Closing Date, will not, and the Offering
Memorandum, as of its date and as of 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 or
warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity
with information furnished to the Company in writing by any Initial Purchaser through the
Representative expressly for use in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Time of Sale
Information or the Offering Memorandum.
(b) Additional Written Communications. The Company and the Guarantors (including
their agents and representatives, other than the Initial Purchasers in their capacity as
such) have not prepared, made, used, authorized, approved or referred to and will not
prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any written communication 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 a
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communication referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) below) an “Issuer Written
Communication”) other than (i) the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, (ii) the Offering
Memorandum, (iii) the documents listed on Annex A hereto, including a term sheet
substantially in the form of Annex B hereto, which constitute part of the Time of Sale
Information, and (iv) any electronic road show or other written communications, in each case
used in accordance with Section 4(c). Each such Issuer Written Communication, when taken
together with the Time of Sale Information, 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 each such
Issuer Written Communication in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished
to the Company in writing by any Initial Purchaser through the Representative expressly for
use in any Issuer Written Communication.
(c) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated by reference in each of the
Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, when filed with the Commission,
conformed or will conform, as the case may be, in all material respects to the requirements
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder, 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, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading.
(d) Financial Statements. The financial statements and the related notes thereto
included or incorporated by reference in each of the Time of Sale Information and the
Offering Memorandum present fairly the consolidated financial position of the Parent and its
subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes
in their cash flows for the periods specified; such financial statements have been prepared
in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles as applied in the U.S. and
applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, except as may be
expressly stated in the related notes thereto; and the other financial information included
or incorporated by reference in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering
Memorandum has been derived from the accounting records of the Parent and its subsidiaries
and presents fairly the information shown thereby.
(e) No Material Adverse Change. Since the date of the most recent financial statements
of the Parent included or incorporated by reference in each of the Time of Sale Information
and the Offering Memorandum (i) there has not been any change in the long-term debt of the
Parent or any of its subsidiaries, or any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set
aside for payment, paid or made by the Parent on any class of capital stock, or any material
adverse change, or any development that could reasonably be expected to result in a material
adverse change, in or affecting the business, properties, rights, assets, management,
financial position, results of operations or prospects of the Parent and its subsidiaries
taken as a whole; (ii) neither the Parent nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any
transaction or agreement that is material to the Parent and its subsidiaries taken as a
whole or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or
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contingent, that is material to the Parent and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and
(iii) neither the Parent nor 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 in each
case as otherwise disclosed in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering
Memorandum.
(f) Organization and Good Standing. The Parent and each of its 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, rights, assets, management, financial
position, results of operations or prospects of the Parent and its subsidiaries taken as a
whole or on the performance by the Company and the Guarantors of their obligations under
this Agreement, the Securities and the Guarantees (a “Material Adverse Effect”). The
subsidiaries listed in Schedule 3 to this Agreement are the only majority-owned subsidiaries
of the Parent.
(g) Capitalization. The Parent has an authorized capitalization as set forth in each
of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum under the heading
“Capitalization” as of the date indicated therein; and all the outstanding shares of capital
stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary of the Parent have been duly and validly
authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable (except, in the case of any foreign
subsidiary, for directors’ qualifying shares) and, except as set forth on Schedule 3, are
owned directly or indirectly by the Parent, free and clear of any lien, charge, encumbrance,
security interest, restriction on voting or transfer or any other claim of any third party
(collectively, “Liens”), except for Liens pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement, dated as of May 29, 2009 (as amended or modified from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”).
(h) Due Authorization. The Company and each of the Guarantors have full right, power
and authority to execute and deliver, as applicable, this Agreement, the Securities, the
Indenture (including each Guarantee of each of the Guarantors set forth therein), the
Exchange Securities and the Registration Rights Agreement (collectively, 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 and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
thereby has been duly and validly taken.
(i) The Indenture. The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and each of
the Guarantors and, when duly executed and delivered in accordance with its terms by each of
the parties thereto, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement
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of the Company and each of the Guarantors enforceable against the Company and each of
the Guarantors 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”); and on the Closing Date, the Indenture will conform in all
material respects to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the
“Trust Indenture Act”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission applicable to an
indenture that is qualified thereunder.
(j) The Securities and the Guarantees. The Securities have been duly authorized for
issuance and sale by the Company pursuant to this Agreement and the Indenture 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 the Guarantees have been duly authorized for issuance by each
of the Guarantors pursuant to this Agreement and the Indenture 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
Guarantors, enforceable against each of the Guarantors in accordance with their terms,
subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the
Indenture.
(k) The Exchange Securities. On the Closing Date, the Exchange Securities (including
the related guarantees) will have been duly authorized for issuance by the Company and each
of the Guarantors and, when duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as
contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, will be duly and validly issued and
outstanding and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, as
issuer, and each of the Guarantors, as guarantor, enforceable against the Company and each
of the Guarantors in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions,
and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
(l) Purchase and Registration Rights Agreements. This Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and each of the Guarantors; and the
Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized by the Company and each of the
Guarantors and on the Closing Date will be duly executed and delivered by the Company and
each of the Guarantors and, when duly executed and delivered in accordance with its terms by
each of the parties thereto, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the
Company and each of the Guarantors enforceable against the Company and each of the
Guarantors in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and
except that rights to indemnity and contribution thereunder may be limited by applicable law
and public policy.
(m) Credit Agreement Amendment. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Second Amendment
to the Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement Amendment”) will have been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantors and will constitute a valid and
legally binding agreement of the Company and the
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Guarantors, enforceable against the Company and the Guarantors in accordance with its
terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions.
(n) Descriptions of the Transaction Documents. Each Transaction Document will conform
in all material respects to the description thereof contained in each of the Time of Sale
Information and the Offering Memorandum.
(o) No Violation or Default. Neither the Parent nor any of its 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 the Parent or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Parent or any of
its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the properties, rights or assets of the Parent
or any of its subsidiaries 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.
(p) No Conflicts. After giving effect to the Credit Agreement Amendment, the
execution, delivery and performance by the Company and each of the Guarantors of each of the
Transaction Documents to which each is a party, the issuance and sale of the Securities
(including 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 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 properties, rights or assets of the Parent or any
of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or
other agreement or instrument to which the Parent or any of its subsidiaries is a party or
by which the Parent or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the properties,
rights or assets of the Parent or any of its subsidiaries is subject, (ii) result in any
violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents of
the Parent or any of its 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, default, lien, charge or encumbrance that would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(q) 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 and each of the
Guarantors of each of the Transaction Documents to which each is a party, the issuance and
sale of the Securities (including 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, except for such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders
and registrations or qualifications as
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may be required (i) under applicable state securities laws in connection with the
purchase and resale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers and (ii) with respect to the
Exchange Securities (including the related guarantees) under the Securities Act, the Trust
Indenture Act and applicable state securities laws as contemplated by the Registration
Rights Agreement.
(r) Legal Proceedings. Except as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and
the Offering Memorandum, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations,
actions, suits or proceedings pending to which the Parent or any of its subsidiaries is or,
to the knowledge of the Company and each of the Guarantors, may be a party or to which any
property of the Parent or any of its subsidiaries is or, to the knowledge of the Company and
each of the Guarantors, may be the subject that, individually or in the aggregate, if
determined adversely to the Parent or any of its subsidiaries, could reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect; and no such investigations, actions, suits or proceedings
are threatened or, to the knowledge of the Company and each of the Guarantors, contemplated
by any governmental or regulatory authority or by others.
(s) Independent Accountants. KPMG LLP, which has certified certain financial
statements of the Parent and its subsidiaries, is an independent public accounting firm with
respect to the Parent 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.
(t) Title to Real and Personal Property. The Parent and its subsidiaries have good and
marketable title 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 Parent and its
subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims and defects and
imperfections of title except those that (i) do not materially interfere with the use made
and proposed to be made of such property by the Parent and its subsidiaries, (ii) could not
reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect
or (iii) secure obligations under the Credit Agreement.
(u) Title to Intellectual Property. (i) The Parent and its subsidiaries own or possess
adequate rights to use all material patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks,
trade names, trademark registrations, service xxxx registrations, copyrights, domain names,
licenses and know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable
proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) and all other U.S. and
foreign intellectual property rights (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) necessary for
the conduct of their respective businesses as presently being conducted and as described in
the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum; (ii) the conduct of their
respective businesses does not infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate any
Intellectual Property rights of others; (iii) the Parent and its subsidiaries have not
received any written notice of any claim of infringement, misappropriation or other
violation of any Intellectual Property rights of others; and (iv) to the knowledge of the
Company and any Guarantor, the Intellectual Property owned by the Company, the Guarantors
and their subsidiaries is not being
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infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated by any third party, except, in the
case of clauses (ii) through (iv) above, for any such instance that would not, individually
or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(v) No Undisclosed Relationships. No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between
or among the Parent or any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the directors,
officers, stockholders or other affiliates of the Parent or any of its subsidiaries, on the
other, that would be required by the Securities Act to be described in a registration
statement to be filed with the Commission and that is not so described in each of the Time
of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum.
(w) Investment Company Act. Neither the Parent nor any of its subsidiaries is, and
after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the
proceeds thereof as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering
Memorandum none of them will 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, the “Investment
Company Act”).
(x) Taxes. The Parent and its 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, except where the failure to pay or file would not, individually or in the aggregate,
have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as otherwise disclosed in each of the Time of
Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, there is no material tax deficiency that has
been, or could reasonably be expected to be, asserted against the Parent or any of its
subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets.
(y) Licenses and Permits. The Parent and its subsidiaries possess all licenses,
sub-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 each of the Time of
Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, 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 each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum,
neither the Parent nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any revocation or
modification of any such license, sub-license, certificate, permit or authorization which
would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect or has any reason to
believe that any such license, certificate, permit or authorization will not be renewed in
the ordinary course.
(z) No Labor Disputes. No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the Parent
or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company and each of the
Guarantors, is contemplated or threatened.
(aa) Compliance With Environmental Laws. (i) The Parent and its subsidiaries (x) are,
and at all prior times were, in compliance with any and all applicable federal,
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state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, requirements, decisions and orders
relating to the protection of human health or safety, the environment, natural resources,
hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, petroleum products, 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 under or relating to any Environmental
Laws, including for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous
or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, and have no knowledge of any
event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in any such notice, and (ii)
there are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws of or relating to the
Parent or its subsidiaries, except in the case of each of (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;
and (iii) except as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering
Memorandum, (x) there are no proceedings that are pending, or that are known to be
contemplated, against the Parent or any of its subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws in
which a governmental entity is also a party, other than such proceedings regarding which it
is reasonably believed no monetary sanctions of $100,000 or more will be imposed, (y) the
Parent and its subsidiaries are not aware of any issues regarding compliance with
Environmental Laws, or liabilities or other obligations under Environmental Laws or
concerning hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, that could
reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the capital expenditures, earnings or
competitive position of the Parent and its subsidiaries, and (z) none of the Parent and its
subsidiaries anticipates material capital expenditures relating to any Environmental Laws.
(bb) Compliance With ERISA. (i) Each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of
Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”),
for which the Parent or any member of its “Controlled Group” (defined as any organization
which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)) would have any liability (each,
a “Plan”) 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 Code; (ii) no prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any Plan excluding transactions
effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption; (iii) for each Plan that is
subject to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, no Plan has
failed (whether or not waived), or is reasonably expected to fail, to satisfy the minimum
funding standards (within the meaning of Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code)
applicable to such Plan; (iv) no Plan is, or is reasonably expected to be, in “at risk
status” (within the meaning of Section 303(i) of ERISA) or “endangered status” or “critical
status” (within the meaning of Section 305 of ERISA); (v) the fair market value of the
assets of each Plan exceeds the present value of all benefits accrued under such Plan
(determined based on those assumptions used to fund such Plan); (vi) no “reportable event”
(within the meaning of Section 4043(c) of ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to
occur;
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(vii) each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so
qualified and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which would
cause the loss of such qualification and (viii) neither the Parent nor any member of the
Controlled Group has incurred, nor reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV
of ERISA (other than contributions to the Plan or premiums to the PBGC, in the ordinary
course and without default) in respect of a Plan (including a “multiemployer plan”, within
the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA); except in each case with respect to the events
or conditions set forth in (i) through (viii) hereof, as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(cc) Disclosure Controls. The Parent and its subsidiaries maintain an effective system
of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act)
that is designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Parent in
reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized
and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms,
including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated
and communicated to the Parent’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions
regarding required disclosure. The Parent and its subsidiaries have carried out evaluations
of the effectiveness of their disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15
of the Exchange Act.
(dd) Accounting Controls. The Parent and its 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. The Parent
and its subsidiaries maintain 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; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for
assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action
is taken with respect to any differences. There are no material weaknesses or significant
deficiencies in the Parent’s internal controls.
(ee) Insurance. The Parent and its subsidiaries have insurance in such amounts and
covering such losses and risks as, in Parent’s reasonable determination, is adequate to
protect the Parent and its subsidiaries and their respective businesses and is customary for
companies engaged in similar businesses in similar industries; and neither the Parent nor
any of its 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
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similar coverage at reasonable cost from similar insurers as may be necessary to
continue its business.
(ff) No Unlawful Payments. Neither the Parent nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the
knowledge of the Company and each of the Guarantors, any director, officer, agent, employee
or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Parent or any of its 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.
(gg) Compliance with Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Parent and its
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 applicable
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 Parent
or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company or any of the Guarantors, threatened.
(hh) Compliance with OFAC. None of the Parent, any of its subsidiaries or, to the
knowledge of the Company or any of the Guarantors, any director, officer, agent, employee or
affiliate of the Parent or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S.
sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the
Treasury (“OFAC”); and the Parent 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.
(ii) Solvency. On and immediately after the Closing Date, the Company and the
Guarantors (after giving effect to the issuance of the Securities and the other transactions
related thereto as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering
Memorandum) 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 and the Guarantors is not less
than the total amount required to pay the liabilities of the Company and the Guarantors on
their total existing debts and liabilities (including contingent liabilities) as they become
absolute and matured; (ii) subject to the security interests granted pursuant to the
collateral documents relating to the Credit Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors are
able to realize upon their assets and pay their debts and other liabilities, contingent
obligations and commitments as they mature and become due in the normal
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course of business; (iii) assuming consummation of the issuance of the Securities as
contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum,
the Company and the Guarantors are not incurring debts or liabilities beyond their ability
to pay as such debts and liabilities mature; and (iv) the Company and the Guarantors are not
engaged in any business or transaction, and do not propose to engage in any business or
transaction, for which their property would constitute unreasonably small capital after
giving due consideration to the prevailing practice in the industry in which the Company and
the Guarantors is engaged.
(jj) No Restrictions on Subsidiaries. No subsidiary of the Parent 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 the Parent, from making any
other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock or similar ownership interest, from
repaying to the Company or the Parent any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the
Company or the Parent or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s properties or assets to
the Company or the Parent or any other subsidiary of the Parent, except in all instances for
any such restrictions that will be permitted by the Indenture.
(kk) No Broker’s Fees. Neither the Parent nor any of its 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 any of them or any Initial Purchaser for a
brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale
of the Securities.
(ll) Rule 144A Eligibility. On the Closing Date, the Securities will not be of the
same class as securities listed on a national securities exchange registered under Section 6
of the Exchange Act or quoted in an automated inter-dealer quotation system; and each of the
Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum, as of its respective date,
contains or will contain all the information that, if requested by a prospective purchaser
of the Securities, would be required to be provided to such prospective purchaser pursuant
to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
(mm) No Integration. Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule
501(b) of Regulation D) has, directly or through any agent, sold, offered for sale,
solicited offers to buy or otherwise negotiated in respect of, any security (as defined in
the Securities Act), that is or will be integrated with the sale of the Securities in a
manner that would require registration of the Securities under the Securities Act.
(nn) No General Solicitation or Directed Selling Efforts. None of the Company or any
of its affiliates or any other person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial
Purchasers, as to which no representation is made) has (i) solicited offers for, or offered
or sold, the Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising
within the meaning of Rule 502(c) of Regulation D or in any manner involving a public
offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act or (ii) engaged in any
directed selling efforts within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act
(“Regulation S”), and all such persons have complied with the offering restrictions
requirement of Regulation S.
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(oo) Securities Law Exemptions. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and
warranties of the Initial Purchasers contained in Section 1(b) (including Annex C hereto)
and their compliance with their agreements set forth therein, it is not necessary, in
connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers and the
offer, resale and delivery of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers in the manner
contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, to
register the Securities under the Securities Act or, until such time as the Exchange
Securities are issued pursuant to an effective registration statement, to qualify the
Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.
(pp) No Stabilization. Neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors has 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.
(qq) Margin Rules. Neither the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities nor the
application of the proceeds thereof by the Company as described in each of the Time of Sale
Information and the Offering Memorandum 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.
(rr) 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 any of the Time of Sale Information or the Offering Memorandum
has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in
good faith.
(ss) Statistical and Market Data. Nothing has come to the attention of the Company or
any Guarantor that has caused the Company or any Guarantor to believe that the statistical
and market-related data included or incorporated by reference in each of the Time of Sale
Information and the Offering Memorandum is not based on or derived from sources that are
reliable and accurate in all material respects.
(tt) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Parent or
any of the Parent’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply 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.
(uu) Reserve Data. The oil and natural gas reserve estimates of the Company and its
subsidiaries as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 contained in the Time of Sale Information and
the Offering Memorandum are derived from reports that have been prepared by, or have been
audited by, either (a) Netherland, Xxxxxx & Associates, Inc. or (b) DeGoyler and
XxxXxxxxxxx, as set forth and to the extent indicated therein, and such estimates fairly
reflect, in all material respects, the oil and natural gas reserves of certain consolidated
subsidiaries or equity method investments of the Parent, as applicable, at the dates
indicated therein and are in accordance, in all material respects, with Commission
guidelines applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved.
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(vv) Independent Petroleum Engineers. Each of Netherland, Xxxxxx & Associates, Inc.
and DeGoyler and XxxXxxxxxxx have represented to the Parent that they are, and the Parent
believes them to be, independent petroleum engineers with respect to the Parent, its
subsidiaries and equity method investments for the periods set forth in the Time of Sale
Information and the Offering Memorandum.
4. Further Agreements of the Company and the Guarantors. The Company and each of the
Guarantors jointly and severally covenant and agree with each Initial Purchaser that:
(a) Delivery of Copies. The Company will deliver, without charge, to the Initial
Purchasers as many copies of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, any other Time of Sale
Information, any Issuer Written Communication and the Offering Memorandum (including all
amendments and supplements thereto) as the Representative may reasonably request.
(b) Offering Memorandum, Amendments or Supplements. Before finalizing the Offering
Memorandum or making or distributing any amendment or supplement to any of the Time of Sale
Information or the Offering Memorandum or filing with the Commission any document that will
be incorporated by reference therein, the Company will furnish to the Representative and
counsel for the Initial Purchasers a copy of the proposed Offering Memorandum or such
amendment or supplement or document to be incorporated by reference therein for review, and
will not distribute any such proposed Offering Memorandum, amendment or supplement or file
any such document with the Commission to which the Representative reasonably objects.
(c) Additional Written Communications. Before making, preparing, using, authorizing,
approving or referring to any Issuer Written Communication, the Company and the Guarantors
will furnish to the Representative and counsel for the Initial Purchasers a copy of such
written communication for review and will not make, prepare, use, authorize, approve or
refer to any such written communication 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) of the issuance by any governmental or regulatory
authority of any order preventing or suspending the use of any of the Time of Sale
Information, any Issuer Written Communication or the Offering Memorandum or the initiation
or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose; (ii) of the occurrence of any event at
any time prior to the completion of the initial offering of the Securities as a result of
which any of the Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication or the Offering
Memorandum as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances existing when such Time of Sale Information, Issuer Written
Communication or the Offering Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; and
(iii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the
qualification of the
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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 preventing or suspending the use of any of the Time
of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication or the Offering Memorandum 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 any of 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 under which they were made, not misleading or (ii) it is
necessary to amend or supplement any of the Time of Sale Information to comply with law, the
Company will immediately notify the Initial Purchasers thereof and forthwith prepare and,
subject to paragraph (b) above, furnish to the Initial Purchasers such amendments or
supplements to any of the Time of Sale Information (or any document to be filed with the
Commission and incorporated by reference therein) as may be necessary so that the statements
in any of the Time of Sale Information as so amended or supplemented will not, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, be misleading or so that any of the Time of
Sale Information will comply with law.
(f) Ongoing Compliance of the Offering Memorandum. If at any time prior to the
completion of the initial offering of the Securities (i) any event shall occur or condition
shall exist as a result of which the Offering Memorandum 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
existing when the Offering Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it
is necessary to amend or supplement the Offering Memorandum to comply with law, the Company
will immediately notify the Initial Purchasers thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to
paragraph (b) above, furnish to the Initial Purchasers such amendments or supplements to the
Offering Memorandum (or any document to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by
reference therein) as may be necessary so that the statements in the Offering Memorandum as
so amended or supplemented (including such document to be incorporated by reference therein)
will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Offering Memorandum is
delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Offering Memorandum will comply with
law.
(g) Blue Sky Compliance. The Company will cooperate with the Representative and
counsel for the Initial Purchasers to qualify or register (or obtain exemptions from
qualifying or registering) 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 the offering and resale 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 or take any action that would subject it to service of process
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in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction
if it is not otherwise so subject.
(h) Clear Market. During the period from the date hereof through and including the
date that is 60 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. For the avoidance of doubt, the
foregoing will not restrict the Company’s ability to borrow under the Credit Agreement.
(i) Use of Proceeds. The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the
Securities as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum
under the heading “Use of proceeds”.
(j) Supplying Information. While the Securities remain outstanding and are “restricted
securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act, the Company and
each of the Guarantors will, during any period in which the Company is not subject to and in
compliance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, furnish to holders of the
Securities and prospective purchasers of the Securities designated by such holders, upon the
request of such holders or such prospective purchasers, the information required to be
delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
(k) DTC. The Company will cooperate with the Initial Purchasers in arranging for the
Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.
(l) No Resales by the Company or Parent. Neither the Company nor the Parent will, and
neither of them will permit any of their affiliates (as defined in Rule 144 under the
Securities Act) to, resell any of the Securities that have been acquired by any of them,
except for Securities purchased by the Company, the Parent or any of their affiliates and
resold in a transaction registered under the Securities Act.
(m) No Integration. None of the Company, the Parent or any of their affiliates (as
defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D) will, directly or through any agent, sell, offer for
sale, solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of, any security (as defined
in the Securities Act), that is or will be integrated with the sale of the Securities in a
manner that would require registration of the Securities under the Securities Act.
(n) No General Solicitation or Directed Selling Efforts. None of the Company, the
Parent or any of their affiliates or any other person acting on their behalf (other than the
Initial Purchasers, as to which no covenant is given) will (i) solicit offers for, or offer
or sell, the Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising
within the meaning of Rule 502(c) of Regulation D or in any manner involving a public
offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act or (ii) engage in any
directed selling efforts within the meaning of Regulation S, and all such persons will
comply with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S.
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(o) 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.
5. Certain Agreements of the Initial Purchasers. Each Initial Purchaser hereby
represents and agrees that it has not and will not use, authorize use of, refer to, or participate
in the planning for use of, any written communication that constitutes an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities other than (i) the Preliminary Offering Memorandum
and the Offering Memorandum, (ii) a written communication that contains no “issuer information” (as
defined in Rule 433(h)(2) under the Securities Act) that was not included (including through
incorporation by reference) in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum,
(iii) any written communication listed on Annex A or prepared pursuant to Section 4(c) above
(including any electronic road show), (iv) any written communication prepared by such Initial
Purchaser and approved by the Company in advance in writing or (v) any written communication
relating to or that contains the preliminary or final terms of the Securities and/or other
information that was included (including through incorporation by reference) in the Preliminary
Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum.
6. Conditions of Initial Purchasers’ Obligations. The obligation of each Initial
Purchaser to purchase Securities on the Closing Date as provided herein is subject to the
performance by the Company and each of the Guarantors of their respective covenants and other
obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company
and the 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 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.
(b) 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 issued or
guaranteed by the Parent or any of its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized
statistical rating organization”, as such term is defined under Section 3(a)(62) under the
Exchange 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 issued or guaranteed by the
Parent or any of its subsidiaries (other than an announcement with positive implications of
a possible upgrading).
(c) No Material Adverse Change. No event or condition of a type described in Section
3(e) hereof shall have occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not described in
each of the Time of Sale Information (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the
Offering Memorandum (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) the effect of which in
the judgment of the Representative makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the
offering, sale or delivery of the
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Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of
Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum.
(d) 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 Guarantor who
has specific knowledge of the Company’s or such Guarantor’s financial matters and is
satisfactory to the Representative (i) confirming that such officer has carefully reviewed
the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum and, to the knowledge of such
officer, the representations set forth in Sections 3(a) and 3(b) hereof are true and
correct, (ii) confirming that the other representations and warranties of the Company and
the Guarantors in this Agreement are true and correct and that the Company and the
Guarantors have complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions 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 (b) and (c) above.
(e) Comfort Letters. On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date, KPMG LLP
shall have furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Company, letters, dated
the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Initial Purchasers, in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, containing statements and
information of the type customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to
underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information
contained or incorporated by reference in each of the Time of Sale Information and the
Offering Memorandum; 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.
(f) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Company and the Guarantors. Jones,
Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Xxxxxxx L.L.P., counsel for the Company and the
Guarantors, shall have furnished to the Initial Purchasers, at the request of the Company,
their written opinion and 10b-5 statement, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the
Initial Purchasers, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, to
the effect set forth in Annex D hereto.
(g) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Initial Purchasers. The Initial
Purchasers shall have received on and as of the Closing Date an opinion and 10b-5 statement
of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Initial Purchasers, 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.
(h) 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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(i) Good Standing. The Representative shall have received on and as of the Closing
Date satisfactory evidence of the good standing of the Parent 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.
(j) Registration Rights Agreement. The Initial Purchasers shall have received a
counterpart of the Registration Rights Agreement that shall have been executed and delivered
by a duly authorized officer of the Company and each of the Guarantors.
(k) DTC. The Securities shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.
(l) Indenture and Securities. The Indenture shall have been duly executed and
delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Company, each of the Guarantors and the
Trustee, and the Securities shall have been duly executed and delivered by a duly authorized
officer of the Company and duly authenticated by the Trustee.
(m) Credit Agreement Amendment. Concurrently with or prior to the Closing Date, the
Company and the Guarantors shall have entered into the Credit Agreement Amendment consistent
in all material respects with the terms described in the Time of Sale Information and the
Offering Memorandum and the Representative shall have received conformed counterparts
thereof.
(n) 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.
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 Initial Purchasers.
7. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) Indemnification of the Initial Purchasers. The Company and each of the Guarantors
jointly and severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser, its
affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls such Initial
Purchaser 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 reasonably 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, any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Preliminary
Offering Memorandum, any of the other Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written
Communication or the Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or any
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
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made, not misleading, in each case 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
furnished to the Company in writing by any Initial Purchaser through the Representative
expressly for use therein.
(b) Indemnification of the Company and the Guarantors. Each Initial Purchaser agrees,
severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of the
Guarantors, each of their respective directors and officers and each person, if any, who
controls the Company or any of the 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 furnished to the Company in writing by any Initial Purchaser through the
Representative expressly for use in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, any of the other
Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication or the Offering Memorandum (or
any amendment or supplement thereto), it being understood and agreed that the only such
information consists of the following: the second and third sentences of the third paragraph
and the penultimate paragraph under the caption “Plan of distribution” in the Preliminary
Offering Memorandum, the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum.
(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 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 be entitled to participate in and
assume the defense thereof and 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 this Section 7 that the Indemnifying Person may designate in
such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of 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
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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 interests 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 Initial
Purchaser, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control persons of such Initial
Purchaser shall be designated in writing by X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC and any such separate
firm for the Company, the Guarantors, their respective directors and officers 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 request or disputed in good faith the Indemnified Person’s
entitlement to such reimbursement 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 Guarantors on the one hand and the Initial
Purchasers 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 Guarantors on the one hand and the Initial
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Purchasers 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 Guarantors on the one
hand and the Initial Purchasers 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 discounts and commissions received by the Initial
Purchasers in connection therewith, as provided in this Agreement, bear to the aggregate
offering price of the Securities. The relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors on
the one hand and the Initial Purchasers 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 Initial Purchasers 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, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers
agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7
were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Initial Purchasers were
treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that 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 this Section
7, in no event shall an Initial Purchaser be required to contribute any amount in excess of
the amount by which the total discounts and commissions received by such Initial Purchaser
with respect to the offering of the Securities exceeds the amount of any damages that such
Initial Purchaser 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 Initial Purchasers’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this
Section 7 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 that may otherwise be available to any
Indemnified Person at law or in equity.
8. 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
on or 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 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
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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 Offering
Memorandum.
9. Defaulting Initial Purchaser.
(a) If, on the Closing Date, any Initial Purchaser defaults on its obligation to
purchase the Securities that it has agreed to purchase hereunder, the non-defaulting Initial
Purchasers 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 Initial Purchaser, the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers
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 persons reasonably satisfactory to
the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers to purchase such Securities on such terms. If other
persons become obligated or agree to purchase the Securities of a defaulting Initial
Purchaser, either the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers 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 Initial Purchasers may be necessary in
the Time of Sale Information, the Offering Memorandum or in any other document or
arrangement, and the Company agrees to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the
Time of Sale Information or the Offering Memorandum that effects any such changes. As used
in this Agreement, the term “Initial Purchaser” 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 9, purchases Securities that a defaulting Initial Purchaser agreed
but failed to purchase.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a
defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers by the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers
and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such
Securities that remains unpurchased does not exceed one-tenth of the aggregate principal
amount of all the Securities, then the Company shall have the right to require each
non-defaulting Initial Purchaser to purchase the principal amount of Securities that such
Initial Purchaser agreed to purchase hereunder plus such Initial Purchaser’s pro
rata share (based on the principal amount of Securities that such Initial Purchaser
agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Securities of such defaulting Initial Purchaser or
Initial Purchasers 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 Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers by the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers
and the Company as provided in paragraph (b) above, the aggregate principal amount of such
Securities that remains unpurchased exceeds one-tenth 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 Initial Purchasers. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this
Section 9 shall be without liability on the part of the
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Company or the Guarantors, except that the Company and each of the Guarantors will
continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in Section 10 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 Initial Purchaser of any
liability it may have to the Company, the Guarantors or any non-defaulting Initial Purchaser
for damages caused by its default.
10. Payment of Expenses. Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company and each of the Guarantors
jointly and severally agree to pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the
performance of their respective 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 the preparation and printing of the
Preliminary Offering Memorandum, any other Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written
Communication and the Offering Memorandum (including any amendment or supplement 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; (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
Initial Purchasers); (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 the
approval of the Securities for book-entry transfer by DTC; and (ix) all expenses incurred by the
Company in connection with any “road show” presentation to potential investors.
(a) If (i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8(ii), (ii) the Company for
any reason fails to tender the Securities for delivery to the Initial Purchasers or (iii)
the Initial Purchasers decline to purchase the Securities for any reason permitted under
this Agreement, the Company and each of the Guarantors jointly and severally agrees to
reimburse the Initial Purchasers for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the
fees and expenses of their counsel) reasonably incurred by the Initial Purchasers in
connection with this Agreement and the offering contemplated hereby.
11. 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 any
controlling persons referred to herein, (i) the affiliates, officers and directors of each Initial
Purchaser referred to in Section 7 hereof and (ii) the officers and directors of each of the
Company and the Guarantors 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 Initial Purchaser shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase.
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12. Survival. The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations,
warranties and agreements of the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers contained in
this Agreement or made by or on behalf of the Company, the Guarantors or the Initial Purchasers
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 Initial Purchasers.
13. 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 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; (c) the term “subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Rule
405 under the Securities Act; and (d) the term “written communication” has the meaning set forth in
Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
14. Compliance with USA Patriot Act. In accordance with the requirements of the USA
Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Initial
Purchasers are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective
clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of their
respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Initial Purchasers to properly
identify their respective clients.
15. Miscellaneous. Authority of the Representative. Any action by the Initial
Purchasers hereunder may be taken by X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC on behalf of the Initial
Purchasers, and any such action taken by X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC shall be binding upon the
Initial Purchasers.
(a) 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 Initial Purchasers shall be given to the
Representative c/o X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
(fax: (000) 000-0000); Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxx. Notices to the Company and the Guarantors
shall be given to them at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000 (fax:
(000) 000-0000); Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx.
(b) Governing Law. This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under
or related to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of New York.
(c) 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.
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(d) 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.
(e) 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, SESI, L.L.C. |
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By: | Superior Energy Services, Inc., its managing member |
By | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | |||
SUPERIOR ENERGY SERVICES, INC. |
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By | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
0000 XXXXXX XXXX, L.L.C. ADVANCED OILWELL SERVICES, INC. BLOWOUT TOOLS, INC. CONCENTRIC PIPE AND TOOL RENTALS, L.L.C. CONNECTION TECHNOLOGY, L.L.C. CSI TECHNOLOGIES, LLC DRILLING LOGISTICS, L.L.C. FASTORQ, L.L.C. H.B. RENTALS, L.C. INTERNATIONAL SNUBBING SERVICES, L.L.C. NON-MAGNETIC RENTAL TOOLS, L.L.C. PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT INDUSTRIES, L.L.C. SEMO, L.L.C. SEMSE, L.L.C. STABIL DRILL SPECIALITIES, L.L.C. SUB-SURFACE TOOLS, L.L.C. SUPERIOR HOLDING, INC. SUPERIOR ENERGY SERVICES COLOMBIA, LLC SUPERIOR ENERGY SERVICES, L.L.C. SUPERIOR INSPECTION SERVICES, L.L.C. WARRIOR ENERGY SERVICES CORPORATION WILD WELL CONTROL, INC. WORKSTRINGS INTERNATIONAL, L.L.C. |
By | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Authorized Representative | |||
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Accepted: April 20, 2011
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES LLC
For itself and on behalf of the
several Initial Purchasers listed
in Schedule 1 hereto.
several Initial Purchasers listed
in Schedule 1 hereto.
By | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx | ||
Authorized Signatory |
Schedules and exhibits have been intentionally omitted, and will be made available to the
Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.
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SCHEDULE 1
Initial
Purchasers |
Principal Amount | |||
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC |
$ | 175,000,000 | ||
Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC |
$ | 87,500,000 | ||
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated |
$ | 70,000,000 | ||
BNP Paribas Securities Corp. |
$ | 70,000,000 | ||
Comerica Securities, Inc. |
$ | 19,500,000 | ||
PNC Capital Markets LLC |
$ | 19,500,000 | ||
Natixis Securities North America Inc. |
$ | 19,500,000 | ||
Capital One Southcoast, Inc. |
$ | 19,500,000 | ||
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. |
$ | 19,500,000 | ||
Total |
$ | 500,000,000 |