ELECTRONIC ARTS INC. 0.75% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2016 PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
$550,000,000
0.75% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2016
July 14, 2011
July 14, 2011
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC
As Representative of the several
Initial Purchasers named
in Schedule I hereto
c/o | Morgan Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC |
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Electronic Arts Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several purchasers named in Schedule I hereto (the “Initial Purchasers”), for whom you are acting as representative (the “Representative”) $550,000,000 principal amount of its 0.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2016 (the “Firm Securities”) to be issued pursuant to the provisions of an Indenture to be dated as of July 20, 2011 (the “Indenture”) between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association as Trustee (the “Trustee”). The Company also proposes to issue and sell to the Initial Purchasers not more than an additional $82,500,000 principal amount of its 0.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2016 (the “Additional Securities”) if and to the extent that you, as Representative of the offering, shall have determined to exercise, on behalf of the Initial Purchasers, the right to purchase such Additional Securities granted to the Initial Purchasers in Section 2 hereof solely to cover overallotments. The Firm Securities and the Additional Securities are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Securities”. The Securities will be convertible into cash and shares, if any, of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (the “Underlying Securities”).
In connection with the offering of the Firm Securities, the Company is separately entering into convertible note hedge transactions and warrant transactions with affiliates of one or more of the Initial Purchasers (each, a “Call Spread Counterparty” and together, the “Call Spread Counterparties”), in each case pursuant to a convertible note hedge confirmation and a warrant confirmation, respectively, each dated the date hereof (the “Base Call Spread Confirmations”), and in connection with the issuance of any Additional Securities, the Company and the Call Spread Counterparties may enter into additional convertible note hedge transactions and additional warrant transactions pursuant to additional convertible note hedge confirmations and additional warrant confirmations, respectively, each to be dated the date on which the option granted to the Initial Purchases pursuant to Section 2 to purchase such Additional Securities is exercised (the “Additional Call Spread Confirmations” and, together with the Base Call Spread Confirmations, the “Call Spread Confirmations”).
The Securities and the Underlying Securities will be offered without being registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), to qualified institutional buyers in compliance with the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
In connection with the sale of the Securities, the Company has prepared a preliminary offering memorandum (the “Preliminary Memorandum”) and will prepare a final offering memorandum (the “Final Memorandum”) including or incorporating by reference a description of the terms of the Securities and the Underlying Securities, the terms of the offering and a description of the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, “Additional Written Offering Communication” means any written communication (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities other than the Preliminary Memorandum or the Final Memorandum, and “Time of Sale Memorandum” means the Preliminary Memorandum together with the Additional Written Offering Communications, if any, each identified in Schedule II hereto. As used herein, the terms Preliminary Memorandum, Time of Sale Memorandum and Final Memorandum shall include the documents, if any, incorporated by reference therein on the date hereof. The terms “supplement”, “amendment” and “amend” as used herein with respect to the Preliminary Memorandum, the Time of Sale Memorandum, the Final Memorandum or any Additional Written Offering Communication shall include all documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein.
1. Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, you that:
(a)(i) Each document, if any, filed or to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Memorandum, the Time of Sale Memorandum or the Final Memorandum complied or will comply when so filed in all material respects with the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (ii) the Time of Sale Memorandum does not, and at the first time of sale of the Securities in connection with the offering, the Time of Sale Memorandum will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (iii) the Preliminary Memorandum as of its date did not contain and the Final Memorandum as of its date and on the Closing Date (as defined in Section 4), will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph do not apply to statements or omissions in the Preliminary Memorandum, the Time of Sale Memorandum or the Final Memorandum based upon information furnished to the Company in writing by any Initial Purchaser through you expressly for use therein.
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(b) Except for the Additional Written Offering Communications, if any, identified in Schedule II hereto, and electronic road shows, if any, furnished to you before first use, the Company has not prepared, used or referred to, and will not, without your prior consent, prepare, use or refer to, any Additional Written Offering Communication.
(c) The Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has the corporate power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Memorandum and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(d) Each “Significant Subsidiary” of the Company (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) (each, a “Significant Subsidiary” and, collectively, the “Significant Subsidiaries”) has been duly organized, is validly existing and in good standing (which concept shall include the functional equivalent of “good standing” in non-U.S. jurisdictions, to the extent applicable) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has the corporate power and authority (or similar company or partnership power and authority) to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Memorandum and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; all of the issued shares of capital stock or equivalent equity interests, as applicable, of each Significant Subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims.
(e) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(f) The authorized capital stock of the Company conforms as to legal matters to the description thereof contained in each of the Time of Sale Memorandum and the Final Memorandum.
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(g) The Securities have been duly authorized and, when executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Initial Purchasers in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and equitable principles of general applicability, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture pursuant to which such Securities are to be issued, and the Securities and the Indenture will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in each of the Time of Sale Memorandum and the Final Memorandum.
(h) The Underlying Securities issuable upon conversion of the Securities have been duly authorized and reserved and, when issued upon conversion of the Securities in accordance with the terms of the Securities, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of the Underlying Securities will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights.
(i) The Base Call Spread Confirmations have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and are enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, and any Additional Call Spread Confirmations will, on or prior to the date such Additional Call Spread Confirmations are entered into, have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and will be enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject in each case to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and equitable principles of general applicability.
(j) The maximum number of shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, issuable upon exercise of the warrants issued pursuant to the Base Call Spread Confirmations and any Additional Call Spread Confirmations (the “Warrant Securities”) have been duly authorized and reserved and, when issued upon exercise of such warrants in accordance with the terms of such warrants, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of the Warrant Securities will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights.
(k) On the Closing Date, the Indenture will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, and will be a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and equitable principles of general applicability.
(l) The execution and delivery by the Company of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations under, this Agreement, the Indenture, the Call Spread Confirmations and the Securities (together, the
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“Transaction Documents”) will not contravene any provision of applicable law or the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or any agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company or any of its subsidiaries that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, and no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental body or agency is required for the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Transaction Documents, except such as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities.
(m) There has not occurred any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Time of Sale Memorandum provided to prospective purchasers of the Securities.
(n) Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Memorandum, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or threatened to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any of the properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject that would have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or on the power or ability of the Company to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents or to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby.
(o) The Company 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, licenses and know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) (“Intellectual Property”) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses; and the conduct of their respective businesses will not infringe, misappropriate or violate or conflict in any material respect with any such rights of others, and the Company and its subsidiaries have not received any notice of any claim of infringement, misappropriation or violation of or conflict with any such rights of others, in each case except as would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. None of the Intellectual Property owned or licensed by the Company and its subsidiaries is invalid or unenforceable, except for Intellectual Property the invalidity or unenforceability of which would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
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(p) The Company and its subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except where such noncompliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(q) There are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties) which would, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(r) The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and pro forma effect to the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Time of Sale Memorandum or the Final Memorandum will not be, required to register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”).
(s) Neither the Company nor any affiliate (as defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D under the Securities Act, an “Affiliate”) of the Company has directly, or through any agent, (i) sold, offered for sale, solicited offers to buy or otherwise negotiated in respect of, any security (as defined in the Securities Act) which is or will be integrated with the sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the Securities or (ii) offered, solicited offers to buy or sold the Securities by any form of general solicitation or general advertising (as those terms are used in Regulation D under the Securities Act) or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.
(t) There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with any applicable provision of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith, including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.
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(u) It is not necessary in connection with the offer, sale and delivery of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers in the manner contemplated by this Agreement to register the Securities under the Securities Act or to qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
(v) The Securities satisfy the requirements set forth in Rule 144A(d)(3) under the Securities Act.
(w) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, nor any director, officer, or employee, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any agent or representative of the Company or of any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, has taken or will take any action in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization or approval of the payment or giving of money, property, gifts or anything else of value, directly or indirectly, to any “government official” (including any officer or employee of a government or government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office) to influence official action or secure an improper advantage; and the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws and have instituted and maintain and will continue to maintain policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws and with the representation and warranty contained herein.
(x) The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in material compliance with all applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970, as amended, including by Title III of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT Act), and the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of jurisdictions where the Company and its subsidiaries conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.
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(y)(i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor any director, officer, or employee thereof, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any agent, affiliate or representative of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, is an individual or entity (“Person”) that is, or is owned or controlled by a Person that is:
(A) the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) or the United Nations Security Council (“UNSC”) (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor
(B) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions (including, without limitation, Burma/Myanmar, Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Sudan and Syria).
(ii) The Company will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person:
(A) to fund or facilitate any activities or business of or with any Person or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject of Sanctions; or
(B) in any other manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise).
(iii) For the past 5 years, the Company and its subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in and are not now knowingly engaged in any dealings or transactions with any Person, or in any country or territory, that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject of Sanctions.
(z) Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Memorandum and the Final Memorandum, the Company and each of its subsidiaries have filed all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns required to be filed through the date of this Agreement or have requested extensions thereof (except where the failure to file would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect) and have paid all taxes required to be paid thereon (except for cases in which the failure to file or pay would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect, or, except as currently being contested in good faith and for which reserves required by U.S. GAAP have been created in the financial statements of the Company), and no tax deficiency has been determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries which has had (nor does the Company nor any of its subsidiaries have any notice or knowledge of any tax deficiency which could reasonably be expected to be determined adversely to the Company or its subsidiaries and which could reasonably be expected to have) a material adverse effect.
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(aa) The Company maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act and has been designed by the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or under their supervision, 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 Company’s internal control over financial reporting is effective based on the criteria established in “Internal Control — Integrated Framework” issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Xxxxxxxx Commission; and the Company is not aware of any material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting.
(bb) Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Memorandum, there has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
(cc) The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act; and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective such that the information relating to the Company required to be disclosed in its reports required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (i) is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in Commission rules and forms, and (ii) is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
2. Agreements to Sell and Purchase. The Company hereby agrees to sell to the several Initial Purchasers, and each Initial Purchaser, upon the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to the conditions hereinafter stated, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the respective principal amount of Firm Securities set forth in Schedule I hereto opposite its name at a purchase price of 97.75% of the principal amount thereof (the “Purchase Price”) plus accrued interest, if any, to the Closing Date.
On the basis of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, and subject to its terms and conditions, the Company agrees to sell to the Initial Purchasers, and the Initial Purchasers shall have the right to purchase, severally and not jointly, up to $82,500,000 principal amount of Additional Securities at the Purchase Price plus accrued interest, if any, to the date of payment and delivery solely to cover overallotments as described below. You may exercise this right on behalf of the Initial Purchasers in whole or from time to time in part by giving written notice to the Company not later than 30 days after
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the date of this Agreement. Any exercise notice shall specify the principal amount of Additional Securities to be purchased by the Initial Purchasers and the date on which such Additional Securities are to be purchased. Each purchase date must be at least one business day after the written notice is given and may not be earlier than the Closing Date nor later than ten business days after the date of such notice. Additional Securities may be purchased as provided in Section 4 solely for the purpose of covering overallotments of securities in excess of the number of the Firm Securities. On each day, if any, that Additional Securities are to be purchased (an “Option Closing Date”), each Initial Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase the principal amount of Additional Securities (subject to such adjustments to eliminate fractional Securities as you may determine) that bears the same proportion to the total principal amount of Additional Securities to be purchased on such Option Closing Date as the principal amount of Firm Securities set forth in Schedule I opposite the name of such Initial Purchaser bears to the total principal amount of Firm Securities.
3. Terms of Offering. You have advised the Company that the Initial Purchasers will make an offering of the Securities purchased by the Initial Purchasers hereunder as soon as practicable after this Agreement is entered into as in your judgment is advisable.
4. Payment and Delivery. Payment for the Firm Securities shall be made to the Company in Federal or other funds immediately available in New York City against delivery of such Firm Securities for the respective accounts of the several Initial Purchasers at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on July 20, 2011, or at such other time on the same or such other date, not later than July 27, 2011, as shall be designated in writing by you. The time and date of such payment are hereinafter referred to as the “Closing Date.”
Payment for any Additional Securities shall be made to the Company in Federal or other funds immediately available in New York City against delivery of such Additional Securities for the respective accounts of the several Initial Purchasers at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date specified in the corresponding notice described in Section 2 or at such other time on the same or on such other date, in any event not later than August 22, 2011, as shall be designated in writing by you.
The Securities shall be in global form and registered in such names and in such denominations as you shall request in writing not later than one full business day prior to the Closing Date or the applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may be. The Securities shall be delivered to you on the Closing Date or an Option Closing Date, as the case may be, for the respective accounts of the several Initial Purchasers, with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the transfer of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers duly paid, against payment of the Purchase Price therefor plus accrued interest, if any, to the date of payment and delivery.
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5. Conditions to the Initial Purchasers’ Obligations. The several obligations of the Initial Purchasers to purchase and pay for the Firm Securities on the Closing Date are subject to the following conditions:
(a) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date:
(i) there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded any of the Company’s securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act; and
(ii) there shall not have occurred any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Time of Sale Memorandum as of the date of this Agreement provided to the prospective purchasers of the Securities that, in your judgment (after consultation with the Company, if reasonably practicable), is material and adverse and that makes it, in your judgment (after consultation with the Company, if reasonably practicable), impracticable to market the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Memorandum.
(b) The Representative shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by an executive officer of the Company, to the effect set forth in Section 5(a)(i) and to the effect that the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement are true and correct as of the Closing Date and that the Company has complied with all of the agreements and satisfied all of the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder on or before the Closing Date.
The officer signing and delivering such certificate may rely upon the best of his or her knowledge as to proceedings threatened.
(c) The Representative shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP, outside counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect set forth in Exhibit A. Such opinion shall be rendered to the Initial Purchasers at the request of the Company and shall so state therein.
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(d) The Representative shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Company, to the effect set forth in Exhibit B.
(e) The Representative shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Initial Purchasers, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative.
(f) The Representative shall have received on each of the date hereof and the Closing Date a letter, dated the date hereof or the Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative, from KPMG LLP, independent public accountants, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in or incorporated by reference into the Time of Sale Memorandum and the Final Memorandum; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a “cut-off date” not earlier than the date hereof.
(g) The “lock-up” agreements, each substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, between you and officers and directors of the Company relating to sales and certain other dispositions of shares of common stock or certain other securities, delivered to you on or before the date hereof, shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date.
(h) A “Notification: Listing of Additional Shares” form (or any successor form) relating to the Underlying Securities and the Warrant Securities shall have been submitted to The NASDAQ Global Select Market.
The several obligations of the Initial Purchasers to purchase Additional Securities hereunder are subject to the delivery to you on the applicable Option Closing Date of such documents, not inconsistent with the foregoing, as you may reasonably request.
6. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants with each Initial Purchaser as follows:
(a) To furnish to the Initial Purchasers in New York City, without charge, prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the second business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and during the period mentioned in Section 6(d) or (e), as many copies of the Time of Sale Memorandum, the Final Memorandum and any supplements and amendments thereto as the Initial Purchasers may reasonably request.
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(b) Before amending or supplementing the Preliminary Memorandum, the Time of Sale Memorandum or the Final Memorandum, to furnish to the Representative a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement and not to use any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representative reasonably objects.
(c) To furnish to the Representative a copy of each proposed Additional Written Offering Communication to be prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company and not to use or refer to any proposed Additional Written Offering Communication to which the Representative reasonably objects.
(d) If the Time of Sale Memorandum is being used to solicit offers to buy the Securities at a time when the Final Memorandum is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Memorandum in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances, not misleading, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company and counsel for the Initial Purchasers, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Memorandum to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare and furnish, at its own expense, to the Initial Purchasers and to any dealer upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Memorandum so that the statements in the Time of Sale Memorandum as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when delivered to a prospective purchaser, be misleading or so that the Time of Sale Memorandum, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.
(e) If, during such period after the date hereof and prior to the date on which all of the Securities shall have been sold by the Initial Purchasers, any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Final Memorandum in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Final Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company and counsel for the Initial Purchasers, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Final Memorandum to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare and furnish, at its own expense (unless such amendment or supplement shall be made more than six months after the date of this Agreement, in which case at the sole expense of the Initial Purchasers), to the Initial Purchasers, either amendments or supplements to the Final Memorandum so that the statements in the Final Memorandum as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the Final Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Final Memorandum, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.
(f) To endeavor to qualify the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative shall reasonably request; provided that the Company shall not be required to
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qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not presently qualified or where it would be subject to taxation as a foreign corporation.
(g) Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, to pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel and the Company’s accountants in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities and all other fees or expenses of the Company in connection with the preparation of the Preliminary Memorandum, the Time of Sale Memorandum, the Final Memorandum, any Additional Written Offering Communication prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company and any amendments and supplements to any of the foregoing, including all printing costs associated therewith, and the delivering of copies thereof to the Initial Purchasers, in the quantities herein above specified, (ii) all costs and expenses related to the transfer and delivery of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers, including any transfer or other taxes payable thereon, (iii) the cost of printing or producing any Blue Sky or legal investment memorandum in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities under state securities laws and all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 6(f) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Initial Purchasers in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky or legal investment memorandum, provided that any amounts to be paid by the Company under this subclause (iii) shall not exceed $5,000, (iv) any fees charged by rating agencies for the rating of the Securities, (v) the fees and expenses, if any, incurred in connection with the admission of the Securities for trading on any appropriate market system, (vi) the costs and charges of the Trustee and any transfer agent, registrar or depositary, (vii) the cost of the preparation, issuance and delivery of the Securities, (viii) the costs and expenses of any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Securities, including, without limitation, expenses associated with the preparation or dissemination of any electronic road show, expenses associated with production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations with the prior approval of the Company and 50.0% of reasonable out-of-pocket travel and other expenses of the Representative in connection with any “roadshow”, provided that any amounts to be paid by the Company under this subclause (viii) shall not exceed $25,000 and any expenses in excess of $25,000 under this subclause (viii) shall be the responsibility of the Representative (ix) all other cost and expenses of the Company incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company hereunder for which provision is not otherwise made in this
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Section. It is understood, however, that except as provided in this Section, Section 8, and the last paragraph of Section 10, the Initial Purchasers will pay all of their costs and expenses, including fees and disbursements of their counsel, transfer taxes payable on resale of any of the Securities by them and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
(h) Neither the Company nor any Affiliate will sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in the Securities Act) which could be integrated with the sale of the Securities in a manner which would require the registration under the Securities Act of the Securities.
(i) Not to solicit any offer to buy or offer or sell the Securities or the Underlying Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising (as those terms are used in Regulation D under the Securities Act) or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.
(j) While any of the Securities or the Underlying Securities remain “restricted securities” within the meaning of the Securities Act, to make available, upon request, to any seller of such Securities the information specified in Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act, unless the Company is then subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
(k) During the period of one year after the Closing Date or any Option Closing Date, if later, the Company will not be, nor will it become, an open-end investment company, unit investment trust or face-amount certificate company that is or is required to be registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act.
(l) Without the prior written consent of the Representative, the Company will not, and will not permit any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) to resell any of the Securities or the Underlying Securities issuable upon conversion of the Securities which constitute “restricted securities” under Rule 144 that have been reacquired by any of them.
(m) Not to take any action prohibited by Regulation M under the Exchange Act in connection with the distribution of the Securities contemplated hereby.
The Company also agrees that, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC on behalf of the Initial Purchasers, it will not, during the period ending 90 days after the date of the Final Memorandum, (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of its common
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stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for its common stock or (2) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of its common stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of common stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (a) the sale of the Securities under this Agreement, (b) the issuance of common stock or other securities (including shares of common stock issuable upon conversion or exercise of, or exchange for, such securities) by the Company pursuant to the Stock Consideration Agreements, each dated July 11, 2011, between the Company and each founder and the chief executive officer of PopCap Games, Inc. (“PopCap”), (c) the sale, purchase or issuance by the Company of common stock or other securities pursuant to the Call Spread Confirmations, (d) the purchase or other acquisition by the Company of up to $600 million of shares of common stock pursuant to its share repurchase program (e) the issuance by the Company of any shares of common stock upon the exercise of an option or warrant or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof of which the Initial Purchasers have been advised in writing or pursuant to the Company’s employee benefit plans, (f) the issuance, granting or vesting of or removal or lapse of restrictions on restricted stock units, restricted stock awards or other equity awards under the Company’s employee benefit plans, (g) the issuance or granting of up to $50 million in aggregate amount of our common stock (not including any amounts issued pursuant to clause (b) above) in the form of options, restricted stock units, restricted stock awards or other equity awards to officers, directors, employees or agents of PopCap, (h) the establishment of a trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act for the transfer of shares of common stock, provided that such plan does not provide for the transfer of common stock during the 90-day restricted period and no public announcement or filing under the Exchange Act regarding the establishment of such plan shall be required of or voluntarily made by or on behalf of the Company or (i) the purchase or transfer of shares of common stock under a trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act existing on the date hereof.
7. Offering of Securities; Restrictions on Transfer. (a) Each Initial Purchaser, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants that such Initial Purchaser is a qualified institutional buyer as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act (a “QIB”). Each Initial Purchaser, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that (i) it will not solicit offers for, or offer or sell, such Securities by any form of general solicitation or general advertising (as those terms are used in Regulation D under the Securities Act) or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and (ii) it will solicit offers for such Securities only from, and will offer such Securities only to, persons that it reasonably believes to be QIBs that in purchasing such Securities are deemed to have represented and agreed as provided in the Final Memorandum under the captions “Notice to Investors” and “Transfer Restrictions”.
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(b) Each Initial Purchaser, severally and not jointly, represents, warrants, and agrees with respect to offers and sales outside the United States that:
(i) such Initial Purchaser understands that no action has been or will be taken in any jurisdiction by the Company that would permit a public offering of the Securities, or possession or distribution of the Preliminary Memorandum, the Time of Sale Memorandum, the Final Memorandum or any other offering or publicity material relating to the Securities, in any country or jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required;
(ii) such Initial Purchaser will comply with all applicable laws and regulations in each jurisdiction in which it acquires, offers, sells or delivers Securities or has in its possession or distributes the Preliminary Memorandum, the Time of Sale Memorandum, the Final Memorandum or any such other material, in all cases at its own expense; and
(iii) the Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act or pursuant to another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
8. Indemnity and Contribution.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser, each person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and each affiliate of any Initial Purchaser within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Preliminary Memorandum, the Time of Sale Memorandum, any Additional Written Offering Communication prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company, or the Final Memorandum or any amendment or supplement thereto, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission based upon information furnished to the Company in writing by any Initial Purchaser through you expressly for use therein. The Company agrees and confirms that references to “affiliates” of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC that appear in this Agreement shall be understood to include Mitsubishi UFJ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Securities Co., Ltd.
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(b) Each Initial Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to such Initial Purchaser, but only with reference to information relating to such Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company in writing by such Initial Purchaser through you expressly for use in the Preliminary Memorandum, the Time of Sale Memorandum, any Additional Written Offering Communication prepared by or on behalf of, used by or referred to by the Company, or the Final Memorandum or any amendment or supplement thereto.
(c) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 8(a) or 8(b), such person (the “indemnified party”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “indemnifying party”) in writing and the indemnifying party, upon request of the indemnified party, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party and any others the indemnifying party may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party 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 party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in respect of the legal expenses of any indemnified party in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings 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 such indemnified parties and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Such firm shall be designated in writing by Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(a), and by the Company, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(b). The indemnifying party 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 party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or
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threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of such indemnified party.
(d) To the extent the indemnification provided for in Section 8(a) or 8(b) is unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each indemnifying party under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party 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 on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other hand from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause 8(d)(i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause 8(d)(i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Initial Purchasers on the other hand 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 on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other hand in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds from the offering of the Securities (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the total discounts and commissions received by the Initial Purchasers bear to the aggregate offering price of the Securities. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Initial Purchasers on the other hand 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 by the Initial Purchasers and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Initial Purchasers’ respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 8 are several in proportion to the respective principal amount of Securities they have purchased hereunder, and not joint.
(e) The Company and the Initial Purchasers agree that it would not be just or equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8 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 Section 8(d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in Section 8(d) shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such
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action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, no Initial Purchaser shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities resold by it in the initial placement of such Securities were offered to investors 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 remedies provided for in this Section 8 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.
(f) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 8 and the representations, warranties and other statements of the Company contained in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Initial Purchaser, any person controlling any Initial Purchaser or any affiliate of any Initial Purchaser or by or on behalf of the Company, its officers or directors or any person controlling the Company and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the Securities.
9. Termination. The Initial Purchasers may terminate this Agreement by notice given by you to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on, or by, as the case may be, any of the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ Global Select Market, (ii) trading of any securities of the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market, (iii) a material disruption in securities settlement, payment or clearance services in the United States shall have occurred, (iv) any moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by Federal or New York State authorities or (v) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis that, in your judgment, is material and adverse and which, singly or together with any other event specified in this clause (v), makes it, in your judgment, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offer, sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Memorandum or the Final Memorandum.
10. Effectiveness; Defaulting Initial Purchasers. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.
If, on the Closing Date, or an Option Closing Date, as the case may be, any one or more of the Initial Purchasers shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities that it or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, and the aggregate principal amount of Securities which such defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed but failed or refused to purchase is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be purchased on such date, the
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other Initial Purchasers shall be obligated severally in the proportions that the principal amount of Firm Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule I bears to the aggregate principal amount of Firm Securities set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting Initial Purchasers, or in such other proportions as you may specify, to purchase the Securities which such defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed but failed or refused to purchase on such date; provided that in no event shall the principal amount of Securities that any Initial Purchaser has agreed to purchase pursuant to this Agreement be increased pursuant to this Section 10 by an amount in excess of one-ninth of such principal amount of Securities without the written consent of such Initial Purchaser. If, on the Closing Date any Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers shall fail or refuse to purchase Firm Securities which it or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date and the aggregate principal amount of Securities with respect to which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of Firm Securities to be purchased on such date, and arrangements satisfactory to you and the Company for the purchase of such Firm Securities are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Initial Purchaser or of the Company. In any such case either you or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order that the required changes, if any, in the Time of Sale Memorandum, the Final Memorandum or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. If, on an Option Closing Date, any Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers shall fail or refuse to purchase Additional Securities and the aggregate principal amount of Additional Securities with respect to which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of Additional Securities to be purchased on such Option Closing Date, the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers shall have the option to (a) terminate their obligation hereunder to purchase the Additional Securities to be sold on such Option Closing Date or (b) purchase not less than the principal amount of Additional Securities that such non-defaulting Initial Purchasers would have been obligated to purchase in the absence of such default. Any action taken under this paragraph shall not relieve any defaulting Initial Purchaser from liability in respect of any default of such Initial Purchaser under this Agreement.
If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Initial Purchasers, or any of them, because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Company to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, or if for any reason the Company shall be unable to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Company will reimburse the Initial Purchasers or such Initial Purchasers as have so terminated this Agreement with respect to themselves, severally, for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and disbursements of their counsel) reasonably incurred by such Initial Purchasers in connection with this Agreement or the offering contemplated hereunder.
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11. Entire Agreement. (a) This Agreement, together with the engagement letter, dated July 11, 2011, among the Company and the Initial Purchasers (to the extent not superseded by this Agreement) represents the entire agreement among the Company and the Initial Purchasers and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings and arrangements, oral or written, among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.
(b) The Company acknowledges that in connection with the offering of the Securities: (i) the Initial Purchasers have acted at arms length, are not agents of, and owe no fiduciary duties to, the Company or any other person, (ii) the Initial Purchasers owe the Company only those duties and obligations set forth in this Agreement and prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this Agreement) if any, and (iii) the Initial Purchasers may have interests that differ from those of the Company. The Company waives to the full extent permitted by applicable law any claims it may have against the Initial Purchasers arising from an alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the offering of the Securities.
12. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.
13. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York.
14. Headings. The headings of the sections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a part of this Agreement.
15. Notices. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and effective only upon receipt and if to the Initial Purchasers shall be delivered, mailed or sent to you in care of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC, 0000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Convertible Debt Syndicate Desk, with a copy to the Legal Department; and if to the Company shall be delivered, mailed or sent to Electronic Arts Inc., 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: General Counsel.
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Very truly yours, | ||||
ELECTRONIC ARTS INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Accepted as of the date hereof
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC
Acting severally on behalf of itself and the several Initial Purchasers named in Schedule I hereto.
By: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ O. Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | O. Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Managing Director |
SCHEDULE I
Initial Purchaser |
Principal Amount of Firm Securities to be Purchased |
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC |
$ | 330,000,000 | ||
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC |
$ | 110,000,000 | ||
UBS Securities LLC |
$ | 110,000,000 | ||
Total: |
$ | 550,000,000 | ||
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SCHEDULE II
Time of Sale Memorandum
1. | Preliminary Memorandum issued July 14, 2011 |
2. | Pricing term sheet, dated July 14, 2011 |
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EXHIBIT A
OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE COMPANY
The opinion of the counsel for the Company, to be delivered pursuant to Section 5(c) of the Purchase Agreement shall be to the effect that:
July [ ], 2011
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
UBS Securities LLC
c/o | Morgan Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC |
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
As Representative of the several Initial Purchasers
0.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2016
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Electronic Arts Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the purchase by you, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 14, 2011 (the “Purchase Agreement”), among you and the Company, of $550,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 0.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2016 (the “Notes”)[, including $82,500,000 principal amount of Notes purchased by you upon exercise of your over-allotment option]. The Notes are to be issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of July [ ], 2011 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”). Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Notes and the Indenture, the Notes will be convertible initially into [ ] shares of common stock of the Company (the “Shares”).
This opinion is being delivered pursuant to Section 5(c) of the Purchase Agreement.
In that connection, we have reviewed originals or copies of the following documents:
(a) | The Purchase Agreement. |
(b) | The Indenture, including the form of Note therein. |
The documents described in the foregoing clauses (a) and (b) are collectively referred to herein as the “Opinion Documents”.
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We have also reviewed the following:
(a) The preliminary offering memorandum, dated July [ ], 2011, relating to the Notes (such preliminary offering memorandum, together with the documents incorporated by reference therein, being hereinafter referred to as the “Preliminary Offering Memorandum”).
(b) The pricing supplement, dated July [ ], 2011 (the “Pricing Supplement”), relating to the Notes.
(c) The final offering memorandum, dated July [ ], 2011, relating to the Notes (such final offering memorandum, together with the documents incorporated by reference therein, being hereinafter referred to as the “Offering Memorandum”).
(d) The Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws of the Company, as amended and restated through the date hereof.
(e) Originals or copies of such other corporate records of the Company, certificates of public officials and of officers of the Company and agreements and other documents as we have deemed necessary as a basis for the opinions expressed below.
As used herein, the term “General Disclosure Package” means the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, as amended and supplemented by the Pricing Supplement.
In our review of the Opinion Documents and other documents, we have assumed:
(a) The genuineness of all signatures.
(b) The authenticity of the originals of the documents submitted to us.
(c) The conformity to authentic originals of any documents submitted to us as copies.
(d) As to matters of fact, the truthfulness of the representations made in the Opinion Documents and in certificates of public officials and officers of the Company.
(e) That each of the Opinion Documents is the legal, valid and binding obligation of each party thereto, other than the Company, enforceable against each such party in accordance with its terms.
(f) That:
(i) The Company has duly executed and delivered (except to the extent Generally Applicable Law is applicable to such execution and delivery) the Opinion Documents.
(ii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Opinion Documents do not and will not:
(A) except with respect to Generally Applicable Law, violate any law, rule or regulation applicable to it; or
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(B) result in any conflict with or breach of any agreement or document binding on the Company or any of its subsidiaries (other than the documents specified in Schedule A).
(iii) Except with respect to Generally Applicable Law, no authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body or any other third party is required for the due execution, delivery or performance by the Company of any Opinion Document or, if any such authorization, approval, consent, action, notice or filing is required, it has been duly obtained, taken, given or made and is in full force and effect.
We have not independently established the validity of the foregoing assumptions.
For purposes of our opinion in paragraph 8(c) below, we have assumed with your permission that the agreements or documents listed as items 11 to 14 on Schedule A are governed solely by and interpreted solely in accordance with the law of the State of New York (including the rules or regulations promulgated thereunder or pursuant thereto) (without giving effect to its conflict of law provisions).
“Generally Applicable Law” means the federal law of the United States of America, and the law of the State of New York (including the rules or regulations promulgated thereunder or pursuant thereto), that a New York lawyer exercising customary professional diligence would reasonably be expected to recognize as being applicable to the Company, the Opinion Documents or the transactions governed by the Opinion Documents, and for purposes of assumption paragraph (f) above and our opinions in paragraphs 1, 2, 3(b), 5, 6, 7 and 8(a) and (b) below, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing definition of Generally Applicable Law, the term “Generally Applicable Law” does not include any law, rule or regulation that is applicable to the Company, the Opinion Documents or such transactions solely because such law, rule or regulation is part of a regulatory regime applicable to any party to any of the Opinion Documents or any of its affiliates due to the specific assets or business of such party or such affiliate.
Based upon the foregoing and upon such other investigation as we have deemed necessary and subject to the qualifications set forth below, we are of the opinion that:
1. The Company is a corporation validly existing and in good standing under the law of the State of Delaware with corporate power and authority under such law to conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum.
2. The Shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes have been duly authorized and reserved by the Company for issuance upon such conversion, and, when issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of such Shares will not be subject to preemptive rights pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company.
3. The statements in the General Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum under the captions (a) “Description of Notes” and (b) “Description of Capital Stock,” in each case, insofar as such statements constitute summaries of documents referred to therein, fairly summarize in all material respects the documents referred to therein.
4. The statements in the General Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum under the caption “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations,” insofar as such statements constitute summaries of legal matters referred to therein, fairly summarize in all material respects the legal matters referred to therein.
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5. The Purchase Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
6. The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.
7. The Notes have been duly authorized and executed by the Company and, when authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the Indenture and delivered and paid for as provided in the Purchase Agreement, the Notes will be the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms and entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
8. The execution and delivery by the Company of each Opinion Document do not, and the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder will not, (a) result in a violation of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, (b) result in a violation of Generally Applicable Law or any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award listed in Schedule B or (c) result in a breach of, a default under or the acceleration of (or entitle any party to accelerate) the maturity of any obligation of the Company under, or result in or require the creation of any lien upon or security interest in any property of the Company pursuant to the terms of, any agreement or document listed in Schedule A.
9. No authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any United States federal or New York governmental authority or regulatory body is required for the due execution of, delivery of or performance by the Company of its obligations under any Opinion Document, except as may be required under the securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in the United States in connection with the offer and sale of the Notes.
10. The Company is not, and after giving pro forma effect to the application of proceeds as contemplated in the General Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum will not be, required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
11. Based upon the representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and you in the Purchase Agreement and assuming compliance with the offering and transfer procedures and restrictions described in the General Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, it is not necessary in connection with the offer and sale of the Notes to you under the Purchase Agreement or in connection with the initial resale of such Notes by you in the manner contemplated by the Purchase Agreement to register the Notes under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or to qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, it being understood that no opinion is expressed as to any subsequent resale of any Notes or the Shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes.
Our opinions expressed above are subject to the following qualifications:
(a) We have not conducted any independent review of the stock transfer ledger of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
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(b) Our opinions in paragraphs 6 and 7 above are subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally (including without limitation all laws relating to fraudulent transfers).
(c) Our opinions in paragraphs 6 and 7 are also subject to the effect of general principles of equity, including without limitation concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). We express no opinion as to the validity, legally binding effect or enforceability of any provision in the Opinion Documents that requires or relates to adjustments to the conversion rate in an amount that a court would determine in the circumstances under applicable law to be commercially unreasonable or a penalty or forfeiture.
(d) Our opinions are limited to (i) Generally Applicable Law, (ii) in the case of our opinion in paragraph 10 above, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and (iii) in the case of our opinion in paragraph 11 above, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and we do not express any opinion herein concerning any other law.
This opinion letter is rendered to you solely for your benefit in connection with your role as initial purchasers for the offering of the Notes. This opinion letter is not to be used, circulated, quoted or otherwise referred to or relied upon by you for any other purpose without our prior written consent.
This opinion letter speaks only as of the date hereof. We expressly disclaim any responsibility to advise you of any development or circumstance of any kind, including any change of law or fact, that may occur after the date of this opinion letter that might affect the opinions expressed herein.
Very truly yours,
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SCHEDULE A
Agreements and Documents
1. | Lease Agreement by and between Playa Vista-Waters Edge, LLC and Electronic Arts Inc., dated July 31, 2003, as amended by First Amendment to lease agreement by and between Playa Vista—Water’s Edge, LLC and Electronic Arts Inc., entered into March 3, 2004. |
2. | Agreement Re: Right of First Offer to Purchase and Option to Purchase by and between Playa Vista-Waters Edge, LLC and Electronic Arts Inc., dated July 31, 2003. |
3. | Profit Participation Agreement by and between Playa Vista-Waters Edge, LLC and Electronic Arts Inc., dated July 31, 2003. |
4. | Sublease Agreement by and between Electronic Arts Inc. and Playa Capital Company, LLC, dated July 31, 2003. |
5. | Xxxx of Sale (2001 Transaction), dated July 13, 2009, by and between SELCO Service Corporation (doing business in California as “Ohio SELCO Service Corporation), as Transferor, and Electronic Arts, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as Transferee. |
6. | Xxxx of Sale (2000 Transaction), dated July 13, 2009, by and between SELCO Service Corporation (doing business in California as “Ohio SELCO Service Corporation), as Transferor, and Electronic Arts, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as Transferee. |
7. | Grant Deed (2001 Transaction), dated July 13, 2009, by and between SELCO Service Corporation (doing business in California as “Ohio SELCO Service Corporation), as Grantor, and Electronic Arts, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as Grantee. |
8. | Grant Deed (2000 Transaction), dated July 13, 2009, by and between SELCO Service Corporation (doing business in California as “Ohio SELCO Service Corporation), as Grantor, and Electronic Arts, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as Grantee. |
9. | Global PlayStation 3 Format Licensed Publisher Agreement, dated September 11, 2008, by and between the Electronic Arts Inc. and Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. |
10. | First Amended North American Territory Rider to the Global PlayStation 3 Format Licensed Publisher Agreement, dated September 11, 2008, by and between the Electronic Arts Inc. and Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. |
11. | Global PlayStation 3 Format Licensed Publisher Agreement, dated December 17, 2008, by and between EA International (Studio and Publishing) Limited and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited. |
12. | Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited Regional Rider to the Global PlayStation 3 Format Licensed Publisher Agreement, dated December 17, 2008, by and between EA International (Studio and Publishing) Limited and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited. |
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13. | Confidential License Agreement for the Wii Console (Western Hemisphere), dated November 19, 2006, by and among Electronic Arts Inc., EA International (Studio and Publishing) Limited, and Nintendo of America Inc. |
14. | Xbox2 Publisher License Agreement, dated May 15, 2005, by and among Electronic Arts Inc., Electronic Arts C.V. and Microsoft Licensing, GP. |
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SCHEDULE B
Orders, Writs, Judgments, Injunctions, Decrees, Determinations or Awards
None.
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July [ ], 2011
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
UBS Securities LLC
c/o | Morgan Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC |
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
As Representative of the several Initial Purchasers
Electronic Arts Inc.
0.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2016
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Electronic Arts Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the purchase by you, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 14, 2011 (the “Purchase Agreement”), among you and the Company, of $550,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 0.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2016 (the “Notes”)[, including $82,500,000 principal amount of Notes purchased by you upon exercise of your over-allotment option]. The Notes are to be issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of July [ ], 2011 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
In such capacity, we examined the preliminary offering memorandum, dated July 14, 2011, relating to the Notes, as amended and supplemented by the pricing supplement, dated July 14, 2011, attached hereto as Schedule I (such preliminary offering memorandum, as so amended and supplemented, including the documents incorporated by reference therein, the “General Disclosure Package”), and the final offering memorandum, dated July [ ], 2011, relating to the Notes (such final offering memorandum, including the documents incorporated by reference therein, the “Offering Memorandum”). As used herein, the term “Applicable Time” means [ ] Eastern time on July [ ], 2011, which we have assumed with your permission to be the time of first sale of the Notes by you.
We also reviewed and participated in discussions concerning the preparation of the General Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum with certain officers or employees of the Company, with its auditors, and with your counsel, employees and representatives. The limitations inherent in the independent verification of factual matters and in the role of outside counsel are such, however, that we cannot and do not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of any of the statements made in the General Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum, except as set forth in paragraphs (3) and (4) of our opinion addressed to you, dated the date hereof.
Subject to the limitations set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph, we advise you that, on the basis of the information we gained in the course of performing the services referred to above, in our opinion, each of the documents incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum (other than the financial statements and other financial or statistical data contained therein or omitted therefrom, as to which we express no opinion), at the time it was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), appears on its face to have been appropriately responsive in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
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We further advise you that, subject to the limitations set forth in the second preceding paragraph, on the basis of the information we gained in the course of performing the services referred to above, no facts came to our attention which caused us to believe that (i) the General Disclosure Package (other than the financial statements and other financial or statistical data contained or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom, as to which we have not been requested to comment), as of the Applicable Time, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted 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; or (ii) the Offering Memorandum (other than the financial statements and other financial or statistical data contained or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom, as to which we have not been requested to comment), as of its date or the date hereof, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
This letter is being furnished to you solely for your benefit in connection with your role as initial purchasers for the offering of the Notes, and is not to be used, circulated, quoted or otherwise referred to or relied upon by you for any other purpose without our prior written consent.
Very truly yours,
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EXHIBIT B
OPINION OF GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE COMPANY
The opinion of the general counsel of the Company, to be delivered pursuant to Section 5(d) of the Purchase Agreement shall be to the effect that:
A. The Company has been duly incorporated and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
B. Each “Significant Subsidiary” of the Company (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) (each, a “Significant Subsidiary” and, collectively, the “Significant Subsidiaries”) has been duly organized, is validly existing and in good standing (or any foreign equivalent of “good standing” in any non-U.S. jurisdictions, to the extent applicable) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has the corporate power and authority (or similar company or partnership power and authority) to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Memorandum and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing (or any foreign equivalent of “good standing” in any non-U.S. jurisdictions, to the extent applicable) in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; all of the issued shares of capital stock or equivalent equity interests, as applicable, of each Significant Subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims.
C. The shares of common stock outstanding on the [Closing Date] [Option Closing Date] have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and non assessable.
D. After due inquiry, such counsel does not know of any legal or governmental proceedings pending or threatened to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any of the properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject other than proceedings fairly summarized in all material respects in the Time of Sale Memorandum and proceedings which such counsel believes are not reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or on the power or ability of the Company to perform its obligations under the Purchase Agreement, the Indenture or the Securities or to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Time of Sale Memorandum.
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E. The statements relating to legal matters, documents or proceedings included in “Item 3 Legal Proceedings” of the Company’s most recent annual report on Form 10 K incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Memorandum and in the Final Memorandum fairly summarize in all material respects such matters, documents or proceedings.
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EXHIBIT C
[FORM OF LOCK-UP LETTER]
July [ ], 2011
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC
As Representative of the several
Initial Purchasers named
in Schedule I to the Purchase Agreement
referred to below
c/o Morgan Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned understands that Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC, as representative (the “Representative”) of the several Initial Purchasers, including the Representative (the “Initial Purchasers”) proposes to enter into a Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Electronic Arts Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), providing for the placement (the “Placement”) by the several Initial Purchasers, of its 0.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2016 (the “Securities”). The Securities will be convertible into cash and shares, if any, of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”).
To induce the Initial Purchasers that may participate in the Placement to continue their efforts in connection with the Placement, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Representative on behalf of the Initial Purchasers, it will not, during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending 90 days after the date of the final offering memorandum relating to the Placement (the “Final Memorandum”), (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock beneficially owned (as such term is used in Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), by the undersigned or any other securities so owned convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or (2) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (a) transactions relating to
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shares of Common Stock or other securities acquired in open market transactions after the completion of the Placement, provided that no filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with subsequent sales of Common Stock or other securities acquired in such open market transactions, (b) transfers of shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into Common Stock as a bona fide gift, or (c) distributions of shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into Common Stock to limited partners or stockholders of the undersigned; provided that in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clause (b) or (c), (i) each donee or distributee shall sign and deliver a lock-up letter substantially in the form of this letter and (ii) no filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock, shall be required or shall be voluntarily made during the restricted period referred to in the foregoing sentence, (d) the receipt, exercise, cashless (or net) exercise (whether to cover exercise price, taxes or other fees and expenses), vesting or forfeiture of, or removal or lapse of restrictions on, any stock option, Common Stock issued upon exercise of a stock option, restricted stock or other award pursuant to any employee benefit plan or agreement in existence as of the date hereof, so long as such transaction or event does not involve the sale or transfer of any shares of Common Stock (other than from the undersigned to the Company), provided that for the avoidance of doubt, this clause (d) will expressly permit the cashless exercise of stock options due to expire during the term of this Agreement, provided that the net proceeds of such exercise following the sale or transfer of any shares of Common Stock to cover the exercise price, taxes or other fees and expenses, shall be held in shares of Common Stock, (e) transfer of shares of Common Stock under a trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act existing on the date hereof or (f) the establishment of a trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act for the transfer of shares of Common Stock, provided that such plan does not provide for the transfer of Common Stock during the 90-day restricted period and no public announcement or filing under the Exchange Act regarding the establishment of such plan shall be required of or voluntarily made by or on behalf of the undersigned or the Company. In addition, the undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Representative on behalf of the Initial Purchasers, it will not, during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending 90 days after the date of the Final Memorandum, make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock. The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the undersigned’s shares of Common Stock except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.
The undersigned understands that the Company and the Initial Purchasers are relying upon this agreement in proceeding toward consummation of the Placement. The undersigned further understands that this agreement is irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigned’s heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns.
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Whether or not the Placement actually occurs depends on a number of factors, including market conditions. Any Placement will only be made pursuant to a Purchase Agreement, the terms of which are subject to negotiation between the Company and the Initial Purchasers.
This agreement shall automatically terminate upon the earliest to occur, if any, of (1) either the Representative, on the one hand, or the Company, on the other hand, advising the other in writing, prior to the execution of the Purchase Agreement, that they have determined not to proceed with the Offering, (2) termination of the Purchase Agreement before the sale of any Securities to the Initial Purchasers or (3) July 28, 2011, in the event that the Purchase Agreement has not been executed by such date.
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