FORM OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT Teekay Corporation % Senior Notes due 2020 Underwriting Agreement
Exhibit 1.1
FORM OF
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
$300,000,000
Teekay Corporation
% Senior Notes due 2020
, 2010
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
As Representative of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto
As Representative of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto
c/o X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Teekay Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of The Xxxxxxxx
Islands (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters listed in Schedule
1 hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as representative (the “Representative”),
$300,000,000 principal amount of its % Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Securities”). The
Securities will be issued pursuant to an Indenture to be dated as of , 2010 (the
“Indenture”) between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N. A. , as trustee
(the “Trustee”).
On January _, 2010, the Company commenced an offer (the “Tender Offer”) to purchase for cash
any and all of the Company’s outstanding 8.875% senior notes due July 15, 2011 (the “Outstanding
Notes”) and entered into a dealer manager agreement (the “Dealer Manager Agreement”) with X.X.
Xxxxxx Securities as Dealer Manager in connection with the Tender Offer. The Company intends to use
a portion of the net proceeds from the offering of the Securities to pay the consideration, and
related costs and expenses, for any Outstanding Notes to be purchased pursuant to the Tender Offer.
The closing of the offering of the Securities is not contingent on the consummation of the Tender
Offer or the purchase of any Outstanding Notes in connection therewith.
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The Company hereby confirms its agreement with the several Underwriters concerning the
purchase and sale of the Securities, as follows:
1. Registration Statement. The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”), a registration
statement on Form F-3 (File No. ), including a prospectus, relating to the Securities.
Such registration statement, as amended at the date of this Agreement, including the information,
if any, deemed pursuant to Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act to be part of the
registration statement at the time of its effectiveness (“Rule 430 Information”), is referred to
herein as the “Registration Statement”; and as used herein, the term “Preliminary Prospectus” means
the prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the time of its effectiveness that omits
Rule 430 Information, and the term “Prospectus” means the prospectus in the form first used (or
made available upon request of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) in
connection with confirmation of sales of the Securities. If the Company has filed an abbreviated
registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (the “Rule 462 Registration
Statement”), then any reference herein to the term “Registration Statement” shall be deemed to
include such Rule 462 Registration Statement. Any reference in this Agreement to the Registration
Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the
documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 6 of Form F-3 under the Securities
Act, as of the most recent effective date of the Registration Statement or the date of such
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be and any reference to “amend”,
“amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus
or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after such date under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange Act”) that are deemed to be incorporated by reference
therein. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
At or prior to the time when sales of the Securities were first made (the “Time of Sale”), the
Company had prepared the following information (collectively, the “Time of Sale Information”): a
Preliminary Prospectus dated , 2010, and each “free-writing prospectus” (as defined
pursuant to Rule 405 under the Securities Act) listed on Annex B hereto as constituting part of the
Time of Sale Information.
2. Purchase of the Securities by the Underwriters. (a) The Company agrees to issue
and sell the Securities to the several Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and each
Underwriter, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and
subject to the conditions set forth herein, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the
Company the respective principal amount of Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in
Schedule 1 hereto at a price equal to % of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest,
if any, from , 2010 to the Closing Date (as defined below). The Company will not be
obligated to deliver any of the Securities except upon payment for all the Securities to be
purchased as provided herein.
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(b) The Company understands that the Underwriters intend to make a public offering of the
Securities as soon after the effectiveness of this Agreement as in the judgment of the
Representative is advisable, and initially to offer the Securities on the terms set forth in the
Prospectus. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters may offer and sell
Securities to or through any affiliate of an Underwriter and that any such affiliate may offer and
sell Securities purchased by it to or through any Underwriter.
(c) Payment for and delivery of the Securities will be made at the offices of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx
L.L.P., 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on ,
2010, or at such other time or place on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth
business day thereafter, as the Representative and the Company may agree upon in writing. The time
and date of such payment and delivery is referred to herein as the “Closing Date”.
(d) Payment for the Securities shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds
to the account(s) specified by the Company to the Representative against delivery to the nominee of
The Depository Trust Company, for the account of the Underwriters, of one or more global notes
representing the Securities (collectively, the “Global Note”). The Global Note will be made
available for inspection by the Representative not later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the
business day prior to the Closing Date.
(e) The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters are acting solely in the
capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Company with respect to the offering of
Securities contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering)
and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company or any other person.
Additionally, neither the Representative nor any other Underwriter is advising the Company or any
other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any
jurisdiction. The Company shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be
responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions
contemplated hereby, and the Underwriters shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company
with respect thereto. Any review by the Underwriters of the Company, the transactions contemplated
hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of
the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the Company.
3. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants
to each Underwriter that:
(a) Preliminary Prospectus. No order preventing or suspending the use of the Preliminary
Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and the Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing
thereof, complied in all material respects with the Securities Act and did not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and
warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance
upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter
through the Representative expressly for use in any Preliminary Prospectus, it being
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understood and
agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information
described as such in Section 7(b) hereof (such information being the “Underwriter Furnished
Information”).
(b) Time of Sale Information. The Time of Sale Information, at the Time of Sale did not, and
at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no
representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and
in conformity with the Underwriter Furnished Information. No statement of material fact included
in the Prospectus has been omitted from the Time of Sale Information and no statement of material
fact included in the Time of Sale Information that is required to be included in the Prospectus has
been omitted therefrom.
(c) Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. The Company (including its agents and representatives,
other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not prepared, made, used, authorized,
approved or referred to and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any
“written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer
to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities (each such communication by the Company
or its agents and representatives (other than a communication referred to in clauses (i) (ii) and
(iii) below) an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”) other than (i) any document not constituting a
prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or Rule 134 under the Securities
Act, (ii) the Preliminary Prospectus, (iii) the Prospectus, (iv) the documents listed on Annex B
hereto as constituting Time of Sale Information and (v) any electronic road show or other written
communications, in each case approved in writing in advance by the Representative. Each such
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complied in all material respects with the Securities Act, has been
or will be (within the time period specified in Rule 433) filed in accordance with the Securities
Act (to the extent required thereby) and, when taken together with the Preliminary Prospectus
accompanying, delivered, or filed prior to the first use of such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus,
did not, and at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes
no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in each such Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Furnished
Information.
(d) Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf
registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with
the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of
the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto
pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been received by the Company. No order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and no
proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the
Securities Act against the Company or related to the offering has been initiated or threatened by
the Commission; as of the date of this Agreement and any other applicable effective date of the
Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, the Registration
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Statement complied and will
comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Trust
Indenture Act”), and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein not misleading; and as of the date of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement
thereto and as of the Closing Date, the Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to
(i) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and
Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act or (ii) any statements or
omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with Underwriter Furnished Information.
(e) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus or the Time of Sale Information, when they were filed with the Commission
conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act,
as applicable, and none of such documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and any
further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus or the Time of Sale Information, when such documents become effective or are filed with
the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of
the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and will not contain any untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
(f) Financial Statements. The consolidated historical financial statements (including the
related notes and supporting schedules thereto) included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus comply in all material
respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as
applicable, and present fairly in all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows of the entities purported to be shown thereby on the basis stated
therein, at the respective dates or for the respective periods specified; such financial statements
have been prepared in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles
applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby (except as otherwise noted
therein). The selected financial data included or incorporated by reference into the Registration
Statement, the summary and Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus is accurately presented in
all material respects and prepared on a basis consistent with the historical consolidated financial
statements from which it has been derived.
(g) No Material Adverse Change. Since the date of the most recent financial statements of the
Company included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Information and the Prospectus (in each case, exclusive of any amendments or supplements thereto
after the date hereof), (i) there has not been any material change in the
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capital stock or
consolidated debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any dividend or distribution of any
kind declared, set aside for payment, paid or made by the Company on any class of capital stock, or
any material adverse change, or any development that could reasonably be expected to result in a
prospective material adverse change to the general affairs, business, properties, condition
(financial or otherwise), stockholders’ equity, partners’ equity, members’ equity, results of
operations, assets or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; (ii) neither
the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any transactions or agreements, or
incurred any liability or obligation, direct, indirect or contingent, whether or not in the
ordinary course of business, that, individually or in the aggregate, is material to the Company and
its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has
sustained any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other
calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or any action, order or
decree of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except in each case
under clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the
Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
(h) Organization and Good Standing. The Company and each of its subsidiaries have been duly
organized and are validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective
jurisdictions of organization, are duly registered or qualified to do business and are in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the
conduct of their respective businesses requires such registration or qualification, and have all
power and authority necessary to own or lease their respective properties and to conduct the
businesses in which they are engaged, except where the failure to be so qualified, in good standing
or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, management, financial
position, stockholders’ equity, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the performance by the Company of its obligations under the
Securities (a “Material Adverse Effect”). The subsidiaries listed in Schedule 2 to this Agreement
are the only significant subsidiaries of the Company as defined by Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X.
(i) Ownership of Teekay Holdings. The Company directly owns 100% of the equity interests in
Teekay Holdings Limited, a Bermuda corporation (“Teekay Holdings”); such equity interests have been
duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the organizational documents of Teekay
Holdings and are fully paid and nonassessable; and the Company owns such equity interests free and
clear of all pledges, liens, encumbrances, security interests, charges, equities or other claims
(collectively, “Liens”).
(j) Ownership of Teekay Chartering. The Company directly owns 100% of the equity interests in
Teekay Chartering Limited, a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of The Xxxxxxxx
Islands (“Teekay Chartering”); such equity interests have been duly authorized and validly issued
in accordance with the organizational documents of Teekay Chartering and are fully
paid and nonassessable; and, except as otherwise described in the Registration Statement, the Time
of Sale Information and the Prospectus, the Company owns such equity interests free and clear of
all Liens.
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(k) Ownership of Teekay Petrojarl. The Company indirectly owns 100% of the equity interests
in Teekay Petrojarl ASA, a corporation organized under the laws of Norway (“Teekay Petrojarl”);
such equity interests have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the
organizational documents of Teekay Petrojarl and are fully paid and nonassessable; and, except as
otherwise described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus,
the Company owns such equity interests free and clear of all Liens.
(l) Ownership of General Partners. Teekay Holdings directly owns a 100% membership interest
in each of Teekay GP L.L.C., limited liability company organized under the laws of the Xxxxxxxx
Islands (“TGP GP”), and Teekay Offshore GP L.L.C., a limited liability company organized under the
laws of the Xxxxxxxx Islands (“TOO GP”); such membership interests have been duly authorized and
validly issued in accordance with the limited liability company agreement of TGP GP (the “TGP GP
LLC Agreement”) and the limited liability company agreement of TOO GP (the “TOO GP LLC Agreement”),
respectively, and are fully paid (to the extent required under the TGP GP LLC Agreement and TOO GP
LLC Agreement, respectively) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by
Section 31 of the Xxxxxxxx Islands Limited Liability Company Act); and Teekay Holdings owns such
membership interests free and clear of all Liens.
(m) Ownership of GP Interests in the Partnerships. TGP GP is the sole general partner of
Teekay LNG Partners L.P., a limited partnership organized under the laws of the Xxxxxxxx Islands
(“TGP”), with a 2.0% general partner interest in TGP; such general partner interest has been duly
authorized and validly issued in accordance with the partnership agreement of TGP, as amended or
restated on or prior to the date hereof (the “TGP LPA”); and TGP GP owns such general partner
interest free and clear of all Liens (except restrictions on transferability contained in the TGP
LPA or under applicable securities laws). TOO GP is the sole general partner of Teekay Offshore
Partners L.P., a limited partnership organized under the laws of the Xxxxxxxx Islands (“TOO”), with
a 2.0% general partner interest in TOO; such general partner interest has been duly authorized and
validly issued in accordance with the partnership agreement of TOO, as amended or restated on or
prior to the date hereof (the “TOO LPA”); and TOO GP owns such general partner interest free and
clear of all Liens (except restrictions on transferability contained in the TOO LPA or under
applicable securities laws).
(n) Ownership of Sponsor Interests in TGP, TOO and Teekay Tankers.
Teekay Holdings directly owns 17,840,988 common units and 7,367,286 subordinated units
representing limited partner interest in TGP (all such common units and subordinated Units being
collectively referred to herein as the “TGP Sponsor Units”); and TGP GP owns 100% of the Incentive
Distribution Rights (as defined in the TGP LPA) of TGP, in each case free and clear of all Liens
(except restrictions on transferability contained in the TGP LPA, or under applicable securities
laws).
Teekay Holdings directly owns 5,000,000 common units and 9,800,000 subordinated units
representing limited partner interests in TOO (all such common units and subordinated units being
collectively referred to herein as the “TOO Sponsor Units”); and TOO GP owns 100% of the Incentive
Distribution Rights (as defined in the TOO LPA) of TOO, in each case free and clear of all
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Liens
(except restrictions on transferability contained in the TOO LPA, or under applicable securities
laws).
Teekay Holdings directly owns 12,500,000 shares of Class B Common Stock, $0.01 par value, of
Teekay Tankers Ltd., a corporation organized under the laws of the Xxxxxxxx Islands (“Tankers”) and
1,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock of Tankers. All such shares of Class A Common Stock and
Class B Common Stock (collectively, the “Tankers Sponsor Shares”) have been duly authorized and are
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable; and Teekay Holdings owns all such Tankers Sponsor
Shares free and clear of all Liens.
(o) Ownership of Operating Companies.
TGP owns a 100% membership interest in Teekay LNG Operating L.L.C., a Xxxxxxxx Islands limited
liability company ( “TGP Operating Company”); such membership interest has been duly authorized and
validly issued in accordance with the limited liability company agreement of TGP Operating Company,
as amended or restated on or prior to the date hereof (the “TGP Operating Company LLC Agreement”),
and is fully paid (to the extent required under the TGP Operating Company LLC Agreement) and
nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Section 31 of the Xxxxxxxx
Islands Limited Liability Company Act); and TGP owns such membership interest free and clear of all
Liens, except as otherwise described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information
and the Prospectus.
TOO owns a 100% membership interest in Teekay Offshore Operating GP L.L.C., a Xxxxxxxx Islands
limited liability company (“OLP GP”); such membership interest has been duly authorized and validly
issued in accordance with the limited liability company agreement of OLP GP, as amended on or prior
to the date hereof (“OLP GP LLC Agreement”), and is fully paid (to the extent required under the
OLP GP LLC Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Section
31 of the Xxxxxxxx Islands Limited Liability Company Act); and TOO owns such membership interest
free and clear of all Liens except for Liens pursuant to credit agreements and related security
agreements disclosed or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and
the Prospectus. TOO directly owns a 50.99% limited partner interest in Teekay Offshore Operating
L.P., a Xxxxxxxx Islands limited partnership (“TOO Operating Company”); Teekay Holdings directly
owns a 49% limited partner interest in TOO Operating Company; and OLP GP directly owns a 0.01%
general partner interest in TOO Operating Company. All such partner interests have been duly
authorized and validly issued in accordance with the partnership agreement of TOO Operating
Company, as amended or restated on or prior to the date hereof (the “TOO Operating Company
Partnership Agreement”), and are fully paid (to the extent required under the TOO Operating Company
Partnership Agreement) and, with respect to the limited partner interests, are nonassessable
(except as such nonassessability may be affected by Section 41 of the Xxxxxxxx Islands Limited
Partnership Act); and TOO, Teekay Holdings and OLP
GP, respectively, own such partner interests free and clear of all Liens except for Liens pursuant
to credit agreements and related security agreements disclosed or referred to in the Time of Sale
Information and the Prospectus.
(p) Ownership of Operating Subsidiaries.
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TGP Operating Company owns, directly or indirectly, the equity interests in each of the
entities set forth in Schedule 3-A (the “TGP Operating Subsidiaries”) as described on Schedule 3-A;
such equity interests owned by TGP Operating Company are duly authorized and validly issued in
accordance with the respective organizational documents of each TGP Operating Subsidiary, as
amended or restated on or prior to the date hereof (the “TGP Operating Subsidiaries’ Organizational
Documents”), and are fully paid (to the extent required under the TGP Operating Subsidiaries’
Organizational Agreements) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by
the applicable statutes of the jurisdiction of formation of the applicable TGP Operating
Subsidiary); and TGP Operating Company owns such equity interests free and clear of all Liens
except for Liens pursuant to credit agreements and related security agreements disclosed or
referred to in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
TOO and the TOO Operating Company own, directly or indirectly, the equity interests in each of
the entities set forth in Schedule 3-B (the “TOO Operating Subsidiaries”) as described on Schedule
3-B; such equity interests have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the
respective organizational documents of each TOO Operating Subsidiary, as amended or restated on or
prior to the date hereof (the “TOO Operating Subsidiaries’ Organizational Documents”), and are
fully paid (to the extent required under the TOO Operating Subsidiaries’ Organizational Agreements)
and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by the applicable statutes of
the jurisdiction of formation of the applicable TOO Operating Subsidiary); and TOO and TOO
Operating Company, as applicable, own such equity interests free and clear of all Liens except for
Liens pursuant to credit agreements and related security agreements disclosed or referred to in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
Tankers owns, directly or indirectly, 100% of the equity interests in each of the entities set
forth in Schedule 3-C (the “Tankers Operating Subsidiaries”); such equity interests are duly
authorized and validly issued in accordance with the respective organizational documents of each
Tankers Operating Subsidiary, as amended or restated on or prior to the date hereof (the “Tankers
Operating Subsidiaries’ Organizational Documents”), and are fully paid and nonassessable (except as
such nonassessability may be affected by the applicable statutes of the jurisdiction of formation
of the applicable Tankers Operating Subsidiary); and Tankers owns such equity interests free and
clear of all Liens, other than pursuant to credit agreements and related security agreements
disclosed or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus.
The Company owns, directly or indirectly, 100% of the equity interests in each of the entities
set forth in Schedule 3-D (the “Company Operating Subsidiaries,” and collectively with the TGP
Operating Subsidiaries, the TOO Operating Subsidiaries and the Tankers Operating Subsidiaries, the
“Operating Subsidiaries”); such equity interests are duly authorized and validly
issued in accordance with the respective organizational documents of each Company Operating
Subsidiary, amended or restated on or prior to the date hereof (the “Company Operating
Subsidiaries’ Organizational Documents”), and are fully paid and nonassessable (except as such
nonassessability may be affected by the applicable statutes of the jurisdiction of formation of the
applicable Company Operating Subsidiary); and the Company owns such equity interests free and clear
of all Liens, other than pursuant to credit agreements and related security agreements disclosed or
referred to in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
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(q) No Other Subsidiaries. Other than (i) Teekay Holdings, (ii) Teekay Chartering, (iii)
Teekay Petrojarl, (iv) TGP GP, (v) TOO GP, (vi) TGP, (vii) TOO, (viii) Tankers, (ix) TGP Operating
Company, (x) TOO Operating Company, (xi) OLP GP, and (xii) the Operating Subsidiaries described in
(p) above, the Company does not own, directly or indirectly, any equity or long-term debt
securities of any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association
or other entity except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and
the Prospectus.
(r) Capitalization. The Company has the capitalization as set forth in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus under the heading “Capitalization”.
(s) Due Authorization. The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute
and deliver this Agreement, the Securities and the Indenture (collectively, the “Transaction
Documents”) and the Dealer-Manager Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder and
thereunder; and all corporate action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization,
execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents and the Dealer-Manager Agreement and
the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby has been duly and validly taken.
(t) The Indenture. The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and upon
effectiveness of the Registration Statement was or will have been duly qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act and, when duly executed and delivered in accordance with its terms by each of the
parties thereto, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company enforceable
against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability (collectively, the “Enforceability
Exceptions”).
(u) The Securities. The Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and, when duly
executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided
herein, will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and will constitute valid and legally
binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms,
subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
The Securities conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
(v) Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Company.
(w) Descriptions of the Transaction Documents. Each Transaction Document and the
Dealer-Manager Agreement conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in
the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
(x) No Violation or Default. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in
violation of its charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents; (ii) in breach or default
under (and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such
a default has occurred or is continuing) any term, covenant, obligation, agreement, or condition
contained in
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any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement, lease or other
agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject; or (iii) in violation of any law or statute or any
judgment, order, decree, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries of
any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority or administrative agency having
jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties,
except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such breach or default or violation
that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(y) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each of the
Transaction Documents and the Dealer Manager Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Securities and
compliance by the Company with the terms thereof and the consummation of the Tender Offer and the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and Dealer Manager Agreement, will not (i)
conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or
constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or
encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument
to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws
or similar organizational documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (iii) result in
the violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, decree, rule or regulation applicable
to the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory
authority or administrative agency having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries
or any of their respective properties, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for any
such conflict, breach, violation or default that would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(z) No Consents Required. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or
qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority is
required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each of the Transaction
Documents and the Dealer Manager Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Securities and compliance
by the Company with the terms thereof, consummation of the Tender Offer and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and the Dealer Manager Agreement, except for
(i) the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act, the qualification of the Indenture
under the Trust Indenture Act, (ii) such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and
registrations or qualifications as may be required under applicable state securities laws in
connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters, and (iii) such
consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations and qualifications that, if not
obtained, could not reasonably be expected to materially impair the ability of any of the Company
to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents or the dealer Manager Agreement.
(aa) Legal Proceedings. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Information and the Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory
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investigations,
actions, suits or proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or could
reasonably be expected to be a party or to which any property of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is or could reasonably be expected to be the subject that, individually or in the
aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; no such investigations, actions, suits or proceedings
are threatened or, to the Company’s knowledge, contemplated by any governmental or regulatory
authority or threatened by others; and (i) there are no current or pending legal, governmental or
regulatory actions, suits or proceedings that are required under the Securities Act to be described
in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus that are not so described in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and (ii) there are no statutes,
regulations or contracts or other documents that are required under the Securities Act to be filed
as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus that are not so filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
(bb) Independent Accountants. Ernst & Young LLP, who have certified certain financial
statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus are an independent
registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the
applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States) and as required by the Securities Act.
(cc) Title to Real and Personal Property. The Company and its subsidiaries have good and
marketable title in fee simple to, or have valid rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of
real and personal property that are material to the respective businesses of the Company and its
subsidiaries and that are described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or
the Prospectus as being owned or leased by the Company and its subsidiaries, in each case with
respect to owned property free and clear of all Liens except those that (i) are disclosed in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, (ii) do not materially
affect the value of such property, taken as a whole, and do not materially interfere with the use
made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries as described in
the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information, or the Prospectus, or (iii) could not
reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each
Operating Subsidiary identified in Schedule 4 is the sole owner of the vessel set forth opposite
its name in Schedule 4 (the “Vessels”), in each case free and clear of all Liens except (i) as
described, and subject to the limitations contained, in the Registration Statement, the Time of
Sale Information and the Prospectus or (ii) as do not materially affect the value of such property,
taken as a whole, and do not materially interfere with the use of such properties, taken as a
whole, as they have been used in the past and are proposed to be used in the future, as described
in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus (the Liens described
in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above being “Permitted Liens”); provided that with respect to any
interest in real property and buildings held under lease by the Company or any of its subsidiaries,
such real property and buildings are held under valid and subsisting and enforceable leases (except
as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and
similar laws relating to or affecting
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creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of
equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law)), with such exceptions as do not materially interfere with the use of the properties of the
Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole as they have been used in the past as described in
the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and are proposed to be used in the future as
described in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
(dd) Vessel Registration. Each vessel identified in Schedule 4 is duly registered under the
laws of the jurisdiction set forth in Schedule 4 in the name of the applicable Operating Subsidiary
identified in Schedule 4, free and clear of all Liens except for Permitted Liens.
(ee) Title to Intellectual Property. 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, know-how (including
trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information,
systems or procedures) and other intellectual property necessary for the conduct of their
respective businesses except where the failure to possess such rights could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and the conduct of their respective businesses will not
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 or conflict with any such
rights of others.
(ff) No Undisclosed Relationships. No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or
among the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the directors, officers,
members, partners, stockholders, customers or suppliers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries,
on the other hand that is required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Information or the Prospectus that is not so described. There are no outstanding loans, advances
(except normal advances for business expenses in the ordinary course of business) or guarantees of
indebtedness by the Company or any of its subsidiaries to or for the benefit of any of the
officers, directors or managers of any Company or any of its subsidiaries or their respective
family members, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and
the Prospectus. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has, in violation of the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, directly or indirectly, extended or maintained credit, arranged for the
extension of credit, or renewed an extension of credit, in the form of a personal loan to or for
any director or executive officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
(gg) Investment Company Act. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and
sale of the Securities and the application of the net proceeds thereof as described in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, will not be an “investment
company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder
(collectively, “Investment Company Act”).
(ii) Taxes. The Company and its subsidiaries have paid all material federal, state, local and
foreign taxes and filed all material tax returns required to be paid or filed through the date
hereof; and except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
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Information and the Prospectus, there is no material tax deficiency that has been, or could
reasonably be expected to be, asserted against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of
their respective properties or assets.
(jj) Licenses and Permits. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has such permits,
consents, approvals, orders, registrations, filings, qualifications, licenses, franchises,
concessions, certificates and authorizations (“permits”) of, and has made all declarations and
filings with, all Federal, provincial, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory
authorities, all self-regulatory organizations and all courts and other tribunals, as are necessary
to own or lease its properties and to conduct its business in the manner described in the Time of
Sale Information and the Prospectus, subject to such qualifications as may be set forth in the Time
of Sale Information and the Prospectus and except for such permits, declarations and filings that,
if not obtained, would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect; except as set forth in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus,
each of the Company and its subsidiaries has fulfilled and performed all its material obligations
with respect to such permits which are or will be due to have been fulfilled and performed by such
date and no event has occurred that would prevent the permits from being renewed or reissued or
that allows, or after notice or lapse of time would allow, revocation or termination thereof or
results or would result in any impairment of the rights of the holder of any such permit, except
for such non-renewals, non-issues, revocations, terminations and impairments that would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and
none of such permits contains any restriction that is materially burdensome to the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(kk) No Labor Disputes. No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the Company’s knowledge, is threatened or imminent and the
Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by, or dispute with, the
employees of any of its or its subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, contractors or customers, except,
in each case, as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ll) Environmental Compliance. 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 Materials (as defined below)
(“Environmental Laws”), (ii) have received and are in compliance with all
permits, licenses or other approvals required of it under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct
its business, (iii) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability under any
environmental law, and (iv) are not a party to or affected by any pending or, to the knowledge of
the Company, threatened action, suit or proceeding, is not bound by any judgment, decree or order,
and has not entered into any agreement, in each case relating to any alleged violation of any
Environmental Law or any actual or alleged release or threatened release or cleanup at any location
of any Hazardous Materials, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Information and the Prospectus or where such noncompliance or deviation from that described in (i)
- (iv) above could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has been named as a “potentially
responsible party” under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
of 1980, as amended (“CERCLA”). The term “Hazardous Materials” means (A) any “hazardous substance”
as defined in CERCLA, (B) any “hazardous
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waste” as defined in the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act, as amended, (C) any petroleum or petroleum product, (D) any polychlorinated biphenyl
and (E) any pollutant or contaminant or hazardous, dangerous or toxic chemical, material, waste or
substance regulated under or within the meaning of any other Environmental Law.
(mm) Effect of Environmental Laws. In the ordinary course of their business, the Company and
its subsidiaries periodically review the effect of Environmental Laws on their business, operations
and properties, in the course of which they identify and evaluate associated costs and liabilities
(including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up,
closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any
related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties). On the
basis of such review, the Company has reasonably concluded that such associated costs and
liabilities would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(nn) Disclosure Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain “disclosure controls and
procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) and such disclosure controls and
procedures are effective. The Company and its subsidiaries have carried out evaluations of the
effectiveness of their disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the
Exchange Act.
(oo) Books and Records. The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintains systems of internal
accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed
in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded
as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is
permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the
recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and
appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company’s and its subsidiaries’
internal controls over financial reporting are effective and the Company is not aware of any
material weakness in their internal controls over financial reporting.
(pp) Insurance. Except as set forth in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus with
respect to off hire insurance, the Company and its subsidiaries are insured by insurers of
recognized financial responsibility covering against such losses and risks and in such amounts as
are prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged; all policies of insurance
insuring the Company and its subsidiaries or their respective businesses, assets, employees,
officers and directors are in full force and effect; the Company and its subsidiaries are in
compliance with the terms of such policies and instruments in all material respects; and there are
no claims by any of the Company or its subsidiaries under any such policy or instrument as to which
any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause except
that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; neither the Company nor
any of its subsidiaries has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and the
Company believes that it and its subsidiaries will be able to renew their existing insurance
coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as
may be necessary
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to continue its business at a cost that would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(qq) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Neither the Company, nor any of its subsidiaries, nor any
of their respective directors, officers, agents, employees or affiliates, is aware of or has taken
any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (such act, including the rules and regulations
thereunder, the “FCPA”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or
instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to
pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or
authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined
in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign
political office, in contravention of the FCPA and each of the Company and its subsidiaries and
affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and
maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue
to ensure, continued compliance therewith.
(rr) Sanctions Laws and Regulations. Neither the sale of the Securities by the Company
hereunder nor the use of the proceeds thereof will cause any U.S. person participating in the
offering, either as underwriter and/or purchasers of the Securities, to violate the Trading With
the Enemy Act, as amended, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, as amended, or any
foreign asset control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B,
Chapter V, as amended) (all such laws and regulations collectively referred to as the “Sanctions
Laws and Regulations”) or any enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto.
(ss) Compliance with Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial
recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of
1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations
thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or
enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit
or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency,
authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect
to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(tt) Compliance with OFAC. None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge
of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign
Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”); and the Company will not directly
or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities hereunder, or lend, contribute or
otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or
entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S.
sanctions administered by OFAC.
(uu) Solvency. On and immediately after the Closing Date, the Company (after giving effect to
the issuance of the Securities and the other transactions related thereto as described in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus) will be Solvent. As used
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in this paragraph, the term “Solvent” means, with respect to a particular date, that on such
date (i) the present fair market value (or present fair saleable value) of the assets of the
Company is not less than the total amount required to pay the liabilities of the Company on its
total existing debts and liabilities (including contingent liabilities) as they become absolute and
matured; (ii) the Company is able to realize upon its assets and pay its debts and other
liabilities, contingent obligations and commitments as they mature and become due in the normal
course of business; (iii) assuming consummation of the issuance of the Securities as contemplated
by this Agreement, the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, the
Company is not incurring debts or liabilities beyond its ability to pay as such debts and
liabilities mature; (iv) the Company is not engaged in any business or transaction, and does not
propose to engage in any business or transaction, for which its property would constitute
unreasonably small capital after giving due consideration to the prevailing practice in the
industry in which the Company is engaged; and (v) the Company is not a defendant in any civil
action that would result in a judgment that the Company is or would become unable to satisfy.
(vv) No Restrictions on Subsidiaries. Except as described in the Time of Sale Information and
the Prospectus, no subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under
any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying any dividends
to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock, from
repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from
transferring any of such subsidiary’s properties or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary
of the Company.
(ww) No Broker’s Fees. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any
contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that would give
rise to a valid claim against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any Underwriter for a
brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the
Securities.
(xx) No Registration Rights. No person has the right to require the Company or any of its
subsidiaries to register any securities for sale under the Securities Act by reason of the filing
of the Registration Statement with the Commission or the issuance and sale of the Securities.
(yy) No Stabilization. The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed
to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of
the price of the Securities.
(zz) Margin Rules. Neither the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities nor the
application of the proceeds thereof by the Company as described in the Registration Statement, the
Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus will violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation of such Board of Governors.
(aaa) Forward-Looking Statements. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section
27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed
without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.
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(bbb) Statistical and Market Data. The statistical and market-related data included in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus are based on or derived
from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate.
(ccc) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or, to
the Company’s knowledge, 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
and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”),
including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.
(ddd) Status under the Securities Act. The Company is not an ineligible issuer and is a
well-known seasoned issuer, in each case as defined under the Securities Act, in each case at the
times specified in the Securities Act in connection with the offering of the Securities.
(eee) Immunity. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor any of their respective
properties or assets has any immunity from the jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process
(whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution or
otherwise) under the laws of the United States, the Republic of The Xxxxxxxx Islands or Canada or
any political subdivisions thereof.
4. Further Agreements of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with each
Underwriter that:
(a) Required Filings. The Company will file the final Prospectus with the Commission within
the time periods specified by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act;
will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including the Term Sheet in the form of Annex C
hereto) to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act; and will file promptly all
reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with
the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the
date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection
with the offering or sale of the Securities; and the Company will furnish copies of the Prospectus
and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (to the extent not previously delivered) to the
Underwriters in New York City prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the business day next
succeeding the date of this Agreement in such quantities as the Representative may reasonably
request. The Company will pay the registration fees for this offering within the time period
required by Rule 456(b)(1)(i) under the Securities Act (without giving effect to the proviso
therein) and in any event prior to the Closing Date.
(b) Delivery of Copies. The Company will deliver, without charge, (i) to the Representative a
photocopy of the signed Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto, in
each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith and documents incorporated by
reference therein; and (ii) to each Underwriter (A) a conformed copy
of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto, in each case
including all exhibits and consents filed therewith and (B) during the Prospectus Delivery Period
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(as defined below), as many copies of the Prospectus (including all amendments and supplements
thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein) and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as
the Representative may reasonably request. As used herein, the term “Prospectus Delivery Period”
means such period of time after the first date of the public offering of the Securities as in the
opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus relating to the Securities is required by law
to be delivered (or required to be delivered but for Rule 172 under the Securities Act) in
connection with sales of the Securities by any Underwriter or dealer.
(c) Amendments or Supplements; Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Before making, preparing,
using, authorizing, approving, referring to or filing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and
before filing any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, whether
before or after the time that the Registration Statement becomes effective the Company will furnish
to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters a copy of the proposed Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, amendment or supplement for review and will not make, prepare, use, authorize, approve,
refer to or file any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or file any such proposed amendment or
supplement to which the Representative reasonably objects.
(d) Notice to the Representative. The Company will advise the Representative promptly, and
confirm such advice in writing, (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective; (ii) when
any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective; (iii) when any
supplement to the Prospectus or any amendment to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus has been filed; (iv) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the
Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or the receipt of any
comments from the Commission relating to the Registration Statement or any other request by the
Commission for any additional information; (v) of the issuance by the Commission of any order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of
any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for
that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act; (vi) of the occurrence of any event
within the Prospectus Delivery Period as a result of which the Prospectus, the Time of Sale
Information or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing
when the Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is
delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; (vii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice of
objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective
amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act; (viii) of the receipt by the
Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Securities for
offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such
purpose; and the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, preventing or suspending the use
of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or
suspending any such qualification of the Securities and, if any such order is issued, will use its
reasonable best efforts to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
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(e) Time of Sale Information. If at any time prior to the Closing Date (i) any event shall
occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Time of Sale Information as then amended or
supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances, not
misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Information to comply
with law, the Company will immediately notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and,
subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission (to the extent required) and furnish to
the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representative may designate, such amendments or
supplements to the Time of Sale Information as may be necessary so that the statements in the Time
of Sale Information as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances, be
misleading or so that the Time of Sale Information will comply with law.
(f) Ongoing Compliance. If during the Prospectus Delivery Period (i) any event shall occur or
condition shall exist as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would
include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it
is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will immediately
notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file
with the Commission and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representative may
designate, such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus as may be necessary so that the
statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the
circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that
the Prospectus will comply with law
(g) Blue Sky Compliance. The Company will qualify the Securities for offer and sale under the
securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative shall reasonably request
and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for distribution of the
Securities; provided that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign
corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would
not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file any general consent to service of process in any
such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not
otherwise so subject.
(h) Earning Statement. The Company will make generally available to its security holders and
the Representative as soon as practicable an earning statement that satisfies the provisions of
Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Commission promulgated thereunder covering
a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring
after the “effective date” (as defined in Rule 158) of the Registration Statement; provided,
however, that (1) such delivery requirements to the Company’s security holders shall be deemed met
by the Company’s compliance with its reporting requirements pursuant to the Exchange Act if such
compliance satisfies the conditions of Rule 158 and (2) such
delivery requirements to the Representatives shall be deemed met by the Company if the related
reports are available on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval System.
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(i) Clear Market. During the period from the date hereof through and including the date that
is 90 days after the date hereof, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the
Representative, offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities issued or
guaranteed by the Company and having a tenor of more than one year.
(j) Use of Proceeds. The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities
as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus under
the heading “Use of Proceeds”.
(k) No Stabilization. The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed
to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of
the price of the Securities.
(l) Reports. So long as the Securities are outstanding and unless otherwise available through
the Commission on its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval or similar system, the
Company will furnish to the Underwriters, as soon as they are available, copies of all reports or
other communications (financial or other) furnished to holders of the Securities, and copies of any
reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national
securities exchange or automatic quotation system.
(m) Record Retention. The Company will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good
faith, retain copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not filed with the Commission
in accordance with Rule 433 under the Securities Act.
5. Certain Agreements of the Underwriters. Each Underwriter hereby represents and
agrees that
(a) It has not and will not use, authorize use of, refer to, or participate in the planning
for use of, any “free writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (which
term includes use of any written information furnished to the Commission by the Company and not
incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued by the
Company) other than (i) a free writing prospectus that, solely as a result of use by such
underwriter, would not trigger an obligation to file such free writing prospectus with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 433, (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Annex B or
prepared pursuant to Section 3(c) or Section 4(c) above (including any electronic road show), or
(iii) any free writing prospectus prepared by such underwriter and approved by the Company in
advance in writing (each such free writing prospectus referred to in clauses (i) or (iii), an
“Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Underwriters may use a
term sheet substantially in the form of Annex C hereto without the consent of the Company.
(b) It is not subject to any pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act with
respect to the offering (and will promptly notify the Company if any such proceeding against it is
initiated during the Prospectus Delivery Period).
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6. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligation of each Underwriter to
purchase Securities on the Closing Date as provided herein is subject to the performance by the
Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following additional
conditions:
(a) Registration Compliance; No Stop Order. No order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding for such purpose, pursuant to Rule
401(g)(2) or pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act shall be pending before or threatened
by the Commission; the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been timely
filed with the Commission under the Securities Act (in the case of an Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act) and in accordance with
Section 4(a) hereof; and all requests by the Commission for additional information shall have been
complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Representative.
(b) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company
contained herein shall be true and correct on the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date;
and the statements of the Company and its officers made in any certificates delivered pursuant to
this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date.
(c) No Downgrade. Subsequent to the earlier of (A) the Time of Sale and (B) the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the
Securities or any other debt securities or preferred stock of or guaranteed by the Company or any
of its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as such term is
defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act and (ii) no such
organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, or has changed
its outlook with respect to, its rating of the Securities or of any other debt securities or
preferred stock of or guaranteed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (other than an
announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading).
(d) No Material Adverse Change. No event or condition of a type described in Section 3(g)
hereof shall have occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not described in the Time of
Sale Information (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the Prospectus (excluding any
amendment or supplement thereto) and the effect of which in the judgment of the Representative
makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the
Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale
Information and the Prospectus.
(e) Officer’s Certificate. The Representative shall have received on and as of the Closing
Date a certificate of an executive officer of the Company who has specific knowledge of the
Company’s financial matters and is satisfactory to the Representative (i) confirming that such
officer has carefully reviewed the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus and, to the knowledge of such officer, the representations set forth in Sections 3(b) or
3(d) hereof are true and correct, (ii) confirming that the other representations and warranties of
the Company in this Agreement are true and correct and that the Company has complied with all
agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or
prior to the Closing Date and (iii) to the effect set forth in paragraphs (a), (c) and (d) above.
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(f) Comfort Letters. On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date, Ernst & Young LLP
shall have furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Company, letters, dated the
respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, containing statements and information of the type
customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the
financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus; provided that
the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a “cut-off” date no more than three business
days prior to the Closing Date.
(g) Opinion of Xxxxxxxx Islands Counsel for the Company. Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx (New York)
LLP, special regulatory and Xxxxxxxx Islands counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the
Representative, at the request of the Company, their written opinion, dated the Closing Date and
addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative,
to the effect set forth in Annex A-1 hereto.
(h) Opinion of Counsel for the Company. Xxxxxxx Coie LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have
furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Company, their written opinion, dated the
Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Representative, to the effect set forth in Annex A-2 hereto.
(i) Statement of In-House Counsel for the Company. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Associate General Counsel
for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Company, his
written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, to the effect set forth in Annex A-3 hereto.
(j) Local Tax Opinions. The Company shall have requested and caused:
(1) Thommessen Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx AS, special Norwegian tax counsel for the
Company, to have furnished to you their written letter, dated the Closing Date and
addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Representative; and
(2) Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Abogados, S.L.P., special Spanish tax counsel to the Company,
to have furnished to you their written letter, dated the Closing Date and addressed
to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Representative.
(k) Local Counsel Opinions. The Company shall have requested and caused:
(1) Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Bahamas counsel for the Company, to have furnished to you
their written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative;
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(2) Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx & Associates, special Bermuda counsel for the Company,
to have furnished to you their written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed
to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Representative.
(3) Noble & Xxxxxxxxxxx, Luxembourg counsel for the Company, to have furnished
to you their written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the
Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative;
(4) Houthoff Buruma N.V., Netherlands counsel for the Company, to have
furnished to you their written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the
Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative;
(5) Thommessen Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx AS, Norwegian counsel for the Company, to
have furnished to you their written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to
the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Representative;
(6) Wong Tan & Xxxxx Xxx LLC, Singapore counsel for the Company, to have
furnished to you their letter, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the
Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative;
and
(7) Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Abogados, S.L.P., Spanish counsel for the Company, to have
furnished to you their written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the
Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative.
(l) Opinion of Counsel for the Underwriters. The Representative shall have received on and as
of the Closing Date an opinion of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx L.L.P., counsel for the Underwriters, with
respect to such matters as the Representative may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have
received such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon
such matters.
(m) No Legal Impediment to Issuance. No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule,
regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign
governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or
sale of the Securities; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall
have been issued that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the
Securities.
(n) Good Standing. The Representative shall have received on and as of the Closing Date
satisfactory evidence of the good standing of the Company and its subsidiaries in their respective
jurisdictions of organization and their good standing in such other jurisdictions as the
Representative may reasonably request, in each case in writing or any standard form of
telecommunication from the appropriate governmental authorities of such jurisdictions.
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(o) Additional Documents. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished
to the Representative such further certificates and documents as the Representative may reasonably
request.
(p) DTC. The Company will assist the Underwriters in arranging for the Securities to be
eligible for clearance and settlement through The Depository Trust Company.
All opinions, letters, certificates and evidence mentioned above or elsewhere in this
Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters.
7. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) Indemnification of the Underwriters. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
each Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls such
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange
Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without
limitation, legal fees and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with any suit, action
or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several,
that arise out of, or are based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the Registration Statement or caused by any omission or alleged omission
to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein, not misleading, (ii) or any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus or any Time of Sale Information, or caused by any omission or alleged omission
to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or
omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any
Underwriter Furnished Information.
(b) Indemnification of the Company. Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration
Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in
paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise
out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission
made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information furnished to the Company in writing by
such Underwriter through the Representative expressly
for use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Time of Sale Information, it being understood and agreed that
the only such information consists of the following: (i) the statement made in the last paragraph
of the cover page of the Prospectus regarding delivery of the Securities and (ii) in the section of
the Prospectus entitled “Underwriting,” (A) the name of each Underwriter and its participation in
the sale of the Securities, (B) the third paragraph regarding offers by the
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Underwriters and
selling concessions and (C) the tenth paragraph related to overallotments, stabilizing transactions
and syndicate covering transactions.
(c) Notice and Procedures. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or
regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in
respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b) above, such
person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such
indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided that the
failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have
under this Section 7 except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the
forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided,
further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any
liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under this Section 7. If any
such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have
notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who shall not, without the consent of the Indemnified
Person, be counsel to the Indemnifying Person) to represent the Indemnified Person and any others
entitled to indemnification pursuant to Section 7 that the Indemnifying Party may designate in such
proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such proceeding and shall pay the fees and
expenses of counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any
Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of
such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person
and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person
has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified
Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal
defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the
Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded
parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both
parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interest
between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection
with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and
expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified
Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such
separate firm for any Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control persons
of such Underwriter shall be designated in writing by X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. and any such
separate firm for the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement
and any control persons of the Company shall be designated in writing by the Company. The
Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its
written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the
plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to
indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such
settlement or judgment. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the
Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of
which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been
sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional
release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such
Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are
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the subject matter of such proceeding and
(y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act
by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.
(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) above is
unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of
indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by
such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one
hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the
allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the
relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with
the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well
as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on
the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same respective
proportions as the net proceeds (before deducting expenses but after deducting underwriting
discounts and commissions) received by the Company from the sale of the Securities and the total
underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters in connection therewith, in
each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate offering
price of the Securities. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on
the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact
relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative
intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or
omission.
(e) Limitation on Liability. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just
and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro
rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or
by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations
referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a
result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be
deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, in no event shall an Underwriter be required to
contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and
commissions received by such Underwriter with respect to the offering of the Securities exceeds the
amount of
any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The
Underwriters’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to
their respective purchase obligations hereunder and not joint.
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(f) Non-Exclusive Remedies. The remedies provided for in this Section 7 are not exclusive and
shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person
at law or in equity.
8. Effectiveness of Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective upon the
execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.
9. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the
Representative, by notice to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and
prior to the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on
the New York Stock Exchange or the over-the-counter market; (ii) trading of any securities issued
or guaranteed by the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter
market; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by
federal or New York State authorities; or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation
of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis, either within or
outside the United States, and the effect of such outbreak, escalation, change, calamity or crisis
on the financial markets of the United States, in the judgment of the Representative, is material
and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or
delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time
of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
10. Defaulting Underwriter. (a) If, on the Closing Date, any Underwriter defaults on
its obligation to purchase the Securities that it has agreed to purchase hereunder, the
non-defaulting Underwriters may in their discretion arrange for the purchase of such Securities by
other persons satisfactory to the Company on the terms contained in this Agreement. If, within 36
hours after any such default by any Underwriter, the non-defaulting Underwriters do not arrange for
the purchase of such Securities, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours
within which to procure other persons satisfactory to the non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase
such Securities on such terms. If other persons become obligated or agree to purchase the
Securities of a defaulting Underwriter, either the non-defaulting Underwriters or the Company may
postpone the Closing Date for up to five full business days in order to effect any changes that in
the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the Underwriters may be necessary in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement, and the Company
agrees to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus that effects any such changes. As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter”
includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires, any person not
listed in Schedule 1 hereto that, pursuant to this Section 10, purchases Securities that a
defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Company as
provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities that remains
unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities,
then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the
principal amount of Securities that such Underwriter
agreed to purchase hereunder plus such
Underwriter’s pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Securities that such
Underwriter
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agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Securities of such defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Company as
provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities that remains
unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities, or if the
Company shall not exercise the right described in paragraph (b) above, then this Agreement shall
terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters. Any termination of
this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10 shall be without liability on the part of the Company,
except that the Company will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in
Section 11 hereof and except that the provisions of Section 7 hereof shall not terminate and shall
remain in effect.
(d) Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may
have to the Company or any non-defaulting Underwriter for damages caused by its default.
11. Payment of Expenses. (a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or cause to be paid
all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including without
limitation, (i) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery
of the Securities, including any transfer, documentary or stamp taxes payable in connection with
the original issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder; (ii) the costs incident to the
preparation, printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement, the
Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus (including all exhibits, amendments and supplements thereto) and the distribution
thereof; (iii) the costs of reproducing and distributing each of the Transaction Documents; (iv)
the fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and independent accountants; (v) the fees and
expenses incurred in connection with the registration or qualification and determination of
eligibility for investment of the Securities under the laws of such jurisdictions as the
Representative may designate (subject to Section 4(g)) and the preparation, printing and
distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum (including the related reasonable fees and expenses of
counsel for the Underwriters); (vi) any fees charged by rating agencies for rating the Securities;
(vii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any paying agent (including related fees and
expenses of any counsel to such parties); (viii) all expenses and application fees incurred in
connection with any filing with, and clearance of the offering by, the Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority (the
“FINRA”); and (ix) all expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any “road show”
presentation to potential investors.
(b) If (i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9, (ii) the Company for any reason
other than by reason of a default by the Underwriters fails to tender the Securities for delivery
to the Underwriters or (iii) the Underwriters decline to purchase the Securities for any reason
permitted by this Agreement, the Company agrees to reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket
costs and expenses (including the fees and expenses of their counsel) reasonably incurred by the
Underwriters in connection with this Agreement and the offering contemplated hereby.
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12. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers
and directors and any controlling persons referred to herein, and the affiliates of each
Underwriter referred to in Section 7 hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be
construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in
respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No purchaser of Securities from any
Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase.
13. Survival. The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations,
warranties and agreements of the Company and the Underwriters contained in this Agreement or made
by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate
delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Securities and shall
remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any
investigation made by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriters.
14. Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where otherwise
expressly provided, the term “affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities
Act; (b) the term “business day” means any day other than a day on which banks are permitted or
required to be closed in New York City; (c) the term “subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Rule
405 under the Securities Act ; and (d) the term “significant subsidiary” has the meaning set forth
in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act.
15. Judicial Proceedings.
(a) The Company irrevocably (i) agree that any legal suit, action or proceeding against the
Teekay Parties arising out of or based upon this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or
alleged violations of the securities laws of the United States or any state in the United States
may be instituted in any New York court, (ii) waive, to the fullest extent it may effectively do
so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such proceeding
in any New York court and (iii) submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such
suit, action or proceeding. The Company has appointed Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx, New York, New
York, as its authorized agent (the “Authorized Agent”), upon whom process may be served in any such
action arising out of or based on this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or any
alleged violation of the securities laws of the United
States or any state in the United States which may be instituted in any New York court,
expressly consents to the jurisdiction of any such court in respect of any such action, and waives
any other requirements of or objections to personal jurisdiction with respect thereto. Such
appointment shall be irrevocable. The Company represents and warrants that the Authorized Agent has
agreed to act as such agent for service of process and agrees to take any and all action, including
the filing of any and all documents and instruments that may be necessary to continue such
appointment in full force and effect as aforesaid. Service of process upon the Authorized Agent and
written notice of such service to the Company shall be deemed, in every respect, effective service
of process upon the Company.
(b) If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum
due hereunder into any currency other than United States dollars, the parties
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hereto agree, to the
fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at
which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Underwriters could purchase United States
dollars with such other currency in the City of New York on the business day proceeding that on
which final judgment is given. The obligations of the Company in respect of any sum due from it to
the Underwriters shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than United States
dollars, not be discharged until the first business day, following receipt by the Underwriters of
any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency, on which (and only to the extent that) the
Underwriters may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase United States dollars with
such other currency; if the United States dollars so purchased are less than the sum originally due
to the Underwriters hereunder, the Company agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any
such judgment, that the party responsible for such judgment shall indemnify the Underwriters
against such loss. If the United States dollars so purchased are greater than the sum originally
due to the Underwriters hereunder, the Underwriters agree to pay to the Company an amount equal to
the excess of the dollars so purchased over the sum originally due to the Underwriters hereunder.
16. Miscellaneous. (a) Authority of the Representative. Any action by the
Underwriters hereunder may be taken by X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. on behalf of the Underwriters,
and any such action taken by X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. shall be binding upon the Underwriters.
(b) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of
telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be given to the Representative c/o X.X.
Xxxxxx Securities Inc., 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (fax: 000-000-0000); Attention:
. Notices to the Company shall be given to it at Teekay Corporation, 0xx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, 00 Xxxxx Xxx Road, Xxxxxxxx, XX 08, Bermuda, Attn. Corporate Secretary (fax no.
000-000-0000).
(c) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York.
(d) Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts (which may include
counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall be an
original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
(e) Amendments or Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any
consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same
shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.
(f) Headings. The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not
intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of
this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.
Very truly yours, | ||||||
Teekay Corporation | ||||||
By | ||||||
Title: |
Accepted: , 2010
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.
By |
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Title: |
For themselves and on behalf of the
Other Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto.
Other Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto.
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Schedule 1
Underwriter | Principal Amount | |||
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. |
$ | |||
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
$ | |||
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. |
$ | |||
BNP Paribas Securities Corp. |
$ | |||
DnB NOR Markets, Inc. |
$ | |||
ING Financial Markets LLC. |
$ | |||
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. |
$ | |||
Total |
$ | 300,000,000 |
Schedule 2
Significant Subsidiaries
Schedule 3-A
TGP Operating Subsidiaries
Schedule 3-B
TOO Operating Subsidiaries and Ownership
Schedule 3-C
Tankers Operating Subsidiaries
Schedule 3-D
Company Operating Subsidiaries
Schedule 4
Vessels
Annex A-1
Form of Opinion of Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx (New York) LLP, special regulatory and Xxxxxxxx
Islands and New York counsel for the Company
X-0-0
Xxxxx X-0
Form of Opinion of Xxxxxxx Coie LLP, counsel for the Company.
X-0-0
Xxxxx X-0
Form of Opinion of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Associate General Counsel for the Company
Annex B
Time of Sale Information
Annex C
[Issuer Name]
Pricing Term Sheet
Issuer: |
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Size:
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$_________ | |
Maturity:
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_________ ___, 20___ | |
Coupon:
|
___% | |
Price:
|
___% of face amount | |
Yield to maturity:
|
___% | |
[Spread to Benchmark Treasury:
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___%] | |
[Benchmark Treasury:]
|
___] | |
[Benchmark Treasury [Price] and Yield:
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___ ___%] | |
Interest Payment Dates:
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______and ______, commencing ______, 2006 | |
Redemption Provisions: |
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[First call date:
|
______] | |
[Make-whole call
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[At any time][Before the first call date] at a discount rate of Treasury plus ___basis points] | |
Redemption prices:
|
Commencing ______: ___% Commencing ______: ___% Commencing ______: 100% |
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[Redemption with proceeds of equity offering
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Prior to ___, up to 35% may be redeemed at ___%] | |
Settlement:
|
T+_; _________ ___, 20_ | |
[CUSIP:
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] | |
[Ratings:
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] |
The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the
offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in
that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete
information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting
XXXXX on the SEC Web site at xxx.xxx.xxx. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer
participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling
toll-free 1-8[xx-xxx-xxxx] [or emailing [ ] at [. ]]