EX-1.1 2 d437603dex11.htm EX-1.1 [Form of Underwriting Agreement] Keane Group, Inc. [ ] Shares Common Stock ($0.01 par value) Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

EX-1.1 2 d437603dex11.htm EX-1.1

Exhibit 1.1

[Form of Underwriting Agreement]

Xxxxx Group, Inc.

[ ] Shares

Common Stock

($0.01 par value)

[ ], 2018

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx

Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000

and,

X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC

000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx

Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000

As Representatives of the several Underwriters,

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Xxxxx Investor Holdings LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Delaware (the “Selling Shareholder”) and stockholder of Xxxxx Group, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware (the “Company”), proposes to sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you (the “Representatives”) are acting as representatives, [ ] shares of common stock, $0.01 par value (“Common Stock”), of the Company (such shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholder collectively being hereinafter called the “Underwritten Securities”). The Selling Shareholder also proposes to grant to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to [ ] additional shares of Common Stock (the “Option Securities”; the Option Securities, together with the Underwritten Securities, being hereinafter called the “Securities”). Certain terms used herein are defined in Section 20 hereof.

1. Representations and Warranties: (i) The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter as set forth below in this Section 1(i).

(a) The Company has prepared and filed with the Commission a registration statement (file number 333-[ ]) on Form S-1, including a related preliminary prospectus, for registration under the Act of the offering and sale of the Securities. Such Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto filed prior to the Execution Time, has become effective. The Company may have filed one or more amendments thereto, including a related preliminary prospectus, each of which has previously been furnished to you. The Company will file with the Commission a final prospectus in accordance with Rule 424(b). As filed, such final prospectus shall contain all information required by the Act and the rules thereunder and, except to the extent the Representatives shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the latest Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company has advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made therein.

(b) On the Effective Date, the Registration Statement did, and when the Prospectus is first filed in accordance with Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date (as defined herein) and on any date on which Option Securities are purchased, if such date is not the Closing Date (a “Settlement Date”), the Prospectus (and any supplement thereto) will, comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act; on the Effective Date and at the Execution Time, the Registration Statement did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and on the date of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date and any Settlement Date, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to the information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement, or the Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or any supplement thereto), it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8 hereof.

(c) (i) (A) The Disclosure Package and (B) the public offering price, the number of Underwritten Securities and the number of Option Securities to be included on the cover page of the Prospectus (the information in this clause (B) is referred to as the “Pricing Information”), when taken together as a whole and (ii) each electronic road show, in each case, when taken together as a whole with the Disclosure Package and the Pricing Information, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Disclosure Package based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8 hereof.

(d) (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement and (ii) as of the Execution Time (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (ii)), the Company was not and is not an Ineligible Issuer (as defined in Rule 405), without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an Ineligible Issuer.

(e) [Reserved]

(f) [Reserved]

(g) No Issuer Free Writing Prospectus includes any information that conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement. The foregoing sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8 hereof.

(h) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has been duly incorporated or formed, as applicable, and is validly existing as a corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership, as applicable, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is chartered or organized with full corporate, limited liability company or limited partnership, as applicable, power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and, except where non-qualification would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined herein), is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership, as applicable, and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such qualification.

(i) All the outstanding shares of capital stock or interests of each subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid (to the extent required under the applicable limited liability agreements of such subsidiary) and nonassessable, and, except as otherwise set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, all outstanding shares of capital stock or interests of the subsidiaries are owned by the Company either directly or through wholly owned subsidiaries, free and clear of any perfected security interest or any other security interests, claims, liens or encumbrances (“Liens”), except for (i) Liens under the Senior Secured Debt Facilities (as defined in the Registration Statement) and (ii) such Liens as would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity that would constitute a “significant subsidiary” (as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X), other than the subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21.1 to the Registration Statement.

(j) There is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required (and the Preliminary Prospectus contains in all material respects the same description of the foregoing matters contained in the Prospectus).

(k) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes a legal, valid and binding instrument enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.

(l) The Company is not, and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities, will not be an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(m) No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required in connection with the transactions contemplated herein, except such as have been obtained under the Act and such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters in the manner contemplated herein and in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(n) Neither the sale of the Securities nor the consummation of any other of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment of the terms hereof will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, (i) (x) the certificate or articles of incorporation or formation, as applicable, or (y) the by-laws, limited liability company agreement, limited partnership agreement or other operating agreement, as applicable, of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note

agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, except, with respect to the foregoing clauses (ii) and (iii), as could not reasonably be expected to have (A) a material adverse effect on the performance of this Agreement or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or (B) a Material Adverse Effect.

(o) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no holders of securities of the Company have rights to the registration of such securities under the Registration Statement. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the holders of outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are not entitled to statutory preemptive or other similar contractual rights to subscribe for the Securities.

(p) The shares of Common Stock outstanding have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and conform to the description of the Common Stock contained in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The consummation of the other transactions contemplated herein and by the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will, when consummated, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company or partnership action of the Company or any other applicable person.

(q) Each of (A) the balance sheet and consolidated historical financial statements and schedules of the Company, (B) the consolidated historical financial statements and schedules of Xxxxx Group Holdings, LLC (“Xxxxx LLC”) and its consolidated subsidiaries, (C) the historical financial statements of Trican Well Service, L.P. (“Trican”) and (D) the historical financial statements of RockPile Energy Services, LLC (“RockPile”) in each case, included in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Registration Statement present fairly the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, as applicable, of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, Trican, and RockPile, as applicable, as of the dates and for the periods indicated, comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise noted therein). The summary financial data set forth under the captions “Prospectus Summary—Summary Consolidated Historical and Pro Forma Financial Data” in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and Registration Statement fairly present, in all material respects, on the basis stated in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Registration Statement, the information included therein. The pro forma financial statements included in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Registration Statement include assumptions that provide a reasonable basis for presenting the significant effects directly attributable to the transactions and events described therein, the related pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions, and the pro forma adjustments reflect the proper application of those adjustments to the historical financial statement amounts in the pro forma financial statements included in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Registration Statement. The pro forma financial statements included in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Registration Statement comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of Regulation S-X under the Act and the pro forma adjustments have been properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of those statements. The statistical and market-related data and forward- looking statements (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Act and Xxxxxxx 00X xx xxx

Xxxxxxxx Xxx) included in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company and its subsidiaries believe to be reliable and accurate in all material respects and represent their good faith estimates that are made on the basis of data derived from such sources.

(r) 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 or its or their property is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened that (i) would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the performance of this Agreement or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or (ii) would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(s) [Reserved.]

(t) None of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is in violation or default of (i) any provision of its (x) charter or certificate or articles of incorporation or formation, as applicable, or (y) by-laws, limited liability company agreement, limited partnership agreement or other operating agreement, as applicable, (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which it is a party or bound or to which its property is subject, or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or such subsidiary or any of their respective properties, as applicable, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) as would not have or be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(u) KPMG LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of (A) the Company, (B) Xxxxx LLC and its consolidated subsidiaries and (C) Trican, and delivered their report with respect to the audited financial statements and schedules included in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are independent public accountants with respect to each of the Company, Xxxxx LLC and Trican, in each case within the meaning of the Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder.

(v) KPMG LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of RockPile, and delivered their report with respect to the audited financial statements and schedules included in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are independent public accountants with respect to RockPile, within the meaning of the Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder.

(w) Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of RockPile, and delivered their report with respect to the audited financial statements and schedules included in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are independent public accountants with respect to RockPile, within the meaning of the Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder.

(x) The Company and its subsidiaries have filed all tax returns that are required to be filed or has requested extensions thereof (except in any case in which the failure so to file would not have a Material Adverse Effect) and has paid all material taxes required to be paid by it and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and payable, except for any such assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good faith or the nonpayment of which would not have or be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No labor problem or dispute with the 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 the employees of any of its or its subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, contractors or customers, that would have or be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(y) The Company and each of its subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are customary in the businesses in which they are engaged; all policies of insurance insuring the Company or any of 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 that individually or in the aggregate are reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect against the Company or any of 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; none of the Company or any such subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and none of the Company or any such subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(z) No subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, 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 property or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company, except (i) as described in or contemplated by the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto) and (ii) for those prohibitions under the Senior Secured Debt Facilities.

(aa) The Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by all applicable authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except for such failure to possess as would not have or be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and none of the Company or any such subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a Material Adverse Effect.

(bb) The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain a system 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 generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The internal controls over financial reporting of the Company and its subsidiaries are effective and the Company and its subsidiaries are not aware of any material weakness in their internal controls over financial reporting.

(cc) The Company and its subsidiaries have established and maintain “disclosure controls and procedures” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act); such disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

(dd) The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

(ee) The Company and its subsidiaries are (i) in compliance with any and all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”), (ii) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability under any environmental law except in case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, none of the Company or 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.

(ff) In the ordinary course of its business, each of the Company and Xxxxx LLC periodically reviews the effect of applicable Environmental Laws on the business, operations and properties of the Company and its subsidiaries in the course of which it identifies and evaluates associated costs and liabilities (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws, or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties). On the basis of such review, the Company has reasonably concluded that such associated costs and liabilities arising under existing applicable Environmental Laws would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(gg) None of the following events has occurred or exists: (i) a failure to fulfill the obligations, if any, under the minimum funding standards of Xxxxxxx 000 xx xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to a Plan, determined without regard to any waiver of such obligations or extension of any amortization period; (ii) an audit or investigation by the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any other federal or state governmental agency or any foreign regulatory agency with respect to the employment or compensation of employees by any of the Company or any of its subsidiaries that could have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) any breach of any contractual obligation, or any violation of law or applicable qualification standards, with respect to the employment or compensation of employees by the Company or any of its subsidiaries that could have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the following events has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur: (i) a material increase in the aggregate amount of contributions required to be made to all Plans in the current fiscal year of the Company and its subsidiaries compared to the amount of such contributions made in the most recently completed fiscal year of the Company and its subsidiaries, in each case, to the extent applicable; (ii) a material increase in the “accumulated post-retirement benefit obligations” (within the meaning of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 106) of the Company and its subsidiaries compared to the amount of such obligations in the most recently completed fiscal year of the Company and its subsidiaries, to the extent applicable; (iii) any event or condition giving rise to a liability under Title IV of ERISA that could have a Material Adverse Effect; or (iv) the filing of a claim by one or more employees or former employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries related to their employment that could have a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “Plan” means a plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to Title IV of ERISA with respect to which the Company may have any liability.

(hh) There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or its subsidiaries or any of their respective directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply 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 relating to loans and Sections 302 and 906 relating to certifications.

(ii) None of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any controlled affiliate, director or officer, agent, employee, or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any affiliate that is not under common control with the Company is aware of, has taken, or will take any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation or a sanction for violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; and the Company and its subsidiaries and its affiliates have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith and with the representations and warranties contained herein. No part of the proceeds of the offering contemplated hereby will be used by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 as amended, or the rules or regulations thereunder.

(jj) 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, and the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions where the Company and its subsidiaries conduct business, and the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries (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.

(kk) None of the Company, its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or controlled affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is, or is controlled or 50% or more owned in the aggregate by or is acting on behalf of, one or more individuals or entities that are currently the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the United States (including any administered or enforced by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of State, or the Bureau of Industry and Security of the U.S. Department of Commerce), nor is the Company or any of its subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is, or whose government is, the subject of Sanctions that broadly prohibit dealings with that country or territory. The Company will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person, (i) to fund any activities of or business with any person that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department, the U.S. Department of Commerce or the U.S. Department of State (collectively, “Sanctions” and such persons, “Sanctioned Persons” and each such person, a “Sanctioned Person”), or is in Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan or in any other country or territory that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions (collectively, “Sanctioned Countries” and each a, “Sanctioned Country”), or (ii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions.

(ll) None of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has engaged in any dealings or transactions with or for the benefit of a Sanctioned Person, or with or in a Sanctioned Country, in the preceding 5 years, and none of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has plans to engage in dealings or transactions with or for the benefit of a Sanctioned Person, or with or in a Sanctioned Country.

(mm) The Company and its subsidiaries own, possess, license or have other rights to use in any material respects, all patents, patent applications, trade and service marks, trade and service xxxx registrations, trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets, technology, know-how and other intellectual property (collectively, the “Intellectual Property”) used or held for use in or otherwise necessary for the conduct of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries as now conducted or as proposed in the Disclosure Package and Prospectus to be conducted. Except as set under the heading “Item 1. Business—Intellectual Property” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, incorporated by reference in each of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (a) to the best knowledge of the Company, there is no infringement by third parties of any such Intellectual Property in any material respect; (b) there is no pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the rights, including ownership rights, of the Company in or to any such Intellectual Property; (c) there is no pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity or scope of any such Intellectual Property; (d) there is no pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company or any of its subsidiaries infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates any Intellectual Property or other proprietary rights of others; (e) there is no patent or published patent application or any other Intellectual Property rights of others which is infringed by any Intellectual Property described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as being owned by or licensed to the Company or any of its subsidiaries; and (f) to the best knowledge of the Company, there is no prior art or other facts or circumstances that would render any patent or any other Intellectual Property owned by the Company or any of its subsidiaries invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part.

(nn) The statements contained in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus under the captions “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—Trican Transaction,” “Description of Capital Stock,” “Description of Indebtedness,” “Certain U.S. Federal Income and Estate Tax Considerations to Non-U.S. Holders” and “Underwriting” insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents, or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries of such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings.

Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.

(ii) The Selling Shareholder represents and warrants to each Underwriter as of the date hereof, the Closing Date and as of each Settlement Date on which the Selling Shareholder sells Option Securities, and agrees with each Underwriter, as follows:

(a) In respect of any statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, any electronic road show, the Disclosure Package or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto used by the Company or any Underwriter, as the case may be, made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Selling Shareholder specifically for use in connection with the preparation thereof, the Selling Shareholder hereby makes the same representations and warranties to each Underwriter as the Company makes to such Underwriter under paragraphs (i)(b), (i)(c) and (i)(g) of this Section 1.

(b) The Selling Shareholder is not prompted to sell the Securities to be sold by the Selling Shareholder hereunder by any information concerning the Company or any subsidiary of the Company which is not set forth in the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus.

(d) Neither the issue and sale of the Securities nor the consummation of any other of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment of the terms hereof will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Selling Shareholder to, (i) the (x) articles of formation, or (y) limited liability company agreement, of the Selling Shareholder, (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Selling Shareholder is a party or bound or to which its property is subject, or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Selling Shareholder of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Selling Shareholder or any of its properties, except, with respect to the foregoing clauses (ii) and (iii), as could not reasonably be expected to have (A) a material adverse effect on the performance of this Agreement or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or (B) a Material Adverse Effect.

(e) On the date hereof, the Closing Date and the applicable Settlement Date, the Selling Shareholder is the record and beneficial owner of the Securities to be sold by it hereunder free and clear of all Liens and has duly endorsed such Securities in blank, and has full power and authority to sell its interest in the Securities, and, assuming that each Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased from the Selling Shareholder without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code (“UCC”)), each Underwriter that has purchased such Securities delivered on the Closing Date or the Settlement Date to The Depository Trust Company or other securities intermediary by making payment therefor as provided herein, and that has had such Securities credited to the securities account or accounts of such Underwriters maintained with The Depository Trust Company or such other securities intermediary will have acquired a security entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC) to such Securities purchased by such Underwriter, and no action based on an adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC) may be asserted against such Underwriter with respect to such Securities.

(f) The Selling Shareholder has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

(g) No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required in connection with the transactions contemplated herein by the Selling Shareholder, except such as have been obtained under the Act and such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters in the manner contemplated herein and in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or when, if not obtained, would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(h) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no holders of securities of the Company have rights to the registration of such securities under the Registration Statement. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the holders of outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are not entitled to statutory preemptive or other similar contractual rights to subscribe for the Securities.

(i) The Selling Shareholder has not prepared or had prepared on its behalf or used or referred to, any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405), and has not distributed any written materials in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities.

(j) Except as described in the FINRA Questionnaire provided by the Selling Shareholder, neither the Selling Shareholder nor any of its affiliates directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with any member firm of FINRA or is a person associated with a member (within the meaning of the FINRA By-Laws) of FINRA.

(k) The Selling Shareholder will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of this offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person in any manner that will result in a violation of (i) Sanctions by, or could result in the imposition of Sanctions against, any person (including any person participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) or (ii) the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 as amended, or the rules or regulations thereunder.

(l) The Selling Shareholder is not (A) an employee benefit plan subject to Title I of ERISA, (B) a plan or account subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or (C) an entity deemed to hold “plan assets” of any such plan or account under Section 3(42) of ERISA, or otherwise.

2. Purchase and Sale.

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Selling Shareholder agrees to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Selling Shareholder, at a purchase price of $[ ] per share, the number of Underwritten Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule I hereto. The Company agrees to pay any and all fees, commissions and/or discounts with respect to the Underwritten Securities offered and sold by the Selling Shareholder. Any such payments may be deducted from the proceeds of the Underwritten Securities offered and sold by the Company.

(b) Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Selling Shareholder hereby grants an option to the several Underwriters to purchase, severally and not jointly, up to [ ] Option Securities at the same purchase price per share as the Underwriters shall pay for the Underwritten Securities, less an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Underwritten Securities but not payable on the Option Securities. Said option may be exercised in whole or in part at any time on or before the 30th day after the date of the Prospectus upon written or telegraphic notice by the Representatives to the Company and the Selling Shareholder setting forth the number of shares of the Option Securities as to which the several Underwriters are exercising the option and the settlement date. The number of Option Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be the same percentage of the total number of shares of the Option Securities to be purchased by the several

Underwriters as such Underwriter is purchasing of the Underwritten Securities, subject to such adjustments as you in your absolute discretion shall make to eliminate any fractional shares. The Company agrees to pay any and all fees, commissions and/or discounts with respect to any Option Securities offered and sold by the Selling Shareholder.

3. Delivery and Payment. Delivery of and payment for the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities (if the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof shall have been exercised on or before the second Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date) shall be made at 10:00 AM, New York City time, on [ ], 2018, or at such time on such later date not more than two Business Days after the foregoing date as the Representatives shall designate, which date and time may be postponed by agreement among the Representatives, the Company and the Selling Shareholder or as provided in Section 9 hereof (such date and time of delivery and payment for the Securities being herein called the “Closing Date”). Delivery of the Securities shall be made to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters against payment by the several Underwriters through the Representatives of the purchase price of the Securities being sold by the Selling Shareholder thereof to or upon the order of the Selling Shareholder by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to an account specified by the Selling Shareholder. Delivery of the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct.

If the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof is exercised after the second Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date, the Selling Shareholder will deliver the Option Securities (at the expense of the Company) to the Representatives, at 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, on the date specified by the Representatives (which shall be within three Business Days after exercise of said option) for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters, against payment by the several Underwriters through the Representatives of the purchase price thereof to or upon the order of the Selling Shareholder by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to an account specified by the Selling Shareholder. If settlement for the Option Securities occurs after the Closing Date, the Selling Shareholder will deliver to the Representatives on the settlement date for the Option Securities, and the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase the Option Securities shall be conditioned upon receipt of, supplemental opinions, certificates and letters confirming as of such date the opinions, certificates and letters delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6 hereof.

The Company will pay all applicable state transfer taxes, if any, involved in the transfer to the several Underwriters of the Securities to be purchased by them from the Selling Shareholder and the respective Underwriters will pay any additional stock transfer taxes involved in further transfers.

4. Offering by Underwriters. It is understood that the several Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for sale to the public as set forth in the Prospectus.

5. Agreements. The Company and the Selling Shareholder (as applicable) agree with the several Underwriters that:

(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The

Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.

(b) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.

(c) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus to comply with the Act or the rules thereunder, the Company and the Selling Shareholder, as applicable, promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; and (iii) supply any supplemented Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.

(d) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 of the Act.

(e) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.

(f) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.

(g) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company) directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any other shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock; or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period of 90 days after the date of this Agreement, provided, however, that the Company may (i) issue and sell Common Stock pursuant to any employee stock option plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company in effect at the Execution Time and described in the Disclosure Package, (ii) issue Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants outstanding at the Execution Time, (iii) file a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 and one or more registration statements on Form S-8, and (iv) offer, issue and sell shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, Common Stock, in connection with any acquisition or strategic investment (including any joint venture, strategic alliance or partnership); provided, however, that in the case of this clause (iv) (x) any such offer, issuance or sale shall not exceed 10% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock on an as converted basis and (y) any recipient of such securities shall execute and deliver to the Representatives a lock-up letter described in Section 6(k) hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 5(g) shall not apply to or prohibit: (A) the sale of shares of Common Stock by the Selling Shareholder to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or (B) distributions of shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, such capital stock to stockholders of the Company; provided, however, that in the case of this clause (B) each distributee shall execute and deliver to the Representatives a lock-up letter described in Section 6(k) hereof.

(h) Neither the Company nor the Selling Shareholder will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

(i) The Company agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or

supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act and the listing of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification, not to exceed $10,000); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings, not to exceed $25,000); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities, including in connection with any “road-show”, provided that the Company shall be responsible for 50% of the cost of any chartered aircraft and the Underwriters shall be responsible for the remaining 50% of such costs; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company, Xxxxx LLC, Trican and RockPile’s accountants and the fees and expenses of its counsel and counsel for the Selling Shareholder (including local and special counsel) and financial advisors for the Company and the Selling Shareholder; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company and the Selling Shareholder of their obligations hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(i) and Sections 7 and 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, stock transfer taxes on resale of any of the Common Stock by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.

(j) The Company and the Selling Shareholder agree that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule II hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.

6. Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities, as the case may be, shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Shareholder contained herein as of the Execution Time, the Closing Date and any settlement date pursuant to Section 3 hereof, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Shareholder made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Shareholder of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:

(a) The Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, have been filed in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened.

(b) (i) The Company shall have requested and caused Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxx LLP, counsel for the Company and Xxxxx LLC, to have furnished to the Representatives their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C hereto, and (ii) the Selling Shareholder shall have requested and caused Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxx LLP, counsel for the Selling Shareholder, to have furnished to the Representatives their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D hereto.

(c) The Representatives shall have received from Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Representatives may reasonably require, and the Selling Shareholder shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.

(d) The Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a certificate of the Company, signed by the Chief Executive Officer or the President and the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as well as each electronic road show used in connection with the offering of the Securities, and this Agreement and that:

(i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date;

(ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened; and

(iii) since the date of the most recent financial statements included in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there has been no Material Adverse Effect.

(e) The Selling Shareholder shall have furnished to the Representatives a certificate, signed by an authorized person of the Selling Shareholder, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signer of such certificate has carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and this Agreement and that the representations and warranties of the Selling Shareholder in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date to the same effect as if made on the Closing Date and the Selling Shareholder has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all of the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date.

(f) The Company shall have requested and caused KPMG LLP to have furnished to the Underwriters, at the Execution Time and at the Closing Date, “comfort” letter(s), dated respectively as of the Execution Time and as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives and covering the financial statements of the Company, Xxxxx LLC and Trican and certain other financial information included in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and other customary matters.

(g) The Company shall have requested and caused KPMG LLP to have furnished to the Underwriters, at the Execution Time and at the Closing Date, “comfort” letter(s), dated respectively as of the Execution Time and as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives and covering the financial statements of RockPile and certain other financial information included in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and other customary matters.

(h) The Company shall have requested and caused Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP to have furnished to the Underwriters, at the Execution Time and at the Closing Date, “comfort” letter(s), dated respectively as of the Execution Time and as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives and covering the financial statements of RockPile and certain other financial information included in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and other customary matters.

(i) Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), there shall not have been (i) any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (f) of this Section 6 or (ii) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto) the effect of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).

(j) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company and the Selling Shareholder shall have furnished to the Representatives such further information, certificates and documents as the Representatives may reasonably request.

(k) Subsequent to the Execution Time, there shall not have been any decrease in the rating of any of the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act) or any notice given of any intended or potential decrease in any such rating or of a possible change in any such rating that does not indicate the direction of the possible change.

(l) The Securities shall have been duly listed, subject to official notice of issuance, on the New York Stock Exchange.

(m) At the Execution Time, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a letter substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto from each officer and director of the Company and the Selling Shareholder, in each case, addressed to the Representatives.

If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Representatives. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Selling Shareholder in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing.

The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 shall be delivered at the office of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, at 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, on the Closing Date.

7. Reimbursement of Underwriters’ Expenses. If the sale of the Securities provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set forth in Section 6 hereof is not satisfied, because of any termination pursuant to Section 10 hereof or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company or the Selling Shareholder to perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof other than by reason of a default by any of the Underwriters, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters severally through Citigroup Global Markets Inc. on demand for all expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that shall have been incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Securities.

8. Indemnification and Contribution.

(a) The Company and the Selling Shareholder agree to, jointly and severally, indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees, affiliates and agents of each Underwriter and each person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the registration statement for the registration of the Securities as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in any Preliminary Prospectus, or the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any “road show” (as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Act), or, in each case, in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Company and the Selling Shareholder will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity

with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8(b) below, and further provided, that the Selling Shareholder may be liable only in such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of or is based upon statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Selling Shareholder furnished to the Company in writing by the Selling Shareholder expressly for use in the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by the Selling Shareholder consists of the name and beneficial ownership information about the Selling Shareholder set forth in the “Principal and Selling Stockholders” section of the Prospectus included in the Registration Statement. The indemnity agreement in this clause (a) will be in addition to any liability which the Company or the Selling Shareholder may otherwise have.

(b) Each Underwriter severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its respective directors, the Selling Shareholder and, to the extent applicable, each of its managers, each of the Company’s officers who signs the Registration Statement, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each Underwriter, but only with reference to written information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which any Underwriter may otherwise have. The Company and the Selling Shareholder acknowledges that the statements set forth in (i) the sentences related to concessions and reallowances in the fifth paragraph under the heading “Underwriting” and (ii) the sentences related to stabilization, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids in the ninth, tenth and eleventh paragraphs under the heading “Underwriting” in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the several Underwriters for inclusion in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel of the indemnifying party’s choice at the indemnifying party’s expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided, however, that such counsel shall be satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to appoint counsel to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel (which, if the

Company is the indemnifying party, shall be limited to one such separate counsel for any Underwriter with similar claims and similar defenses, together with all persons who control such Underwriters) if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest, (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding and (ii) does not include an admission of fault.

(d) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, the Company and the Selling Shareholder, jointly and severally, and the Underwriters severally agree to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending the same) (collectively “Losses”) to which the Company, the Selling Shareholder and one or more of the Underwriters may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and by the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Securities. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the Company, the Selling Shareholder and the Underwriters severally shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company and the Selling Shareholder on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Company and the Selling Shareholder shall be deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by it, and benefits received by the Underwriters shall be deemed to be equal to the total underwriting discounts and commissions, in each case as set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the Company or the Selling Shareholder on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The Company, the Selling Shareholder and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (d), in no event shall any 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 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was

not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 8, each person who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee, affiliate and agent of an Underwriter shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d).

The liability of the Selling Shareholder under the indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 8 shall be limited to an amount equal to the public offering price of the Securities sold by the Selling Shareholder to the Underwriters. The Company and the Selling Shareholder may agree, as among themselves and without limiting the rights of the Underwriters under this Agreement, as to the respective amounts of such liability for which they each shall be responsible. In addition, as solely between the Company and the Selling Shareholder, nothing herein shall supersede the indemnification and expense reimbursement provisions set forth in the Stockholders’ Agreement (as referred to in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus) between the Company, the Selling Shareholder, and certain other stockholders of the Company party thereto.

9. Default by an Underwriter. If any one or more Underwriters shall fail to purchase and pay for any of the Securities agreed to be purchased by such Underwriter or Underwriters hereunder and such failure to purchase shall constitute a default in the performance of its or their obligations under this Agreement, the remaining Underwriters shall be obligated severally to take up and pay for (in the respective proportions which the amount of Securities set forth opposite their names in Schedule I hereto bears to the aggregate amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of all the remaining Underwriters) the Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase; provided, however, that in the event that the aggregate amount of Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 10% of the aggregate amount of Securities set forth in Schedule I hereto, the remaining Underwriters shall have the right to purchase all, but shall not be under any obligation to purchase any, of the Securities, and if such nondefaulting Underwriters do not purchase all the Securities, this Agreement will terminate without liability to any nondefaulting Underwriter, the Selling Shareholder or the Company. In the event of a default by any Underwriter as set forth in this Section 9, the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding five Business Days, as the Representatives shall determine in order that the required changes in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its liability, if any, to the Company, the Selling Shareholder and any nondefaulting Underwriter for damages occasioned by its default hereunder.

10. Termination. This Agreement shall be subject to termination in the absolute discretion of the Representatives, by notice given to the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the Securities, if at any time prior to such delivery and payment (i) trading in the Company’s Common Stock shall have been suspended by the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange or trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ Global Market shall have been suspended or limited or minimum prices shall have been established on such exchange, (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared either by Federal or New York State authorities, (iii) there shall have occurred a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war, or other calamity or crisis the effect of which on financial markets is such as to make it, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).

11. Representations and Indemnities to Survive. The respective agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the Company, its respective officers, the Selling Shareholder and of the Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, the Selling Shareholder or the Company or any of the officers, directors, employees, agents, affiliates or controlling persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. The provisions of Sections 7 and 8 hereof shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement.

12. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Representatives, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to (1) Citigroup Global Markets Inc., 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, 00000, Attention: General Counsel, fax no.: (000) 000-0000, (2) X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (fax: (212) 000- 0000); Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk; or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to Xxxxx Group, Inc., 0000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxx XxXxxxxx, fax no.: (000) 000-0000, with a copy to Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx and Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx-Xxxxxxxxx or, if sent to the Selling Shareholder, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to 0000 Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxx Investor, fax no.: (000) 000-0000, with a copy to Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx and Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx-Xxxxxxxxx.

13. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers, directors, employees, agents and controlling persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.

14. No fiduciary duty. The Company and the Selling Shareholder hereby acknowledge that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company and the Selling Shareholder on the one hand, and the Underwriters and any affiliate through which it may be acting, on the other, (b) the Underwriters are acting as principal and not as an agent or fiduciary of the Company and the Selling Shareholder and (c) the Company’s engagement of the Underwriters in connection with the offering and the process leading up to the offering is as independent contractors and not in any other capacity. Furthermore, the Company and the Selling Shareholder agree that each is solely responsible for making its own judgments in connection with the offering (irrespective of whether any of the Underwriters has advised or is currently advising the Company and the Selling Shareholder on related or other matters). The Company and the Selling Shareholder agree that each will not claim that the Underwriters have rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owe an agency, fiduciary or similar duty to the Company and the Selling Shareholder in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.

15. Integration. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company, the Selling Shareholder and the Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

16. Applicable Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed within the State of New York.

17. Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the Company, the Selling Shareholder and the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

18. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

19. Headings. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

20. Definitions. The terms that follow, when used in this Agreement, shall have the meanings indicated.

“Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or obligated by law to close in New York City.

“Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Disclosure Package” shall mean (i) the Preliminary Prospectus that is generally distributed to investors and used to offer the Securities, (ii) the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule II hereto, and (iii) any other Free Writing Prospectus that the parties hereto shall hereafter expressly agree in writing to treat as part of the Disclosure Package.

“Effective Date” shall mean each date and time that the Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment or amendments thereto and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement became or becomes effective.

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

“Execution Time” shall mean the date and time that this Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto.

“Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean a free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405.

“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433.

“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any event, circumstance, change, development or condition that, individually or in the aggregate, has had a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of either the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business.

“Preliminary Prospectus” shall mean any preliminary prospectus referred to in Section 1(i)(a) above and any preliminary prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the Effective Date that omits Rule 430A Information.

“Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus relating to the Securities that is first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the Execution Time.

“Registration Statement” shall mean the registration statement referred to in Section 1(i)(a) above, including exhibits and financial statements and any prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and deemed part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430A, as amended at the Execution Time and, in the event any post-effective amendment thereto or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement becomes effective prior to the Closing Date, shall also mean such registration statement as so amended or such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, as the case may be.

“Rule 158”, “Rule 163”, “Rule 164”, “Rule 172”, “Rule 405”, “Rule 415”, “Rule 424”, “Rule 430A” and “Rule 433” refer to such rules under the Act.

“Rule 430A Information” shall mean information with respect to the Securities and the offering thereof permitted to be omitted from the Registration Statement when it becomes effective pursuant to Rule 430A.

“Rule 462(b) Registration Statement” shall mean a registration statement and any amendments thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) relating to the offering covered by the registration statement referred to in Section 1(i)(a) hereof.

[signature pages follow]

If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this Agreement and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement among the Company, the Selling Shareholder and the several Underwriters.


Very truly yours,

Xxxxx Group, Inc.

By:
		Authorized Signatory

Xxxxx Investor Holdings LLC

By:
		Authorized Signatory

[Xxxxx Group – Underwriting Agreement]


The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

By:
		Name:
		Title:

X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC

By:
		Name:
		Title:

For themselves and the other several Underwriters named in Schedule I to the foregoing Agreement.

[Xxxxx Group – Underwriting Agreement]

SCHEDULE I


Underwriters		Number of Underwritten Securities to be Purchased
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.		[ ]
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC		[ ]
Barclays Capital Inc.		[ ]
Xxxxxxx Sachs & Co. LLC		[ ]
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated		[ ]
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC		[ ]
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co.		[ ]
Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC		[ ]
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Capital, Inc.		[ ]
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.		[ ]

Total		[ ]

SCHEDULE II

Schedule of Free Writing Prospectuses included in the Disclosure Package


[Form of Lock-Up Agreement]		EXHIBIT A

[Letterhead of officer, director, or

Xxxxx Investor Holdings LLC]

Xxxxx Group, Inc.

Public Offering of Common Stock

[ ], 2018

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx

Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000

and

X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC

000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx

Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000

As Representatives of the several Underwriters,

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This letter is being delivered to you in connection with the Underwriting Agreement, dated the date hereof (the “Underwriting Agreement”), by and among Xxxxx Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Selling Shareholder, and each of you as representatives (the “Representatives”) of the several Underwriters (such term and other capitalized terms used herein without definition are used herein as defined in the Underwriting Agreement) named therein, relating to an underwritten public offering of Common Stock, $0.01 par value (the “Common Stock”), of the Company (the “Offering”). Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Underwriting Agreement.

In order to induce you and the other Underwriters to enter into the Underwriting Agreement, the undersigned will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the undersigned or any affiliate of the undersigned or any person in privity with the undersigned or any affiliate of the undersigned), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement (other than a registration statement on Form S-3 or Form S-8) with the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder with respect to, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for such capital stock, or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period from the date hereof until 90 days after the date of the Underwriting Agreement (such 90-day period, the “Lock-Up Period”).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph shall not apply to or prohibit any of the following: (i) the sale of shares of Common Stock by the undersigned to the Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement; (ii) transfers of shares of

A-1

capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for such capital stock as a bona fide gift or gifts; (iii) transfers or dispositions of shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for such capital stock to any trust for the direct dispositions of shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for such capital stock by will, other testamentary document or intestate succession to the legal representative, heir, beneficiary or a member of the immediate family of the undersigned; provided that any such transfer or disposition pursuant to this clause (iii) shall not involve a disposition for value; (iv) transfers to any corporation, partnership or other business entity with whom the undersigned shares in common an investment manager or advisor which has investment discretionary authority with respect to the undersigned’s and the entity’s investments pursuant to an investment advisory or similar agreement; (v) distributions of shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for such capital stock to partners, members or stockholders of the undersigned; or (vi) transfers or dispositions of shares of Common Stock to the Company (1) pursuant to the exercise, in each case on a “cashless” or “net exercise” basis, of any option to purchase shares of Common Stock granted by the Company pursuant to any employee benefit plan or arrangement described in the Registration Statement and that would otherwise expire prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, where any shares of Common Stock received by the undersigned upon any such exercise will be subject to the terms of this letter, or (2) for the purpose of satisfying any withholding taxes (including estimated taxes) due as a result of the exercise of any option to purchase shares of Common Stock or as a result of the vesting of any equity awards granted by the Company pursuant to employee benefit plans or arrangements described in the Registration Statement and, in the case of the exercise of an option, that would otherwise expire prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, in each case on a “cashless” or “net exercise” basis, where any shares of Common Stock received by the undersigned upon any such exercise will be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this letter; provided, that in the case of any transfer, disposition or distribution pursuant to clause (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v), each transferee, donee or distributee shall execute and deliver to the Representatives a lock-up letter in the form of this letter (to the extent such transferee, done or distributee has not already executed and delivered to the Representatives such a lock-up letter); provided further, that in the case of any transfer, disposition or distribution pursuant to clause (iv) or (v), such transfers, distributions or dispositions (x) are not required to be reported in any public report or filing with the SEC and (y) the undersigned does not otherwise voluntarily effect any public filing or report regarding such transfers, including in each case under Section 16 of the Exchange Act. For purposes of this letter, “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin. Furthermore, notwithstanding the restrictions imposed by this letter, the undersigned may, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, (a) exercise an option to purchase shares of Common Stock granted under any stock incentive plan or stock purchase plan of the Company in effect as of the Execution Time or as described in the Disclosure Package or exercise warrants outstanding as of the Execution Time to purchase shares of the Company’s capital stock, provided that the underlying shares issuable upon exercise thereof shall continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this letter, (b) establish a trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act for the transfer of shares of Common Stock, provided that (x) such plan does not provide for any transfers of Common Stock during the Lock-up Period and (y) if the establishment or existence of such 10b5-1 Plan requires a filing with the SEC under Section 16 of Exchange Act, such filings shall indicate that no sales will be made pursuant to such 10b5-1 Plan during the Lock-up Period, (c) transfer shares of Common Stock to the Company in connection with the termination of the undersigned’s employment with the Company; provided that no public announcement or public filing with the SEC (including under Section 16 of the Exchange Act) of such transfer shall be required to be made during the Lock-Up Period and the undersigned does not otherwise voluntarily effect any public filing or report regarding such transfer and (d) transfer or dispose of shares of Common Stock purchased in the Offering from the Underwriters or on the open market following the Offering; provided that in the case of this clause (d) no public announcement or public filing with the SEC (including under Section 16 of the Exchange Act) of the transfer or disposition of such shares shall be required to be made during the Lock-Up Period and the undersigned does not otherwise voluntarily effect any public filing or report regarding such transfers or disposition.

A-2

If for any reason the Underwriting Agreement shall be terminated prior to the Closing Date (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement), the agreement set forth above shall likewise be terminated.

Yours very truly,

[Signature of officer, director or major stockholder]

[Name and address of officer, director or major stockholder]

A-3


[Form of Press Release]		EXHIBIT B

Xxxxx Group, Inc.

[Date]

Xxxxx Group, Inc. (the “Company”) announced today that Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC, the representatives of the underwriters in the recent public sale of [ ] shares of the Company’s common stock, on behalf of the several underwriters participating therein, are [waiving] [releasing] a lock-up restriction with respect to [ ] shares of the Company’s common stock held by [certain officers or directors] [an officer or director] of the Company. The [waiver] [release] will take effect on [ ], 20[ ], and the shares that are the subject of the [waiver] [release] may be sold on or after such date.

This press release is not an offer for sale of the shares in the United States or in any other jurisdiction where such offer is prohibited, and such shares may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

B-1


[Form of Waiver of Lock-up]		ADDENDUM

Xxxxx Group, Inc.

Public Offering of Common Stock

[ ], 20[ ]

[Name and Address of

Officer or Director

Requesting Waiver]

Dear Mr./Ms. [Name]:

This letter is being delivered to you in connection with the offering by the Selling Shareholder of [ ] shares of common stock, $0.01 par value (the “Common Stock”), of Xxxxx Group, Inc. (the “Company”) and the lock-up letter dated [ ], 2018 (the “Lock-up Letter”), executed by you in connection with such offering, and your request for a [waiver] [release] dated [ ], 20[ ], with respect to [ ] shares of Common Stock (the “Shares”). Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Underwriting Agreement.

The Representatives (as defined in the Lock-Up Letter) hereby agree to [waive] [release] the transfer restrictions set forth in the Lock-up Letter, but only with respect to the Shares, effective [ ], 20[ ]; provided, however, that such [waiver] [release] is conditioned on the Company announcing the impending [waiver] [release] by press release through a major news service at least two Business Days (as defined in the Lock-Up Letter) before effectiveness of such [waiver] [release]. This letter will serve as notice to the Company of the impending [waiver] [release].

Except as expressly [waived] [released] hereby, the Lock-up Letter shall remain in full force and effect.

Yours very truly,

[Signature of Representatives]

cc: Xxxxx Group, Inc.

Document Metadata

Table of Contents

EX-1.1 2 d437603dex11.htm EX-1.1 [Form of Underwriting Agreement] Keane Group, Inc. [ ] Shares Common Stock ($0.01 par value) Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Document Metadata