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Exhibit 1.1
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THE X.X. XXXXXXX COMPANY
(AN OHIO CORPORATION)
5,040,000 CLASS A COMMON SHARES
U.S. PURCHASE AGREEMENT
DATED: JUNE __, 1998
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PURCHASE AGREEMENT
SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties.............................................4
(a) Representations and Warranties by the Company..............................4
(i) Compliance with Registration Requirements.........................4
(ii) Incorporated Documents............................................5
(iii) Independent Accountants...........................................5
(iv) Financial Statements..............................................5
(v) No Material Adverse Change in Business............................5
(vi) Good Standing of the Company......................................6
(vii) Good Standing of Subsidiaries.....................................6
(viii) Capitalization....................................................6
(ix) Authorization of Agreement........................................6
(x) Authorization and Description of Securities.......................7
(xi) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts.................................7
(xii) Compliance with ERISA.............................................7
(xiii) Absence of Labor Dispute..........................................8
(xiv) Absence of Proceedings............................................8
(xv) Accuracy of Exhibits..............................................8
(xvi) Possession of Intellectual Property...............................8
(xvii) Absence of Further Requirements...................................9
(xviii) Possession of Licenses and Permits................................9
(xix) Title to Property.................................................9
(xx) Compliance with Cuba Act.........................................10
(xxi) Investment Company Act...........................................10
(xxii) Environmental Laws...............................................10
(b) Representations and Warranties by the Selling Shareholders................10
(i) Good Standing of the Selling Shareholders........................11
(ii) Accurate Disclosure..............................................11
(iii) Authorization of Agreements......................................11
(iv) Good and Marketable Title........................................12
(v) Absence of Manipulation..........................................12
(vi) Absence of Further Requirements..................................12
(vii) Restriction on Sale of Securities................................12
(viii) No Association with NASD.........................................13
(ix) Delivery of Form W-9.............................................13
(c) Officer's Certificates.............................................................13
SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to U.S. Underwriters; Closing...........................13
(a) Initial U.S. Securities...................................................13
(b) U.S. Option Securities....................................................14
(c) Payment...................................................................14
(d) Denominations; Registration...............................................15
SECTION 3. Covenants of the Company..................................................15
(a) Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests............15
(b) Filing of Amendments......................................................15
(c) Delivery of Registration Statements.......................................16
(d) Delivery of Prospectuses.................................................16
(e) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws.................................16
(f) Blue Sky Qualifications...................................................16
(g) Rule 158..................................................................17
(h) Restriction on Sale of Securities.........................................17
(i) Reporting Requirements....................................................17
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SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses.......................................................18
(a) Expenses..................................................................18
(b) Termination of Agreement..................................................18
SECTION 5. Conditions of U.S. Underwriters' Obligations..............................18
(a) Effectiveness of Registration Statement...................................18
(b) Opinion of Counsel for Company............................................19
(c) Opinion of Counsel for the Selling Shareholders...........................19
(d) Opinion of Counsel for U.S. Underwriters..................................19
(e) Officers' Certificate.....................................................19
(f) Certificate of Selling Shareholders.......................................19
(g) Accountant's Comfort Letter...............................................20
(h) Bring-down Comfort Letter.................................................20
(i) Purchase of Initial International Securities..............................20
(j) Conditions to Purchase of U.S. Option Securities..........................20
(i) Officers' Certificate............................................20
(ii) Certificate of Selling Shareholders..............................20
(iii) Opinion of Counsel for Company...................................20
(iv) Opinion of Counsel for the Selling Shareholders..................21
(v) Opinion of Counsel for U.S. Underwriters........................21
(vi) Bring-down Comfort Letter........................................21
(k) Additional Documents......................................................21
(l) Termination of Agreement..................................................21
SECTION 6. Indemnification...........................................................22
(a) Indemnification of U.S. Underwriters......................................22
(b) Indemnification of Company, Directors, Officers and Selling
Shareholders..............................................................24
(c) Actions Against Parties; Notification.....................................25
(d) Settlement Without Consent If Failure to Reimburse........................25
SECTION 7. Contribution....................................................................25
SECTION 8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery..................26
SECTION 9. Termination of Agreement........................................................27
(a) Termination; General......................................................27
(b) Liabilities...............................................................27
SECTION 10. Default by One or More of the U.S. Underwriters.................................27
SECTION 11. Notices.........................................................................28
SECTION 12. Parties.........................................................................28
SECTION 13. Governing Law and Time..........................................................29
SECTION 14. Effect of Headings..............................................................29
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THE X.X. XXXXXXX COMPANY
(an Ohio corporation)
5,040,000 Class A Common Shares
(Par Value $.01 Per Share)
U.S. PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co.
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated
as Representative of the U.S. Underwriters
x/x Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xx.
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx World Headquarters
Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The X.X. Xxxxxxx Company, an Ohio corporation (the "Company"), The
Xxxxxx X. Scripps Trust (the "Scripps Trust") and The Xxxx X. Xxxxxx Trust (the
"Xxxxxx Trust," and together with the Scripps Trust, the "Selling
Shareholders"), confirm their respective agreements with Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co.,
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated ("Xxxxxxx Xxxxx") and each of
the other U.S. Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (collectively, the " U.S.
Underwriters", which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as
hereinafter provided in Section 10 hereof), for whom Xxxxxxx Xxxxx is acting as
representative (in such capacity, the "U.S. Representative"), with respect to
(i) the sale by the Selling Shareholders, acting severally and not jointly, and
the purchase by the U.S. Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the
respective numbers of Class A Common Shares, par value $.01 per share ("Class A
Common Shares"), of the Company set forth in Schedules A and B hereto and (ii)
the grant by the Selling Shareholders to the U.S. Underwriters, acting severally
and not jointly, of the option described in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all
or any part of 756,000 additional Class A Common Shares to cover
over-allotments, if any. The aforesaid 5,040,000 shares of Common Stock (the
"Initial U.S. Securities") to be purchased by the U.S. Underwriters and all or
any part of the 756,000 Class A Common Shares subject to the option described in
Section 2(b) hereof (the "U.S. Option Securities") are hereinafter called,
collectively, the "U.S. Securities."
The Company and the Selling Shareholders understand that the U.S.
Underwriters propose to make a public offering of the U.S. Securities as soon as
the U.S. Representative deems advisable after this Agreement has been executed
and delivered.
It is understood that the Company and the Selling Shareholders are
concurrently entering into an agreement dated the date hereof (the
"International Purchase Agreement") providing for the offering by the Company
and the Selling Shareholders of an aggregate of 1,260,000 Class A Common Shares
(the "Initial International Securities") through arrangements with certain
underwriters outside the United States and Canada (the "International Managers")
for whom Xxxxxxx Xxxxx International is acting as lead manager (the "Lead
Manager") and the grant by the Selling Shareholders to the International
Managers, acting severally and not jointly, of an option to purchase all or any
part of the International Managers' pro rata portion of up to 189,000 additional
Class A Common Shares solely to cover over allotments, if any (the
"International Option Securities" and, together with the U.S. Option Securities,
the "Option Securities"). The Initial International Securities and the
International Option Securities are hereinafter called the "International
Securities." It is understood that (a) the Selling Shareholders are not
obligated to sell, and the U.S. Underwriters are not obligated to purchase, any
Initial U.S. Securities unless all of the Initial International Securities are
contemporaneously purchased by the International Managers, and (b) the Selling
Shareholders are not obligated to sell, and the International Managers are not
obligated to purchase, any Initial International Securities unless all of the
Initial
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U.S. Securities are contemporaneously purchased by the U.S. Underwriters.
The U.S. Underwriters and the International Managers are hereinafter
collectively called the "Underwriters," the Initial U.S. Securities and the
Initial International Securities are hereinafter collectively called the
"Initial Securities," and the U.S. Securities and the International Securities
are hereinafter collectively called the "Securities."
The Underwriters will concurrently enter into an Intersydicate
Agreement of even date herewith (the "Intersyndicate Agreement") providing for
the coordination of certain transactions among the Underwriters under the
direction of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co., Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated (in such capacity, the "Global Coordinator").
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") a registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-53315) covering the
registration of the Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"1933 Act"), including the related preliminary prospectus or Prospectuses.
Promptly after execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will either
(i) prepare and file a prospectus in accordance with the provisions of Rule 430A
("Rule 430A") of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1933 Act
(the "1933 Act Regulations") and paragraph (b) of Rule 424 ("Rule 424(b)") of
the 1933 Act Regulations or (ii) if the Company has elected to rely upon Rule
434 ("Rule 434") of the 1933 Act Regulations, prepare and file a term sheet (a
"Term Sheet") in accordance with the provisions of Rule 434 and Rule 424(b). Two
forms of prospectus are to be used in connection with the offering and sale of
the Securities: one relating to the U.S. Securities (the "Form of U.S.
Prospectus") and one relating to the International Securities (the "Form of
International Prospectus"). The Form of International Prospectus is identical to
the Form of U.S. Prospectus, except for the front cover and back cover pages and
the information under the caption "Underwriting." The information included in
such prospectus or in such Term Sheet, as the case may be, that was omitted from
such registration statement at the time it became effective but that is deemed
to be part of such registration statement at the time it became effective (a)
pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 430A is referred to as "Rule 430A Information"
or (b) pursuant to paragraph (d) of Rule 434 is referred to as "Rule 434
Information." The form of U.S. Prospectus and the form of International
Prospectus used before such registration statement became effective, and any
prospectus that omitted, as applicable, the Rule 430A Information or the Rule
434 Information, that was used after such effectiveness and prior to the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, are herein called a "preliminary
prospectus." Such registration statement, including the exhibits thereto,
schedules thereto, if any, and the documents incorporated by reference therein
pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act, at the time it became
effective and including the Rule 430A Information and the Rule 434 Information,
as applicable, is herein called the "Registration Statement." Any registration
statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations is herein
referred to as the "Rule 462(b) Registration Statement," and after such filing
the term "Registration Statement" shall include the Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement. The final form of U.S. Prospectus and the final form of International
Prospectus in the forms first furnished to the Underwriters for use in
connection with the offering are herein called the "U.S. Prospectus" and the
"International Prospectus", respectively, and collectively, the "Prospectuses."
If Rule 434 is relied on, the terms "U.S. Prospectus" and "International
Prospectus" shall refer to the Preliminary U.S. Prospectus dated May 27, 1998
and Preliminary International Prospectus dated May 27, 1998, respectively, each
together with the applicable Term Sheet and all references in this Agreement to
the date of the Prospectuses shall mean the date of the Term Sheet. For purposes
of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, any preliminary
prospectus, the U.S. Prospectus, the International Prospectus or any Term Sheet
or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to
include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data
Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system ("XXXXX").
All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules
and other information which is "contained," "included" or "stated" in the
Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or other
references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such
financial statements and schedules and other information which is incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the
Prospectuses, as the case may be; and all references in this Agreement to
amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, any preliminary
prospectus or the Prospectuses shall
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be deemed to mean and include the filing of any document under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the "1934 Act") which is incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, such preliminary prospectus or the Prospectuses, as the
case may be.
SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties.
(a) Representations and Warranties by the Company. The Company
represents and warrants to each U.S. Underwriter as of the date hereof, as of
the Closing Time referred to in Section 2(c) hereof, and as of each Date of
Delivery (if any) referred to in Section 2(b) hereof, and agrees with each U.S.
Underwriter, as follows:
(i) Compliance with Registration Requirements. The Company
meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act. Each of
the Registration Statement and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement
has become effective under the 1933 Act and no stop order suspending
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement has been issued under the 1933 Act and no
proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to
the knowledge of the Company, are contemplated by the Commission, and
any request on the part of the Commission for additional information
has been complied with.
At the respective times the Registration Statement, any Rule
462(b) Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments thereto
became effective and at the Closing Time (and, if any U.S. Option
Securities are purchased, at the Date of Delivery), the Registration
Statement, the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and any amendments
and supplements thereto complied and will comply in all material
respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act
Regulations and did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
Neither the Prospectuses nor any amendments or supplements thereto, at
the time the Prospectuses or any such amendment or supplement was
issued and at the Closing Time (and, if any U.S. Option Securities are
purchased, at the Date of Delivery), included or will include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted or will 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.
If Rule 434 is used, the Company will comply with the requirements of
Rule 434. The representations and warranties in this subsection shall
not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement
or U.S. Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with
information furnished to the Company in writing by any U.S. Underwriter
through the U.S. Representative expressly for use in the Registration
Statement or the U.S. Prospectus or any amendments or supplements
thereto.
Each preliminary prospectus and the prospectuses filed as part
of the Registration Statement as originally filed or as part of any
amendment thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the 1933 Act,
complied when so filed in all material respects with the 1933 Act
Regulations and each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectuses
delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with this offering
was identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed
with the Commission pursuant to XXXXX, except to the extent permitted
by Regulation S-T.
(ii) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectuses, when they became effective or at the time they
were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied and will
comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act
and the 1933 Act Regulations or the 1934 Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder (the "1934 Act Regulations"),
as applicable, and, when read together with the other information in
the Prospectuses, at the time the Registration Statement became
effective, at the time the Prospectuses were issued and at the Closing
Time (and, if any U.S. Option Securities are purchased, at the Date of
Delivery), did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
(iii) Independent Accountants. The accountants who certified
the financial
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statements and supporting schedules included in the Registration
Statement are independent public accountants as required by the 1933
Act and the 1933 Act Regulations.
(iv) Financial Statements. The financial statements included
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectuses, together with the
related schedules and notes, present fairly the financial position of
the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries at the dates indicated
and the statement of operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows of
the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods
specified; said financial statements have been prepared in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") applied on a
consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The supporting
schedules, if any, included in the Registration Statement present
fairly in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated
therein. The selected financial data and the summary financial
information included in the Prospectuses present fairly the information
shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of
the audited financial statements included in the Registration
Statement.
(v) No Material Adverse Change in Business. Since the
respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectuses, except as otherwise stated therein, (A)
there has been no material adverse change in the condition, financial
or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business
prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one
enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business
(a "Material Adverse Effect"), (B) there have been no transactions
entered into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, other than
those in the ordinary course of business, which are material with
respect to the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one
enterprise, and (C) except for regular quarterly dividends on the Class
A Common Shares and Common Voting Shares of the Company in amounts per
share that are consistent with past practice, there has been no
dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the
Company on any class of its capital stock.
(vi) Good Standing of the Company. The Company has been duly
organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing
under the laws of the State of Ohio and has corporate power and
authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its
business as described in the Prospectuses and to enter into and perform
its obligations under this Agreement and the International Purchase
Agreement; and the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation
to transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction
in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the
ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except
where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(vii) Good Standing of Subsidiaries. Each "significant
subsidiary" of the Company (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of
Regulation S-X) (each a "Subsidiary" and, collectively, the
"Subsidiaries") has been duly organized and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation, has corporate power and authority to own, lease and
operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the
Prospectuses and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact
business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or
leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the
failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a
Material Adverse Effect; except as otherwise disclosed in the
Registration Statement, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock
of each such Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is
fully paid and non-assessable and except for Memphis Publishing Company
and Evansville Courier Company, Inc., is owned by the Company, directly
or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest,
mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; none of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of any Subsidiary was issued in
violation of the preemptive or similar rights of any securityholder of
such Subsidiary.
(viii) Capitalization. The authorized, issued and outstanding
capital stock of the Company is as set forth in the Prospectuses under
the caption "Capitalization" (except for
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subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to this Agreement or the
International Purchase Agreement, pursuant to reservations, agreements
or employee benefit plans referred to in the Prospectuses or pursuant
to the exercise of convertible securities or options referred to in the
Prospectuses). The shares of issued and outstanding capital stock,
including the Securities to be purchased by the U.S. Underwriters and
the International Managers from the Selling Shareholders, have been
duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and
non-assessable; none of the outstanding shares of capital stock,
including the Securities to be purchased by the U.S. Underwriters and
the International Managers from the Selling Shareholders, was issued in
violation of preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder
of the Company.
(ix) Authorization of Agreement. This Agreement and the
International Purchase Agreement have been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Company.
(x) Authorization and Description of Securities. The Class A
Common Shares conform to all statements relating thereto contained in
the Prospectuses and such description conforms to the rights set forth
in the instruments defining the same; no holder of the Securities will
be subject to personal liability by reason of being such a holder; and
the issuance of the Securities is not subject to preemptive or other
similar rights of any securityholder of the Company.
(xi) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts. Neither the Company
nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of its charter or by-laws
or in default in the performance or observance of any obligation,
agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other
agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries
is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound, or to which any
of the property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary is subject
(collectively, "Agreements and Instruments") except for such defaults
that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; and the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement and the International
Purchase Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated herein and therein and in the Registration Statement
(including the sale of the Securities) and compliance by the Company
with its obligations hereunder and under the International Purchase
Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action
and do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice
or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or
a default or Repayment Event (as defined below) under, or result in the
creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any
property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary pursuant to, the
Agreements and Instruments (except for such conflicts, breaches or
defaults or liens, charges or encumbrances that would not result in a
Material Adverse Effect), nor will such action result in any violation
of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of the Company or any
subsidiary or any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment,
order, writ or decree of any government, government instrumentality or
court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any
subsidiary or any of their assets, properties or operations. As used
herein, a "Repayment Event" means any event or condition which gives
the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or
any person acting on such holder's behalf) the right to require the
repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such
indebtedness by the Company or any subsidiary.
(xii) Compliance with ERISA. The Company and each member of
its Control Group (as defined below) is in compliance in all material
respects with all presently applicable provisions of the U.S. Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), and the
regulations and published interpretations thereunder; no "reportable
event" (for which a filing is required with the Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation) (as defined in ERISA and the regulations and
published interpretations thereunder) has occurred with respect to any
material "pension plan" (as defined in ERISA and the regulations and
published interpretations thereunder) established or maintained by the
Company or any member of its Control Group; neither the Company nor any
member of its Control Group has incurred nor expects to incur any
material liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to
termination of a "pension plan" or withdrawal from any multiemployer
"pension plan" (as defined in ERISA and the
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regulations and published interpretations thereunder) or (ii) Section
412 or 4971 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
"Code"); and each material "pension plan" established or maintained by
the Company that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of
the Code is so qualified in all material respects and has received
favorable determination letter as to its qualifications and nothing has
occurred, whether by action or failure to act, which would cause the
loss of such qualification. For purposes of this subsection, "Control
Group" is defined to include any entity which is part of a group which
includes the Company and is treated as a single employer under Section
414 of the Code.
(xiii) Absence of Labor Dispute. No labor dispute with the
employees of the Company or any subsidiary exists or, to the knowledge
of the Company, is imminent, and the Company is not aware of any
existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its
or any subsidiary's principal suppliers, manufacturers, customers or
contractors, which, in either case, may reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xiv) Absence of Proceedings. There is no action, suit,
proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any court or
governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or, to
the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against or affecting the
Company or any subsidiary, which is required to be disclosed in the
Registration Statement (other than as disclosed therein), or which
might reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or
which might reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect
the properties or assets thereof or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated in this Agreement or the International
Purchase Agreement or the performance by the Company of its obligations
hereunder and thereunder; the aggregate of all pending legal or
governmental proceedings to which the Company or any subsidiary is a
party or of which any of their respective property or assets is the
subject which are not described in the Registration Statement,
including ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business, could
not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xv) Accuracy of Exhibits. There are no contracts or documents
which are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the
Prospectuses or the documents incorporated by reference therein or to
be filed as exhibits thereto which have not been so described and filed
as required.
(xvi) Possession of Intellectual Property. The Company and its
subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire on reasonable terms,
adequate patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights,
know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or
unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or
procedures), trademarks, service marks, trade names or other
intellectual property (collectively, "Intellectual Property") necessary
to carry on the business now operated by them, and neither the Company
nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice or is otherwise
aware of any infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others
with respect to any Intellectual Property or of any facts or
circumstances which would render any Intellectual Property invalid or
inadequate to protect the interest of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries therein, and which infringement or conflict (if the
subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity
or inadequacy, singly or in the aggregate, would result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
(xvii) Absence of Further Requirements. No filing with, or
authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration,
qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or
agency is necessary or required for the performance by the Company of
its obligations under this Agreement or the International Purchase
Agreement, in connection with the offering, issuance or sale of the
Securities hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the International
Purchase Agreement, except such as have been already obtained or as may
be required under the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations or state
securities laws.
(xviii) Possession of Licenses and Permits. The Company and
its subsidiaries
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possess such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other
authorizations (collectively, "Governmental Licenses") issued by the
appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or
bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by them; the
Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and
conditions of all such Governmental Licenses, except where the failure
so to comply would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect; all of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full
force and effect, except when the invalidity of such Governmental
Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full
force and effect would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and neither
the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of
proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such
Governmental Licenses which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject
of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
(xix) Title to Property. The Company and its subsidiaries have
good and marketable title to all real property owned by the Company and
its subsidiaries and good title to all other properties owned by them,
in each case, free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security
interests, claims, restrictions or encumbrances of any kind except such
as (a) are described in the Prospectuses or (b) do not, singly or in
the aggregate, materially affect the value of such property and do not
interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by
the Company or any of its subsidiaries; and all of the leases and
subleases material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries,
considered as one enterprise, and under which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries holds properties described in the Prospectuses, are in
full force and effect, and neither the Company nor any subsidiary has
any notice of any material claim of any sort that has been asserted by
anyone adverse to the rights of the Company or any subsidiary under any
of the leases or subleases mentioned above, or affecting or questioning
the rights of the Company or such subsidiary to the continued
possession of the leased or subleased premises under any such lease or
sublease.
(xx) Compliance with Cuba Act. The Company has complied with,
and is and will be in compliance with, the provisions of that certain
Florida act relating to disclosure of doing business with Cuba,
codified as Section 517.075 of the Florida statutes, and the rules and
regulations thereunder (collectively, the "Cuba Act") or is exempt
therefrom.
(xxi) Investment Company Act. The Company is not, and upon the
issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated and the
application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in the
Prospectuses will not be, an "investment company" or an entity
"controlled" by an "investment company" as such terms are defined in
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act").
(xxii) Environmental Laws. Except as described in the
Registration Statement and except as would not, singly or in the
aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, (A) neither the Company
nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any federal, state,
local or foreign statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code,
policy or rule of common law or any judicial or administrative
interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative order,
consent, decree or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of
human health, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient
air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or
wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating
to the release or threatened release of chemicals, pollutants,
contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum
or petroleum products (collectively, "Hazardous Materials") or to the
manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage,
disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively,
"Environmental Laws"), (B) the Company and its subsidiaries have all
permits, authorizations and approvals required under any applicable
Environmental Laws and are each in compliance with their requirements,
(C) there are no pending or, to the Company's knowledge, threatened
administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand
letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation,
investigation or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law against
the Company or any of its subsidiaries and (D) there are no events or
circumstances that might reasonably be expected to form the basis of an
order for clean-up or remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by
any private party or governmental body or agency, against or affecting
the
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Company or any of its subsidiaries relating to Hazardous Materials or
any Environmental Laws.
(b) Representations and Warranties by the Selling Shareholders. Each
Selling Shareholder severally and not jointly represents and warrants to each
U.S. Underwriter as of the date hereof, as of the Closing Time, and, if the
Selling Shareholder is selling U.S. Option Securities on a Date of Delivery, as
of each such Date of Delivery, and agrees with each U.S. Underwriter, as
follows:
(i) Good Standing of the Selling Shareholders. The Scripps
Trust represents and warrants that it is a trust duly formed and
validly existing pursuant to Ohio law. The Xxxxxx Trust represents and
warrants that it is a trust duly formed and validly existing pursuant
to New York law.
(ii) Accurate Disclosure. To the best knowledge of the Scripps
Trust, the representations and warranties of the Company contained in
Section 1(a) hereof are true and correct. The Scripps Trust has
reviewed and is familiar with the Registration Statement and the
Prospectuses with respect to all information contained therein other
than information furnished by the Xxxxxx Trust and with respect to such
information neither the Prospectuses nor any amendments or supplements
thereto includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading. The Scripps Trust makes no representation or warranty
with respect to any matters or information relating to the Xxxxxx Trust
contained in the Registration Statement and Prospectuses, or any
amendments or supplements thereto. The Xxxxxx Trust has reviewed and is
familiar with the Registration Statement and the Prospectuses with
respect to matters relating to the Xxxxxx Trust only, and with respect
to such matters neither the Prospectuses nor any amendments or
supplements thereto includes any untrue statement of a material fact or
omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading. The Xxxxxx Trust makes no representation or
warranty with respect to any matters or information relating to the
Company or the Scripps Trust contained in the Registration Statement
and Prospectuses, or any amendments or supplements thereto. Neither
Selling Shareholder is prompted to sell the Securities to be sold by
such Selling Shareholder under this Agreement and the International
Purchase Agreement by any information concerning the Company or any
subsidiary of the Company which is not set forth in the Prospectuses.
(iii) Authorization of Agreements. Each Selling Shareholder
has the full right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement
and the International Purchase Agreement and to sell, transfer and
deliver the Securities to be sold by such Selling Shareholder hereunder
and thereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
International Purchase Agreement and the sale and delivery of the
Securities to be sold by such Selling Shareholder and the consummation
of the transactions contemplated herein and therein and compliance by
such Selling Shareholder with its obligations hereunder and under the
International Purchase Agreement have been duly authorized by such
Selling Shareholder and do not and will not, whether with or without
the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or
constitute a breach of, or default under, or result in the creation or
imposition of any tax, lien, charge or encumbrance upon the Securities
to be sold by such Selling Shareholder or any property or assets of
such Selling Shareholder pursuant to any contract, indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, license, lease or other
agreement or instrument to which such Selling Shareholder is a party or
by which such Selling Shareholder may be bound, or to which any of the
property or assets of such Selling Shareholder is subject, nor will
such action result in any violation of the provisions of the trust
agreement of such Selling Shareholder, or any applicable treaty, law,
statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any
government, government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign,
having jurisdiction over such Selling Shareholder or any of its
properties.
(iv) Good and Marketable Title. Each Selling Shareholder has
and will at the Closing Time and, if any U.S. Option Securities are
purchased, on the Date of Delivery,
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have good and marketable title to the Securities to be sold by such
Selling Shareholder under this Agreement and the International Purchase
Agreement, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge,
lien, charge, claim, equity or encumbrance of any kind, other than
pursuant to this Agreement and the International Purchase Agreement,
and upon delivery of such Securities and payment of the purchase price
therefor as herein and therein contemplated, assuming each such
Underwriter has no notice of any adverse claim, each of the
Underwriters will receive good and marketable title to the Securities
purchased by it from such Selling Shareholder, free and clear of any
security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, claim, equity or
encumbrance of any kind.
(v) Absence of Manipulation. Such Selling Shareholder has not
taken, and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action which is
designed to or which has constituted or which might reasonably be
expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the
price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale
of the Securities.
(vi) Absence of Further Requirements. No filing with, or
consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, qualification or
decree of, any court or governmental authority or agency, domestic or
foreign, is necessary or required for the performance by any Selling
Shareholder of its obligations under this Agreement or the
International Purchase Agreement or in connection with the sale and
delivery of the Securities under this Agreement or the International
Purchase Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contem
plated by this Agreement and the International Purchase Agreement,
except such as may have previously been made or obtained or as may be
required under the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations or state
securities laws.
(vii) Restriction on Sale of Securities. During a period of
180 days from the date of the Prospectuses, neither Selling Shareholder
will, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, (i) offer,
pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to
purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option,
right or warrant to purchase or otherwise transfer or dispose of,
directly or indirectly, any Common Voting Shares or Class A Common
Shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for Common Voting Shares or Class A Common Shares or file
any registration statement under the 1933 Act with respect to any of
the foregoing or (ii) enter into any swap or any other agreement or any
transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or
indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of the Common Voting
Shares or Class A Common Shares, whether any such swap or transaction
described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of
Common Voting Shares or Class A Common Shares or such other securities,
in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to the
Securities to be sold hereunder or under the International Purchase
Agreement.
(viii) No Association with NASD. Neither such 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, or has any other association with (within the
meaning of Article I, Section 1(q) of the By-laws of the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.), any member firm of the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
(ix) Delivery of Form W-9. Such Selling Shareholder agrees to
deliver to the U.S. Representative at or prior to the Closing Time a
properly completed and executed United States Treasury Department Form
W-9 (or other applicable form or statement specified by Treasury
Department regulations in lieu thereof).
(c) Officer's Certificates. Any certificate signed by any officer of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries delivered to the U.S. Representative or
to counsel for the U.S. Underwriters and the International Managers shall be
deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to each U.S. Underwriter and
each International Manager as to the matters covered thereby; and any
certificate signed by or on behalf of the Selling Shareholders as such and
delivered to the U.S. Representative or to counsel for the U.S. Underwriters and
the International Managers pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the
International Purchase Agreement shall be deemed a representation and warranty
by such Selling Shareholder to each U.S. Underwriter and
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International Manager as to the matters covered thereby.
SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to U.S. Underwriters; Closing.
(a) Initial U.S. Securities. On the basis of the representations and
warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set
forth, each Selling Shareholder, severally and not jointly, agrees to sell to
each U.S. Underwriter, severally and not jointly, and each U.S. Underwriter,
severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from each Selling Shareholder, at
the price per share set forth in Schedule C, that proportion of the number of
Initial U.S. Securities set forth in Schedule B opposite the name of such
Selling Shareholder, the number of Initial U.S. Securities set forth in Schedule
A opposite the name of such U.S. Underwriter, plus any additional number of
Initial U.S. Securities which such U.S. Underwriter may become obligated to
purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 hereof, bears to the total
number of Initial U.S. Securities, subject, in each case, to such adjustments
among the U.S. Underwriters as the U.S. Representative in its sole discretion
shall make to eliminate any sales or purchases of fractional securities.
(b) U.S. Option Securities. In addition, on the basis of the
representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and
conditions herein set forth, The Scripps Trust and the Xxxxxx Trust hereby grant
options to the U.S. Underwriters, severally and not jointly, to purchase up to
an aggregate additional 756,000 Class A Common Shares as set forth in Schedule
B, at the price per share set forth in Schedule C, less an amount per share
equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on
the Initial U.S. Securities but not payable on the U.S. Option Securities. The
option hereby granted will expire 30 days after the date hereof and may be
exercised in whole or in part from time to time only for the purpose of covering
over-allotments which may be made in connection with the offering and
distribution of the Initial U.S. Securities upon notice by the U.S.
Representative to the Selling Shareholders setting forth the number of U.S.
Option Securities as to which the several U.S. Underwriters are then exercising
the option and the time and date of payment and delivery for such U.S. Option
Securities. Any such time and date of delivery (a "Date of Delivery") shall be
determined by the U.S. Representative, but shall not be later than seven full
business days after the exercise of said option, nor in any event prior to the
Closing Time, as hereinafter defined. If the option is exercised as to all or
any portion of the U.S. Option Securities, each of the U.S. Underwriters, acting
severally and not jointly, will purchase that proportion of the total number of
U.S. Option Securities then being purchased which the number of Initial U.S.
Securities set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of such U.S. Underwriter
bears to the total number of Initial U.S. Securities, subject in each case to
such adjustments as the U.S. Representative in its discretion shall make to
eliminate any sales or purchases of fractional shares.
(c) Payment. Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of
certificates for, the Initial U.S. Securities shall be made at the offices of
Xxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000, or at such
other place as shall be agreed upon by the U.S. Representative, the Company and
the Selling Shareholders, at 9:00 A.M. (Eastern time) on the third (fourth, if
the pricing occurs after 4:30 P.M. (Eastern time)) business day after the date
hereof (unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10), or
such other time not later than ten business days after such date as shall be
agreed upon by the U.S. Representative, the Company and the Selling Shareholders
(such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called "Closing Time").
In addition, in the event that any or all of the U.S. Option Securities
are purchased by the U.S. Underwriters, payment of the purchase price for, and
delivery of certificates for, such U.S. Option Securities shall be made at the
above-mentioned offices, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the
U.S. Representative, the Company and the Selling Shareholders, on each Date of
Delivery as specified in the notice from the U.S. Representative to the Company
and the Selling Shareholders.
Payment shall be made to the Selling Shareholders by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the bank account designated by each Selling
Shareholder against delivery to the U.S. Representative for the respective
accounts of the U.S. Underwriters of certificates for the Securities to be
purchased by them. It is understood that each U.S. Underwriter has authorized
the U.S. Representative, for its account, to accept delivery of, receipt for,
and make payment of
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the purchase price for, the Initial U.S. Securities and the U.S. Option
Securities, if any, which it has agreed to purchase. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, individually
and not as representative of the U.S. Underwriters, may (but shall not be
obligated to) make payment of the purchase price for the Initial U.S. Securities
or the U.S. Option Securities, if any, to be purchased by any U.S. Underwriter
whose funds have not been received by the Closing Time or the relevant Date of
Delivery, as the case may be, but such payment shall not relieve such U.S.
Underwriter from its obligations hereunder.
(d) Denominations; Registration. Certificates for the Initial U.S.
Securities and the U.S. Option Securities, if any, shall be in such
denominations and registered in such names as the U.S. Representative may
request in writing at least two full business days before the Closing Time or
the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be. The certificates for the
Initial U.S. Securities and the U.S. Option Securities, if any, will be made
available for examination and packaging by the U.S. Representative in the City
of New York not later than 10:00 A.M. (Eastern time) on the business day prior
to the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be.
SECTION 3. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants with each
U.S. Underwriter as follows:
(a) Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests. The
Company, subject to Section 3(b), will comply with the requirements of Rule 430A
or Rule 434, as applicable, and will notify the U.S. Representative immediately,
and confirm the notice in writing, (i) when any post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement shall become effective, or any supplement to the
Prospectuses or any amended Prospectuses shall have been filed, (ii) of the
receipt of any comments from the Commission, (iii) of any request by the
Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or
supplement to the Prospectuses or for additional information, and (iv) of the
issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any
preliminary prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the
Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or
threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes. The Company will
promptly effect the filings necessary pursuant to Rule 424(b) and will take such
steps as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the form of prospectus
transmitted for filing under Rule 424(b) was received for filing by the
Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file such
prospectus. The Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the
issuance of any stop order and, if any stop order is issued, to obtain the
lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment.
(b) Filing of Amendments. The Company will give the U.S. Representative
notice of its intention to file or prepare any amendment to the Registration
Statement (including any filing under Rule 462(b)), any Term Sheet or any
amendment, supplement or revision to either the prospectus included in the
Registration Statement at the time it became effective or to the Prospectuses,
whether pursuant to the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, will furnish the
U.S. Representative with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of
time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case may be, and will not file
or use any such document to which the U.S. Representative or counsel for the
U.S. Underwriters shall object.
(c) Delivery of Registration Statements. The Company has furnished or
will deliver to the U.S. Representative and counsel for the U.S. Underwriters,
without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed
and of each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or
incorporated by reference therein and documents incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference therein) and signed copies of all consents and
certificates of experts, and will also deliver to the U.S. Representative,
without charge, a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally
filed and of each amendment thereto (without exhibits) for each of the U.S.
Underwriters. The copies of the Registration Statement and each amendment
thereto furnished to the U.S. Underwriters will be identical to the
electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to
XXXXX, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(d) Delivery of Prospectuses. The Company has delivered to each U.S.
Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each preliminary prospectus as
such U.S. Underwriter reasonably requested, and the Company hereby consents to
the use of such copies for purposes
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permitted by the 0000 Xxx. The Company will furnish to each U.S. Underwriter,
without charge, during the period when the U.S. Prospectus is required to be
delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, such number of copies of the U.S.
Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as such U.S. Underwriter may reasonably
request. The U.S. Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished
to the U.S. Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted
copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to XXXXX, except to the extent
permitted by Regulation S-T.
(e) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws. The Company will comply
with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act
Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Securities
as contemplated in this Agreement, the International Purchase Agreement and in
the Prospectuses. If at any time when a prospectus is required by the 1933 Act
to be delivered in connection with sales of the Securities, any event shall
occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the
opinion of counsel for the U.S. Underwriters or for the Company, to amend the
Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Prospectuses in order that the
Prospectuses will not include any untrue statements of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not
misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is
delivered to a purchaser, or if it shall be necessary, in the opinion of such
counsel, at any such time to amend the Registration Statement or amend or
supplement the Prospectuses in order to comply with the requirements of the 1933
Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, the Company will promptly prepare and file with
the Commission, subject to Section 3(b), such amendment or supplement as may be
necessary to correct such statement or omission or to make the Registration
Statement or the Prospectuses comply with such requirements, and the Company
will furnish to the U.S. Underwriters such number of copies of such amendment or
supplement as the U.S. Underwriters may reasonably request.
(f) Blue Sky Qualifications. The Company will use its best efforts, in
cooperation with the U.S. Underwriters, to qualify the Securities for offering
and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other
jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as the U.S. Representative may designate and
to maintain such qualifications in effect for a period of not less than one year
from the later of the effective date of the Registration Statement and any Rule
462(b) Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be
obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a
foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it
is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing
business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject. In each
jurisdiction in which the Securities have been so qualified, the Company will
file such statements and reports as may be required by the laws of such
jurisdiction to continue such qualification in effect for a period of not less
than one year from the effective date of the Registration Statement and any Rule
462(b) Registration Statement.
(g) Rule 158. The Company will timely file such reports pursuant to the
1934 Act as are necessary in order to make generally available to its
securityholders as soon as practicable an earnings statement for the purposes
of, and to provide the benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph of Section
11(a) of the 1933 Act.
(h) Restriction on Sale of Securities. During a period of 180 days from
the date of the Prospectuses, the Company will not, without the prior written
consent of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, (i) directly or indirectly, offer, pledge, sell,
contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option
or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise
transfer or dispose of any Common Voting Shares or Class A Common Shares or any
securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Voting
Shares or Class A Common Shares or file any registration statement under the
1933 Act with respect to any of the foregoing or (ii) enter into any swap or any
other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly
or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of the Common Voting Shares
or Class A Common Shares, whether any such swap or transaction described in
clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Voting Shares or
Class A Common Shares or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. The
foregoing sentence shall not apply to (A) the Securities to be sold hereunder
and under the International Purchase Agreement, (B) any Common Voting Shares or
Class A Common Shares issued by the Company upon the exercise of an option or
warrant or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof and
referred
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to in the Prospectuses, (C) any shares of Common Voting Shares or Class A Common
Shares issued or options to purchase Common Voting Shares or Class A Common
Shares granted pursuant to existing employee benefit plans of the Company
referred to in the Prospectuses or (D) Common Voting Shares or Class A Common
Shares issued pursuant to any non-employee director stock plan or dividend
reinvestment plan.
(i) Reporting Requirements. The Company, during the period when the
Prospectuses are required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act,
will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the
1934 Act within the time periods required by the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act
Regulations.
SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses.
(a) Expenses. The Selling Shareholders will pay or cause to be paid all
fees and expenses incident to the performance of their obligations under this
Agreement, including (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the
Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits) as
originally filed and of each amendment thereto, (ii) the preparation, printing
and delivery to the U.S. Underwriters of this Agreement and the International
Purchase Agreement, any Agreement among Underwriters and such other documents as
may be required in connection with the offering, purchase, sale, issuance or
delivery of the Securities, (iii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the
certificates for the Securities to the Underwriters, including any stock or
other transfer taxes and any stamp duties, capital duties, stock transfer taxes
or other duties payable upon the sale, issuance or delivery of the Securities to
the U.S. Underwriters, (iv) the fees and disbursements of the Company's counsel,
accountants and other advisors and the fees and disbursement of the Selling
Shareholders' respective counsel, accountants and other advisors, (v) the
qualification of the Securities under securities laws in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3(f) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees
and disbursements of counsel for the U.S. Underwriters in connection therewith
and in connection with the preparation of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplement
thereto, (vi) the printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of each
preliminary prospectus, any Term Sheets and of the Prospectuses and any
amendments or supplements thereto, (vii) the preparation, printing and delivery
to the Underwriters of copies of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplement thereto
and (viii) the fees and expenses of any transfer agent or registrar for the
Securities.
(b) Termination of Agreement. If this Agreement is terminated by the
U.S. Representative in accordance with the provisions of Section 5, Section
9(a)(i) or Section 10 hereof, the Selling Shareholders shall reimburse the U.S.
Underwriters for all of their out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable
fees and disbursements of counsel for the U.S. Underwriters.
SECTION 5. Conditions of U.S. Underwriters' Obligations. The
obligations of the several U.S. Underwriters hereunder are subject to the
accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Selling
Shareholders contained in Section 1 hereof and in certificates of any officer of
the Company or any subsidiary of the Company or on behalf of any Selling
Shareholder delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by
the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to the
following further conditions:
(a) Effectiveness of Registration Statement. The Registration
Statement, including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, has become
effective and at Closing Time no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement shall have been issued under the 1933 Act or proceedings
therefor initiated or threatened by the Commission, and any request on the part
of the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to
the reasonable satisfaction of counsel to the U.S. Underwriters. A prospectus
containing the Rule 430A Information shall have been filed with the Commission
in accordance with Rule 424(b) (or a post-effective amendment providing such
information shall have been filed and declared effective in accordance with the
requirements of Rule 430A) or, if the Company has elected to rely upon Rule 434,
a Term Sheet shall have been filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule
424(b).
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(b) Opinion of Counsel for Company. At Closing Time, the U.S.
Representative shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as of Closing
Time, of Xxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Company, in form and substance
satisfactory to counsel for the U.S. Underwriters, together with signed or
reproduced copies of such letter for each of the U.S. Underwriters to the effect
set forth in Exhibit A hereto and to such further effect as counsel to the U.S.
Underwriters may reasonably request.
(c) Opinion of Counsel for the Selling Shareholders. At Closing Time,
the U.S. Representative shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as of
Closing Time, of Xxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP and Fulton, Rowe, Xxxx & Xxxx, counsel
for The Scripps Trust and The Xxxxxx Trust, respectively, in form and substance
satisfactory to counsel for the U.S. Underwriters, together with signed or
reproduced copies of such letter for each of the U.S. Underwriters to the effect
set forth in Exhibit B hereto and to such further effect as counsel to the U.S.
Underwriters may reasonably request.
(d) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters. At Closing Time, the U.S.
Representative shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as of Closing
Time, of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx (Illinois), counsel for the U.S.
Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each
of the other U.S. Underwriters with respect to such matters as you may
reasonably request.
(e) Officers' Certificate. At Closing Time, there shall not have been,
since the date hereof or since the respective dates as of which information is
given in the Prospectuses, any material adverse change in the condition,
financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business
prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise,
whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, and the U.S.
Representative shall have received a certificate of the President or a Vice
President of the Company and of the chief financial or chief accounting officer
of the Company, dated as of Closing Time, to the effect that (i) there has been
no such material adverse change, (ii) the representations and warranties in
Section 1(a) hereof are true and correct with the same force and effect as
though expressly made at and as of Closing Time, (iii) the Company has complied
with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or
satisfied at or prior to Closing Time, and (iv) no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings
for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or are contemplated by the
Commission.
(f) Certificate of Selling Shareholders. At Closing Time, the U.S.
Representative shall have received a certificate of each Selling Shareholder,
dated as of Closing Time, to the effect that (i) the representations and
warranties of such Selling Shareholder contained in Section 1(b) hereof are true
and correct in all respects with the same force and effect as though expressly
made at and as of Closing Time and (ii) such Selling Shareholder has complied in
all material respects with all agreements and all conditions on its part to be
performed under this Agreement and the International Purchase Agreement at or
prior to Closing Time.
(g) Accountant's Comfort Letter. At the time of the execution of this
Agreement, the U.S. Representative shall have received from Deloitte & Touche
LLP a letter dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the U.S.
Representative, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily
included in accountants' "comfort letters" to underwriters with respect to the
financial statements and certain financial information contained in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectuses.
(h) Bring-down Comfort Letter. At Closing Time, the U.S. Representative
shall have received from Deloitte & Touche LLP a letter, dated as of Closing
Time, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter
furnished pursuant to clause (g) of this Section, except that the specified date
referred to shall be a date not more than three business days prior to Closing
Time.
(i) Purchase of Initial International Securities. Contemporaneously
with the purchase by the U.S. Underwriters of the Initial U.S. Securities under
this Agreement, the International Managers shall have purchased the Initial
International Securities under the International Purchase Agreement.
(j) Conditions to Purchase of U.S. Option Securities. In the event that
the U.S.
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Underwriters exercise their option provided in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase
all or any portion of the U.S. Option Securities, the representations and
warranties of the Company and the Selling Shareholders contained herein and the
statements in any certificates furnished by the Company, any subsidiary of the
Company and the Selling Shareholders hereunder shall be true and correct as of
each Date of Delivery and, at the relevant Date of Delivery, the U.S.
Representative shall have received:
(i) Officers' Certificate. A certificate, dated such
Date of Delivery, of the President or a Vice President of the
Company and of the chief financial or chief accounting officer
of the Company confirming that the certificate delivered at
the Closing Time pursuant to Section 5(e) hereof remains true
and correct as of such Date of Delivery.
(ii) Certificate of Selling Shareholders. A
certificate, dated such Date of Delivery, of each Selling
Shareholder confirming that the certificate delivered at
Closing Time pursuant to Section 5(f) remains true and correct
as of such Date of Delivery.
(iii) Opinion of Counsel for Company. The favorable
opinion of Xxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Company, in
form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the U.S.
Underwriters, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the
U.S. Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of
Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion
required by Section 5(b) hereof.
(iv) Opinion of Counsel for the Selling Shareholders.
The favorable opinion of Xxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP and Fulton,
Rowe, Xxxx & Xxxx, counsel for The Scripps Trust and The
Xxxxxx Trust, respectively, in form and substance satisfactory
to counsel for the U.S. Underwriters, dated such Date of
Delivery, relating to the U.S. Option Securities to be
purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same
effect as the opinion required by Section 5(c) hereof.
(v) Opinion of Counsel for U.S. Underwriters. The
favorable opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx
(Illinois), counsel for the U.S. Underwriters, dated such Date
of Delivery, relating to the U.S. Option Securities to be
purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same
effect as the opinion required by Section 5(d) hereof.
(vi) Bring-down Comfort Letter. A letter from
Deloitte & Touche LLP, in form and substance satisfactory to
the U.S. Representative and dated such Date of Delivery,
substantially in the same form and substance as the letter
furnished to the U.S. Representative pursuant to Section 5(g)
hereof, except that the "specified date" in the letter
furnished pursuant to this paragraph shall be a date not more
than five days prior to such Date of Delivery.
(k) Additional Documents. At Closing Time and at each Date of Delivery
counsel for the U.S. Underwriters shall have been furnished with such documents
and opinions as they may require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon
the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated, or in order to
evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the
fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings
taken by the Company and the Selling Shareholders in connection with the
issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated shall be satisfactory
in form and substance to the U.S. Representative and counsel for the U.S.
Underwriters.
(l) Termination of Agreement. If any condition specified in this
Section shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this
Agreement, or, in the case of any condition to the purchase of U.S. Option
Securities on a Date of Delivery which is after the Closing Time, the
obligations of the several U.S. Underwriters to purchase the relevant U.S.
Option Securities, may be terminated by the U.S. Representative by notice to the
Company at any time at or prior to Closing Time or such Date of Delivery, as the
case may be, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any
other party except as provided in Section 4 and except that Sections 1, 6, 7 and
8 shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect.
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SECTION 6. Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification of U.S. Underwriters. (1) By the Company. The
Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each U.S. Underwriter and each
person, if any, who controls any U.S. Underwriter within the meaning of Section
15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act to the extent and in the manner
set forth in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) below:
(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and
expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the
Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule
430A Information and the Rule 434 Information, if applicable, or the
omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact included in any preliminary prospectus or
the Prospectuses (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the
omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading;
(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and
expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount
paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or
proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened,
or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or
omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission; provided
that (subject to Section 6(d) below) any such settlement is effected
with the written consent of the Company and the Selling Shareholders;
and
(iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred
(including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending
against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any
governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim
whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any
such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such
expense is not paid under clause (i) or (ii) above;
provided that the liability of the Company to indemnify or otherwise make
payments to the U.S. Underwriters (or persons controlling the U.S. Underwriters)
pursuant to the foregoing indemnity agreement of the Company (and any liability
of the Company as a result of any breach of this Agreement by the Company other
than as a result of bad faith) shall not extend to statements or omissions, or
alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or
any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430A Information and the Rule 434
Information, if applicable, or any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectuses
(or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with
information furnished by the Scripps Trust or the Xxxxxx Trust for use in the
Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or such preliminary prospectus
or the Prospectuses (or any amendment or supplement thereto).
(2) By the Scripps Trust. The Scripps Trust agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless each U.S. Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any
U.S. Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20
of the 1934 Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense
described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of Section 6(a)(1) above, as incurred;
provided that the liability of the Scripps Trust to indemnify or otherwise make
payments to the U.S. Underwriters (or persons controlling the U.S. Underwriters)
pursuant to the foregoing indemnity agreement of the Scripps Trust shall not
extend to statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions,
made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the
Rule 430A Information and the Rule 434 Information, if applicable, or any
preliminary prospectus or the Prospectuses (or any amendment or supplement
thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished by the
Xxxxxx Trust for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or
such preliminary prospectus or the Prospectuses (or any amendment or supplement
thereto).
(3) By the Xxxxxx Trust. The Xxxxxx Trust agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless each U.S. Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any U.S.
Underwriter within the
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meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act to the
extent and manner set forth in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of Section 6(a)(1)
above; provided that the liability of the Xxxxxx Trust to indemnify or otherwise
make payments to the U.S. Underwriters (or persons controlling the U.S.
Underwriters) pursuant to the foregoing indemnity agreement of the Xxxxxx Trust
(and any liability as a result of any breach of this Agreement by the Xxxxxx
Trust other than as a result of bad faith) shall be limited to statements or
omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration
Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430A Information and
the Rule 434 Information, if applicable, or any preliminary prospectus or the
Prospectuses (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in
conformity with information furnished by the Xxxxxx Trust for use in the
Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or such preliminary prospectus
or the Prospectuses (or any amendment or supplement thereto), and in no event
shall the aggregate of such liability of the Xxxxxx Trust exceed the product of
the number of Shares sold by the Xxxxxx Trust times the price per share paid to
it by the U.S. Underwriters pursuant hereto.
The foregoing notwithstanding, indemnity agreements of the
Company and Selling Shareholders shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim,
damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission
or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity
with written information furnished to the Company by any U.S. Underwriter
through Xxxxxxx Xxxxx expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any
amendment thereto), including the Rule 430A Information and the Rule 434
Information, if applicable, or any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectuses
(or any amendment or supplement thereto). The Company and the Selling
Shareholders will not be liable to any U.S. Underwriter with respect to any U.S.
Prospectus to the extent that the Company or Selling Shareholders shall sustain
the burden of proving that any such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense
resulted from the fact that such U.S. Underwriter, in contravention of a
requirement of this Agreement or applicable law, sold Securities to a person to
whom such U.S. Underwriter failed to send or give, at or prior to the Closing
Time, a copy of the U.S. Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented if: (i) the
Company has previously furnished copies thereof (sufficiently in advance of the
Closing Time to allow for distribution by the Closing Time) to the U.S.
Underwriters and the loss, liability, claim, damage or expense of such U.S.
Underwriter resulted from an untrue statement or omission of a material fact
contained in or omitted from a prospectus which was corrected in the U.S.
Prospectus as, if applicable, amended or supplemented prior to the Closing Time
and such U.S. Prospectus was required by law to be delivered at or prior to the
written confirmation of sale to such person and (ii) such failure to give or
send such U.S. Prospectus by the Closing Date to the party or parties asserting
such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense would have deprived the Company
or the Selling Shareholders of its or their sole defense to the claim asserted
by such person.
(b) Indemnification of Company, Directors, Officers and Selling
Shareholders. Each U.S. Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless the Company, its directors, each of its officers who signed the
Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within
the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, and
each Selling Shareholder each against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage
and expense described in the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this
Section, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions,
or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement
(or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430A Information and the Rule 434
Information, if applicable, or any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectuses
(or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by such U.S. Underwriter through
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment
thereto) or such preliminary prospectus or the Prospectuses (or any amendment or
supplement thereto).
(c) Actions Against Parties; Notification. Each indemnified party shall
give notice as promptly as reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party of
any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought
hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such
indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to the extent it is not
materially prejudiced as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it
from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity
agreement. In the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(a) above,
counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, and, in
the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(b) above, counsel to the
indemnified parties shall be selected by the Company and the Selling
Shareholders. An
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indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the defense of any such
action; provided, however, that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not
(except with the consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the
indemnified party. In no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for fees
and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel)
separate from their own counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with
any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same
jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. No
indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified
parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with
respect to any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any
governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in
respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought under this
Section 6 or Section 7 hereof (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual
or potential parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i)
includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability
arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and (ii) does
not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure
to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(d) Settlement Without Consent If Failure to Reimburse. If at any time
an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the
indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party
agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by
Section 6(a)(ii) effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is
entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the
aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of
the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being
entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such
indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such
settlement.
SECTION 7. Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in Section
6 hereof is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an
indemnified party in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or
expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to
the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses
incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, (i) in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the
Selling Shareholders on the one hand and the U.S. Underwriters on the other hand
from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the
allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred
to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the
Selling Shareholders on the one hand and of the U.S. Underwriters on the other
hand in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such
losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations.
The relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling
Shareholders on the one hand and the U.S. Underwriters on the other hand in
connection with the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall
be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds
from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting
expenses) received by the Selling Shareholders and the total underwriting
discount received by the U.S. Underwriters, in each case as set forth on the
cover of the U.S. Prospectus, or, if Rule 434 is used, the corresponding
location on the Term Sheet bear to the aggregate initial public offering price
of the Securities as set forth on such cover.
The relative fault of the Company and the Selling Shareholders on the
one hand and the U.S. Underwriters on the other hand shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material
fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Selling Shareholders
or by the U.S. Underwriters and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access
to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The Company, the Selling Shareholders and the U.S. Underwriters agree
that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section
7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the U.S. Underwriters were
treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation
which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in
this Section 7. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and
expenses
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incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 7 shall
be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such
indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any
litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or
body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such
untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, no U.S. Underwriter
shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the
total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the
public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such
U.S. Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of any 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 0000 Xxx) shall be entitled to contribution from any person
who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
For purposes of this Section 7, each person, if any, who controls a
U.S. Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20
of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such U.S.
Underwriter, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who
signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the
Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the
1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company or such
Selling Shareholder, as the case may be. The U.S. Underwriters' respective
obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion
to the number of Initial U.S. Securities set forth opposite their respective
names in Schedule A hereto and not joint.
SECTION 8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive
Delivery. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this
Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or the Selling Shareholders submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain
operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by
or on behalf of any U.S. Underwriter or controlling person, or by or on behalf
of the Company or the Selling Shareholders, and shall survive delivery of the
Securities to the U.S. Underwriters.
SECTION 9. Termination of Agreement.
(a) Termination; General. The U.S. Representative may terminate this
Agreement, by notice to the Company and the Selling Shareholders, at any time at
or prior to Closing Time (i) if there has been, since the time of execution of
this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in
the U.S. Prospectus, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or
otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the
Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not
arising in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) if there has occurred any
material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or the
international financial markets, any outbreak of hostilities or escalation
thereof or other calamity or crisis or any change or development involving a
prospective change in national or international political, financial or economic
conditions, in each case the effect of which is such as to make it, in the
judgment of the U.S. Representative, impracticable to market the Securities or
to enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities, or (iii) if trading in any
securities of the Company has been suspended or materially limited by the
Commission or the New York Stock Exchange, or if trading generally on the
American Stock Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange or in the Nasdaq National
Market has been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices
for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have been required, by
any of said exchanges or by such system or by order of the Commission, the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or any other governmental
authority, or (iv) if a banking moratorium has been declared by either Federal,
New York or Ohio authorities.
(b) Liabilities. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this
Section, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other
party except as provided in Section 4 hereof, and provided further that Sections
1, 6, 7 and 8 shall survive such termination and remain in full force and
effect.
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SECTION 10. Default by One or More of the U.S. Underwriters. If one or
more of the U.S. Underwriters shall fail at Closing Time or a Date of Delivery
to purchase the Securities which it or they are obligated to purchase under this
Agreement (the "Defaulted Securities"), the U.S. Representative shall have the
right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one or more of the
non-defaulting U.S. Underwriters, or any other underwriters, to purchase all,
but not less than all, of the Defaulted Securities in such amounts as may be
agreed upon and upon the terms herein set forth; if, however, the U.S.
Representative shall not have completed such arrangements within such 24-hour
period, then:
(a) if the number of Defaulted Securities does not exceed 10% of the
number of Securities to be purchased on such date, each of the non-defaulting
U.S. Underwriters shall be obligated, severally and not jointly, to purchase the
full amount thereof in the proportions that their respective underwriting
obligations hereunder bear to the underwriting obligations of all non-defaulting
U.S. Underwriters, or
(b) if the number of Defaulted Securities exceeds 10% of the number of
Securities to be purchased on such date, this Agreement or, with respect to any
Date of Delivery which occurs after the Closing Time, the obligation of the U.S.
Underwriters to purchase and of the Selling Shareholders to sell the U.S. Option
Securities to be purchased and sold on such Date of Delivery shall terminate
without liability on the part of any non-defaulting U.S. Underwriter.
No action taken pursuant to this Section shall relieve any defaulting
U.S. Underwriter from liability in respect of its default.
In the event of any such default which does not result in a termination
of this Agreement or, in the case of a Date of Delivery which is after the
Closing Time, which does not result in a termination of the obligation of the
U.S. Underwriters to purchase and the Selling Shareholders to sell the relevant
U.S. Option Securities, as the case may be, either (i) the U.S. Representative
or (ii) any Selling Shareholder shall have the right to postpone Closing Time or
the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, for a period not exceeding
seven days in order to effect any required changes in the Registration Statement
or Prospectuses or in any other documents or arrangements. As used herein, the
term "U.S. Underwriter" includes any person substituted for a U.S. Underwriter
under this Section 10.
SECTION 11. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder
shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or
transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the
Underwriters shall be directed to the U.S. Representative at North Tower, World
Financial Center, New York, New York 10281-1201, attention of [__________];
notices to the Company shall be directed to it at 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000, attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx, Senior Vice
President/Finance and Administration; notices to The Scripps Trust shall be
directed to it at 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000,
attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Secretary-Treasurer; and notices to The Xxxxxx
Trust shall be directed to it at c/o Xxxxxx Xxxx, Esq., Fulton, Rowe, Xxxx &
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
SECTION 12. Parties. This Agreement shall each inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the U.S. Underwriters, the Company and the Selling
Shareholders and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in
this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or
corporation, other than the U.S. Underwriters, the Company and the Selling
Shareholders and their respective successors and the controlling persons and
officers and directors referred to in Sections 6 and 7 and their heirs and legal
representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in
respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and
all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and
exclusive benefit of the U.S. Underwriters, the Company and the Selling
Shareholders and their respective successors, and said controlling persons and
officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the
benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Securities from
any U.S. Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such
purchase.
SECTION 13. GOVERNING LAW AND TIME. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE
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STATE OF NEW YORK. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH HEREIN, SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY
REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.
SECTION 14. Effect of Headings. The Article and Section headings herein
and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the
construction hereof.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, please sign and return to the Company and the Selling Shareholders a
counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will
become a binding agreement among the U.S. Underwriters, the Company and the
Selling Shareholders in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
THE X.X. XXXXXXX COMPANY
By
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Title:
THE XXXXXX X. SCRIPPS TRUST
By
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THE XXXX X. XXXXXX TRUST
By
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CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED, as of the date first above written:
By: XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX
INCORPORATED
By
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Authorized Signatory
For itself and as U.S. Representative of the other U.S. Underwriters named in
Schedule A hereto.
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SCHEDULE A
Number of
Initial
Name of Underwriter U.S. Securities
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated [ ]
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Total [5,040,000]
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SCHEDULE B
Number of Initial U.S. Maximum Number of U.S.
Selling Shareholders Securities to be Sold Option Securities to Be Sold
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The Xxxxxx Scripps Trust 2,800,000 420,000
The Xxxx X. Xxxxxx Trust 2,240,000 336,000
Total.................. 5,040,000 756,000
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SCHEDULE C
THE X. X. XXXXXXX COMPANY
5,040,000 Class A Common Shares
(Par Value $.01 Per Share)
(i) The initial public offering price per share for the U.S.
Securities, determined as provided in said Section 2, shall be $[ ].
(ii) The purchase price per share for the Securities to be paid by the
several Underwriters shall be $[ ], being an amount equal to the initial public
offering price set forth above less $[ ] per share; provided that the purchase
price per share for any U.S. Option Securities purchased upon the exercise of
the over-allotment option described in Section 2(b) shall be reduced by an
amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company
and payable on the Initial U.S. Securities but not payable on the U.S. Option
Securities.
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Exhibit A
FORM OF OPINION OF COMPANY'S COUNSEL
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 5(b)
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Ohio.
(ii) The Company has corporate power and authority to own, lease and
operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the
Prospectuses and to enter into and perform its obligations under the U.S.
Purchase Agreement and the International Purchase Agreement.
(iii) The Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to
transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of
property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or
to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(iv) The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the
Company is as set forth in the Prospectuses in the column entitled "Actual"
under the caption "Capitalization" (except for subsequent issuances, if any,
pursuant to the U.S. Purchase Agreement and the International Purchase Agreement
or pursuant to reservations, agreements or employee benefit plans referred to in
the Prospectuses or pursuant to the exercise of convertible securities or
options referred to in the Prospectuses); the shares of issued and outstanding
capital stock of the Company, including the Securities to be purchased by the
Underwriters from the Selling Shareholders, have been duly authorized and
validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; and none of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company was issued in violation of
preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company.
(v) The sale of the Securities by the Selling Shareholders is not
subject to preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the
Company.
(vi) Each Subsidiary has been duly incorporated and is validly existing
as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation, has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its
properties and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectuses and is
duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether
by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business,
except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not
result in a Material Adverse Effect; except as otherwise disclosed in the
Registration Statement, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each
Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and
non-assessable and, to the best of such counsel's knowledge, is owned by the
Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security
interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; none of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of any Subsidiary was issued in violation of
the preemptive or similar rights of any securityholder of such Subsidiary.
(vii) Each of the U.S. Purchase Agreement and the International
Purchase Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company.
(viii) The Registration Statement, including any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement, has been declared effective under the 1933 Act; any
required filing of the Prospectuses pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the
manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and, to the best of
such counsel's knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement has been issued
under the 1933 Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or
are pending or threatened by the Commission.
(ix) The Registration Statement, including any Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement, the Rule 430A Information and the Rule 434 Information, as
applicable, the Prospectuses, excluding the documents incorporated by reference
therein, and each amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement and
Prospectuses, excluding the documents incorporated by reference therein, as of
their respective effective or issue dates (other than the financial statements
and supporting schedules included therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such
counsel need express no opinion) complied as to form in all material respects
with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations.
(x) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectuses (other
than the financial statements and supporting schedules included therein or
omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel need express no opinion), when they
became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, complied
as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and
the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(xi) The form of certificate used to evidence the Class A Common Shares
complies in all material respects with all applicable statutory requirements,
with any applicable requirements of the charter and by-laws of the Company and
the requirements of the New York Stock Exchange.
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(xii) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, there is not pending or
threatened any action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation, to which the
Company or any subsidiary is a party, or to which the property of the Company or
any subsidiary is subject, before or brought by any court or governmental agency
or body, domestic or foreign, which might reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect, or which might reasonably be expected to materially and
adversely affect the properties or assets thereof or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated in the Purchase Agreement or the performance by the
Company of its obligations thereunder.
(xiii) The information in the Prospectus under "Description of Capital
Stock", "Business-- Broadcast Television-Digital Television" and "--Federal
Regulation of Broadcasting" and "Certain United States Tax Consequences to
Non-U.S. Shareholders" and in the Registration Statement under Item 15, to the
extent that it constitutes matters of law, summaries of legal matters, the
Company's charter and bylaws or legal proceedings, or legal conclusions, has
been reviewed by such counsel and is correct in all material respects.
(xiv) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, there are no statutes or
regulations that are required to be described in the Prospectuses that are not
described as required.
(xv) All descriptions in the Registration Statement of contracts and
other documents to which the Company or its subsidiaries are a party are
accurate in all material respects; to the best of such counsel's knowledge,
there are no franchises, contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements,
notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in
the Registration Statement or to be filed as exhibits thereto other than those
described or referred to therein or filed or incorporated by reference as
exhibits thereto, and the descriptions thereof or references thereto are correct
in all material respects.
(xvi) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, neither the Company nor
any subsidiary is in violation of its charter or by-laws and no default by the
Company or any subsidiary exists in the due performance or observance of any
material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract,
indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement or
instrument that is described or referred to in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectuses or filed or incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement.
(xvii) No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license,
order, registration, qualification or decree of, any court or governmental
authority or agency, domestic or foreign (other than under the 1933 Act and the
1933 Act Regulations, which have been obtained, or as may be required under the
securities or blue sky laws of the various states, as to which such counsel need
express no opinion) is necessary or required in connection with the due
authorization, execution and delivery of the U.S. Purchase Agreement and the
International Purchase Agreement or for the offering, issuance, sale or delivery
of the Securities.
(xviii) The execution, delivery and performance of the U.S. Purchase
Agreement and the International Purchase Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated in the U.S. Purchase Agreement, in the International
Purchase Agreement and in the Registration Statement (including the sale of the
Securities) and compliance by the Company with its obligations under the U.S.
Purchase Agreement and the International Purchase Agreement do not and will not,
whether with or without the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, conflict
with or constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment Event (as defined in
Section 1(a)(xi) of the U.S. Purchase Agreement and the International Purchase
Agreement) under or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or
encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary
pursuant to any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit
agreement, note, lease or any other agreement or instrument, known to such
counsel, to which the Company or any subsidiary is a party or by which it or any
of them may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Company
or any subsidiary is subject (except for such conflicts, breaches or defaults or
liens, charges or encumbrances that would not have a Material Adverse Effect),
nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or
by-laws of the Company or any subsidiary, or any applicable law, statute, rule,
regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree, known to such counsel, of any
government, government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having
jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary or any of their respective
properties, assets or operations.
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(xix) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has obtained all
material licenses required by the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") for
the conduct and operation of its respective businesses, and such licenses are in
full force and effect. The Company and its subsidiaries are presently conducting
their respective businesses in substantial compliance with all applicable rules
and regulations of the FCC.
(xx) The Company is not an "investment company" or an entity
"controlled" by an "investment company," as such terms are defined in the 1940
Act.
Nothing has come to such counsel's attention that would lead such
counsel to believe that the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto,
including the Rule 430A Information and Rule 434 Information (if applicable),
(except for financial statements and schedules and other financial data included
or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such
counsel need make no statement), at the time such Registration Statement or any
such amendment became effective, contained an untrue statement of a material
fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that the Prospectuses
or any amendment or supplement thereto (except for financial statements and
schedules and other financial data included or incorporated by reference therein
or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel need make no statement), at the
time the Prospectuses was issued, at the time any such amended or supplemented
prospectus was issued or at the Closing Time, included or includes an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely as to matters of fact
(but not as to legal conclusions), to the extent they deem proper, on
certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. Such
opinion shall not state that it is to be governed or qualified by, or that it is
otherwise subject to, any treatise, written policy or other document relating to
legal opinions, including, without limitation, the Legal Opinion Accord of the
ABA Section of Business Law (1991).
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Exhibit B
FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR EACH OF THE SELLING SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(c)
(i) Such Selling Shareholder is a trust duly formed and validly
existing pursuant to the laws of the state of Ohio or New York, as the case may
be.
(ii) No filing with, or consent, approval, authorization, license,
order, registration, qualification or decree of, any court or governmental
authority or agency, domestic or foreign, (other than the issuance of the order
of the Commission declaring the Registration Statement effective and such
authorizations, approvals or consents as may be necessary under state securities
laws, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) is necessary or required
to be obtained by such Selling Shareholder for the performance by such Selling
Shareholder of its obligations under the U.S. Purchase Agreement or the
International Purchase Agreement or in connection with the offer, sale or
delivery of the Securities.
(iii) Each of the U.S. Purchase Agreement and the International
Purchase Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by or on
behalf of such Selling Shareholder.
(iv) The execution, delivery and performance of the U.S. Purchase
Agreement and the International Purchase Agreement and the sale and delivery of
the Securities and the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the U.S.
Purchase Agreement, the International Purchase Agreement and the Registration
Statement and compliance by such Selling Shareholder with its obligations under
the U.S. Purchase Agreement and the International Purchase Agreement have been
duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of such Selling Shareholder
and do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage
of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default under or
result in the creation or imposition of any tax, lien, charge or encumbrance
upon the Securities or any property or assets of such Selling Shareholder
pursuant to, any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit
agreement, note, license, lease or other instrument or agreement to which such
Selling Shareholder is a party or by which it may be bound, or to which any of
the property or assets of such Selling Shareholder may be subject nor will such
action result in any violation of the provisions of the trust agreement of such
Selling Shareholder, or any law, administrative regulation, judgment or order of
any governmental agency or body or any administrative or court decree having
jurisdiction over such Selling Shareholder or any of its properties.
(v) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, such Selling Shareholder
has valid and marketable title to the Securities to be sold by such Selling
Shareholder pursuant to the U.S. Purchase Agreement and the International
Purchase Agreement, free and clear of any pledge, lien, security interest,
charge, claim, equity or encumbrance of any kind, and has full right, power and
authority to sell, transfer and deliver such Securities pursuant to the U.S.
Purchase Agreement and the International Purchase Agreement. By delivery of a
certificate or certificates therefor such Selling Shareholder will transfer to
the Underwriters who have purchased such Securities pursuant to the U.S.
Purchase Agreement and the International Purchase Agreement (without notice of
any defect in the title of such Selling Shareholder and who are otherwise bona
fide purchasers for purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code) valid and
marketable title to such Securities, free and clear of any pledge, lien,
security interest, charge, claim, equity or encumbrance of any kind.
Nothing has come to such counsel's attention that would lead such
counsel to believe that the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto,
including the Rule 430A Information and Rule 434 Information (if applicable),
(except for financial statements and schedules and other financial data included
or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such
counsel need make no statement), at the time such Registration Statement or any
such amendment became effective, contained an untrue statement of a material
fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that the Prospectuses
or any amendment or supplement thereto (except for financial statements and
schedules and other financial data included or incorporated by reference therein
or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel need make no statement), at the
time the Prospectuses were issued, at the time any such amended or supplemented
prospectus was issued or at the Closing
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Time, included or includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or
omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
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