UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT BURGER KING HOLDINGS, INC. 20,000,000 Shares of Common Stock Underwriting Agreement
EXHIBIT 1.1
BURGER KING HOLDINGS, INC.
20,000,000 Shares of Common Stock
February [ ], 2007
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
As Representatives of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
As Representatives of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto
c/o X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
and
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
and
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
and
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
and
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Each of the stockholders listed on Schedule 2 hereto (each a “Selling Stockholder”
and, together, the “Selling Stockholders”) proposes to sell, severally and not jointly, to
the several Underwriters listed on Schedule 1 hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are
acting as representatives (the “Representatives”), 20,000,000 shares of common stock, par
value $0.01 per share, of Burger King Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”
and such shares, the “Underwritten Shares”), and, at the option of the Underwriters, the
Selling Stockholders propose to sell, severally and not jointly, up to an additional 3,000,000
shares of common stock of the Company (the “Option Shares”), as set forth on Schedule 2
hereto. The Underwritten Shares and the Option Shares are herein referred to as the
“Shares”. The common stock of the Company is herein referred to as the “Stock”.
The Company and the Selling Stockholders hereby confirm their agreement with the several
Underwriters concerning the purchase and sale of the Shares, as follows:
1. Registration Statement. The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Securities
Act”), a registration statement (File No. 333-140440) including a prospectus, relating to the
Shares. Such registration statement, as amended at the time it becomes effective, including the
information, if any, deemed pursuant to Rule 430A under the Securities Act to be part of the
registration statement at the time of its effectiveness (“Rule 430A Information”), is
referred to herein as the “Registration Statement”; and as used herein, the term
“Preliminary Prospectus” means each prospectus included in such registration statement (and
any amendments thereto) before it becomes effective, any prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the Securities Act and the prospectus included in the Registration
Statement at the time of its effectiveness that omits Rule 430A Information, and the term
“Prospectus” means the prospectus in the form first used (or made available upon request of
purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) in connection with confirmation of sales
of the Shares. If the Company has filed an abbreviated registration statement pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act (the “Rule 462 Registration Statement”), then any reference
herein to the term “Registration Statement” shall be deemed to include such Rule 462
Registration Statement. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings
given to such terms in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
At or prior to the time when sales of the Shares were first made (the “Time of
Sale”), the Company had prepared the following information (collectively with the pricing
information set forth on Annex A, the “Time of Sale Information”): a Preliminary
Prospectus dated February 9, 2007 and each “free-writing prospectus” (as defined pursuant to Rule
405 under the Securities Act) listed on Annex A hereto.
2. Purchase of the Shares by the Underwriters. (a) The Selling Stockholders agree,
severally and not jointly, to sell the Underwritten Shares to the several Underwriters as provided
in this Agreement, and each Underwriter, on the basis of the representations, warranties and
agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, agrees, severally and
not jointly, to purchase from the Selling Stockholders the respective number of Underwritten Shares
set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule 1 hereto at a price per share of $[ ]
(the “Purchase Price”).
The Selling Stockholders, as and to the extent indicated in Schedule 2 hereto,
agree, severally and not jointly, to sell the Option Shares to the several Underwriters as provided
in this Agreement, and the Underwriters, on the basis of the representations, warranties and
agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, shall have the option
to purchase, severally and not jointly, from the Selling Stockholders the Option Shares at the
Purchase Price. Any election to purchase Option Shares shall be made in proportion to the maximum
number of Option Shares to be sold by each Selling Stockholder as set forth in Schedule 2 hereto.
The Underwriters may exercise the option to purchase the Option Shares at any time in whole,
or in part on no more than two occasions, on or before the thirtieth day following the date of this
Agreement, by written notice from the Representatives to the Company and the Selling
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Stockholders as indicated in Section 17(b) hereof. Such notice shall set forth the aggregate
number of Option Shares as to which the option is being exercised and the date and time when the
Option Shares are to be delivered and paid for which may be the same date and time as the Closing
Date (as hereinafter defined) but shall not be earlier than the Closing Date nor later than the
tenth full business day (as hereinafter defined) after the date of such notice (unless such time
and date are postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 12 hereof). Any such notice
shall be given at least two business days prior to the date and time of delivery specified therein.
(b) The Company and the Selling Stockholders understand that the Underwriters intend
to make a public offering of the Shares as soon after the effectiveness of this Agreement as in the
judgment of the Representatives is advisable, and initially to offer the Shares on the terms set
forth in the Prospectus. The Company and the Selling Stockholders acknowledge and agree that the
Underwriters may offer and sell Shares to or through any affiliate of an Underwriter and that any
such affiliate may offer and sell Shares purchased by it to or through any Underwriter.
(c) Payment for the Shares shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to
the accounts specified by the Custodian to the Representatives in the case of the Underwritten
Shares, at the New York City offices of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP at 10:00 A.M. New York
City time on February [ ], 2007, or at such other time or place on the same or such other date,
not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as the Representatives and the Selling
Stockholders may agree upon in writing or, in the case of the Option Shares, on the date and at the
time and place specified by the Representatives in the written notice of the Underwriters’ election
to purchase such Option Shares. The time and date of such payment for the Underwritten Shares is
referred to herein as the “Closing Date” and the time and date for such payment for the
Option Shares, if other than the Closing Date, is herein referred to as the “Additional Closing
Date”.
Payment for the Shares to be purchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as
the case may be, shall be made against delivery to the Representatives for the respective accounts
of the several Underwriters of the Shares to be purchased on such date in definitive form
registered in such names and in such denominations as the Representatives shall request in writing
not later than two full business days prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as
the case may be, with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale of the Shares duly
paid by the Selling Stockholders. The Shares to be purchased on the Closing Date or the Additional
Closing Date, as the case may be, shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Representatives through
the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), for the respective accounts of the
several Underwriters, against payment by or on behalf of such Underwriter of the purchase price
therefore by wire transfer of federal (same-day) funds to the accounts specified by the Selling
Stockholders to the Representatives at least two full business days prior to the Closing Date or
the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be. The Selling Stockholders will cause any
certificate(s) representing the Shares to be made available for checking and packaging at least 24
hours prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, with respect
thereto at the offices of DTC or its designated custodian.
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(d) Each of the Company and the Selling Stockholders acknowledges and agrees that the
Underwriters are acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the
Company and the Selling Stockholders with respect to the offering of Shares contemplated hereby
(including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor
or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company, any of the Selling Stockholders or any other
person. Additionally, neither the Representatives nor any other Underwriter is advising the
Company, any of the Selling Stockholders or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment,
accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company and the Selling Stockholders
shall consult with their own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making
their own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the
Underwriters shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company or the Selling Stockholders
with respect thereto. Any review by the Underwriters of the Company, the transactions contemplated
hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of
the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the Company or the Selling Stockholders.
3. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants
to each Underwriter and each Selling Stockholder that:
(a) Preliminary Prospectus. No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary
Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each of the Preliminary Prospectuses dated
February 9, 2007, [and date of any preliminary prospectus filed after start of roadshow],
respectively, at the time of filing thereof, complied in all material respects with the Securities
Act and did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company
makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance
upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in
writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in any Preliminary
Prospectus.
(b) Time of Sale Information. The Time of Sale Information at the Time of Sale did not, and
at the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will not, contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to
any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to
any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives
expressly for use in such Time of Sale Information. No statement of material fact included in the
Prospectus has been omitted from the Time of Sale Information and no statement of material fact
included in the Time of Sale Information that is required to be included in the Prospectus has been
omitted therefrom.
(c) Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Other than the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus,
the Company (including its agents and representatives, other than the Underwriters in their
capacity as such) has not made, used, prepared, authorized, approved or
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referred to and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any “written
communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell
or solicitation of an offer to buy the Shares (each such communication by the Company or its agents
and representatives (other than a communication referred to in clause (i) below) an “Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus”) other than (i) any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to
Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or Rule 134 under the Securities Act or (ii) the
documents listed on Annex A hereto and other written communications approved in writing in
advance by the Representatives. Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complied in all material
respects with the Securities Act, has been filed in accordance with the Securities Act (to the
extent required thereby) and, when taken together with the Preliminary Prospectus accompanying, or
delivered prior to delivery of, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, did not, and at the Closing
Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will not, contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any
statements or omissions made in each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in
conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such
Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.
(d) Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Registration Statement has been declared
effective by the Commission. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
has been issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of
the Securities Act against the Company or related to the offering has been initiated or threatened
by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any
amendment thereto, the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects
with the Securities Act, and did not and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and as of the
date of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date and as of
the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Prospectus will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and
warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with
information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter
through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and
any amendment or supplement thereto.
(e) Financial Statements. The financial statements and the related notes thereto of the
Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Information and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of
the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange Act”), as applicable,
and present fairly the financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries as of the dates
indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for the
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periods specified; such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered
thereby, and the supporting schedules, if any, included in the Registration Statement present
fairly the information required to be stated therein; and the other financial information included
in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus has been derived
from the accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries and presents fairly the information
shown thereby.
(f) No Material Adverse Change. Since the date of the most recent financial statements of the
Company included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus,
(i) there has not been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries, or any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment, paid
or made by the Company on any class of capital stock, or any material adverse change, or any
development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business,
management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and
its subsidiaries taken as a whole; (ii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered
into any transaction or agreement that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a
whole or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the
Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has sustained any loss from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not
covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or dispute or any action, order or decree of
any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, which is material to the Company
and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, except in each case as otherwise disclosed in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, and except, in the case of
clause (i) above, for (A) issuances of options to purchase the Company’s common stock pursuant to
any equity incentive plan existing on the date hereof; and (B) issuance of shares of the Company’s
common stock upon the exercise of an option or warrant, the settlement of a restricted stock unit
award, performance share award and deferred stock award or the conversion of a security
outstanding on the date hereof.
(g) Organization and Good Standing. The Company and each of its domestic subsidiaries
(excluding BK Family Fund, Inc., Have it Your Way Foundation, Inc. and The Xxxxxxx Corporation, the
“Domestic Subsidiaries”), BK Asiapac, Pte. Ltd. and Burger King Europe GmBH (together with
BK Asiapac, Pte. Ltd., the “Foreign IP Subsidiaries”) have been duly organized and are
validly existing and in good standing (or the equivalent in their respective jurisdictions of
organization), under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization, are duly qualified
to do business and are in good standing in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or
lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification, and
have all power and authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to conduct
the businesses in which they are engaged, except where the failure to be so qualified or have such
power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on
the business, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the
Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”). The
subsidiaries listed in Schedule 3 to this Agreement (the “Significant Subsidiaries”) are
the only significant subsidiaries of the Company.
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(h) Capitalization. The Company has an authorized capital stock as set forth in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus under the heading
“Capitalization”; all the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company (including the Shares
to be sold by the Selling Stockholders) have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are
fully paid and non-assessable and are not subject to any pre-emptive or similar rights; except as
described in or expressly contemplated by the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and
except for issuances of options to purchase the Company’s common stock, restricted stock unit
awards, performance share awards and deferred stock awards pursuant to an equity incentive plan
existing on the date hereof, there are no outstanding rights (including, without limitation,
pre-emptive rights), warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or
exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock or other equity interest in the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, or any contract, commitment, agreement, understanding or arrangement of any kind
relating to the issuance of any capital stock of the Company or any such subsidiary, any such
convertible or exchangeable securities or any such rights, warrants or options; the capital stock
of the Company conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus; and all the outstanding
shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly
and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable (except, in the case of any
foreign subsidiary, for directors’ qualifying shares and except as otherwise described in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus) and, except as described
in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, are owned directly
or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest,
restriction on voting or transfer or any other claim of any third party, other than any lien,
charge, encumbrance, security interest, restriction on voting or transfer or any other claim of any
third party created under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Credit
Agreement”) dated as of February 15, 2006 among the Company, Burger King Corporation, as
Borrower, the Lender Parties thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Citicorp
North America, Inc. as Syndication Agent, and Bank of America, N.A., RBC Capital Markets and
Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Documentation Agents.
(i) Due Authorization. The Company has full right, power and authority to execute and deliver
this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder.
(j) Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Company.
(k) The Shares. The Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholders hereunder have been duly
authorized by the Company, are fully paid and nonassessable and conform to the descriptions thereof
in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
(l) No Violation or Default. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in
violation of its charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents; (ii) in default, and no
event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in
the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or
any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or
to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
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subject; or (iii) in violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or
regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case
of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such default or violation that could not, individually or
in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(m) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not (i) conflict with
or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default
under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property
or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any
of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, (ii) result in any
violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents of the
Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or (iii) result in the violation of any law or
statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or
regulatory authority, except in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above for any such conflict,
breach or violation that could not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(n) No Consents Required. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or
qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority is
required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for (i) the registration of
the Shares under the Securities Act, (ii) such as have already been obtained or as may be required
by the rules of the New York Stock Exchange or the NASD, and (iii) such consents, approvals,
authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may be required under applicable
foreign or state securities laws, in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares to be sold by
the Selling Stockholders hereunder by the Underwriters.
(o) Legal Proceedings. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Information and the Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations,
actions, suits or proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may be
a party or to which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may be the subject
that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or materially and
adversely affect the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement; to the
knowledge of the Company, no such investigations, actions, suits or proceedings are threatened
against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries; and (i) there are no current or
pending legal, governmental or regulatory actions, suits or proceedings that are required under the
Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement that are not so described in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and (ii) there are no
statutes, regulations or contracts or other documents that are required under the Securities Act to
be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus that are not so filed as exhibits to the
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Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Information and the Prospectus.
(p) Independent Accountants. KPMG LLP, who has certified certain financial statements of the
Company and its subsidiaries, is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to
the Company and its subsidiaries within the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the
Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and as required by the
Securities Act.
(q) Title to Real and Personal Property. The Company and its subsidiaries have good and
marketable title in fee simple to, or have valid rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of
real and personal property that are material to the respective businesses of the Company and its
subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims and defects and
imperfections of title except those that (i) do not materially interfere with the use made and
proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries or (ii) could not
reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(r) Title to Intellectual Property. The Company and its subsidiaries (i) own or possess
adequate rights to use all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names,
trademark registrations, service xxxx registrations, copyrights, licenses and know-how (including
trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information,
systems or procedures) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses, and (ii) the
conduct of their respective businesses will not conflict with any such rights of others; except as
could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(s) No Undisclosed Relationships. No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or
among the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the directors, officers,
stockholders, customers or suppliers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the other, that
is required by the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
and that is not so described in such documents and in the Time of Sale Information.
(t) Investment Company Act. The Company is not required to register as an “investment
company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, “Investment Company Act”).
(u) Taxes. The Company and its subsidiaries have paid all federal, state, local and foreign
taxes and filed all tax returns required to be paid or filed through the date hereof except where
such failure to pay or file would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(v) Licenses and Permits. The Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses,
certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by, and have made all declarations and
filings with, the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory
authorities that are necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties or the
conduct of their respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Information
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and the Prospectus, except where the failure to possess or make the same would not reasonably
be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as
described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, neither
the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any revocation or modification of
any such license, certificate, permit or authorization or has any reason to believe that any such
license, certificate, permit or authorization will not be renewed in the ordinary course, except
where such revocation, modification or failure to renew would not reasonably be expected,
individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(w) No Labor Disputes. No material labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, is threatened. The Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor
disturbance by, or dispute with, the employees of any of its or its subsidiaries’ principal
suppliers, contractors or customers, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(x) Compliance With Environmental Laws. (i) The Company and its subsidiaries (x) are in
compliance with any and all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations,
requirements, decisions and orders relating to the protection of human health and safety, the
environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (collectively,
“Environmental Laws”); (y) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses,
certificates or other authorizations or approvals required of them under applicable Environmental
Laws to conduct their respective businesses; and (z) have not received notice of any actual or
potential liability for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or
toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, and (ii) there are no costs or liabilities
associated with Environmental Laws of or relating to the Company or its subsidiaries, except in the
case of each of (x), (y) and (z)(ii) above, for any such failure to comply, or failure to receive
required permits, licenses or approvals, or cost or liability, as would not reasonably be expected,
individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(y) Compliance With ERISA. Each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), that is
maintained, administered or contributed to by the Company or any of its affiliates for employees or
former employees of the Company and its affiliates has been maintained in compliance with its terms
and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not
limited to ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”); no
prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has
occurred with respect to any such plan excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or
administrative exemption; and for each such plan that is subject to the funding rules of Section
412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, no “accumulated funding deficiency” as defined in Section
412 of the Code has been incurred, whether or not waived, and the fair market value of the assets
of each such plan (excluding for these purposes accrued but unpaid contributions) exceeds the
present value of all benefits accrued under such plan determined using reasonable actuarial
assumptions; except in each case as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the
aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(z) Disclosure Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain an effective system of
“disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that is
designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it
files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the
time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, including controls and procedures
designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s
management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons
performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required
disclosure. The Company’s disclosure controls and procedures have been evaluated for effectiveness
as of December 31, 2006 and are effective in all material respects to perform the functions for
which they were established.
(aa) Accounting Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain systems of “internal
control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that have been
designed by, or under the supervision of, their respective principal executive and principal
financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for
external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, including, but not
limited to internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i)
transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii)
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to
assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and
(iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable
intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
(bb) Insurance. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain (i) insurance with financially
sound and reputable insurance companies covering their respective properties, operations, personnel
and businesses, including business interruption insurance, which insurance is in amounts (with no
greater risk retention and giving effect to self-insurance) and against such risks as (a) would be
reasonably maintained by a company of established repute engaged in the same or similar business
operating in the same or similar locations and (b) considered adequate by the Company and its
subsidiaries and (ii) all insurance as may be required by law; and neither the Company nor any of
its subsidiaries has (i) received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that capital
improvements or other expenditures are required or necessary to be made in order to continue such
insurance or (ii) any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance
coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage at reasonable cost from
similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business.
(cc) No Unlawful Payments. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the
knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated with or
acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has (i) used any corporate funds for any
unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political
activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government
official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation
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of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or (iv) made any bribe, rebate,
payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment.
(dd)
Compliance with Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial
recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of
1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations
thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or
enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no
action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any
arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering
Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(ee) Compliance with OFAC. None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge
of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign
Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”); and the Company will not
directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Shares to be issued and sold by the
Company hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary,
joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any
person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
(ff) No Restrictions on Subsidiaries. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the
Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus or except as prohibited under applicable foreign law with respect to the Foreign IP Subsidiaries
, no Significant Subsidiary of the Company is currently
prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party
or is subject, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such
Significant Subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such
Significant Subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such Significant Subsidiary’s
properties or assets to the Company or any other Significant Subsidiary of the Company.
(gg) No Broker’s Fees. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any
contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that would give
rise to a valid claim against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any Underwriter for a
brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the
Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholders hereunder.
(hh) No Registration Rights. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, no person has
the right to require the Company or any of its subsidiaries to register any securities for sale
under the Securities Act by reason of the filing of the Registration Statement with the Commission
or the sale of the Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholders hereunder.
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(ii) No Stabilization. The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed
to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of
the price of the Stock.
(jj) Forward-Looking Statements. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section
27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a
reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.
(kk) Statistical and Market Data. Nothing has come to the attention of the Company that has
caused the Company to believe that the statistical and market-related data included in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus is not based on or derived
from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects.
(ll) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any
of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any provision
of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith
(the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”) to which the Company is subject.
(mm) Status under the Securities Act. The Company is not an ineligible issuer as defined
under the Securities Act, in each case at the times specified in the Securities Act in connection
with the offering of the Shares.
(nn) FTC. The Company and its domestic subsidiaries are in compliance with the applicable
requirements of the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) rules governing franchising and
applicable provisions of federal, state, local and other U.S. laws or regulations governing the
business of a franchise or that are applicable to their businesses as presently conducted, except
in each case as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect.
4. Representations and Warranties of the Selling Stockholders. Each of the Selling
Stockholders severally and not jointly represents and warrants to each Underwriter and the Company
that:
(a) Required Consents; Authority. All consents, approvals, authorizations and orders
necessary for the execution and delivery by such Selling Stockholder of this Agreement and the
Custody Agreement (the “Custody Agreement”) hereinafter referred to, and for the sale and
delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder, have been obtained except
for (i) the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act, (ii) such as may be required by
the rules of the New York Stock Exchange or the NASD, and (iii) such consents, approvals,
authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may be required under applicable
state securities laws, in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares to be sold by
such Selling Stockholder hereunder to the Underwriters; and such Selling Stockholder has full
right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the Custody Agreement and to sell,
assign, transfer and deliver the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder; this
Agreement and the Custody Agreement have each been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such
Selling Stockholder.
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(b) NASD. Except as disclosed by such Selling Stockholder in writing to the Representatives,
to the knowledge of such Selling Stockholder, neither such Selling Stockholder nor any of his, her
or its affiliates directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is
controlled by or is under common control with, or has any other association with (within the
meaning of Article 1(q) of the By-laws of the NASD) any member firm of the NASD.
(c) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by such Selling Stockholder of this
Agreement and the Custody Agreement, the sale of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder
and the performance by such Selling Stockholder of its obligations herein and therein contemplated
will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of,
or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or
encumbrance upon any property or assets of such Selling Stockholder pursuant to, any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which such Selling
Stockholder is a party or by which such Selling Stockholder is bound or to which any of the
property or assets of such Selling Stockholder is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the
provisions of the charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents of such Selling
Stockholder or (iii) result in the violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or
regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory agency having jurisdiction over
such Selling Stockholder, except in the case of clause (i) and (iii) above for any such conflict,
breach, violation or default that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material
adverse effect on such Selling Stockholder’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by
this agreement.
(d) Title to Shares. Such Selling Stockholder has good and valid title to the Shares to be
sold at the Closing Date and the Additional Closing Date by such Selling Stockholder hereunder,
free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or adverse claims; such Selling Stockholder
will have, immediately prior to the Closing Date and the Additional Closing Date, as the case may
be, good and valid title to the Shares to be sold at the Closing Date and the Additional Closing
Date, respectively, by such Selling Stockholder, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances,
equities or adverse claims; and, upon delivery of the certificates representing such Shares and
payment therefor pursuant hereto, good and valid title to such Shares, free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances, equities or adverse claims, will pass to the several Underwriters.
(e) No Stabilization. Such Selling Stockholder has not taken and will not take, directly or
indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any
stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Shares.
(f) Time of Sale Information. The Time of Sale Information at the Time of Sale did not, and at
the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will not, contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided that this representation and warranty is limited to statements made in reliance
upon and in conformity with the written information furnished to the Company by such Selling
Stockholder expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto. For purposes of this
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Agreement, the parties hereto agree that the only information furnished to the Company by any
Selling Stockholder is the information about such Selling Stockholder set forth in “Principal and
Selling Stockholders.”
(g) Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Other than the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus,
such Selling Stockholder (including its agents and representatives, other than the Underwriters in
their capacity as such) has not made, used, prepared, authorized, approved or referred to and will
not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, other
than (i) any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the
Securities Act or Rule 134 under the Securities Act or (ii) the documents listed on Annex A
hereto and other written communications approved in writing in advance by the Company and the
Representatives.
(h) Registration Statement and Prospectus. As of the applicable effective date of the
Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, the Registration Statement complied and will
comply in all material respects with the Securities Act, and did not and will not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and as of the date of the
Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date and as of the
Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading; provided that this representation and warranty is limited to statements
made in reliance upon and in conformity with the written information furnished to the Company by
such Selling Stockholder expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Information, and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto.
(i) Lock-Up Agreements. Such Selling Stockholder has duly executed and delivered to the
Representatives a “lock-up” agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
Each of the Selling Stockholders represents and warrants that certificates in
negotiable form representing all of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder
have been placed in custody under a Custody Agreement relating to such Shares, in the form
heretofore furnished to you, duly executed and delivered by such Selling Stockholder to the Bank of
New York, as custodian (the “Custodian”), and each of the undersigned signatories on behalf
of each Selling Stockholder has the respective authority to execute and deliver this Agreement on
behalf of each such Selling Stockholder, to determine the purchase price to be paid by the
Underwriters to the Selling Stockholders as provided herein, to authorize the delivery of the
Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder and otherwise to act on behalf of such
Selling Stockholder in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
Custody Agreement.
Each of the Selling Stockholders specifically agrees that the Shares represented by the
certificates held in custody for such Selling Stockholder under the Custody Agreement, are subject
to the interests of the Underwriters hereunder, and that the arrangements made by such Selling
Stockholder for such custody are to that extent irrevocable. Each of the Selling
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Stockholders specifically agrees that the obligations of such Selling Stockholder hereunder shall
not be terminated by operation of law, whether by the death or incapacity of any individual Selling
Stockholder, or, in the case of an estate or trust, by the death or incapacity of any executor or
trustee or the termination of such estate or trust, or in the case of a partnership, corporation or
similar organization, by the dissolution of such partnership, corporation or organization, or by
the occurrence of any other event. If any individual Selling Stockholder or any such executor or
trustee should die or become incapacitated, or if any such estate or trust should be terminated, or
if any such partnership, corporation or similar organization should be dissolved, or if any other
such event should occur, before the delivery of the Shares hereunder, certificates representing
such Shares shall be delivered by or on behalf of such Selling Stockholder in accordance with the
terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Custody Agreement shall be as valid as if such
death, incapacity, termination, dissolution or other event had not occurred, regardless of whether
or not the Custodian or any of them, shall have received notice of such death, incapacity,
termination, dissolution or other event.
5. Further Agreements of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with each
Underwriter that:
(a) Required Filings. The Company will file the final Prospectus with the Commission within
the time periods specified by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A under the Securities Act and will file any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act; and the
Company will furnish copies of the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (to the
extent not previously delivered) to the Underwriters in New York City as soon as practicable but no
later than 8:00 A.M., New York City time, on the second business day succeeding the date of this
Agreement in such quantities as the Representatives may reasonably request.
(b) Delivery of Copies. The Company will deliver, without charge, (i) to the Representatives,
five signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto, in
each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith; and (ii) to each Underwriter (A) a
conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto
(without exhibits) and (B) during the Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined below), as many copies
of the Prospectus (including all amendments and supplements thereto) and each Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. As used herein, the term “Prospectus
Delivery Period” means such period of time after the first date of the public offering of the
Shares as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus relating to the Shares is
required by law to be delivered (or required to be delivered but for Rule 172 under the Securities
Act) in connection with sales of the Shares by any Underwriter or dealer.
(c) Amendments or Supplements, Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Before preparing, using,
authorizing, approving, referring to or filing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and before
filing any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company
will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters a copy of the proposed Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus, amendment or supplement for review and will not prepare, use, authorize,
approve, refer to or file any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
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or file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably
object.
(d) Notice to the Representatives. The Company will advise the Representatives promptly, (i)
when the Registration Statement has become effective; (ii) when any amendment to the Registration
Statement has been filed or becomes effective; (iii) when any supplement to the Prospectus or any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment to the Prospectus has been filed; (iv) of any
request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or
supplement to the Prospectus or the receipt of any comments from the Commission relating to the
Registration Statement or any other request by the Commission for any additional information; (v)
of the issuance by the Commission of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or
the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the
Securities Act; (vi) of the occurrence of any event within the Prospectus Delivery Period as a
result of which the Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus, the Time of Sale
Information or any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading;
and (vii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the
qualification of the Shares for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening
of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company will use its best efforts to prevent the
issuance of any such order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, preventing
or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or suspending any such
qualification of the Shares and, if any such order is issued, will obtain as soon as possible the
withdrawal thereof.
(e) Ongoing Compliance. (1) If during the Prospectus Delivery Period (i) any event shall occur
or condition shall exist as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would
include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it
is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will notify the
Underwriters as promptly as practicable thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c)
above, file with the Commission and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the
Representatives may designate, such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus as may be necessary
so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of
the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so
that the Prospectus will comply with law and (2) if at any time prior to the Closing Date (i) any
event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Time of Sale Information as
then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale
Information to comply with law, the Company will notify the Underwriters as promptly as practicable
thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission (to the
extent required) and furnish to the
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Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representatives may designate, such amendments or
supplements to the Time of Sale Information as may be necessary so that the statements in the Time
of Sale Information as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances, be
misleading or so that the Time of Sale Information will comply with law.
(f) Blue Sky Compliance. The Company will qualify the Shares for offer and sale under the
securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives shall reasonably request
and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for distribution of the Shares;
provided that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or
other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be
required to so qualify, (ii) file any general consent to service of process in any such
jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so
subject.
(g) Earning Statement. The Company will make generally available to its security holders and
the Representatives as soon as practicable an earning statement that satisfies the provisions of
Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Commission promulgated thereunder covering
a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring
after the “effective date” (as defined in Rule 158) of the Registration Statement, provided that
(i) such delivery requirements to the Company’s shareholders shall be deemed met by the Company’s
compliance with its reporting requirements pursuant to the Exchange Act if such compliance
satisfies the conditions of Rule 158 and (ii) such delivery requirements to the Representatives
shall be deemed met by the Company if the related reports are available on the Commission’s
Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (“XXXXX”).
(h) Clear Market. For a period of 90 days after the date of the public offering of the
Shares, the Company will not (i) offer, pledge, announce the intention to sell, 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 shares of Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Stock or
(ii) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the
economic consequences of ownership of the Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause
(i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Stock or such other securities, in cash or
otherwise, without the prior written consent of X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. The restrictions
contained in the preceding paragraph shall not apply to (A) the issuance by the Company of shares
of Common Stock upon the exercise of an option or warrant, the settlement of a restricted stock
unit award, performance share award and deferred stock award or the conversion of a security
outstanding on the date hereof of which the Underwriters have been advised in writing or that is
described in the Time of Sale Information, (B) the grant of options or the issuance of shares of
Common Stock to employees, officers, directors, advisors or consultants pursuant to any equity
incentive plan existing on the date hereof and described in the Prospectus, (C) the filing of any
registration statement on Form S-8 in respect of any employee stock option plan existing on the
date hereof and described in the Prospectus. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) during the last
17 days of the 90-day restricted period, the Company issues an earnings release or material news or
a material event relating to the Company occurs; or (2) prior to the expiration of the 90-day
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restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the
16-day period beginning on the last day of the 90-day period, the restrictions imposed by this
Agreement shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the
issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event.
(i) No Stabilization. The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed
to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of
the price of the Shares.
(j) Reports. During a period of three years from the Effective Date of the Registration
Statement, the Company will furnish to the Representatives, as soon as they are available, copies
of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to holders of the Shares, and
copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any
national securities exchange or automatic quotation system (it being understood and agreed that any
document available through the Commission’s XXXXX database will be deemed to be so furnished).
(k) Record Retention. The Company will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good
faith, retain copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not filed with the Commission
in accordance with Rule 433 under the Securities Act.
6. Further Agreements of the Selling Stockholders. Each of the Selling Stockholders
covenants and agrees with each Underwriter that it will deliver to the Representatives prior to or
at the Closing Date a properly completed and executed United States Treasury Department Form W-9
(or other applicable form or statement specified by the Treasury Department regulations in lieu
thereof) in order to facilitate the Underwriters’ documentation of their compliance with the
reporting and withholding provisions of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 with
respect to the transactions herein contemplated.
7. Certain Agreements of the Underwriters. Each Underwriter hereby represents and
agrees that:
(a) It has not and will not use, authorize use of, refer to, or participate in the planning
for use of, any “free writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (which
term includes use of any written information furnished to the Commission by the Company and not
incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued by the
Company) other than (i) a free writing prospectus that contains no “issuer information” (as defined
in Rule 433(h)(2) under the Securities Act) that was not included (including through incorporation
by reference) in the Preliminary Prospectus or a previously filed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus,
(ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Annex A or prepared pursuant to Section
3(c) or Section 5(c) above, or (iii) any free writing prospectus prepared by such underwriter and
approved by the Company in advance in writing (each such free writing prospectus referred to in
clauses (i) or (iii), an “Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus”).
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(b) It has not and will not distribute any Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus referred to in
clause (a)(i) in a manner reasonably designed to lead to its broad unrestricted dissemination.
(c) It has not and will not, without the prior written consent of the Company, use any free
writing prospectus that contains the final terms of the Shares unless such terms have previously
been included in a free writing prospectus filed with the Commission; provided that
Underwriters may use a term sheet substantially in the form of Annex B hereto without the
consent of the Company; provided further that any Underwriter using such term sheet shall
notify the Company, and provide a copy of such term sheet to the Company, prior to, or
substantially concurrently with, the first use of such term sheet.
8. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligation of each Underwriter to
purchase the Underwritten Shares on the Closing Date or the Option Shares on the Additional Closing
Date, as the case may be, as provided herein is subject to the performance by the Company and each
of the Selling Stockholders of their respective covenants and other obligations hereunder and to
the following additional conditions:
(a) Registration Compliance; No Stop Order. No order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding for such purpose or pursuant to
Section 8A under the Securities Act shall be pending before or threatened by the Commission; the
Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission
under the Securities Act (in the case of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to the extent required
by Rule 433 under the Securities Act) and in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof; and all requests
by the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Representatives.
(b) Representations and Warranties. The respective representations and warranties of the
Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein shall be true and correct on the date hereof
and on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be; and the
statements of the Company and its officers and of each of the Selling Stockholders made in any
certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the
Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
(c) No Downgrade. Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, (i) no
downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded any securities or preferred stock of or
guaranteed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical
rating organization”, as such term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2)
under the Securities Act and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has
under surveillance or review, or has changed its outlook with respect to, its rating of any
securities or preferred stock of or guaranteed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (other
than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading).
(d) No Material Adverse Change. No event or condition of a type described in Section 3(f)
hereof shall have occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not described in the Time of
Sale Information (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the
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Prospectus (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the effect of which in the
judgment of the Representatives makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering,
sale or delivery of the Shares on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may
be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and
the Prospectus.
(e) Officer’s Certificate. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing
Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, a certificate of (1) the chief financial
officer or chief accounting officer of the Company and the general counsel of the Company (a)
confirming that such officers have carefully reviewed the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Information and the Prospectus and, to the knowledge of such officers, the representations of the
Company set forth in Sections 3(b) and 3(d) hereof are true and correct, (b) confirming that the
other representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct and that
the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be
performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such Closing Date and (c) to the effect set forth
in paragraphs (a), (c) and (d) above and (2) each of the Selling Stockholders, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, (a) confirming that the representations
of such Selling Stockholder set forth in Sections 4(e), 4(f) and 4(g) hereof are true and correct
and (b) confirming that the other representations and warranties of such Selling Stockholder in
this Agreement are true and correct and that such Selling Stockholder has complied with all
agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or
prior to such Closing Date.
(f) Comfort Letters. On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date or the Additional
Closing Date, as the case may be, KPMG LLP shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the
request of the Company, letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to
the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, containing
statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to
underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained
in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus; provided, that the
letter delivered on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be shall use a
“cut-off” date no more than three business days prior to such Closing Date or such Additional
Closing Date, as the case may be.
(g) Opinion of Outside Counsel for the Company. Holland & Knight LLP, counsel for the
Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, their written
opinion, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed
to the Underwriters, substantially in the form set forth in Annex C hereto.
(h)
Opinion of Inside Counsel for the Company. Xxxx Xxxxx-Xxxxx, Associate General Counsel for
the Company, shall have furnished to the
Representatives, at the request of the Company, her written opinion, dated the
Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters,
substantially in the form set forth in Annex D hereto.
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(i) Opinion of Inside Franchise Counsel for the Company. [ ],
[ ] for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of
the Company, their written opinion, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the
case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, substantially in the form set forth in Annex
E hereto.
(j) Opinion of Counsel for the Selling Stockholders. Counsel for each of the Selling
Stockholders shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of such Selling
Stockholder, their written opinion, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the
case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, substantially in the form set forth in Annex
F hereto.
(k) Opinion of Counsel for the Underwriters. The Representatives shall have received on and
as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, an opinion of Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, with respect to such matters as the
Representatives may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and
information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
(l) Opinion of Swiss and Singapore Counsel. The Representatives shall have received on and as
of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, an opinion of counsel as to
the good standing (or the equivalent in their respective jurisdictions of organization) of the
Foreign IP Subsidiaries in their respective jurisdictions of organization.
(m) No Legal Impediment to Sale. No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule,
regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign
governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing
Date, as the case may be, prevent the sale of the Shares; and no injunction or order of any
federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the Closing Date or the
Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, prevent the sale of the Shares.
(n) Good Standing. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or
the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, satisfactory evidence of the good standing of the
Company, Burger King Corporation and Burger King Brands, Inc. in their respective jurisdictions of
organization, and their good standing as foreign entities in such other jurisdictions as the
Representatives may reasonably request, in each case in writing or any standard form of
telecommunication from the appropriate Governmental Authorities of such jurisdictions.
(o) Lock-up Agreements. The “lock-up” agreements, each substantially in the form of Exhibit A
hereto, between you and certain shareholders (including the Selling Stockholders), officers and
directors of the Company relating to sales and certain other dispositions of shares of Stock or
certain other securities, delivered to you on or before the date hereof, shall be in full force and
effect on the Closing Date or Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
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(p) Additional Documents. On or prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as
the case may be, the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have furnished to the
Representatives such further certificates and documents as the Representatives may reasonably and
in good faith request.
All opinions, letters, certificates and evidence mentioned above or elsewhere in this
Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters.
9. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) Indemnification of the Underwriters by the Company. The Company agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who
controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of
the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including,
without limitation, legal fees and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with any suit,
action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or
several, that arise out of, or are based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or caused by any omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to
make the statements therein, not misleading, (ii) or any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto),
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Time of Sale Information (including any Time of Sale
Information that has subsequently been amended), or caused by any omission or alleged omission to
state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or
omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any
information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter
through the Representatives expressly for use therein.
(b) Indemnification of the Underwriters by the Selling Stockholders. Each of the Selling
Stockholders severally and not jointly hereunder agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each
Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls such
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange
Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, in each case to the
extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission
or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or
supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Time of Sale Information (including
any Time of Sale Information that has subsequently been amended) or any such amendment or
supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by
such Selling Stockholder expressly for use therein; and will reimburse each Underwriter and the
Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection with
investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred;
provided, however, that the aggregate liability of a Selling Stockholder pursuant
to this subsection (b) and subsection (g) shall not exceed the aggregate net
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proceeds before expenses received by such Selling Stockholder from the Underwriters for the
Shares. For purposes of this Agreement, the parties hereto agree that the only information
furnished to the Company by any Selling Stockholder is the information about such Selling
Stockholder set forth in “Principal and Selling Stockholders.”
(c) Indemnification of the Company and the Selling Stockholders by the Underwriters. Each
Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its
directors, its officers and former officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person,
if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section
20 of the Exchange Act and each of the Selling Stockholders to the same extent as the indemnity set
forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities
that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement
or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such
Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives
expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement
thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Time of Sale Information.
(d) Notice and Procedures. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or
regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in
respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to the preceding paragraphs of this Section
9, such person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the person against whom
such indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided
that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it
may have under this Section 9 except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through
the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided,
further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any
liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under this Section 9. If any
such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have
notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who shall not, without the consent of the Indemnified
Person, be counsel to the Indemnifying Person) to represent the Indemnified Person in such
proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as
incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own
counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified
Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to
the contrary or (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person. It is understood and agreed that the
Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same
jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to
any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be paid
or reimbursed as they are incurred. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement
of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if
there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each
Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment.
Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have
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requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses
of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any
settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered
into more than 30 days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such request and (ii) the
Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such
request prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written
consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in
respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could
have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an
unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such
proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a
failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.
(e) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) above is
unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of
indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by
such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the
Selling Stockholders, on the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other, from the offering of the
Shares or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i)
but also the relative fault of the Company and the Selling Stockholders, on the one hand, and the
Underwriters on the other, in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.
The relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders, on the one hand, and
the Underwriters on the other, shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net
proceeds (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders from the
sale of the Shares and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the
Underwriters in connection therewith, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the
Prospectus, bear to the aggregate offering price of the Shares. The relative fault of the Company
and the Selling Stockholders, on the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other, shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information
supplied by the Company, a Selling Stockholder or the Underwriters and the parties’ relative
intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or
omission.
(f) Limitation on Liability. The Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters agree
that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were determined
by pro rata allocation (even if the Selling Stockholders or the Underwriters were
treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take
account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (e) above. The amount paid or
payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities
referred to in paragraph (e) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth
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above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Person in
connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this Section 9, (i) in no event shall an Underwriter be required to contribute any
amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received
by such Underwriter with respect to the offering of the Shares exceeds the amount of any damages
that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission, and (ii) in no event shall a Selling Stockholder be
required to contribute (x) other than to the extent the losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
expenses arose from the written information furnished to the Company by the Selling Stockholder
expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information, the Prospectus or
any amendment or supplement thereto, or (y) any amount in excess of the aggregate net proceeds
before expenses received by such Selling Stockholder from the Underwriters for the Shares. No
person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the
Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section
9 are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder and not joint.
(g) Non-Exclusive Remedies. The remedies provided for in this Section 9 are not exclusive and
shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person
at law or in equity.
10. Effectiveness of Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective upon the
execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.
11. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the
Representatives, by notice to the Company and the Selling Stockholders, if after the execution and
delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date or, in the case of the Option Shares,
prior to the Additional Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially
limited on or by any of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the NASD; (ii)
trading of any securities issued or guaranteed by the Company shall have been suspended on any
exchange or in any over-the-counter market; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking
activities shall have been declared by federal or New York State authorities; or (iv) there shall
have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any
calamity or crisis, either within or outside the United States, that, in the judgment of the
Representatives, is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with
the offering, sale or delivery of the Shares on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as
the case may be on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale
Information and the Prospectus.
12. Defaulting Underwriter. (a) If, on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing
Date, as the case may be, any Underwriter defaults on its obligation to purchase the Shares that it
has agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, the non-defaulting Underwriters may in their
discretion arrange for the purchase of such Shares by other persons satisfactory to the Selling
Stockholders on the terms contained in this Agreement. If, within 36 hours after any such default
by any Underwriter, the non-defaulting Underwriters do not arrange for the purchase of
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such Shares, then the Selling Stockholders shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours
within which to procure other persons satisfactory to the non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase
such Shares on such terms. If other persons become obligated or agree to purchase the Shares of a
defaulting Underwriter, either the non-defaulting Underwriters or the Selling Stockholders may
postpone the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, for up to five full
business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company,
counsel for the Selling Stockholders or counsel for the Underwriters may be necessary in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement, and the Company
agrees to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus that effects any such changes. As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter”
includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires, any person not
listed in Schedule 1 hereto that, pursuant to this Section 12, purchases Shares that a defaulting
Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Selling
Stockholders as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate number of Shares that remain
unpurchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be does not exceed
one-tenth of the aggregate number of Shares to be purchased on such date, then the Selling
Stockholders shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number
of Shares that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder on such date plus such Underwriter’s
pro rata share (based on the number of Shares that such Underwriter agreed to purchase on such
date) of the Shares of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have
not been made.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters, the Selling Stockholders and as
provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate number of Shares that remain unpurchased on the
Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, exceeds one-tenth of the aggregate
amount of Shares to be purchased on such date, or if the Selling Stockholders shall not exercise
the right described in paragraph (b) above, then this Agreement or, with respect to any Additional
Closing Date, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase Shares on the Additional Closing Date,
as the case may be, shall terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting
Underwriters. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 12 , shall be
without liability on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders, except that the Company
will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in Section 13 hereof and except
that the provisions of Section 9 hereof shall not terminate and shall remain in effect.
(d) Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may
have to the Company, the Selling Stockholders or any non-defaulting Underwriter for damages caused
by its default.
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13. Payment of Expenses. (a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or cause to be paid
all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including without
limitation, (i) the costs incident to the sale, preparation and delivery of the Shares and any
taxes payable in that connection; (ii) the costs incident to the preparation, printing and filing
under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, any Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus (including all exhibits,
amendments and supplements thereto) and the distribution thereof; (iii) the costs of reproducing
and distributing this Agreement; (iv) the fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and
independent accountants; (v) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the registration or
qualification and determination of eligibility for investment of the Shares under the laws of such
jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and the preparation, printing and distribution
of a Blue Sky Memorandum (including the related fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters);
(vi) the costs and charges of any transfer agent and any registrar; (vii) all expenses and
application fees incurred in connection with any filing with, and clearance of the offering by, the
NASD provided that the Company shall not be required to pay in excess of $25,000 in fees
and expenses of any NASD counsel for the Underwriters; and (viii) all expenses incurred by the
Company in connection with any “road show” presentation to potential investors.
(b) If (i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 11, (ii) the Selling
Stockholders for any reason fail to tender the Shares for delivery to the Underwriters or (iii) the
Underwriters decline to purchase the Shares for any reason permitted under this Agreement, the
Company agrees to reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including
the fees and expenses of their counsel payable under Section 13(a)) actually and reasonably
incurred by the Underwriters in connection with this Agreement and the offering contemplated
hereby.
14. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers
and directors and any controlling persons referred to in Section 9 hereof. Nothing in this
Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No
purchaser of Shares from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such
purchase.
15. Survival. The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations,
warranties and agreements of the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters contained
in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of the Company, the Selling Stockholders or the
Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall survive
the delivery of and payment for the Shares and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of
any termination of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company, the
Selling Stockholders or the Underwriters.
16. Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where otherwise
expressly provided, the term “affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities
Act; (b) the term “business day” means any day other than a day on which banks are
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permitted or required to be closed in New York City; (c) the term “subsidiary” has the meaning
set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; and (d) the term “significant subsidiary” has the
meaning set forth in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act.
17. Miscellaneous. (a) Authority of the Representatives. Any action by the
Underwriters hereunder may be taken by the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters, and any
such action taken by the Representatives shall be binding upon the Underwriters.
(b) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of
telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be given to the Representatives c/o X.X.
Xxxxxx Securities Inc, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Equity Syndicate desk
(fax: 000-000-0000). Notices to the Company shall be given to it at Burger King Holdings, Inc.,
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000 (fax: 000-000-0000); Attention: Xxxx Xxxxx, Esq.
Notices to the Selling Stockholders shall be given to Xxxx Capital Partners, LLC, 000 Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxx (fax: 000-000-0000); The Xxxxxxx Sachs Group,
Inc., c/o Goldman, Xxxxx & Co., 0 Xxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Xxx Xxxxx
(fax: 000-000-0000); and TPG BK Holdco LLC, c/o Texas Pacific Group, 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx
0000, Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxx Xxxx (fax 000-000-0000).
(c) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York.
(d) Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts (which may include
counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall be an
original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
(e) Amendments or Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any
consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same
shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.
(f) Headings. The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not
intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this
Agreement by signing in the space provided below.
Very truly yours, BURGER KING HOLDINGS, INC. |
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By: | Xxxx Capital Partners VII, L.P. its General Partner |
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GS CAPITAL PARTNERS 2000 OFFSHORE, L.P. |
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GS CAPITAL PARTNERS 2000 GMBH & CO. BETEILIGUNGS, KG |
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STONE XXXXXX XXXX 0000, X.X. |
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GS PRIVATE EQUITY PARTNERS 2000, L.P. |
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By: | GSAM Gen-Par, L.L.C., its Managing Member |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
XXXXXXX XXXXX DIRECT INVESTMENT FUND 2000, L.P. |
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By: | GS Employee Funds 2000 GP, L.L.C. its General Partner |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
TPG BK HOLDCO LLC |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
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COMBINED JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF GREATER BOSTON,
INC. |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
THE CORPORATION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHURCH OF
XXXXX XXXXXX OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
TYLER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
XXXXXX XXXXX FAMILY FOUNDATION |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
JSJN CHILDREN’S CHARITABLE TRUST |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
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XXXXXXXX FAMILY FOUNDATION |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
THE BOSTON FOUNDATION |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
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Accepted: February [ ], 2007
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.
XXXXXXX, SACHS & CO.
XXXXXX XXXXXXX & CO. INCORPORATED
XXXXXXX, SACHS & CO.
XXXXXX XXXXXXX & CO. INCORPORATED
Acting severally on behalf of themselves
and the several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto.
and the several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto.
By:
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By:
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By:
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