Large and Growing Addressable Market: Total Pre-K through 12th grade enrollment was 56 million in 2008, with enrollments rising. It is estimated that at least 40% of these students require intervention and represent a large addressable market for us. Demand for intervention is expected to continue to increase since intervention is typically more cost effective than special education programs. We believe that, with more attention in general, increased analysis of U.S. student outcomes versus other countries, focus and likely inclusion of the graduation rate in the ESEA, and movement to national standards, the number of children deemed to need intervention is likely to increase from 40% to over 50%, as indicated by proficiency rates of the National Assessment of Educational Progress
EX-4.4 3 c13916exv4w4.htm EXHIBIT 4.4 EXhibit 4.4
Exhibit 4.4
$175,000,000
CAMBIUM LEARNING GROUP, INC.
9.75% SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2017
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
February 14, 2011
BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.
BMO CAPITAL MARKETS CORP.
As Representatives of the several
Initial Purchasers named in Schedule I attached hereto,
c/o Barclays Capital Inc.
745 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
BMO CAPITAL MARKETS CORP.
As Representatives of the several
Initial Purchasers named in Schedule I attached hereto,
c/o Barclays Capital Inc.
745 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Cambium Learning Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), proposes, upon the terms and conditions set forth in this agreement (this Agreement), to issue and sell to the several initial purchasers named in Schedule I attached hereto (the Initial Purchasers), for whom you are acting as representatives (together, the Representatives), $175,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 9.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2017 (the Notes). The Notes will (i) have terms and provisions that are summarized in the Offering Memorandum (as defined below), and (ii) are to be issued pursuant to an Indenture (the Indenture) to be entered into among the Company, the Guarantors (as defined below) and Wells Fargo, National Association, as trustee (the Trustee). The Companys obligations under the Notes, including the due and punctual payment of interest on the Notes, will be irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed (the Guarantees) by the guarantors listed in Schedule II hereto (together the Guarantors). As used herein, the term Notes shall include the Guarantees, unless the context otherwise requires. This Agreement is to confirm the agreement concerning the purchase of the Notes from the Company by the Initial Purchasers.
The Notes being issued, the entry by the Company and the Guarantors into a new senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility (the New ABL Facility), the initial borrowings thereunder on the closing date thereof, if any, and the repayment of certain of the Companys and the Guarantors existing credit facilities and existing notes as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package (as defined below), are referred to herein collectively, as the Transactions.
The Notes will be secured on a first priority basis, subject to certain permitted liens (to be defined in the Indenture) (the Permitted Liens), by liens on certain assets (collectively, the Notes Collateral) of the Company and the Guarantors other than the ABL Collateral (as defined below), as more particularly described in the Pricing Disclosure Package. The Notes will have a second priority security interest in the collateral securing the New ABL Facility (the ABL Collateral and, together with the Notes Collateral, the Collateral). The rights of holders of the Notes to the Collateral will be documented by a security agreement, and other instruments evidencing or creating or purporting to create a security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent (collectively, the Security Documents), each in favor of Wells Fargo, National Association, as collateral agent (in such capacity, the Collateral Agent), for its benefit and the benefit of the Trustee and the holders of the Notes.
The Notes will be entitled to the benefits of an Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date (the Intercreditor Agreement), by and among the Collateral Agent and Harris N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent under the New ABL Facility (the Administrative Agent), and acknowledged by the Company and the Guarantors.
1. Purchase and Resale of the Notes. The Notes will be offered and sold to the Initial Purchasers without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), in reliance on an exemption pursuant to Section 4(2) under the Securities Act. The Company and the Guarantors have prepared a preliminary offering memorandum, dated February 11, 2011 (the Preliminary Offering Memorandum), a pricing term sheet substantially in the form attached hereto as Schedule III (the Pricing Term Sheet) setting forth the terms of the Notes omitted from the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and an offering memorandum, dated February 14, 2011 (the Offering Memorandum), setting forth information regarding the Company, the Guarantors, the Notes, and the Exchange Notes (as defined herein), the Guarantees and the Exchange Guarantees (as defined herein). The Preliminary Offering Memorandum, as supplemented and amended as of the Applicable Time (as defined below), together with the Pricing Term Sheet and any of the documents listed on Schedule IV(A) hereto are collectively referred to as the Pricing Disclosure Package. The Company and the Guarantors hereby confirm that they have authorized the use of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum in connection with the offering and resale of the Notes by the Initial Purchasers. Applicable Time means 4:15 p.m. (New York City time) on the date of this Agreement.
You have advised the Company that you will offer and resell (the Exempt Resales) the Notes purchased by you hereunder on the terms set forth in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, as amended or supplemented, solely to (i) persons whom you reasonably believe to be qualified institutional buyers as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act (QIBs), and (ii) outside the United States to certain persons who are not U.S. Persons (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act (Regulation S)) (such persons, Non-U.S. Persons) in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S. As used herein, the terms offshore transaction and United States have the meanings assigned to them in Regulation S. Those persons specified in clauses (i) and (ii) are referred to herein as Eligible Purchasers.
Holders (including subsequent transferees) of the Notes will have the registration rights set forth in the registration rights agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A (the Registration Rights Agreement) among the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers to be dated the Closing Date (as defined herein), for so long as such Notes constitute Transfer Restricted Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement). Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors will agree to file with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) under the circumstances set forth therein, a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to the Companys 9.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2017 (the Exchange Notes) and the Guarantors Exchange Guarantees (the Exchange Guarantees) to be offered in exchange for the Notes and the Guarantees. Such portion of the offering is referred to as the Exchange Offer.
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2. Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Company and the Guarantors. The Company and each of the Guarantors, jointly and severally, represent, warrant and agree as follows:
(a) When the Notes and Guarantees are issued and delivered pursuant to this Agreement, such Notes and Guarantees will not be of the same class (within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act) as securities of the Company or the Guarantors that are listed on a national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act) or that are quoted in a United States automated inter-dealer quotation system.
(b) Assuming the accuracy of your representations and warranties in Section 3(b) and your compliance with your agreements set forth therein, the issuance and sale of the Notes to the Initial Purchasers and the resale of the Notes by the Initial Purchasers pursuant hereto and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum (including pursuant to the Exempt Resales) are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
(c) No form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) Regulation D (including, but not limited to, advertisements, articles, notices or other communications published in any newspaper, magazine or similar medium or broadcast over television or radio, or any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by any general solicitation or general advertising) was used by the Company, the Guarantors, any of their respective affiliates or any of their respective representatives (other than you, as to whom the Company and the Guarantors make no representation) in connection with the offer and sale of the Notes.
(d) No directed selling efforts within the meaning of Rule 902 under the Securities Act were used by the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective representatives (other than you, as to whom the Company and the Guarantors make no representation) with respect to Notes sold outside the United States to Non-U.S. Persons, and the Company, any affiliate of the Company and any person acting on its or their behalf (other than you, as to whom the Company and the Guarantors make no representation) has complied with and will implement the offering restrictions required by Rule 902 under the Securities Act.
(e) Each of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, each as of its respective date, contains all the information that, if requested by a prospective purchaser of the Notes, would be required to be provided to such prospective purchaser pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
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(f) Neither the Company, any Guarantor nor any other person acting on behalf of the Company or any Guarantor has sold or issued any securities (as defined in the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the offering of the Notes contemplated by this Agreement in a manner that would require registration of the Notes under the Securities Act, the rules and regulations thereunder or the interpretations thereof by the Commission.
(g) The Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum have been prepared by the Company and the Guarantors for use by the Initial Purchasers in connection with the Exempt Resales. No order or decree preventing the use of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum, or any order asserting that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act has been issued, and no proceeding for that purpose has commenced or is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any of the Guarantors is contemplated.
(h) The Offering Memorandum will not, as of its date or as of the Closing Date, 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 and each of the Guarantors make no representation or warranty with respect to any information contained in or omitted from the Offering Memorandum in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Initial Purchaser through the Representatives specifically for inclusion therein, which information is specified in Section 8(e).
(i) The Pricing Disclosure Package did not, as of the Applicable Time, and the Pricing Disclosure Package when taken together with each Free Writing Offering Document listed in Schedule IV(B) hereto did not, as of the Applicable Time, 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 and each of the Guarantors make no representation or warranty with respect to any information contained in or omitted from the Pricing Disclosure Package (or Free Writing Offering Document listed in Schedule IV(B) hereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Initial Purchaser through the Representatives specifically for inclusion therein, which information is specified in Section 8(e).
(j) Other than the Pricing Term Sheet, the Company has not made any offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes that would constitute a free writing prospectus (if the offering of the Notes was made pursuant to a registered offering under the Securities Act), as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (a Free Writing Offering Document) without the prior consent of the Representatives; any such Free Writing Offering Document the use of which has been previously consented to by the Initial Purchasers is listed on Schedule IV.
(k) [Reserved].
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(l) Each of the Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries has been duly organized, is validly existing and in good standing as a corporation or other business entity under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and is duly qualified to do business and in good standing as a foreign corporation or other business entity in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its businesses requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, stockholders equity, properties or business of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (a Material Adverse Effect). Each of the Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries has all power and authority necessary to own or hold its properties and to conduct the businesses in which it is now engaged. The Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity other than the subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 to the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year.
(m) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. All of (i) the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company that is a corporation have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable (ii) the outstanding equity interests of each subsidiary of the Company that is not a corporation have been, to the extent applicable, duly authorized and validly issued, and, except as otherwise set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, all outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each such subsidiary are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, except for such liens, encumbrances, equities or claims as could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(n) The Company and each Guarantor has all requisite corporate, partnership or limited liability company power and authority, as applicable, to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Indenture. The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and the Guarantors, and upon its execution and delivery in accordance with its terms by each of the parties thereto and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, will constitute the valid and binding agreement of the Company and the Guarantors, enforceable against the Company and the Guarantors in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other laws relating to or affecting creditors rights generally and by general equitable principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) (collectively, the Enforceability Exceptions). No qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the Trust Indenture Act) is required in connection with the offer and sale of the Notes contemplated hereby or in connection with the Exempt Resales. The Indenture will conform to the description thereof in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum.
(o) The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, issue, sell and perform its obligations under the Notes. The Notes have been duly authorized by the Company and, when duly executed by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, assuming due authentication of the Notes by the Trustee, upon delivery to the Initial Purchasers as provided in the Indenture against payment therefor in accordance with the terms hereof, will be validly issued and outstanding and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions. The Notes will conform in all material respects to the description thereof in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum.
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(p) The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, issue and perform its obligations under the Exchange Notes. The Exchange Notes have been duly and validly authorized by the Company and if and when issued and authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered in accordance with the Exchange Offer provided for in the Registration Rights Agreement, will be validly issued and outstanding and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions.
(q) Each Guarantor has all requisite corporate, partnership or limited liability company power and authority, as applicable, to execute, issue and perform its obligations under the Guarantees. The Guarantees have been duly and validly authorized by the Guarantors and when the Indenture is duly executed and delivered by the Guarantors in accordance with its terms and upon the due execution, authentication and delivery of the Notes in accordance with the Indenture and the issuance of the Notes against payment therefor in the sale to the Initial Purchasers contemplated by this Agreement, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Guarantors, enforceable against the Guarantors in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions. The Guarantees will conform in all material respects to the description thereof in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum.
(r) Each Guarantor has all requisite corporate, partnership or limited liability company power and authority, as applicable, to execute, issue and perform its obligations under the Exchange Guarantees. The Exchange Guarantees have been duly and validly authorized by the Guarantors and if and when executed and delivered by the Guarantors in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and upon the due execution and authentication of the Exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture and the issuance and delivery of the Exchange Notes in the Exchange Offer contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, will be validly issued and delivered and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Guarantors entitled to the benefits of the Indenture, enforceable against the Guarantors in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions.
(s) The Company and each Guarantor has all requisite corporate, partnership or limited liability company power and authority, as applicable, to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement. The Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized by the Company and each Guarantor and, when executed and delivered by the Company and each Guarantor in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will be validly executed and delivered and (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by you) will be the legally valid and binding obligation of the Company and each Guarantor in accordance with the terms thereof, enforceable against the Company and each Guarantor in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions and, as to rights of indemnification and contribution, by principles of public policy. The Registration Rights Agreement will conform in all material respects to the description thereof in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum.
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(t) The Company and each Guarantor has all requisite corporate, partnership or limited liability company power, as applicable, to execute, deliver and perform their respective obligations under this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and each of the Guarantors.
(u) The Intercreditor Agreement has been duly and validly authorized by the Company and the Guarantors, and upon its execution and delivery and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent, will constitute the valid and legally binding agreement of the Company and the Guarantors, enforceable against the Company and the Guarantors in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions. The Intercreditor Agreement will conform in all material respects to the description thereof in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum.
(v) Each of the Security Documents has been duly authorized by the Company or the applicable Guarantor, as appropriate, and, when executed and delivered by all parties thereto, will constitute the legal, valid, binding and enforceable agreement of the Company or the applicable Guarantor, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions. The Security Documents, when executed and delivered in connection with the sale of the Notes, will create in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of itself, the Trustee and the holders of the Notes, valid and enforceable security interests in and liens on the Collateral and, upon the filing of appropriate Uniform Commercial Code financing statements and the taking of the other actions, in each case as further described in the Security Documents, the security interests in and liens on the rights of the Company or the applicable Guarantor in such Collateral will be, (i) in the case of the Notes Collateral, valid and perfected first priority security interests and liens, superior to and prior to the liens of all third persons other than Permitted Liens and except as otherwise provided for in such Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) in the case of the ABL Collateral, valid and perfected second priority security interests and liens, superior to and prior to the liens of all third persons other than Permitted Liens and except as otherwise provided for in such Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement. The Security Documents will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum.
(w) The issue and sale of the Notes and the Guarantees, the execution, delivery and performance by the Company and the Guarantors of the Notes, the Guarantees, the Exchange Notes, the Exchange Guarantees, the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement, this Agreement, the Security Documents, and the Intercreditor Agreement (collectively, the Transaction Documents), the application of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes as described under Use of Proceeds in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, the granting of the security interest in the Collateral and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or impose any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company, the Guarantors or their respective subsidiaries other than pursuant to the Transaction Documents, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, license, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws (or similar organizational documents) of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries, or (iii) result in any violation of any statute or any judgment, order, decree, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries or any of their properties or assets, except, with respect to clauses (i) and (iii), conflicts or violations that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(x) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing, registration or qualification with any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries or any of their properties or assets is required for the issue and sale of the Notes and the Guarantees, the execution, delivery and performance by the Company and the Guarantors of each of the Transaction Documents, the application of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes as described under Use of Proceeds in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, the granting of the security interest in the Collateral and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, except for (i) the filing of a registration statement by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act as required by the Registration Rights Agreement, (ii) such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, filings, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Notes by the Initial Purchasers, each of which has been obtained and is in full force and effect and (iii) the filing of financing statements under the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the relevant jurisdictions and any filing to be made in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office.
(y) The consolidated historical financial statements (including the related notes) included in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum present fairly in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the entities purported to be shown thereby, at the dates and for the periods indicated, and have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (US GAAP) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved.
(z) The pro forma financial statements included in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum include assumptions that provide a reasonable basis for presenting the significant effects directly attributable to the transactions and events described therein, the related pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions, and the pro forma adjustments reflect the proper application of those adjustments to the historical financial statement amounts in the pro forma financial statements included in the Pricing Disclosure Package. The pro forma financial statements included in the Pricing Disclosure Package have been prepared in accordance with the Commissions rules and guidance with respect to pro forma financial information. The pro forma financial statements set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum have been prepared on the basis consistent with such historical financial statements, except for the pro forma adjustments specified therein, include all material adjustments to the historical financial data required by Rule 11-02 of Regulation S-X of the Commission, and give effect to assumptions made on a reasonable basis and in good faith present fairly in all material respects the historical and proposed transactions contemplated by the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum. The other financial information and data included in the Offering Memorandum, historical and pro forma, are, in all material respects, accurately presented and prepared on a basis consistent with such financial statements and the books and records of the Company.
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(aa) Whitley Penn LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and of Voyager Learning Company (Voyager), whose reports appear in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum therein and who have delivered the initial letters referred to in Section 7(e) hereof, are independent registered public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act and the applicable published interpretations and rulings thereunder. Grant Thornton LLP and Ernst & Young LLP whose reports appear in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum and who have delivered the initial letter referred to in Section 7(e) hereof, were independent registered public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act and the applicable published interpretations thereunder.
(bb) The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain a system of internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act and that has been designed by, or under the supervision of, the Companys principal executive and principal financial officers, to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with managements general or specific authorization, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of the Companys financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and to maintain accountability for its assets, (iii) access to the Companys assets is permitted only in accordance with managements general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for the Companys assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 does not include a report of managements assessment regarding internal control over financial reporting or an attestation report of the Companys independent registered public accounting firm due to a transition period established by rules of the SEC for newly public companies. As of September 30, 2010, the Company is not aware of any material weaknesses in the Companys internal controls.
(cc) (i) The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act), (ii) such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports they file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management of the Company and its subsidiaries, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure; and (iii) such disclosure controls and procedures are effective in all material respects to perform the functions for which they were established.
(dd) Since the date of the most recent balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries reviewed or audited by Whitley Penn LLP and the audit committee of the board of directors of the Company, there have been no significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could materially affect the Companys internal controls.
(ee) There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company and, to the Companys knowledge, any of the Companys directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith.
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(ff) Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, except as disclosed or contemplated in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, neither the Company, the Guarantors nor any of their respective subsidiaries has (i) sustained any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, (ii) issued or granted any securities, (iii) incurred any material liability or obligation, direct or contingent, other than liabilities and obligations that were incurred in the ordinary course of business, (iv) entered into any material transaction not in the ordinary course of business and (v) declared or paid any dividend on its capital stock; and since such date, there has not been any change in the capital stock, partnership or limited liability interests, as applicable, or long-term debt of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries or any adverse change, or any development involving a prospective adverse change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, stockholders equity, properties, management, business or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in each case except as could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(gg) The Company, the Guarantors and each of their respective subsidiaries has good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects, except such liens, encumbrances and defects as are described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum and such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries. All assets held under lease by the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases, except where the failure to hold such leases could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(hh) The Company and each of its subsidiaries have such permits, licenses, patents, franchises, certificates of need and other approvals or authorizations of governmental or regulatory authorities (Permits) as are necessary under applicable law to own their properties and conduct their businesses in the manner described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, except for any of the foregoing that could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and each of its subsidiaries have fulfilled and performed all of its obligations with respect to the Permits, and no event has occurred that allows, or after notice or lapse of time would allow, revocation or termination thereof or results in any other impairment of the rights of the holder or any such Permits, except for any of the foregoing that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company, nor any of its subsidiaries has received written notice of any revocation or modification of any such Permits that are material to the business or has any reason to believe that any such Permits that are material to the business will not be renewed in the ordinary course.
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(ii) The Company and each of its subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights to use all material patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights, licenses, know-how, software, systems and technology (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses except where the failure to own or possess such rights could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and each of its subsidiaries have no reason to believe that the conduct of their respective businesses will conflict with, and have not received any notice of any claim of conflict with, any such rights of others.
(jj) Except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject that could, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or could, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the performance by the Company and the Guarantors of the performance of this Agreement, the Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees, the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby. To the Companys and each Guarantors knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated in writing by governmental authorities or others.
(kk) The Company, the Guarantors and each of their respective subsidiaries carry, or are covered by, insurance from insurers of recognized financial responsibility covering such risks as the Company has determined is adequate for the conduct of their respective businesses and the value of their respective properties. All policies of insurance of the Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries are in full force and effect; the Company, the Guarantors and each of their respective subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of such policies in all material respects; and neither the Company, the Guarantors nor any of their respective subsidiaries has 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.
(ll) No relationship, direct or indirect, that would be required to be described in a registration statement of the Company pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K, exists between or among the Company or any Guarantor and their respective subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders, customers or suppliers of the Company or any Guarantor and their respective subsidiaries, on the other hand, that has not been described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum.
(mm) No labor disturbance by or dispute with any organized group of employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company or any Guarantor, is imminent that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(nn) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries (i) is in violation of its charter or by-laws (or similar organizational documents), (ii) is 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, condition or other obligation contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, license or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its properties or assets is subject, or (iii) is in violation of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over it or its property or assets or has failed to obtain any license, permit, certificate, franchise or other governmental authorization or permit necessary to the ownership of its property or to the conduct of its business, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), to the extent any such conflict, breach, violation or default could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(oo) Except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum or as would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there are no proceedings that are pending, or known to be contemplated, against the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, orders, judgments, decrees, permits or other legal requirements of any governmental authority, including without limitation any international, foreign, national, state, provincial, regional, or local authority, relating to pollution, the protection of human health or safety, the environment, or natural resources, or to use, handling, storage, manufacturing, transportation, treatment, discharge, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (Environmental Laws), (ii) the Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries are not aware of any issues regarding compliance with Environmental Laws, including any pending or proposed Environmental Laws, or liabilities or other obligations under Environmental Laws or concerning hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, and (iii) none of the Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries anticipates material capital expenditures relating to Environmental Laws.
(pp) The Company, the Guarantors and each of their respective subsidiaries have filed all material federal, state, local and foreign tax returns required to be filed through the date hereof, subject to permitted extensions, and have paid all taxes due, and no tax deficiency has been determined adversely to the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries, nor does the Company or any Guarantor have any knowledge of any tax deficiencies that have been, or could reasonably be expected to be asserted against the Company, the Guarantors and each of their respective subsidiaries, that could, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(qq) Except as would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each employee benefit plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA)) for which the Company or any member of its Controlled Group (defined as any organization which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code)) would have any liability (each a Plan) has been maintained in compliance with its terms and with the requirements of all applicable statutes, rules and regulations including ERISA and the Code; (ii) no prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any Plan excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption; (iii) with respect to each Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA (A) no reportable event (within the meaning of Section 4043(c) of ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur, (B) no accumulated funding deficiency (within the meaning of Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code), whether or not waived, has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur, and (C) neither the Company or any member of its Controlled Group has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than contributions to the Plan or premiums to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation in the ordinary course and without default) in respect of a Plan (including a multiemployer plan, within the meaning of Section 4001(c)(3) of ERISA); and (iv) each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification.
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(rr) No subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiarys capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiarys property or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company, except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum.
(ss) The statistical and market-related data included in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum and the consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries included in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable in all material respects.
(tt) Neither the Company, the Guarantors nor any of their respective subsidiaries is, and after giving effect to the offer and sale of the Notes and the application of the proceeds therefrom as described under Use of Proceeds in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum will be, an investment company or a company controlled by an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(uu) Immediately after the consummation of the Transactions, the Company will be Solvent. As used in this paragraph, the term Solvent means, with respect to a particular date, that on such date (i) the present fair market value (or present fair saleable value) of the assets of the Company are not less than the total amount required to pay the probable liabilities of the Company on its total existing debts and liabilities (including contingent liabilities) as they become absolute and matured, (ii) the Company is able to realize upon its assets and pay its debts and other liabilities, contingent obligations and commitments as they mature and become due in the normal course of business, (iii) the Company is not engaged in any business or transaction, and is not about to engage in any business or transaction, for which its property would constitute unreasonably small capital after giving due consideration to the prevailing practice in the industry in which the Company is engaged, and (iv) the Company is not a defendant in any civil action that would result in a judgment that the Company is or would become unable to satisfy. In computing the amount of such contingent liabilities at any time, it is intended that such liabilities will be computed at the amount that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that would be reasonably expected to become an actual or matured liability.
(vv) Except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company, any Guarantor and any person granting such person the right to require the Company or any Guarantor to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to any securities of the Company or any Guarantor (other than the Registration Rights Agreement) owned or to be owned by such person or to require the Company or any Guarantor to include such securities in the securities registered pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement or in any securities being registered pursuant to any other registration statement filed by the Company or any Guarantor under the Securities Act.
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(ww) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement and other than as contemplated by the Companys consulting fee agreement with Veronis Suhler Stevenson LLC as disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum) that could give rise to a valid claim against any of them or the Initial Purchasers for a brokerage commission, finders fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes.
(xx) None of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes), will violate or result in a violation of Section 7 of the Exchange Act, or any regulation promulgated thereunder, including, without limitation, Regulations T, U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
(yy) The Company and its affiliates have not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that has constituted or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company or the Guarantors in connection with the offering of the Notes.
(zz) [Reserved].
(aaa) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of or has received notice of any violation with respect to any federal or state law relating to discrimination in the hiring, promotion or pay of employees, nor any applicable federal or state wage and hour laws, nor any state law precluding the denial of credit due to the neighborhood in which a property is situated, the violation of any of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Affect.
(bbb) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person acting on behalf of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective 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 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.
(ccc) Except for the embezzlement matter described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, 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.
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(ddd) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or controlled affiliate of the Company, excluding portfolio companies of Veronis Suhler Stevenson LLC, other than the Company and its subsidiaries, 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. Treasury Department (OFAC); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
(eee) The New ABL Facility has been duly and validly authorized by the Company and the Guarantors, and upon its execution and delivery and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the lenders party thereto, will constitute the valid and legally binding agreement of the Company and the Guarantors, enforceable against the Company and the Guarantors in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions.
3. Purchase of the Notes by the Initial Purchasers, Agreements to Sell, Purchase and Resell.
(a) The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally hereby agree, on the basis of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the Initial Purchasers contained herein and subject to all the terms and conditions set forth herein, to issue and sell to the Initial Purchasers and, upon the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and the Guarantors herein contained and subject to all the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Initial Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price of 96.942% of the principal amount thereof, the principal amount of Notes set forth opposite the name of such Initial Purchaser in Schedule I hereto. The Company and the Guarantors shall not be obligated to deliver any of the securities to be delivered hereunder except upon payment for all of the securities to be purchased as provided herein.
(b) Each of the Initial Purchasers, severally and not jointly hereby represents and warrants to the Company that it will offer the Notes for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and in the Pricing Disclosure Package. Each of the Initial Purchasers, severally and not jointly, hereby represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and the Guarantors, that such Initial Purchaser: (i) is a QIB with such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as are necessary in order to evaluate the merits and risks of an investment in the Notes; (ii) is purchasing the Notes pursuant to a private sale exempt from registration under the Securities Act; (iii) in connection with the Exempt Resales, will solicit offers to buy the Notes only from, and will offer to sell the Notes only to, the Eligible Purchasers in accordance with this Agreement and on the terms contemplated by the Pricing Disclosure Package; and (iv) will not offer or sell the Notes, nor has it offered or sold the Notes by, or otherwise engaged in, any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D, including, but not limited to, advertisements, articles, notices or other communications published in any newspaper, magazine, or similar medium or broadcast over television or radio, or any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by any general solicitation or general advertising) and will not engage in any directed selling efforts within the meaning of Rule 902 under the Securities Act, in connection with the offering of the Notes. The Initial Purchasers have advised the Company that they will offer the Notes to Eligible Purchasers at a price initially equal to 99.442% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from the date of issuance of the Notes. Such price may be changed by the Initial Purchasers at any time without notice.
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(c) The Initial Purchasers have not nor, prior to the later to occur of (A) the Closing Date and (B) completion of the distribution of the Notes, will not, use, authorize use of, refer to or distribute any material in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes other than (i) the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Offering Memorandum, (ii) any written communication that contains no issuer information (as defined in Rule 433(h)(2) under the Act) that was not included (including through incorporation by reference) in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or any Free Writing Offering Document listed on Schedule IV hereto, (iii) the Free Writing Offering Documents listed on Schedule IV hereto, (iv) any written communication prepared by such Initial Purchaser and approved by the Company in writing, or (v) any written communication relating to or that contains the terms of the Notes and/or other information that was included (including through incorporation by reference) in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum.
(d) Each of the Initial Purchasers hereby acknowledges that upon original issuance thereof, and until such time as the same is no longer required under the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Notes (and all securities issued in exchange therefore or in substitution thereof) shall bear legends substantially in the forms as set forth in the Notice to Investors section of the Pricing Disclosure Package and Offering Memorandum (along with such other legends as the Company and its counsel deem necessary).
Each of the Initial Purchasers understands that the Company and, for purposes of the opinions to be delivered to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to Sections 7(c) and 7(d) hereof, counsel to the Company and counsel to the Initial Purchasers, will rely upon the accuracy and truth of the foregoing representations, warranties and agreements, and the Initial Purchasers hereby consent to such reliance.
4. Delivery of the Notes and Payment Therefor. Delivery to the Initial Purchasers of and payment for the Notes shall be made at the office of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on February 17, 2011 (the Closing Date). The place of closing for the Notes and the Closing Date may be varied by agreement between the Initial Purchasers and the Company.
The Notes will be delivered to the Initial Purchasers, or the Trustee as custodian for The Depository Trust Company (DTC), against payment by or on behalf of the Initial Purchasers of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer in immediately available funds, by causing DTC to credit the Notes to the account of the Initial Purchasers at DTC. The Notes will be evidenced by one or more global securities in definitive form (the Global Notes) and will be registered in the name of Cede & Co. as nominee of DTC. The Notes to be delivered to the Initial Purchasers shall be made available to the Initial Purchasers in New York City for inspection and packaging not later than 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the business day next preceding the Closing Date.
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5. Agreements of the Company and the Guarantors. The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree with each of the Initial Purchasers as follows:
(a) The Company and the Guarantors will furnish to the Initial Purchasers, without charge, within one business day of the date of the Offering Memorandum, such number of copies of the Offering Memorandum as may then be amended or supplemented as they may reasonably request.
(b) The Company and the Guarantors will prepare the Offering Memorandum in a form approved by the Initial Purchasers and will not make any amendment or supplement to the Pricing Disclosure Package or to the Offering Memorandum of which the Initial Purchasers shall not previously have been advised or to which they shall reasonably object after being so advised.
(c) The Company and each of the Guarantors consents to the use of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum in accordance with the securities or Blue Sky laws of the jurisdictions in which the Notes are offered by the Initial Purchasers and by all dealers to whom Notes may be sold, in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes.
(d) If, at any time prior to completion of the distribution of the Notes by the Initial Purchasers to Eligible Purchasers, any event occurs or information becomes known that, in the judgment of the Company or any of the Guarantors or in the opinion of counsel for the Initial Purchasers, should be set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum so that the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum, as then amended or supplemented, does not include any untrue statement of 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, or if it is necessary to supplement or amend the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum in order to comply with any law, the Company and the Guarantors will forthwith prepare an appropriate supplement or amendment thereto, and will expeditiously furnish to the Initial Purchasers and dealers a reasonable number of copies thereof.
(e) None of the Company nor any Guarantor will make any offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes that would constitute a Free Writing Offering Document without the prior consent of the Representatives, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. If at any time following issuance of a Free Writing Offering Document any event occurred or occurs as a result of which such Free Writing Offering Document conflicts with the information in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum or, when taken together with the information in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then prevailing, not misleading, as promptly as practicable after becoming aware thereof, the Company will give notice thereof to the Initial Purchasers through the Representatives and, if requested by the Representatives, will prepare and furnish without charge to each Initial Purchaser a Free Writing Offering Document or other document which will correct such conflict, statement or omission.
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(f) Promptly from time to time to take such action as the Initial Purchasers may reasonably request to qualify the Notes for offering and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Initial Purchasers may request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of the Notes; provided that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction in which it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction, or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction in which it would not otherwise be subject.
(g) For a period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the 90th day after the date of the Offering Memorandum, the Company and the Guarantors agree not to, directly or indirectly, (i) offer for sale, sell, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction or device that is designed to, or would be expected to, result in the disposition by any person at any time in the future of) any debt securities of the Company substantially similar to the Notes or securities convertible into or exchangeable for such debt securities of the Company, or sell or grant options, rights or warrants with respect to such debt securities of the Company or securities convertible into or exchangeable for such debt securities of the Company, (ii) enter into any swap or other derivatives transaction that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic benefits or risks of ownership of such debt securities of the Company, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of debt securities of the Company or other securities, in cash or otherwise, (iii) file or cause to be filed a registration statement, including any amendments, with respect to the registration of debt securities of the Company substantially similar to the Notes or securities convertible, exercisable or exchangeable into debt securities of the Company, or (iv) publicly announce an offering of any debt securities of the Company substantially similar to the Notes or securities convertible or exchangeable into such debt securities, in each case without the prior written consent of Barclays Capital Inc., on behalf of the Initial Purchasers, except in exchange for the Exchange Notes and the Exchange Guarantees in connection with the Exchange Offer.
(h) So long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Company and the Guarantors will, furnish at their expense to the Initial Purchasers, and, upon reasonable request, to the holders of the Notes and prospective purchasers of the Notes the information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act (if any).
(i) The Company and the Guarantors will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes to be sold by it hereunder substantially in accordance with the description set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum under the caption Use of Proceeds.
(j) The Company shall take such actions as it and the Representatives deem appropriate under applicable laws to cause the Notes to be secured by perfected liens on the Notes Collateral (it being understood that the Notes shall be secured by perfected second priority liens on the ABL Collateral) to the extent and in the manner provided for in the Indenture and the Security Documents and as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum.
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(k) The Company, the Guarantors and their respective affiliates will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that has constituted or that reasonably could be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company or the Guarantors in connection with the offering of the Notes.
(l) The Company and the Guarantors will use their best efforts to permit the Notes to be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.
(m) The Company and the Guarantors will not, and will not permit any of their respective affiliates (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) to, resell any of the Notes that have been acquired by any of them, except for Notes purchased by the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective affiliates and resold in a transaction registered under the Securities Act.
(n) The Company and the Guarantors agree not to sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the sale of the Notes in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale to the Initial Purchasers or the Eligible Purchasers of the Notes. The Company and the Guarantors will take reasonable precautions designed to insure that any offer or sale, direct or indirect, in the United States or to any U.S. person (as defined in Rule 902 under the Securities Act), of any Notes or any substantially similar security issued by the Company or any Guarantor, within six months subsequent to the date on which the distribution of the Notes has been completed (as notified to the Company by the Initial Purchasers), is made under restrictions and other circumstances reasonably designed not to affect the status of the offer and sale of the Notes in the United States and to U.S. persons contemplated by this Agreement as transactions exempt from the registration provisions of the Securities Act, including any sales pursuant to Rule 144A under, or Regulations D or S of, the Securities Act.
(o) The Company and the Guarantors agree to comply in all material respects with all the terms and conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement and all agreements set forth in the representation letters of the Company and the Guarantors to DTC relating to the approval of the Notes by DTC for book entry transfer.
(p) The Company and the Guarantors will do and perform all things required or necessary to be done and performed under this Agreement by them prior to the Closing Date, and to satisfy all conditions precedent to the Initial Purchasers obligations hereunder to purchase the Notes.
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6. Expenses. Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree, to pay all expenses, costs, fees and taxes incident to and in connection with: (a) the preparation, printing, filing and distribution of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum (including, without limitation, financial statements and exhibits) and all amendments and supplements thereto (including the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Companys and the Guarantors accountants and counsel, but not, however, legal fees and expenses of the Initial Purchasers counsel incurred in connection therewith); (b) the preparation, printing (including, without limitation, word processing and duplication costs) and delivery of this Agreement, the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement, all Blue Sky memoranda and all other agreements, memoranda, correspondence and other documents printed and delivered in connection therewith and with the Exempt Resales (but not, however, legal fees and expenses of the Initial Purchasers counsel incurred in connection with any of the foregoing other than fees of such counsel plus reasonable disbursements incurred in connection with the preparation, printing and delivery of such Blue Sky memoranda); (c) the issuance and delivery by the Company of the Notes and by the Guarantors of the Guarantees and any taxes payable in connection therewith; (d) the qualification of the Notes and Exchange Notes for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of the several states and any foreign jurisdictions as the Initial Purchasers may designate (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of the Initial Purchasers counsel relating to such registration or qualification); (e) the furnishing of such copies of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, and all amendments and supplements thereto, as may be reasonably requested for use in connection with the Exempt Resales; (f) the preparation of certificates for the Notes (including, without limitation, printing and engraving thereof); (g) the approval of the Notes by DTC for book-entry transfer (including fees and expenses of counsel for the Initial Purchasers); (h) the rating of the Notes and the Exchange Notes; (i) the obligations of the Trustee, any agent of the Trustee and the counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees, the Exchange Notes, the Exchange Guarantees, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement; (j) the performance by the Company and the Guarantors of their other obligations under this Agreement; (k) all fees, costs and expenses (including the out-of-pocket fees and disbursements of counsel for the Initial Purchasers related thereto) of creating and perfecting security interests and liens on the Collateral, including all filing, recording and post-closing fees and expenses, related taxes and title insurances premiums and fees with respect thereto, as set forth in the Security Documents; and (l) all travel expenses (including expenses related to chartered aircraft) of each Initial Purchaser and the Companys officers and employees and any other expenses of each Initial Purchaser and the Company in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the Notes, and expenses associated with any electronic road show.
7. Conditions to Initial Purchasers Obligations. The respective obligations of the Initial Purchasers hereunder are subject to the accuracy, when made and on and as of the Closing Date, of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors contained herein, to the performance by the Company and the Guarantors of their respective obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional terms and conditions:
(a) The Initial Purchasers shall not have discovered and disclosed to the Company on or prior to the Closing Date that the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum, or any amendment or supplement thereto, contains an untrue statement of a fact which, in the opinion of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, counsel to the Initial Purchasers, is material or omits to state a fact which, in the opinion of such counsel, is material and is necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then prevailing, not misleading.
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(b) All corporate proceedings and other legal matters incident to the authorization, form and validity of this Agreement, the Notes, the Guarantees, the Exchange Notes, the Exchange Guarantees, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Indenture, the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, and all other legal matters relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be reasonably satisfactory in all material respects to counsel for the Initial Purchasers, and the Company and the Guarantors shall have furnished to such counsel all documents and information that they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
(c) Lowenstein Sandler PC and the General Counsel of the Company shall have furnished to the Initial Purchasers their written opinions, as counsel to the Company and the Guarantors, addressed to the Initial Purchasers and dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, substantially in the forms of Exhibit B and Exhibit C hereto, respectively.
(d) The Initial Purchasers shall have received from Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, counsel for the Initial Purchasers, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Notes, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Offering Memorandum and other related matters as the Initial Purchasers may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents and information as such counsel reasonably requests for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(e) At the time of execution of this Agreement, the Initial Purchasers shall have received from each of Whitley Penn LLP, the current independent registered accountant of the Company and the old independent registered accountant of Voyager, Grant Thornton LLP, the old independent registered accountant of VSS-Cambium Holdings, LLC (VSS), and Ernst & Young LLP, the predecessor independent registered accountant of VSS, letters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, addressed to the Initial Purchasers and dated the date hereof (i) confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act and are in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission and (ii) stating, as of the date hereof (or, with respect to matters involving changes or developments since the respective dates as of which specified financial information is given in the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of a date not more than three days prior to the date hereof), the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial information and (iii) covering such other matters as are ordinarily covered by accountants comfort letters to underwriters in connection with registered public offerings.
(f) With respect to the letters of Whitley Penn LLP, Grant Thornton LLP and Ernst & Young LLP referred to in the preceding paragraph and delivered to the Initial Purchasers concurrently with the execution of this Agreement (the initial letter), the Company shall have furnished to the Initial Purchasers a bring-down letter of such accountants, addressed to the Initial Purchasers and dated the Closing Date (i) confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act and are in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission, (ii) stating, as of the Closing Date (or, with respect to matters involving changes or developments since the respective dates as of which specified financial information is given in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum, as of a date not more than three days prior to the date of the Closing Date), the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial information and other matters covered by the initial letter, and (iii) confirming in all material respects the conclusions and findings set forth in the initial letter.
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(g) (i) Neither the Company, any Guarantor nor any of their respective subsidiaries shall have sustained, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, or (ii) since such date, there shall not have been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company, any Guarantor or any of their respective subsidiaries or any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, stockholders equity, properties, management, business or prospects of the Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries, taken as a whole, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is, individually or in the aggregate, in the judgment of the Representatives, so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or the delivery of the Notes being delivered on the Closing Date on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum.
(h) Except as otherwise provided for in the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Indenture or the other documents entered into pursuant to the Transactions, the Representatives and the Collateral Agent shall have received each of the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement and all other certificates, agreements or instruments necessary to perfect the Collateral Agents security interest in all of the Collateral, including but not limited to, control agreements, stock certificates accompanied by instruments of transfer and stock powers undated and endorsed in blank, Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in appropriate form for filing and filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office in appropriate form for filing; each such document executed by the Company and each other party thereto, and each such document shall be in full force and effect and evidence that all of the liens on the Collateral other than Permitted Liens have been released. The Representatives shall also have received (i) certified copies of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, tax and judgment lien searches and lien search with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, or equivalent reports or searches, each of a recent date listing all effective financing statements, lien notices or comparable documents that name the Company or any Guarantor as debtor and that are filed in those state jurisdictions in which the Company or Guarantors are organized or maintain their chief executive office and such other searches that the Representatives deems necessary or appropriate, none of which encumber the Collateral covered or intended to be covered by the Security Documents (other than Permitted Liens) and (ii) acceptable evidence of payment or arrangements for payment by the Company and the Guarantors of all applicable recording taxes, fees, charges, costs and expenses required for the recording of the Security Documents.
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(i) The Company and each Guarantor shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the Initial Purchasers dated as of the Closing Date a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and each Guarantor, or other officers satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, as to such matters as the Representatives may reasonably request, including, without limitation, a statement that:
(i) The representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and the Guarantors in Section 2 are true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent such representation and warranty is qualified as to materiality, in which case such representation and warranty shall be accurate in all respects) on and as of the Closing Date, and the Company has complied in all material respects (except to the extent such representation and warranty is qualified as to materiality, in which case such representation and warranty shall be accurate in all respects) with all its agreements contained herein and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date; and
(ii) They have examined the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, and, in their opinion, (A) the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, and the Offering Memorandum, as of its date and as of the Closing Date, did not and do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact and did not and do not omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (B) since the date of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, no event has occurred which should have been set forth in a supplement or amendment to the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum.
(j) Subsequent to the earlier of the Applicable Time and the execution and delivery of this Agreement (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Companys debt securities by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization, as that 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, with possible negative implications, its rating of any of the Companys debt securities.
(k) The Notes shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.
(l) The Company and the Guarantors shall have executed and delivered the Registration Rights Agreement, and the Initial Purchasers shall have received an original copy thereof, duly executed by the Company and the Guarantors.
(m) The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee shall have executed and delivered the Indenture, and the Initial Purchasers shall have received an original copy thereof, duly executed by the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee.
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(n) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ or the NYSE Amex Equities or in the over-the-counter market, (ii) trading in any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market, in each case shall have been suspended or materially limited or the settlement of such trading generally shall have been materially disrupted or minimum prices shall have been established on any such exchange or such market by the Commission, by such exchange or by any other regulatory body or governmental authority having jurisdiction, (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by federal or state authorities, (iv) the United States shall have become engaged in hostilities, there shall have been an escalation in hostilities involving the United States, or there shall have been a declaration of a national emergency or war by the United States, or (v) there shall have occurred such a material adverse change in general economic, political or financial conditions, including, without limitation, as a result of terrorist activities after the date hereof (or the effect of international conditions on the financial markets in the United States shall be such), as to make it, in the judgment of the Representatives, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Notes being delivered on the Closing Date on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Offering Memorandum or that, in the judgment of the Representatives, could materially and adversely affect the financial markets or the markets for the Notes and other debt securities.
(o) Concurrently with or prior to the issue and sale of the Notes by the Company, the Company shall have entered into the New ABL Facility, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives; the Representatives shall have received conformed counterparts thereof and all other documents and agreements entered into and received thereunder in connection with the closing of the New ABL Facility in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.
(p) There shall exist at and as of the Closing Date no condition that would constitute a default (or an event that with notice or the lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under the Indenture or the New ABL Facility as in effect at the Closing Date (or an event that with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute such a default or material breach). On the Closing Date, the New ABL Facility shall be in full force and effect, shall conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum and shall not have been modified.
(q) The Company shall have furnished to the Initial Purchasers a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company as to the Solvency of the Company following the consummation of the Transactions.
(r) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company and the Guarantors shall have furnished to the Initial Purchasers such further certificates and documents as the Initial Purchasers may reasonably request.
All opinions, letters, evidence and certificates 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 Initial Purchasers.
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8. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) The Company and each Guarantor, hereby agree, jointly and severally, to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser, its affiliates, directors, officers and employees and each person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several, or any action in respect thereof (including, but not limited to, any loss, claim, damage, liability or action relating to purchases and sales of Notes), to which that Initial Purchaser, affiliate, director, officer, employee or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained (A) in any Free Writing Offering Document, the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum or in any amendment or supplement thereto, (B) in any Blue Sky application or other document prepared or executed by the Company or any Guarantor (or based upon any written information furnished by the Company or any Guarantor) specifically for the purpose of qualifying any or all of the Notes under the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction (any such application, document or information being hereinafter called a Blue Sky Application), or (C) in any materials or information provided to investors by, or with the approval of, the Company or any Guarantor in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Notes (Marketing Materials), including any road show or investor presentations made to investors by the Company (whether in person or electronically), or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in any Free Writing Offering Document, the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum, or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or in any Blue Sky Application or in any Marketing Materials, any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and shall reimburse each Initial Purchaser and each such director, officer, employee or controlling person promptly upon demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by that Initial Purchaser, director, officer, employee or controlling person in connection with investigating or defending or preparing to defend against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company and the Guarantors shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package or Offering Memorandum, or in any such amendment or supplement thereto, or in any Blue Sky Application or in any Marketing Materials, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information concerning such Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company through the Representatives by or on behalf of any Initial Purchaser specifically for inclusion therein, which information consists solely of the information specified in Section 8(e). The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability that the Company or the Guarantors may otherwise have to any Initial Purchaser or to any affiliate, director, officer, employee or controlling person of that Initial Purchaser.
(b) Each Initial Purchaser, severally and not jointly, hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each Guarantor, their respective officers and employees, each of their respective directors, and each person, if any, who controls the Company or any Guarantor within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several, or any action in respect thereof, to which the Company, any Guarantor or any such director, officer, employee or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained (A) in any Free Writing Offering Document, Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum or in any amendment or supplement thereto, (B) in any Blue Sky Application, or (C) in any Marketing Materials, or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in any Free Writing Offering Document, Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum, or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or in any Blue Sky Application or in any Marketing Materials any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, but in each case only to the extent that the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information concerning such Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company through the Representatives by or on behalf of that Initial Purchaser specifically for inclusion therein, which information is limited to the information set forth in Section 8(e). The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability that any Initial Purchaser may otherwise have to the Company, any Guarantor or any such director, officer, employee or controlling person.
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(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of any claim or the commencement of any action, the indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the claim or the commencement of that action; provided, however, that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under this Section 8 except to the extent 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 party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 8. If any such claim or action shall be brought against an indemnified party, and it shall notify the indemnifying party thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with any other similarly notified indemnifying party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. After notice from the indemnifying party to the indemnified party of its election to assume the defense of such claim or action, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to the indemnified party under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation; provided, however, that the Initial Purchasers shall have the right to employ counsel to represent jointly the Initial Purchasers and their respective directors, officers, employees and controlling persons who may be subject to liability arising out of any claim in respect of which indemnity may be sought by the Initial Purchasers against the Company or any Guarantor under this Section 8, if (i) the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers shall have so mutually agreed; (ii) the Company and the Guarantors have failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers; (iii) the Initial Purchasers and their respective directors, officers, employees and controlling persons shall have reasonably concluded, based on the advice of counsel, that there may be legal defenses available to them that are different from or in addition to those available to the Company and the Guarantors; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Initial Purchasers or their respective directors, officers, employees or controlling persons, on the one hand, and the Company and the Guarantors, on the other hand, and representation of both sets of parties by the same counsel would present a conflict due to actual or potential differing interests between them, and in any such event the fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be paid by the Company and the Guarantors. No indemnifying party shall (x) without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding and does not include a statement as to, or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party, or (y) be liable for any settlement of any such action effected without its written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), but if settled with the consent of the indemnifying party or if there be a final judgment of the plaintiff in any such action, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment.
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(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 shall for any reason be unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 8(a) or 8(b) in respect of any loss, claim, damage or liability, or any action in respect thereof, referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, (i) in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other, from the offering of the Notes, or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other, with respect to the statements or omissions that resulted in such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other, with respect to such offering shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Notes purchased under this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Initial Purchasers with respect to the Notes purchased under this Agreement, on the other hand, bear to the total gross proceeds from the offering of the Notes under this Agreement as set forth on the cover page of the Offering Memorandum. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, the Guarantors, or the Initial Purchasers, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. For purposes of the preceding two sentences, the net proceeds deemed to be received by the Company shall be deemed to be also for the benefit of the Guarantors, and information supplied by the Company shall also be deemed to have been supplied by the Guarantors. The Company, the Guarantors, and the Initial Purchasers agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 8(d) were to be determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Initial Purchasers were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to herein. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, referred to above in this Section 8(d) shall be deemed to include, for purposes of this Section 8(d), any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8(d), no Initial Purchaser shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds from the sale to Eligible Purchasers of the Notes initially purchased by it exceeds the amount of any damages that such Initial Purchaser has otherwise paid or become liable to pay by reason of any untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Initial Purchasers obligations to contribute as provided in this Section 8(d) are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations and not joint.
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(e) The Initial Purchasers severally confirm and the Company and the Guarantors acknowledge and agree that the statements with respect to the offering of the Notes by the Initial Purchasers set forth in the sixth paragraph and in the fourth sentence of the seventh paragraph of the section entitled Plan of Distribution in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum are correct and constitute the only information concerning such Initial Purchasers furnished in writing to the Company or any Guarantor by or on behalf of the Initial Purchasers specifically for inclusion in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum or in any amendment or supplement thereto.
9. Defaulting Initial Purchasers.
(a) If, on the Closing Date, any Initial Purchaser defaults in its obligations to purchase the Notes that it has agreed to purchase under this Agreement, the remaining non-defaulting Initial Purchasers may in their discretion arrange for the purchase of such Notes by the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers or other persons satisfactory to the Company on the terms contained in this Agreement. If, within 36 hours after any such default by any Initial Purchaser, the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers do not arrange for the purchase of such Notes, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which to procure other persons satisfactory to the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers to purchase such Notes on such terms. In the event that within the respective prescribed periods, the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers notify the Company that they have so arranged for the purchase of such Notes, or the Company notifies the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers that it has so arranged for the purchase of such Notes, either the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers or the Company may postpone the Closing Date for up to seven full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the Initial Purchasers may be necessary in the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Offering Memorandum or in any other document or arrangement, and the Company agrees to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum that effects any such changes. As used in this Agreement, the term Initial Purchaser includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context requires otherwise, any party not listed in Schedule I hereto that, pursuant to this Section 9, purchases Notes that a defaulting Initial Purchaser agreed but failed to purchase.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Notes of a defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers by the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Notes that remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Notes, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Initial Purchaser to purchase the principal amount of Notes that such Initial Purchaser agreed to purchase hereunder plus such Initial Purchasers pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Notes that such Initial Purchaser agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Notes of such defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers for which such arrangements have not been made; provided that the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers shall not be obligated to purchase more than 110% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes that it agreed to purchase on the Closing Date pursuant to the terms of Section 3.
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(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Notes of a defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers by the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Notes that remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Notes, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in paragraph (b) above, then this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9 shall be without liability on the part of the Company or the Guarantors, except that the Company and each of the Guarantors will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in Sections 6 and 11 and except that the provisions of Section 8 shall not terminate and shall remain in effect.
(d) Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Initial Purchaser of any liability it may have to the Company, the Guarantors or any non-defaulting Initial Purchaser for damages caused by its default.
10. Termination. The obligations of the Initial Purchasers hereunder may be terminated by the Initial Purchasers by notice given to and received by the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the Notes if, prior to that time, any of the events described in Sections 7(g), (j) or (n) shall have occurred or if the Initial Purchasers shall decline to purchase the Notes for any reason permitted under this Agreement.
11. Reimbursement of Initial Purchasers Expenses. If (a) the Company for any reason fails to tender the Notes for delivery to the Initial Purchasers, or (b) the Initial Purchasers shall decline to purchase the Notes for any reason permitted under this Agreement (other than solely resulting from a failure to satisfy the condition under clause 7(n)(i), (iii), (iv) or (v)), the Company and the Guarantors shall reimburse the Initial Purchasers for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Initial Purchasers) incurred by the Initial Purchasers in connection with this Agreement and the proposed purchase of the Notes, and upon demand the Company and the Guarantors shall pay the full amount thereof to the Initial Purchasers. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9 by reason of the default of one or more Initial Purchasers, the Company and the Guarantors shall not be obligated to reimburse any Initial Purchaser on account of those expenses.
12. Notices, etc. All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and:
(a) if to any Initial Purchaser, shall be delivered or sent by hand delivery, mail, telex, overnight courier or facsimile transmission to Barclays Capital Inc., 745 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Syndicate Registration with a copy to Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, 80 Pine Street, New York, New York 10005, Attention: Stuart G. Downing (Fax: 212 ###-###-####), and with a copy, in the case of any notice pursuant to Section 8(c), to the Director of Litigation, Office of the General Counsel, Barclays Capital Inc., 745 Seventh Ave., New York, New York 10019;
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(b) if to the Company or any Guarantor, shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex, overnight courier or facsimile transmission to Cambium Learning Group, Inc. at 17855 N. Dallas Pkwy, Suite 400, Dallas, Texas 75287, Attention: Todd W. Buchardt, General Counsel (Fax: 214 ###-###-####), with a copy to Lowenstein Sandler PC, 1251 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020, Attention: Steve E. Siesser (Fax: 973 ###-###-####); provided, however, that any notice to an Initial Purchaser pursuant to Section 8(c) shall be delivered or sent by hand delivery, mail, telex or facsimile or electronic transmission to such Initial Purchaser at its address set forth in its acceptance telex to Barclays Capital Inc., which address will be supplied to any other party hereto by Barclays Capital Inc. upon request. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect at the time of receipt thereof. The Company shall be entitled to act and rely upon any request, consent, notice or agreement given or made on behalf of the Initial Purchasers by Barclays Capital Inc.
13. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Initial Purchasers, the Company, the Guarantors and their respective successors. This Agreement and the terms and provisions hereof are for the sole benefit of only those persons, except that the representations, warranties, indemnities and agreements of the Company and the Guarantors contained in this Agreement shall also be deemed to be for the benefit of directors, officers and employees of the Initial Purchasers and each person or persons, if any, controlling any Initial Purchaser within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, other than the persons referred to in this Section 13, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein.
14. Survival. The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations, warranties and agreements of the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Notes and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of any of them or any person controlling any of them.
15. Definition of the Terms Business Day, Affiliate, and Subsidiary. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) business day means any day on which the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. is open for trading, and (b) affiliate and subsidiary have the meanings set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
16. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
17. Waiver of Jury Trial. The Company and each of the Initial Purchasers hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
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18. No Fiduciary Duty. The Company and the Guarantors acknowledge and agree that in connection with this offering, or any other services the Initial Purchasers may be deemed to be providing hereunder, notwithstanding any preexisting relationship, advisory or otherwise, between the parties or any oral representations or assurances previously or subsequently made by the Initial Purchasers: (a) no fiduciary or agency relationship between the Company, any Guarantor and any other person, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other, exists; (b) the Initial Purchasers are not acting as advisors, expert or otherwise, to the Company or the Guarantors, including, without limitation, with respect to the determination of the purchase price of the Notes, and such relationship between the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other, is entirely and solely commercial, based on arms-length negotiations; (c) any duties and obligations that the Initial Purchasers may have to the Company and the Guarantors shall be limited to those duties and obligations specifically stated herein; (d) the Initial Purchasers and their respective affiliates may have interests that differ from those of the Company and the Guarantors; and (e) the Company and the Guarantors have consulted their own legal and financial advisors to the extent they deemed appropriate. The Company and the Guarantors hereby waive any claims that the Company and the Guarantors may have against the Initial Purchasers with respect to any breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the Notes.
19. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and, if executed in more than one counterpart, the executed counterparts shall each be deemed to be an original but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
20. Headings. The headings herein are inserted 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 correctly sets forth the agreement between the Company, the Guarantors, and the Initial Purchasers, please indicate your acceptance in the space provided for that purpose below.
Very truly yours, CAMBIUM LEARNING GROUP, INC. | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
GUARANTORS: VSS-CAMBIUM HOLDINGS II CORP. | ||||
By: | /s/ Scott J. Troeller | |||
Name: | Scott J. Troeller | |||
Title: | President | |||
VSS-CAMBIUM HOLDINGS, LLC | ||||
By: | VSS-Cambium Holdings II Corp., its sole member |
By: | /s/ Scott J. Troeller | |||
Name: | Scott J. Troeller | |||
Title: | President |
VSS-CAMBIUM HOLDINGS IV, LLC | ||||
By: | VSS-Cambium Holdings, LLC, its sole member | |||
By: VSS-Cambium Holdings II Corp., its sole member |
By: | /s/ Scott J. Troeller | |||
Name: | Scott J. Troeller | |||
Title: | President |
CAMBIUM LEARNING, INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Ronald Klausner | |||
Name: | Ronald Klausner | |||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
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KURZWEIL/INTELLITOOLS, INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Ronald Klausner | |||
Name: | Ronald Klausner | |||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |||
CAMBIUM EDUCATION, INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Ronald Klausner | |||
Name: | Ronald Klausner | |||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |||
LAZEL, INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Ronald Klausner | |||
Name: | Ronald Klausner | |||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
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Accepted:
BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.
BMO CAPITAL MARKETS CORP.
BMO CAPITAL MARKETS CORP.
By BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC., as Authorized Representative
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SCHEDULE I
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Amount of | ||||
Notes | ||||
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Initial Purchasers | Purchased | |||
Barclays Capital Inc. | $ | 105,000,000 | ||
BMO Capital Markets Corp. | $ | 70,000,000 | ||
Total | $ | 175,000,000 | ||
Schedule I-1
SCHEDULE II
LIST OF GUARANTORS
VSS-Cambium Holdings II Corp.
VSS-Cambium Holdings, LLC
VSS-Cambium Holdings IV, LLC
Cambium Learning, Inc.
Kurzweil/Intellitools, Inc.
Cambium Education, Inc.
LAZEL, Inc.
VSS-Cambium Holdings, LLC
VSS-Cambium Holdings IV, LLC
Cambium Learning, Inc.
Kurzweil/Intellitools, Inc.
Cambium Education, Inc.
LAZEL, Inc.
Schedule II-1
SCHEDULE III
CAMBIUM LEARNING GROUP, INC.
PRICING TERM SHEET
PRICING TERM SHEET
Schedule III-1
SCHEDULE IV
A. Insert list of each document provided as an amendment or supplement to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum.
(i) Pricing term sheet substantially in the form attached hereto as Schedule III.
B. Insert list of any road show materials that are Free Writing Offering Documents.
(i) None
Schedule IV-1
Exhibit A
Form of Registration Rights Agreement
Exhibit A-1
Exhibit B
[Lowenstein Sandler PC Form of Opinion]
Lowenstein Sandler PC shall have furnished to the Initial Purchasers its written opinion, as counsel to the Company and the Guarantors, addressed to the Initial Purchasers and dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect that:
(a) Each of the Company and the Guarantors is validly existing and in good standing as a corporation or other business entity under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization. Each of the Company and the Guarantors is duly qualified to do business and in good standing as a foreign corporation or other business entity in each jurisdiction listed on Annex I to the opinion. Each of the Company and the Guarantors has all power and authority necessary to own or hold its properties and to conduct the businesses as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum;
(b) No registration under the Securities Act of the Notes or the Guarantees, and no qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act with respect thereto, is required for the sale of the Notes and the Guarantees to you as contemplated hereby or for the initial resale of Notes by you in the Exempt Resales, assuming (i) the accuracy of the Initial Purchasers representations in this Agreement and (ii) the accuracy of the Companys and the Guarantors representations in this Agreement;
(c) The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Indenture, the Notes, the Exchange Notes, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement (the Transaction Documents) and to issue and sell the Notes and the Exchange Notes. Each Guarantor has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Indenture, the Guarantees, the Exchange Guarantees, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement;
(d) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and each of the Guarantors;
(e) The Indenture has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company, has been duly executed and delivered by the Company, and is the legally valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms;
(f) The Indenture has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of each of the Guarantors, and has been duly executed and delivered by each of the Guarantors. The Indenture, including the Guarantee contained therein, is the legally valid and binding agreement of each of the Guarantors, enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms;
(g) The Notes have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company and, when executed, issued and authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by you in accordance with the terms of the Agreement, will be the legally valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms;
Exhibit B-1
(h) The Exchange Notes have been duly authorized by the Company;
(i) The Guarantees of the Exchange Notes have been duly authorized by the Guarantors;
(j) The Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and each of the Guarantors and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Initial Purchasers, is the legally valid and binding agreement of the Company and each of the Guarantors, enforceable against the Company and each of the Guarantors in accordance with its terms;
(k) Each of the Security Documents has been duly authorized by the Company or the applicable Guarantor, as appropriate, and when executed and delivered by the Company or the applicable Guarantor and, the Collateral Agent, will constitute the legal, valid, binding and enforceable agreement of the Company or the applicable Guarantor;
(l) The Intercreditor Agreement has been duly and validly authorized by the Company and the Guarantors, and upon its execution and delivery, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent, will constitute the valid and legally binding agreement of the Company and the Guarantors, enforceable against the Company and the Guarantors in accordance with its terms;
(m) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company and each Guarantor of the Transaction Documents, the Guarantees and the Exchange Guarantees to which each is a party and the issuance and sale of the Notes and the Guarantees by the Company and the Guarantors to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to 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, other than pursuant to the Security Documents, result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of the Guarantors pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument listed on Annex I hereto, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, by-laws, certificate of formation or limited liability company agreement of the Company or any of the Guarantors 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 of which we have knowledge, except in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for any such conflict, breach, violation, default, lien, charge or encumbrance that would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;
(n) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing, registration or qualification with any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company and the Guarantors is required for the issue and sale of the Notes and the Guarantees, the execution, delivery and performance by the Company and the Guarantors of each of the Transaction Documents, the Guarantees and the Exchange Guarantee, the granting of the security interest in the Collateral and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, except for (i) the filing of a registration statement by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act as required by the Registration Rights Agreement, (ii) such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, filings, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Notes by the Initial Purchasers and (iii) the filing of financing statements under the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the relevant jurisdictions and any filing to be made in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office.
Exhibit B-2
(o) The Security Documents, when executed and delivered in connection with the sale of the Notes, will be effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the security interests in the Collateral owned by the Company and the Guarantors in which security interests may be created under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York (New York Article 9);
(p) Upon the proper filing of the financing statements attached hereto as Exhibit _____ (collectively, the Financing Statements) in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the Delaware Filing Office), the security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent of the benefit of the Secured Parties in the Collateral granted by the Company and the Guarantors under the Security Documents will be perfected to the extent a security interest in such Collateral can be perfected under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Delaware (Delaware Article 9) by the filing of a financing statement in the Delaware Filing Office;
(q) Upon the proper filing of the financing statements attached hereto as Exhibit _____ (the Financing Statement) in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Colorado (the Colorado Filing Office), the security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent of the benefit of the Secured Parties in the Collateral granted by the Company and the Guarantors under the Security Documents will be perfected to the extent a security interest in such Collateral can be perfected under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Colorado (Colorado Article 9) by the filing of a financing statement in the Colorado Filing Office;
(r) Assuming that the certificates evidencing the Pledged Equity Interests (as defined in the Security Agreement), consisting of the outstanding capital stock of the Guarantors and listed on Exhibit _____ to the Security Agreement, that constitute certificated securities (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(4) of the UCC) indorsed by an appropriate person in blank or accompanied by instruments of transfer or assignment in blank duly executed by an appropriate person, have been delivered on or prior to the date hereof to the Collateral Agent, and have been continuously held by the Collateral Agent since such delivery, in each case in the State of New York, (i) the security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent of the benefit of the Secured Parties in such Pledged Equity Interests is perfected to the extent it can be under the UCC, (ii) the Collateral Agent has, for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined in the Security Agreement), control (within the meaning of Section 8-106 of the UCC) of such Pledged Equity Interests and (iii) assuming the absence of notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(1) of the UCC) thereto on the part of any Secured Party and the Secured Parties have given value (within the meaning of Section 1-201(44) of the UCC), the Collateral Agent will be a protected purchaser (within the meaning of Section 8-303(a) of the UCC) of such security interest in such Pledged Equity Interests;
Exhibit B-3
(s) Neither the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement nor the sale, issuance, execution or delivery of the Notes will violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System;
(t) Neither the Company nor any Guarantor is, and after giving effect to the offer and sale of the Notes and the application of the proceeds therefrom as described under Use of Proceeds in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum will be, an investment company or a company controlled by an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder;
(u) The statements contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum under the captions Description of Certain Indebtedness insofar as they purport to constitute summaries of the terms of contracts and other documents, fairly summarize the terms of such contracts and other documents in all material respects; and the Offering Memorandum under the caption Description of Notes and Exchange Offer; Registration Rights insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement fairly summarize such documents in all material respects; and
(v) The statements contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum under the caption Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations, insofar as they purport to constitute summaries of matters of United States federal tax law or legal conclusions with respect thereto, constitute accurate summaries of the matters described therein in all material respects.
Such counsel shall also have furnished to the Initial Purchasers a written statement, addressed to the Initial Purchasers and dated the applicable Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, to the effect that (y) such counsel has acted as special counsel to the Company in connection with the sale to Barclays Capital Inc. and the several Initial Purchasers for whom Barclays Capital Inc. and BMO Capital Markets Corp. are acting as representatives by the Company of $175,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Notes and the Guarantees by the Guarantors pursuant to the Agreement, and (z) based on its participation, review and reliance as described in such written statement, no facts came to the attention of such counsel that caused it to believe that:
(a) the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or
Exhibit B-4
(b) the Offering Memorandum, as of its date or as of the Closing Date, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading,
except that in each case such counsel need express no opinion with respect to the financial statements or other financial data contained in or omitted from the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum. The foregoing opinion and statement may be qualified by a statement to the effect that such counsel does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum, except to the extent set forth in paragraphs (u) and (v) above.
Exhibit B-5
Exhibit C
[General Counsel of the Company Form of Opinion]
[Guarantor as used herein, refers solely to Cambium Education, Inc., a Colorado corporation.]
Based upon the foregoing and subject to the limitations, qualifications, exceptions and assumptions set forth herein, I am of the opinion that:
(a) The Guarantor is validly existing and in good standing as a corporation or other business entity under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization. The Guarantor is duly qualified to do business and in good standing as a foreign corporation or other business entity in each jurisdiction listed on Annex I. The Guarantor has all power and authority necessary to own or hold its properties and to conduct the businesses as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum.
(b) The Guarantor has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Indenture, the Guarantee, the Exchange Guarantee, the applicable Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement.
(c) The Purchase Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Guarantor.
(d) The Indenture has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Guarantor, and has been duly executed and delivered by the Guarantor. The Indenture, including the Guarantee contained therein, is the legally valid and binding agreement of the Guarantor.
(e) The Guarantee of the Exchange Notes has been duly authorized by the Guarantor.
(f) The Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Guarantor and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Initial Purchasers, is the legally valid and binding agreement of the Guarantor.
(g) Each of the applicable Security Documents has been duly authorized by the Guarantor, as appropriate, and when executed and delivered by the Guarantor and, the Collateral Agent, will constitute the legal, valid and binding agreement of the Guarantor.
(h) The Intercreditor Agreement has been duly and validly authorized by the Guarantor, and upon its execution and delivery, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent, will constitute the valid and legally binding agreement of the Guarantor.
Exhibit C-1
(i) The execution, delivery and performance by the Guarantor of the Transaction Documents, the Guarantee and the Exchange Guarantee to which Guarantee is a party and the issuance and sale of the Guarantee by the Guarantor to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase 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, other than pursuant to the Transaction Documents, result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Guarantor pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument listed on Annex II hereto, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, by-laws, certificate of formation or limited liability company agreement of Guarantor 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 of which I have knowledge, except in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for any such conflict, breach, violation, default, lien, charge or encumbrance that would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(j) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing, registration or qualification with any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Guarantor is required for the issue and sale of the Guarantee, the execution, delivery and performance by the Guarantor of each of the Transaction Documents, the Guarantee and the Exchange Guarantee, the granting of the security interest in the Collateral and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, except for (i) the filing of a registration statement by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act as required by the Registration Rights Agreement, (ii) such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, filings, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Notes by the Initial Purchasers and (iii) the filing of financing statements under the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the relevant jurisdictions and any filing to be made in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office.
Exhibit C-2