5,150,000 SHARES CARIBOU COFFEE COMPANY, INC. COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

EX-1.1 2 dex11.htm UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT Underwriting Agreement

Exhibit 1.1

5,150,000 SHARES

CARIBOU COFFEE COMPANY, INC.

COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

August 17, 2011

JEFFERIES & COMPANY, INC.

As Representative of the several Underwriters

c/o JEFFERIES & COMPANY, INC.

520 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Introductory. Caribou Holding Company Limited, a Cayman Island company (the “Selling Shareholder”), proposes to sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule A (the “Underwriters”) an aggregate of 5,150,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”) of Caribou Coffee Company Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the “Company”). The 5,150,000 Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholder are called the “Firm Shares.” In addition, the Selling Shareholder has granted to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 772,245 Shares, all as provided in Section 2. The additional 772,245 Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholder pursuant to such option are called the “Optional Shares.” The Firm Shares and, if and to the extent such option is exercised, the Optional Shares are collectively called the “Offered Shares.” Jefferies & Company, Inc. (“Jefferies”) has agreed to act as Representative of the several Underwriters (in such capacity, the “Representative”) in connection with the offering and sale of the Offered Shares.

The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-170634), and has prepared a base prospectus (the “Base Prospectus”) to be used in connection with the public offering and sale of the Offered Shares. Such registration statement, as amended, including the exhibits thereto, in the form in which it was declared effective by the Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”), including all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein and any information deemed to be a part thereof at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430B under the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange Act”), is called the “Registration Statement.” Such prospectus, in the form first used by the Underwriters to confirm sales of the Offered Shares or in the form first made available to the Underwriters by the Company to meet requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act, is called the “Prospectus.” The preliminary prospectus supplement dated August 15, 2011 describing the Offered Shares and the offering thereof, together with the Base Prospectus, is called the “Preliminary Prospectus,” and the Preliminary Prospectus and any other preliminary prospectus supplement to the Base Prospectus that describes the Offered

Shares and the offering thereof and is used prior to the filing of the Prospectus (as defined below), together with the Base Prospectus, is called a “preliminary prospectus.” As used herein, the term “Prospectus” shall mean the final prospectus supplement to the Base Prospectus that describes the Offered Shares and the offering thereof (the “Final Prospectus Supplement”), together with the Base Prospectus, in the form first used by the Underwriters to confirm sales of the Offered Shares or in the form first made available to the Underwriters by the Company to meet requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act. As used herein, “Applicable Time” is 8:30 a.m. (New York time) on August 17, 2011. As used herein, “free writing prospectus” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, and “Time of Sale Prospectus” means the preliminary prospectus, as amended or supplemented immediately prior to the Applicable Time, together with the pricing information set forth in Schedule B hereto and the free writing prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule B hereto, and each “Road Show” means a “bona fide electronic road show” as defined in Rule 433(h)(5) under the Securities Act that has been made without restriction to any person. As used herein, the terms “Registration Statement,” “Preliminary Prospectus,” “preliminary prospectus,” “Base Prospectus,” “Time of Sale Prospectus” and “Prospectus” shall include the documents incorporated and deemed to be incorporated by reference therein. All references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus, the Base Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to mean and include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act which is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus, the Base Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be. All references in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, a preliminary prospectus, the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendments or supplements to any of the foregoing, shall include any copy thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (“EDGAR”).

All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which are “contained,” “included” or “stated” in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus, the Base Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus (and all other references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements and schedules and other information which is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be; and all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus, the Base Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, and all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus, the Base Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to mean and include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act which is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, , the Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus, the Base Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be.

The Company and the Selling Shareholder hereby confirm their respective agreements with the Underwriters as follows:

Section 1. Representations and Warranties.

A. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby represents, warrants and covenants to each Underwriter as follows:

(a) Compliance with Registration Requirements. The Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission under the Securities Act. The Company has complied to the Commission’s satisfaction with all requests of the Commission for additional or supplemental information. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect and no proceedings for such purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, are contemplated or threatened by the Commission.

Each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus when filed complied in all material respects with the Securities Act and, if filed by electronic transmission pursuant to EDGAR (except as may be permitted by Regulation S-T under the Securities Act), was identical to the copy thereof delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offer and sale of the Offered Shares. Each of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time it became effective and at the Applicable Time, the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date, complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. As of the Applicable Time, the Time of Sale Prospectus (including any preliminary prospectus wrapper) did not, and at the time of each sale of the Offered Shares and at the First Closing Date (as defined in Section 2), the Time of Sale Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented by the Company, if applicable, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or 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. The Prospectus (including any Prospectus wrapper) as amended or supplemented, as of its date did not and on the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The representations and warranties set forth in the three immediately preceding sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, or the Prospectus or the Time of Sale Prospectus, or any amendments or supplements thereto, made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by the Representative expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by the Representative to the Company consists of the information described in Section 8(c) below. There are no contracts or other documents required to be described in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement which have not been described or filed as required.

The Company is not an “ineligible issuer” in connection with the offering of the Offered Shares pursuant to Rules 164, 405 and 433 under the Securities Act. Any free writing prospectus that the Company is required to file pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act has been, or will be, filed with the Commission in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act. Each free writing prospectus that the Company has filed,

or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or that was prepared by or behalf of or used or referred to by the Company complies or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of Rule 433 under the Securities Act including timely filing with the Commission or retention where required and legending, and each such free writing prospectus does not include any information that conflicted, conflicts with or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein, that has not been superseded or modified. Except for the free writing prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule B hereto, and Road Shows, if any, furnished to the Representative before first use, the Company has not prepared, used or referred to, and will not, without the prior consent of the Representative, prepare, use or refer to, any free writing prospectus.

(b) Offering Materials Furnished to Underwriters. The Company has delivered to the Representative one complete manually signed copy of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto and of each consent and certificate of experts filed as a part thereof, and conformed copies of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto and (without exhibits) and preliminary prospectuses, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, and any free writing prospectus reviewed and consented to by the Representative, in such quantities and at such places as the Representative has reasonably requested for each of the Underwriters.

(c) Distribution of Offering Material By the Company. The Company has not distributed and will not distribute, prior to the later of (i) the expiration or termination of the option granted to the several Underwriters in Section 2 and (ii) the completion of the Underwriters’ distribution of the Offered Shares, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Offered Shares other than a preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, any free writing prospectus reviewed and consented to by the Representative, or the Registration Statement.

(d) The Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by, and is a valid and binding agreement of, the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as rights to indemnification hereunder may be limited by applicable law and except as the enforcement hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles.

(e) No Applicable Registration or Other Similar Rights. There are no persons with registration or other similar rights to have any equity or debt securities registered for sale under the Registration Statement or included in the offering contemplated by this Agreement, except for such rights as have been duly satisfied or waived.

(f) No Material Adverse Change. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus, subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Time of Sale Prospectus: (i) there has been no material adverse change, or any development that could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business, operations or prospects, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one entity (any such change is called a “Material Adverse Change”); (ii) the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one entity, have not incurred any material liability or obligation, indirect, direct or contingent, not in the ordinary course of business nor entered into any material transaction or agreement not in the ordinary course of

business; and (iii) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company or, except for dividends paid to the Company or other subsidiaries, any of its subsidiaries on any class of capital stock or repurchase or redemption by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any class of capital stock.

(g) Independent Accountant. Ernst & Young LLP, who has expressed its opinion with respect to the financial statements (which term as used in this Agreement includes the related notes thereto) filed with the Commission as a part of the Registration Statement and included in the Prospectus and Time of Sale Prospectus (each, an “Applicable Prospectus” and collectively, the “Applicable Prospectuses”), are (i) independent public or certified public accountants as required by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, (ii) in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X and (iii) a registered public accounting firm as defined by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the “PCAOB”) whose registration has not been suspended or revoked and who has not requested such registration to be withdrawn.

(h) Preparation of the Financial Statements. The financial statements filed with the Commission as a part of the Registration Statement and included in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus present fairly in all material aspects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries as of and at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and cash flows for the periods specified. Such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles as applied in the United States applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved, except as may be expressly stated in the related notes thereto. No other financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be included in the Registration Statement or any Applicable Prospectus. The financial data set forth in each Applicable Prospectus under the captions “Prospectus Summary—Summary Financial and Other Data” fairly present the information set forth therein on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements contained in the Registration Statement and each Applicable Prospectus. No person who has been suspended or barred from being associated with a registered public accounting firm, or who has failed to comply with any sanction pursuant to Rule 5300 promulgated by the PCAOB, has participated in or otherwise aided the preparation of, or audited, the financial statements, supporting schedules or other financial data filed with the Commission as a part of the Registration Statement and included in any Applicable Prospectus.

(i) Company’s Accounting System. The Company and each of its subsidiaries make and keep accurate books, records, and accounts, which, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, and maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles as applied in the United States and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. There has not been any, and at the Applicable Time, the Closing Date and any Option Closing Date there is no, material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and since December 31, 2009, there has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

(j) Incorporation and Good Standing of the Company and its Subsidiaries. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has been duly incorporated or organized, as the case may be, and is validly existing as a corporation, partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization and has the power and authority (corporate or other) to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in each Applicable Prospectus and, in the case of the Company, to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement. Each of the Company and each subsidiary is duly qualified as a foreign corporation, partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business except where the failure to be so qualified would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change. All of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity or ownership interests of each subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and, except as set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus, are owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance or adverse claim. The Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity other than (i) the subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 to the Registration Statement and (ii) such other entities omitted from Exhibit 21 which, when such omitted entities are considered in the aggregate as a single subsidiary, would not constitute a “significant subsidiary” within the meaning of Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X.

(k) Capitalization and Other Capital Stock Matters. The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set forth in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on August 4, 2011 and incorporated by reference in each Applicable Prospectus (other than for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to employee benefit plans described in the Time of Sale Prospectus or upon the exercise of outstanding options or warrants described in each Applicable Prospectus). The Shares (including the Offered Shares) conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Time of Sale Prospectus. All of the issued and outstanding Shares owned by the Selling Shareholder have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and have been issued in compliance with federal and state securities laws. None of the outstanding Shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities of the Company. There are no authorized or outstanding options, warrants, preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other rights to purchase, or equity or debt securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, any capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries other than those accurately described in each Applicable Prospectus. The description of the Company’s stock option, stock bonus and other stock plans or arrangements, and the options or other rights granted thereunder, set forth in each Applicable Prospectus accurately and fairly presents the information required to be shown with respect to such plans, arrangements, options and rights.

(l) Stock Exchange Listing. The Shares are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed on the Nasdaq Global Market, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Shares under the Exchange Act or delisting the Shares from the Nasdaq Global Market, nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission or the Nasdaq Global Market is contemplating terminating such registration or listing.

(m) Non-Contravention of Existing Instruments; No Further Authorizations or Approvals Required. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of its charter or by-laws, partnership agreement or operating agreement or similar organizational document, as applicable, or is in default (or, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, would be in default) (“Default”) under any indenture, mortgage, loan or credit agreement, note, contract, franchise, lease or other instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound (including, without limitation, any credit agreement, indenture, pledge agreement, security agreement or other instrument or agreement evidencing, guaranteeing, securing or relating to indebtedness of the Company or any of its subsidiaries ), or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject (each, an “Existing Instrument”), except for such Defaults as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change. The Company’s execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and by each Applicable Prospectus and the sale of the Offered Shares (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and will not result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws, partnership agreement or operating agreement or similar organizational document of the Company or any subsidiary, as applicable, (ii) will not conflict with or constitute a breach of, or Default or a Debt Repayment Triggering Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, or require the consent of any other party to, any Existing Instrument and (iii) will not result in any violation of any law, administrative regulation or administrative or court decree applicable to the Company or any subsidiary except for such conflicts, breaches, Defaults, Debt Repayment Triggering Events or violations specified in subsection (ii) and (iii) above that would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change. No consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or registration or filing with, any court or other governmental or regulatory authority or agency, is required for the Company’s execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and by each Applicable Prospectus, except such as have been obtained or made by the Company and are in full force and effect under the Securities Act, applicable state securities or blue sky laws and from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”). As used herein, a “Debt Repayment Triggering Event” means any event or condition which gives, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time would give, the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

(n) No Material Actions or Proceedings. There are no legal or governmental actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened (i) against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) which have as the subject thereof any officer or director of, or property owned or leased by, the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (iii) relating to environmental or discrimination matters, where in any such case (A) there is a reasonable possibility that such action, suit or proceeding might be determined adversely to the Company, such subsidiary or such officer or director, (B) any such action, suit or proceeding, if so determined adversely, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change or adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (C) any such action, suit or proceeding is or would be material in the context of the sale of Shares. No material labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or with the employees of any principal supplier, manufacturer, customer or contractor of the Company, exists or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, is threatened or imminent.

(o) Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights to use trademarks, trade names, patent rights, copyrights, domain names, licenses, approvals, trade secrets and other similar rights (collectively, “Intellectual Property Rights”) reasonably necessary to conduct their businesses as now conducted. Except for such notices as would not individually or in the aggregate result in a Material Adverse Change, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any written notice, or has any reasonable basis to believe that it is likely to receive notice, of infringement or conflict with asserted Intellectual Property Rights of others. The Company is not a party to or bound by any options, licenses or agreements with respect to the Intellectual Property Rights of any other person or entity that are required to be set forth in the Prospectus and are not described therein. None of the technology employed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries has been obtained or is being used by the Company or any of its subsidiaries in violation of any contractual obligation binding on the Company or any of its subsidiaries or, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its or its subsidiaries’ officers, directors or employees or otherwise in violation of the rights of any persons, except for such violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change.

(p) All Necessary Permits, etc. The Company and each subsidiary possess such valid and current certificates, authorizations or permits issued by the appropriate state, federal or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except where the failure to so possess would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any subsidiary has received any written notice, or has any reasonable basis to believe that it is likely to receive any notice, of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of, or non-compliance with, any such certificate, authorization or permit.

(q) Properties. The Company and its subsidiaries do not own any real property. Except as described in each Applicable Prospectus, the Company has good and marketable title to the assets reflected as owned in the financial statements referred to in Section 1(A)(h) above (or elsewhere in any Applicable Prospectus), in each case free and clear of any security interests, mortgages, liens, encumbrances, equities, adverse claims and other defects except for such security interests, mortgages, liens, encumbrances, equities, adverse claims and other defects as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change. The real property, improvements, equipment and personal property held under lease by the Company or any subsidiary are held under valid and enforceable leases, with such exceptions as are not material and do not materially interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such real property, improvements, equipment or personal property by the Company or such subsidiary.

(r) Tax Law Compliance. The Company and its subsidiaries have filed all necessary federal, state and foreign income and franchise tax returns and have paid all material taxes required to be paid by any of them and, if due and payable, any related or similar assessment, fine or penalty levied against any of them. The Company has made adequate charges, accruals and reserves in the applicable financial statements referred to in Section 1(A)(h) above in respect of all federal, state and foreign income and franchise taxes for all periods as to which the tax liability of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has not been finally determined.

(s) Company Not an “Investment Company”. The Company has been advised of the rules and requirements under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). The Company is not an “investment company” within the meaning of Investment Company Act and will conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become subject to the Investment Company Act.

(t) Insurance. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries are insured by recognized and reputable institutions with policies in such amounts and with such deductibles and covering such risks as are generally deemed adequate and customary for their businesses. The Company has no reason to believe that it or any subsidiary will not be able (i) to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (ii) to obtain comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted and at a cost that would not result in a Material Adverse Change.

(u) No Price Stabilization or Manipulation; Compliance with Regulation M. The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that might be reasonably expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Shares or any other “reference security” (as defined in Rule 100 of Regulation M under the Exchange Act (“Regulation M”)) whether to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Shares or otherwise, and has taken no action which would directly or indirectly violate Regulation M. The Company acknowledges that the Underwriters may engage in passive market making transactions in the Offered Shares on the Nasdaq Global Market in accordance with Regulation M.

(v) Related Party Transactions. There are no business relationships or related-party transactions involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any other person required to be described in each Applicable Prospectus which have not been described as required. The Time of Sale Prospectus contains in all material respects the same description of the matters set forth in the preceding sentence contained in the Prospectus.

(w) S-3 Eligibility. At the time the Registration Statement was originally declared effective and at the time the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 (the “Annual Report”) was filed with the Commission, the Company met the then applicable requirements for use of Form S-3 under the Securities Act.

(x) Exchange Act Compliance. The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act, and, when read together with the other information in the Prospectus, at the time the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto become effective and at the First Closing Date and the applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may be, will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(y) Parties to Lock-Up Agreements. Each of the Company’s directors and executive officers and each of the other persons and entities listed in Exhibit D has executed and delivered to Jefferies a lock-up agreement in the form of Exhibit E hereto. Exhibit D hereto contains a true, complete and correct list of all directors and executive officers of the Company. If any additional persons shall become directors or executive officers of the Company prior to the end of the Company Lock-up Period (as defined below), the Company shall cause each such person, prior to or contemporaneously with their appointment or election as a director or executive officer of the Company, to execute and deliver to Jefferies an agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E.

(z) Statistical and Market-Related Data. The statistical, demographic and market-related data included in the Registration Statement and each Applicable Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate or represent the Company’s good faith estimates that are made on the basis of data derived from such sources.

(aa) No Unlawful Contributions or Other Payments. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any employee or agent of the Company or any subsidiary, has made any contribution or other payment to any official of, or candidate for, any federal, state or foreign office in violation of any law or of the character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement and each Applicable Prospectus.

(bb) Disclosure Controls and Procedures; Deficiencies in or Changes to Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. The Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)), which (i) are designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to the Company’s principal executive officer and its principal financial officer by others within those entities; and (ii) have been evaluated by management of the Company for effectiveness as of the end of the Company’s most recent completed fiscal quarter; and are effective in all material respects to perform the functions for which they were established. The Company is not aware of (i) any significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information or (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. The Company is not aware of any change in its internal control over financial reporting that has occurred during its most recent completed fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

(cc) Compliance with Environmental Laws. Except as described in each Applicable Prospectus and except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change, (i) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, policy or rule of common law or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative order, consent, decree or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of human health, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the release or threatened release of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum products (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) or to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (ii) the Company and its subsidiaries have all permits, authorizations and approvals required under any applicable Environmental Laws and are each in compliance with their requirements except where the failure to comply would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) there are no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigation or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law against the Company or any of its subsidiaries and (iv) to

the Company’s knowledge, there are no events or circumstances that might reasonably be expected to form the basis of an order for clean-up or remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any private party or governmental body or agency, against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries relating to Hazardous Materials or any Environmental Laws.

(dd) ERISA Compliance. The Company and its subsidiaries and any “employee benefit plan” (as defined under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (collectively, “ERISA”)) established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or their “ERISA Affiliates” (as defined below) are in compliance with ERISA except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change. “ERISA Affiliate” means, with respect to the Company or a subsidiary, any member of any group of organizations described in Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the “Code”) of which the Company or such subsidiary is a member. No “reportable event” (as defined under ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates that would result in a Material Adverse Change. Except as would not individually or in the aggregate result in a Material Adverse Change, (i) no “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates, if such “employee benefit plan” were terminated, would have any “amount of unfunded benefit liabilities” (as defined under ERISA), (ii) neither the Company, its subsidiaries nor any of their ERISA Affiliates has incurred or reasonably expects to incur any liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any “employee benefit plan” or (ii) Sections 412, 4971, 4975 or 4980B of the Code, and (iii) each “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified and nothing has occurred, whether by action or failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification.

(ee) Brokers. Except for the underwriting discounts and commissions payable to the Underwriters as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, there is no broker, finder or other party that is entitled to receive from the Company any brokerage or finder’s fee or other fee or commission as a result of any transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(ff) No Outstanding Loans or Other Extensions of Credit. Since the adoption of Section 13(k) of the Exchange Act, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has extended or maintained credit, arranged for the extension of credit, or renewed any extension of credit, in the form of a personal loan, to or for any director or executive officer (or equivalent thereof) of the Company and/or such subsidiary except for such extensions of credit as are expressly permitted by Section 13(k) of the Exchange Act.

(gg) Compliance with Laws. Neither the Company nor any subsidiary is in violation of any applicable laws, rules or regulations, except for such violations that would not individually or in the aggregate result in a Material Adverse Change.

(hh) Dividend Restrictions. No subsidiary of the Company is prohibited or restricted, directly or indirectly, from paying dividends to the Company, or from making any other distribution with respect to such subsidiary’s equity securities or from repaying to the

Company or any other subsidiary of the Company any amounts that may from time to time become due under any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any property or assets to the Company or to any other subsidiary.

(ii) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliates controlled by it or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA; and the Company and its subsidiaries have conducted their respective businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.

(jj) Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are, and have been conducted at all times, in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar applicable 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.

(kk) OFAC. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate controlled by it or person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department.

Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries and delivered to the Representative or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to each Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby.

The Company acknowledges that the Underwriters and, for purposes of the opinions to be delivered pursuant to Section 6 hereof, counsel to the Company, counsel to the Selling Shareholder and counsel to the Underwriters, will rely upon the accuracy and truthfulness of the foregoing representations and hereby consents to such reliance.

B. Representations and Warranties of the Selling Shareholder. The Selling Shareholder represents, warrants and covenants to each Underwriter as follows:

(a) The Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Selling Shareholder and is a valid and binding agreement of the Selling Shareholder, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as rights to indemnification hereunder may be limited by applicable law and except as the enforcement hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles.

(b) The Custody Agreement. The Custody Agreement signed by the Selling Shareholder and the Company, as custodian (the “Custodian”), relating to the deposit of the Offered Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholder (the “Custody Agreement”) has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Selling Shareholder and is a valid and binding agreement of the Selling Shareholder, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as rights to indemnification thereunder may be limited by applicable law and except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles.

(c) Title to Offered Shares to be Sold. The Selling Shareholder has, and on the First Closing Date and each applicable Option Closing Date (as defined below) will have, good and valid title to all of the Offered Shares which may be sold by the Selling Shareholder pursuant to this Agreement on such date free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim, and the legal right and power to sell, transfer and deliver all of the Offered Shares which may be sold by the Selling Shareholder pursuant to this Agreement and to comply with its other obligations hereunder and thereunder.

(d) Delivery of the Offered Shares to be Sold. Delivery of the Offered Shares which are sold by the Selling Shareholder pursuant to this Agreement will pass good and valid title to such Offered Shares, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim.

(e) Non-Contravention; No Further Authorizations or Approvals Required. The execution and delivery by the Selling Shareholder of, and the performance by the Selling Shareholder of its obligations under, this Agreement and the Custody Agreement will not contravene or conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute a Default under, or require the consent of any other party to, (i) the charter or by-laws, partnership agreement, trust agreement or other organizational documents of the Selling Shareholder, (ii) any other agreement or instrument to which the Selling Shareholder is a party or by which it is bound or under which it is entitled to any right or benefit, or (iii) any provision of applicable law or any judgment, order, decree or regulation applicable to the Selling Shareholder of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or arbitrator having jurisdiction over the Selling Shareholder except in the case of (ii) or (iii) as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change. No consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or registration or filing with, any court or other governmental authority or agency, is required for the consummation by the Selling Shareholder of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect under the Securities Act, applicable state securities or blue sky laws.

(f) No Registration, Preemptive, Co-Sale or Other Similar Rights. The Selling Shareholder (i) does not have any registration or other similar rights to have any equity or debt securities registered for sale by the Company under the Registration Statement or

included in the offering contemplated by this Agreement, except for such rights as have been duly satisfied or waived, and (ii) does not own any warrants, options or similar rights to acquire, and does not have any right or arrangement to acquire, any capital stock, right, warrants, options or other securities from the Company, other than those described in the Registration Statement and the Time of Sale Prospectus.

(g) No Further Consents, etc. Except for such consents, approvals and waivers which have been obtained by the Selling Shareholder on or prior to the date of this Agreement, no consent, approval or waiver is required under any instrument or agreement to which the Selling Shareholder is a party or by which it is bound or under which it is entitled to any right or benefit, in connection with the offering, sale or purchase by the Underwriters of any of the Offered Shares which may be sold by the Selling Shareholder under this Agreement or the consummation by the Selling Shareholder of any of the other transactions contemplated hereby.

(h) Disclosure Made by the Selling Shareholder in the Prospectus. The description of the Selling Shareholder, the number of shares held by the Selling Shareholder and the beneficial ownership of such shares in the Registration Statement and Time of Sale Prospectus under the caption “Selling Shareholder” (the “Selling Shareholder Information”) is, and on the First Closing Date and the applicable Option Closing Date will be, true, correct, and complete in all material respects, and does not, and on the First Closing Date and the applicable Option Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make such information not misleading. The Selling Shareholder confirms as accurate the number of Shares set forth opposite the Selling Shareholder’s name in the Time of Sale Prospectus under the caption “Selling Shareholder” (both prior to and after giving effect to the sale of the Offered Shares).

(i) No Price Stabilization or Manipulation; Compliance with Regulation M. The Selling Shareholder has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that might be reasonably expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Shares or any other reference security, whether to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Shares or otherwise, and has taken no action which would directly or indirectly violate any provision of Regulation M.

(j) No Transfer Taxes or Other Fees. There are no transfer taxes or other similar fees or charges under Federal law or the laws of any state, or any political subdivision thereof, required to be paid in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Selling Shareholder or the sale by the Selling Shareholder of the Offered Shares.

(k) Distribution of Offering Materials by the Selling Shareholder. The Selling Shareholder has not distributed and will not distribute, prior to the latest of (i) the expiration or termination of the option granted to the several Underwriters under Section 2, (ii) the completion of the Underwriters’ distribution of the Offered Shares, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Offered Shares other than a preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Registration Statement.

(l) Confirmation by the Selling Shareholder. The Selling Shareholder is not prompted to sell Shares based on any information concerning the Company which is not set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. The Selling Shareholder has no knowledge of any fact or condition regarding the Company and its subsidiaries that is not disclosed in the Registration Statement that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change.

Any certificate signed by the Selling Shareholder and delivered to the Representative or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Selling Shareholder to each Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby.

The Selling Shareholder acknowledges that the Underwriters and, for purposes of the opinion to be delivered pursuant to Section 6 hereof, counsel to the Selling Shareholder and counsel to the Underwriters, will rely upon the accuracy and truthfulness of the foregoing representations and hereby consents to such reliance.

Section 2. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Offered Shares.

(a) The Firm Shares. Upon the terms herein set forth, (i) the Selling Shareholder agrees to sell to the several Underwriters an aggregate of 5,150,000 Firm Shares. On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, and upon the terms but subject to the conditions herein set forth, the Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Selling Shareholder the respective number of Firm Shares set forth opposite its name on Schedule A. The purchase price per Firm Share to be paid by the several Underwriters to the Selling Shareholder shall be $13.46625 per share.

(b) The First Closing Date. Delivery of certificates for the Firm Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters and payment therefor shall be made at the offices of White & Case LLP, 1155 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York (or such other place as may be agreed to by the Selling Shareholder and the Representative) at 9:00 a.m. New York time, on August 23, 2011, or such other time and date not later than 1:30 p.m. New York time, on August 23, 2011 as the Representative shall designate by notice to the Selling Shareholder (the time and date of such closing are called the “First Closing Date”). The Selling Shareholder hereby acknowledges that circumstances under which the Representative may provide notice to postpone the First Closing Date as originally scheduled include, but are in no way limited to, any determination by the Selling Shareholder or the Representative to recirculate to the public copies of an amended or supplemented Prospectus or a delay as contemplated by the provisions of Section 10.

(c) The Optional Shares; Option Closing Date. In addition, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, and upon the terms but subject to the conditions herein set forth, the Selling Shareholder hereby grants an option to the several Underwriters to purchase, severally and not jointly, up to an aggregate of 772,245 Optional Shares from the Selling Shareholder at the purchase price per share to be paid by the Underwriters for the Firm Shares. The option granted hereunder is for use by the Underwriters solely in covering any over-allotments in connection with the sale and distribution of the Firm Shares. The option granted hereunder may be exercised at any time and from time to time in whole or in part upon notice by the Representative to the Selling Shareholder (with a copy to the Company), which notice may be given at any time within 30 days from the date of this Agreement. Such notice shall set forth (i) the aggregate number of Optional Shares as to which the Underwriters are exercising the option, (ii) the names and denominations in which the certificates for the Optional Shares are to be registered and (iii) the time, date and place at which such certificates will be delivered (which time and date may be simultaneous with, but not earlier than, the First Closing Date; and in the event that such time and date are simultaneous with the First Closing Date, the term “First Closing Date” shall refer to the time and date of delivery of certificates for the Firm Shares and such

Optional Shares). Any such time and date of delivery, if subsequent to the First Closing Date, is called an “Option Closing Date” and shall be determined by the Representative and shall not be earlier than three or later than five full business days after delivery of such notice of exercise. If any Optional Shares are to be purchased, each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase the number of Optional Shares (subject to such adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as the Representative may determine) that bears the same proportion to the total number of Optional Shares to be purchased as the number of Firm Shares set forth on Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of Firm Shares. The Representative may cancel the option at any time prior to its expiration by giving written notice of such cancellation to the Selling Shareholder (with a copy to the Company).

(d) Public Offering of the Offered Shares. The Representative hereby advises the Selling Shareholder that the Underwriters intend to offer for sale to the public, initially on the terms set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, their respective portions of the Offered Shares as soon after this Agreement has been executed and the Registration Statement has been declared effective as the Representative, in its sole judgment, has determined is advisable and practicable.

(e) Payment for the Offered Shares. Payment for the Offered Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholder shall be made at the First Closing Date (and, if applicable, at each Option Closing Date) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the order of the Selling Shareholder.

It is understood that the Representative has been authorized, for its own account and the accounts of the several Underwriters, to accept delivery of and receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the Firm Shares and any Optional Shares the Underwriters have agreed to purchase. Jefferies, individually and not as the Representative of the Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment for any Offered Shares to be purchased by any Underwriter whose funds shall not have been received by the Representative by the First Closing Date or the applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may be, for the account of such Underwriter, but any such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from any of its obligations under this Agreement.

The Selling Shareholder hereby agrees that (i) it will pay all stock transfer taxes, stamp duties and other similar taxes, if any, payable upon the sale or delivery of the Offered Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholder to the several Underwriters, or otherwise in connection with the performance of the Selling Shareholder’s obligations hereunder and (ii) the Custodian is authorized to deduct for such payment any such amounts from the proceeds to the Selling Shareholder hereunder and to hold such amounts for the account of the Selling Shareholder with the Custodian under the Custody Agreement.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Selling Shareholder agrees that if the Company shall not have delivered to the Representative by the First Closing Date (or, if applicable, any Option Closing Date) (i) a certificate in the form of Exhibit F, dated not more than thirty (30) days prior to the First Closing Date (or, if applicable, any Option Closing Date), and (ii) proof of delivery to the United States Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) of the required notice, as described in Treasury Regulations 1.897-2(h)(2), then the Underwriters may deduct and withhold 10% of the gross proceeds (net of the underwriting discount but before deduction of any expenses) payable to the Selling Shareholder on account of the sale of the Offered Shares. As promptly as practicable

following delivery of the items set forth in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) above, but in any event no later than the end of the second full business day following delivery of such items, such amounts shall be transferred to the Selling Shareholder by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the same account to which payment for the Offered Shares was made at the First Closing Date (or to such other account as is provided to the Representative at the time that delivery of the items set forth in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) above is made), provided, however, that if the items set forth in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) above are not provided by the end of the nineteenth (19th) day after the First Closing Date (or, if applicable, any Option Closing Date), the withheld amount shall be transferred to the IRS and such transferred amount shall be treated for all purposes as having been paid to the Selling Shareholder. If the Underwriters do deduct or withhold any such amounts, they shall provide documentary confirmation thereof to the Selling Shareholder.

(f) Delivery of the Offered Shares. The Selling Shareholder shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Representative for the accounts of the several Underwriters certificates for the Firm Shares at the First Closing Date, against the irrevocable release of a wire transfer of immediately available funds for the amount of the purchase price therefor. The Selling Shareholder shall also deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Representative for the accounts of the several Underwriters, certificates for the Optional Shares the Underwriters have agreed to purchase at the First Closing Date or the applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may be, against the irrevocable release of a wire transfer of immediately available funds for the amount of the purchase price therefor. The certificates for the Offered Shares shall be in definitive form and registered in such names and denominations as the Representative shall have requested at least two full business days prior to the First Closing Date (or the applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may be) and shall be made available for inspection on the business day preceding the First Closing Date (or the applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may be) at a location in New York City as the Representative may designate. Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time and place specified in this Agreement is a further condition to the obligations of the Underwriters.

Section 3. Additional Covenants of the Company.

A. Covenants of the Company. The Company further covenants and agrees with each Underwriter as follows:

(a) Delivery of Registration Statement, Time of Sale Prospectus and Prospectus. The Company shall furnish to the Representative, without charge, two signed copies of the Registration Statement, any amendments thereto and for delivery to each other Underwriter a conformed copy of the Registration Statement, any amendments thereto and shall furnish to the Representative in New York City, without charge, prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and during the period mentioned in Section 3(e) or 3(g) below, as many copies of the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus and any supplements and amendments thereto or to the Registration Statement as the Representative may reasonably request.

(b) Representative’s Review of Proposed Amendments and Supplements. During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the First Closing Date or such date, as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriter, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered in connection with sales by an Underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus

including any amendment or supplement through incorporation of any report filed under the Exchange Act, the Company shall furnish to the Representative for review, a reasonable amount of time prior to the proposed time of filing or use thereof, a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file or use any such proposed amendment or supplement without the Representative’s consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, and to file with the Commission within the applicable period specified in Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act any prospectus required to be filed pursuant to such Rule in connection with sales of the Offered Shares.

(c) Free Writing Prospectuses. During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company shall furnish to the Representative for review, a reasonable amount of time prior to the proposed time of filing or use thereof, a copy of each proposed free writing prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto to be prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company and the Company shall not file, use or refer to any proposed free writing prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto without the Representative’s consent. The Company shall furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of, or used by the Company, as such Underwriter may reasonably request. If at any time when a prospectus is required by the Securities Act (including, without limitation, pursuant to Rule 173(d)) to be delivered in connection with sales of the Offered Shares (but in any event if at any time through and including the First Closing Date) there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company shall promptly amend or supplement such free writing prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict or so that the statements in such free writing prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not include an 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 prevailing at such subsequent time, not misleading, as the case may be; provided, however, that prior to amending or supplementing any such free writing prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representative for review, a reasonable amount of time prior to the proposed time of filing or use thereof, a copy of such proposed amended or supplemented free writing prospectus and the Company shall not file, use or refer to any such amended or supplemented free writing prospectus without the Representative’s consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld.

(d) Filing of Underwriter Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company shall not take any action that would result in an Underwriter or the Company being required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Underwriter that the Underwriter otherwise would not have been required to file thereunder.

(e) Amendments and Supplements to Time of Sale Prospectus. If the Time of Sale Prospectus is being used to solicit offers to buy the Shares at a time when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus so that the Time of Sale Prospectus does not include an 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 when delivered to a prospective purchaser, not misleading, or if any event shall

occur or condition exist as a result of which the Time of Sale Prospectus conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus to comply with applicable law, including the Securities Act, the Company shall (subject to Sections 3(b) and 3(c)) forthwith prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to any dealer upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Prospectus so that the statements in the Time of Sale Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not include an 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 when delivered to a prospective purchaser, not misleading or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will no longer conflict with the Registration Statement, or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law including the Securities Act.

(f) Securities Act Compliance. After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission with respect to Offered Shares or the offering documents used in connection therewith, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement to any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any free writing prospectus or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or becomes effective and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, or any amendment or supplement to any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any free writing prospectus or the Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing or quotation the Shares from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading or included or designated for quotation, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rule 424(b), Rule 433 and Rule 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under such Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission.

(g) Amendments and Supplements to the Prospectus and Other Securities Act Matters. If any event shall occur or condition exist during the Prospectus Delivery Period as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus so that the Prospectus does not include an 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 when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if in the opinion of the Representative or counsel for the Underwriters it is otherwise necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with applicable law, including the Securities Act, the Company agrees (subject to Sections 3(b) and 3(c)) to promptly prepare, file with the Commission and furnish at its own expense to the Underwriters and to dealers, amendments or supplements to the Prospectus so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not include an 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 when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the

Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law including the Securities Act. Neither the Representative’s consent to, nor delivery of, any such amendment or supplement shall constitute a waiver of any of the Company’s obligations under Sections 3(b) or (c).

(h) Blue Sky Compliance. The Company shall cooperate with the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters to qualify or register the Offered Shares for sale under (or obtain exemptions from the application of) the state securities or blue sky laws or Canadian provincial securities laws (or other foreign laws) of those jurisdictions designated by the Representative, shall comply with such laws and shall continue such qualifications, registrations and exemptions in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Offered Shares. The Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not presently qualified or where it would be subject to taxation as a foreign corporation. The Company will advise the Representative promptly of the suspension during the Prospectus Delivery Period of the qualification or registration of (or any such exemption relating to) the Offered Shares for offering, sale or trading in any jurisdiction or any initiation or threat of any proceeding for any such purpose during the Prospectus Delivery Period, and in the event of the issuance of any order suspending such qualification, registration or exemption, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal thereof at the earliest possible moment.

(i) Use of Proceeds. The Company shall not receive any net proceeds from the sale of the Offered Shares

(j) Transfer Agent. The Company shall engage and maintain, at its expense, a registrar and transfer agent for the Shares.

(k) Earnings Statement. As soon as practicable, but in any event no later than fifteen months after the date of this Agreement, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representative an earnings statement (which need not be audited) covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the date of this Agreement which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

(l) Periodic Reporting Obligations. During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company shall file, on a timely basis, with the Commission and the Nasdaq Global Market all reports and documents required to be filed under the Exchange Act.

(m) Listing. The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect and maintain the inclusion and quotation of the Offered Shares on the Nasdaq Global Market and to maintain the inclusion and quotation of the Shares on the Nasdaq Global Market.

(n) Exchange Act Compliance. During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15 of the Exchange Act in the manner and within the time periods required by the Exchange Act.

(o) Agreement Not to Offer or Sell Additional Shares. During the period commencing on and including the date hereof and ending on and including the 60th day

following the date of the Prospectus (as the same may be extended as described below, the “Company Lock-up Period”), the Company will not, without the prior written consent of Jefferies (which consent may be withheld at the sole discretion of Jefferies), directly or indirectly, sell (including, without limitation, any short sale), offer, contract or grant any option to sell, pledge, transfer or establish an open “put equivalent position” within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act, or otherwise dispose of or transfer, or announce the offering of, or file any registration statement under the Securities Act in respect of, any Shares, options, rights or warrants to acquire Shares or securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into Shares (other than as contemplated by this Agreement with respect to the Offered Shares) or publicly announce the intention to do any of the foregoing; provided, however, that the Company may issue Shares or options to purchase Shares, or issue Shares upon exercise of options, pursuant to any stock option, stock bonus or other stock plan or arrangement described in each Applicable Prospectus. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (i) during the last 17 days of the Company Lock-up Period, the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs or (ii) prior to the expiration of the Company Lock-up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the Company Lock-up Period, then in each case the Company Lock-up Period will be extended until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event, as applicable, unless Jefferies waives, in writing, such extension (which waiver may be withheld at the sole discretion of Jefferies), except that such extension will not apply if, (i) within three business days prior to the 15th calendar day before the last day of the Company Lock-up Period, the Company delivers a certificate, signed by the Chief Financial Officer or Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certifying on behalf of the Company that (i) the Shares are “actively traded securities” (as defined in Regulation M), (ii) the company meets the applicable requirements of paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 139 under the Securities Act in the manner contemplated by NASD Conduct Rule 2711(f)(4), and (iii) the provisions of NASD Conduct Rule 2711(f)(4) are not applicable to any research reports relating to the Company published or distributed by any of the Underwriters during the 15 days before or after the last day of the Company Lock up Period (before giving effect to such extension). The Company will provide the Representative with prior notice of any such announcement that gives rise to an extension of the Lock-up Period.

(p) No Stabilization or Manipulation; Compliance with Regulation M. The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that might be reasonably expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Shares or any other reference security, whether to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Shares or otherwise, and the Company will, and shall cause each of its affiliates to, comply with all applicable provisions of Regulation M. If the limitations of Rule 102 of Regulation M (“Rule 102”) do not apply with respect to the Offered Shares or any other reference security pursuant to any exception set forth in Section (d) of Rule 102, then promptly upon notice from the Representative (or, if later, at the time stated in the notice), the Company will, and shall cause each of its affiliates to, comply with Rule 102 as though such exception were not available but the other provisions of Rule 102 (as interpreted by the Commission) did apply.

(q) Existing Lock-Up Agreements. During the Company Lock-up Period, the Company will enforce all existing agreements between the Company and any of its security holders that prohibit the sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or hypothecation of any of the Company’s securities. In addition, the Company will direct the transfer agent to place stop

transfer restrictions upon any such securities of the Company that are bound by such existing “lock-up” agreements for the duration of the periods contemplated in such agreements, including, without limitation, “lock-up” agreements entered into by the Company’s officers and directors pursuant to Section 6(l).

(r) U.S. Real Property Holding Corporation Status. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to deliver to the Representatives, on or prior to the First Closing Date (or, if applicable, any Option Closing Date) or, if not delivered by each such date, by the end of the nineteenth (19th) day after the First Closing Date (or, if applicable, any Option Closing Date), (i) a certificate in the form of Exhibit F, dated not more than thirty (30) days prior to the First Closing Date (or, if applicable, any Option Closing Date), and (ii) proof of delivery to the IRS of the required notice, as described in Treasury Regulations 1.897-2(h)(2).

B. Covenants of the Selling Shareholder. The Selling Shareholder further covenants and agrees with each Underwriter:

(a) Agreement Not to Offer or Sell Additional Shares. The Selling Shareholder will not, without the prior written consent of Jefferies (which consent may be withheld in its sole discretion), directly or indirectly, sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell (including without limitation any short sale), pledge, transfer, establish an open “put equivalent position” within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act, or otherwise dispose of any Shares, options or warrants to acquire Shares, or securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into Shares currently or hereafter owned either of record or beneficially (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under Exchange Act) by the undersigned, or publicly announce the undersigned’s intention to do any of the foregoing, for a period commencing on the date hereof and continuing through the close of trading on the 90th day following the date of the Prospectus (the “Selling Shareholder Lock-up Period”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (i) during the last 17 days of the Selling Shareholder Lock-up Period, the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs or (ii) prior to the expiration of the Selling Shareholder Lock-up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the Selling Shareholder Lock-up Period, then in each case the Selling Shareholder Lock-up Period will be extended until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event, as applicable, unless Jefferies waives, in writing, such extension (which waiver may be withheld at the sole discretion of Jefferies), except that such extension will not apply if, (i) within three business days prior to the 15th calendar day before the last day of the Selling Shareholder Lock-up Period, the Company delivers a certificate, signed by the Chief Financial Officer or Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certifying on behalf of the Company that (i) the Shares are “actively traded securities” (as defined in Regulation M), (ii) the company meets the applicable requirements of paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 139 under the Securities Act in the manner contemplated by NASD Conduct Rule 2711(f)(4), and (iii) the provisions of NASD Conduct Rule 2711(f)(4) are not applicable to any research reports relating to the Company published or distributed by any of the Underwriters during the 15 days before or after the last day of the Selling Shareholder Lock up Period (before giving effect to such extension). The Company will provide the Representative with prior notice of any such announcement that gives rise to an extension of the Lock-up Period.

(b) No Stabilization or Manipulation; Compliance with Regulation M. The Selling Shareholder will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that might

be reasonably expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Shares or any other reference security, whether to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Shares or otherwise, and the Selling Shareholder will, and shall cause each of its affiliates to, comply with all applicable provisions of Regulation M. If the limitations of Rule 102 do not apply with respect to the Offered Shares or any other reference security pursuant to any exception set forth in Section (d) of Rule 102, then promptly upon notice from the Representative (or, if later, at the time stated in the notice), the Selling Shareholder will, and shall cause each of its affiliates to, comply with Rule 102 as though such exception were not available but the other provisions of Rule 102 (as interpreted by the Commission) did apply.

(c) Delivery of Forms W-8 and W-9. To deliver to the Representative prior to the First Closing Date a properly completed and executed United States Department of the Treasury Form W-8 (if the Selling Shareholder is a non-United States person) or Form W-9 (if the Selling Shareholder is a United States Person).

C. Waiver. Jefferies, on behalf of the several Underwriters, may, in its sole discretion, waive in writing the performance by the Company or the Selling Shareholder of any one or more of the foregoing covenants or extend the time for their performance.

Section 4. Payment of Expenses. The Company and the Selling Shareholder, as applicable, agrees to pay all costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the performance of their respective obligations hereunder and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including without limitation (i) all fees and expenses of the registrar and transfer agent of the Shares, (ii) all necessary issue, transfer and other stamp taxes in connection with the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares to the Underwriters, (iii) all fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel, independent public or certified public accountants and other advisors, (iv) all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, printing, filing, shipping and distribution of the Registration Statement (including financial statements, exhibits, schedules, consents and certificates of experts), the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company, and each preliminary prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, and this Agreement, (v) all filing fees, attorneys’ fees and expenses (such attorneys’ fees and expenses not in excess of $7,500) incurred by the Company or the Underwriters in connection with qualifying or registering (or obtaining exemptions from the qualification or registration of) all or any part of the Offered Shares for offer and sale under the state securities or blue sky laws or the provincial securities laws of Canada, and, if requested by the Representative, preparing and printing a “Blue Sky Survey” or memorandum and a “Canadian wrapper”, and any supplements thereto, advising the Underwriters of such qualifications, registrations, determinations and exemptions, (vi) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Shares, including, without limitation, expenses associated with the preparation or dissemination of any electronic road show, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations with the prior approval of the Company, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives, employees and officers of the Company and any such consultants, and 50% of the cost of any aircraft chartered in connection with the road show with the other 50% being paid for by the Underwriters, (vii) the fees and expenses associated with including the Shares on the Nasdaq Global Market and (viii) all other fees, costs and expenses of the nature referred to in Item 14 of the Registration Statement. Except as provided in this Section 4, Section 7, Section 8 and Section 9 hereof, the Underwriters shall pay their own expenses, including the fees and disbursements of their counsel.

The Selling Shareholder further agrees with each Underwriter to pay (directly or by reimbursement) all fees and expenses incident to the performance of their obligations under this Agreement which are not otherwise specifically provided for herein, including but not limited to (i) fees and expenses of counsel and other advisors for the Selling Shareholder, (ii) fees and expenses of the Custodian and (iii) expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Offered Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholder to the Underwriters hereunder (which taxes, if any, may be deducted by the Custodian under the provisions of Section 2 hereof).

This Section 4 shall not affect or modify any separate, valid agreement relating to the allocation of payment of expenses between the Company, on the one hand, and the Selling Shareholder, on the other hand.

Section 5. Covenant of the Underwriters. Each Underwriter severally and not jointly, covenants with the Company not to take any action that would result in the Company being required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of such Underwriter that otherwise would not be required to be filed by the Company thereunder, but for the action of the Underwriter

Section 6. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Offered Shares as provided herein on the First Closing Date and, with respect to the Optional Shares, each Option Closing Date, shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Shareholder set forth in Sections 1(A) and 1(B) hereof as of the date hereof and as of the First Closing Date as though then made and, with respect to the Optional Shares, as of each Option Closing Date as though then made, to the timely performance by the Company and the Selling Shareholder of their respective covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional conditions:

(a) Accountant’s Comfort Letter. On the date hereof, the Representative shall have received from Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm for the Company, (i) a letter dated the date hereof addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountant’s “comfort letter” to underwriters, delivered according to Statement of Auditing Standards No. 72 (or any successor bulletin), with respect to the audited and unaudited financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, Time of Sale Prospectus, and each free writing prospectus, if any, and, with respect to each letter dated the date hereof only, the Prospectus, and (ii) confirming that they are (A) independent public or certified public accountants as required by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and (B) in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

(b) Compliance with Registration Requirements; No Stop Order. For the period from and after effectiveness of this Agreement and prior to the First Closing Date and, with respect to the Optional Shares, each Option Closing Date:

(i) the Company shall have filed the Prospectus with the Commission (including the information previously omitted from the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B under the Securities Act) in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act; or the Company shall have filed a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement containing the information previously omitted pursuant to such Rule 430B, and such post-effective amendment shall have become effective; and

(ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, , or any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, shall be in effect and no proceedings for such purpose shall have been instituted or threatened by the Commission.

(c) No Material Adverse Change or Ratings Agency Change. For the period from and after the date of this Agreement and through and including the First Closing Date and, with respect to the Optional Shares, each Option Closing Date:

(i) in the judgment of the Representative there shall not have occurred any Material Adverse Change; and

(ii) there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded any securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act.

(d) Opinion and Negative Assurance Statement of Counsel for the Company. On each of the First Closing Date and each Option Closing Date the Representative shall have received the opinion and negative assurance statement of King & Spalding LLP, counsel for the Company, dated as of such Closing Date, to the effect set forth in Exhibit A.

(e) Opinion of General Counsel for the Company. On each of the First Closing Date and each Option Closing Date the Representative shall have received the opinion of the general counsel the Company, to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto.

(f) Opinion and Negative Assurance Statement of Counsel for the Underwriters. On each of the First Closing Date and each Option Closing Date the Representative shall have received the opinion and negative assurance statement of White & Case LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters, dated as of such Closing Date.

(g) Officers’ Certificate. On each of the First Closing Date and each Option Closing Date the Representative shall have received a written certificate executed by the Chief Executive Officer or President of the Company and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, dated as of such Closing Date, to the effect set forth in subsections (b)(ii) and (c)(ii) of this Section 6, and further to the effect that:

(i) for the period from and including the date of this Agreement through and including such Closing Date, there has not occurred any Material Adverse Change;

(ii) the representations, warranties and covenants of the Company set forth in Section 1(A) of this Agreement are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made on and as of such Closing Date; and

(iii) the Company has complied with all the agreements hereunder and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such Closing Date.

(h) Bring-down Comfort Letter. On each of the First Closing Date and each Option Closing Date the Representative shall have received from Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm for the Company, a letter dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished by them pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 6, except that the specified date referred to therein for the carrying out of procedures shall be no more than three business days prior to the First Closing Date or the applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may be.

(i) Opinion of Counsel for the Selling Shareholder. On each of the First Closing Date and each Option Closing Date the Representative shall have received the opinion of Maples and Calder, counsel for the Selling Shareholder, dated as of such Closing Date, to the effect set forth in Exhibit C.

(j) Selling Shareholder’s Certificate. On each of the First Closing Date and each Option Closing Date the Representative shall receive a written certificate executed by the Selling Shareholder, dated as of such Closing Date, to the effect that:

(i) the representations, warranties and covenants of the Selling Shareholder set forth in Section 1(B) of this Agreement are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made by the Selling Shareholder on and as of such Closing Date; and

(ii) the Selling Shareholder has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to such Closing Date.

(k) Selling Shareholder’s Documents. On the date hereof, the Selling Shareholder shall have furnished for review by the Representative a copy of the Custody Agreement executed by the Selling Shareholder and such further information, certificates and documents as the Representative may reasonably request.

(l) Lock-Up Agreement from Certain Securityholders of the Company Other Than the Selling Shareholder. On or prior to the date hereof, the Company shall have furnished to the Representative an agreement in the form of Exhibit E hereto from each person listed on Exhibit D hereto, and such agreement shall be in full force and effect on each of the First Closing Date and each Option Closing Date.

(m) Additional Documents. On or before each of the First Closing Date and each Option Closing Date, the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters shall have received such information, documents and opinions as they may reasonably request for the purposes of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares as contemplated herein, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations and warranties, or the satisfaction of any of the conditions or agreements, herein contained.

If any condition specified in this Section 6 is not satisfied when and as required to be satisfied, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representative by notice to the Company and the Selling Shareholder at any time on or prior to the First Closing Date and, with respect to the Optional Shares, at any time on or prior to the applicable Option Closing Date, which termination shall be without liability on the part of any party to any other party, except that Section 4, Section 6 and Section 8 shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination.

Section 7. Reimbursement of Underwriters’ Expenses. If this Agreement is terminated by the Representative pursuant to Section 10 or Section 11, or if the sale to the Underwriters of the Offered Shares on the First Closing Date is not consummated because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company or the Selling Shareholder to perform any agreement herein or to comply with any provision hereof, the Company and the Selling Shareholder agrees to reimburse the Representative and the other Underwriters (or such Underwriters as have terminated this Agreement with respect to themselves), severally, upon demand for all out-of-pocket expenses that shall have been reasonably incurred by the Representative and the Underwriters in connection with the proposed purchase and the offering and sale of the Offered Shares, including but not limited to fees and disbursements of counsel, not to exceed in any event $300,000, printing expenses, travel expenses, postage, facsimile and telephone charges.

Section 8. Indemnification.

(a) Indemnification of the Underwriters by the Company. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, each of its directors and employees, and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense, as incurred, to which such Underwriter or such director, employee or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, other federal or state statutory law or regulation, or the laws or regulations of foreign jurisdictions where Offered Shares have been offered or sold or at common law or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation), insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arises out of or is based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, or any amendment thereto, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any free writing prospectus, or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or any prospectus wrapper material distributed in Canada, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and to reimburse each Underwriter and each such officer, employee and controlling person for any and all expenses (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Representative) as such expenses are reasonably incurred by such Underwriter or such officer, employee or controlling person in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action; provided, however, that the foregoing indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense to the extent, but only to the extent, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in

reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Representative expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any such free writing prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by the Representative to the Company consists of the information described in subsection (c) below. The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 8(a) shall be in addition to any liabilities that the Company may otherwise have.

(b) Indemnification of the Underwriters by the Selling Shareholder. The Selling Shareholder agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, each of its directors and employees, and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense, as incurred, to which such Underwriter or such director, employee or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, other federal or state statutory law or regulation, or the laws or regulations of foreign jurisdictions where Offered Shares have been offered or sold or at common law or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation), insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arises out of or is based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, or any amendment thereto, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any free writing prospectus, or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or any prospectus wrapper material distributed in Canada, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and to reimburse each Underwriter and each such officer, employee and controlling person for any and all expenses (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Representative) as such expenses are reasonably incurred by such Underwriter or such officer, employee or controlling person in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action; provided, however, that the foregoing indemnity agreement shall only apply to the extent that any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in connection with the “Selling Shareholder Information”; provided, however, that the Selling Shareholder shall not be liable pursuant hereto for any amount in excess of the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses). The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 8(b) shall be in addition to any liabilities that the selling Shareholder may otherwise have.

(c) Indemnification of the Company, its Directors and Officers and the Selling Shareholder by the Underwriters. Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement, the Selling Shareholder and each person, if any, who controls the Company or the Selling Shareholder within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense, as incurred, to which the Company, or any such director, officer, Selling Shareholder or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, or the laws or regulations of foreign jurisdictions where Offered Shares have been offered or sold or at common law or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of such Underwriter), insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated

below) arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any Road Show, any free writing prospectus that the Company has used, referred to or filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Securities Act or the Prospectus (or such amendment or supplement thereto), or arises out of or is based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, such preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, such Road Show, such free writing prospectus that the Company has used, referred to or filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Securities Act or the Prospectus (or such amendment or supplement thereto), in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company and the Selling Shareholder by the Representative expressly for use therein; and to reimburse the Company, or any such director, officer, Selling Shareholder or controlling person for any legal and other expense reasonably incurred by the Company, or any such director, officer, Selling Shareholder or controlling person in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action. Each of the Company and the Selling Shareholder, hereby acknowledges that the only information that the Representative and the Underwriters have furnished to the Company and the Selling Shareholder expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any Road Show, any free writing prospectus that the Company has used, referred to or filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Securities Act or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) are the concession and reallowance figures appearing in the fourth paragraph under the caption “Underwriting,” the information contained in the thirteenth, fourteenth and sixteenth paragraphs relating to stabilization transactions under the caption “Underwriting.” The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 8(c) shall be in addition to any liabilities that each Underwriter may otherwise have.

(d) Notifications and Other Indemnification Procedures. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof, but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party for contribution or otherwise than under the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 8 or to the extent it is not prejudiced as a proximate result of such failure. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party and such indemnified party seeks or intends to seek indemnity from an indemnifying party, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in, and, to the extent that it shall elect, jointly with all other indemnifying parties similarly notified, by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided, however, if the defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that a conflict may arise between the positions of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in conducting the defense of any such action or that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to assume such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties. Upon receipt of notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of

such indemnifying party’s election so to assume the defense of such action and approval by the indemnified party of counsel, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the proviso to the preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate counsel (together with local counsel), representing the indemnified parties who are parties to such action), which counsel (together with any local counsel) for the indemnified parties shall be selected by Jefferies (in the case of counsel for the indemnified parties referred to in Section 8(a) above), by the Selling Shareholder (in the case of counsel for the indemnified parties referred to in Section 8(b) above) or by the Company (in the case of counsel for the indemnified parties referred to in Section 8(c) above), (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action or (iii) the indemnifying party has authorized in writing the employment of counsel for the indemnified party at the expense of the indemnifying party, in each of which cases the fees and expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnifying party and shall be paid as they are incurred.

(e) Settlements. The indemnifying party under this Section 8 shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by Section 8(c) hereof, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity was or could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such action, suit or proceeding.

Section 9. Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in Section 8 is for any reason held to be unavailable to or otherwise insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount paid or payable by such indemnified party, as incurred, as a result of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Shareholder, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, from the offering and sale of the Offered Shares pursuant to this Agreement 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 Selling Shareholder, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or

expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Shareholder, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the offering of the Offered Shares pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Offered Shares pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Selling Shareholder, and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth on the front cover page of the Prospectus bear to the aggregate public offering price of the Offered Shares as set forth on such cover. The relative fault of the Company and the Selling Shareholder, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Selling Shareholder, on the one hand, or the Underwriters, on the other hand, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 8(c), any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim. The provisions set forth in Section 8(c) with respect to notice of commencement of any action shall apply if a claim for contribution is to be made under this Section 9; provided, however, that no additional notice shall be required with respect to any action for which notice has been given under Section 8(c) for purposes of indemnification.

The Company, the Selling Shareholder and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 9.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9, (i) no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter in connection with the Offered Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public, and (ii) the Selling Shareholder shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses). No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 9 are several, and not joint, in proportion to their respective underwriting commitments as set forth opposite their respective names on Schedule A. For purposes of this Section 9, each officer and employee of an Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company.

Section 10. Default of One or More of the Several Underwriters. If, on the First Closing Date or the applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may be, any one or more of the several Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Offered Shares that it or they

have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, and the aggregate number of Offered Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase does not exceed 10% of the aggregate number of the Offered Shares to be purchased on such date, the Representative may make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the purchase of such Offered Shares by other persons, including any of the Underwriters, but if no such arrangements are made by such Closing Date, the other Underwriters shall be obligated, severally and not jointly, in the proportions that the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite their respective names on Schedule A bears to the aggregate number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting Underwriters, or in such other proportions as may be specified by the Representative with the consent of the non-defaulting Underwriters, to purchase the Offered Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase on such date. If, on the First Closing Date or the applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may be, any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Offered Shares and the aggregate number of Offered Shares with respect to which such default occurs exceeds 10% of the aggregate number of Offered Shares to be purchased on such date, and arrangements satisfactory to the Representative and the Company for the purchase of such Offered Shares are not made within 48 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of Section 4, Section 7, Section 8 and Section 9 shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination. In any such case either the Representative or the Company shall have the right to postpone the First Closing Date or the applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may be, but in no event for longer than seven days in order that the required changes, if any, to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or any other documents or arrangements may be effected.

As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” shall be deemed to include any person substituted for a defaulting Underwriter under this Section 10. Any action taken under this Section 10 shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement.

Section 11. Termination of This Agreement. Prior to the purchase of the Firm Shares by the Underwriters on the First Closing Date this Agreement may be terminated by the Representative by notice given to the Company and the Selling Shareholder if at any time (i) trading or quotation in any of the Company’s securities shall have been suspended or limited by the Commission or by the Nasdaq Global Market, or trading in securities generally on either the Nasdaq Stock Market or the New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended or limited, or minimum or maximum prices shall have been generally established on any of such stock exchanges by the Commission or FINRA; (ii) a general banking moratorium shall have been declared by any of federal or New York authorities; (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of national or international hostilities or any crisis or calamity, or any change in the United States or international financial markets, or any substantial change or development involving a prospective substantial change in United States’ or international political, financial or economic conditions, as in the judgment of the Representative is material and adverse and makes it impracticable to market the Offered Shares in the manner and on the terms described in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus or to enforce contracts for the sale of securities; or (iv) in the judgment of the Representative there shall have occurred any Material Adverse Change. Any termination pursuant to this Section 11 shall be without liability on the part of (a) the Company or the Selling Shareholder to any Underwriter, except that the Company and the Selling Shareholder shall be obligated to reimburse the expenses of the Representative and the Underwriters pursuant to Sections 4 and 7 hereof, (b) any Underwriter to the Company or the Selling Shareholder, or (c) of any party hereto to any other party except that the provisions of Section 8 and Section 9 shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination.

Section 12. No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (a) the purchase and sale of the Offered Shares pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the public offering price of the Offered Shares and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other hand, (b) in connection with the offering contemplated hereby and the process leading to such transaction each Underwriter is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of the Company, or its shareholders, creditors, employees or any other party, (c) no Underwriter has assumed or will assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company on other matters) and no Underwriter has any obligation to the Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (d) the Underwriters and their respective affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions which involve interests that differ from those of the Company, and (e) the Underwriters have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering contemplated hereby and the Company has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate.

Section 13. Representations and Indemnities to Survive Delivery. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company, of its officers, of the Selling Shareholder and of the several Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or the Company or any of its or their partners, officers or directors or any controlling person, or the Selling Shareholder, as the case may be, and, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, will survive delivery of and payment for the Offered Shares sold hereunder and any termination of this Agreement.

Section 14. Notices. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed, hand delivered or telecopied and confirmed to the parties hereto as follows:

If to the Representative:

Jefferies & Company, Inc.

520 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Facsimile: (212) ###-###-####

Attention: General Counsel

with a copy to:

White & Case LLP

1155 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10036

Facsimile: (212) ###-###-####

Attention: Colin Diamond, Esq.

If to the Company:

Caribou Coffee Company, Inc.

3900 Lakebreeze Avenue North

Brooklyn Center, Minnesota 55429

Facsimile: (763) ###-###-####

Attention: Dan E. Lee, Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

If to the Selling Shareholder:

Caribou Holding Company Limited

c/o Arcapita Inc.

Four Seasons Tower

24th Floor

75 Fourteenth Street

Atlanta, Georgia 30309

Facsimile: (404) ###-###-####

Attention: E. Stockton Croft IV

Any party hereto may change the address for receipt of communications by giving written notice to the others.

Section 15. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, including any substitute Underwriters pursuant to Section 10 hereof, and to the benefit of the employees, officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 8 and Section 9, and in each case their respective successors, and personal Representative, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder. The term “successors” shall not include any purchaser of the Offered Shares as such from any of the Underwriters merely by reason of such purchase.

Section 16. Partial Unenforceability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other Section, paragraph or provision hereof. If any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be made such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and enforceable.

Section 17. Governing Law Provisions. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed in such state. Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (“Related Proceedings”) may be instituted in the federal courts of the United States of America located in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York or the courts of the State of New York in each case located in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York (collectively, the “Specified Courts”), and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction (except for proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any such court (a “Related Judgment”), as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such party’s address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each party not located in the United States irrevocably appoints CT Corporation System, which currently maintains a New York City office at 111 Eighth Avenue, 13th Floor, New York, NY 10011, United

States of America, as its agent to receive service of process or other legal summons for purposes of any such suit, action or proceeding that may be instituted in any state or federal court in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York.

With respect to any Related Proceeding, each party irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, all immunity (whether on the basis of sovereignty or otherwise) from jurisdiction, service of process, attachment (both before and after judgment) and execution to which it might otherwise be entitled in the Specified Courts, and with respect to any Related Judgment, each party waives any such immunity in the Specified Courts or any other court of competent jurisdiction, and will not raise or claim or cause to be pleaded any such immunity at or in respect of any such Related Proceeding or Related Judgment, including, without limitation, any immunity pursuant to the United States Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, as amended.

Section 18. Failure of the Selling Shareholder to Sell and Deliver Offered Shares. If the Selling Shareholder shall fail to sell and deliver to the Underwriters the Offered Shares to be sold and delivered by the Selling Shareholder at the First Closing Date pursuant to this Agreement, then the Underwriters may at their option, by written notice from the Representative to the Company and the Selling Shareholder terminate this Agreement without any liability on the part of any Underwriter or, except as provided in Sections 4, 7, 8 and 9 hereof, the Company. If the Selling Shareholder shall fail to sell and deliver to the Underwriters the Offered Shares to be sold and delivered by the Selling Shareholder pursuant to this Agreement at the First Closing Date or the applicable Option Closing Date, then the Underwriters shall have the right, by written notice from the Representative to the Company and the Selling Shareholder, to postpone the First Closing Date or the applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may be, but in no event for longer than seven days in order that the required changes, if any, to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or any other documents or arrangements may be effected.

Section 19. General Provisions. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties to this Agreement and supersedes all prior written or oral and all contemporaneous oral agreements, understandings and negotiations with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each one of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. This Agreement may not be amended or modified unless in writing by all of the parties hereto, and no condition herein (express or implied) may be waived unless waived in writing by each party whom the condition is meant to benefit. The section headings herein are for the convenience of the parties only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.

Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that it is a sophisticated business person who was adequately represented by counsel during negotiations regarding the provisions hereof, including, without limitation, the indemnification provisions of Section 8 and the contribution provisions of Section 9, and is fully informed regarding said provisions. Each of the parties hereto further acknowledges that the provisions of Sections 8 and 9 hereto fairly allocate the risks in light of the ability of the parties to investigate the Company, its affairs and its business in order to assure that adequate disclosure has been made in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, each free writing prospectus and the Prospectus (and any amendments and supplements thereto), as required by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.

If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to the Company and the Custodian the enclosed copies hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts hereof, shall become a binding agreement in accordance with its terms.


Very truly yours,

CARIBOU COFFEE COMPANY, INC.

By:		/s/ Dan E. Lee
Name: Dan E. Lee
Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

CARIBOU HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED

By:		/s/ E. Stockton Croft IV
Name: E. Stockton Croft IV
Title: Vice President

The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted by the Representative in New York, New York as of the date first above written.


JEFFERIES & COMPANY, INC.
Acting as Representative of the several Underwriters named in the attached Schedule A.

By JEFFERIES & COMPANY, INC.

By:		/s/ John B. Tibe
Name: John B. Tibe
Title: Managing Director

SCHEDULE A


Underwriters	Number of Firm Shares to be Purchased
Jefferies & Company, Inc.		2,575,000
Robert W. Baird & Co.		1,030,000
William Blair & Company, L.L.C.		1,030,000
Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC		515,000

Total		5,150,000

SCHEDULE B

Free Writing Prospectuses included in the Time of Sale Prospectus

None.

Pricing Information Conveyed Orally by the Underwriters

Public offering price – $14.25 per share.

Underwriting discount – $0.78375 per share.

Shares offered – 5,150,000 shares of Common Stock (excluding over-allotment)

Over-allotment option – up to 772,245 shares of Common Stock

Trade Date – August 18, 2011

Closing Date – August 23, 2011 (T + 3)

EXHIBIT A

Form of Opinion of King & Spalding LLP

Opinion of counsel for the Company to be delivered

pursuant to Section 6(d) of the Underwriting Agreement.

JEFFERIES & COMPANY, INC.

As Representative of the several Underwriters

c/o JEFFERIES & COMPANY, INC.

520 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Re:

Public Offering of Common Stock of Caribou Coffee Company Inc.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel for Caribou Coffee Company Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the sale of 5,150,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), to be sold by Caribou Holding Company Limited, a Cayman Island Company (the “Selling Shareholder”), to you pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), dated August 17, 2011, among you, the Company and the Selling Shareholder. This opinion is being rendered at the Company’s request pursuant to Section 8(d) of the Underwriting Agreement. Capitalized terms used in this opinion and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Underwriting Agreement.

As used herein, the term (i) “Registration Statement” means the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-170634) in the form in which it became effective on November 19, 2010; (ii) “Preliminary Prospectus” means the preliminary prospectus supplement dated August 15, 2011; (iii) “Prospectus” means the final prospectus dated August 18, 2011, filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) and (iv) “Time of Sale Information” means the Preliminary Prospectus together with the pricing information set forth on Schedule B to the Underwriting Agreement.

In our capacity as such counsel, we have reviewed (i) the Registration Statement, (ii) the Preliminary Prospectus, (iii) the Prospectus, (iv) the Time of Sale Information and (v) the Underwriting Agreement. We have also reviewed such matters of law and examined original, certified, conformed or photographic copies of such other documents, records, agreements and certificates as we have deemed necessary as a basis for the opinions hereinafter expressed. In such review we have assumed the genuineness of signatures on all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to original documents of all copies submitted to us as certified, conformed or photographic copies. We have relied, as to the matters set forth therein, on certificates of public officials.

As to certain matters of fact material to this opinion, we have relied to the extent we deemed appropriate, without independent verification, upon (i) certificates of officers of the Company and (ii) the representations and warranties of the Company in the Underwriting Agreement. Whenever our opinion in this letter is stated to be based upon our knowledge, such

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qualification shall signify that no information has come to the attention of the attorneys in our firm who have been involved in the preparation or review of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or this opinion or that regularly provide advice to the Company and its subsidiaries that would give us actual current knowledge of the existence or absence of the matter in question.

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, qualifications and limitations set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:

(i)

Based solely on a review of the certificates attached hereto, the Company is qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction specified on Schedule I hereto.

(ii)

The Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission under the Securities Act. To our knowledge based solely on telephonic confirmation from the staff of the Commission, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued under the Securities Act and no proceedings for such purpose have been instituted or are pending or threatened by the Commission. Any required filing of the Prospectus and any supplement thereto pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act has been made in the manner and within the time period required by such Rule 424(b).

(iii)

The Offered Shares have been approved for inclusion and quotation on the Nasdaq Global Market.

(iv)

The statements in the Time of Sale Prospectus under the caption “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources” and “Certain United States Income Tax Considerations” insofar as such statements purport to describe certain provisions of documents, instruments, agreements, statutes or regulations, are accurate in all material respects.

(v)

To our knowledge, there are no legal or governmental actions, suits or proceedings pending or threatened which are required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, other than those disclosed therein.

(vi)

The execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement by the Company, the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder (other than performance by the Company of its obligations under the indemnification section of the Underwriting Agreement, as to which no opinion need be rendered) and the sale of the offered securities (i) will not constitute a breach of, or Default or a Debt Repayment Triggering Event under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to any agreement or instrument filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement; or (ii) will not result in any violation of any federal law or regulation; except in the case of (i) or (ii) above for any such breach, Default, Debt Repayment Triggering Event, creation, imposition or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change.

(vii)

No consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or registration or filing with, any court or other governmental or regulatory authority or agency, is

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required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, except such as may be required under applicable state securities or blue sky laws.

(viii)

The Company is not an “investment company” within the meaning of Investment Company Act.

(ix)

Upon payment by any Underwriter for the Offered Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholder to such Underwriter as provided in the Underwriting Agreement, the delivery of such Offered Shares to Cede & Co. (“Cede”) or such other nominee as may be designated by the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), the registration of such Offered Shares in the name of Cede or such other nominee and the crediting of such Offered Shares on the records of DTC to securities accounts (as defined in Section 8-501(a) of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York (the “UCC”)) in the name of such Underwriter, (i) under Section 8-501 of the UCC, such Underwriter will acquire a security entitlement (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) in such Offered Shares, assuming that DTC is a securities intermediary (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the UCC), and (ii) no action based on any adverse claim (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(1) of the UCC) to such security entitlement may be asserted against such Underwriter, assuming that neither DTC nor such Underwriter has notice of any such adverse claim.

(x)

The irrevocable submission of the Selling Shareholder to the exclusive jurisdiction of a New York Court, the waiver by the Selling Shareholder of any objection to the venue of a proceeding of a New York Court and the agreement of the Selling Shareholder that the Underwriting Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York are legal, valid and binding.

(xi)

The Custody Agreement is a valid and binding agreement of the Selling Shareholder, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles.

(xii)

The Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any further amendments and supplements thereto, as applicable, made by the Company prior to the date hereof (other than the financial statements and related schedules and other financial information contained therein, as to which we express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.

We have participated in conferences with representatives of the Company and with representatives of its independent accountants at which conferences the contents of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and related matters were discussed and, although we assume no responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto (except as expressly provided in paragraph (iv) above), nothing has come to our attention to cause us to believe (A) that, any part of the Registration Statement or any further amendment thereto made by the Company prior to the date hereof,

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when such part or amendment became effective, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (B) that the Time of Sale Information, as of the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or (C) that, as of its date and as of the date hereof, the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto made by the Company prior to the date hereof 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, with respect to clauses (A), (B) and (C) above, we do not express a belief with respect to the financial statements and related schedules and other financial information contained therein.

This opinion is delivered in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, may be relied upon only by you in connection therewith, may not be relied upon by you, and may not be quoted, published or otherwise disseminated, for any other purpose or by anyone else for any purpose without our prior written consent.

This opinion is limited in all respects to the federal laws of the United States of America and the laws of the State of New York, and no opinion is expressed with respect to the laws of any other jurisdiction or any effect that such laws may have on the opinions expressed herein. This opinion is limited to the matters stated herein, and no opinion is implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated herein.

This opinion is given as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to update this opinion letter to reflect any facts or circumstances that may hereafter come to our attention or any changes in any laws or regulations which may hereafter occur.

Very truly yours,

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EXHIBIT B

Form of Opinion of the General Counsel for the Company

Opinion of General Counsel for the Company to be delivered

pursuant to Section 6(e) of the Underwriting Agreement.

JEFFERIES & COMPANY, INC.

As Representative of the several Underwriters

c/o JEFFERIES & COMPANY, INC.

520 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Re:

Public Offering of Common Stock of Caribou Coffee Company Inc.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I am the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Coffee Company Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the “Company”) and, as such, I am rendering this opinion in connection with the sale of 5,150,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), to be sold by Caribou Holding Company Limited, a Cayman Island Company (the “Selling Shareholder”), to you pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), dated August 17, 2011, among you, the Company and the Selling Shareholder. This opinion is being rendered at the Company’s request pursuant to Section 8(e) of the Underwriting Agreement. Capitalized terms used in this opinion and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Underwriting Agreement.

In my capacity as such counsel, I have reviewed (i) the Registration Statement, (ii) the Preliminary Prospectus, (iii) the Prospectus, (iv) the Time of Sale Information and (v) the Underwriting Agreement. I have also reviewed such matters of law and examined original, certified, conformed or photographic copies of such other documents, records, agreements and certificates as I have deemed necessary as a basis for the opinions hereinafter expressed. In such review I have assumed the genuineness of signatures on all documents submitted to me as originals and the conformity to original documents of all copies submitted to me as certified, conformed or photographic copies. I have relied, as to the matters set forth therein, on certificates of public officials.

As to certain matters of fact material to this opinion, I have relied to the extent I deemed appropriate, without independent verification, upon (i) certificates of officers of the Company and (ii) the representations and warranties of the Company in the Underwriting Agreement.

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Whenever my opinion in this letter is stated to be based upon my knowledge, such qualification shall signify that no information has come to my attention that would give me actual current knowledge of the existence or absence of the matter in question.

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, qualifications and limitations set forth herein, I am of the opinion that:

(i)

The Company is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Minnesota, with corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Information and to enter into and perform its obligations under the Underwriting Agreement.

(ii)

The Company is not in violation of its certificate of incorporation or bylaws. None of the subsidiaries of the Company is in violation of its certificate of incorporation or bylaws, except for any such violation that would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. To my knowledge, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its property or assets is subject; or (ii) in violation of any judgment, order, writ or decrees of any court or arbitrator that names the Company or its subsidiaries and is specifically directed to it or them or its or their respective properties, except, in each case, for any such default or violation that would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(iii)

Each “significant subsidiary” (as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X) of the Company has been duly incorporated or formed, as applicable, and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of its incorporation or organization, as applicable, with power and authority (corporate or other) to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Information and is qualified to do business as a foreign corporation, partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, in good standing in each jurisdiction listed on Schedule A attached to such opinion.

(iv)

To my knowledge, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus (i) there are no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, actions, suits or proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may be a party or to which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may be the subject, and (ii) no such investigations, actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or, to my knowledge, contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authority or threatened by others, except in each case as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(v)

The execution and delivery by the Company of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations under, the Underwriting Agreement and the consummation of the transaction contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement

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will not result in a violation of any of the terms or provision of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any agreement that is an exhibit to the Registration Statement.

(vi)

To my knowledge, there are no Existing Instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement or to be filed as exhibits thereto other than those described or referred to therein or filed or incorporated by reference as exhibits thereto; and the descriptions thereof and references thereto are accurate in all material respects.

(vii)

To my knowledge, there are no persons with registration or other similar rights to have any debt or equity securities registered for sale under the Registration Statement or included in the offering contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, except for such rights as have been duly satisfied or waived.

(viii)

The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company (including the Shares) conforms to the descriptions thereof set forth in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus. All of the outstanding Shares owned by the Selling Shareholder have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable. The form of certificate used to evidence the Shares is in due and proper form and complies with all applicable requirements of the charter and by-laws of the Company and the General Corporation Law of the State of Minnesota.

(ix)

No Shareholder of the Company or any other person has any preemptive right, right of first refusal or other similar right to subscribe for or purchase securities of the Company arising by operation of the charter or by-laws of the Company or the General Corporation Law of the State of Minnesota or to my knowledge any other instrument or agreement to which the Company is a party.

(x)

The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

(xi)

The statements in the Time of Sale Information under the captions “Description of Capital Stock,” in each case insofar as such statements purport to describe certain provisions of documents, instruments, agreements, statutes or regulations are accurate in all material respects.

(xii)

The execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement by the Company, the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder (other than performance by the Company of its obligations under the indemnification section of the Underwriting Agreement, as to which no opinion need be rendered) and the sale of the offered securities (i) will not result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or operating agreement or similar organizational document of the Company or any subsidiary; or (ii) will not result in any violation of the Minnesota General Corporation Law or to my knowledge any administrative regulation or administrative or court decree, applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries.

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(xiii)

No consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or registration or filing with, any Minnesota court or other governmental or regulatory authority or agency, is required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, except such as may be required under applicable state securities or blue sky laws.

This opinion is limited in all respects to the federal laws of the United States of America and the laws of the State of Minnesota, and no opinion is expressed with respect to the laws of any other jurisdiction or any effect that such laws may have on the opinions expressed herein. This opinion is limited to the matters stated herein, and no opinion is implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated herein.

This opinion is given as of the date hereof, and I assume no obligation to update this opinion letter to reflect any facts or circumstances that may hereafter come to my attention or any changes in any laws or regulations which may hereafter occur.

Very truly yours,

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EXHIBIT C

Form of Opinion of Counsel to the Selling Shareholder

Jeffries & Company, Inc.

As representatives for the several Underwriters (defined below)

c/o Jeffries & Company, Inc.

520 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10022

USA

23 August 2011

Dear Sirs

Caribou Holding Company Limited

We have acted as counsel as to Cayman Islands law to Caribou Holding Company Limited (the “Company”) in connection with the entry by the Company into the Transaction Documents (as defined below).

1	Documents Reviewed

We have reviewed originals, copies, drafts or conformed copies of the following documents:

1.1	The Certificate of Incorporation, the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company, the Register of Directors, the Register of Officers and the Register of Mortgages and Charges in each case, certified by The Secretary Ltd. as secretary of the Company on 2 August 2011.

1.2	The minutes of the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company held on 3 August 2011 (the “Minutes”).

1.3	A Certificate of Good Standing dated 2 August 2011 issued by the Registrar of Companies (the “Certificate of Good Standing”).

1.4	A certificate from a Director of the Company a copy of which is annexed hereto (the “Director’s Certificate”).

1.5	An underwriting agreement dated 17 August 2011 entered into among the Company, Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. (“Caribou”) and Jeffries & Company, Inc. for itself and acting as representative of the several underwritings named in Schedule A attached thereto (the “Underwriters”).

1.6	A custody agreement dated 17 August 2011 entered into between the Company and Caribou.

The documents referred to in paragraphs 1.5 to 1.6 above are collectively referred to as the “Transaction Documents”.

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2	Assumptions

The following opinion is given only as to, and based on, circumstances and matters of fact existing and known to us on the date of this opinion. This opinion only relates to the laws of the Cayman Islands which are in force on the date of this opinion. In giving this opinion we have relied (without further verification) upon the completeness and accuracy of the Director’s Certificate and the Certificate of Good Standing. We have also relied upon the following assumptions, which we have not independently verified:

2.1	The Transaction Documents have been or will be authorised and duly executed and unconditionally delivered by or on behalf of all relevant parties in accordance with all relevant laws (other than, with respect to the Company, the laws of the Cayman Islands).

2.2

The Transaction Documents are, or will be, legal, valid, binding and enforceable against all relevant parties in accordance with their terms under the laws of the State of New York (“New York”) and all other relevant laws (other than, with respect to the Company, the laws of the Cayman Islands).

2.3

The choice of New York law as the governing law of the Transaction Documents has been made in good faith and would be regarded as a valid and binding selection which will be upheld by the courts of New York and any other relevant jurisdiction (other than the Cayman Islands) as a matter of New York law and all other relevant laws (other than the laws of the Cayman Islands).

2.4	Copy documents, conformed copies or drafts of documents provided to us are true and complete copies of, or in the final forms of, the originals.

2.5	All signatures, initials and seals are genuine.

2.6	The power, authority and legal right of all parties under all relevant laws and regulations (other than, with respect to the Company, the laws of the Cayman Islands) to enter into, execute, unconditionally deliver and perform their respective obligations under the Transaction Documents.

2.7	There is nothing contained in the minute book or corporate records of the Company (which we have not inspected) which would or might affect the opinions hereinafter appearing.

2.8	There is nothing under any law (other than the law of the Cayman Islands) which would or might affect the opinions hereinafter appearing. Specifically, we have made no independent investigation of the laws of New York.

3	Opinions

Based upon, and subject to, the foregoing assumptions and the qualifications set out below, and having regard to such legal considerations as we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that:

3.1	The Company has been duly incorporated as an exempted company with limited liability and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands.

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3.2	The Company has full power and authority under its Memorandum and Articles of Association to enter into, execute and perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents.

3.3

The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder do not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company or any law, public rule or regulation applicable to the Company in the Cayman Islands currently in force.

3.4

The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents have been authorised by and on behalf of the Company and, assuming the Transaction Documents have been unconditionally delivered by the Authorized Officer (as defined in the Minutes), the Transaction Documents have been duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Company and constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms.

3.5	No authorisations, consents, approvals, licences, validations or exemptions are required by law from any governmental authorities or agencies or other official bodies in the Cayman Islands in connection with:

(a)

the creation, execution or delivery of the Transaction Documents by the Company;

(b)

subject to the payment of the appropriate stamp duty, enforcement of the Transaction Documents against the Company; or

(c)

the performance by the Company of its obligations under any of the Transaction Documents.

3.6	No taxes, fees or charges (other than stamp duty) are payable (either by direct assessment or withholding) to the government or other taxing authority in the Cayman Islands under the laws of the Cayman Islands in respect of:

(a)

the execution or delivery of the Transaction Documents;

(b)

the enforcement of the Transaction Documents; or

(c)

payments made under, or pursuant to, the Transaction Documents.

The Cayman Islands currently have no form of income, corporate or capital gains tax and no estate duty, inheritance tax or gift tax.

3.7	The courts of the Cayman Islands will observe and give effect to the choice of New York law as the governing law of the Transaction Documents.

3.8	Based solely on our search of the Register of Writs and Other Originating Process (the “Court Register”) maintained by the Clerk of the Court of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands from the date of incorporation of the Company to August 2011

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(the “Litigation Search”), the Court Register disclosed no writ, originating summons, originating motion, petition, counterclaim nor third party notice (“Originating Process”) nor any amended Originating Process pending before the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, in which the Company is a defendant or respondent.

3.9

Although there is no statutory enforcement in the Cayman Islands of judgments obtained in New York, a judgment obtained in such jurisdiction will be recognised and enforced in the courts of the Cayman Islands at common law, without any re-examination of the merits of the underlying dispute, by an action commenced on the foreign judgment debt in the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, provided such judgment:

(a)

is given by a foreign court of competent jurisdiction;

(b)

imposes on the judgment debtor a liability to pay a liquidated sum for which the judgment has been given;

(c)

is final;

(d)

is not in respect of taxes, a fine or a penalty; and

(e)

was not obtained in a manner and is not of a kind the enforcement of which is contrary to natural justice or the public policy of the Cayman Islands.

3.10	It is not necessary to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of the Transaction Documents that any document be filed, recorded or enrolled with any governmental authority or agency or any official body in the Cayman Islands.

3.11	The Company is not entitled to any immunity under the laws of the Cayman Islands whether characterised as sovereign immunity or otherwise for any legal proceedings in the Cayman Islands to enforce or to collect upon the Transaction Documents.

3.12

The submission by the Company in the Transaction Documents to the jurisdiction of the Federal and state courts in the City of New York is legal, valid and binding on the Company assuming that the same is true under the governing law of the Transaction Documents and under the laws, rules and procedures applying in the Federal and state courts of the City of New York.

3.13	The appointment by the Company in the Transaction Documents of an agent to accept service of process in New York is legal, valid and binding on the Company assuming the same is true under the governing law of the Transaction Documents.

4	Qualifications

The opinions expressed above are subject to the following qualifications:

4.1

The term “enforceable” as used above means that the obligations assumed by the Company under the Transaction Documents are of a type which the courts of the Cayman Islands will enforce. It does not mean that those obligations will necessarily be enforced in all circumstances in accordance with their terms. In particular:

(a)

enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, reorganisation, readjustment of debts or moratorium or other laws of general application relating to or affecting the rights of creditors;

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(b)

enforcement may be limited by general principles of equity. For example, equitable remedies such as specific performance may not be available, inter alia, where damages are considered to be an adequate remedy;

(c)

some claims may become barred under the statutes of limitation or may be or become subject to defences of set off, counterclaim, estoppel and similar defences;

(d)

where obligations are to be performed in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands, they may not be enforceable in the Cayman Islands to the extent that performance would be illegal under the laws of that jurisdiction;

(e)

the courts of the Cayman Islands have jurisdiction to give judgment in the currency of the relevant obligation and statutory rates of interest payable upon judgments will vary according to the currency of the judgment. If the Company becomes insolvent and is made subject to a liquidation proceeding, the courts of the Cayman Islands will require all debts to be proved in a common currency, which is likely to be the “functional currency” of the Company determined in accordance with applicable accounting principles. Currency indemnity provisions have not been tested, so far as we are aware, in the courts of the Cayman Islands;

(f)

arrangements that constitute penalties will not be enforceable;

(g)

the courts of the Cayman Islands may decline to exercise jurisdiction in relation to substantive proceedings brought under or in relation to the Transaction Documents in matters where they determine that such proceedings may be tried in a more appropriate forum; and

(h)

we reserve our opinion as to the enforceability of the relevant provisions of the Transaction Documents to the extent that they purport to grant exclusive jurisdiction to the courts of a particular jurisdiction as there may be circumstances in which the courts of the Cayman Islands would accept jurisdiction notwithstanding such provisions.

4.2	Applicable court fees will be payable in respect of the enforcement of the Transaction Documents.

4.3	Cayman Islands stamp duty may be payable if the original Transaction Documents are brought to or executed in the Cayman Islands.

4.4	To maintain the Company in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands, annual filing fees must be paid and returns made to the Registrar of Companies.

4.5

The obligations of the Company may be subject to restrictions pursuant to United Nations sanctions as implemented under the laws of the Cayman Islands and/or restrictive measures adopted by the European Union Council for Common Foreign and Security Policy extended to the Cayman Islands by the Order of Her Majesty in Council.

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4.6

A certificate, determination, calculation or designation of any party to the Transaction Documents as to any matter provided therein might be held by a Cayman Islands court not to be conclusive final and binding if, for example, it could be shown to have an unreasonable or arbitrary basis, or in the event of manifest error.

4.7

The Litigation Search of the Court Register would not reveal, amongst other things, an Originating Process filed with the Grand Court which, pursuant to the Grand Court Rules or best practice of the Clerk of the Courts’ office, should have been entered in the Court Register but was not in fact entered in the Court Register (properly or at all).

4.8

In principle the courts of the Cayman Islands will award costs and disbursements in litigation in accordance with the relevant contractual provisions but there remains some uncertainty as to the way in which the rules of the Grand Court will be applied in practice. Whilst it is clear that costs incurred prior to judgment can be recovered in accordance with the contract, it is likely that post-judgment costs (to the extent recoverable at all) will be subject to taxation in accordance with Grand Court Rules Order 62.

4.9	We reserve our opinion as to the extent to which the courts of the Cayman Islands would, in the event of any relevant illegality, sever the offending provisions and enforce the remainder of the transaction of which such provisions form a part, notwithstanding any express provisions in this regard.

4.10	We make no comment with regard to the references to foreign statutes in the Transaction Documents.

We express no view as to the commercial terms of the Transaction Documents or whether such terms represent the intentions of the parties and make no comment with regard to the representations that may be made by the Company.

This opinion is addressed to and is for the benefit solely of the addressees and may not be relied upon by, or disclosed to, any other person without our prior written consent.

Yours faithfully

Maples and Calder

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EXHIBIT D

LIST OF PERSONS EXECUTING LOCK-UPS

Selling Shareholder

Caribou Holding Company Limited

Company, Directors and Executive Officers

Caribou Coffee Company, Inc.

Kip R. Caffey

E. Stockton Croft IV

Wallace B. Doolin

Gary A. Grave

Timothy J. Hennessy

Daniel J. Hurdle

Kevin J. Keogh

Dan E. Lee

Karen E. McBride-Raffel

Alfredo V. Martel

Charles H. Ogburn

Sarah Palisi Chapin

Philip H. Sanford

Henry J. Suerth

Michael Tattersfield

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EXHIBIT E

August , 2011

Jefferies & Company, Inc.

As Representative of the Several Underwriters

c/o Jefferies & Company, Inc.

520 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10022

RE:	Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. (the “Company”)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned is an owner of record or beneficially of certain shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company (“Shares”) or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Shares. The Company proposes to carry out a public offering of Shares (the “Offering”) for which you will act as the representative of the underwriters. The undersigned recognizes that the Offering will be of benefit to the undersigned and will benefit the Company. The undersigned acknowledges that you and the other underwriters are relying on the representations and agreements of the undersigned contained in this letter agreement in carrying out the Offering and, at a subsequent date, entering into any underwriting arrangements with the Company with respect to the Offering.

In consideration of the foregoing, the undersigned hereby agrees that the undersigned will not, without the prior written consent of Jefferies & Company, Inc. as representative (the “Representative”) of the several underwriters (which consent may be withheld in the Representative’s sole discretion), directly or indirectly, sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell (including without limitation any short sale), pledge, transfer, establish an open “put equivalent position” within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(h) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise dispose of any Shares, options or warrants to acquire Shares, or securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into Shares currently or hereafter owned either of record or beneficially (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) by the undersigned (or such spouse or family member), or publicly announce an intention to do any of the foregoing, for a period commencing on the date hereof and continuing through the close of trading on the date [30][90]¹ days after the date of the Prospectus (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement relating to the Offering to which the Company is a party (the “Underwriting Agreement”))(the “Lock-up Period”); provided, that if (i) during the last 17 days of the Lock-up Period, the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs or (ii) prior to the expiration of the Lock-up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the Lock-up Period, then in each case the Lock-up Period will be extended until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event, as applicable, unless the Representative waives, in writing, such extension, except that such extension will not apply if, (i) within three business days prior to the 15th calendar day before the last day of the Lock-up Period, the Company delivers a certificate, signed by the Chief Financial Officer or Chief Executive

¹	Management lock-up agreements will restrict for 30 days and Arcapita’s lock-up agreement will restrict for 90 days.

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Officer of the Company, certifying on behalf of the Company that (i) the Shares are “actively traded securities” (as defined in Regulation M), (ii) the Company meets the applicable requirements of paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 139 under the Securities Act in the manner contemplated by NASD Conduct Rule 2711(f)(4), and (iii) the provisions of NASD Conduct Rule 2711(f)(4) are not applicable to any research reports relating to the Company published or distributed by any of the Underwriters during the 15 days before or after the last day of the Lock-up Period (before giving effect to such extension); provided, further, that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to:

(i)	any sale of Shares to the Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement;

(ii)

if the undersigned is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company, a transfer of any or all of the Shares or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Shares owned by such entity to any affiliate of such entity, including its stockholders (if a corporation), partners (if a partnership) or members (if a limited liability company);

(iii)

if the undersigned is an individual, the transfer of Shares or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Shares owned by the undersigned, either during his lifetime or on death, by bona fide gift, will or intestate succession to the immediate family of the undersigned or to a trust the beneficiaries of which are exclusively the undersigned or immediate family members of the undersigned;

(iv)

if the undersigned is an individual, dispositions of up to [ ] Shares in the aggregate pursuant to the vesting of restricted stock to cover payment of the tax withholding payments due upon vesting with proceeds up to the amount of such tax withholding payments made in connection with such vesting);² and

(v)

if the undersigned is an individual, dispositions of up to [ ] Shares in the aggregate (including Shares issued pursuant to the exercise of options, whether or not on a “cashless” basis) pursuant to a written contract, instruction or plan complying with Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act (such written contract, instruction or plan, a “Plan”), provided such Plan has been entered into by the undersigned prior to the date of this agreement.³

provided, further, that in any such case, it shall be a condition to a transfer pursuant to subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) that (A) the transferee executes and delivers to the Representative an agreement stating that the transferee is receiving and holding the Shares subject to the provisions of this letter agreement, and there shall be no further transfer of such Shares, except in accordance with this letter agreement, and (B) no public disclosure and no filing by any party to the transfer (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under the Exchange Act shall be required nor shall be voluntarily made reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of the Shares in connection with such transfer or distribution prior to the expiration of the Lock-up Period, as the same may be extended pursuant to the terms hereof). The undersigned further agrees that, prior to engaging in any transaction or taking any other action that is subject to the terms of this agreement during the period from the date of this agreement to and including the 34th day following the expiration of the initial Lock-Up Period, it will give notice thereof to the Company and will not consummate such transaction or take any such action unless it has received written confirmation from the Company that the Lock-Up Period (as may have been extended as provided above) has expired.

²	This carve-out will only be included in the lock-up agreement executed by management and not in Arcapita’s lock-up agreement.

³	This carve-out will only be included in the lock-up agreement executed by management and not in Arcapita’s lock-up agreement.

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Nothing in the foregoing shall prevent the establishment of a Plan; provided that it shall be a condition to the establishment of any such Plan that no sales of the Company’s capital stock shall be made pursuant to such a Plan prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period; and provided, further, such a Plan may only be established if no public announcement of the establishment or existence thereof by the undersigned, the Company or any other person, shall be required nor shall be voluntarily made by the undersigned, the Company or any other person, prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period;⁴

The undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees that written notice of any extension of the Lock-up Period pursuant to the preceding paragraph will be delivered by the Representative to the Company and that any such notice properly delivered will be deemed to have been given to, and received by, the undersigned.

The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of Shares or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Shares held by the undersigned except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.

With respect to the Offering only, the undersigned waives any registration rights relating to registration under the Securities Act of any Shares owned either of record or beneficially by the undersigned, including any rights to receive notice of the Offering, if applicable.

This agreement is irrevocable and will be binding on the undersigned and the respective successors, heirs, personal representatives, and assigns of the undersigned. This agreement shall automatically lapse and become null and void if (i) the Offering shall not have closed on or before August 31, 2011, (ii) the Company notifies the Representative in writing that it does not intend to proceed with the Offering, or (iii) the Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the Shares to be sold thereunder or the Representative notifies the Company that the conditions to the obligation of the Underwriters to pay for and accept delivery of the Shares have not been fulfilled and such payment and delivery do not occur.

The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this agreement. All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred and any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the successors, assigns, heirs or personal representatives of the undersigned.

This agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

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⁴	This carve-out will only be included in the lock-up agreement executed by management and not in Arcapita’s lock-up agreement.

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Printed Name of Holder

By:
		Signature


Printed Name of Person Signing

(and indicate capacity of person signing if signing as custodian, trustee, or on behalf of an entity)

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EXHIBIT F

AFFIDAVIT PURSUANT TO SECTION 1445(b)(3) OF THE CODE AND TREASURY

REGULATION SECTIONS 1.897-2(h)

Section 1445 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) provides that in the case of any disposition of a United States real property interest (as defined in Section 897(c) of the Code) by a foreign person, a transferee of such interest is required to deduct and withhold a tax equal to 10% of the amount realized on the disposition. In connection with the proposed transfer of shares of stock of Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. (the “Company”) by Caribou Holding Company Limited (“CHCL”) to the several underwriters (the “Underwriters”) named in Schedule A to that certain underwriting agreement, dated August , 2011, among the Company, CHCL and the Underwriters, to inform the Underwriters that withholding of the tax imposed by Section 1445 of the Code is not required in connection with the Underwriters’ acquisition of the shares of the Company pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the undersigned, being a duly authorized officer of the Company, hereby affirms the following on behalf of the Company:

1. The Company is not and has not been a United States real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code and the applicable Treasury Regulations during the five-year period ending on August 2011 (or, if applicable, any Option Closing Date as defined in the Underwriting Agreement), and as of August , 2011 (or, if applicable, any Option Closing Date as defined in the Underwriting Agreement), the outstanding capital stock of the Company does not constitute a United States real property interest within the meaning of Section 897(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”);

2. The Company’s U.S. employer identification number is .

3. The Company’s address is: 3900 Lakebreeze Avenue North, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota 55429.

The Company understands that the Underwriters will rely on this affidavit in determining that no withholding of federal income tax is required under Section 1445 of the Code in connection with the transfer of the Company’s stock. The Company understands that this certification may be disclosed to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service by the Underwriters and that any false statement contained herein could be punished by fine, imprisonment, or both. Under penalties of perjury, the undersigned declares that it has examined this affidavit and, to the best of the undersigned’s knowledge and belief, the affidavit is true, correct and complete, and that the undersigned has the authority to execute this document.


Certified, sworn to and subscribed before me this day of August, 2011, in the presence of:		(SEAL)
	Name: Michael Tattersfield
	Title: Chief Executive Officer

Unofficial Witness


Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

	[NOTARIAL SEAL]

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