FGX INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED [__________] Ordinary Shares Form of Underwriting Agreement
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EX-1.1 2 g00721a9exv1w1.htm EX-1.1 FORM OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT EX-1.1 Form of Underwriting Agreement
Exhibit 1.1
FGX INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
[__________] Ordinary Shares
Form of Underwriting Agreement
[ ], 2007
William Blair & Company, L.L.C.
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.
As Representatives of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule I hereto
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.
As Representatives of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule I hereto
c/o William Blair & Company, L.L.C.
222 West Adams Street
Chicago, Illinois 60606
222 West Adams Street
Chicago, Illinois 60606
and
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.
3333 Peachtree Road, N.E.
11th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30326
3333 Peachtree Road, N.E.
11th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30326
Ladies and Gentlemen:
FGX International Holdings Limited, a British Virgin Islands business company (the Company), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters listed in Schedule I hereto (the Underwriters), for whom you are acting as representatives (the Representatives), an aggregate of [_________] ordinary shares, no par value (the Ordinary Shares) of the Company, and the shareholders of the Company named in Schedule II hereto (each, a Selling Shareholder and, together, the Selling Shareholders), propose to sell, severally and not jointly, to the Underwriters an aggregate of [_________] Ordinary Shares. In addition, at the option of the Underwriters, Berggruen Holdings North America Ltd. proposes to sell to the Underwriters up to an additional [_________] Ordinary Shares. The aggregate of [_________] shares to be sold by the Company and the Selling Shareholders is herein called the Underwritten Shares and the aggregate of [_________] additional shares to be sold by Berggruen Holdings North America Ltd. is herein called the Option Shares. The Underwritten Shares and the Option Shares are herein referred to collectively as the Shares.
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The Company and the Selling Shareholders hereby confirm their agreement with the several Underwriters concerning the purchase and sale of the Shares, as follows:
1. Registration Statement. The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the Securities Act), a registration statement (File No. 333-139525) including a prospectus, relating to the Shares. Such registration statement, as amended at the time it becomes effective, including the information, if any, deemed pursuant to Rule 430A under the Securities Act to be part of the registration statement at the time of its effectiveness (Rule 430A Information), is referred to herein as the Registration Statement; and as used herein, the term Preliminary Prospectus means each prospectus included in such registration statement (and any amendments thereto) before it becomes effective, any prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the Securities Act and the prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the time of its effectiveness that omits Rule 430A Information, and the term Prospectus means the prospectus in the form first used (or made available upon request of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) in connection with confirmation of sales of the Shares. If the Company has filed an abbreviated registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (the Rule 462 Registration Statement), then any reference herein to the term Registration Statement shall be deemed to include such Rule 462 Registration Statement. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
At or prior to the time when sales of the Shares were first made (the Time of Sale), the Company had prepared a Preliminary Prospectus dated [_________], 2007 and the free-writing prospectuses (as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the Securities Act), if any, listed in Section 1 of Annex B hereto (together with the information set forth in Section 1 of Annex B hereto, collectively, the Time of Sale Information).
2. Purchase of the Shares by the Underwriters. (a) The Company and each of the Selling Shareholders agree, severally and not jointly, to sell the Underwritten Shares to the several Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, in the case of the Company, [_________] Underwritten Shares and, in the case of each Selling Shareholder, the number of Underwritten Shares set forth opposite the name of such Selling Shareholder on Schedule II hereto, and each Underwriter, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company and the Selling Shareholders at a purchase price per share of $[_________] (the Purchase Price) the number of Underwritten Shares (to be adjusted by you so as to eliminate fractional shares) determined by multiplying the aggregate number of Underwritten Shares to be sold by the Company and the Selling Shareholders by a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate number of Underwritten Shares to be purchased by such Underwriter as set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and the denominator of which is the aggregate number of Underwritten Shares to be purchased by all Underwriters from the Company and the Selling Shareholders hereunder.
In addition, Berggruen Holdings North America Ltd. agrees to sell the Option Shares to the several Underwriters and the Underwriters shall have the option to purchase at their election up to [_________] Option Shares at the Purchase Price. The Underwriters, on the basis of the representations and warranties and agreements herein contained and subject to the conditions set
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forth herein, shall have the option to purchase, severally and not jointly, from Berggruen Holdings North America Ltd. at the Purchase Price that portion of the number of Option Shares as to which such election shall have been exercised (to be adjusted by you so as to eliminate fractional shares) determined by multiplying such number of Option Shares by a fraction the numerator of which is the maximum number of Option Shares which such Underwriter is entitled to purchase and the denominator of which is the maximum number of Option Shares which all of the Underwriters are entitled to purchase hereunder.
The Underwriters may exercise the option to purchase the Option Shares at any time in whole, or from time to time in part, on or before the thirtieth day following the date of this Agreement, by written notice from the Representatives to Berggruen Holdings North America Ltd. Such notice shall set forth the aggregate number of Option Shares as to which the option is being exercised and the date and time when the Option Shares are to be delivered and paid for which may be the same date and time as the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) but shall not be earlier than the Closing Date nor later than the tenth full business day (as hereinafter defined) after the date of such notice (unless such time and date are postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 12 hereof). Any such notice shall be given at least two Business Days prior to the date and time of delivery specified therein.
(b) The Company and the Selling Shareholders understand that the Underwriters intend to make a public offering of the Shares as soon after the effectiveness of this Agreement as in the judgment of the Representatives is advisable, and initially to offer the Shares on the terms set forth in the Prospectus. The Company and the Selling Shareholders acknowledge and agree that the Underwriters may offer and sell Shares to or through any affiliate of an Underwriter and that any such affiliate may offer and sell Shares purchased by it to or through any Underwriter.
(c) Payment for the Shares shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Company and by the Selling Shareholders to the Representatives in the case of the Underwritten Shares, at the offices of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP at 10:00 A.M. New York City time on [_________], 2007, or at such other time or place on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as the Representatives and the Company and the Selling Shareholders may agree upon in writing or, in the case of the Option Shares, on the date and at the time and place specified by the Representatives in the written notice of the Underwriters election to purchase such Option Shares. The time and date of such payment for the Underwritten Shares is referred to herein as the Closing Date and the time and date for such payment for the Option Shares, if other than the Closing Date, is herein referred to as the Additional Closing Date.
Payment for the Shares to be purchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall be made against delivery to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters of the Shares to be purchased on such date in definitive form registered in such names and in such denominations as the Representatives shall request in writing not later than two full business days prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale of the Shares duly paid by the Company or the Selling Shareholders, as the case may be. The
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certificates for the Shares will be made available for inspection and packaging by the Representatives at the office of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the business day prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
(d) The Company and each of the Selling Shareholders acknowledge and agree that the Underwriters are acting solely in the capacity of an arms length contractual counterparty to the Company and the Selling Shareholders with respect to the offering of Shares contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company, any Selling Shareholder or any other person. Additionally, neither the Representatives nor any other Underwriter is advising the Company, the Selling Shareholders or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company and the Selling Shareholders shall consult with their own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making their own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Underwriters shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company or the Selling Shareholders with respect thereto. Any review by the Underwriters of the Company, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the Company or the Selling Shareholders.
3. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter and each Selling Shareholder that:
(a) Preliminary Prospectus. No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, complied in all material respects with the Securities Act and did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in any Preliminary Prospectus.
(b) Time of Sale Information. The Time of Sale Information, at the Time of Sale did not, and at the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in such Time of Sale Information. No statement of material fact included in the Prospectus has been omitted from the Time of Sale Information and no statement of material fact included in the Time of Sale Information that is required to be included in the Prospectus has been omitted therefrom.
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(c) Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Other than the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company (including its agents and representatives, other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not made, used, prepared, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any written communication (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Shares (each such communication by the Company or its agents and representatives (other than a communication referred to in clause (i) below) an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus) other than (i) any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or Rule 134 under the Securities Act or (ii) the documents listed on Annex B hereto and other written communications approved in writing in advance by the Representatives. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complied in all material respects with the Securities Act, has been filed in accordance with the Securities Act (to the extent required thereby) and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed in Section 3 of Annex B hereto, when taken together with the Time of Sale Information, did not, and at the Closing Date and at the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. The Company was not at the time of initial filing of the Registration Statement and at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Securities Act) of the Shares, is not on the date hereof and will not be on the Closing Date or an Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, an ineligible issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act).
(d) Registration Statement and Prospectus. Based on advice from the Commission, the Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Company or related to the offering has been initiated or, to the Companys knowledge, threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act, and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and as of the date of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto.
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(e) Financial Statements. The financial statements and the related notes thereto of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, and of Magnivision, Inc., included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the Exchange Act), as applicable, and present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified; such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, and the supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement present fairly in all material respects the information required to be stated therein; and the other financial information included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus has been derived from the accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries and presents fairly in all material respects the information shown thereby.
(f) No Material Adverse Change. Since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Company included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, (i) there has not been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment, paid or made by the Company on any class of capital stock, or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business, properties, management, financial position, shareholders equity, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; (ii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any transaction or agreement that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or dispute or any action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except in each case as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
(g) Organization and Good Standing. The Company and each of its subsidiaries have been duly incorporated or organized and are validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of incorporation or organization, are duly qualified to do business and are in good standing in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification, and have all power and authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged, except where the failure to be so qualified or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, management, financial position, shareholders equity, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (a Material Adverse Effect). The Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity other than the subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 to the Registration Statement. The subsidiaries listed in Schedule III to this Agreement are the only significant subsidiaries of the Company.
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(h) Capitalization. The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus under the heading Capitalization; all the outstanding shares of the Company (including the Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholders) have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and are not subject to any pre-emptive or similar rights; except as described in or expressly contemplated by the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there are no outstanding rights (including, without limitation, pre-emptive rights), warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any shares or other equity interest in the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any contract, commitment, agreement, understanding or arrangement of any kind relating to the issuance of any shares of the Company or any such subsidiary, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or any such rights, warrants or options; the shares of the Company conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus; and all the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, restriction on voting or transfer or any other claim of any third party, except for pledges of capital stock of the Companys subsidiaries pursuant to the Companys existing credit facility.
(i) Due Authorization. The Company has full right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder; and all action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery by it of this Agreement and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby has been duly and validly taken.
(j) Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(k) The Shares. The Shares to be issued and sold by the Company hereunder have been duly authorized by the Company and, when issued and delivered and paid for as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued and will be fully paid and nonassessable and will conform to the descriptions thereof in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus; and the issuance of the Shares is not subject to any preemptive or similar rights.
(l) No Violation or Default. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its memorandum of association, articles of association, charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents; (ii) in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, in each case which is material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole (collectively, Material Agreements); or (iii) in violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such default or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(m) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company hereunder and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any of the Material Agreements, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the memorandum of association, articles of association, charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (iii) result in the violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries, except, in the cases of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for any such conflict, breach or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(n) No Consents Required. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company hereunder and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may be required under applicable state securities laws or the bylaws and rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (the FINRA) in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters and except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect or have a material adverse effect on the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(o) Legal Proceedings. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental, arbitral or regulatory investigations, actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the Companys knowledge, threatened to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may be a party or to which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may be the subject that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement; and (i) there are no current or pending legal, governmental, arbitral or regulatory actions, suits or proceedings that are required under the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement that are not so described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and (ii) there are no statutes, regulations or contracts or other documents that are required under the Securities Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus that are not so filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
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(p) Independent Accountants. KPMG LLP, who has certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries is, to the knowledge of the Company, an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and as required by the Securities Act.
(q) Title to Real and Personal Property. The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to, or have valid rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of real and personal property that are material to the respective businesses of the Company and its subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims and defects and imperfections of title except those that (i) do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries or (ii) could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(r) Title to Intellectual Property. The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights to use all material intellectual property, including all patents, patent applications, trademarks, logos, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights, licenses, software and know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) that is material to the conduct of their respective businesses (collectively, the Intellectual Property), except where the failure to own or possess such rights would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and, to the Companys knowledge, the conduct of their respective businesses does not conflict in any material respect with any such rights of others, and the Company and its subsidiaries have not received any notice of any claim of infringement or conflict with any such rights of others, which such claim has not yet been resolved and which, individually or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect. To the Companys knowledge, there is no material infringement by third parties of any Intellectual Property.
(s) No Undisclosed Relationships. No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, shareholders, customers or suppliers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the other, that is required by the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and that is not so described in such documents and in the Time of Sale Information.
(t) Investment Company Act. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, will not be required to register as an investment company or an entity controlled by an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, Investment Company Act).
(u) Taxes. The Company and its subsidiaries have paid all federal, state, local and foreign taxes and filed all tax returns required to be paid or filed through the date hereof; and except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there is no tax deficiency that has been, or could reasonably be expected to be, asserted against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets, except as would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(v) Licenses and Permits. The Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by, and have made all declarations and filings with, the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authorities that are necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties or the conduct of their respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information, and the Prospectus, except where the failure to possess or make the same would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus or except where such revocation or modification would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, permit or authorization or has any reason to believe that any such license, certificate, permit or authorization will not be renewed in the ordinary course.
(w) No Labor Disputes. No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is contemplated or threatened and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by, or dispute with, the employees of any of its or its subsidiaries principal suppliers, contractors or customers, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(x) Compliance With Environmental Laws. (i) The Company and its subsidiaries (x) are in compliance with any and all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, requirements, decisions and orders relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (collectively, Environmental Laws); (y) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses, certificates or other authorizations or approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses; and (z) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, and (ii) there are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws of or relating to the Company or its subsidiaries, except in the case of each of (x) and (y) above, for any such failure to comply, or failure to receive required permits, licenses or approvals, or cost or liability, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(y) Compliance with ERISA. Each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), that is maintained, administered or contributed to by the Company or any of its affiliates for employees or former employees of the Company and its affiliates has been maintained in all material respects in compliance with its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code); no prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any such plan excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption; and for each such plan that is subject to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, no
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accumulated funding deficiency as defined in Section 412 of the Code has been incurred, whether or not waived, and the fair market value of the assets of each such plan (excluding for these purposes accrued but unpaid contributions) exceeds the present value of all benefits accrued under such plan determined using reasonable actuarial assumptions.
(z) Disclosure Controls. The Company has no reason to believe that, on or prior to the date first required by the Exchange Act, the Company and its subsidiaries will not have established an effective system of disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that is designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commissions rules and forms, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Companys management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
(aa) Accounting Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain systems of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with managements general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with managements general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
(bb) Insurance. The Company and its subsidiaries have insurance covering their respective properties, operations, personnel and businesses, including business interruption insurance, which insurance is in amounts and insures against such losses and risks as are, to the Companys knowledge, adequate to protect the Company and its subsidiaries and their respective businesses; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has (i) received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that capital improvements or other expenditures are required or necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance or (ii) any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage at reasonable cost from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business.
(cc) No Unlawful Payments. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or (iv) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment.
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(dd) Compliance with Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the Money Laundering Laws) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(ee) Compliance with OFAC. None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (OFAC); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Shares hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
(ff) No Restrictions on Subsidiaries. No subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiarys capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiarys properties or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company; except, in each case, for prohibitions pursuant to the Companys existing credit facility.
(gg) No Brokers Fees. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finders fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares.
(hh) No Registration Rights. No person has the right to require the Company or any of its subsidiaries to register any securities for sale under the Securities Act by reason of the filing of the Registration Statement with the Commission or the issuance and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company hereunder or, to the knowledge of the Company, the sale of the Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholders hereunder.
(ii) No Stabilization. The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Shares.
(jj) Business With Cuba. The Company has complied with all provisions of Section 517.075, Florida Statutes (Chapter 92-198, Laws of Florida) relating to doing business with the Government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba.
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(kk) Margin Rules. Neither the issuance, sale and delivery of the Shares nor the application of the proceeds thereof by the Company as described in the Registration Statement and the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus will violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation of such Board of Governors.
(ll) Forward-Looking Statements. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.
(mm) Statistical and Market Data. Nothing has come to the attention of the Company that has caused the Company to believe that the statistical and market-related data included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus is not based on or derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects.
(nn) Sarbanes-Oxley Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the Companys directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the Sarbanes-Oxley Act) to which the Company is subject.
(oo) Regulation G. The adjustments to calculate Adjusted EBITDA, as set forth in the Prospectus in the notes under the caption Prospectus SummarySummary Financial Information comply with Regulation G and Item 10(e) of Regulation S-K of the Commission.
(pp) Passive Foreign Investment Company. The Company is not for the taxable year ended December 31, 2006, and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof, does not expect to become, a passive foreign investment company as defined in Section 1297 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
(qq) Dividends. Other then as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, all dividends and other distributions declared and payable on the Shares will not be subject to withholding or other taxes under the laws and regulations of the British Virgin Islands and are otherwise free and clear of any tax, withholding or deduction in the British Virgin Islands and without the necessity of obtaining any consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, clearance and qualification of or with any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties.
(rr) Stamp and Transfer Taxes. No stamp or other issuance or transfer taxes or duties and no capital gains, income, withholding or other taxes are payable by or on behalf of any Underwriter to the British Virgin Islands or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein in connection with (A) the sale and delivery by the Company of the Shares to or for the respective accounts of the Underwriters or (B) the sale and delivery outside the British Virgin Islands by the Underwriters of the Shares to the subsequent purchasers thereof.
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4. Representations and Warranties of the Selling Shareholders. Each Selling Shareholder represents and warrants, severally and not jointly, to each Underwriter and the Company that:
(a) Required Consents; Authority. All consents, approvals, authorizations and orders necessary for the execution and delivery by the Selling Shareholder of this Agreement, and for the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholder hereunder, have been obtained; and the Selling Shareholder has full right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholder hereunder; this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Selling Shareholder and constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement enforceable against the Selling Shareholder in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability.
(b) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Selling Shareholder of this Agreement, the sale of the Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholder and the consummation by the Selling Shareholder of the transactions herein contemplated will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Selling Shareholder pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Selling Shareholder is a party or by which the Selling Shareholder is bound or to which any of the property or assets of such Selling Shareholder is subject, (ii) in the case of Berggruen Holdings North America Ltd. only, result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents of the Selling Shareholder, or (iii) result in the violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory agency, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for any such conflict, breach or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on such Selling Shareholders ability to consummate the transactions described herein.
(c) Title to Shares. The Selling Shareholder has good and valid title to the Shares to be sold at the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, by the Selling Shareholder hereunder, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or adverse claims; the Selling Shareholder will have, immediately prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, good and valid title to the Shares to be sold at the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, by such Selling Shareholder, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or adverse claims; and, upon delivery of the certificates representing such Shares and payment therefor pursuant hereto, good and valid title to such Shares, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or adverse claims, will pass to the several Underwriters.
(d) Transfer of Security Entitlement. Upon payment for the Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholder pursuant to this Agreement, delivery of such Shares, as directed by the Underwriters, to Cede & Co. or such other nominee as may be designated by The Depository Trust Company (DTC), registration of such Shares in the name of Cede & Co. or such other nominee and the crediting of such Shares on the books of DTC to securities accounts of the Underwriters (assuming that neither DTC nor any such Underwriter has notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code (the UCC)) to such Shares), (A) DTC shall be a protected purchaser of such Shares within the
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meaning of Section 8-303 of the UCC, (B) under Section 8-501 of the UCC, the Underwriters will acquire a valid security entitlement in respect of such Shares and (C) no action based on any adverse claim, within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC, to such Shares may be asserted against the Underwriters with respect to such security entitlement; assuming, for purposes of this representation, that when such payment, delivery and credentialing occur, (i) such Shares will have been registered in the name of Cede & Co. or another nominee designated by DTC, in each case on the Companys share registry in accordance with its memorandum of association, articles of association and applicable law, (ii) DTC will be registered as a clearing corporation within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC and (iii) appropriate entries to the accounts of the several Underwriters on the records of DTC will have been made pursuant to the UCC.
(e) No Stabilization. The Selling Shareholder has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Shares.
(f) Time of Sale Information. The Time of Sale Information, at the Time of Sale did not, and at the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that (i) the Selling Shareholder makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in such Time of Sale Information; and (ii) with respect to each Selling Shareholder that is an individual, such representation is limited to information furnished to the Company by such Selling Shareholder expressly for use in the Time of Sale Information. No statement of material fact included in the Prospectus has been omitted from the Time of Sale Information and no statement of material fact included in the Time of Sale Information that is required to be included in the Prospectus has been omitted therefrom; provided that, with respect to each Selling Shareholder that is an individual, such representation is limited to information furnished to the Company by such Selling Shareholder expressly for use therein.
(g) Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Other than the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Selling Shareholder (including its agents and representatives, other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not made, used, prepared, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, other than (i) any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or Rule 134 under the Securities Act or (ii) the documents listed on Annex B hereto and other written communications approved in writing in advance by the Company and the Representatives.
(h) Registration Statement and Prospectus. As of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act, and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
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they were made, not misleading; and as of the date of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that (i) such Selling Shareholder makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto; and (ii) with respect to each Selling Shareholder that is an individual, such representation is limited to information furnished to the Company by such Selling Shareholder expressly for use therein.
(i) Material Information. As of the date hereof, as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the sale of the Shares by such Selling Shareholder is not and will not be prompted by any material information concerning the Company which is not set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus.
5. Further Agreements of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with each Underwriter that:
(a) Required Filings. The Company will file the final Prospectus with the Commission within the time periods specified by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act, will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act and will furnish copies of the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (to the extent not previously delivered) to the Underwriters in New York City prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement in such quantities as the Representatives may reasonably request.
(b) Delivery of Copies. The Company will deliver, without charge, (i) to the Representatives, three signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith; and (ii) to each Underwriter (A) a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (without exhibits) and (B) during the Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined below), as many copies of the Prospectus (including all amendments and supplements thereto) and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. As used herein, the term Prospectus Delivery Period means such period of time after the first date of the public offering of the Shares as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus relating to the Shares is required by law to be delivered (or required to be delivered but for Rule 172 under the Securities Act) in connection with sales of the Shares by any Underwriter or dealer.
(c) Amendments or Supplements, Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Before preparing, using, authorizing, approving, referring to or filing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and before filing any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters a copy of the proposed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, amendment or supplement for review and will not prepare, use, authorize, approve, refer to or file any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably objects.
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(d) Notice to the Representatives. The Company will advise the Representatives promptly, and confirm such advice in writing, (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective; (ii) when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective; (iii) when any supplement to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment to the Prospectus has been filed; (iv) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or the receipt of any comments from the Commission relating to the Registration Statement or any other request by the Commission for any additional information; (v) of the issuance by the Commission of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act; (vi) of the occurrence of any event within the Prospectus Delivery Period as a result of which the Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; and (vii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or suspending any such qualification of the Shares and, if any such order is issued, will obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
(e) Ongoing Compliance. (1) If during the Prospectus Delivery Period (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will as soon as practicable notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representatives may designate, such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus as may be necessary so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus will comply with law and (2) if at any time prior to the Closing Date (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Time of Sale Information as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to
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amend or supplement the Time of Sale Information to comply with law, the Company will as soon as practicable notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission (to the extent required) and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representatives may designate, such amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Information as may be necessary so that the statements in the Time of Sale Information as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances, be misleading or so that the Time of Sale Information will comply with law.
(f) Blue Sky Compliance. The Company will qualify the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives shall reasonably request and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for distribution of the Shares; provided that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject.
(g) Earning Statement. The Company will make generally available to its security holders and the Representatives as soon as practicable an earning statement that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Commission promulgated thereunder covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the effective date (as defined in Rule 158) of the Registration Statement.
(h) Clear Market. For a period of 180 days after the date of the initial public offering of the Shares, the Company will not (i) offer, pledge, announce the intention to sell, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Ordinary Shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares or (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Ordinary Shares, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Ordinary Shares or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, other than (A) the Shares to be sold hereunder, (B) grants of Ordinary Shares and options to acquire Ordinary Shares under equity plans described in the Registration Statement (provided that any person or entity to whom any options are granted or shares are issued shall sign a lock-up agreement substantially in the form of Annex E hereto), (C) any Ordinary Shares of the Company issued upon the exercise of options granted under such equity plans (provided that any person or entity to whom any options are granted or shares are issued shall sign a lock-up agreement substantially in the form of Annex E hereto) and (D) the filing of any registration statement on Form S-8 relating to any shares that have been or may be issued pursuant to clauses (B) and (C) above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) during the last 17 days of the 180-day restricted period, the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or (2) prior to the expiration of the 180-day restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 180-day period, the restrictions imposed by this Agreement shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event.
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(i) Use of Proceeds. The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus under the heading Use of Proceeds.
(j) No Stabilization. The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Shares.
(k) Exchange Listing. The Company will use its best efforts to list for quotation the Shares on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations Global Select Market (the NASDAQ Global Select Market).
(l) Reports. So long as the Shares are outstanding (but in no event for more than three years after the date hereof), the Company will furnish to the Representatives, as soon as they are available, copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to holders of the Shares, and copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange or automatic quotation system; provided that this Section 5(l) shall apply only to the extent such reports, communications or financial statements are not available on the EDGAR filing system or on the Companys website.
(m) Record Retention. The Company will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, retain copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 433 under the Securities Act.
(n) Filings. The Company will file with the Commission such reports as may be required by Rule 463 under the Securities Act.
(o) Taxes. The Company will indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriters against any documentary, stamp, sales, transaction or similar issue tax, including any interest and penalties, on the creation, issue and sale of the Shares and on the execution and delivery of this Agreement. All payments to be made by the Company hereunder shall be made without withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or future taxes, duties or governmental charges whatsoever unless the Company is compelled by law to deduct or withhold such taxes, duties or charges. In that event, the Company shall pay such additional amounts as may be necessary in order that the net amounts received after such withholding or deduction shall equal the amounts that would have been received if no withholding or deduction had been made.
6. Further Agreements of the Selling Shareholders. Each of the Selling Shareholders covenants and agrees with each Underwriter that:
(a) Clear Market. For a period of 180 days after the date of the initial public offering of the Shares, such Selling Shareholder will not (i) offer, pledge, announce the intention to sell, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or
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indirectly, any Ordinary Shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares or (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Ordinary Shares, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Ordinary Shares or such other securities, in cash or otherwise or (iii) make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to the registration of any shares of Ordinary Shares or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares without the prior written consent of the Representatives, in each case other than the Shares to be sold by such Selling Shareholder hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) during the last 17 days of the 180-day restricted period, the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or (2) prior to the expiration of the 180-day restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 180-day period, the restrictions imposed by this Agreement shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event. The foregoing restrictions in this Section 6(a) shall not apply to any transfer of Shares (A) to another partnership, corporation, limited liability company or similar entity if the transferee and such Selling Shareholder are affiliates or (B) as a distribution to partners, stockholders or members of such Selling Shareholder, provided that, in the case of any transfer pursuant to clause (B), (1) each transferee or distributee shall execute and deliver to William Blair & Company, L.L.C. and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. a duplicate form of the lock-up agreement substantially in the form of Annex E hereto and (2) no transfer includes a disposition for value.
(b) Tax Form. It will deliver to the Representatives prior to or at the Closing Date a properly completed and executed United States Treasury Department Form W-9 (or other applicable form or statement specified by the Treasury Department regulations in lieu thereof) in order to facilitate the Underwriters documentation of their compliance with the reporting and withholding provisions of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 with respect to the transactions herein contemplated.
7. Certain Agreements of the Underwriters. Each Underwriter hereby represents and agrees that:
(a) It has not and will not use, authorize use of, refer to, or participate in the planning for use of, any free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (which term includes use of any written information furnished to the Commission by the Company and not incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued by the Company) other than (i) a free writing prospectus that contains no issuer information (as defined in Rule 433(h)(2) under the Securities Act) that was not included (including through incorporation by reference) in the Preliminary Prospectus or a previously filed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Annex B or prepared pursuant to Section 3(c) or Section 5(c) above, or (iii) any free writing prospectus prepared by such underwriter and approved by the Company in advance in writing (each such free writing prospectus referred to in clauses (i) or (iii), an Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus).
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(b) It has not and will not distribute any Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus referred to in clause (a)(i) in a manner reasonably designed to lead to its broad unrestricted dissemination.
(c) It has not and will not, without the prior written consent of the Company, use any free writing prospectus that contains the final terms of the Shares unless such terms have previously been included in a free writing prospectus filed with the Commission; provided that Underwriters may use a term sheet substantially in the form of Annex C hereto without the consent of the Company; provided further that any Underwriter using such term sheet shall notify the Company, and provide a copy of such term sheet to the Company, prior to, or substantially concurrently with, the first use of such term sheet.
(d) It will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, retain copies of each free writing prospectus used or referred to by it, in accordance with Rule 433 under the Securities Act.
(e) It is not subject to any pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act with respect to the offering (and will promptly notify the Company if any such proceeding against it is initiated during the Prospectus Delivery Period).
8. Conditions of Underwriters Obligations. The obligation of each Underwriter to purchase the Underwritten Shares on the Closing Date or the Option Shares on the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, as provided herein is subject to the performance by the Company and the Selling Shareholders of their respective covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) Registration Compliance; No Stop Order. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding for such purpose or pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act shall be pending before or threatened by the Commission; the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission under the Securities Act (in the case of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act) and in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof; and all requests by the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Representatives.
(b) Representations and Warranties. The respective representations and warranties of the Company and the Selling Shareholders contained herein shall be true and correct on the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be; and the statements of the Company and its officers and of the Selling Shareholders made in any certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
(c) No Downgrade. Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded any securities or preferred stock of or guaranteed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization, as such term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, or has changed its outlook with respect to, its rating of any securities or preferred stock of or guaranteed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading).
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(d) No Material Adverse Change. No event or condition of a type described in Section 3(f) hereof shall have occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not described in the Time of Sale Information (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the Prospectus (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the effect of which in the judgment of the Representatives makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Shares on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
(e) Officers Certificate. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, a certificate (i) of the chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Company and one additional senior executive officer of the Company who is reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives (A) confirming that such officers have carefully reviewed the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and, to the best knowledge of such officers, the representations of the Company set forth in Sections 3(b) and 3(d) hereof are true and correct, (B) confirming that the other representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct and that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date or Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and (C) to the effect set forth in paragraphs (a), (c) and (d) above and (ii) of each Selling Shareholder, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, (A) confirming that the representations of such Selling Shareholder set forth in this agreement are true and correct and that such Selling Shareholder has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date or Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
(f) Comfort Letters. On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, KPMG LLP shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants comfort letters to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus; provided, that the letter delivered on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall use a cut-off date no more than three business days prior to such Closing Date or such Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
(g) Opinions of Counsel for the Company. Greenberg Traurig, P.A., counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, their written opinion, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect set forth in Annex A-1 hereto. WSmiths, British Virgin Islands counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the
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Company, their written opinion, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect set forth in Annex A-2 hereto. Winston & Strawn LLP, U.S. tax counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, their written opinion, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.
(h) Opinions of Counsel for the Selling Shareholders. (i) Greenberg Traurig, P.A., counsel for each of the Selling Shareholders other than Berggruen Holdings North America Ltd., shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of such Selling Shareholders, their written opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect set forth in Annex D-1 hereto; and (ii) WSmiths, British Virgin Islands counsel for Berggruen Holdings North America Ltd., shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of Berggruen Holdings North America Ltd., their written opinion, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect set forth in Annex D-2 hereto.
(i) Opinion of Counsel for the Underwriters. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, an opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, with respect to such matters as the Representatives may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
(j) No Legal Impediment to Issuance or Sale. No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, prevent the issuance or sale of the Shares; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, prevent the issuance or sale of the Shares.
(k) Good Standing. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, satisfactory evidence of the good standing of the Company and its subsidiaries in their respective jurisdictions of incorporation or organization and their good standing as foreign entities in such other jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request, in each case in writing or any standard form of telecommunication from the appropriate Governmental Authorities of such jurisdictions.
(l) Exchange Listing. The Shares to be delivered on the Closing Date or Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall have been approved for quotation on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, subject to official notice of issuance.
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(m) Lock-up Agreements. The lock-up agreements, each substantially in the form of Annex E hereto, between you and each shareholder, executive officer or director of the Company relating to sales and certain other dispositions of Ordinary Shares or certain other securities, delivered to you on or before the date hereof, shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
(n) Additional Documents. On or prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Company and the Selling Shareholders shall have furnished to the Representatives such further certificates and documents as the Representatives may reasonably request.
All opinions, letters, certificates and evidence mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters.
9. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) Indemnification of the Underwriters by the Company. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, not misleading, (ii) or any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Time of Sale Information (including any Time of Sale Information that has subsequently been amended), or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in subsection (c) below.
(b) Indemnification of the Underwriters by the Selling Shareholders. (i) Berggruen Holdings North America Ltd. agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with
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any information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Time of Sale Information, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in subsection (c) below; and (ii) the Selling Shareholders that are individuals, severally and not jointly, agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Selling Shareholder expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Time of Sale Information.
(c) Indemnification of the Company and the Selling Shareholders. Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act and the Selling Shareholders to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Time of Sale Information, it being understood and agreed upon that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the following information in the Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Underwriter: the concession and reallowance figures appearing in the third paragraph under the caption Underwriting, the information contained in the eleventh, twelfth and eighteenth paragraphs under the caption Underwriting.
(d) Notice and Procedures. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to the preceding paragraphs of this Section 9, such person (the Indemnified Person) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the Indemnifying Person) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under this Section 9 except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided, further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under this Section 9. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who shall not, without the consent of the Indemnified Person, be
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counsel to the Indemnifying Person) to represent the Indemnified Person in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary, (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person or (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other Indemnified Persons which are different from or additional to those available to the Indemnifying Person, or the Indemnified Persons and Indemnifying Persons may have conflicting interests which would make it inappropriate for the same counsel to represent both of them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be paid or reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for any Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control persons of such Underwriter shall be designated in writing by each of William Blair & Company, L.L.C. and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., any such separate firm for the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement and any control persons of the Company shall be designated in writing by the Company and any such separate firm for each of the Selling Shareholders shall be designated in writing by such Selling Shareholders. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such request and (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.
(e) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) above is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Shareholders, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, from the
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offering of the Shares or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Company and the Selling Shareholders, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Shareholders, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Selling Shareholders from the sale of the Shares and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters in connection therewith, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate offering price of the Shares. The relative fault of the Company and the Selling Shareholders, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company and the Selling Shareholders or by the Underwriters, and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
(f) Limitation on Liability. The Company, the Selling Shareholders and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Selling Shareholders or the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (e) above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (e) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9, in no event shall an Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter with respect to the offering of the Shares exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 9 are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder and not joint.
(g) Non-Exclusive Remedies. The remedies provided for in this Section 9 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.
10. Effectiveness of Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties.
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11. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the Representatives, by notice to the Company and the Selling Shareholders, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date or, in the case of the Option Shares, prior to the Additional Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on or by any of the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the American Stock Exchange, the Chicago Board Options Exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange or the Chicago Board of Trade; (ii) trading of any securities issued or guaranteed by the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by federal, New York State or British Virgin Islands authorities; or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in financial markets or political, economic or financial conditions or any calamity or crisis, either within or outside the British Virgin Islands or the United States, that, in the judgment of the Representatives, is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Shares on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
12. Defaulting Underwriter. (a) If, on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, any Underwriter defaults on its obligation to purchase the Shares that it has agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, the non-defaulting Underwriters may in their discretion arrange for the purchase of such Shares by other persons satisfactory to the Company and the Selling Shareholders on the terms contained in this Agreement. If, within 36 hours after any such default by any Underwriter, the non-defaulting Underwriters do not arrange for the purchase of such Shares, then the Company and the Selling Shareholders shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which to procure other persons satisfactory to the non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase such Shares on such terms. If other persons become obligated or agree to purchase the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter, either the non-defaulting Underwriters or the Company and the Selling Shareholders may postpone the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, for up to five full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company, counsel for the Selling Shareholders or counsel for the Underwriters may be necessary in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement, and the Company agrees to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that effects any such changes. As used in this Agreement, the term Underwriter includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires, any person not listed in Schedule I hereto that, pursuant to this Section 12, purchases Shares that a defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Shareholders as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate number of Shares that remain unpurchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate number of Shares to be purchased on such date, then the Company and the Selling Shareholders shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number of Shares that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder on such date plus such Underwriters pro rata share (based on the number of Shares that such Underwriter agreed to purchase on such date) of the Shares of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made.
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(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Shareholders as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate number of Shares that remain unpurchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate amount of Shares to be purchased on such date, or if the Company and the Selling Shareholders shall not exercise the right described in paragraph (b) above, then this Agreement or, with respect to any Additional Closing Date, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase Shares on the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 12 shall be without liability on the part of the Company and the Selling Shareholders, except that the Company will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in Section 13 hereof and except that the provisions of Section 9 hereof shall not terminate and shall remain in effect.
(d) Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may have to the Company, the Selling Shareholders or any non-defaulting Underwriter for damages caused by its default.
13. Payment of Expenses. (a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including without limitation, (i) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Shares and any taxes payable in that connection; (ii) the costs incident to the preparation, printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus (including all exhibits, amendments and supplements thereto) and the distribution thereof; (iii) the costs of reproducing and distributing this Agreement; (iv) the fees and expenses of the Companys counsel and independent accountants; (v) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the registration or qualification and determination of eligibility for investment of the Shares under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum (including the related fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters); (vi) the cost of preparing stock certificates; (vii) the costs and charges of any transfer agent and any registrar; (viii) all expenses and application fees incurred in connection with any filing with, and clearance of the offering by, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.; and (ix) all expenses and application fees related to the listing of the Shares on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. All expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any road show presentation to potential investors shall be paid by the Company (provided that the costs of the private air transportation, if any, used in connection with any such road show presentation shall be borne one-half by the Company and one-half by the Underwriters and each of the Company and the Underwriters shall pay their respective hotel expenses incurred in connection with any road show presentation).
(b) If (i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 11, (ii) the Company or the Selling Shareholders for any reason fail to tender the Shares for delivery to the Underwriters or (iii) the Underwriters decline to purchase the Shares for any reason permitted under this Agreement, the Company agrees to reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the fees and expenses of their counsel) reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in connection with this Agreement and the offering contemplated hereby.
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14. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and any controlling persons referred to in Section 9 hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No purchaser of Shares from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase.
15. Survival. The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations, warranties and agreements of the Company, the Selling Shareholders and the Underwriters contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of the Company, the Selling Shareholders or the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Shares and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company, the Selling Shareholders or the Underwriters.
16. Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where otherwise expressly provided, the term affiliate has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; (b) the term business day means any day other than a day on which banks are permitted or required to be closed in New York City; (c) the term subsidiary has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; and (d) the term significant subsidiary has the meaning set forth in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act.
17. Miscellaneous. (a) Authority of the Representatives. Any action by the Underwriters hereunder may be taken by William Blair & Company, L.L.C. and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. on behalf of the Underwriters, and any such action taken by William Blair & Company, L.L.C. and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. shall be binding upon the Underwriters.
(b) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be given to the Representatives c/o William Blair & Company, L.L.C., 222 West Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606 and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., 3333 Peachtree Road, N.E., 11th Floor, Atlanta, GA 30326. Notices to the Company shall be given to it at 500 George Washington Highway, Smithfield, Rhode Island 02917 (Fax:_________); Attention: [_________]. Notices to any Selling Shareholder shall be given to it at the address of such Selling Shareholder set forth on Schedule II, with a copy to the counsel to such Selling Shareholder.
(c) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
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(d) Consent to Jurisdiction. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably (i) agrees that any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may be instituted in any state or federal court located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York (each a New York Court), (ii) waives, to the fullest extent it may effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such proceeding and (iii) submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such New York Court in any such suit, action or proceeding. The Company irrevocably waives any immunity to jurisdiction to which it may otherwise be entitled or become entitled (including sovereign immunity, immunity to pre-judgment attachment, post-judgment attachment and execution) in any legal suit, action or proceeding against it arising out of or based on this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby which is instituted in any New York Court or in any competent court in the British Virgin Islands. The Company has appointed [Alec Taylor], as its authorized agent (the Authorized Agent) upon whom process may be served in any such action arising out of or based on this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby which may be instituted in any New York Court by any Underwriter or by any person who controls any Underwriter, expressly consents to the jurisdiction of any such court in respect of any such action, and waives any other requirements of or objections to personal jurisdiction with respect thereto. Such appointment shall be irrevocable. The Company represents and warrants that the Authorized Agent has agreed to act as such agent for service at process and agrees to take any and all action, including the filing of any and all documents and instruments, that may be necessary to continue such appointment in full force and effect as aforesaid. Service of process upon the Authorized Agent and written notice of such service to the Company shall be deemed, in every respect, effective service of process upon the Company.
(e) Judgment Currency. In respect of any judgment or order given or made for any amount due hereunder that is expressed and paid in a currency (the judgment currency) other than United States dollars, the party against whom such judgment or order has been given or made will indemnify each party in whose favor such judgment or order has been given or made (the Indemnitee) against any loss incurred by the Indemnitee as a result of any variation as between (i) the rate of exchange at which the United States dollar amount is converted into the judgment currency for the purpose of such judgment or order and (ii) the rate of exchange at which the Indemnitee is able to purchase United States dollars with the amount of the judgment currency actually received by such Indemnitee. The foregoing indemnity shall constitute a separate and independent obligation of each of the Company and the Underwriters and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any such judgment or order as aforesaid. The term rate of exchange shall include any premiums and costs of exchange payable in connection with the purchase of or conversion into United States dollars.
(f) Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts (which may include counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
(g) Amendments or Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.
(h) Headings. The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.
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[Signature page follows]
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.
Very truly yours, FGX INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
BERGGRUEN HOLDINGS NORTH AMERICA LTD. | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
JACK H. FLYNN, Jr. | ||||
By: | ||||
STEVE CRELLIN | ||||
By: | ||||
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Accepted: _________, 2007
WILLIAM BLAIR & COMPANY, L.L.C.
SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY, INC.
SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY, INC.
For themselves and on behalf of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule I hereto.
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule I hereto.
William Blair & Company, L.L.C. | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
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Schedule I
Underwriter | Number of Shares | |||
William Blair & Company, L.L.C. | ||||
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. | ||||
BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Scott & Stringfellow, Inc. | ||||
Avondale Partners, LLC | ||||
Total | ||||
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Schedule II
Selling Shareholder | Address | Number of Shares | ||
Berggruen Holdings North America Ltd. | 1114 Avenue of the Americas 41st Floor New York, New York 10036 | |||
Jack H. Flynn, Jr. | 500 George Washington Highway Smithfield, Rhode Island 02917 | |||
Steve Crellin | 500 George Washington Highway Smithfield, Rhode Island 02917 | |||
Total | 0 | |||
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Schedule III
[List of Significant Subsidiaries]
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Annex A-1
[Form of Opinion of Counsel of Greenberg Traurig, P.A.
for FGX International Holdings Limited]
for FGX International Holdings Limited]
(a) Based on advice from the Commission, (i) the Registration Statement was declared effective under the Securities Act as of the date and time specified in such opinion; (ii) no order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and (iii) no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Company or in connection with the offering is pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened by the Commission.
(b) The Registration Statement as of its effective date, the Preliminary Prospectus as of its issue date and the Closing Date, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus included in the Time of Sale Information as of its issue date and the Closing Date, and the Prospectus as of its issue date and the Closing Date (other than the financial statements and related schedules therein, and other financial and statistical data included therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act.
(c) (i) Each of the Companys subsidiaries has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, (ii) based solely on an examination of certificates of government officials and agencies, the Company and each of its subsidiaries are duly qualified to do business and are in good standing in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification, and (iii) Each of the Companys subsidiaries has all power and authority necessary to own or hold its respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which it is engaged, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) where the failure to be so qualified or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) To the knowledge of such counsel, none of the Companys subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents; (ii) in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its property or assets is subject and which is filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement; or (iii) in violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) for any such default or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Underwriting Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company and being delivered on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and
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compliance by the Company with the terms of, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, the Underwriting Agreement will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject and which is filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, except for such conflict, breach or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) To the knowledge of such counsel, no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any United States court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Underwriting Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company and being delivered on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and compliance by the Company with the terms thereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, except for the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may be required under applicable state securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters, as to which no opinion is expressed.
(g) To the knowledge of such counsel, except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, actions, suits or proceedings pending in the United States to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject which, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(h) The descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus of legal, governmental and regulatory proceedings and contracts and other documents to which the Company or one of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; the statements relating to legal matters, documents or proceedings in the Preliminary Prospectus and Prospectus under the heading Underwriting are accurate in all material respects; the statements in the Preliminary Prospectus and Prospectus under the heading Material United States Federal Income Tax Consequences, insofar as they purport to constitute summaries of matters of United States federal tax law and regulations or legal conclusions with respect thereto, constitute accurate summaries described therein in all material respects, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, (A) there are no current or pending legal, governmental or regulatory actions, suits or proceedings in the United States that are required under the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement and that are not so described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and (B) there are no contracts and other documents that are required under the Securities Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement and that have not been so filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
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(i) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, will not be required to register as an investment company or an entity controlled by an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.
(j) Neither the issuance, sale and delivery of the Shares nor the application of the proceeds thereof by the Company as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus will violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation of such Board of Governors.
Such counsel shall also state that they have participated in conferences with representatives of the Company and with representatives of its independent accountants and counsel at which conferences the contents of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and any amendment and supplement thereto and related matters were discussed and, although such counsel assume no responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information, the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto (except as expressly provided above), nothing has come to the attention of such counsel to cause such counsel to believe that the Registration Statement, at the time of its effective date (including the information, if any, deemed pursuant to Rule 430A, 430B or 430C to be part of the Registration Statement at the time of effectiveness), contained any 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, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, that the Time of Sale Information, at the Time of Sale (which such counsel may assume to be the date of the Underwriting Agreement) contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or that the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto as of its date and the Closing Date contains any untrue statement of a material fact 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 (other than the financial statements, financial schedules and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief).
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely as to matters of fact on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials that are furnished to the Underwriters.
The opinion of Greenberg Traurig, P.A. described above shall be rendered to the Underwriters at the request of the Company and shall so state therein.
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Annex A-2
[Form of Opinion of Counsel for FGX International Holdings Limited]
Dear Sirs
FGX International Holdings Limited (the Company)
Initial Public Offering of Ordinary Shares
Initial Public Offering of Ordinary Shares
We have acted as counsel as to British Virgin Islands law to the Company in connection with the initial public offering of its ordinary shares (the IPO).
1. | Documents |
In preparing this opinion, we have reviewed copies of the following documents:
(a) | prospectus dated [ ] 2007 (the Prospectus) filed by the Company with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission in respect of the IPO; | |
(b) | underwriting agreement dated [ ] 2007 (the Underwriting Agreement) by and between the Company and each of William Blair & Company, L.L.C., SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Scott & Stringfellow, Inc. and Avondale Partners, LLC (the Underwriters); | |
(c) | director and officer indemnification agreement (the Indemnification Agreement) to be entered by the Company and its directors and officers prior to the IPO; | |
(d) | draft 2007 Incentive Compensation Plan dated [ ] 2007; |
(e) | (i) | the constitutional documents and public records of the Company obtained from the Registry of Corporate Affairs on [ ] and the High Court Registry on [ ]; | |
(ii) | a registered agents certificate dated [ ] identifying the directors, officers and shareholders of the Company issued by the Companys registered agent (the Registered Agents Certificate); | ||
(iii) | written resolutions of the directors of the Company containing unanimous resolutions of the directors of the Company dated [ ] approving the Companys entry into and authorising the initial public offering of ordinary shares of the Company and approving the content of execution of the Documents required in connection with the IPO (the Directors Resolutions); and | ||
(iv) | a certificate issued by the directors of the Company on [ ] (the Directors Certificate) |
(for the purposes of this opinion the Prospectus, the documents listed in paragraphs 1(a) to 1(d) as the Documents). |
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2. | Assumptions |
This opinion is given only as to the circumstances existing on the date hereof and known to us and as to British Virgin Islands law in force on this date. We have relied on the Registered Agents Certificate without further enquiry and upon the following assumptions, which we have not independently verified:
(a) | the Documents have been or, as the case may be, will be duly authorised, executed and delivered by or on behalf of all relevant parties (other than the Company) and are, or will be legal, valid, binding and enforceable against all relevant parties in accordance with their respective terms under the laws of the State of New York, United States, and all other relevant laws (other than the laws of the British Virgin Islands); | |
(b) | the choice of the law of the State of New York, United States, as the governing law of the Documents has been made in good faith and is regarded as a valid and binding selection which will be upheld by the courts of the State of New York, United States, as a matter of the laws of the State of New York, United States, and all other relevant laws (other than the laws of the British Virgin Islands); | |
(c) | copies of documents provided to us are true copies of the originals; | |
(d) | the genuineness of all signatures and seals; | |
(e) | there is nothing under any law (other than the laws of the British Virgin Islands) which would or might affect the opinions appearing herein, specifically we have made no enquiry as to the laws of the State of New York, United States; | |
(f) | no director of the Company has a financial interest in or other relationship to a party to the transaction contemplated by the Documents or if an interest does exist, that shareholder approval or ratification will be obtained; and | |
(g) | the information included in the Directors Certificate of accurate and valid as of the date of issuance of this opinion. |
3. | Opinion |
Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications expressed below, we are of the opinion that:
(a) | The Company is a company duly incorporated with limited liability under the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 (the Companies Act) and validly existing in good standing under the laws of the British Virgin Islands. It is a separate legal entity and is subject to suit in its own name. The Company has all power and authority necessary to own or hold its properties and to conduct the businesses in which it is engaged. |
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(b) | (i) | The Company has a share capitalisation as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus under the heading Capitalization; all the outstanding shares of the Company (including the Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholder) have been duly and validly authorised and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; the shares of the Company conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus; and all the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary of the Company incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands have been duly and validly authorised and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable; and |
(ii) | The Shares to be issued and sold by the Company as contemplated by the Documents have been duly authorised, and when delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and the issuance of the Shares is not subject to any pre-emptive or similar rights. |
(c) | The Company has full right, power and authority to execute and deliver the Underwriting Agreement and Indemnification Agreement, and perform its obligations under the Documents and to issue and sell the Shares to be issued and sold by the Company as contemplated in the Documents. | |
(d) | All action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement has been duly and validly taken. Assuming that the Documents have been duly delivered on behalf of the Company, each constitutes or will constitute, as the case may be, the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms except and insofar as such enforcement may be limited as hereinafter set out. The term enforceable as used above means that the obligations assumed by the Company under the relevant instrument are a type which the courts of the British Virgin Islands enforce. It does not mean that those obligations will necessarily be enforced in all circumstances in accordance with their terms. We draw your attention to the following: |
(i) | enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, reorganisation and other laws of general application relating to or affecting the rights of creditors; | ||
(ii) | enforcement may be limited by general principles of equity (i.e. equitable remedies such as specific performance may not be available, inter alia, where damages are considered to be an adequate remedy); | ||
(iii) | claims may become barred under the statutes of limitation or may be or become subject to defences of set-off or counterclaim; |
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(iv) | it is our view that in the event of proceedings being brought in the British Virgin Islands in respect of a monetary obligation in connection with the Documents it is likely to be expressed in the currency in which such claim is made, since the courts have power to grant a monetary judgment expressed otherwise than in the currency of the British Virgin Islands. With respect to winding up proceedings, British Virgin Islands law may require that all debts and claims are converted into United States Dollars (the currency of the British Virgin Islands) at an exchange rate prevailing on the date of the winding up; currency indemnity provisions have not been tested, so far as we are aware, in the courts of the British Virgin Islands; | ||
(v) | a certificate, determination, calculation or designation of any relevant party to the foregoing instruments as to any matter provided therein might be held by the courts of the British Virgin Islands 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; | ||
(vi) | although there is no statutory enforcement in the British Virgin Islands of judgments obtained in the courts of the State of New York, United States, the courts of the British Virgin Islands will recognise and enforce a foreign judgment (not being in respect of penalties, fines, taxes or similar fiscal or revenue obligations of the Company) which is final, for a liquidated sum, was not obtained in a fraudulent manner, is not of a kind the enforcement of which is contrary to the public policy in the British Virgin Islands, and is not contrary to the principles of natural justice; | ||
(vii) | a British Virgin Islands court may not necessarily award costs and disbursements in litigation in accordance with contractual provisions; | ||
(viii) | we make no comment with regard to the references to foreign statutes in the Documents; and | ||
(ix) | we reserve our opinion as to the extent to which a British Virgin Islands court 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. |
(e) | Based on the information included in the Directors Certificate, the Company is not: |
(i) | in violation of its Memorandum and Articles of Association; | ||
(ii) | in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its property or assets is subject and which is filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement; |
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(iii) | in violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority; and | ||
(iv) | there are no current or pending governmental or regulatory administrative actions, proceedings or investigations in the British Virgin Islands that are required under the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement and that are not so described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus. |
(f) | The statements in the Preliminary Prospectus and Prospectus under the headings BVI Taxation, Description of Share Capital and Risk Factors Because we are incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, it may be more difficult for our shareholders to protect their rights than it would being a shareholder of a corporation incorporated in another jurisdiction are accurate in all material respects; | |
(g) | No authorisations, consents or approvals are required of any governmental authority or agency in the British Virgin Islands in connection with the execution or delivery of the Documents by the Company, the exercise of its rights pursuant to the Documents or in any way in connection with the IPO. | |
(h) | The Company has obtained all licenses, permits, certificates, consents, orders, approvals and other authorisations from, and has made all declarations and filings with, all Governmental Authorities in the British Virgin Islands (including foreign regulatory agencies) necessary to conduct its business. | |
(i) | The execution of the Documents by the Company and the performance of its obligations under the Documents and the IPO do not and will not conflict with or result in any breach of: |
(i) | any of the provisions of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company; | ||
(ii) | any law or statute of the British Virgin Islands, or any judgment, order or regulation of any court in the British Virgin Islands, or ruling of any British Virgin Islands governmental or regulatory authority; or | ||
(iii) | any public rule or regulation applicable to the Company. |
(j) | Currently, no stamp duties or other taxes (by withholding, deduction or otherwise) are payable under the laws of the British Virgin Islands in respect of the execution or delivery or performance of the Documents, enforcement of the Documents or the payment of principal or interest made by the Company under the Documents. There are currently no stamp duty, transfer or similar taxes payable in respect of the issue and delivery of the Shares to the Underwriters or any subsequent purchasers (assuming that such Underwriters or subsequent purchasers are not resident in the British Virgin Islands) |
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pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement. The Underwriting Agreement is not subject to ad valorem stamp duty in the British Virgin Islands, and no registration, documentary, recording, transfer or other similar tax, fee or charge by any British Virgin Islands government authority is payable in connection with the execution, delivery, filing, registration or performance of the Underwriting Agreement. |
(k) | There is no applicable usury or interest limitation law in the British Virgin Islands, which would restrict the recovery of payments or compliance by the Company of its obligations under the Documents. | |
(l) | There are no government or other exchange controls in the British Virgin Islands. | |
(m) | The Company is not entitled to sovereign or other immunity from suit or enforcement of a judgment under the laws of the British Virgin Islands and performance of its obligations under the Documents by the Company constitute private and commercial acts. | |
(n) | Under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, the Underwriters will not be deemed to be resident, domiciled or carrying on any commercial activity in the British Virgin Islands or subject to any tax in the British Virgin Islands by reason only of the execution, and performance of the Documents nor is it necessary for the execution, performance and enforcement of the Documents that the Underwriters be authorised or qualified to carry on business in the British Virgin Islands. | |
(o) | The courts of the British Virgin Islands will observe and give effect to the choice of the laws of the State of New York, United States, as the governing law of the Documents and the submission by the Company to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, United States, and the nomination by the Company of an agent in the State of New York, United States, to accept service of process in respect of proceedings before such courts are valid. | |
(p) | It is not necessary in order to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence in proceedings of the obligations of the Company under the Documents or the rights of the Underwriters under the Underwriting Agreement that they or any of them or any other document be filed, recorded or enrolled with any government department in the British Virgin Islands. | |
(q) | The obligations of the Company under the Documents constitute direct obligations that rank at least pari passu with all its other unsecured obligations and junior to the secured interests registered in the Register of Mortgages, Charges and Other Encumbrances currently held by the Company. | |
(r) | There were no actions pending against the Company in the courts of the British Virgin Islands at the date of this opinion. | |
(s) | On the basis of our searches conducted at the Registry of Corporate Affairs and at the High Court Registry, no currently valued order or resolution for the winding-up of the |
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Company and no current notice of appointment of a receiver over the Company, or any of its assets, appears on the records maintained in respect of the Company. It is a requirement under section 118 of the Insolvency Act 2003 that notice of appointment of a receiver be registered with the Registry of Corporate Affairs. |
(t) | The Company has the necessary corporate power and authority, and has taken all corporate action required, to appoint [_________] as agent for the receipt of any service of process with respect to actions arising out of or in connection with any suit, action or proceeding based on the Underwriting Agreement and the offer and sale of the Shares by the Company pursuant to the Prospectus. |
Except as specifically stated herein, we make no comment with regard to any representations, which may be made by the Company in any of the documents referred to above or otherwise.
This opinion is rendered to you solely for your benefit in connection with the IPO. It is not to be transmitted to anyone else nor is it to be relied upon by anyone else or for any other purpose or quoted or referred to in any public document or filed with anyone without our express written consent.
Yours faithfully
WSmiths
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Annex B
1. Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses included in Time of Sale Information
2. Pricing Information Provided Orally by Underwriters
3. Other Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses
Electronic roadshow presentation
Term sheet substantially in the form of Annex C hereto
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Annex C
FGX International Holdings Limited
Pricing Term Sheet
[Final term sheet to be attached at time of pricing.]
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Annex D-1
[Form of Opinion of Counsel of Greenberg Traurig, P.A.
as Counsel for Individual Selling Shareholders]
as Counsel for Individual Selling Shareholders]
( ) The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Selling Shareholder.
( ) The Selling Shareholder is the record, beneficial and lawful owner of all of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Shareholder and has valid and marketable title to such Shares, and upon delivery of and payment for the Shares, the Underwriters will acquire valid and marketable title to the shares, free and clear of any mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien, claim or other encumbrance or restriction on transferability or any adverse claim.
( ) The sale of the Shares and the execution and delivery by the Selling Shareholder of, and the performance by the Selling Shareholder of its obligations under, the Underwriting Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated therein, (i) have been duly authorized on the part of the Selling Shareholder, and (ii) to the knowledge of such counsel, will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other material agreement or instrument to which the Selling Shareholder is a party or by which the Selling Shareholder is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Selling Shareholder is subject, nor will any such action result in any violation of any applicable law or statute, any rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Selling Shareholder or any of its properties or any order known to such counsel of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Selling Shareholder or any of its properties; and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the sale of the Shares or the consummation by the Selling Shareholder of the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as have been obtained under the Securities Act and as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters, as to which no opinion is expressed.
The opinion of counsel described above shall be rendered to the Underwriters at the request of the Selling Shareholder and shall so state therein.
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Annex D-2
[Form of Opinion of Counsel for Berggruen Holdings North America Ltd.]
Dear Sirs
Berggruen Holdings North American Limited (the Selling Shareholder)
Initial Public Offering of Ordinary Shares (the IPO) of FGX International Holdings Limited (the Company)
Initial Public Offering of Ordinary Shares (the IPO) of FGX International Holdings Limited (the Company)
We have acted as counsel to the Selling Shareholder, a British Virgin Islands corporation, in connection with the Selling Shareholders sale of ordinary shares of the Company (the Shares) in the IPO.
1. | Documents |
In preparing this opinion, we have reviewed copies of the following documents:
(a) | underwriting agreement dated [ ] 2007 (the Underwriting Agreement) by and between the Company, [ ] (the Selling Shareholder) and each of William Blair & Company, L.L.C., SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Scott & Stringfellow, Inc. and Avondale Partners, LLC (the Underwriters); |
(b) | (i) | the constitutional documents and public records of the Selling Shareholder obtained from the Registry of Corporate Affairs on [ ] and the High Court Registry on [ ]; | |
(ii) | a registered agents certificate dated [ ] identifying the directors, officers and shareholders of the Selling Shareholder issued by the Selling Shareholders registered agent (the Registered Agents Certificate); and | ||
(v) | written resolutions of the directors of the Selling Shareholder containing unanimous resolutions of the directors of the Selling Shareholder dated [ ] approving the Selling shareholders entry into the Underwriting Agreement and authorising the sale of ordinary shares of the Company owned of record by the Selling Shareholder and approving the content of execution of the Documents required in connection with the IPO (the Directors Resolutions); and |
2. | Assumptions |
This opinion is given only as to the circumstances existing on the date hereof and known to us and as to British Virgin Islands law in force on this date. We have relied on the Registered Agents Certificate without further enquiry and upon the following assumptions, which we have not independently verified:
(a) | the Underwriting Agreement has been or, as the case may be, will be duly authorised, executed and delivered by or on behalf of all relevant parties (other than the Selling Shareholder) and is, or will be legal, valid, binding and enforceable against all relevant parties in accordance with its respective terms under the laws of the State of New York, United States, and all other relevant laws (other than the laws of the British Virgin Islands); |
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(b) | the choice of the law of the State of New York, United States, as the governing law of the Underwriting Agreement has been made in good faith and is regarded as a valid and binding selection which will be upheld by the courts of the State of New York, United States, as a matter of the laws of the State of New York, United States, and all other relevant laws (other than the laws of the British Virgin Islands); | |
(c) | copies of documents provided to us are true copies of the originals; | |
(d) | the genuineness of all signatures and seals; | |
(e) | there is nothing under any law (other than the laws of the British Virgin Islands) which would or might affect the opinions appearing herein, specifically we have made no enquiry as to the laws of the State of New York, United States; | |
(f) | no director of the Selling Shareholder has a financial interest in or other relationship to a party to the transaction contemplated by the Documents or if an interest does exist, that shareholder approval or ratification will be obtained; and | |
(g) | there is no trust or similar arrangement whereby the Selling Shareholder has transferred or undertaken to transfer any rights (including beneficial ownership) attached to the shares he owns in the Company. | |
3. | Opinion |
Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications expressed below, we are of the opinion that:
(a) | The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorised and executed by or on behalf of the Selling Shareholder. | |
(b) | The Selling Shareholder is the record, beneficial and lawful owner of all of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Shareholder and has valid and marketable title to such Shares, and upon delivery of and payment for the Shares, the Underwriters will acquire valid and marketable title to the shares, free and clear of any mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien, claim or other encumbrance or restriction on transferability or any adverse claim. | |
(c) | The sale of the Shares and the execution and delivery by the Selling Shareholder of, and the performance by the Selling Shareholder of its obligations under, the Underwriting Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated therein, |
(i) | have been duly authorised on the part of the Selling Shareholder, and |
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(ii) | [to our knowledge/based upon _________], the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement by the Selling Shareholder: |
a. | will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other material agreement or instrument to which the Selling Shareholder is a party, or by which the Selling Shareholder is bound or to which any of the property or assets of any Selling Shareholder is subject; | ||
b. | will not result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or similar organisational documents of the Selling Shareholder or any applicable law or statute in the British Virgin Islands or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body in the British Virgin Islands having jurisdiction over such Selling Shareholder or any of its properties; and | ||
c. | requires no consent, approval, authorisation, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body in the British Virgin Islands for the sale of the Shares or the consummation by the Selling Shareholder of the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement. |
Except as specifically stated herein, we make no comment with regard to any representations, which may be made by the Selling Shareholder in any of the documents referred to above or otherwise.
This opinion is rendered to you solely for your benefit in connection with the Selling shareholders participation in the IPO. It is not to be transmitted to anyone else nor is it to be relied upon by anyone else or for any other purpose or quoted or referred to in any public document or filed with anyone without our express written consent.
Yours faithfully
WSmiths
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Annex E
LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
_____________, 2007
William Blair & Company, L.L.C.
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.
As Representatives of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule I hereto
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.
As Representatives of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule I hereto
c/o William Blair & Company, L.L.C.
222 West Adams Street
Chicago, Illinois 60606
222 West Adams Street
Chicago, Illinois 60606
and
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.
3333 Peachtree Road, N.E.
11th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30326
3333 Peachtree Road, N.E.
11th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30326
Re: FGX INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED Public Offering
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned understands that you, as Representatives of the several Underwriters, propose to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the Underwriting Agreement) with FGX International Holdings Limited, a British Virgin Islands company (the Company), providing for the initial public offering (the Public Offering) by the several Underwriters named in Schedule I to the Underwriting Agreement (the Underwriters) of ordinary shares (no par value) of the Company (the Ordinary Shares). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Underwriting Agreement.
In consideration of the Underwriters agreement to purchase and make the Public Offering of the Ordinary Shares, and for other good and valuable consideration receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of William Blair & Company, L.L.C. and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. (the Representatives) on behalf of the Underwriters, the undersigned will not, during the period ending 180 days after the date of the prospectus relating to the Public Offering (the Prospectus), (1) offer, pledge, announce the intention to sell, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or
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warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Ordinary Shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares (including without limitation, Ordinary Shares which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Ordinary Shares which may be issued upon exercise of any option or warrant) or (2) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Ordinary Shares, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Ordinary Shares or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. In addition, the undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during the period ending 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any Ordinary Shares or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) during the last 17 days of the 180-day restricted period, the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or (2) prior to the expiration of the 180-day restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 180-day period, the restrictions imposed by this Letter Agreement shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event.
The restrictions described in the immediately preceding paragraph shall not apply to:
(i) | the sale of Ordinary Shares to the Underwriters in connection with the Public Offering; | ||
(ii) | transactions by the undersigned relating to Ordinary Shares or other securities acquired in open market transactions after the completion of the Public Offering, so long as no filing by any party with the SEC shall be required or voluntarily made in connection with subsequent sales of Ordinary Shares or other securities acquired in such open market transactions; | ||
(iii) | transfers by the undersigned relating to Ordinary Shares (or any security exercisable or convertible into Ordinary Shares) as a bona fide gift and transfers by a person other than the Company by will or the laws of intestate succession, so long as (1) each recipient agrees in writing to be subject to the restrictions set forth herein, (2) the Underwriters have been advised in writing at least two business days prior to the proposed transfer and (3) no filing by any party with the SEC shall be required or voluntarily made in connection with such transfer; | ||
(iv) | transfers by the undersigned of Ordinary Shares (or any security exercisable or convertible into Ordinary Shares) to any trust, partnership or limited liability company for the direct or indirect benefit of such person for estate planning purposes, so long as (1) the trustee, partnership or limited liability company agrees in writing to be subject to the restrictions set forth herein, (2) any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value and (3) no filing by any party with the SEC shall be required or voluntarily made in connection with such transfer; |
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(v) | transfers by the undersigned to an affiliate (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended), provided such affiliate agrees in writing to be subject to the restrictions set forth herein and that no filing by any party with the SEC shall be required or voluntarily made in connection with such transfer; or | ||
(vi) | the establishment a trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (and/or modify an existing trading plan), provided that no sales or other transfers occur under such plan during the restricted period described above. |
In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company, and any duly appointed transfer agent for the registration or transfer of the securities described herein, are hereby authorized to decline to make any transfer of securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this Letter Agreement.
The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this Letter 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.
The undersigned understands that if (i) the Representatives on the one hand, or the Company, on the other hand, shall have advised the other in writing, prior to the execution of the Underwriting Agreement, that it has determined not to proceed with the Offering, (ii) the registration statement relating to the Public Offering is withdrawn, (iii) the Underwriting Agreement does not become effective or (iv) the Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the Ordinary Shares to be sold thereunder, the undersigned shall be released from all obligations under this Letter Agreement. The undersigned understands that the Underwriters are entering into the Underwriting Agreement and proceeding with the Public Offering in reliance upon this Letter Agreement. In any event, if the Public Offering is not consummated on or before _________, 2007, this Letter Agreement shall be null and void and the undersigned will be released from its obligations under this Letter Agreement.
This Letter Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.
Very truly yours, [Name of Shareholder] | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
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