[ ] Shares IntrepidPotash, Inc. Common Stock (Par Value $0.001 Per Share) UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

EX-1.1 2 dex11.htm FORM OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT Form of Underwriting Agreement

Exhibit 1.1

[ ] Shares

Intrepid Potash, Inc.

Common Stock (Par Value $0.001 Per Share)

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

April __, 2008

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Merrill Lynch & Co.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated

RBC Capital Markets Corporation

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.

85 Broad Street

New York, New York 10004

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Intrepid Potash, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”) [ ] shares of the Common Stock (par value $0.001 per share) of the Company (the “Firm Shares”). The Company also proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters not more than an additional [ ] shares of its Common Stock (par value $0.001 per share) (the “Additional Shares”) if and to the extent that you, as Managers of the offering, shall have determined to exercise, on behalf of the Underwriters, the right to purchase such shares of Common Stock granted to the Underwriters in Section 1(ii) hereof. The Firm Shares and the Additional Shares are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Shares.” The shares of Common Stock (par value $0.001 per share) of the Company to be outstanding after giving effect to the sales contemplated hereby are hereinafter referred to as the “Common Stock.”

The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement (SEC File No. 333-148215), including a prospectus, relating to the Shares (the “Initial Registration Statement”). The Initial Registration Statement as amended at the time it becomes effective, including the information (if any) deemed to be part of such registration statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), is hereinafter referred to as the “Registration Statement;” any preliminary prospectus included in the Initial Registration Statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act is hereinafter referred to as the “Preliminary Prospectus;” the prospectus in the form first used to confirm sales of Shares (or in the form first made available to the Underwriters by the Company to meet requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) is hereinafter referred to as the “Prospectus.” If the Company has filed an abbreviated registration statement to register additional

shares of Common Stock 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.

For purposes of this Agreement, “free writing prospectus” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, “Time of Sale Prospectus” means the Preliminary Prospectus relating to the Shares that was included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to the Applicable Time (as defined in Section 1(b) hereof), together with all free writing prospectuses, if any, filed by the Company under Rule 433(d) of the Securities Act as identified in Schedule II hereto, and “broadly available road show” means a “bona fide electronic road show” as defined in Rule 433(h)(5) under the Securities Act that has been made available without restriction to any person. As used herein, the terms “Registration Statement,” “Preliminary Prospectus,” “Time of Sale Prospectus” and “Prospectus” shall include the documents, if any, incorporated by reference therein.

Merrill Lynch & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“Merrill Lynch”) has agreed to reserve a portion of the Shares to be purchased by it under this Agreement for sale to the Company’s directors, officers, employees and business associates and other parties related to the Company (collectively, “Participants”), as set forth in the Prospectus under the heading “Underwriting” (the “Directed Share Program”). The Shares to be sold by Merrill Lynch and its affiliates pursuant to the Directed Share Program are referred to hereinafter as the “Directed Shares”. Any Directed Shares not orally confirmed for purchase by any Participant by the end of the business day on which this Agreement is executed will be offered to the public by the Underwriters as set forth in the Prospectus.

On the Closing Date (as defined in Section 4 hereof), the Company shall enter into an Exchange Agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”), by and between the Company and Intrepid Mining LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Intrepid Mining”), pursuant to which, on or before the Closing Date, Intrepid Mining will assign all of its assets other than cash to the Company in exchange for cash in an amount of $[ ], [ ] shares of the Company’s Common Stock, and the assumption by the Company of all of Intrepid Mining’s liability and obligations under its existing senior credit facility (other than $18,900,000 of the outstanding principal balance of such senior credit facility, unpaid interest accrued on such principal balance, and fees, charges and other costs relating to such principal balance, which obligations shall be retained by Intrepid Mining), and substantially all other liabilities and obligations of Intrepid Mining. Intrepid Mining and the Company are sometimes referred to collectively herein as the “Intrepid Parties.”

1. Representations and Warranties. Each of the Intrepid Parties, jointly and severally, represents and warrants to and agrees with each of the Underwriters that:

(a) The Registration Statement has become effective; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, and no proceedings for such purpose are pending before or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission.

(b) (i) The Registration Statement, when it became effective, did not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (iii) the Time of Sale Prospectus together with the price to the public and number of Shares to be included on the cover page of the Prospectus does not, and at [5:00] p.m. (Eastern time) on the date of this Agreement (the “Applicable Time”) and at the Closing Date (as defined in Section 4), as then amended or supplemented by the Company, if applicable, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (iv) each broadly available road show, if any, when considered together with the Time of Sale Prospectus and the price to the public and number of Shares to be included on the cover page of the Prospectus, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (v) the Prospectus does not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph do not apply to statements or omissions in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus based upon information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by any of Goldman, Sachs & Co., Merrill Lynch or Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (together, the “Representatives”) expressly for use therein.

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

Securities Act or that was prepared by or on behalf of or used or referred to by the Company complies or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Each free writing prospectus identified in Schedule II hereto does not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus. Each broadly available road show does not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus. Except for the free writing prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule II hereto, and broadly available road shows, if any, each furnished to you before first use, the Company has not prepared, used or referred to, and will not, without your prior consent, prepare, use or refer to, any free writing prospectus.

(d) The Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has the corporate power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the current or future financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company, Intrepid Mining and the Intrepid Subsidiaries as defined below (collectively, the “Intrepid Entities”), taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”).

(e) Intrepid Mining has been duly formed, is validly existing as a limited liability company, and is in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and has the limited liability company power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the issued limited liability company interests of Intrepid Mining have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid (to the extent required under the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement for Intrepid Mining, dated June 5, 2007, as amended) and non-assessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by matters described in Sections 18-303 and 18-607 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “Delaware LLC Act”) and are owned directly by Harvey Operating and Production Company, Intrepid Production Corporation and Potash Acquisition, LLC, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims.

(f) Each of Intrepid Potash-New Mexico, LLC (“Intrepid New Mexico”), Intrepid Potash-Moab, LLC (“Intrepid Moab”), Intrepid Potash-Wendover, LLC (“Intrepid Wendover”), HB Potash, LLC (“HB Potash”),

Intrepid Aviation LLC (“Intrepid Aviation”) and Moab Gas Pipeline LLC (“Moan Pipeline”) (collectively, the “Intrepid Subsidiaries”) has been duly formed, is validly existing as a limited liability company, and, other than Intrepid Moab, is in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation; Intrepid Moab is in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware; each of the Intrepid Subsidiaries has the limited liability company power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the issued limited liability company interests of each Intrepid Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid (to the extent required under the Operating Agreements for each of the respective Intrepid Subsidiaries) and non-assessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by matters described in (i) Sections 18-303 and 18-607 of the Delaware LLC Act as to Intrepid Moab, (ii) Sections 7-80-606 and 7-80-703 of the Colorado Limited Liability Company Act as to Intrepid Wendover, Intrepid Aviation and Moab Pipeline and (iii) Sections 53-19-13 and 53-19-27 of the New Mexico Limited Liability Company Act as to Intrepid New Mexico and HB Potash) and are owned directly by Intrepid Mining and, on the Closing Date, will be owned directly by the Company, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, other than those arising under the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of March 9, 2007, by and among Intrepid Mining, Intrepid New Mexico, Intrepid Moab, Intrepid Wendover, U.S. Bank National Association and the lenders named therein, as amended.

(g) Except for the Intrepid Subsidiaries, neither of the Intrepid Parties will, on the Closing Date, own, directly or indirectly, any equity or long-term debt securities of any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association or other entity.

(h) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Intrepid Parties.

(i) On or before the Closing Date, the Exchange Agreement will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Intrepid Parties and will be a valid and legally binding agreement of each of them, enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms.

(j) On or before the Closing Date, the documents and instruments listed in Schedule III attached hereto (the “Credit Documents”), amending and supplementing the senior credit facility of Intrepid Mining to substitute the Company as a borrower thereunder will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Intrepid Parties.

(k) The authorized capital stock of the Company conforms as to legal matters to the description thereof contained in each of the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.

(l) The shares of Common Stock outstanding prior to the issuance of the Shares to be sold by the Company have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

(m) The Shares to be sold by the Company have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of such Shares will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights.

(n) The execution and delivery by the Intrepid Parties of, and the performance by the Intrepid Parties of their respective obligations under, this Agreement, the Exchange Agreement and the Credit Documents will not contravene (i) any provision of applicable law, (ii) as applicable, the certificate of incorporation, by-laws, or other organizational or governing documents of the Intrepid Parties, (iii) any agreement or other instrument binding upon any of the Intrepid Entities that is material to the Intrepid Entities, each taken as a whole, or (iv) any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Intrepid Entities, except in the case of (i), (iii) and (iv) as would not have a Material Adverse Effect. No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental body or agency is required for the performance by the Intrepid Parties of their respective obligations under this Agreement, except for such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders or qualifications as have been obtained, or as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares.

(o) Since the respective dates as which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Time of Sale Prospectus, there has not occurred any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Intrepid Entities, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Registration Statement and the Time of Sale Prospectus.

(p) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened to which any of the Intrepid Entities is a party or to which any of the properties of the Intrepid Entities is subject (i) other than proceedings accurately described in all material respects in the Time of Sale Prospectus and proceedings that would not have a Material Adverse Effect, or a material adverse effect on the power or ability of the Intrepid Parties to perform their respective obligations under this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Time of Sale Prospectus or (ii) that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the

Prospectus and are not so described; and there are no statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described or filed as required.

(q) Each Preliminary Prospectus filed as part of the registration statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, complied when so filed in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

(r) Neither of the Intrepid Parties are, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Prospectus, will be, required to register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(s) Except as set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Intrepid Entities (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except where such noncompliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(t) Except as set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus, there are no costs or liabilities required to be incurred as of the date of this Agreement pursuant to Environmental Laws (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures presently required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties) which would, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(u) Except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to any securities of the Company or to require the Company to include such securities with the Shares registered pursuant to the Registration Statement.

(v) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, (i) the Intrepid Entities have not incurred any material liability or obligation, direct or contingent, nor entered into any material transaction; (ii) the Company has not purchased any of its outstanding capital stock, nor declared, paid or otherwise made any dividend or distribution of any kind on its capital stock other than ordinary and customary dividends; and (iii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock, short-term debt or long-term debt of the Intrepid Entities, except in each case as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, respectively.

(w) The Intrepid Entities have good and indefeasible title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them which is material to the business of the Intrepid Entities, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are described in the Time of Sale Prospectus or such as would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and any real property and buildings held under lease by the Intrepid Entities are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, in each case except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus.

(x) The Intrepid Entities own or possess, or can acquire on reasonable terms, all material patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks and trade names currently employed by them in connection with the business now operated by them, except where the failure to own, possess or have the right to acquire such intellectual property would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and none of the Intrepid Entities has received any notice of infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any of the foregoing which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a Material Adverse Effect.

(y) No material labor dispute with the employees of any of the Intrepid Entities exists, except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus, or, to the knowledge of the Intrepid Parties, is imminent; and the Intrepid Parties are not aware of any existing, threatened or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its principal suppliers, manufacturers or contractors that would have a Material Adverse Effect.

(z) Each of the Intrepid Entities is insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as the Intrepid Parties reasonably believe are prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged; none of the Intrepid Entities has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and neither of the Intrepid Parties has

any reason to believe that any of the Intrepid Entities will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect, except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus.

(aa) Except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Intrepid Entities possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, and none of the Intrepid Entities has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a Material Adverse Effect, except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus.

(bb) The Intrepid Parties, on behalf of each of the Intrepid Entities, maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus, since the end of Intrepid Mining’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (i) no material weakness in the Intrepid Parties’ internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (ii) no change in the Intrepid Parties’ internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Intrepid Parties’ internal control over financial reporting.

(cc) Except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Intrepid Parties have not sold, issued or distributed any shares of Common Stock or other equity securities during the six-month period preceding the date hereof, including any sales pursuant to Rule 144A under, or Regulation D or S of, the Securities Act, other than shares issued pursuant to employee benefit plans, qualified stock option plans or other employee compensation plans or pursuant to outstanding options, rights or warrants.

(dd) The Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus and any Preliminary Prospectus comply, and any amendments or supplements thereto will comply, with any applicable laws or regulations of foreign jurisdictions in which the Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, are distributed in connection with the Directed Share Program.

(ee) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental body or agency, other than those obtained, is required in connection with the offering of the Directed Shares in any jurisdiction where the Directed Shares are being offered.

(ff) The Company has not offered, or caused Merrill Lynch to offer, Shares to any person pursuant to the Directed Share Program with the specific intent to unlawfully influence (i) a customer or supplier of the Company to alter the customer’s or supplier’s level or type of business with the Company, or (ii) a trade journalist or publication to write or publish favorable information about the Company or its products.

(gg) The Shares have been duly approved for listing, subject only to official notice of issuance, on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (the “NYSE”).

(hh) The Intrepid Entities have filed all foreign, federal, state and local tax returns with the appropriate tax authorities that are required to be filed, or have duly requested extensions thereof, and have paid all taxes required to be paid by them and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against them, except in each case in which the failure to so file or pay would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of each of the Intrepid Entities in respect of any income and entity-level tax liability for any years not finally determined are adequate to meet any assessments or re-assessments for additional income or entity-level tax for any years not finally determined, except to the extent of any inadequacy that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(ii) The Intrepid Parties, on behalf of each of the Intrepid Entities, maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act; such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that material information relating to the Intrepid Entities is made known to the respective principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the Company by others within the Intrepid Entities; and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

(jj) The historical financial statements, together with the related notes and schedules, of the Intrepid Parties included in the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Registration Statement present fairly the financial condition of each of the Intrepid Parties, and the results of operations and cash flows of the Intrepid Parties, as of the dates and for the periods indicated; such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The financial statements, together with the related notes and schedules, of the Intrepid Parties included in the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Registration Statement comply with the applicable accounting requirements of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act. The summary historical and pro forma financial information set forth in the Time

of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Registration Statement under the caption “Prospectus Summary— Summary Historical and Pro Forma Combined Financial and Operating Data,” and the selected historical and pro forma financial information set forth under the caption “Selected Historical and Pro Forma Combined Financial and Operating Data” in the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus and Registration Statement is accurately presented in all material respects and prepared on a basis consistent with the audited and unaudited historical financial statements and pro forma financial statements, as applicable, from which it has been derived. The pro forma financial statements included in the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Registration Statement have been prepared in accordance with the applicable accounting requirements of Regulation S-X under the Act and include assumptions that provide a reasonable basis for presenting the significant effects directly attributable to the transactions and events described therein, the related pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions, and the pro forma adjustments reflect the proper application of those adjustments to the historical financial statement amounts in the pro forma financial statements included in the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Registration Statement.

(kk) KPMG LLP and Hein & Associates LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Intrepid Parties and their subsidiaries, are each independent public accountants as required by the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

(ll) On and after the Closing Date, the Company will be in compliance in all material respects with all applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith and the rules of the NYSE that are effective and applicable to the Company.

(mm) None of the Intrepid Entities, nor, to the knowledge of the Intrepid Parties, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of any Intrepid Entity, is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “FCPA”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA; the Intrepid Entities and their affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA; and the Intrepid Parties, on behalf of each of the Intrepid Entities, have instituted and maintain policies and procedures applicable to themselves and all of their subsidiaries that are reasonably designed to ensure, and that are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.

(nn) The operations of the Intrepid Entities are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with, in each case to the extent applicable, the financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the anti-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 “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving any of the Intrepid Entities with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Intrepid Parties, threatened.

(oo) None of the Intrepid Entities, nor, to the knowledge of the Intrepid Parties, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of any Intrepid Entity is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.

(pp) None of the Intrepid Parties has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.

All of the representations, warranties, obligations and agreements of Intrepid Mining contained in this Agreement shall terminate, and be of no further force or effect, as of the execution and delivery of the Exchange Agreement by the Company and Intrepid Mining.

2. Agreements to Sell and Purchase. The Company hereby agrees to sell to the several Underwriters, and each Underwriter, upon the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to the conditions hereinafter stated, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the respective number of Firm Shares (subject to such adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as you may determine) set forth in Schedule I hereto opposite its name at $[ ] a share (the “Purchase Price”).

On the basis of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, and subject to its terms and conditions, the Company agrees to sell to the Underwriters the Additional Shares, and the Underwriters shall have the right to purchase, severally and not jointly, up to [ ] Additional Shares at the Purchase Price. You may exercise this right on behalf of the Underwriters in whole or from time to time in part by giving written notice not later than 30 days

after the date of this Agreement. Any exercise notice shall specify the number of Additional Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters and the date on which such shares are to be purchased. Each purchase date must be at least one business day after the written notice is given and may not be earlier than the closing date for the Firm Shares nor later than ten business days after the date of such notice. Additional Shares may be purchased as provided in Section 4 hereof solely for the purpose of covering over-allotments made in connection with the offering of the Firm Shares. On each day, if any, that Additional Shares are to be purchased (an “Option Closing Date”), each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase the number of Additional Shares (subject to such adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as you may determine) that bears the same proportion to the total number of Additional Shares to be purchased on such Option Closing Date as the number of Firm Shares set forth in Schedule I hereto opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of Firm Shares.

3. Terms of Public Offering. The Company is advised by you that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of their respective portions of the Shares as soon after the Registration Statement and this Agreement have become effective as in your judgment is advisable. The Company is further advised by you that the Shares are to be offered to the public initially at $[ ] a share (the “Public Offering Price”) and to certain dealers selected by you at a price that represents a concession not in excess of $[ ] a share under the Public Offering Price, and that any Underwriter may allow, and such dealers may reallow, a concession, not in excess of $[ ] a share, to any Underwriter or to certain other dealers.

4. Payment and Delivery. Payment for the Firm Shares shall be made to the Company in Federal or other funds immediately available in New York City against delivery of such Firm Shares for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on [ ] [__], 2008, or at such other time on the same or such other date, not later than [ ] [__], 2008 [5 business days after date inserted above], as shall be designated in writing by you. The time and date of such payment are hereinafter referred to as the “Closing Date.”

Payment for any Additional Shares shall be made to the Company in Federal or other funds immediately available in New York City against delivery of such Additional Shares for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date specified in the corresponding notice described in Section 2 or at such other time on the same or on such other date, in any event not later than [ ] [__], 2008 [10 business days after expiration of over-allotment option], as shall be designated in writing by you.

The Firm Shares and Additional Shares shall be registered in such names and in such denominations as you shall request in writing not later than one full business day prior to the Closing Date or the applicable Option Closing Date, as

the case may be. The Firm Shares and Additional Shares shall be delivered to you on the Closing Date or an Option Closing Date, as the case may be, for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters, with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the transfer of the Shares to the Underwriters duly paid, against payment of the Purchase Price therefor.

5. Conditions to the Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligations of the Company to sell the Shares to the Underwriters and the several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Shares on the Closing Date or the applicable Option Closing Date are subject to the condition that the Registration Statement shall have become effective not later than [__:__] p.m. (New York City time) on the date hereof.

The several obligations of the Underwriters are subject to the following further conditions:

(a) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date:

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

(ii) there shall not have occurred any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Intrepid Entities, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus as of the date of this Agreement that, in your judgment, is material and adverse and that makes it, in your judgment, impracticable or inadvisable to market the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus.

(b) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date (i) a certificate dated the Closing Date and signed by each of the Managers of Intrepid Mining and (ii) a certificate dated the Closing Date and signed by each of the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer and the Executive Vice President of Technology of the Company, in each case to the effect set forth in Section 5(a)(i) above, to the effect that the representations and warranties of Intrepid Mining and the Company, respectively, contained in this Agreement are true and correct as of the Closing Date, to the effect that each of Intrepid Mining and the Company, respectively, has complied with all of the agreements and satisfied all of the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder on

or before the Closing Date and to such other matters as the Underwriters may reasonably request. The officers signing and delivering such certificates may rely upon the best of his or her knowledge as to proceedings threatened.

(c) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Holme Roberts & Owen LLP, outside counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.

(d) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Andrews Kurth LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date, covering the matters set forth in Exhibit B hereto, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters.

(e) The opinion of Holme Roberts & Owen LLP described in Section 5(c) above shall be rendered to the Underwriters at the request of the Company and shall so state therein.

(f) The Underwriters shall have received, on each of the date hereof and the Closing Date, a letter dated the date hereof or the Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters, from each of KPMG LLP and Hein & Associates LLP, each independent public accountants, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus; provided that the letters delivered on the Closing Date shall use a “cut-off date” not earlier than the date hereof.

(g) The “lock-up” agreements, each substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, between you and certain shareholders, officers and directors of the Company, relating to sales and certain other dispositions of shares of Common Stock or certain other securities, delivered to you on or before the date hereof, shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date.

(h) The transactions described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus under the caption “The Formation Transactions” shall, with the exception of the payment of the “formation distribution” described therein, have been consummated on or prior to the Closing Date.

The several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase Additional Shares hereunder are subject to the delivery to you on the applicable Option Closing Date of such documents as you may reasonably request with respect to the good standing of the Company, the due authorization and issuance of the Additional Shares to be sold on such Option Closing Date and other matters related to the issuance of such Additional Shares.

6. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants with each Underwriter as follows:

(a) To furnish to you, without charge, [ ] signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and for delivery to each other Underwriter a conformed copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and to furnish to you in New York City, without charge, prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and during the period mentioned in Section 6(e) or 6(f) below, as many copies of the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus and any supplements and amendments thereto or to the Registration Statement as you may reasonably request.

(b) Before amending or supplementing the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, to furnish to you a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement and not to file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object, and to file with the Commission within the applicable period specified in Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act any prospectus required to be filed pursuant to such Rule.

(c) To furnish to you a copy of each proposed free writing prospectus including electronic road shows to be prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company and not to use or refer to any proposed free writing prospectus to which you reasonably object.

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

(e) If the Time of Sale Prospectus is being used to solicit offers to buy the Shares at a time when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances, not misleading, or if any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which the Time of Sale Prospectus conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement then on file, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to any dealer upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Prospectus so that the statements in the Time of Sale Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the Time of Sale Prospectus is delivered to a prospective purchaser, be misleading or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or

supplemented, will no longer conflict with the Registration Statement, or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.

(f) If, during such period after the first date of the public offering of the Shares as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Securities Act) is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales by an Underwriter or dealer, any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Securities Act) is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to the dealers (whose names and addresses you will furnish to the Company) to which Shares may have been sold by you on behalf of the Underwriters and to any other dealers upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Prospectus so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Securities Act) is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.

(g) Promptly from time to time to take such action as you may reasonably request to qualify the Shares for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as you may reasonably request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of the Shares, provided that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction.

(h) To make generally available to the Company’s security holders and to you as soon as practicable an earnings statement covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the date of this Agreement which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

(i) To comply with all applicable securities and other laws, rules and regulations in each jurisdiction in which the Directed Shares are offered in connection with the Directed Share Program.

(j) Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, to pay or cause to be paid all

expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Intrepid Entities’ outside counsel, the Intrepid Entities’ accountants in connection with the registration and delivery of the Shares under the Securities Act and all other fees or expenses in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company and amendments and supplements to any of the foregoing, including all printing costs associated therewith, and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers, in the quantities hereinabove specified, (ii) all costs and expenses related to the transfer and delivery of the Shares to the Underwriters, including any transfer or other taxes payable thereon, (iii) the cost of printing or producing any Blue Sky or Legal Investment memorandum in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares under state securities laws and all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 6(g) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of outside counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky or Legal Investment memorandum, (iv) all filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of outside counsel to the Underwriters incurred in connection with the review and qualification of the offering of the Shares by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, (v) all fees and expenses in connection with the preparation and filing of the registration statement on Form 8-A relating to the Common Stock and all costs and expenses incident to listing the Shares on the New York Stock Exchange, (vi) the cost of printing certificates representing the Shares, (vii) the costs and charges of any transfer agent, registrar or depositary, (viii) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Shares, including, without limitation, expenses associated with the preparation or dissemination of any electronic road show, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations with the prior approval of the Intrepid Parties, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Intrepid Parties and any such consultants, and one-half of the cost of any aircraft chartered in connection with the road show, (ix) the document production charges and expenses associated with printing this Agreement, (x) all reasonable fees and disbursements of outside counsel incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the Directed Share Program and stamp duties, similar taxes or duties or other taxes, if any, incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the Directed Share Program, (xi) all expenses in connection with any offer and sale of the Shares outside of the United States, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of outside counsel for the Underwriters in connection with offers and sales outside of the United States and (xii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Intrepid

Parties hereunder for which provision is not otherwise made in this Section. It is understood, however, that except as provided in this Section, Section 8 entitled “Indemnity and Contribution”, Section 9 entitled “Directed Share Program Indemnification” and the last paragraph of Section 11 below, the Underwriters will pay all of their costs and expenses, including fees and disbursements of their counsel, stock transfer taxes payable on resale of any of the Shares by them and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.

The Company also covenants with each Underwriter that, without the prior written consent of Goldman, Sachs & Co. (“Goldman Sachs”) on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during the period ending 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or (2) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise or (3) file any registration statement with the Commission relating to the offering of any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock.

The restrictions contained in the preceding paragraph shall not apply to (a) the Shares to be sold hereunder, (b) the issuance by the Company of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of an option or warrant or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof and described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, (c) the establishment of a trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act for the transfer of shares of Common Stock, provided that such plan does not provide for the transfer of Common Stock during the restricted period, (d) the issuance of options not exercisable during the restricted period pursuant to the Intrepid Potash, Inc. 2008 Equity Incentive Plan described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, (e) the filing of a registration statement on Form S-8 to register Common Stock under the Intrepid Potash, Inc. 2008 Equity Incentive Plan described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus and (f) the shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to the “formation distribution” as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus under the caption “The Formation Transactions.” Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) during the last 17 days of the 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 restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the restricted 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 unless Goldman Sachs waives, in writing, such extension. The Company shall promptly notify Goldman Sachs of any earnings release, news or event that may give rise to an extension of the restricted period.

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

8. Indemnity and Contribution. (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act or any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein.

(b) Each Underwriter will, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433(h) under the

Securities Act, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein; and will reimburse the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred.

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under such subsection. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect

thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Shares. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required under subsection (c) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault 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 on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection (d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which 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 in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.

(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 8 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act and each broker-dealer affiliate of any Underwriter; and the obligations of the Underwriters under this Section 8 shall be in addition to any liability which the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company (including any person who, with his or her consent, is named in the Registration Statement as about to become a director of the Company) and to each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act.

(f) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 8 and the representations, warranties and other statements of the Company contained in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, any person controlling any Underwriter or any affiliate of any Underwriter, or by or on behalf of the Company, its officers or directors or any person controlling the Company and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the Shares.

9. Directed Share Program Indemnification. (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless Merrill Lynch, each person, if any, who controls Merrill Lynch within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act and each affiliate of Merrill Lynch within the meaning of Rule 405 of the Securities Act (“Merrill Lynch Entities”) against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which Merrill Lynch Entities may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) (i) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any material prepared by or with the consent of the Company for distribution to Participants in connection with the Directed Share Program, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (ii) are caused by the failure of any Participant to pay for and accept delivery of Directed Shares that the Participant agreed to purchase; (iii) arise out of the violation of any applicable laws or regulations of foreign jurisdictions where Directed Shares have been offered; or (iv) are related to, arise out of, or in connection with the Directed Share Program, and will reimburse the Merrill Lynch Entities for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Merrill Lynch Entities in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred.

(b) Promptly after receipt by the Merrill Lynch Entity seeking indemnity under subsection (a) above of notice of the commencement of any action, the Merrill Lynch Entity shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made

against the Company under subsection (a) above, notify the Company in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the Company shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to the Merrill Lynch Entities otherwise than under such subsection. In case any such action shall be brought against the Merrill Lynch Entities and it shall notify the Company of the commencement thereof, the Company shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to the Merrill Lynch Entities (who shall not, except with the consent of the Merrill Lynch Entities, be counsel to the Company), and, after notice from the Company to the Merrill Lynch Entities of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the Company shall not be liable to the Merrill Lynch Entities under such subsection for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by the Merrill Lynch Entities, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. The Company shall not, without the written consent of the Merrill Lynch Entities, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the Merrill Lynch Entities are an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the Merrill Lynch Entities from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of the Merrill Lynch Entities.

(c) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless the Merrill Lynch Entities under subsection (a) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then the Company shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the Merrill Lynch Entities as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Merrill Lynch Entities on the other hand from the offering of the Directed Shares. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the Merrill Lynch Entities failed to give the notice required under subsection (b) above, then the Company shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by the Merrill Lynch Entities in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Merrill Lynch Entities on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Merrill Lynch Entities on the other in connection with the offering of the Directed Shares shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering of

the Directed Shares (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Merrill Lynch Entities for the Directed Shares, bear to the aggregate Public Offering Price of the Directed Shares. The relative fault 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 on the one hand or the Merrill Lynch Entities on the other and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Merrill Lynch Entities agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection (c) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Merrill Lynch Entities were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (c). The amount paid or payable by the Merrill Lynch Entities as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (c) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Merrill Lynch Entities in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (c), no Merrill Lynch Entity shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Directed Shares distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Merrill Lynch Entity 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.

(d) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 9 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Merrill Lynch Entity or the Company, its officers or directors or any person controlling the Company and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the Directed Shares.

10. Termination. The Underwriters may terminate this Agreement by notice given by you to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on, or by, as the case may be, any of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ Global Market, (ii) trading of any securities of the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market, (iii) a material disruption in securities settlement, payment or clearance services in the United States shall have occurred, (iv) any moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by Federal or New York State authorities or (v) there shall have

occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis that, in your judgment, is material and adverse and which, singly or together with any other event specified in this clause (v), makes it, in your judgment, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offer, sale or delivery of the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus.

11. Effectiveness; Defaulting Underwriters. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.

If, on the Closing Date or an Option Closing Date, as the case may be, any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Shares that it has or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, and the aggregate number of Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate number of the Shares to be purchased on such date, the other Underwriters shall be obligated severally in the proportions that the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule I hereto bears to the aggregate number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting Underwriters, or in such other proportions as you may specify, to purchase the Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase on such date; provided that in no event shall the number of Shares that any Underwriter has agreed to purchase pursuant to this Agreement be increased pursuant to this Section 11 by an amount in excess of one-ninth of such number of Shares without the written consent of such Underwriter. If, on the Closing Date, any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Firm Shares and the aggregate number of Firm Shares with respect to which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate number of Firm Shares to be purchased on such date, and arrangements satisfactory to you and the Company for the purchase of such Firm Shares are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company. In any such case either you or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order that the required changes, if any, in the Registration Statement, in the Time of Sale Prospectus, in the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. If, on an Option Closing Date, any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Additional Shares and the aggregate number of Additional Shares with respect to which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate number of Additional Shares to be purchased on such Option Closing Date, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall have the option to (i) terminate their obligation hereunder to purchase the Additional Shares to be sold on such Option Closing Date or (ii) purchase not less than the number of Additional Shares that such non-defaulting Underwriters would have been obligated to purchase in the absence of such default. Any action taken under this paragraph shall not relieve any defaulting

Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement.

If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters, or any of them, because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Intrepid Parties to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, other than by reason of a default by any of the Underwriters described in the preceding paragraph, or if for any reason the Intrepid Parties shall be unable to perform their respective obligations under this Agreement, the Intrepid Parties will reimburse the Underwriters or such Underwriters as have so terminated this Agreement with respect to themselves, severally, for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and disbursements of their outside counsel) reasonably incurred by such Underwriters in connection with this Agreement or the offering contemplated hereunder.

12. Entire Agreement. (a) This Agreement, together with any contemporaneous written agreements and any prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this Agreement) that relate to the offering of the Shares, represents the entire agreement between the Intrepid Parties and the Underwriters with respect to the preparation of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, the conduct of the offering, and the purchase and sale of the Shares.

(b) Each of the Intrepid Parties acknowledges that in connection with the offering of the Shares: (i) the Underwriters have acted at arms length, are not agents of, and owe no fiduciary duties to, the Intrepid Parties or any other person, (ii) the Underwriters owe the Intrepid Parties only those duties and obligations set forth in this Agreement and prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this Agreement), if any, and (iii) the Underwriters may have interests that differ from those of the Intrepid Parties. Each of the Intrepid Parties waives to the full extent permitted by applicable law any claims it may have against the Underwriters arising from an alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the offering of the Shares.

13. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.

14. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York.

15. Headings. The headings of the sections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a part of this Agreement.

16. Notices. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and effective only upon receipt and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered, mailed or sent to you in care of Goldman, Sachs & Co., 85 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004, Attention: Registration Department; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, 4 World Financial Center, New York, New York 10080, attention of Equity Capital Markets with a copy to the attention of Global Origination Count; and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, 1585 Broadway, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk, with a copy to the Legal Department; if to either or both of the Intrepid Parties shall be delivered, mailed or sent to 700 17th Street, Suite 1700, Denver, Colorado 80202, Attention: Chief Executive Officer.

In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Intrepid Entities, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.


Very truly yours,

INTREPID POTASH, INC.

By:
		Name:
		Title:



INTREPID MINING LLC

By:
		Name:
		Title:

Accepted as of the date hereof

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Merrill Lynch & Co.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated

Acting severally on behalf of themselves and

the several Underwriters named in

Schedule I hereto


By:		Goldman, Sachs & Co.

By:
		Name:
		Title:


By:		Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

By:
		Name:
		Title:


By:		Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated

By:
		Name:
		Title:

SCHEDULE I


Underwriter		Number of Firm Shares To Be Purchased
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
RBC Capital Markets Corporation
BMO Capital Markets Corp.

Total:

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SCHEDULE II

All free writing prospectuses filed by the Company

under Rule 433(d) of the Securities Act

[None]

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SCHEDULE III

Credit Documents

1. Fourth Amendment of Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, by and among Intrepid Mining, Intrepid Potash—Moab, LLC, Intrepid Potash-New Mexico, LLC, Intrepid Potash-Wendover, LLC, Intrepid Potash, Inc., and U.S. Bank National Association.

2. Security Agreement (Membership Interests) between Intrepid Potash, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association.

3. Security Agreement (Accounts, General Intangibles, Equipment and Inventory) between Intrepid Potash, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association.

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EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF LOCK-UP LETTER]

____________, 2008

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, & Smith Incorporated

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated

RBC Capital Markets Corporation

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.

85 Broad Street

New York, New York 10004

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned understands that Goldman, Sachs & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, & Smith Incorporated, and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (together, the “Representatives”) propose to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Intrepid Potash, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), providing for the public offering (the “Public Offering”) by the several Underwriters, including the Representatives (the “Underwriters”), of [ ] shares (the “Shares”) of the Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”).

To induce the Underwriters that may participate in the Public Offering to continue their efforts in connection with the Public Offering, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of Goldman, Sachs & Co. on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during the period commencing on the date of the Underwriting Agreement and ending 180 days after the date of the final prospectus relating to the Public Offering (the “Prospectus”), (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or (2) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (a) transactions relating to shares of Common Stock or other securities acquired in open market transactions after the completion of the Public Offering, provided that no filing

under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with subsequent sales of Common Stock or other securities acquired in such open market transactions, (b) transfers of shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into Common Stock as a bona fide gift, (c) transfers of shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into Common Stock to the undersigned’s affiliates or to any investment fund or other entity controlled or managed by the undersigned, (d) transfers of shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into Common Stock to a trust, partnership, limited liability company or other entity, all of the beneficial interests of which are held, directly or indirectly, by the undersigned, or (e) distributions of shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into Common Stock to limited partners, members or stockholders of the undersigned; provided that in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clause (b) through (e), (i) each transferee, donee or distributee shall sign and deliver a lock-up letter substantially in the form of this letter and (ii) no filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock, shall be required or shall be voluntarily made during the restricted period referred to in the foregoing sentence; provided further that in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clause (c) through (e), such transfer or distribution shall not involve a disposition for value, or (f) the establishment of a trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act for the transfer of shares of Common Stock, provided that such plan does not provide for the transfer of Common Stock during the restricted period. In addition, the undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of Goldman, Sachs & Co. on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock; provided that, if applicable, the undersigned may issue to the Company a notice of demand pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, dated April __, 2008, by and among the Company and Harvey Operating and Production Company, Intrepid Production Corporation and Potash Acquisition, LLC so long as no registration statement is filed during the restricted period. The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the undersigned’s shares of Common Stock except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.

If:

(1) during the last 17 days of the 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 restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the restricted 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, unless Goldman, Sachs & Co. waives, in writing, such extension.

The undersigned shall not engage in any transaction that may be restricted by this agreement during the 34-day period beginning on the last day of the restricted period unless the undersigned requests and receives prior written confirmation from the Company or Goldman, Sachs & Co. that the restrictions imposed by this agreement have expired.

The undersigned understands that the Company and the Underwriters are relying upon this agreement in proceeding toward consummation of the Public Offering. The undersigned further understands that this agreement is irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigned’s heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns.

Whether or not the Public Offering actually occurs depends on a number of factors, including market conditions. Any Public Offering will only be made pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, the terms of which are subject to negotiation between the Company and the Underwriters.

Very truly yours,

[Officer / Director / 5% Stockholder] [Address]

(Name)

(Address)