LPL Investment Holdings Inc. Common Stock Underwriting Agreement

EX-1.1 2 d344316dex11.htm UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT Underwriting Agreement

Exhibit 1.1

LPL Investment Holdings Inc.

Common Stock

Underwriting Agreement

May 1, 2012

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

As representatives (the “Representatives”) of the several Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto

c/o Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

1585 Broadway, 29th Floor

New York, New York 10036

c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The stockholders of LPL Investment Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), named in Schedule II hereto (the “Selling Stockholders”) propose, severally and not jointly and subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to sell to the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”) an aggregate of 14,500,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Stock”), of the Company. The Selling Stockholders propose, severally and not jointly and subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to sell to the Underwriters, at the election of the Underwriters, up to an aggregate of 1,450,000 additional shares of Stock. The aggregate of 14,500,000 shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholders is herein called the “Firm Shares” and the aggregate of 1,450,000 additional shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholders is herein called the “Optional Shares.” The Firm Shares and the Optional Shares that the Underwriters elect to purchase pursuant to Section 2 hereof are herein collectively called the “Shares.”

1. (a) The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters that:

(i) An “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) on Form S-3 (File No. 333-173703) in respect of the Stock has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; such registration statement, and any post-effective amendment thereto, became effective on filing; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement or any part thereof has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission, and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such form of registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Act has been received by the Company (the base prospectus filed as part of such registration statement, in the form in which it has most recently been filed with the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement, is hereinafter called the “Base Prospectus”; any preliminary prospectus (including any preliminary prospectus supplement) relating to the Shares filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act is hereinafter called a “Preliminary Prospectus”; the various parts of such registration statement, including all exhibits thereto and any prospectus supplement relating to the Shares that is filed with the Commission and deemed by virtue of Rule 430B to be part of such registration statement, each as amended at the time such part of the registration statement became effective, are hereinafter collectively called the “Registration Statement”; the Base Prospectus, as amended and supplemented immediately prior to the Applicable Time (as defined in Section 1(a)(iii) hereof), is hereinafter called the “Pricing Prospectus”; such final prospectus relating to the Shares, in the form filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof, is hereinafter called the “Prospectus”; any reference herein to the Base Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Act, as of the date of such prospectus; any reference to any amendment or supplement to the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any post-effective amendment to the Registration


Statement, any prospectus supplement relating to the Shares filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act and any documents filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and incorporated therein, in each case after the date of the Base Prospectus, such Preliminary Prospectus, or the Prospectus, as the case may be; and any “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 433 under the Act relating to the Shares is hereinafter called an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”);

(ii) No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein or Selling Stockholder Information furnished in writing to the Company by a Selling Stockholder expressly for use therein (for purposes of this Agreement, “Selling Stockholder Information” refers to the name of such Selling Stockholder, the number of shares of Stock beneficially owned by such Selling Stockholder prior to and after the completion of this offering, the information set forth in the applicable footnote relating to such Selling Stockholder and the number of Shares to be offered by such Selling Stockholder, in each case as set forth under “Principal and Selling Stockholders” in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus);

(iii) For the purposes of this Agreement, the “Applicable Time” is 8:45 p.m. (Eastern time) on the date of this Agreement; the Pricing Prospectus, as supplemented by those Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, and other information listed on Schedule III(c) hereto, taken together (collectively, the “Pricing Disclosure Package”), as of the Applicable Time, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Schedule III(a) or Schedule III(c) hereto does not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus and each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as supplemented by and taken together with the Pricing Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein or Selling Stockholder Information furnished in writing to the Company by a Selling Stockholder expressly for use therein;

(iv) The documents incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents when they became effective or were filed with the Commission contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto, when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein or Selling Stockholder Information furnished in writing to the Company by a Selling Stockholder expressly for use therein; and no such documents were filed with the Commission since the Commission’s close of business on the business day immediately prior to the date of this Agreement and prior to the execution of this Agreement, except as set forth on Schedule III(b) hereto;

(v) The Registration Statement conforms, and the Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and do not and will not, as of the applicable effective

 

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date as to each part of the Registration Statement and as of the applicable filing date as to the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein or Selling Stockholder Information furnished in writing to the Company by a Selling Stockholder expressly for use therein;

(vi) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries listed on Annex I hereto (each a “Significant Subsidiary” and collectively, the “Significant Subsidiaries”) has sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus; and, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus, there has not been any change in the capital stock (other than pursuant to the conversion, exchange or exercise of convertible, exchangeable or exercisable securities, including without limitation options and warrants, and the grant of equity incentives, in each case in the ordinary course of business) or long-term debt of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or any material adverse change, or any development that would, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on (A) the current or future consolidated financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”) or (B) the current or future general affairs or management of the Company, in each case, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus;

(vii) The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property (other than Intellectual Property, which is covered in subsection (xxxi) below) owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are described in the Pricing Prospectus or such as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and any real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;

(viii) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Pricing Prospectus, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, or is subject to no material liability or disability by reason of the failure to be so qualified in any such jurisdiction; and each Significant Subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated or organized, as the case may be, and is validly existing as a corporation or a limited liability company, as the case may be, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, as the case may be;

(ix) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and conform in all material respects to the description of the Stock contained in the Pricing Prospectus and Prospectus; and all of the issued shares of capital stock of each Significant Subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and (except for directors’ qualifying shares and except as otherwise set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package) are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims (other than liens arising under the Company’s existing secured indebtedness described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus); no Stock has been issued contrary to any pre-emptive rights, whether arising from contract or by operation of law; and there are no outstanding securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or warrants, rights or options to purchase from the Company, or obligations of the Company to issue Stock or any other class of capital stock of the Company (except as set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package);

(x) [Reserved]

(xi) The compliance by the Company with this Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, (A) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument

 

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to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, (B) the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of the Company or other organizational documents of any of its subsidiaries, or (C) any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties, except where, for purposes of clauses (A) and (C), such conflict, breach, violation or default would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for (1) the registration under the Act of the Shares, (2) such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws and (3) the approval, if required, by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (the “FINRA”) of the underwriting terms and arrangements in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters;

(xii) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (A) in violation of its Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws or other organizational documents, as applicable, (B) in default in the performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound or (C) in violation of any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or such subsidiary or any of its properties, as applicable, except where, for purposes of clauses (B) and (C), such default or violation would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;

(xiii) The statements set forth in the Pricing Prospectus and Prospectus under the caption “Description of Common Stock,” insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Stock and under the captions “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations For Non-U.S. Holders Of Common Stock” and “Underwriting,” insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the documents and U.S. laws referred to therein, and the statements under the caption “Business—Regulation” of the Company’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, as filed with the Commission on February 27, 2012 (the “Annual Report”), incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus and Prospectus, insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the documents and U.S. laws referred to therein, are accurate, complete and fair summaries in all material respects;

(xiv) Other than as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the Company’s knowledge, any officer or director of the Company is a party or of which any property of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any officer or director of the Company is the subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect; and, to the Company’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others;

(xv) The Company is not an “investment company”, as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”);

(xvi) (A) (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, (ii) if applicable, at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), and (iii) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) under the Act) made any offer relating to the Shares in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 under the Act, the Company was a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act; and (B) at the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Act) of the Shares, the Company was not an “ineligible issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act;

(xvii) Deloitte & Touche LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, and have audited the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and management’s assessment thereof, are independent public accountants as required by the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder;

 

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(xviii) The Company maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act and has been designed by the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or under their supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”). Except as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting is effective and the Company is not aware of any material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting;

(xix) Except as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus, there has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting;

(xx) The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under 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 Company and its subsidiaries is made known to the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those entities; and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective;

(xxi) Except as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus, the Company, each of its subsidiaries and each officer or director of the Company or such subsidiaries possess all registrations, licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by the appropriate federal or state regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses (including as an investment advisor, a commodity trading advisor, a commodity pool operator, a futures commission merchant or a broker-dealer, as applicable), and is in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations requiring any such registrations, licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations, including those rules and regulations listed under the caption “Business—Regulation” of the Company’s Annual Report (the “Investment Regulations”) except where non-possession or non-compliance would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and, except as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus, neither the Company nor any such subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any officer or director of the Company or such subsidiaries, has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such registrations, licenses, certificates, permits or other authorizations which, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;

(xxii) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;

(xxiii) The Company and each of its subsidiaries have filed all federal, state and local tax returns that are required to be filed or have requested extensions thereof, and have made all withholdings, given all notices and supplied all other information and kept all records and documentation in relation to taxes which they were required to make, give, supply or keep, and all such tax returns, withholdings, notices, records and information were complete and accurate (except in any case in which the failure to do so would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect) and the Company and each of its subsidiaries have paid all taxes required to be paid by the Company or any of its subsidiaries and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against the Company or any of its subsidiaries, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and payable, and have made adequate provisions in its accounts for any taxes that will become due, or which have arisen or accrued or will arise or accrue with regard to the period up to and including each Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof), except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Company and each of its subsidiaries in respect of all tax liabilities of the Company and each of its subsidiaries for any years not finally determined are adequate to meet any assessments or re-assessments for additional tax for any years not finally determined, except to the extent of any inadequacy that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;

(xxiv) [Reserved]

(xxv) The Company and each of its subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged; all policies of insurance insuring the Company or any of its subsidiaries or their respective businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors are in full force and effect; the Company and its subsidiaries are in

 

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compliance with the terms of such policies and instruments in all material respects; there are no claims by the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause; neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;

(xxvi) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor any director or officer of the Company (in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Company), nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (in his, her or its capacity as an agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries) 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 (the “FCPA”) or other applicable anti-corruption laws of other jurisdictions, including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the Company, its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, its affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and such other applicable anti-corruption laws, and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure continued compliance therewith;

(xxvii) The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in material compliance with applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions in which the Company and its subsidiaries conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened;

(xxviii) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor any director or officer of the Company (in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Company), nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (in his, her or its capacity as an agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries) is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Company will not directly or knowingly 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;

(xxix) No labor problem or dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is threatened, and the Company is not aware of any existing or threatened labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or its subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, contractors or customers, that could, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;

(xxx) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has fulfilled its obligations, if any, under the minimum funding standards of Section 302 of the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to each “plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA and such regulations and published interpretations) in which employees of the Company and its subsidiaries are eligible to participate and each such plan is in compliance in all material respects with the presently applicable provisions of ERISA and such regulations and published interpretations. The Company and its subsidiaries have not incurred any unpaid liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (other than for the payment of premiums in the ordinary course) or to any such plan under Title IV of ERISA;

(xxxi) The Company or one of its subsidiaries owns or possesses adequate rights to all inventions, patent applications, patents, trademarks (both registered and unregistered), trade names, service names, copyrights, trade

 

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secrets and other proprietary information and rights which are material to the conduct of the Company’s business (collectively, the “Intellectual Property”), and the Company is unaware of any claim, or any reasonable basis for any such claim, to the contrary, or any challenge by any other person to the rights of the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Intellectual Property. To the knowledge of the Company, the Company is not infringing or misappropriating the intellectual property of any third party. None of the Company or its subsidiaries has received notice of a claim of infringement or misappropriation of the intellectual property of a third party, and the Company is unaware of any claim of misappropriation, or any reasonable basis for any such claim. The Intellectual Property owned by the Company is owned solely and exclusively by the Company and/or its subsidiaries and any Intellectual Property that is the subject of a registration is valid and enforceable.

(xxxii) The Company has not taken and will not take, 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 the Shares;

(xxxiii) No subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company, except as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus;

(xxxiv) There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company after reasonable investigation, any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any provision of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith, including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications;

(xxxv) Any certificate signed by any authorized officer of the Company and delivered to the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Shares shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter;

(xxxvi) Nothing has come to the attention of the Company that has caused the Company to believe that the statistical and market-related data included in the Pricing Prospectus is not based on or derived from sources that the Company reasonably believes are reliable and accurate in all material respects;

(xxxvii) [Reserved]

(xxxviii) Except as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus, there are no persons with registration rights or other similar rights to have any securities registered by the Company under the Act;

(xxxix) The combined historical financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included in the Pricing Prospectus and the Registration Statement, as amended and supplemented immediately prior to the Applicable Time, present fairly in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company as of the dates and for the periods indicated, comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and have been prepared in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise noted therein). The selected financial data set forth under the caption “Selected Financial Data” in the Pricing Prospectus fairly present, on the basis stated in the Pricing Prospectus, the information included therein; and

(xl) The Significant Subsidiaries are the only significant subsidiaries of the Company as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the Act.

(b) Each of the Selling Stockholders severally represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters and the Company that:

(i) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf of such Selling Stockholder;

 

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(ii) Assuming the accuracy of the representations of the other parties hereto and the performance by these parties of their agreements herein, the sale of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder and the compliance by such Selling Stockholder with all of the applicable provisions of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated (A) will not result in any violation of the provisions of the limited partnership agreement or other organizational instrument of any Selling Stockholder who is not a natural person, (B) will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which such Selling Stockholder is a party or by which such Selling Stockholder is bound or to which any of the property or assets of such Selling Stockholder is subject, (C) will not result in any violation of any applicable statute or any applicable order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over such Selling Stockholder or the property of such Selling Stockholder, including Investment Regulations (provided that no representation and warranty is made in this Section 1(b)(ii) with respect to the anti-fraud provisions of federal and state securities laws) and (D) will not require any consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any court or governmental body or agency for the performance by such Selling Stockholder of its obligations under this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in connection with the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder, except for the registration under the Act of the Shares, filings pursuant to Section 13(d) and Section 16 of the Exchange Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters; except where, for purposes of clauses (B), (C) and (D), such conflict, breach, violation, default, consent, approval, authorization, order or qualification, as applicable, would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a material adverse effect on the ability of such Selling Stockholder to consummate the sale of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder or otherwise perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(iii) The Selling Stockholder has good and valid title to the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims; and, immediately prior to each Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof), such Selling Stockholder will have good and valid title to the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, and upon delivery of such Shares and payment therefor pursuant hereto, good and valid title to such Shares, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, will pass to the several Underwriters;

(iv) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 90 days after the date of the Prospectus (the “Lock-Up Period”), not to offer, sell, contract to sell, publicly announce its intention to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise dispose of, except as provided hereunder, any securities of the Company that are substantially similar to the Shares, including but not limited to any options or warrants to purchase shares of Stock or any securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive, Stock or any such substantially similar securities (the “Subject Securities”) other than (A) transfers as a bona fide gift or gifts, (B) transfers to immediate family members, trusts for the benefit of the Selling Stockholder or immediate family members of the Selling Stockholder, or limited partnerships the partners of which are the Selling Stockholder and/or immediate family members of the Selling Stockholder, (C) transfers by will or intestacy, (D) transfers to limited or general partners, members, stockholders or affiliates (as defined under Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act) of such Selling Stockholder or, in the case of a corporation, to a wholly-owned subsidiary of such Selling Stockholder, provided that any filing required under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act resulting from such transfers will disclose that such transfers are dispositions for no value, (E) the exercise of the Selling Stockholder’s option to purchase Shares granted prior to the date hereof under a stock incentive plan or stock purchase plan of the Company described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, or the disposition to the Company of the Selling Stockholder’s shares of restricted stock granted pursuant to the terms of such plan prior to the date hereof, (F) transfer of the Subject Securities acquired on the open market following the First Time of Delivery (as hereinafter defined), (G) sales or transfers pursuant to a trading plan entered into prior to the date of this Agreement complying with Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, (H) the establishment of a trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act for the transfer of shares of Stock, provided that such plan does not provide for the transfer of shares during the Lock-Up Period and provided further that no public announcement of such new plan is made, (I) the sale of Shares to the Underwriters in connection with the public offering contemplated hereby or (J) transfers with the prior written consent of the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriter; provided that, in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clauses (A) through (D) of this Section 1(b)(iv), each donee, distributee or transferee shall sign and deliver a lock-up agreement substantially to the effect set forth in this Section 1(b)(iv) in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives and such transfer or distribution shall be a disposition for no value; provided further that, in the case of any transfer, distribution, exercise or disposition

 

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pursuant to clauses (A) through (C), (E) and (F) of this Section 1(b)(iv), no filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act during the Lock-Up Period shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection therewith. For purposes of this Section 1(b)(iv), “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than a first cousin. The foregoing restriction in this Section 1(b)(iv) is expressly agreed to preclude each of the Selling Stockholders from engaging in any hedging or other transaction which is designed to or which reasonably could be expected to lead to or result in a sale or disposition of the Subject Securities even if such Subject Securities would be disposed of by someone other than such Selling Stockholder. Such prohibited hedging or other transactions would include, without limitation, any short sale or any purchase, sale or grant of any right (including, without limitation, any put or call option) with respect to any of the Subject Securities or with respect to any security that includes, relates to, or derives any significant part of its value from such Subject Securities;

(v) Such Selling Stockholder has not taken and will not take, 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 the Shares;

(vi) The Selling Stockholder Information relating to such Selling Stockholder does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make such statements, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading; and

(vii) In order to document the Underwriters’ compliance with the reporting and withholding provisions of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 with respect to the transactions herein contemplated, such Selling Stockholder will deliver to you prior to or at the First Time of Delivery (as hereinafter defined) a properly completed and executed United States Treasury Department Form W-9 (or other applicable form or statement specified by Treasury Department regulations in lieu thereof).

2. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth,(a) each of the Selling Stockholders agrees, severally and not jointly, to sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from each of the Selling Stockholders, at a purchase price per share of $33.37875, the number of Firm Shares (to be adjusted by the Representatives so as to eliminate fractional shares) determined by multiplying the aggregate number of Firm Shares to be sold by each of the Selling Stockholders as set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule II hereto by a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate number of Firm Shares to be purchased by such Underwriter as set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and the denominator of which is the aggregate number of Firm Shares to be purchased by all of the Underwriters from all of the Selling Stockholders hereunder and (b) in the event and to the extent that the Underwriters shall exercise the election to purchase Optional Shares as provided below, each Selling Stockholder agrees, severally and not jointly, to sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from each Selling Stockholder, at the purchase price per share set forth in clause (a) of this Section 2, that portion of the number of Optional Shares as to which such election shall have been exercised (to be adjusted by the Representatives so as to eliminate fractional shares) determined by multiplying (i) the maximum number of Optional Shares to be sold by each of the Selling Stockholders as set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule II hereto by (ii) a fraction the numerator of which is the maximum number of Optional Shares which such Underwriter is entitled to purchase as set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and the denominator of which is the maximum number of Optional Shares that all of the Underwriters are entitled to purchase hereunder and by (iii) a fraction the numerator of which is the portion of the number of Optional Shares as to which such election shall have been exercised and the denominator of which is the maximum number of Optional Shares that all of the Underwriters are entitled to purchase hereunder.

The Selling Stockholders hereby grant to the Underwriters the right to purchase at their election up to 1,450,000 Optional Shares, at the purchase price per share set forth in the paragraph above, provided that the purchase price per Optional Share shall be reduced by an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Firm Shares but not payable on the Optional Shares. Any such election to purchase Optional Shares may be exercised only by written notice from the Representatives to the Company and the Selling Stockholders, given within a period of 30 calendar days after the date of this Agreement and setting forth the aggregate number of Optional Shares to be purchased and the date on which such Optional Shares are to be delivered, as determined by the Representatives but in no event earlier than the First Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof) or, unless the Representatives, the Company and the Selling Stockholders agree in writing, earlier than three or later than ten business days after the date of such notice.

 

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3. Upon the authorization by the Representatives of the release of the Firm Shares and the Optional Shares (if applicable), the several Underwriters propose to offer the Firm Shares and the Optional Shares (if applicable) for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus.

4. (a) The Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder, in book-entry form, and in such authorized denominations and registered in such names as Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC may request upon at least forty-eight hours’ prior notice to the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Selling Stockholders to Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, through the facilities of the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), for the account of such Underwriter, against payment by or on behalf of such Underwriter of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of Federal (same-day) funds to the accounts specified by each of the Selling Stockholders at least forty-eight hours in advance. The time and date of such delivery and payment shall be, with respect to the Firm Shares, 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on May 7, 2012 or such other time and date as the Representatives, the Company and the Selling Stockholders may agree upon in writing, and, with respect to the Optional Shares, 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the date specified by the Representatives in the written notice given by Representatives of the Underwriters’ election to purchase such Optional Shares, or such other time and date as the Representatives, the Company and the Selling Stockholders may agree upon in writing. Such time and date for delivery of the Firm Shares is herein called the “First Time of Delivery,” such time and date for delivery of the Optional Shares, if not the First Time of Delivery, is herein called the “Second Time of Delivery,” and each such time and date for delivery is herein called a “Time of Delivery.”

(b) The documents to be delivered at each Time of Delivery by or on behalf of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 8 hereof, including the cross receipt for the Shares and any additional documents requested by the Underwriters pursuant to Section 8(m) hereof, will be delivered at the offices of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, One Liberty Plaza, New York, New York 10006 (the “Closing Location”), and the Shares will be delivered through the facilities of DTC, all at each Time of Delivery. A meeting will be held at the Closing Location at 3 p.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day next preceding each Time of Delivery, at which meeting the final drafts of the documents to be delivered pursuant to the preceding sentence will be available for review by the parties hereto. For the purposes of this Agreement, “New York Business Day” shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in New York City are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

5. The Company agrees with each of the Underwriters:

(a) To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the Representatives and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the Commission’s close of business on the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement; to make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus (in each case, other than due to the filing of a document under the Exchange Act) prior to the last Time of Delivery which shall be disapproved by you promptly after reasonable notice thereof; to advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus has been filed (in each case, other than due to the filing of a document under the Exchange Act) and to furnish the Underwriters with copies thereof; to file promptly all material required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act; to file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities; to advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or other prospectus in respect of the Shares, of any notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Act, of the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information; in the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or other prospectus or suspending any such qualification, to promptly use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order; in the event of any such issuance of a notice of objection, promptly to take such reasonable steps including, without limitation, amending the Registration Statement or filing a new registration statement, at its own expense, as may be necessary to permit offers and sales of the Shares by the Underwriters (references herein to the Registration Statement shall include any such

 

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amendment or new registration statement); and if required by Rule 430B(h) under the Act, to prepare a form of prospectus in a form approved by the Representatives and to file such form of prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than may be required by Rule 424(b) under the Act, and to make no further amendment or supplement to such form of prospectus (other than due to the filing of a document under the Exchange Act) which shall be disapproved by the Representatives promptly after reasonable notice thereof;

(b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as the Representatives may reasonably request to qualify the Shares for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of the 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 or to subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise subject to taxation on the date hereof;

(c) Promptly after the date of this Agreement and from time to time, to furnish the Underwriters with written and electronic copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as the Representatives may reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required at any time prior to the expiration of nine months after the time of issue of the Prospectus in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and if at such time any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such same period to amend or supplement the Prospectus or to file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act, to notify the Representatives and upon your request to file such document and prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many written and electronic copies as you may from time to time reasonably request of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; and in case any Underwriter is required to deliver a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) in connection with sales of any of the Shares at any time nine months or more after the time of issue of the Prospectus, upon your request but at the expense of such Underwriter, to prepare and deliver to such Underwriter as many written and electronic copies as you may reasonably request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act;

(d) To make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than sixteen months after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act), an earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158);

(e) During the Lock-Up Period, not to offer, sell, contract to sell, publicly announce its intention to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise dispose of, except as provided hereunder, or file any registration statement with the Commission relating to the offering of, the Subject Securities, other than (i) the issuance of securities of the Company to employees, advisors or consultants pursuant to stock incentive plans existing on the date of this Agreement, (ii) the filing by the Company of any registration statement on Form S-8 or a successor form thereto, (iii) the issuance of securities of the Company upon the conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities outstanding as of the date of this Agreement and (iv) the issuance of securities of the Company in connection with the acquisition by the Company or one or more of its subsidiaries of the assets or capital stock of another person or entity, whether through merger, asset acquisition, stock purchase or otherwise (provided that, the aggregate number of shares issued pursuant to clause (iv) of this Section 5(e) does not exceed 5,521,489 shares of Stock and prior to such issuance the recipient of such shares shall sign and deliver to the Company a lock-up letter substantially to the effect set forth in Section 1(b)(iv) in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives), in each case without the prior written consent of the Representatives; the Company agrees with each of the Underwriters that, during the Lock-Up Period, the Company will waive any lock-up provisions in existing agreements with holders of its securities, if and only if such waiver is requested by the Representatives in writing; the foregoing restriction in this Section 5(e) is expressly agreed to preclude the Company from engaging in any hedging or other transaction which is designed to or which reasonably could be expected to lead to or result in a sale or disposition of the Subject Securities even if such Subject Securities would be disposed of by someone other than the Company; such prohibited hedging or other transactions would include, without limitation, any short sale or any purchase, sale or grant of any right (including, without limitation, any put or call option) with respect to any of the Subject Securities or with respect to any security that includes, relates to, or derives any significant part of its value from such Subject Securities;

 

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(f) To the extent required by applicable law, to furnish to its stockholders as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year an annual report (including a balance sheet and statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries certified by independent public accountants) and, as soon as practicable after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal quarter ending after the effective date of the Registration Statement), to make available to its stockholders consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its subsidiaries for such quarter in reasonable detail;

(g) During a period of two years from the effective date of the Registration Statement, to furnish to the Representatives copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to stockholders, and to deliver to the Representatives, as soon as they are available, copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which any class of securities of the Company is listed; provided, however, that the Company may satisfy the requirements of this Section 5(g) by filing any such reports, communications or information with the Commission via the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System;

(h) [Reserved]

(i) [Reserved]

(j) [Reserved]

(k) To pay the required Commission filing fees relating to the Shares within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) under the Act without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) under the Act; and

(l) (l) Upon request of any Underwriter, to furnish, or cause to be furnished, to such Underwriter an electronic version of the Company’s trademarks, servicemarks and corporate logo for use on the website, if any, operated by such Underwriter for the purpose of facilitating the on-line offering of the Shares (the “License”); provided, however, that the License shall be used solely for the purpose described above, is granted without any fee and may not be assigned or transferred.

6. (a) The Company represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the Representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute a “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act; each Underwriter represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the Company and the Representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute a free writing prospectus; any such free writing prospectus the use of which has been consented to by the Company and the Representatives is listed on Schedule III(a) or Schedule III(c) hereto;

(b) The Company has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 under the Act applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission or retention where required and legending; and the Company represents that it has satisfied and agrees that it will satisfy the conditions under Rule 433 under the Act to avoid a requirement to file with the Commission any electronic road show;

(c) The Company agrees that if at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus any event occurred or occurs as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then prevailing, not misleading, the Company will give prompt notice thereof to the Representatives and, if requested by the Representatives, will prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or other document which will correct such conflict, statement or omission; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions in an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein.

 

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7. The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters and the Selling Stockholders that the Company will pay or cause to be paid: (i) the reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of the Selling Stockholders’ counsel and the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel and accountants in connection with the registration of the Shares under the Act and all other expenses in connection with the preparation, printing, reproduction and filing of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the cost of producing any Agreement among Underwriters, this Agreement, the Blue Sky Memorandum, closing documents (including any compilations thereof) and any other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares; (iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Shares for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 5(b) hereof, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with any Blue Sky survey; (iv) all fees and expenses in connection with listing the Shares on the NASDAQ Global Select Market (the “Exchange”), if applicable; (v) the cost of preparing stock certificates, if applicable; (vi) the cost and charges of any transfer agent or registrar; (vii) 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, the travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Company and the Company’s pro rata share of the cost of any aircraft or ground transportation (based on the respective number of passengers from the Company and the Underwriters) chartered in connection with the road show, but not including, without limitation, any expenses associated with any electronic road show; and (viii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its and the Selling Stockholders’ obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section 7. Each Selling Stockholder covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that such Selling Stockholder will pay or cause to be paid all taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder to the Underwriters hereunder; provided, that Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC agrees to pay New York State stock transfer taxes associated with the sale of the Shares by each Selling Stockholder, and each Selling Stockholder agrees to reimburse Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC for associated carrying costs if such tax payment in respect of the Shares sold by such Selling Stockholder is not rebated on the day of payment and for any portion of such tax payment not rebated. It is understood that, except as provided in this Section 7, and Sections 9 and 12 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, stock transfer taxes on resale of any of the Shares by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.

8. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder, as to the Shares to be delivered at each Time of Delivery, shall be subject, in their discretion, to the condition that all representations and warranties of the Company and of the Selling Stockholders herein are, at and as of such Time of Delivery, true and correct, the condition that the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have performed all of its and their respective obligations hereunder to be performed, and the following additional conditions:

(a) The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by the rules and regulations under the Act and in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof; all material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by Rule 433; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Act shall have been received; no stop order suspending or preventing the use of the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been initiated or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission; and all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Representatives;

(b) Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, shall have furnished to the Representatives such written opinion or opinions, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters;

 

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(c) Ropes & Gray LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives their written opinion or opinions, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives;

(d) Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, special regulatory counsel for the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives their written opinion or opinions, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives;

(e) The counsel for each of the Selling Stockholders shall have furnished to the Representatives its written opinion with respect to such Selling Stockholder for whom it is acting as counsel, dated such Time of Delivery, as applicable, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives;

(f) On the date of the Prospectus at a time prior to the execution of this Agreement, at 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the effective date of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement filed subsequent to the date of this Agreement and also at each Time of Delivery, Deloitte & Touche LLP shall have furnished to you a letter or letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof, in form and substance satisfactory to you;

(g) (i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus, and (ii) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Pricing Prospectus there shall not have been any change in the capital stock (other than pursuant to the conversion, exchange or exercise of convertible, exchangeable or exercisable securities, including without limitation options and warrants, and the grant of equity incentives, in each case in the ordinary course of business) or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any change or development that would have a Material Adverse Effect, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is in the judgment of the Representatives so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus;

(h) On or after the Applicable Time, (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as that term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Act, and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of any of the Company’s debt securities;

(i) On or after the Applicable Time, there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the Exchange; (ii) a suspension or material limitation in trading in the Company’s securities on the Exchange; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities declared by either Federal, New York or State authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States; (iv) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war; or (v) the occurrence of any other calamity or crisis or any change in financial, political or economic conditions in the United States or elsewhere, if the effect of any such event specified in clause (iv) or (v) in the judgment of the Representatives makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus;

(j) The Shares to be sold at such Time of Delivery shall have been duly listed, subject to notice of issuance, on the Exchange;

(k) The Company shall have obtained and delivered to the Underwriters executed copies of an agreement from each person listed on Schedule IV, substantially to the effect set forth in Section 1(b)(iv) hereof in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives;

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(m) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the Representatives at each Time of Delivery, as applicable, a certificate of officers of the Company satisfactory to the Representatives as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company herein at and as of such Time of Delivery, as applicable, as to the performance by the Company of all of its obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to such Time of Delivery, as applicable, and as to such other matters as the Representatives may reasonably request, and the Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished a certificate as to the matters set forth in subsections (a) and (g) of this Section and as to such other matters as you may reasonably request.

9. (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 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 Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the 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 Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein.

The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Selling Stockholder against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Selling Stockholder may become subject, under the 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 Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the 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 Selling Stockholder for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Selling Stockholder 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 Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act in reliance upon and in conformity with the Selling Stockholder Information furnished in writing by a Selling Stockholder expressly for use therein (but only to the extent such liability relates to the Selling Stockholder providing such information).

(b) Each of the Selling Stockholders severally in proportion to the number of Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder 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 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 Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the 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 Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act in reliance upon and in conformity with the Selling Stockholder Information relating to such Selling Stockholder; 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 such Selling Stockholder shall

 

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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 Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein.

(c) Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each Selling Stockholder against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company or such Selling Stockholder may become subject, under the 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 Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the 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 Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the 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 and each Selling Stockholder for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or such Selling Stockholder in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred.

(d) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a), (b) or (c) 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 reasonably 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.

(e) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a), (b) or (c) 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 and the Selling Stockholders 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 (d) 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 and the Selling Stockholders 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 and the Selling Stockholders 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 and the Selling Stockholders bear

 

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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 or the Selling Stockholders 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, each of the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection (e) 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 (e). 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 (e) 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 (e), 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection (e), no Selling Stockholder shall be required to (i) contribute unless such Selling Stockholder would have had indemnification obligations pursuant to Section 9(b) above or (ii) contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which such Selling Stockholder’s gross proceeds received by it from the sale of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement exceeds the amount of any damages which such Selling Stockholders 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 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations in this subsection (e) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.

(f) The respective obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders under this Section 9 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company and the respective Selling Stockholders may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of each Underwriter and to each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act and each broker-dealer affiliate or a selling agent of any Underwriter; and the obligations of the Underwriters under this Section 9 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 and to each person, if any, who controls the Company or any Selling Stockholder within the meaning of the Act. The Company agrees and confirms that references to “affiliates” of Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC that appear in this Agreement shall be understood to include Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd.

(g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the liability of each Selling Stockholder pursuant to this Section 9 shall be limited to an amount equal to the aggregate gross proceeds after underwriting commissions and discounts, but before expenses, to such Selling Shareholder from the sale of the Shares sold by such Selling Shareholder hereunder.

10. (a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase the Shares that it has agreed to purchase hereunder at a Time of Delivery, the Representatives may in their discretion arrange for the Representatives or another party or other parties to purchase such Shares on the terms contained herein. If within thirty-six hours after such default by any Underwriter the Representatives do not arrange for the purchase of such Shares, then the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall be entitled to a further period of thirty-six hours within which to procure another party or other parties satisfactory to the Representatives to purchase such Shares on such terms. In the event that, within the respective prescribed periods, the Representatives notify the Company and the Selling Stockholders that the Representatives have so arranged for the purchase of such Shares, or the Company and the Selling Stockholders notify the Representatives that they have so arranged for the purchase of such Shares, the Representatives or the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have the right to postpone a Time of Delivery for a period of not more than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the Company agrees to file promptly any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which in the Representatives’ opinion may thereby be made necessary. The term “Underwriter” as used in this Agreement shall include any person substituted under this Section with like effect as if such person had originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such Shares.

 

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(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the Representatives and the Company and the Selling Stockholders as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate number of such Shares which remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate number of all the Shares to be purchased at such Time of Delivery, then the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number of Shares which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder at such Time of Delivery and, in addition, to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro rata share (based on the number of Shares which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Shares of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.

(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the Representatives and the Company and the Selling Stockholders as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate number of such Shares which remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate number of all of the Shares to be purchased at such Time of Delivery, or if the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall not exercise the right described in subsection (b) above to require non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then this Agreement (or, with respect to the Second Time of Delivery, the obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and of the Selling Stockholders to sell the Optional Shares) shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company or the Selling Stockholders, except for the expenses to be borne by the Company and the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters as provided in Section 7 hereof and the indemnity and contribution agreements in Section 9 hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.

11. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations and warranties of the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the several Underwriters, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any Underwriter, or the Company, or any of the Selling Stockholders, or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, or any controlling person of any Selling Stockholder, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Shares.

12. If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 10 hereof, neither the Company nor the Selling Stockholders shall then be under any liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof; but, if for any other reason any Shares are not delivered by or on behalf of the Company and the Selling Stockholders as provided herein, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters through the Representatives for all out-of-pocket expenses approved in writing by the Representatives, including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares not so delivered, but the Company shall then be under no further liability to any Underwriter in respect of the Shares not so delivered except as provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof.

13. In all dealings hereunder, the Representatives shall act on behalf of each of the Underwriters, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or given by the Representatives; and in all dealings with any Selling Stockholder hereunder, the Underwriters and the Company shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement made or given by such Selling Stockholder.

All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the Representatives in care of Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, 1585 Broadway, 29th Floor, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk, with a copy to the Legal Department, and in care of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, One Bryant Park, New York, NY 10036, Attention: Syndicate Department, with a copy to Facsimile: (212)  ###-###-####, Attention: ECM Legal; if to any Selling Stockholder shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such Selling Stockholder at its address set forth in Schedule II hereto; and if to the Company shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the address of the Company set forth on the cover of the Registration Statement, Attention: Secretary; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 9(d) hereof shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at its address set forth in its Underwriters’ Questionnaire or telex constituting such Questionnaire, which address will be supplied to the Company or the Selling Stockholders by the Representatives on request. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.

 

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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 Company, 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.

14. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Stockholders and, to the extent provided in Section 9 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and each person who controls the Company, any Selling Stockholder or any Underwriter, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Shares from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase.

15. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used herein, the term “business day” shall mean any day when the Commission’s office in Washington, D.C. is open for business.

16. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) the purchase and sale of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company and the Selling Stockholders, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other, (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading to such transaction each Underwriter is acting solely as a principal and not the agent or fiduciary of the Company, (iii) no Underwriter has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company on other matters) or any other obligation to the Company except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement and (iv) the Company has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate. The Company agrees that it will not claim that the Underwriters, or any of them, has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to the Company, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.

17. Without limiting the applicability of Section 2 hereof or any other provision of this Agreement, with respect to any Underwriter who is or is affiliated with any person or entity engaged to act as an investment adviser on behalf of a client who has a direct or indirect interest in the Shares being sold by a Selling Stockholder, the Shares being sold to such Underwriter shall not include any Shares attributable to such client (with any such Shares instead being allocated and sold to the other Underwriters) and, accordingly, the fees or other amounts received by such Underwriter in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby shall not include any fees or other amounts attributable to such client (and, if there is any unsold allotment in the offering at the First Time of Delivery, such unsold allotment in respect of Shares attributable to such client shall be allocated solely to Underwriters not affiliated with such client).

18. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company or the Selling Stockholders, on one hand, and any of the Underwriters, on the other hand, with respect to the subject matter hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, this Agreement shall not supersede in any respect the Stockholders Agreement, dated as of November 23, 2010, among the Company, certain of the Selling Stockholders and the other stockholders of the Company parties thereto, as such Stockholders Agreement has been amended as of the date of this Agreement.

19. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY MATTERS RELATED TO THIS TRANSACTION SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF ANY LAW OTHER THAN THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. The Company agrees that any suit or proceeding arising in respect of this Agreement or our engagement will be tried exclusively in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York or, if that court does not have subject matter jurisdiction, in any state court located in The City and County of New York and the Company agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of, and to venue in, such courts.

20. The Company, each of the Selling Stockholders and each of the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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21. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

22. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company and the Selling Stockholders are authorized to disclose to any persons the U.S. federal and state income tax treatment and tax structure of the potential transaction and all materials of any kind (including tax opinions and other tax analyses) provided to the Company and the Selling Stockholders relating to that treatment and structure, without the Underwriters imposing any limitation of any kind. However, any information relating to the tax treatment and tax structure shall remain confidential (and the foregoing sentence shall not apply) to the extent necessary to enable any person to comply with securities laws. For this purpose, “tax structure” is limited to any facts that may be relevant to that treatment.

If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us six counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you, on behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof shall constitute a binding agreement among each of the Underwriters, the Company and each of the Selling Stockholders. It is understood that your acceptance of this letter on behalf of each of the Underwriters is pursuant to the authority set forth in a form of Agreement among Underwriters, the form of which shall be submitted to the Company and the Selling Stockholders for examination, upon request, but without warranty on your part as to the authority of the signers thereof.

[Signature pages follow]

 

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Very truly yours,
LPL INVESTMENT HOLDINGS INC.
By:       /s/ Stephanie L. Brown
  Name: Stephanie L. Brown
  Title: Secretary and Vice President

 

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HELLMAN & FRIEDMAN CAPITAL PARTNERS V, L.P.
By:   Hellman & Friedman Investors V,
  L.P., its general partner
By:  

Hellman & Friedman LLC, its

general partner

 

By:   /s/ Allen R. Thorpe
Name:   Allen R. Thorpe
Title:   Managing Director

 

HELLMAN & FRIEDMAN CAPITAL PARTNERS V (PARALLEL), L.P.
By:   Hellman & Friedman Investors V,
  L.P., its general partner
By:  

Hellman & Friedman LLC, its

general partner

 

By:   /s/ Allen R. Thorpe
Name:   Allen R. Thorpe
Title:   Managing Director

 

HELLMAN & FRIEDMAN CAPITAL ASSOCIATES V, L.P.
By:  

Hellman & Friedman LLC, its

general partner

 

By:   /s/ Allen R. Thorpe
Name:   Allen R. Thorpe
Title:   Managing Director

 

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TPG PARTNERS IV, L.P.

By:

 

TPG GenPar IV, L.P.,

its general partner

By:

 

TPG GenPar IV Advisors, LLC,

its general partner

 

By:   /s/ Ronald Cami
Name:   Ronald Cami
Title:   Vice President

 

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Accepted as of the date hereof:
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
By:   /s/ Kenneth G. Pott
  Name: Kenneth G. Pott
  Title: Managing Director
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
By:   /s/ Kaivan Shakib
  Name: Kaivan Shakib
  Title: Managing Director
On behalf of each of the Underwriters

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

Underwriter

   Number of Firm
Shares  to be
Purchased
     Number of Optional
Shares to be Purchased
if Maximum Option is
Exercised
 

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

     3,045,000         304,500   

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

     3,045,000         304,500   

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

     2,465,000         246,500   

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

     2,465,000         246,500   

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

     725,000         72,500   

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.

     725,000         72,500   

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

     725,000         72,500   

Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC

     217,500         21,750   

William Blair & Company, L.L.C.

     217,500         21,750   

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.

     217,500         21,750   

Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc.

     217,500         21,750   

Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P.

     217,500         21,750   

Blaylock Robert Van, LLC

     108,750         10,875   

Drexel Hamilton, LLC

     108,750         10,875   

Total

     14,500,000         1,450,000   

 

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SCHEDULE II

 

Selling Stockholders

   Number of Firm
Shares
to be Sold
     Number of Optional
Shares to be Sold if
Maximum Option is
Exercised
 

Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners V, L.P. (1)

     6,374,200         637,419   

Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners V (Parallel), L.P. (1)

     872,175         87,218   

Hellman & Friedman Capital Associates V, L.P. (1)

     3,625         363   

TPG Partners IV, L.P. (2)

     7,250,000         725,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     14,500,000         1,450,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

(1) The address for this Selling Stockholder is c/o Hellman & Friedman LLC, One Maritime Plaza, 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111, Attention: Arrie Park.

(2) The address for this Selling Stockholder is c/o TPG Capital, L.P., 301 Commerce Street, Suite 3300, Fort Worth, TX 76102, Attention: Jeremy Dorsett.

 

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SCHEDULE III

 

(a) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses not included in the Pricing Disclosure Package

None

 

(b) Additional documents incorporated by reference

None

 

(c) Information other than the Pricing Prospectus that comprise the Pricing Disclosure Package

The initial public offering price per share for the Shares is $34.50.

 

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SCHEDULE IV

 

Name of Holder*

Jeffrey Goldstein

 

Richard P. Schifter

 

Allen R. Thorpe

 

Richard W. Boyce

 

Mark S. Casady

 

Jeffrey E. Stiefler

 

James S. Riepe

 

John J. Brennan

 

James S. Putnam

 

William E. Dwyer

 

Stephanie L. Brown

 

Robert J. Moore

 

Dan H. Arnold

 

Christopher Feeney

 

Mark R. Helliker

 

Esther Stearns

 

Jonathan Eaton

 

Joan Khoury

 

George Burton White

 

Andrew Kalbaugh

 

Derek Bruton

 

John J. McDermott

 

Sallie R. Larsen

* Unless otherwise indicated, the address for each of the holders in the table above is c/o LPL Investment Holdings Inc., One Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108.

 

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ANNEX I

(a) LPL Holdings, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation

(b) LPL Financial LLC, a California limited liability company

(c) UVEST Financial Services, Inc., a North Carolina corporation