Solera Holdings, Inc. Common Stock, Par Value$0.01 per share Underwriting Agreement

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EX-1.1 2 a08-16189_1ex1d1.htm EX-1.1

Exhibit 1.1

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

Solera Holdings, Inc.

 

Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 per share

 

Underwriting Agreement

 

June 4, 2008

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co.,

85 Broad Street,

New York, New York 10004.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Certain stockholders of Solera Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) named in Schedule II hereto (the “Selling Stockholders”), propose, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to sell to Goldman, Sachs & Co. (the “Underwriter”) an aggregate of 5,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Stock”), of the Company (the “Shares”).

 

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

 

(i)            (a)           An “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) on Form S-3 (File No. 333-151387) in respect of the Shares has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; such registration statement, any post-effective amendment thereto, and a registration statement increasing the size of the offering (a “Rule 462(b) Registration Statement”), filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act, became effective on filing; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement or the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or any part of either thereof has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or threatened by the Commission, and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such 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 “Basic 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 and the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, including all

 

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exhibits thereto and including 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 or such part of the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement became effective, are hereinafter collectively called the “Registration Statement”; the Basic 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”; the form of the final prospectus relating to the Shares 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 Basic 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 Basic 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 Basic Prospectus, such Preliminary Prospectus, or the Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report of the Company filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the effective date of the Registration Statement that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement; 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 the Underwriter expressly for use therein;

 

(iii)          For the purposes of this Agreement, the “Applicable Time” is 9:00 a.m. (Eastern time) on the date of this Agreement.  The Pricing Prospectus, when considered with the number of Shares as set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus, as of the Applicable Time, did not include any untrue statement of a

 

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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 I(a) 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 Prospectus 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 the representations and warranties in this Section 1(a)(iii) shall not apply to statements or omissions made in an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Underwriter 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents 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; 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 the Underwriter 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 I(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 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 the Underwriter expressly for use therein;

 

(vi)          Neither the Company nor any of its 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

 

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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 or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (other than accrued interest on long-term debt) or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, 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 material personal property (other than intellectual property, which is covered by Section 1(a)(xx) hereof) 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 do not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries; 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 are not material and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and its subsidiaries;

 

(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, except where the failure to be so qualified would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the general affairs, management, properties, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”); and each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated or formed and is validly existing as a corporation or other entity in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation, with corporate or other entity 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 or other entity 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

 

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reason of the failure to be so qualified in any such jurisdiction, except in each case as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(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 to the description of the Stock contained in the Pricing Prospectus and Prospectus; all of the Company’s options, warrants and other rights to purchase or exchange any securities for shares of the Company’s capital stock have been duly authorized and validly issued, conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus and were issued in compliance with federal and state securities laws; and all of the issued shares of capital stock of each 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 set forth in the Pricing Prospectus) are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, except, with respect to subsidiaries other than subsidiaries that accounted for more than $20 million of the Company’s revenue in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007 (collectively, the “Significant Subsidiaries”), those that would not individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(x)            The compliance by the Company with this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will not (A) 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 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, except for such breach or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (B) result in any violation of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of the Company or (C) result in any violation of 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 for any violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to 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 (W) the registration under the Act of the Shares, (X) such consents, approvals, authorizations, 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 Underwriter, and (Y) the approval of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (the “FINRA”)

 

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of the underwriting terms and arrangements in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriter, except, with respect to subsidiaries other than Significant Subsidiaries, such consent, approval, authorization, registrations or qualifications that would not individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(xi)           Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (A) in violation of its Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws or similar organizational or governing documents or (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, except, in the case of clause (A) with respect to the Company’s subsidiaries, other than Significant Subsidiaries, or (B), for defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(xii)          The statements set forth in the Pricing Prospectus and Prospectus under the caption “Underwriting” or under the caption “Description of Capital Stock” in any document incorporated by reference therein, insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate, complete and fair in all material respects;

 

(xiii)         Other than as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries 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 or materially interfere with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others;

 

(xiv)        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”);

 

(xv)         (A) (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, (ii) 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

 

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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;

 

(xvi)        Deloitte & Touche LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, are independent public accountants as required by the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder;

 

(xvii)       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.  The Company is not aware of any material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting;

 

(xviii)      Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in or incorporated by reference into 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;

 

 (xix)        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;

 

(xx)          The Company and its subsidiaries own, possess, license or have other rights to use, or can acquire on reasonable terms, all patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks and trade names currently employed by them in connection with the business now operated by them except where such failure would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and none of the Company, any Significant Subsidiary, or to the knowledge of the Company, any of its other subsidiaries has received any notice of infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any of the foregoing which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a Material Adverse Effect. To the Company’s knowledge, (A) no employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any employment agreement, patent or invention disclosure agreement, or other agreement setting forth the terms of employment of such employee with the

 

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Company or any of its subsidiaries or any prior employee; and (B) none of the material trade secrets of the Company, wherever located, the value of which is contingent upon maintenance of the confidentiality thereof, has been disclosed to any person other than to employees, representatives, and agents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or to other persons who have executed appropriate nondisclosure agreements, except as required pursuant to the filing of a patent application by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, except with respect to (A) and (B) where such violation or disclosure would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  The Company has used commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that employees of the Company involved in the design or development of the Company’s products have executed and delivered invention agreements with the Company or the applicable subsidiary and are obligated under the terms thereof to assign all inventions made by them during the course of employment to the Company or to the applicable subsidiary;

 

(xxi)         The Company and its subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except where failure to so possess would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and none of the Company, any Significant Subsidiary, or to the knowledge of the Company, any of its other subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a Material Adverse Effect, except as described in the Pricing Prospectus;

 

 (xxii)       The statistical and market-related data contained in the Registration Statement, Pricing Prospectus and Prospectus are based on or derived from sources which the Company reasonably and in good faith believes are reliable and accurate;

 

(xxiii)       Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, any employee or agent of the Company or any subsidiary, has made any contribution or other payment to any official of, or candidate for, any federal, state or foreign office in violation of any law or of the character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus;

 

(xxiv)       Except as described in the Pricing Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Act with respect to any securities of the Company owned or to be owned by such person or to require the Company to include such securities in the securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement or in any securities being registered pursuant to any other registration statement filed by the Company under the Act;

 

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(xxv)        The historical financial statements (including the related notes) filed as part of the Registration Statement or included in the Pricing Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the entities purported to be shown thereby at the dates and for the periods indicated and have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as may otherwise be indicated);

 

(xxvi)       Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (A) the Company and each of its subsidiaries are in compliance in all respects with all presently applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (“ERISA”) and the foreign analogs thereto of any applicable jurisdiction; (B) no “reportable event” (as defined in ERISA) has occurred with respect to any “pension plan” (as defined in ERISA) for which the Company or any of its subsidiaries would have any liability; (C) the Company and its subsidiaries have not incurred and do not expect to incur liability under (X) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any “pension plan” or (Y) Sections 412 or 4971 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the “Code”); (D) each “pension plan” for which the Company and its subsidiaries would have any liability that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification; and (E) the Company and each of its subsidiaries have not incurred any unpaid liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (other than for payment of premiums in the ordinary course of business);

 

(xxvii)      The Company and each of its subsidiaries have filed all federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise tax returns required to be filed through the date hereof (except where the failure to file such returns would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect), subject to permitted extensions, and have paid all taxes due thereon, other than those being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which reserves have been established on the books and records of the Company and its subsidiaries in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States; and no tax deficiency has been determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, nor does the Company have any knowledge of any tax deficiency that has had or would have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(xxviii)     Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sent or received any notice (A) of a material dispute between the Company or any of its subsidiaries on the one hand and any entity or affiliate thereof with which the Company or any of its subsidiaries shares ownership of any subsidiary of the Company or any of its subsidiaries on the other hand or (B) indicating the

 

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termination of or intention to terminate any customer or shared ownership relationship between the Company or any of its subsidiaries on the one hand and any entity or affiliate thereof with which the Company or any of its subsidiaries shares ownership of any subsidiary of the Company or any of its subsidiaries on the other hand, except, in the case of (A) and (B), as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

 

(xxix)     No labor disturbance by the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is threatened, which would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(xxx)      The Stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”).

 

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

 

(i)            Except (A) the registration under the Act of the Shares, (B) such consents, approvals, authorizations, 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 Underwriter, and (C) the approval of the FINRA of the underwriting terms and arrangements in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriter, no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing or registration with, any court or government agency or body is required for the execution and delivery by such Selling Stockholder of this Agreement, and for the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder, have been obtained; and such Selling Stockholder has full right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder;

 

(ii)           The sale of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder and the compliance by such Selling Stockholder with all of the provisions of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a material breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a material default under, any statute, 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, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of such Selling Stockholder if such Selling Stockholder is a corporation, the Partnership Agreement of such Selling Stockholder if such Selling Stockholder is a partnership, the trust agreement of such Selling Stockholder if such Selling Stockholder is a trust or any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or

 

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governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over such Selling Stockholder or the property of such Selling Stockholder;

 

(iii)          Such Selling Stockholder has, and immediately prior to the 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 Underwriter;

 

(iv)          On or prior to the date hereof, each of GTCR Fund VIII, L.P., GTCR Fund VIII/B, L.P. and GTCR Co-Invest II, L.P., David Donnini, Edgar Jannotta, Jr., Joseph Nolan, Bruce Rauner and Collin Roche has executed and delivered to Goldman, Sachs & Co. a lock-up agreement, substantially in the form set forth in Annex II(b) hereto and each of the directors and executive officers of the Company has executed and delivered to Goldman, Sachs & Co. a lock-up agreement, substantially in the form set forth in Annex II(c) hereto;

 

(v)           Such Selling Stockholder has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed to or which has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares;

 

(vi)          To the extent that any statements or omissions made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto are made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Selling Stockholder expressly for use therein, such Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Registration Statement, as of the Applicable Time, did not and will 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 the statements therein not misleading, and the Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, when they become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will 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 the statements therein not misleading; and

 

(vii)         In order to document the Underwriter’s 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 Time of Delivery (as hereinafter defined) a properly completed and executed United States Treasury Department Form W-9 (or other

 

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applicable form or statement specified by Treasury Department regulations in lieu thereof).

 

2.             Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, each of the Selling Stockholders agrees, severally and not jointly, to sell to the Underwriter, and the Underwriter agrees to purchase from each of the Selling Stockholders, at a purchase price per share of $26.00, the number of Shares set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule II hereto.

 

3.             Upon the authorization by you of the release of the Shares, the Underwriter proposes to offer the Shares for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus.

 

4.             (a) The Shares to be purchased by the Underwriter hereunder, in definitive form, and in such authorized denominations and registered in such names as Goldman, Sachs & Co. may request upon at least forty-eight hours’ prior notice to the Selling Stockholders, shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter, through the facilities of the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), for the account of the Underwriter, against payment by or on behalf of the Underwriter of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of Federal (same-day) funds to the account specified by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter at least forty-eight hours in advance.  The Company will cause the certificates representing the Shares to be made available for checking and packaging at least twenty-four hours prior to the Time of Delivery (as defined below) with respect thereto at the office of DTC or its designated custodian (the “Designated Office”).  The time and date of such delivery and payment shall be 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on June 9, 2008 or such other time and date as Goldman, Sachs & Co. and the Selling Stockholders may agree upon in writing.  Such time and date for delivery of the Shares is herein called the “Time of Delivery”.

 

(b)           The documents to be delivered at the 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 reasonably requested by the Underwriter pursuant to Section 8(k) hereof, will be delivered at the offices of Latham & Watkins LLP, 633 West Fifth Street, Suite 4000, Los Angeles, CA 90071 (the “Closing Location”), and the Shares will be delivered at the Designated Office, all at the Time of Delivery.  A meeting will be held at the Closing Location at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day next preceding the 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 Section 4, “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.

 

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5.             The Company agrees with the Underwriter:

 

(a)           To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by you 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, or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be required by Rule 430A(a)(3) under the Act; to make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus or the Prospectus prior to the Time of Delivery which shall be disapproved by you promptly after reasonable notice thereof; to advise you, 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 and to furnish you with copies thereof; to file promptly all other 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 Shares; to advise you, 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; and, 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; and in the event of any such issuance of a notice of objection, promptly to take such 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 Underwriter (references herein to the Registration Statement shall include any such amendment or new registration statement);

 

(b)           If required by Rule 430B(h) under the Act, to prepare a form of prospectus in a form approved by you 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 which shall be disapproved by you promptly after reasonable notice therereof;

 

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(c)           If by the third anniversary (the “Renewal Deadline”) of the initial effective date of the Registration Statement, any of the Shares remain unsold by the Underwriter, the Company will file, if it has not already done so and is eligible to do so, a new automatic shelf registration statement relating to the Shares, in a form satisfactory to you.  If at the Renewal Deadline the Company is no longer eligible to file an automatic shelf registration statement, the Company will, if it has not already done so, file a new shelf registration statement relating to the Shares, in a form satisfactory to you and will use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared effective within 180 days after the Renewal Deadline.  The Company will take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Shares to continue as contemplated in the expired registration statement relating to the Shares.  References herein to the Registration Statement shall include such new automatic shelf registration statement or such new shelf registration statement, as the case may be;

 

(d)           Promptly from time to time to take such action as you may reasonably request to qualify the Shares for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as you may 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;

 

(e)           As soon as reasonably practicable, but no later than 10:00 p.m. on the New York Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time, to furnish the Underwriter with written and electronic copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as you 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 you and upon your request to file such document and to 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 the

 

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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 the Underwriter, to prepare and deliver to the Underwriter as many written and electronic copies as you may request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act;

 

(f)            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);

 

(g)           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, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise dispose of 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 (other than the offer and sale of Shares pursuant to this Agreement or pursuant to employee equity incentive or stock option plans existing on, or upon the conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities outstanding as of, the date of this Agreement), without your prior written consent;

 

(h)           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; provided, however, that the Company may satisfy the requirements of this Section 5(h) by making any such reports, communications or information generally available on its website or by filing such information through the Commission’s EDGAR system (“EDGAR”);

 

(i)            During a period of three years from the effective date of the Registration Statement, to furnish to you copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to stockholders, and to deliver to you (i) 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, other than

 

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those reports or other communications that are publicly available on EDGAR; and (ii) such additional information concerning the business and financial condition of the Company as you may from time to time reasonably request (such financial statements to be on a consolidated basis to the extent the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries are consolidated in reports furnished to its stockholders generally or to the Commission); provided, however, that with respect to clause (ii) hereof, the Company shall not be required to provide such information the provision of which would require additional disclosure under Regulation FD as promulgated under the Exchange Act, unless otherwise disclosed in a manner reasonably designed to provide broad, non-exclusionary distribution of the information to the public;

 

(j)            If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b), the Company shall file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 p.m., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule 111(b) under the Act;

 

(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)            Upon request of the Underwriter, to furnish, or cause to be furnished, to the Underwriter an electronic version of the Company’s trademarks, servicemarks and corporate logo for use on the website, if any, operated by the 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)           Each of (i) the Company and (ii) each Selling Stockholder, severally and not jointly, represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of Goldman, Sachs & Co., 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; the Underwriter represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the Company, 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 Goldman, Sachs & Co. is listed on Schedule I(a) hereto;

 

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(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;

 

(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 Goldman, Sachs & Co. and, if requested by Goldman, Sachs & Co., will prepare and furnish without charge to the 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 Goldman, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein.

 

7.             (a)           The Company covenants and agrees with the Underwriter that the Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel and accountants and counsel for the Selling Stockholders 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, the Basic Prospectus, 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 Underwriter and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or producing 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(d) hereof, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriter in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky survey (iv) all fees and expenses in connection with listing the Shares on the Exchange; (v) the filing fees incident to, and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriter in connection with, any required review by the FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Shares; (vi) the cost of preparing stock certificates; (vii) the cost and charges of any transfer agent or registrar; (viii) all expenses (other than taxes and underwriting discounts) incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder to the Underwriter hereunder; and (ix) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section. It is understood, however, that, except as

 

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provided in this Section, and Sections 9 and 10 hereof, the Underwriter will pay all of its own costs and expenses, including the fees of its counsel, stock transfer taxes on resale of any of the Shares by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers it may make.

 

(b)           The Selling Stockholders covenant and agree with the Underwriter (i) that they 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 Underwriter hereunder, and (ii) the underwriting discount associated with the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder shall be deducted from the Selling Stockholders’ proceeds from the sale of such Shares.

 

8.             The obligations of the Underwriter hereunder, as to the Shares to be delivered at the Time of Delivery, shall be subject, in its discretion, to the condition that all representations and warranties and other statements of the Company and of the Selling Stockholders herein are, at and as of the Time of Delivery, true and correct, the condition that the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have performed all of its and their obligations hereunder theretofore 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 under the Act; if the Company has elected to rely upon Rule 462(b) under the Act, the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have become effective by 10:00 p.m., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement; 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 and 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 threatened by the Commission; and all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been complied with to your reasonable satisfaction;

 

(b)           Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Underwriter, shall have furnished to you such written opinion or opinions, dated the Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you, with respect to certain legal matters relating to this Agreement and such other related matters as you may reasonably request, 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)           Kirkland & Ellis LLP, counsel for the Company and each of the Selling Stockholders, shall have furnished to you their written opinion, dated the Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you;

 

(d)           Froriep Renggli, counsel for certain of the Company’s subsidiaries in Switzerland, shall have furnished to you their written opinion, dated the Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you;

 

(e)           Kirkland & Ellis International LLP, counsel for certain of the Company’s subsidiaries in Germany, shall have furnished to you their written opinion, dated the Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you;

 

(f)            NautaDutilh N.V., counsel for certain of the Company’s subsidiaries in The Netherlands, shall have furnished to you their written opinion, dated the Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you;

 

(g)           Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, counsel for certain of the Company’s subsidiaries in Canada, shall have furnished to you their written opinion, dated the Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you;

 

(h)           NautaDutilh SPRL, counsel for certain of the Company’s subsidiaries in Belgium, shall have furnished to you their written opinion, dated the Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you;

 

(i)            Elvinger, Hoss & Prussen, counsel for certain of the Company’s subsidiaries in Luxembourg, shall have furnished to you their written opinion, dated the Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you;

 

(j)            On June 5, 2008, 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 the 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, to the effect set forth in Annex I hereto;

 

(k)           (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 or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, 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

 

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in your judgment 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 the Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus;

 

 

(l)            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 or New York or California 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 your judgment makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Shares being delivered at the Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus;

 

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

 

(n)           The Company shall have obtained and delivered to the Underwriter executed copies of an agreement from each of the stockholders listed on Annex II(a) hereto, in the form set forth in Annex II(b) hereto;

 

(o)           The Company shall have complied with the provisions of Section 5(e) hereof with respect to the furnishing of prospectuses on the New York Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement; and

 

(p)           The Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to you at the Time of Delivery certificates of officers of the Company and of the Selling Stockholders, respectively, satisfactory to you as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Selling Stockholders, respectively, herein at and as of the Time of Delivery, as to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of all of its and their respective obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to the Time of Delivery, and as to such other matters as you may reasonably request, and the Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished certificates as to the matters set forth in subsections (a) and (k) of this Section and as to such other matters as you may reasonably request.

 

9.             (a)           The Company will indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriter against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which the Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out

 

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of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, 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 the Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the 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, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by Goldman, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein.

 

(b)           Each Selling Stockholder, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriter against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the 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, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, 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, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Selling Stockholder expressly for use therein; and will reimburse the Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that such Selling Stockholder 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, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any

 

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Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by Goldman, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein; provided, further, that the aggregate liability of each such Selling Stockholder shall not exceed the gross proceeds received by such Selling Stockholder from the Shares sold by it hereunder.

 

(c)           The 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, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, 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, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by Goldman, Sachs & Co. 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 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

 

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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.  The indemnifying party shall not be required to indemnify the indemnified party for any amount paid or payable by the indemnified party in the settlement of any action, proceeding or investigation without the written consent of the indemnifying party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

(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 Underwriter 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 Underwriter 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 Underwriter 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 Selling Stockholders bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriter, as a result of its sale of the Shares in the over-the-counter market or through negotiated transactions at market prices or at negotiated prices.  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 Underwriter on the other and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or

 

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prevent such statement or omission.  The Company, each of the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriter agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this subsection (e) were determined by pro rata allocation 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), (i) the Underwriter shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Shares were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which the Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission and (ii) no Selling Stockholder shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the gross proceeds received by such Selling Stockholder exceeds the amount of the damages which such Selling Stockholder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or fraudulent 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.

 

(f)            The 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 person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of the Act and each broker-dealer affiliate of the Underwriter; and the obligations of the Underwriter under this Section 9 shall be in addition to any liability which the Underwriter may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company (including any person who, with his or her consent, is named in the Registration Statement as about to become a director of the Company) and to each person, if any, who controls the Company or any Selling Stockholder within the meaning of the Act.

 

10.           The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriter, 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 the Underwriter or any controlling person of the 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.

 

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11.           If for any reason, any Shares are not delivered by or on behalf of the Selling Stockholders as provided herein, the Company will reimburse the Underwriter for all out-of-pocket expenses approved in writing by the Underwriter, including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred by the Underwriter in making preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares not so delivered, but the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall then be under no further liability to the Underwriter in respect of the Shares not so delivered except as provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof.

 

12.           All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and if to the Underwriter shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to Goldman, Sachs & Co., 85 Broad Street, 20th Floor, New York, New York 10004, Attention: Registration Department; if to any Selling Stockholder shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to counsel for such Selling Stockholder at its address set forth in Schedule II hereto; if to any stockholder identified on Annex II(a) shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such stockholder at its address set forth in Annex II(a) 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 in the Registration Statement, Attention: Secretary. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.

 

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

 

13.           This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the Underwriter, the Company and the Selling Stockholders and, to the extent provided in Sections 9 and 10 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and each person who controls the Company, any Selling Stockholder or the 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 the Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase.

 

14.           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.

 

15.           The Company and each Selling Stockholder acknowledge and agree that (i) the purchase and sale of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the public offering price of the Shares and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company or such Selling Stockholder, on the one hand, and the

 

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Underwriter, on the other, (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading to such transaction the Underwriter is acting solely as a principal and not the agent or fiduciary of the Company, the Selling Stockholders, or their respective stockholders, creditors, employees or any other party, (iii) the Underwriter has not assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company or such Selling Stockholder with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether the Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company or such Selling Stockholder on other matters) or any other obligation to the Company or such Selling Stockholder except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement and (iv) the Company and each Selling Stockholder has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate.  The Company and each Selling Stockholder agree severally that each will not claim that the Underwriter has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to the Company or such Selling Stockholder, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.

 

16.           This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriter, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

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

 

18.           The Company, each of the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriter 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.

 

19.           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.

 

20.           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 Underwriter 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.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us, one for the Company and Goldman, Sachs & Co. plus one for each counsel, and the Custodians, if any, counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you this letter and such acceptance hereof shall constitute a binding agreement among Goldman, Sachs & Co., the Company and each of the Selling Stockholders.

 

Any person executing and delivering this Agreement as Attorney-in-Fact for a Selling Stockholder represents by so doing that he has been duly appointed as Attorney-in-Fact by such Selling Stockholder pursuant to a validly existing and binding Power-of-Attorney which authorizes such Attorney-in-Fact to take such action.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

 

 

 

Solera Holdings, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Tony Aquila

 

 

Name:  Tony Aquila

 

 

Title:  Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

GTCR FUND VIII, L.P.

 

 

 

 

By:

GTCR Partners VIII, L.P.

 

Its:

General Partner

 

 

 

 

By:

GTCR Golder Rauner II, L.L.C.

 

Its:

General Partner

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Philip A. Canfield

 

Name:

Philip A. Canfield

 

Its:

Principal

 



 

 

GTCR FUND VIII/B, L.P.

 

 

 

 

By:

GTCR Partners VIII, L.P.

 

Its:

General Partner

 

 

 

 

By:

GTCR Golder Rauner II, L.L.C.

 

Its:

General Partner

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Philip A. Canfield

 

Name:

Philip A. Canfield

 

Its:

Principal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GTCR CO-INVEST II, L.P.

 

 

 

 

By:

GTCR Golder Rauner II, L.L.C.

 

Its:

General Partner

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Philip A. Canfield

 

Name:

Philip A. Canfield

 

Its:

Principal

 

Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement

 



 

 

SELLING STOCKHOLDER

 

 

 

 

 

Philip A. Canfield

 

Printed Name of Selling Stockholder

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Philip A. Canfield

 

 

Name: Philip A. Canfield

 

 

Title: Principal

 

Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement

 



 

 

SELLING STOCKHOLDER

 

 

 

 

 

David A. Donnini

 

Printed Name of Selling Stockholder

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David A. Donnini

 

 

Name: David A. Donnini

 

 

Title:

 

Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement

 



 

 

SELLING STOCKHOLDER

 

 

 

 

 

Donnini 2004 Gift Trust

 

Printed Name of Selling Stockholder

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David A. Donnini

 

 

Name: David A. Donnini

 

 

Title:   Investment Manager

 

Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement

 



 

 

SELLING STOCKHOLDER

 

 

 

 

 

Edgar D. Jannotta, Jr

 

Printed Name of Selling Stockholder

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Edgar D. Jannotta, Jr

 

 

Name: Edgar D. Jannotta, Jr

 

 

Title:

 

Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement

 



 

 

SELLING STOCKHOLDER

 

 

 

 

 

Edgar D. Jannotta, Jr. Family Trust Dated 10/2/98

 

Printed Name of Selling Stockholder

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Erica Pearsall

 

 

Name: Erica Pearsall

 

 

Title:   Trustee

 

Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement

 



 

 

SELLING STOCKHOLDER

 

 

 

 

 

Edgar D. Jannotta, Jr. Grantor Trust Dated 12/23/04

 

Printed Name of Selling Stockholder

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Erica Pearsall

 

 

Name:  Erica Pearsall

 

 

Title:   

 

Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement

 



 

 

SELLING STOCKHOLDER

 

 

 

 

 

Joseph Nolan

 

Printed Name of Selling Stockholder

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Joseph Nolan

 

 

Name:  Joseph Nolan

 

 

Title:

 

Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement

 



 

 

SELLING STOCKHOLDER

 

 

 

 

 

The Beverly Family Trust dated 1/26/05

 

Printed Name of Selling Stockholder

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Timothy Nolan

 

 

Name: Timothy Nolan

 

 

Title:   Trustee

 

Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement

 



 

 

SELLING STOCKHOLDER

 

 

 

 

 

The Beverly Family Trust Dated 1/26/05

 

Printed Name of Selling Stockholder

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Janet Nolan

 

 

Name: Janet Nolan

 

 

Title:   Trustee

 

Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement

 



 

 

SELLING STOCKHOLDER

 

 

 

 

 

Bruce V. Rauner

 

Printed Name of Selling Stockholder

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Bruce V. Rauner

 

 

Name: Bruce V. Rauner

 

 

Title:   

 

Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement

 



 

 

SELLING STOCKHOLDER

 

 

 

 

 

Collin E. Roche

 

Printed Name of Selling Stockholder

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Collin E. Roche

 

 

Name:  Collin E. Roche

 

 

Title:  

 

Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement

 



 

 

SELLING STOCKHOLDER

 

 

 

 

 

Vincent Hemmer

 

Printed Name of Selling Stockholder

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 /s/ Vincent Hemmer

 

 

Name:  Vincent Hemmer

 

 

Title:  

 

Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement

 



 

 

SELLING STOCKHOLDER

 

 

 

 

 

Craig A. Bondy

 

Printed Name of Selling Stockholder

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Craig A. Bondy

 

 

Name: Craig A. Bondy

 

 

Title:  

 

Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement

 



 

 

SELLING STOCKHOLDER

 

 

 

 

 

Constantine S. Mihas

 

Printed Name of Selling Stockholder

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Constantine S. Mihas

 

 

Name: Constantine S. Mihas

 

 

Title:

 

Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement

 



 

 

SELLING STOCKHOLDER

 

 

 

 

 

Daniel L. Timm

 

Printed Name of Selling Stockholder

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Daniel L. Timm

 

 

Name: Daniel L. Timm

 

 

Title:

 

Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement

 



 

 

SELLING STOCKHOLDER

 

 

 

 

 

Christopher Ragona

 

Printed Name of Selling Stockholder

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Christopher Ragona

 

 

Name: Christopher Ragona

 

 

Title:

 

Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement

 



 

 

SELLING STOCKHOLDER

 

 

 

 

 

Daniel Yih

 

Printed Name of Selling Stockholder

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Daniel Yih

 

 

Name: Daniel Yih

 

 

Title:

 

Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement

 



 

 

SELLING STOCKHOLDER

 

 

 

 

 

Peter Stavros

 

Printed Name of Selling Stockholder

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Peter Stavros

 

 

Name: Peter Stavros

 

 

Title:

 

Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement

 



 

 

SELLING STOCKHOLDER

 

 

 

 

 

David Trujillo

 

Printed Name of Selling Stockholder

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David Trujillo

 

 

Name: David Trujillo

 

 

Title:

 

Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement

 



 

 

SELLING STOCKHOLDER

 

 

 

 

 

George E. Sperzel

 

Printed Name of Selling Stockholder

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ George E. Sperzel

 

 

Name: George E. Sperzel

 

 

Title:

 

Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement

 



 

 

SELLING STOCKHOLDER

 

 

 

 

 

David Randell

 

Printed Name of Selling Stockholder

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David Randell

 

 

Name: David Randell

 

 

Title:

 

Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement

 



 

 

SELLING STOCKHOLDER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anna May Trala

 

Printed Name of Selling Stockholder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Anna May Trala

 

 

Name: Anna May Trala

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement

 



 

 

SELLING STOCKHOLDER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mark Anderson

 

Printed Name of Selling Stockholder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Mark Anderson

 

 

Name: Mark Anderson

 

 

Title:

 

Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement

 



 

 

SELLING STOCKHOLDER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aaron D. Cohen

 

Printed Name of Selling Stockholder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Aaron D. Cohen

 

 

Name: Aaron D. Cohen

 

 

Title:

 

Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement

 



 

 

SELLING STOCKHOLDER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sean L. Cunningham

 

Printed Name of Selling Stockholder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Sean L. Cunningham

 

 

Name: Sean L. Cunningham

 

 

Title:

 

Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement

 



 

 

SELLING STOCKHOLDER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Hofmann

 

Printed Name of Selling Stockholder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ John Hofmann

 

 

Name: John Hofmann

 

 

Title:

 

Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement

 



 

 

SELLING STOCKHOLDER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

David Katz

 

Printed Name of Selling Stockholder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David Katz

 

 

Name: David Katz

 

 

Title:

 

Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement

 



 

 

SELLING STOCKHOLDER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

William Goldberg

 

Printed Name of Selling Stockholder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ William Goldberg

 

 

Name: William Goldberg

 

 

Title:

 

Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement

 



 

 

SELLING STOCKHOLDER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Perry O. Ballard

 

Printed Name of Selling Stockholder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Perry O. Ballard

 

 

Name: Perry O. Ballard

 

 

Title:

 

Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement

 



 

Accepted as of the date hereof:

 

 

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

 

 

(Goldman, Sachs & Co.)

 

 

Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement

 



 

SCHEDULE I

 

 

(a)

Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses:

 

 

 

1.

 

None.

 

 

 

 

(b)

Additional Documents Incorporated by Reference

 

 

 

 

 

None.

 



 

SCHEDULE II

 

 

 

Total Number of

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

 

to be Sold

 

The Selling Stockholder(s)(a):

 

 

 

GTCR Fund VIII, L.P.

 

3,696,183

 

GTCR Fund VIII/B, L.P.

 

648,663

 

GTCR Co-Invest II, L.P.

 

19,728

 

Philip Canfield

 

68,288

 

David Donnini

 

35,200

 

Donnini 2004 Gift Trust

 

41,320

 

Edgar Jannotta, Jr

 

36,144

 

Edgar J. Jannotta, Jr. Family Trust dated 10/2/1998

 

22,213

 

Edgar J. Jannotta, Jr. Grantor Trust dated 12/23/2004

 

5,553

 

Joseph Nolan

 

28,832

 

The Beverly Family Trust dated 1/26/2005

 

27,766

 

Bruce Rauner

 

182,605

 

Collin Roche

 

70,705

 

Vincent Hemmer

 

29,141

 

Craig Bondy

 

18,334

 

Constantine Mihas

 

14,384

 

Daniel Timm

 

7,018

 

Christopher Ragona

 

5,784

 

Daniel Yih

 

4,804

 

Peter Stavros

 

4,555

 

David Trujillo

 

4,079

 

George Sperzel

 

3,797

 

David Randell

 

3,698

 

Anna May Trala

 

3,509

 

Mark Anderson

 

2,945

 

Aaron Cohen

 

2,945

 

Sean Cunningham

 

2,945

 

John Hofmann

 

2,945

 

David Katz

 

2,865

 

William Goldberg

 

1,086

 

MLPF & S FBO Daniel W. Yih IRRA C/O Merrill Lynch

 

1,019

 

Perry Ballard

 

947

 

Total

 

5,000,000

 

 


(a)       Each Selling Stockholder is represented by Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 200 E. Randolph Drive, Chicago, IL 60601.

 


 


 

ANNEX I

 

DESCRIPTION OF COMFORT LETTER

 

Pursuant to Section 8(j) of the Underwriting Agreement, the accountants shall furnish letters to the Underwriter to the effect that:

 

(i)      They are independent certified public accountants with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of the Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder;

 

(ii)     In their opinion, the financial statements and any supplementary financial information and schedules (and, if applicable, prospective financial statements and/or pro forma financial information) examined by them and included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the related published rules and regulations thereunder; and, if applicable, they have made a review in accordance with standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants of the consolidated interim financial statements, selected financial data, pro forma financial information, prospective financial statements and/or condensed financial statements derived from audited financial statements of the Company for the periods specified in such letter, as indicated in their reports thereon, copies of which have been separately furnished to the Underwriter;

 

(iii)    They have made a review in accordance with standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants of the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of income, consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows included in the Prospectus and/or included in the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q incorporated by reference into the Prospectus as indicated in their reports thereon copies of which have been separately furnished to the Underwriter; and on the basis of specified procedures including inquiries of officials of the Company who have responsibility for financial and accounting matters regarding whether the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements referred to in paragraph (vi)(A)(i) below comply as to form in the related in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act and the related published rules and regulations, nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe that the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act and the related published rules and regulations;

 

(iv)    The unaudited selected financial information with respect to the consolidated results of operations and financial position of the Company for the five most recent fiscal years included in the Prospectus and included or incorporated by reference in Item 6 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year agrees with the corresponding amounts (after restatement where applicable) in the

 



 

audited consolidated financial statements for such five fiscal years which were included or incorporated by reference in the Company’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K for such fiscal years;

 

(v)     They have compared the information in the Prospectus under selected captions with the disclosure requirements of Regulation S-K and on the basis of limited procedures specified in such letter nothing came to their attention as a result of the foregoing procedures that caused them to believe that this information does not conform in all material respects with the disclosure requirements of Items 301, 302, 402 and 503(d), respectively, of Regulation S-K;

 

(vi)    On the basis of limited procedures, not constituting an examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, consisting of a reading of the unaudited financial statements and other information referred to below, a reading of the latest available interim financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, inspection of the minute books of the Company and its subsidiaries since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, inquiries of officials of the Company and its subsidiaries responsible for financial and accounting matters and such other inquiries and procedures as may be specified in such letter, nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe that:

 

(A)    (i) the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income, consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows included in the Prospectus and/or included or incorporated by reference in the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q incorporated by reference in the Prospectus do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Exchange Act and the related published rules and regulations, or (ii) any material modifications should be made to the unaudited consolidated statements of income, consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows included or incorporated by reference in the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, for them to be in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

(B)     any other unaudited income statement data and balance sheet items included in the Prospectus do not agree with the corresponding items in the unaudited consolidated financial statements from which such data and items were derived, and any such unaudited data and items were not determined on a basis substantially consistent with the basis for the corresponding amounts in the audited consolidated financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year;

 

(C)     the unaudited financial statements which were not included in the Prospectus but from which were derived the unaudited condensed financial statements referred to in clause (A) and any unaudited income statement data and balance sheet items included in the Prospectus and referred to in clause (B) were not determined on a basis substantially consistent with the basis for the audited financial statements

 



 

included or incorporated by reference in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year;

 

(D)    any unaudited pro forma consolidated condensed financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the published rules and regulations thereunder or the pro forma adjustments have not been properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of those statements;

 

(E)     as of a specified date not more than five days prior to the date of such letter, there have been any changes in the consolidated capital stock (other than issuances of capital stock upon exercise of options and stock appreciation rights, upon earn outs of performance shares and upon conversions of convertible securities, in each case which were outstanding on the date of the latest balance sheet included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus) or any increase in the consolidated long term debt of the Company and its subsidiaries, or any decreases in consolidated net current assets or stockholders’ equity or other items specified by the Underwriter, or any increases in any items specified by the Underwriter, in each case as compared with amounts shown in the latest balance sheet included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, except in each case for changes, increases or decreases which the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur or which are described in such letter; and

 

(F)     for the period from the date of the latest financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus to the specified date referred to in clause (E) there were any decreases in consolidated net revenues or operating profit or the total or per share amounts of consolidated net income or other items specified by the Underwriter, or any increases in any items specified by the Underwriter, in each case as compared with the comparable period of the preceding year and with any other period of corresponding length specified by the Underwriter, except in each case for increases or decreases which the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur or which are described in such letter; and

 

(vii)   In addition to the examination referred to in their report(s) included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and the limited procedures, inspection of minute books, inquiries and other procedures referred to in paragraphs (iii) and (vi) above, they have carried out certain specified procedures, not constituting an examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, with respect to certain amounts, percentages and financial information specified by the Underwriter which are derived from the general accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries, which appear in the Prospectus (excluding documents incorporated by reference) or in Part II of, or in exhibits and schedules to, the Registration Statement specified by the Underwriter or in documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus specified by the Underwriter, and have compared certain of such amounts, percentages and financial information with the accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries and have found them to be in agreement.

 



 

ANNEX II(a)

 

LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS SIGNING LOCK UP AGREEMENTS

 

Name of Stockholder

 

Address

GTCR Fund VIII, L.P.

 

c/o GTCR Golder Rauner II, L.L.C.
6100 Sears Tower
Chicago, Illinois 60606

GTCR Fund VIII/B, L.P.

 

c/o GTCR Golder Rauner II, L.L.C.
6100 Sears Tower
Chicago, Illinois 60606

GTCR Co-Invest II, L.P.

 

c/o GTCR Golder Rauner II, L.L.C.
6100 Sears Tower
Chicago, Illinois 60606

David Donnini

 

c/o GTCR Golder Rauner II, L.L.C.
6100 Sears Tower
Chicago, Illinois 60606

Edgar Jannotta, Jr.

 

c/o GTCR Golder Rauner II, L.L.C.
6100 Sears Tower
Chicago, Illinois 60606

Joseph Nolan

 

c/o GTCR Golder Rauner II, L.L.C.
6100 Sears Tower
Chicago, Illinois 60606

Bruce Rauner

 

c/o GTCR Golder Rauner II, L.L.C.
6100 Sears Tower
Chicago, Illinois 60606

Collin Roche

 

c/o GTCR Golder Rauner II, L.L.C.
6100 Sears Tower
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ANNEX II(b)

 

June 4, 2008

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

85 Broad Street

New York, NY  10004

 

Re:  Solera Holdings, Inc. - Lock-Up Agreement

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

The undersigned understands that you propose to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Solera Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), providing for a public offering (the “Offering”) of the Common Stock of the Company (the “Shares”) pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Form S-3”) to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

 

In consideration of your the agreement to offer and sell the Shares, and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned agrees that, during the period specified in the following paragraph (the “Lock-Up Period”), the undersigned will not offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock of the Company, or any options or warrants to purchase any shares of Common Stock of the Company, or any securities convertible into, exchangeable for or that represent the right to receive any shares of Common Stock of the Company, whether now owned or hereinafter acquired, owned directly by the undersigned (including holding as a custodian) or with respect to which the undersigned has beneficial ownership within the rules and regulations of the SEC (collectively the “Undersigned’s Shares”).  The foregoing restriction is expressly agreed to preclude the undersigned 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 Undersigned’s Shares even if such Shares would be disposed of by someone other than the undersigned.  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 Undersigned’s Shares or with respect to any security that includes, relates to, or derives any significant part of its value from such Shares.

 

The Lock-Up Period will commence on the date hereof and continue for 180 days after the public offering date set forth on the final prospectus used to sell the Shares (the “Public Offering Date”) pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the undersigned may transfer the Undersigned’s Shares (i) as a bona fide gift or gifts, provided that the donee or donees thereof agree to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein, (ii) to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned, provided that the trustee of the trust agrees to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein, and provided further that any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value, or (iii) to any subsidiary, stockholder, partner, member or affiliate, provided the recipient thereof agrees to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein, and provided further that any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value, (iv) to Goldman, Sachs & Co. pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, or (v) with the prior written consent of Goldman, Sachs & Co.  For purposes of this Lock-Up Agreement, “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin.  In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, if the undersigned is a corporation, the corporation may transfer the capital stock of the Company to any wholly-owned subsidiary of such corporation; provided, however, that in any such case, it shall be a condition to the transfer that the transferee execute an agreement stating that the transferee is receiving and holding such capital stock subject to the provisions of this Agreement and there shall be no further transfer of such capital stock except in accordance with this Agreement, and provided further that any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for

 



 

value.  This Lock-Up Agreement shall not apply to any Shares acquired by the undersigned in the public market after the date of the final prospectus for the Offering. The undersigned now has, and, except as contemplated by clauses (i) through (v) above, for the duration of this Lock-Up Agreement will have, good and marketable title to the Undersigned’s Shares, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, and claims whatsoever.  The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the Undersigned’s Shares except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.

 

The undersigned understands that the Company and Goldman, Sachs & Co. are relying upon this Lock-Up Agreement in proceeding toward consummation of the Offering.  The undersigned further understands that this Lock-Up Agreement is irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigned’s heirs, legal representatives, successors, and assigns.  This Lock-Up Agreement shall automatically terminate upon the earliest of: (i) the date of the filing with the SEC of a notice of withdrawal of the Form S-3 pursuant to Rule 477 promulgated under the Securities Act, (ii) on the fifteenth business day following the execution of the Underwriting Agreement if the Offering has not been completed or (iii) on the date the Underwriting Agreement has otherwise been terminated in accordance with its terms by Goldman, Sachs & Co.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

 

 

Exact Name of Shareholder

 

 

 

 

 

Authorized Signature

 

 

 

 

 

Title

 



 

ANNEX II(C)

 

June 4, 2008

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

85 Broad Street

New York, NY  10004

 

Re:  Solera Holdings, Inc. - Lock-Up Agreement

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

The undersigned understands that you propose to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Solera Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), providing for a public offering (the “Offering”) of the Common Stock of the Company (the “Shares”) pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Form S-3”) to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

 

In consideration of your the agreement to offer and sell the Shares, and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned agrees that, during the period specified in the following paragraph (the “Lock-Up Period”), the undersigned will not offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock of the Company, or any options or warrants to purchase any shares of Common Stock of the Company, or any securities convertible into, exchangeable for or that represent the right to receive any shares of Common Stock of the Company, whether now owned or hereinafter acquired, owned directly by the undersigned (including holding as a custodian) or with respect to which the undersigned has beneficial ownership within the rules and regulations of the SEC (collectively the “Undersigned’s Shares”).  The foregoing restriction is expressly agreed to preclude the undersigned 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 Undersigned’s Shares even if such Shares would be disposed of by someone other than the undersigned.  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 Undersigned’s Shares or with respect to any security that includes, relates to, or derives any significant part of its value from such Shares.

 

The Lock-Up Period will commence on the date hereof and continue for 90 days after the public offering date set forth on the final prospectus used to sell the Shares (the “Public Offering Date”) pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the undersigned may transfer the Undersigned’s Shares (i) as a bona fide gift or gifts, provided that the donee or donees thereof agree to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein, (ii) to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned, provided that the trustee of the trust agrees to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein, and provided further that any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value, or (iii) to any subsidiary, stockholder, partner, member or affiliate, provided the recipient thereof agrees to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein, and provided further that any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value, (iv) to Goldman, Sachs & Co. pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, (v) pursuant to a written trading plan entered into prior to the date hereof and designed to comply with Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or (vi) with the prior written consent of Goldman, Sachs & Co.  For purposes of this Lock-Up Agreement, “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin.  In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, if the undersigned is a corporation, the corporation may transfer the capital stock of the Company to any wholly-owned subsidiary of such corporation; provided, however, that in any such case, it shall be a condition to the transfer that the transferee execute an agreement stating that the transferee is receiving and holding such capital stock subject to the provisions of this Agreement and there shall be

 



 

no further transfer of such capital stock except in accordance with this Agreement, and provided further that any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value.  This Lock-Up Agreement shall not apply to any Shares acquired by the undersigned in the public market after the date of the final prospectus for the Offering. The undersigned now has, and, except as contemplated by clauses (i) through (vi) above, for the duration of this Lock-Up Agreement will have, good and marketable title to the Undersigned’s Shares, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, and claims whatsoever.  The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the Undersigned’s Shares except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.

 

The undersigned understands that the Company and Goldman, Sachs & Co. are relying upon this Lock-Up Agreement in proceeding toward consummation of the Offering.  The undersigned further understands that this Lock-Up Agreement is irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigned’s heirs, legal representatives, successors, and assigns.  This Lock-Up Agreement shall automatically terminate upon the earliest of: (i) the date of the filing with the SEC of a notice of withdrawal of the Form S-3 pursuant to Rule 477 promulgated under the Securities Act, (ii) on the fifteenth business day following the execution of the Underwriting Agreement if the Offering has not been completed or (iii) on the date the Underwriting Agreement has otherwise been terminated in accordance with its terms by Goldman, Sachs & Co.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

 

 

Exact Name of Shareholder

 

 

 

 

 

Authorized Signature

 

 

 

 

 

Title