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400,000,000 REGAL CINEMAS CORPORATION 8.625% Senior Notes Due 2019

Note Purchase Agreement

400,000,000 REGAL CINEMAS CORPORATION 8.625% Senior Notes Due 2019 | Document Parties: REGAL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP | CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC | Introductory Regal Cinemas Corporation | US Bank National Association You are currently viewing:
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Title: 400,000,000 REGAL CINEMAS CORPORATION 8.625% Senior Notes Due 2019
Governing Law: New York     Date: 7/15/2009
Industry: Motion Pictures     Law Firm: Skadden Arps;Hogan Hartson;Bass Berry     Sector: Services

400,000,000 REGAL CINEMAS CORPORATION 8.625% Senior Notes Due 2019, Parties: regal entertainment group , credit suisse securities (usa) llc , introductory regal cinemas corporation , us bank national association
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Exhibit 10.1

 

Execution Version

 

$400,000,000

REGAL CINEMAS CORPORATION

8.625% Senior Notes Due 2019


PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

July 9, 2009

 

CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC (“ Credit Suisse ”),

As Representative of the Several Purchasers,

c/o Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC,

Eleven Madison Avenue,

New York, N.Y. 10010-3629

 

Dear Sirs:

 

1.                           Introductory . Regal Cinemas Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), agrees with the several initial purchasers named in Schedule A hereto (the “ Purchasers ”), for whom Credit Suisse is acting as representative, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to the several Purchasers $400,000,000 principal amount of its 8.625% Senior Notes due 2019 (“ Offered Securities ”), to be issued under an indenture dated as of July 15, 2009 (the “ Indenture ”), among the Company, the guarantors named therein (the “ Guarantors ” and each a “ Guarantor ”) and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee on a private placement basis pursuant to an exemption under Section 4(2) of the United States Securities Act of 1933 (the “ Securities Act ”).  The Offered Securities will be fully and unconditionally, jointly and severally, guaranteed by each of the Guarantors (such guarantees, the “ Guarantees ”).

 

Holders (including subsequent transferees) of the Offered Securities will have the registration rights set forth in the registration rights agreement, to be dated the Closing Date, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Purchasers  (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”).  Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors will agree to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) under the circumstances set forth therein, (i) a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “ Securities Ac t” and, such registration statement, the “ Exchange Offer Registration Statement ”) relating to the Company’s 8.625% Senior Notes due 2019, Series B, and the Guarantees endorsed thereon, to be issued under the Indenture and identical in all material respects to the Offered Securities and the Guarantees endorsed thereon but registered under the Securities Act (the “ Exchange Securities ” and, together with the Offered Securities and the Guarantees, the “ Securities ”), and to be offered in exchange for the Offered Securities and the

 



 

Guarantees endorsed thereon (such offer to exchange being referred to as the “ Exchange Offer ”), and (ii) a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (the “ Shelf Registration Statement ” and the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, each a “ Registration Statement ”).

 

Each of the Company and each of the Guarantors hereby agrees with the several Purchasers as follows:

 

2.                           Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Guarantors .  The Company and each of the Guarantors represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the several Purchasers that:

 

(a)                                   Offering Circulars; Certain Defined Terms .  The Company has prepared or will prepare a Preliminary Offering Circular and a Final Offering Circular.

 

For purposes of this Agreement:

 

Applicable Time ” means 5:20 p.m. (New York time) on the date of this Agreement.

 

Closing Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3 hereof.

 

Exchange Act ” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Final Offering Circular ” means the final offering circular relating to the Offered Securities that discloses the offering price and other final terms of the Offered Securities and is dated as of the date of this Agreement (even if finalized and issued subsequent to the date of this Agreement).

 

Free Writing Communication ” means a written communication (as such term is defined in Rule 405) that constitutes an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the Offered Securities and is made by means other than the Preliminary Offering Circular or the Final Offering Circular.

 

General Disclosure Package ” means the Preliminary Offering Circular together with any Issuer Free Writing Communication existing at the Applicable Time and the information in which is intended for general distribution to prospective investors, as evidenced by its being specified in Schedule B hereto.

 

Issuer Free Writing Communication ” means a Free Writing Communication prepared by or on behalf of the Company, used or referred to by the Company or containing a description of the final terms of the Offered Securities or of their offering, in the form retained in the Company’s records.

 

Preliminary Offering Circular ” means the preliminary offering circular, dated July 9, 2009, relating to the Offered Securities to be offered by the Purchasers.

 

Rules and Regulations ” means the rules and regulations of the Commission.

 

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Securities Laws ” means, collectively, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“ Sarbanes-Oxley ”), the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Rules and Regulations, the auditing principles, rules, standards and practices applicable to auditors of “issuers” (as defined in Sarbanes-Oxley) promulgated or approved by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and the rules of the New York Stock Exchange (“ Exchange Rules ”).

 

subsidiary ” with respect to any person means (1) a corporation a majority of whose capital stock with voting power, under ordinary circumstances, to elect directors is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by such person, by such person and one or more subsidiaries of such person or by one or more subsidiaries of such person, and (2) any other person (other than a corporation) in which such person, one or more subsidiaries of such person, or such person and one or more subsidiaries of such person, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination thereof has a majority ownership interest, or (3) a partnership in which such person or a subsidiary of such person is, at the time, a general partner and in which such person, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination thereof has a majority ownership interest.

 

Supplemental Marketing Material ” means any Issuer Free Writing Communication other than any Issuer Free Writing Communication specified in Schedule B hereto.  Supplemental Marketing Materials include, but are not limited to, the electronic Bloomberg roadshow slides and the accompanying audio recording and any Issuer Free Writing Communication listed on Schedule C hereto.

 

Unless otherwise specified, a reference to a “rule” is to the indicated rule under the Securities Act.

 

(b)                                  Disclosure .  As of the date of this Agreement, the Final Offering Circular does not, and as of the Closing Date, the Final Offering Circular will 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 light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  At the Applicable Time, neither (i) the General Disclosure Package, nor (ii) any individual Supplemental Marketing Material, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, or will omit, to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  The preceding two sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from the Preliminary or Final Offering Circular, the General Disclosure Package or any Supplemental Marketing Material based upon written information furnished to the Company or the Guarantors by any Purchaser through Credit Suisse specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information is that described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.  Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, on the date of this Agreement, the Annual Report on Form 10-K (as amended by Form 10-K/A) of Regal Entertainment Group (the “ Parent Guarantor ”) most recently filed with the Commission and all subsequent reports (collectively, the “ Exchange Act Reports ”) which have been filed by the Parent Guarantor with the Commission or sent to stockholders pursuant to the Exchange Act do not include any untrue statement of a

 

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material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  Such documents, when they were filed with the Commission, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations.

 

(c)                                   Offered Securities .  The Offered Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and, when delivered and paid for pursuant to this Agreement and the Indenture on the Closing Date, will have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture and enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles, and will conform to the information in the General Disclosure Package and to the description of such Offered Securities contained in the General Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Circular and the Indenture.

 

(d)                                  Exchange Securities .  The Exchange Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and, when issued in the Exchange Offer, will have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Exchange Offer and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture and enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles, and will conform to the information in the General Disclosure Package and to the description of such Exchange Securities contained in the General Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Circular and the Indenture.

 

(e)                                   Guarantee .  The Guarantee to be endorsed on the Offered Securities by each Guarantor has been duly authorized by such Guarantor, and, when the Offered Securities are delivered and paid for pursuant to this Agreement and the Indenture on the Closing Date, the Guarantee of each Guarantor endorsed thereon will have been duly executed, issued and delivered by each such Guarantor and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of such Guarantor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles, and will conform to the description thereof contained in the General Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Circular and the Indenture.  The Guarantee to be endorsed on the Exchange Securities by each Guarantor has been duly authorized by such Guarantor, and, when issued in the Exchange Offer, will have been duly executed and delivered by each such Guarantor and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of such Guarantor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles, and will conform to the description thereof contained in the General Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Circular and the Indenture.

 

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(f)                                     Good Standing of the Company and the Guarantors .  Each of the Company and each of the Guarantors has been duly incorporated or organized and is an existing corporation or other business organization, as the case may be, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package; and each of the Company and each of the Guarantors is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation or other business organization, as the case may be, in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to so qualify would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or other), business, properties or results of operations of the Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries taken as a whole, or materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company or the Guarantors to issue the Securities or perform their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder, under the Indenture or under the Registration Rights Agreement, or otherwise affect the validity of the Securities or otherwise be material in the context of the Securities (“ Material Adverse Effect ”).

 

(g)                                  Subsidiaries .  Each subsidiary of the Company and each subsidiary of the Guarantors has been duly incorporated or organized and is an existing corporation or other business organization, as the case may be, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package, except where failure to be so incorporated or organized and in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and each subsidiary of the Company and each subsidiary of the Guarantors is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation or other business organization, as the case may be, in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where failure to so qualify would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other ownership interests of each subsidiary of the Company and each subsidiary of the Guarantors has been duly authorized and, in the case of each subsidiary that is a corporation, validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable; and, except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, the capital stock or other ownership interests of each subsidiary owned by the Company or a Guarantor, directly or through subsidiaries, is owned free from liens, encumbrances and defects.

 

(h)                                  Indenture .  The Indenture has been duly authorized by each of the Company and each of the Guarantors and, when the Offered Securities and the Guarantees are delivered and paid for pursuant to this Agreement on the Closing Date, the Indenture will have been duly executed and delivered, and the Indenture will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of each of the Company and each of the Guarantors, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles, and will conform to the description of the Indenture contained in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Circular.

 

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(i)                                      Registration Rights Agreement .  The Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized by each of the Company and each of the Guarantors and, on the Closing Date, will have been duly executed and delivered by each of the Company and each of the Guarantors and will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of each of the Company and each of the Guarantors, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles, and will conform to the description of the Registration Rights Agreement contained in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Circular.

 

(j)                                      No Finder’s Fee .  Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company, the Guarantors and any person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company, the Guarantors or any Purchaser for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or other like payment in connection with the transactions related to the Securities.

 

(k)                                   Absence of Further Requirements .  No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing or registration with, any governmental agency or body or any court is required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Indenture or the Registration Rights Agreement in connection with the offering, issuance and sale of the Securities by the Company and the Guarantors, except for the order of the Commission declaring effective the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or, if required, the Shelf Registration Statement.

 

(l)                                      Absence of Defaults and Conflicts Resulting from Transaction .  The execution, delivery and performance of the Indenture, this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, and the issuance and sale of the Securities and compliance with the terms and provisions hereof and thereof will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, (A) any statute, any rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries or any of their properties, (B) any agreement or instrument to which the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the properties of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries is subject, or (C) the charter or by-laws or similar governing documents of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries, except in the case of a breach, violation, or default described in clause (A) or (B) above that would not, individually or in the aggregate, be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and each of the Company and each of the Guarantors has full power and authority to authorize, issue and sell the Offered Securities and the Guarantees endorsed thereon as contemplated by this Agreement and the Exchange Securities and the Guarantees endorsed thereon as contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

(m)                                Authorization of Agreement .  This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Company and each of the Guarantors.

 

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(n)                                  Title to Property .  Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, the Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real properties and all other properties and assets owned by them, in each case free from liens, encumbrances and defects that would materially affect the value thereof or materially interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them and that, individually or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, the Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries hold all leased real or personal property under valid and enforceable leases with no exceptions that would materially interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them and that, individually or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(o)                                  Possession of Licenses and Permits .  The Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries possess adequate certificates, authorizations or permits issued by appropriate governmental agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by them and have not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authority or permit that, if determined adversely to the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries, would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(p)                                  Absence of Existing Defaults and Conflicts.  None of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries is (A) in violation of its charter or bylaws or other similar governing documents or (B) in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, 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 a default described in clause (B) above that, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(q)                                  Registration Rights .  Except for the Registration Rights Agreement to be entered into on the Closing Date, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company or any Guarantor and any person granting such person the right (i) to require the Company or any of the Guarantors to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to any securities of the Company or any of the Guarantors or (ii) to require the Company or any of the Guarantors to include such securities with the Securities registered pursuant to any Registration Statement.

 

(r)                                     Absence of Labor Disputes .  No labor dispute with the employees of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Guarantors, is imminent that would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(s)                                   Possession of Intellectual Property .  The Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries own, possess or can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate trademarks, trade names and other rights to inventions, know-how, patents, copyrights, confidential information and other intellectual property (collectively, “ intellectual property rights ”) necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, or presently

 

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employed by them, and have not received any notice of infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any intellectual property rights that, if determined adversely to the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries, would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(t)                                     Environmental Laws .  Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, none of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries is in violation of any statute, any rule, regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, relating to the use, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or relating to the protection or restoration of the environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances (collectively, “ environmental laws ”), owns or operates any real property contaminated with any substance that is subject to any environmental laws, is liable for any off-site disposal or contamination pursuant to any environmental laws, or is subject to any claim relating to any environmental laws, which violation, contamination, liability or claim would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and none of the Company or the Guarantors is aware of any pending investigation which might lead to such a claim.

 

(u)                                  Litigation .  Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, there are no pending actions, suits or proceedings against or affecting the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries or any of their respective properties that, if determined adversely to the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries, would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and to the Company’s and the Guarantors’ knowledge, no such actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or contemplated.

 

(v)                                  Financial Statements .  The financial statements of the Parent Guarantor, together with the related schedules and notes, included in the General Disclosure Package present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the parent Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries, and the financial statements of National CineMedia, LLC (“ National CineMedi a”), together with the related schedules and notes, included in the General Disclosure Package present fairly in all material respects the financial position of National CineMedia and its consolidated subsidiaries, in each case, as of the dates shown and their results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown, and such financial statements and related schedules and notes have been prepared in conformity with the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“ GAAP ”) applied on a consistent basis and the other financial and statistical information and data set forth in the General Disclosure Package are, in all material respects, accurately presented and, with respect to such financial information, prepared on a basis consistent with the financial statements of  the Parent Guarantor and National CineMedia, respectively, and the books and records of the Parent Guarantor and National CineMedia, respectively.

 

(w)                                No Material Adverse Change in Business .  Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, since January 1, 2009, there has been no material adverse change, nor any development or event involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition (financial or other), business, properties or results of operations of the

 

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Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries taken as a whole, and, except as disclosed in or contemplated by the General Disclosure Package, there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company or any of the Guarantors on any class of its capital stock.

 

(x)                                    Reporting Status .  The Parent Guarantor is subject to the reporting requirements of either Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and files reports with the Commission on the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (“ EDGAR ”) system.

 

(y)                                  Investment Company Act .  None of the Company or the Guarantors is an open-end investment company, unit investment trust or face-amount certificate company that is or is required to be registered under Section 8 of the United States Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “ Investment Company Act ”); and none of the Company or the Guarantors is and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Offered Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the General Disclosure Package, none will be an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act.

 

(z)                                    Class of Securities Not Listed .  No securities of the same class (within the meaning of Rule 144A(d)(3) under the Securities Act) as the Offered Securities or the Guarantees are listed on any national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act or quoted in a U.S. automated inter-dealer quotation system.

 

(aa)                             No Registration .  The offer and sale of the Offered Securities and the Guarantees and the initial resales by the Purchasers, in each case, in the manner contemplated by this Agreement and the General Disclosure Package will be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and no registration of the Offered Securities or the Guarantees is required under the Securities Act for sale of the Offered Securities or the Guarantees to the Purchasers as contemplated hereby or for the initial resales in the manner contemplated by this Agreement and the General Disclosure Package (assuming (i) the representations of the Purchasers contained in this Agreement are true, correct and complete and (ii) compliance by the Purchasers with its covenants set forth in this Agreement), and it is not necessary to qualify an indenture in respect of the Offered Securities or the Guarantees under the United States Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “ Trust Indenture Act ”) for sale of the Offered Securities and the Guarantees to the Purchasers and the initial resales by the Purchasers, in each case, in the manner contemplated by this Agreement and the General Disclosure Package.

 

(bb)                           Qualification of Indenture .  The Indenture conforms in all material respects to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission applicable to an indenture that is qualified thereunder.

 

(cc)                             Regulations T, U, X .  None of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries nor any agent thereof acting on the behalf of it has taken, and none of them will take, any action that might cause this Agreement or the issuance or sale of

 

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the Offered Securities or the Guarantees to violate Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

 

(dd)                           Ratings .  No “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act (i) has imposed (or has informed the Company or any of the Guarantors that it is considering imposing) any condition (financial or otherwise) on the Company’s or any of the Guarantor’s retaining any rating assigned to the Company or any of the Guarantors or any securities of the Company or any of the Guarantors or (ii) has indicated to the Company or any of the Guarantors that it is considering any of the actions described in Section 7(b)(ii) hereof.

 

(ee)                             No General Solicitation .  No form of general solicitation or general advertising (as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act) was used by the Company or the Guarantors, or any of their respective representatives (other than the Purchasers, as to whom the Company and the Guarantors make no representation) in connection with the offer and sale of the Offered Securities or the Guarantees contemplated hereby, including, but not limited to, articles, notices or other communications published in any newspaper, magazine, or similar medium or broadcast over television or radio, or any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by any general solicitation or general advertising.  No securities of the same class as the Offered Securities or the Guarantees have been offered, issued or sold by the Company within the six-month period immediately prior to the date hereof.

 

(ff)                                 Regulation S Restrictions .  Neither the Company, nor any Guarantor, nor any of their respective affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf has offered or will offer or sell the Offered Securities or the Guarantees with respect to any such securities sold in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S (“ Regulation S ”) under the Securities Act, by means of any directed selling efforts within the meaning of Rule 902(c) of Regulation S.  The Company, the Guarantors, their respective affiliates and any person acting on its or their behalf have complied and will comply with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor has entered into and neither the Company nor any Guarantor will enter into any contractual arrangement with respect to the distribution of the Offered Securities or the Guarantees except for this Agreement.

 

(gg)                           Tax .  All material Tax returns required to be filed by the Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries have been filed and all such returns are true, complete and correct in all material respect.  All material Taxes that are due or claimed to be due from the Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries have been paid other than those (A) currently payable without penalty or interest or (B) being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and for which, in the case of both clauses (A) and (B), adequate reserves have been established on the books and records of the Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.  There are no material Tax assessments proposed in writing against the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries.  To the Company’s and the Guarantors’ knowledge, the accruals and reserves on the books and records of the Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries in respect of any material Tax

 

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liability for any taxable period not finally determined are adequate to meet any assessments of Tax for any such period.  For purposes of this Agreement, the term “ Tax ” and “ Taxes ” shall mean all federal, state, local and foreign taxes, and other assessments of a similar nature (whether imposed directly or through withholding), including any interest, additions to tax, or penalties applicable thereto.

 

(hh)                           Internal Controls and Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act .  KPMG LLP are independent public auditors as required by the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations thereof.  Except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package, the Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries and the Parent Guarantor’s Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) are in compliance, in all material respects, with Sarbanes-Oxley and all applicable Exchange Rules.  The Parent Guarantor maintains a system of internal controls, including, but not limited to, disclosure controls and procedures, internal controls over accounting matters and financial reporting, an internal audit function and legal and regulatory compliance controls (collectively, “ Internal Controls ”) that comply in all material respects with the Securities Laws and are sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences and (v) the Parent Guarantor has adopted and applies corporate governance guidelines.  The Internal Controls are, or upon consummation of the offering of the Offered Securities will be, overseen by the Audit Committee (the “ Audit Committee ”) of the Board in accordance with Exchange Rules.  The Parent Guarantor has not publicly disclosed or reported to the Audit Committee or the Board, and within the next 90 days the Parent Guarantor does not reasonably expect to publicly disclose or report to the Audit Committee or the Board, a significant deficiency, material weakness, change in Internal Controls or fraud involving management or other employees who have a significant role in Internal Controls (each, an “ Internal Control Event ”), any violation of, or failure to comply with, the Securities Laws, or any matter which, if determined adversely, would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(ii)                                   Insurance .  The Company, the Guarantors and each of their respective subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged; none of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries (A) has received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that substantial capital improvements or other material expenditures will have to be made in order to continue such insurance or (B) has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers at a cost that would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(jj)                                   Material Changes .  Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the General Disclosure Package, (A) the Company, the

 

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Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries have not incurred any material liability or obligation, direct or contingent, nor entered into any material transaction not in the ordinary course of business; (B) the Company and the Guarantors have not purchased any of its outstanding capital stock, nor declared, paid or otherwise made any dividend or distribution of any kind on its capital stock; and (C)&nbs


 
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