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
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