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EXHIBIT 1.1 Purchase Agreement

Note Purchase Agreement

EXHIBIT 1.1
Purchase Agreement | Document Parties: Pecos Pharmaceutical, Inc | Citigroup Global Markets Inc | Banc of America Securities LLC | Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated | Prestige Brands, Inc | Medtech Acquisition, Inc | U.S. Bank National Association | Prestige Products Holdings, Inc | Medtech Acquisition Holdings, Inc | Prestige Brands International, LLC  | New Intermediate LLC | Prestige Acquisition Holdings, LLC  | Prestige MergerSub, Inc | Bonita Bay Holdings, Inc You are currently viewing:
This Note Purchase Agreement involves

Pecos Pharmaceutical, Inc | Citigroup Global Markets Inc | Banc of America Securities LLC | Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated | Prestige Brands, Inc | Medtech Acquisition, Inc | U.S. Bank National Association | Prestige Products Holdings, Inc | Medtech Acquisition Holdings, Inc | Prestige Brands International, LLC | New Intermediate LLC | Prestige Acquisition Holdings, LLC | Prestige MergerSub, Inc | Bonita Bay Holdings, Inc

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Title: EXHIBIT 1.1 Purchase Agreement
Governing Law: New York     Date: 7/6/2004

EXHIBIT 1.1
Purchase Agreement, Parties: pecos pharmaceutical  inc , citigroup global markets inc , banc of america securities llc , merrill lynch  pierce  fenner & smith incorporated , prestige brands  inc , medtech acquisition  inc , u.s. bank national association , prestige products holdings  inc , medtech acquisition holdings  inc , prestige brands international  llc  , new intermediate llc , prestige acquisition holdings  llc  , prestige mergersub  inc , bonita bay holdings  inc
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                                                                     Exhibit 1.1

 

                              PRESTIGE BRANDS, INC.

 

                                  $210,000,000

                    9-1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012

 

                                Purchase Agreement

 

                                                                  March 30, 2004

 

 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Banc of America Securities LLC

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &

        Smith Incorporated

As Representatives of the Initial Purchasers

 

c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

388 Greenwich Street

New York, New York   10013

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

     Prestige Brands, Inc. (formerly known as Medtech Acquisition, Inc.), a

corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "COMPANY"),

proposes to issue and sell to the several parties named in Schedule I hereto

(the "INITIAL PURCHASERS"), for whom you (the "REPRESENTATIVES") are acting as

representatives, $210,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 9-1/4% Senior

Subordinated Notes due 2012 (the "NOTES," and together with the Guarantees (as

defined below), the "SECURITIES"). The Securities are to be issued under an

indenture (the "INDENTURE"), to be dated as of the Closing Date (as defined

below), among the Company, the Guarantors (as defined below) and U.S. Bank

National Association, as trustee (the "TRUSTEE"). The Securities will have the

benefit of a registration rights agreement (the "REGISTRATION RIGHTS

AGREEMENT"), to be dated as of the Closing Date, among the Company, the

Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers, pursuant to which the Company and the

Guarantors will agree to register a new series of notes (the "EXCHANGE NOTES")

and related guarantees (the "EXCHANGE GUARANTEES," and, together with the

Exchange Notes, the "EXCHANGE SECURITIES") under the Act subject to the terms

and conditions therein specified. The Notes will be unconditionally guaranteed

(the "GUARANTEES") by Prestige Products Holdings, Inc. (formerly known as

Medtech Acquisition Holdings, Inc.), the Company's direct parent company

("HOLDINGS"), Prestige Brands International, LLC (formerly known as New

Intermediate LLC), Holdings' direct parent company ("PARENT"), by each of the

entities set forth on Schedule II-A hereto (the "PRESTIGE GUARANTORS") and each

of the entities set forth on Schedule II-B hereto (the "MEDTECH GUARANTORS," and

together with the Parent, Holdings and the Prestige Guarantors, the

"GUARANTORS"). To the extent there are no additional parties listed on Schedule

I other than you, the term Representatives as used herein shall mean you as the

Initial Purchasers, and the terms Representatives and Initial Purchasers shall

mean either the singular or plural as the context

 

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requires. The use of the neuter in this Agreement shall include the feminine and

masculine wherever appropriate. Certain terms used herein are defined in Section

18 hereof.

 

     Prestige Acquisition Holdings, LLC ("ACQUISITION COMPANY"), a Delaware

limited liability company formed by the Company's equity sponsor, GTCR Golder

Rauner ("GTCR"), Prestige MergerSub, Inc., Bonita Bay Holdings, Inc., a Virginia

corporation ("BONITA BAY"), and the Shareholders' Representative signatory

thereto, have entered into an agreement (the "ACQUISITION AGREEMENT"), dated as

of February 10, 2004, pursuant to which Acquisition Company will acquire 100% of

the outstanding capital stock of Prestige Brands International, Inc. (the

"ACQUISITION"). In connection with the Acquisition and the offering of the

Securities, the Company and the Guarantors will enter into new senior secured

credit facilities in the amount of up to $515.0 million pursuant to a credit

agreement among the Company, the Guarantors, Citicorp North America, Inc., as

administrative agent and collateral agent, Bank of America, N.A., as syndication

agent, and Merrill Lynch Capital, a division of Merrill Lynch Business Services,

Inc., as documentation agent (the "SENIOR CREDIT FACILITIES"). As described in

the Final Memorandum (as defined below), the net proceeds from the offering of

the Securities and borrowings under the Senior Credit Facilities will be used to

fund the Acquisition, to repay outstanding indebtedness and to pay transaction

fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith. The time of the consummation

of the Acquisition shall be on the Closing Date (as defined in Section 3). The

closing of the Acquisition and the entering into of the Senior Credit Facilities

are each a condition to the closing of this offering. All references herein to

the Company and the Guarantors and the other subsidiaries of the Parent and the

Company include such entities as they will be constituted immediately following

the consummation of the Acquisition.

 

     Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, all representations,

warranties, covenants and agreements herein of the Prestige Guarantors shall not

be effective prior to the Closing Date and the parties hereto agree and

acknowledge that the Prestige Guarantors shall execute and deliver this

Agreement on (but not before) the Closing Date.

 

     The sale of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers will be made without

registration of the Securities under the Act in reliance upon exemptions from

the registration requirements of the Act.

 

     In connection with the sale of the Securities, the Company has prepared a

preliminary offering memorandum, dated March 19, 2004 (as amended or

supplemented at the date thereof, the "PRELIMINARY MEMORANDUM"), and a final

offering memorandum, dated March 30, 2004 (as amended or supplemented at the

Execution Time, the "FINAL MEMORANDUM"). Each of the Preliminary Memorandum and

the Final Memorandum sets forth certain information concerning the Company and

the Securities. The Company hereby confirms that it has authorized the use of

the Preliminary Memorandum and the Final Memorandum, and any amendment or

supplement thereto, in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities by

the Initial Purchasers.

 

          1. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The Company and the Guarantors,

jointly and severally, represent and warrant to each Initial Purchaser as set

forth below in this Section 1.

 

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          (a) The Preliminary Memorandum, at the date thereof, did not contain

any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact

necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances

under which they were made, not misleading. At the Execution Time and on the

Closing Date, the Final Memorandum did not and will not (and any amendment or

supplement thereto, at the date thereof and at the Closing Date will not)

contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material

fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances

under which they were made, not misleading; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company

and the Guarantors make no representation or warranty as to the information

contained in or omitted from the Preliminary Memorandum or the Final Memorandum,

or any amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance upon and in conformity with

information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of the Initial

Purchasers through the Representatives specifically for inclusion therein.

 

          (b) None of the Company, the Guarantors, any of its or their

Affiliates, or any person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or

indirectly, made offers or sales of any security, or solicited offers to buy,

any security under circumstances that would require the registration of the

Securities under the Act.

 

          (c) None of the Company, the Guarantors, any of its or their

Affiliates, or any person acting on its or their behalf has: (i) engaged in any

form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of

Regulation D) in connection with any offer or sale of the Securities or (ii)

engaged in any directed selling efforts (within the meaning of Regulation S)

with respect to the Securities; and each of the Company, its Affiliates and each

person acting on its or their behalf has complied with the offering restrictions

requirement of Regulation S.

 

          (d) The Securities satisfy the eligibility requirements of Rule

144A(d)(3) under the Act.

 

          (e) No registration under the Act of the Securities is required for

the offer and sale of the Securities to or by the Initial Purchasers in the

manner contemplated herein and in the Final Memorandum.

 

          (f) Neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors is, and after giving

effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the

proceeds thereof as described in the Final Memorandum will be, an "investment

company" as defined in the Investment Company Act, without taking account of any

exemption arising out of the number of holders of the Company's securities.

 

          (g) Neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors has paid or agreed

to pay to any person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any

securities of the Company (except as contemplated in this Agreement).

 

          (h) Neither the Company nor any Guarantor has taken, directly or

indirectly, any action designed to or that has constituted or that might

reasonably be expected to cause or result, under the Exchange Act or otherwise,

in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to

facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

 

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          (i) Each of the Company, the Guarantors and each of their subsidiaries

(1) has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation, limited

liability company or partnership in good standing under the laws of the

jurisdiction in which it is chartered or organized with full corporate, limited

liability company or partnership power and authority to own or lease, as the

case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described

in the Final Memorandum, and (2) is duly qualified to do business as a foreign

corporation, limited liability company or partnership and is in good standing

under the laws of each jurisdiction that requires such qualification, except

where the failure to be so qualified (i) would not reasonably be expected to

have a material adverse effect on the performance of this Agreement, the

Indenture or the Registration Rights Agreement, or the consummation of any of

the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or (ii) would not reasonably be

expected to have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or

otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Parent and its

subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the

ordinary course of business (a "MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT").

 

          (j) Schedule III-A hereto sets forth all of the Company's direct and

indirect parent companies and each of the Parent's direct and indirect domestic

subsidiaries as of the date hereof. Schedule III-B hereto sets forth all of the

Company's direct and indirect parent companies and each of the Parent's direct

and indirect domestic subsidiaries as of the Closing Date.

 

          (k) The authorized equity capitalization of Prestige International

Holdings, LLC, the direct parent company of the Parent, after the effectiveness

of the Acquisition is as set forth in the Final Memorandum.

 

          (l) All the outstanding shares of capital stock or limited liability

company interests of each of the Company, the Guarantors and each of their

respective subsidiaries have been duly authorized and validly issued and are

fully paid and nonassessable, and, except as otherwise set forth in the Final

Memorandum, all outstanding shares of capital stock or limited liability company

interests of the subsidiaries are owned by the Parent either directly or through

wholly owned subsidiaries free and clear of any security interest, claim, lien

or encumbrance.

 

          (m) The statements in the Final Memorandum under the headings "Risk

Factors--Regulatory matters governing our industry could have a significant

negative effect on our business," "Business--Regulatory",

"Business--Intellectual Property", "Business--Legal Proceedings," "Certain

Relationships and Related Transactions," "Description of Notes," "Exchange

Offer; Registration Rights" and "Certain Federal Income Tax Consequences" fairly

summarize in all material respects the matters therein described.

 

          (n) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by

the Company, the Parent, Holdings and each of the Medtech Guarantors. On the

Closing Date, this Agreement will have been duly authorized, executed and

delivered by each of the Prestige Guarantors.

 

          (o) The Indenture has been duly and validly authorized by the Company,

the Parent, Holdings and each of the Medtech Guarantors and, on the Closing Date

will have been duly and validly authorized by each of the Prestige Guarantors,

and assuming due authorization,

 

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execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee, when executed and delivered by

the Company and each of the Guarantors, will constitute a legal, valid, binding

instrument enforceable against the Company and each of the Guarantors in

accordance with its terms (subject, as to the enforcement of remedies, to

applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other laws

affecting creditors' rights generally from time to time in effect and to general

principles of equity). On the Closing Date, the Indenture will conform in all

material respects to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as

amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission applicable to an

indenture qualified thereunder.

 

          (p) The Securities have been duly and validly authorized by the

Company, the Parent, Holdings and each of the Medtech Guarantors, and, on the

Closing Date will have been duly and validly authorized by each of the Prestige

Guarantors, and, when executed and authenticated in accordance with the

provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Initial

Purchasers, will have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and each

of the Guarantors and will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations

of the Company and each of the Guarantors entitled to the benefits of the

Indenture (subject, as to the enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy,

reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors' rights

generally from time to time in effect and to general principles of equity).

 

          (q) The Registration Rights Agreement has been duly and validly

authorized by the Company, the Parent, Holdings and each of the Medtech

Guarantors and, on the Closing Date will have been duly and validly authorized

by each of the Prestige Guarantors, and, when executed and delivered by the

Company and each of the Guarantors, and assuming due authorization, execution

and delivery thereof by the Initial Purchasers, will constitute the legal,

valid, binding and enforceable instrument of the Company and each of the

Guarantors (subject, as to the enforcement of remedies, to applicable

bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other laws affecting

creditors' rights generally from time to time in effect and to general

principles of equity).

 

          (r) The Exchange Securities have been duly and validly authorized by

the Company, the Parent, Holdings and each of the Medtech Guarantors, and, on

the Closing Date will have been duly and validly authorized by each of the

Prestige Guarantors, and, if and when executed and authenticated in accordance

with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered in accordance with the

registered exchange offer contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement,

will have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and each of the

Guarantors and will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the

Company and each of the Guarantors entitled to the benefits of the Indenture

(subject, as to the enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy,

reorganization, insolvency, moratorium, or other laws affecting creditors'

rights generally from time to time in effect and to general principles of

equity).

 

          (s) The Company and each of the Guarantors has all requisite

corporate, limited liability company or partnership power and authority, and has

taken all requisite corporate, limited liability company or partnership action

necessary to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the

Indenture, the Securities, the Exchange Securities, the Registration

 

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Rights Agreement, the Credit Documents (as defined below) and the Acquisition

Documents (as defined below), to the extent it is a party thereto.

 

          (t) No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any

court or governmental agency or body is required in connection with the

transactions contemplated herein or in the Indenture or the Registration Rights

Agreement, except such as will be obtained under the Act and the Trust Indenture

Act and such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in

connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Initial

Purchasers in the manner contemplated herein and in the Final Memorandum and the

Registration Rights Agreement and, in the case of the Acquisition Agreement, the

filing of the Certificate of Merger in connection with the Acquisition with the

Secretary of State of the State of Virginia (which filing shall have been made

on or prior to the Closing Date).

 

          (u) The Company and each of the Guarantors have all requisite

corporate, limited liability company or partnership power and authority to enter

into (A) the Senior Credit Facilities and (B) any and all other agreements and

instruments ancillary to or entered into in connection with the transaction

contemplated by the Senior Credit Facilities (collectively with the Senior

Credit Facilities, the "CREDIT DOCUMENTS").

 

          (v) Each of the Senior Credit Facilities and the other Credit

Documents have been duly and validly authorized by the Company, the Parent,

Holdings and each of the Medtech Guarantors, and, on the Closing Date will have

been duly and validly authorized by each of the Prestige Guarantors, and when

executed and delivered by the Company and each of the Guarantors (assuming due

authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties thereto) will

constitute a legal, valid and binding agreement of each of the Company and each

of the Guarantors, enforceable against the Company and each of the Guarantors in

accordance with its terms (subject, as to the enforcement of remedies, to

applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, preference

and other laws affecting creditors' rights generally from time to time in

effect, and to general principles of equity, regardless of whether enforcement

is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity). All representations and

warranties made by the Company and each of the Guarantors in the Senior Credit

Facilities and the other Credit Documents are true and correct in all material

respects as of the date hereof.

 

          (w) Each of the Company, the Parent and the Medtech Guarantors, to the

extent they are a party thereto, and, to the Company's knowledge, Bonita Bay and

each of the Prestige Guarantors to the extent they are a party thereto, have all

requisite corporate power and authority to enter into (A) the Acquisition

Agreement and (B) any and all other agreements and instruments ancillary to or

entered into in connection with the transaction contemplated by the Acquisition

Agreement (collectively with the Acquisition Agreement, the "ACQUISITION

DOCUMENTS").

 

          (x) Each of the Acquisition Agreement and the other Acquisition

Documents has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the

Company, the Parent, Holdings and each of the Medtech Guarantors, to the extent

they are a party thereto, and (assuming due authorization, execution and

delivery by the other parties thereto) constitutes a legal, valid and binding

agreement of each of the Company, the Parent, Holdings and each of the Medtech

Guarantors, to the extent they are a party thereto, enforceable against the

Company, the Parent

 

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and each of the Medtech Guarantors in accordance with its terms (subject, as to

the enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium,

fraudulent conveyance, preference and other laws affecting creditors' rights

generally from time to time in effect, and to general principles of equity,

regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in

equity). All representations and warranties made by the Company, the Parent,

Holdings and each of the Medtech Guarantors, to the extent they are a party

thereto, and, to the Company's knowledge, Bonita Bay and the Prestige Guarantors

(to the extent they are a party thereto), in the Acquisition Agreement and the

other Acquisition Documents are true and correct in all material respects as of

the date hereof.

 

          (y) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the

Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Senior Credit Facilities, the

other Credit Documents, the Acquisition Agreement, the other Acquisition

Documents, the issue and sale of the Securities and the Exchange Securities, nor

the consummation of any other of the transactions herein or therein

contemplated, nor the performance by the Company or any Guarantor of its

obligations hereunder or thereunder will conflict with, result in a breach or

violation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or

assets of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries

pursuant to, (i) the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of the

Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries; (ii) the terms

of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan

agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to

which the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries is a

party or bound or to which their property is subject; or (iii) any statute, law,

rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any court, regulatory body,

administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having

jurisdiction over the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective

subsidiaries or any of its or their properties; except in the case of clauses

(ii) and (iii) above, for such conflicts, breaches, violations or impositions

that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

          (z) The combined historical financial statements and schedules of

Medtech Holdings, Inc. ("MEDTECH") and The Denorex Company ("DENOREX") included

in the Final Memorandum present fairly in all material respects the financial

condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of the dates

and for the periods indicated and have been prepared in conformity with

generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis

throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise noted therein).

 

          (aa) To the knowledge of the Company, the historical financial

statements of Bonita Bay and its consolidated subsidiaries included in the Final

Memorandum present fairly in all material respects the financial condition,

results of operations and cash flows of Bonita Bay and its consolidated

subsidiaries as of the dates and for the periods indicated and have been

prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on

a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise noted

therein).

 

          (bb) To the knowledge of the Company, the historical financial

statements of The Spic and Span Company and its consolidated subsidiaries

included in the Final Memorandum present fairly in all material respects the

financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of The Spic and Span

Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates and for the

 

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periods indicated and have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted

accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods

involved (except as otherwise noted therein).

 

          (cc) The summary financial data set forth under the captions

"Summary--Summary Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Data," "Summary--Summary

Historical Combined Financial Data of Medtech and Denorex," "Summary--Summary

Historical Financial Data of Prestige" and "Summary--Summary Historical

Financial Data of Spic and Span," in the Final Memorandum fairly present in all

material respects, on the basis stated in the Final Memorandum, the information

included therein.

 

          (dd) The selected financial data set forth under the caption "Selected

Financial Data" in the Final Memorandum fairly present, on the basis stated in

the Final Memorandum, the information included therein; the pro forma financial

statements included in the Final Memorandum include assumptions that provide a

reasonable basis for presenting the significant effects directly attributable to

the transactions and events described therein; the related pro forma adjustments

give appropriate effect to those assumptions; and the pro forma adjustments

reflect the proper application of those adjustments to the historical financial

statement amounts in the pro forma financial statements included in the Final

Memorandum.

 

          (ee) No action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or

governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company,

the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries or properties is pending

or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened that would not reasonably

be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or

contemplated in the Final Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or supplement

thereto).

 

          (ff) Each of the Company, the Guarantors and their respective

subsidiaries owns or leases all such properties as are necessary to the conduct

of their respective operations as presently conducted.

 

          (gg) Neither of the Company, the Guarantors nor any of their

respective subsidiaries is in violation or default of (i) any provision of its

charter, bylaws or other organizational documents; (ii) the terms of any

indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan

agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to

which it is a party or bound or to which its property is subject; or (iii) any

statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the

Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries of any court,

regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other

authority having jurisdiction over the Company, the Guarantors or such

subsidiary or any of its properties, as applicable, except, in the case of

clauses (ii) and (iii) where such violation or default, either individually or

in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse

Effect.

 

          (hh) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who have certified certain financial

statements of (1) Medtech and Denorex and (2) The Spic and Span Company and

delivered their reports with respect to the audited consolidated financial

statements and schedules included in

 

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the Final Memorandum, are independent public accountants with respect to each of

such companies within the meaning of the Act.

 

          (ii) Ernst & Young LLP, who have certified certain financial

statements of Bonita Bay Holdings, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries and

delivered their report with respect to the audited consolidated financial

statements and schedules included in the Final Memorandum, are independent

public accountants with respect to such company within the meaning of the Act.

 

          (jj) Deloitte & Touche LLP, who have certified certain financial

statements of the Murine and Clear Eyes Products Lines of the Ross Products

Division of Abbott Laboratories. and its consolidated subsidiaries (the "CLEAR

EYES MURINE FINANCIALS") and delivered their report with respect to the audited

combined statements and supplemental combining schedules included in the Final

Memorandum, are independent public accountants with respect to such entities

within the meaning of the Act.

 

          (kk) There are no stamp or other issuance or transfer taxes or duties

or other similar fees or charges required to be paid in connection with the

execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Indenture by the Company and the

Guarantors or the issuance or sale by the Company or the Guarantors of the

Securities or the Exchange Securities.

 

          (ll) The Company, the Guarantors and each of their subsidiaries has

filed all non-U.S., U.S. federal, state and local tax returns that are required

to be filed or has requested extensions thereof (except in any case in which the

failure so to file would not have a Material Adverse Effect and except as set

forth in or contemplated in the Final Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or

supplement thereto)) and have paid all taxes required to be paid by it and any

other assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, to the extent that any of

the foregoing is due and payable, except for any such assessment, fine or

penalty that is currently being contested in good faith or as would not

reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and except as set forth

in or contemplated in the Final Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or

supplement thereto).

 

          (mm) No labor problem or dispute with the employees of the Company ,

the Guarantors or any of their subsidiaries exists or to the best of the

Company's knowledge, is threatened, except as would not reasonably be expected

to have a Material Adverse Effect, and except as set forth in or contemplated in

the Final Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).

 

          (nn) The Company, the Guarantors and each of their 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.

 

          (oo) No subsidiary of the Parent is currently prohibited, directly or

indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Parent or the Company, from making

any other distribution on such subsidiary's capital stock, from repaying to the

Parent or the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Parent

or the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary's property or assets

to the Parent or the Company or any other subsidiary of the

 

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Parent, except as described in or contemplated in the Final Memorandum

(exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).

 

          (pp) The Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries

possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by

the appropriate U.S. federal, state or non-U.S. regulatory authorities necessary

to conduct their respective businesses, and neither the Company, the Guarantors

nor any of their respective subsidiaries have 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 not reasonably be expected to

have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the

Final Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).

 

          (qq) The Company, the Guarantors and each of their respective

subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to

provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance

with management's general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are

recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in

conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset

accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with

management's general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded

accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable

intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

 

          (rr) The subsidiaries listed on Annex A attached hereto are the only

"significant subsidiaries" of the Parent (as defined in Rule l-02 of Regulation

S-X under the Act), based upon historical financial information as of December

31, 2003.

 

           (ss) The Company has not taken any action or omitted to take any

action (such as issuing any press release relating to any Securities without an

appropriate legend) which may result in the loss by any of the Initial

Purchasers of the ability to rely on any stabilization safe harbor provided by

the Financial Services Authority under the Financial Services and Markets Act

2000 (the "FSMA"). The Company has been informed of the guidance relating to

stabilization provided by the Financial Services Authority, in particular in

Section MAR 2 Annex 2G of the Financial Services Handbook.

 

          (tt) The Parent and its subsidiaries own, possess, license or

otherwise have the right to use, all material patents, trademarks, service

marks, trade names, copyrights, Internet domain names (in each case including

all registrations and applications to register same), inventions, trade secrets,

technology, know-how and other intellectual property necessary for the conduct

of the Parent's business as now conducted (collectively, the "INTELLECTUAL

PROPERTY"). Except as set forth in the Final Memorandum, and except as would

not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material

Adverse Effect, (a) the Parent or one of its subsidiaries owns, or has the right

to use, all the Intellectual Property free and clear in all material respects of

all adverse claims, liens or other encumbrances; (b) to the Company's knowledge,

there is no material infringement by third parties of any such Intellectual

Property; (c) there is no pending or, to the Company's knowledge, thr


 
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