Exhibit 1.1
$215,000,000
COMPRESSION POLYMERS HOLDING
CORPORATION
$65.0 million Senior Floating Rate
Notes due 2012
$150.0 million 10½ % Senior Notes due 2013
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
June 29, 2005
June 29, 2005
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
One Wachovia Center
301 South College Street
Charlotte, North Carolina 28288
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Compression Polymers Holding
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Issuer
”), Compression Polymers Holding II Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (“ Holdings ”), Compression Polymers
Corp., a Delaware corporation (“ Compression ”),
Vycom Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ Vycom
” and, together with Compression, the “
Companies ”) and CPCapitol Acquisition Corp., the sole
subsidiary of either of the Companies (the “
Subsidiary ”) hereby confirm their agreement with you
(the “ Initial Purchaser ”), as set forth
below:
The Issuer proposes to issue and
sell to the Initial Purchaser $65.0 million aggregate amount of its
Floating Rate Notes due 2012 (the “ Floating Rate
Notes ”) and $150.0 million aggregate principal amount of
its 10½ % Senior Notes due 2013 (the “ Fixed Rate
Notes ” and, together with the Floating Rate Notes, the
“ Notes ”).
The Notes are being issued to
refinance the Issuer’s $65.0 million aggregate principal
amount of Senior Floating Rate Notes due 2012 and $150.0 million
aggregate principal amount of 11% Senior Notes due 2013 (together,
the “ Old Notes ”) which were issued pursuant to
the indenture (the “ Old Indenture ”) dated May
10, 2005 among the Issuer, the Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A
(the “ Trustee ”). In connection with the
issuance and sale of the Notes, the Old Notes will be cancelled and
the Old Indenture will be satisfied and discharged in accordance
with the terms thereof.
The Old Notes were issued and sold
on May 10, 2005 in connection with the acquisition (the “
Stock Purchase ”) by CPH Holding I Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (“ Merger Sub I ”), and CPH
Holding II Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ Merger
Sub II ” and, together with Merger Sub I, the “
Merger Subs ”), entities formed by certain funds
controlled by AEA Investors LLC, of all of the outstanding shares
of the Companies, and the Subsidiary, from Compression Polymers
Holdings LLC (“ CPH LLC ”), a Delaware limited
liability company, pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement dated as
of March 12, 2005 (the “ Stock Purchase Agreement
”), as described in the Final Memorandum (as defined
below).
The Notes will be unconditionally
guaranteed on a senior basis as to principal, premium, if any, and
interest (such guarantees of the Notes under the Indenture, the
“ Guarantees ”) by the Parent, the Companies and
the Subsidiary (collectively, the “ Guarantors
”). The Floating Rate Notes and the related Guarantees are
collectively referred to herein as the “ Floating Rate
Securities .” The Fixed Rate Notes and the related
Guarantees are collectively referred to herein as the “
Fixed Rate Securities .” The Notes and the
Guarantees are collectively referred to herein as the “
Securities .” The Notes are to be issued under
an Indenture (the “ Indenture ”) to
be dated as of the Closing Date (as defined in
Section 2) by and among the Issuer, the Guarantors and the
Trustee.
The Initial Purchaser and its direct
and indirect transferees of the Securities will be entitled to the
benefits of a registration rights agreement (the “
Registration Rights Agreement ”), pursuant to which
the Issuer and the Guarantors will agree, among other things, to
file one or more registration statements (the “
Registration Statement(s )”) with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”)
registering the Securities or the Exchange Securities (as defined
in each of the Registration Rights Agreements) under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act
”).
This Agreement, the Notes, the
Guarantees, the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement are
hereinafter sometimes referred to collectively as the “
Note Documents .”
The Notes (and the related
Guarantees) will be offered and sold through the Initial Purchaser
without being registered under the Securities Act to qualified
institutional buyers in compliance with the exemption from
registration provided by Rule 144A under the Securities Act and in
offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S under the
Securities Act (“ Regulation S ”). The Initial
Purchaser has advised the Issuer that it will offer and sell the
Notes purchased by it hereunder in accordance with Section 3
hereof as soon as the Initial Purchaser deems advisable.
In connection with the sale of the
Notes, the Issuer has prepared a preliminary offering memorandum,
dated June 20, 2005 (the “ Preliminary Memorandum
”) and will prepare a final offering memorandum dated the
date hereof (the “ Final Memorandum ” and with
the Preliminary Memorandum, each a “ Memorandum
”). Each Memorandum sets forth certain information concerning
the Issuer and the Guarantors, the Notes and the Note Documents.
The Issuer 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
Notes by the Initial Purchaser in the manner contemplated by this
Agreement.
1.
Representations and
Warranties of the Issuer and the Guarantors . The Issuer and the
Guarantors jointly and severally represent and warrant to, and
agree with, the Initial Purchaser that as of the date
hereof:
(a)
The Final Memorandum does not
contain, as of the date hereof, any untrue statement of a 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; provided , however , that
the representations or warranties set forth in this paragraph shall
not apply to statements in or omissions from any Memorandum made in
reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in
writing to the Issuer by the Initial Purchaser expressly for use
therein, as specified in Section 11.
(b)
Each of the Issuer and the
Guarantors has been duly organized, is validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization; each of the Issuer and the
Guarantors is duly qualified to do business as a
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foreign corporation or partnership,
as applicable, under the laws of each jurisdiction in which the
conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property
requires such qualification, except where the failure to so qualify
or be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Issuer, the Companies and the
Subsidiary taken as a whole. “ Material Adverse Effect
” shall mean a material adverse change in or effect on or any
development having a prospective material adverse effect on
(i) the business, operations, properties, assets, liabilities,
condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations or
management of the Companies and the Subsidiary, considered as one
enterprise, whether or not in the ordinary course of business, or
(ii) the ability of the Issuer and the Guarantors to perform
their obligations under the Notes or the Note Documents.
(c)
Each of the Issuer and the
Guarantors has full power (corporate and other) to own or lease its
properties and conduct its business as described in each
Memorandum; and each of the Issuer and the Guarantors has full
power (corporate and other) to enter into the Note Documents and to
carry out all the terms and provisions hereof and thereof to be
carried out by it.
(d)
The capitalization of the Issuer
shall be as set forth in the Final Memorandum under the heading
“Capitalization.” The only subsidiary of either
of the Companies is CPCapitol Acquisition Corp. and the Companies
are the only subsidiaries of the Issuer. All of the issued shares
of capital stock of the Issuer and the Guarantors have been duly
authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable,
and in the case of the Subsidiary, are owned directly by
Compression, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or
claims; and none of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Issuer and the Guarantors was issued in violation of the preemptive
or other similar rights of any security holder of the Issuer and
the Guarantors.
(e)
The Subsidiary is not prohibited,
directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to Holdings, the
Issuer or the Companies, from making any other distribution on its
capital stock, from repaying to Holdings, the Issuer or the
Companies any loans or advances to such Subsidiary from Holdings,
the Issuer or the Companies or from transferring any of such
Subsidiary’s property or assets to Holdings, the Issuer or
the Companies, except as provided by applicable laws or
regulations, as permitted by the Indenture or as disclosed in each
Memorandum.
(f)
Except for employee and director
stock options or as otherwise disclosed in each Memorandum, there
are no outstanding (i) securities or obligations of the Issuer or
any Guarantor convertible into or exchangeable for any capital
stock of the Issuer or any Guarantor, (ii) warrants, rights or
options to subscribe for or purchase from the Issuer or any
Guarantor any such capital stock or any such convertible or
exchangeable securities or obligations or (iii) obligations of the
Issuer or any Guarantor to issue any such capital stock, any such
convertible or exchangeable securities or obligations, or any such
warrants, rights or options.
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(g)
Deloitte & Touche LLP, who has
certified the historical financial statements included in each
Memorandum and delivered its report with respect to the audited
financial statements in each Memorandum, is an independent public
accountant with respect to the Issuer within the meaning of the
Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations
thereunder.
(h)
The financial statements (including
the notes thereto) of CPH LLC in the Final Memorandum fairly
present in all material respects the consolidated financial
position, results of operations, cash flows and changes in
stockholders’ equity of CPH LLC and its subsidiaries (or its
successor entity, as the case may be) as of the dates and for the
periods specified therein; since the date of the latest of such
financial statements, there has been no change nor any development
or event involving a prospective change which has had or could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Issuer and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; such financial
statements have been prepared in all material respects in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
consistently applied throughout the periods involved (except as
otherwise expressly disclosed in the notes thereto). The
assumptions used in preparing the pro forma financial statements
included in the Final Memorandum provide a reasonable basis for
presenting the significant effects directly attributable to the
transactions or events described therein, the related pro forma
adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions, and the
pro forma columns therein reflect the proper application of those
adjustments to the corresponding historical financial statement
amounts.
(i)
Subsequent to the date as of which
information is given in the Final Memorandum, (i) none of the
Issuer or the Guarantors has incurred any material liability or
obligation, direct or contingent, or entered into any material
transaction in each case not in the ordinary course of business;
(ii) the Companies have not purchased any of their outstanding
capital stock, and have not declared, paid or otherwise made any
dividend or distribution of any kind on any class of their capital
stock; and (iii) there has not been any material change in the
capital stock, short-term debt or long-term debt of the Companies
and the Subsidiary, except as disclosed in the Final
Memorandum.
(j)
The Issuer and the Guarantors
maintain a system of internal accounting controls 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
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.
(k)
This Agreement has been duly and
validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Issuer and the
Guarantors.
(l)
The Indenture has been duly and
validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Issuer and the
Guarantors and will constitute a valid and legally
binding
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agreement of the Issuer and the
Guarantors, enforceable against the Issuer and the Guarantors in
accordance with their respective terms, except as the enforcement
thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws
affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and
except as enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of
equity (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);
and the Indenture will conform in all material respects to the
description thereof in the Final Memorandum and will be
substantially in the form previously delivered to you.
(m)
The Registration Rights Agreement
has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Issuer and the Guarantors and constitutes a valid and legally
binding agreement of the Issuer and the Guarantors, enforceable
against the Issuer and the Guarantors in accordance with their
respective terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited
by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally and except as enforcement thereof
is subject to general principles of equity (whether considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law), and except that rights to
indemnity and contribution thereunder may be limited by applicable
law and public policy; and the Registration Rights Agreement will
conform in all material respects to the description thereof in the
Final Memorandum and will be substantially in the form previously
delivered to you.
(n)
The Indenture conforms to the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the
“ Trust Indenture Act ”), and to the rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “
Commission ”) applicable to an indenture that is
qualified thereunder.
(o)
The Notes have been duly and validly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Issuer and constitute
valid and legally binding obligations of the Issuer, entitled to
the benefits of the Indenture and enforceable against the Issuer in
accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may
be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and except as
enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of equity
(whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and will
be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
(p)
The Exchange Notes (as defined in
the Registration Rights Agreement) have been duly and validly
authorized by the Issuer and, when the Exchange Notes are duly
executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the
Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement and paid for as
provided herein, the Exchange Notes will be duly and validly issued
and outstanding and will constitute valid and legally binding
obligations of the Issuer, entitled to the benefits of the
Indenture and enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with
their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally and except as
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enforcement thereof is subject to
general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law), and will be entitled to the benefits of the
Indenture.
(q)
The Guarantees have been duly and
validly authorized by each of the Guarantors and, assuming that the
Notes have been issued and authenticated by the Trustee and
delivered by the Issuer against payment by the Initial Purchaser in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Indenture, will
be legally binding and valid obligations of each of the Guarantors
and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture, enforceable
against the Guarantors in accordance with their terms, except as
the enforcement thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or
similar laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally and except as enforcement thereof is subject to general
principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding in equity
or at law), and will be entitled to the benefits of the
Indenture.
(r)
The execution, delivery and
performance by the Issuer of this Agreement and the other Note
Documents, the issuance and sale of the Notes and the compliance by
the Issuer with all of the provisions of the Notes, the Indenture,
the Registration Rights Agreement and this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
will not (i) conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust
or loan agreement, stockholders’ agreement or any other
agreement or instrument to which the Issuer or any Guarantor is a
party or by which the Issuer or any Guarantor is bound or any of
their respective properties are subject, or with the certificate of
incorporation or by-laws of the Issuer or any Guarantor or any
statute, rule or regulation or any judgment, order or decree of any
governmental authority or court or any arbitrator applicable to the
Issuer or any Guarantor, except for conflicts, breaches, defaults
or violations that would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii)
(assuming the accuracy of the Initial Purchaser’s
representations and warranties contained herein) require the
consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or filing or
qualification with any governmental authority or court, or body or
arbitrator having jurisdiction over the Issuer or any Guarantor,
except (y) such as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky
laws of the various states in connection with the offer, purchase
or resale of the Notes by the Initial Purchaser and by Federal and
applicable state securities laws with respect to the obligations of
the Issuer and the Guarantors under the Registration Rights
Agreement and (z) where the failure to obtain such consents,
approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations, filings or
qualifications could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(s)
No legal or governmental proceedings
or investigations are pending or, to the Issuer’s or the
Guarantors’ knowledge, threatened to which the Issuer or any
Guarantor is a party or to which any of the properties of the
Issuer or any Guarantor are subject, other than proceedings
accurately described in the each Memorandum and such proceedings or
investigations that would not, singly or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
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(t)
There are no material relationships,
direct or indirect, between or among the Issuer or any Guarantor,
on the one hand, and the respective directors, officers,
stockholders, customers or suppliers of the Issuer or any
Guarantor, on the other hand, that would be required to be
disclosed by Item 404 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act
that are not so disclosed in the Final Memorandum.
(u)
Each of the Issuer and the
Guarantors is not now nor after giving effect to the issuance of
the Notes and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
thereby or described in the Final Memorandum, will be (i)
insolvent, (ii) left with unreasonably small capital with which to
engage in its anticipated business or (iii) incurring debts or
other obligations beyond its ability to pay such debts or
obligations as they become due.
(v)
None of the Issuer or the Guarantors
or any of their respective Affiliates (as defined in
Rule 501(b) of Regulation D under the Securities Act (“
Regulation D ”)) have distributed nor, prior to the
later of (i) the Closing Date and (ii) the completion of the
distribution of the Notes, will distribute, any offering material
in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes other than
the Preliminary Memorandum, the Final Memorandum or any amendment
or supplement thereto.
(w)
Since the date of the latest audited
financial statements included in each Memorandum (exclusive of any
amendment or supplement thereto), otherwise than as set forth in
the Final Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or supplement
thereto), there has not occurred any change or development having a
Material Adverse Effect on the Issuer and the Guarantors taken as a
whole.
(x)
Each of the Issuer and the
Guarantors has good and marketable title in fee simple to all items
of real property and good and marketable title to all personal
property owned by each of them that is material to the respective
businesses of the Issuer and the Guarantors taken as a whole, free
and clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance, security interest or
other defect or claim of any third party except as set forth in the
each Memorandum and except as would be permitted as a
“Permitted Lien” under the Indenture. Any property
leased by the Issuer and the Guarantors is held under valid,
subsisting and enforceable leases, and there is no known default
under any such lease or any other event that with notice or lapse
of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for
defaults or events that would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the Issuer and the
Guarantors taken as a whole.
(y)
No “prohibited
transaction” (as defined in Section 406 of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the
regulations and published interpretations thereunder (“
ERISA ”), or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended from time to time (the “ Code
”)) or “accumulated funding deficiency” (as
defined in Section 302 of ERISA) or any of the events set forth in
Section 4043(c) of ERISA (other than events with respect to which
the 30-day notice requirement under Section 4043 of ERISA has been
waived) has occurred, exists or is reasonably expected to occur
with respect to any employee benefit plan (as defined in Section
3(3) of ERISA) which the Companies or the Subsidiary maintains,
contributes to or has any obligation
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to contribute to, or with respect to
which the Companies or the Subsidiary has any liability, direct or
indirect, contingent or otherwise (a “ Plan ”)
which, in any case, would result in a Material Adverse Effect;
except as would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, each Plan
is in compliance in all respects with applicable law, including
ERISA and the Code; except as would not result in a Material
Adverse Effect, none of the Companies or the Subsidiary has
incurred or expects to incur liability under Title IV of ERISA with
respect to the termination of, or withdrawal from, any Plan; and
except as would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, each Plan
that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code
has received a favorable determination letter from the Internal
Revenue Service, and to the Issuer’s knowledge, nothing has
occurred, whether by action or failure to act, which could
reasonably be expected to result in a liability to any of the
Issuer or the Guarantors in respect of the qualified status of any
such plan.
(z)
Except as disclosed in each
Memorandum, no labor dispute with the employees of the Companies or
the Subsidiary exists, is imminent or is threatened, which could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(aa)
Except as set forth in Schedule
3.14(a) of the Stock Purchase Agreement, to the best of their
knowledge, the Issuer and the Guarantors own or otherwise possess
adequate rights to use all material patents, trademarks, service
marks, trade names and copyrights, all applications and
registrations for each of the foregoing, and all other material
proprietary rights and confidential information necessary to
conduct their respective businesses as currently conducted; except
as set forth in Schedule 3.14(a) of the Stock Purchase Agreement,
to the Knowledge (as defined in the Stock Purchase Agreement) of
the Issuer and the Guarantors, none of the Companies or the
Subsidiary has infringed or misappropriated the rights of any third
party with respect to any of the foregoing and none of the
Companies or the Subsidiary has received, during the six years
prior to the date of the Stock Purchase Agreement, any notice, or
is otherwise aware, of any infringement of or misappropriation of
the rights of any third party with respect to any of the foregoing,
except for notices the content of which if accurate would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Issuer and the Guarantors taken as a
whole.
(bb)
The Issuer and the Guarantors are
insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against
such losses and risks and in such amounts and with such deductibles
as are prudent in the business in which it is engaged; and none of
the Issuer and the Guarantors has any reason to believe that it
will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and
when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from
similar insurers as may be necessary to continue their respective
businesses at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(cc)
The Companies and the Subsidiary
have complied, in all material respects, with all laws, ordinances,
regulations and orders applicable to the Companies and the
Subsidiary and their respective businesses, and none of the
Companies or the Subsidiary has received any notice to the
contrary, except for notices the content of which if accurate would
not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
have a Material
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Adverse Effect on the Companies and
the Subsidiary taken as a whole; and each of the Companies and the
Subsidiary possesses all material certificates, authorizations,
permits, licenses, approvals, orders and franchises (collectively,
“ Licenses ”) necessary to conduct their
respective businesses in the manner and to the full extent now
operated or proposed to be operated as described in the Final
Memorandum, in each case issued by the appropriate federal, state,
local or foreign governmental or regulatory authorities
(collectively, the “ Agencies ”), except where
the failure to so comply or to possess such Licenses would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Issuer and the Guarantors taken as a whole. The Licenses are in
full force and effect in all material respects and no proceeding
has been instituted or, to the Issuer’s and the
Guarantors’ knowledge, is threatened or contemplated which in
any manner affects or calls into question the validity or
effectiveness thereof in all material respects.
(dd)
Except as set forth in Schedule 3.11
to the Stock Purchase Agreement:
(i)
To the best of
their knowledge, the Issuer and the Guarantors are in compliance
with all applicable laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations,
orders, judgments, decisions, decrees, standards, and requirements
relating to: human health and safety; pollution; management,
disposal or release of any chemical substance, product or waste;
and protection, cleanup, remediation or corrective action relating
to the environment or natural resources (“ Environmental
Law ”), except where the failure to so comply would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on
the Issuer and the Guarantors taken as a whole;
(ii)
To the best of
their knowledge, the Issuer and the Guarantors have obtained and
are in material compliance with the conditions of all permits,
authorizations, licenses, registrations and other governmental
consents required by applicable Environmental Law for the continued
conduct in the manner currently conducted of their respective
businesses (“ Environmental Permits ”);
and
(iii)
None of the
Companies or the Subsidiary has received any written claim,
complaint, notice (including, without limitation, any notice that
such Company or any of such Company’s predecessors is or may
be a potentially responsible person or otherwise liable in
connection with any site), report or other information regarding
any actual or alleged violation of Environmental Law, or any
liabilities for personal injury, property damage, investigatory or
cleanup obligations or environmental matters arising under
Environmental Law, the subject matter of which would reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ee)
None of the Issuer or the Guarantors
is in violation of its certificate of incorporation or its bylaws,
and no default or breach exists, and no event has occurred that,
with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default in
the due performance and observation of any term, covenant or
condition of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease, loan
agreement, stockholders’ agreement or any other agreement or
instrument to which the Issuer or the Guarantors is or are a party
or by which the Issuer or the Guarantors is or are bound or to
which any of their respective properties are subject,
except
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for defaults or breaches which,
individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Issuer and the Guarantors
taken as a whole.
(ff)
None of the Issuer or the Guarantors
is, nor after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Notes
and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the
Final Memorandum will be, an “investment company,” or a
company “controlled” by an “investment
company,” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended (the “ Investment Company Act
”).
(gg)
Within the preceding six months,
none of the Issuer, the Guarantors or any of their respective
Affiliates has, directly or through any agent, made offers or sales
of any security of the Companies, or solicited offers to buy or
otherwise negotiated in respect of any securities of the Companies
of the same or a similar class a