1.5% Senior Exchangeable Notes due
2026
unconditionally guaranteed as to
the
payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest
by
Superior Energy Services,
Inc.
1105 Peters Road, L.L.C.
Blowout Tools, Inc.
Concentric Pipe and Tool Rentals, L.L.C.
Connection Technology, L.L.C.
CSI Technologies, LLC
Drilling Logistics, L.L.C.
F. & F. Wireline Service, L.L.C.
Fastorq, L.L.C.
H.B. Rentals, L.C.
International Snubbing Services, L.L.C.
J.R.B. Consultants, Inc.
Non-Magnetic Rental Tools, L.L.C.
ProActive Compliance, L.L.C.
Production Management Industries, L.L.C.
SE Finance LP
SEGEN LLC
SELIM LLC
SEMO, L.L.C.
SEMSE, L.L.C.
SPN Resources, LLC
Stabil Drill Specialties, L.L.C.
Sub-Surface Tools, L.L.C.
Superior Canada Holding, Inc.
Superior Energy Services, L.L.C.
Superior Inspection Services, Inc.
Universal Fishing and Rental Tools, Inc.
Wild Well Control, Inc.
Workstrings, L.L.C.
BEAR, STEARNS
& CO. INC.
LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
c/o Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
383 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10179
SESI, L.L.C., a
Delaware limited liability company (the “ Company
”), proposes to issue and sell to the initial purchasers
listed on Schedule I hereto (the “ Initial
Purchasers ”) for whom you are acting as representatives,
$350,000,000 principal amount of its 1.5% Senior Exchangeable Notes
due 2026 (the “ Firm Securities ”) to be issued
pursuant to the provisions of an Indenture dated as of
December 12, 2006 (the “ Indenture ”)
between the Company, Superior Energy Services, Inc. a Delaware
corporation and the parent of the Company (“ Superior
Energy ”), each of the subsidiaries of SESI that are
parties to the Indenture (collectively, the “
Guarantors ”) and The Bank of New York Trust Company,
N.A., as Trustee (the “ Trustee ”). The Company
also proposes to issue and sell to the Initial Purchasers not more
than an additional $50,000,000 principal amount of its 1.5% Senior
Exchangeable Notes due 2026 (the “ Additional
Securities ”, and together with the Firm Securities and
the Guarantees (defined below), the “ Securities
”) if and to the extent that the Initial Purchasers shall
have determined to exercise the right to purchase such Additional
Securities granted to the Initial Purchasers in Section 1
hereof. The Securities will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed
(the “ Guarantees ”) as to payment of principal,
premium, if any, and interest, if any, on an unsecured senior
basis, jointly and severally, by Superior Energy and the
Guarantors. The Securities will be in certain circumstances
exchangeable for shares (the “ Underlying Securities
”) of common stock of Superior Energy, par value $0.001 per
share (the “ Common Stock ”). In connection with
the offering of the Securities, (i) the Company is entering
into Common Stock call option transactions with Bear, Stearns
International Limited and Lehman Brothers OTC Derivatives Inc.
pursuant to the confirmation letters dated December 7, 2006
(the “ Hedge Transaction ”) and (ii) Superior
Energy is entering into warrant transactions with Bear, Stearns
International Limited and Lehman Brothers OTC Derivatives Inc.
pursuant to the confirmation letters dated December 7, 2006
(the “ Warrant Transaction ” and together with
the Hedge Transaction, the “ Hedge and Warrant Transaction
Documentation ”).
The Securities and
the Underlying Securities will be offered without being registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (together with the
rules and regulations promulgated there under, the “
Securities Act ”), only to “qualified
institutional buyers” (as defined in the Securities Act) in
compliance with the exemption from registration provided by
Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
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Each Initial
Purchaser and its direct and indirect transferees will be entitled
to the benefits of a Registration Rights Agreement dated as of the
Closing Date (as defined below) among the Company, Superior Energy,
the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers (the “
Registration Rights Agreement ”).
In connection with
the sale of the Securities, the Company and Superior Energy have
prepared a preliminary offering memorandum (including the documents
incorporated by reference therein, the “ Preliminary
Memorandum ”) and will prepare a final offering
memorandum (including the documents incorporated by reference
therein, the “ Final Memorandum ” and, together
with the Preliminary Memorandum, the “ Offering
Memorandum ”) for the information of the Initial
Purchasers and for delivery to prospective purchasers of the
Securities. The time when sales of Securities are first made or
confirmed by the Initial Purchasers to qualified institutional
buyers is referred to as the “ Time of Sale ,”
and the Preliminary Memorandum, together with the other information
referenced on Schedule II hereto, is referred to as the
“ Time of Sale Information .”
The Company,
Superior Energy, and each of the Guarantors, jointly and severally
hereby agree with the Initial Purchasers as follows:
1.
Agreements to Sell and Purchase . The Company agrees to
issue and sell the Firm Securities to the several Initial
Purchasers as hereinafter provided, and each Initial Purchaser,
upon the basis of the representations and warranties herein
contained, but subject to the conditions hereinafter stated, agrees
to purchase severally and not jointly, from the Company the Firm
Securities at a purchase price of 97.5% of the principal amount
thereof (the “ Purchase Price ”), in the
respective principal amount of Securities set forth opposite such
Initial Purchaser’s name in Schedule I hereto plus
accrued interest, if any, from December 12, 2006, to the date
of payment and delivery.
On the basis of
the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, and
subject to its terms and conditions, the Company agrees to sell to
the Initial Purchasers the Additional Securities, and the Initial
Purchasers shall have the right to purchase in whole, or from time
to time in part, up to $50,000,000 principal amount of Additional
Securities at the Purchase Price plus accrued interest, if any,
from the Closing Date to the date of payment and delivery. If you
on behalf of the Initial Purchasers exercise such option, you shall
so notify the Company in writing not later than 30 days after
the date of this Agreement, which notice shall specify the
principal amount of Additional Securities to be purchased by the
Initial Purchasers and the date on which such Additional Securities
are to be purchased; provided, however , that the Initial
Purchasers may not exercise their option to purchase Additional
Securities in whole or in part such that the delivery of any
Additional Securities occurs more than 12 calendar days after the
delivery of the Firm Securities, unless: (i) neither the Firm
Securities nor the Additional Securities are treated as having been
issued with more than a de minimis amount of original issue
discount for U.S. federal income tax purposes (as defined in
Section 1273 of the Code and the Treasury regulations
promulgated thereunder), or (ii) the Firm Securities are
publicly traded (within the meaning of Treasury
Regulation Section 1.1273-2(f)) and either (a) the
Additional
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Securities are
treated as having been issued with no more than a de minimis amount
of original issue discount for U.S. federal income tax purposes
(determined without the application of Treasury
Regulation Section 1.1275-2(k)) or (b) on the
Pricing Date (as defined below), the yield of the Firm Securities
(based on their then fair market value) is not more than 110% of
the yield of such Firm Securities on their issue date as defined in
Treasury Regulation Section 1.1273-2(a)(2) (or 110% of
the coupon rate, if the Firm Securities are treated as having been
issued with no more than a de minimis amount of original issue
discount for U.S. federal income tax purposes). The “
Pricing Date ” shall mean the earlier of (i) the
date on which the price of the Additional Securities is established
and (ii) the later of (A) seven calendar days before the
date on which the price of the Additional Securities is established
and (B) the date on which the Company’s intention to
issue the Additional Securities is publicly announced through one
or more media. Such date may be the same as the Closing Date but
not earlier than the Closing Date nor later than ten business days
after the date of such notice.
The Company,
Superior Energy and the Guarantors acknowledge and agree that the
Initial Purchasers are acting solely in the capacity of an
arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Company,
Superior Energy and the Guarantors with respect to the offering of
Securities and the Underlying Securities contemplated hereby
(including in connection with determining the terms of the
offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an
agent of, the Company, Superior Energy and the Guarantors or any
other person. Additionally, no Initial Purchaser is advising the
Company, Superior Energy or any other person as to any legal, tax,
investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction.
The Company, Superior Energy and the Guarantors shall consult with
their own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible
for making their own independent investigation and appraisal of the
transactions contemplated hereby, and the Initial Purchasers shall
have no responsibility or liability to the Company, Superior Energy
or the Guarantors with respect thereto. Any review by the Initial
Purchasers of the Company, Superior Energy, the Guarantors, the
transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such
transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the
Initial Purchasers and shall not be on behalf of the Company,
Superior Energy or the Guarantors. Each of the Company, Superior
Energy and the Guarantors hereby waives and releases, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that it may have
against the Initial Purchasers with respect to any breach or
alleged breach of any fiduciary or similar duty in connection with
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any matters
leading up to such transactions.
2. Terms
of the Offering . The Company, Superior Energy and the
Guarantors understand that the Initial Purchasers intend
(i) to offer privately pursuant to Rule 144A under the
Securities Act their respective portions of the Securities as soon
after this Agreement has become effective as in the judgment of the
Initial Purchasers is advisable and (ii) initially to offer
the Securities upon the terms set forth in the Final
Memorandum.
The Company,
Superior Energy and the Guarantors confirm that they have
authorized the Initial Purchasers, subject to the restrictions set
forth below, to distribute copies of the Offering Memorandum in
connection with the offering of the Securities. Each Initial
Purchaser hereby severally makes to the Company, Superior Energy
and the Guarantors the following representations and
agreements:
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(i) it
is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning
of Rule 144A under the Securities Act;
(ii)
offers and sales of the Securities will be made only by it or its
affiliates thereof qualified to do so in the jurisdictions in which
such offers or sales are made; and
(iii)
(A) it has not solicited offers for, or offered or sold, and
will not solicit offers for, or offer to sell, the Securities by
means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising
(as those terms are used in Regulation D under the Securities
Act (“ Regulation D ”)) or in any manner
involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(2)
of the Securities Act and (B) it has solicited and will
solicit offers for the Securities only from, and has offered or
sold and will offer, sell or deliver the Securities only to persons
who it reasonably believes to be “qualified institutional
buyers” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the
Securities Act that in purchasing the Securities are deemed to have
represented and agreed as provided in the Offering
Memorandum.
With respect to
offers and sales of the Securities to “qualified
institutional buyers” within the meaning of Rule 144A,
as described in clause (iii)(B) above, each Initial Purchaser
hereby represents and agrees with the Company, Superior Energy and
the Guarantors that prior to or contemporaneously with the purchase
of the Securities, the Initial Purchaser will take reasonable steps
to inform, and cause each of its affiliates to take responsible
steps to inform, persons acquiring Securities from such Initial
Purchaser or affiliate, as the case may be, that the Securities
(A) are being sold to them in reliance on Rule 144A under
the Securities Act, (B) have not been and, except as described
in the Offering Memorandum, will not be registered under the
Securities Act, and (C) may not be offered, sold or otherwise
transferred except as described in the Offering
Memorandum.
3.
Payment for Securities . Payment for the Firm Securities
shall be made to the Company in Federal or other funds immediately
available in New York City against delivery of such Firm Securities
for the account of the several Initial Purchasers at
10:00 a.m., New York City time, on December 12, 2006 or
at such other time on the same or such other date, not later than
December 12, 2006, as shall be designated in writing by you.
The time and date of such payment are hereinafter referred to as
the “ Closing Date .”
Payment for any
Additional Securities shall be made to the Company in Federal or
other funds immediately available in New York City against delivery
of such Additional Securities for the account of the several
Initial Purchasers at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the
date specified in the notice described in Section 1 or at such
other time on the same or on such other date, not later than
December 12, 2006, as shall be designated in writing by you.
The time and date of such payment are hereinafter referred to as
the “ Option Closing Date .”
The Firm
Securities and Additional Securities, as the case may be, to be
purchased by each Initial Purchaser hereunder will be represented
by one or more definitive global certificates in book-entry form
which will be deposited by or on behalf of the Company with The
Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) or its
designated custodian. The Company will deliver the Firm
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Securities or
the Additional Securities on the Closing Date or the Option Closing
Date, as the case may be, to Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., for the
account of each Initial Purchaser, against payment by or on behalf
of such Initial Purchaser of the purchase price therefor by wire
transfer to the account of the Company of same day funds, by
causing DTC to credit the Firm Securities or the Additional
Securities, as the case may be, to the account of Bear, Stearns
& Co. Inc. at DTC.
4.
Representations and Warranties . The Company, Superior
Energy and each of the Guarantors, jointly and severally, represent
and warrant to the Initial Purchasers that:
(a) the
Preliminary Memorandum did not, as of its date, the Time of Sale
Information, did not, as of the Time of Sale and, will not, as of
the Closing Date, and the Final Memorandum did not, as of its date,
and will not, as of the Closing Date, contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided , however , that this representation and
warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in
reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any
Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company or Superior Energy in
writing by such Initial Purchaser through you expressly for use
therein;
(b) the documents
incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Information and the
Final Memorandum, when they were filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”),
conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and the applicable
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively
the “ Exchange Act ”), and none of such
documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading; and any further documents so filed and
incorporated by reference in the Final Memorandum, when such
documents are filed with the Commission, will conform in all
material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act, and will
not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading;
(c) the financial
statements, and the related notes thereto, of Superior Energy and
its consolidated subsidiaries and of Warrior Energy Services, Inc.
(“ Warrior ”) and included or incorporated by
reference in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum
present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated
financial position of Superior Energy and its consolidated
subsidiaries and Warrior as of the dates indicated and the results
of their operations and the changes in their consolidated cash
flows for the periods specified; and said financial statements have
been prepared in conformity with United States generally accepted
accounting principles and practices applied on a consistent basis,
except as described in the notes to such financial statements; and
the other financial and statistical information and any other
financial data set forth in the Time of Sale Information and the
Final Memorandum present fairly, in all material respects, the
information purported to be shown thereby at the respective dates
or for the respective periods to which they apply and, to the
extent that such information is set forth
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in or has been
derived from the financial statements and accounting books and
records of Superior Energy and its consolidated subsidiaries and
Warrior, have been prepared on a basis consistent with such
financial statements and the books and records of Superior Energy
and its consolidated subsidiaries and Warrior;
(d) none of
Superior Energy or any of its subsidiaries has sustained since the
date of the latest audited financial statements included in the
Time of Sale Information any material loss or interference with its
business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or
not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or
governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth
or contemplated in the Time of Sale Information; and, since the
respective dates as of which information is given in the Time of
Sale Information, there has not been any material change in the
capital stock, material increase in long-term debt or any material
decreases in consolidated net current assets or stockholders’
equity of Superior Energy and its subsidiaries or any material
adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material
adverse change, in or affecting the general affairs, management,
current or future consolidated financial position,
stockholders’ equity or results of operations of Superior
Energy and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (a “ Material
Adverse Effect ”);
(e) Superior
Energy and each of its subsidiaries has been duly organized and is
validly existing as a corporation, limited liability company or
partnership in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
organization with all the requisite power and authority to own its
properties and conduct its business as described in the Time of
Sale Information and the Final Memorandum, and has been duly
qualified as a foreign corporation, limited liability company or
partnership for the transaction of business and is in good standing
under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or
leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such
qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or in
good standing in any such jurisdiction would not have a material
adverse effect on the ability of Superior Energy and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole to own or lease their properties or
conduct their businesses as described in the Time of Sale
Information and the Final Memorandum;
(f) this Agreement
has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company,
Superior Energy and the Guarantors;
(g) Superior
Energy had, at the date indicated in the Time of Sale Information
and the Final Memorandum, a duly authorized, issued and outstanding
capitalization as set forth in the Time of Sale Information and the
Final Memorandum; all of the issued shares of capital stock of
Superior Energy have been duly and validly authorized and issued
and are fully paid and non-assessable; such authorized capital
stock of Superior Energy conforms as to legal matters in all
material respects to the description thereof contained in the Time
of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum; there are no
outstanding options to purchase, or any rights or warrants to
subscribe for, or any securities or obligations convertible into,
or any contracts or commitments to issue or sell, any shares of
Common Stock, any shares of capital stock of any subsidiary, or any
such warrants, convertible securities or obligations, except as set
forth in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum and
except for options, restricted stock and
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restricted
stock units granted or issued under, or contracts or commitments
pursuant to, Superior Energy’s previous or currently existing
stock incentive and other similar officer, director or employee
benefit plans;
(h) none of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without
limitation, the use of the proceeds from the sale of the
Securities) will violate or result in a violation of Section 7
of the Exchange Act, or any regulation promulgated thereunder,
including, without limitation, Regulations T, U, and X of the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System;
(i) prior to the
date hereof, neither Superior Energy nor any of its affiliates has
taken any action which is designed to or which has constituted or
which might have been expected to cause or result in stabilization
or manipulation of the price of any security of Superior Energy in
connection with the offering of the Securities;
(j) the Securities
have been duly authorized by the Company and the Guarantors, and,
when issued and delivered as provided in this Agreement and duly
authenticated pursuant to the Indenture will be duly executed,
authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute valid and
legally binding obligations of the Company and the Guarantors
entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture; and the
Securities will conform, in all material respects, to the
descriptions thereof in the Time of Sale Information and the Final
Memorandum;
(k) the Indenture
has been duly authorized and, when executed and delivered by the
Company, Superior Energy and the Guarantors, and (assuming the
authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee), shall
constitute a valid and legally binding instrument of the Company,
Superior Energy and the Guarantors, enforceable against the
Company, Superior Energy and the Guarantors in accordance with its
terms, subject as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium,
reorganization and laws of general applicability relating to or
affecting creditors’ rights and general equity principles
(regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding
in equity or at law); and the Indenture conforms, in all material
respects, to the description thereof in the Time of Sale
Information and the Final Memorandum;
(l) upon issuance
and delivery of the Securities in accordance with this Agreement
and the Indenture, the Securities (except the Guarantees) will be
exchangeable at the option of the holder thereof into shares of the
Underlying Securities in accordance with the terms of the
Securities (except the Guarantees); the Underlying Securities
reserved for issuance upon exchange of the Securities (except the
Guarantees) have been duly authorized and reserved and, when issued
upon exchange of the Securities (except the Guarantees) in
accordance with the terms of the Securities (except the
Guarantees), will be validly issued, fully paid and non assessable,
and the issuance of the Underlying Securities will not be subject
to any preemptive or similar rights;
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(m) the
Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized by the
Company, Superior Energy and the Guarantors and, when duly executed
and delivered by the Company, Superior Energy and the Guarantors,
shall constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of the
Company, Superior Energy and the Guarantors, enforceable against
the Company, Superior Energy and the Guarantors in accordance with
its terms, subject as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium,
reorganization and laws of general applicability relating to or
affecting creditors’ rights and general equity principles
(regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding
in equity or at law); and except that rights to indemnification
thereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws or
public policy relating thereto; and the Registration Rights
Agreement will conform, in all material respects, to the
description thereof in the Time of Sale Information and the Final
Memorandum;
(n) the Hedge and
Warrant Transaction Documentation has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Company and Superior Energy and
constitute valid and legally binding instruments of the Company and
Superior Energy, as applicable, enforceable against them in
accordance with their terms, subject as to enforcement, to
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, fraudulent conveyance,
moratorium, reorganization and laws of general applicability
relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and general equity
principles (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law); and the Hedge and Warrant
Transaction Documentation conforms, in all material respects, to
the description thereof in the Time of Sale Information and the
Final Memorandum;
(o) none of
Superior Energy or any of its subsidiaries is in violation of its
certificate or articles of incorporation or organization or
certificate of formation, or its bylaws, limited liability company
agreement or partnership agreement (or other organizational
documents), or in default in the performance or observance of any
material 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, other than such defaults that
individually or in the aggregate would not have a Material Adverse
Effect
(p) the statements
set forth in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum
under the captions “Description of Notes,”
“Description of Our Capital Stock”, “Registration
Rights,” and “Certain United States Federal Income Tax
Considerations,” insofar as they constitute summaries of the
legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly
present, in all material respects, the information called for with
respect to such legal matters, documents or proceedings;
(q) other than as
set forth in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum,
there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which
Superior Energy or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which
any property of Superior Energy or any of its subsidiaries is the
subject which, if determined adversely to Superior Energy or any of
its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a
Material Adverse Effect; and, to the best of Superior
Energy’s knowledge, no such proceedings have been threatened
by governmental authorities or others;
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(r) none of the
Company, Superior Energy, the Guarantors, nor any affiliate (as
defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D) of the Company,
Superior Energy or any Guarantor has directly, or through any
agent, sold, offered for sale, solicited offers to buy or otherwise
negotiated in respect of, any security (as defined in the
Securities Act) which is or will be integrated with the sale of the
Securities in a manner that would require the registration under
the Securities Act of the offering contemplated by the Time of Sale
Information and the Final Memorandum;
(s) none of the
Company, Superior Energy, the Guarantors, any affiliate of the
Company, Superior Energy or any Guarantor or any person acting on
its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers for whom the
Company, Superior Energy and the Guarantors make no representation)
has offered or sold the Securities by means of any general
solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule
502(c) under the Securities Act;
(t) the Securities
satisfy the requirements set forth in Rule 144A(d)(3) under
the Securities Act;
(u) the issue and
sale of the Securities, the issuance by Superior Energy of the
Underlying Securities upon exchange of the Securities and the
compliance by the Company, Superior Energy and the Guarantors with
all of the provisions of the Securities, the Indenture, the
Registration Rights Agreement, the Hedge and Warrant Transaction
Documentation and this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions herein and therein contemplated (A) will not
conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the
terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other
agreement or instrument to which Superior Energy or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or by which Superior Energy or any of its
subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of
Superior Energy or any of its subsidiaries is subject, except such
conflict, breach or violation as would not have a Material Adverse
Effect, (B) will not result in any violation of the provisions
of the certificate of incorporation or articles, bylaws, articles
of organization, limited liability company agreement, partnership
agreement or other organizational documents of the Company,
Superior Energy or any Guarantor, and (C) will not result in
the violation of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of
any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over
Superior Energy or any of its subsidiaries or any of their
properties, except such violations as would not have a Material
Adverse Effect; and except as disclosed in the Time of Sale
Information and the Final Memorandum, no consent, approval,
authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any
such court or governmental agency or body is required for the issue
and sale of the Securities or Underlying Securities or the
consummation by the Company, Superior Energy or any Guarantor of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Indenture,
except for the filing and effectiveness of a registration statement
by the Company, Superior Energy and the Guarantors with the
Commission pursuant to the Securities Act and the Registration
Rights Agreement, the qualification of the Indenture under the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (“ Trust Indenture Act
”) in relation to the Securities and Underlying Securities
and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or
qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue
Sky laws in connection
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with the
purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Initial
Purchasers in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time
of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum and except for such
consents the failure to obtain would not have a Material Adverse
Effect;
(v) each of the
Company and Superior Energy is not and, after giving effect to the
offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the
proceeds thereof as described in the Time of Sale Information and
the Final Memorandum, will not be required to register as an
“investment company” as such term is defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “
Investment Company Act ”);
(w) KPMG LLP
(“ KPMG ”), who have certified the audited
consolidated financial statements of Superior Energy and its
subsidiaries, are independent public accountants as required under
the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder;
(x) when the
Securities are issued and delivered pursuant to this Agreement, no
Securities will be of the same class (within the meaning of
Rule 144A under the Securities Act) as securities which are
listed on a national securities exchange registered under
Section 6 of the Exchange Act, or quoted in a U.S. automated
inter-dealer quotation system;
(y) Superior
Energy is subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act;
(z) Superior
Energy and its subsidiaries own or possess adequate licenses or
other rights to use all trademarks, service marks, trade names and
know-how necessary to conduct the businesses now or proposed to be
operated by them as described in the Time of Sale Information and
the Final Memorandum, and neither Superior Energy nor any of its
subsidiaries has received any notice of conflict with (or knows of
any such conflict with) asserted rights of others with respect to
any trademarks, service marks, trade names or know-how which, if
such assertion of conflict were sustained, would individually or in
the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect;
(aa) Superior
Energy and its subsidiaries possess all licenses, permits,
certificates, consents, orders, approvals and other authorizations
from, and have made all declarations and filings with, all federal,
state, local and other governmental authorities and all courts and
other tribunals, including without limitation under any applicable
Environmental Laws (as defined below), currently required or
necessary to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate their
properties and to carry on their business as now and proposed to be
conducted as set forth in the Time of Sale Information and the
Final Memorandum (“ Permits ”), except where the
failure to obtain such Permits would not individually or in the
aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect; Superior Energy and its
subsidiaries have fulfilled and performed all of their obligations
with respect to such Permits and no event has occurred which
allows, or after notice or lapse of time would allow, revocation or
termination thereof or results in any other material impairment of
the rights of the holder of any such Permit, except where the
failure to perform such obligations or the occurrence of such event
would not have a Material Adverse Effect;
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and neither
Superior Energy nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice
of any proceeding relating to revocation or modification of any
such Permit, except as described in the Time of Sale Information
and the Final Memorandum and except where such revocation or
modification would not individually or in the aggregate have a
Material Adverse Effect;
(bb) Superior
Energy and its subsidiaries have filed all necessary federal, state
and foreign income and franchise tax returns or have timely
requested extensions thereof and have paid all taxes shown as due
thereon or made adequate reserve or provision therefor; and other
than tax deficiencies which Superior Energy or any subsidiary is
contesting in good faith and for which Superior Energy or such
subsidiary has provided adequate reserves, there is no tax
deficiency that has been asserted against Superior Energy or any
subsidiary that would individually or in the aggregate have a
Material Adverse Effect;
(cc) except as
described in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum
or as would not individually or in the aggregate have a Material
Adverse Effect (A) Superior Energy and its subsidiaries are in
compliance with and not subject to any known liability under
applicable Environmental Laws (as defined below), (B) Superior
Energy and its subsidiaries have made all filings and provided all
notices required under any applicable Environmental Laws, and have,
and are in compliance with, all Permits required under any
applicable Environmental Laws and each of them is in full force and
effect, (C) there is no civil, criminal or administrative
action, suit, demand, claim, hearing, notice of violation,
investigation, proceeding, notice or demand letter or request for
information pending or, to the best of Superior Energy’s
knowledge, threatened against Superior Energy or its subsidiaries
under any Environmental Law, (D) no lien, charge, encumbrance
or restriction has been recorded under any Environmental Law with
respect to any assets, facility or property owned, operated, leased
or controlled by Superior Energy or any of its subsidiaries,
(E) neither Superior Energy nor any of its subsidiaries has
received notice that it has been identified as a potentially
responsible party under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (“
CERCLA ”), or any comparable state law, and
(F) no property or facility of Superior Energy or any of its
subsidiaries is (i) listed or, to the best of Superior
Energy’s knowledge, proposed for listing on the National
Priorities List under CERCLA or (ii) listed in the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, Liability
Information System List promulgated pursuant to CERCLA, or on any
comparable list maintained by any state or local governmental
authority;
For purposes of
this Agreement, “ Environmental Laws ” means the
common law, all federal treaties and all applicable federal, state
and local laws or regulations, codes, orders, decrees, judgments or
injunctions issued, promulgated, approved or entered thereunder,
relating to pollution or protection of public or employee health
and safety or the environment, including, without limitation, laws
relating to (i) emissions, discharges, releases or threatened
releases of hazardous materials into the environment (including,
without limitation, ambient air, surface water, ground water, sea
water, land surface or subsurface strata), (ii) the
manufacture, processing, distribution, use, generation, treatment,
storage, disposal, transport or handling of hazardous materials,
and (iii) underground and above ground storage tanks and
related piping, and emissions, discharges, releases or threatened
releases therefrom;
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(dd) there is no
strike, labor dispute, slowdown or work stoppage with the employees
of Superior Energy or any of its subsidiaries which is pending or,
to the best of Superior Energy’s knowledge, threatened;
neither Superior Energy nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to
or has any obligation under any collective bargaining agreement or
other labor union contract, white paper or side agreement with any
labor union or organization; except as described in the Time of
Sale Information and the Final Memorandum, to the best of Superior
Energy’s knowledge, no collective bargaining organizing
activities are taking place with respect to Superior Energy or any
of its subsidiaries;
(ee) Superior
Energy and its subsidiaries carry insurance in such amounts and
covering such risks as in their determination is adequate for the
conduct of their business or the value of their
properties;
(ff) neither
Superior Energy nor any of its subsidiaries has any liability for
any prohibited transaction or funding deficiency or any complete or
partial withdrawal liability with respect to any pension, profit
sharing, 401(k) plan or other plan which is subject to the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“
ERISA ”), to which Superior Energy or any of its
subsidiaries makes or ever has made a contribution and in which any
employee of Superior Energy or any of its subsidiaries is or has
ever been a participant, except for such liabilities which would
not individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse
Effect; and with respect to such plans, the Company and each of its
subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with all
applicable provisions of ERISA;
(gg) Superior
Energy and each of its subsidiaries owns or leases all such
properties as are necessary to the conduct of its business as
presently operated and as proposed to be operated as described in
the Final Memorandum. Superior Energy and each of its subsidiaries
have (i) good title to all real property and good title to all
personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of any
and all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are
described in the Final Memorandum or such as do not (individually
or in the aggregate) materially affect the value of such property
or materially interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of
such property by Superior Energy and each of its subsidiaries, and
(ii) peaceful and undisturbed possession of any real property
and buildings held under lease or sublease by Superior Energy and
each of its subsidiaries and such leased or subleased real property
and buildings are held by them under valid, subsisting and
enforceable leases and no default exists thereunder, (including, to
Superior Energy’s knowledge, defaults by the landlord) with
such exceptions as are not material to, and do not interfere with,
the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings
by Superior Energy and each of its subsidiaries except (in the case
of clause (i) above) where the failure to have such title or
possession could
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