Exhibit 10.1
$85,000,000
AMBASSADORS INTERNATIONAL,
INC.
3.75% Convertible Senior Notes
due 2027
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated March 28,
2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1.
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Representations and Warranties of the
Company
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2
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1.1
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Disclosure Package and Final Offering
Circular
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2
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1.2
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Exchange Act Compliance
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2
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1.3
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Due Incorporation
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3
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1.4
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Subsidiaries
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1.5
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Purchase Agreement
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3
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1.6
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Indenture
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4
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1.7
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Registration Rights Agreement
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1.8
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Description of Capital Stock and Material
Indebtedness
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1.9
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Authorized Stock
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1.10
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Validly Issued Securities
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1.11
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Underlying Securities
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1.12
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No Conflict
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1.13
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No Material Adverse Change
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1.14
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Legal Proceedings; Exhibits
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1.15
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Investment Company Act
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1.16
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Compliance with Environmental Laws
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1.17
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No Environmental Costs
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1.18
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Cuban Business Statute
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1.19
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Absence of Material Charges
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7
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1.20
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Good Title to Properties
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1.21
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Descriptions in Disclosure Package and Each
Offering Circular
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1.22
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Securities of Different Class
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8
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1.23
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Exchange Act Reporting Company
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8
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1.24
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No Integration, General Solicitation or General
Advertising
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8
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1.25
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Sales in the United States or to U.S.
Persons
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8
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1.26
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No Registration of the Securities or
Qualification of the Indenture
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8
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1.27
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Absence of Further Requirements
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1.28
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No Violation of Section 7 of the Exchange
Act
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1.29
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No Price Stabilization or
Manipulation
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1.30
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Independent Public Accountants
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9
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1.31
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Financial Statements
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1.32
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No Registration Rights
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10
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1.33
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Intellectual Property Rights
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10
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1.34
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No Labor Disputes
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10
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1.35
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Insurance
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1.36
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Statistical and Market Related Data
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11
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1.37
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Governmental Permits
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11
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1.38
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Accounting Controls
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1.39
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Listing of Common Stock
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12
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1.40
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Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
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12
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1.41
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Payment of Taxes
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12
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1.42
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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
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1.43
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Money Laundering Laws
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1.44
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OFAC
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1.45
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Common Stock Certificates
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1.46
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ERISA
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1.47
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Accuracy of Exhibits
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1.48
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Related Party Transactions
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1.49
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Solvency
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1.50
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Dividend Payments
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1.51
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Suppliers
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1.52
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Stock Option Awards
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14
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1.53
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S-3 Eligibility
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14
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1.54
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Authorization of the Acquisition
Agreement
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1.55
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Consents for the Acquisition
Agreement
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1.56
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Acquisition Agreement
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2.
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Purchase and Sale Agreements
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2.1
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Firm Securities
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2.2
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Additional Securities
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2.3
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Market Standoff Provision
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2.4
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Terms of Offering
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3.
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Payment and Delivery
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4.
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Covenants of the Company
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4.1
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Furnish Copies of Disclosure Package and Final
Offering Circular
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4.2
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Notification of Amendments or
Supplements
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4.3
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Preparing Amendments or Supplements
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4.4
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Blue Sky Laws
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4.5
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Use of Proceeds
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4.6
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Subsequent Sales of Securities
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4.7
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No Public Offering of Securities
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4.8
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Additional Information
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4.9
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DTC
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4.10
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PORTAL
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4.11
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Resales by the Company and
Affiliates
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4.12
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No Registration Under Section 8 of the
Investment Company Act
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4.13
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Reservation of Underlying Securities
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4.14
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Listing of Underlying Securities
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4.15
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Notification and Effect of Material
Events
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4.16
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No Other Offering Documents
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4.17
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Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
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5.
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Conditions to the Initial Purchaser’s
Obligations
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5.1
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No Downgrading
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5.2
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No Material Adverse Change
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5.3
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Officers’ Certificate
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5.4
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Opinion of Company Counsel
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5.5
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Opinion of Initial Purchaser’s
Counsel
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5.6
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Accountants’ Comfort Letters
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5.7
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Lock-Up Agreements
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5.8
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PORTAL
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5.9
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Approval of Listing
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5.10
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Additional Documents
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5.11
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Representations and Warranties
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6.
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Offering of Securities; Restrictions on
Transfer
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6.1
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Institutional Accredited Investor
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6.2
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Offering of Securities
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7.
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Expenses
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8.
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Indemnity and Contribution
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8.1
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Indemnification by the Company
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8.2
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Indemnification by the Initial
Purchaser
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8.3
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Indemnification Procedures
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8.4
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Contribution Agreement
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8.5
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Contribution Amounts
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8.6
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Remedies Not Exclusive
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8.7
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Survival of Provisions
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Effectiveness
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10.
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Representations, Warranties and Agreements to
Survive
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11.
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Termination
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12.
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Reimbursement
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13.
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Counterparts
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14.
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Headings; Table of Contents
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15.
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Notices
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16.
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No Advisory or Fiduciary
Relationship
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17.
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Successors
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18.
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Partial Unenforceability
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Governing Law
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20.
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Time
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21.
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Consent to Jurisdiction
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22.
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Entire Agreement
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Amendments
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24.
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Sophisticated Parties
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SCHEDULE 1.34(b)
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S-1
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SCHEDULE 1.34(c)
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S-2
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SCHEDULE A
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SA-1
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SCHEDULE B
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SB-1
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SCHEDULE C
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SC-1
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EXHIBIT A - Form of Legal Opinion of
Rutan & Tucker LLP
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A-1
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EXHIBIT B - Form of Lock-Up
Agreement
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B-1
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March 28, 2007
Thomas Weisel Partners
LLC
One Montgomery Street, Suite 3700
San Francisco, California 94104
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Introduction
. Ambassadors International, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), proposes
to issue and sell to you (“ you ,” or the
“ Initial Purchaser ”) an aggregate of
$85,000,000 principal amount of its 3.75% Convertible Senior Notes
due 2027 (the “ Firm Securities ”) to be issued
pursuant to the provisions of an Indenture dated as of
April 3, 2007 (the “ Indenture ”) between
the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee
(the “ Trustee ”).
The Company also proposes to issue
and sell to you not more than an additional $15,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of its 3.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2027
(the “ Additional Securities ”) solely to cover
over-allotments, if and to the extent that you shall have
determined to exercise the right to purchase such Additional
Securities granted to you in Section 2.2 hereof. The Firm
Securities and the Additional Securities are hereinafter
collectively referred to as the “ Securities
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The Securities will be convertible
into shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.01 par value
per share (the “ Common Stock ”). The shares of
Common Stock into which the Securities are convertible are
hereinafter referred to as the “ Underlying
Securities. ”
The Securities and the Underlying
Securities will be offered by the Initial Purchaser without being
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“ Securities Act ”), to qualified institutional
buyers as defined in Rule 144A of the rules and regulations
promulgated under the Securities Act (“ QIBs ”)
in compliance with the exemption from registration provided by
Rule 144A of the rules and regulations promulgated under the
Securities Act by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“ Commission ”).
The Initial Purchaser and its direct
and indirect transferees will be entitled to the benefits of a
Registration Rights Agreement dated the Closing Date between the
Company and the Initial Purchaser (the “ Registration
Rights Agreement ”) pursuant to which, subject to the
conditions set forth therein, the Company will be required to file
and use its best efforts to have declared effective a registration
statement under the Securities Act to register resales of the
Securities and the Underlying Securities.
In connection with the sale of the
Securities, the Company (a) has prepared and delivered to the
Initial Purchaser (i) a preliminary offering circular (as
supplemented or amended prior to the date hereof, the “
Preliminary Offering Circular ”) and (ii) a
pricing term sheet in the form attached hereto as Schedule B
, which includes the pricing terms and other information with
respect
to the Securities and other matters not included
in the Preliminary Offering Circular (the “ Pricing
Supplement ”) and (b) will prepare and deliver to
the Initial Purchaser on the date hereof or the next succeeding day
a final offering circular (the “ Final Offering
Circular ” and, with the Preliminary Offering Circular,
each an “ Offering Circular ”) including or
incorporating by reference a description of the terms of the
Securities and the Underlying Securities, the terms of the offering
and a description of the Company. As used herein, the term “
Offering Circular ” shall include in each case the
documents and information incorporated by reference therein. All
references in this Purchase Agreement (this “
Agreement ”) to amendments of or supplements to an
Offering Circular shall be deemed to mean and include the filing of
any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the “ Exchange Act ”), which is or is deemed to
be incorporated by reference in the Offering Circular.
1. Representations and Warranties
of the Company . The Company represents and warrants to and
agrees with the Initial Purchaser that:
1.1 Disclosure Package and Final
Offering Circular . As of the Applicable Time (as defined
below), neither (x) the Preliminary Offering Circular as of
the Applicable Time as supplemented by Pricing Supplement, that has
been prepared and delivered by the Company to the Initial Purchaser
in connection with its solicitation of offers to purchase
Securities, all considered together (collectively, the “
Disclosure Package ”), nor (y) any individual
Supplemental Offering Materials (as defined below), when considered
together with the Disclosure Package, contained any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
“ Applicable Time ” means 6:00 p.m., New York
City time, on March 28, 2007, or such other time as agreed by
the Company and the Initial Purchaser.
“ Supplemental Offering
Materials ” means any “written communication”
(within the meaning of the Securities Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder) prepared by or on behalf of the Company, or
used or referred to by the Company, that constitutes an offer to
sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities other than
the Offering Circular or amendments or supplements thereto
(including the Pricing Supplement), including, without limitation,
any road show materials relating to the Securities that constitutes
such a written communication.
As of its issue date and as of
Closing Date, the Final Offering Circular will not contain an
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.
The representations and warranties
in this subsection shall not apply to statements in or omissions
from the Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Circular made in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished
to the Company by the Initial Purchaser expressly for use
therein.
1.2 Exchange Act
Compliance . The
Offering Circular, as delivered from time to time, shall
incorporate by reference the most recent Annual Report of the
Company on Form 10-K filed with the Commission and each
Quarterly Report of the Company on Form 10-Q and each Current
Report of the Company on Form 8-K filed with the Commission
since the end of the fiscal
SB-2
year to which such Annual Report relates. The
documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in
either Offering Circular, at the time they were or hereafter are
filed with the Commission, complied and will comply with the
requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, and did not and will not, as of their
respective dates, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
1.3 Due Incorporation
. The Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing
as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation, has the corporate power and
authority to own, lease and operate its property and to conduct its
business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final
Offering Circular and to enter into and perform its obligations
under each of this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement,
the Securities, the Indenture and the Purchase Agreement, dated
February 21, 2007 (the “Acquisition Agreement”),
between Ambassadors International Cruise Group, LLC, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Company (“Ambassadors International Cruise
Group”), and HAL Antillen N.V., a unit of Carnival
Corporation plc, pursuant to which Ambassadors International Cruise
Group will acquire Windstar Sail Cruises Limited
(“Windstar”) and related entities, and to consummate
all of the transactions in connection therewith as contemplated
thereby and in the Disclosure Package and each Offering Circular;
and the Company is duly qualified to transact business and is in
good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its
business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such
qualification, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of
property or the conduct of business, except to the extent that the
failure to be so qualified or be in good standing could not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have
any material adverse change, in or affecting the condition,
financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations
of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in each case
whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business (a
“Material Adverse Effect”).
1.4 Subsidiaries . Each
subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated or formed, is
validly existing as a corporation or limited liability company in
good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation or formation, has the corporate, limited liability
company or other power and authority to own, lease and operate its
properties and to conduct its business as described in the
Disclosure Package and each Offering Circular and is duly qualified
to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction
in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of
property requires such qualification, except where the failure to
be so qualified or in good standing could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. All of the issued
shares of capital stock or membership interests, as applicable, of
each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly
authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are
owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of any
security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or
equity; none of the outstanding shares of capital stock or
membership interests, as applicable, of the subsidiaries of the
Company was issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights
of any securityholder of such subsidiary.
1.5 Purchase Agreement
. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company, and assuming due authorization, execution
and delivery by you, is a valid and binding agreement of the
Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject
to
SB-3
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar
laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general
principles of equity and except as rights to indemnification and
contribution hereunder may be limited under applicable
law.
1.6 Indenture . The
Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company, and when
executed and delivered by the Company (assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee), will
constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Company,
enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’
rights generally and general principles of equity.
1.7 Registration Rights
Agreement . The Registration Rights Agreement has been
duly authorized by the Company, and when executed and delivered by
the Company (assuming the authorization, execution and delivery by
the Initial Purchaser), will constitute a valid and binding
agreement of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms,
subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws
affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles
of equity and except as rights to indemnification and contribution
under the Registration Rights Agreement may be limited under
applicable law.
1.8 Description of Capital Stock
and Material Indebtedness . The Company has the
authorized, issued and outstanding capitalization and material
indebtedness as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final
Offering Circular, and the Acquisition Agreement, the capital stock
and the material indebtedness of the Company conform as to legal
matters to the descriptions thereof contained in the Disclosure
Package and the Final Offering Circular.
1.9 Authorized Stock
. The shares of issued and outstanding capital stock of the
Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully
paid and non-assessable; none of the outstanding shares of capital
stock of the Company was issued in violation of the preemptive or
other similar rights of any securityholder of the
Company.
1.10 Validly Issued
Securities . The Securities have been duly authorized and,
when executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions
of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Initial
Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement, will have been duly executed
and delivered by the Company and (assuming due authorization,
execution and delivery of the Indenture by the Trustee) will
constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company
enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’
rights generally and general principles of equity, and will be in
the form contemplated by and entitled to the benefits provided by
the Indenture; and the Securities, the Registration Rights
Agreement and the Indenture will conform in all material respects
to the descriptions thereof in the Disclosure Package and the Final
Offering Circular.
1.11 Underlying Securities
. The Underlying Securities conform in all material respects
to all descriptions relating thereto set forth in the Disclosure
Package and the Final Offering Circular. Upon issuance and delivery
of the Securities in accordance with this Agreement and the
Indenture, the Securities will be convertible at the option of the
holder thereof into shares of Common Stock in accordance with the
terms of the Securities and the Indenture; the Underlying
Securities have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance upon
such conversion by all
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necessary corporate action and such shares, when
issued upon such conversion of the Securities in accordance with
the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, will be validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable, no holder of such shares
will be subject to personal liability by reason of being such a
holder, except that they may be liable by agreement and for their
own conduct or acts, and the issuance of the Underlying Securities
will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights.
1.12 No Conflict
. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in
violation of its charter or by-laws (or other similar constituent
document) or in default in the performance or observance of any
obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any
contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit
agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which
the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which any
of them may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, except as
otherwise set forth in the Disclosure Package or Offering Circular
or as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. The Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with all
applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws, rules,
regulations, ordinances, codes, policies and rules of common law
and any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof of any
governmental body, agency or court, domestic or foreign, having
jurisdiction over the Company’s business, assets or
properties, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. The execution and delivery by the Company
of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations under,
this Agreement, the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement
and the Securities and any other agreement or instrument entered
into or issued or to be entered into or issued by the Company in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or
in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Circular and the
consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated
and compliance by the Company with its obligations hereunder and
thereunder: (a) have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action; (b) do not and will not, whether with or
without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, contravene
(i) any provision of applicable law, statute, rule or
regulation, (ii) the charter or by-laws (or other similar
constituent documents) of the Company or any of its subsidiaries,
(iii) any agreement or other instrument binding upon the
Company or any of its subsidiaries that is material to the Company
and its subsidiaries (including the Acquisition Agreement), or
(iv) any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body,
agency or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their assets,
properties or operations; and (c) will not result in the
creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any
property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. No
consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification or
filing with, any governmental body or agency, or of or with the
Nasdaq Global Market, or approval of the stockholders of the
Company, is required for the performance by the Company of its
obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture, the Registration
Rights Agreement or the Securities, except (x) Exchange Act
filings disclosing matters related thereto, (y) the filing of
an application for the listing of additional shares with the Nasdaq
Global Market, which has been made, and (z) such as may be
required by the securities or blue sky laws of the various states
in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities and the
Underlying Securities (and by federal and state securities laws
with respect to the Company’s obligations under the
Registration Rights Agreement).
1.13 No Material Adverse
Change . Since the respective dates as of which
information is given in the Disclosure Package and the Final
Offering Circular, (i) there has not
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occurred any Material Adverse Effect,
(ii) there has not occurred any Material Adverse Effect on
Windstar, and (iii) there has not been any change in the
outstanding indebtedness of the Company and its subsidiaries (other
than the incurrence or payment of trade payables in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice).
1.14 Legal Proceedings;
Exhibits . There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry
or investigation before or brought by any court or governmental
agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or, to the best
knowledge of the Company, threatened, against or affecting the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or their respective properties
or assets that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect, or which could reasonably be expected to adversely
affect the properties or assets of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement or the performance by the Company of its
obligations hereunder or under the Registration Rights Agreement,
the Indenture and the Securities. All pending legal or governmental
proceedings to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a
party or of which any of their respective property or assets is the
subject which are not described in the Disclosure Package and the
Final Offering Circular, including ordinary routine litigation
incidental to the business, could not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
1.15 Investment Company Act
. The Company and each of its subsidiaries 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 Disclosure
Package and the Final Offering Circular, will not be an
“investment company” or an entity
“controlled” by an “investment company” as
such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended (the “ Investment Company Act
”).
1.16 Compliance with
Environmental Laws . The Company and its subsidiaries
(i) are in compliance with any and all applicable foreign,
federal, state and local laws, rules, regulations, ordinances,
codes, policies and rules of common law and any judicial or
administrative interpretation thereof relating to pollution or the
protection of human health and safety, the environment (including,
without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land
surface or subsurface strata), wildlife, or hazardous or toxic
substances or wastes, chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes,
residual materials, toxic substances, petroleum or petroleum
products, asbestos-containing materials or mold (collectively,
“ Hazardous Materials ”) or to the manufacture,
processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal,
transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (“
Environmental Laws ”), (ii) have received all
permits, certificates, licenses, authorizations or other approvals
required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct
their respective businesses and (iii) are in compliance with
all terms and conditions of any such permit, certificate, license,
authorization or approval, except where failure or noncompliance in
the case of clauses (i) through (iii) above, could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; there are
no pending or to the Company’s knowledge, threatened
administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands,
demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or
violation, investigation or proceedings relating to any
Environmental Law against the Company or any of its subsidiaries;
and to the Company’s knowledge there are no events or
circumstances that could reasonably be expected to form the basis
of an order for clean-up, remediation or other corrective or
rehabilitation measures, or an action, suit or proceeding by any
private party or governmental body or agency, against or affecting
the Company or any of its subsidiaries relating to Hazardous
Materials or Environmental Laws.
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1.17 No Environmental Costs
. To the Company’s knowledge, there are no costs or
liabilities associated with Environmental Laws (including, without
limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for
clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental
Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on
operating activities or any potential liabilities to third parties)
that would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company and its subsidiaries.
1.18 Cuban Business Statute
. The Company has complied with all provisions of
Section 517.075, Florida Statutes relating to doing business
with the Government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located
in Cuba.
1.19 Absence of Material
Charges . Subsequent to the date as of which information
is given in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Circular:
(i) the Company and its subsidiaries have not incurred any
material liability or obligation, direct or contingent (including
any off-balance sheet obligations), nor entered into any material
transaction not in the ordinary course of business; (ii) the
Company has not purchased any of its outstanding capital stock, nor
declared, paid or otherwise made any dividend or distribution of
any kind on its capital stock other than ordinary and customary
dividends; and (iii) there has not been any material change in
the capital stock, short-term debt or long-term debt of the Company
and its subsidiaries, except in each case as described in the
Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Circular.
1.20 Good Title to Properties
. The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable
title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable
title to all personal property owned by them that is material to
the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, in each case free
and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests,
claims, restrictions or encumbrances of any kind, except such as
are described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering
Circular or such as would not materially affect the value of such
property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be
made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries; and any
real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its
subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and
enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do
not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such
property and buildings by the Company and its subsidiaries; and all
of the leases and subleases material to the business of the Company
and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, and under which
the Company or any of its subsidiaries holds properties described
in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Circular, are in
full force and effect, and neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has any notice of any material claim of any sort that
has been asserted by anyone adverse to the rights of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries under any of the leases or subleases
mentioned above, or affecting or questioning the rights of the
Company or any subsidiary thereof to the continued possession of
the leased or subleased premises under any such lease or
sublease.
1.21 Descriptions in Disclosure
Package and Each Offering Circular . The statements in the
Disclosure Package and each Offering Circular under the captions
“Description of Notes,” “Description of Capital
Stock,” “Description of Material Indebtedness,”
“Material United
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States Federal Tax Considerations,”
“Plan of Distribution,” “Transfer
Restrictions” and “Legal Matters” and in
“Item 3—Legal Proceedings” of the
Company’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K, in
“Part II, Item 1—Legal Proceedings” of any
quarterly report of the Company on Form 10-Q and in any
current report on Form 8-K included or incorporated by
reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering
Circular, in each case insofar as such statements constitute
summaries of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred
to therein, are accurate and fairly summarize in all material
respects the matters referred to therein. The Securities, the
Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement conform or will
conform in all material respects to the respective statements
relating thereto contained in the Disclosure Package and the Final
Offering Circular and will be in substantially the respective forms
last delivered to the Initial Purchaser prior to the date of this
Agreement.
1.22 Securities of Different
Class . The Securities are eligible for resale pursuant to
Rule 144A of the rules and regulations promulgated under the
Securities Act and, when the Securities are issued and delivered
pursuant to this Agreement, the Securities will not be of the same
class (within the meaning of Rule 144A of the rules and
regulations promulgated 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.
1.23 Exchange Act Reporting
Company . The Company is subject to the reporting
requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act.
1.24 No Integration, General
Solicitation or General Advertising . Neither the Company
nor any affiliate (as defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D
under the Securities Act) (an “ Affiliate ”) of
the Company, nor any person acting on its or their behalf (other
than the Initial Purchaser, as to whom the Company makes no
representation or warranty), has directly, or through any agent,
(i) 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 of the
Securities under the Securities Act or (ii) engaged in any
form of general solicitation or general advertising in connection
with the offering of the Securities (as those terms are used in
Regulation D under the Securities Act) or in any manner involving a
public offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the
Securities Act.
1.25 Sales in the United States
or to U.S. Persons . The Company will take reasonable
precautions designed to insure that any offer or sale, direct or
indirect, in the United States or to any U.S. person (as defined in
Rule 902 under the Securities Act) of any Securities or any
substantially similar security issued by the Company, within six
months subsequent to the date on which the distribution of the
Securities has been completed (as notified to the Company by the
Initial Purchaser), is made under restrictions and other
circumstances reasonably designed not to affect the status of the
offer and sale of the Securities in the United States and to U.S.
persons contemplated by this Agreement as transactions exempt from
the registration provisions of the Securities Act.
1.26 No Registration of the
Securities or Qualification of the Indenture . Assuming
the accuracy of the representations of the Initial Purchaser
contained in Section 6 hereof and the Initial
Purchaser’s compliance with its obligations thereunder, it is
not necessary in connection with
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the offer, sale and delivery of the Securities
to the Initial Purchaser in the manner contemplated by this
Agreement and the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering
Circular to register the Securities under the Securities Act or to
qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended (the “ Trust Indenture Act
”).
1.27 Absence of Further
Requirements . No filing with, or authorization, approval,
consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree of,
any court or governmental authority or agency or the Nasdaq Global
Market is necessary or required for the performance by the Company
of its obligations hereunder, in connection with the offering,
issuance or sale of the Securities hereunder or the consummation by
the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or
for the due execution, delivery or performance of the Registration
Rights Agreement, the Indenture or the Securities by the Company,
except (i) such as have been already made or obtained,
(ii) with respect to the obligations under the Registration
Rights Agreement, the filing of the registration statement and
supplements and amendments thereto with the Commission under the
Securities Act and the Commission’s declaration of
effectiveness of such registration statement and post-effective
amendments thereto and the qualification of the Indenture under
Trust Indenture Act, (iii) the filing of an application for
the listing of additional shares with the Nasdaq Global Market,
which has been made, or (iv) as expressly set forth in this
Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement or the
Indenture.
1.28 No Violation of
Section 7 of the Exchange Act . 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.
1.29 No Price Stabilization or
Manipulation . Other than any actions taken or that may be
taken directly or indirectly by the Initial Purchaser, as to which
the Company makes no representation or warranty, prior to the date
hereof, neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates has taken,
nor will the Company or any of its Affiliates take, directly or
indirectly, any action which is designed to or which has
constituted or which might be expected to cause or result in
stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the
Company in connection with the offering of the
Securities.
1.30 Independent Public
Accountants . Ernst & Young LLP, who have
certified the financial statements and supporting schedules of the
Company and its subsidiaries, are independent public accountants
with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning
of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder and by Rule 3600T of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board.
1.31 Financial Statements
. The financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries
(including for purposes of this Section 1.31, any pro forma
financial information) included or incorporated by reference in the
Disclosure Package and either Offering Circular, together with the
related schedules and notes, as well as those financial statements,
schedules and notes of any other entity included therein (or
incorporated by reference), present fairly in all material respects
the financial position of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries, or such
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other entity, as the case may be, at the dates
indicated and the statement of operations, stockholders’
equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries, or such other entity, as the case may be, for the
periods specified. Such financial statements have been prepared in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States (“ GAAP ”) applied on a consistent
basis throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise stated
therein). The supporting schedules, if any, included or
incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and either
Offering Circular present fairly in all material respects in
accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated therein.
The selected financial data and the summary financial information
included in the Disclosure Package and either Offering Circular
present fairly the information shown therein and have been compiled
on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements
included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and
either Offering Circular. All disclosures contained in the
Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Circular regarding
“non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined
by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply with
Regulation G under the Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation
S-K of the 1933 Act Regulations, to the extent
applicable.
1.32 No Registration Rights
. There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between
the Company and any person granting such person the right to
include securities held by such person in any registration
statement required under the Registration Rights Agreement with
respect to the Securities and the Underlying Securities.
1.33 Intellectual Property
Rights . The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess,
or can acquire on reasonable terms and without a Material Adverse
Effect, adequate patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions,
copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented
and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information,
systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks, trade names or
other intellectual property necessary to carry on the business now
operated by them, except where the failure to so own, possess or
acquire could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has
received any notice by or on behalf of a claimant of any
infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of the claimant
with respect to any of the foregoing which, if the subject of an
unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, could, individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Affect on the Company and its subsidiaries.
1.34 No Labor Disputes
. (a) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is
engaged in any unfair labor practice; (b) except as set forth
on Schedule 1.34(b), there is (i) no unfair labor practice
complaint pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened
against the Company or any of its subsidiaries before the National
Labor Relations Board, and no grievance or arbitration proceeding
arising out of or under collective bargaining agreements is pending
or threatened, (ii) no strike, labor dispute, slowdown or
stoppage exists or is pending or, to the Company’s knowledge,
is threatened or imminent against the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or its principal suppliers, manufacturers or
contractors, and (iii) no union representation dispute
currently exists or is pending concerning the employees of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries; and (c) to the
Company’s knowledge, (i) no union organizing activities
are currently taking place concerning the employees of the Company
or any of its subsidiaries except as set forth on Schedule 1.34(c)
and (ii) there has been no violation of any federal, state,
local or foreign law relating to discrimination in the hiring,
promotion or pay of employees, any applicable wage or hour laws
or
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any provision of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974 or the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder concerning the employees of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
1.35 Insurance . The
Company and its subsidiaries are insured by financially sound
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 and such insurance is in full
force and in effect on the date hereof and will be in full force
and in effect on the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as
the case may be; and neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries 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 its business. None of the Company or any
of its subsidiaries has been denied any insurance coverage that it
has sought or for which it has applied.
1.36 Statistical and Market
Related Data . Nothing has come to the attention of the Company
that has caused the Company to believe that the statistical and
market-related data included in the Disclosure Package and the
Final Offering Circular is not based on or derived from sources
that are reliable and accurate in all material respects and the
Company has obtained the written consent to the use of such data
from such sources to the extent required.
1.37 Governmental Permits
. Except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect: the Company and its subsidiaries possess
all permits, licenses, approvals, consents, certificates and other
authorizations (collectively, “ Governmental Licenses
”) issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign
regulatory authorities or bodies necessary to conduct the business
now operated by them; the Company and its subsidiaries are in
compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Governmental
Licenses; all of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full
force and effect; and neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the
revocation, suspension or modification of any such Governmental
Licenses which, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of
an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
1.38 Accounting Controls
. The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain a system
of internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule
13a-15 under the Exchange Act) 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. Except
as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Offering
Circular, since the end of the Company’s most recent audited
fiscal year, there has been (i) no material weakness in the
Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether
or not remediated) and (ii) no change in the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting that has materially
affected, or is likely to materially affect, the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting. The Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries employ disclosure controls and
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procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-14 and 15d-15
under the Exchange Act) that are designed to ensure that
information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports
that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded,
processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods
specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, and is
accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management,
including its principal executive officer or officers and principal
financial officer or officers, as appropriate, to allow timely
decisions regarding disclosure.
1.39 Listing of Common Stock
. The Common Stock is registered pursuant to
Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is listed on the Nasdaq
Global Market, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or
likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the
Common Stock under the Exchange Act or delisting the Common Stock
from the Nasdaq Global Market, nor has the Company received any
notification that the Commission or the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. is contemplating terminating such
registration or listing.
1.40 Sarbanes-Oxley
Compliance . The Company and the Company’s directors
and officers, in their capacities as such, are in compliance with
all provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “
Sarbanes-Oxley Act ”) and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder and in connection therewith, including
Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related
to certifications.
1.41 Payment of Taxes
. The Company and its subsidiaries have filed all tax returns
that are required to have been filed by them pursuant to applicable
federal, foreign, state, local or other law, and have paid all
taxes due pursuant to such returns or pursuant to any assessment
received by the Company and its subsidiaries, except for such
taxes, if any, as are being contested in good faith and as to which
adequate reserves have been provided, except where the failure to
so file or pay could not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect. The charges, accruals and reserves on the
books of the Company in respect of any income and corporation tax
liability for any years not finally determined are adequate to meet
any assessments or re-assessments for additional income tax for any
years not finally determined.
1.42 Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act . Neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the
Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, Affiliate or other
person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that
would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations
thereunder (the “ FCPA ”), including, without
limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality
of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer,
payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any
money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization
of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign
official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any
foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for
foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the
Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, its Affiliates have
conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have
instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure,
and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued
compliance therewith.
1.43 Money Laundering Laws
. The operations of the Company are and have been conducted at
all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and
reporting
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requirements of the Currency and Foreign
Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money
laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations
thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or
guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental
agency (collectively, the “ Money Laundering Laws
”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court
or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator
involving the Company with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is
pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company,
threatened.
1.44 OFAC . Neither the
Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director,
officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of
the Company is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered
by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury
Department (“ OFAC ”); and the Company will not
directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend,
contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any
subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for
the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently
subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
1.45 Common Stock
Certificates . The certificates representing the shares of
Common Stock (including the shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of the Securities) conform to the requirements of the
Nasdaq Global Market and the General Corporation Law of the State
of Delaware.
1.46 ERISA . Each of the
Company and its subsidiaries is in compliance in all material
respects with all applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations
and published interpretations thereunder (“ ERISA
”); no “reportable event” (as defined in ERISA)
has occurred with respect to any “pension plan” (as
defined in ERISA) for which the Company or any of its subsidiaries
would have any liability; none of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries has incurred or expects to incur liability under
(i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of, or
withdrawal from, any “pension plan” or
(ii) Section 412 or 4971 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, including the regulations and published
interpretations thereunder (the “ Code ”); and
each “pension plan” for which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries would have any liability that is intended to be
qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified in
all material respects and nothing has occurred, whether by action
or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such
qualification.
1.47 Accuracy of
Exhibits. There are no contracts or documents which are
required under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the rules
and regulations thereunder to be filed as exhibits to the documents
incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package or the Final
Offering Circular which have not been so filed as
required.
1.48 Related Party
Transactions . No relationship, direct or indirect, exists
between or among any of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
Affiliates, on the one hand, and any former or current director,
officer, stockholder, customer or supplier of any of them, on the
other hand, which is required by the Securities Act or by the rules
and regulations enacted thereunder to be described in a
registration statement on Form S-1 that is not so described or is
not described as required in the Disclosure Package and the Final
Offering Circular; and, to the Company’s knowledge, there are
no affiliations or associations between any member of the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. and any of the
Company’s officers or directors.
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1.49 Solvency . The
Company and each of its subsidiaries is, and immediately after
Closing Date will be, Solvent. As used herein, the term
“Solvent” means, with respect to the Company and each
of its subsidiaries, individually and in the aggregate, on a
particular date, that on such date (i) the fair market value
of the assets of the Company and each of its subsidiaries is
greater than the total amount of liabilities (including contingent
liabilities) of the Company and each of its subsidiaries,
(ii) the present fair salable value of the assets of the
Company and each of its subsidiaries is greater than the amount
that will be required to pay the probable liabilities of the
Company and each of its subsidiaries on its debts as they become
absolute and matured, (iii) the Company and each of its
subsidiaries is able to realize upon its assets and pay its debts
and other liabilities, including contingent obligations, as they
mature, and (iv) the Company and each of its subsidiaries does
not have unreasonably small capital.
1.50 Dividend Payments
. None of the Company’s subsidiaries is currently
prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any agreement or other
instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying any
dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on its
capital stock or from repaying to the Company any loans or advances
to it from the Company.
1.51 Suppliers . No
supplier of merchandise to the Company or any of its subsidiaries
has ceased shipments to any of them, other than in the normal and
ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, except
to the extent such cessation could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
1.52 Stock Option Awards
. All stock option awards granted by the Company have been
appropriately authorized by the board of directors of the Company
or a duly authorized committee thereof, including approval of the
exercise or purchase price or the methodology for determining the
exercise or purchase price and the substantive terms of the stock
options awards; all stock options granted to employees in the
United States reflect the fair market value of the Company’s
capital stock as determined under Section 409A of the Code,
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any
successor statute, rules and regulations thereto, on the date the
option was granted (within the meaning of United States Treasury
Regulation §1.421-1(c)); no stock options awards granted by
the Company have been retroactively granted, or the exercise or
purchase price of any stock option awar