ALLEGIANT TRAVEL COMPANY
(a Nevada corporation)
COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.001 PER
SHARE
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
May 5, 2009
May 5, 2009
Morgan Stanley & Co.
Incorporated
1585 Broadway
New York, New York 10036
Ladies and Gentlemen:
PAR
Investment Partners, L.P. (“ PAR ”), as selling
stockholder, proposes to sell to Morgan Stanley & Co.
Incorporated (the “ Underwriter ”) 2,250,000
shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Allegiant
Travel Company, a Nevada corporation (the “ Company
”). In addition, Timothy P. Flynn (“ Flynn
”), a member of the Company’s board of directors, as
selling stockholder, proposes to sell to the Underwriter 50,000
shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company.
Such aggregate of 2,300,000 shares severally proposed to be sold is
hereinafter referred to as the “ Firm Shares
”.
The
Company and Maurice J. Gallagher, Jr. (“ Gallagher
”), the Company’s chairman of the board of directors,
president and chief executive officer, as selling stockholder, also
severally propose to issue and/or sell to the Underwriter not more
than an additional 345,000 shares (the “ Additional
Shares ”) of the Company’s common stock, par value
$0.001 per share, if and to the extent that the Underwriter shall
have determined to exercise the right to purchase such shares of
common stock granted to the Underwriter in Section 2 hereof.
The Firm Shares and the Additional Shares are hereinafter
collectively referred to as the “ Shares ”. The
shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company
to be outstanding after giving effect to the sales contemplated
hereby are hereinafter referred to as the “ Common
Stock ”. PAR, Flynn and Gallagher are hereinafter
sometimes collectively referred to as the “ Selling
Stockholders ”. The Company and the Selling Stockholders
are hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the “
Sellers ”.
The
Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“ Commission ”) a registration statement,
including a prospectus, on Form S-3 (the file number of which is
set forth in Schedule I hereto), relating to the securities
(the “ Shelf Securities ”), including the
Shares, to be issued from time to time by the Company. The
registration statement as amended to the date of this Agreement,
including the information (if any) deemed to be part of the
registration statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to
Rule 430A or Rule 430B under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), is
hereinafter referred to as the “ Registration
Statement ”, and the related prospectus covering the
Shelf Securities dated May 4, 2009 in the form first used to
confirm sales of the Shares (or in the form first made available to
the Underwriter by the Company to meet requests of purchasers
pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) is hereinafter
referred to as the “ Basic Prospectus ”. The
Basic Prospectus, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement
specifically relating to the Shares in the form first used to
confirm sales of the Shares (or in the form first made available to
the Underwriter by the Company to meet requests of purchasers
pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) is hereinafter
referred to as the “ Prospectus ”, and the term
“ preliminary prospectus ” means any preliminary
form of the Prospectus (including the preliminary prospectus
supplement dated May 4, 2009). For purposes of this Agreement,
“ free writing prospectus ” has the meaning set
forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, “ Time of
Sale Prospectus ” means the Basic Prospectus, the
preliminary prospectus together with the free writing prospectuses,
if any, and orally communicated information each identified in
Schedule I hereto, and “ broadly available road
show ” means a “bona fide electronic road
show” as defined in Rule 433(h)(5) under the Securities
Act that has been made available without restriction to any person.
As used herein, the terms “Registration Statement”,
“Basic Prospectus”, “preliminary
prospectus”, “Time of Sale Prospectus” and
“Prospectus” shall include the documents, if any,
incorporated by reference therein. The terms “
supplement ”, “ amendment ” and
“ amend ” as used herein with respect to the
Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Time of Sale
Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus or free writing prospectus
shall include all documents subsequently filed by the Company with
the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), that are deemed
to be incorporated by reference therein.
SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties
.
(a) Representations and Warranties by the
Company. The Company
represents and warrants to and agrees with the Underwriter as of
the date hereof, the Applicable Time referred to in Section 1(a)(i)
hereof, as of the Closing Time referred to in Section 2(c) hereof,
and as of each Option Closing Date (if any) referred to in Section
2(b) hereof, as follows:
(i) Compliance with Registration
Requirements . The Registration Statement has become effective;
no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement is in effect, and no proceedings for such purpose are
pending before or threatened by the Commission, and any request on
the part of the Commission for additional information has been
complied with.
Each document, if any, filed or to be filed
pursuant to the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in the
Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus complied or will comply
when so filed in all material respects with the Exchange Act and
the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder,
(i) each part of the Registration Statement, when such part
became effective, did not contain, and each such part, as amended
or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any 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 not misleading, (ii) the Registration Statement as of
the date hereof does not contain any 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 not misleading,
(iii) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply,
and as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will comply in all
material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (iv) the Time of
Sale Prospectus does not, and at the time of each sale of the
Shares in connection with the offering when the Prospectus is not
yet available to prospective purchasers and at the Closing Time,
the Time of Sale Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented by the
Company, if applicable, will not, contain any 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, (v) each broadly
available road show, if any, when considered together with the Time
of Sale Prospectus, does not contain any 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 and (vi) the Prospectus
does not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable,
will not contain any 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, except that the representations and warranties set
forth in this paragraph do not apply to statements or omissions in
the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the
Prospectus based upon information relating to the Underwriter
furnished to the Company in writing by the Underwriter expressly
for use therein.
The Company was not and is not an
“ineligible issuer” in connection with the offering
pursuant to Rules 164, 405 and 433 under the Securities Act.
Any free writing prospectus that the Company is required to file
pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act has been, or will
be, filed with the Commission in accordance with the requirements
of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of
the Commission thereunder. Each free writing prospectus that the
Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d)
under the Securities Act or that was prepared by or behalf of or
used or referred to by the Company complies or will comply in all
material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and
the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
Except for the free writing prospectuses, if any, identified in
Schedule I hereto forming part of the Time of Sale Prospectus,
and electronic road shows, if any, each furnished to the
Underwriter before first use, the Company has not prepared, used or
referred to, and will not, without the Underwriter’s prior
consent, prepare, use or refer to, any free writing
prospectus.
Each preliminary prospectus filed as part of the
registration statement as originally filed or as part of any
amendment thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the
Securities Act, complied when so filed in all material respects
with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission under the Securities Act (the “ Securities Act
Regulations ”), and each preliminary prospectus and the
Prospectus delivered to the Underwriter for use in connection with
this offering was identical to the electronically transmitted
copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except
to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
“ Applicable Time ” means
7:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on May 5, 2009 or such other time as
agreed by the Company and the Underwriter.
(ii) Independent Accountants . Ernst
& Young LLP, which certified the financial statements and
supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement, is an
independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the
Company as required by the Securities Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder adopted by the Commission and the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board.
(iii) Financial Statements . The
financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the
Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, together with the
related schedules and notes, present fairly the financial position
of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries at the dates
indicated and the statement of operations, stockholders’
equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries for the periods specified; said financial statements
have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles (“ GAAP ”) applied on a consistent
basis throughout the periods involved. The supporting schedules, if
any, present fairly in accordance with GAAP the information
required to be stated therein. The selected financial data and the
summary financial information included in or incorporated by
reference into the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus
present fairly the information shown therein and have been compiled
on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements
included in or incorporated by reference into the Registration
Statement. All disclosures contained in the Registration Statement,
the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus regarding
“non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined
by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply with
Regulation G of the Exchange Act and Item 10 of
Regulation S-K of the Securities Act, to the extent
applicable.
(iv) No Material Adverse Change in
Business . Since the respective dates as of which information
is given in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus
or the Prospectus, except as otherwise stated therein,
(A) there has been no material adverse change in the
condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business
affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries
considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the
ordinary course of business (a “ Material Adverse
Effect ”), (B) there have been no transactions
entered into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, other than
those in the ordinary course of business, which are material with
respect to the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one
enterprise, (C) there has been no dividend or distribution of
any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its
capital stock, and (D) there has been no prohibition or
suspension of the operation of the Company’s aircraft,
including as a result of action taken by the Federal Aviation
Administration or the Department of Transportation.
(v) Good Standing of the Company . The
Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada
and has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its
properties and to conduct its business as described in the Time of
Sale Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under
this Agreement; and the Company is duly qualified as a foreign
corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each
other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether
by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of
business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good
standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(vi) Good Standing of Subsidiaries . Each
“significant subsidiary” of the Company (as such term
is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) (each a
“ Subsidiary ” and, collectively, the “
Subsidiaries ”) has been duly organized and is validly
existing as a limited liability company or corporation in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation, has
corporate or other power and authority to own, lease and operate
its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Time
of Sale Prospectus and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation
or limited liability company to transact business and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is
required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property
or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify
or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse
Effect; except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration
Statement, all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of
each subsidiary of the Company have been duly authorized and
validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned by
the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of
any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim
or equity; none of the outstanding equity interests of any
subsidiary of the Company were issued in violation of any
preemptive or similar rights. The only subsidiaries of the Company
are the subsidiaries listed on Exhibit 21.1 to the
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2008, and Allegiant Information Systems, Inc., a
wholly owned subsidiary formed to complete the transaction
described in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the
Commission on March 24, 2009.
(vii) Capitalization . The authorized,
issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set forth
in the Time of Sale Prospectus and in the Prospectus. The shares of
capital stock of the Company issued and outstanding have been duly
authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and
non-assessable; none of the outstanding shares of capital stock was
issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights.
(viii) Authorization of Agreement . This
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company.
(ix) Authorization and Description of the
Shares . The Shares to be purchased by the Underwriter from the
Company have been duly authorized for issuance and sale to the
Underwriter pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued and
delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement against payment
of the consideration set forth herein, will be validly issued and
fully paid and non-assessable; and the Common Stock conforms to all
statements relating thereto contained in the Time of Sale
Prospectus and in the Prospectus and such description conforms to
the rights set forth in the instruments defining the same; no
holder of the Shares will be subject to personal liability by
reason of being such a holder; and the issuance of the Shares is
not and will not be subject to any preemptive or similar
rights.
(x) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts .
Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of
its charter or bylaws 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 it or any of them may be bound, or to which any of the
property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary is subject
(collectively, “ Agreements and Instruments ”),
except for such defaults that would not result in a Material
Adverse Effect; and the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
herein and in the Registration Statement, the issuance and sale of
the Shares by the Company and the use of the proceeds from the sale
of the Shares sold by the Company as described in the Time of Sale
Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds”, and
compliance by the Company with its obligations hereunder have been
duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not and
will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage
of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, default
or Repayment Event (as defined below) under, or result in the
creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any
property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary pursuant to,
the Agreements and Instruments (except for such conflicts,
breaches, defaults or Repayment Events or liens, charges or
encumbrances that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect),
nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of
the charter or bylaws of the Company or any subsidiary or any
applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or
decree of any government, government instrumentality or court,
domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any
subsidiary or any of their assets, properties or operations. As
used herein, a “ Repayment Event ” means any
event or condition which gives the holder of any note, debenture or
other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such
holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase,
redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by
the Company or any subsidiary.
(xi) Absence of Labor Dispute . Except as
described in the Time of Sale Prospectus or in the Prospectus, no
labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any subsidiary
exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent, and the
Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance
by the employees of any of its or any subsidiary’s principal
suppliers, manufacturers, customers or contractors, which, in
either case, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xii) Absence of Proceedings . 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 knowledge of the Company,
threatened, against or affecting the Company or any subsidiary,
which is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement
(other than as accurately disclosed in all material respects
therein), or which might result in a Material Adverse Effect, or
which might materially and adversely affect the properties or
assets thereof or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
in this Agreement, or the performance by the Company of its
obligations hereunder; the aggregate of all pending legal or
governmental proceedings to which the Company or any subsidiary is
a party or of which any of their respective property or assets is
the subject which are not described in the Registration Statement,
including ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business,
could not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xiii) Accuracy of Exhibits . There are
no statutes, regulations, contracts or documents that are required
to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or
to be filed as exhibits thereto that have not been so described and
filed as required.
(xiv) Possession of Intellectual Property
. The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire
on reasonable terms, 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 (collectively, “
Intellectual Property ”) necessary to carry on the
business now operated by them, and neither the Company nor any of
its subsidiaries has received any notice or is otherwise aware of
any infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with
respect to any Intellectual Property or of any facts or
circumstances which would render any Intellectual Property invalid
or inadequate to protect the interest of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries therein, and which infringement or conflict (if the
subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding) or
invalidity or inadequacy, singly or in the aggregate, would result
in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xv) 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 is necessary or required for the performance by
the Company of its obligations hereunder, in connection with the
offering, issuance or sale of the Shares hereunder or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
except such as have been already obtained or as may be required
under the Securities Act or Securities Act Regulations or state
securities laws.
(xvi) Absence of Manipulation . Neither
the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any affiliate of
the Company has taken, nor will the Company or any affiliate
controlled by the Company take, directly or indirectly, any action
which is designed to or which has constituted or which would be
expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the
price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or
resale of the Shares.
(xvii) Possession of Licenses and Permits
. The Company and its subsidiaries possess such permits, licenses,
approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively, “
Governmental Licenses ”) issued by the appropriate
federal, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies,
including the Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation
Administration, necessary to conduct the business now operated by
them, except where the failure so to possess would not, singly or
in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; the Company
and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and
conditions of all such Governmental Licenses, except where the
failure so to comply would not, singly or in the aggregate, result
in a Material Adverse Effect; all of the Governmental Licenses are
valid and in full force and effect, except where the invalidity of
such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental
Licenses to be in full force and effect would not, singly or in the
aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; and neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of
proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such
Governmental Licenses which, singly or in the aggregate, if the
subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result
in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xviii) Title to Property . The Company
and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real
property owned by the Company and its subsidiaries and good title
to all other properties owned by them, in each case, free and clear
of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests, claims,
restrictions or encumbrances of any kind except such as
(a) are described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and in the
Prospectus or (b) do not, singly or in the aggregate,
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 or any of 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 Time of Sale Prospectus and in the Prospectus, are in full
force and effect, and neither the Company nor any subsidiary 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 subsidiary
under any of the leases or subleases mentioned above, or affecting
or questioning the rights of the Company or such subsidiary to the
continued possession of the leased or subleased premises under any
such lease or sublease.
(xix) Investment Company Act . The
Company is not required, and upon the offering and sale of the
Shares as herein contemplated and the application of the net
proceeds therefrom as described in the Prospectus will not be
required, to register as an “investment company” under
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “ 1940
Act ”).
(xx) Environmental Laws . Except as
described in the Registration Statement and except as would not,
singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect,
(A) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in
violation of any federal, state, local or foreign statute, law,
rule, regulation, ordinance, code, policy or rule of common law or
any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including
any judicial or administrative order, consent, decree or judgment,
relating to pollution or protection of human health, the
environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface
water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife,
including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the
release or threatened release of chemicals, pollutants,
contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous 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
(collectively, “ Environmental Laws ”),
(B) the Company and its subsidiaries have all permits,
authorizations and approvals required under any applicable
Environmental Laws and are each in compliance with their
requirements, (C) there are no pending or 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 (D) there are no events or circumstances that would
reasonably be expected to form the basis of an order for clean-up
or remediation, 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 any Environmental Laws. There are no costs or liabilities
associated with Hazardous Materials or 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 and any
potential liabilities to third parties) which would, singly or in
the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxi) Registration Rights . Other than
disclosed in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Prospectus
and Prospectus, or as otherwise waived, there are no persons with
registration rights or other similar rights to have any securities
registered pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise
registered by the Company under the Securities Act.
(xxii) Accounting Controls and Disclosure
Controls . The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain a
system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide
reasonable assurances that (A) transactions are executed in
accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization; (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP
and to maintain accountability for assets; (C) access to
assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s
general or specific authorization; and (D) 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 Time of Sale
Prospectus and the Prospectus, since the end of the Company’s
most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (1) no material
weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting (whether or not remediated) and (2) no change in the
Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect,
the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting.
The Company and its consolidated subsidiaries
employ disclosure controls and procedures 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.
(xxiii) Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act . There is and has been no failure on the part of the
Company or any of the Company’s directors or officers, in
their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with
any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and
regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “
Sarbanes-Oxley Act ”) that are then in effect and
which the Company is required to comply with as of the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement, including
Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906
related to certifications.
(xxiv) Payment of Taxes . All United
States federal income tax returns of the Company and its
subsidiaries required by law to be filed have been filed and all
taxes shown by such returns or otherwise assessed, which are due
and payable, have been paid, except assessments against which
appeals have been or will be promptly taken and as to which
adequate reserves have been provided. The Company and its
subsidiaries have filed all other tax returns that are required to
have been filed by them pursuant to applicable foreign, state,
local or other law except insofar as the failure to file such
returns would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, 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. 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, except
to the extent of any inadequacy that would not result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
(xxv) Insurance . The Company and its
subsidiaries carry or are entitled to the benefits of insurance,
with financially sound and reputable insurers, in such amounts and
covering such risks as is generally maintained by companies of
established repute and similar size engaged in the same or similar
business, and all such insurance is in full force and effect. The
Company has no reason to believe that it or any subsidiary will not
be able (A) to renew its existing insurance coverage as and
when such policies expire or (B) to obtain comparable coverage
from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to
conduct its business as now conducted and at a cost that would not
result in a Material Adverse Change. Neither the Company nor any
subsidiary has been denied any insurance coverage which it has
sought or for which it has applied.
(xxvi) Statistical and Market-Related
Data . Any statistical and market-related data included in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the
Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company
believes to be reliable and accurate, and, to the extent required,
the Company has obtained the written consent to the use of such
data from such sources.
(xxvii) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act .
Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries 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.
(xxviii) Money Laundering Laws . The
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been
conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial
recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the
Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as
amended, and the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by Title III of the
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools
Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA
PATRIOT Act), 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 or any of its subsidiaries
with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the
best knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(xxix) OFAC . Neither the Company nor any
of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any
director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on
behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries 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 or any of its subsidiaries 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.
(xxx) Air Carrier . Allegiant Air LLC, a
wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, (i) is an “air
carrier” within the meaning of 49 U.S.C. Section 40102(a) and
(ii) holds an air carrier operating certificate issued by the
Secretary of Transportation pursuant to Chapter 447 of Title
49 of the United States Code for aircraft capable of carrying 10 or
more individuals or 6,000 pounds or more of cargo. Each of the
Company and Allegiant Air LLC is a “citizen of the United
States” as defined in 49 U.S.C.
Section 40102.
(b) Representations and Warranties by the
Selling Stockholders .
Each Selling Stockholder severally represents and warrants to and
agrees with the Underwriter as of the date hereof , the Applicable
Time, as of the Closing Time, and as of each Option Closing Date
(if any), as follows:
(i) Accurate Disclosure . The information
that relates specifically to such Selling Stockholder, as set forth
in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus under the caption
“Selling Stockholders”, does not contain, and as
amended or supplemented, will not 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; such Selling
Stockholder is not prompted to sell the Shares to be sold by such
Selling Stockholder hereunder by any information concerning the
Company or any subsidiary of the Company which is not set forth in
the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus.
(ii) Authorization of this Agreement .
This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
or on behalf of such Selling Stockholder.
(iii) Authorization of Power of Attorney and
Custody Agreement . The Power of Attorney (the “ Power
of Attorney ”) and Custody Agreement (the “
Custody Agreement ”), in the form heretofore furnished
to the Underwriter, has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by such Selling Stockholder and is the valid and binding
agreement of such Selling Stockholder.
(iv) Noncontravention . The execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the Power of Attorney and Custody
Agreement and the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by
such Selling Stockholder and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated herein and compliance by such Selling Stockholder with
its obligations hereunder do not and will not, whether with or
without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict
with or constitute a breach of, or default under, or result in the
creation or imposition of any tax, lien, charge or encumbrance upon
the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder or any property
or assets of such Selling Stockholder pursuant to any contract,
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note,
license, lease or other agreement or instrument to which such
Selling Stockholder is a party or by which such Selling Stockholder
may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of such
Selling Stockholder is subject, nor will such action result in any
violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or other
organizational instrument of such Selling Stockholder, if
applicable, or any applicable treaty, law, statute, rule,
regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any government,
government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having
jurisdiction over such Selling Stockholder or any of its
properties.
(v) Certificates Suitable for Transfer .
To the extent that the Shares to be sold by such Selling
Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement are in certificated form,
such Shares are not held in any securities account or by or through
any securities intermediary within the meaning of the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York (the “
UCC ”). Certificates for all such Shares to be sold by
such Selling Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement, in suitable
form for transfer by delivery or accompanied by duly executed
instruments of transfer or assignment in blank with signatures
guaranteed, have been placed in custody with American Stock
Transfer & Trust Company (the “ Custodian ”)
with irrevocable conditional instructions to deliver such Shares to
the Underwriter pursuant to this Agreement.
(vi) Valid Title . Such Selling
Stockholder has, and at the Closing Time, will have, valid title
to, or a valid “security entitlement” within the
meaning of Section 8-501 of the UCC in respect of, the Shares
to be sold by such Selling Stockholder free and clear of all
security interests, claims, liens, equities or other encumbrances
and the legal right and power, and all authorization and approval
required by law, to enter into this Agreement, the Power of
Attorney and Custody Agreement and to sell, transfer and deliver
the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder or a security
entitlement in respect of such Shares.
(vii) Delivery of the Shares . To the
extent that the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder
pursuant to this Agreement are in certificated form, delivery of
the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder and payment
therefor pursuant to this Agreement will pass valid title to such
Shares, free and clear of any adverse claim within the meaning of
Section 8-102 of the UCC, to the Underwriter which has
purchased such Shares without notice of an adverse claim. To the
extent that the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder
pursuant to this Agreement are in book-entry form, upon payment for
the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder pursuant to this
Agreement, delivery of such Shares, as directed by the Underwriter,
to Cede & Co. (“ Cede ”) or such other
nominee as may be designated by the Depository Trust Company
(“ DTC ”), registration of such Shares in the
name of Cede or such other nominee and the crediting of such Shares
on the books of DTC to securities accounts of the Underwriter
(assuming that neither DTC nor the Underwriter has notice of any
adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC)
to such Shares), (A) DTC shall be a “protected
purchaser” of such Shares within the meaning of
Section 8-303 of the UCC, (B) under Section 8-501 of
the UCC, the Underwriter will acquire a valid security entitlement
in respect of such Shares and (C) no action based on any
“adverse claim”, within the meaning of
Section 8-102 of the UCC, to such Shares may be asserted
against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement;
for purposes of this representation, such Selling Stockholder may
assume that when such payment, delivery and crediting occur, (x)
such Shares will have been registered in the name of Cede or
another nominee designated by DTC, in each case on the
Company’s share registry in accordance with its certificate
of incorporation, bylaws and applicable law, (y) DTC will be
registered as a “clearing corporation” within the
meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC and (z) appropriate
entries to the accounts of the Underwriter on the records of DTC
will have been made pursuant to the UCC.
(viii) Absence of Manipulation . Such
Selling Stockholder has not taken, and will not take, directly or
indirectly, any action which is designed to or which has
constituted or would be expected to cause or result in
stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the
Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.
(ix) Absence of Further Requirements . No
filing with, or consent, approval, authorization, order,
registration, qualification or decree of, any court or governmental
authority or agency, domestic or foreign, is necessary or required
for the performance by each Selling Stockholder of its obligations
hereunder or in the Power of Attorney and Custody Agreement, or in
connection with the sale and delivery of the Shares hereunder or
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, except such as may have previously been made or obtained
or as may be required under the Securities Act or the Securities
Act Regulations or state securities laws.
(x) No Association with FINRA . Neither
such Selling Stockholder nor any of such Selling
Stockholder’s affiliates directly, or indirectly through one
or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under
common control with, or is a person associated with (within the
meaning of the bylaws of the Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority, Inc.), any member firm of the Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“ FINRA
”).
(xi) Company Representations . Such
Selling Stockholder has no reason to believe that the
representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section
1(a) are not true and correct, is familiar with the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus and has
no knowledge of any material fact, condition or information not
disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus that has
had, or may have, a material adverse effect on the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Such Selling Stockholder is not
prompted by any information concerning the Company or its
subsidiaries which is not set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus
to sell its Shares pursuant to this Agreement.
(xii) Securities Act Compliance . Flynn,
to his knowledge, and Gallagher represent and warrant that
(a) each document, if any, filed or to be filed pursuant to
the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale
Prospectus or the Prospectus complied or will comply when so filed
in all material respects with the Exchange Act and the applicable
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (b) the
Registration Statement, when it became effective, did not contain
and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain
any 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 not misleading, (c) the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus comply and, as amended or
supplemented, if applicable, will comply in all material respects
with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of
the Commission thereunder, (d) the Time of Sale Prospectus
does not, and at the time of each sale of the Shares in connection
with the offering when the Prospectus is not yet available to
prospective purchasers and at the Closing Time, the Time of Sale
Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented by the Company, if
applicable, will not, contain any 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, (e) each broadly available
road show, if any, when considered together with the Time of Sale
Prospectus, does not contain any 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 and (f) the Prospectus does not
contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not
contain any 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, except that the representations and warranties set
forth in