Exhibit 1.1
Dated
May 12, 2008
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
relating to
US$450,000,000
HARSCO CORPORATION
5.75% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2018
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1 Registration Statement
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2 Purchase of the Securities by the
Underwriters
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3 Representations and Warranties of
the Company
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4 Further Agreements of the
Company
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5 Certain Agreements of the
Underwriters
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6 Conditions of Underwriters’
Obligations
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7 Indemnification and
Contribution
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8 Effectiveness of Agreement
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9 Termination
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10 Defaulting Underwriter
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11 Payment of Expenses
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12 Persons Entitled to Benefit of
Agreement
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13 Survival
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14 Certain Defined Terms
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15 Miscellaneous
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Schedule 1
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Schedule 2
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Annex A
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Annex B
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Annex C
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Annex D
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May 12, 2008
J.P.
Morgan Securities Inc.,
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and
Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc.,
as Representatives of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto
c/o J.P.
Morgan Securities Inc.
270 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Harsco
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company
”), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters
listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “ Underwriters
”), for whom you are acting as representatives (the “
Representatives ”), US$450,000,000 principal amount of
its 5.75% Senior Notes due 2018 (the “ Securities
”).
The
Securities will be issued pursuant to an Indenture to be dated as
of May 15, 2008 and as supplemented through the Closing Date
(the “ Indenture ”) between the Company and The
Bank of New York, as trustee (the “ Trustee
”).
The
Company hereby confirms its agreement with the several Underwriters
concerning the purchase and sale of the Securities, as
follows:
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Registration Statement |
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The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “
Securities Act ”), a registration statement on Form
S-3 (File No. 333-150825), including a prospectus, relating to
the Securities. Such registration statement, as amended at the time
it becomes effective, including the information, if any, deemed
pursuant to Rule 430B under the Securities Act to be part of
the registration statement at the time of its effectiveness
(“ Rule 430 Information ”), is referred to
herein as the “ Registration Statement ”; and as
used herein, the term “ Preliminary Prospectus ”
means any prospectus relating to the Securities filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act that
amends or supplements the Base Prospectus (as defined hereinafter)
and the prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the
time of its effectiveness that omits Rule 430 Information (the
“ Base Prospectus ”), and the term “
Prospectus ” means the prospectus in the form first
used (or made available upon request of purchasers pursuant to
Rule 173 under the Securities Act) in connection with
confirmation of sales of the Securities. Any reference in this
Agreement to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus
or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the
documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to
Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act, as of the
effective date of the Registration Statement or the date of such
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be and
any reference to “amend”, “amendment” or
“supplement” with respect to the Registration
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be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after
such date under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder
(collectively, the “ Exchange Act ”) that are
deemed to be incorporated by reference therein. Capitalized terms
used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such
terms in the Registration Statement and the Preliminary
Prospectus. |
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At or prior to 5:20 p.m., New York City time, on
May 12, 2008, which is the time when sales of the Securities
were first made (the “ Time of Sale ”), the
Company had prepared the following information (collectively, the
“ Time of Sale Information ”): a Preliminary
Prospectus dated May 12, 2008, and each “free-writing
prospectus” (as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the
Securities Act) listed on Annex C hereto as constituting part of
the Time of Sale Information. |
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Purchase of the Securities by the Underwriters |
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The Company agrees to issue and sell the Securities to the
several Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and each
Underwriter, on the basis of the representations, warranties and
agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth
herein, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the
Company the respective principal amount of Securities set forth
opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule 1 hereto at
a price equal to 99.245% of the principal amount thereof plus
accrued interest, if any, from May 15, 2008 to the Closing
Date (as defined below). The Company will not be obligated to
deliver any of the Securities except upon payment for all the
Securities to be purchased as provided herein. |
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The Company understands that the Underwriters intend to make a
public offering of the Securities as soon after the effectiveness
of this Agreement as in the judgment of the Representatives is
advisable, and initially to offer the Securities on the terms set
forth in the Prospectus. The Company acknowledges and agrees that
the Underwriters may offer and sell Securities to or through any
affiliate of an Underwriter and that any such affiliate may offer
and sell Securities purchased by it to or through any
Underwriter. |
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Payment for and delivery of the Securities will be made at the
offices of Linklaters LLP at 10:00 A.M., New York City time,
on May 15, 2008, or at such other time or place on the same or such
other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as
the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing. The
time and date of such payment and delivery is referred to herein as
the “ Closing Date ”. |
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Payment for the Securities shall be made by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account(s) specified by the
Company to the Representatives against delivery to the nominee of
The Depository Trust Company, for the account of the Underwriters,
of one or more global notes representing the Securities
(collectively, the “ Global Note ”), with any
transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale of the
Securities duly paid by the Company. The Global Note will be made
available for inspection by the Representatives not later than 1:00
P.M., New York City time, on the business day prior to the Closing
Date. |
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The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters are
acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual
counterparty to the Company with respect to the offering of
Securities contemplated hereby (including in connection with
determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial
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Company or any other person. Additionally, neither any
Representative nor any other Underwriter is advising the Company or
any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or
regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company shall consult
with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be
responsible for making its own independent investigation and
appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the
Underwriters shall have no responsibility or liability to the
Company with respect thereto. Any review by the Underwriters of the
Company, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters
relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the
benefit of the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the
Company. |
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Representations and Warranties of the Company |
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The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter
that: |
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Preliminary Prospectus No order preventing or suspending
the use of any Preliminary Prospectus has been issued by the
Commission, and any Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing
thereof, complied in all material respects with the Securities Act
and did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact (other than Rule 430 Information)
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company
makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements
or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with
information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in
writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly
for use in any Preliminary Prospectus. |
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Time of Sale Information The Time of Sale Information,
at the Time of Sale did not, and at the Closing Date 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; provided that the Company makes no
representation and warranty with respect to any statements or
omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information
relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by
such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in
such Time of Sale Information. No statement of material fact
included in the Prospectus has been omitted from the Time of Sale
Information and no statement of material fact included in the Time
of Sale Information that is required to be included in the
Prospectus has been omitted therefrom. |
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Issuer Free Writing Prospectus The Company (including
its agents and representatives, other than the Underwriters in
their capacity as such) has not prepared, made, used, authorized,
approved or referred to and will not prepare, make, use, authorize,
approve or refer to any “written communication” (as
defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes
an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities
(each such communication by the Company or its agents and
representatives (other than a communication referred to in clauses
(i), (ii) and (iii) below) an “ Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus ”) other than (i) any document not
constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of
the Securities Act or Rule 134 under the Securities Act,
(ii) the Preliminary Prospectus, (iii) the Prospectus,
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Annex C hereto as constituting the Time of Sale Information and
(v) any electronic road show or other written communications,
in each case approved in writing in advance by the Representatives
(such approval not to be unreasonably withheld). Each such Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus complied in all material respects with the
Securities Act, has been or will be (within the time period
specified in Rule 433) filed in accordance with the Securities
Act (to the extent required thereby) and, when taken together with
the Preliminary Prospectus accompanying, or delivered prior to
delivery of, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, did not, and at
the Closing Date 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; provided that
the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to
any statements or omissions made in each such Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information
relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by
such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. |
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Registration Statement and Prospectus The Registration
Statement is an “automatic shelf registration
statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities
Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three
years prior to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the
Commission to the use of such registration statement or any
post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2)
under the Securities Act has been received by the Company. No order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been
issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or
pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the
Company or related to the offering has been initiated or threatened
by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the
Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, the Registration
Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with
the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended,
and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder
(collectively, the “ Trust Indenture Act ”), and
did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary in order to make the statements therein not
misleading; and as of the date of the Prospectus and any amendment
or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date, the Prospectus
will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided that the Company makes no representation and
warranty with respect to (i) that part of the Registration
Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and
Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture
Act or (ii) any statements or omissions made in reliance upon
and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter
furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the
Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto. |
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Incorporated Documents The documents incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the
Time of Sale Information, when they were filed with the Commission,
conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the
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Act and none of such documents contained any untrue statement
of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading and any further
documents so filed and incorporated by reference on or prior to the
Closing Date in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the
Time of Sale Information, when such documents become effective or
are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in
all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or
the Exchange Act, as applicable, and 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, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading. |
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Financial Statements The financial statements and the
related notes thereto included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable
requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as
applicable, and present fairly the financial position of the
Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates indicated
and the results of their operations and the changes in their
consolidated cash flows for the periods specified; such financial
statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the
periods covered thereby, and the supporting schedules included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement present
fairly the information required to be stated therein; and the other
financial information included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus has been derived from the accounting records of the
Company and its subsidiaries and presents fairly the information
shown thereby. |
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No Material Adverse Change Since the date of the most
recent financial statements of the Company included or incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Information and the Prospectus, (i) there has not been any
material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or, except as disclosed in the
Registration Statement or as otherwise publicly disclosed, any
dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for
payment, paid or made by the Company on any class of capital stock,
or any material adverse change, or any development involving a
prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business,
properties, management, financial position, results of operations
or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(ii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered
into any transaction or agreement that is material to the Company
and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or incurred any liability or
obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Company
and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and (iii) neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained any material loss
or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or
other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any
labor disturbance or dispute or any action, order or decree of any
court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except
in each case as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement,
the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus. |
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Organization and Good Standing The Company and each of
its subsidiaries have been duly organized and are validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of their respective
jurisdictions of organization, are duly qualified to do business
and are in good standing in each jurisdiction in which their
respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their
respective businesses requires such qualification, and have all
power and authority necessary to own or hold their respective
properties and to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged,
except where the failure to be so qualified, be in good standing or
have such power or authority would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the business,
properties, management, financial position, results of operations
or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole
or on the performance by the Company of its obligations under the
Securities (a “ Material Adverse Effect ”). The
subsidiaries listed in Schedule 2 to this Agreement are the
only significant subsidiaries (within the meaning of Rule 1-02
of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act) of the Company
(collectively, the “ Significant Subsidiaries
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Capitalization The Company has an authorized
capitalization as set forth in (i) the financial statements (as of
the date thereof) incorporated by reference into the Registration
Statement, (ii) the Time of Sale Information and
(iii) the Prospectus under the heading
“Capitalization” and all the outstanding shares of
capital stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary of the
Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully
paid and non-assessable (except, (A) in the case of any
foreign subsidiary organized in a jurisdiction that permits the
issuance of partly-paid shares, (B) in the case of any foreign
subsidiary, for directors’ qualifying shares and (C) as
otherwise described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Information and the Prospectus) and are owned directly or
indirectly by the Company, free and clear of any lien, charge,
encumbrance, security interest, restriction on voting or transfer
or any other claim of any third party, as could not reasonably be
expected, singly or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse
Effect. |
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Due Authorization The Company has full right, power and
authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Securities and
the Indenture (collectively, the “ Transaction
Documents ”) and to perform its obligations hereunder and
thereunder; and all action required to be taken for the due and
proper authorization, execution and delivery of (i) this Agreement
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby has
been duly and validly taken and (ii) each of the other
Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated thereby has been or will be duly and validly taken
prior to the Closing Date. |
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The Indenture The Indenture has been duly authorized by
the Company and upon effectiveness of the Registration Statement
was or will have been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act
and, when duly executed and delivered in accordance with its terms
by each of the parties thereto, will constitute a valid and legally
binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited
by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights
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equitable principles relating to enforceability (collectively,
the “ Enforceability Exceptions ”). |
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The Securities The Securities have been duly authorized
by the Company and, when duly executed, authenticated, issued and
delivered as provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided
herein, will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and will
constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company
enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms,
subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to
the benefits of the Indenture. |
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Underwriting Agreement This Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. |
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Descriptions of the Transaction Documents Each
Transaction Document conforms in all material respects to the
description thereof contained in the Time of Sale Information and
the Prospectus. |
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No Violation or Default Neither the Company nor any of
its subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its charter or by-laws or
similar organizational documents; (ii) in default, and no
event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both,
would constitute such a default, in the due performance or
observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other
agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject; or (iii) in
violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or
regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory
authority, except, in the case of clause (i) (as it relates solely
to subsidiaries that are not Significant Subsidiaries), clause
(ii) and clause (iii) above, for any such default or
violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect. |
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No Conflicts The execution, delivery and performance by
the Company of each of the Transaction Documents, the issuance and
sale of the Securities and compliance by the Company with the terms
thereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
the Transaction Documents will not (i) conflict with or result
in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or
constitute a default under, or 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 pursuant to, any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or
instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a
party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound
or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries is subject, (ii) result in any violation of
the provisions of the charter or by-laws or similar organizational
documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (iii) result
in the violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule
or regulation of any court or arbitrator having jurisdiction over
the Company or any of its subsidiaries or governmental or
regulatory authority, except, in the case of clause (i), clause
(ii) (as it relates solely to subsidiaries that are not Significant
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for any such conflict, breach, violation, default, creation or
imposition that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect. |
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No Consents Required No consent, approval,
authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any
court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority is
required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company
of each of the Transaction Documents, the issuance and sale of the
Securities and compliance by the Company with the terms thereof and
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents, except for the registration of the
Securities under the Securities Act, the qualification of the
Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act and such consents,
approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or
qualifications as may be required under applicable state securities
laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the
Securities by the Underwriters. |
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Legal Proceedings Except as described in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory
investigations, actions, suits or proceedings pending to which the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is or, to the best knowledge of
the Company, may be a party or to which any property of the Company
or any of its subsidiaries is or, to the best knowledge of the
Company, may be the subject that, individually or in the aggregate,
if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries,
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and
to the best of the Company’s knowledge, no such
investigations, actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or
contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authority or
threatened by others; and (i) there are no current or pending
legal, governmental or regulatory actions, suits or proceedings
that are required under the Securities Act to be described in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus that are not so described
in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus and (ii) there are no statutes, regulations or
contracts or other documents that are required under the Securities
Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or
described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that are
not so filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described
in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus. |
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Independent Accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who
have audited certain financial statements of the Company and its
subsidiaries, is an independent registered public accounting firm
with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the
applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and as
required by the Securities Act. |
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Intellectual Property The Company and its subsidiaries
own or possess adequate rights to use all patents, patent
applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark
registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights, licenses and
know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or
unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or
procedures) necessary for the conduct of their respective
businesses (as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus) except where the failure to own or possess such rights
would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect; except as disclosed in the Registration Statement,
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Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, to the best
knowledge of the Company, the conduct of their respective
businesses (as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus) will not infringe any such rights of others, except as
would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect; and, except as disclosed in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, the
Company and its subsidiaries have not received any notice of any
material claim of infringement or conflict with any such rights of
others. |
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Investment Company Act The Company 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
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus, will not be required to register as an
“investment company” or an entity
“controlled” by an “investment company”
within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder
(collectively, “ Investment Company Act ”). |
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Taxes The Company and its subsidiaries have paid all
federal, state, local and foreign taxes and filed all tax returns
required to be paid or filed through the date hereof, except as
would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect; and except as otherwise disclosed in the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus, there is no tax deficiency that has been, or could
reasonably be expected to be, asserted against the Company or any
of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets
that would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect. |
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No Labor Disputes No labor disturbance by or dispute
with employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or,
to the best knowledge of the Company, is contemplated or
threatened, and the Company is not aware of any existing or
imminent labor disturbance by, or dispute with, the employees of
any of its or its subsidiaries’ principal suppliers,
contractors or customers, except in each case as would not have a
Material Adverse Effect. |
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Compliance With Environmental Laws Except as otherwise
set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Information and the Prospectus, (i) the Company and its
subsidiaries (x) are, and at all prior times were, in
compliance with any and all applicable federal, state, local and
foreign laws, rules, regulations, requirements, decisions and
orders relating to the protection of human health or safety
relating to environmental matters, the environment, natural
resources, hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or
contaminants (collectively, “ Environmental Laws
”); (y) have received and are in compliance with all
permits, licenses, certificates or other authorizations or
approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to
conduct their respective businesses; and (z) have not received
notice of any actual or potential liability under or relating to
any Environmental Laws, including for the investigation or
remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or toxic
substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, and have no
knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be
expected to result in any such notice, and (ii) there are no
costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws of or
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its subsidiaries, except in the case of each of (i) and
(ii) above, for any such failure to comply, or failure to
receive required permits, licenses or approvals, or cost or
liability, as could not, individually or in the aggregate, be
reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
(iii) except as described in each of the Time of Sale
Information and the Prospectus, (x) there are no proceedings
that are pending, or that are known to be contemplated, against the
Company or any of its subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws in
which a governmental entity is also a party, other than such
proceedings regarding which it is reasonably believed no monetary
sanctions of $100,000 or more will be imposed, (y) the Company
and its subsidiaries are not aware of any issues regarding
compliance with Environmental Laws, or liabilities or other
obligations under Environmental Laws or concerning hazardous or
toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, that could
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect, and (z) none of the Company and its
subsidiaries anticipates capital expenditures relating to any
Environmental Laws that would reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. |
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Compliance With ERISA Except as would not in each case
have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each employee benefit
plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“
ERISA ”) (excluding a “multiemployer plan”
within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA), for which
the Company or any member of its “Controlled Group”
(defined as any organization which is a member of a controlled
group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code
”)) has any liability (each, a “ Plan ”)
has been maintained in compliance with its terms and the
requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and
regulations, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code;
(ii) no prohibited transaction, within the meaning of
Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has
occurred with respect to any Plan excluding transactions effected
pursuant to a statutory, regulatory or administrative exemption;
(iii) for each Plan that is subject to the funding rules of
Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, no
“accumulated funding deficiency” as defined in
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