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Title: UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 6/3/2009
Industry: Misc. Capital Goods     Law Firm: Cravath Swaine;Fried Frank     Sector: Capital Goods

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT, Parties: terex corp , credit suisse securities (usa) llc
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EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

$150,000,000

TEREX CORPORATION

4% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2015

 

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

May 29, 2009

UBS SECURITIES LLC,

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,

CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC,

As Representatives of the Several Underwriters,

c/o UBS Securities LLC,

299 Park Avenue,

New York, N.Y. 10171

 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.,

388 Greenwich Street,

New York, N.Y. 10013

 

 

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC,

Eleven Madison Avenue,

New York, N.Y. 10010-3629

 

Dear Sirs:

1. Introductory. Terex Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), agrees with the several Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (the “ Underwriters ”) to issue and sell to the several Underwriters $150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2015 (the “ Firm Securities ”). The Company also proposes to issue and sell to the Underwriters, at the option of the Underwriters, an aggregate of not more than an additional $22,500,000 principal amount of its 4% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2015 (“ Optional Securities ”, and together with the Firm Securities, the “ Offered Securities ”). The Offered Securities are convertible into shares (the “ Underlying Shares ”) of common stock, par value $.01 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), of the Company at the conversion price set forth in the Final Prospectus (as defined below). The Offered Securities are to be issued under an indenture, dated as of July 20, 2007, as amended by a supplemental indenture dated as of June 3, 2009 (the indenture and supplemental indenture together, the “ Indenture ”), between the Company and  HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Trustee. This Agreement, the Indenture and the Offered Securities are referred to as the “ Transaction Documents ”.

 

2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the several Underwriters that:

 

(a) Filing and Effectiveness of Registration Statement; Certain Defined Terms . The Company has filed with the Commission a registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-144796), including a related prospectus or prospectuses, covering the registration of the Offered Securities under the Act, which has become effective. “ Registration Statement ” at any particular time means such registration statement in the form then filed with the Commission, including any amendment thereto, any document incorporated by reference therein and all 430B Information and all 430C Information with respect to such registration statement, that in any case has not been superseded or modified. “ Registration Statement ” without reference to a time means the Registration

 


Statement as of the Effective Time. For purposes of this definition, 430B Information shall be considered to be included in the Registration Statement as of the time specified in Rule 430B.

For purposes of this Agreement:

430B Information ” means information included in a prospectus then deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B(e) or retroactively deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B(f).

430C Information ” means information included in a prospectus then deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430C.

Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Applicable Time ” means 8:30 A.M. (Eastern time) on the date of this Agreement.

Closing Date ” has the meaning defined in Section 3 hereof.

Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Effective Time ” of the Registration Statement relating to the Offered Securities means the time of the first contract of sale for the Offered Securities.

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Final Prospectus ” means the Statutory Prospectus that discloses the public offering price, other 430B Information and other final terms of the Offered Securities and otherwise satisfies Section 10(a) of the Act.

General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors, as evidenced by its being so specified in Schedule B to this Agreement.

Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, relating to the Offered Securities in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g).

Lead Underwriter ” means UBS Securities LLC.

Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not a General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.

Representatives ” means, collectively, UBS Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC.

Rules and Regulations ” means the rules and regulations of the Commission.

Securities Laws ” means, collectively, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“ Sarbanes-Oxley ”), the Act, the Exchange Act, the Trust Indenture Act, the Rules and Regulations, the auditing principles, rules, standards and practices applicable to auditors of “issuers” (as defined in Sarbanes-Oxley) promulgated or approved by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and, as applicable, the rules of the New York Stock Exchange (“ Exchange Rules ”).

Statutory Prospectus ” with reference to any particular time means the prospectus relating to the Offered Securities that is included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to that time, including all 430B Information and all 430C Information with respect to the Registration Statement. For purposes of the foregoing definition, 430B Information shall be considered to be included in the Statutory Prospectus only as of the actual time that form of prospectus (including a prospectus supplement) is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and not retroactively.

Trust Indenture Act ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.

Unless otherwise specified, a reference to a “rule” is to the indicated rule under the Act.

 


(b)   Compliance with Securities Act Requirements . (i) (A) At the time the Registration Statement initially became effective, (B) at the time of each amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act (whether by post-effective amendment, incorporated report or form of prospectus), (C) at the Effective Time relating to the Offered Securities and (D) on the Closing Date, the Registration Statement conformed and will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act, the Trust Indenture Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and (ii) (A) on its date, (B) at the time of filing the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) and (C) on the Closing Date and any Optional Closing Date (as defined herein), the Final Prospectus will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act, the Trust Indenture Act and the Rules and Regulations, and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any such document based upon written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information is that described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.

(c) Automatic Shelf Registration Statement . (i) Well-Known Seasoned Issuer Status . (A) At the time of initial filing of the Registration Statement, (B) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), and (C) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c)) made any offer relating to the Offered Securities in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163, the Company was a “well known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405, including not having been an “ineligible issuer” as defined in Rule 405.

(ii)         Effectiveness of Automatic Shelf Registration Statement . The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement,” as defined in Rule 405, that initially became effective within three years of the date hereof.

(iii)        Eligibility to Use Automatic Shelf Registration Form . The Company has not received from the Commission any notice pursuant to Rule 401(g) (2) objecting to use of the automatic shelf registration statement form. If, at any time up to 180 days following the date hereof, when Offered Securities remain unsold by the Underwriters the Company receives from the Commission a notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or otherwise ceases to be eligible to use the automatic shelf registration statement form, the Company will (i) promptly notify the Lead Underwriter, (ii) promptly file a new registration statement or post-effective amendment on the proper form relating to the Offered Securities, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Lead Underwriter, (iii) use its best efforts to cause such registration statement or post-effective amendment to be declared effective as soon as practicable, and (iv) promptly notify the Lead Underwriter of such effectiveness. The Company will take all other reasonable action necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Offered Securities to continue as contemplated in the registration statement that was the subject of the Rule 401(g) (2) notice or for which the Company has otherwise become ineligible. References herein to the Registration Statement shall include such new registration statement or post-effective amendment, as the case may be.

(iv)        Filing Fees . The Company has paid or shall pay the required Commission filing fees relating to the Offered Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r).

 


(d)   Ineligible Issuer Status . (i) At the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2)) of the Offered Securities and (ii) at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405, including (x) the Company or any other subsidiary in the preceding three years not having been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor or having been made the subject of a judicial or administrative decree or order as described in Rule 405 and (y) the Company in the preceding three years not having been the subject of a bankruptcy petition or insolvency or similar proceeding, not having had a registration statement be the subject of a proceeding under Section 8 of the Act and not being the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the Act in connection with the offering of the Offered Securities, all as described in Rule 405.

(e)   General Disclosure Package . As of the Applicable Time, neither (i) the General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus issued at or prior to the Applicable Time and, the preliminary prospectus supplement, dated May 27, 2009, including the base prospectus, dated November 6, 2007, (which is the most recent Statutory Prospectus distributed to investors generally),and the other information, if any, stated in Schedule B to this Agreement to be included in the General Disclosure Package, all considered together (collectively, the “ General Disclosure Package ”), nor (ii) any individual Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included 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. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Statutory Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.

(f)   Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses . Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Offered Securities or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies UBS Securities LLC (“ UBS ”) as described in the next sentence, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict in any such case in any material respect with the information then contained in the Registration Statement. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and prior to the Closing Date, there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict in any such case in any material respect with the information then contained in the Registration Statement or as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, if republished immediately following such event or development, would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would 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, (i) the Company has promptly notified or will promptly notify UBS and (ii) the Company has promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.

(g) Good Standing. The Company has been duly incorporated and is an existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, with the corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package; and the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified and in good standing could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or other), business, properties or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”).

 


(h) Subsidiaries . Each subsidiary of the Company that (i) generates 5% or more of the revenues, (ii) generates 5% or more of the operating income, or (iii) holds 5% or more of the assets, in each case, of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (a “Significant Subsidiary”), has been duly incorporated or organized and is an existing corporation or limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, with the corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package; and each Significant Subsidiary of the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation or limited liability company in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified and in good standing could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company and of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable; and, except as expressly disclosed or incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package and except for pledges under the Company’s Credit Agreement, dated as of July 14, 2006, among the Company, certain of its subsidiaries and the lenders named therein, the capital stock of each Significant Subsidiary owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, is owned free from liens, encumbrances and defects, except where the existence of those liens, encumbrances or claims would not, in individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(i) Execution and Delivery of Indenture . On or prior to the Closing Date, the Indenture has been duly authorized and has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; the Offered Securities have been duly authorized and, when the Offered Securities are delivered and paid for pursuant to this Agreement on the Closing Date, the Indenture will have been duly executed and delivered, such Offered Securities will have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered, will conform in all material respects to the information in the General Disclosure Package and to the description of such Offered Securities contained in the Final Prospectus and the Indenture, assuming due authorization, authentication, execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee, and such Offered Securities, when executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.

 

(j) Offered Securities . When the Offered Securities are delivered and paid for pursuant to this Agreement on each Closing Date, such Offered Securities will be convertible into the Underlying Shares of the Company in accordance with the terms of the Indenture; the Underlying Shares initially issuable upon conversion of such Offered Securities have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance upon such conversion, conform in all material respects to the information in the General Disclosure Package and to the description of such Underlying Shares contained in the Final Prospectus; the authorized equity capitalization of the Company is as set forth in the General Disclosure Package; all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are, and when issued upon conversion the Underlying Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable; the stockholders of the Company have no preemptive rights with respect to the Offered Securities or the Underlying Shares; and none of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights of any security holder.

 

(k) No Finder’s Fee. Except as disclosed or reflected in the fees and expenses set forth in the General Disclosure Package, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or other like payment in connection with the transactions as contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

 

(l) Registration Rights. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Act with respect

 


to any securities of the Company owned or to be owned by such person or to require the Company to include such securities in the securities registered pursuant to a Registration Statement or in any securities being registered pursuant to any other registration statement filed by the Company under the Act (collectively, “ registration rights ”), and any person to whom the Company has granted registration rights has agreed not to exercise such rights until after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period referred to in Section 5 hereof.

(m) Listing . The Company has filed its listing application, and will use its reasonable best efforts to list, subject to notice of issuance, the Underlying Shares on The New York Stock Exchange.

(n) Absence of Further Requirements. Except for those which have been previously obtained or as to which the failure to obtain would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the consummation of the transactions as contemplated by the Transaction Documents by the Company, no consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing or registration with, any governmental agency or body or any court is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the consummation of the transactions as contemplated by (i) this Agreement or the Indenture in connection with the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities by the Company, or (ii) any other Transaction Documents in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated therein.

(o) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts Resulting from Transaction . The execution, delivery and performance by each of the Company and its subsidiaries (to the extent each is a party thereto) of each of the Transaction Documents and compliance with the terms and provisions thereof will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, (i) any statute, rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company or any of their properties, or (ii) any agreement or instrument to which the Company or any such Significant Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any such Significant Subsidiary is bound or to which any of the properties of the Company or any such Significant Subsidiary is subject, or (iii) the charter or by-laws of the Company or any such Significant Subsidiary, except (A) in each case, that any rights to indemnity and contribution may be limited by federal and state securities laws and public policy considerations and (B) in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) for such breaches, violations or defaults as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the consummation of the transactions as contemplated by the Transaction Documents by such parties; and the Company has full corporate power and authority to authorize, issue and sell the Offered Securities as contemplated by this Agreement.

(p) Authorization. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. Each of the other Transaction Documents has been, or as of the Closing Date will have been, duly authorized, by each of the Company and its subsidiaries (to the extent each is a party thereto), each of the other Transaction Documents has been, or as of the Closing Date will have been, assuming due authorization, authentication, execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee, to the extent applicable, executed and delivered by each of the Company and its subsidiaries (to the extent each is a party thereto), and each Transaction Document conforms or will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the General Disclosure Package and Final Prospectus and each Transaction Document (other than this Agreement), assuming due authorization, authentication, execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee, to the extent applicable, is or will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company and its subsidiaries (to the extent each is a party thereto), enforceable in accordance with its respective terms, except that any rights to indemnity and contribution may be limited by federal and state securities laws and public policy considerations and subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.

 


(q) Title to Property . Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and except for pledges under the Company’s Credit Agreement, dated as of July 14, 2006, among the Company, certain of its subsidiaries and the lenders named therein, the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries have good title to all real properties and all other properties and assets owned by them that are material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, in each case free from liens and encumbrances that would materially affect the value thereof or materially interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them; and except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries hold any leased real or personal property that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole under valid and enforceable leases with no exceptions that would materially interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them.

 

(r) Possession of Licenses and Permits . The Company and its subsidiaries (A) possess all certificates, authorities or permits issued by appropriate governmental agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, except for those which the failure to so possess could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect and (B) have not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authority or permit that, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(s) Absence of Labor Dispute . Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, no labor strike, slowdown, stoppage or dispute (except for routine disciplinary and grievance matters) with the employees of the Company or any subsidiary exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent, that would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(t) Possession of Intellectual Property. The Company and its subsidiaries own, possess, have the right to use, or can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate trademarks, trade names and other rights to inventions, know-how, patents, copyrights, confidential information and other intellectual property (collectively, “intellectual property rights”) used in the conduct of the business now operated by them, except for such failures to so own, possess or have the right to use or acquire such intellectual property rights which would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, and have not received any notice of infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any intellectual property rights that, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would be reasonably expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(u) Environmental Laws . Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries (i) is in violation of any statute, rule, regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, relating to the use, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or relating to the protection or restoration of the environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances (collectively, “environmental laws”), (ii) owns or operates any real property that to the knowledge of the Company is contaminated with any substance that is subject to any environmental laws, (iii) is to the knowledge of the Company liable for any off-site disposal or contamination pursuant to any environmental laws, or (iv) is to the knowledge of the Company subject to any claim relating to any environmental laws, in each case of clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above, which violation, contamination, liability or claim would be reasonably expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect; and the Company is not aware of any pending investigation which might lead to such a claim.

(v) Litigation . Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and Final Prospectus, there are no pending actions, suits or proceedings against or affecting the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties that would individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or would materially and adversely

 


affect the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents; and no such actions, suits or proceedings are threatened in writing, or to the Company’s knowledge, contemplated.

(w) Financial Statements . The financial statements, together with the related notes, included or incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package and Final Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the financial position, as applicable, of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates shown and their results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown (subject in the case of interim financial statements, together with the related notes, to normal year-end adjustments), and such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis, except as described in the footnotes to the financial statements, and the schedules included or incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package and Final Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the information required to be stated therein.

(x) No Material Adverse Change in Business . Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, since the end of the period covered by the latest audited financial statements included in the General Disclosure Package (i) there has been no change, nor any development or event involving a prospective change, in the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole that is material and adverse, (ii) except as disclosed in or contemplated by the General Disclosure Package, 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 (iii) except as disclosed in or contemplated by the General Disclosure Package, there has been no material adverse change in the capital stock, short-term indebtedness, long-term indebtedness, net current assets or net assets of the Company and its subsidiaries.

(y) Investment Company Act . The Company is not an open-end investment company, unit investment trust or face-amount certificate company that is or is required to be registered under Section 8 of the United States Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Investment Company Act”); and the Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Offered Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the General Disclosure Package, will not be an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act.

(z)   Internal Controls and Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act . Except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package, the Company, its subsidiaries and the Company’s Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) are in compliance in all material respects with Sarbanes-Oxley and all applicable Exchange Rules. The Company maintains a system of internal controls, including, but not limited to, disclosure controls and procedures, internal controls over accounting matters and financial reporting, an internal audit function and legal and regulatory compliance controls (collectively, “ Internal Controls ”) that comply with the Securities Laws and are sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. General Accepted Accounting Principles and to maintain accountability for assets, (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. The Internal Controls are, or upon consummation of the offering of the Offered Securities will be, overseen by the Audit Committee (the “ Audit Committee ”) of the Board in accordance with Exchange Rules. Except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package or has already been publicly disclosed, the Company has not reported to the Audit Committee or the Board, and neither the Company nor the Audit Committee has (i) reason to believe there exists a material weakness relating to Internal Controls or (ii) concluded there exists a significant deficiency relating to Internal Controls or fraud relating to Internal Controls involving one or more of the named executive officers (as defined in Item 402(a)(3) of Regulation S-K of the Rules


 
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