UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 21, 2015
(August 17, 2015)
Aramark
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Delaware | 001-36223 | 20-8236097 | ||
| (State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 1101 Market Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
19107 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code): (215) 238-3000
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
| ¨ | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
| ¨ | Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
| ¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
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| Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
Secondary Offering Underwriting Agreement
On August 17, 2015, Aramark (the “Company”) entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (the “Underwriter”) and the selling stockholders listed on Schedule I thereto (the “Selling Stockholders”), relating to the offering and sale by the Selling Stockholders of 22,468,514 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Secondary Offering”), pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-202133), filed on February 17, 2015, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement dated August 17, 2015.
The Underwriting Agreement contains certain representations, warranties, covenants and conditions. It also provides that the Company will indemnify the Underwriter against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or contribute to payments the Underwriter may be required to make because of any of those liabilities.
The foregoing description of the terms of the Underwriting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the Underwriting Agreement, which is filed herewith as Exhibit 1.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Share Repurchase Agreement
On August 17, 2015, the Company entered into a Share Repurchase Agreement (the “Share Repurchase Agreement”) with the Selling Stockholders. Concurrent with the closing of the Secondary Offering, the Company purchased 1,500,000 shares from the Selling Stockholders at a price equal to the price at which the Underwriter purchased the Shares in the Secondary Offering.
The foregoing description of the terms of the Share Repurchase Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the Share Repurchase Agreement, which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
The previously announced underwritten secondary offering by the Selling Stockholders of the Shares closed on August 21, 2015. Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Underwriter purchased the Shares at a price of $32.30 per share. The Selling Stockholders received all of the proceeds from this offering. No Shares were sold by the Company. In connection with this offering, the legal opinion as to the legality of the Shares is filed herewith as Exhibit 5.1.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| Exhibit |
Description of Exhibit | |
| 1.1 | Underwriting Agreement, dated August 17, 2015, by and among Aramark, the selling stockholders listed on Schedule I thereto and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, as underwriter. | |
| 5.1 | Opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. | |
| 10.1 | Share Repurchase Agreement, dated August 17, 2015, by and between Aramark and the selling stockholders named therein. | |
| 23.1 | Consent of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). | |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Aramark | ||
| By: | /s/ Stephen P. Bramlage, Jr. | |
| Name: | Stephen P. Bramlage, Jr. | |
| Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |
August 21, 2015
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit |
Description of Exhibit | |
| 1.1 | Underwriting Agreement, dated August 17, 2015, by and among Aramark, the selling stockholders listed on Schedule I thereto and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, as underwriter. | |
| 5.1 | Opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. | |
| 10.1 | Share Repurchase Agreement, dated August 17, 2015, by and between Aramark and the selling stockholders named therein. | |
| 23.1 | Consent of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). | |
Exhibit 1.1
EXECUTION VERSION
ARAMARK
22,468,514 Shares of Common Stock
Underwriting Agreement
August 17, 2015
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Eleven Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10010-3629
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Certain stockholders named in Schedule I hereto (the “Selling Stockholders”) holding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Stock”) of Aramark, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) propose, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to sell to Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (the “Underwriter”) an aggregate of 22,468,514 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Stock”) of the Company (the “Shares”).
1. (a) The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Underwriter that:
(i) An “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) on Form S–3 (File No. 333-202133) (the “Initial Registration Statement”), including a prospectus, in respect of the Shares has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; the Initial Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including all documents incorporated by reference therein or in the prospectus contained therein, each in the form heretofore delivered to you, became effective upon filing; no other document with respect to the Initial Registration Statement or document incorporated by reference therein or in the prospectus contained therein has heretofore been filed with the Commission other than prospectus supplements filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Act, each in the form heretofore delivered to the Underwriter; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment thereto, if any, has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or threatened by the Commission (the prospectus relating to the Shares filed as part of the Initial Registration Statement, in the form in which it has most recently been filed with the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement, is hereinafter called the “Base Prospectus”; the Base Prospectus, as supplemented by each preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the Shares filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, is hereinafter called a “Preliminary Prospectus”; the various parts of the Initial Registration Statement, including all exhibits thereto and including any prospectus supplement relating to the Shares filed with the Commission and deemed by virtue of Rule 430A, Rule 430B or Rule 430C under the Act to be part of the Initial Registration Statement, each as amended at the time such part of the Initial Registration Statement became effective, are hereinafter collectively called the “Registration Statement”; the Base Prospectus, as amended and supplemented by any preliminary prospectus
supplement relating to the Shares immediately prior to the Applicable Time (as defined in Section 1(a)(iii) hereof) is hereinafter called the “Pricing Prospectus”; the Base Prospectus, as supplemented by the final prospectus supplement relating to the Shares in the form first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, is hereinafter called the “Prospectus” (any reference in this underwriting agreement (this “Agreement”) to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing 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, as of the date of such prospectus; any reference to any amendment or supplement to the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement and any documents filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and incorporated therein, in each case after the date of the Base Prospectus, such Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report of the Company filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the effective date of the Registration Statement that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement; and any “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 433 under the Act relating to the Shares is hereinafter called an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”);
(ii) No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Underwriter expressly for use therein;
(iii) For the purposes of this Agreement, the “Applicable Time” shall mean the date and time when sales of Shares were first made; the Pricing Prospectus, as supplemented by the information listed on Schedule II(b) hereto, taken together (collectively, the “Pricing Disclosure Package”), as of the Applicable Time, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit 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; and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Schedule II(a) hereto does not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus and each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as supplemented by and taken together with the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit 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; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Underwriter expressly for use therein;
(iv) The Registration Statement conforms, and the Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and do not and will not, as of the applicable effective date as to each part of the
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Registration Statement and as of the applicable filing date as to the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Underwriter expressly for use therein;
(v) The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, when they were filed with the Commission, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted 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; any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto, 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 Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
(vi) Since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing 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 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 development in the condition (financial or otherwise), business, results of operations or management 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 Pricing Prospectus;
(vii) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries owns or leases all real properties as are necessary to the conduct of its respective operations as currently conducted, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), business or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”);
(viii) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has been duly organized and is validly existing as an entity in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is chartered or organized with full corporate or other organizational power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Pricing Prospectus, and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation or other entity and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where the ownership or leasing of its properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification except where the failure to be so organized or qualified, have such power or authority or be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
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(ix) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus under the caption “Capitalization” and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company, including the Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholders, have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and conform in all material respects to the description of the Stock contained in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and all of the issued shares of capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and (except for directors’ qualifying shares and except as otherwise set forth in the Pricing Prospectus) are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims;
(x) [Reserved];
(xi) None of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the sale of the Shares by the Selling Stockholders or the consummation of any other of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, or the fulfillment of the terms hereof or thereof will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (as defined in Rule 1-02(x) of Regulation S-X under the Act) pursuant to, (i) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or any Significant Subsidiary is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject; or (ii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or any of its or their properties, other than in the cases of clauses (i) and (ii), such breaches, violations, liens, charges, or encumbrances that would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect or result in the violation of the charter, bylaws or equivalent organizational document of the Company or such Significant Subsidiary;
(xii) No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any United States (or any political subdivision thereof) court or governmental agency or body or, to the knowledge of the Company, any non-United States court or governmental agency or body, in either case is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement (including, without limitation, the sale of the Shares), except for the registration under the Act of the Shares and such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in which the Shares are offered and sold in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby;
(xiii) None of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is in violation or default of (i) any provision of its charter, bylaws or any equivalent organizational document; (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which it is a party or bound or to which its property is subject; or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or such subsidiary or any of its properties, as applicable, other than in the cases of clauses (i) (if such entity is not the Company or a Significant Subsidiary), (ii) and (iii), such violations and defaults that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
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(xiv) The statements set forth in each of the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus under the caption “Description of Capital Stock”, insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Stock and under the caption “Certain United States Federal Income and Estate Tax Considerations for Non-U.S. Holders”, insofar as they purport to describe matters of U.S. federal tax law, are accurate, complete and fair in all material respects;
(xv) 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 or its or their property is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company threatened that (i) would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the performance of this Agreement or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or (ii) would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus;
(xvi) None of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is an “investment company”, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”);
(xvii) (A) (i) At the time of filing the Initial Registration Statement, (ii) 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 (iii) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) under the Act) made any offer relating to the Securities in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 under the Act, the Company was a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act; and (B) 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) under the Act) of the Securities, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer”, as defined in Rule 405 under the Act;
(xviii) KPMG LLP, who have audited certain financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and delivered their reports with respect to the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, are independent auditors with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Act;
(xix) The Company and its subsidiaries maintain systems of “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act and have been designed by, or under the supervision of, their respective principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). The Company and each of its subsidiaries in which it owns a majority interest maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general
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or specific authorization; (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; and (v) interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto;
(xx) The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto;
(xxi) The Company and its subsidiaries maintain an effective system of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that is designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in 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, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company and its subsidiaries have carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of their disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act;
(xxii) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;
(xxiii) The consolidated historical financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the dates and for the periods indicated in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise noted therein);
(xxiv) The Company and its subsidiaries have filed all non-U.S., U.S. federal, state and local tax returns that are required to be filed or have requested extensions thereof (except in any case in which the failure so to file would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or as set forth in or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus) and have paid all taxes required to be paid by them and any other tax assessment, fine or penalty levied against them, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and payable, except for any such tax, tax assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good faith or as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or except as set forth in or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus;
(xxv) Except as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, there are no strikes, lockouts or slowdowns against the Company or any of its subsidiaries currently occurring or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened;
(xxvi) The Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole are insured against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged or as required by law;
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(xxvii) No wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company is prohibited, directly or indirectly, (i) from paying any dividends to the Company or any subsidiary, (ii) from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock or membership interests, (iii) from repaying to the Company or any subsidiary any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or any subsidiary or (iv) from transferring any of such subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, except, in each case, as may be limited by applicable state corporation or limited liability company law or any applicable foreign law or foreign exchange regulation and/or as described in the Pricing Prospectus;
(xxviii) The Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by the appropriate U.S. federal, state or non-U.S. regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except where the failure to possess such licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and none of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit that, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus;
(xxix) The Company and its subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable non-U.S., U.S. federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety (as such is affected by hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants), the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”); (ii) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses; (iii) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability under any Environmental Law; and (iv) have not been named as a “potentially responsible party” under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, except where such non-compliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive or comply with required permits, licenses or other approvals, liability or status as a potentially responsible party would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect and except as set forth in or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus;
(xxx) (i) The minimum funding standard under Section 302 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (“ERISA”), has been satisfied by each “pension plan” (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) that has been established or maintained by the Company and/or one or more of its subsidiaries; (ii) each of the Company and its subsidiaries has fulfilled its obligations, if any, under Section 515 of ERISA; (iii) each pension plan and welfare plan established or maintained by the Company and/or one or more of its subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects with the currently applicable provisions of ERISA; and (iv) none of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has incurred or, except as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus, would reasonably be expected to incur any material withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA, any material liability under Section 4062, 4063, or 4064 of ERISA, or any other material liability under Title IV of ERISA; except, in each case, as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
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(xxxi) The Company and its subsidiaries own, possess, license or have other rights to use all patents, trademarks and service marks, trade names, copyrights, domain names (in each case including all registrations and applications to register same), inventions, trade secrets, technology, know-how and other intellectual property (collectively, the “Intellectual Property”) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as now conducted or as proposed in the Pricing Prospectus to be conducted, except where the failure to own, possess, license or otherwise have such rights would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus, or except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Company and its subsidiaries own, or have rights to use under license, all such Intellectual Property free and clear in all respects of all adverse claims, liens or other encumbrances; (ii) to the knowledge of the Company there is no infringement by third parties of any such Intellectual Property; (iii) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by any third party challenging the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ rights in or to any such Intellectual Property; (iv) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by any third party challenging the validity, scope or enforceability of any such Intellectual Property; and (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by any third party that the Company or any of its subsidiaries infringes or otherwise violates any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of any third party;
(xxxii) No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) or presentation of market-related or statistical data contained or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.
(xxxiii) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, controlled affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of, in any material respect, any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; (iv) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Bribery Act of 2010 of the United Kingdom; or (v) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment;
(xxxiv) 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 of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened;
(xxxv) None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or controlled affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently the subject or target of any U.S. sanctions administered or enforced
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by the U.S. government (including without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury or other applicable sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor is the Company or any of its subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions;
(xxxvi) Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus, 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, except as otherwise disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus; and
(xxxvii) There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, 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 (collectively, the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”). The Company has taken all necessary action to ensure that it is in compliance with all provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (including Section 402 related to loans and Section 301 and 906 related to certifications) and is actively taking steps to ensure that it will be in compliance with all other provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act not currently in effect or which will become applicable to the Company.
(b) Each of the Selling Stockholders severally and not jointly represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Underwriter that:
(i) All consents, approvals, authorizations and orders necessary for the execution and delivery by such Selling Stockholder of this Agreement and for the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder have been obtained; and such Selling Stockholder has full right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder;
(ii) The sale of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder and the compliance by such Selling Stockholder with this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated will not (A) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which such Selling Stockholder is a party or by which such Selling Stockholder is bound or to which any of the property or assets of such Selling Stockholder is subject, (B) result in any violation of the provisions of the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of such Selling Stockholder if such Selling Stockholder is a corporation or the partnership agreement of such Selling Stockholder if such Selling Stockholder is a partnership or (C) result in any violation of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over such Selling Stockholder or any of its subsidiaries or any property or assets of such Selling Stockholder, except, in the case of (A) and (C), as would not, individually or in the aggregate, affect the validity of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder or reasonably be expected to materially impact such Selling Stockholder’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement; and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or governmental body or agency is required for the performance by such Selling
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Stockholder of its obligations under this Agreement and the consummation by such Selling Stockholder of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in connection with the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder, except the registration under the Act and the Exchange Act of the Shares, and such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or blue sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriter;
(iii) Such Selling Stockholder has, and immediately prior to the Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof) such Selling Stockholder will have, valid and unencumbered title to the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder at the Time of Delivery; and, upon delivery of such Shares and payment therefor pursuant hereto, valid and unencumbered title to such Shares will pass to the Underwriter;
(iv) Such Selling Stockholder has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action that is designed to or that has constituted or might reasonably 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; and
(v) To the extent that any statements made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto are made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Selling Stockholder expressly for inclusion therein under the caption “Selling Stockholders” and for use in the preparation of the answers to Item 7 of Form S-3, such Registration Statement and Preliminary Prospectus did, and the Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will, when they become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and, such statements do not contain 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 the case of the Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.
2. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, each of the Selling Stockholders agrees, severally and not jointly, to sell to the Underwriter, and the Underwriter agrees to purchase from each of the Selling Stockholders, at a purchase price per share of $32.30, the number of Shares to be sold by each of the Selling Stockholders as set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule I hereto.
3. The Company and the Selling Stockholders understand that the Underwriter intends to make a public offering of the Shares as soon after the effectiveness of this Agreement as in the judgment of the Underwriter is advisable, and initially to offer the Shares on the terms set forth in the Prospectus. The Company and the Selling Stockholders acknowledge and agree that the Underwriter may offer and sell Shares to or through any of its affiliates.
4. (a) The Shares to be purchased by the Underwriter hereunder, in definitive form, and in such authorized denominations and registered in such names as the Underwriter may request upon at least forty-eight hours’ prior notice to the Selling Stockholders shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter, through the facilities of the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), for the account of the Underwriter, against payment by or on behalf of the Underwriter of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of Federal (same-day) funds to the accounts specified by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter at least forty-eight hours in advance. The Selling Stockholders
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will cause the certificates representing the Shares to be made available for checking and packaging at least twenty-four hours prior to the Time of Delivery at the office of DTC or its designated custodian (the “Designated Office”). The time and date of such delivery and payment shall be 9:30 a.m., New York time, on August 21, 2015, or such other time and date as the Underwriter and the Selling Stockholders may agree upon in writing. Such time and date for delivery of the Shares is herein called the “Time of Delivery”.
(b) The documents to be delivered at the Time of Delivery by or on behalf of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 8 hereof, including the cross receipt for the Shares and any additional documents requested by the Underwriter pursuant to Section 8(l) hereof will be delivered at the offices of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP: 80 Pine Street, New York, New York 10005 (the “Closing Location”), and the Shares will be delivered at the Designated Office, all at the Time of Delivery. A meeting will be held at the Closing Location at 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day next preceding the Time of Delivery, at which meeting the final drafts of the documents to be delivered pursuant to the preceding sentence will be available for review by the parties hereto. For the purposes of this Agreement, “New York Business Day” shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in New York are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
5. The Company agrees with the Underwriter:
(a) To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by you and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the Commission’s close of business on the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be required by Rule 430A(a)(3) under the Act; to make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus prior to the Time of Delivery without your consent which shall not be unreasonably withheld; to advise you and the Selling Stockholders, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus has been filed and to furnish you with copies thereof; to file promptly all material required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act; to file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares; to advise you and the Selling Stockholders, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or other prospectus in respect of the Shares, of any notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Act, of the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information; and, in the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or other prospectus or suspending any such qualification, to promptly use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order; and in the event of any such issuance of a notice of objection, promptly to take such steps including, without limitation, amending the Registration Statement or filing a new registration statement, at its own expense, as may be necessary to permit offers and sales of the Shares by the Underwriter (references herein to the Registration Statement shall include any such amendment or new registration statement);
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(b) If required by Rule 430B(h) under the Act, to prepare a form of prospectus and to file such form of prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than may be required by Rule 424(b) under the Act;
(c) [Reserved];
(d) Promptly from time to time to take such action as you may reasonably request to qualify the Shares for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as you may request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of the Shares, provided that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction or to subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction;
(e) Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second New York Business Day following the date of this Agreement and from time to time, to furnish the Underwriter with written and electronic copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as you may reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required at any time prior to the expiration of nine months after the time of issue of the Prospectus in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and if at such time any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such same period to amend or supplement the Prospectus or to file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act, to notify you and upon your request to file such document and to prepare and furnish without charge to the Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many written and electronic copies as you may from time to time reasonably request of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; and in case the Underwriter is required to deliver a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) in connection with sales of any of the Shares at any time nine months or more after the time of issue of the Prospectus, upon your request but at the expense of the Underwriter, to prepare and deliver to the Underwriter as many written and electronic copies as you may request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act;
(f) To make generally available to its securityholders (which may be satisfied by filing with the Commission’s EDGAR system), as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than sixteen months after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act), an earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158);
(g) [Reserved];
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(h) During a period of eighteen months from the effective date of the Registration Statement, furnish to the Underwriter copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to stockholders, and to deliver the Underwriter as soon as they are available, copies of any current, periodic or annual reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which any class of securities of the Company is listed; provided that any report, communication or financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission that is publically available on the Commission’s EDGAR system shall be deemed to have been furnished to you at the time furnished or filed with the Commission;
(i) To pay the required Commission filing fees relating to the Shares within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) under the Act without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) under the Act and in any event prior to the Time of Delivery;
(j) To use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the listing of the Shares on the New York Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”); and
(k) To file with the Commission such information on Form 10-Q or Form 10-K as may be required by Rule 463 under the Act.
6. (a) The Company represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the Underwriter, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute a “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act; each Selling Stockholder represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the Company and the Underwriter, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute a free writing prospectus; and the Underwriter represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute a free writing prospectus; any such free writing prospectus the use of which has been consented to by the Company the Underwriter is listed on Schedule II(a) hereto;
(b) The Company has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 under the Act applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission or retention where required and legending; and the Company represents that it has satisfied and agrees that it will satisfy the conditions under Rule 433 under the Act to avoid a requirement to file with the Commission any electronic road show;
(c) The Company agrees that if at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus any event occurred or occurs as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then prevailing, not misleading, the Company will give prompt notice thereof to the Underwriter and, if requested by the Underwriter, will prepare and furnish without charge to the Underwriter an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or other document which will correct such conflict, statement or omission; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions in an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Underwriter expressly for use therein; and
(d) Each Selling Stockholder agrees, in order to document the Underwriter’s compliance with the reporting and withholding provisions of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 with respect to the transactions herein contemplated, to deliver to you prior to or at the Time of Delivery a properly completed and executed United States Treasury Department Form W-9 (or other applicable form or statement specified by United States Treasury Department regulations in lieu thereof).
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7. The Company and each of the Selling Stockholders covenant and agree with one another and with the Underwriter that (a) the Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel and accountants in connection with the registration of the Shares under the Act and all other expenses in connection with the preparation, printing, reproduction and filing of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriter and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or producing this Agreement, the Blue Sky Memorandum and any other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares; (iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Shares for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 5(d) hereof, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriter in connection with such qualification and in connection with the blue sky survey; (iv) [reserved]; (v) the cost of preparing stock certificates; (vi) if applicable, the cost and charges of any transfer agent or registrar; (vii) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations undertaken in connection with the marketing of the Shares and (viii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section 7; and (b) except as otherwise agreed between the Company and the Selling Stockholders, including pursuant to any registration rights agreement, such Selling Stockholder will pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of such Selling Stockholder’s obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section 7, including (i) any fees and expenses of counsel for such Selling Stockholder, and (ii) all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder to the Underwriter hereunder. In connection with clause (b)(ii) of the preceding sentence, the Underwriter agrees to pay New York State stock transfer tax, and such Selling Stockholder agrees to reimburse the Underwriter for associated carrying costs if such tax payment is not rebated on the day of payment and for any portion of such tax payment not rebated. It is understood, however, that the Company shall bear, and the Selling Stockholders shall not be required to pay or to reimburse the Company for, the cost of any other matters not directly relating to the sale and purchase of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement, and that, except as provided in this Section 7 and Sections 9 and 13 hereof, the Underwriter will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, stock transfer taxes on resale of any of the Shares by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
8. The obligations of the Underwriter hereunder, as to the Shares to be delivered at the Time of Delivery, shall be subject, in their discretion, to the condition that all representations and warranties and other statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders herein are, at and as of the Time of Delivery, true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent already qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects), the condition that the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have performed all of its and their obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed in all material respects, and the following additional conditions:
(a) The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by the
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rules and regulations under the Act and in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof; all material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by Rule 433; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Act shall have been received; no stop order suspending or preventing the use of the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been complied with to your reasonable satisfaction;
(b) Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, counsel for the Underwriter, shall have furnished to you such written opinion and negative assurance letter, dated the Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you;
(c) Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to you their written opinion and negative assurance letter each in the form agreed to on the date hereof, dated the Time of Delivery;
(d) The respective counsel for certain of the Selling Stockholders, as reasonably requested by the Underwriter, each shall have furnished to you their written opinion with respect to each of the Selling Stockholders for whom they are acting as counsel each in the form agreed to on the date hereof, dated the Time of Delivery;
(e) On the date of the Prospectus at a time prior to the execution of this Agreement, at 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the effective date of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement filed subsequent to the date of this Agreement and also at the Time of Delivery, KPMG LLP shall have furnished to you a letter or letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof, in form and substance satisfactory to you;
(f) Since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus there shall not have been any change or development in the condition (financial or otherwise), business or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus, the effect of which is, or would reasonably be expected to become, in the judgment of the Underwriter, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Shares being delivered at the Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus;
(g) On or after the Applicable Time (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act, and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of any of the Company’s debt securities;
(h) On or after the Applicable Time there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the Exchange or the NASDAQ Global Market; (ii) a suspension or material limitation in trading in the Company’s securities on the Exchange; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking
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activities declared by either Federal or New York State authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States; (iv) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war; or (v) the occurrence of any other calamity or crisis or any change in financial, political or economic conditions in the United States or elsewhere, if the effect of any such event specified in clause (iv) or (v) in the judgment of the Underwriter makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Shares being delivered at the Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus;
(i) The Shares to be sold at the Time of Delivery shall have been, and at the Time of Delivery are, duly listed on the Exchange;
(j) [Reserved];
(k) The Company shall have complied with the provisions of Section 5(e) hereof with respect to the furnishing of prospectuses on the second New York Business Day following the date of this Agreement; and
(l) (1) The Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to you at the Time of Delivery certificates of officers or authorized signatories, as applicable, of the Company and of the Selling Stockholders, respectively, reasonably satisfactory to you as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Selling Stockholders, respectively, herein at and as of the Time of Delivery, (2) the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to you at the Time of Delivery certificates of officers of the Company and of the Selling Stockholders, respectively, as to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of all of their respective obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to the Time of Delivery, as to such other matters as you may reasonably request, and (3) the Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished certificates as to the matters set forth in subsections (a) and (f) of this Section 8.
9. (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriter and each Selling Stockholder against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which the Underwriter or Selling Stockholder may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse the Underwriter or Selling Stockholder for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Underwriter or Selling Stockholder in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriter expressly for use therein or by a Selling Stockholder expressly for use therein.
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(b) Each Selling Stockholder, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriter and the Company against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which the Underwriter or the Company may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Selling Stockholder expressly for inclusion therein under the caption “Selling Stockholders” and for use in the preparation of the answers therein to Item 7 of Form S-3; and will reimburse the Underwriter and the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Underwriter or the Company in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that such Selling Stockholder shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriter expressly for use therein; provided, further, that the liability of a Selling Stockholder pursuant to this subsection (b) shall not exceed the product of the number of Shares sold by such Selling Stockholder and the public offering price of the Shares as set forth in the Prospectus, less all underwriting discounts and commissions (but before giving effect to expenses) (the “Selling Stockholder Net Proceeds”).
(c) The Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each Selling Stockholder against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company or such Selling Stockholder may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriter expressly for use therein; and will reimburse the Company and such Selling Stockholder for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or such Selling Stockholder in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred.
(d) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 9 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under subsection (a), (b) or (c) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the
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indemnifying party of substantial rights or defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in subsection (a), (b) or (c) above, except as provided in subsection (e) below. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(e) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a), (b) or (c) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriter on the other from the offering of the Shares. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required under subsection (d) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriter on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriter on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Selling Stockholders bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriter, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Selling Stockholders on the one hand or the Underwriter on the other and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company, each of the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriter agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection (e) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (e). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (e) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim.
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Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (e), (i) the Underwriter shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which the Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission, and (ii) no Selling Stockholder shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the Selling Stockholder Net Proceeds exceed the amount of any damages which the Selling Stockholder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
(f) (i) The obligations of the Company under this Section 9 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Underwriter and each Selling Stockholder and each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter or any Selling Stockholder within the meaning of the Act and each broker-dealer affiliate of the Underwriter, (ii) the obligations of each Selling Stockholder under this Section 9 shall be in addition to any liability which such Selling Stockholder may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Underwriter and the Company (including any person who, with his or her consent, is named in the Registration Statement as about to become a director of the Company) and each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter or the Company within the meaning of the Act and each broker-dealer affiliate of the Underwriter, and (iii) the obligations of the Underwriter under this Section 9 shall be in addition to any liability which the Underwriter may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of each Selling Stockholder and the Company (including any person who, with his or her consent, is named in the Registration Statement as about to become a director of the Company) and each person, if any, who controls the Company or any Selling Stockholder within the meaning of the Act.
10. [Reserved].
11. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriter, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of the Underwriter or any controlling person of the Underwriter, or the Company, or any of the Selling Stockholders, or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, or any controlling person of any Selling Stockholder, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Shares.
12. The Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriter acknowledge and agree (i) that the only information furnished or to be furnished by the Underwriter to the Company for inclusion in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or the Prospectus consists of the information set forth in the third and fourth sentences of the second paragraph and the sixth, seventh and twenty-second paragraphs under the caption “Underwriting” in the Prospectus and includes any information furnished by the Underwriter for inclusion in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (ii) that the only information furnished or to be furnished to the Company by any Selling Stockholders expressly for use in the preparation of the answers to Item 7 of Form S-3 and set forth in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or the Prospectus consists solely of the information set forth in the beneficial ownership table and in the footnotes thereto included under the caption “Selling Stockholders” in the Prospectus with respect to such Selling Stockholder.
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13. If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 8(h)(iv) or Section 8(h)(v) hereof, neither the Company nor the Selling Stockholders shall then be under any liability to the Underwriter except as provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof; but, if for any other reason any Shares are not delivered by or on behalf of the Selling Stockholders as provided herein, each of the Selling Stockholders pro rata (based on the number of Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder) will reimburse the Underwriter through you for all out-of-pocket expenses approved in writing by you, including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred by the Underwriter in making preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares not so delivered, but the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall then be under no further liability to the Underwriter except as provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof.
In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriter is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies its clients, including the Company and the Selling Stockholders, which information may include the name and address of such clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriter to properly identify its clients.
All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and if to the Underwriter shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to it at: Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Eleven Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010-3629, Attention: LCD IBD; if to any Selling Stockholder shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, 767 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10153 (fax: (212) 310-8007), Attention: Alex Lynch; if to the Company shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the address of the Company set forth on the cover of the Registration Statement, Attention: Secretary; provided, however, that any notice to the Underwriter pursuant to Section 9(d) hereof shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the Underwriter at its address set forth in its Underwriter’s Questionnaire or telex constituting such Questionnaire, which address will be supplied to the Company or the Selling Stockholders by you on request; provided further that notices under Section 5(g) shall be in writing, and if to the Underwriter shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Eleven Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010-3629, Attention: LCD IBD. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.
14. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the Underwriter, the Company and the Selling Stockholders and, to the extent provided in Sections 9 and 11 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and each person who controls the Company, any Selling Stockholder or the Underwriter, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Shares from the Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase.
15. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used herein, the term “business day” shall mean any day when the Commission’s office in Washington, D.C. is open for business.
16. The Company and the Selling Stockholders acknowledge and agree that (i) the purchase and sale of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company and the Selling Stockholders, on the one hand, and the Underwriter, on the other, (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading to such transaction the Underwriter is acting solely as a principal and not the agent or fiduciary of the Company or any Selling Stockholder, (iii) the
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Underwriter has not assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company or any Selling Stockholder with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether the Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company or any Selling Stockholder on other matters) or any other obligation to the Company or any Selling Stockholder except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement and (iv) the Company and each Selling Stockholder has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate. The Company and each Selling Stockholder agrees that it will not claim that the Underwriter has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to the Company or any Selling Stockholder, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.
17. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriter with respect to the subject matter hereof.
18. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
19. The Company, each Selling Stockholder and the Underwriter hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
20. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
21. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company and the Selling Stockholders are authorized to disclose to any persons the U.S. federal and state income tax treatment and tax structure of the potential transaction and all materials of any kind (including tax opinions and other tax analyses) provided to the Company and the Selling Stockholders relating to that treatment and structure, without the Underwriter imposing any limitation of any kind. However, any information relating to the tax treatment and tax structure shall remain confidential (and the foregoing sentence shall not apply) to the extent necessary to enable any person to comply with securities laws. For this purpose, “tax structure” is limited to any facts that may be relevant to that treatment.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us one for each of the Company, the Underwriter and the Selling Stockholders counterpart hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you, this letter and such acceptance hereof shall constitute a binding agreement among the Underwriter, the Company and each of the Selling Stockholders.
[Signature pages follow]
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| Very truly yours, | ||||
| ARAMARK | ||||
| By: | /s/ Stephen P. Bramlage, Jr. | |||
| Name: | Stephen P. Bramlage, Jr. | |||
| Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief | |||
| Financial Officer | ||||
[Signature page to Underwriting Agreement]
| GS CAPITAL PARTNERS V FUND, L.P. | ||||
| By: | GSCP V Advisors, L.L.C., its General Partner | |||
| By: | /s/ Sanjeev Mehra | |||
| Name: | Sanjeev Mehra | |||
| Title: | Vice President | |||
| GS CAPITAL PARTNERS V OFFSHORE FUND, L.P. | ||||
| By: | GSCP V Offshore Advisors, L.L.C., its General Partner | |||
| By: | /s/ Sanjeev Mehra | |||
| Name: | Sanjeev Mehra | |||
| Title: | Vice President | |||
| GS CAPITAL PARTNERS V GMBH & CO. KG | ||||
| By: | GS Advisors V, L.L.C., its Managing Limited Partner | |||
| By: | /s/ Sanjeev Mehra | |||
| Name: | Sanjeev Mehra | |||
| Title: | Vice President | |||
| GS CAPITAL PARTNERS V INSTITUTIONAL, L.P. | ||||
| By: | GS Advisors V, L.L.C. Limited Partner | |||
| By: | /s/ Sanjeev Mehra | |||
| Name: | Sanjeev Mehra | |||
| Title: | Vice President | |||
[Signature page to Underwriting Agreement]
[Signature page to Underwriting Agreement]
| WARBURG PINCUS PRIVATE EQUITY IX, L.P. | ||||
| By: | Warburg Pincus IX GP L.P., its General Partner | |||
| By: | WPP GP LLC, its General Partner | |||
| By: | Warburg Pincus Partners L.P., its Managing Member | |||
| By: | Warburg Pincus Partners GP LLC, its General Partner | |||
| By: | Warburg Pincus & Co., its Managing Member | |||
| By: | /s/ David Barr | |||
| Name: | David Barr | |||
| Title: | Partner | |||
[Signature page to Underwriting Agreement]
| Accepted as of the date hereof | ||||
| Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC | ||||
| By: | /s/ John B. Pilant | |||
| Name: | John B. Pilant | |||
| Title: | Managing Director | |||
[Signature page to Underwriting Agreement]
SCHEDULE I
| Total Number of Shares to be Sold |
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| GS Capital Partners V Fund, L.P. |
4,307,075 | |||
| GS Capital Partners V Offshore Fund, L.P. |
2,224,857 | |||
| GS Capital Partners V Institutional, L.P. |
1,476,958 | |||
| GS Capital Partners V GmbH & Co. KG |
170,758 | |||
| Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund VI, L.P. |
4,504,120 | |||
| Thomas H. Lee Parallel Fund VI, L.P. |
3,049,950 | |||
| Thomas H. Lee Parallel (DT) Fund VI, L.P. |
532,765 | |||
| THL Equity Fund VI Investors (Aramark), LLC |
38,583 | |||
| THL Coinvestment Partners, L.P. |
8,263 | |||
| Putnam Investment Holdings, LLC |
22,988 | |||
| Putnam Investments Employees’ Securities Company III LLC |
22,979 | |||
| Warburg Pincus Private Equity IX, L.P |
6,109,218 | |||
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| Total: |
22,468,514 | |||
SCHEDULE II
| (a) | Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses not included in the Pricing Disclosure Package |
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, dated August 17, 2015, filed pursuant to Rule 433.
| (b) | Information other than the Pricing Prospectus that comprise the Pricing Disclosure Package |
The public offering price per share for the Shares, as to each investor, is the price paid by such investor.
The number of Shares purchased by the Underwriter is 22,468,514.
Exhibit 5.1
August 21, 2015
Aramark
Aramark Tower
1101 Market Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Aramark, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-202133) (the “Registration Statement”) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), relating to the sale thereunder of Common Stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”). This opinion relates to the sale by certain stockholders (the “Selling Stockholders”) listed on Schedule I to the Underwriting Agreement (as defined below) of an aggregate of 22,468,514 shares (the “Shares”) of Common Stock pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated August 17, 2015 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), among the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the underwriter named therein.
We have examined the Registration Statement as it became effective under the Act, the Company’s base prospectus dated February 17, 2015 (the “Base Prospectus”), as supplemented by the final prospectus supplement dated August 17, 2015 (together with the Base Prospectus, the “Prospectus”), filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Act; the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
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Company, which has been filed with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement; and the Underwriting Agreement. We also have examined the originals, or duplicates or certified or conformed copies, of such records, agreements, documents and other instruments and have made such other investigations as we have deemed relevant and necessary in connection with the opinion hereinafter set forth. As to questions of fact material to this opinion, we have relied upon certificates or comparable documents of public officials and of officers and representatives of the Company.
In rendering the opinion set forth below, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as duplicates or certified or conformed copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents.
Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications, assumptions and limitations stated herein, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.
We do not express any opinion herein concerning any law other than the Delaware General Corporation Law.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus included in the Registration Statement.
| Very truly yours, |
| /s/ Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP |
| SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP |
Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION VERSION
SHARE REPURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS SHARE REPURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of this 17th day of August, 2015, by and between the parties named on the signature pages hereto (the “Sellers”) and Aramark, a Delaware corporation (the “Purchaser”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, on August 17, 2015, a demand registration notice was delivered from the Sellers to the Purchaser regarding the offer and sale of shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Purchaser (the “Common Stock”), to the public in a registered underwritten public offering, on the terms and conditions set forth in such demand registration notice (the “Secondary Offering”).
WHEREAS, concurrently with and subject to completion of the Secondary Offering, the Sellers desire to sell to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser desires to purchase from the Sellers, 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock, at a price equal to the price at which the underwriter has agreed to purchase the shares in the Secondary Offering, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement (the “Repurchase Transaction”).
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements set forth below, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
SALE AND PURCHASE OF COMMON SHARES
Section 1.1 Purchase. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing (as defined below), the Sellers agree to, severally and not jointly, sell, assign, transfer, convey and deliver to the Purchaser, pro rata by Seller based upon the number of shares sold by each Seller in the Secondary Offering, 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Shares”) and the Purchaser agrees to purchase, acquire and accept the Shares from the Sellers. The purchase price for each Share shall be equal to the price at which the underwriter has agreed to purchase the shares in the Secondary Offering (the “Purchase Price”).
Section 1.2 Closing. The closing of the Repurchase Transaction (the “Closing”) will take place concurrently with the closing of the Secondary Offering and the delivery to the underwriter of the shares purchased in the Secondary Offering (the “Closing Date”). At the Closing, (a) each Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Purchaser all of such Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the Shares by an appropriate method reasonably agreed to by the Purchaser and such Seller, together, in each case, with all documentation reasonably necessary to transfer to Purchaser right, title and interest in and to the Shares and (b) the Purchaser shall pay to each Seller its respective portion of the Purchase Price in cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the wire transfer instructions provided by such Seller to the Purchaser.
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLERS
Each Seller, severally and not jointly, hereby makes the following representations and warranties to the Purchaser, each of which is true and correct on the date hereof and the Closing Date and shall survive the Closing Date.
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Section 2.1 Existence and Power.
(a) Such Seller has full right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Shares to be sold by such Seller hereunder;
(b) The sale of the Shares to be sold by such Seller hereunder and the compliance by such Seller with this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated will not (A) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which such Seller is a party or by which such Seller is bound or to which any of the property or assets of such Seller is subject, (B) result in any violation of the provisions of the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of such Seller if such Seller is a corporation or the partnership agreement of such Seller if such Seller is a partnership or (C) result in any violation of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over such Seller or any of its subsidiaries or any property or assets of such Seller, except, in the case of (A) and (C), as would not, individually or in the aggregate, affect the validity of the Shares to be sold by such Seller or reasonably be expected to materially impact such Selling Stockholder’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement; and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or governmental body or agency is required for the performance by such Seller of its obligations under this Agreement and the consummation by such Seller of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in connection with the Shares to be sold by such Seller hereunder.
Section 2.2 Valid and Enforceable Agreement; Authorization. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Seller and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Seller, enforceable against such Seller in accordance with its terms, except as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance and other similar laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity.
Section 2.3 Title to Shares. Such Seller has, and immediately prior to the delivery of the Shares to the Company at the Closing such Seller will have, valid and unencumbered title to the Shares to be sold by such Seller hereunder at the Closing; and, upon delivery of such Shares and payment therefor pursuant hereto, valid and unencumbered title to such Shares will pass to the Purchaser.
Section 2.4 Sophistication of Seller. Such Seller acknowledges and agrees that, except as set forth in this Agreement, the Purchaser is not making any express or implied warranties in connection with the Repurchase Transaction. Such Seller has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters and in making investment decisions of this type that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of making their investment decision regarding the Repurchase Transaction and of making an informed investment decision. Such Seller and/or its advisor(s) have had a reasonable opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from a person or persons acting on behalf of the Purchaser concerning the Shares and the Purchaser and all such questions have been answered to such Seller’s full satisfaction. Such Seller is not relying on the Purchaser with respect to the tax and other economic considerations of the Repurchase Transaction, and such Seller has relied on the advice of, or have consulted with, such Seller’s own advisors.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASER
The Purchaser hereby makes the following representations and warranties to the Sellers, each of which is true and correct on the date hereof and the Closing Date and shall survive the Closing Date.
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Section 3.1 Existence and Power.
(a) The Purchaser is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has the power, authority and capacity to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform the Purchaser’s obligations hereunder, and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Purchaser and the consummation by the Purchaser of the transactions contemplated hereby (i) does not require the consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of, or filing with, any governmental authority or court, or body or arbitrator having jurisdiction over the Purchaser; and (ii) except as would not have an adverse effect on the ability of Purchaser to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, does not and will not constitute or result in a breach, violation or default under, any note, bond, mortgage, deed, indenture, lien, instrument, contract, agreement, lease or license, whether written or oral, express or implied, to which Purchaser is a party, with the Purchaser’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws, or any statute, law, ordinance, decree, order, injunction, rule, directive, judgment or regulation of any court, administrative or regulatory body, governmental authority, arbitrator, mediator or similar body on the part of the Purchaser or cause the acceleration or termination of any obligation or right of the Purchaser or any other party thereto.
Section 3.2 Valid and Enforceable Agreement; Authorization. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Purchaser and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable against the Purchaser in accordance with its terms, except as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance and other similar laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity.
Section 3.3 Sufficient Funds. Purchaser has as of the date hereof and will have as of the Closing Date access to fully committed funds sufficient to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
ARTICLE IV
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 4.1 Notice. Any notice provided for in this Agreement shall be delivered in accordance with Section 7.02 of the Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement (the “Stockholders Agreement”), dated December 10, 2013, as amended, by and among Purchaser, Aramark Intermediate HoldCo Corporation and the stockholders named therein.
Section 4.2 Entire Agreement. This Agreement embodies the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous oral or written agreements, representations, warranties, contracts, correspondence, conversations, memoranda and understandings between or among the parties or any of their agents, representatives or affiliates relative to such subject matter, including, without limitation, any term sheets, emails or draft documents.
Section 4.3 Assignment; Binding Agreement. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall be assigned, in whole or in part, by any of the parties without the prior written consent of the other parties. This Agreement and the various rights and obligations arising hereunder shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their successors and assigns.
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Section 4.4 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, and on separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Any counterpart or other signature hereupon delivered by facsimile shall be deemed for all purposes as constituting good and valid execution and delivery of this Agreement by such party.
Section 4.5 Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial. This Agreement and any matters related to this transaction shall in all respects be construed in accordance with and governed by the substantive laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws. The Company and each Seller agrees that any suit or proceeding arising in respect of this Agreement will be tried exclusively in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York or, if that court does not have subject matter jurisdiction, in any state court located in The City and County of New York and the Company and each Seller agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of, and to venue in, such courts. Each party hereto waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby.
Section 4.6 No Third Party Beneficiaries or Other Rights. Nothing herein shall grant to or create in any person not a party hereto, or any such person’s dependents or heirs, any right to any benefits hereunder, and no such party shall be entitled to sue any party to this Agreement with respect thereto.
Section 4.7 Release. Except in respect of any claim of a breach of this Agreement, (i) each Seller does hereby release the Purchaser, its shareholders, its affiliates and successors, and all of the Purchaser’s directors, officers, employees and agents (collectively, the “Company Parties”), and agree to hold them, and each of them, harmless from any and all claims or causes of action that such Seller may now have or know about, or hereafter may learn about, arising out of or in any way connected with the Repurchase Transaction and such Seller agrees that it will not file any claim, charge, or lawsuit for the purpose of obtaining any monetary awards in connection with the Repurchase Transaction, and (ii) Purchaser does hereby release each Seller, its general and limited partners, affiliates and successors, and all of such Seller’s directors, officers, managers, members, employees and agents (collectively, the “Seller Parties”), and agree to hold them, and each of them, harmless from any and all claims or causes of action that Purchaser may now have or know about, or hereafter may learn about, arising out of or in any way connected with the Repurchase Transaction and Purchaser agrees that Purchaser will not file any claim, charge, or lawsuit for the purpose of obtaining any monetary awards in connection with the Repurchase Transaction. The parties acknowledge that the foregoing release includes, but is not limited to, any claim arising under any federal, state, or local law, whether statutory or judicial, or ordinance, or any administrative regulation.
Section 4.8 Waiver; Consent. This Agreement and its terms may not be changed, amended, waived, terminated, augmented, rescinded or discharged (other than in accordance with its terms), in whole or in part, except by a writing executed by the parties hereto.
Section 4.9 No Broker. Except as previously disclosed to each other party, no party has engaged any third party as broker or finder or incurred or become obligated to pay any broker’s commission or finder’s fee in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section 4.10 Further Assurances. Each party hereto hereby agrees to execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, such other documents, instruments and agreements, and take such other actions consistent with the terms of this Agreement as may be reasonably necessary in order to accomplish the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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Section 4.11 Costs and Expenses. Each party hereto shall each pay their own respective costs and expenses in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and performance of this Agreement.
Section 4.12 Severability. If any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 4.13 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated and the Repurchase Transaction abandoned at any time prior to the Closing Date by mutual written consent of each party and will be automatically terminated and be of no further force and effect in the event that the Secondary Offering has not been completed by August 31, 2015.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first above written.
| THE PURCHASER: | ||
| ARAMARK | ||
| By: | /s/ Stephen P. Bramlage, Jr. | |
| Name: | Stephen P. Bramlage, Jr. | |
| Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |
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| THE SELLERS: | ||||
| GS CAPITAL PARTNERS V FUND, L.P. | ||||
| By: | GSCP V Advisors, L.L.C., its General Partner | |||
| By: | /s/ John F. Daly | |||
| Name: | John F. Daly | |||
| Title: | Vice President | |||
| GS CAPITAL PARTNERS V OFFSHORE FUND, L.P. | ||||
| By: | GSCP V Offshore Advisors, L.L.C., its General Partner | |||
| By: | /s/ John F. Daly | |||
| Name: | John F. Daly | |||
| Title: | Vice President | |||
| GS CAPITAL PARTNERS V GMBH & CO. KG | ||||
| By: | GS Advisors V, L.L.C., its Managing Limited Partner | |||
| By: | /s/ John F. Daly | |||
| Name: | John F. Daly | |||
| Title: | Vice President | |||
| GS CAPITAL PARTNERS V INSTITUTIONAL, L.P. | ||||
| By: | GS Advisors V, L.L.C. Limited Partner | |||
| By: | /s/ John F. Daly | |||
| Name: | John F. Daly | |||
| Title: | Vice President | |||
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| WARBURG PINCUS PRIVATE EQUITY IX, L.P. | ||||
| By: | Warburg Pincus IX GP L.P., its General Partner | |||
| By: | WPP GP LLC, its General Partner | |||
| By: | Warburg Pincus Partners L.P., its Managing Member | |||
| By: | Warburg Pincus Partners GP LLC, its General Partner | |||
| By: | Warburg Pincus & Co., its Managing Member | |||
| By: | /s/ David Barr | |||
| Name: | David Barr | |||
| Title: | President | |||
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