Exhibit 1.1
EXECUTION COPY
7,500,000 Shares
CINEMARK HOLDINGS, INC.
Common Stock
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
January 19, 2010
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
585 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Certain stockholders of Cinemark Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), named
in Schedule 1 attached hereto (the Selling Stockholders) propose to sell to Morgan
Stanley & Co. Incorporated (the Underwriter) an aggregate of 7,500,000 shares (the Stock) of
the Companys common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the Common Stock). This is to confirm
the agreement concerning the purchase of the Stock from the Selling Stockholders by the
Underwriter.
SECTION 1. Representations,
Warranties and Agreements of the Company. The Company
represents, warrants and agrees that:
(a) A shelf registration statement on Form S-3 relating to the Stock has (i)
been prepared by the Company in conformity in all material respects with the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and the rules and regulations (the
Rules and Regulations) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) thereunder;
(ii) been filed with the Commission under the Securities Act; and (iii) become effective under the
Securities Act. Copies of such registration statement and any amendment thereto have been made
available by the Company to you. As used in this agreement (this Agreement):
(i) Applicable Time means 4:30 p.m. (New York City
time) on the date of this Agreement;
(ii) Base Prospectus means the base prospectus filed
as part of the 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.
(iii) Effective Date means any date as of which any
part of such registration statement relating to the Stock became, or is deemed to
have become, effective under the Securities Act in accordance with the Rules and
Regulations;
(iv) Issuer Free Writing Prospectus means each free
writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations) prepared
by or on behalf of the Company or used or referred to by the Company in connection
with the offering of the Stock;
(v) Preliminary Prospectus means any preliminary
prospectus (including any preliminary prospectus supplement) relating to the Stock
included in such registration statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations;
(vi) Pricing Disclosure Package means, as of the
Applicable Time, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, together with (A) each
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus filed or used by the Company on or before the
Applicable Time (which Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses are identified on
Schedule 2 attached hereto), other than a road show that is an Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus under Rule 433 of the Rules and Regulations and (B) the price of
the Stock and the underwriting discount;
(vii) Prospectus means the final prospectus
(including the prospectus supplement) relating to the Stock, as filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations;
(viii) Registration Statement means such registration
statement (No. 333-159012) (including any amendments thereto, the Base Prospectus,
the exhibits and schedules thereto, the documents incorporated by reference therein
and the Rule 430B information), as amended as of the Effective Date, including the
Prospectus and all exhibits to such registration statement;
(ix) Rule 430B Information means the information
included in the Prospectus that was omitted from the Registration Statement at the
time it became effective but that is deemed to be part of such registration
statement at the time it became effective pursuant to Rule 430B of the Rules and
Regulations; and
(x) Selling Stockholders Information means
information relating to the Selling Stockholders furnished to the Company in writing
by or on behalf of the Selling Stockholders expressly for use in the Registration
Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or in any Permitted Issuer
Information (as defined in Section 6(b)) or any Non-Prospectus Road Show (as defined
in Section 10(a)), it being understood and agreed that the only Selling Stockholders
Information furnished to the Company by each of the Selling Stockholders for use in
the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or in any Permitted
Issuer Information or any Non-Prospectus Road Show consists of the name of such
Selling Stockholder, the number of shares of Common Stock to be offered by such
Selling Stockholder and the address and other information with respect to such
Selling Stockholder (excluding any percentages), in each case that
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appear under the caption Selling Stockholders in the most recent Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus.
Any reference to any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and
include any documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Form S-3 under the Securities
Act as of the date of the Prospectus. Any reference to any amendment or supplement to any
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any document filed
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), after the date of such
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, and incorporated by reference in the
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be; and any reference to any amendment to
the Registration Statement shall be deemed to include any annual report of the Company on Form 10-K
filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the
Effective Date that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. The Commission has
not issued any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the
Prospectus or suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, and no proceeding or
examination for such purpose has been instituted or, to the Companys knowledge, threatened by the
Commission.
(b) The Company was not at the time of initial filing of the Registration
Statement and at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or another offering participant made
a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the Rules and Regulations) of the Stock,
is not on the date hereof and will not be on the Delivery Date an ineligible issuer (as defined
in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations). The Company has been since the time of initial filing
of the Registration Statement and continues to be eligible to use Form S-3 for the offering of the
Stock.
(c) The Registration Statement conformed on the Effective Date, and on the
date hereof conforms, in all material respects, and any amendment to the Registration Statement
filed after the date hereof will conform in all material respects when filed, to the requirements
of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations. The most recent Preliminary Prospectus
conformed, and the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects when filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations and on the Delivery Date to the requirements
of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations. The documents incorporated by reference in
any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus conformed, and any further documents so incorporated
will conform, when filed with the Commission, in all material respects to the requirements of the
Exchange Act or the Securities Act, as applicable, and the Rules and Regulations thereunder.
(d) The Registration Statement did not, as of the Effective Date, 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 that no representation or
warranty is made as to (i) information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf
of the Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein, which information is specified in Section
10(f), and (ii) Selling Stockholders Information.
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(e) The Prospectus will not, as of its date and on the Delivery Date,
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 that no representation or warranty is made as to (i)
information contained in or omitted from the Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Underwriter specifically for
inclusion therein, which information is specified in Section 10(f), and (ii) Selling Stockholders
Information.
(f) The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement,
any Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus at the Applicable Time and the Closing Date did not
and will not, and any further documents filed and incorporated by reference therein will not, when
filed with the Commission and when read together with the other information in the Pricing
Disclosure Package, 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.
(g) The Pricing Disclosure Package did not, as of the Applicable Time,
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 that no representation or warranty is made as to (i)
information contained in or omitted from the Pricing Disclosure Package in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Underwriter
specifically for inclusion therein, which information is specified in Section 10(f), and (ii)
Selling Stockholders Information.
(h) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including, without limitation, any
road show that is a free writing prospectus under Rule 433 of the Rules and Regulations), when
considered together with the Pricing Disclosure Package, did not, as of the Applicable Time,
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 that no representation or warranty is made as to (i)
information contained in or omitted from the Pricing Disclosure Package in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Underwriter
specifically for inclusion therein, which information is specified in Section 10(f), and (ii)
Selling Stockholders Information.
(i) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conformed or will conform in all
material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations on the
date of first use, and the Company has complied with any filing requirements applicable to such
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus pursuant to the Rules and Regulations. The Company has not made any
offer relating to the Stock that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, other than as
listed on Schedule 2 hereto, without the prior written consent of the Underwriter. The
Company has retained in accordance with the Rules and Regulations all Issuer Free Writing
Prospectuses that were not required to be filed pursuant to the Rules and Regulations.
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(j) The Company and each of its subsidiaries (as defined in Section 18) have
been duly organized and are validly existing as corporations or other business organizations, as
applicable, in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of incorporation or
organization, as applicable, are duly qualified to do business and are in good standing as foreign
corporations or other business organizations, as applicable, in each jurisdiction in which their
respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires
such qualification, and have all power and authority necessary to own or hold their respective
properties and to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged, except where the failure to be
so qualified or in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), properties,
business or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (a Material Adverse
Effect). None of the subsidiaries of the Company (other than Cinemark USA, Inc., CNMK Texas
Properties, LLC, Century Theatres, Inc., Cinemark Media, Inc. and Cinemark Brasil, S.A.
(collectively, the Significant Subsidiaries) is a significant subsidiary (as defined in Rule
405 of the Rules and Regulations).
(k) The Company has an authorized capitalization as of September 30, 2009 as
set forth in the Capitalization section of each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized
and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, conform in all material respects to the
description thereof contained in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and were
issued in compliance with federal and state securities laws and not in violation of any preemptive
right, resale right, right of first refusal or similar right. All of the Companys options,
warrants and other rights to purchase or exchange any securities for shares of the Companys
capital stock have been duly authorized and validly issued, conform in all material respects to the
description thereof contained in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and were
issued in compliance with federal and state securities laws. All of the issued shares of capital
stock or membership interests, as applicable, of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly
authorized, validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and, except as described in each
of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and for directors qualifying shares for
foreign subsidiaries, are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances, equities or claims, other than the liens and encumbrances imposed thereon pursuant to
the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 5, 2006, among the Company, Cinemark, Inc., CNMK
Holdings, Inc., Cinemark USA, Inc. and the banks, financial institutions and other parties
signatory thereto, as amended by the First Amendment thereto, dated as of March 14, 2007 (which are
described in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus) and any liens,
encumbrances, equities or claims as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in
the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(l) The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute,
deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Company.
(m) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement
or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not (i) conflict with
or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default
under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease, pledge or other agreement or
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instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or
any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or
bylaws of the Company or the charter or bylaws or any joint venture, partnership, limited liability
company, shareholders or other agreement or organizational document of any of the Companys
subsidiaries, or (iii) result in any violation of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of
any court or governmental agency or body (whether domestic or foreign) having jurisdiction over the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties or assets except in the case of
clauses (i) and (iii), such conflicts, breaches or violations that in the aggregate would not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, or
impair the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement; and, except for
the registration of the Stock under the Securities Act and such consents, approvals,
authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under the Exchange Act by the
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and under applicable state or foreign securities
laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Stock by the Underwriter, no consent,
approval, authorization or order of, or filing or registration with, any such court or governmental
agency or body (whether domestic or foreign) is required for the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated
hereby.
(n) Except for the Registration Rights Agreement (as hereinafter defined) or
as otherwise described in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no
contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the
right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect
to any securities of the Company owned or to be owned by such person or to require the Company to
include such securities in the securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement or in
any securities being registered pursuant to any other registration statement filed by the Company
under the Securities Act.
(o) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained, since the
date of the latest audited financial statements incorporated by reference into the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, any loss or interference with its business from fire,
explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute
or court or governmental action, order or decree (whether domestic or foreign) otherwise than as
set forth or contemplated in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus except where
such losses or interferences would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; and, since such date, there has not been any change in the
capital stock (other than shares issued pursuant to employee benefit plans, qualified stock options
plans or other employee compensation plans or pursuant to outstanding options, rights or warrants,
in each case as such plans, options rights or warrants are described in each of the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus) or increase in the long-term debt of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries or any adverse change, or any development involving a prospective adverse change,
that would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus.
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(p) Since the date as of which information is given in the Pricing
Disclosure Package, and except as otherwise disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package, the
Company has not (i) issued or granted any securities, (ii) incurred any material liability or
obligation, direct or contingent, other than liabilities and obligations which were incurred in the
ordinary course of business, (iii) entered into any material transaction not in the ordinary course
of business or (iv) declared or paid any dividend on its capital stock.
(q) The historical financial statements (including the related notes and
supporting schedules) incorporated by reference into the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of Regulation S-X under
the Securities Act and present fairly in all material respects the financial position, results of
operations and cash flows of the entities purported to be shown thereby at the dates and for the
periods indicated, and have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved.
(r) Deloitte & Touche LLP, who have certified certain financial statements
of the Company and of National CineMedia, LLC (NCM LLC), whose reports with respect to the
audited consolidated financial statements are incorporated by reference in each of the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and who have delivered the initial letter referred to in
Section 9(h) hereof, are independent public accountants as required by the Securities Act and the
Rules and Regulations.
(s) The Company and each of its subsidiaries have good and marketable title
in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by
them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects, except such as are
described in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or such as would not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; and
all assets held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid,
subsisting and enforceable leases, except such as are described in each of the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus or such as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in
the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(t) The Company and each of its subsidiaries carry, or are covered by,
insurance in such amounts and covering such risks which the Company believes are adequate for the
conduct of their respective businesses and the value of their respective properties.
(u) The Company and each of its subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights
to use all material patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark
registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights and licenses necessary for the conduct of
their respective businesses and have no reason to believe that the conduct of their respective
businesses will conflict with, and have not received any notice of any claim of conflict with, any
such rights of others that, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries would
reasonably be likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(v) Except as described in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings (whether domestic or foreign) pending to
which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property or assets of the
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Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or
any of its subsidiaries, would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect; and to the best of the Companys knowledge, no such proceedings are
threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others.
(w) There are no contracts or other documents which are required to be
described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or filed
as exhibits to the Registration Statement by the Securities Act or by the Rules and Regulations
that are not described or filed as required.
(x) No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company
on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders, customers or suppliers of the Company
on the other hand, which is required to be described in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus which is not so described.
(y) No labor disturbance by the employees of the Company exists or, to the
knowledge of the Company, is imminent, which would reasonably be expected to have, individually or
in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(z) The Company and members of its controlled group within the meaning of
Sections 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including the regulations and
published interpretations thereunder (the Code) are in compliance in all respects with all
presently applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended,
including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (ERISA), except where the
failure to be in such compliance would not reasonably be likely to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; no reportable event (as defined in ERISA) has occurred and
is continuing with respect to any pension plan (as defined in ERISA) for which the Company and
such members would have any liability; except for matters that would not reasonably be likely to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; the Company and such members
have not incurred and do not expect to incur liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to
termination of, or withdrawal from, any pension plan or (ii) Sections 412 or 4971 of the Code,
and each pension plan for which the Company and such members would have any liability that is
intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified in all material respects
and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of
such qualification.
(aa) The Company and each of its subsidiaries have filed (or obtained
extensions to file) all federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise tax returns required
to be filed through the date hereof, except where the failure to so file would not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and have paid all
taxes due thereon, other than those (i) currently payable without penalty or interest or (ii) being
contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and for which, in the case of both (i) and
(ii), adequate reserves have been established on the books and records of the Company in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. No tax deficiency has been
determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries which has had (nor does the Company
have any knowledge of any tax deficiency which, if determined adversely to the
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Company or any of its subsidiaries) or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(bb) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries (i) is in violation of
(A), in the case of the Company, its charter or bylaws or (B) in the case of any of the Companys
subsidiaries, its charter or bylaws or any of its joint venture, partnership, limited liability
company, shareholders or other agreement or organizational document as the case may be, (ii) is in
default in any respect, and no event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or both,
would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or
condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease, pledge or
other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its
properties or assets is subject or (iii) is in violation in any respect of any law, ordinance,
governmental rule, regulation or court decree (whether domestic or foreign) to which it or its
property or assets may be subject or has failed to obtain any material license, permit,
certificate, franchise or other governmental authorization or permit (whether domestic or foreign)
necessary to the ownership of its property or to the conduct of its business, except in the case of
clauses (ii) and (iii), such defaults, events, violations or failures that would not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(cc) The Company and each of its subsidiaries (i) make and keep accurate
books and records and (ii) maintain and has maintained effective internal control over financial
reporting as defined in Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act that comply with the requirements of the
Exchange Act and a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable
assurance that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with managements general or specific
authorization, (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of the Companys
financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States and to maintain accountability for its assets, (C) access to the Companys assets is
permitted only in accordance with managements general or specific authorization and (D) the
recorded accountability for the Companys assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable
intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
(dd) (i) The Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and
procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act), (ii) such disclosure
controls and procedures are designed to ensure that the information required to be disclosed by the
Company in the reports they file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated
to management of the Company, including their respective principal executive officers and principal
financial officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure to be
made and (iii) such disclosure controls and procedures are effective in all material respects to
perform the functions for which they were established. The Company has carried out evaluations of
the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the
Exchange Act.
(ee) There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company and any of
the Companys directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with the provisions of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith.
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(ff) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor, to the Companys knowledge,
any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or representative of the Company or of any of its
subsidiaries or affiliates, has taken or will take any action in furtherance of an offer, payment,
promise to pay, or authorization or approval of the payment or giving of money, property, gifts or
anything else of value, directly or indirectly, to any government official (including any officer
or employee of a government or government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international
organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the
foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office) to influence
official action or secure an improper advantage; and the Company and its subsidiaries and
affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws and
have instituted and maintain and will continue to maintain policies and procedures designed to
promote and achieve compliance with such laws and with the representation and warranty contained
herein.
(gg) 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, except, in each case, as would not reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(hh) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any
director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the
U.S. Treasury Department (OFAC); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds
of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary,
joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any
person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
(ii) There has been no storage, disposal, generation, manufacture, refinement, transportation,
handling or treatment of toxic wastes, medical wastes, hazardous wastes or hazardous substances by
the Company or any of its subsidiaries (or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of their
predecessors in interest) at, upon or from any of the property now or previously owned or leased by
the Company or its subsidiaries in violation of any applicable law, ordinance, rule, regulation,
order, judgment, decree or permit or which would require remedial action under any applicable law,
ordinance, rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit, except for any violation or
remedial action which would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect; there has been no material spill, discharge, leak, emission, injection,
escape, dumping or release of any kind onto such property or into the environment surrounding such
property of any toxic wastes, medical wastes, solid wastes, hazardous wastes or hazardous
substances due to or caused by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or with respect to which the
Company or any of its subsidiaries have knowledge,
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except for any such spill, discharge, leak, emission, injection, escape, dumping or release
which would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect; and the terms hazardous wastes, toxic wastes, hazardous substances and
medical wastes shall have the meanings specified in any applicable local, state, federal and
foreign laws or regulations with respect to environmental protection.
(jj) The Company is not and, as of the Delivery Date after giving effect to the sale of the
Stock as described in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will not be, an
investment company as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(kk) The industry, statistical and market-related data included or incorporated by reference
in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are derived from sources that the
Company reasonably and in good faith believes to be accurate, reasonable and reliable, and such
data agrees with the sources from which they were derived.
(ll) The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result
in, or which has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization
or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company in connection with this transaction.
(mm) The Company has not distributed and, prior to the later to occur of the Delivery Date and
completion of the distribution of the Stock, will not distribute any offering material in
connection with the offering and sale of the Stock other than any Preliminary Prospectus, the
Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to which the Underwriter has consented in accordance
with Section 1(i) or 6(a)(vi).
(nn) The Stock has been approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange.
(oo) Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Underwriter or
counsel for the Underwriter in connection with the offering of the Stock shall be deemed a
representation and warranty by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to the Underwriter.
SECTION 2. Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Selling Stockholders. Each Selling Stockholder, severally and not jointly, represents, warrants and agrees that:
(a) Neither such Selling Stockholder nor any person acting on behalf of such Selling
Stockholder (other than the Underwriter) has distributed and, prior to the later to occur of the
Delivery Date and completion of the distribution of the Stock, will distribute any offering
material in connection with the offering and sale of the Stock other than any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to which the Underwriter has
consented in accordance with Section 1(i) or 6(a)(vi).
(b) Such Selling Stockholder has, and immediately prior to the Delivery Date such Selling
Stockholder will have, good and valid title to or a valid security entitlement within the meaning
of Section 8-501 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code (the UCC) in respect
of, the shares of Stock to be sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder on the Delivery Date,
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free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims. Upon payment for the Stock to be
sold by such Selling Stockholder, delivery of such Stock, as directed by the Underwriter, to Cede &
Co. (Cede) or such other nominee as may be designated by The Depository Trust Company (DTC),
registration of such Stock in the name of Cede or such other nominee and the crediting of such
Stock on the books of DTC to securities accounts of the Underwriter (assuming that neither DTC nor
the Underwriter has notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC) to
such Stock), (i) under Section 8-501 of the UCC, the Underwriter will acquire a valid security
entitlement in respect of such Stock and (ii) no action based on any valid adverse claim, within
the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC, to such Stock may be asserted against the Underwriter with
respect to such security entitlement. For purposes of this representation, such Selling
Stockholder may assume that when such payment, delivery and crediting occur, (A) such shares will
have been registered in the name of Cede or another nominee designated by DTC, in each case on the
Companys share registry in accordance with its certificate of incorporation, bylaws and applicable
law, (B) DTC will be registered as a clearing corporation within the meaning of Section 8-102 of
the UCC and (C) appropriate entries to the account of the Underwriter on the records of DTC will
have been made pursuant to the UCC.
(c) Such Selling Stockholder has full right, power and authority, corporate or otherwise, to
enter into this Agreement.
(d) This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by or on
behalf of such Selling Stockholder.
(e) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by such Selling Stockholder and
the consummation by such Selling Stockholder of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and
will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of,
or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease,
pledge 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 which conflict, breach, violation or default would impair the ability of
such Selling Stockholder to perform its obligations under this Agreement, (ii) result in any
violation of the provisions of any partnership or limited liability company agreement, certificate
of incorporation, bylaws, operating agreement, deed of trust or other similar agreement or
organizational document of such Selling Stockholder or (iii) result in any material violation of
any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body (whether
domestic or foreign) having jurisdiction over such Selling Stockholder or the property or assets of
such Selling Stockholder which violation would impair the ability of such Selling Stockholder to
perform its obligations under this Agreement; and, except for the registration of the Stock under
the Securities Act, approval by FINRA and under such consents, approvals, authorizations,
registrations or qualifications as may be required under the Exchange Act and applicable state or
foreign securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Stock by the
Underwriter, no material consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing or registration
with, any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement by such Selling Stockholder and the consummation by such Selling
Stockholder of the transactions contemplated hereby.
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(f) The Registration Statement did not as of the Effective Date, the Prospectus will not as of
its date and on the Delivery Date, the Pricing Disclosure Package did not as of the Applicable
Time, and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including, without limitation, any road show that is
a free writing prospectus under Rule 433 of the Rules and Regulations), when considered together
with the Pricing Disclosure Package, did not as of the Applicable Time, 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 that the foregoing representation and warranty shall apply only to the extent
that any statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Pricing
Disclosure Package or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as applicable, are made in reliance upon
and in conformity with the Selling Stockholders Information.
(g) Such Selling Stockholder is not prompted to sell shares of Common Stock by any material
negative information concerning the Company that is not set forth in the Registration Statement,
the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(h) Such Selling Stockholder has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any
action that is designed to or which has constituted or that could reasonably be expected to cause
or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to
facilitate the sale or resale of the shares of the Stock.
Any certificate signed by any officer of any Selling Stockholder and delivered to counsel for
the Underwriter in connection with the offering of the Stock shall be deemed a representation and
warranty by such Selling Stockholder, as to matters covered thereby, to the Underwriter.
SECTION 3. Purchase of the Stock by the Underwriter. On the basis of the representations and warranties contained in, and subject to the terms
and conditions of, this Agreement, each Selling Stockholder agrees to sell the number of shares of
the Stock set forth opposite its name in Schedule 1 hereto, severally and not jointly, to
the Underwriter, and the Underwriter agrees to purchase the Stock.
The price of the Stock purchased by the Underwriter shall be $14.33 per share.
The Selling Stockholders shall not be obligated to deliver any of the Stock to be delivered on
the Delivery Date, except upon payment for all such Stock to be purchased on the Delivery Date as
provided herein.
SECTION 4. Offering of Stock by the Underwriter. Upon release of the Stock, the Underwriter proposes to offer the Stock for sale upon the
terms and conditions to be set forth in the Prospectus.
SECTION 5. Delivery of and Payment for the Stock. Delivery of and payment for the Stock shall be made at the office of Simpson Thacher &
Bartlett, 425 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the fourth
full business day following the date of this Agreement or at such other date or place
as shall be determined by agreement between the Underwriter and the Company. This date and
time are sometimes referred to as the Delivery Date. Delivery of the Stock shall be made to the
Underwriter against payment by the Underwriter of the purchase price of the Stock being sold by the
Selling
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Stockholders to or upon the order of the Selling Stockholders by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Selling Stockholders. Time shall be
of the essence, and delivery at the time and place specified pursuant to this Agreement is a
further condition of the obligation of the Underwriter hereunder. The Selling Stockholders shall
deliver the Stock through the facilities of DTC unless the Underwriter shall otherwise instruct.
SECTION 6. Further Agreements of the Company and the Underwriter. (a) The Company agrees:
(i) To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the Underwriter and to file
such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act not later than the
Commissions close of business on the second business day following the execution
and delivery of this Agreement; to make no further amendment or any supplement to
the Registration Statement or to the Prospectus prior to the Delivery Date except as
provided herein; to advise the Underwriter, promptly after it receives notice
thereof, of the time when any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement
or the Prospectus has been filed and to make available to the Underwriter and the
Selling Stockholders copies thereof; 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 is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Stock; to
advise the Underwriter, 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, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus,
of the suspension of the qualification of the Stock for offering or sale in any
jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding or examination for
any such purpose or of any request by the Commission for the amending or
supplementing of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free
Writing 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, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or
suspending any such qualification, to use promptly its best efforts to obtain its
withdrawal;
(ii) To furnish promptly to the Underwriter and to counsel for the Underwriter
a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed with the
Commission, and each amendment thereto filed with the Commission, including all
consents and exhibits filed therewith;
(iii) To deliver promptly to the Underwriter such number of the following
documents as the Underwriter shall reasonably request, and to the
Selling Stockholders such number of the following documents as the Selling
Stockholders shall reasonably request: (A) conformed copies of the Registration
Statement as originally filed with the Commission and each amendment thereto (in
each case excluding exhibits), (B) each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus
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and
any amended or supplemented Prospectus, (C) each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
and
(D) any document incorporated by reference in any Preliminary Prospectus or the
Prospectus (excluding exhibits thereto); and, if the delivery of a prospectus (or in
lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Rules and Regulations) is
required at any time after the date hereof in connection with the offering or sale
of the Stock or any other securities relating thereto and if at such time any events
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 is delivered, not
misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary to amend or supplement
the Prospectus until completion of the offering of the Stock or to file under the
Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to
comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, to file such document, to notify
the Underwriter and, upon its request, to file such document and to prepare and
furnish without charge to the Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many
copies as the Underwriter may from time to time reasonably request, and to the
Selling Stockholders as many copies as they may from time to time reasonably
request, of an amended or supplemented Prospectus that will correct such statement
or omission or effect such compliance;
(iv) To file promptly with the Commission any amendment or supplement to the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus that may, in the judgment of the Company or
the Underwriter, be required by the Securities Act or requested by the Commission;
(v) Prior to filing with the Commission any amendment or supplement to the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus, until completion of the offering of the
Stock any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus or any amendment to
any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, to furnish a copy thereof
to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter and obtain the consent of the
Underwriter to the filing, and to furnish copies thereof to the Selling
Stockholders;
(vi) Not to make any offer relating to the Stock that would constitute an
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, other than as listed on Schedule 2, without
the prior written consent of the Underwriter;
(vii) To comply with all applicable requirements of Rule 433 of the Rules and
Regulations with respect to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus; and if at any time
after the date hereof any events shall have occurred as a result of which any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented,
would conflict with the information in the Registration Statement, the most
recent Preliminary 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 under which they were made,
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not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary to amend or
supplement any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to notify the Underwriter and, upon
its request, to file such document and to prepare and furnish without charge to the
Underwriter as many copies as the Underwriter may from time to time reasonably
request, and to the Selling Stockholders as many copies as they may from time to
time reasonably request, of an amended or supplemented Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus that will correct such conflict, statement or omission or effect such
compliance;
(viii) As soon as practicable after the Effective Date (it being understood
that the Company shall have until at least 410 days or, if the fourth quarter
following the fiscal quarter that includes the Effective Date is the last fiscal
quarter of the Companys fiscal year, 455 days after the end of the Companys
current fiscal quarter), to make generally available to the Companys security
holders and to deliver to the Underwriter and the Selling Stockholders an earnings
statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying
with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations (including,
at the option of the Company, Rule 158);
(ix) Promptly from time to time to take such action as the Underwriter may
reasonably request to qualify the Stock for offering and sale under the securities
laws of Canada and such other jurisdictions as the Underwriter 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 Stock; provided that in connection therewith the Company shall not be
required to (A) qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction in which it
would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (B) file a general consent to service
of process in any such jurisdiction or (C) subject itself to taxation in any
jurisdiction in which it would not otherwise be subject; and
(x) To take such steps as shall be necessary to ensure that neither the Company
nor any subsidiary shall become an investment company as defined in the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(b) The Underwriter agrees that it shall not include any issuer information (as defined in
Rule 433 of the Rules and Regulations) in any free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 of
the Rules and Regulations) used or referred to by the Underwriter without the prior consent of the
Company (any such issuer information with respect to whose use the Company has given its consent,
Permitted Issuer Information); provided that (i) no such consent shall be required with respect
to any such issuer information contained in any document filed by the Company with the Commission
prior to the use of such free writing prospectus and (ii) issuer information, as used in this
Section 6(b), shall not be deemed to include information prepared
by or on behalf of such Underwriter on the basis of or derived from Permitted Issuer
Information.
SECTION 7. Further Agreements of the Selling Stockholders. Each Selling Stockholder agrees:
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(a) For a period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the 90th day after the
date of the Prospectus (the Lock-Up Period), not to, directly or indirectly, (1) offer for sale,
sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction or device that is designed to,
or could be expected to, result in the disposition by any person at any time in the future of) any
shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock (other than
the Stock), (2) enter into any swap or other derivatives transaction that transfers to another, in
whole or in part, any of the economic benefits or risks of ownership of such shares of Common
Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by
delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise, (3) file or cause to be filed a
registration statement, including any amendments, with respect to the registration of any shares of
Common Stock or securities convertible, exercisable or exchangeable into Common Stock or any other
securities of the Company or (4) publicly disclose the intention to do any of the foregoing, in
each case without the prior written consent of the Underwriter.
The foregoing restrictions shall not apply to: (a) the sale of Stock to the Underwriter
pursuant to this Agreement; (b) the exercise of stock options granted pursuant to the Companys
stock option/incentive plans or otherwise outstanding on the date hereof, provided that the
restrictions shall apply to any shares of the Companys capital stock issued upon such exercise, or
(c) sales or other dispositions of shares of any class of the Companys capital stock, in each case
that are made exclusively between and among such Selling Stockholder or members of the such Selling
Stockholders family, or affiliates of the such Selling Stockholder, including its partners (if a
partnership) or members (if a limited liability company); provided that it shall be a condition to
any such transfer described in clause (c) that (i) the transferee/donee agrees with the Underwriter
to be bound by the terms of a lock-up letter agreement substantially in the form of this Section
7(a), (ii) no filing by any party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under the Exchange Act,
shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with such transfer or distribution
(other than a filing on a Form 5, Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G (or 13D-A or 13G-A) made after the
expiration of the Lock-Up Period), (iii) each party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) shall
not be required by law (including without limitation the disclosure requirements of the Securities
Act and the Exchange Act) to make, and shall agree to not voluntarily make, any public announcement
of the transfer or disposition, and (iv) such Selling Stockholder notifies the Underwriter at least
two business days prior to the proposed transfer or disposition.
(b) Neither such Selling Stockholder nor any person acting on behalf of such Selling
Stockholder (other than, if applicable, the Company and the Underwriter) shall use, prior to the
completion of the Underwriters distribution of Stock, any free writing prospectus (as defined in
Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations), relating to the Stock.
(c) Such Selling Stockholder shall deliver to the Underwriter prior to the Delivery Date a
properly completed and executed United States Treasury Department Form W-8 (if the
Selling Stockholder is a non-United States person) or Form W-9 (if the Selling Stockholder is
a United States person).
SECTION 8. Expenses. The Company agrees, whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are
consummated or this Agreement is terminated, to pay all costs, expenses, fees and taxes incident to
and in connection with (a) the authorization, sale and delivery of the Stock and any stamp duties
or other taxes payable in that connection; (b) the
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preparation, printing and filing under the
Securities Act of the Registration Statement (including any exhibits thereto), any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any amendment or supplement
thereto; (c) the distribution of the Registration Statement (including any exhibits thereto), any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement thereto, or any document incorporated by reference therein, all as provided in this
Agreement; (d) the production and distribution of this Agreement, any supplemental agreement among
Underwriter, and any other related documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and
delivery of the Stock; (e) any required review by FINRA of the terms of sale of the Stock
(including related fees and expenses of counsel to the Underwriter in an amount that is not greater
than $25,000); (f) the listing of the Stock on the New York Stock Exchange and any other exchange;
(g) the qualification of the Stock under the securities laws of the several jurisdictions as
provided in Section 6(a)(ix) and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky
Memorandum (including related reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Underwriter); (h) the
preparation, printing and distribution of one or more versions of the Preliminary Prospectus and
the Prospectus for distribution in Canada often in the form of a Canadian wrapper (including
related fees and expenses of Canadian counsel to the Underwriter); and (i) all other costs and
expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement and
under the Registration Agreement, dated as of August 7, 2006 (the Registration Rights Agreement),
among the Company and certain stockholders of the Company; provided that, except as provided in
this Section 8, in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, the Selling Stockholders
shall pay the costs and expenses incurred by them related to their performance hereunder to the
extent provided in the Registration Rights Agreement, the underwriting discounts and commissions
and any transfer taxes related to their sale of Stock hereunder; provided further that, except as
provided in this Section 8 and in Section 12, the Underwriter shall pay its own costs and expenses,
including the costs and expenses of its counsel, any transfer taxes on the Stock which they may
sell and the expenses of advertising any offering of the Stock made by the Underwriter.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the provisions of this Section 8 shall not
affect or modify, as amongst themselves, any agreement (including, without limitation, the
Registration Rights Agreement) that the Company and the Selling Stockholders have made or may make
for the allocation or sharing of such expenses and costs.
SECTION 9. Conditions of Underwriters Obligations. The obligations of the Underwriter hereunder are subject to the accuracy, when made and on
the Delivery Date of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Selling Stockholders
contained herein, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders
of their respective obligations hereunder and to each of the following additional terms and
conditions:
(a) The Prospectus containing the Rule 430B Information shall have been timely filed with the
Commission in accordance with Section 6(a)(i); the Company shall have complied with all filing
requirements applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus used or referred to after the date
hereof; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement preventing or
suspending the use of the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been issued
and no proceeding or examination for such purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the
Commission; and any request of the Commission for inclusion of additional
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information in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or otherwise shall have been complied with.
(b) The Underwriter shall not have discovered and disclosed to the Company on or prior to the
Delivery Date that the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Pricing Disclosure Package, or
any amendment or supplement thereto, contains an untrue statement of fact which, in the opinion of
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel for the Underwriter, is material or omits to state a fact
which, in the opinion of such counsel, is material and is required to be stated therein or is
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
(c) All corporate proceedings and other legal matters incident to the authorization, form and
validity of this Agreement, the Stock, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus, and all other legal matters relating to this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby shall be reasonably satisfactory in all material respects to
counsel for the Underwriter, and the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have furnished to
such counsel all documents and information that they may reasonably request to enable them to pass
upon such matters.
(d) Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P. shall have furnished to the Underwriter their
written opinion, as counsel to the Company, addressed to the Underwriter and dated the Delivery
Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, substantially in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit A.
(e) Michael Cavalier shall have furnished to the Underwriter his written opinion, as General
Counsel to the Company, addressed to the Underwriter and dated the Delivery Date, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit B.
(f) The respective counsel for each of the Selling Stockholders shall have furnished to the
Underwriter their written opinions, as counsel to each of the Selling Stockholders for whom they
are acting as counsel, addressed to the Underwriter and dated the Delivery Date, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit C or Exhibit D, as applicable.
(g) The Underwriter shall have received from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel for the
Underwriter, such opinion or opinions, dated the Delivery Date, with respect to the sale of the
Stock, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure
Package and other related matters as the Underwriter may reasonably require, and the Company
and the Selling Stockholders shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they reasonably
request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(h) At the time of execution of this Agreement, the Underwriter shall have received from
Deloitte & Touche LLP letters with respect to the Company and NCM LLC, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Underwriter, addressed to the Underwriter and dated the date hereof (A)
confirming that it is an independent public accountant within the meaning of the Securities Act and
is in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the qualification of accountants
under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission and (B) stating, as of the date
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hereof (or,
with respect to matters involving changes or developments since the respective dates as of which
specified financial information is given in the Prospectus, as of a date not more than three days
prior to the date hereof), the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial
information and other matters ordinarily covered by accountants comfort letters to underwriters
in connection with registered public offerings.
(i) With respect to the letters of Deloitte & Touche LLP referred to in the preceding
paragraph and delivered to the Underwriter concurrently with the execution of this Agreement (the
initial letters), the Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter letters (the bring-down
letters) of such accountant, addressed to the Underwriter and dated the Delivery Date (i)
confirming that the accountant is an independent public accountant within the meaning of the
Securities Act and is in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the qualification
of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission, (ii) stating, as of the date of
the bring-down letters (or, with respect to matters involving changes or developments since the
respective dates as of which specified financial information is given in the Prospectus, as of a
date not more than three days prior to the date of the bring-down letters), the conclusions and
findings of such firm with respect to the financial information and other matters covered by its
initial letters and (iii) confirming in all material respects the conclusions and findings set
forth in its initial letters.
(j) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter a certificate, dated on the Delivery
Date, of its Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer stating that:
(i) The representations and warranties of the Company in Section 1 are true and
correct on and as of the Delivery Date and the Company has complied with all its
agreements contained herein and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be
performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Delivery Date;
(ii) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
has been issued; and no proceedings or examination for that purpose have been
instituted or, to the knowledge of such officers, threatened; and
(iii) They have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Prospectus
and the Pricing Disclosure Package, and, in their opinion, (A) (1) the Registration
Statement, as of the Effective Date, (2) the Prospectus, as of its date and on the
Delivery Date, or (3) the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, did
not and do not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact and did not and do not omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and (B) since the
Effective Date, no event has occurred that should have been set forth in a
supplement or amendment to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus that has not been so set forth.
(k) Each Selling Stockholder shall have furnished to the Underwriter on the Delivery Date a
certificate, dated the Delivery Date, signed by, or on behalf of, the Selling Stockholder stating
that the representations and warranties of the Selling Stockholder contained herein are true and
correct on and as of the Delivery Date and that the Selling Stockholder has complied
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with all its
agreements contained herein and has satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or
satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Delivery Date.
(l) Except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package, (i) neither the Company nor any of
its subsidiaries shall have sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements
included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package any loss or interference
with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by
insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, or (ii)
since such date there shall not have been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or any change, or any development involving a prospective
change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), stockholders equity, results of
operations, properties, business or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole,
the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is, in the judgment of the
Underwriter, so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the
public offering or the delivery of the Stock being delivered on the Delivery Date on the terms and
in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus.
(m) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement (i) no downgrading shall have
occurred in the rating accorded the Companys or any of its subsidiaries debt securities by any
nationally recognized statistical rating organization, as that term is defined by the Commission
for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) of the Rules and Regulations 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 Companys or any of its subsidiaries debt securities.
(n) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement there shall not have occurred
any of the following: (i) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or the
American Stock Exchange or in the over-the-counter market, or trading in any securities of the
Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market, shall have been suspended or materially
limited or the settlement of such trading generally shall have been materially disrupted or minimum
prices shall have been established on any such exchange or such market by the Commission, by such
exchange or by any other regulatory body or governmental authority having jurisdiction, (ii) a
banking moratorium shall have been declared by federal or state authorities, (iii) the United
States shall have become engaged in hostilities (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding the current
hostilities in Iraq and Afghanistan), there shall have been an escalation in hostilities involving
the United States or there shall have been a declaration of a national emergency or war by the
United States or (iv) there shall have occurred
such a material adverse change in general economic, political or financial conditions,
including, without limitation, as a result of terrorist activities after the date hereof (or the
effect of international conditions on the financial markets in the United States shall be such), as
to make it, in the judgment of the Underwriter, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the
public offering or delivery of the Stock being delivered on the Delivery Date on the terms and in
the manner contemplated in the Prospectus.
(o) The New York Stock Exchange shall have approved the Stock for listing.
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(p) At the Delivery Date, the consolidated financial statements (including the related
notes and supporting schedules) included in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus shall present fairly in all material respects the financial position and the results of
operations of NCM LLC, at the dates and for the periods indicated, and shall have been prepared in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a
consistent basis throughout the periods involved.
All opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this
Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter. The Underwriter may in its
sole discretion waive compliance with any conditions to the obligations of the Underwriter
hereunder.
SECTION 10. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriter, its directors, officers
and employees and each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of Section
15 of the Securities Act, and each affiliate of the Underwriter within the meaning of Rule 405
under the Securities Act, and each Selling Stockholder, its directors, officers and employees, and
each person, if any, who controls any Selling Stockholder within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act, from and against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several, or any
action in respect thereof (including, but not limited to, any loss, claim, damage, liability or
action relating to purchases and sales of Stock), to which the Underwriter, Selling Stockholder,
director, officer, employee, affiliate or controlling person may become subject, under the
Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out
of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in (A) any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or in any
amendment or supplement thereto, (B) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any amendment or
supplement thereto, (C) any Permitted Issuer Information used or referred to in any free writing
prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations) used or referred to by the
Underwriter or (D) any road show (as defined in Rule 433 of the Rules and Regulations) not
constituting an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (a Non-Prospectus Road Show), or (ii) the omission
or alleged omission to state in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or in any
Permitted Issuer Information or any Non-Prospectus Road Show, any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and shall reimburse the
Underwriter and Selling Stockholder and each such director, officer, employee, affiliate or
controlling person promptly upon demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the
Underwriter, Selling Stockholder, director, officer, employee, affiliate or controlling person in
connection with investigating or defending or preparing to defend against any such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company
shall not be liable to the Underwriter in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission made in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any such amendment or
supplement thereto or in any Permitted Issuer Information or Non-Prospectus Road Show, in reliance
upon
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and in conformity with written information concerning the Underwriter furnished to the Company
by or on behalf of the Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein, which information consists
solely of the information specified in Section 10(f); and provided, further, that the Company shall
not be liable to any Selling Stockholder or to any director, officer, employee or controlling
person of that Selling Stockholder to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or
action arises out of, or is based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission made in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any such amendment or supplement thereto or in
any Permitted Issuer Information or Non-Prospectus Road Show, in reliance upon and in conformity
with Selling Stockholders Information. The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any
liability which the Company may otherwise have to (i) the Underwriter or to any director, officer,
employee, affiliate or controlling person of the Underwriter or (ii) any Selling Stockholder or to
any director, officer, employee or controlling person of that Selling Stockholder.
(b) Each Selling Stockholder, severally but not jointly, shall indemnify and hold harmless
the Underwriter, its directors, officers and employees, and each person, if any, who controls the
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, from and against any loss,
claim, damage or liability, joint or several, or any action in respect thereof (including, but not
limited to, any loss, claim, damage, liability or action relating to purchases and sales of Stock),
to which the Underwriter, director, officer, employee or controlling person may become subject,
under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action
arises out of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any Permitted Issuer
Information, any Non-Prospectus Road Show, or any free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405
of the Rules and Regulations), prepared by or on behalf of such Selling Stockholder or used or
referred to by such Selling Stockholder in connection with the offering of the Stock in violation
of Section 7(b) (a Selling Stockholder Free Writing Prospectus) or (ii) the omission or alleged
omission to state in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any Permitted Issuer
Information, any Non-Prospectus Road Show or any Selling Stockholder Free Writing Prospectus any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, and shall reimburse the Underwriter, its directors, officers and employees and each
such controlling person promptly upon demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
the Underwriter, its directors, officers and employees or controlling persons in connection with
investigating or defending or preparing to defend against any such loss, claim, damage, liability
or action as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that each Selling Stockholder shall be
liable under this Section 10 in any such case only to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission made in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement
or in any Permitted Issuer Information or Non-Prospectus Road Show in reliance upon and in
conformity with Selling Stockholders Information or arises out of, or is based upon, any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any Selling
Stockholder Free Writing Prospectus. The liability of each Selling Stockholder under the indemnity
agreement contained
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in this paragraph shall be limited to an amount equal to the total net proceeds from the
offering of the shares of the Stock purchased under this Agreement received by such Selling
Stockholder as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The foregoing indemnity
agreement is in addition to any liability that the Selling Stockholders may otherwise have to the
Underwriter or any officer, employee or controlling person of the Underwriter.
(c) The Underwriter shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Selling Stockholders,
their respective directors, officers and employees, and each person, if any, who controls the
Company or such Selling Stockholders within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, from
and against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several, or any action in respect
thereof, to which the Company, such Selling Stockholders or any such director, officer, employee or
controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any amendment or
supplement thereto or in any Non-Prospectus Road Show or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to
state in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any Non-Prospectus Road Show,
any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, but in each case only to the extent that the untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information concerning the Underwriter furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Underwriter
specifically for inclusion therein, which information is limited to the information specified in
Section 10(f), and shall reimburse the Company and any such director, officer or controlling person
for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company, such Selling Stockholder or any
such director, officer, employee or controlling person in connection with investigating or
defending or preparing to defend against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such
expenses are incurred. The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability that any
Underwriter may otherwise have to the Company, such Selling Stockholder or any such director,
officer, employee or controlling person.
(d) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 10 of notice of any
claim or the commencement of any action, the indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof
is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 10, notify the indemnifying party
in writing of the claim or the commencement of that action; provided, however, that the failure to
notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have under this
Section 10 except to the extent it has been materially prejudiced by such failure and, provided
further, that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability
which it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 10. If any such claim
or action shall be brought against an indemnified party, and it shall notify the indemnifying party
thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it
wishes, jointly with any other similarly notified indemnifying party, to assume the defense thereof
with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. After notice from the indemnifying
party to the indemnified party of its election to assume the defense of such claim or action, the
indemnifying party shall not be liable to the indemnified party under this Section 10 for any legal
or other expenses subsequently incurred by
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the indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of
investigation; provided, however, that the indemnified party shall have the right to employ counsel
to represent jointly the indemnified party and those other indemnified parties and their respective
directors, officers, employees, affiliates (if applicable) and controlling persons who may be
subject to liability arising out of any claim in respect of which indemnity may be sought under
this Section 10 if (i) the indemnified party and the indemnifying party shall have so mutually
agreed; (ii) the indemnifying party has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party; (iii) the indemnified party and its directors,
officers, employees, affiliates (if applicable) and controlling persons shall have reasonably
concluded that there may be legal defenses available to them that are different from or in addition
to those available to the indemnifying party; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding
(including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnified parties or their respective
directors, officers, employees, affiliates (if applicable) or controlling persons, on the one hand,
and the indemnifying party, on the other hand, and representation of both sets of parties by the
same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them,
and in any such event the fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be paid by the
indemnifying party. No indemnifying party shall (i) without the prior written consent of the
indemnified parties (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), settle or compromise or
consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit
or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether
or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such
settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from
all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding and does not include any
findings of fact or admissions of fault or culpability as to the indemnified party, or (ii) be
liable for any settlement of any such action effected without its written consent (which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld), but if settled with the consent of the indemnifying party or
if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff in any such action, the indemnifying party agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless any indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason
of such settlement or judgment.
(e) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 10 shall for any reason be
unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 10(a), 10(b) or
10(c) in respect of any loss, claim, damage or liability, or any action in respect thereof,
referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified
party, contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss,
claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, (i) in such proportion as shall be
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 Stock or (ii) if the
allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as
is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also
the relative fault of the Company and the Selling Stockholders, on the one hand, and the
Underwriter, on the other, with respect to the statements or omissions that resulted in such loss,
claim, damage or liability, or action 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, with respect to such offering shall be deemed to be in
the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Stock purchased under this
Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Selling
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Stockholders, as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus, on the one hand,
and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriter with respect to
the shares of Stock purchased under this Agreement, as set forth in the table on the cover page of
the Prospectus, on the other hand. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to whether
the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state
a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, the Selling Stockholders or the
Underwriter, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company, the Selling
Stockholders and the Underwriter agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions
pursuant to this Section 10(e) were to be determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method
of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to herein. The
amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the loss, claim, damage or liability,
or action in respect thereof, referred to above in this Section shall be deemed to include, for
purposes of this Section 10(e), any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified
party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this Section 10(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 Stock underwritten by it and
distributed to the public was offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which the
Underwriter has otherwise paid or become liable to pay by reason of any untrue or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission; (ii) no Selling Stockholder shall be required to
contribute any amount in excess of the total net proceeds from the offering of the shares of the
Stock purchased under this Agreement received by such Selling Stockholder and (iii) the provisions
herein shall, as between the Company and the Selling Stockholders, be subject to the indemnity and
contribution provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 10(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
(f) The Underwriter confirms and the Company and the Selling Stockholders acknowledge and
agree that the statements regarding delivery of shares by the Underwriter set forth on the cover
page of, and the concession and reallowance figures and the paragraph relating to stabilization by
the Underwriter appearing under the caption Underwriting in, the most recent Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus constitute the only information concerning the Underwriter furnished
in writing to the Company by or on behalf of the Underwriter specifically for inclusion in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any amendment or
supplement thereto or in any Non-Prospectus Road Show.
SECTION 11. Termination. The obligations of the Underwriter hereunder may be terminated by the Underwriter by notice
given to and received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders prior to delivery of and payment
for the Stock if, prior to that time, any of the events described in Sections 9(l), 9(m) or 9(n),
shall have occurred or if the Underwriter shall decline to purchase the Stock for any reason
permitted under this Agreement.
SECTION 12. Reimbursement of Underwriters Expenses. If (a) the Selling Stockholders shall fail to tender the Stock for delivery to the
Underwriter for any reason or (b) the Underwriter shall decline to purchase the Stock for any
reason permitted under this Agreement, the Selling Stockholders will reimburse the Underwriter for
all reasonable out-of-
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pocket expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred by the
Underwriter in connection with this Agreement and the proposed purchase of the Stock, and upon
demand the Selling Stockholders shall pay the full amount thereof to the Underwriter; provided,
however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Underwriter shall decline to purchase the Stock
as a result of a material breach by the Company of any of the terms or provisions of this
Agreement, the Company will reimburse the Underwriter for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
(including fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred by the Underwriter in connection with this
Agreement and the proposed purchase of the Stock, and upon demand the Company shall pay the full
amount thereof to the Underwriter.
SECTION 13. Research Analyst Independence. The Company and each of the Selling Stockholders acknowledge and agree that the
Underwriters research analysts and research departments are required to be independent from its
investment banking division and are subject to certain regulations and internal policies, and that
the Underwriters research analysts may hold views and make statements or investment
recommendations and/or publish research reports with respect to the Company and/or the offering
that differ from the views of its investment banking division. The Company and each of the Selling
Stockholders hereby waive and release, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the
Company or the Selling Stockholders may have against the Underwriter with respect to any conflict
of interest that may arise from the fact that the views expressed by its independent research
analysts and research departments may be different from or inconsistent with the views or advice
communicated to the Company or the Selling Stockholders by the Underwriters investment banking
division. The Company and the Selling Stockholders acknowledge that the Underwriter is a full
service securities firm and as such from time to time, subject to applicable securities laws, may
effect transactions for its own account or the account of its customers and hold long or short
positions in debt or equity securities of the companies that may be the subject of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
SECTION 14. No Fiduciary Duty. The Company and the Selling Stockholders acknowledge and agree that in connection with this
offering, sale of the Stock or any other services the Underwriter may be deemed to be providing
hereunder, notwithstanding any preexisting relationship, advisory or otherwise, between the parties
or any oral representations or assurances previously or subsequently made by the Underwriter: (i)
no fiduciary or agency relationship between the Company, the Selling Stockholders and any other
person, on the one hand, and the Underwriter, on the other, exists; (ii) the Underwriter is not
acting as advisor, expert or otherwise, to either the Company or the Selling Stockholders,
including, without limitation, with respect to the determination of the public offering price of
the Stock, and such relationship between the Company and the Selling Stockholders, on the one hand,
and the Underwriter, on the other, is entirely and solely commercial, based on arms-length
negotiations; (iii) any duties and obligations that the Underwriter may have to the Company or
Selling Stockholders shall be limited to those duties and obligations specifically stated herein;
and (iv) the Underwriter and its affiliates may have interests that differ from those of the Company and the Selling Stockholders. The Company and
the Selling Stockholders hereby waive any claims that the Company or the Selling Stockholders may
have against the Underwriter with respect to any breach of fiduciary duty in connection with this
offering.
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SECTION 15. Notices, Etc. All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and:
(a) if to the Underwriter, shall be delivered or sent by mail to Morgan Stanley & Co.
Incorporated, 1585 Broadway, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk, with a
copy, in the case of any notice pursuant to Section 10(d), to the Legal Department, with a copy to
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, 425 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017, attention of
Kenneth Wallach;
(b) if to the Company, shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile transmission to the
address of the Company set forth in the Registration Statement, Attention: Michael Cavalier (Fax:
972-665-1004), with a copy to Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., Attention: Terry M.
Schpok, P.C., 1700 Pacific Avenue, Suite 4100, Dallas, Texas 75201; and
(c) if to any Selling Stockholder, shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile
transmission to such Selling Stockholder at the address set forth on Schedule 1 hereto.
Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect at the time of receipt
thereof. The Company and the Selling Stockholders shall be entitled to act and rely upon any
request, consent, notice or agreement given or made by the Underwriter.
SECTION 16. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriter, the
Company, the Selling Stockholders and their respective personal representatives and successors.
This Agreement and the terms and provisions hereof are for the sole benefit of only those persons,
except that (A) the representations, warranties, indemnities and agreements of the Company and the
Selling Stockholders contained in this Agreement shall also be deemed to be for the benefit of the
directors, officers and employees of the Underwriter and each person or persons, if any, who
control the Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, (B) the
representations, warranties, indemnities and agreements of the Company contained in Section 10(a)
of this Agreement shall be deemed to be for the benefit of each affiliate of the Underwriter within
the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act, and the directors, officers and employees of the
Selling Stockholders, and each person, if any, who controls any Selling Stockholder within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, and (C) the indemnity agreement of the Underwriter
contained in Section 10(c) of this Agreement shall be deemed to be for the benefit of the directors
of the Company, the officers of the Company who have signed the Registration Statement and any
person controlling the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and of the
directors, officers and employees, and each person, if any, who controls any Selling Stockholder
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or
shall be construed to give any person, other than the persons referred to in this Section 16, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim
under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein.
SECTION 17. Survival. The respective indemnities, representations, warranties and agreements of the Company, the
Selling Stockholders and the Underwriter contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of
them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall survive the delivery of and payment for the
Stock and shall remain in full force and effect,
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regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any of them or any person controlling any of them.
SECTION 18. Definition of the Terms Business Day and Subsidiary. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) business day means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday or Friday that is not a day on which banking institutions in New York are generally
authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close and (b) subsidiary has the meaning set
forth in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations.
SECTION 19. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State
of New York.
SECTION 20. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and, if executed in more than
one counterpart, the executed counterparts shall each be deemed to be an original but all such
counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
SECTION 21. Headings. The headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to
be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.
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If the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement among the Company, the Selling
Stockholders and the Underwriter, please indicate your acceptance in the space provided for that
purpose below.
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Very truly yours,
CINEMARK HOLDINGS, INC.
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Senior VP General Counsel & Secretary |
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MADISON DEARBORN CAPITAL PARTNERS IV, L.P.
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Madison Dearborn Partners IV, L.P., its General Partner
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Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, its General Partner
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/s/ Vahe Dombalagian
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Managing Director |
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SYUFY ENTERPRISES, LP
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/s/ Raymond W. Syufy
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RAYMOND W. SYUFY, |
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Chief Executive Officer, Syufy Properties,
Inc., the General Partner of Syufy Enterprises,
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Accepted:
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED
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/s/ Joseph P. Abbott, Jr. |
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Joseph P. Abbott, Jr. |
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Vice President |
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[Signature Page to the Underwriting Agreement]
SCHEDULE 1
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Number of Shares of |
Selling Stockholders |
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Madison Dearborn Capital Partners IV, L.P. |
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6,444,230 |
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Syufy Enterprises, LP |
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1,055,770 |
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Total |
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7,500,000 |
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Address for Notices:
Madison Dearborn Capital Partners IV, L.P.
Attention: General Counsel
Three First National Plaza
Suite 4600
Chicago, IL 60602
Syufy Enterprises, LP
Attention: Andrew C. McCullough
Executive Vice President & General Counsel
150 Pelican Way
San Rafael, CA 94901
SCHEDULE 2
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
RULE 134 TERM SHEET
Cinemark Holdings, Inc.
7,500,000 Shares
Common Stock
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Issuer:
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Cinemark Holdings, Inc. |
Symbol:
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CNK |
Size:
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$109,125,000 |
Shares offered:
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7,500,000 shares |
Price to public:
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$14.55 per share |
Underwriting discount:
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$0.22 per share |
Trade date:
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January 20, 2010 |
Closing date:
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January 25, 2010 |
CUSIP:
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17243V102 |
Underwriters:
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Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated |
Copies of the prospectus related to this offering may be obtained from Morgan Stanley & Co.
Incorporated, Attention: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, New York
10014 (email address: prospectus@morganstanley.com)
This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of any offer to buy,
nor shall there be any sale of the securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or
sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities law of any
such state.
EXHIBIT A
Legal Opinion of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P.
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The Company is duly incorporated and validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, the jurisdiction of its
organization. Each subsidiary identified on a schedule to the opinion (the Scheduled
Subsidiaries) is validly existing as a corporation or other business organization, as
applicable, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization. Each of
the Company and the Scheduled Subsidiaries is duly qualified and in good standing as a foreign
corporation or other business organization, as applicable, in each jurisdiction listed on a
schedule to the opinion. Each of the Company and the Scheduled Subsidiaries has all entity
power and authority necessary to own or hold its properties and conduct the businesses in
which it is engaged, in each case as described in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and
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All of the issued and outstanding capital stock or
membership interests of each Scheduled Subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly issued
and are fully paid and nonassessable and, to our knowledge, except as listed on a schedule to
the opinion, are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all material
liens, encumbrances or claims, except (A) as contemplated by the Credit Agreement, dated as of
October 5, 2006, among the Company, Cinemark, Inc., CNMK Holding, Inc., Cinemark USA, Inc.,
the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties to
the Agreement, as amended by the First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of March 14,
2007, and (B) as described in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. |
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The shares of Stock to be delivered by the Selling
Stockholders to the Underwriter on the date hereof have been duly authorized and validly
issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. Except as described in each of the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no preemptive rights or other rights to
subscribe for or to purchase, nor any restriction upon the voting or transfer of, any of the
shares of Stock pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company or any
of agreements listed in a schedule to this opinion letter (the Reviewed Agreements) or under
the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. |
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The execution, delivery and performance of the Underwriting
Agreement by the Company has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the
part of the Company, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by
the Company. |
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The execution, delivery and performance of the Underwriting
Agreement by the Company do not, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the
Underwriting Agreement does not, (A) result in a violation of any law, rule or regulation that
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reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect,
(B) result in a breach or default under any of the Reviewed Agreements, (C) result in a
violation of any judgment, decree or order listed in a schedule to this opinion letter (the
Reviewed Orders), or (D) result in a violation of the Certificate of Incorporation or
Bylaws of the Company or any of the charter documents of the Scheduled Subsidiaries. |
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No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or
filing of or with any court or governmental agency or body is required under any Included Law
for the execution, delivery and performance of the Underwriting Agreement by the Company or
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, except for
(A) such as may be required under any foreign securities laws or state securities or Blue Sky
laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Stock by the Underwriter, as to
which we express no opinion, (B) such as have been made or obtained under the Securities Act,
(C) the clearance of the offering by FINRA and (D) such consents, approvals, authorizations,
orders, filings or registrations as have been obtained or made. |
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The Registration Statement was declared effective under the
Securities Act, as of May 6, 2009, the Prospectus was filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) on , 2010, and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and, to our knowledge, no proceedings
for that purpose are pending or threatened by the Commission. |
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To our knowledge, there are no contracts or other documents
required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the
Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement by the Securities Act or
the Rules and Regulations which have not been described or filed as exhibits to the
Registration Statement. |
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The statements in, or incorporated by reference in, each of
the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the captions Description of Capital
Stock and Material U.S. Federal Income and Estate Tax Considerations to Non-U.S. Holders,
insofar as such statements constitute summaries of federal or state statutes, rules and
regulations that constitute a part of the Included Laws that are described under such
captions, legal conclusions with respect thereto or documents or proceedings referred to
therein, constitute fair and accurate summaries thereof in all material respects. |
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Except for the Registration Rights Agreement or as otherwise
described in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, to our knowledge,
there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person
granting such person the right to require the Company to file a registration statement under
the Securities Act with respect to any securities of the Company owned by such person or to
require the Company to include such securities in the securities registered pursuant to the
Registration Statement or in any securities being registered pursuant to any other
registration statement filed by the Company under the Securities Act. |
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The Company is not an investment company as defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. |
Because the primary purpose of our professional engagement was not to establish or confirm
factual matters or financial or statistical information, and because many determinations involved
in the preparation of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
are of a wholly or partially non-legal character, except as and to the extent expressly set forth
in the first sentence of paragraph 2 of this letter and paragraph 9 of this letter, we are not
passing upon and do not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the
statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus and we make no representation that we have independently verified the accuracy,
completeness or fairness of such statements.
However, in the course of our acting as counsel to the Company in connection with the
preparation of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
(excluding the documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus), we have reviewed each such document and have participated
in conferences and telephone conversations with representatives of the Company, representatives of
the independent public accountants for the Company, representatives of the Underwriter and
representatives of the Underwriters counsel, during which conferences and conversations the
contents of such documents and related matters were discussed.
Based on our participation in such conferences and conversations, our review of the documents
described above, our understanding of the U.S. federal securities laws and the experience we have
gained in our practice thereunder, we advise you that: (a) each of the Registration Statement, as
of the Effective Date, and the Prospectus, as of its date, appeared on its face to be appropriately
responsive in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder, except that we express no view as to the financial statements, financial
schedules and other financial and statistical data contained therein or omitted therefrom; and (b)
no information has come to our attention that causes us to believe that: (i) the Registration
Statement, as of January 19, 2010, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein not misleading; (ii) the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time (which you
have informed us is the time of the first sale of the Stock by the Underwriter), when considered
together with the price to the public and underwriting discount, contained any untrue statement of
a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; or (iii) the
Prospectus, as of its date and as of the Closing Date, contained or contains any untrue statement
of a material fact or omitted or omits 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,
except that in the case of each of clauses (b)(i)-(iii) above, we do not express any view as to the
financial statements, financial schedules and other financial and statistical data contained
therein or omitted therefrom.
The opinion letter of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P. will be limited to matters
governed by the federal laws of the United States of America, the laws of the State of New York,
the laws of the State of Texas and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the
Included Laws). Such counsel may make such assumptions, qualification, exceptions and limitations as are standard in such opinions or otherwise reasonably acceptable
to Underwriters counsel.
EXHIBIT B
Legal Opinion of Michael Cavalier General Counsel
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Each of the Company and its significant U.S. subsidiaries have
been duly organized and are validly existing as corporations or other business organizations,
as applicable, in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of
incorporation or organization, as applicable, are duly qualified to do business and are in
good standing as foreign corporations or other business organizations, as applicable, in each
jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their
respective businesses requires such qualification, except where failure to be so qualified
would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect, and have all power and authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties
and conduct the businesses in which they are engaged, except where such would not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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To the best of my knowledge and other than as set forth in
each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental
proceedings (whether domestic or foreign) pending to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or of which any property or assets of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is the subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect; and, to the best of my knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened
or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others. |
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To the best of my knowledge, there are no contracts or other
documents which are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement by the
Securities Act or by the Rules and Regulations which have not been described or filed as
exhibits to the Registration Statement. |
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The execution, delivery and performance of the Underwriting
Agreement by the Company do not, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the
Underwriting Agreement does 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, pledge or other agreement or instrument known to me to which the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is subject, (B) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or
bylaws of the Company or the charter or bylaws or any joint venture, partnership, limited
liability company, shareholders or other agreement or organizational document of any of the
Companys subsidiaries, or (C) result in any violation of any statute or any order, rule or
regulation known to me of any court or governmental agency or body (whether domestic or
foreign) having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their
properties or assets except in the case of clauses (A) and (C), such conflicts, breaches or
violations that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect. |
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No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or
filing of or with any court or governmental agency or body is required under any Included Law
for the execution, delivery and performance of the Underwriting Agreement by the Company or
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, except for
(A) such as may be required under any foreign securities laws or state securities or Blue Sky
laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Stock by the Underwriter, as to
which I express no opinion, (B) such as have been made or obtained under the Securities Act,
(C) the clearance of the offering by FINRA and (D) such consents, approvals, authorizations,
orders, filings or registrations as have been obtained or made. |
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Except for the Registration Rights Agreement or as otherwise
described in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, to my knowledge, there
are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting
such person the right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the
Securities Act with respect to any securities of the Company owned by such person or to
require the Company to include such securities in the securities registered pursuant to the
Registration Statement or in any securities being registered pursuant to any other
registration statement filed by the Company under the Securities Act. |
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To the best of my knowledge, there is no litigation or
governmental or other action, suit, proceeding or investigation before any court or before or
by any public, regulatory or governmental agency or body pending or threatened or contemplated
against, or involving the properties or business of, the Company or any of its subsidiaries,
which is of a character required to be disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus which has not been properly disclosed therein. |
Because the primary purpose of my professional engagement was not to establish or confirm
factual matters or financial or statistical information, and because many determinations involved
in the preparation of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
are of a wholly or partially non-legal character, I am not passing upon and do not assume any
responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and I make no
representation that I have independently verified the accuracy, completeness or fairness of such
statements.
However, in the course of acting as counsel to the Company in connection with the preparation
of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, I have reviewed
each such document and have participated in conferences and telephone conversations with
representatives of the Company, representatives of the independent public accountants for the
Company, representatives of the Companys outside counsel, representatives of the Underwriter and
representatives of the Underwriters counsel, during which conferences and conversations the
contents of such documents and related matters were discussed.
Based on my participation in such conferences and conversations, my review of the documents
described above, my understanding of the U.S. federal securities laws and the experience I have
gained in my practice thereunder, I advise you that: (a) each of the
Registration Statement, as of its effective date, and the Prospectus, as of its date, appeared
on its face to be appropriately responsive in all material respects to the requirements of the
Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, except that I express no view as to the
financial
statements, financial schedules and other financial and statistical data contained
therein or omitted therefrom; and (b) no information has come to my attention that causes me to
believe that: (i) the Registration Statement, as of January 19, 2010, contained an untrue statement
of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
in order to make the statements therein not misleading; (ii) the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of
the Applicable Time (which you have informed me is the time of the first sale of the Stock by the
Underwriter), contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they are made, not misleading; or (iii) the Prospectus, as of its date and as of the Closing
Date, contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits 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, except that in the case of each of
clauses (b)(i)-(iii) above, I do not express any view as to the financial statements, financial
schedules and other financial and statistical data contained therein or omitted therefrom.
The opinion letter of Michael Cavalier, Esq. will be limited to matters governed by the
federal laws of the United States of America, the laws of the State of New York, the laws of the
State of Texas and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the Included Laws).
Such counsel may make such assumptions, qualification, exceptions and limitations as are standard
in such opinions or otherwise reasonably acceptable to Underwriters counsel.
EXHIBIT C
Legal Opinion of Kirkland & Ellis LLP
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Madison Dearborn Capital Partners IV, L.P. (the Selling Shareholder) has the power as
a limited partnership, and all authorizations and approvals required by law and under the
organizational documents of the Selling Stockholder, to perform its obligations under the
Underwriting Agreement. |
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The Selling Stockholder has duly authorized, executed and delivered the Underwriting
Agreement. |
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The execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement by the Selling Stockholder,
and the performance of the Selling Stockholders obligations under the Underwriting
Agreement, and the sale of the Stock to be sold by the Selling Stockholder in accordance
with the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement will not (i) violate the organizational
documents or by-laws of the Selling Stockholder, (ii) constitute a violation by the Selling
Stockholder of any applicable provision of any law, statute or regulation of any
governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over such Selling Stockholder or the
property of such Selling Stockholder or (iii) breach, or result in a default under, any
existing obligation of the Selling Stockholder under any material debt agreements and
instruments of or binding on such Selling Stockholder, except, in the cases of clauses (ii)
and (iii) above, for such violations, breaches or defaults which, individually or in the
aggregate, would not materially adversely affect such Selling Stockholders ability to
perform its obligations under the Underwriting Agreement. |
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No consent, approval, waiver, authorization or order of any court or governmental
agency or body is required for the transfer and sale of the Stock by the Selling
Stockholder or the consummation by the Selling Stockholder of the transactions contemplated
by the Underwriting Agreement, except for the registration under the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act of the Stock and such consents, approvals, authorizations or orders (i) as may
be required under state or foreign securities or Blue Sky laws or by the Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in connection with the purchase and distribution of
the Stock by the Underwriter, (ii) as have been obtained or made and are in full force and
effect or (iii) the failure of which to obtain would not, individually or in the aggregate,
have a Material Adverse Effect or materially impede the ability of such Selling Stockholder
to perform its obligations thereunder. |
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Upon payment for the Stock to be sold by the Selling Stockholder to the Underwriter as
provided in the Underwriting Agreement, the delivery of such Stock to Cede & Co.
(Cede) or such other nominee as may be designated by The Depository Trust Company
(DTC), the registration of such Stock in the name of Cede or such other nominee
and the crediting of such Stock on the records of DTC to security accounts in the name of
such Underwriter (assuming neither DTC nor any such Underwriter has notice of any adverse
claim (as such term is defined in Section 8-102(a)(1) of the Uniform Commercial Code as in
effect in the State of New York (the UCC)) to any security entitlement (within
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under Section 8-501 of the UCC, the Underwriter will acquire a security entitlement
(within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) in respect of such Stock and (B) no
action based on any adverse claim (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(1) of the UCC) to such
security entitlement may be asserted against the Underwriter, it being understood that for
purposes of this opinion, we have assumed that when such payment, delivery, registration and
crediting occur, (x) the Stock will have been registered in the name of Cede or such other
nominee as may be designated by DTC, in each case on the Companys share registry in
accordance with its certificate of incorporation, by-laws and applicable law, (y) DTC will
be a securities intermediary within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(14) of the UCC and (z)
appropriate entries to the securities account or accounts in the name of the Underwriter on
the records of DTC will have been made pursuant to the UCC. |
EXHIBIT D
Legal Opinion of Morrison & Foerster LLP
1. The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf
of Syufy Enterprises, LP (the Selling Stockholder);
2. The execution, delivery and performance of the Underwriting Agreement by the Selling
Stockholder and the consummation by the Selling Stockholder of the transactions contemplated to be
consummated by such Selling Stockholder pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement do not (A) conflict
with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any
agreement listed on Schedule A to this opinion, (B) result in any violation of the
provisions of the Partnership Agreement of the Selling Stockholder or (C) result in a violation of
any federal securities laws, or any judgment, order or decree set forth in the Officers
Certificate and listed on Schedule B to this opinion.
3. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or filing of or with any court,
governmental agency or body is required under the laws of the State of New York, the California
Limited Partnership Act or the federal laws of the United States for the execution, delivery and
performance of the Underwriting Agreement by the Selling Stockholder or the consummation by the
Selling Stockholder of the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement to be
consummated by the Selling Stockholder, except for (A) such as may be required under any foreign
securities laws or state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and
distribution of the Stock by the Underwriters, as to which we express no opinion, (B) such as have
been made or obtained under the Securities Act, (C) the clearance of the offering by FINRA and (D)
such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, filings or registrations as have been obtained or
made.
4. Subject to the terms of the Underwriting Agreement and the interests of the Underwriter
thereunder, to our knowledge, immediately prior to the date hereof, the Selling Stockholder had
good and valid title to the Shares, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims,
and full right, power and authority to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Shares pursuant to
the Underwriting Agreement; and
5. Upon payment for the Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholder, delivery of such Shares,
as directed by the Underwriter, to Cede or such other nominee as may be designated by DTC,
registration of such Stock in the name of Cede or such other nominee and the crediting of such
Shares on the books of DTC to securities accounts of the Underwriter (assuming that neither DTC nor
such Underwriter has notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC)
to such Stock), (i) DTC shall be a protected purchaser of such Shares within the meaning of
Section 8-303 of the UCC, (ii) under Section 8-501 of the UCC, the Underwriter will acquire a valid
security entitlement in respect of such Stock and (iii) no action based on any adverse claim,
within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC, to such Stock may be asserted against the
Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement. For purposes of this opinion, we have
assumed that when such payment, delivery and crediting occur, (A) such Shares will have been
registered in the name of Cede or another nominee designated by DTC, in each case on Cinemarks
share registry in accordance with its certificate
of incorporation, bylaws and applicable law, (B) DTC will be registered as a clearing
corporation within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC and (C) appropriate entries to the
accounts of the Underwriter on the records of DTC will have been made pursuant to the UCC.