UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 28, 2014
Vantiv, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-35462 | 26-4532998 |
(State of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
8500 Governor’s Hill Drive | ||
Symmes Township, Ohio 45249 | ||
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) | ||
(513) 900-5250 | ||
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) | ||
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
¨ | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
¨ | Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On May 28, 2014, Vantiv, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Goldman, Sachs & Co. (the “Underwriter”) and Fifth Third Bank (the “Selling Stockholder”) pursuant to which the Selling Stockholder agreed to sell 5,780,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, to the Underwriter (the “Offering”). The Offering closed on June 2, 2014. The Company did not sell any shares in the Offering and did not receive any proceeds from the Offering.
The Offering was made pursuant to a prospectus supplement, dated May 28, 2014, to the prospectus, dated May 6, 2013, included in the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-188385), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 6, 2013.
The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants and includes the terms and conditions for the sale of the shares by the Selling Stockholder to the Underwriter, indemnification and contribution obligations and other terms and conditions customary in agreements of this type.
A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto. The above description is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.
Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
On June 2, 2014, the Company issued the Shares to Fifth Third Bank in a transaction that was not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Shares were issued in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act, as the sale of the Shares did not involve a public offering. The Shares were issued in exchange for 5,780,000 Class B units in the Company’s subsidiary Vantiv Holding, LLC (“Vantiv Holding”) held by Fifth Third Bank pursuant to the terms of the Exchange Agreement, dated as of March 21, 2012, that the Company and Vantiv Holding entered into with Fifth Third Bank at the time of the Company’s initial public offering. The exchange occurred prior to and in connection with the consummation of the Offering described in Item 1.01 above. As a result of the exchange, an equivalent number of shares of the Company’s Class B common stock were cancelled. Following the exchange and the Offering described in Item 1.01 above, Fifth Third Bank holds 43,042,826 shares of the Company’s Class B common stock and 43,042,826 Class B units of Vantiv Holding, as well as a warrant to purchase an additional 20,378,027 non-voting units of Vantiv Holding at an exercise price of approximately $15.98 per unit.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
As a result of the exchange described in Item 3.02 above, the Company expects to record a liability of approximately $110 million during the quarter ending June 30, 2014 under the tax receivable agreement the Company entered into with Fifth Third Bank at the time of the Company’s initial public offering. The liability under the tax receivable agreement is based on the closing share price of the Company’s Class A common stock on June 2, 2014, which was the date of the exchange. The liability under the tax receivable agreement will not have an impact on the Company’s statements of income.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No. | Description | |
1.1 | Underwriting Agreement, dated as of May 28, 2014. | |
5.1 | Opinion of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. | |
23.1 | Consent of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). | |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
VANTIV, INC. | ||||
Dated: June 3, 2014 | By: | /s/ NELSON F. GREENE | ||
Name: | Nelson F. Greene | |||
Title: | Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | |||
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. | Description | |
1.1 | Underwriting Agreement, dated as of May 28, 2014. | |
5.1 | Opinion of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. | |
23.1 | Consent of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). | |
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Exhibit 1.1
EXECUTION VERSION
VANTIV, INC.
5,780,000 Shares of Class A Common Stock
5,780,000 Shares of Class A Common Stock
Underwriting Agreement
May 28, 2014
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282-2198
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Fifth Third Bank (the “Selling Stockholder”) proposes to sell to Goldman, Sachs & Co. (the “Underwriter”) an aggregate of 5,780,000 shares (the “Shares”) of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”), of Vantiv, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). The shares of Class A Common Stock to be outstanding after giving effect to the sale of the Shares, together with the shares of Class B Common Stock, no par value per share, of the Company (the “Class B Common Stock”) are referred to herein as the “Stock”.
In connection with the Company’s initial public offering and the reorganization transactions consummated in connection with such offering, the Company, Vantiv Holding, LLC a Delaware limited liability company (“Holding”), and the Selling Stockholder entered into an exchange agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”) pursuant to which the Selling Stockholder has the right from time to time to exchange its class B units of Holding (the “Class B Units”) for shares of Class A Common Stock on a one-for-one basis, which the Company may settle in shares of Class A Common Stock or cash, in all cases subject to the terms of the Exchange Agreement. The Company received an exchange notice (the “Exchange Notice”) dated May 24, 2014 from the Selling Stockholder requesting that the Company exchange Class B Units held by the Selling Stockholder pursuant to the terms of the Exchange Agreement, subject to the completion of the offering contemplated by this Agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the Exchange Agreement and the Exchange Notice, prior to the Closing Date (as defined in Section 2(c)), the Company will issue the Shares to the Selling Stockholder. The foregoing transactions are collectively referred to herein as the “Exchange”.
The Company, Holding and the Selling Stockholder hereby confirm their agreement with the Underwriter concerning the purchase and sale of the Shares, as follows:
1.Registration Statement. The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”), a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-188385), including a base prospectus (the “Base Prospectus”) relating to the Shares. Such registration statement, as amended at the time it became effective, including the information, if any, deemed pursuant to Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act to be part of the registration statement at the time of its effectiveness (“Rule 430 Information”), is referred to herein as the “Registration Statement”. Any preliminary prospectus supplement describing the offering of the Shares that is used prior to the filing of the Prospectus (as defined below), together with the Base Prospectus (or if no preliminary prospectus supplement describing the offering of the Shares is used prior to the filing of the Prospectus, the Base Prospectus itself), is called a “Preliminary Prospectus”, and the term “Prospectus” means the prospectus supplement to the Base Prospectus that describes the offering of
the Shares in the form first used (or made available upon request of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) in connection with confirmation of sales of the Shares. If the Company has filed an abbreviated registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (the “Rule 462 Registration Statement”), then any reference herein to the term “Registration Statement” shall be deemed to include such Rule 462 Registration Statement. Any reference in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act, as of the effective date of the Registration Statement or the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, and any reference to “amend”, “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after such date under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange Act”) that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
At or prior to the Applicable Time (as defined below), the Company had prepared the following information (collectively with the pricing information set forth on Annex B, the “Pricing Disclosure Package”): a Preliminary Prospectus dated May 28, 2014 and each “free-writing prospectus” (as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the Securities Act) listed on Annex B hereto.
“Applicable Time” means 4:13 P.M., New York City time, on May 28, 2014.
2. Purchase of the Shares by the Underwriter. (a) The Selling Stockholder agrees to sell the Shares to the Underwriter as provided in this Agreement, and the Underwriter, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, agrees to purchase from the Selling Stockholder at a purchase price per share of $30.86 (the “Purchase Price”) 5,780,000 Shares.
(b) The Selling Stockholder understands that the Underwriter intends to make a public offering of the Shares as soon after the effectiveness of this Agreement as in the judgment of the Underwriter is advisable, and initially to offer the Shares on the terms set forth in the Prospectus. The Selling Stockholder acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriter may offer and sell Shares to or through any affiliate of the Underwriter.
(c) Payment for the Shares shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Selling Stockholder to the Underwriter at the offices of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP at 10:00 A.M. New York City time on June 2, 2014, or at such other time or place on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as the Underwriter and the Selling Stockholder may agree upon in writing. The time and date of such payment for the Shares is referred to herein as the “Closing Date”.
Payment for the Shares to be purchased on the Closing Date shall be made against delivery to the account of the Underwriter of the Shares to be purchased on such date with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale of such Shares duly paid by the Selling Stockholder. The Purchase Price payable by the Underwriter shall be reduced by (i) any transfer taxes paid by, or on behalf of, the Underwriter in connection with the transfer of the Shares to the Underwriter and (ii) any withholding required by law. Delivery of the Shares shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) unless the Underwriter shall otherwise instruct. The certificates for the Shares will be made available for inspection and packaging by the Underwriter at the office of DTC or its designated custodian not later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the business day prior to the Closing Date.
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(d) Each of the Company, Holding and the Selling Stockholder, severally and not jointly, acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriter is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Company, Holding and the Selling Stockholder with respect to the offering of Shares contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company, Holding, the Selling Stockholder or any other person. Additionally, the Underwriter is not advising the Company, Holding, the Selling Stockholder or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company, Holding and the Selling Stockholder shall consult with their own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Underwriter shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company, Holding or the Selling Stockholder with respect thereto. Any review by the Underwriter of the Company, Holding, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Underwriter and shall not be on behalf of the Company, Holding or the Selling Stockholder.
3. Representations and Warranties of the Company and Holding. The Company and Holding jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Underwriter and the Selling Stockholder that:
(a) Preliminary Prospectus. No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus included in the Pricing Disclosure Package, at the time of filing thereof, complied in all material respects with the Securities Act, and no Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that each of the Company and Holding makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Underwriter furnished to the Company or Holding in writing by the Underwriter expressly for use in any Preliminary Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by the Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 9(c) hereof.
(b) Pricing Disclosure Package. The Pricing Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time did not, and as of the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that each of the Company and Holding makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Underwriter furnished to the Company or Holding in writing by the Underwriter expressly for use in such Pricing Disclosure Package, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by the Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 9(c) hereof.
(c) Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Other than the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor Holding (including its agents and representatives, other than the Underwriter in its capacity as such) has prepared, used, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, use, authorize, approve or refer to any “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Shares (each such communication by the Company, Holding or their agents and representatives (other than a communication referred to in clause (i) below) an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”) other than (i) any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or Rule 134 under the Securities Act or (ii) the documents listed on Annex B hereto, each electronic road show and any other written
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communications approved in writing in advance by the Underwriter. Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complied in all material respects with the Securities Act, has been or will be (within the time period specified in Rule 433) filed in accordance with the Securities Act (to the extent required thereby) and, when taken together with the Preliminary Prospectus accompanying, or delivered prior to delivery of, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, did not, and as of the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that each of the Company and Holding makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Preliminary Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Underwriter furnished to the Company or Holding in writing by the Underwriter expressly for use in such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Preliminary Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by the Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 9(c) hereof.
(d) Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been received by the Company. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission, and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Company or related to the offering of the Shares has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, the Registration Statement and any such post-effective amendment complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act, and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and as of the date of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date, the Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that each of the Company and Holding makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Underwriter furnished to the Company or Holding in writing by the Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by the Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 9(c) hereof.
(e) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure Package, when they were filed with the Commission conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act, and none of such documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(f) Financial Statements. The financial statements (including the related notes thereto) of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the
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changes in their cash flows for the periods specified; such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby; the other financial information included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus has been derived from the accounting records of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and presents fairly in all material respects the information shown thereby.
(g) No Material Adverse Change. Since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (i) there has not been any change in the capital stock (other than the issuance of shares of Class A Common Stock upon the grant of awards under existing equity incentive plans as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus), short-term debt or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment, paid or made by the Company or Holdings on any class of capital stock, or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business, properties, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; (ii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any transaction or agreement (whether or not in the ordinary course of business) that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained any loss or interference with its business that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole and that is either from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or dispute or any action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except in each case as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(h) Organization and Good Standing. The Company and each of its subsidiaries have been duly organized and are validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization, are duly qualified to do business and are in good standing in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification, and have all power and authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the performance by the Company of its obligations under, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement (a “Material Adverse Effect”). The Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity other than the subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K.
(i) Capitalization. The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading “Capitalization”; all the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company and limited liability company interests of Holding (including the limited liability company interests to be exchanged for Shares in the Exchange) have been, and, after giving effect to the Exchange, on the Closing Date the Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholder will be, duly and validly authorized and issued and are or will be fully paid and non-assessable, as the case may be, and are not or will not be subject to any pre-emptive or similar rights, as the case may be; except as described in or expressly
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contemplated by the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no outstanding rights (including, without limitation, pre-emptive rights), warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock or other equity interest in the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any contract, commitment, agreement, understanding or arrangement of any kind relating to the issuance of any capital stock of the Company or any such subsidiary, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or any such rights, warrants or options; the capital stock of each of the Company and Holding conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and, except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, all the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, restriction on voting or transfer or any other claim of any third party.
(j) Due Authorization. Each of the Company and Holding has full right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder; and all action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery by it of this Agreement and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby has been duly and validly taken.
(k) Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Company and Holding. This Agreement conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(l) No Violation or Default. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents; (ii) in default, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject; or (iii) in violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such default or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(m) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by each of the Company and Holding of this Agreement, and the consummation by the Company and Holding of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (iii) result in the violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for any such conflict,
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breach, violation, default, lien, charge or encumbrance that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(n) No Consents Required. No consent, approval, authorization, order, license, registration or qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by each of the Company and Holding of this Agreement, the sale of the Shares and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement except for (i) the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act and (ii) such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications (w) as may be required by the New York Stock Exchange and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”), (x) as may be required under applicable state securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriter, (y) as have been obtained prior to the date hereof or (z) for which a failure to obtain or make the same would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or materially impair the ability of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(o) Accurate Disclosure. The statements (i) in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K under the heading “Business—Regulation”, (ii) in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences for Non-U.S. Holders” and (iii) in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading “Description of Capital Stock”, insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate in all material respects and fair summaries of such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings and present the information required to be shown.
(p) Legal Proceedings. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, actions, suits or proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may be a party or to which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may be the subject that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; no such investigations, actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or, to the knowledge of the Company and Holding, contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authority or by others; and (i) there are no current or pending legal, governmental or regulatory actions, suits or proceedings that are required under the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that are not so described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and (ii) there are no statutes, regulations or contracts or other documents that are required under the Securities Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that are not so filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(q) Independent Accountant. Deloitte & Touche LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and as required by the Securities Act.
(r) Title to Real and Personal Property. The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple (in the case of real property) to, or have valid and marketable rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of real and personal property and assets that are material to the respective businesses of the Company and its subsidiaries, in each case free and
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clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims and defects and imperfections of title except those that (i) do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries, (ii) would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (iii) except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(s) Title to Intellectual Property. The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights to use all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names (including all goodwill associated with the use of the foregoing), domain names, software, copyrights (and all registrations and applications for the registration of the foregoing), know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) material to the operation of their respective businesses as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted in the Pricing Disclosure Package and Prospectus. To the knowledge of the Company, the operation of the respective businesses of the Company and its subsidiaries does not conflict with, infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate any Intellectual Property rights of any third party in any material respect. The Company and its subsidiaries have not received any written notice (i) of any threatened or pending claim of infringement, misappropriation or other violation of, or conflict with, any Intellectual Property of any third party, or (ii) challenging the validity, scope, or enforceability of any Intellectual Property owned by or licensed to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, in each case which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(t) No Undisclosed Relationships. No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders, customers or suppliers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the other, that is required by the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and that is not so described in such documents and in the Pricing Disclosure Package as required.
(u) Investment Company Act. Each of the Company and Holdings is not an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(v) Taxes. The Company and its subsidiaries have filed all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns required to be filed through the date hereof or have requested extensions thereof (except where the failure to file would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect) and have paid all taxes required to be paid thereon (except for cases in which the failure to pay would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or, except as currently being contested in good faith and for which reserves required by GAAP have been created in the financial statements of the Company), and no tax deficiency has been determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets which has had (nor does the Company nor any of its subsidiaries have any notice or knowledge of any tax deficiency which could reasonably be expected to be determined adversely to the Company or its subsidiaries and which could reasonably be expected to have) a Material Adverse Effect.
(w) Licenses and Permits. The Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by, and have made all declarations and filings with, the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authorities that are necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties or the conduct of their respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except where the failure to possess or make the same would not, individually or in the
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aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, permit or authorization or has any reason to believe that any such license, certificate, permit or authorization will not be renewed in the ordinary course.
(x) No Labor Disputes. No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company or Holding, is contemplated or threatened, and neither the Company nor Holding is aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by, or dispute with, the employees of any of its or its subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, contractors or customers, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(y) Compliance with and Liability under Environmental Laws. (i) The Company and its subsidiaries (x) are in compliance with, and have not violated, any and all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, decisions, judgments, decrees, orders and the common law relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (collectively, “Environmental Laws”); (y) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses, certificates or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses; and (z) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability under or relating to, or actual or potential violation of, any Environmental Laws, including for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants at any location, and have no knowledge of any circumstance, event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in any such notice or liability, (ii) there are no costs (including capital costs) or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws of or relating to the Company or its subsidiaries, except in the case of either (i) or (ii) above, for any such failure to comply with, or failure to receive required permits, licenses, certificates or approvals, or cost or liability, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (iii) except as described the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no proceedings that are pending, or that are known to be contemplated, against the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws in which a governmental entity is also a party, other than such proceedings regarding which it is reasonably believed no monetary sanctions of $100,000 or more will be imposed.
(z) Compliance with ERISA. (i) Each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), for which the Company, Holding or any member of their “Controlled Group” (defined as any organization which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)) would have any liability (each, a “Plan”) has been maintained in compliance with its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to, ERISA and the Code; (ii) no prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any Plan excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption; (iii) for each Plan that is subject to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, as applicable, whether or not waived, has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (iv) the fair market value of the assets of each Plan exceeds the present value of all benefits accrued under such Plan (determined based on those assumptions used to fund such Plan); (v) no “reportable event” (within the meaning of Section 4043(c) of ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (vi) neither the Company, Holding nor any member of
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the Controlled Group has incurred, nor reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than contributions to the Plan or premiums to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, in the ordinary course and without default) in respect of a Plan (including a “multiemployer plan”, within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA); and (vii) the Company has not been notified of any pending audit or investigation by the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any other governmental agency or any foreign regulatory agency with respect to any Plan, except for where failure to comply with any of the clauses (i) through (vii) of this paragraph would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(aa) Disclosure Controls. The Company maintains an effective system of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act and that has been designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company and its subsidiaries have carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of their disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act.
(bb) Accounting Controls. The Company maintains systems of “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act and have been designed by, or under the supervision of, the principal executive officer and principal financial officer to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, including, but not limited to, internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and (v) interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto. Based on the Company’s most recent evaluation of its internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Rule 13a-15(c) of the Exchange Act, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no material weaknesses in the Company and its subsidiaries’ internal controls. The Company’s (or Holding’s, as the case may be) auditors and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (or Holdings, as the case may be) have been advised of: (i) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which have adversely affected or are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s or Holding’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting.
(cc) eXtensible Business Reporting Language. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
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fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto in all material respects.
(dd) Insurance. The Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole are insured against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged or as required by law. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage at reasonable cost from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business.
(ee) No Unlawful Payments. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company or Holding, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or (iv) made any bribe, unlawful rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment.
(ff) Compliance with Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions in which the Company and its subsidiaries conduct business, 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 or Holding, threatened.
(gg) Compliance with OFAC. None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company or Holding, 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. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”); and neither the Company nor Holding will, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering of the Shares hereunder, 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.
(hh) No Restrictions on Subsidiaries. No subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying any dividends to the Company or Holding, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company or Holding any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or Holding or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s properties or assets to the Company or Holding or any other subsidiary of the Company, except as disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(ii) No Broker’s Fees. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or the Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares.
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(jj) Registration Rights. Except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and except as exercised or waived in connection with the offering of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement, no person has the right to require the Company or any of its subsidiaries to register any securities for sale under the Securities Act by reason of the filing of the Registration Statement with the Commission or, to the knowledge of the Company or Holding, the sale of the Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholder hereunder.
(kk) No Stabilization. Neither the Company nor Holding has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Shares.
(ll) Forward-Looking Statements. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.
(mm) Statistical and Market Data. Nothing has come to the attention of the Company nor Holding that has caused the Company or Holding to believe that the statistical and market-related data included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus is not based on or derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects.
(nn) Sarbanes-Oxley Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or Holding or, to the knowledge of the Company or Holding, any of the Company’s or Holding’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any applicable provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith, including Section 402 related to loans and Section 302 and 906 related to certifications.
(oo) Status under the Securities Act. At the time of filing the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that any offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Securities Act) of the Shares and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer”, and is a well-known seasoned issuer, in each case as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act. The Company has paid the registration fee for this offering pursuant to Rule 456(b)(1) under the Securities Act or will pay such fee within the time period required by such rule (without giving effect to the proviso therein) and in any event prior to the Closing Date.
(pp) Ability to Conduct Business. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and the performance of this Agreement will not adversely affect in any material respect the ability of the Company or its subsidiaries to conduct their respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus in compliance with applicable law.
(qq) Bank Regulatory Compliance. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries is in compliance in all respects with all applicable laws administered by, and all rules and regulations of, the Federal Reserve Board and any other federal or state bank regulatory authority with jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries, other than where the failure to be in compliance would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and the activities of the Company and its subsidiaries are permitted with respect to subsidiaries of a bank holding company under applicable law and the rules and regulations of the Federal Reserve Board. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
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Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to or subject to any written agreement or memorandum of understanding with, or a party to or subject to any commitment letter or similar agreement or undertaking to, or subject to any order or directive by, or a recipient of or subject to any extraordinary supervisory letter from, nor has it adopted any board of director resolutions at the request of, any Bank Regulatory Authority, nor has the Company or any of its subsidiaries been advised by any Bank Regulatory Authority that such Bank Regulatory Authority is contemplating issuing or requesting (or is considering the appropriateness of issuing or requesting) any such order, decree, agreement, memorandum of understanding, extraordinary supervision letter, commitment letter or similar submission, or any such board of directors resolutions, in each case that are applicable to the Company, its subsidiaries and their respective affiliates, within the meaning of the U.S. Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, specifically, rather than to banks and bank holding companies generally.
(rr) Dividend Payments. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is subject to any order of the Federal Reserve Board or any other Bank Regulatory Authority which, as of the date hereof, prohibits the payment of dividends by it or any such subsidiaries.
(ss) Title to Class B Units and Class B Common Stock. Upon the consummation of the Exchange, (i) the Company will have valid title to the Class B Units and Class B Common Stock exchanged by the Selling Stockholder pursuant to the Exchange, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or adverse claims, (ii) such Class B Units automatically shall be converted into an equal number of Class A Common Stock and such Class B Units automatically shall cease to exist, and (iii) such Class B Common Stock automatically shall be deemed cancelled without any action on the part of any person, including the Company.
(tt) Mercury Payment Systems Acquisition. In connection with the Company’s planned acquisition of Mercury Payment Systems, LLC (“Mercury”), (i) the Transaction Agreement, by and among the Company, National Processing Company, Mars Merger Sub, LLC, Vantiv, LLC, SLP III Quicksilver Feeder I, L.P. (the “Seller”), Mercury and Silver Lake Partners III DE, L.P., dated as of May 12, 2014 (the “Mercury Transaction Agreement”), has not been amended or supplemented as of the date hereof, (ii) the Company is not aware of any fact, development or event (pending, contemplated or threatened) that (A) would cause any of the conditions to closing specified in Article IX of the Mercury Transaction Agreement not to be met or the Mercury Transaction Agreement to be otherwise terminated, (B) would cause the representations and warranties of Mercury, the Seller or Buyer (as defined in the Mercury Transaction Agreement), as specified in Articles V, VI, VII of the Mercury Transaction Agreement respectively, to be incorrect in any material respect, or (C) would cause the Mercury Transaction Agreement to be amended or supplemented in any material respect prior to the date of closing of the acquisition of Mercury, and (iii) the Company will file with the Commission the historical financial statements and pro forma financial statements of Mercury required by the rules and regulations of the Commission within the timeframe required by the rules and regulations of the Commission.
4. Representations and Warranties of the Selling Stockholder. The Selling Stockholder represents and warrants to the Underwriter, the Company and Holding that:
(a) Required Consents; Authority. All consents, approvals, authorizations and orders necessary for the execution and delivery by the Selling Stockholder of this Agreement, for the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholder hereunder and for the execution, delivery and performance by the Selling Stockholder of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, have been obtained, except (a) such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations and qualifications as may be required by the Financial
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Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., (b) such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations and qualifications as may be required under applicable state and foreign securities laws in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares by the Underwriter and (c) for those as to which the failure to obtain would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Selling Stockholder or upon the Selling Stockholder’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement; and upon the completion of the Exchange, the Selling Stockholder has full right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement, and to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholder hereunder; this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Selling Stockholder.
(b) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Selling Stockholder of this Agreement, the sale of the Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Selling Stockholder pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Selling Stockholder is a party or by which the Selling Stockholder is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Selling Stockholder is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents of the Selling Stockholder or (iii) result in the violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory agency having jurisdiction over the Selling Stockholder, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, where such conflict, breach, violation, default, lien, charge or encumbrance would not, individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Selling Stockholder’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(c) Title to Shares. The Selling Stockholder has valid title to the Class B Units and shares of Class B Common Stock to be exchanged for Shares prior to the Closing Date pursuant to the Exchange, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or adverse claims; upon the completion of the Exchange, the Selling Stockholder will have, immediately prior to the Closing Date valid title to the Shares to be sold at the Closing Date by the Selling Stockholder, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or adverse claims; and, upon the completion of the Exchange, upon delivery of the certificates representing such Shares and payment therefor pursuant hereto, a valid title to, or a “security entitlement” within the meaning of Section 8-501 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York (the “UCC”) in respect of such Shares, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or adverse claims, will pass to the Underwriter.
(d) No Stabilization. The Selling Stockholder has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Shares.
(e) Pricing Disclosure Package. The Pricing Disclosure Package, at the Applicable Time did not, and as of the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, with respect to the Selling Stockholder, the preceding sentence applies only to statements in or omissions in the Pricing Disclosure Package that are based upon information furnished to the Company by the Selling Stockholder specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only information furnished by the Selling Stockholder consists solely of the information
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relating to the Selling Stockholder under the caption “Selling Stockholder” in the Pricing Disclosure Package (the “Selling Stockholder Information”).
(f) Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Other than the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Selling Stockholder (including its agents and representatives, other than the Underwriter in its capacity as such) has not prepared, used, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, use, authorize, approve or refer to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, other than (i) any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or Rule 134 under the Securities Act or (ii) the documents listed on Annex B hereto, each electronic road show and any other written communications approved in writing in advance by the Company, Holding and the Underwriter.
(g) Registration Statement and Prospectus. As of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, the Registration Statement and any such post-effective amendment complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act, and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and as of the date of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date the Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, with respect to the Selling Stockholder, the preceding sentence applies only to statements in or omissions in the Registration Statement and Prospectus that are based upon information furnished to the Company by the Selling Stockholder specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only information furnished by the Selling Stockholder consists solely of the Selling Stockholder Information with respect to the Selling Stockholder.
(h) Material Information. As of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, the sale of the Shares by the Selling Stockholder is not and will not be prompted by any material information concerning the Company known to the Selling Stockholder which is not set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus.
5. Further Agreements of the Company. The Company and Holding jointly and severally covenant and agree with the Underwriter that:
(a) Required Filings. The Company will file the final Prospectus with the Commission within the time periods specified by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act, will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act, will 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 Shares, and will furnish copies of the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (to the extent not previously delivered) to the Underwriter in New York City prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the second business day succeeding the date of this Agreement in such quantities as the Underwriter may reasonably request. The Company will pay the registration fee for this offering within the time period required by Rule 456(b)(1) under the Securities Act (without giving effect to the proviso therein) and in any event prior to the Closing Date.
(b) Delivery of Copies. The Company will deliver, without charge, (i) to the Underwriter upon its request, six signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith; and (ii) to
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the Underwriter upon its request (A) a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (without exhibits) and (B) during the Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined below), as many copies of the Prospectus (including all amendments and supplements thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus) as the Underwriter may reasonably request. As used herein, the term “Prospectus Delivery Period” means such period of time after the first date of the public offering of the Shares as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriter a prospectus relating to the Shares is required by law to be delivered (or required to be delivered but for Rule 172 under the Securities Act) in connection with sales of the Shares by the Underwriter or any dealer.
(c) Amendments or Supplements, Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Before preparing, using, authorizing, approving, referring to or filing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and before filing any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, whether before or after the time that the Registration Statement becomes effective, the Company will furnish to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter a copy of the proposed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, amendment or supplement for review and will not prepare, use, authorize, approve, refer to or file any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Underwriter reasonably object.
(d) Notice to the Underwriter. The Company will advise the Underwriter promptly, and confirm such advice in writing, (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective; (ii) when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective; (iii) when any supplement to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment to the Prospectus has been filed; (iv) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or the receipt of any comments from the Commission relating to the Registration Statement or any other request by the Commission for any additional information; (v) of the issuance by the Commission of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any of the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act; (vi) of the occurrence of any event within the Prospectus Delivery Period as a result of which the Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; (vii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act; and (viii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any of the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or suspending any such qualification of the Shares and, if any such order is issued, will obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
(e) Ongoing Compliance. (1) If during the Prospectus Delivery Period (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or
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supplement the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will immediately notify the Underwriter thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission and furnish to the Underwriter and to such dealers as the Underwriter may designate such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus as may be necessary so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus will comply with law and (2) if at any time prior to the Closing Date (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Pricing Disclosure Package as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Pricing Disclosure Package is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Pricing Disclosure Package to comply with law, the Company will immediately notify the Underwriter thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission (to the extent required) and furnish to the Underwriter and to such dealers as the Underwriter may designate, such amendments or supplements to the Pricing Disclosure Package as may be necessary so that the statements in the Pricing Disclosure Package as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Pricing Disclosure Package is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Pricing Disclosure Package will comply with law.
(f) Blue Sky Compliance. The Company will qualify the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriter shall reasonably request and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for distribution of the Shares; provided that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject.
(g) Earning Statement. The Company will make generally available to its security holders and the Underwriter as soon as practicable an earning statement that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Commission promulgated thereunder covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the “effective date” (as defined in Rule 158) of the Registration Statement.
(h) Clear Market. For a period of 45 days after the date of the Prospectus, neither the Company nor Holding will (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with the Commission a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to, any shares of Stock, any limited liability company interests (the “LLC Interests”) in Holding or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Stock or LLC Interests, or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge, disposition or filing, or (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Stock, LLC Interests or any such other securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Stock, LLC Interests or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the Underwriter, other than (A) the issuance of Stock pursuant to the terms of the Exchange Agreement, including the issuance of the Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholder hereunder pursuant to the Exchange, and the registration of the offer and sale of the Shares under the Securities Act pursuant hereto, (B) the grant by the Company of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units or other stock-based awards pursuant to equity incentive plans described in the Prospectus, (C) the filing of any registration statement on
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Form S-8, (D) any securities of the Company or Holding issued upon the exercise of options granted under stock-based compensation pursuant to stock-based compensation plans of the Company, Holding or their respective subsidiaries, (E) the issuance of Class A Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for Class A Common Stock granted as stock-based compensation pursuant to stock-based compensation plans of the Company, Holding, Mercury or their respective subsidiaries in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Mercury Transaction Agreement and (F) the issuance of Class A Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for Class A Common Stock in connection with the acquisition of the assets of, or a majority or controlling portion of the equity of, or a joint venture with another entity in connection with the acquisition by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of such entity; provided that (x) the aggregate number of shares of Class A Common Stock issued or issuable upon exchange or conversion of any securities convertible into or exchangeable for Class A Common Stock under this clause (F) during the 45-day restricted period shall not exceed 5.0% of the total number of shares of Class A Common Stock issued and outstanding as of the date of such acquisition or joint venture agreement, as the case may be, and (y) any recipient of such Class A Common Stock or any or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for Class A Common Stock shall have executed and delivered to the Underwriter a lock-up letter in the form of Exhibit A hereto.
(i) No Stabilization. Neither the Company nor Holding will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Stock.
(j) Reports. For a period of one year from the date hereof, the Company will furnish to the Underwriter, as soon as they are available, copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to holders of the Shares, and copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange or automatic quotation system; provided that the Company will be deemed to have furnished such reports and financial statements to the Underwriter to the extent they are filed on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system.
(k) Record Retention. The Company and Holding will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, retain copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 433 under the Securities Act.
(l) Filings. The Company will file with the Commission such reports as may be required by Rule 463 under the Securities Act.
(m) Issuance of Shares. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company will issue the Shares to the Selling Stockholder to be sold by the Selling Stockholder.
(n) Delivery of Documentation. Instruction letters instructing the Company’s transfer agent to issue the Shares to the Selling Stockholder pursuant to the Exchange will be delivered to the Company’s transfer agent (along with any other necessary documentation, as required by such transfer agent) prior to the Closing Date.
6. Further Agreements of the Selling Stockholder. The Selling Stockholder covenants and agrees with the Underwriter that:
(a) Clear Market. The Selling Stockholder has duly executed and delivered to the Underwriter a “lock-up” agreement in the form of Exhibit A hereto.
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(b) Tax Form. It will deliver to the Underwriter prior to or at the Closing Date a properly completed and executed United States Treasury Department Form W-9 (or other applicable form or statement specified by the Treasury Department regulations in lieu thereof) in order to facilitate the Underwriter’s documentation of their compliance with the reporting and withholding provisions of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 with respect to the transactions herein contemplated.
(c) Delivery of Documentation. Instruction letters and stock powers representing all of the Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholder hereunder will be delivered to the Company’s transfer agent (along with any other necessary documentation, as required by such transfer agent, in each case) prior to the Closing Date which ensures that upon the completion of the Exchange, such Shares are able to be transferred to the Underwriter pursuant to Section 2 hereof on the Closing Date.
7. Certain Agreements of the Underwriter. The Underwriter hereby represents and agrees that:
(a) It has not used, authorized use of, referred to or participated in the planning for use of, and will not use, authorize use of, refer to or participate in the planning for use of, any “free writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (which term includes use of any written information furnished to the Commission by the Company and not incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued by the Company) other than (i) a free writing prospectus that contains no “issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433(h)(2) under the Securities Act) that was not included (including through incorporation by reference) in the Preliminary Prospectus or a previously filed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Annex B or prepared pursuant to Section 3(c) or Section 4(f) above (including any electronic road show), or (iii) any free writing prospectus prepared by the Underwriter and approved by the Company in advance in writing (each such free writing prospectus referred to in clauses (i) or (iii), an “Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus”).
(b) It has not and will not, without the prior written consent of the Company, use any free writing prospectus that contains the final terms of the Shares unless such terms have previously been included in a free writing prospectus filed with the Commission; provided that Underwriter may use a term sheet substantially in the form of Annex C hereto without the consent of the Company; provided further that the Underwriter shall notify the Company, and provide a copy of such term sheet to the Company, prior to, or substantially concurrently with, the first use of such term sheet.
(c) It is not subject to any pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act with respect to the offering (and will promptly notify the Company and the Selling Stockholder if any such proceeding against it is initiated during the Prospectus Delivery Period).
8. Conditions of Underwriter’s Obligations. The obligation of the Underwriter to purchase the Shares on the Closing Date, as provided herein is subject to the performance by the Company, Holding and the Selling Stockholder of their respective covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) Registration Compliance; No Stop Order. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding for such purpose pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act shall be pending before or threatened by the Commission; the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission under the Securities Act (in the case of an Issuer Free
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Writing Prospectus, to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act) and in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof; and all requests by the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Underwriter.
(b) Representations and Warranties. The respective representations and warranties of the Company, Holding and the Selling Stockholder contained herein shall be true and correct on the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date; and the statements of the Company, Holding and its officers and of the Selling Stockholder and its officers, as applicable, made in any certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise on the Closing Date shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date.
(c) No Downgrade. Subsequent to the earlier of (A) the Applicable Time and (B) the execution and delivery of this Agreement, if there are any debt securities or preferred stock of or guaranteed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries that are rated by a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act, (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded any such debt securities or preferred stock and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, or has changed its outlook with respect to, its rating of any such debt securities or preferred stock (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading).
(d) No Material Adverse Change. No event or condition of a type described in Section 3(g) hereof shall have occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not described in the Pricing Disclosure Package (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the Prospectus (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the effect of which in the judgment of the Underwriter is so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Shares on the Closing Date on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(e) Officer’s Certificate. The Underwriter shall have received on and as of the Closing Date (x) a certificate of the chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Company and Holding and one additional senior executive officer of the Company and Holding who is reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter (i) confirming that such officers have carefully reviewed the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and, to the knowledge of such officers, the representations of each of the Company and Holding set forth in Sections 3(b) and 3(d) hereof are true and correct, (ii) confirming that the other representations and warranties of each of the Company and Holding in this Agreement are true and correct and that each of the Company and Holding has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date, and (iii) to the effect set forth in paragraphs (a), (c) and (d) above and (y) a certificate of the Selling Stockholder, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, (A) confirming that the representations of the Selling Stockholder set forth in Sections 4(e), 4(f) and 4(g) hereof are true and correct and (B) confirming that the other representations and warranties of the Selling Stockholder in this agreement are true and correct and that the Selling Stockholder has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date.
(f) Comfort Letters. On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date, Deloitte & Touche LLP shall have furnished to the Underwriter, at the request of the Company and Holding, letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Underwriter, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by
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reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; provided, that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a “cut-off” date no more than three business days prior to such Closing Date.
(g) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Company. Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, counsel for the Company and Holding, shall have furnished to the Underwriter, at the request of the Company and Holding, their written opinion and 10b-5 statement, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, to the effect set forth in Annex A-1 hereto.
(h) Opinion of Chief Legal Officer of the Company. Nelson F. Greene, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of the Company and Holding, shall have furnished to the Underwriter his written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, to the effect set forth in Annex A-2 hereto.
(i) Opinions of Counsel for the Selling Stockholder. Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, U.S. counsel to the Selling Stockholder, internal counsel for the Selling Stockholder and Graydon Head & Ritchey LLP, Ohio counsel to the Selling Stockholder, each shall have furnished to the Underwriter, at the request of the Selling Stockholder, their written opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, to the effect set forth in Annex A-3, Annex A-4 and Annex A-5, respectively, hereto.
(j) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Underwriter. The Underwriter shall have received on and as of the Closing Date an opinion and 10b-5 statement of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, counsel for the Underwriter, with respect to such matters as the Underwriter may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
(k) No Legal Impediment to Issuance and/or Sale. No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance of the Shares by the Company to the Selling Stockholder or the sale of the Shares by the Selling Stockholder and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance of the Shares by the Company to the Selling Stockholder or the sale of the Shares by the Selling Stockholder.
(l) Good Standing. The Underwriter shall have received on and as of the Closing Date satisfactory evidence of the good standing of the Company and its significant subsidiaries in their respective jurisdictions of organization and their good standing as foreign entities in such other jurisdictions as the Underwriter may reasonably request, in each case in writing or any standard form of telecommunication from the appropriate governmental authorities of such jurisdictions.
(m) Exchange Listing. The Shares to be delivered on the Closing Date shall have been approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange.
(n) Lock-up Agreements. The “lock-up” agreement of the Selling Stockholder, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, relating to sales and certain other dispositions of shares of Stock or certain other securities, delivered to you on or before the date hereof, shall be full force and effect on the Closing Date.
(o) Chief Financial Officer’s Certificate. The Underwriter shall have received on and as of the Closing Date, a certificate of the chief financial officer of the Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, to the effect set forth in Annex A-6 hereto.
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(p) Exchange. As of the Closing Date, the Exchange shall have been consummated in the manner described herein and in compliance with the Exchange Agreement.
(q) Additional Documents. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company, Holding and the Selling Stockholder shall have furnished to the Underwriter such further certificates and documents as the Underwriter may reasonably request.
All opinions, letters, certificates and evidence 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.
9. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) Indemnification of the Underwriter by the Company and Holding. The Company and Holding jointly and severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or any Pricing Disclosure Package (including any Pricing Disclosure Package that has subsequently been amended), or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to the Underwriter furnished to the Company or Holding in writing by the Underwriter expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by the Underwriter consists of the information described as such in subsection (c) below.
(b) Indemnification of the Underwriter by the Selling Stockholder. The Selling Stockholder agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Underwriter by or on behalf of the Selling Stockholder specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only information furnished by the Selling Stockholder consists solely of the Selling Stockholder Information with respect to the Selling Stockholder. The liability of the Selling Stockholder under the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and under the indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 9 shall be limited to an amount equal to the aggregate net proceeds after underwriting commissions and discounts, but before expenses, received by the Selling Stockholder from the sale of Shares sold by the Selling Stockholder under this Agreement.
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(c) Indemnification of the Company and the Selling Stockholder. The Underwriter agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act and the Selling Stockholder and each of its affiliates, directors, officers and each person, if any, who controls the Selling Stockholder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to the Underwriter furnished to the Company or Holding in writing by the Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Pricing Disclosure Package, it being understood and agreed upon that the only such information furnished by the Underwriter consists of the following information in the Prospectus: the information concerning stabilizing transactions, short sales, penalty bids and other information appearing in the twelfth and thirteenth paragraphs under the caption “Underwriting”.
(d) Notice and Procedures. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 9, such person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the person or persons against whom such indemnification may be sought (each, an “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided that the failure to notify an Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under paragraph (a), (b) or (c)above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided further that the failure to notify an Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under paragraph (a), (b) or (c) above. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Persons thereof, the Indemnifying Persons shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who shall not, without the consent of the Indemnified Person, be counsel to an Indemnifying Person) to represent the Indemnified Person in such proceeding and shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Persons and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Persons have failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to an Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both an Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interest between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Persons shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be paid or reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for the Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control persons of the Underwriter shall be designated in writing by the Underwriter, any such separate firm for the Company and Holding, their directors, their officers who signed the Registration Statement and any control persons of the Company or Holding shall be designated in writing by the Company and Holding and any such separate firm for the Selling Stockholder shall be designated in writing by the Selling Stockholder or any one of them. An
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Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, each such Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested that the Indemnifying Persons reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the Indemnifying Persons shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without their written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 60 days after receipt by the Indemnifying Persons of such request and more than 30 days after receipt by the indemnifying Person of the proposed terms of such settlement, and (ii) the Indemnifying Persons shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.
(e) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) above is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Stockholder together, on the one hand, and the Underwriter, on the other, from the offering of the Shares or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Company and the Selling Stockholder together, on the one hand, and the Underwriter, on the other, in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Stockholder together, on the one hand, and the Underwriter, on the other, shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the aggregate net proceeds (after deducting commissions and discounts but before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Selling Stockholder together from the sale of the Shares and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriter in connection therewith, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate offering price of the Shares. The relative fault of the Company and the Selling Stockholder together, on the one hand, and the Underwriter, on the other, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by either the Company or the Selling Stockholder, or by the Underwriter, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
(f) Limitation on Liability. The Company, Holding, the Selling Stockholder and the Underwriter agrees that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (e) above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (e) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any
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legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9, in no event shall (i) an Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriter with respect to the offering of the Shares exceeds the amount of any damages that the Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission and (ii) the liability of the Selling Stockholder under paragraph (b) and (e) above exceed the limit set forth in paragraph (b) above. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
(g) Non-Exclusive Remedies.The remedies provided for in this Section 9 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.
10. Effectiveness of Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.
11. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the Underwriter, by notice to the Company, Holding and the Selling Stockholder, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on or by any of the New York Stock Exchange or The Nasdaq Stock Market; (ii) trading of any securities issued or guaranteed by the Company or Holding shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by federal or New York State authorities; or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis, either within or outside the United States, that, in the judgment of the Underwriter, is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Shares on the Closing Date on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
12. Reserved.
13. Payment of Expenses.
(a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company and Holding will pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including without limitation, (i) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Shares and any taxes payable in that connection; (ii) the costs incident to the preparation, printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (including all exhibits, amendments and supplements thereto) and the distribution thereof; (iii) the fees and expenses of each of the Company’s and Holding’s counsel and independent accountants; (iv) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the registration or qualification and determination of eligibility for investment of the Shares under the state or foreign securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriter may designate and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum (including the related fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriter up to an aggregate of $5,000); (v) the cost of preparing stock certificates; (vi) the costs and charges of any transfer agent and any registrar; (vii) all expenses and application fees incurred in connection with any filing with, and clearance of the offering by, FINRA (including related fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriter up to an aggregate of $30,000); (viii) all expenses
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incurred by the Company or Holding or the Selling Stockholder in connection with any “road show” presentation to potential investors including, without limitation, any travel expenses of the Company’s or Holding’s officers and employees and any other expenses of the Company or the Selling Stockholder including 50% of the costs of chartering airplanes; and (ix) all expenses and application fees related to the listing of the Shares on the New York Stock Exchange. It is agreed that except as specifically provided in this Section 13, the Underwriter will pay all of its own costs and expenses, including the fees of its counsel (unless otherwise provided above) and stock transfer taxes on the resale of any Shares by the Underwriter.
(b) If (i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 11, (ii) the Selling Stockholder for any reason fails to tender the Shares for delivery to the Underwriter or (iii) the Underwriter declines to purchase the Shares for any reason permitted under this Agreement, the Company and Holding agree to reimburse the Underwriter for all documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the fees and expenses of its counsel) reasonably incurred by the Underwriter in connection with this Agreement and the offering contemplated hereby.
14. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and any controlling persons referred to in Section 9 hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No purchaser of Shares from the Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase.
15. Survival. The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations, warranties and agreements of the Company, Holding, the Selling Stockholder and the Underwriter contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of the Company, Holding, the Selling Stockholder or the Underwriter pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Shares and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company, Holding, the Selling Stockholder or the Underwriter.
16. Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where otherwise expressly provided, the term “affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; (b) the term “business day” means any day other than a day on which banks are permitted or required to be closed in New York City; and (c) the term “subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; and the term “significant subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act.
17. Miscellaneous.
(a) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriter shall be given to Goldman, Sachs & Co., 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282-2198. Notices to the Company or Holding shall be given to it at Vantiv, Inc., 8500 Governors Hill Drive, Symmes Township, OH 45249, (fax: (513) 900-5206); Attention: General Counsel. Notices to the Selling Stockholder shall be given to it at c/o Fifth Third Bank, 38 Fountain Square Plaza, MD 1090QC, Cincinnati, OH 45263 (fax: (513) 534-3945); Attention Treasurer.
(b) Governing Law. This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed in such state.
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(c) Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts (which may include counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
(d) Amendments or Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.
(e) Headings. The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.
(f) Patriot Act. In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriter is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies its clients, including the Company and Holding, which information may include the name and address of its clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriter to properly identify its clients.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.
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Very truly yours,
VANTIV, INC. | |
By: | /s/ Nelson F. Greene |
Name: Nelson F. Greene | |
Title: Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | |
VANTIV HOLDING, LLC | |
By: | /s/ Nelson F. Greene |
Name: Nelson F. Greene | |
Title: Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | |
FIFTH THIRD BANK | |
By: | /s/ Mark D. Hazel |
Name: Mark D. Hazel | |
Title: SVP - Controller | |
Accepted by the Underwriter: May 28, 2014
Goldman, Sachs & Co. | |
By: | /s/ Daniel Young |
Authorized Signatory Name: Daniel Young Title: Managing Director | |
[Signature Page to the Underwriting Agreement]
Exhibit A
FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
May 28, 2014
Underwriter of the Public Offering, as referenced in the Underwriting Agreement
Re: Vantiv, Inc. --- Public Offering
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned understands that you, as underwriter (the “Underwriter”), propose to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Vantiv, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Vantiv Holding, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Holding”), and Fifth Third Bank (the “Selling Stockholder”), providing for the public offering (the “Public Offering”) by the Underwriter of shares of Class A Common Stock (as defined below), of the Company. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Underwriting Agreement.
In consideration of the Underwriter’s agreement to purchase and make the Public Offering of the Class A Common Stock, and for other good and valuable consideration receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Underwriter, the undersigned will not, during the period ending 45 days after the date of the final prospectus supplement relating to the Public Offering (the “Prospectus”), (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”), or Class B Common Stock, no par value per share, of the Company (the “Class B Common Stock” and together with the Class A Common Stock, the “Common Stock”), any limited liability company interests in Holding (the “LLC Interests” and together with the Common Stock, the “Securities”), or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Securities (including without limitation, Securities or such other securities which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and securities which may be issued upon exercise of a stock option or warrant), or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge or disposition, (2) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Securities or such other securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Securities or such other securities, in cash or otherwise or (3) make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to the registration of any Securities or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Securities.
The foregoing paragraph shall not apply to (A) the Securities to be sold by the undersigned pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and the transactions contemplated by the Exchange, (B) transfers of Securities as a bona fide gift or gifts, (C) transfers of Securities to any immediate family member, any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family members of the undersigned or any of their successors upon death, or any partnership or limited liability company, the partners or members of which consist of the undersigned and/or immediate family members of the undersigned, and in each case such transfer does not involve a disposition for value (for purposes of this Letter Agreement, “immediate family” means any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin), (D) distributions of Securities to subsidiaries, limited or general partners,
Exhibit A-1
members, stockholders or affiliates of the undersigned, (E) transfers of Securities to any beneficiary of the undersigned pursuant to a will, other testamentary document or applicable laws of descent, (F) deliveries of Securities to the Company or Holding in payment of the exercise price for options or warrants to purchase Securities from the Company or Holding in effect at the time of the Public Offering, provided that the foregoing paragraph shall apply to any of the undersigned’s Securities issued upon such exercise, (G) transfers, in whole or in part, of the Warrant, dated June 30, 2009, issued to the Selling Stockholder, provided that the foregoing paragraph shall apply to any securities issued upon the exercise of such Warrant, or (H) divestitures of all or part of the undersigned’s Securities if and to the extent any governmental authority requires such divestitures or if ownership of such Securities by the undersigned gives rise to an obligation to obtain approval or non-objection from a governmental authority (for purposes of this Letter Agreement, “governmental authority” means any domestic or foreign, federal, state or local government, including any political subdivision thereof, any governmental or quasi-governmental authority, department, agency or official, any court or administrative body, and any national securities exchange or similar self-regulatory body or organization, in each case of competent jurisdiction); provided that in the case of any transfer other than pursuant to clauses (H), each donee, distributee or transferee shall execute and deliver to the Underwriter a lock-up letter in the form of this Letter Agreement; and provided, further, that in the case of any transfer or distribution other than pursuant to clause (A), (F), (G) or (H), no filing by any party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other public announcement (other than a filing on a Form 5 made after the expiration of the 45-day period referred to above) shall be required or shall be made voluntarily in connection with such transfer or distribution. In addition, the foregoing paragraph shall not apply to the establishment of a trading plan by the undersigned pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act for the transfer of Securities, provided that such plan does not provide for the transfer of Securities during the 45-day period referred to above and no filing under the Exchange Act, or other public announcement (other than a filing on a Form 5 made after the expiration of the 45-day period referred to above), shall be required or shall be made voluntarily in connection with the establishment of such plan until after the expiration of the 45-day restricted period.
In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company, Holding and any duly appointed transfer agent for the registration or transfer of the securities described herein, are hereby authorized to decline to make any transfer of securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this Letter Agreement.
The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this Letter Agreement. All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred and any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the successors, assigns, heirs or personal representatives of the undersigned.
The undersigned understands that, if (1) the closing of the Public Offering shall not have occurred on or before June 30, 2014, (2) the Company files an application to withdraw the registration statement relating to the Public Offering, (3) the Underwriting Agreement does not become effective, or if the Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the Shares to be sold thereunder or (4) the Underwriter advises the Selling Stockholder, or the Selling Stockholder advises the Underwriter, in writing, prior to the execution of the Underwriting Agreement, that the Selling Stockholder has determined not to proceed with the Public Offering, the undersigned shall be released from all obligations under this Letter Agreement. The undersigned understands that the Underwriter is entering into the Underwriting Agreement and proceeding with the Public Offering in reliance upon this Letter Agreement.
Exhibit A-2
This Letter Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Letter Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof
Exhibit A-3
Exhibit 5.1
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10153
June 2, 2014
Vantiv, Inc.
8500 Governor’s Hill Drive
Symmes Township, Ohio 45249
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Vantiv, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the offer and sale by Fifth Third Bank (the “Selling Stockholder”) of an aggregate of 5,780,000 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.00001 per share of the Company (the “Shares”). The Shares are to be sold by the Selling Stockholder pursuant to the underwriting agreement, dated as of May 28, 2014 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), among the Company, the Selling Stockholder and the Underwriter named therein.
In so acting, we have examined originals or copies (certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction) of (i) the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company; (ii) the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company; (iii) the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-188385) (the “Registration Statement”); (iv) the prospectus contained within the Registration Statement; (v) the Underwriting Agreement; (vi) the form of Class A Common Stock Certificate of the Company; (vii) the Recapitalization Agreement, dated March 21, 2012, among the Company, Vantiv Holding, LLC and the other parties thereto; (viii) the Exchange Agreement, dated March 21, 2012, among the Company, Vantiv Holding, LLC and the other parties thereto; (ix) the Exchange Notice, dated May 24, 2014, from Fifth Third Bank requesting that the Company exchange Class B Units held by Fifth Third Bank pursuant to the terms of the Exchange Agreement; and (x) such corporate records, agreements, documents and other instruments, and such certificates or comparable documents of public officials and of officers and representatives of the Company, and have made such inquiries of such officers and representatives, as we have deemed relevant and necessary as a basis for the opinion hereinafter set forth.
In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed or photostatic copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. As to all questions of fact material to this opinion that have not been independently established, we have relied upon certificates or comparable documents of officers and representatives of the Company.
Based on the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications stated herein, we are of the opinion that the Shares to be issued upon the exchange in accordance with the Exchange Agreement when so issued and sold as contemplated by the Registration Statement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
The opinion expressed herein is limited to the corporate laws of the State of Delaware and we express no opinion as to the effect on the matters covered by this letter of the laws of any other jurisdiction.
We hereby consent to the use of this letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to any and all references to our firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in the prospectus which is a part of the Registration Statement. In giving such consent we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP