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 30, 2008 (May 29, 2008)
UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| DELAWARE | 1-10765 | 23-2077891 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
(Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
UNIVERSAL CORPORATE CENTER
367 SOUTH GULPH ROAD
P.O. Box 61588
| KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA | 19406 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (610) 768-3300
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
| ¨ | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
| ¨ | Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
| ¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
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| Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On May 29, 2008, Universal Health Services, Inc. entered into an Underwriting Agreement with Banc of America Securities LLC, as representative of the underwriters named in Schedule II therein. Pursuant to such agreement, we have agreed to sell, and the underwriters have agreed to purchase, $150 million principal amount of our 7.125% Notes due 2016 (the “Notes”). The Notes constitute a further issuance of, and form a single series with, our outstanding 7.125% Notes due 2016 that were issued on June 30, 2006. The Notes will have identical terms as the other notes of this series, other than their date of issue and their initial price to public, and will trade interchangeably with those notes immediately upon settlement. Upon completion of this offering, the aggregate principal amount of outstanding notes of this series will be $400 million.
The transaction is scheduled to close on June 3, 2008. The net proceeds to our company, after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses, will be approximately $149,878,500.
The Notes are being offered and sold pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S–3 (File No. 333–135277) that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on June 23, 2006 relating to the public offering from time to time of our debt securities pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the prospectus supplement filed with the SEC on May 30, 2008. In connection with the filing of such prospectus supplement, the exhibits being filed as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K are also being filed with, and constitute exhibits to, the Registration Statement.
Affiliates of Banc of America Securities LLC and certain of the other underwriters are lenders under our $800 million unsecured non-amortizing revolving credit facility.
| Item 2.03 | Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant. |
The information provided under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
| 1.1 | Underwriting Agreement by and among Banc of America Securities LLC, as representative of the underwriters named in Schedule II, and the Company, dated May 29, 2008. | |
| 4.1 | Form of Note (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 30, 2006) | |
| 4.2 | Officers’ Certificate (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 30, 2006) | |
| 5.1 | Opinion of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. | |
| 12.1 | Statements re computation of ratios | |
| 23.1 | Consent of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. (included in 5.1) | |
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.
| Universal Health Services, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Steve Filton | |
| Name: | Steve Filton | |
| Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |
Date: May 30, 2008
Exhibit Index
| Exhibit No. |
Exhibit | |
| 1.1 | Underwriting Agreement by and among Banc of America Securities LLC, as representative of the underwriters named in Schedule II, and the Company, dated May 29, 2008. | |
| 4.1 | Form of Note (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 30, 2006) | |
| 4.2 | Officers’ Certificate (incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 30, 2006) | |
| 5.1 | Opinion of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. | |
| 12.1 | Statements re computation of ratios | |
| 23.1 | Consent of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. (included in 5.1) | |
Exhibit 1.1
EXECUTION COPY
UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
7.125% Notes due 2016
Underwriting Agreement
May 29, 2008
To the Representative named
in Schedule I hereto of the
Underwriters named in
Schedule II hereto
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Universal Health Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as representatives (the “Representative”), the principal amount of its debt securities identified in Schedule I hereto (the “Securities”), to be issued under the indenture specified in Schedule I hereto (the “Indenture”) between the Company and the Trustee identified in such Schedule I (the “Trustee”) which will have identical terms as the other debt securities of the same series issued on June 30, 2006 (the “$250,000,000 7.125% Notes due 2016”), other than their date of issue and their initial price to the public, and will trade interchangeably with the $250,000,000 7.125% Notes due 2016 immediately upon settlement. If the firm or firms listed in Schedule II hereto include only the firm or firms listed in Schedule I hereto, then the terms “Underwriters” and “Representative”, as used herein, shall each be deemed to refer to such firm or firms.
The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-135277), which contains a base prospectus (the “Base Prospectus”), to be used in connection with the public offering and sale of the Securities. Such registration statement, as amended, including the financial
statements, exhibits and schedules thereto, in the form in which it became effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”), including any required information deemed to be a part thereof at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430B under the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange Act”), is called the “Registration Statement.” Any preliminary prospectus supplement to the Base Prospectus that describes the Securities and the offering thereof and is used prior to filing of the final prospectus supplement to the Base Prospectus that describes the Securities is called, together with the Base Prospectus, a “preliminary prospectus.” The term “Prospectus” shall mean the Base Prospectus as supplemented by the final prospectus supplement thereto relating to the Securities that is first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the date and time that this Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto (the “Execution Time”). Any reference herein 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; any reference to any amendment or supplement to any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after the date of such preliminary prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be, under the Exchange Act, and incorporated by reference in such preliminary prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be; and any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report of the Company filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the effective date of the Registration Statement that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. All references in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, a preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus, or any amendments or supplements to any of the foregoing, shall include any copy thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (“EDGAR”).
The Company hereby agrees with the Underwriters as follows:
1. The Company agrees to issue and sell the Securities to the several Underwriters as hereinafter provided, and each Underwriter, on the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to the conditions hereinafter stated, agrees to purchase, severally and not jointly, from the Company the respective principal amount of Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule II hereto at the purchase price set forth in Schedule I hereto plus accrued interest, if any, from the date specified in Schedule I hereto to the date of payment and delivery.
2. The Company understands that the several Underwriters intend (i) to make a public offering of their respective portions of the Securities and (ii) initially to offer the Securities upon the terms set forth in the Prospectus.
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3. Payment for the Securities shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account specified by the Company to the Representative no later than noon the Business Day (as defined below) prior to the Closing Date (as defined below), on the date and at the time and place set forth in Schedule I hereto (or at such other time and place on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth Business Day (as defined below) thereafter, as you and the Company may agree in writing). As used herein, 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. The time and date of such payment and delivery with respect to the Securities are referred to herein as the “Closing Date”.
Payment for the Securities shall be made against delivery to the nominee of The Depository Trust Company for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters of the Securities of one or more global notes (the “Global Note”) representing the Securities, with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the transfer to the Underwriters of the Securities duly paid by the Company. The Global Note will be made available for inspection by the Representative at the office of Davis Polk & Wardwell, 450 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017 not later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Business Day prior to the Closing Date.
4. The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter that:
(a) Registration Statement. The Registration Statement is effective under the Securities Act; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission; the Registration Statement and Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) comply, or will comply, as the case may be, in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Trust Indenture Act”); the Registration Statement, when it became effective, did not contain, and as amended and supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and the Prospectus does not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, at the Closing Date will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the foregoing representations and warranties shall not apply to (i) that part of the Registration Statement which constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act of the Trustee, and (ii) statements or omissions in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representative expressly for use therein.
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(b) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package (as defined below) and the Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package (as defined below) and the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto, when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(c) Disclosure Package. The term “Disclosure Package” shall mean (i) the Base Prospectus, including any preliminary prospectus supplement, as amended or supplemented, (ii) the issuer free writing prospectuses as defined in Rule 433 of the Securities Act (each, an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”), if any, identified in Schedule III hereto, (iii) any other free writing prospectus that the parties hereto shall hereafter expressly agree in writing to treat as part of the Disclosure Package and (iv) the Final Term Sheet (as defined herein), which also shall be identified in Schedule III hereto. As of 5:00 pm (Eastern time) on the date of this Agreement (the “Applicable Time”), the Disclosure Package did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Disclosure Package based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7 hereof.
(d) Company is Well-Known Seasoned Issuer. (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, (ii) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or
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form of prospectus), (iii) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) of the Securities Act) made any offer relating to the Securities in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 of the Securities Act, and (iv) at the Execution Time of this Agreement (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (iv)), the Company was and is a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement”, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act, the Company has not received from the Commission any notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the Securities Act objecting to use of the automatic shelf registration statement form, and the Company has not otherwise ceased to be eligible to use the automatic shelf registration statement form.
(e) Company Not Ineligible Issuer. (i) At the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement relating to the Securities that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2)) of the Securities Act and (ii) as of the date of the execution and delivery of this Agreement (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (ii)), the Company was not and is not an Ineligible Issuer (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act), without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 of the Securities Act that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an Ineligible Issuer.
(f) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Neither any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including the Final Term Sheet, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the Offering or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Representative as described in the next sentence, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, including any document incorporated by reference therein that has not been superseded or modified. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Company has promptly notified or will promptly notify the Representative and has promptly amended or supplemented or will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict. The foregoing two sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7 hereof.
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(g) Distribution of Offering Material By the Company. The Company has not distributed and will not distribute, prior to the later of the Closing Date and the completion of the Underwriters’ distribution of the Securities, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities other than a preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus reviewed and consented to by the Representative and identified in Schedule III hereto or the Registration Statement.
(h) Independent Accountants. (i) KPMG LLP, who have certified the financial statements and supporting schedules for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2006 included in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, was, with respect to such years, an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act; and (ii) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who have certified the financial statements and supporting schedules for the year ended December 31, 2007 included in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act.
(i) Financial Statements. The financial statements, and the related notes thereto, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their consolidated cash flows for the periods specified; said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis, and the supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement present fairly in all material respects the information required to be stated therein.
(j) No Material Adverse Change in Business. Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there has not been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the general affairs, business, prospects, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”), otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in
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the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and except as set forth or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any transaction or agreement (whether or not in the ordinary course of business) material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(k) Good Standing of the Company. The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Indenture; and the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(l) Significant Subsidiaries. Each of the “Significant Subsidiaries” of the Company (as such term is defined in Rule 1–02(w) of Regulation S–X promulgated under the Securities Act) listed on Schedule IV to this Agreement, has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation, partnership or other business entity in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, with corporate, partnership or limited liability company power, as the case may be, and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. Each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified and in good standing as a foreign corporation, partnership or other business entity authorized to do business in each other jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not have a Material Adverse Effect. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each Significant Subsidiary that is a corporation have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable; all of the outstanding partnership interests of each Significant Subsidiary that is a partnership have been duly authorized and validly issued; all of the outstanding membership interests of each Significant Subsidiary that is a limited liability company have been duly authorized and validly issued; and all such shares of capital stock, partnership interests and membership interests, as the case may be, were not issued in violation of or subject to any preemptive or similar rights, and, except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are owned by the Company directly, or indirectly through one of the other subsidiaries, free and clear of any perfected security interests, and, to the Company’s knowledge, any liens, encumbrances and equities and adverse claims; and no options, warrants or other rights to purchase,
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agreements or other obligations to issue or other rights to convert any obligations into shares of capital stock or ownership interests in any Significant Subsidiary are outstanding.
(m) Actions of Subsidiaries. Except to the extent disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, each of the hospitals described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as owned or leased by the Company is owned or leased and operated by a subsidiary in which the Company directly or indirectly owns at least 50% of the outstanding ownership interests. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no consensual encumbrances or restrictions on the ability of any Significant Subsidiary (i) to pay any dividends or make any distributions on such Significant Subsidiary capital stock, partnership interests or membership interests, as the case may be, or to pay any indebtedness owed to the Company or any other Significant Subsidiary, (ii) to make any loans or advances to, or investments in, the Company or any other Significant Subsidiary, or (iii) to transfer any of its property or assets to the Company or any other Significant Subsidiary.
(n) Authorization of Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(o) Authorization of the Indenture. The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company, has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and except as enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(p) Authorization of the Securities. The Securities have been duly authorized and, at the Closing Date, will have been duly executed by the Company and, when authenticated, issued and delivered in the manner provided for in the Indenture and delivered against payment of the purchase price therefor as provided in this Agreement, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and except as enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and will be in the form contemplated by, and entitled to the benefits of, the Indenture.
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(q) Description of the Securities and the Indenture. The Securities and the Indenture will conform in all material respects to the respective statements relating thereto contained in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and will be in substantially the respective forms last delivered to the Underwriters prior to the date of this Agreement.
(r) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of its charter, by-laws or other organizational documents or in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it may be bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries may be subject (collectively, “Agreements and Instruments”), except for such defaults that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities and any other agreement or instrument entered into or issued or to be entered into or issued by the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (including the issuance and sale of the Securities and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in the Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds”) and compliance by the Company with its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or a Repayment Event (as defined below) 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, the Agreements and Instruments except for such conflicts, breaches or defaults or liens, charges or encumbrances that, individually or in the aggregate, would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any government, government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their assets, properties or operations. As used herein, a “Repayment Event” means any event or condition which gives the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
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(s) Absence of Labor Dispute. No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent, which may reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(t) Absence of Proceedings. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries which might be reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or which might reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the properties or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. The aggregate of all pending legal or governmental proceedings to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any of their respective property or assets is the subject which are not described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, including ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(u) Possession of Intellectual Property. The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess, adequate patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) trademarks, service marks, trade names or other intellectual property (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) necessary to carry on the business now operated by them, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice or is otherwise aware of any infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property or of any facts or circumstances which would render any Intellectual Property invalid or inadequate to protect the interest of the Company or any of its subsidiaries therein, and which infringement or conflict (if the subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity or inadequacy, individually or in the aggregate, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(v) Absence of Further Requirements. No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or agency is necessary or required for the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, in connection with the offering, issuance or sale of the Securities hereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or for the due execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement and the Indenture by the Company, except such as have been already obtained.
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(w) Possession of Licenses and Permits. The Company and its subsidiaries have operated and currently operate their business in conformity with all applicable laws, rules and regulations of each jurisdiction in which they are conducting business, except where the failure to so be in compliance would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and each of its subsidiaries hold all certificates, consents, exemptions, orders, licenses, authorizations, accreditations, permits or other approvals or rights from all governmental authorities, all self-regulatory organizations, all governmental and private accrediting bodies and all courts and other tribunals (collectively, “Permits”) which are necessary to own their properties and to conduct their businesses, including, without limitation, such Permits as are required (i) under such federal and state healthcare laws as are applicable to the Company and such subsidiary and (ii) with respect to those facilities operated by the Company or any of its subsidiaries that participate in Medicare and/or Medicaid, to receive reimbursement thereunder, except for such failures to have Permits which would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and each of its subsidiaries have fulfilled and performed all of their material obligations with respect to such Permits, and no event or change in condition has occurred which allows, or after notice or lapse of time would allow, revocation or termination thereof or results in any other material impairment of the rights of the holder of any such Permit, except for such qualifications as may be set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and except for such failures which would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. During the period for which financial statements are included in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, denials by third party payors of claims for reimbursement for services rendered by the Company have not had a Material Adverse Effect.
(x) Accounts Receivable. The accounts receivable of the Company and its subsidiaries have been and will continue to be adjusted to reflect reimbursement policies of third party payors such as Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance companies, health maintenance organizations, preferred provider organizations, managed care systems and other third party payors. The accounts receivable relating to such third party payors do not and shall not exceed amounts the Company and its subsidiaries are entitled to receive, subject to adjustments to reflect reimbursement policies of third party payors and normal discounts in the ordinary course of business.
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(y) Actions with Respect to Medicare and Medicaid. None of the Company, its subsidiaries nor any of their respective officers, directors or stockholders, or, to the knowledge of the Company, any employee or other agent of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, has engaged on behalf of the Company or such subsidiary in any of the following: (A) knowingly and willfully making or causing to be made a false statement or representation of a material fact in any applications for any benefit or payment under the Medicare or Medicaid program or from any third party (where applicable federal or state law prohibits such payments to third parties); (B) knowingly and willfully making or causing to be made any false statement or representation of a material fact for use in determining rights to any benefit or payment under the Medicare or Medicaid program or from any third party (where applicable federal or state law prohibits such payments to third parties); (C) failing to disclose knowledge by a claimant of the occurrence of any event affecting the initial or continued right to any benefit or payment under the Medicare or Medicaid program or from any third party (where applicable federal or state law prohibits such payments to third parties) on its own behalf or on behalf of another, with intent to secure such benefit or payment fraudulently; (D) knowingly and willfully offering, paying, soliciting or receiving any remuneration (including any kickback, bribe or rebate), directly or indirectly, overtly or covertly, in cash or in kind (1) in return for referring an individual to a person for the furnishing or arranging for the furnishing of any item or service for which payment may be made in whole or in part by Medicare or Medicaid or any third party (where applicable federal or state law prohibits such payments to third parties), or (2) in return for purchasing, leasing or ordering or arranging for or recommending the purchasing, leasing or ordering of any good, facility, service, or item for which payment may be made in whole or in part by Medicare or Medicaid or any third party (where applicable federal or state law prohibits such payments to third parties); provided, however, that it is agreed and understood that (x) from time to time the Company settles claims made by governmental authorities which allege conduct which may be deemed to violate clause (A) or (B) above and (y) such settlements have not, individually or in the aggregate, had a Material Adverse Effect.
(z) Regulatory Filings. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has failed to file with applicable regulatory authorities any statement, report, information or form required by any applicable law, regulation or order, except where the failure to be so in compliance would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, and all such filings or submissions were in material compliance with applicable laws when filed and no material deficiencies have been asserted by any regulatory commission, agency or authority with respect to any such filings or submissions.
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(aa) Title to Property. The Company and each of its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real property owned by the Company and such subsidiary and good title to all other properties owned by them, in each case, free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests, claims, restrictions or encumbrances of any kind except such as (a) are described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or (b) do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company or such subsidiary; and all of the leases and subleases material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, and under which the Company or any of its subsidiaries holds properties described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are in full force and effect, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has any notice of any material claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone adverse to the rights of the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any of the leases or subleases mentioned above, or affecting or questioning the rights of such the Company or any of its subsidiaries to the continued possession of the leased or subleased premises under any such lease or sublease.
(bb) Tax Returns. All United States federal income tax returns of the Company and its subsidiaries required by law to be filed have been filed and all taxes shown by such returns or otherwise assessed, which are due and payable, have been paid, except assessments against which appeals have been or will be promptly taken and as to which adequate reserves have been provided. The United States federal income tax returns of the Company through the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003 have been settled and all assessments in connection therewith made against the Company have been paid. The Company and its subsidiaries have filed all other tax returns that are required to have been filed by them pursuant to applicable foreign, state, local or other law except insofar as the failure to file such returns would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, and have paid all taxes due pursuant to such returns or pursuant to any assessment received by the Company and its subsidiaries, except for such taxes, if any, as are being contested in good faith and as to which adequate reserves have been provided. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Company in respect of any income and corporation tax liability for any years not finally determined are adequate to meet any assessments or re-assessments for additional income tax for any years not finally determined, except to the extent of any inadequacy that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(cc) Internal Controls and Procedures. The Company maintains (i) effective internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act, and (ii) a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations;
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(B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
(dd) No Material Weakness in Internal Controls. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, or in any document incorporated by reference therein, since the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (i) no material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (ii) no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
(ee) Insurance. Except as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company and its subsidiaries carry or are entitled to the benefits of insurance, with financially sound and reputable insurers, in such amounts and covering such risks as is generally maintained by companies of established repute engaged in the same or similar business, and all such insurance is in full force and effect.
(ff) Environmental Laws. Except as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and except such matters as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, (A) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, policy or rule of common law or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative order, consent, decree or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of human health, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the release or threatened release of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum products (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) or to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (B) the Company and its subsidiaries have all permits, authorizations and approvals required under any applicable Environmental Laws and are each in compliance with their requirements, (C) there are no pending or threatened administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigation
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or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law against the Company or any of its subsidiaries and (D) there are no events or circumstances that might reasonably be expected to form the basis of an order for clean-up or remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any private party or governmental body or agency, against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries relating to Hazardous Materials or Environmental Laws.
(gg) Reporting Company. The Company is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
(hh) Investment Company Act. The Company is not, and upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated and the application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in the Prospectus will not be, an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”).
5. The Company covenants and agrees with each of the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) to file the Prospectus in a form approved by you pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act not later than the Commission’s close of business on the second Business Day following the date of determination of the offering price of the Securities or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be required by Rule 424(b);
(b) to furnish to each Representative and counsel for the Underwriters, at the expense of the Company, a signed copy of the Registration Statement (as originally filed) and each amendment thereto, in each case including exhibits and documents incorporated by reference therein and, during the period mentioned in paragraph (e) below, to furnish each of the Underwriters as many copies of the Prospectus (including all amendments and supplements thereto) and documents incorporated by reference therein as you may reasonably request;
(c) during the period beginning on the Applicable Time and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date, as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered in connection with sales by an Underwriter or dealer, including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172, prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (including any amendment or supplement through incorporation by reference of any report filed under the Exchange Act), the Company shall furnish to the Representative for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file or use any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representative reasonably objects;
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(d) to file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities, and during such same period, to advise you promptly, and to confirm such advice in writing, (i) when any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have become effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or for any additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose, and (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and to use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or notification and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof;
(e) if, during such period after the first date of the public offering of the Securities as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus relating to the Securities is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales by an Underwriter or dealer, any event shall occur as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Disclosure Package or Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if it is necessary to amend or supplement the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus to comply with law, forthwith to (i) notify the Representative of any such need or necessity and (ii) prepare, file with the Commission (and to use its best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or any new registration statement to be declared effective) and furnish, at the expense of the Company, to the Underwriters and to the dealers (whose names and addresses you will furnish to the Company) to which Securities may have been sold by you on behalf of the Underwriters and to any other dealers upon request, such amendments or supplements to the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus as may be necessary so that the statements in the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus will comply with law;
(f) to prepare a final term sheet containing only a description of the Securities, in a form approved by the Representative, and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act within the time required by such rule (such term sheet, the “Final Term Sheet”);
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(g) unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Representative, to not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433 of the Securities Act; provided that the prior written consent of the Representative hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representative is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus”. The Company agrees that (i) it has treated and shall treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and (ii) has complied and shall comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 of the Securities Act applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping. The Company consents to the use by any Underwriter of a free writing prospectus that (a) is not an “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 433, and (b) contains only (i) information describing the preliminary terms of the Securities or their offering, (ii) information permitted by Rule 134 under the Securities Act or (iii) information that describes the final terms of the Securities or their offering and that is included in the Final Term Sheet of the Company contemplated in Section 5(f);
(h) if at any time when Securities remain unsold by the Underwriters the Company receives from the Commission a notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or otherwise ceases to be eligible to use the automatic shelf registration statement form, to (i) promptly notify the Representative, (ii) to promptly file a new registration statement or post-effective amendment on the proper form relating to the Securities, in a form satisfactory to the Representative, (iii) to use its best efforts to cause such registration statement of post-effective amendment to be declared effective and (iv) to promptly notify the Representative of such effectiveness. The Company will take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Securities to continue as contemplated in the registration statement that was the subject of the Rule 401(g)(2) notice or for which the Company has otherwise become ineligible. References herein to the Registration Statement shall include such new registration statement or post-effective amendment, as the case may be;
(i) to endeavor to qualify the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as you shall reasonably request and to continue such qualification in effect so long as reasonably required for distribution of the Securities; provided that the Company shall not be required to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction;
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(j) to make generally available to its security holders and to you as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 16 months after the date hereof, an earnings statement which shall satisfy 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;
(k) so long as the Securities are outstanding, to furnish to you copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to holders of Securities, and copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange;
(l) during the period beginning on the date hereof and continuing to and including the Business Day following the Closing Date, not to offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities of or guaranteed by the Company which are substantially similar to the Securities, except as provided in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus;
(m) to use the net proceeds received by the Company from the sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement in the manner specified in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds”;
(n) whether or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, to pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all costs and expenses (i) incident to the preparation, issuance, execution, authentication and delivery of the Securities, including any expenses of the Trustee, (ii) incident to the preparation, printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus (in the latter case including the Term Sheet and in each case including all exhibits, amendments and supplements thereto), (iii) incurred in connection with the registration or qualification and determination of eligibility for investment of the Securities under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriters may designate (including fees of counsel for the Underwriters and their disbursements), (iv) related to any filing with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, (v) in connection with the printing
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(including word processing and duplication costs) and delivery of this Agreement, the Indenture, the Preliminary and Supplemental Blue Sky Memoranda and any Legal Investment Survey and the furnishing to Underwriters and dealers of copies of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, including mailing and shipping, as herein provided, (vi) payable to rating agencies in connection with the rating of the Securities, (vii) any expenses incurred by the Company in connection with a “road show” presentation to potential investors and (viii) the cost and charges of any transfer agent. The Company shall not pay the fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters with respect to any of the foregoing, except with respect to clause (iii) above; and
(o) to pay the required Commission filing fees relating to the Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) of the Securities Act without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) of the Securities Act.
6. The several obligations of the Underwriters hereunder shall be subject to the following conditions:
(a) the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date as if made on and as of the Closing Date and the Company shall have complied with all agreements and all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date;
(b) the Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission (including information required by Rule 430B under the Securities Act) in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act or the Company shall have filed a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement containing the information required by such Rule 430B, and such post-effective amendment shall have become effective;
(c) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, shall be in effect, and no proceedings for such purpose shall have been instituted or threatened by the Commission; the Company has not received from the Commission any notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the Securities Act objecting to use of the automatic shelf registration statement form; and all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been complied with to your satisfaction;
(d) the Final Term Sheet, and any other material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings under such Rule 433;
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(e) subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date, there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of (i) any downgrading, (ii) any intended or potential downgrading or (ii) any review or possible change that does not indicate an improvement, in the rating accorded any securities of or guaranteed by the Company by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act;
(f) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus there shall not have been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any material adverse change, or any development involving a material adverse change, in or affecting the general affairs, business, prospects, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the effect of which in the judgment of the Representative makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order to decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus;
(g) the Representative shall have received on and as of the Closing Date a certificate of an executive officer of the Company, with specific knowledge about the Company’s financial matters, satisfactory to you to the effect set forth in subsections (a) through (e) (with respect to the respective representations, warranties, agreements and conditions of the Company) of this Section and to the further effect that there has not occurred any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the general affairs, business, prospects, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole from that set forth or contemplated in the Registration Statement, Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
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(h) Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to you their written opinion, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect that:
(i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus;
(ii) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;
(iii) the Securities have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and, when duly authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture;
(iv) the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes a valid and binding instrument of the Company; and the Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act;
(v) the issue and sale of the Securities and the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Securities, the Indenture and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument known to such counsel and filed with the Commission as an exhibit to any filing made under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as the case may be, 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 (except for such conflicts, breaches or defaults that would not have a Material Adverse Effect), nor will any such action result in any violation of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, or the By-Laws of the Company or any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation (assuming compliance with all applicable state securities and Blue Sky laws), judgment order, writ or decree, known to such counsel, of any government, government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, assets or operations;
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(vi) To such counsel’s knowledge, the Registration Statement is effective under the Securities Act on the date and time specified in such opinion. To such counsel’s knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement is in effect and no proceedings for such purpose have been instituted or are pending or are contemplated or threatened by the Commission;
(vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, license, registration or qualification of or with any court or governmental agency or body is required for the issue and sale of the Securities or the consummation of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Indenture, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, licenses, registrations or qualifications as have been obtained under the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters;
(viii) the statements in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under “Description of Notes”, “Description of Debt Securities”, “Underwriting” and “Plan of Distribution”, in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus incorporated by reference from Item 3 (“Legal Proceedings”) of Part I of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 and in Item 15 (“Indemnification of Directors and Officers”) of Part II of the Registration Statement, insofar as they refer to statements of law, legal matters, documents or proceedings, accurately described in all material respects the portions of such laws addressed therein, as in effect on the date of such opinion;
(ix) such counsel (A) is of the opinion that each document incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as amended or supplemented (other than the financial statements and notes and schedules thereto or other financial and accounting data contained therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel
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need express no opinion) complied as to form when filed with the Commission in all material respects with the Exchange Act; and (B) is of the opinion that the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendments and supplements thereto (except for the financial statements and notes and schedules thereto or other financial and accounting data contained therein or omitted therefrom as to which such counsel need express no opinion) when they became effective or were filed, as the case may be, complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act; and
(x) the Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities, will not be an “investment company” or entity “controlled” by an “investment company”, as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act.
The opinion of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. described above shall be rendered to the Underwriters at the request of the Company and shall so state therein.
Such counsel shall also have furnished to you a written statement, dated the Closing Date, in substantially the following form: In addition to the legal opinion set forth above, we have been asked to make certain other observations. In the course of the preparation of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, we have participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company, representatives of the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company, representatives of the Underwriters and representatives of counsel for the Underwriters, at which the contents of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus were discussed and, although we do not pass upon, and do not assume any responsibility for, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of any statement contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (except as stated in paragraph (viii) above), and have made no independent check or verification thereof (except as stated in paragraph (viii) above) (relying as to materiality in part upon the statements of officers and other representatives of the Company), no facts have come to our attention that have given us reason to believe that:
(1) the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto, at the time they became effective, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
(2) the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, as of their respective date and as of the Closing Date, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits 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; or
(3) the Disclosure Package, at the Applicable Time, contained an 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;
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in each case, other than the financial statements and notes and schedules thereto or other financial and accounting data contained in, incorporated by reference in or omitted from the foregoing, as to which we make no statement or observation. With respect to statements in the Disclosure Package, any statement contained in any of the constituent documents shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that any information contained in subsequent constituent documents modifies or replaces such statement.
(i) Matthew Klein, General Counsel of the Company, shall have furnished to you his written opinion, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to you to the effect that:
(i) the Company has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties, or conducts any business, so as to require such qualification, other than where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(ii) each of the Company’s Significant Subsidiaries has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing as a corporation, partnership or limited liability company under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization with power and authority (corporate, partnership or other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties, or conducts any business, so as to require such qualification, other than where the failure to be so qualified and in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(iii) other than as set forth or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental investigations, actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may be a party or to which any property of the Company or its subsidiaries is or may be the subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, could individually or in the aggregate have, or reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities
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or threatened by others; and such counsel does not know of any statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents required to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus which are not filed or described as required;
(iv) the Company has not received from the Commission any notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the Securities Act objecting to use of the automatic shelf registration form;
(v) to such counsel’s knowledge, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both would be, in violation of or in default under, its Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws or comparable instruments or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument known to such counsel to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them or any of their respective properties is bound, except for violations and defaults which individually and in the aggregate would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or be material to the holders of the Securities; and
(vi) to such counsel’s knowledge, each of the Company and its subsidiaries owns, possesses or has obtained all licenses, permits, certificates, consents, orders, approvals and other authorizations from, and has made all declarations and filings with, all federal, state, local and other governmental authorities (including foreign regulatory agencies), all self-regulatory organizations and all courts and other tribunals, domestic or foreign, necessary to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and to carry on its business as conducted as of the date hereof, except where the failure to have such authorizations would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has received any actual notice of any proceeding relating to revocation or modification of any such license, permit, certificate, consent, order, approval or other authorization, the revocation or modification of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, except as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, each of the Company and its subsidiaries is in compliance with all laws and regulations relating to the conduct of its business as conducted as of the dates of each of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except where the failure to comply with such laws and regulations would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.
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The opinion of Matthew Klein, General Counsel of the Company, described above shall be rendered to the Underwriters at the request of the Company and shall so state therein.
In rendering the opinions pursuant to paragraphs (h) or (i), such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws other than the laws of the United States and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the State of New York and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (in the case of Matthew Klein, but not Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.), to the extent such counsel deems proper and to the extent specified in such opinion, if at all, upon an opinion or opinions (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Underwriters’ counsel) of other counsel reasonably acceptable to the Underwriters’ counsel, familiar with the applicable laws; (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent such counsel deems proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and certificates or other written statements of officials of jurisdictions having custody of documents respecting the corporate existence or good standing of the Company. The opinion of such counsel for the Company shall state that the opinion of any such other counsel upon which they relied is in form satisfactory to such counsel and, in such counsel’s opinion, the Underwriters and they are justified in relying thereon. With respect to the matters to be covered in subparagraph (h)(ix) above counsel may state their opinion and belief is based upon their participation in the preparation of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein) and review and discussion of the contents thereof (including the documents incorporated by reference therein) but is without independent check or verification except as specified.
(j) on the date hereof and on the Closing Date, each of KPMG LLP and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP shall have furnished to you letters, dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to you, 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 in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus;
(k) you shall have received on and as of the Closing Date an opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell, counsel to the Underwriters, with respect to the validity of this Agreement, the Indenture, the Securities, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and other related matters as the Representative may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters;
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(l) on or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Representative such further certificates and documents as the Representative shall reasonably request.
7. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, each affiliate of any Underwriter which assists such Underwriter in the distribution of the Securities and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either 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 the legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted) arising out of or caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus supplement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the information contained in the Final Term Sheet or the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto), or arising out of or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are arising out of or caused by any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representative expressly for use therein.
Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who sign the Registration Statement and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each Underwriter, but only with reference to information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representative expressly for use in the Base Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus supplement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the information contained in the Final Term Sheet or the Prospectus; the Company hereby acknowledges that such information furnished by the Underwriters consists solely of the statements set forth in (a) the second sentence of the third paragraph, (b) the fourth paragraph and (c) the sixth paragraph under the caption “Underwriting” in the Prospectus.
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 indemnity may be sought pursuant to either of the two preceding paragraphs, such person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “Indemnifying
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Person”) in writing, and the Indemnifying Person, upon request of the Indemnified Person, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person and any others the Indemnifying Person may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding. 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 Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary, (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person or (iii) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding 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 reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for the Underwriters, each affiliate of any Underwriter which assists such Underwriter in the distribution of the Securities and such control persons of Underwriters shall be designated in writing by the Representative and any such separate firm for the Company, its directors, its officers who sign the Registration Statement and such control persons of the Company or authorized representatives shall be designated in writing by the Company. The 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, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify any 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 an Indemnifying Person to reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the third sentence of this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by such Indemnifying Person of the aforesaid request and (ii) such Indemnifying Person 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 prior 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 indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding.
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If the indemnification provided for in the first and second paragraphs of this Section 7 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 on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters 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 on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds from the offering of such Securities (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the total underwriting discounts and the commissions received by the Underwriters bear to the aggregate public offering price of the Securities. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters 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 the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, in no event shall an Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to the respective principal amount of the Securities set forth opposite their names in Schedule I hereto, and not joint.
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The remedies provided for in this Section 7 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law of in equity.
The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 7 and the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any person controlling any Underwriter or by or on behalf of the Company, its officers or directors or any other person controlling the Company and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the Securities.
8. Notwithstanding anything herein contained, this Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the Representative, by notice given to the Company, 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, as the case may be, any of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the Chicago Board Options Exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange or the Chicago Board of Trade, (ii) trading of any securities of or guaranteed by the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market, (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities in New York shall have been declared by either 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 that, in the judgment of the Representative, is material and adverse and which, in the judgment of the Representative, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and this Agreement.
9. If, on the Closing Date, any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities which it or they have agreed to purchase under this Agreement, and the aggregate principal amount of Securities which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities, the other Underwriters shall be obligated severally in the proportions that the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule I hereto bears to the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting Underwriters, or in such other proportions as the Representative may specify, to purchase the Securities which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase on such date; provided that in no event shall the principal amount of Securities that any Underwriter has agreed to purchase pursuant to Section 1 be increased pursuant to this Section 9 by an amount in excess of one-tenth of such principal amount of Securities without the written consent of such Underwriter.
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If, on the Closing Date, any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities and the aggregate principal amount of Securities with respect to which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be purchased, and arrangements satisfactory to you and the Company for the purchase of such Securities are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company. In any such case either you or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order that the required changes, if any, in the Registration Statement, in the Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Any action taken under this paragraph shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement.
10. If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters, or any of them, because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Company to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, or if for any reason the Company shall be unable to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any condition of the Underwriters’ obligations cannot be fulfilled, the Company agrees to reimburse the Underwriters or such Underwriters as have so terminated this Agreement with respect to themselves, severally, for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and expenses of their counsel) reasonably incurred by such Underwriters in connection with this Agreement or the offering of Securities.
11. The Company acknowledges and agrees that: (i) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the public offering price of the Securities and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other hand, and the Company is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (ii) in connection with each transaction contemplated hereby and the process leading to such transaction each Underwriter is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary of the Company or its respective affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other party; (iii) no Underwriter has assumed or will assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company on other matters) and no Underwriter has any obligation to the Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement; (iv) the several Underwriters and their respective affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company and that the several Underwriters have no obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency or fiduciary relationship; and (v) the Underwriters have
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not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering contemplated hereby and the Company has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate.
This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company and the several Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof. The Company hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the Company may have against the several Underwriters with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty.
12. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company, the Underwriters and each affiliate of any Underwriter which assists such Underwriter in the distribution of the Securities the Underwriters, any controlling persons referred to herein and their respective successors and assigns. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person, firm or corporation any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. No purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.
13. Any action by the Underwriters hereunder may be taken by you jointly or by the Representative alone on behalf of the Underwriters, and any such action taken by you jointly or by the Representative alone shall be binding upon the Underwriters. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be given at the address set forth in Schedule II hereto. Notices to the Company shall be given to it at Universal Corporate Center, 367 South Gulph Road, P.O. Box 61558, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406-0958; Attention: General Counsel.
14. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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15. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the conflicts of laws provisions thereof.
| Very truly yours, | ||
| UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Cheryl K. Ramagano | |
| Name: | Cheryl K. Ramagano | |
| Title: | Vice President and Treasurer | |
| Accepted: May 29, 2008 | ||
| BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC | ||
| Acting severally on behalf of themselves and the several Underwriters listed in Schedule II hereto. | ||
| By: | BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC | |
| By: | /s/ Lily Chang | |
| Name: | Lily Chang | |
| Title: | Principal | |
SCHEDULE I
| Representative: |
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC |
| Underwriting Agreement dated: |
May 29, 2008 |
| Registration Statement No.: |
333-135277 |
| Title of Securities: |
7.125% Notes due 2016 |
| Aggregate Principal Amount: |
$150,000,000 |
| Sales Concession: |
0.400% |
| Reallowance: |
0.250% |
| Price to Public: |
100.753% of the principal amount of the Securities plus accrued interest ($30.28125 per note or $4,542,187.50 in the aggregate) accruing from December 30, 2007 to the date of delivery. |
| Indenture: |
Indenture dated as of January 20, 2000 as amended by a supplemental indenture dated as of June 20, 2006 between the Company and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (as a successor to J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association) as Trustee. |
| Maturity: |
June 30, 2016 |
| Interest Rate: |
7.125% per annum, accruing from December 30, 2007 |
| Interest Payment Dates: |
June 30 and December 30 commencing June 30, 2008 |
| Optional Redemption Provisions: |
The notes will be redeemable, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at the Company’s option, at a redemption price equal to accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to the redemption date plus the greater of: |
| • | 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed, and |
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| • | the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the notes to be redeemed (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the date of redemption on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate, plus 30 basis points. |
“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any date of redemption, the rate per year equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for that date of redemption.
“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the notes to be redeemed that would be used, at the time of selection and under customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the notes.
“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any date of redemption, the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for the date of redemption, after excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or if the trustee is provided fewer than three Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations.
“Quotation Agent” means Banc of America Securities LLC or another Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company.
“Reference Treasury Dealer” means each of Banc of America Securities LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and their respective successors and any other primary treasury dealer selected by the Company. If any of the foregoing ceases to be a primary U.S.
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| Government securities dealer in New York City, the Company must substitute another primary treasury dealer. |
| “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any date of redemption, the average of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company and the trustee by the Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day before the date of redemption. |
| Notice of any redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the date of redemption to each holder of the notes to be redeemed. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the date of redemption, interest will cease to accrue on the notes or portions of the notes called for redemption. |
| Offer to Repurchase: |
If we experience a Change of Control (defined below) and the notes are rated below Investment Grade (defined below) by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services and Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., we will offer to repurchase all of the notes at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest to the repurchase date. |
| “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: |
(1) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of our properties or assets and those of our subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), other than us or one of our wholly owned subsidiaries;
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(2) the adoption of a plan relating to our liquidation or dissolution;
(3) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than us, one of our wholly owned subsidiaries or any person who holds more than 50% of our Voting Stock as of the date of the final prospectus supplement for the notes or any member of his, her or its immediate family (as that term is defined in Rule 16a-1(e) of the Exchange Act) (provided that this exception does not include any transaction in which public stockholders cease to own Voting Stock entitling public stockholders to elect the same percentage of the members of our board of directors as public stockholders are entitled to elect on the date of the final prospectus supplement for the notes), becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of our Voting Stock, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; or
(4) the first day on which a majority of the members of our board of directors are not Continuing Directors.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction effected to create a holding company for us will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control if (1) pursuant to such transaction we become a wholly owned subsidiary of such holding company and (2) the holders of the Voting Stock of such holding company immediately following such transaction are the same as the holders of our Voting Stock immediately prior to such transaction.
“Continuing Directors” means, as of any date of determination, any member of our board of directors who:
(1) was a member of such board of directors on the first date that any of the notes were issued; or
(2) was nominated for election or elected to our board of directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of our board of directors at the time of such nomination or election.
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| “Investment Grade” means a rating of Baa3 or better by Moody’s (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of Moody’s) and BBB-or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of S&P) (or, in each case, if such Rating Agency ceases to rate the notes for reasons outside of our control, the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any Rating Agency selected by us as a replacement Rating Agency). |
| “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Services, Inc. |
| “Rating Agency” means: |
(1) each of Moody’s and S&P; and
(2) if either of Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the notes or fails to make a rating of the notes publicly available for reasons outside of our control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act selected by us as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, or both, as the case may be.
| “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. |
| “Voting Stock” as applied to stock of any person, means shares, interests, participations or other equivalents in the equity interest (however designated) in such person having ordinary voting power for the election of a majority of the directors (or the equivalent) of such person, other than shares, interests, participations or other equivalents having such power only by reason of the occurrence of a contingency. |
| Sinking Fund Provisions: |
None. |
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| Other Provisions: |
The Company may from time to time, without notice to or the consent of the registered holders of the notes, create and issue further notes ranking equally and ratably with the notes in all respects (or in all respects except for the payment of interest accruing prior to the issue date of such further notes or except, in some cases, for the first payment of interest following the issue date of such further notes), so that such further notes shall be consolidated and form a single series with the notes and shall have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the notes. |
| Closing Date and Time of Delivery: |
June 3, 2008 |
| Closing Location: |
Davis Polk & Wardwell |
450 Lexington Avenue
| New York, New York 10017 |
| Address for Notices to Underwriters: |
Banc of America Securities LLC |
40 West 57th Street 27th Floor
New York, NY 10019
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SCHEDULE II
| Principal Amount of Securities To Be Purchased | |||
| Underwriter |
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| Banc of America Securities LLC |
$ | 112,500,000 | |
| J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. |
$ | 6,000,000 | |
| Goldman, Sachs & Co. |
$ | 4,500,000 | |
| Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc. |
$ | 4,500,000 | |
| SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc. |
$ | 4,500,000 | |
| Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC |
$ | 4,500,000 | |
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
$ | 3,750,000 | |
| Lazard Capital Markets LLC |
$ | 3,750,000 | |
| Calyon Securities (USA) Inc. |
$ | 3,000,000 | |
| PNC Capital Markets LLC |
$ | 3,000,000 | |
| Total |
$ | 150,000,000 | |
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SCHEDULE III
Schedule of Free Writing Prospectuses and the Final Term Sheet included in the Disclosure Package.
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May 29, 2008
Final Term Sheet
Universal Health Services, Inc.
7.125% Notes due 2016
| Issuer: |
Universal Health Services, Inc. |
| Title of securities: |
7.125% Notes due 2016 |
| Issue price: |
100.753% |
| Aggregate principal amount offered: |
$150 million |
| Maturity: |
June 30, 2016 |
| Annual interest rate: |
7.125% per annum |
| Interest payment dates |
June 30, December 30 |
| Optional Redemption: |
The greater of: |
| • | 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed, and |
| • | the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the notes to be redeemed (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the date of redemption on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate, plus 30 basis points. |
| Offer to Repurchase |
If we experience a Change of Control (as defined below) and the notes are rated below Investment Grade by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services and Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., we will offer to repurchase all of the notes at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest to the repurchase date. |
| Change of Control: |
Change of Control means the occurrence of any of the following: |
(1) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of our properties or assets and those of our subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), other than us or one of our wholly owned subsidiaries;
(2) the adoption of a plan relating to our liquidation or dissolution;
(3) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than us, one of our wholly owned subsidiaries or any person who holds more than 50% of our Voting Stock
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| as of the date of the final prospectus supplement for the notes or any member of his, her or its immediate family (as that term is defined in Rule 16a-1(e) of the Exchange Act) (provided that this exception does not include any transaction in which public stockholders cease to own Voting Stock entitling the public stockholders to elect the same percentage of the members of our board of directors as the public stockholders are entitled to elect on the date of the final prospectus supplement for the notes), becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of our Voting Stock, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; or |
(4) the first day on which a majority of the members of our board of directors are not Continuing Directors.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction effected to create a holding company for us will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control if (1) pursuant to such transaction we become a wholly owned subsidiary of such holding company and (2) the holders of the Voting Stock of such holding company immediately following such transaction are the same as the holders of our Voting Stock immediately prior to such transaction.
| Price to public: |
$100.753 |
| Benchmark treasury: |
3.875% due May 15, 2018 |
| Spread to benchmark treasury: |
2.89% |
| Benchmark treasury price and yield: |
$98 03/32, 4.11% |
| Yield to maturity: |
7.000% |
| Settlement: |
June 3, 2008 |
| Sole Book-Running Manager: |
Banc of America Securities LLC |
The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send to you the prospectus if you request it by calling Banc of America Securities LLC toll-free 1-800-294-1322 or you may e-mail a request to dg.prospectus_distribution@bofasecurities.com.
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SCHEDULE IV
| Name of Subsidiary |
Jurisdiction of Incorporation | |
| UHSF, L.L.C. |
Delaware | |
| UHSL, L.L.C |
Nevada | |
| Summerlin Hospital Medical Center LLC |
Delaware | |
| Summerlin Hospital Medical Center, L.P. |
Delaware | |
| UHS Holding Company, Inc. |
Nevada | |
| Valley Health System LLC |
Delaware | |
| Valley Hospital Medical Center, Inc. |
Nevada | |
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Exhibit 5.1
[Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. letterhead]
May 30, 2008
Universal Health Services, Inc.
Universal Corporate Center
367 South Gulph Road
P.O. Box 61558
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Universal Health Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the automatic shelf registration statement on Form S–3, File No. 333-135277 (the “Registration Statement”) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), on June 23, 2006, relating to the offer and sale from time to time of the Company’s debt securities. In connection with the sale by the Company of $150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7.125% Notes due 2016 (the “Notes”) under the Registration Statement, the Company filed a prospectus supplement with the Commission in accordance with Rule 424(b)(5) under the Act on May 30, 2008 (the “Prospectus Supplement”). The Notes will be issued pursuant to the indenture between the Company and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N. A., as successor to J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), dated as of January 20, 2000, as amended by a supplemental indenture, dated as of June 20, 2006, between the Company and the Trustee (as so amended, the “Indenture”).
We have examined and relied upon copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the Registration Statement, Prospectus Supplement, Indenture and the officers’ certificate of the Company setting forth the terms of the Securities. We have also examined such corporate records, other documents and questions of law as we have considered necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion. Our opinions set forth below are limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (including the statutory provisions, all applicable provisions of the Delaware Constitution and reported judicial decisions interpreting the foregoing), the laws of the State of New York and the federal laws of the United States.
In our examination of the foregoing documents, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures and the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies, the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents, and the due authorization, execution and delivery by the parties thereto other than the Company of all documents examined by us, and the legal capacity of each individual who signed any of those documents.
Based on the foregoing, we advise you that in our opinion that:
The Notes to be issued and sold by the Company have been validly authorized by the Board of Directors of the Company and the Pricing Committee thereof, and upon the due execution, authentication, issuance and delivery of Notes, upon payment or
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consideration therefor provided in the Underwriting Agreement filed as Exhibit 1.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 30, 2008, will be legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms (except that the enforceability thereof may be limited or affected by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer, fraudulent conveyance and other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally, (ii) general principles of equity, including without limitation requirements of good faith, fair dealing and reasonableness, and the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and (iii) public policy).
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 30, 2008 and the reference to this firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus Supplement. This consent is not to be construed as an admission that we are a party whose consent is required to be filed under the provisions of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
| Very truly yours, |
| /s/ Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. |
Exhibit 12.1
Universal Health Services, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
| 3 months ended March 31 |
12 months ended December 31 | |||||||||||||
| 2008 | 2007 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | ||||||||
| Earnings |
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| Income from continuing operations before minority interest and taxes |
113,552 | 94,877 | 318,430 | 458,710 | 197,789 | 272,465 | 319,462 | |||||||
| Fixed charges |
21,655 | 20,383 | 84,768 | 58,474 | 54,507 | 60,877 | 55,011 | |||||||
| Amortization of capitalized interest |
243 | 221 | 885 | 885 | 885 | 727 | 461 | |||||||
| 135,449 | 115,482 | 404,083 | 518,070 | 253,181 | 334,069 | 374,935 | ||||||||
| Fixed Charges |
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| Interest expense |
13,479 | 12,722 | 51,626 | 32,558 | 32,933 | 38,131 | 32,876 | |||||||
| Capitalized interest |
1,962 | 1,995 | 9,229 | 3,403 | 0 | 1,539 | 3,648 | |||||||
| Interest portion of lease/rental expense |
5,883 | 5,387 | 22,728 | 21,332 | 20,243 | 20,282 | 17,541 | |||||||
| Amortization of debt issuance costs |
330 | 280 | 1,184 | 1,181 | 1,331 | 925 | 947 | |||||||
| 21,655 | 20,383 | 84,768 | 58,474 | 54,507 | 60,877 | 55,011 | ||||||||
| Fixed charge coverage ratio |
6.3 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 8.9 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 6.8 | |||||||