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): June 26, 2017

 


 

CBOE HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-34774

 

20-5446972

(State or Other Jurisdiction

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

of Incorporation)

 

 

 

Identification No.)

 

400 South LaSalle Street

 

 

Chicago, Illinois

 

60605

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (312) 786-5600

 

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):

 

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging Growth Company  o

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  o

 

 

 



 

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On June 29, 2017, CBOE Holdings, Inc. (the “ Company ”) issued $300 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 1.950% Senior Notes due 2019 (the “ Notes ”) in an underwritten public offering (the “ Offering ”). The form and term of the Notes were established pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate, dated as of June 29, 2017 (the “ Officer’s Certificate ”), supplementing the Indenture, dated as of January 12, 2017, by and between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee.

 

The Company used the net proceeds from the Offering to repay amounts outstanding under its term loan facility.

 

The Notes mature on June 28, 2019 and bear interest at the rate of 1.950% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on June 28 and December 28 of each year, commencing December 28, 2017. The Notes are unsecured obligations of the Company and rank equal in right of payment with all of the Company’s other existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness, but are effectively junior to the Company’s secured indebtedness, to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness, and will not be the obligations of any of the Company’s subsidiaries.

 

The Company has the option to redeem some or all of the Notes, at any time in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed plus the make-whole premium. The Company may also be required to offer to repurchase the Notes upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event (as such term is defined in the Officer’s Certificate) at a repurchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be repurchased.

 

The foregoing description of the Notes is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete terms and conditions of the Officer’s Certificate and the form of the Notes, which are filed as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

 

The information in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

In connection with the issuance of the Notes, on June 26, 2017, the Company entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”) with Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (collectively, the “ Underwriters ”), with respect to the offer and sale of the Notes. The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements by the Company and customary closing conditions, indemnification rights and termination provisions.

 

The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete terms and conditions of the Underwriting Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

The Underwriting Agreement has been included in this communication to provide investors and stockholders with information regarding its terms. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Underwriting Agreement were made only for purposes of that agreement and as of specific dates, and were solely for the benefit of the parties to the Underwriting Agreement. Investors should not rely on the representations, warranties and covenants or any description thereof as characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations, warranties and covenants may change after the date of the Underwriting Agreement, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in public disclosures by the Company.

 

The Notes were issued in a public offering pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-215401) and a related prospectus supplement dated June 26, 2017. The Company is filing Exhibits 5.1 and 12.1 with this Current Report on Form 8-K in connection with such Registration Statement.

 

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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)           Exhibits:

 

Exhibit

 

 

Number

 

Description of Exhibit

 

 

 

1.1

 

Underwriting Agreement, dated June 26, 2017, among the Company and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as representatives of the underwriters named therein

 

 

 

4.1

 

Officer’s Certificate, dated as of June 29, 2017, establishing the 1.950% Senior Notes due 2019 of CBOE Holdings, Inc.

 

 

 

4.2

 

Form of 1.950% Senior Notes due 2019 (included in Exhibit 4.1 hereto)

 

 

 

5.1

 

Opinion of Sidley Austin LLP relating to the Notes

 

 

 

12.1

 

Statement of computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges

 

 

 

23.1

 

Consent of Sidley Austin LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

CBOE HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Alan J. Dean

 

 

Alan J. Dean

 

 

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Date: June 29, 2017

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

 

 

Number

 

Description of Exhibit

 

 

 

1.1

 

Underwriting Agreement, dated June 26, 2017, among the Company and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as representatives of the underwriters named therein

 

 

 

4.1

 

Officer’s Certificate, dated as of June 29, 2017, establishing the 1.950% Senior Notes due 2019 of CBOE Holdings, Inc.

 

 

 

4.2

 

Form of 1.950% Senior Notes due 2019 (included in Exhibit 4.1 hereto)

 

 

 

5.1

 

Opinion of Sidley Austin LLP relating to the Notes

 

 

 

12.1

 

Statement of computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges

 

 

 

23.1

 

Consent of Sidley Austin LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)

 

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Exhibit 1.1

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

CBOE Holdings, Inc.

$ 300,000,000

 

1.950% Senior Notes due 2019

 

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

 

June 26, 2017

 

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

 



 

Underwriting Agreement

 

June 26, 2017

 

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
550 South Tryon Street
Charlotte, NC 28202

 

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

1585 Broadway

New York, NY 10036

 

As Representatives of the several Underwriters

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Introductory.  CBOE Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), proposes to issue and sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule A (the “ Underwriters ”), acting severally and not jointly, the respective amounts set forth in such Schedule A of $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 1.950% Senior Notes due 2019 (the “ Notes ”).  Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC have agreed to act as representatives of the several Underwriters (in such capacity, the “ Representatives ”) in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes.

 

The Notes will be issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of January 12, 2017 (the “ Indenture ”), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”).  Certain terms of the Notes will be established pursuant to an officers’ certificate delivered by the Company under the Indenture (the “ Officers’ Certificate ”).  The Notes will be issued in book-entry form in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company (the “ Depositary ”), pursuant to a Blanket Letter of Representations, dated January 10, 2017 (the “ DTC Agreement ”), delivered by the Company to the Depositary.

 

The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-215401), which contains a base prospectus (the “ Base Prospectus ”), to be used in connection with the public offering and sale of debt securities of the Company, including the Notes, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “ Securities Act ”), and the offering thereof from time to time in accordance with Rule 415 under the Securities Act.  Such registration statement, including the financial statements, exhibits and schedules thereto, in the form in which it became effective under the Securities Act, including

 

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any required information deemed to be a part thereof at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430B under the Securities Act, is called the “ Registration Statement .”  The term “ Prospectus ” shall mean the final prospectus supplement relating to the Notes, together with the Base Prospectus, that is first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the date and time that this underwriting agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is executed (the “ Execution Time ”) by the parties hereto.  The term “ Preliminary Prospectus ” shall mean any preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the Notes, together with the Base Prospectus, that is first filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b).  Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents that are or are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act prior to 3:45 p.m., New York City time, on June 26, 2017 (the “ Initial Sale Time ”).  All references in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, the 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 ”).

 

All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which is “contained,” “included” or “stated” (or other references of like import) in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Preliminary Prospectus shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements and schedules and other information that is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Preliminary Prospectus, as the case may be, prior to the Initial Sale Time; and all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Preliminary Prospectus shall be deemed to include the filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “ Exchange Act ”), which is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Preliminary Prospectus, as the case may be, after the Initial Sale Time.

 

The Company hereby confirms its agreements with the Underwriters as follows:

 

SECTION 1.  Representations and Warranties of the Company .

 

The Company hereby represents, warrants and covenants to each Underwriter as of the date hereof, as of the Initial Sale Time and as of the Closing Date (in each case, a “ Representation Date ”), as follows:

 

a)                                      Compliance with Registration Requirements.  The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the Securities Act.  The Registration Statement has become effective under the Securities Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued under the Securities Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, are contemplated or threatened by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional information has been complied with.  In addition, the Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “ Trust Indenture Act ”).

 

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At the respective times the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments thereto (including the filing with the Commission of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016) became effective and at each Representation Date, the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto (i) complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and (ii) did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.  At the date of the Prospectus and at the Closing Date, neither the Prospectus nor any amendments or supplements thereto included or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the representations and warranties in this subsection shall not apply to (i) any trustee’s statement of eligibility on Form T-1 or (ii) statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment or the Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by any of the Underwriters through the Representatives expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter through the Representatives consists of the information described as such in Section 8 hereof.

 

Each Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, at the time each was filed with the Commission, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act, and the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offering of the Notes will, at the time of such delivery, be identical to any electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

 

b)                                      Disclosure Package.  The term “ Disclosure Package ” shall mean (i) the Preliminary Prospectus dated June 26, 2017, (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 Annex I hereto and (iii) any other free writing prospectus that the parties hereto shall hereafter expressly agree in writing to treat as part of the Disclosure Package.  As of the Initial Sale Time, the Disclosure Package did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  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 Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter through the Representatives consists of the information described as such in Section 8 hereof.

 

c)                                       Incorporated Documents .  The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act.

 

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d)                                      Company is a 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 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 Notes in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 of the Securities Act and (iv) as of the Initial Sale Time, 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, that automatically became effective not more than three years prior to the Initial Sale Time; 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 form.

 

e)                                       Company is not an Ineligible Issuer . (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement and (ii) as of the Initial Sale Time, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer” (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act).

 

f)                                        Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses .  Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the offering of Notes under this Agreement or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Representatives 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, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus.  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 Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, the Company has promptly notified or will promptly notify the Representatives 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 Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter through the Representatives consists of the information described as such in Section 8 hereof.

 

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 Notes, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes other than the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus reviewed and consented to by the Representatives and included in Annex I hereto or any electronic road show or other written communications reviewed and consented to by the Representatives and listed on Annex II hereto (each a, “ Company Additional Written Communication ”).  Each such Company Additional Written Communication, when taken together with the Disclosure Package, did not, and at the

 

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Closing Date will not, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Company Additional Written Communication based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter through the Representatives consists of the information described as such in Section 8 hereof.

 

h)                                      No Applicable Registration or Other Similar Rights.  There are no persons with registration or other similar rights to have any equity or debt securities registered for sale under the Registration Statement or included in the offering contemplated by this Agreement, except for such rights as have been duly waived.

 

i)                                          The Underwriting Agreement.  This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

 

j)                                         Authorization of the Indenture .  The Indenture was duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and at the date hereof constitutes, and at the Closing Date will constitute, 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, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles.

 

k)                                      Authorization of the Notes.  The Notes to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Company will be in the form contemplated by the Indenture and the Officers’ Certificate, have been duly authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement and the Indenture and, at the Closing Date, will have been duly executed by the Company and, when authenticated in the manner provided for in the Indenture and delivered against payment of the purchase price therefor, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

 

l)                                          Description of the Notes and the Indenture.   The Notes and the Indenture conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

m)                                  Accuracy of Statements.  The statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption “Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations,” insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein.

 

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n)                                      No Material Adverse Change .  Except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package, subsequent to the date of the latest audited balance sheet included in the Disclosure Package, (i) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained any loss or interference with their business, considered as one entity, from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree and (ii) there has been no material adverse change, or any development that could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or results of operations, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one entity (any such change is called a “ Material Adverse Change ”).

 

o)                                      Independent Accountants of the Company.  Deloitte & Touche LLP, who have expressed their opinion with respect to the Company’s audited financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2016, December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, are independent public accountants with respect to the Company as required by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and are an independent registered public accounting firm with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board with respect to the Company.

 

p)                                      Independent Accountants of Bats .  KPMG LLP, who have expressed their opinion with respect to the audited financial statements of Bats Global Markets, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Bats ”), for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, were independent public accountants with respect to Bats as required by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and were an independent registered public accounting firm with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board with respect to Bats and were independent certified public accountants with respect to Bats for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, under Rule 101 of the “AICPA Code of Professional Conduct” and its interpretations and rulings.

 

q)                                      Preparation of the Financial Statements of the Company.  The financial statements together with the related notes thereto incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects  the consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and cash flows for the periods specified.  Such financial statements comply as to form in all material respects with the accounting requirements of the Securities Act and have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles as applied in the United States applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved, except as may be expressly stated in the related notes thereto.  No financial statements are required to be included in the Registration Statement pursuant to Regulation S-X other than those included or incorporated by reference therein.  The selected financial data and the summary financial information included in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the Company’s audited financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus.  In addition, if any pro forma financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries and the related notes thereto are

 

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included in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, such pro forma financial statements and related notes present fairly in all material respects the information shown therein, have been prepared in all material respects in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines with respect to pro forma financial statements and the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions and circumstances referred to therein.  The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus fairly presents in all material respects the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

 

r)                                         Preparation of the Financial Statements of Bats.  To the Company’s knowledge, the financial statements together with the related notes thereto incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of Bats and its subsidiaries as of and at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and cash flows for the periods specified.  To the Company’s knowledge, such financial statements comply in all material respects as to form with the accounting requirements of the Securities Act and have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles as applied in the United States applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved, except as may be expressly stated in the related notes thereto.

 

s)                                        Incorporation and Good Standing of the Company and its Subsidiaries.  Each of the Company and its significant subsidiaries (as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X, each a “ Significant Subsidiary ” and collectively the “ Significant Subsidiaries ”) has been duly incorporated or formed and is validly existing as a corporation or other entity in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation and has corporate or other company power and authority and all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to own or lease, as the case may be, and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.  The Company has corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement.  Each of the Company and each Significant Subsidiary is qualified as a foreign corporation and is licensed, if applicable, to transact business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification or licensure is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except for such jurisdictions where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect (i) on the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or results of operations or prospects, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one entity or (ii) the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under, and consummate the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement, the Indenture and the Notes (each, a “ Material Adverse Effect ”).  All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each Significant Subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance or claim.

 

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t)                                         Non-Contravention of Existing Instruments; No Further Authorizations or Approvals Required.  Neither the Company nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its certificate of incorporation, charter or by-laws (or similar organizational documents), (ii) in default (or, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would be in default) (“ Default ”) under any indenture, mortgage, loan or credit agreement, deed of trust, note, contract, franchise, lease or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is subject (each, an “ Existing Instrument ”) or (iii) in violation of any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, as applicable, except, with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii) only, for such Defaults or violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  The Company’s execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the issuance and sale of the Notes in the manner contemplated by the Disclosure Package and by the Prospectus, (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other company action and will not result in any Default under the certificate of incorporation, charter or by-laws (or similar organizational documents) of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, (ii) will not conflict with or constitute a breach of, or Default or a Debt Repayment Triggering 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 Significant Subsidiaries pursuant to, or require the consent of any other party to, any Existing Instrument and (iii) will not result in any violation of any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, except, with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii) only, for such Defaults or violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  No consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or registration or filing with, any court or other governmental or regulatory authority or agency is required for the Company’s execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the issuance and sale of the Notes in the manner contemplated by the Disclosure Package and by the Prospectus, except such as (i) have been obtained or made by the Company and are in full force and effect under the Securities Act, (ii) applicable state securities or blue sky laws and (iii) from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (the “ FINRA ”).  As used herein, a “ Debt Repayment Triggering Event ” means any event or condition which gives, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both would give, the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) issued by the Company 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.

 

u)                                      No Material Actions or Proceedings.  Except as disclosed in the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package, there are no legal or governmental actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened (i) against or affecting the Company or any of its

 

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subsidiaries, (ii) which has as the subject thereof any officer or director of, or property owned or leased by, the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (iii) relating to environmental or discrimination matters related to the Company or its subsidiaries, where any such action, suit or proceeding, if determined adversely, is reasonably likely, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

v)                                      Ownership of Property. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company and each of its subsidiaries (i) has good record and marketable title in fee simple to, or valid leasehold interests in, all real property necessary or used in the ordinary conduct of its business and (ii) owns, or possesses the right to use, all of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, patents, patent rights, franchises, licenses and other intellectual property rights that are reasonably necessary for the operation of their respective businesses, except, in each case of clauses (i) or (ii), for such defects in title, ownership or possession as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

w)                                    Liens. The property of the Company and its subsidiaries is not subject to any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever, except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or except such as do not materially and adversely affect the value of such property or materially interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such property by the Company or such subsidiary.

 

x)                                      Tax Law Compliance.  The Company and each Significant Subsidiary has filed all Federal, state and other material tax returns and reports required to be filed, and has paid all Federal, state and other material taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges levied or imposed upon them or their properties, income or assets otherwise due and payable, except (x) those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and (y) to the extent that the failure so to file or pay would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  To the Company’s knowledge, there is no proposed tax assessment against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary that would, if made, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

y)                                      Company Not an Investment Company.  The Company is not, and after receipt of payment for the Notes and the application of the proceeds thereof as contemplated under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will not be, required to register as an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

z)                                       No Price Stabilization or Manipulation.  The Company has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would be reasonably expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Notes.

 

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aa)                               No Unlawful Contributions or Other Payments.  None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of either (i) the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “ FCPA ”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA or (ii) the U.K. Bribery Act 2010, and the Company and its subsidiaries have instituted and maintain policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote and achieve continued compliance therewith in all material respects.

 

bb)                               No Conflict with Money Laundering Laws.  The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance in all material respects with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “ Money Laundering Laws ”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, threatened.

 

cc)                                 No Conflict with Sanctions Laws.  None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is an individual or entity (“ Person ”) currently the subject or target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the United States Government, including, without limitation, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “ Sanctions ”), nor is the Company located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions; and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the sale of the Notes, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other Person, to fund any activities of or business with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of  Sanctions or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any Person (including any Person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions.

 

dd)                               Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance .  There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company and any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith, including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.

 

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ee)                                 Internal Controls and Procedures of the Company.   The Company maintains a system of “internal control over financial reporting” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and (v) the interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.  Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, since the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (i) no material weakness or significant deficiencies 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 adversely affected, or is reasonably likely to materially adversely affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ff)                                   Disclosure Controls and Procedures.  The Company maintains “disclosure controls and procedures” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act; and such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to provide reasonable assurance that material information relating to the Company and its subsidiaries is made known to the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those entities; and, to the Company’s knowledge, such disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

 

gg)                                 Registered National Securities Exchange .  The Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated (the “ CBOE ”) is registered as a national securities exchange and as a self-regulatory organization (as registered under Section 6 and as defined in Section 3(a)(26), respectively, of the Exchange Act) and has in effect rules (i) in accordance with the provisions of the Exchange Act for the trading of securities listed or accepted for trading on the CBOE and (ii) with respect to all other matters for which rules are required under the Exchange Act.

 

hh)                               Statistical Data .  Any statistical and market-related data included in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus is based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate, and, where necessary, the Company has obtained the written consent to the use of such data from such sources.

 

Any certificate signed by an officer of the Company and delivered to the Representatives or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company to each Underwriter as to the matters set forth therein.

 

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SECTION 2.  Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Notes.

 

a)              The Notes.  The Company agrees to issue and sell to the several Underwriters, severally and not jointly, all of the Notes upon the terms herein set forth.  On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, and upon the terms but subject to the conditions herein set forth, the Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the aggregate principal amount of Notes set forth opposite their names on Schedule A at a purchase price of 99.680% of the principal amount of the Notes, payable on the Closing Date.

 

b)              The Closing Date.  Delivery of certificates for the Notes in global form to be purchased by the Underwriters and payment therefor shall be made at the offices of Shearman & Sterling LLP, 599 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022 (or such other place as may be agreed to by the Company and the Representatives) at 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on June 29, 2017, or such other time and date as the Underwriters and the Company shall mutually agree (the time and date of such closing are called the “ Closing Date ”).

 

c)               Public Offering of the Notes.  The Representatives hereby advise the Company that the Underwriters intend to offer for sale to the public, as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, their respective portions of the Notes as soon after the Execution Time as the Representatives, in their sole judgment, have determined is advisable and practicable.

 

d)              Payment for the Notes.  Payment for the Notes shall be made at the Closing Date by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the order of the Company.

 

It is understood that the Representatives have been authorized, for their own accounts and for the accounts of the several Underwriters, to accept delivery of and receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the Notes that the Underwriters have agreed to purchase.  The Representatives may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment for any Notes to be purchased by any Underwriter whose funds shall not have been received by the Representatives by the Closing Date for the account of such Underwriter, but any such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from any of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

e)               Delivery of the Notes.  The Notes to be purchased by each Underwriter will be represented by one or more definitive global securities in book-entry form that will be deposited by or on behalf of the Company with the Depositary or its designated custodian, to the Representatives for the accounts of the several Underwriters, against the irrevocable release of a wire transfer of immediately available funds for the amount of the purchase price therefor.  The certificates for the Notes shall be made available for inspection electronically on the business day preceding the Closing Date.  Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time and place specified in this Agreement is a further condition to the obligations of the Underwriters.

 

SECTION 3.  Covenants of the Company.

 

The Company covenants and agrees with each Underwriter as follows:

 

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a)              Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests.  The Company, subject to Section 3(b) below, will comply with the requirements of Rule 430B of the Securities Act, and will promptly notify the Representatives, and confirm the notice in writing, of (i) the effectiveness during the Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined below) of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or the filing of any supplement or amendment to the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (excluding for this purpose the filing of any document incorporated by reference therein), (ii) the receipt of any comments from the Commission during the Prospectus Delivery Period, (iii) any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or for additional information and (iv) the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Notes for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes.  The Company will promptly effect the filings necessary pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act and will take such steps as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 424 of the Securities Act was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file such document.  The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order and, if any stop order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof as promptly as practicable.

 

b)              Filing of Amendments.   During such period beginning on the date of this Agreement and ending on the Closing Date or, upon notice to the Company, such later 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 of the Notes by an Underwriter or dealer, including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 of the Securities Act (the “ Prospectus Delivery Period ”), the Company will give the Representatives notice of its intention to file or prepare any amendment to the Registration Statement (including any filing under Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act), or any amendment, supplement or revision to the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, whether pursuant to the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, will furnish the Representatives with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object; provided, however , that the Company shall not be prevented from filing any such document that its counsel has concluded is required by law.

 

c)               Delivery of Registration Statements.  The Company has furnished or will deliver to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge and upon request, signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein and documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein) and signed copies of all consents and certificates of experts filed therewith, and will also deliver to the Representatives, without charge and upon request, a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto made during the Prospectus Delivery Period (without exhibits) for each of the Underwriters.  The Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the

 

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Underwriters will be identical to any electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

 

d)              Delivery of Prospectuses.  The Company will deliver to each Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of the Preliminary Prospectus as such Underwriter may reasonably request, and the Company hereby consents to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the Securities Act.  The Company will furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, during the Prospectus Delivery Period, such number of copies of the Prospectus as such Underwriter may reasonably request.  The Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to any electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

 

e)               Continued Compliance with Securities Laws .  The Company will comply with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Notes as contemplated in this Agreement and in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.  If at any time during the Prospectus Delivery Period, any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters or for the Company, to amend the Registration Statement in order that the Registration Statement will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or to amend or supplement the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus in order that the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at the Initial Sale Time or at the time it is delivered or conveyed to a purchaser, not misleading, or if it shall be necessary, in the opinion of either such counsel, at any such time to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus in order to comply with the requirements of any applicable law, the Company will (1) notify the Representatives of any such event, development or condition and (2) promptly prepare and file with the Commission, subject to Section 3(b) hereof, such amendment or supplement as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus comply with such law, and the Company will furnish to the Underwriters, without charge, such number of copies of such amendment or supplement as the Underwriters may reasonably request.

 

f)                Blue Sky Compliance.  The Company shall cooperate with the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters to qualify or register the Notes for sale under (or obtain exemptions from the application of) the state securities or blue sky laws of those jurisdictions reasonably designated by the Representatives, shall comply with such laws and shall continue such qualifications, registrations and exemptions in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Notes.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to qualify to transact business or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not presently qualified or where it would be subject to taxation as a foreign business.  The Company will advise the Representatives promptly of the suspension of the qualification or registration of (or any such exemption relating to) the Notes for offering, sale or trading in any jurisdiction or any initiation or threat of any proceeding for any such purpose,

 

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and in the event of the issuance of any order suspending such qualification, registration or exemption, the Company shall use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal thereof as promptly as practicable.

 

g)               Use of Proceeds.  The Company shall apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes sold by it in the manner described under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus.

 

h)              Depositary.  The Company will cooperate with the Underwriters and use its best efforts to permit the Notes to be eligible for clearance and settlement through the facilities of the Depositary.

 

i)                  Periodic Reporting Obligations.  During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company shall file, on a timely basis, with the Commission and furnish to the NASDAQ Global Select Market all reports and documents required to be filed under the Exchange Act or furnished, as applicable.

 

j)                 Agreement Not to Offer or Sell Additional Securities.  During the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the Closing Date, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives (which consent may be withheld at the sole discretion of the Representatives), directly or indirectly, sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell, pledge, transfer or establish an open “put equivalent position” within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(h) of the Exchange Act, or otherwise dispose of or transfer, or announce the offering of, or file any registration statement under the Securities Act in respect of, any debt securities of the Company similar to the Notes or securities exchangeable for or convertible into debt securities similar to the Notes (other than as contemplated by this Agreement with respect to the Notes).

 

k)              Final Term Sheet .  The Company will prepare a final term sheet containing a description of the Notes, in a form approved by the Underwriters and attached as Exhibit B hereto, and will file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Securities Act within the time required by such rule (such term sheet, the “ Final Term Sheet ”).  Any such Final Term Sheet is an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus for purposes of this Agreement.

 

l)                  Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses .  The Company represents that it has not made, and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Representatives, it will not make, any offer relating to the Notes 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 Representatives shall be deemed to have been given in respect of any Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses included in Annex I to this Agreement.  Any such free writing prospectus consented to or deemed to be consented to by the Representatives is hereinafter referred to as a “ Permitted Free Writing Prospectus .”  The Company agrees that (i) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (ii) has complied and will 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

 

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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 Notes or their offering, (ii) information permitted by Rule 134 under the Securities Act and included in the General Disclosure Package or (iii) information that describes the final terms of the Notes or their offering and that is included in the Final Term Sheet of the Company contemplated in Section 3(k).

 

m)          Notice of Inability to Use Automatic Shelf Registration Statement Form .  If at any time during the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company receives from the Commission a notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or otherwise ceases to be eligible to use the automatic shelf registration statement form, the Company will (i) promptly notify the Representatives, (ii) promptly file a new registration statement or post-effective amendment on the proper form relating to the Notes, in a form satisfactory to the Representatives, (iii) use its best efforts to cause such registration statement or post-effective amendment to be declared effective and (iv) promptly notify the Representatives of such effectiveness.  The Company will take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Notes 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.

 

n)              Filing Fees .  The Company agrees to pay the required Commission filing fees relating to the Notes within the time required by and in accordance with Rules 456(b)(1) and 457(r) of the Securities Act.

 

o)              No Manipulation of Price.  The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to constitute, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Notes.

 

The Representatives, on behalf of the several Underwriters, may, in their sole discretion, waive in writing the performance by the Company of any one or more of the foregoing covenants or extend the time for their performance.

 

SECTION 4.  Payment of Expenses.  The Company agrees to pay all costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations hereunder and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including without limitation (i) all expenses incident to the issuance and delivery of the Notes (including all printing and engraving costs), (ii) all necessary issue, transfer and other stamp taxes in connection with the issuance and sale of the Notes, (iii) all fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel, independent public or certified public accountants and other advisors to the Company, (iv) all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, printing, filing, shipping and distribution of the Registration Statement (including financial statements, exhibits, schedules, consents and certificates of experts), each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, and this Agreement, the Indenture, the

 

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Officers’ Certificate, the DTC Agreement and the Notes, (v) all filing fees, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by the Underwriters in connection with qualifying or registering (or obtaining exemptions from the qualification or registration of) all or any part of the Notes for offer and sale under the state securities or blue sky laws, and, if requested by the Representatives, preparing a “Blue Sky Survey” or memorandum, and any supplements thereto, advising the Underwriters of such qualifications, registrations and exemptions (up to a maximum of $10,000), (vi) the filing fees incident to, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters in connection with, the review, if any, by the FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Notes (up to a maximum of $10,000), (vii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture, the Officers’ Certificate and the Notes, (viii) any fees payable in connection with the rating of the Notes with the ratings agencies, (ix) all fees and expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) of the Company in connection with approval of the Notes by the Depositary for “book-entry” transfer, (x) all other fees, costs and expenses referred to in Item 14 of Part II of the Registration Statement and (xi) all other fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations hereunder for which provision is not otherwise made in this Section.  Except as provided in this Section 4 and Sections 6, 8 and 9 hereof, the Underwriters shall pay their own expenses, including the fees and disbursements of their counsel.

 

SECTION 5.  Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters.  The obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Notes as provided herein on the Closing Date shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company set forth in Section 1 hereof as of the date hereof, as of the Initial Sale Time, and as of the Closing Date as though then made and to the timely performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional conditions:

 

a)              Effectiveness of Registration Statement .  The Registration Statement shall have become effective under the Securities Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued under the Securities Act and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or be pending or threatened by the Commission, any request on the part of the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of counsel to the Underwriters and the Company shall not have 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.  The Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 424(b) (or any required post-effective amendment providing such information shall have been filed and become effective).

 

b)              Company Accountants’ Comfort Letter.  On the date hereof, the Representatives shall have received from Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent registered public accountants for the Company, a letter dated the date hereof addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives with respect to the audited and unaudited financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus.

 

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c)               Bats Accountants’ Comfort Letter.  On the date hereof, the Representatives shall have received from KPMG LLP, who were independent certified public accountants with respect to Bats for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, under Rule 101 of the “AICPA Code of Professional Conduct” and its interpretations and rulings, a letter dated the date hereof addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, with respect to the audited and unaudited financial statements and certain financial information of Bats contained in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus.

 

d)              Company Bring-down Comfort Letter .  On the Closing Date, the Representatives shall have received from Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent registered public accountants for the Company, a letter dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished by them pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section 5, except that the specified date referred to therein for the carrying out of procedures shall be no more than three business days prior to the Closing Date.

 

e)               Bats Bring-down Comfort Letter .  On the Closing Date, the Representatives shall have received from KPMG LLP, who were independent certified public accountants with respect to Bats for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, under Rule 101 of the “AICPA Code of Professional Conduct” and its interpretations and rulings, a letter dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished by them pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section 5, except that the specified date referred to therein for the carrying out of procedures shall be no more than three business days prior to the Closing Date.

 

f)                No Objection.  If the Registration Statement and/or the offering of the Notes has been filed with the FINRA for review, the FINRA shall not have raised any objection with respect to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements.

 

g)               No Material Adverse Change or Ratings Agency Change.  For the period from and after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date:

 

(i) in the judgment of the Representatives there shall not have occurred any Material Adverse Change; and

 

(ii)  there shall not have occurred any downgrading in or withdrawal of, nor shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential downgrading or withdrawal or of any review for a possible change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, the rating accorded any securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act.

 

In addition, there shall not have been any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in each of subsection (d) and subsection (e) of this Section 5 which is, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Notes as contemplated by the Prospectus.

 

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h)              Opinion of Counsel for the Company.  On the Closing Date, the Representatives shall have received the favorable opinion of (i) Sidley Austin LLP, special counsel for the Company, dated as of such Closing Date, the form of which is attached as Exhibit A-1, and (ii) Joanne Moffic-Silver, General Counsel of the Company, dated as of such Closing Date, the form of which is attached as Exhibit A-2.

 

i)                  Opinion of Counsel for the Underwriters.  On the Closing Date, the Representatives shall have received the favorable opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated as of such Closing Date, with respect to such matters as may be reasonably requested by the Underwriters.

 

j)                 Officers’ Certificate.  On the Closing Date, the Representative shall have received a written certificate executed by the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer or an Executive Vice President of the Company and the Chief Financial Officer or Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, dated as of such Closing Date, to the effect that:

 

(i)  the representations, warranties and covenants of the Company set forth in Section 1 of this Agreement are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made on and as of such Closing Date; and

 

(ii)  the Company has complied in all material respects with all the agreements hereunder and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such Closing Date.

 

k)              Additional Documents.  On or before the Closing Date, the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters shall have received such information, documents and opinions as they may reasonably require for the purposes of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Notes as contemplated herein, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations and warranties, or the satisfaction of any of the conditions or agreements, herein contained.

 

If any condition specified in this Section 5 is not satisfied when and as required to be satisfied, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representatives by notice to the Company at any time on or prior to the Closing Date, which termination shall be without liability on the part of any party to any other party, except that Sections 4, 6, 8, 9 and 17 shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination.

 

SECTION 6.  Reimbursement of Underwriters’ Expenses.  If this Agreement is terminated by the Representatives pursuant to Section 5, 10 or 11, or if the sale to the Underwriters of the Notes on the Closing Date is not consummated because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any agreement herein or to comply with any provision hereof, the Company agrees to reimburse the Representatives and the other Underwriters (or such Underwriters as have terminated this Agreement with respect to themselves), severally, upon demand for all out-of-pocket expenses that shall have been reasonably incurred by the Representatives and the Underwriters in connection with the proposed purchase and the offering

 

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and sale of the Notes, including but not limited to fees and disbursements of counsel, printing expenses, travel expenses, postage, facsimile and telephone charges.

 

SECTION 7.  Effectiveness of this Agreement.  This Agreement shall not become effective until the execution of this Agreement by the parties hereto.

 

SECTION 8.  Indemnification.

 

(a)  Indemnification of the Underwriters.  The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its directors, officers, employees, affiliates and agents, and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act against any loss, claim, damage or liability, as incurred, whether joint or several, to which such Underwriter or such director, officer, employee, affiliate, agent or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, or at common law or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company), insofar as such loss, claim, damage or liability (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arises out of or is based (i) upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, or any amendment thereto, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; or (ii) upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Company Additional Written Communication, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and to reimburse each Underwriter and each such director, officer, employee, affiliate, agent and controlling person for any and all out-of-pocket expenses (including the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Representatives, subject to clause (c) below) as such expenses are reasonably incurred by such Underwriter or such director, officer, employee, affiliate, agent or controlling person in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action; provided, however , that the foregoing indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense to the extent, but only to the extent, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any Company Additional Written Communication, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto).  The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 8(a) shall be in addition to any liabilities that the Company may otherwise have.

 

(b)  Indemnification of the Company, its Directors and Officers.  Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, against any loss, claim, damage or liability, as incurred, to which the Company or any such director, officer

 

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or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, or at common law or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of such Underwriter), insofar as such loss, claim, damage or liability (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arises out of or is based (i) upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, or any amendment thereto, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; or (ii) upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Company Additional Written Communication, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, any Company Additional Written Communication, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein; and to reimburse the Company, or any such director, officer or controlling person for any and all out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by the Company, or any such director, officer or controlling person in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action.  The Company hereby acknowledges that the only information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any Company Additional Written Communication, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) are the statements set forth in the first and second sentence of the fifth paragraph, the third sentence in the seventh paragraph and the third and fifth sentence of the fifteenth paragraph in the section entitled “Underwriting” in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus.  The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 8(b) shall be in addition to any liabilities that each Underwriter may otherwise have.

 

(c)  Notifications and Other Indemnification Procedures.  Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof, but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party for contribution or otherwise than under the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 8.  In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party and such indemnified party seeks or intends to seek indemnity from an indemnifying party, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in, and, to the extent that it shall elect, jointly with all other indemnifying parties similarly notified, by written notice delivered to the indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided, however , such indemnified party shall have the right to employ its own counsel in any such action and to participate in the defense thereof, but

 

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the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party, unless: (i) the employment of such counsel has been specifically authorized in writing by the indemnifying party; (ii) the indemnifying party has failed promptly to assume the defense and employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party; or (iii) the named parties to any such action (including any impleaded parties) include both such indemnified party and the indemnifying party or any affiliate of the indemnifying party, and such indemnified party shall have been advised by counsel that either (x) there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party or such affiliate of the indemnifying party or (y) a conflict may exist between such indemnified party and the indemnifying party or such affiliate of the indemnifying party (it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any one such action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general facts or circumstances, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to a single firm of local counsel) for all such indemnified parties, which firm shall be designated in writing by the Representatives if the Company is the indemnifying party and that all such reasonable fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred (within 60 days following written demand therefor (together with reasonable backup documentation supporting such reimbursement request)).  Upon receipt of notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of such indemnifying party’s election so to assume the defense of such action and approval by the indemnified party of counsel, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof unless the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the proviso to the next preceding sentence, in which case the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnifying party.

 

(d)  Settlements.  The indemnifying party under this Section 8 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 party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of such settlement or judgment.  Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by Section 8(c) hereof, the indemnifying party 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 party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.  No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) of the indemnified party, effect any settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity was or could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such action, suit or proceeding and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

 

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SECTION 9.  Contribution.  If the indemnification provided for in Section 8 is for any reason held to be unavailable to or otherwise insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount paid or payable by such indemnified party, as incurred, as a result of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein (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 Notes pursuant to this Agreement 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 hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, 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 hand, in connection with the offering of the Notes pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Notes pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company, and the total underwriting discount received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth on the front cover page of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate initial public offering price of the Notes as set forth on such cover.  The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, on the one hand, or the Underwriters, on the other hand, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

 

The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 8(c), any reasonable legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim.

 

The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 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 which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 9.

 

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting commissions received by such Underwriter in connection with the Notes underwritten by it and distributed to the public.  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 9 are several, and not joint, in proportion to their respective underwriting commitments as set forth opposite their names in Schedule A.  For purposes of this Section 9, each director, officer, employee, affiliate and agent of an Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such

 

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Underwriter, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company with the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company.

 

SECTION 10.  Default of One or More of the Several Underwriters.  If, on the Closing Date, any one or more of the several Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Notes that it or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, and the aggregate principal amount of Notes, which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase does not exceed 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be purchased on such date, the other Underwriters shall be obligated, severally, in the proportion to the aggregate principal amounts of such Notes set forth opposite their respective names on Schedule A bears to the aggregate principal amount of such Notes set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting Underwriters, or in such other proportions as may be specified by the Representatives with the consent of the non-defaulting Underwriters, to purchase such Notes which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase on such date.  If, on the Closing Date, any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase such Notes and the aggregate principal amount of such Notes with respect to which such default occurs exceeds 10% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be purchased on such date, and arrangements satisfactory to the Representatives and the Company for the purchase of such Notes are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of Sections 4, 6, 8, 9 and 17 shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination.  In any such case, either the Representatives 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, to the Registration Statement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or any other documents or arrangements may be effected.

 

As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” shall be deemed to include any person substituted for a defaulting Underwriter under this Section 10.  Any action taken under this Section 10 shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement.

 

SECTION 11.  Termination of this Agreement.  Prior to the Closing Date, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representatives by notice given to the Company if at any time (i) trading or quotation in any of the Company’s securities shall have been suspended or materially limited by the Commission or the NASDAQ Global Select Market; (ii) trading in securities generally on either the Nasdaq Stock Market, the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ Global Select Market shall have been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices shall have been generally established on any of such stock exchanges by the Commission or the FINRA; (iii) a general banking moratorium shall have been declared by any of federal or New York authorities; (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of national or international hostilities or any crisis or calamity involving the United States, or any substantial change in the United States or international financial markets, or any substantial change or development involving a prospective substantial change in United States’ or international political, financial or economic conditions, as in the reasonable judgment of the Representatives

 

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is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to market the Notes in the manner and on the terms described in the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or to enforce contracts for the sale of securities; (v) in the judgment of the Representatives there shall have occurred any Material Adverse Change; or (vi) there shall have occurred a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services that in the reasonable judgment of the Representatives is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to enforce contracts for the sale of securities.  Any termination pursuant to this Section 11 shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Sections 4 and 6 hereof; provided that Sections 4, 6, 8, 9 and 17 shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect.

 

SECTION 12.  No Fiduciary Duty .  The Company acknowledges and agrees that:  (i) the purchase and sale of the Notes pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the public offering price of the Notes 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 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 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 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.

 

SECTION 13.  Representations and Indemnities to Survive Delivery.  The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company, of its officers and of the several Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement (i) will remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any (A) investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, the officers or employees of any Underwriter, or any person controlling the Underwriter, the Company, the officers or employees of the Company, or any person controlling the Company, as the case may be or (B) acceptance of

 

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the Notes and payment for them hereunder and (ii) will survive delivery of and payment for the Notes sold hereunder and any termination of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 14.  Notices.  All communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed, hand delivered, electronically delivered or telecopied and confirmed to the parties hereto as follows:

 

If to the Representatives:

 

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

550 South Tryon Street, 5th Floor

Charlotte, NC 28202

Facsimile: (704) 410-0326

Attention: Transaction Management

 

and

 

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

1585 Broadway, 29th Floor

New York, NY 10036

Facsimile: (212) 507-8999

Attention: Investment Banking Division

 

with a copy to:

 

Shearman & Sterling LLP

599 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Facsimile: (212) 848-7179

Electronic Mail: Jonathan.DeSantis@Shearman.com

Attention: JD DeSantis, Esq.

 

If to the Company:

CBOE Holdings, Inc.

400 South LaSalle Street

Chicago, IL 60605

Facsimile: (312) 786-7575

Electronic Mail: Dean@cboe.com

Attention: Alan Dean

 

Attention: Joanne Moffic-Silver

Facsimile: (312) 786-7919

Electronic Mail: legalnotices@cboe.com

 

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with a copy to:

 

Sidley Austin LLP

One South Dearborn

Chicago, IL 60603

Facsimile: (312) 853-7036

Electronic Mail: KBlatchford@sidley.com

Attention: Kevin F. Blatchford, Esq.

 

Attention: Beth E. Peev, Esq.

Facsimile: (312) 853-7036

Electronic Mail: bpeev@sidley.com

 

Any party hereto may change the address for receipt of communications by giving written notice to the others.

 

SECTION 15.  Successors.  This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, including any substitute Underwriters pursuant to Section 10 hereof, and to the benefit of the directors, officers, employees, affiliates, agents and controlling persons referred to in Sections 8 and 9, and in each case their respective successors, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.  The term “successors” shall not include any purchaser of the Notes as such from any of the Underwriters merely by reason of such purchase.

 

SECTION 16.  Partial Unenforceability.  The invalidity or unenforceability of any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other Section, paragraph or provision hereof.  If any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be made such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and enforceable.

 

SECTION 17.  Governing Law Provisions.  THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN THAT STATE.

 

(a)  Consent to Jurisdiction.  Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may be instituted in the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan, or the courts of the State of New York in each case located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan  (collectively, the “ Specified Courts ”), and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction (except for proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any such court, as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding.  Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such party’s address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court.  The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other

 

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proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

Section 18.   Trial by Jury .  THE COMPANY AND EACH OF THE UNDERWRITERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

SECTION 19.  General Provisions.  This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each one of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.  This Agreement may not be amended or modified unless in writing by all of the parties hereto, and no condition herein (express or implied) may be waived unless waived in writing by each party whom the condition is meant to benefit.  The Section headings herein are for the convenience of the parties only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that it is a sophisticated business person who was adequately represented by counsel during negotiations regarding the provisions hereof, including, without limitation, the indemnification provisions of Section 8 and the contribution provisions of Section 9, and is fully informed regarding said provisions.  Each of the parties hereto further acknowledges that the provisions of Sections 8 and 9 hereto fairly allocate the risks in light of the ability of the parties to investigate the Company, its affairs and its business in order to assure that adequate disclosure has been made in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (and any amendments and supplements thereto), as required by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to the Company the enclosed copies hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts hereof, shall become a binding agreement in accordance with its terms.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

CBOE Holdings, Inc.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Alan J. Dean

 

 

Name: Alan J. Dean

 

 

Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted by the Representatives as of the date first above written.

 

WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC

 

 

 

MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC

 

 

 

Acting as Representatives of the

 

several Underwriters named in

 

the attached Schedule A.

 

 

 

By:

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Carolyn Hurley

 

 

Name: Carolyn Hurley

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

 

By:

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Yurij Slyz

 

 

Name: Yurij Slyz

 

 

Title: Executive Director

 

 

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SCHEDULE A

 

Underwriters

 

Aggregate
Principal
Amount of
Notes to be
Purchased

 

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

 

$

150,000,000

 

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

 

$

60,000,000

 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

 

$

21,000,000

 

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

 

$

21,000,000

 

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated

 

$

9,000,000

 

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

 

$

9,000,000

 

The Huntington Investment Company

 

$

9,000,000

 

PNC Capital Markets LLC .

 

$

9,000,000

 

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

 

$

9,000,000

 

Loop Capital Markets LLC

 

$

3,000,000

 

Total

 

$

300,000,000

 

 

Sch- A



 

ANNEX I

 

Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses

 

Final Term Sheet dated June 26, 2017

 

Annex- 1



 

ANNEX II

 

Company Additional Written Communication

 

None

 

Annex- 2



 

EXHIBIT B

Form of Final Term Sheet

 

CBOE Holdings, Inc.
Pricing Term Sheet
June 26, 2017

 

Issuer:

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”)

 

 

Security:

1.950% Senior Notes due 2019

 

 

Principal Amount:

$300,000,000

 

 

Maturity Date:

June 28, 2019

 

 

Coupon (Interest Rate):

1.950%

 

 

Price to Public:

99.930%

 

 

Yield to Maturity:

1.986%

 

 

Spread to Benchmark Treasury:

T+65 basis points

 

 

Benchmark Treasury:

1.250% due May 31, 2019

 

 

Benchmark Treasury Price / Yield:

99-26 ¾ / 1.336%

 

 

Interest Payment Dates:

June 28 and December 28, with first payment on December 28, 2017

 

 

Make-Whole Redemption:

At any time and from time to time, in whole or in part, at the greater of 100% of the principal amount of notes being redeemed and a make-whole redemption price determined by using a discount rate of the applicable Treasury Rate plus 10 basis points, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date.

 

 

Change of Control:

Put at 101% of principal plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the repurchase date.

 

 

Trade Date:

June 26, 2017

 

 

Settlement Date:

June 29, 2017 (T+3)

 

 

CUSIP/ISIN:

12503M AB4 / US12503MAB46

 

 

Joint Book-Running Managers:

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

 

 

Co-Managers:

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
The Huntington Investment Company

 



 

 

PNC Capital Markets LLC
U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.
Loop Capital Markets LLC

 

The Company has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) and a related preliminary prospectus supplement with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement, the preliminary prospectus supplement and other documents the Company has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Company and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC or Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC can arrange to send you the prospectus and the related preliminary prospectus supplement if you request it by calling Wells Fargo Securities, LLC at 1-800-645-3751 or calling Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC at 1-866-718-1649.

 


Exhibit 4.1

 

CBOE HOLDINGS, INC.

 

Officer’s Certificate
Pursuant to Section 301 of the Indenture

 

June 29, 2017

 

The undersigned, Edward T. Tilly, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, and Alan J. Dean, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, of CBOE Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), pursuant to Section 301 of the Indenture dated as of January 12, 2017 (the “ Indenture ”) between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”), providing for the issuance of an unlimited amount of the Company’s unsecured senior or subordinated debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the “ Debt Securities ”), do hereby certify that:

 

1.                                       The terms and conditions of a series of the Debt Securities designated as 1.950% Senior Notes due 2019 (the “ Notes ”) to be issued under the Indenture as global securities (the “ Global Securities ”), and to be sold by the Company pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement dated June 26, 2017 (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”) among the Company and the several Underwriters (as defined therein), were duly approved and authorized by the Designated Officers (as defined in the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company on June 23, 2017 (the “ Resolutions ”)) of the Company, in accordance with the Resolutions, and such terms and conditions of the Notes are set forth in the form of the global security relating to the Notes in accordance with the Indenture, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A .

 

2.                                       In connection with the foregoing, (i) we have read Article One of the Indenture, captioned “Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application,” Article Two of the Indenture, captioned “Security Forms,” Article Three of the Indenture, captioned “The Securities,” and the other applicable provisions of the Indenture; (ii) we have consulted and made inquiries of certain officials of the Company and examined certain records relating to the Company and the above-mentioned actions taken by it; (iii) we have made such investigation and examination as we deemed appropriate and as in our opinion is necessary to enable us to express an informed opinion as to the foregoing matters; and (iv) in our opinion the foregoing matters are true and all conditions precedent under the Indenture relating to the execution and delivery of the Notes have been complied with.

 

[ SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS ]

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Officer’s Certificate as of the date first set forth above.

 

 

 

CBOE HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Edward T. Tilly

 

 

Name:

Edward T. Tilly

 

 

Title:

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Alan J. Dean

 

 

Name:

Alan J. Dean

 

 

Title:

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

[ Signature Page to Officer’s Certificate Pursuant to Section 301 of the Indenture ]

 



 

EXHIBIT A

 

Form of Global Security

 



 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (THE “DEPOSITARY”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY, THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.

 

CBOE HOLDINGS, INC.

1.950% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2019

 

No. R-1

$300,000,000

(Principal Amount)

 

 

 

 

REGISTERED

ISIN:

 

US12503MAB46

GLOBAL SECURITY

CUSIP:

 

12503M AB4

 

CBOE HOLDINGS, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “ Company ”, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture referred to herein), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum indicated on Schedule A hereto on June 28, 2019 (the “ Stated Maturity Date ”), unless redeemed on a Redemption Date (as defined herein) prior to the Stated Maturity Date (the Stated Maturity Date or any Redemption Date is also referred to herein as the “ Maturity Date ” with respect to the principal repayable on such date), in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest thereon, in like coin or currency, at a rate of 1.950% per year, computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, until the principal hereof is paid or duly made available for payment, semi-annually in arrears on June 28 and December 28 (each, an “ Interest Payment Date ”) in each year commencing on December 28, 2017, to the registered holder of this Note (the “ Holder ”) as of the close of business on the “ Regular Record Date ” for such interest payment, which shall be the June 13 and December 13 preceding the respective Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day (as defined herein)). Interest on this Note will accrue from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from June 29, 2017,

 



 

until the principal hereof has been paid or duly made available for payment. If the Maturity Date or an Interest Payment Date falls on a day which is not a Business Day, principal, premium, if any, and interest payable with respect to such Maturity Date or Interest Payment Date, as the case may be, will be paid on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Maturity Date or Interest Payment Date, as the case may be, and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Maturity Date or Interest Payment Date. The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person (as defined in the Indenture) in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest payment. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and shall be paid to the Persons, and on the notice, as is provided in the Indenture. As used herein, “ Business Day ” means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment (as defined in the Indenture) are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

 

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities (hereinafter called the “ Securities ”) of the Company issued and to be issued under an Indenture, dated as of January 12, 2017 (the “ Indenture ”), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (herein called the “ Trustee ”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto and the Officer’s Certificate setting forth the form and the terms of the series of Securities reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitation of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders and the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the series of Securities designated as “1.950% Senior Notes due 2019” (the “ Notes ”). The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of Securities or Notes that may be issued thereunder.

 

Optional Redemption

 

The Company may, at its option, redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice transmitted to the Holders of the Notes to be redeemed. The Notes will be so redeemable at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (2) the sum of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed that would be due after the related date fixed for the redemption therefor (the “ Redemption Date ”) to, but excluding, the Redemption Date (except that, if such Redemption Date is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to the Notes, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued and unpaid thereon to the Redemption Date), discounted to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 10 basis points, plus, in the case of both clauses (1) and (2) above, accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes being redeemed, if any, to, but excluding, such Redemption Date. The Company will be required to notify the Trustee of the redemption price with respect to any redemption promptly after the calculation and the Trustee will not be responsible for such calculation.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, payments of interest on the Notes that are due and payable on

 

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any Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to a date fixed for redemption of any Notes will be payable to the Holders of those Notes registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Date according to their terms and the terms and provisions of the Indenture.

 

Comparable Treasury Issue ” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with 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 Redemption Date, (1) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Company obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.

 

Independent Investment Banker ” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company.

 

Reference Treasury Dealer ” means each of (i) Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and their respective successors and (ii) two other nationally recognized investment banking firms that are primary U.S. Government securities dealers in New York City (each, a “ Primary Treasury Dealer ”) specified from time to time by the Company, except that if any of the foregoing ceases to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company is required to designate as a substitute another nationally recognized investment banking firm that is a Primary Treasury Dealer.

 

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations ” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Company, 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 by such Reference Treasury Dealer as of 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding such Redemption Date.

 

Treasury Rate ” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity (computed as of the second business day immediately preceding such Redemption Date) 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 such Redemption Date.

 

On and after any Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes called for redemption. On or prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with a paying agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on the Notes to be redeemed on such date. If less than all the Notes are to be redeemed, (a) if such Notes are represented by global notes, interests in such global notes will be selected for redemption in accordance with the customary procedures of The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”), or (b) if such Notes are represented by notes in certificated form, the Trustee will select the Notes to be redeemed by such method as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate in accordance with methods generally used at the time of selection by indenture trustees in similar circumstances.

 

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To the extent that (i) the foregoing Optional Redemption provision of this Note modifies in any respect Article Eleven of the Indenture or (ii) there is any inconsistency between the foregoing Optional Redemption provision of this Note and the provisions of Article Eleven of the Indenture, in each case the provisions of the foregoing Optional Redemption provision shall govern and control.

 

Change of Control

 

If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the Notes in whole (as described under “Optional Redemption”), Holders of Notes will have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of their Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the “ Change of Control Offer ”). In the Change of Control Offer, the Company will be required to offer payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased, to, but excluding, the date of repurchase (the “ Change of Control Payment ”); provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, payments of interest on Notes that are due and payable on any Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to such date of repurchase will be payable to the Holders of the Notes registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Date according to their terms and the terms and provisions of the Indenture.

 

Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event or, at the Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control, but after public announcement of the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control, the Company will (unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the Notes in whole) be required to transmit a notice to Holders of Notes and the Trustee describing the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event and offering to repurchase the Notes on the date specified in the notice, which date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is sent (the “ Change of Control Payment Date ”), which offer will constitute the Change of Control Offer. The notice will, if sent prior to the date on which the Change of Control occurs, state that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control Triggering Event occurring on or prior to the applicable Change of Control Payment Date.

 

Holders of Notes electing to have a Note or portion thereof repurchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender the Note (which, in the case of global notes, must be made in accordance with the procedures of DTC, as depositary for such Notes) to the Trustee under the Indenture (or to such other person as may be designated by the Company for such purpose) as provided in the applicable Change of Control notice prior to the close of business on the third business day immediately preceding the applicable Change of Control Payment Date and to comply with other procedures and requirements set forth in such Change of Control notice.

 

On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will be required, to the extent lawful, to:

 

·                                 accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer and not withdrawn;

·                                 deposit with the paying agent for the Notes an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes accepted by the Company for payment; and

 

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·                                 deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an officer’s certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being repurchased.

 

Interest on Notes and portions of Notes properly tendered for repurchase pursuant to a Change of Control Offer and not withdrawn will cease to accrue on and after the applicable Change of Control Payment Date, unless the Company shall have failed to accept such Notes and such portions of Notes for payment or failed to deposit the Change of Control Payment in respect thereof in accordance with the immediately preceding paragraph. The Company will promptly pay, or cause the Trustee or a paying agent for the Notes to promptly pay (by application of funds deposited by the Company as aforesaid), to each Holder of Notes (or portions thereof) properly tendered and not withdrawn and accepted for payment by the Company pursuant to such Change of Control Offer, the Change of Control Payment for such Notes. In the case of any Note repurchased in part, the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be delivered by book-entry transfer) to the Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unrepurchased portion of the Note repurchased in part.

 

The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company and the third party repurchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer.

 

The Company will be required to comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”) and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with these Change of Control provisions, the Company will be required to comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under these Change of Control provisions by virtue of such compliance. The Trustee shall not be responsible for monitoring the Company’s rating status, making any request upon any Rating Agency, or determining whether any Rating Event has occurred.

 

For purposes of a repurchase at the option of Holders pursuant to this Change of Control provision, the following definitions are applicable:

 

Change of Control ” means the occurrence of any of the following: (1) the direct or indirect sale, lease, 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 the properties and assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any Person other than the Company or one of its Subsidiaries; (2) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any Person becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the then outstanding number of shares of its Voting Stock or other Voting Stock into which the Company Voting Stock is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; (3) the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, any Person, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into the Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the outstanding shares of the Company’s Voting Stock or the Voting Stock of such other Person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the shares of the Company’s Voting Stock outstanding immediately prior to such

 

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transaction constitute, or are converted into or exchanged for, a majority of the Voting Stock of the resulting or surviving Person or any direct or indirect parent company of the resulting or surviving Person immediately after giving effect to such transaction; or (4) the adoption of a plan providing for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control under clause (2) or (3) above if (i) the Company becomes a direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of a holding company and (ii)(A) the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Stock of such holding company immediately following that transaction are substantially the same (in the Company’s good faith judgment) as the Holders of the Company’s Voting Stock immediately prior to that transaction or (B) immediately following that transaction no Person (other than a holding company satisfying the requirements of this sentence) is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of such holding company. The term “Person,” as used in this definition, has the meaning given thereto in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.

 

Change of Control Triggering Event ” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Rating Event.

 

Investment Grade Rating ” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB— (or the equivalent) by S&P, and a rating equal to or higher than the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any replacement rating agency or rating agencies selected by the Company pursuant to clause (2) of the definition of “Rating Agencies.”

 

Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or its successor.

 

Rating Agencies ” means (1) each of Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if either 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 its control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act, selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of its Board of Directors) as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, or both of them, as the case may be.

 

Rating Event ” means the rating on the Notes is lowered to below an Investment Grade Rating by each of the Rating Agencies, on any day during the period (which period will be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies) commencing 60 days prior to the earlier of the first public notice of (i) the occurrence of a Change of Control or (ii) the Company’s intention to effect a Change of Control and ending 60 days following consummation of such Change of Control; provided that a Rating Event will not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus will not be deemed a Rating Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Triggering Event) if each Rating Agency making the reduction in rating does not publicly announce or confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at the Company’s request that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control has occurred at the time of the Rating Event).

 

S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s, a division of S&P Global Inc., or its successor.

 

Voting Stock ” means, with respect to any specified “Person” (as that term is used in Section

 

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13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) as of any date, the capital stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such Person.

 

The foregoing Change of Control provision of this Note shall be the only provisions in respect of the Notes relating to the subject matter set forth in this Change of Control provision and the provisions of Article Thirteen of the Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes.

 

Payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Note will be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to an account maintained by the Depositary for such purpose.

 

The Notes will not be subject to any sinking fund or mandatory redemption.

 

The Notes will be initially issued in an aggregate principal amount of $300,000,000. The Company may, without notice to or consent of the Holders or beneficial owners of the Notes, issue as a separate offering additional notes having the same ranking, interest rate, maturity and other terms as the Notes. The Notes and any such additional notes will constitute a single series.

 

The Notes will constitute part of the Company’s unsecured and unsubordinated obligations and will rank equal in right of payment to all of the Company’s other existing and future unsecured senior obligations.

 

The Notes are subject to the satisfaction and discharge and defeasance provisions of the Indenture in accordance with Article Four and Article Fourteen of the Indenture, respectively.

 

If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal amount hereof may be declared, and upon such declaration shall be due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.

 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities under the Indenture to be effected at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of all Outstanding (as defined in the Indenture) Securities under the Indenture affected by such amendment and modification. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series under the Indenture, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture or such Securities and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this Note at the times, places, and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

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As provided in the Indenture, and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the Security Register of the Company upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in the Place of Payment duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or by his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of this series having the same terms as this Note, of authorized denominations, having the same terms and conditions and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 

The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture, and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this Note is exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes having the same terms as this Note of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

 

No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

 

Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

THE INDENTURE AND THE NOTES, INCLUDING THIS NOTE, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

All terms used but not defined in this Note that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture and all references in the Indenture to “Security” or “Securities” shall be deemed to include the Notes.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, the Trustee under the Indenture, or its successor thereunder, by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed, manually or in facsimile.

 

 

 

CBOE Holdings, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

Alan J. Dean

 

 

Title:

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

Attest:

 

By:

 

 

Name:

David S. Reynolds

 

Title:

Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

 

 

[ Signature Page to Note ]

 



 

Date:                                                                   June 29, 2017

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

 

 

By:

 

 

 

[ Authentication Page to Note ]

 



 

ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

 

I or we assign and transfer this Note to

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

 

 

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

 

And irrevocably appoint

 

Agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company.  The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

 

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears on the first page of the within Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever and must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor

 

 

Signature Guarantee*:

 

 

 


*Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“ STAMP ”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 



 

SCHEDULE A

 

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES OF INTEREST IN THE GLOBAL NOTE

 

The initial principal amount of this Global Note is $300,000,000. The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made:

 

Date of
Exchange

 

Amount of
Decrease in
Principal
Amount at
Maturity
of this Global
Note

 

Amount of
Increase in
Principal
Amount at
Maturity
of this Global
Note

 

Principal
Amount at
Maturity
of this Global
Note
Following such
decrease (or
increase)

 

Signature of
Authorized
Signatory
of Trustee or
Custodian

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Exhibit 5.1

 

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP

ONE SOUTH DEARBORN STREET
CHICAGO, IL 60603

+1 312 853 7000

+1 312 853 7036 FAX

BEIJING

BOSTON

BRUSSELS

CENTURY CITY

CHICAGO

DALLAS

GENEVA

HONG KONG

HOUSTON

LONDON

LOS ANGELES

MUNICH

NEW YORK

PALO ALTO

SAN FRANCISCO

SHANGHAI

SINGAPORE

SYDNEY

TOKYO

WASHINGTON, D.C.

 

 

FOUNDED 1866

 

June 29, 2017

 

CBOE Holdings, Inc.

400 South LaSalle Street

Chicago, Illinois 60605

 

Re:                              $300,000,000 1.950% Senior Notes due 2019

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We refer to the Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-215401 (the “ Registration Statement ”) filed by CBOE Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), which Registration Statement became effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act. Pursuant to the Registration Statement, the Company is issuing $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 1.950% Senior Notes due 2019 (the “ Securities ”). The Securities are being issued under an Indenture dated as of January 12, 2017 (the “ Indenture ”), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”). The Securities are to be sold by the Company pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated June 26, 2017 (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”), among the Company and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule A to the Underwriting Agreement.

 

This opinion letter is being delivered in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.

 

We have examined the Registration Statement, the Indenture, the Underwriting Agreement, the Securities in global form and the resolutions adopted by the board of directors of the Company relating to the Registration Statement, the Indenture, the Underwriting Agreement and the issuance of the Securities by the Company.

 

We have also examined originals, or copies of originals certified to our satisfaction, of such agreements, documents, certificates and statements of the Company and other corporate documents and instruments, and have examined such questions of law, as we have considered relevant and necessary as a basis for this opinion letter. We have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all persons and the conformity with the original documents of any copies thereof submitted to us for examination. As to facts relevant to the opinions expressed herein, we have relied without independent investigation or verification upon, and assumed the accuracy and completeness of,

 

Sidley Austin LLP is a limited liability partnership practicing in affiliation with other Sidley Austin partnerships.

 



 

certificates, letters and oral and written statements and representations of public officials and officers and other representatives of the Company.

 

Based on and subject to the foregoing and the other limitations, qualifications and assumptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that the Securities will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company when the Securities are duly executed by a duly authorized officer of the Company and duly authenticated by the Trustee, all in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, and delivered to the purchasers thereof against payment of the agreed consideration therefor in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement.

 

Our opinion is subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), including concepts of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief.

 

This opinion letter is limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the laws of the State of New York (excluding the securities laws of the State of New York). We express no opinion as to the laws, rules or regulations of any other jurisdiction, including, without limitation, the federal laws of the United States of America or any state securities or blue sky laws.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an Exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K on the date hereof, which Form 8-K will be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, and to all references to our firm included in or made a part of the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

/s/ Sidley Austin LLP

 

2


Exhibit 12.1

 

Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

(in millions, except ratios and percentages)

 

 

 

Three Months
Ended

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

Description

 

March 31, 2017

 

2016

 

2015

 

2014

 

2013

 

2012

 

Pretax income before adjustment for income or loss from equity investees

 

$

18.3

 

$

306.6

 

$

324.0

 

$

309.7

 

$

283.7

 

$

242.6

 

Fixed charges:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expensed and capitalized and amortized premiums, discounts and capitalized expenses

 

8.6

 

5.7

 

 

 

 

 

Estimate of interest expense within rental expense

 

0.7

 

1.5

 

1.4

 

1.3

 

1.0

 

1.1

 

Distributed income of equity investees

 

 

2.9

 

2.4

 

 

 

 

Earnings

 

$

27.6

 

$

316.7

 

$

327.8

 

$

311.0

 

$

284.7

 

$

243.7

 

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges

 

3.0x

 

43.9x

 

232.0x

 

244.7x

 

284.9x

 

212.1x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Estimate of interest expense within rental expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rental expense

 

$

2.1

 

$

4.4

 

$

4.1

 

$

3.8

 

$

3.0

 

$

3.5

 

Estimate of interest component of rental expense%

 

33.3

%

33.3

%

33.3

%

33.3

%

33.3

%

33.3

%

Estimate of interest expense within rental expense

 

$

0.7

 

$

1.5

 

$

1.4

 

$

1.3

 

$

1.0

 

$

1.1