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): March 14, 2019
TRITON INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
Bermuda | 001-37827 | 98-1276572 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
Canons Court, 22 Victoria Street Hamilton HM12, Bermuda
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)
Telephone: (441) 294-8033
(Registrants Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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 any of the following provisions:
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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 ☐
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 Section13(a) of the Exchange Act ☐
Item 8.01. |
Other Events. |
On March 14, 2019, Triton International Limited (the Company) and certain investment funds affiliated with Warburg Pincus LLC (the Selling Shareholders) entered into an underwriting agreement with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (the Underwriter) in connection with the offer and sale by the Selling Shareholders of 7,132,790 common shares of the Company. Following the sale of the common shares, the Selling Shareholders will no longer own any of the Companys common shares. Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company has agreed to repurchase from the Underwriter 1,500,000 common shares that are the subject of the offering at a price per share equal to the price at which the Underwriter will purchase such shares from the Selling Shareholders in the offering. The offering is scheduled to close on March 19, 2019, subject to customary closing conditions.
The offering was made pursuant to the Companys registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-220340) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), which became effective on September 5, 2017 (the Registration Statement), a base prospectus, dated September 5, 2017, included as part of the Registration Statement, and a prospectus supplement, dated March 14, 2019, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act.
The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01.
The Company is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K to add the following exhibits to the Registration Statement: (i) the Underwriting Agreement (Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K) and (ii) the opinion of Appleby (Bermuda) Limited, as counsel to the Company, regarding the validity of the common shares and their related consent (Exhibits 5.1 and 23.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K).
Item 9.01. |
Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: March 18, 2019 |
TRITON INTERNATIONAL LIMITED |
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By: |
/s/ John Burns |
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Name: John Burns | ||||||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit 1.1
Execution Version
TRITON INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
(a Bermuda exempted company)
7,132,790 Common Shares
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Dated: March 14, 2019
TRITON INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
(a Bermuda exempted company)
7,132,790 Common Shares
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
March 14, 2019
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
1585 Broadway, 29th Floor
New York, New York 10036
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Triton International Limited, a Bermuda exempted company (the Company), and the persons listed in Schedule A hereto (the Selling Shareholders), confirm their respective agreements with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (the Underwriter) with respect to the sale by the Selling Shareholders, acting severally and not jointly, and the purchase by the Underwriter, of the respective numbers of Common Shares, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (Common Shares) set forth in Schedule A hereto (the Securities).
The Company and the Selling Shareholders understand that the Underwriter proposes to make a public offering of the Securities as soon as the Underwriter deems advisable after this Agreement has been executed and delivered.
The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-220340) covering the public offering and sale of certain securities, including the Securities, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 1933 Act), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the 1933 Act Regulations), which automatic shelf registration statement became effective under Rule 462(e) under the 1933 Act Regulations (Rule 462(e)). Such registration statement, as of any time, means such registration statement as amended by any post-effective amendments thereto to such time, including the exhibits and any schedules thereto at such time, the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein at such time pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act and the documents otherwise deemed to be a part thereof as of such time pursuant to Rule 430B under the 1933 Act Regulations (Rule 430B), is referred to herein as the Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Registration Statement without reference to a time means such registration statement as amended by any post-effective amendments thereto as of the time of the first contract of sale for the Securities, which time shall be considered the new effective date of such registration statement with respect to the Securities within the meaning of paragraph (f)(2) of Rule 430B, including the exhibits and schedules thereto as of such time, the documents incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference therein at such time pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act and the documents otherwise deemed to be a part thereof as of such time pursuant to the Rule 430B. Each preliminary prospectus used in connection with the offering of the Securities, including the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act, are collectively referred to herein as a preliminary prospectus. Promptly after execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will prepare and file a final prospectus relating to the Securities in accordance with the provisions of Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act Regulations (Rule 424(b)). The final prospectus, in the form first furnished
or made available to the Underwriter for use in connection with the offering of the Securities, including the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act, are collectively referred to herein as the Prospectus. For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (or any successor system)(EDGAR).
As used in this Agreement:
Applicable Time means 4:10 p.m., New York City time, on March 14, 2019, or such other time as agreed by the Company and the Underwriter.
General Disclosure Package means any Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectuses issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, the most recent preliminary prospectus (including any documents incorporated therein by reference) that is distributed to investors prior to the Applicable Time and the information included on Schedule B-1 hereto, all considered together.
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus means any issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations (Rule 433), including without limitation any free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations (Rule 405)) relating to the Securities that is (i) required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, (ii) a road show that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i), whether or not required to be filed with the Commission, or (iii) exempt from filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Securities or of the offering that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Companys records pursuant to Rule 433(g).
Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors (other than a bona fide electronic road show, as defined in Rule 433), as evidenced by its being specified in Schedule B-2 hereto.
Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not an Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus.
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, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to include all such financial statements and schedules and other information incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement; and all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the 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 1934 Act), incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, such preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, at or after the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
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SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties .
(a) Representations and Warranties by the Company . The Company represents and warrants to the Underwriter as of the date hereof, the Applicable Time and the Closing Time (as defined below), and agrees with the Underwriter and each of the Selling Shareholders, as follows:
(i) Registration Statement and Prospectuses . The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act. The Registration Statement is an automatic shelf registration statement (as defined in Rule 405) and the Securities have been and remain eligible for registration by the Company on such automatic shelf registration statement. The Registration Statement has become effective under the 1933 Act. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued under the 1933 Act, no order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to the Companys knowledge, contemplated. The Company has complied with each request (if any) from the Commission for additional information.
Each of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time of its effectiveness, each deemed effective date with respect to the Underwriter pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) under the 1933 Act Regulations, the Applicable Time and the Closing Time complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations. Each preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, at the time each was filed with the Commission, and, in each case, at the Applicable Time and the Closing Time complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act Regulations and each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus delivered to the Underwriter for use in connection with this offering was or will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, when they became effective or at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1934 Act (the 1934 Act Regulations).
(ii) Accurate Disclosure . Neither the Registration Statement nor any amendment thereto, at its effective time, on the date hereof and at the Closing Time contained, contains or will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. At the Applicable Time, neither (A) the General Disclosure Package nor (B) any individual Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included, includes or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits 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. Neither the Prospectus nor any amendment or supplement thereto, as of its issue date, at the time of any filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and at the Closing Time, included, includes or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits 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. The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, at the time the Registration Statement became effective or when
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such documents incorporated by reference were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, when read together with the other information in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, did not and will not include 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.
The representations and warranties in this subsection shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriter expressly for use therein. For purposes of this Agreement, the only information so furnished shall be (i) the name of the Underwriter on the cover page and under the heading Underwriting, (ii) the first paragraph under the heading UnderwritingCommissions and Discounts and (iii) the information in the first, second and third paragraph under the heading UnderwritingPrice Stabilization, Short Positions, in each case, contained in the Prospectus (collectively, the Underwriter Information).
(iii) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses . No Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein, and any preliminary or other prospectus deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified. Any offer that is a written communication relating to the Securities made prior to the initial filing of the Registration Statement by the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this paragraph only, of Rule 163(c) of the 1933 Act Regulations) has been filed with the Commission in accordance with the exemption provided by Rule 163 under the 1933 Act Regulations (Rule 163) and otherwise complied with the requirements of Rule 163, including without limitation the legending requirement, to qualify such offer for the exemption from Section 5(c) of the 1933 Act provided by Rule 163.
(iv) Well-Known Seasoned Issuer. (A) At the original effectiveness of the Registration Statement, (B) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act or form of prospectus), (C) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) under the 1933 Act) made any offer relating to the Securities in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 under the 1933 Act, and (D) as of the Applicable Time, the Company was and is a well-known seasoned issuer (as defined in Rule 405).
(v) Company Not Ineligible Issuer . At the time of filing the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations) of the Securities and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an ineligible issuer, as defined in Rule 405, without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an ineligible issuer.
(vi) Independent Accountants . KPMG LLP, which have certified the financial statements and supporting schedules of the Company included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are independent public accountants as required by the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act, the 1934 Act Regulations and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
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(vii) Financial Statements; Non-GAAP Financial Measures . The consolidated financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes, present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries at the dates indicated and the statement of operations, shareholders equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods specified; said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The supporting schedules present fairly in all material respects in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated therein. The selected financial data and the summary financial information included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package 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 audited financial statements included therein. Except as included therein, no historical or pro forma financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus under the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations. All disclosures contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or incorporated by reference therein, regarding non-GAAP financial measures (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply with Regulation G of the 1934 Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the 1933 Act, to the extent applicable. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commissions rules and guidelines applicable thereto.
(viii) No Material Adverse Change in Business . Except as otherwise stated therein, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (A) there has been no material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business (a Material Adverse Effect), (B) there have been no transactions entered into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, other than those in the ordinary course of business, which are material with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, and (C) except for regular quarterly dividends on the Common Shares in amounts per share that are consistent with past practice, there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its share capital.
(ix) Good Standing of the Company . The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a company in good standing under the laws of Bermuda and has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement; and the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(x) Good Standing of Subsidiaries . Each significant subsidiary of the Company (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) (each, a Subsidiary and, collectively, the Subsidiaries) has been duly organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, has corporate or similar power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock, or equivalent, of each Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity. None of the outstanding shares of capital stock, or equivalent, of any Subsidiary were issued in violation of the preemptive or similar rights of any securityholder of such Subsidiary. The only subsidiaries of the Company are the subsidiaries listed on Exhibit 21.1 to the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018.
(xi) Capitalization . The outstanding shares of the Company, including the Securities to be purchased by the Underwriter from the Selling Shareholders, have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. None of the outstanding shares of the Company, including the Securities to be purchased by the Underwriter from the Selling Shareholders, were issued in violation of the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company.
(xii) Authorization . This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. The Share Repurchase (as defined below) has been duly authorized by the Company.
(xiii) Description of Securities . The Common Shares conform in all material respects to the statements relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and such description conforms in all material respects to the rights set forth in the instruments defining the same. No holder of Securities will be subject to personal liability by reason of being such a holder.
(xiv) Registration Rights . There are no persons with registration rights or other similar rights to have any securities registered for sale pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise registered for sale or sold by the Company under the 1933 Act pursuant to this Agreement, other than those rights that have been disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or have been waived.
(xv) Absence of Violations, Defaults and Conflicts . Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (A) in violation of its charter, memorandum of association, by-laws or similar organizational document, (B) in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound or to which any of the properties or assets of the Company or any subsidiary is subject (collectively, Agreements and Instruments), except for such defaults that would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (C) in violation of any law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any arbitrator, court, governmental body, regulatory body, administrative agency or other authority, body or agency (foreign or domestic) having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties,
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assets or operations (each, a Governmental Entity), except for such violations that would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and compliance by the Company with its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not and will not conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any properties or assets of the Company or any subsidiary pursuant to, the Agreements and Instruments (except for such conflicts, breaches, defaults or Repayment Events or liens, charges or encumbrances that would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect), nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the charter, memorandum of association, by-laws or similar organizational document of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any Governmental Entity. As used herein, a Repayment Event means any event or condition which gives the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holders behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
(xvi) Absence of Labor Dispute . No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or any subsidiarys principal suppliers, manufacturers or customers which, in either case, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xvii) Absence of Proceedings . Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any Governmental Entity now pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries which would, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or which would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect their respective properties or assets or the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement or the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder.
(xviii) Accuracy of Exhibits . There are no contracts or documents which are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement which have not been so described and filed as required.
(xix) Absence of Further Requirements . No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any Governmental Entity is required for the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, in connection with the offering, issuance or sale of the Securities hereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Share Repurchase, except such as have been already obtained or as may be required under the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the rules of the New York Stock Exchange, state securities laws or the rules of Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) or the filing of the Prospectus with the Bermuda Registrar of Companies as soon as reasonably practicable after publication of the Prospectus.
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(xx) Possession of Licenses and Permits . The Company and its subsidiaries possess such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively, Governmental Licenses) issued by the appropriate Governmental Entities necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, except where the failure so to possess would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. All of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except when the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Governmental Licenses which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxi) Title to Property . The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real property owned by them that is material to their business or operations and good title to all of its containers and other properties owned by them, in each case, free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests, claims, restrictions or encumbrances of any kind except such as (A) are described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or (B) do not, singly or in the aggregate, materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company or any of its subsidiaries; and all of the leases and subleases material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, and under which the Company or any of its subsidiaries holds properties described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, are in full force and effect, and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has any notice of any material claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone adverse to the rights of the Company or any subsidiary under any of the leases or subleases mentioned above, or affecting or questioning the rights of the Company or such subsidiary to the continued possession of the leased or subleased premises under any such lease or sublease.
(xxii) Possession of Intellectual Property . Except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; (i) the Company and its subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks, trade names or other intellectual property (collectively, Intellectual Property) necessary to carry on the business now operated by them, and (ii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of any infringement of asserted rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property.
(xxiii) Environmental Laws . Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (A) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, policy or rule of common law or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative order, consent, decree or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of human health, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the release or threatened release of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum products, asbestos-containing materials or mold (collectively, Hazardous Materials) or to the
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manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively, Environmental Laws), (B) the Company and its subsidiaries have all permits, authorizations and approvals required under any applicable Environmental Laws and are each in compliance with their requirements, (C) there are no pending or threatened administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigations or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law against the Company or any of its subsidiaries and (D) there are no events or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to form the basis of an order for clean-up or remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any private party or Governmental Entity, against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries relating to Hazardous Materials or any Environmental Laws.
(xxiv) Accounting Controls and Disclosure Controls . The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain effective internal control over financial reporting (as defined under Rule 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the 1934 Act Regulations) and a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with managements general or specific authorization; (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with managements general or specific authorization; (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and (E) the interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commissions rules and guidelines applicable thereto. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, since the end of the Companys most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (1) no material weakness in the Companys internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (2) no change in the Companys internal control over financial reporting that has materially and adversely affected, or is reasonably likely to materially and adversely affect, the Companys internal control over financial reporting. The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain an effective system of disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15 and Rule 15d-15 under the 1934 Act Regulations) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commissions rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to the Companys management, including its principal executive officer or officers and principal financial officer or officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.
(xxv) Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the Companys 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.
(xxvi) Payment of Taxes . All United States federal income tax returns of the Company and its subsidiaries required by law to be filed have been filed and all material taxes shown by such returns or otherwise assessed, which are due and payable, taking into account any requested extensions permitted by applicable law, have been paid, except assessments against which appeals have been or will be promptly taken in good faith and as to which adequate reserves have been provided. The Company and its subsidiaries have filed all other material tax returns that are
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required to have been filed, taking into account requested extensions permitted by applicable law, by them pursuant to applicable foreign, state, local or other law, and has paid all material taxes due pursuant to such returns or pursuant to any assessment received by the Company and its subsidiaries, except assessments against which appeals have been or will be promptly taken in good faith and as to which adequate reserves have been provided. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Company in respect of any income and corporation tax liability for any years not finally determined are adequate to meet any assessments or re-assessments for additional income tax for any years not finally determined, except to the extent of any inadequacy that would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxvii) Insurance . The Company and its subsidiaries carry or are entitled to the benefits of insurance, with financially sound and reputable insurers, in such amounts and covering such risks as the Company reasonably believes to be adequate for the conduct of its business. The Company has no reason to believe that it or any of its subsidiaries will not be able (A) to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (B) to obtain comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted and at a cost that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect..
(xxviii) Investment Company Act . The Company is not required, and after giving effect to the Share Repurchase will not be required, to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act).
(xxix) Absence of Manipulation . Neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any affiliate of the Company has taken, nor will the Company take or cause any affiliate to take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed, or would reasonably be expected, to cause or result in, or which constitutes, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities or to result in a violation of Regulation M under the 1934 Act.
(xxx) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act . None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of 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 and the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, its affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.
(xxxi) Money Laundering Laws . The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental Entity (collectively, the Money Laundering Laws); and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any Governmental Entity involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.
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(xxxii) OFAC . None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate 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 Treasurys Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), the European Union, Her Majestys Treasury (HMT), 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.
(xxxiii) Statistical and Market-Related Data . Any statistical and market-related data included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate and, to the extent required, the Company has obtained the written consent to the use of such data from such sources.
(xxxiv) Payments in Foreign Currency . Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, under current laws and regulations of Bermuda and any political subdivision thereof, any amounts payable with respect to the Securities upon liquidation of the Company or upon redemption thereof and dividends and other distributions declared and payable on the Securities may be paid by the Company to the holders thereof in United States dollars and all such payments made to holders thereof or therein who are non-residents of Bermuda will not be subject to income, withholding or other taxes under laws and regulations of Bermuda or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein and will otherwise be free and clear of any other tax, duty, withholding or deduction in Bermuda or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein and without the necessity of obtaining any governmental authorization in Bermuda or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein.
(xxxv) PFIC Status . Based on the Companys current and expected income, valuation of its assets and its election to treat certain of the Companys subsidiaries as disregarded entities for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Company does not presently expect to be a Passive Foreign Investment Company (PFIC) as defined in Section 1297 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, for the current taxable year or the foreseeable future. The Company intends to use its reasonable efforts to avoid being classified as a PFIC for all subsequent taxable years.
(xxxvi) Commercial Agreements . All of the container leases, lease addenda, container management agreements and other agreements of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise (collectively, the Commercial Agreements), are in full force and effect, except where the failure of a Commercial Agreement to not be in full force and effect would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has any notice of any claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone adverse to the rights of the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any Commercial Agreement, or affecting or questioning the rights of the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to any such Commercial Agreement, except with respect to any claims which would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(xxxvii) Compliance with Convention . The Company is in compliance with all of the obligations imposed on an owner of an intermodal freight container, as described in the International Convention for Safe Containers, 1972 (CSC), as amended, adopted by the International Maritime Organization, except for the failure to comply with any such obligations which would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxxviii) Cybersecurity . (A) There has been no security breach or incident, unauthorized access or disclosure, or other compromise relating to the Companys or its subsidiaries information technology and computer systems, networks, hardware, software, data and databases (including the data and information of their respective customers, employees, suppliers, vendors and any third party data maintained, processed or stored by the Company and its subsidiaries, and any such data processed or stored by third parties on behalf of the Company and its subsidiaries), equipment or technology (collectively, IT Systems and Data) that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; (B) neither the Company nor its subsidiaries have been notified of, and each of them have no knowledge of any event or condition that could result in, any security breach or incident, unauthorized access or disclosure or other compromise to their IT Systems and Data that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and (C) the Company and its subsidiaries have implemented appropriate controls, policies, procedures, and technological safeguards to maintain and protect the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of their IT Systems and Data reasonably consistent with industry standards and practices, or as required by applicable regulatory standards. The Company and its subsidiaries are presently in material compliance with (i) all applicable laws or statutes and any judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries and (ii) all of the Companys internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification.
(b) Representations and Warranties by the Selling Shareholders . Each Selling Shareholder severally and not jointly, represents and warrants, solely as to each such Selling Shareholder, to the Underwriter and the Company as of the date hereof, as of the Applicable Time and as of the Closing Time, and agrees with the Underwriter and the Company, as follows:
(i) Accurate Disclosure . Neither the General Disclosure Package nor the Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, provided that such representations and warranties set forth in this subsection (b)(i) apply only to statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to such Selling Shareholder furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Selling Shareholder expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any other Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (the Selling Shareholder Information), it being understood and agreed that the only Selling Shareholder Information so furnished by such Selling Shareholder consists solely of the name and address of such Selling Shareholder, the number of Securities owned and the number of Securities proposed to be sold by such Selling Shareholder, and the information about such Selling Shareholder appearing in the text corresponding to the footnote adjacent to such Selling Shareholders name under the caption Selling Shareholders in the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto.
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(ii) Authorization of this Agreement . This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf of such Selling Shareholder.
(iii) Noncontravention . The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the sale and delivery of the Securities to be sold by such Selling Shareholder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, including the Share Repurchase, and compliance by such Selling Shareholder with its obligations hereunder do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default under, (A) any statute, rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court having jurisdiction over such Selling Shareholder or any of its properties, (B) any agreement or instrument to which such Selling Shareholder is a party or by which such Selling Shareholder is bound or to which any of the properties of such Selling Shareholder is subject, or (C) the charter or by-laws or analogous constituent documents of such Selling Shareholder, except, in the case of clauses (A) and (B) above, for such conflict, breach or default that would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a material adverse effect on the ability of such Selling Shareholder to perform its obligations hereunder. provided that no representation or warranty is made in this paragraph (iv) with respect to the antifraud provisions of the federal or state securities laws.
(iv) Valid Title . Such Selling Shareholder has, and at the Closing Time will have, valid title to the Securities to be sold by such Selling Shareholder free and clear of all security interests, claims, liens, equities or other encumbrances and the legal right and power, and all authorization and approval required by law, to enter into this Agreement and to sell, transfer and deliver the Securities to be sold by such Selling Shareholder or a valid security entitlement in respect of such Securities.
(v) Delivery of Securities . Upon payment of the purchase price for the Securities to be sold by such Selling Shareholder pursuant to this Agreement, delivery of such Securities, as directed by the Underwriter, to Cede & Co. (Cede) or such other nominee as may be designated by The Depository Trust Company (DTC) (unless delivery of such Securities is unnecessary because such Securities are already in possession of Cede or such nominee), registration of such Securities in the name of Cede or such other nominee (unless registration of such Securities is unnecessary because such Securities are already registered in the name of Cede or such nominee), and the crediting of such Securities on the books of DTC to securities accounts (within the meaning of Section 8-501(a) of the UCC) of the Underwriter (assuming that neither DTC nor the Underwriter has notice of any adverse claim, within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the Uniform Commercial Code then in effect in the State of New York (UCC), to such Securities), (A) under Section 8-501 of the UCC, the Underwriter will acquire a valid security entitlement in respect of such Securities and (B) no action (whether framed in conversion, replevin, constructive trust, equitable lien, or other theory) based on any adverse claim, within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC, to such Securities may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; for purposes of this representation, such Selling Shareholder may assume that when such payment, delivery (if necessary) and crediting occur, (I) such Securities will have been registered in the name of Cede or another nominee designated by DTC, in each case on the Companys share registry in accordance with its memorandum of association, amended and restated by-laws and applicable law, (II) DTC will be registered as a clearing corporation, within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC, (III) appropriate book entries to the accounts of the Underwriter on the records of DTC will have been made pursuant to the UCC, (IV) to the extent DTC, or any other securities intermediary which acts as clearing corporation with respect to the Securities, maintains any financial asset (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC in a clearing corporation pursuant to Section 8-111 of the UCC, the rules of such clearing corporation may affect the rights of DTC or such securities intermediaries and
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the ownership interest of the Underwriter, (V) claims of creditors of DTC or any other securities intermediary or clearing corporation may be given priority to the extent set forth in Section 8-511(b) and 8-511(c) of the UCC and (VI) if at any time DTC or other securities intermediary does not have sufficient Securities to satisfy claims of all of its entitlement holders with respect thereto then all holders will share pro rata in the Securities then held by DTC or such securities intermediary.
(vi) Absence of Manipulation . Such Selling Shareholder has not taken, and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed to or which constituted or would reasonably be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities; provided that no representation is made with respect to activities of the Underwriter.
(vii) Absence of Further Requirements . No filing with, or consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, qualification or decree of any arbitrator, court, governmental body, regulatory body, administrative agency or other authority, body or agency, domestic or foreign having jurisdiction over such Selling Shareholder, is necessary or required for the performance by each Selling Shareholder of its obligations hereunder, or in connection with the sale and delivery of the Securities hereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except (i) such as have been already obtained or (ii) as may be required under the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange, foreign or state securities laws (including Blue Sky laws) or the rules and regulations of FINRA.
(viii) No Registration or Other Similar Rights . Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, such Selling Shareholder does not have any registration or other similar rights to have any equity or debt securities registered for sale by the Company under the Registration Statement or included in the offering contemplated by this Agreement.
(ix) No Association with FINRA . Except as disclosed by such Selling Shareholders in the Form of Selling Securityholder Notice and Questionnaire as provided to the Company on the date hereof, neither such Selling Shareholder nor any of its affiliates directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with any member firm of FINRA or is a person associated with a member (within the meaning of the FINRA By-Laws) of FINRA.
(x) No Free Writing Prospectuses . Such Selling Shareholder has not, without the prior consent of the Underwriter, prepared or had prepared on its behalf or used or referred to, any free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405), it being understood that the aforementioned does not relate to any communications approved by the Underwriter and the Company, and has not distributed any written materials in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities in violation of the 1933 Act or the regulations thereunder.
(xi) ERISA Compliance. Such Selling Shareholder is not (A) an employee benefit plan subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), (B) a plan or account subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or (C) an entity deemed to hold plan assets of any such plan or account under Section 3(42) of ERISA, 29 C.F.R. 2510.3-101, or otherwise.
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(b) Officers Certificates . Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries delivered to the Underwriter or to counsel for the Underwriter shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to the Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby; and any certificate signed by or on behalf of the Selling Shareholders as such and delivered to the Underwriter or to counsel for the Underwriter pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be deemed a representation and warranty by such Selling Shareholder to the Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby.
SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to Underwriter; Closing .
(a) Securities . On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Selling Shareholder, severally and not jointly, agrees to sell to the Underwriter, and the Underwriter agrees to purchase from each such Selling Shareholder, at a purchase price of $31.10 per share, the number of Securities set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of such Selling Shareholder. Subject to the sale of the Securities by the Selling Shareholders to the Underwriter in compliance with the terms of this Agreement, the Underwriter agrees to sell to the Company, and the Company agees to purchase from the Underwriter, 1,500,000 Common Shares (the Repurchased Shares ) at a purchase price of $31.10 per share, as described in the Disclosure Package and Prospectus (the Share Repurchase ).
(b) [Reserved.]
(c) Payment . Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates or security entitlements for, the Securities shall be made at the offices of Sidley Austin LLP at 787 7th Avenue, New York, New York 10019, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Underwriter, the Company and the Selling Shareholders, at 9:00 A.M. (New York City time) on March 19, 2019 or such other time not later than ten business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by the Underwriter, the Company and the Selling Shareholders (such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called Closing Time). Payment shall be made to the Selling Shareholders by wire transfer of immediately available funds to bank account(s) designated by the Selling Shareholders against delivery to the Underwriter of certificates or security entitlements for the Securities to be purchased by it. In addition, subject to the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter in compliance with the terms of this Agreement, payment of the purchase price for the Repurchased Shares shall be made at the time of purchase by the Company to the Underwriter by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Underwriter against delivery of the Repurchased Shares to the Company.
SECTION 3. Covenants of the Company and the Selling Shareholders . The Company covenants with the Underwriter as follows:
(a) Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests . The Company, subject to Section 3(b), will comply with the requirements of Rule 430B, and will notify the Underwriter immediately, and confirm the notice in writing (which may be by electronic mail), (i) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement shall become effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus shall have been filed, (ii) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission, (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein or for additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes or of any examination pursuant to Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the
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1933 Act concerning the Registration Statement and (v) if the Company becomes the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the 1933 Act in connection with the offering of the Securities. The Company will effect all filings required under Rule 424(b), in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)), and will take such steps as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the form of prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 424(b) was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file such prospectus. The Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order, prevention or suspension and, if any such order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment. The Company shall pay the required Commission filing fees relating to the Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1)(i) under the 1933 Act Regulations without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) under the 1933 Act Regulations (including, if applicable, by updating the Calculation of Registration Fee table in accordance with Rule 456(b)(1)(ii) either in a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or on the cover page of a prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)).
(b) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws . The Company will comply with the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. If at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172 of the 1933 Act Regulations (Rule 172), would be) required by the 1933 Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Securities, any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriter or for the Company, to (i) amend the Registration Statement in order that the Registration Statement will not include 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, (ii) amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus in order that the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, 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 not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser or (iii) amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, in order to comply with the requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, the Company will promptly (A) give the Underwriter notice of such event, (B) prepare any amendment or supplement as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus comply with such requirements and, a reasonable amount of time prior to any proposed filing or use, furnish the Underwriter with copies of any such amendment or supplement and (C) file with the Commission any such amendment or supplement; provided that the Company shall not file or use any such amendment or supplement to which the Underwriter or counsel for the Underwriter shall object. The Company will furnish to the Underwriter such number of copies of such amendment or supplement as the Underwriter may reasonably request. The Company will give the Underwriter notice of its intention to make any filing pursuant to the 1934 Act or 1934 Act Regulations from the Applicable Time to the Closing Time and will furnish the Underwriter with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing, as the case may be.
(c) Delivery of Registration Statements . The Company has furnished or will deliver to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and 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, and will also deliver to the Underwriter, without charge, a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (without exhibits). The copies of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriter will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
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(d) Delivery of Prospectuses . The Company has delivered to the Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each preliminary prospectus as the Underwriter reasonably requested, and the Company hereby consents to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the 1933 Act. The Company will furnish to the Underwriter, without charge, during the period when a prospectus relating to the Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172, would be) required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as the Underwriter may reasonably request. The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriter will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(e) Blue Sky Qualifications . The Company will use its reasonable best efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriter, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as the Underwriter may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required to complete the distribution of the Securities; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject.
(f) Rule 158 . The Company will timely file such reports pursuant to the 1934 Act as are necessary in order to make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable an earnings statement for the purposes of, and to provide to the Underwriter the benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act.
(g) [Reserved .]
(h) Listing . The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to effect and maintain the listing of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange.
(i) Restriction on Sale of Securities . During a period of 30 days from the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Underwriter, (i) directly or indirectly, offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise transfer or dispose of any Common Shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Shares or file any registration statement under the 1933 Act with respect to any of the foregoing or (ii) enter into any swap or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of the Common Shares, whether any such swap or transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Shares or other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (A) the Securities to be sold hereunder, (B) any Common Shares issued by the Company upon the exercise of an option or warrant or the conversion or exchange of a security outstanding on the date hereof and referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (C) any Common Shares issued or options to purchase Common Shares granted pursuant to existing employee benefit plans of the Company referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and the filing of any registration statement on Form S-8 designed to register or replace an employee benefit plan or similar arrangement, (D) any Common Shares issued pursuant to any non-employee director stock plan or dividend reinvestment plan referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (E) any Common Shares issued or securities issued that are convertible into or
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exchangeable or exercisable for Common Shares (in an amount not to exceed 5% of the total Common Shares outstanding on the date of such issuance) in connection with the acquisition by the Company of containers or container-owning entities or (F) file a registration statement registering the secondary sale of Common Shares by certain shareholders of the Company who are not subject to the restriction in Section 5(k) hereof in compliance with its obligations under the registration rights agreements existing prior to the date hereof; provided that with respect to clause (E), (1) the Company publicly announces the intention to effect such transaction pursuant to clause (E) and (2) each recipient of such Common Shares or securities that are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Shares pursuant to such transaction shall execute and deliver to the Company and the Underwriter a lock-up agreement in the form of Exhibit B hereto.
(j) Reporting Requirements . The Company, during the period when a Prospectus relating to the Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172, would be) required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the 1934 Act within the time periods required by the 1934 Act and 1934 Act Regulations.
II. The Company and each Selling Shareholder covenant with the Underwriter as follows:
(a) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses . Each of the Company and each Selling Shareholder agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the the Underwriter, it will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a free writing prospectus, or a portion thereof, required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433. Each of the Company and each Selling Shareholder represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each such free writing prospectus consented to, or deemed consented to, by the Underwriter as an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433, and that it has complied and will comply with the applicable requirements of Rule 433 with respect thereto, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping. 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, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriter and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(b) Tax Forms . Each Selling Shareholder will deliver to the Underwriter prior to or at the Closing Time a properly completed and executed United States Treasury Department Form W-8BEN (or other applicable form or statement specified by the Treasury Department regulations in lieu thereof).
SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses .
(a) Expenses . The Company will pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of their obligations under this Agreement, including (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits) as originally filed and each amendment thereto, (ii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriter of copies of each preliminary prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto and any costs associated with electronic delivery of any of the foregoing by the Underwriter to investors, (iii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the certificates or security entitlements for the Securities to the Underwriter, including any stock or other transfer taxes and any stamp or other duties payable upon the sale, issuance or delivery of the Securities to the Underwriter, (iv) the fees and disbursements of the Companys counsel, accountants and other advisors, (v) the
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qualification of the Securities under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(e) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriter in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplement thereto (provided that the Companys obligation to pay such fees and expenses shall not exceed $15,000), (vi) the fees and expenses of any transfer agent or registrar for the Securities, (vii) the filing fees incident to, and the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of a single counsel (not to exceed $20,000) to the Underwriter in connection with, the review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Securities, and (viii) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange, and (ix) reasonable fees and expenses of one (1) counsel for all Selling Shareholders, selected by the Selling Shareholder holding the majority of the Securities to be sold by all Selling Shareholders hereunder. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section and Sections 4(b), 6 and 7 hereof, the Underwriter will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
(b) Expenses of the Selling Shareholders . The Selling Shareholders, jointly and severally, will pay all expenses incident to the performance of their respective obligations under, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement, including any stamp and other duties and stock and other transfer taxes, if any, payable upon the sale of the Securities to the Underwriter.
(c) Termination of Agreement . If this Agreement is terminated by the Underwriter in accordance with the provisions of Section 5, Section 9(a)(i) or (iii) or Section 10 hereof, the Company and the Selling Shareholders shall reimburse the Underwriter for all of their out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriter.
(d) Allocation of Expenses . The provisions of this Section shall not affect any agreement that the Company and the Selling Shareholders may make for the sharing of such costs and expenses.
SECTION 5. Conditions of Underwriters Obligations . The obligations of the Underwriter hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Selling Shareholders contained herein or in certificates of any officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or on behalf of any Selling Shareholder delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and each Selling Shareholder of their respective covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to the following further conditions:
(a) Effectiveness of Registration Statement . The Registration Statement has become effective and, at the Closing Time, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has been issued under the 1933 Act, no order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to the Companys knowledge, contemplated; and the Company has complied with each request (if any) from the Commission for additional information. The Company shall have paid the required Commission filing fees relating to the Securities within the time period required by Rule 456(b)(1)(i) under the 1933 Act Regulations without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) under the 1933 Act Regulations and, if applicable, shall have updated the Calculation of Registration Fee table in accordance with Rule 456(b)(1)(ii) either in a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or on the cover page of a prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b).
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(b) Opinion of Counsel for Company . At the Closing Time, the Underwriter shall have received the favorable opinion, dated the Closing Time, of (1) Mayer Brown LLP, U.S. counsel for the Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter, to the effect set forth in Exhibit A-1 hereto and (2) Appleby (Bermuda) Limited, Bermuda counsel for the Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter, to the effect set forth in Exhibit A-2 hereto and (3) the General Counsel for the Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter, to the effect set forth in Exhibit A-3 hereto.
(c) Opinion of Counsel for the Selling Shareholders . At the Closing Time, the Underwriter shall have received the favorable opinion, dated the Closing Time, of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, counsel for the Selling Shareholders, to the effect set forth in Exhibit A-4 hereto and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter.
(d) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriter . At the Closing Time, the Underwriter shall have received the favorable opinion, dated the Closing Time, of Sidley Austin LLP, counsel for the Underwriter, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter. In giving such opinion such counsel may rely, as to all matters governed by the laws of jurisdictions other than the law of the State of New York and the federal securities laws of the United States, upon the opinions of counsel satisfactory to the Underwriter. Such counsel may also state that, insofar as such opinion involves factual matters, they have relied, to the extent they deem proper, upon certificates of officers and other representatives of the Company and its subsidiaries and certificates of public officials.
(e) Officers Certificate . At the Closing Time, there shall not have been, since the date hereof or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, any Material Adverse Effect, and the Underwriter shall have received a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer or the President of the Company and of the chief financial or chief accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Time, to the effect that (i) there has been no such Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the Closing Time, (iii) the Company has complied in all material respects with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Time, and (iv) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the 1933 Act has been issued, no order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to their knowledge, contemplated.
(f) Certificate of Selling Shareholders . At the Closing Time, the Underwriter shall have received an authorized representatives certificate of each Selling Shareholder, dated the Closing Time, to the effect that (i) the representations and warranties of each Selling Shareholder in this Agreement are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the Closing Time and (ii) each Selling Shareholder has complied in all material respects with all agreements and all conditions on its part to be performed under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Time.
(g) Accountants Comfort Letter . At the time of the execution of this Agreement, the Underwriter shall have received from KPMG LLP a letter, dated such date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants comfort letters to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(h) Bring-down Comfort Letter . At the Closing Time, the Underwriter shall have received from KPMG LLP a letter, dated as of the Closing Time, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to subsection (g) of this Section, except that the specified date referred to shall be a date not more than three business days prior to the Closing Time.
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(i) Approval of Listing . At the Closing Time, the Securities shall have been approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange, subject only to official notice of issuance.
(j) Lock-up Agreements . At the date of this Agreement, the Underwriter shall have received an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto signed by the persons listed on Schedule C hereto.
(k) Maintenance of Rating . Since the execution of this Agreement, there shall not have been any decrease in or withdrawal of the rating of any securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the 1934 Act) or any notice given of any intended or potential decrease in or withdrawal of any such rating or of a possible change in any such rating that does not indicate the direction of the possible change.
(l) [Reserved.]
(m) Additional Documents . At the Closing Time counsel for the Underwriter shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may reasonably require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained.
(n) Termination of Agreement . If any condition specified in this Section shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by the Underwriter by notice to the Company and the Selling Shareholders at any time at or prior to Closing Time, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 and except that Sections 1, 6, 7, 8, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect.
(o) Share Repurchase. Contemporaneously with the consummation of the offering of the Securities, the Share Repurchase will be consummated.
SECTION 6. Indemnification .
(a) Indemnification of Underwriter . The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriter, its affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 501(b) under the 1933 Act (each, an Affiliate)), its selling agents and each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act as follows:
(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including any information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430B, 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 arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included (A) in any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or (B) in any materials or information provided to investors by, or with the approval of, the Company in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Securities (Marketing Materials), including any roadshow or investor presentations made to investors by the Company (whether in person or electronically), or the omission or alleged omission in any preliminary prospectus, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, Prospectus or in any Marketing Materials 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;
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(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission; provided that (subject to Section 6(e) below) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company; and
(iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Underwriter), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under clauses (i) or (ii) above;
provided, however, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including any information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430B, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.
(b) Indemnification of Underwriter by Selling Shareholders . Each Selling Shareholder, severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriter, its Affiliates and selling agents and each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act to the extent and in the manner set forth in clauses (a)(i), (ii) and (iii) above; provided that each Selling Shareholder shall be liable only to the extent that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission has been made in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with the Selling Shareholder Information; provided, further, that the liability under this subsection of each Selling Shareholder shall be limited to an amount equal to the aggregate gross proceeds after underwriting commissions and discounts, but before expenses, to such Selling Shareholder from the sale of Securities sold by such Selling Shareholder hereunder:
(c) Indemnification of Company, Directors and Officers and Selling Shareholders . The Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, and each Selling Shareholder and each person, if any, who controls any Selling Shareholder within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this Section, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including any information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430B, any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or in any Marketing Materials in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.
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(d) Actions against Parties; Notification . Each indemnified party shall give notice as promptly as reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to the extent it is not materially prejudiced as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying part of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with the other indemnifying party similarly notified, by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party, with counsel, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(a) and 6(b) above, selected by the Underwriter, and, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(c) above, selected by the Company; provided , however, if the defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that a conflict may arise between the positions of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in conducting the defense of any such action or that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to assume such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties. In no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) separate from their own counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought under this Section 6 or Section 7 hereof (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(e) Settlement without Consent if Failure to Reimburse . If at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by Section 6(a)(ii) effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 60 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 45 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.
(f) Other Agreements with Respect to Indemnification . The provisions of this Section shall not affect any agreement among the Company and the Selling Shareholders with respect to indemnification.
SECTION 7. Contribution . If the indemnification provided for in Section 6 hereof is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Shareholders, on the one hand, and the Underwriter, on the
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other hand, from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Selling Shareholders, on the one hand, and of the Underwriter, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.
The relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Shareholders, on the one hand, and the Underwriter, on the other hand, in connection with the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Selling Shareholders, on the one hand, and the total underwriting discount received by the Underwriter, on the other hand, in each case as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate public offering price of the Securities.
The relative fault of the Company and the Selling Shareholders, on the one hand, and the Underwriter, 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 or the Selling Shareholders or by the Underwriter and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The Company, the Selling Shareholders and the Underwriter agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 7. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 7 shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, the Underwriter shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriter in connection with the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 7, no Selling Shareholder shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which such Selling Shareholders net proceeds from the sale of such Selling Shareholders Securities (after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions but before deducting expenses) exceeds the amount of any damages which such Selling Shareholder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue statement or omission or alleged omission pursuant to Section 6 above.
No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
For purposes of this Section 7, each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act and the Underwriters Affiliates and selling agents shall have the same rights to contribution as the 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 or any Selling Shareholder within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company or such Selling Shareholder, as the case may be.
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The provisions of this Section shall not affect any agreement among the Company and the Selling Shareholders with respect to contribution.
SECTION 8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive . All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or the Selling Shareholders submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of the Underwriter or its Affiliates or selling agents, any person controlling the Underwriter, its officers or directors, any person controlling the Company or any person controlling any Selling Shareholder and (ii) delivery of and payment for the Securities.
SECTION 9. Termination of Agreement .
(a) Termination . The Underwriter may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the Company and the Selling Shareholders, at any time at or prior to the Closing Time (i) if there has been, in the judgment of the Underwriter, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) if there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or the international financial markets, any outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis or any change or development involving a prospective change in national or international political, financial or economic conditions, in each case the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Underwriter, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the completion of the offering or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities, or (iii) if trading in any securities of the Company has been suspended or materially limited by the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange, or (iv) if trading generally on the NYSE MKT or the New York Stock Exchange or in the Nasdaq Global Market has been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have been required, by any of said exchanges or by order of the Commission, FINRA or any other governmental authority, or (v) a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States or with respect to Clearstream or Euroclear systems in Europe, or (vi) if a banking moratorium has been declared by either Federal or New York authorities or Bermuda authorities.
(b) Liabilities . If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 hereof, and provided further that Sections 1, 6, 7, 8, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 10. Default by one or more of the Selling Shareholders . (a) If a Selling Shareholder shall fail at the Closing Time, to sell and deliver the number of Securities which such Selling Shareholder or Selling Shareholders are obligated to sell hereunder, and the remaining Selling Shareholders do not exercise the right hereby granted to increase, pro rata or otherwise, the number of Securities to be sold by them hereunder to the total number to be sold by all Selling Shareholders as set forth in Schedule A hereto, then the Underwriter may, at its option, by notice from the Underwriter to the Company and the non-defaulting Selling Shareholders, either (i) terminate this Agreement without any liability on the fault of any non-defaulting party except that the provisions of Sections 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 shall remain in full force and effect or (ii) elect to purchase the Securities which the non-defaulting Selling Shareholders have agreed to sell hereunder. No action taken pursuant to this Section 10 shall relieve any Selling Shareholder so defaulting from liability, if any, in respect of such default.
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In the event of a default by any Selling Shareholder as referred to in this Section 10, the Underwriter, the Company and the non-defaulting Selling Shareholders shall have the right to postpone the Closing Time for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required change in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements.
SECTION 11. Notices . All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriter shall be directed to Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, 1585 Broadway, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk, with a copy to the Legal Department; and notices to the Company shall be directed to it at Canons Court, 22 Victoria Street, Hamilton HM12, Bermuda, attention of Estera Services (Bermuda) Limited, Assistant Secretary with a copy to Triton Container International, Incorporated of North America., 100 Manhattanville Road, Purchase, New York 10577, attention of Marc Pearlin (telephone: (914) 251-9000); and notices to the Selling Shareholders shall be directed to General Counsel, c/o Warburg Pincus LLC, 450 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017 (e-mail: Notices@warburgpincus.com, telephone: (212) 878-0600).
SECTION 12. No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship . Each of the Company and each Selling Shareholder acknowledges and agrees that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the initial public offering price of the Securities and any related discounts and commissions, is an arms-length commercial transaction between the Company and the Selling Shareholder, on the one hand, and the Underwriter, on the other hand, (b) in connection with the offering of the Securities and the process leading thereto, the Underwriter is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any Selling Shareholder, or its respective shareholders, creditors, employees or any other party, (c) Underwriter has not assumed and will not assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company or any Selling Shareholder with respect to the offering of the Securities or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether the Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any Selling Shareholder on other matters) and the Underwriter has no obligation to the Company or any Selling Shareholder with respect to the offering of the Securities except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (d) the Underwriter and its Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of each of the Company and each Selling Shareholder, and (e) the Underwriter has not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering of the Securities and the Company and each of the Selling Shareholders has consulted its own respective legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate.
SECTION 13. Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes .
(a) In the event that the Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from the Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
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(b) In the event that the Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of the Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against the Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
For purposes of this Section 13, a BHC Act Affiliate has the meaning assigned to the term affiliate in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k). Covered Entity means any of the following: (i) a covered entity as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a covered bank as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a covered FSI as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b). Default Right has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable. U.S. Special Resolution Regime means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
SECTION 14. Parties . This Agreement shall each inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriter, the Company and the Selling Shareholders and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the Underwriter, the Company and the Selling Shareholders and their respective successors and the controlling persons and officers and directors referred to in Sections 6 and 7 and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Underwriter, the Company and the Selling Shareholders and their respective successors, and said controlling persons and officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Securities from the Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.
SECTION 15. Trial by Jury . The Company (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of its shareholders and affiliates), each of the Selling Shareholders and the Underwriter each 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 16. GOVERNING LAW . THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF, THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS CHOICE OF LAW PROVISIONS.
SECTION 17. Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunity . Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (Related Proceedings) shall be instituted in (i) the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan or (ii) the courts of the State of New York 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 (a Related Judgment), 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 partys 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
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unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other 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. Each party not located in the United States irrevocably appoints Marc Pearlin, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company as its agent to receive service of process or other legal summons for purposes of any such suit, action or proceeding that may be instituted in any state or federal court in the City and County of New York. With respect to any Related Proceeding, each party irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, all immunity (whether on the basis of sovereignty or otherwise) from jurisdiction, service of process, attachment (both before and after judgment) and execution to which it might otherwise be entitled in the Specified Courts, and with respect to any Related Judgment, each party waives any such immunity in the Specified Courts or any other court of competent jurisdiction, and will not raise or claim or cause to be pleaded any such immunity at or in respect of any such Related Proceeding or Related Judgment, including, without limitation, any immunity pursuant to the United States Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, as amended.
SECTION 18. Foreign Taxes . All payments by the Company or a Selling Shareholder to the Underwriter hereunder shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any and all present and future income, stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings, now or hereinafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any jurisdiction in which the Company or such Selling Shareholder is organized, resident, doing business or has an office from which payment is made or deemed to be made, excluding any such tax imposed by reason of the Underwriter having some connection with the taxing jurisdiction other than its participation as an Underwriter hereunder (including, if applicable, any income or franchise tax on the overall net income of an Underwriter imposed by the United States or by the State of New York or any political subdivision of the United States or of the State of New York) (all such non-excluded taxes, Foreign Taxes). If the Company or any Selling Shareholder is prevented by operation of law or otherwise from paying, causing to be paid or remitting that portion of amounts payable hereunder represented by Foreign Taxes withheld or deducted, then amounts payable under this Agreement shall, to the extent permitted by law, be increased to such amount as is necessary to yield and remit to the Underwriter an amount which, after deduction of all Foreign Taxes (including all Foreign Taxes payable on such increased payments) equals the amount that would have been payable if no Foreign Taxes applied.
SECTION 19. Judgment Currency . The Company and each Selling Shareholder, severally and not jointly, agree to indemnify the Underwriter against any loss incurred by the Underwriter as a result of any judgment or order in favor of the Underwriter being given or made against the Company or any Selling Shareholder for any amount due hereunder and such judgment or order being expressed and paid in a currency (the Judgment Currency) other than United States dollars and as a result of any variation as between (i) the rate of exchange at which the United States dollar amount is converted into the Judgment Currency for the purpose of such judgment or order, and (ii) the rate of exchange in The City of New York at which such party on the date of payment of such judgment or order is able to purchase United States dollars with the amount of the Judgment Currency actually received by such party if such party had utilized such amount of Judgment Currency to purchase United States dollars as promptly as practicable upon such partys receipt thereof. The foregoing indemnity shall constitute a separate and independent obligation of the Company and each Selling Shareholder, shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any such judgment or order as aforesaid. If the United States dollars so purchased are greater than the sum originally due to the Underwriter hereunder, the Underwriter agrees to pay to the Company and each Selling Shareholder an amount equal to the excess of the dollars so purchased over the sum originally due to the Underwriter hereunder. The term rate of exchange shall include any premiums and costs of exchange payable in connection with the purchase of, or conversion into, the relevant currency.
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SECTION 20. TIME . TIME SHALL BE OF THE ESSENCE OF THIS AGREEMENT. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH HEREIN, SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.
SECTION 21. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement.
SECTION 22. Effect of Headings . The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Company and the Attorney-in-Fact for the Selling Shareholders a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts hereof, shall become a binding agreement among in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours, | ||
TRITON INTERNATIONAL LIMITED | ||
By |
/s/ John Burns |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page - Underwriting Agreement]
CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED,
as of the date first above written:
By:
Warburg Pincus X Partners
Warburg Pincus (Callisto-II) Private Equity X, L.P.
Warburg Pincus (Europa-II) Private Equity X, L.P.
Warburg Pincus (Ganymede-II) Private Equity X, L.P.
By |
/s/ Steven G. Glenn |
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Authorized Signatory |
2
CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED,
as of the date first above written:
By: Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | ||
By |
/s/ Lauren Garcia Belmonte |
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Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page - Underwriting Agreement]
SCHEDULE A
Number of
Securities to be Sold
Name of Selling Shareholder |
Number of Securities | |||
Warburg Pincus X Partners |
221,779 | |||
Warburg Pincus (Callisto-II) Private Equity X, L.P. |
2,294,552 | |||
Warburg Pincus (Europa-II) Private Equity X, L.P. |
2,313,936 | |||
Warburg Pincus (Ganymede-II) Private Equity X, L.P. |
2,302,523 | |||
|
|
|||
Total |
7,132,790 | |||
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SCHEDULE B-1
Pricing Terms
1. |
The Selling Shareholders are selling an aggregate of 7,132,790 Common Shares. |
2. |
Price per share to the public: The public offering price set forth in the final prospectus supplement to be dated as of the date hereof. |
3. |
Number of Repurchased Shares: 1,500,000 Common Shares. |
SCHEDULE B-2
Free Writing Prospectuses
None.
Sch B - 1
SCHEDULE C
List of Persons and Entities Subject to Lock-up
Brian M. Sondey
Simon R. Vernon
John Burns
Michelle Gallagher
John F. OCallaghan
Kevin Valentine
Marc Pearlin
Robert W. Alspaugh
Karen Austin
Malcolm P. Baker
David A. Coulter
Claude Germain
Kenneth Hanau
Robert L. Rosner
John S. Hextall
Warburg Pincus X Partners, L.P.
Warburg Pincus (Callisto-II) Private Equity X, L.P.
Warburg Pincus (Europa-II) Private Equity X, L.P.
Warburg Pincus (Ganymede-II) Private Equity X, L.P.
Sch C - 1
Exhibit A-1
FORM OF OPINION OF COMPANYS UNITED STATES COUNSEL
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(b)
(i) Each subsidiary of the Company listed on Schedule A hereto (collectively, the Specified Subsidiaries) is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Company of the Underwriting Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Share Repurchase will not (A) constitute a violation of, or a default under, any of the agreements or instruments listed on Schedule B hereto; (B) violate any United States federal or New York State law, rule or regulation which, in our opinion, based on our experience, are normally applicable to transactions of the type contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, other than federal and state securities laws (Applicable Laws), or (C) contravene any judgment, order or decree of any United States federal or New York State governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Company and known to us.
(iii) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or registration or filing with, any court or other governmental authority or agency is required under any Applicable Law for the execution and delivery by the Company of the Underwriting Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Share Repurchase, except for those that have already been obtained or made.
(iv) The statements set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption Tax Considerations U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations, to the extent they purport to constitute summaries of matters of United States federal income tax law and regulations or legal conclusions with respect thereto, have been reviewed by us and constitute accurate summaries of such matters in all material respects.
(v) The Company is not, and after giving effect to the Share Repurchase, will not be an investment company as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(vi) Each of the Registration Statement, as of its most recent time of effectiveness with respect to the Underwriter as determined pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and the Prospectus, as of its date, in each case other than the financial statements and schedules and related notes thereto, other financial and accounting data included or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom, as to which we express no opinion, appeared on its face to comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.
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In the course of acting as the Companys counsel in connection with the issuance and sale of the Shares, we reviewed the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and participated in conferences and telephone conversations with officers and other representatives of the Company, the independent public accountants for the Company, the Companys Bermuda counsel, as well as your representatives and counsel, during which conferences and conversations the contents of the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and related matters were discussed. However, the primary purpose of our professional engagement was not to establish or confirm any factual matters or any financial or quantitative information. Therefore, we are not passing upon and do not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (other than as specified in paragraph (iv) of our Opinion Letter dated the date hereof), and have not made an independent check or verification thereof (except as aforesaid). Based on our participation, review and reliance as described above, we advise you that no facts came to our attention that caused us to believe that:
(i) |
the Registration Statement, as of its most recent time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) under the Securities Act prior to the Applicable Time, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; |
(ii) |
the General Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or |
(iii) |
the Prospectus, as of its date or as of the date hereof, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; |
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Exhibit A-2
FORM OF OPINION OF COMPANYS BERMUDA COUNSEL
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(b)
1. |
Incorporation and Status : Each of the Company and Triton Container International Limited ( TCIL ) is incorporated as an exempted company limited by shares and existing under the laws of Bermuda and is a separate legal entity. Each of the Company and TCIL is in good standing with the Registrar of Companies of Bermuda. |
2. |
Capacity: The Company has the requisite capacity and power to enter into, execute and deliver the Underwriting Agreement and to perform its obligations thereunder. Each of the Company and TCIL has the requisite capacity and power to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. |
3. |
Authorisation : The Company has taken all necessary corporate action to authorise the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement and the performance of the Companys obligations thereunder and consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Share Repurchase. |
4. |
Execution and Binding Obligations : The Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed by or on behalf of the Company and constitutes legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company. |
5. |
Company Authorised Capital : Based solely on the applicable Officers Certificate and the Company Register of Members, the authorised, issued and outstanding share capital of the Company is as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus in the column entitled Actual under the caption Capitalization (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement or pursuant to reservations, agreements or employee benefit plans referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or pursuant to the exercise of convertible securities or options referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus). Based solely on the Officers Certificate and the Company Register of Members the authorised capital of the Company at the date of this opinion consists of USD3,000,000 divided into: (i) 270,000,000 common shares of par value USD0.01 each and (ii) 30,000,000 preference shares of par value USD0.01 each ( TIL Shares ). The TIL Shares, including the shares being sold by the Selling Shareholders, have been duly authorised and validly issued, credited as fully paid and non-assessable (meaning that no further sums are required to be paid by the holders thereof in connection with the issue thereof) and are not subject to any statutory pre-emptive or similar rights under Bermuda law or the applicable Constitutional Documents. |
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6. |
TCIL Authorised Capital : Based solely on the applicable Officers Certificate and the TCIL Register of Members the authorised capital of TCIL at the date of this opinion consists of USD1.00 divided into 100 common shares of par value USD0.01 each ( TCIL Shares ). The TCIL Shares, have been duly authorised and validly issued, credited as fully paid, to the Company and non-assessable (meaning that no further sums are required to be paid by the holders thereof in connection with the issue thereof) and are not subject to any statutory pre-emptive or similar rights under Bermuda law or the applicable Constitutional Documents. |
7. |
No Conflict : The due execution and delivery by the Company of the Underwriting Agreement and the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Underwriting Agreement, including the Share Repurchase, will not (i) contravene any provisions of the Constitutional Documents or (ii) violate or contravene any applicable Bermuda law. |
8. |
Consents and Approvals : Subject as otherwise provided in this opinion, and except as provided in this paragraph, no consent, approval, licence or authorisation is required from any governmental, judicial or public body or authority in Bermuda in connection with the execution and delivery by the Company of the Underwriting Agreement or the performance by the Company of its obligations under any Document. |
The permission of the Bermuda Monetary Authority ( BMA ) is required for the issue and transfer of shares, other than in cases where the BMA has granted a general permission. The BMA in its policy dated 1 June 2005 provides that where any Equity Securities of a company (which would include the Shares) are listed on an Appointed Stock Exchange (the New York Stock Exchange is deemed to be an Appointed Stock Exchange under Bermuda law) general permission is hereby given for the issue and subsequent transfer of any securities of the company from and/or to a non-resident, for so long as any Equities Securities of the company remain so listed.
9. |
Enforcement of Foreign Judgments : |
A |
final and conclusive judgment of a competent foreign court (other than a court of jurisdiction to which the Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1958 applies, and it does not apply to 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 located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan ( Foreign Courts ) against the Company based upon the Underwriting Agreement under which a sum of money is payable (not being a sum payable in respect of taxes or other charges of a like nature, in respect of a fine or other penalty, or in respect of multiple damages as defined in the Protection of Trading Interests Act 1981) may be the subject of enforcement proceedings in the Supreme Court of Bermuda under the common law doctrine of obligation by action on the debt evidenced by the judgment of such competent foreign court. A final opinion as to the availability of this remedy should be sought when the facts surrounding the foreign courts judgment are known, but, on general principles, we would expect such proceedings to be successful provided that: |
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(a) |
the court which gave the judgment was competent to hear the action in accordance with private international law principles as applied in Bermuda; and |
(b) |
the judgment is not contrary to public policy in Bermuda, has not been obtained by fraud or in proceedings contrary to natural justice and is not based on an error in Bermuda law. |
Enforcement of such a judgment against assets in Bermuda may involve the conversion of the judgment debt into Bermuda dollars, but the Bermuda Monetary Authority has indicated that its present policy is to give the consents necessary to enable recovery in the currency of the obligation.
10. |
Choice of Governing Law : The choice of the laws of the State of New York ( Foreign Law ) as the proper law to govern the Underwriting Agreement would be recognised, upheld and applied by the courts of Bermuda as a valid choice of law and the proper law of the Underwriting Agreement provided it is a bona fide choice of law in proceedings brought before them in relation to the Underwriting Agreement except for those laws: (i) which the Bermuda courts consider to be procedural in nature; or (ii) the application of which would be inconsistent with public policy as that term is interpreted under Bermuda law. |
11. |
Submission to Jurisdiction : The Companys contractual submission to the jurisdiction specified in the Underwriting Agreement would generally be recognised by the courts of Bermuda, if such submission is accepted by the courts of the jurisdiction specified and is legal, valid and binding under the laws of the relevant jurisdiction. |
12. |
Residence : The Underwriter would not be deemed to be resident, domiciled or carrying on business in Bermuda by reason solely of the negotiation, preparation, execution, performance, enforcement of, and/or receipt of any payment due from the Company under the Underwriting Agreement, nor is it necessary for the execution, delivery, performance and enforcement of the Underwriting Agreement that the Underwriter be authorised or qualified to carry on business in Bermuda. No holder of Shares is or will be deemed to be resident, domiciled or carrying on business in Bermuda by reason only of holding the Shares. |
13. |
Taxes : There is no stamp duty, registration, documentary or any similar tax or duty of any kind payable in Bermuda in connection with the signature, performance or enforcement by legal proceedings of any of the Documents, as applicable. |
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14. |
Withholding Taxes : The Company is not required under Bermuda law to make any deduction or withholding for or on account of any tax from any payment to be made in accordance with the terms of the Documents. |
15. |
Tax Assurance : The Company has received an assurance from the Ministry of Finance granting an exemption, until 31 March 2035, from the imposition of tax under any applicable Bermuda law computed on profits or income or computed on any capital asset, gain or appreciation, or any tax in the nature of estate duty or inheritance tax, provided that such exemption shall not prevent the application of any such tax or duty to such persons as are ordinarily resident in Bermuda and shall not prevent the application of any tax payable in accordance with the provisions of the Land Tax Act 1967 or otherwise payable in relation to land in Bermuda leased to the Company. |
16. |
Exchange Control : The transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement are not subject to any currency deposit or reserve requirements in Bermuda. The Company has been designated as non-resident for the purposes of the Exchange Control Act 1972 and regulations made under it and there is no restriction or requirement of Bermuda binding on the Company which limits the availability or transfer of foreign exchange (i.e. monies denominated in currencies other than Bermuda dollars) for the purposes of the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Underwriting Agreement. |
17. |
No Immunity : The Company is not entitled to immunity from suit or enforcement of a judgment on the ground of sovereignty or otherwise in the courts of Bermuda in respect of proceedings against it in relation to the Underwriting Agreement. |
18. |
Winding Up and Litigation : Based solely upon the Litigation Search and the Company Search: |
(a) |
no court proceedings are pending against the Company; |
(b) |
no petition to wind up the Company or application to reorganise its affairs pursuant to a scheme of arrangement or application for the appointment of a receiver has been filed with the Supreme Court of Bermuda; and |
(c) |
no notice of the passing of a resolution of members or creditors to wind up or the appointment of a liquidator or receiver has been given to the Registrar of Companies. |
19. |
Agent : The appointment by the Company of Marc Pearlin, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company as agent for the receipt of any service of process in respect of any of the Foreign Courts in connection with any matter arising out of or in connection with the Documents is a valid and effective appointment, if such appointment is valid and binding under the laws of the Foreign Law and if no other procedural requirements need to be met in order to validate such appointment. |
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20. |
Accuracy of Statements : The statements in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading Tax Considerations Bermuda Tax Considerations insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the Constitutional Documents or the laws of Bermuda referred to therein, are accurate and correct in all material respects. |
21. |
Correctness of Information : The information in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and Prospectus under the following headings and various paragraphs identified herein namely: Description of Share Capital, Risk Factors - We may become subject to unanticipated tax liabilities that may have a material adverse effect on our results of operations., Risk Factors We are incorporated in Bermuda and a significant portion of our assets will be located outside the United States. As a result, it may not be possible for shareholders to enforce civil liability provisions of the federal or state securities laws of the United States against the Company., Risk Factors - Concentration of ownership among our significant shareholders may prevent new investors from influencing significant corporate decisions and may result in conflicts of interest., Risk Factors - Bermuda law differs from the laws in effect in the United States and may afford less protection to shareholders., Risk Factors - Certain provisions of the Sponsor Shareholders Agreements, our memorandum of association and amended and restated bye-laws and Bermuda law could hinder, delay or prevent a change in control that you might consider favorable, which could also adversely affect the price of our common shares., Tax Considerations Bermuda Tax Considerations and Item 15 of Part II of the Registration Statement, to the extent that they constitute matters of law or the Companys memorandum of association and bye-laws, have been reviewed by us and are correct in all material respects. |
22. |
No Personal Liability : Subject to the below, the holders of such Shares will have no personal liability for the debts or obligations of the Company solely by reason of their status as holders of such Shares. |
Under Bermuda law, a company incorporated by registration under the Companies Act 1981 is a legal entity separate and distinct from its members. Whilst Bermuda courts always retain the power and discretion to do so, it is only in exceptional circumstances that the principle of separate legal personality of a Bermuda company is ignored by the Bermuda courts. Such an approach, generally referred to as lifting the corporate veil, is based on English common law authority (which would be regarded as persuasive, although technically not binding, in the courts of Bermuda) and has been taken where the device of incorporation is used for some illegal or improper purpose, in case of fraud or a sham or where public interest concerns prevail. In circumstances where a Bermuda company is acting as the agent of a shareholder or a subsidiary, the shareholder or subsidiary would be liable for obligations incurred on its behalf under applicable agency principles and not on the basis of the corporate veil being lifted.
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Exhibit A-3
FORM OF OPINION OF COMPANYS GENERAL COUNSEL
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(b)
1. To my knowledge, there are no legal or governmental proceedings, inquiries or investigations pending or threatened to which the Company or any subsidiary is a party or to which any property of the Company or any subsidiary is subject that are or would be required pursuant to Item 103 of Regulation S-K of the Rules and Regulations to be described in any document filed by the Company under the 1934 Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus that are not so described.
2. Neither the execution and delivery by the Company of the Underwriting Agreement nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Share Repurchase, constitutes a violation of, or a default under, any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound or to which any of the properties or assets of the Company or any subsidiary is subject, except for such defaults that would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
3. The Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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Exhibit A-4
FORM OF OPINION OF SELLING SHAREHOLDERS COUNSEL
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(c)
1. The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each WP Selling Shareholders.
2. The sale of the Securities to be sold by each of the WP Selling Shareholders pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement do not, and the performance by each of the WP Selling Shareholders of its obligations in the Underwriting Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York that in our experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Securities Act (but we express no opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), (b) result in a violation of the Constituent Documents or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation that in our experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but we express no opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws).
3. Assuming that (a) The Depository Trust Company (DTC) is a clearing corporation as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York (the UCC) and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased the Securities from the WP Selling Shareholders, made payment therefor pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement. We have assumed that the law governing the matters covered in the foregoing opinion as determined under The Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Certain Rights in Respect of Securities Held with an Intermediary is the law in force in the State of New York.
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Exhibit B
FORM OF LOCK-UP FROM DIRECTORS, OFFICERS OR OTHER
STOCKHOLDERS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(J)
March , 2019
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
1585 Broadway, 29th Floor
New York, New York 10036
Re: |
Proposed Public Offering by Selling Shareholders of Triton International Limited |
Dear Sirs:
The undersigned, a stockholder [and an officer and/or director] of Triton International Limited, a Bermuda company (the Company), understands that Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC proposes to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the Underwriting Agreement) with the Company and the Selling Shareholders providing for the public offering of shares of the Companys common shares, par value $0.01 per share (the Common Shares). In recognition of the benefit that such an offering will confer upon the undersigned as a stockholder [and an officer and/or director] of the Company, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned agrees with the underwriter to be named in the Underwriting Agreement that, during the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the date that is 30 days from the date of the Underwriting Agreement (subject to extensions as discussed below) (the Lock-Up Period), the undersigned will not, without the prior written consent of Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, (i) directly or indirectly, offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise transfer or dispose of any shares of the Companys Common Shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Shares, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the undersigned or with respect to which the undersigned has or hereafter acquires the power of disposition (collectively, the Lock-Up Securities), or exercise any right with respect to the registration of any of the Lock-up Securities, or file or cause to be filed any registration statement in connection therewith, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or (ii) enter into any swap or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of the Lock-Up Securities, whether any such swap or transaction is to be settled by delivery of Common Shares or other securities, in cash or otherwise.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to the conditions below, the undersigned may transfer the Lock-Up Securities without the prior written consent of Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, provided that (1) except in the case of clauses (viii) through (x) below, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC receives a signed lock-up agreement for the balance of the lockup period from each donee, trustee, distributee, or transferee, as the case may be, (2) except in the case of clauses (viii) through (x) below, any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value, (3) except in the case of clauses (viii) through (x) below, such transfers are not required to be reported with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 4 in accordance with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), (4) the undersigned does not otherwise voluntarily effect any public filing or report regarding such transfers and (5) in the case of clauses (viii) through (x) below, any Form 4 filed in connection therewith contain a footnote indicating that such filing relates to the circumstances described therein:
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to the underwriter pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement; |
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as a bona fide gift or gifts; |
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to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned (for purposes of this lock-up agreement, immediate family shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin); |
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to limited or general partners, members or stockholders of the undersigned; |
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transfers by will or intestacy; |
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to the undersigneds affiliates (as defined under Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act) or to any investment fund or other entity controlled or managed by the undersigned or to any corporation, partnership or other entity with whom the undersigned shares in common an investment manager or advisor, in each case who has discretionary investment authority with respect to the undersigneds and such other entitys investments pursuant to an investment management, investment advisory or similar agreement; |
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to a nominee or custodian of a person or entity to whom a disposition or transfer would be permissible under clauses (ii) through (vi); |
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in the case of dispositions of shares of Common Shares, solely in an amount necessary to satisfy tax obligations (withholding or otherwise) in connection with the exercise of options to purchase Common Shares, the vesting of restricted shares of Common Shares awards, or the settling of restricted shares of Common Shares under employee benefits plans described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; |
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pursuant to any contractual arrangement that provides for the repurchase of the undersigneds securities by the Company in connection with the termination of the undersigneds employment or other service relationship with the Company or the undersigneds failure to meet certain conditions set out upon receipt of such securities; |
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pursuant to an order of a court or regulatory agency; or |
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the establishment of any written contract, instruction or plan that satisfies all of the requirements of Rule 10b5-1 (a Rule 10b5-1 Plan) under the Exchange Act; provided that no sales of Lock-Up Securities shall be made pursuant to such Rule 10b5-1 Plan prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period. |
Furthermore, the undersigned may sell Common Shares of the Company purchased by the undersigned on the open market following the Public Offering if and only if (i) such sales are not required to be reported in any public report or filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or otherwise and (ii) the undersigned does not otherwise voluntarily effect any public filing or report regarding such sales.
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The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Companys transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the Lock-Up Securities except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this lock-up agreement will automatically terminate and the undersigned will be released from all of his, her or its obligations hereunder upon the earliest to occur, if any, of the following: (i) prior to the execution of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company advises Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC in writing, that it has determined not to proceed with the Public Offering, (ii) the Underwriting Agreement is executed but is terminated (other than with respect to the provisions thereof which survive termination) prior to payment for and delivery of the Lock-Up Securities to be sold thereunder or (iii) April 7, 2019, in the event that the Underwriting Agreement has not been executed by such date.
This lock-up agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed within the State of New York.
[Signature Page Follows]
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Exhibit 5.1
Triton International Limited 22 Victoria Street Hamilton HM 12 Bermuda |
Email SReesDavies@applebyglobal.com
Direct Dial +1 441 298 3296 Tel +1 441 295 2244 Fax +1 441 292 8666
Your Ref
Appleby Ref 436544/0006/SRD/AK
18 March 2019 |
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Dear Sirs
TRITON INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (COMPANY)
INTRODUCTION
This opinion as to Bermuda law is addressed to you in connection with the filing by the Company of a registration statement on Form S-3 ( Registration Statement ), with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ( Securities Act ), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, in relation to: (a) the proposed sale by Warburg Pincus X Partners, L.P., Warburg Pincus (Callisto-II) Private Equity X, L.P., Warburg Pincus (Europa-II), Private Equity X, L.P. and Warburg Pincus (Ganymede-II) Private Equity X, L.P. to Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC of 7,132,790 common shares, $0.01 par value, of the Company ( Common Shares ) as described in the Prospectus (as defined in the Schedule to this opinion), (b) the repurchase by the Company of 1,500,000 of the Common Shares, $0.01 par value, of the Company and (c) the documents listed in Part 1 of Schedule 1 ( Documents ).
OUR REVIEW
For the purposes of giving this opinion we have examined and relied upon the Documents and the documents listed in Part 2 of Schedule 1. We have not examined any other documents, even if they are referred to in the Documents.
For the purposes of giving this opinion we have carried out the Company Search and the Litigation Search described in Part 3 of Schedule 1.
In giving this opinion we have relied upon and assume the accuracy and completeness of the certificates of the secretary and of the assistant secretary of the Company dated the date hereof ( Certificates ), the contents of which we have not verified. |
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We have not made any other enquiries concerning the Company and in particular we have not investigated or verified any matter of fact or representation (whether set out in any of the Documents or elsewhere) other than as expressly stated in this opinion.
Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalised terms have the meanings assigned to them in the Prospectus or Schedule 1, as applicable.
LIMITATIONS
Our opinion is limited to, and should be construed in accordance with, the laws of Bermuda at the date of this opinion. We express no opinion on the laws of any other jurisdiction.
This opinion is limited to the matters stated in it and does not extend to, and is not to be extended by implication, to any other matters. We express no opinion on the commercial implications of the Documents or whether they give effect to the commercial intentions of the parties.
This opinion is given solely for the benefit of the addressee in connection with the matters referred to herein and, except with our prior written consent, it may not be transmitted or disclosed to or used or relied upon by any other person or be relied upon for any other purpose whatsoever; provided that, we consent to the inclusion of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement and to the use of the name of our firm in the Registration Statement; as Bermuda attorneys, however, we are not qualified to opine on matters of law of any jurisdiction other than Bermuda, accordingly we do not admit to being an expert within the meaning of the Securities Act.
ASSUMPTIONS AND RESERVATIONS
We give the following opinions on the basis of the assumptions set out in Schedule 2 ( Assumptions ), which we have not verified, and subject to the reservations set out in Schedule 3 ( Reservations ).
OPINIONS
1. Incorporation and Status : The Company is incorporated as an exempted company limited by shares and existing under the laws of Bermuda and is a separate legal entity. The Company is in good standing with the Registrar of Companies of Bermuda.
2. Common Shares : The Common Shares are validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable shares of capital of the Company.
3. Authorisation : The Company has taken all necessary corporate action to authorise the issuance of the Common Shares pursuant to Bermuda law.
Yours faithfully
/s/ Appleby (Bermuda) Limited
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SCHEDULE 1
Part 1
The Documents
1. An copy, in PDF format of the Registration Statement.
2. A copy, in PDF format of the prospectus issued by the Company dated 5 September 2017 ( Base Prospectus ) as supplemented by the prospectus supplement dated 15 March 2019 ( Prospectus Supplement and together with the Base Prospectus, Prospectus ).
3. An executed copy, in PDF format of the Underwriting Agreement dated 14 March 2019 made between the Underwriters (as defined therein) and the Company.
Part 2
Other Documents Examined
1. A certified copy of the certificate of incorporation of the Company dated effective 29 September 2015 ( Certificate of Incorporation ).
2. A certified copy of the memorandum of association and bye-laws of the Company adopted effective 12 July 2016 ( Constitutional Documents ).
3. A Certificate of Compliance, dated 11 March 2019 issued by the Registrar of Companies in respect of the Company ( Certificate of Compliance ).
4. Certified copies of: (i) minutes of a meeting of the board of directors of the Company held on 1 September 2017, (ii) minutes of a meeting of the board of directors of Triton Container International Limited ( TCIL ) held on 7 November 2015 and (iii) unanimous written resolutions of the board of directors of TCIL dated effective 8 July 2016 (collectively, Resolutions ).
5. A copy of the results of the Litigation Search.
6. A copy of the results of the Company Search.
7. Certified copies of the Foreign Exchange Letter issued by the Bermuda Monetary Authority in relation to the Company.
8. Executed copies, in PDF format, of each of the Certificates. |
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Part 3
Searches
1. Searches of the entries and filings shown and available for inspection in respect of the Company in the register of charges and on the file of the Company maintained in the register of companies at the office of the Registrar of Companies in Hamilton, Bermuda, as revealed by searches conducted on 18 March 2019 ( Company Search ).
2. Searches of the entries and filings shown and available for inspection in respect of the Company in the Cause and Judgement Book of the Supreme Court maintained at the Registry of the Supreme Court in Hamilton, Bermuda, as revealed by searches conducted on 18 March 2019 ( Litigation Search ). |
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SCHEDULE 2
Assumptions
We have assumed:
1. (i) that the originals of all documents examined in connection with this opinion are authentic, accurate and complete; and (ii) the authenticity, accuracy completeness and conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies;
2. that each of the Documents and other documentation which was received by electronic means is complete, intact and in conformity with the transmission as sent;
3. that there has been no change to the information contained in the Certificate of Incorporation and that the Constitutional Documents remain in full force and effect and are unamended;
4. that the signatures, initials and seals on all documents and certificates submitted to us as originals or copies of executed originals are authentic, and the signatures and initials on any Document executed by the Company are the signatures and initials of a person or persons authorised to execute the documents by the Company, by resolution of its board of directors or any power of attorney granted by the Company, to execute such Document;
5. that each of the parties (other than the Company under Bermuda law) is incorporated, organised or registered (as the case may be) and in good standing (where such concept is legally relevant) under the laws which govern its capacity and has the capacity, power and authority, has fulfilled all internal authorisation procedures and completed all applicable filings and formalities, and has obtained all authorisations, approvals, consents, licences and exemptions required under the laws of any relevant jurisdiction to execute, deliver and perform its respective obligations under the Documents, as applicable, and the transactions contemplated thereby and has taken all necessary corporate and other action required and completed all applicable formalities required to authorise the execution of the Documents, as applicable, and the performance of its obligations thereunder, as applicable;
6. the truth, accuracy and completeness of all representations and warranties or statements of fact or law (other than as to the laws of Bermuda in respect of matters upon which we have expressly opined) made in the Documents; |
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7. the accuracy, completeness and currency of the records and filing systems maintained at the public offices where we have searched or enquired or have caused searches or enquiries to be conducted, that such search and enquiry did not fail to disclose any information which had been filed with or delivered to the relevant body but had not been processed at the time when the search was conducted and the enquiries were made, and that the information disclosed by the Company Search and the Litigation Search is accurate and complete in all respects and such information has not been materially altered since the date and time of the Company Search and the Litigation Search;
8. that there are no provisions of the laws or regulations of any jurisdiction other than Bermuda which have been contravened by the issuance of the Common Shares or which have any implication in relation to the opinion expressed herein and that, in so far as any obligation to be performed or action to be taken as described in the Registration Statement is required to be performed or taken in any jurisdiction outside Bermuda, the performance of such obligation or the taking of such action constitutes a valid and binding obligation of each of the parties thereto under the laws of that jurisdiction and is not illegal by virtue of the laws of that jurisdiction;
9. that (i) the Documents are in the form of the documents approved in the Resolutions; (ii) any meetings at which such Resolutions were passed were duly convened and had a duly constituted quorum present and voting throughout; (iii) all interests of the directors of the Company on the subject matter of the Resolutions, if any, were declared and disclosed in accordance with the law and relevant Constitutional Documents; (iv) the Resolutions have not been revoked, amended or superseded, in whole or in part, and remain in full force and effect at the date of this opinion; and (v) the directors of the Company have concluded that the entry by the Company into the Documents, as applicable, and such other documents approved by the Resolutions and the transactions contemplated thereby are bona fide in the best interests of the Company and for a proper purpose of the Company, as applicable; and
10. that there has been no matter affecting the authority of the directors to effect the issuance of the Common Shares by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Prospectus and the Resolutions including breach of duty or lack of good faith which would have any adverse implications in relation to the opinions expressed in this opinion;
11. that the Company has filed the Prospectus in good faith for the purpose of carrying on its business and that at the time it did so, there were reasonable grounds for believing that the activities contemplated by the Prospectus would benefit the Company; |
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12. that, save for the documents provided to us, there are no resolutions, agreements, documents or arrangements which materially affect, amend or vary the transactions envisaged in the Prospectus; and
13. that no resolution to voluntarily wind up the Company has been adopted by the members and no event of a type which is specified in the Constitutional Documents as giving rise to the winding up of the Company (if any) has in fact occurred. |
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SCHEDULE 3
Reservations
Our opinion is subject to the following:
1. Good Standing : The term good standing means that the Company has received a Certificate of Compliance from the Registrar of Companies.
2. Non-Assessable : Any reference in this opinion to shares being non-assessable shall mean, in relation to fully-paid shares of the Company and subject to any contrary provision in any agreement in writing between the Company and the holder of shares, that: no shareholder shall be obliged to contribute further amounts to the capital of the Company, either in order to complete payment for their shares, to satisfy claims of creditors of the Company, or otherwise; and no shareholder shall be bound by an alteration of the memorandum of association or bye-laws of the Company after the date on which he became a shareholder, if and so far as the alteration requires him to take, or subscribe for additional shares, or in any way increases his liability to contribute to the share capital of, or otherwise to pay money to, the Company. |
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