EXHIBIT 1.1
$150,000,000
7.35% Notes due 2007
Interpool, Inc.
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
July 24, 1997
SMITH BARNEY INC.
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013
Dear Sirs:
Interpool, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), confirms its
agreement with Smith Barney Inc. ("Smith Barney" or the "Initial Purchaser"),
with respect to the issue and sale by the Company and the purchase by the
Initial Purchaser of $150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7.35% Notes due
2007 of the Company (the "Original Securities"). The Original Securities will be
issued pursuant to an indenture, to be dated as of July 29, 1997 (the
"Indenture"), between the Company and United States Trust Company of New York,
as trustee (the "Trustee").
The Original Securities will be entitled to the registration rights set
forth in the Registration Rights Agreement (the "Registration Rights
Agreement"), to be executed on and dated as of the Closing Time (as defined in
Section 2(b) hereof). Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company
will agree, among other things, to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") (i) a registration statement (the "Exchange Offer
Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933
Act") relating to another series of 7.35% Notes due 2007 of the Company (the
"Exchange Securities"), to be offered in exchange for the Original Securities
(such offer to exchange being referred to as the "Exchange Offer") and/or (ii) a
shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the 1933 Act (the "Shelf
Registration Statement") relating to the resale by certain holders of the
Original Securities. The Company will be obligated to pay certain liquidated
damages in respect of the Original Securities if the Company fails to comply
with certain provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement concerning the
filing and effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement.
The Original Securities and the Exchange Securities are jointly referred to
as the "Securities". The Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement, the DTC
Agreement (as hereinafter defined) and this Agreement are hereinafter referred
to collectively as the "Operative Documents."
The Company understands that the Initial Purchaser proposes to make an
offering (the "Offering") of the Original Securities on the terms and in the
manner set forth herein and agrees that the Initial Purchaser may resell,
subject to the conditions set forth herein, all or a portion of the Original
Securities to purchasers ("Subsequent Purchasers") at any time after the date of
this Agreement. The Original Securities are to be offered and sold through the
Initial Purchaser without being registered under the 1933 Act, in reliance upon
exemptions therefrom. Pursuant to the terms of the Original Securities,
investors that acquire Original Securities may resell or otherwise transfer such
Original Securities only if such Original Securities are hereafter registered
under the 1933 Act or if an exemption from the registration requirements of the
1933 Act is available (including the exemption afforded by Rule 144A ("Rule
144A") of the rules and regulations promulgated under the 1933 Act by the
Commission).
It is understood and acknowledged that upon original issuance thereof, and
until such time as the same is no longer required under the applicable
requirements of the 1933 Act, the Original Securities shall bear the following
legend:
THE NOTES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY
STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAW. NEITHER
THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED,
SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED
OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS
EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, REGISTRATION.
THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO OFFER, SELL
OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE "RESALE
RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE") WHICH IS TWO YEARS AFTER THE LATER OF
THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE
COMPANY OR ANY "AFFILIATE" OF THE COMPANY WAS THE OWNER OF THIS NOTE
(OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF THIS NOTE) ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY, (B)
PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) SO LONG AS THE THIS NOTE IS ELIGIBLE FOR
RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT ("RULE 144A") TO
A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER"
(AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A) THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR
THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN
THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT
TO OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED
STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,
(E) IN A MINIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $100,000 TO AN INSTITUTIONAL
"ACCREDITED INVESTOR" WITHIN THE MEANING OF SUBPARAGRAPH (A)(1), (2),
(3) OR (7) OF RULE 501 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS ACQUIRING THIS
NOTE FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN INSTITUTIONAL
ACCREDITED INVESTOR, FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO,
OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION
OF THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (F) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE
EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,
SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF THE COMPANY PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR
TRANSFER (i) PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (D), (E) OR (F) TO REQUIRE THE
DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATIONS AND/OR OTHER
INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY AND (ii) PURSUANT TO CLAUSE
(E) TO REQUIRE THAT THE TRANSFEROR DELIVER TO THE COMPANY A LETTER
FROM THE TRANSFEREE SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM OF ANNEX A TO THE
OFFERING MEMORANDUM DATED JULY 24, 1997. SUCH HOLDER FURTHER AGREES
THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS NOTE IS TRANSFERRED A
NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND.
The Company has prepared and delivered to the Initial Purchaser copies of a
preliminary offering memorandum dated July 17, 1997 (the "Preliminary Offering
Memorandum") and has prepared and will deliver to the Initial Purchaser, on the
date hereof or the next succeeding day, copies of a final offering memorandum
dated July 24, 1997 (the "Final Offering Memorandum"), each for use by the
Initial Purchaser in connection with its solicitation of purchases of, or
offering of, the Original Securities. "Offering Memorandum" means, with respect
to any date or time referred to in this Agreement, the most recent offering
memorandum (whether the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Final Offering
Memorandum, or any amendment or supplement to either such document), including
exhibits thereto and any documents incorporated therein by reference, which has
been prepared and delivered by the Company to the Initial Purchaser in
connection with its solicitation of purchases of, or offering of, the Original
Securities.
Unless otherwise indicated, all references in this Agreement to financial
statements and schedules and other information which is "contained," "included"
or "stated" in the Offering Memorandum (or other references of like import)
shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements and schedules
and other information which are incorporated by reference in the Offering
Memorandum; and all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to
the Offering Memorandum shall be deemed to mean and include the filing of any
document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act")
which is incorporated by reference in the Offering Memorandum.
SECTION 1. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
The Company represents and warrants to the Initial Purchaser as of the date
hereof and as of the Closing Time, and agrees with the Initial Purchaser as
follows:
(a) The Company has not, directly or indirectly, solicited any offer to buy
or offered to sell, and will not, directly or indirectly, solicit any offer to
buy or offer to sell, in the United States or to any United States citizen or
resident, any security which is or would be integrated with the sale of the
Original Securities in a manner that would require the Original Securities to be
registered under the 1933 Act.
(b) The Offering Memorandum does not, and at the Closing Time will not,
include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that this
representation, warranty and agreement shall not apply to statements in or
omissions from the Offering Memorandum made in reliance upon and in conformity
with information furnished to the Company in writing by or on behalf of Smith
Barney expressly for use in the Offering Memorandum.
(c) The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in
the Offering Memorandum at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the
Commission complied or will comply in all material respects with the
requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder (the "1934 Act Regulations"), and, when read together with the other
information in the Offering Memorandum, at the date of the Offering Memorandum
and at the Closing Time, do 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, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading.
(d) The accountants who certified the financial statements and supporting
schedules included in the Offering Memorandum (by reference or otherwise) are
independent certified public accountants with respect to the Company and its
subsidiaries within the meaning of Regulation S-X under the 1933 Act.
(e) The financial statements of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries, together with the related schedules and notes, included in the
Offering Memorandum (by incorporation, reference or otherwise) present fairly
the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, at the
dates indicated and the results of operations, shareholders' equity and cash
flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods specified
and have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles ("GAAP") applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods
involved. The supporting schedules, if any, included in the Offering Memorandum
present fairly in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated
therein. The summary financial information included in Offering Memorandum
present fairly the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis
consistent with that of the audited financial statements included in the
Offering Memorandum (by incorporation, reference or otherwise). The pro forma
financial information included in the Offering Memorandum (by incorporation,
reference or otherwise) presents fairly the information shown therein, has been
prepared in accordance with the Commission's rules and guidelines with respect
to pro forma financial information and has been properly compiled on the bases
described therein, and the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are
reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to
the transactions or circumstances referred to therein.
(f) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the
Offering Memorandum, except as otherwise stated therein, and except for normal
recurring dividends on the capital stock of the Company, there has not been (A)
any material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), 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, (B) any transaction entered into by the Company or any subsidiary,
other than in the ordinary course of business, that is material to the Company
and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, or (C) any dividend or
distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of
its capital stock (other than any normal dividends payable on the Company's
common stock or preferred stock).
(g) The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has the corporate
power and authority under such laws to own, lease and operate its properties and
to conduct its business as described in the Offering Memorandum 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 it owns or leases property of a nature, or
transacts business of a type, that would make such qualification necessary,
except to the extent that the failure to so qualify or be in good standing would
not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries,
considered as one enterprise.
(h) Each "significant subsidiary" of the Company (as such term is defined
in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) is identified on Schedule A hereto (each a
"Significant Subsidiary" and collectively, the "Significant Subsidiaries") and
is duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, and has full power and
authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct business as
described in the Offering Memorandum and 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 have a material adverse effect on
the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise; all of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of each Significant Subsidiary have been
duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are
owned by the Company, directly or through its subsidiaries, free and clear of
any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity;
none of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Significant Subsidiaries
was issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights arising by operation
of law, or under the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or under
any agreement to which the Company or any Significant Subsidiary is a party. The
subsidiaries of the Company other than the Significant Subsidiaries, considered
in the aggregate as a single subsidiary, do not constitute a "significant
subsidiary" as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X.
(i) The Company does not have any subsidiaries which are material to its
business, except to the extent that one or more of the Significant Subsidiaries
may be deemed to be so material.
(j) (A) The Company had at the date indicated a duly authorized and
outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Offering Memorandum, (B) all of
the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized
and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, and (C) none of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company was issued in violation of
the preemptive rights of any stockholder of the Company.
(k) The Company has all requisite power and authority to execute, deliver
and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Registration Rights
Agreement; the execution and delivery of, and the performance by the Company of
its obligations under, this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement have
been duly and validly authorized by the Company, and this Agreement has been,
and at the Closing Time the Registration Rights Agreement will have been, duly
executed and delivered by the Company and will constitute valid and legally
binding agreements of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance
with their terms, except as the enforcement hereof and thereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws
relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally or by general equitable
principles (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law).
(l) The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and, at the
Closing Time, will have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and will
constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the
Company in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforcement
thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally or by
general equitable principles (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding
in equity or at law).
(m) The Original Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and,
at the Closing Time, will have been duly executed by the Company and, when
authenticated in the manner provided for in the Indenture and delivered against
payment therefor as described in the Offering Memorandum, will constitute valid
and binding obligations of the Company, and the Exchange Securities have been
duly authorized by the Company and, when duly executed by the Company and
authenticated in the manner provided for in the Indenture, will constitute valid
and binding obligations of the Company, in each case, enforceable against the
Company in accordance with their terms, except to the extent that enforcement
thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally or by
general equitable principles (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding
in equity or at law); and the Securities will be in the form contemplated by,
and entitled to the benefits of, the Indenture.
(n) The Company is not, and following issuance of the Securities and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (including the use of
proceeds of the sale of the Original Securities, as described in the Offering
Memorandum under the caption "Use of Proceeds") will not be, an "investment
company" or an entity "controlled" by an "investment company" which is required
to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940
Act").
(o) The Operative Documents and the Securities will conform in all material
respects to the summary descriptions thereof contained in the Offering
Memorandum.
(p) None of the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of its
charter or by-laws or is in default in the performance or observance of any
obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract,
indenture, deed of trust, mortgage, 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 any of them may be bound or to which any of the property or
assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries may be subject (collectively,
"Agreements and Instruments"), except for such defaults that would not have a
material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings,
business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries,
considered as one enterprise; the execution and delivery of the Operative
Documents by the Company, the issuance and delivery of the Securities, the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated in the Operative
Documents (including the use of proceeds of the sale of the Original Securities,
as described in the Offering Memorandum under the caption "Use of Proceeds") and
compliance by the Company with the terms of the Operative Documents have been
duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and
do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of
time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or a Repayment
Event (as defined below) or result in any violation of the charter or by-laws of
the Company or any subsidiary thereof, and do not and will not conflict with, or
result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default
under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or
encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary thereof
under (A) any indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other
agreement or instrument to which the Company or any subsidiary thereof is a
party or by which it may be bound or to which any of its properties may be
subject, except for such conflicts, breaches or defaults or liens, charges or
encumbrances that would not have a material adverse effect on the condition
(financial or otherwise), earnings, business affairs or business prospects of
the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, nor will such
action result in any violation of the provisions of charter or by-laws of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or (B) any existing applicable law, rule,
regulation, judgment, order or decree of any government, governmental
instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the
Company or any subsidiary thereof or any of their assets or properties. As used
herein, a "Repayment Event" means any event or condition which gives the holder
of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting
on such holder's behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or
repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any of its
subsidiaries.
(q) No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order,
registration, qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or
agency, other than those that have been made or obtained, is necessary or
required for the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, in
connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities or the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by the Operative Documents (except such as may be
required in connection with the registration under the 1933 Act of the Exchange
Securities in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, qualification
of the Indenture under the 1939 Act and compliance with the securities or Blue
Sky laws of various jurisdictions).
(r) There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before
or by any government, governmental instrumentality or court, domestic or
foreign, now pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or
affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries which would be required to be
described in the Offering Memorandum (or a document incorporated by reference
therein) if the Offering Memorandum were a registration statement on Form S-3
under the 1933 Act (other than as disclosed therein) or which might reasonably
be expected to result in any material adverse change in the condition (financial
or otherwise), earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company
and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, or which might reasonably be
expected to materially and adversely affect the properties or assets of the
Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, or might reasonably
be expected to adversely affect the issuance of the Securities or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Operative Documents; the
aggregate liability or loss, if any, resulting from the final outcome of all
pending legal or governmental proceedings to which the Company or any subsidiary
thereof is a party or which affect any of its properties that are not described
in the Offering Memorandum, including ordinary routine litigation incidental to
its business, would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect
on the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business affairs or
business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one
enterprise.
(s) The Company and each of its subsidiaries owns, possesses or has
obtained all material governmental licenses, permits, certificates, consents,
orders, approvals and other authorizations necessary to own or lease, as the
case may be, and to operate its properties and to carry on its business as
presently conducted, and neither the Company nor any subsidiary thereof has
received any notice of proceedings relating to revocation or modification of any
such licenses, permits, certificates, consents, orders, approvals or
authorizations that, in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable
decision, ruling or finding, could materially adversely affect the condition
(financial or otherwise), earnings, business or operations of the Company and
its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise.
(t) Each of the Company and the Significant Subsidiaries has good and
marketable title to all property (real and personal) described in the Offering
Memorandum as being owned by it, free and clear of all liens, claims, security
interests or other encumbrances except such as (A) are described in the Offering
Memorandum, (B) are liens for taxes not yet due or (C) are neither material in
amount nor materially significant in relation to the business of the Company and
its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise; 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 subsidiary
thereof holds properties described in the Offering Memorandum, are in full force
and effect, and neither the Company nor any subsidiary thereof 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 thereof under any of the leases or
subleases mentioned above, or affecting or questioning the rights of such entity
to the continued possession of the leased or subleased premises and assets under
any such lease or sublease.
(u) The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are executed
in accordance with management's general or specific authorization; (ii)
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to
maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in
accordance with management's general or specific authorization; and (iv) the
recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences.
(v) Neither the Company nor the subsidiaries of the Company nor, to the
Company's knowledge, any employee or agent of the Company or any subsidiary of
the Company has made any payment of funds of the Company or any such subsidiary
or received or retained any funds in violation of any law, rule or regulation,
which violation would have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial
or otherwise), earnings, business or operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise.
(w) The Company and its subsidiaries have filed all federal, state, local
and foreign tax returns that are required to be filed or have duly requested
extensions thereof and have paid all taxes required to be paid by any of them
and any related assessments, fines or penalties, except for any such tax,
assessment, fine or penalty that is being contested in good faith and by
appropriate proceedings; and adequate charges, accruals and reserves have been
provided for in the financial statements referred to in Section 1(e) above in
respect of all federal, state, local and foreign taxes for all periods as to
which the tax liability of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has not been
finally determined or remains open to examination by applicable taxing
authorities.
(x) No holder of any security of the Company has any right to request or
demand registration of shares of Common Stock or any other security of the
Company because of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement. Except as described in or
contemplated by the Offering Memorandum, there are no outstanding options,
warrants or other rights calling for the issuance of, and there are no
commitments, plans or arrangements to issue, any shares of capital stock of the
Company or any security convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for
capital stock of the Company.
(y) The Company has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly,
any action designed to, or that might be reasonably expected to, cause or result
in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any of the Securities.
(z) When the Original Securities are issued and delivered pursuant to this
Agreement, such Original Securities will not be of the same class as any
security of the Company listed on a national securities exchange registered
under Section 6 of the 1934 Act or quoted in a U.S. automated interdealer
quotation system.
(aa) None of the Company or any of its affiliates, as such term is defined
in Rule 501(b) under the 1933 Act ("Affiliates"), or any person acting on its or
any of their behalf (other than the Initial Purchaser, as to whom the Company
makes no representation) has engaged or will engage, in connection with the
offering of the Original Securities, in any form of general solicitation or
general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) under the 1933 Act.
(ab) Subject to compliance by the Initial Purchaser with the
representations and warranties set forth in Section 2 and the procedures set
forth in Section 6 hereof, except in connection with the filing of a
registration statement to effect the Exchange Offer or the filing of the Shelf
Registration Statement as contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, it
is not necessary in connection with the offer, sale and delivery of the Original
Securities to the Initial Purchaser and to each Subsequent Purchaser in the
manner contemplated by this Agreement and the Offering Memorandum to register
the Original Securities under the 1933 Act or to qualify the Indenture under the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "1939 Act").
(ac) None of the Company or its subsidiaries does business with the
government of Cuba or with any person located in Cuba.
(ad) Interpool Limited is an "international business company" under the
International Business Companies Act, 1991 of Barbados.
(ae) Except as disclosed in the documents incorporated by reference into
the Offering Memorandum, there are no business relationships or related party
transactions required to be disclosed therein by Item 404 of Regulation S-K of
the Commission.
SECTION 2. SALE AND DELIVERY TO INITIAL PURCHASER; CLOSING.
(a) On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and
subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell
to the Initial Purchaser, and the Initial Purchaser agrees to purchase from the
Company, at a purchase price of 98.734% of the principal amount thereof,
$150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Original Securities.
(b) Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates for the
Original Securities shall be made at the office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher
& Flom LLP in New York, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by Smith
Barney and the Company, at 9:00 a.m. New York City time on July 29, 1997, or
such other time not later than ten business days after such date as shall be
agreed upon by Smith Barney and the Company (such time and date of payment and
delivery being herein called the "Closing Time").
Payment for the Original Securities purchased by the Initial Purchaser
shall be made to the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds to
a bank account designated by the Company, against delivery to the Initial
Purchaser of certificates for the Original Securities, if any are to be
purchased by them. Certificates for the Original Securities shall be in such
denominations and registered in such names as the Initial Purchaser may request
in writing at least one business day before the Closing Time. The certificates
representing the Original Securities which are not resold to institutional
"accredited investors" shall be registered in the name of Cede & Co. pursuant to
the representation letters of the Company to The Depository Trust Company
("DTC") relating to the approval of the Securities by DTC for "book entry"
transfer (the "DTC Agreement") and shall be made available for examination and
packaging by the Initial Purchaser in The City of New York not later than 10:00
A.M. on the last business day prior to the Closing Time.
(c) The Initial Purchaser represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the
Company that it is a Qualified Institutional Buyer (as defined in Section
6(a)(i)) and an Institutional Accredited Investor (as defined in Section
6(a)(i)).
SECTION 3. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY. The Company covenants with the Initial
Purchaser as follows:
(a) The Company, as promptly as possible, will furnish to the Initial
Purchaser, without charge, such number of copies of the Preliminary Offering
Memorandum, the Final Offering Memorandum and any amendments and supplements
thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein as the Initial Purchaser
may reasonably request.
(b) The Company will promptly notify the Initial Purchaser, and confirm
such notice in writing, of (x) any filing made by the Company of information
relating to the offering of the Original Securities with any securities exchange
or any other regulatory body in the United States or any other jurisdiction, and
(y) prior to the completion of the placement of the Original Securities by the
Initial Purchaser as evidenced by a notice in writing from the Initial Purchaser
to the Company, any material change in the condition (financial or other),
business, operations, properties, net worth or results of operations of the
Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, or of the happening
of any event which makes any statement made in the Offering Memorandum (as then
amended or supplemented) untrue in any material respect or which requires the
making of any additions to or changes in the Offering Memorandum (as then
amended or supplemented) in order to make the statements therein not misleading,
or of the necessity to amend or supplement the Offering Memorandum (as then
amended or supplemented) to comply with any law. In such event or if during such
time any event shall occur as a result of which it is necessary, in the
reasonable opinion of the Company, its counsel, the Initial Purchaser or counsel
for the Initial Purchaser, to amend or supplement the Final Offering Memorandum
in order that the Final Offering Memorandum 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 then
existing, or to comply with any law, the Company will forthwith amend or
supplement the Final Offering Memorandum by preparing and furnishing to the
Initial Purchaser an amendment or amendments of, or a supplement or supplements
to, the Final Offering Memorandum (in form and substance satisfactory in the
reasonable opinion of counsel for the Initial Purchaser) so that, as so amended
or supplemented, the Final Offering Memorandum will not include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at
the time it is delivered to a Subsequent Purchaser, not misleading, or will
comply with any such law.
(c) The Company will advise the Initial Purchaser promptly of any proposal
to amend or supplement the Offering Memorandum and will not effect such
amendment or supplement without the consent of the Initial Purchaser (which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), except that no such consent shall
be required in connection with the filing of required reports pursuant to the
1934 Act or 1934 Act Regulations. Neither the consent of the Initial Purchaser,
nor the Initial Purchaser's delivery of any such amendment or supplement, shall
constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section 5 hereof.
(d) The Company shall use its best efforts, in cooperation with the Initial
Purchaser, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the applicable
securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Initial Purchaser may designate and
will maintain such qualifications in effect as long as required for the sale 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.
(e) For the period of three years from the date hereof, the Company will
furnish to the Initial Purchaser as soon as available, a copy of each report of
the Company mailed to shareholders or filed with any stock exchange or
regulatory body.
(f) The Company shall take all reasonable action necessary to enable
Standard & Poor's Rating Services ("S&P") and Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
("Moody's") to provide their respective credit ratings of the Securities.
(g) The Company will cooperate with the Initial Purchaser and use its
reasonable best efforts to permit the Original Securities to be eligible for
clearance and settlement through the facilities of DTC.
(h) The Company will use net proceeds received by it from the sale of the
Original Securities in the manner described in the Offering Memorandum under
"Use of Proceeds."
(i) During a period of 180 days from the date of the Offering Memorandum,
the Company will not issue, sell, contract to sell, or otherwise dispose of any
securities that are substantially similar to the Securities or that are
convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for, or otherwise represent a
right to acquire, any such securities, except in the Offering or pursuant to the
Exchange Offer or with the prior written consent of Smith Barney.
(j) The Company agrees to comply with all the terms and conditions of the
Registration Rights Agreement and the DTC Agreement.
SECTION 4. PAYMENT OF EXPENSES.
(a) Expenses. The Company agrees to pay the following costs and expenses
and all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of
its obligations hereunder: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction of the
Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Final Offering Memorandum (including
financial statements thereto), and each amendment or supplement to either of the
Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Final Offering Memorandum, this
Agreement, the other Operative Documents and such other documents as may be
required in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the
Securities; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage,
air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of
the Offering Memorandum, the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, all documents
incorporated therein by reference, and all amendments or supplements to any of
them as may be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and
sale of the Securities; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication,
issuance and delivery of certificates for the Original Securities, including any
stamp taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Original
Securities and any charges of DTC in connection therewith; (iv) the fees and
disbursements of the Company's counsel, accountants and other advisors, (v)
rating agency fees, (vi) the qualification of the Securities under the
securities or Blue Sky laws of the several states in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3(d) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees
and disbursements, if any, of counsel for the Initial Purchaser in connection
therewith and in connection with the preparation, printing and delivery to the
Initial Purchaser of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplement thereto, (vii) the
performance by the Company of its obligations under the Registration Rights
Agreement and (viii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee, including the
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee.
(b) Termination of Agreement. If this Agreement is terminated by the
Initial Purchaser in accordance with the provisions of Section 5 or Section
8(a)(i) hereof, the Company shall reimburse the Initial Purchaser for all of its
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and
disbursements of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, counsel for the
Initial Purchaser.
SECTION 5. CONDITIONS OF INITIAL PURCHASER'S OBLIGATIONS. The obligations
of the Initial Purchaser hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 1 hereof or
in certificates of any officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company
of its obligations hereunder, and to the following further conditions:
(a) Order or Decree. At the time of execution of this Agreement and at the
Closing Time, no order or decree preventing the use of the Offering Memorandum
or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any order asserting that the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the registration
requirements of the 1933 Act shall have been issued and no proceedings for that
purpose shall have been commenced or shall be pending or, to the knowledge of
the Company, be contemplated. No stop order suspending the sale of the
Securities in any jurisdiction designated by the Initial Purchaser shall have
been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been commenced or
shall be pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, shall be contemplated.
(b) Material Adverse Effect. Subsequent to the effective date of this
Agreement, there shall not have occurred (i) any material adverse change, or any
development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the
condition (financial or other), business, properties, net worth, or results of
operations of the Company or any of its subsidiaries not contemplated by the
Offering Memorandum, which in the opinion of the Initial Purchaser, would
materially adversely affect the market for the Securities, or (ii) any event or
development relating to or involving the Company or any officer or director of
the Company which makes any statement made in the Offering Memorandum untrue in
any material respect or which, in the opinion of the Company and its counsel or
the Initial Purchaser and its counsel, requires the making of any addition to or
change in the Offering Memorandum in order to state a material fact required by
any law to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein not misleading, if amending or supplementing the Offering Memorandum to
reflect such event or development would, in the opinion of the Initial
Purchaser, materially adversely affect the market for the Securities.
(c) Opinion of Counsel for the Company. The Initial Purchaser shall have
received, at the Closing Time, the favorable opinion of Stroock & Stroock &
Lavan LLP, counsel for the Company, dated as of the Closing Time and addressed
to the Initial Purchaser, to the effect set forth in Exhibit A hereto, and to
such further effect as counsel for the Initial Purchaser may reasonably request.
(d) Opinion of General Counsel. The Initial Purchaser shall have received,
as of the Closing Time, an opinion of Arthur L. Burns, Esq., General Counsel of
the Company, dated as of the Closing Time and addressed to the Initial Purchaser
to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, and to such further effect as
counsel for the Initial Purchaser may reasonably request.
(e) Opinion of Special Barbados Counsel for Interpool Limited. The Initial
Purchaser shall have received, as of the Closing Time, an opinion of David King
& Co., special Barbados counsel to Interpool Limited, dated as of the Closing
Time, and addressed to the Initial Purchaser to the effect set forth in Exhibit
C hereto and to such further effect as counsel for the Initial Purchaser may
reasonably request.
(f) Opinion of Counsel for Initial Purchaser. The Initial Purchaser shall
have received, as of the Closing Time, an opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate,
Meagher & Flom LLP, counsel for the Initial Purchaser, dated as of the Closing
Time, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchaser.
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 of the Company and its subsidiaries and certificates of public
officials.
(g) Certificates. As of 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 Offering Memorandum, any material adverse change in the condition,
financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the
Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not
arising in the ordinary course of business, and the Initial Purchaser shall have
received a certificate of the Chairman, any Vice Chairman, the Chief Executive
Officer, the President or any Vice President of the Company and of the Chief
Financial Officer, the Chief Accounting Officer or the Treasurer of the Company,
dated as of the Closing Time, to the effect that (i) there has been no such
material adverse change, (ii) the representations and warranties in Section 1
hereof were true and correct in all material respects when made and are true and
correct in all material respects with the same force and effect as though
expressly made at and as of the Closing Time, and (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.
(h) Accountant's Comfort Letters. At the time of the execution of this
Agreement, the Initial Purchaser shall have received from Arthur Anderson LLP a
letter or letters dated such date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Initial Purchaser, containing statements and information of the type
ordinarily included in accountants' "comfort letters" to initial purchasers with
respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained
in the Offering Memorandum.
(i) Bring-down Comfort Letters. As of the Closing Time, the Initial
Purchaser shall have received from Arthur Anderson LLP a letter or letters,
dated as of the Closing Time, to the effect that Arthur Anderson LLP reaffirms
the statements made in its letter or letters furnished pursuant to subsection
(h) 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.
(j) Compliance with Agreements. The Company shall not have failed at or
prior to the Closing Time to have performed or complied in all material respects
with any of its agreements herein contained and required to be performed or
complied with by it hereunder at or prior to the Closing Time.
(k) Maintenance of Rating. As of the Closing Time, the Original Securities
shall be rated at least "Ba1" by Moody's and "BB+" by S&P and the Company shall
have delivered to the Initial Purchaser a letter dated the Closing Time, from
each such rating agency, or other evidence satisfactory to the Initial
Purchaser, confirming that the Original Securities have such ratings; and
between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Time, there shall not have
occurred a downgrading in the rating assigned to the Original Securities or any
of the Company's other securities by any nationally recognized statistical
rating organization, and no such organization shall have publicly announced that
it has under surveillance or review for possible downgrading its rating of any
of the Original Securities or any of the Company's other securities.
(l) Additional Documents. The Company shall have furnished or caused to be
furnished to the Initial Purchaser such further certificates and documents as
the Initial Purchaser shall have reasonably requested. All such opinions,
certificates, letters and other documents will be in compliance with the
provisions hereof only if they are reasonably satisfactory in form and substance
to the Initial Purchaser and counsel for the Initial Purchaser. Any certificate
signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Initial Purchaser, or
to counsel for the Initial Purchaser, shall be deemed a representation and
warranty by the Company to the Initial Purchaser as to the statements made
therein.
(m) 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 Initial Purchaser by notice to the Company at
any time at or prior to the 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 7, 8 and 9 shall survive any such termination and remain in
full force and effect.
SECTION 6. SUBSEQUENT OFFERS AND SALES OF THE ORIGINAL SECURITIES.
(a) Offer and Sale Procedures. The Initial Purchaser and the Company hereby
establish and agree to observe the following procedures in connection with the
offer and sale of the Original Securities:
(i) OFFERS AND SALES ONLY TO INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTORS
AND QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYERS. Offers and sales of the Original
Securities will be made only by the Initial Purchaser or Affiliates
thereof qualified to do so in the jurisdictions in which such offers
or sales are made. Each such offer or sale shall only be made (A) to
persons whom the offeror or seller reasonably believes to be qualified
institutional buyers (as defined in Rule 144A) ("Qualified
Institutional Buyers"), or (B) to a limited number of other
institutional accredited investors (as such term is defined in Rule
501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D) that the offeror or seller
reasonably believes to be and, with respect to sales and deliveries,
that are accredited investors ("Institutional Accredited Investors").
(ii) NO GENERAL SOLICITATION. The Original Securities will be
offered by approaching prospective Subsequent Purchasers on an
individual basis. No general solicitation or general advertising
(within the meaning of Rule 502(c) under the 1933 Act) will be used in
the United States in connection with the offering of the Original
Securities.
(iii) PURCHASES BY NON-BANK FIDUCIARIES. In the case of a
non-bank Subsequent Purchaser of an Original Security acting as a
fiduciary for one or more third parties, in connection with an offer
and sale to such purchaser pursuant to clause (a) above, each third
party shall, in the judgment of the Initial Purchaser, be an
Institutional Accredited Investor or a Qualified Institutional Buyer
or a non-U.S. person outside the United States.
(iv) SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER NOTIFICATION. The Initial Purchaser
will take reasonable steps to inform, and cause each of its U.S.
Affiliates to take reasonable steps to inform, persons acquiring
Original Securities from the Initial Purchaser or such affiliate, as
the case may be, in the United States that the Original Securities (A)
have not been and will not be registered under the 1933 Act, (B) are
being sold to them without registration under the 1933 Act in reliance
on Rule 144A or in accordance with another exemption from registration
under the 1933 Act, as the case may be, and (C) may not be offered,
sold or otherwise transferred except (1) to the Company or (2) in
accordance with (x) Rule 144A to a person whom the seller reasonably
believes is a Qualified Institutional Buyer that is purchasing such
Securities for its own account or for the account of a Qualified
Institutional Buyer to whom notice is given that the offer, sale or
transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A or (y) an exemption
from registration under the 1933 Act (including the exemptions
afforded by Rule 144 or Regulation S), if available.
(v) MINIMUM AMOUNT. No sale of the Original Securities to any one
Subsequent Purchaser who is an Institutional Accredited Investor will
be in denominations of less than U.S. $100,000 principal amount.
(vi) RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER. The transfer restrictions and the
other provisions of the Indenture, including the legend required
thereby, shall apply to the Original Securities except as otherwise
agreed by the Company and the Initial Purchaser. Following the sale of
the Original Securities by the Initial Purchaser to Subsequent
Purchasers pursuant to the terms hereof, the Initial Purchaser shall
not be liable or responsible to the Company for any losses, damages or
liabilities suffered or incurred by the Company, including any losses,
damages or liabilities under the 1933 Act, arising from or relating to
any resale or transfer of any Original Security.
(vii) DELIVERY OF OFFERING MEMORANDUM. The Initial Purchaser will
deliver to each purchaser of the Original Securities, in connection
with its original distribution of the Original Securities, a copy of
the Offering Memorandum, as amended and supplemented at the date of
such delivery.
(b) Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants with the Initial
Purchaser as follows:
(i) DUE DILIGENCE. In connection with the original distribution
of the Original Securities, the Company agrees that, prior to any
offer or sale of the Original Securities by the Initial Purchaser, the
Initial Purchaser and counsel for the Initial Purchaser shall have the
right to make reasonable inquiries into the business of the Company
and its subsidiaries. The Company also agrees to provide answers to
each prospective Subsequent Purchaser of Original Securities who so
requests concerning the Company and its subsidiaries (to the extent
that such information is available or can be acquired and made
available to prospective Subsequent Purchasers without unreasonable
effort or expense and to the extent the provision thereof is not
prohibited by applicable law) and the terms and conditions of the
offering of the Securities, as provided in the Offering Memorandum.
(ii) INTEGRATION. The Company agrees that it will not and will
cause its Affiliates not to make any offer or sale of securities of
the Company of any class if, as a result of the doctrine of
"integration" referred to in Rule 502 under the 1933 Act, such offer
or sale would render invalid (for the purpose of (i) the sale of the
Original Securities by the Company to the Initial Purchaser, (ii) the
resale of the Original Securities by the Initial Purchaser to
Subsequent Purchasers or (iii) the resale of the Original Securities
by such Subsequent Purchasers to others) the exemption from the
registration requirements of the 1933 Act provided by Section 4(2)
thereof or by Rule 144A thereunder or otherwise.
(iii) RULE 144A INFORMATION. The Company agrees that, in order to
render the Original Securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule
144A under the 1933 Act, while any of the Original Securities remain
outstanding, the Company will make available, upon request, to any
holder of Original Securities or prospective purchasers of Original
Securities the information specified in Rule 144A(d)(4), unless such
information is furnished to the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or
15(d) of the 1934 Act.
(iv) RESTRICTION ON REPURCHASES. Until the expiration of two
years (or such shorter period as may hereafter be referred to in Rule
144(k) (or similar successor rule)) after the original issuance of the
Original Securities, the Company will not, and will cause its
Affiliates not to, purchase or agree to purchase or otherwise acquire
any Original Securities which are "restricted securities" (as such
term is defined under Rule 144(a)(3) under the 1933 Act), whether as
beneficial owner or otherwise unless, immediately upon any such
purchase, the Company or any Affiliate shall submit such Securities to
the Trustee for cancellation.
(c) Resale Pursuant to Rule 144A. The Initial Purchaser understands that
the Original Securities have not been and will not be registered under the 1933
Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the
account or benefit of, U.S. persons except pursuant to an exemption from the
registration requirements of the 1933 Act. The Initial Purchaser represents and
agrees, that, except as permitted below it has offered and sold Original
Securities and will offer and sell Original Securities only in accordance with
Rule 144A under the 1933 Act or to Institutional Accredited Investors.
The Initial Purchaser represents and agrees that it has not entered and
will not enter into any contractual arrangements with respect to the
distribution of the Original Securities, except with its affiliates or with the
prior written consent of the Company.
SECTION 7. INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION.
(a) Indemnification of Initial Purchaser. The Company agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless the Initial Purchaser, each agent, employee, officer and
director of the Initial Purchaser and each person, if any, who controls any of
the foregoing persons within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or
Section 20 of the 1934 Act, and each agent, employee, officer and director of
any such controlling person (each of the foregoing, an "Initial Purchaser
Indemnified Person") from and against any and all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities and expenses (including reasonable costs of investigation) arising
out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or Offering
Memorandum or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or arising out of or based
upon any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
except insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses arise
out of or are based upon any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue
statement or omission which has been made therein or omitted therefrom in
reliance upon and in conformity with the information furnished in writing to the
Company by or on behalf of the Initial Purchaser expressly for use therein;
provided, however, that the indemnification contained in this paragraph (a) with
respect to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum shall not inure to the benefit of
the Initial Purchaser (or to the benefit of any Initial Purchaser Indemnified
Person) on account of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense arising
from the sale of Original Securities by the Initial Purchaser to any person if
the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission
of a material fact contained in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum was
corrected in the Offering Memorandum and the Initial Purchaser sold Original
Securities to that person without sending or giving at or prior to the written
confirmation of such sale, a copy of the Offering Memorandum (as then amended or
supplemented) if the Company has previously furnished sufficient copies thereof
to the Initial Purchaser on a timely basis. The foregoing indemnity agreement
shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have.
(b) Action Against Initial Purchaser; Notification. If any action, suit or
proceeding shall be brought against an Initial Purchaser Indemnified Person in
respect of which indemnity may be sought against the Company, such Initial
Purchaser Indemnified Person shall promptly notify the Company (the
"indemnifying parties"), and such indemnifying parties shall assume the defense
thereof, including the employment of counsel and payment of all fees and
expenses. Such Initial Purchaser Indemnified Person shall have the right to
employ separate counsel in any such action, suit or proceeding and to
participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel
shall be at the expense of such Initial Purchaser Indemnified Person unless (i)
the indemnifying parties have agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses,
(ii) the indemnifying parties have failed to assume the defense and employ
counsel, or (iii) the named parties to any such action, suit or proceeding
(including any impleaded parties) include both such Initial Purchaser
Indemnified Person and the indemnifying parties and such Initial Purchaser
Indemnified Person shall have been advised by its counsel that representation of
such indemnified party and any indemnifying party by the same counsel would be
inappropriate under applicable standards of professional conduct (whether or not
such representation by the same counsel has been proposed) due to actual or
potential differing interests between them (in which case the indemnifying party
shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action, suit or
proceeding on behalf of such Initial Purchaser Indemnified Person). It is
understood, however, that the indemnifying parties shall, in connection with any
one such action, suit or proceeding or separate but substantially similar or
related actions, suits or proceedings in the same jurisdiction arising out of
the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees
and expenses of only one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local
counsel) at any time for such Initial Purchaser Indemnified Persons, which firm
shall be designated in writing by the Initial Purchaser, and that all such fees
and expenses shall be reimbursed on a monthly basis as provided in paragraph (a)
hereof. The indemnifying parties shall not be liable for any settlement of any
such action, suit or proceeding effected without their written consent, but if
settled with such written consent, or if there be a final judgment for the
plaintiff in any such action, suit or proceeding, the indemnifying parties agree
to indemnify and hold harmless any such Initial Purchaser Indemnified Person, to
the extent provided in paragraph (a), from and against any loss, claim, damage,
liability or expense by reason of such settlement or judgment.
(c) Indemnification of Company, Directors and Officers and Certain Other
Persons. The Initial Purchaser agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
Company, its directors and officers and any person who controls the Company
within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act
(each, a "Company Indemnified Person") to the same extent as the indemnity from
the Company to the Initial Purchaser set forth in paragraph (a) hereof, but only
with respect to the information furnished in writing to the Company by or on
behalf of the Initial Purchaser expressly for use in the Preliminary Offering
Memorandum or Offering Memorandum or any amendment or supplement thereto. If any
action, suit or proceeding shall be brought against a Company Indemnified Person
based on the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or Offering Memorandum, or any
amendment or supplement thereto, and in respect of which indemnity may be sought
against the Initial Purchaser pursuant to this paragraph (c), such Initial
Purchaser shall have the rights and duties given to the Company by paragraph (b)
above (except that if the Company shall have assumed the defense thereof the
Initial Purchaser shall not be required to do so, but may employ separate
counsel therein and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and
expenses of such counsel shall be at the Initial Purchaser's expense), and each
Company Indemnified Person shall have the rights and duties given to the Initial
Purchaser by paragraph (b) above. The foregoing indemnity agreement shall be in
addition to any liability which the Initial Purchaser may otherwise have.
(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Section 7 is
unavailable to an indemnified party under paragraphs (a) or (c) hereof in
respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to
therein, then an indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified
party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party
as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
Company on the one hand and the Initial Purchaser on the other hand from the
offering of the Original Securities, or (ii) if the allocation provided by
clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i)
above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Initial
Purchaser on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that
resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as
any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by
the Company on the one hand and the Initial Purchaser on the other shall be
deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering
of the Original Securities (before deducting expenses) received by the Company
bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Initial
Purchaser, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the
Offering Memorandum. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the
Initial Purchaser on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among
other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to
information supplied by the Company on the one hand or by the Initial Purchaser
on the other hand and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
(e) Contribution of Expenses. The Company and the Initial Purchaser agree
that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section
7 were determined by a pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation
that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in
paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a
result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to in
paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set
forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such in-
demnified party in connection with investigating any claim or defending any such
action, suit or proceeding. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7,
the Initial Purchaser shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess
of the amount by which the total price of the Original Securities purchased by
it exceeds the amount of any damages which the Initial Purchaser has otherwise
been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation
(within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation.
(f) Payment; Survival. Any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses
for which an indemnified party is entitled to indemnification or contribution
under this Section 7 shall be paid by the indemnifying party to the indemnified
party as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are incurred. The
indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 7 and the
representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement shall
remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of (i) any
investigation made by or on behalf of an Initial Purchaser Indemnified Person or
a Company Indemnified Person, (ii) acceptance of any Original Securities and
payment therefor hereunder, and (iii) any termination of this Agreement. A
successor to an Initial Purchaser Indemnified Person or to a Company Indemnified
Person shall be entitled to the benefits of the indemnity, contribution and
reimbursement agreements contained in this Section 7.
(g) Settlement Without Consent. No indemnifying party shall, without the
prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any
pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which any
indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been
sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an
unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims
that are the subject matter of such action, suit or proceeding.
SECTION 8. TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT.
(a) Termination; General. The Initial Purchaser may terminate this
Agreement, by notice to the Company, at any time at or prior to the Closing Time
(i) if there has been, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since
the respective dates as of which information is given in the Offering
Memorandum, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or
otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations or, in the reasonable
judgement of the Initial Purchaser, 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 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 Initial Purchaser, impracticable to
market the Original Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of the
Original Securities, (iii) if trading in any securities of the Company has been
suspended or limited by the Commission or by the New York Stock Exchange, or if
trading generally on the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ National Market
has been suspended or limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have
been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have been required, by such exchange or
by such system or by order of the Commission, the NASD or any other governmental
authority, or (iv) if a banking moratorium has been declared by either Federal
or New York or Delaware 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 Section 7
shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 9. EFFECTIVE DATE OF AGREEMENT. This Agreement shall become
effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by all the parties hereto.
SECTION 10. INFORMATION FURNISHED BY THE INITIAL PURCHASER. The statements
set forth in the last paragraph on the cover page, in the stabilization legend
on page three and in the second, fifth, sixth and eleventh paragraphs under the
caption "Plan of Distribution" in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and
Offering Memorandum, constitute the only information furnished by the Initial
Purchaser as such information is referred to in Section 1(b) and Section 7
hereof.
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 Initial
Purchaser shall be directed to Smith Barney, Inc., 1345 Avenue of the Americas,
New York, New York 10105, Attention: Manager, Investment Banking Division, with
a copy to Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, 919 Third Avenue, New York,
New York 10022, attention of Mark C. Smith, Esq.; notices to the Company shall
be directed to Interpool, Inc., 211 College Road East, Princeton, New Jersey
08540, attention of Chief Executive Officer, with a copy to the Company's
General Counsel at the same address and to Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, 180
Maiden Lane, New York, New York 10038, attention of Jeffrey S. Lowenthal, Esq.
SECTION 12. PARTIES. This Agreement shall each inure to the benefit of and
be binding upon the Initial Purchaser and the Company 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
Initial Purchaser and the Company and their respective successors and the
controlling persons and officers and directors referred to in Section 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 Initial Purchaser and the Company 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 Initial
Purchaser shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.
SECTION 13. GOVERNING LAW AND TIME. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 14. EFFECT OF HEADINGS. The Section and Paragraph headings herein
are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 15. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be signed in various
counterparts which together constitute one and the same instrument. If signed in
counterparts, this Agreement shall not become effective unless at least one
counterpart hereof shall have been executed and delivered on behalf of each
party hereto.
Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement
between the Company and the Initial Purchaser.
Very truly yours,
Interpool, Inc.
By: /s/ Martin Tuchman
Name: Martin Tuchman
Title: Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer
Confirmed as of the date first
above mentioned.
SMITH BARNEY INC.
By: /s/ Mitchell I. Gordon
Name: Mitchell I. Gordon
Title: Managing Director
SCHEDULE A
SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARIES
Interpool Limited
Trac Lease, Inc.
Exhibit A
[Form of Opinion of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
covering federal, New York and Delaware
corporation law]
1. The Purchase Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company.
2. The Original Securities and the Exchange Securities have been duly
authorized for issuance by the Company, and the Original Securities, when
executed, authenticated and delivered in the manner provided for in the
Indenture and paid for in accordance with this Agreement, and the Exchange
Securities, when executed, authenticated and delivered in the manner provided
for in the Indenture and issued in the Exchange Offer as contemplated by the
Registration Rights Agreement, will represent valid and binding obligations of
the Company and will entitle the holders thereof to the benefits of the
Indenture, except to the extent that enforcement thereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws
relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally or by general equitable
principles (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law).
3. The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Company,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except to the
extent that enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting
creditors' rights generally or by general equitable principles (regardless of
whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
4. The Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the
Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except to
the extent that enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting
creditors' rights generally or by general equitable principles (regardless of
whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and except to the
extent that rights to indemnity and contribution contained therein may be
limited by state and federal securities laws or the public policy underlying
such laws.
5. The Operative Documents and the Securities conform in all material
respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Offering Memorandum;
6. The statements in the Offering Memorandum under the captions
"Description of Notes" and "Exchange Offer; Registration Rights," to the extent
that such statements constitute matters of law or legal conclusions, have been
reviewed by us and are accurate in all material respects and fairly present the
information disclosed therein;
7. Except as previously made or obtained, as the case may be, no
Governmental Approval is necessary or required in connection with the execution
or delivery by the Company of the Operative Documents or the Original
Securities, as applicable, or the performance by the Company of the transactions
contemplated thereby. The term "Governmental Approval" means any consent,
approval, license, authorization or validation of, or filing, qualification or
registration with any Governmental Authority pursuant to Applicable Laws (as
defined below). The term "Governmental Authority" means any New York, Delaware
or federal legislative, judicial, administrative or regulatory body under
Applicable Laws.
8. The execution and delivery of each of the Operative Documents by the
Company, the issuance and delivery of the Original Securities, and the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by the Operative
Documents and the Securities and compliance by the Company with the terms of
each of the Operative Documents and the Securities, as applicable, and the
application of the net proceeds of the purchase by the Initial Purchaser of the
Original Securities in the manner set forth under the caption "Use of Proceeds"
in the Offering Memorandum, do not, and will not, whether with or without the
giving of notice or lapse of time, (i) result in any violation of the
Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of the Company (ii) conflict with or
constitute a breach of, or result in the imposition of any lien, charge or
encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company (a) under any contract,
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or any
other agreement or instrument which has been identified to us in an officer's
certificate of the Company as containing provisions which, in the event of any
such conflict, breach, default or imposition of lien, charge or encumbrance,
could result in a 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 (the "Applicable Contracts") or (b)
any Applicable Law. The term "Applicable Laws" means only those laws, rules and
regulations of the State of New York and of the United States of America and the
Delaware General Corporation Law which, in our experience, are ordinarily
applicable to transactions of the type contemplated by the Purchase Agreement.
9. Except as described in the Offering Memorandum, such counsel does not
know of any person who has the right, contractual or otherwise, to cause the
Company to sell or otherwise issue to them, or to permit them to underwrite the
sale of, any of the Securities or the right, as a result of the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, to require registration under
the 1933 Act of any shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company;
10. Assuming (A) the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the
Company set forth in Section 1(a), 1(z), 1(aa), and 1(ab) of this Agreement, (B)
the due performance by the Company of the covenants and agreements set forth in
Section 6(b) of this Agreement and the due performance by the Company and you of
the covenants and agreements set forth in Section 6(a) of this Agreement, (C)
compliance by you with the offering and transfer procedures and restrictions
described in the Offering Memorandum, (D) the accuracy of the representations
and warranties made by purchasers to whom you initially resell the Original
Securities pursuant to Rule 144A, and (E) that purchasers to whom you initially
resell Original Securities receive a copy of the Offering Memorandum or other
notice that such resales are made pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") prior to such sale, it is not
necessary in connection with the offer, sale and delivery of the Original
Securities by the Company and you to register the Original Securities under the
Securities Act, or to qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended;
11. The Company is not required to deliver the information specified in
Rule 144A(d)(4) in connection with the offering and resale of the Original
Securities by the Initial Purchaser;
12. The Company is not required to obtain shareholder consent for the
issuance or offering of the Securities;
13. The Company is not, and following consummation of the transactions
contemplated by the Operative Documents will not be, required to be registered
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
In the course of our representation of the Company, we have generally
reviewed and discussed the contents of the Offering Memorandum with certain
officers and employees of the Company and with the Company's internal counsel
and accountants, and, while we have not independently verified, and are not
passing upon, and do not assume any responsibility for, the accuracy,
completeness or fairness of any of the statements contained in the Offering
Memorandum (including any Incorporated Documents), other than those legal
matters referred to in clauses (5) and (6) above, nothing has come to our
attention that would lead us to believe that the Offering Memorandum (including
any Incorporated Documents and other than the financial statements and other
financial data included, or incorporated by reference, therein or omitted
therefrom, as to which we have not been requested to comment), as of its date or
the date hereof, included or includes 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 light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading.
Exhibit B
[Form of Opinion of Arthur Burns]
1. Each of the Company and Trac Lease has been duly incorporated and is
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.
2. Each of the Company and Trac Lease has full corporate power and
authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business
as described in the Offering Memorandum and, in the case of the Company, to
enter into and perform its obligations under the Operative Documents, including
without limitation, the issuance of the Securities.
3. Each of the Company, Trac Lease and Interpool Limited (together with
Trac Lease, the "Significant Subsidiaries") is duly qualified and in good
standing, or the local equivalent thereof, as a foreign corporation in every
jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business and its ownership or leasing
of real property makes such qualification necessary, except for those failures
to be so qualified or in good standing that will not in the aggregate have a
material adverse effect upon the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
4. At the date indicated (i) the Company had a duly authorized
capitalization as set forth in the Offering Memorandum, (ii) all of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and
validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, (iii) the stockholders of
the Company have no preemptive rights and (iv) the Company owns all of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the Significant Subsidiaries free
and clear of any perfected security interest or, to my knowledge, any other
liens, security interests, pledges, claims or encumbrances.
5. I do not know of any litigation, arbitration or governmental or other
proceeding pending or threatened against the Company or the Significant
Subsidiaries which is of a character that would be required to be described in
the Offering Memorandum (or a document incorporated by reference therein) if the
Offering Memorandum were a registration statement on Form S-3 under the 1933 Act
which has not been described therein.
6. Each authorization, approval, consent or license of any government,
governmental instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign (other than under the
1933 Act, the 1939 Act, the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the securities or
blue sky laws of the various states), which is required for (A) the valid
authorization, issuance, sale and delivery of the Original Securities, or the
Exchange Securities or (B) the execution, delivery or performance of each of the
Operative Documents by the Company, has been received and remains in full force
and effect.
7. I do not know of (i) any statutes or regulations, or any pending or
threatened legal or governmental proceedings of a character required to be
described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q under the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act, or (ii) of any contracts or
documents of a character required to be filed as exhibits to the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q under Item 601 of
Regulation SK of the 1933 Act that are not described or referred to in the
Offering Memorandum (by reference or otherwise).
8. The descriptions in the Offering Memorandum (by reference or otherwise)
of the statutes, regulations, legal or governmental proceedings and contracts
therein described are accurate in all material respects and fairly discuss the
information required to be shown.
9. To my knowledge, no default exists in the performance or observance of
any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract,
indenture, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument that is
described or referred to in the Offering Memorandum (by reference or otherwise)
which could have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries,
taken as a whole.
10. The execution and delivery of each of the Operative Documents by the
Company, the issuance and delivery of the Original Securities, and the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated in the Purchase
Agreement and in the Offering Memorandum and compliance by the Company with the
terms of each of the Operative Documents and the Original Securities, as
applicable, and the application of the net proceeds of the purchase by the
Initial Purchaser of the Original Securities in the manner set forth under the
caption "Use of Proceeds" in the Offering Memorandum, do not and will not,
whether with or without the giving of notice or lapse of time, conflict with or
constitute a breach of, or result in the imposition of any lien, charge or
encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company (a) under any contract,
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or any
other agreement or instrument, in each case known to me, which, in the event of
any such conflict, breach, default or imposition of lien, charge or encumbrance,
could result in a 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 (the "Applicable Contracts") or (b)
any Applicable Law. The term "Applicable Laws" means only those laws, rules and
regulations of the State of New York and of the United States of America and the
Delaware General Corporation Law which, in my experience, are ordinarily
applicable to transactions of the type contemplated by the Purchase Agreement.
11. Neither the Company nor any of the Significant Subsidiaries is in
violation in any material respect of its respective certificate or articles of
incorporation or bylaws, or other organizational documents.
12. I, or attorneys in my office working under my direction, have
participated in the preparation of the Offering Memorandum and am familiar with
or have participated in the preparation of the documents incorporated by
reference therein, and other than those legal matters referred to in clause (8)
above, nothing has come to my attention that would lead me to believe that the
Offering Memorandum (other than the financial statements and other financial
data included, or incorporated by reference, therein or omitted therefrom, as to
which we have not been requested to comment), as of its date or the date hereof,
included or includes 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
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
Exhibit C
[Form of Opinion of David King & Co.]
1. Interpool Limited is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of Barbados;
2. Interpool Limited has full corporate power and authority under the laws
of Barbados to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its
business, and all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of Interpool
Limited have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and
nonassessable and, to the best knowledge of such counsel, all of the outstanding
shares of capital stock of Interpool Limited are owned by the Company directly
free and clear of any perfected security interests, or to the best knowledge of
such counsel, any other liens, security interests, pledges, claims or other
encumbrance;
3. Interpool Limited is not in violation of its certificate of continuance
or by-laws or other organizational documents or, to the best knowledge of such
counsel, in violation of any law, ordinance, administrative or governmental
rule or regulation applicable to it or of any decree of any court or
governmental agency or body of Barbados having jurisdiction over it; and
4. Interpool Limited is an "international business company" under the
International Business Company Act, 1991 of Barbados.