EXHIBIT 1.1
$200,000,000
D.R. HORTON, INC.
7.875% Senior Notes due 2011
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
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August 8, 2001
UBS Warburg LLC
299 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10171
Ladies and Gentlemen:
D.R. Horton, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), proposes to
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issue and sell $200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 7.875% Senior
Notes due 2011 (the "Notes") to UBS Warburg LLC (the "Underwriter"). The Notes
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are to be issued pursuant to the provisions of an Indenture dated as of June 9,
1997 as supplemented (the "Indenture") and a supplemental indenture to be dated
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August 15, 2001 (the "Supplemental Indenture"), among the Company, certain
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subsidiaries of the Company and American Stock Transfer and Trust Company, as
Trustee (the "Trustee"). The Company's obligations under the Indenture and the
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Notes will be unconditionally guaranteed (the "Guarantees"), jointly and
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severally, by each of the subsidiaries of the Company listed on the signature
pages hereof (the "Guarantors"). The Company and the Guarantors are
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collectively referred to herein as the "Issuers" and the Notes and the
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Guarantees are collectively referred to herein as the "Securities."
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1. Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Company has prepared
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and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") in
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accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
the published rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively,
the "Act"), a registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-57388), including a
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base prospectus relating to the Securities. The registration statement as
amended at the time it became effective on April 20, 2001, including information
(if any) deemed to be part of the registration statement at the time of
effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A under the Act, is hereinafter referred to as
the "Registration Statement"; and the base prospectus dated April 20, 2001 (the
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"Base Prospectus"), as supplemented by the prospectus supplement relating to the
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Securities in the form first used to confirm sales of Securities (the
"Prospectus Supplement"), is hereinafter referred to as the "Prospectus." Any
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reference herein to the Registration Statement, a preliminary prospectus or the
Prospectus
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shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by
reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Act, as of the
effective date of the Registration Statement or the date of such preliminary
prospectus or the Prospectus (the "Incorporated Documents"), and, except as
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otherwise indicated, when reference is made to information "in" (including by
use of the terms "set forth in," "described in" and similar terms) the
Prospectus or the Registration Statement, such reference shall be deemed to
include information incorporated by reference in the Prospectus or the
Registration Statement, as the case may be.
2. Agreements To Sell and Purchase. The Company agrees to issue and
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sell, and, on the basis of the representations and warranties contained in this
Underwriting Agreement (the "Agreement") and subject to its terms and
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conditions, the Underwriter agrees to purchase from the Company, all of the
Notes. The aggregate purchase price shall be 99.05% of the principal amount
thereof ($198,100,000), plus accrued interest, if any, from August 15, 2001 to
the date of payment and delivery (the "Purchase Price").
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3. Terms of Public Offering. The Company is advised by the
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Underwriter that the Underwriter proposes to make a public offering of the
Securities as soon after the execution and delivery of this Agreement as in
judgment of the Underwriter is advisable on the basis set forth in the
Prospectus Supplement.
4. Delivery and Payment. Delivery to the Underwriter of and payment
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for the Securities shall be made at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on August
15, 2001 (the "Closing Date"), at such place as you shall designate. On the
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Closing Date, the Underwriter will make a payment to the Company in an amount
previously agreed to by the Company and the Underwriter equal to a portion of
the Company's shelf registration expenses, which includes the expenses of the
offering of the Securities. The Closing Date and the location of delivery of and
the form of payment for the Securities may be varied by agreement between you
and the Company.
Certificates for the Securities shall be registered in such names and
issued in such denominations as you shall request in writing not later than two
full business days prior to the Closing Date. Such certificates shall be made
available to you for inspection not later than 9:30 A.M., New York City time, on
the business day next preceding the Closing Date. Certificates in definitive
form evidencing the Securities shall be delivered to you on the Closing Date
with any transfer taxes thereon duly paid by the Company, for the account of the
Underwriter, against payment of the Purchase Price therefor by wire or certified
or official bank checks payable in Federal funds to the order of the Company.
If the Securities will be issued in book-entry form, the Company shall deposit
the global certificate(s) representing the Securities with the Depository Trust
Company ("DTC"), or its designated custodian, on the Closing Date, and the
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Company will deliver such global certificate(s) to the Underwriter by causing
DTC to credit the Securities to the account of the Underwriter at DTC against
payment therefor as set forth above.
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5. Agreements of the Issuers. The Issuers, jointly and severally,
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agree with the Underwriter as follows:
(a) The Issuers will, if necessary or required by law, file an
amendment to the Registration Statement or, if necessary pursuant to Rule
430A under the Act, a post-effective amendment to the Registration
Statement, as soon as practicable after the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, and will use their best efforts to cause the Registration
Statement or such post-effective amendment to become effective at the
earliest possible time. The Company will comply fully and in a timely
manner with the applicable provisions of Rule 424 and Rule 430A under the
Act.
(b) The Issuers will advise you promptly and, if requested by you,
will confirm such advice in writing: (i) of the effectiveness of any
amendment to the Registration Statement; (ii) of the transmission to the
Commission for filing of any supplement to the Prospectus (including any
document that would as a result of such filing become an Incorporated
Document) and to furnish you with copies thereof; (iii) of the receipt of
any comments from the Commission that relate to the Registration Statement
or of any request by the Commission for amendment of or a supplement to the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information;
(iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any order preventing or
suspending the use of the Prospectus or of the suspension of qualification
of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction or the
initiation or the threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and (v)
within the period of time referred to in paragraph (e) below, of any change
in the Company's condition (financial or other), business, prospects,
properties, net worth or results of operations, or of the happening of any
event, which makes any statement of a material fact made in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented)
untrue or which requires the making of any additions to or changes in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented)
in order to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, or of the
necessity to amend or supplement the Prospectus (as then amended or
supplemented) to comply with the Act or any other law. If at any time any
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or
any order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus or suspending
any such qualification shall be issued, the Issuers will promptly use their
best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest
possible time.
(c) The Issuers will furnish to you, without charge, (i) five copies
of the registration statement as originally filed with the Commission and
of each amendment thereto, including all exhibits thereto, (ii) the
Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, (iii) such number of
copies of the registration statement as originally
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filed and of each amendment thereto, but without exhibits, as you may
request, (iv) such number of copies of the Incorporated Documents, without
exhibits, as you may request, and (v) five copies of the exhibits to the
Incorporated Documents.
(d) The Issuers will not file any amendment to the Registration
Statement or make any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or, prior
to the end of the period of time referred to in paragraph (e) below, file
any document which, upon filing becomes an Incorporated Document, of which
you shall not previously have been advised or to which, after you shall
have received a copy of the document proposed to be filed, you shall
reasonably object.
(e) As soon after the execution and delivery of this Agreement as
possible and thereafter from time to time for such period as in the opinion
of counsel for the Underwriter a prospectus is required by the Act to be
delivered in connection with sales by the Underwriter or any dealer, the
Issuers will expeditiously deliver to the Underwriter and each dealer,
without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (and of any amendment or
supplement thereto) as you may reasonably request. The Issuers consent to
the use of the Prospectus (and of any amendment or supplement thereto) in
accordance with the provisions of the Act and with the securities or Blue
Sky laws of the jurisdictions in which the Securities are offered by the
Underwriter and by all dealers to whom Securities may be sold, both in
connection with the offering and sale of the Securities and for such period
of time thereafter as the Prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered
in connection with sales by the Underwriter or any dealer.
(f) If during the period of time referred to in paragraph (e) above
any event shall occur as a result of which, in the judgment of the Issuers
or in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriter, it becomes necessary to
amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus is delivered to a
purchaser, not misleading, or if it is necessary to amend or supplement the
Prospectus to comply with the Act or any other law, the Issuers will
forthwith prepare and, subject to the provisions of paragraph (d) above,
file with the Commission an appropriate amendment or supplement to the
Prospectus so that the statements in the Prospectus, as so amended or
supplemented, will not, in the light of the circumstances when it is so
delivered, be misleading, or so that the Prospectus will comply with law,
and to furnish to the Underwriter and to such dealers as you shall specify
such number of copies thereof as the Underwriter or such dealers may
reasonably request. In the event that the Issuers and you agree that the
Prospectus should be amended or supplemented, the Issuers, if requested by
you, will promptly issue a press release announcing or disclosing the
matters to be covered by the proposed amendment or supplement.
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(g) The Issuers will cooperate with you and with counsel for the
Underwriter in connection with the registration or qualification of the
Securities for offering and sale by the Underwriter and by dealers under
the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as you may designate
and will file such consents to service of process or other documents
necessary or appropriate in order to effect such registration or
qualification; provided, however, that in no event shall any Issuer be
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obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now
so qualified or to take any action which would subject it to service of
process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of
the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Issuers will make generally available to its security
holders a consolidated earnings statement, which need not be audited,
covering a twelve-month period commencing after the date of the Prospectus
and ending not later than 15 months thereafter, as soon as practicable
after the end of such period, which consolidated earnings statement shall
satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 thereunder,
and will advise you in writing when such statement has been made available.
(i) During the period of five years hereafter, the Issuers will
furnish to you as soon as available, a copy of all public materials
furnished by the Company to its stockholders and all public reports and
financial statements furnished by the Company to the principal national
securities exchange upon which the common stock of the Company may be
listed pursuant to requirements of or agreements with such exchange or to
the Commission.
(j) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the
Securities in accordance with the description set forth in the Prospectus
under the caption "Use of Proceeds."
(k) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has taken, or
will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that might
reasonably be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation
of the price of the Securities to facilitate the sale or resale of the
Securities.
(l) The Issuers will pay all costs, expenses, fees and taxes
incident to (i) the preparation, printing, filing and distribution under
the Act of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and
exhibits), and all amendments and supplements thereto prior to or during
the period specified in paragraph (e) above, (ii) the printing and delivery
of the Prospectus and all amendments or supplements thereto during the
period specified in paragraph (e) above, (iii) the printing and delivery of
this Agreement, the Preliminary and Supplemental Blue Sky Memoranda and all
other agreements, memoranda, correspondence and other documents printed and
delivered
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in connection with the offering of the Securities (including in each case
any disbursements of counsel for the Underwriter relating to such printing
and delivery), (iv) the registration or qualification of the Securities for
offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of the several states
(including in each case the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel
for the Underwriter relating to such registration or qualification and
memoranda relating thereto), (v) filings and clearance with the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. in connection with the offering,
(vi) the listing, if any, of the Securities on any national securities
exchange, and (vii) furnishing such copies of the Registration Statement,
the Prospectus and all amendments and supplements thereto as may be
requested for use in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities
by the Underwriter or by dealers to whom Securities may be sold.
(m) The Issuers will not during the period beginning on the date
hereof and continuing to and including the Closing Date, offer, sell,
contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities of the Company
or any warrants, options or other rights to purchase or acquire debt
securities of the Company or any securities convertible into or
exchangeable for debt securities of the Company (other than (i) the
Securities and (ii) commercial paper issued in the ordinary course of
business), without the prior written consent of the Underwriter.
(n) The Issuers will use their best efforts to do and perform all
things required or necessary to be done and performed under this Agreement
by the Issuers prior to the Closing Date and to satisfy all conditions
precedent to the delivery of the Securities.
6. Representations and Warranties of the Issuers. The Issuers,
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jointly and severally, represent and warrant to the Underwriter that:
(a) Each preliminary prospectus included as part of the registration
statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment or supplement
thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act, complied when so
filed in all material respects with the provisions of the Act. The
Commission has not issued any order preventing or suspending the use of any
preliminary prospectus.
(b) The Registration Statement has become effective and at the date
of the Prospectus (if different), including at the date of any post-
effective amendment or supplement, the Registration Statement will comply
in all material respects with the provisions of the Act, and will not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading; the Prospectus (and any supplements or
amendments thereto) will at all such times comply in all material respects
with the provisions of the Act and will not at any such time contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
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light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided, however, that no representation or warranty is made as to
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information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Issuers with respect to the Underwriter specifically for
inclusion therein.
(c) The Incorporated Documents, at the time they were filed with the
Commission or, to the extent such documents were subsequently amended prior
to the date hereof, at the time so amended, complied in all material
respects with the requirements of the Act or the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and the published rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder (collectively, the "Exchange Act"), as applicable, and such
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documents do not on the date hereof and will not on the Closing Date
contain an untrue statement of a material fact and do not on the date
hereof and will not on the Closing Date 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 financial statements (including the related notes and
supporting schedules) in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus
present fairly the consolidated financial position and results of
operations of the entities purported to be shown thereby, at the dates and
for the periods indicated, and have been prepared in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis
throughout the periods involved.
(e) Ernst & Young, LLP, who have reported on the financial
statements of the Company, are independent public accountants with respect
to the Company and its subsidiaries as required by the Act.
(f) [Reserved].
(g) The Company and each of its subsidiaries have been duly formed
and are validly existing in good standing under the laws of their
respective jurisdictions of organization, are duly qualified to do business
and are in good standing in each jurisdiction in which their respective
ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective
businesses requires such qualification except where the failure to so
qualify, singly or in the aggregate, would not have a material adverse
effect on the financial condition, results of operations, business or
prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (a "Material
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Adverse Effect"), and have all power and authority necessary to own or hold
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their respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which they are
engaged.
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(h) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the
Prospectus; and all of the issued equity interests of each subsidiary of
the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and, as to shares
of capital stock of any corporation constituting a subsidiary, are fully
paid and non-assessable and (except for directors' qualifying shares as
disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or minority
interests in non-Guarantor subsidiaries) are owned directly or indirectly
by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or
claims other than restrictions on transfer imposed by applicable securities
laws.
(i) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the
Indenture and the Securities by the Issuers, compliance by the Issuers of
all the provisions hereof and thereof and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby will not conflict with or result in a
breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a
default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or
other material agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries
is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries is subject, nor will such actions result in any violation
of the provisions of the organizational documents of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries or any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any
court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company
or any of its subsidiaries or any of their property or assets; and except
for such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or
qualifications as may be required under the Act or applicable state or
foreign securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of
the Securities by the Underwriter, no consent, approval, authorization or
order of, or filing or registration with, any such court or governmental
agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities by the Issuers, compliance
by the Issuers of all the provisions hereof and thereof and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(j) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Issuers and is a valid and binding agreement of the Issuers
enforceable in accordance with its terms (except as rights to indemnity and
contribution hereunder may be limited by applicable law).
(k) The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939, as amended (the "TIA"), and has been duly authorized, executed
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and delivered by the Issuers and is a valid and binding agreement of the
Issuers, enforceable in accordance with its terms except as (i) the
enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar
laws affecting creditors' rights generally and (ii) rights of
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acceleration and the availability of equitable remedies may be limited by
equitable principles of general applicability.
(l) The Notes have been duly authorized and, when executed and
authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and
delivered to the Underwriter against payment therefor as provided by this
Agreement, will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture, and will be
valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance
with their terms except as (i) the enforceability thereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors' rights
generally and (ii) rights of acceleration and the availability of equitable
remedies may be limited by equitable principles of general applicability.
(m) The Guarantees have been duly authorized and, upon endorsement
on the Notes by the Guarantors, execution and authentication of the Notes
in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivery of the
Notes to the Underwriter against payment therefor as provided by this
Agreement, will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture, and will be
valid and binding obligations of the Guarantors, enforceable in accordance
with their terms except as (i) the enforceability thereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors' rights
generally and (ii) rights of acceleration and the availability of equitable
remedies may be limited by equitable principles of general applicability.
(n) The Securities and the Indenture conform to the description
thereof in the Prospectus.
(o) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained,
since the date of the latest audited financial statements in the
Prospectus, any loss or interference with the business of the Company and
its subsidiaries taken as a whole from fire, explosion, flood or other
calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or
court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth
or contemplated in the Prospectus, resulting in a Material Adverse Effect;
and, since such date, there has not been any material change in the capital
stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any
material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective
material adverse change, in or affecting the general affairs, management,
financial position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of the
Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, otherwise than as set forth
or contemplated in the Prospectus.
(p) There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the
Company and any person granting such person the right to require the
Company to file a registration statement under the Act with respect to any
securities of the Company owned or to be owned by such person or to require
the Company to include such secu-
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rities in the securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement
or in any securities being registered pursuant to any other registration
statement filed by the Company under the Act.
(q) The Company and its subsidiaries own the items of real property
and personal property purported to be owned by them which are material to
the conduct of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a
whole, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects, except such
as are described in the Prospectus or such as would not have a Material
Adverse Effect. All real property held under lease by the Company and its
subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable
leases, with such exceptions as are described in the Prospectus or such as
would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(r) Except as described in the Prospectus, there are no legal or
governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or of which any property or assets of the Company
or any of its subsidiaries is the subject which are reasonably likely to
have a Material Adverse Effect; and to the Issuers' knowledge, no such
proceedings are threatened by governmental authorities or by others.
(s) The conditions for use of Form S-3, as set forth in the General
Instructions thereto, have been satisfied.
(t) To the Issuers' knowledge, all real property owned (either
presently or at any time in the past) or presently leased by the Company
and its subsidiaries in connection with the operation of their business,
including, without limitation, any subsurface soils and ground water
(collectively, the "Realty"), is free of contamination from any substance
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or material presently known to be toxic or hazardous, including, without
limitation, any radioactive substance, methane, volatile hydrocarbons or
industrial solvents (each, a "Hazardous Substance"), which could reasonably
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be expected to materially impair the beneficial use thereof by the Company
and its subsidiaries or constitute or cause a significant health, safety or
other environmental hazard to occupants or users (except for contaminations
which would not have a Material Adverse Effect); and to the Issuers'
knowledge, the Realty does not contain any underground storage or treatment
tanks, active or abandoned water, gas or oil wells, or any other
underground improvements or structures, other than the foundations,
footings or other supports for the improvements located thereon, the
presence of which would have a Material Adverse Effect. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Hazardous Substances shall be deemed not to include any supplies
or substances maintained, used, stored or held on the Realty which are (i)
naturally occurring, (ii) installed by public utilities or (iii) used in
the ordinary course of the Company's or its subsidiaries' business,
provided that such supplies or substances are stored, used, maintained and
held in all material respects in ac-
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cordance with any applicable governmental requirements and with
restrictions, conditions and standards suggested by the manufacturer and
the Company's insurance carriers.
(u) The Company and its subsidiaries carry, or are covered by,
insurance in such amounts and covering such risks as is adequate for the
conduct of their respective businesses.
(v) The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights
to use all material patents, patent applications, trademarks, service
marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations,
copyrights and licenses necessary for the conduct of their respective
businesses the absence of which would have a Material Adverse Effect and
have no reason to believe that the conduct of their respective businesses
will conflict with, and have not received any notice of any claim of
conflict with, any such rights of others.
(w) There are no contracts or other documents which are required to
be described in the Prospectus or filed as exhibits to the Registration
Statement by the Act which have not been described in the Prospectus or
filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or incorporated therein by
reference as permitted by the Act.
(x) No labor disturbance by the employees of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries exists or, to the Issuers' knowledge, is imminent which
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(y) The Company and its subsidiaries have filed all federal, state
and local income and franchise tax returns required to be filed through the
date hereof and has paid all taxes due thereon, except where the failure to
do so has not had and would reasonably not be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, and no tax deficiency has been determined adversely to the
Company or any of its subsidiaries which has had (nor does any Issuer have
any knowledge of any tax deficiency which would reasonably likely have) a
Material Adverse Effect.
(z) Since the date as of which information is given in the
Prospectus, and except as may otherwise be disclosed in the Prospectus,
neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has (i) entered into any
material transaction not in the ordinary course of business or (ii) except
for the cash dividend of $0.05 per share declared on April 24, 2001 and
paid on May 15, 2001 and the cash dividend of $0.05 per share declared on
July 25, 2001 and payable on August 22, 2001, declared or paid any dividend
on its capital stock, and, from the date of the Prospectus, neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries has incurred any material liability
other than in the ordinary course of business.
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(aa) The Company is in full compliance with Section 13(b)(2) of the
Exchange Act.
(bb) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries (i) is in
violation of its organizational documents, (ii) is in default in any
material respect, and no event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of
time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or
observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other material agreement or
instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any
of its properties or assets is subject as a result of which default there
would be a Material Adverse Effect or (iii) is in violation of any law,
ordinance, governmental rule, regulation or court decree to which it or its
property or assets may be subject or has failed to obtain any license,
permit, certificate, franchise or other governmental authorization or
permit necessary to the ownership of its property or to the conduct of its
business which violation or failure would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(cc) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is an
"investment company" or an entity "controlled" by an "investment company"
within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and
the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
7. Indemnification. (a) The Issuers, jointly and severally, agree
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to indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriter, each person, if any, who
controls the Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section
20 of the Exchange Act, and the directors, officers, employees and agents of
each of the foregoing (collectively, the "Underwriter Indemnified Parties"),
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from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and judgments
caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (as amended or
supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements
thereto) or any preliminary prospectus, or caused by any omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments are caused by any such untrue
statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission based upon
information relating to the Underwriter furnished in writing to the Issuers by
or on behalf of the Underwriter expressly for use therein; provided, however,
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that the foregoing indemnity agreement with respect to any preliminary
prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter Indemnified Party
asserted by a person with respect to any such losses, claims, damages and
liabilities and judgments, if a copy of the Prospectus (as then amended or
supplemented if the Issuers shall have furnished such amendment or supplement
thereto in the requisite quantity on a timely basis to permit such sending or
giving) was not sent or given by or on behalf of the Underwriter or related
Underwriter Indemnified Party to such person, if required by law so to have been
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ered, at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of Securities to such
person, and if the Prospectus (as so amended and supplemented) would have cured
the defect giving rise to such loss, claim, damage, liability or judgment.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Underwriter shall not be
obligated to send or give any Incorporated Document, or any amendment or
supplement thereto, to any person in order to benefit from the indemnity
provisions herein or otherwise. The foregoing indemnity agreement shall be in
addition to any liability that the Issuers may otherwise have.
(b) In case any action shall be brought against any Underwriter
Indemnified Party, based upon any preliminary prospectus, the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto and with
respect to which indemnity may be sought against the Issuers, the Underwriter
shall promptly notify the Issuers in writing and the Issuers shall assume the
defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to
such indemnified party and payment of all fees and expenses. Such Underwriter
Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such
action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such
counsel shall be at the expense of such Underwriter Indemnified Party unless (i)
the employment of such counsel shall have been specifically authorized in
writing by the Issuers, (ii) the Issuers shall have failed to assume the defense
and employ counsel or (iii) the named parties to any such action (including any
impleaded parties) include both such Underwriter Indemnified Party and the
Issuers and such Underwriter Indemnified Party shall have been advised by such
counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are
different from or additional to those available to the Issuers (in which case
the Issuers shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action on
behalf of such Underwriter Indemnified Party, it being understood, however, that
the Issuers shall not, in connection with any one such action or separate but
substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of
the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the fees and
expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local
counsel) for all such Underwriter Indemnified Parties, which firm shall be
designated in writing by the Underwriter and that all such fees and expenses
shall be reimbursed as they are incurred). The Issuers shall not be liable for
any settlement of any such action effected without the Company's written consent
but if settled with the written consent of the Company, the Issuers agree to
indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriter Indemnified Parties from and against
any loss or liability by reason of such settlement. The Company shall not,
without the prior written consent of the Underwriter Indemnified Parties, effect
any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any
Underwriter Indemnified Party is or could have been a party and indemnity could
have been sought hereunder by such Underwriter Indemnified Party, unless such
settlement includes an unconditional release of such Underwriter Indemnified
Party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such
proceeding.
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(c) The Underwriter agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
Issuers, their directors, their officers who sign the Registration Statement and
any person controlling the Issuers within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act
or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity
from the Issuers to the Underwriter Indemnified Parties but only with reference
to information relating to the Underwriter furnished in writing by or on behalf
of the Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus. In case any action shall be brought
against the Issuers, any of its directors, any such officer or any person
controlling the Issuers based on the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or
any preliminary prospectus and in respect of which indemnity may be sought
against the Underwriter, the Underwriter shall have the rights and duties given
to the Issuers (except that if the Issuers shall have assumed the defense
thereof, the Underwriter 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 expense of the Underwriter), and the Issuers,
their directors, any such officers and any person controlling the Issuers shall
have the rights and duties given to the Underwriter, by Section 7(b) hereof.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 7 is
unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect
of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments referred to therein,
then each 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 and judgments (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
Issuers on the one hand and the Underwriter on the other hand from the offering
of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not
permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not
only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative
fault of the Issuers and the Underwriter in connection with the statements or
omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
judgments, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative
benefits received by the Issuers and the Underwriter shall be deemed to be in
the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before
deducting expenses) received by the Company, and the compensation received by
the Underwriter (based on discount to investors on resale), bear to the sum of
such total net proceeds and such compensation. The relative fault of the Issuers
and the Underwriter shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the
omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Issuers
or the Underwriter and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The Issuers and the Underwriter agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7(d) were determined by pro
rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account
of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding
paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an indemni-
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fied party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments
referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include,
subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating
or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Section 7, the Underwriter shall not be required to contribute any amount in
excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities
underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public
exceeds the amount of any damages which the Underwriter has otherwise been
required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission
or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within
the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from
any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
(e) The Underwriter confirms and the Issuers acknowledge that the
statements with respect to the public offering of the Securities by the
Underwriter set forth in the third and fourth paragraphs of the section entitled
"Underwriting" in the Prospectus Supplement are correct and constitute the only
information concerning the Underwriter furnished in writing to the Issuers by or
on behalf of the Underwriter specifically for inclusion in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus.
8. Conditions of Underwriter's Obligation. The obligation of the
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Underwriter to purchase the Securities under this Agreement is subject to the
satisfaction of each of the following conditions:
(a) All the representations and warranties of the Issuers contained
in this Agreement shall be true and correct on the Closing Date with the
same force and effect as if made on and as of the Closing Date. The Issuers
shall have performed or complied with all of their agreements herein
contained and required to be performed or complied with by them at or prior
to the Closing Date.
(b) (i) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that
purpose shall have been commenced or shall be pending before or threatened
by the Commission, (ii) every request for additional information on the
part of the Commission shall have been complied with in all material
respects, and (iii) no stop order suspending the sale of the Securities in
any jurisdiction referred to in Section 6(g) shall have been issued and no
proceeding for that purpose shall have been commenced or shall be pending
or threatened which would, in your reasonable judgment, make it
impracticable or inadvisable to market the Securities or to enforce
contracts for the sale of the Securities.
(c) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and
prior to the Closing Date, there shall not have been any downgrading, nor
shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential downgrading
or of any review for a possible
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change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in the
rating accorded any Issuer's debt by any "nationally recognized statistical
rating organization," as such term is defined for purposes of Rule
436(g)(2) under the Act.
(d) (i) Since the date of the latest balance sheet included in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there shall not have been any
material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective
material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in
the earnings, affairs or business prospects, whether or not arising in the
ordinary course of business, of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a
whole, (ii) since the date of the latest balance sheet included in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus there shall not have been any
material change in the capital stock or in the long-term debt of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries from that set forth in the Registration
Statement and Prospectus and (iii) the Company and its subsidiaries shall
have no liability or obligation, direct or contingent, which is material to
the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than those
reflected in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(e) You shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate dated
the Closing Date, signed by Donald R. Horton or Donald J. Tomnitz and
Samuel Fuller, in their capacities as the Chairman of the Board or Chief
Executive Officer and President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company,
respectively, confirming the matters set forth in paragraphs (a), (b), (c)
and (d) of this Section 8.
(f) You shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion
(satisfactory to you and counsel for the Underwriter), dated the Closing
Date, of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, special counsel for the Company, to
the effect that:
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State
of Delaware, is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing
as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which its ownership
or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such
qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not
have a material adverse effect on the business, operations or
financial condition of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a
whole, and has all corporate power and authority necessary to own or
hold its properties and conduct its business as described in the
Prospectus.
(ii) To such counsel's knowledge and other than as described
in the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings
pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or
of which any property or assets of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is the subject which is of a character which is required
to be disclosed in the Prospectus; and, to such counsel's knowledge,
no such
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proceedings are threatened by governmental authorities or by others.
(iii) The Registration Statement was declared effective under
the Act as of the date and time specified in such opinion, the
Prospectus was filed with the Commission pursuant to the subparagraph
of Rule 424(b) under the Act on the date specified therein, and, to
such counsel's knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness
of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceeding for
that purpose is pending or threatened by the Commission.
(iv) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any
further amendments or supplements thereto made by the Company prior to
the Closing Date (other than the financial data (and the related notes
thereto) and statistical data and the financial statements and related
schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion)
appear on their face to comply as to form in all material respects
with the requirements of the Act; the documents incorporated by
reference in the Prospectus and any further amendment or supplement to
any such incorporated document made by the Company prior to the
Closing Date (other than the financial data (and the related notes
thereto) and statistical data and the financial statements, and
related schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no
opinion), when they were filed with the Commission appear on their
face to have been appropriately responsive in all material respects to
the requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act.
(v) To such counsel's knowledge, there are no contracts or
other documents of a character which are required to be described in
the Prospectus or filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement by
the Act which have not been described or filed as exhibits to the
Registration Statement or incorporated therein by reference as
permitted by the Act.
(vi) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Issuers.
(vii) The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities by the Issuers and the
compliance by the Issuers with all of the provisions of this Agreement
and the consummation by the Issuers of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby will not, to such counsel's knowledge, conflict
with or result in a material breach or violation of any of the terms
or provisions of, or constitute a material default under, any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other material
agreement or instrument listed as an exhibit to its Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2000 or to any
subsequent filing under the Exchange
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Act or the Act, nor will such actions result in any violation of the
provisions of the charter or by-laws of any Issuer or any statute or,
to such counsel's knowledge, any order, rule or regulation known to
such counsel of any court or governmental agency or body having
jurisdiction over any Issuer or any of their property or assets; and,
except for such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or
qualifications as may be required under the Act and applicable state
or foreign securities laws in connection with the purchase and
distribution of the Securities by the Underwriter, no consent,
approval, authorization or order of, or filing or registration with,
any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Indenture
and the Securities by the Issuers and the valid issuance and sale of
the Securities by the Issuers.
(viii) The Indenture has been duly qualified under the TIA
and has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Issuers
and is a valid and binding agreement of the Issuers, enforceable in
accordance with its terms except as (a) the enforceability thereof may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting
creditors, rights generally and (b) rights of acceleration and the
availability of equitable remedies may be limited by equitable
principles of general applicability.
(ix) The Notes have been duly authorized and executed by the
Company and, when authenticated in accordance with the provisions of
the Indenture and delivered to the Underwriter against payment
therefor as provided by this Agreement, will be entitled to the
benefits of the Indenture, and will be valid and binding obligations
of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms except as
(i) the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and
(ii) rights of acceleration and the availability of equitable remedies
may be limited by equitable principles of general applicability.
(x) The Guarantees have been duly authorized and endorsed on
the Notes by the Guarantors, and, upon execution and authentication of
the Notes in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and
delivery thereof to the Underwriter against payment therefor as
provided by this Agreement, will be entitled to the benefits of the
Indenture, and will be valid and binding obligations of the
Guarantors, enforceable in accordance with their terms except as (i)
the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or
similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and (ii) rights of
acceleration and the availability of equitable remedies may be limited
by equitable principles of general applicability.
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(xi) The Securities and the Indenture conform in all material
respects to the descriptions thereof in the Prospectus.
(xii) The Supplemental Indenture is (x) authorized and
permitted by the Indenture, (y) not inconsistent with the Indenture
and (z) valid and binding upon the Issuers an accordance with its
terms.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may state that its opinion is
limited to the Federal laws of the United States of America, the laws of the
States of Texas and New York and the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware. Such counsel shall also have furnished to the Underwriter a written
statement, addressed to the Underwriter and dated the Closing Date, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter, to
the effect that (x) such counsel has acted as special counsel to the Company in
connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement and during the
course of the preparation of the Registration Statement and Prospectus, such
counsel participated in conferences with representatives of the Company, the
Company's internal counsel, and its accountants and the representatives of the
Underwriter and at which conferences the contents of the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus and related matters were discussed, and (y) based on the
foregoing, no facts have come to the attention of such counsel which lead it to
believe that (I) the Registration Statement (except as to financial data (and
related notes thereto) and statistical data and the financial statements and
related schedules contained or incorporated by reference therein), as of the
date the Registration Statement became effective, contained any untrue statement
of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, or
that the Prospectus (except as to financial data (and related notes thereto) and
statistical data and the financial statements and related schedules contained or
incorporated by reference therein) contains any untrue statement of a material
fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading or (II) any Incorporated Document or
any amendment or supplement thereto made by the Company prior to such Closing
Date, when they were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, contained
(except as to financial and data (and related notes thereto) and statistical
data and the financial statements and related schedules contained or
incorporated by reference therein) an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted 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. The foregoing opinion and statement may be qualified by a statement
to the effect that such counsel has not independently verified the accuracy,
completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration
Statement or Prospectus or incorporated by reference therein, and such counsel
is not passing upon and such counsel does not assume any responsibility for the
accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus.
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(g) You shall have received on the Closing Date, an opinion of Ted
I. Harbour, Esq., Senior Vice President and Real Estate Counsel for the
Company, dated the Closing Date and addressed to you, to the effect that:
Each Guarantor that is a corporation has been duly incorporated
and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the
laws of its state of incorporation, is duly qualified to do business
and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction
in which its ownership or lease of its property or the conduct of its
business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be
so qualified would not have a material adverse effect on the business,
operations or financial condition of the Company and its subsidiaries
taken as a whole, and has all corporate power and authority necessary
to own or hold its properties and conduct its business as described in
the Prospectus. The outstanding shares of capital stock of each such
Guarantor is duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable and (except for directors' qualifying shares) are owned
of record, directly or indirectly by the Company. Each Guarantor that
is a limited partnership has been duly formed and is validly existing
as a limited partnership in good standing under the laws of the state
of its organization, is duly qualified to do business and is in good
standing as a foreign limited partnership in each jurisdiction in
which its ownership or lease of its property or the conduct of its
business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be
so qualified would not have a material adverse effect on the business,
operation or financial condition of the Company and its subsidiaries
taken as a whole, and has all partnership power and authority
necessary to own or hold its properties and conduct its business as
described in the Prospectus.
(h) You shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion, dated
the Closing Date, of Cahill Gordon and Reindel, counsel for the
Underwriter, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter.
(i) You shall have received a letter on and as of the Closing Date,
in form and substance satisfactory to you, from Ernst & Young, LLP,
independent public accountants, with respect to the financial statements
and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus and substantially in the form and substance of the
letter delivered to you by Ernst & Young, LLP, on the date of this
Agreement.
(j) (i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have
sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements in the
Prospectus any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion,
flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any
labor dispute or court or governmental action,
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order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the
Prospectus or (ii) since such date there shall not have been any change in
the capital stock, net revenues, per share or total amounts of income
before extraordinary income or of net income or long-term debt of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or any change, or any development
involving a prospective change, in or affecting the general affairs,
management, financial position, stockholders' equity or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth
or contemplated in the Prospectus, the effect of which, in any such case
described in clause (i) or (ii), is, in the judgment of the Underwriter, so
material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed
with the public offering or the delivery of the Securities being delivered
on the Closing Date on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the
Prospectus.
(k) The Issuers shall have furnished to you such other documents and
certificates as to the accuracy and completeness of any statement in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus as you reasonably may request.
(l) You shall have been furnished with such additional documents and
certificates as you or counsel for the Underwriter may reasonably request.
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 you and your counsel.
Any certificate or document signed by any officer of the Issuers and
delivered to you or to your counsel shall be deemed a representation and
warranty by the Issuers to the Underwriter as to the statements made therein.
9. Termination.
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This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing Date
by you by written notice to the Issuers if any of the following has occurred:
(i) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, any material adverse change or
development involving a prospective material adverse change in the condition,
financial or otherwise, of the Company and its subsidiaries or the earnings,
affairs, or business prospects of the Company and any of its subsidiaries taken
as a whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, which
would, in your judgment, make it impracticable to market the Securities on the
terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus, (ii) any outbreak or
escalation of hostilities or other national or international calamity or crisis
or change in economic conditions or in the financial markets of the United
States or elsewhere that, in your judgment, is material and adverse and would,
in your judgment, make it impracticable to market the Securities on the terms
and in the manner contem-
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plated in the Prospectus, (iii) the suspension or material limitation of trading
in securities on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the
Nasdaq National Market or limitation on prices for securities on any such
exchange, (iv) the enactment, publication, decree or other promulgation of any
federal or state statute, regulation, rule or order of any court or other
governmental authority which in your opinion materially and adversely affects,
or will materially and adversely affect, the business or operations of the
Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, (v) the declaration of a banking
moratorium by either federal or New York State authorities or (vi) the taking of
any action by any federal, state or local government or agency in respect of its
monetary or fiscal affairs which in your opinion has a material adverse effect
on the financial markets in the United States.
10. Miscellaneous. Notices given pursuant to any provision of this
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Agreement shall be addressed as follows: (a) if to the Issuers, to D.R. Horton,
1901 Ascension Blvd., Suite 100 Arlington, Texas 76006 and (b) if to the
Underwriter, to UBS Warburg LLC, 299 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10171,
Attention: General Counsel, or in any case to such other address as the person
to be notified may have requested in writing.
The respective indemnities, contribution agreements, representations,
warranties and other statements of the Company, its officers and directors (in
their capacities as such) and of the Underwriter set forth in or made pursuant
to this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect, and will
survive delivery of and payment for the Securities, regardless of (i) any
investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of
the Underwriter or by or on behalf of the Company, the officers or directors of
the Company or any controlling person of the Company (in their capacities as
such), (ii) acceptance of the Securities and payment for them hereunder and
(iii) termination of this Agreement.
If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriter because of
any failure or refusal on the part of any Issuer to perform any of its
agreements in this Agreement or to fulfill any of the conditions of Section 8 of
this Agreement, the Issuers, jointly and severally, agree to reimburse the
Underwriter for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and disbursements
of counsel) reasonably incurred by it.
Except as otherwise provided, this Agreement has been and is made
solely for the benefit of and shall be binding upon the Issuers, the
Underwriter, any controlling persons referred to herein, the other indemnitees
referred to herein and their respective successors and assigns, all as and to
the extent provided in this Agreement, and no other person shall acquire or have
any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. The term "successors and
assigns" shall not include a purchaser of any of the Securities from the
Underwriter merely because of such purchase.
This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York.
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This Agreement may be signed in various counterparts which together
shall constitute one and the same instrument.
[Signature Pages Follow]
Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement
between the Issuers and the Underwriter.
Very truly yours,
D.R. HORTON, INC.
By:
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Name: Donald R. Horton
Title: Chairman of the Board
GUARANTORS:
C. Richard Dobson Builders, Inc.
CHI Construction Company
CHTEX of Texas, Inc.
Continental Homes, Inc.
Continental Homes of Florida, Inc.
Continental Residential, Inc.
D.R. Horton, Inc.-Birmingham
D.R. Horton, Inc.-Chicago
D.R. Horton, Inc.-Denver
D.R. Horton, Inc.-Dietz-Crane
D.R. Horton, Inc.-Greensboro
D.R. Horton, Inc.-Jacksonville
D.R. Horton, Inc.-Louisville
D.R. Horton, Inc.-Minnesota
D.R. Horton, Inc.-New Jersey
D.R. Horton, Inc.-Portland
D.R. Horton, Inc.-Sacramento
D.R. Horton, Inc.-Torrey
D.R. Horton Los Angeles Holding Company, Inc.
D.R. Horton San Diego Holding Company, Inc.
DRH Cambridge Homes, Inc.
DRH Construction, Inc.
DRH Regrem II, Inc.
DRH Regrem III, Inc.
DRH Regrem IV, Inc.
DRH Regrem V, Inc.
DRH Southwest Construction, Inc.
DRH Title Company of Colorado, Inc.
DRH Tucson Construction, Inc.
DRHI, Inc.
KDB Homes, Inc.
Meadows I, Ltd.
Meadows VIII, Ltd.
Meadows IX, Inc.
Meadows X, Inc.
By:
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Name: Samuel R. Fuller
Title: Treasurer
SGS COMMUNITIES AT GRANDE QUAY, LLC
By: Meadows IX, Inc., a member
By:
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Name: Samuel R. Fuller
Title: Treasurer
By: Meadows X, Inc., a member
By:
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Name: Samuel R. Fuller
Title: Treasurer
D.R. HORTON MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LTD.
D.R. HORTON - TEXAS, LTD.
D.R. Horton-Emerald, Ltd.
DRH Regrem VII, LP
By: Meadows I, Ltd.,
its general partner
By:
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Name: Samuel R. Fuller
Title: Treasurer
CONTINENTAL HOMES OF TEXAS, L.P.
By: CHTEX of Texas, Inc.,
its general partner
By:
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Name: Samuel R. Fuller
Title: Treasurer
DRH Cambridge Homes, LLC
DRH Regrem VIII, LLC
By: D.R. Horton, Inc. - Chicago,
a member
By:
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Name: Samuel R. Fuller
Title: Treasurer
Meadows II, Ltd.
CH Investments of Texas, Inc.
By:
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Name: William Peck
Title: President
Agreed and accepted as of the
date first written above:
UBS WARBURG LLC
By:
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Name:
Title:
By:
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Name:
Title: