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EXHIBIT 1.1
SANTA FE SNYDER CORPORATION
8.05% SENIOR NOTES DUE JUNE 15, 2004
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
New York, New York
June 10, 1999
To the Representatives named in Schedule I
hereto of the Underwriters named in
Schedule II hereto
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Santa Fe Snyder Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of
Delaware (the "Company"), proposes to sell to the several underwriters named in
Schedule II hereto (the "Underwriters"), for whom you (the "Representatives")
are acting as representatives, the principal amount of its securities identified
in Schedule I hereto (the "Securities"), to be issued under an indenture (the
"Indenture") dated as of June 1, 1999, between the Company and The Bank of New
York, as trustee (the "Trustee"). To the extent there are no additional
Underwriters listed on Schedule I other than you, the term Representatives as
used herein shall mean you, as Underwriters, and the terms Representatives and
Underwriters shall mean either the singular or plural as the context requires.
Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any
Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to
and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12
of Form S-3 which were filed under the Exchange Act on or before the Effective
Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of the Basic Prospectus,
any Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be;
and any reference herein to the terms "amend", "amendment" or "supplement" with
respect to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary
Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include
the filing of any document under the Exchange Act after the Effective Date of
the Registration Statement or the issue date of the Basic Prospectus, any
Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be, deemed
to be incorporated therein by reference. Certain terms used herein are defined
in Section 17 hereof.
1. Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants
to, and agrees with, each Underwriter as set forth below in this Section 1.
(a) The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3
under the Act and has prepared and filed with the Commission a
registration statement (the file number of
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which is set forth in Schedule I hereto) on Form S-3, including a
related basic prospectus, for registration under the Act of the
offering and sale of the Securities. The Company may have filed one or
more amendments thereto, including a Preliminary Final Prospectus, each
of which has previously been furnished to you. The Company will next
file with the Commission one of the following: (1) after the Effective
Date of such registration statement, a final prospectus supplement
relating to the Securities in accordance with Rules 430A and 424(b),
(2) prior to the Effective Date of such registration statement, an
amendment to such registration statement (including the form of final
prospectus supplement) or (3) a final prospectus in accordance with
Rules 415 and 424(b). In the case of clause (1), the Company has
included in such registration statement, as amended at the Effective
Date, all information (other than Rule 430A Information) required by
the Act and the rules thereunder to be included in such registration
statement and the Final Prospectus. As filed, such final prospectus
supplement or such amendment and form of final prospectus supplement
shall contain all Rule 430A Information, together with all other such
required information, and, except to the extent the Representatives
shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive
respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or,
to the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only
such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that
contained in the Basic Prospectus and any Preliminary Final Prospectus)
as the Company has advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be
included or made therein. The Registration Statement, at the Execution
Time, meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x).
(b) On the Effective Date, the Registration Statement did or
will, and when the Final Prospectus is first filed (if required) in
accordance with Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date (as defined
herein), the Final Prospectus (and any supplement thereto) will, comply
in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act,
the Exchange Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the respective rules
thereunder; on the Effective Date and at the Execution Time, the
Registration Statement did not or will not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not
misleading; on the Effective Date and on the Closing Date the Indenture
did or will comply in all material respects with the applicable
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and the rules thereunder; and,
on the Effective Date, the Final Prospectus, if not filed pursuant to
Rule 424(b), will not, and on the date of any filing pursuant to Rule
424(b) and on the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus (together with any
supplement thereto) will not, include any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the
Company makes no representations or warranties as to (i) that part of
the Registration Statement which shall constitute the Statement of
Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act
of the Trustee or (ii) the information contained in or omitted from the
Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus (or any supplement
thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished
in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through
the Representatives specifically for inclusion in the Registration
Statement or the Final Prospectus (or any supplement thereto).
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(c) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has been duly
incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is chartered or
organized with full corporate power and authority to own or lease, as
the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business
as described in the Final Prospectus, and is duly qualified to do
business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing under the
laws of each jurisdiction which requires such qualification.
(d) All the outstanding shares of capital stock of each
subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are
fully paid and nonassessable, and, except as otherwise set forth in the
Final Prospectus, all outstanding shares of capital stock of the
subsidiaries are owned by the Company either directly or through wholly
owned subsidiaries free and clear of any perfected security interest or
any other security interests, claims, liens or encumbrances.
(e) the Company's authorized equity capitalization is as set
forth in the Final Prospectus, and the capital stock of the Company
conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained
in the Final Prospectus.
(f) The Company is not, and after giving effect to the
offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds
thereof as described in the Final Prospectus will not be, an
"investment company" within the meaning of the Investment Company Act,
without taking account of any exemption arising out of the number of
holders of the Company's securities.
(g) The Company is subject to and in full compliance with the
reporting requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act.
(h) The Company has not paid or agreed to pay to any person
any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any of the
Securities of the Company (except as contemplated by this Agreement).
(i) The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any
action designed to cause or which has constituted or which might
reasonably be expected to cause or result, under the Exchange Act or
otherwise, in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any
security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the
Securities.
(j) The statements in the Final Prospectus under the heading
"Description of Notes" fairly summarize the matters therein described.
(k) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company; the Indenture has been duly authorized and,
assuming due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the
Trustee, when executed and delivered by the Company, will constitute a
legal, valid, binding instrument enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms (subject, as to the enforcement of remedies,
to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or
other laws affecting
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creditors' rights generally from time to time in effect and to general
principles of equity); the Securities have been duly authorized, and,
when executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of
the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters, will
have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and will
constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company
entitled to the benefits of the Indenture (subject, as to the
enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
moratorium or other laws affecting creditors' rights generally from
time to time in effect and to general principles of equity).
(l) No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order
of any court or governmental agency or body is required in connection
with the transactions contemplated herein or in the Indenture, except
such as will be obtained under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and
such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in
connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the
Underwriters in the manner contemplated herein and in the Final
Prospectus.
(m) Neither the execution and delivery of the Indenture or
this Agreement, the issue and sale of the Securities, nor the
consummation of any other of the transactions herein or therein
contemplated, nor the fulfillment of the terms hereof or thereof will
conflict with, result in a breach or violation or imposition of any
lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company
or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, (i) the charter or by-laws of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (ii) the terms of any
indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement,
loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or
instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party
or bound or to which its or their property is subject; or (iii) any
statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to
the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority
having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any
of its or their properties.
(n) The consolidated historical financial statements and
schedules of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included in
the Final Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the
consolidated financial condition, results of operations and cash flows
of the Company and its subsidiaries as of the dates and for the periods
indicated, comply in all material respects as to form with the
applicable accounting requirements of the Act and have been prepared in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a
consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise
noted therein); the selected financial data set forth under the caption
"Summary Historical Consolidated Financial and Operating Data" in the
Final Prospectus fairly present, on the basis stated in the Final
Prospectus, the information included therein; the pro forma combined
financial data included in the Final Prospectus includes assumptions
that provide a reasonable basis for presenting the significant effects
directly attributable to the transactions and events described therein,
the related pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect to those
assumptions, and the pro forma adjustments reflect the proper
application of those adjustments to the historical financial statement
amounts in the pro forma combined financial data included in the Final
Prospectus; the
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pro forma combined financial data included in the Final Prospectus
complies as to form in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements of Regulation S-X under the Act; and the pro
forma adjustments have been properly applied to the historical amounts
in the compilation of such data.
(o) No action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or
governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property is pending
or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened that (i) could
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
performance of this Agreement or the Indenture, or the consummation of
any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby; or (ii) could
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or
properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of
business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Final
Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).
(p) Each of the Company and each of its subsidiaries owns or
leases all such properties as are necessary to the conduct of its
operations as presently conducted.
(q) Neither the Company nor any subsidiary is in violation or
default of (i) any provision of its charter or bylaws; (ii) the terms
of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note
agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition,
covenant or instrument to which it is a party or bound or to which its
property is subject; or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation,
judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or any of its
subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency,
governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction
over the Company or such subsidiary or any of its properties, as
applicable, which violation or default in the case of clauses (ii) and
(iii), individually or in the aggregate could, if continued, have a
material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise),
prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(r) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and Arthur Andersen LLP, who
have certified certain financial statements of the Company and Snyder
Oil Corporation and their respective consolidated subsidiaries and
delivered their reports with respect to the audited consolidated
financial statements and schedules included in the Final Prospectus,
are independent public accountants with respect to the Company and
Snyder Oil Corporation, within the meaning of the Act and the
applicable published rules and regulations thereunder.
(s) There are no stamp or other issuance or transfer taxes or
duties or other similar fees or charges required to be paid in
connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the
issuance or sale by the Company of the Securities.
(t) The Company has filed all foreign, federal, state and
local tax returns that are required to be filed or has requested
extensions thereof (except in any case in which the failure so to file
would not have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or
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otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company
and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from
transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in
or contemplated in the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or
supplement thereto) and has paid all taxes required to be paid by it
and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, to the
extent that any of the foregoing is due and payable, except for any
such assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in
good faith or as would not have a material adverse effect on the
condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or
properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of
business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Final
Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).
(u) No labor problem or dispute with the employees of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or is threatened or imminent.
(v) No subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited,
directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from
making any other distribution on such subsidiary's capital stock, from
repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from
the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary's property or
assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company, except as
described in or contemplated by the Final Prospectus or as arise under
applicable law.
(w) The Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses,
certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by the
appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary
to conduct their respective businesses, and neither the Company nor any
such subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the
revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or
permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an
unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a material adverse
effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings,
business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course
of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Final
Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).
(x) Except as set forth in the Final Prospectus, the Company
and its subsidiaries are (i) in compliance with any and all applicable
foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the
protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or
toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants ("Environmental
Laws"); (ii) have received and are in compliance with all permits,
licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable
Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses; and (iii)
have not received notice of any actual or potential liability for the
investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or
toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, except where
such non-compliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive
required permits, licenses or other approvals, or liability would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse change in the
condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or
properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
whether or not arising from transactions
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in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or
contemplated in the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or
supplement thereto); except as set forth in the Final Prospectus,
neither the Company nor any of the subsidiaries has been named as a
"potentially responsible party" under the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended.
Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to
the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the
offering of the Securities shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the
Company, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.
2. Purchase and Sale. Subject to the terms and conditions and
in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the
Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees,
severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the purchase price
set forth in Schedule I hereto the principal amount of the Securities set forth
opposite such Underwriter's name in Schedule II hereto.
3. Delivery and Payment. Delivery of and payment for the
Securities shall be made on the date and at the time specified in Schedule I
hereto or at such time on such later date not more than three Business Days
after the foregoing date as the Representatives shall designate, which date and
time may be postponed by agreement between the Representatives and the Company
or as provided in Section 9 hereof (such date and time of delivery and payment
for the Securities being herein called the "Closing Date"). Delivery of the
Securities shall be made to the Representatives for the respective accounts of
the several Underwriters against payment by the several Underwriters through the
Representatives of the purchase price thereof to or upon the order of the
Company by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to an account specified by
the Company. Delivery of the Securities shall be made through the facilities of
The Depository Trust Company unless the Representatives shall otherwise
instruct.
4. Offering by Underwriters. It is understood that the several
Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for sale to the public as set forth
in the Final Prospectus.
5. Agreements. The Company agrees with the several
Underwriters that:
(a) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the
Registration Statement, if not effective at the Execution Time, and any
amendment thereof, to become effective. Prior to the termination of the
offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of
the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final
Prospectus or any Preliminary Final Prospectus) to the Basic Prospectus
or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement unless the Company has
furnished you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file
any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably
object. Subject to the foregoing sentence, if the Registration
Statement has become or becomes effective pursuant to Rule 430A, or
filing of the Final Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b),
the Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and
any supplement thereto to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the
applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed
and
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will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such
timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (1)
when the Registration Statement, if not effective at the Execution
Time, shall have become effective, (2) when the Final Prospectus, and
any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (3) when, prior to
termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the
Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (4)
of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the
Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or
for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional
information, (5) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the
institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (6)
of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the
suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any
jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for
such purpose. The Company will use its best efforts to prevent the
issuance of any such stop order or the suspension of any such
qualification and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the
withdrawal thereof.
(b) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the
Securities is required to be delivered under the Act, any event occurs
as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would
include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, or if it
shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement or supplement
the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the
respective rules thereunder, the Company promptly will (1) notify the
Representatives of such event, (2) prepare and file with the
Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this
Section 5, an amendment or supplement which will correct such statement
or omission or effect such compliance and (3) supply any supplemented
Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably
request.
(c) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally
available to its security holders and to the Representatives an
earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries
which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule
158 under the Act.
(d) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and
counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the
Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other
Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits
thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or
dealer may be required by the Act, as many copies of each Preliminary
Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus and any supplement thereto as
the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the
expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to
the offering.
(e) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the
qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such
jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate, will
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maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the
distribution of the Securities and will pay any fee of the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., in connection with its review
of the offering; provided that in no event shall the Company be
obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not
now so qualified or to take any action that 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.
(f) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of
Salomon Smith Barney Inc., offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or
otherwise dispose of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed
to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition
(whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to
cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the
Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of
the Company) directly or indirectly, including the filing (or
participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the
Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent
position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the
meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any debt securities issued
or guaranteed by the Company (other than the Securities) or publicly
announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the
Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto. For purposes of the
foregoing, "affiliate" shall have the meaning assigned to such term
under the Exchange Act.
(g) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any
action designed to or which has constituted or which might reasonably
be expected to cause or result, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, in
stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the
Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
6. Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriters. The
obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Securities shall be subject to
the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company
contained herein as of the Execution Time and the Closing Date, to the accuracy
of the statements of the Company made in any certificates pursuant to the
provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations
hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) If the Registration Statement has not become effective
prior to the Execution Time, unless the Representatives agree in
writing to a later time, the Registration Statement will become
effective not later than (i) 6:00 PM New York City time, on the date of
determination of the public offering price, if such determination
occurred at or prior to 3:00 PM New York City time on such date or (ii)
9:30 AM on the Business Day following the day on which the public
offering price was determined, if such determination occurred after
3:00 PM New York City time on such date; if filing of the Final
Prospectus, or any supplement thereto, is required pursuant to Rule
424(b), the Final Prospectus, and any such supplement, will be filed in
the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and no
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have
been instituted or threatened.
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(b) The Company shall have requested and caused David L.
Hicks, Vice President - Law and General Counsel for the Company, and
Andrews & Kurth L.L.P., outside counsel for the Company, to have
furnished to the Representatives their opinions, dated the Closing Date
and addressed to the Representatives, to the effect that:
(i) each of the Company and Santa Fe Energy Resources
(Delaware) Ltd., a Delaware limited partnership, Mexican Flats
Services Company, a Delaware corporation, Snyder Fluid
Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Snyder Gas
Marketing, Inc., a Delaware corporation, SOCO Gas Systems,
Inc., a Delaware corporation, SOCO Louisiana Leasing, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, and Wyoming Gathering and Production
Company, a Delaware corporation (individually a "Subsidiary"
and collectively the "Subsidiaries") has been duly
incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is
chartered or organized, with full corporate power and
authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate
its properties and conduct its business as described in the
Final Prospectus, and is duly qualified to do business as a
foreign corporation and is in good standing under the laws of
each jurisdiction which requires such qualification;
(ii) all the outstanding shares of capital stock of
each Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and
issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, and, except as
otherwise set forth in the Final Prospectus, all outstanding
shares of capital stock of the Subsidiaries are owned by the
Company either directly or through wholly owned subsidiaries
free and clear of any perfected security interest and, to the
knowledge of such counsel, after due inquiry, any other
security interest, claim, lien or encumbrance;
(iii) the Company has an authorized capitalization as
described in the Final Prospectus, as amended or supplemented.
Upon issuance, the Securities will conform in all material
respects to the description thereof set forth under the
captions "Description of Notes" and "Description of Debt
Securities" in the Final Prospectus, as amended or
supplemented;
(iv) the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed
and delivered, has been duly qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act, and constitutes a legal, valid and binding
instrument enforceable against the Company in accordance with
its terms (subject, as to enforcement of remedies, to
applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium
or other laws affecting creditors' rights generally from time
to time in effect and to general principles of equity,
including, without limitation, concepts of materiality,
reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, regardless of
whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); and
the Securities have been duly authorized and, when executed
and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the
Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters
pursuant to this Agreement, will constitute legal, valid and
binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of
the Indenture;
(v) to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no
pending or threatened
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action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or
governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator
involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or
their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the
Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in
the Final Prospectus, and there is no franchise, contract or
other document of a character required to be described in the
Registration Statement or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as
an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as
required; and the statements included or incorporated by
reference in the Final Prospectus under the captions "Certain
United States Federal Tax Consequences for Non-United States
Holders" and "Description of Notes" fairly summarize the
matters therein described.
(vi) the Registration Statement has become effective
under the Act; any required filing of the Basic Prospectus,
any Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and
any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made
in the manner and within the time period required by Rule
424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has
been issued, no proceedings for that purpose have been
instituted or threatened, and the Registration Statement and
the Final Prospectus (other than the financial statements and
other financial information contained therein, as to which
such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all
material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act,
the Exchange Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the
respective rules thereunder; and on the Effective Date or at
the Execution Time of the Registration Statement (A) each
document, if any, filed pursuant to the Exchange Act and
incorporated by reference in the Final Prospectus appeared on
its face to be appropriately responsive in all material
respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and (B) the
Registration Statement and Final Prospectus appeared on their
face to be appropriately responsive in all material respects
to the requirements of the Exchange Act (in each case other
than financial statements and schedules and other financial or
statistical data and estimates of reserves or other
information included or incorporated by reference therein or
omitted therefrom as to which such counsel need not express
any opinion);
(vii) this Agreement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Company;
(viii) the Company is not and, after giving effect to
the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of
the proceeds thereof as described in the Final Prospectus,
will not be an "investment company" as defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
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(ix) no consent, approval, authorization, filing with
or order of any court or governmental agency or body is
required in connection with the transactions contemplated
herein, except such as have been obtained under the Act and
such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any
jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and distribution
of the Securities by the Underwriters in the manner
contemplated in this Agreement and in the Final Prospectus and
such other approvals (specified in such opinion) as have been
obtained;
(x) neither the execution and delivery of the
Indenture, the issue and sale of the Securities, nor the
consummation of any other of the transactions herein
contemplated nor the fulfillment of the terms hereof will
conflict with, result in a breach or violation of or
imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any
property or assets of the Company or its subsidiaries pursuant
to, (i) the charter or by-laws of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries listed in Exhibit A hereto, (ii) the terms of
any indenture, or any material contract, lease, mortgage, deed
of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement,
obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the
Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which
its or their property is subject, or (iii) any statute, law,
rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the
Company or its subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other
authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its
subsidiaries or any of its or their properties; and
(xi) no holders of securities of the Company have
rights to the registration of such securities under the
Registration Statement.
In addition, such counsel's opinion shall state that in the
course of the preparation by the Company of the Registration Statement
and the Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus
(including the documents incorporated by reference therein), such
counsel has participated in conferences with certain of the officers
and representatives of the Company, the Company's independent
accountants, the Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters at which
the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Final Prospectus and Final
Prospectus were discussed. Such counsel' opinion shall further state
that between the date of effectiveness of the Registration Statement
and the date hereof, such counsel participated in additional
conferences with certain officers and representatives of the Company,
the Company's independent accountants, the Underwriters and counsel for
the Underwriters at which portions of the Registration Statement, the
Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus were discussed.
Further, such counsel is not passing upon and does not assume any
responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the
statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary
Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus and has not made any
independent check or verification thereof, except as specifically
described in the opinion in paragraphs (v) and (vi) above. Subject to
the foregoing, no facts have come to such counsel's attention that have
caused such counsel to believe that the Registration Statement, at the
time it 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
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misleading, or that the Final Prospectus, as of its date, contained any
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. Also, subject
to the foregoing, no facts have come to such counsel's attention in the
course of the proceedings described in the first and second sentences
of this paragraph that caused such counsel to believe that the Final
Prospectus as of the date hereof contains any untrue statement of a
material fact 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. Such counsel will not express any
belief, however, with respect to financial statements, schedules or
notes thereto or other financial or statistical data or reserve reports
included or incorporated by reference in or omitted from the
Registration Statement or Final Prospectus, or the Form T-1 of the
Trustee.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to
matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other
than the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to
the extent they deem proper and specified in such opinion, upon the
opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be
reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters and
(B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on
certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public
officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b)
include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date.
(c) The Representatives shall have received from Vinson &
Elkins L.L.P., counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions,
dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, with
respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Indenture, the
Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus (together with any
supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Representatives
may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such
counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them
to pass upon such matters.
(d) The Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a
certificate of the Company, signed by the Chairman of the Board or the
Chief Executive Officer and the principal financial or accounting
officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the
signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration
Statement, the Final Prospectus, any supplements to the Final
Prospectus and this Agreement and that:
(i) the representations and warranties of the Company
in this Agreement are true and correct in all material
respects on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as
if made on the Closing Date and the Company has complied with
all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its
part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing
Date;
(ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings
for that purpose have been
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instituted or, to the Company's knowledge, threatened; and
(iii) since the date of the most recent financial
statements included or incorporated by reference in the Final
Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there has
been no material adverse effect on the condition (financial or
otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the
Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not
arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business,
except as set forth in or contemplated in the Final Prospectus
(exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(e) At the Execution Time and the Closing Date, each firm of
accountants who have certified the financial statements of the Company
and its Subsidiaries and other relevant entities, including, without
limitation, Snyder Oil Corporation and Santa Fe Energy Resources, Inc.,
included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or
Final Prospectus, shall have furnished to the Representatives a letter
or letters, to the effect set forth in Annex I hereto, and including
such other matters as the Representatives may reasonably request, in
form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives.
(f) Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates
as of which information is given in the Registration Statement
(exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Final Prospectus
(exclusive of any supplement thereto), there shall not have been (i)
any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to
in paragraph (e) of this Section 6 or (ii) any change, or any
development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the
condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business or properties of
the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not
arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as
set forth in or contemplated in the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any
supplement thereto) the effect of which, in any case referred to in
clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the sole judgment of the
Representatives, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or
inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities
as contemplated by the Registration Statement (exclusive of any
amendment thereof) and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any
supplement thereto).
(g) Subsequent to the Execution Time, there shall not have
been any decrease in the rating of any of the Company's debt securities
by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization" (as
defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Act) or any notice given
of any intended or potential decrease in any such rating or of a
possible change in any such rating that does not indicate the direction
of the possible change.
(h) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have
furnished to the Representatives such documents as the Representatives
may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon
the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated, or in
order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or
warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein
contemplated.
If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not
have been fulfilled in all material respects when and as provided in this
Agreement, or if any of the opinions and
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certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be in all
material respects reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the
Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, this Agreement and all
obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time
prior to, the Closing Date by the Representatives. Notice of such cancelation
shall be given to the Company in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed
in writing.
The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 shall
be delivered on the Closing Date at a place and time agreed upon by the Company
and the Underwriters.
7. Reimbursement of Underwriters' Expenses. If the sale of the
Securities provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the
obligations of the Underwriters set forth in Section 6 hereof is not satisfied,
because of any termination pursuant to Section 10(i) hereof or because of any
refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any
agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof other than by reason of a
default by any of the Underwriters, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters
severally through Salomon Smith Barney on demand for all out-of-pocket expenses
(including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that shall have been
incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the
Securities.
8. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees
and agents of each Underwriter and each person who controls any Underwriter
within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act against any and all
losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any
of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal or
state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out
of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the registration statement for the registration of
the Securities as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in the Basic
Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, or in any
amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and
agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or
defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however,
that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such
loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made
therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to
the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives
specifically for inclusion therein, provided further, however, that the
foregoing indemnity agreement with respect to any Preliminary Final Prospectus
shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter who failed to deliver a Final
Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented, provided by the Company to the
Underwriters in the requisite quantity and on a timely basis to permit proper
delivery on or prior to the Closing Date) to the person asserting any losses,
claims, damages and liabilities and judgments caused by any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Final
Prospectus or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or
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necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, if such material
misstatement or omission or alleged material misstatement or omission was cured
in such Final Prospectus and such Final Prospectus was required by law to be
delivered at or prior to the written confirmation of sale to such person. This
indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may
otherwise have.
(b) Each Underwriter severally and not jointly agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its
officers who signs the Registration Statement, and each person who controls the
Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, to the same
extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each Underwriter, but only
with reference to written information relating to such Underwriter furnished to
the Company by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representatives
specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing
indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which
any Underwriter may otherwise have. The Company acknowledges that the statements
set forth in the last paragraph of the cover page, the paragraphs addressing
stabilization, syndicate transactions penalty bids and the performance of
financial advisory services by the underwriters under the caption
"Underwriting", the sentences related to concessions and reallowances, and the
list of Underwriters and their respective participation in the sale of the
Securities in any Final Prospectus or Preliminary Final Prospectus constitute
the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the several
Underwriters for inclusion in any Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final
Prospectus.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this
Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party
will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party
under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the
commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i)
will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and
to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results
in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses
and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any
obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation
provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled
to appoint counsel of the indemnifying party's choice at the indemnifying
party's expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which
indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not
thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel
retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below);
provided, however, that such counsel shall be satisfactory to the indemnified
party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party's election to appoint counsel to
represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have
the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the
indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such
separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to
represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of
interest, (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such
action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the
indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal
defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different
from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, (iii) the
indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the
indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time
after notice of the
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institution of such action or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the
indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying
party. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the
indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any
judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or
proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought
hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential
parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent
includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability
arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding.
(d) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a)
or (b) of this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an
indemnified party for any reason, the Company and the Underwriters severally
agree to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities
(including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with
investigating or defending same) (collectively "Losses") to which the Company
and one or more of the Underwriters may be subject in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one
hand and by the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Securities;
provided, however, that in no case shall any Underwriter (except as may be
provided in any agreement among underwriters relating to the offering of the
Securities) be responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount
or commission applicable to the Securities purchased by such Underwriter
hereunder. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is
unavailable for any reason, the Company and the Underwriters severally shall
contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such
relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and
of the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions
which resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. Benefits received by the Company shall be deemed to be equal to
the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by
it, and benefits received by the Underwriters shall be deemed to be equal to the
total underwriting discounts and commissions, in each case as set forth on the
cover page of the Final Prospectus. Relative fault shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or any alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a
material fact relates to information provided by the Company on the one hand or
the Underwriters on the other, the intent of the parties and their relative
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
untrue statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it
would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata
allocation or any other method of allocation which does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of
this paragraph (d), 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. For purposes of
this Section 8, each person who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of
either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and
agent of an Underwriter shall have the same rights to contribution as such
Underwriter, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of
either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who shall have
signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company shall have
the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the
applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d).
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9. Default by an Underwriter. If any one or more Underwriters
shall fail to purchase and pay for any of the Securities agreed to be purchased
by such Underwriter or Underwriters hereunder and such failure to purchase shall
constitute a default in the performance of its or their obligations under this
Agreement, the remaining Underwriters shall be obligated severally to take up
and pay for (in the respective proportions which the principal amount of
Securities set forth opposite their names in Schedule II hereto bears to the
aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of all the
remaining Underwriters) the Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase; provided, however, that in the event
that the aggregate principal amount of Securities which the defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 10% of
the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth in Schedule II hereto,
the remaining Underwriters shall have the right to purchase all, but shall not
be under any obligation to purchase any, of the Securities, and if such
nondefaulting Underwriters do not purchase all the Securities, this Agreement
will terminate without liability to any nondefaulting Underwriter or the
Company. In the event of a default by any Underwriter as set forth in this
Section 9, the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding
five Business Days, as the Representatives shall determine in order that the
required changes in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus or in
any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained in this
Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its liability, if any, to
the Company and any nondefaulting Underwriter for damages occasioned by its
default hereunder.
10. Termination. This Agreement shall be subject to
termination in the absolute discretion of the Representatives, by notice given
to the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the Securities, if at any
time prior to such time (i) trading in the Company's Common Stock shall have
been suspended by the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange, (ii) trading in
securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended or
limited or minimum prices shall have been established on such Exchange, (iii) a
banking moratorium shall have been declared either by Federal or New York State
authorities or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of
hostilities, declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war, or
other calamity or crisis the effect of which on financial markets is such as to
make it, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, impractical or inadvisable
to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by
the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
11. Representations and Indemnities to Survive. The respective
agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the
Company or its officers and of the Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to
this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or the Company or any of
the officers, directors, employees, agents or controlling persons referred to in
Section 8 hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities.
The provisions of Sections 7 and 8 hereof shall survive the termination or
cancelation of this Agreement.
12. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing
and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Representatives, will be
mailed, delivered or telefaxed to the Salomon Smith Barney Inc. General Counsel
(fax no.: (212) 816-7912) and confirmed to the General Counsel, Salomon Smith
Barney Inc., at 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York,
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10013, Attention: General Counsel; or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed,
delivered or telefaxed to the attention of the Company's General Counsel at
(713) 507-5341 and confirmed to the General Counsel, 1616 South Voss Road,
Houston, Texas 77057, Attention: Vice President - Law and General Counsel.
13. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the
officers, directors, employees, agents and controlling persons referred to in
Section 8 hereof, and no other person will have any right or obligation
hereunder.
14. Applicable Law. This Agreement will be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to
contracts made and to be performed within the State of New York.
15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
16. Headings. The section headings used herein are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
17. Definitions. The terms which follow, when used in this
Agreement, shall have the meanings indicated.
"Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and
the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
"Basic Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus referred to in
paragraph 1(a) above contained in the Registration Statement at the
Effective Date including any Preliminary Final Prospectus.
"Business Day" shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a
Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or
trust companies are authorized or obligated by law to close in New York
City.
"Commission" shall mean the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
"Effective Date" shall mean each date and time that the
Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment or amendments
thereto and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement became or become
effective.
"Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder.
"Execution Time" shall mean the date and time that this
Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto.
"Final Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus supplement
relating to the Securities
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that was first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the Execution Time,
together with the Basic Prospectus.
"Preliminary Final Prospectus" shall mean any preliminary
prospectus supplement to the Basic Prospectus which describes the
Securities and the offering thereof and is used prior to filing of the
Final Prospectus, together with the Basic Prospectus.
"Registration Statement" shall mean the registration statement
referred to in paragraph 1(a) above, including exhibits and financial
statements, as amended at the Execution Time (or, if not effective at
the Execution Time, in the form in which it shall become effective)
and, in the event any post-effective amendment thereto or any Rule
462(b) Registration Statement becomes effective prior to the Closing
Date, shall also mean such registration statement as so amended or such
Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, as the case may be. Such term shall
include any Rule 430A Information deemed to be included therein at the
Effective Date as provided by Rule 430A.
"Rule 415", "Rule 424", "Rule 430A" and "Rule 462" refer to
such rules under the Act.
"Rule 430A Information" shall mean information with respect to
the Securities and the offering thereof permitted to be omitted from
the Registration Statement when it becomes effective pursuant to Rule
430A.
"Rule 462(b) Registration Statement" shall mean a registration
statement and any amendments thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b)
relating to the offering covered by the registration statement referred
to in Section 1(a) hereof.
"Trust Indenture Act" shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended and the rules and regulations of the Commission
promulgated thereunder.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of
our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof,
whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement
among the Company and the several Underwriters.
Very truly yours,
Santa Fe Snyder Corporation
By: /s/ Mark A. Jackson
Name: Mark A. Jackson
Title: Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
The foregoing Agreement is
hereby confirmed and accepted
as of the date specified in
Schedule I hereto.
Salomon Smith Barney Inc.
By: /s/ Mario E. Rodriguez
Name: Mario E. Rodriguez
Title: Vice President
For themselves and the other
several Underwriters, if any,
named in Schedule II to the
foregoing Agreement
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ANNEX I
Pursuant to Section 5(e) of the Underwriting Agreement, the
Appropriate Accountants (as defined herein) shall have furnished to the
Representatives a letter or letters, dated respectively as of the
Execution Time and as of the Closing Date, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Representatives, confirming that they are
independent accountants within the meaning of the Act and the Exchange
Act and the respective applicable rules and regulations adopted by the
Commission thereunder and that they have audited the year-end financial
information included or incorporated in the Registration Statement and
the Final Prospectus and performed a review of the unaudited interim
financial information included or incorporated in the Registration
Statement and the Final Prospectus in accordance with Statement on
Auditing Standards No. 71, and stating in effect that:
(i) in their opinion the audited financial statements
and financial statement schedules and pro forma financial
statements included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (including
those incorporated therein by reference) and reported on by
them comply as to form in all material respects with the
applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the Exchange
Act and the related rules and regulations adopted by the
Commission;
(ii) on the basis of a reading of the latest
unaudited financial statements made available by the Relevant
Entity (as defined herein); their limited review in accordance
with standards established under Statement on Auditing
Standards No. 71 of the unaudited interim financial
information as included in the Registration Statement and
Final Prospectus (including those incorporated therein by
reference), carrying out certain specified procedures (but not
an examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards) which would not necessarily reveal matters of
significance with respect to the comments set forth in such
letter, a reading of the minutes of the meetings of the
stockholders, directors and any committees of the Relevant
Entity the Representatives may reasonably request; and
inquiries of certain officials of the Relevant Entity who have
responsibility for financial and accounting matters of the
Relevant Entity as to transactions and events subsequent to
the date of the most recent financial statements included in
the Final Prospectus, nothing came to their attention which
caused them to believe that:
(1) any unaudited financial statements
included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus do
not comply as to form in all material respects with
applicable accounting requirements of the Act and
with the related rules and regulations adopted by the
Commission with respect to financial statements
included or incorporated by reference in quarterly
reports on Form 10-Q under the Exchange Act; and said
unaudited financial statements are not in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles applied
on a
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basis substantially consistent with that of the
audited financial statements included or incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement and the
Final Prospectus;
(2) with respect to the period subsequent to
the date of the most recent financial statements
(other than capsule information), audited or
unaudited, included or incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus,
there were any changes, at a specified date not more
than five days prior to the date of the letter, in
the long-term debt or capital stock of the Relevant
Entity or decreases in the stockholders' equity of
the Relevant Entity or other balance sheet items the
Representatives may reasonably request as compared
with the amounts shown on the most recent financial
statements included or incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus
to such specified date, or there were any decreases,
as compared with the corresponding period in the
preceding year or the preceding quarter in net
revenues or income before income taxes or in total or
per share amounts of net income of the Relevant
Entity or any other income statement items as the
Representatives may reasonable request, except in all
instances for changes or decreases set forth in such
letter, in which case the letter shall be accompanied
by an explanation by the Company as to the
significance thereof unless said explanation is not
deemed necessary by the Representatives, or
(3) the information included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement and Final Prospectus in response to
Regulation S-K, Item 301 (Selected Financial Data),
Item 302 (Supplementary Financial Information), Item
402 (Executive Compensation) and Item 503(d) (Ratio
of Earnings to Fixed Charges) is not in conformity
with the applicable disclosure requirements of
Regulation S-K; and
(iii) they have performed certain other specified
procedures as a result of which they determined that certain
information of an accounting, financial or statistical nature
(which is limited to accounting, financial or statistical
information derived from the general accounting records of the
Relevant Entity) set forth in the Registration Statement and
the Final Prospectus, including the information in Items 1, 2,
6, 7 and 11 of any Annual Report on Form 10-K, included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and
the Final Prospectus, and the information included in the
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations" included or incorporated by
reference in any Relevant Entity's Quarterly Reports on Form
10-Q, incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
and the Final Prospectus, agrees with the accounting records
of the Relevant Entity, excluding any questions of legal
interpretation; and
(iv) on the basis of a reading of the unaudited pro
forma financial statements included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement
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and the Final Prospectus (the "pro forma financial
statements"); carrying out certain specified procedures;
inquiries of certain officials of the Relevant Entity who have
responsibility for financial and accounting matters; and
proving the arithmetic accuracy of the application of the pro
forma adjustments to the historical amounts in the pro forma
financial statements, nothing came to their attention which
caused them to believe that the pro forma financial statements
do not comply as to form in all material respects with the
applicable accounting requirements of Rule 11-02 of Regulation
S-X or that the pro forma adjustments have not been properly
applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of such
statements.
References to the Final Prospectus in this Annex 1 include any
supplement thereto at the date of the letter.
As used in Annex 1, "Appropriate Accountant" means the firm of
accountants who certified that the Relevant Entity's financial statements were
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and
complied with the Act and the Exchange Act and the applicable published rules
and regulations thereunder.
As used in Annex 1, "Relevant Entity" means any entity whose financial
statements are included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement or the Final Prospectus which may include, without limitation, the
Company, Snyder Oil Corporation and Santa Fe Energy Resources, Inc., as the case
may be.
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SCHEDULE I
Underwriting Agreement dated June 10, 1999
Registration Statement No.: 333-78265
Representative(s): Salomon Smith Barney Inc.
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation
Title, Purchase Price and Description of Securities:
Title: 8.05% Senior Notes due June 15, 2004
Principal amount: $125,000,000
Purchase price (include accrued
interest or amortization, if
any): $121,572,5000
Sinking fund provisions: None
Redemption provisions: 100% of principal amount, accrued
and unpaid interest to the
redemption date and a make-whole
premium, if any.
Other provisions: None.
Closing Date, Time and Location: June 15, 1999, 8:00 a.m., C.S.T., at
the officers of Andrews & Kurth
L.L.P., 600 Travis, Suite 4200,
Houston, Texas 77002
Type of Offering: Non-delayed
Date referred to in Section 5(f) after which the Company may offer or sell debt
securities issued or guaranteed by the Company without the consent of the
Representative(s): June 16, 1999
Modification of items to be covered by the letter from
Appropriate Accountants delivered pursuant to
Section 6(e) at the Execution Time: None
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SCHEDULE II
Principal Amount
of Securities to
Underwriters be Purchased
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Salomon Smith Barney Inc. .................... $50,000,000
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation 25,312,500
Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. 10,937,500
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation 10,937,500
Goldman, Sachs & Co. 10,937,500
ABN AMRO Incorporated 5,625,000
Banc One Capital Markets, Inc. 5,625,000
Credit Lyonnais Securities (USA) Inc. 5,625,000
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Total ......................... $125,000,000
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EXHIBIT A
SUBSIDIARIES
Santa Fe Energy Resources (Delaware) Ltd., a Delaware limited partnership,
Mexican Flats Services Company, a Delaware corporation, Snyder Fluid
Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Snyder Gas Marketing, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, SOCO Gas Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
SOCO Louisiana Leasing, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Wyoming Gathering
and Production Company, a Delaware corporation.