Irinquiries@prestigebrands.com
Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc.
660 White Plains Road – Ste 250
Tarrytown, NY 10591
Telephone: 914-524-6819
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 8, 2005
No. 333-117700
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
AMENDMENT NO. 4
to
FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
PRESTIGE BRANDS HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
2834 (Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) |
20-1297589 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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90 North Broadway Irvington, New York 10533 (914) 524-6810 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices) |
Peter C. Mann
President and Chief Executive Officer
Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.
90 North Broadway
Irvington, New York 10533
(914) 524-6810
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies of all communications, including communications sent to agent for service, should be sent to:
Dennis M. Myers, P.C. Andrew J. Terry Kirkland & Ellis LLP 200 East Randolph Drive Chicago, Illinois 60601 (312) 861-2000 |
Richard L. Muglia Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Four Times Square New York, New York 10036-6522 (212) 735-3000 |
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box: o
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o
If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, please check the following box. o
The registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until this Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
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INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 13. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution
The following table sets forth the costs and expenses, other than underwriting discounts and commissions, payable by Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. in connection with the offer and sale of the securities being registered. All amounts are estimates except the SEC registration fee and the NASD filing fee.
SEC registration fee | $ | 60,468 | ||
NASD filing fee | 30,500 | |||
NYSE listing fee | 242,100 | |||
Transfer Agent's fees and expenses | 12,000 | |||
Printing costs | 400,000 | |||
Legal fees and expenses | 1,600,000 | |||
Accounting fees and expenses | 1,000,000 | |||
Miscellaneous | 654,932 | |||
Total | 4,000,000 | |||
Item 14. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Delaware General Corporation Law. The General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware ("DGCL") authorizes corporations to limit or eliminate the personal liability of directors to corporations and their stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of directors' fiduciary duties. The registrant's certificate of incorporation includes a provision that eliminates the personal liability of directors for monetary damages for actions taken as a director, except for liability for breach of duty of loyalty; for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or knowing violation of law; under Section 174 of the DGCL (unlawful dividends and stock repurchases); or for transactions from which the director derived improper personal benefit.
The registrant's certificate of incorporation provides that it must indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL and must also pay expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition upon delivery of an undertaking, by or on behalf of an indemnified person, to repay all amounts so advanced if it should be determined ultimately that such person is not entitled to be indemnified under this section or otherwise.
The indemnification rights set forth above shall not be exclusive of any other right which an indemnified person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of our certificate of incorporation, our bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
The registrant maintains insurance to protect itself and its directors and officers against any such expense, liability or loss, whether or not it would have the power to indemnify them against such expense, liability or loss under applicable law.
Item 15. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
The registrant was formed in June 2004 and has not issued any securities. Prior to the completion of the offering of the securities being registered hereby, the registrant will issue an aggregate of
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26,666,667 shares of the registrant's common stock in exchange for common units of Prestige International Holdings, LLC. This issuance will be made in reliance upon Section 4(2) of the Securities Act, and will not involve any underwriters, underwriting discounts or commissions, or any public offering. The persons and entities who will receive such securities have represented that they will acquire these securities for investment only and not with a view for sale or in connection with any distribution thereof, and appropriate legends will be affixed to any share certificates issued. All recipients have adequate access through their relationship with the registrant to information about the registrant.
Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
Reference is made to the attached Exhibit Index, which is incorporated by reference herein.
None.
Item 17. Undertakings
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that
1. For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.
2. For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
3. To provide to the underwriters at the closing specified in the Underwriting Agreement, certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by the underwriters to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification by the registrant against such liabilities, other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding, is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in The City of Irvington, State of New York, on February 7, 2005.
PRESTIGE BRANDS HOLDINGS, INC. |
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By: |
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/s/ PETER J. ANDERSON |
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Name: | Peter J. Anderson | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on February 7, 2005.
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* Peter C. Mann |
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) | |
/s/ PETER J. ANDERSON Peter J. Anderson |
Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
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* David A. Donnini |
Director |
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* Vincent J. Hemmer |
Director |
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* Gary E. Costley |
Director |
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* L. Dick Buell |
Director |
*By: |
/s/ PETER J. ANDERSON Peter J. Anderson Attorney-in-Fact |
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1.1 | Form of Underwriting Agreement. | |
3.1 |
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. |
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3.2 |
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. |
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4.1 |
Form of stock certificate for common stock.** |
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5.1 |
Opinion of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.** |
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10.1 |
Credit Agreement, dated April 6, 2004, among Prestige Brands, Inc., Prestige Brands International, LLC, the Lenders thereto, the Issuers thereto, Citicorp North America, Inc. as Administrative Agent and as Tranche C Agent, Bank of America, N.A. as Syndication Agent and Merrill Lynch Capital, a division of Merrill Lynch Business Financial Services Inc., as Documentation Agent.** |
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10.1.1 |
Form of Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2004, among Prestige Brands, Inc., Prestige Brands International, LLC, the Lenders thereto, the Issuers thereto, Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent, Bank of America, N.A., as syndication agent, and Merrill Lynch Capital, a division of Merrill Lynch Business Financial Services, Inc., as documentation agent. |
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10.2 |
Pledge and Security Agreement, dated April 6, 2004, by Prestige Brands, Inc. and each of the Grantors party thereto, in favor of Citicorp North America, Inc. as Administrative Agent and Tranche C Agent.** |
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10.3 |
Intercreditor Agreement, dated April 6, 2004, between Citicorp North America, Inc. as Administrative Agent and as Tranche C Agent, Prestige Brands, Inc., Prestige Brands International, LLC and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors thereto.** |
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10.4 |
Indenture, dated April 6, 2004, among Prestige Brands, Inc., each Guarantor thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee.** |
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10.5 |
Purchase Agreement, dated April 6, 2004, among Prestige Brands, Inc., each Guarantor thereto and Citicorp North America, Inc. as Representative of the Initial Purchasers.** |
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10.6 |
Registration Rights Agreement, dated April 6, 2004, among Prestige Brands, Inc., each Guarantor thereto, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated.** |
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10.7 |
Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Prestige International Holdings, LLC, dated April 6, 2004.** |
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10.8 |
Unit Purchase Agreement, dated February 6, 2004, by and among Medtech/Denorex, LLC, GTCR Fund VIII, L.P., GTCR Fund VIII/B, L.P., GTCR Co-Invest II, L.P. and the TCW/Crescent Purchasers thereto.** |
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10.9 |
First Amendment, Acknowledgment and Supplement to Unit Purchase Agreement, dated April 6, 2004, to the Unit Purchase Agreement, dated February 6, 2004, by and among Medtech/Denorex, LLC, GTCR Fund VIII, L.P., GTCR Fund VIII/B, L.P., GTCR Co-Invest II, L.P. and the TCW/Crescent Purchasers thereto.** |
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10.10 |
Second Amendment, Acknowledgement and Supplement to Unit Purchase Agreement, dated April 6, 2004, to the Unit Purchase Agreement, dated February 6, 2004, by and among Medtech/Denorex, LLC, GTCR Fund VIII, L.P., GTCR Fund VIII/B, L.P., GTCR Co-Invest II, L.P. and the TCW/Crescent Purchasers thereto as amended by the First Amendment, Acknowledgement and Supplement to Unit Purchase Agreement, dated April 6, 2004.** |
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10.11 |
Securityholders Agreement, dated February 6, 2004, among Medtech/Denorex, LLC, GTCR Fund VIII, L.P., GTCR Fund VIII/B, L.P., GTCR Co-Invest II, L.P., GTCR Capital Partners, L.P., the TCW/Crescent Purchasers and the TCW/Crescent Lenders thereto, each Executive thereto and each of the Other Securityholders thereto.** |
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10.12 |
First Amendment and Acknowledgement to Securityholders Agreement, dated April 6, 2004, to the Securityholders Agreement, dated February 6, 2004, among Medtech/Denorex, LLC, GTCR Fund VIII, L.P., GTCR Fund VIII/B, L.P., GTCR Co-Invest II, L.P., GTCR Capital Partners, L.P., the TCW/Crescent Purchasers and the TCW/Crescent Lenders thereto, each Executive thereto and each of the Other Securityholders thereto.** |
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10.13 |
Registration Rights Agreement, dated February 6, 2004, among Medtech/Denorex, LLC, GTCR Fund VIII, L.P., GTCR Fund VIII/B, L.P., GTCR Co-Invest II, L.P., GTCR Capital Partners, L.P., the TCW/Crescent Purchasers and the TCW/Crescent Lenders thereto, each Executive thereto and each of the Other Securityholders thereto.** |
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10.14 |
First Amendment and Acknowledgement to Registration Rights Agreement, dated April 6, 2004, to the Registration Rights Agreement, dated February 6, 2004, among Medtech/Denorex, LLC, GTCR Fund VIII, L.P., GTCR Fund VIII/B, L.P., GTCR Co-Invest II, L.P., GTCR Capital Partners, L.P., the TCW/Crescent Purchasers and the TCW/Crescent Lenders thereto, each Executive thereto and each of the Other Securityholders thereto.** |
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10.15 |
Senior Preferred Investor Rights Agreement, dated March 5, 2004, among Medtech/Denorex, LLC, GTCR Fund VIII, L.P., TSG3 L.P., J. Gary Shansby, Charles H. Esserman, Michael L. Mauze, James L. O'Hara and each Subsequent Securityholder thereto.** |
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10.16 |
Amended and Restated Professional Services Agreement, dated April 6, 2004, by and between GTCR Golder Rauner II, L.L.C. and Prestige Brands, Inc.** |
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10.17 |
Amended and Restated Management Company Services Agreement, dated April 6, 2004, among Prestige Brands, Inc., Prestige Brands International, Inc., Medtech Products, Inc., The Spic and Span Company, The Comet Products Corporation and The Denorex Company.** |
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10.18 |
Senior Management Agreement, dated February 6, 2004, by and among Medtech/Denorex, LLC, Medtech/Denorex Management, Inc. and Peter C. Mann.** |
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10.19 |
First Amendment and Acknowledgement to Senior Management Agreement, dated March 5, 2004, to the Senior Management Agreement, dated February 6, 2004, by and among Medtech/Denorex, LLC, Medtech/Denorex Management, Inc. and Peter C. Mann.** |
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10.20 |
Second Amendment and Acknowledgement to Senior Management Agreement, dated April 6, 2004, to the Senior Management Agreement, dated February 6, 2004, by and among Medtech/Denorex, LLC, Medtech/Denorex Management, Inc. and Peter C. Mann and amended by the First Amendment and Acknowledgement to Senior Management Agreement, dated March 5, 2004.** |
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10.21 |
Senior Management Agreement, dated February 6, 2004, by and among Medtech/Denorex, LLC, Medtech/Denorex Management, Inc. and Peter J. Anderson.** |
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10.22 |
First Amendment and Acknowledgement to Senior Management Agreement, dated March 5, 2004, to the Senior Management Agreement, dated February 6, 2004, by and among Medtech/Denorex, LLC, Medtech/Denorex Management, Inc. and Peter J. Anderson.** |
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10.23 |
Second Amendment and Acknowledgement to Senior Management Agreement, dated April 6, 2004, to the Senior Management Agreement, dated February 6, 2004, by and among Medtech/Denorex, LLC, Medtech/Denorex Management, Inc. and Peter J. Anderson and amended by the First Amendment and Acknowledgement to Senior Management Agreement, dated March 5, 2004.** |
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10.24 |
Senior Management Agreement, dated February 6, 2004, by and among Medtech/Denorex, LLC, Medtech/Denorex Management, Inc. and Gerard F. Butler.** |
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10.25 |
First Amendment and Acknowledgement to Senior Management Agreement, dated March 5, 2004, to the Senior Management Agreement, dated February 6, 2004, by and among Medtech/Denorex, LLC, Medtech/Denorex Management, Inc. and Gerard F. Butler.** |
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10.26 |
Second Amendment and Acknowledgement to Senior Management Agreement, dated April 6, 2004, to the Senior Management Agreement, dated February 6, 2004, by and among Medtech/Denorex, LLC, Medtech/Denorex Management, Inc. and Gerard F. Butler and amended by the First Amendment and Acknowledgement to Senior Management Agreement, dated March 5, 2004.** |
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10.27 |
Senior Management Agreement, dated February 6, 2004, by and among Medtech/Denorex, LLC, Medtech/Denorex Management, Inc. and Michael A. Fink.** |
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10.28 |
First Amendment and Acknowledgement to Senior Management Agreement, dated March 5, 2004, to the Senior Management Agreement, dated February 6, 2004, by and among Medtech/Denorex, LLC, Medtech/Denorex Management, Inc. and Michael A. Fink.** |
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10.29 |
Second Amendment and Acknowledgement to Senior Management Agreement, dated April 6, 2004, to the Senior Management Agreement, dated February 6, 2004, by and among Medtech/Denorex, LLC, Medtech/Denorex Management, Inc. and Michael A. Fink and amended by the First Amendment and Acknowledgement to Senior Management Agreement, dated March 5, 2004.** |
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10.29.1 |
Senior Management Agreement, dated March 17, 2004, by and among Medtech/Denorex, LLC, Medtech/Denorex Management, Inc. and Charles Schrank.** |
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10.29.2 |
First Amendment and Acknowledgement to Senior Management Agreement, dated April 6, 2004, to the Senior Management Agreement, dated March 17, 2004, by and among Medtech/Denorex, LLC, Medtech/Denorex Management, Inc. and Charles Schrank.** |
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10.29.3 |
Senior Management Agreement, dated March 17, 2004, by and among Medtech/Denorex, LLC, Medtech/Denorex Management, Inc. and Eric M. Millar.** |
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10.29.4 |
First Amendment and Acknowledgement to Senior Management Agreement, dated April 6, 2004, to the Senior Management Agreement, dated March 17, 2004, by and among Medtech/Denorex, LLC, Medtech/Denorex Management, Inc. and Eric M. Millar.** |
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10.29.5 |
Omnibus Consent and Amendment to Securityholders Agreement, Registration Rights Agreement, Senior Management Agreements and Unit Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 6, 2004.** |
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10.29.6 |
Form of Amended and Restated Senior Management Agreement by and among Prestige International Holdings, LLC, Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. and Peter C. Mann.** |
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10.29.7 |
Form of Amended and Restated Senior Management Agreement by and among Prestige International Holdings, LLC, Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. and Peter J. Anderson.** |
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10.29.8 |
Form of Amended and Restated Senior Management Agreement by and among Prestige International Holdings, LLC, Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. and Gerald F. Butler.** |
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10.29.9 |
Form of Amended and Restated Senior Management Agreement by and among Prestige International Holdings, LLC, Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. and Michael A. Fink.** |
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10.29.10 |
Form of Amended and Restated Senior Management Agreement by and among Prestige International Holdings, LLC, Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. and Charles Shrank.** |
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10.29.11 |
Form of Amended and Restated Senior Management Agreement by and among Prestige International Holdings, LLC, Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. and Eric M. Millar.** |
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10.30 |
Distribution Agreement, dated April 24, 2003, by and between Medtech Holdings, Inc. and OraSure Technologies, Inc.*** |
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10.31 |
License Agreement, dated June 2, 2003, between Zengen, Inc. and Prestige Brands International, Inc.*** |
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10.32 |
Patent and Technology License Agreement, dated October 2, 2001, between The Procter & Gamble Company and Prestige Brands International, Inc.*** |
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10.33 |
Amendment, dated April 30, 2003, to the Patent and Technology License Agreement, dated October 2, 2001, between The Procter & Gamble Company and Prestige Brands International, Inc.*** |
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10.34 |
Contract Manufacturing Agreement, dated February 1, 2001, among The Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Company, P&G International Operations SA, Prestige Brands International, Inc. and Prestige Brands International (Canada) Corp.*** |
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10.35 |
Manufacturing Agreement, dated December 30, 2002, by and between Prestige Brands International, Inc. and Abbott Laboratories.*** |
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10.36 |
Amendment No. 4 and Restatement of Contract Manufacturing Agreement, dated May 1, 2002, by and between The Procter & Gamble Company and Prestige Brands International, Inc.*** |
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10.37 |
Letter Agreement, dated April 15, 2004, between Prestige Brands, Inc. and Carrafiello Diehl & Associates, Inc.*** |
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10.38 |
Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. 2005 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan.** |
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10.39 |
Form of Exchange Agreement by and among Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc., Prestige International Holdings, LLC and the common unitholders listed on the signature pages thereto.** |
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21.1 |
Subsidiaries of the Registrant.** |
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23.1 |
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.** |
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23.2 |
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.** |
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23.3 |
Consent of Eisner, LLP.** |
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23.4 |
Consent of Kirkland & Ellis LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).** |
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24.1 |
Powers of Attorney (included on signature pages).** |
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Exhibit 1.1 PRESTIGE BRANDS HOLDINGS, INC. (a Delaware corporation) [______] Shares of Common Stock PURCHASE AGREEMENT Dated: -, 2005 PRESTIGE BRANDS HOLDINGS, INC. (a Delaware corporation) [______] Shares of Common Stock (Par Value $0.01 Per Share) PURCHASE AGREEMENT -, 2005 MERRILL LYNCH & CO. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated Goldman, Sachs & Co. J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. as Representatives of the several Underwriters c/o Merrill Lynch & Co. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated 4 World Financial Center New York, New York 10080 Ladies and Gentlemen: Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), confirms its agreement with Merrill Lynch & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated ("Merrill Lynch") and each of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (collectively, the "Underwriters", which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10 hereof), for whom Merrill Lynch, Goldman, Sachs & Co. ("Goldman, Sachs") and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. ("JPMorgan") are acting as representatives (in such capacity, the "Representatives"), with respect to the issue and sale by the Company and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective numbers of shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company ("Common Stock") set forth in said Schedule A, and with respect to the grant by the persons listed in Schedule B hereto (the "Selling Shareholders") to the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the option described in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any part of [______] additional shares of Common Stock to cover overallotments, if any. The aforesaid [______] shares of Common Stock (the "Initial Securities") to be purchased by the Underwriters and all or any part of the [______] shares of Common Stock subject to the option described in Section 2(b) hereof (the "Option Securities") are hereinafter called, collectively, the "Securities." The Company and the Selling Shareholders understand that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of the Securities as soon as the Representatives deem advisable after this Agreement has been executed and delivered. The Company, the Selling Shareholders and the Underwriters agree that up to _______ shares of the Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters (the "Reserved Securities") shall be reserved for sale by the Underwriters to certain eligible directors, officers, employees and other persons having business relationships with the Company (the "Invitees"), as part of the distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters, subject to the terms of this Agreement, the applicable rules, regulations and interpretations of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. and all other applicable laws, rules and regulations. To the extent that such Reserved Securities are not orally confirmed for purchase by Invitees by the end of the first business day after the date of this Agreement, such Reserved Securities may be offered to the public as part of the public offering contemplated hereby. The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") a registration statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-117700), including the related preliminary prospectus or prospectuses, covering the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"). Promptly after execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will prepare and file a prospectus in accordance with the provisions of Rule 430A ("Rule 430A") of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1933 Act (the "1933 Act Regulations") and paragraph (b) of Rule 424 ("Rule 424(b)") of the 1933 Act Regulations. The information included in such prospectus that was omitted from such registration statement at the time it became effective but that is deemed to be part of such registration statement at the time it became effective pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 430A is referred to as "Rule 430A Information." Each prospectus used before such registration statement became effective, and any prospectus that omitted the Rule 430A Information, that was used after such effectiveness and prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, is herein called a "preliminary prospectus." Such registration statement, including the exhibits and any schedules thereto, at the time it became effective, and including the Rule 430A Information, is herein called the "Registration Statement." Any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations is herein referred to as the "Rule 462(b) Registration Statement," and after such filing the term "Registration Statement" shall include the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement. The final prospectus in the form first furnished to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offering of the Securities is herein called the "Prospectus." For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system ("EDGAR"). SECTION 1. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. (a) REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES BY THE COMPANY. The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter as of the date hereof, as of the Closing Time referred to in Section 2(c) hereof, and as of each Date of Delivery (if any) referred to in Section 2(b) hereof, and agrees with each Underwriter, as follows: (i) COMPLIANCE WITH REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS. Each of the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective under the 1933 Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has been issued under the 1933 Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, are contemplated by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional information has been complied with. At the respective times the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments thereto became effective and at the Closing Time (and, if any Option Securities are purchased, at the Date of Delivery), the Registration Statement, the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and any amendments and supplements thereto complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and the Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus and any supplement thereto or prospectus wrapper prepared in connection therewith, at their respective times of issuance and at 2 the Closing Time, complied and will comply in all material respects with any applicable laws or regulations of foreign jurisdictions in which the Prospectus and such preliminary prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, are distributed in connection with the offer and sale of Securities. Neither the Prospectus nor any amendments or supplements thereto (including any prospectus wrapper), at the time the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement was issued and at the Closing Time (and, if any Option Securities are purchased, at the Date of Delivery), included or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The representations and warranties in this subsection shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement or Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto). Each preliminary prospectus and the prospectus filed as part of the Registration Statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment thereto complied when so filed in all material respects with the 1933 Act Regulations and each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with this offering was identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T. (ii) INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS. (A) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of Prestige International Holdings, LLC (the "LLC") and certain of its consolidated subsidiaries and delivered their report with respect to the related audited consolidated financial statements and schedules included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, are independent public accountants with respect to the Company within the meaning of the 1933 Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder. (B) Ernst & Young LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of Bonita Bay Holdings, Inc. and delivered their report with respect to the related audited consolidated financial statements and schedules included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, are independent public accountants within the meaning of the 1933 Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder. (C) Eisner, LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of Vetco, Inc. and delivered their report with respect to the related audited consolidated financial statements and schedules included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, are independent public accountants within the meaning of the 1933 Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder. (iii) FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. The consolidated historical financial statements of the LLC and its consolidated subsidiaries included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes, present fairly the financial position of the LLC and its consolidated subsidiaries at the dates indicated and the statement of operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows of the LLC and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods specified; said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement present fairly in accordance with 3 GAAP the information required to be stated therein. The selected financial data and the summary financial information included in the Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements included in the Registration Statement. The pro forma financial statements and the related notes thereto included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein, have been prepared in accordance with the Commission's rules and guidelines with respect to pro forma financial statements and have been properly compiled on the bases described therein, and the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions and circumstances referred to therein. (iv) NO MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE IN BUSINESS. Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, except as otherwise stated therein, (A) there has been no material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business (a "Material Adverse Effect"), (B) there have been no transactions entered into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, other than those in the ordinary course of business, which are material with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, and (C) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock. (v) GOOD STANDING OF THE COMPANY. The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement; and the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. (vi) GOOD STANDING OF SUBSIDIARIES. Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation or limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, has corporate or limited liability company power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; except as otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus, none of the outstanding shares of capital stock of any subsidiary was issued in violation of the preemptive or similar rights of any securityholder of such subsidiary. The only subsidiaries of the Company are listed on Schedule D. (vii) CAPITALIZATION. The issued and outstanding units of LLC is as set forth in the Prospectus in the column entitled "Actual" under the caption "Capitalization" (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to this Agreement, pursuant to reservations, agreements or employee benefit plans referred to in the Prospectus or pursuant to the exercise of convertible securities or options referred to in the Prospectus). The shares of issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non assessable; none of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company was issued in violation of the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company. 4 (viii) OUTSTANDING CAPITAL STOCK. All the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each of the Company's subsidiaries have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, and, except as otherwise set forth in the Prospectus, all outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of the subsidiaries are owned by the Company either directly or through wholly owned subsidiaries and, except as set forth in the Prospectus, such shares of capital stock or other equity interests are free and clear of any perfected security interest or any other security interests, claims, liens or encumbrances. (ix) AUTHORIZATION OF AGREEMENT. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement. (x) AUTHORIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES. The Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Company have been duly authorized for issuance and sale to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued and delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement against payment of the consideration set forth herein, will be validly issued and fully paid and non assessable; the Common Stock conforms to all statements relating thereto contained in the Prospectus in all material respects and such description conforms to the rights set forth in the instruments defining the same in all material respects; no holder of the Securities will be subject to personal liability by reason of being such a holder; and the issuance of the Securities is not subject to the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company. (xi) ABSENCE OF DEFAULTS AND CONFLICTS. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of its charter or by-laws or in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary is subject (collectively, "Agreements and Instruments") except for such defaults that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and in the Registration Statement (including the issuance and sale of the Securities and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in the Prospectus under the caption "Use of Proceeds") and compliance by the Company with its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary pursuant to, the Agreements and Instruments (except for such conflicts, breaches, defaults or Repayment Events or liens, charges or encumbrances that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect), nor will such action result in any violation of (A) the provisions of the charter or by laws of the Company or any subsidiary or (B) any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any government, government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary or any of their assets, properties or operations (except such violations under clause (B) which would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect). As used herein, a "Repayment Event" means any event or condition which gives the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder's behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any subsidiary. 5 (xii) LISTING AND REGISTRATION OF SECURITIES. The Securities will be duly registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), the Securities have been authorized for listing, subject to notice of issuance, on the New York Stock Exchange. A registration statement on Form 8-A with respect to the Offered Securities has been filed on Form 8-A pursuant to Section 12 of the 1934 Act, which registration statement complies in all material respects with the 1934 Act. (xiii) CONTINUED LISTING AND REGISTRATION OF SECURITIES. The Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Securities under the 1934 Act or the listing of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange, nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange is contemplating terminating such registration or listing, as the case may be. (xiv) ABSENCE OF LABOR DISPUTE. No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any subsidiary exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or any subsidiary's principal suppliers, manufacturers, customers or contractors, which, in either case, would result in a Material Adverse Effect. (xv) ABSENCE OF PROCEEDINGS. There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against or affecting the Company or any subsidiary, which is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement (other than as disclosed therein), or which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or which would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the properties or assets thereof or the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement or the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder; the aggregate of all pending legal or governmental proceedings to which the Company or any subsidiary is a party or of which any of their respective property or assets is the subject which are not described in the Registration Statement, including ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. (xvi) ACCURACY OF DESCRIPTION OF AGREEMENTS AND EXHIBITS. There is no franchise, contract, agreement or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; and the statements in the Prospectus under the headings "Business--Legal Proceedings" and "--Regulation," "Certain Relationships and Related Transactions," "Description of Certain Indebtedness" and "Material United States Federal Income Tax Consequences," insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries of such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings in all material respects. (xvii) POSSESSION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, (A) the Company and its subsidiaries own, possess, license or have other rights to use or can acquire, on reasonable terms, all patents, patent applications, trade and service marks, trade and service mark registrations, trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets, technology, know-how and other intellectual property (collectively, the "Intellectual Property") necessary for or used in the conduct of the Company's business as now conducted or as proposed in the Prospectus to be conducted; and (B) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no material infringement by third parties of any such Intellectual Property except where the failure to own or possess such Intellectual Property would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a 6 Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice or is otherwise aware of any infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property or of any facts or circumstances which would render any Intellectual Property invalid or inadequate to protect the interest of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries therein, and which infringement or conflict (if the subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity or inadequacy would, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. (xviii) ABSENCE OF FURTHER REQUIREMENTS. No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or agency is necessary or required for the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, in connection with the offering, issuance or sale of the Securities hereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except (i) such as have been already obtained or as may be required under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations or state securities laws and (ii) such as have been obtained under the laws and regulations of jurisdictions outside the United States in which the Reserved Securities are offered. (xix) NO AFFILIATE TRANSACTIONS. No transaction has occurred (or is expected to occur) between or among the Company and any of its officers or directors, stockholders or any affiliate or affiliates of any such officer or director or shareholder that is required to be described in and is not described in the Prospectus. (xx) NO SALES OF COMMON STOCK. Except as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company has not sold or issued any shares of Common Stock during the six-month period preceding the date of the Prospectus, including any sales pursuant to Rule 144A under the 1933 Act or Regulations D or S of the 1933 Act Regulations. (xxi) ABSENCE OF MANIPULATION. Neither the Company nor any affiliate of the Company has taken, nor will the Company or any affiliate take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed to or which has constituted or which would be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities. (xxii) TAXES. (A) There are no transfer taxes or other similar fees or charges under federal law or the laws of any state, or any political subdivision thereof, required to be paid in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the issuance by the Company or sale by the Company of the Securities. (B) The Company and its subsidiaries have filed all foreign, federal, state and local tax returns that are required to be filed or have requested extensions thereof (except in any case in which the failure so to file would not result in a Material Adverse Effect) and have paid all taxes required to be paid by them and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against them, 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 reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. (xxiii) POSSESSION OF LICENSES AND PERMITS. The Company and its subsidiaries possess such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively, 7 "Governmental Licenses") issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, except where the failure so to possess would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; all of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except when the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such Governmental Licenses which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in a Material Adverse Effect. (xxiv) TITLE TO PROPERTY. The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all property owned by the Company and its subsidiaries free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests, claims, restrictions or encumbrances of any kind except such as (a) are described in the Prospectus or (b) do not, singly or in the aggregate, materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company or any of its subsidiaries; and all of the leases and subleases material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, and under which the Company or any of its subsidiaries holds properties described in the Prospectus, are in full force and effect, and neither the Company nor any subsidiary has any notice of any material claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone adverse to the rights of the Company or any subsidiary under any of the leases or subleases mentioned above, or affecting or questioning the rights of the Company or such subsidiary to the continued possession of the leased or subleased premises under any such lease or sublease. (xxv) INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT. The Company is not required, and upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated and the application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in the Prospectus will not be required, to register as an "investment company" under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"). (xxvi) ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and Prospectus or except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (A) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, policy or rule of common law or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative order, consent, decree or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of employee health and safety, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the release or threatened release of, or exposure to, chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum products, asbestos-containing materials or mold (collectively, "Hazardous Materials") or to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively, "Environmental Laws"), (B) the Company and its subsidiaries have all permits, authorizations and approvals required under any applicable Environmental Laws and are each in compliance with their requirements, (C) there are no pending or threatened administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigation or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law against the Company or any of its subsidiaries and (D) there are no events or circumstances 8 that would reasonably be expected to form the basis of an order for clean-up or remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any private party or governmental body or agency, against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries relating to Hazardous Materials or any Environmental Laws. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and Prospectus or except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has been named as a "potentially responsible party" under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended. (xxvii) REGISTRATION RIGHTS; LOCK-UP AGREEMENT. No holder of any security of the Company or any security or other interest that is convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such security has any right, which has not been waived, to have any security owned by such holder included in the Registration Statement or to demand registration of any security owned by such holder for a period of 180 days after the date of this Agreement. Each director, officer and stockholder of the Company listed on Schedule E has delivered to the Representatives his enforceable written lock-up agreement in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto (the "Lock-Up Agreement"). (xxviii) INSURANCE. The Company and each of its subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged; all policies of insurance and fidelity or surety bonds insuring the Company or any of its subsidiaries or their respective businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors are in full force and effect except where the failure to be in full force and effect would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; the Company and each of its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of such policies and instruments in all material respects; there are no claims by the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause; and neither the Company nor any subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. (xxix) INTERNAL CONTROLS. The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management's general or specific authorizations, (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability, (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management's general or specific authorization and (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. (xxx) OFFERING MATERIALS. Each of the Company, its directors and officers has not distributed and will not distribute prior to the later of (A) the Closing Time or any Date of Delivery and (B) the completion of the distribution of the Offered Securities, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Offered Securities other than any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement and other materials, if any, permitted by the 1933 Act. (xxxi) INDUSTRY AND MARKETING DATA. The statistical and market and industry-related data included in the Registration Statement, each of the preliminary prospectuses and the 9 Prospectus are based on or derived from sources which the Company believes to be reliable and accurate or represent the Company's good faith estimates that are made on the basis of data derived from such sources. (xxxii) ERISA. The minimum funding standard under Section 302 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder ("ERISA"), has been satisfied by each "pension plan" (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) which has been established or maintained by the Company and/or one or more of its subsidiaries, and the trust forming part of each such plan which is intended to be qualified under Section 401 of the Code is so qualified; each of the Company and its subsidiaries has fulfilled its obligations, if any, under Section 515 of ERISA; neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries maintains or is required to contribute to a "welfare plan" (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA) which provides retiree or other post-employment welfare benefits or insurance coverage (other than "continuation coverage" (as defined in Section 602 of ERISA)); each pension plan and welfare plan established or maintained by the Company and/or one or more of its subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects with the currently applicable provisions of ERISA; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has incurred or could reasonably be expected to incur any withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA, any liability under Section 4062, 4063 or 4064 of ERISA, or any other liability under Title IV of ERISA. (xxxiii) SARBANES OXLEY ACT. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the Company's directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any provision of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith, including, without limitation, Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications. (xxxiv) RELATIONSHIP WITH REPRESENTATIVES. Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, the Company (A) does not have any other material lending or other relationship with any bank or lending affiliate of any Representative and (B) does not intend to use any of the proceeds from the sale of the Offered Securities hereunder to repay any outstanding debt owed to any affiliate of any Representative. (xxxv) NASD. There are no affiliations with any member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD") among the Company's officers, directors or any stockholder of the Company, except as set forth in the Prospectus or otherwise disclosed in writing to the Representatives. (xxxvi) REGULATORY APPROVALS. The Company's business, as described in the Prospectus, is being conducted in all material respects in compliance with applicable requirements under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act (the "FDC Act") and any regulations issued thereunder and, to the knowledge of the Company, there is no reason for the Food and Drug Administration (the "FDA"), the Consumer Product Safety Commission (the "CPSC") or the Federal Trade Commission (the "FTC") to initiate enforcement proceedings against the Company, its agents, employees or products for any act or omission related to the Company's business. To the knowledge of the Company, all of the facilities contracted by the Company to manufacture the Company's products are in substantial compliance with the applicable portions of the FDA's current Good Manufacturing Practice regulations and with any similar manufacturing practice regulations imposed by any state, local, or foreign government authority which are applicable to such facilities. 10 (b) REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES BY THE SELLING SHAREHOLDERS. Each Selling Shareholder severally, but not jointly, represents and warrants to each Underwriter as of the date hereof and as of each applicable Date of Delivery, and agrees with each Underwriter, as follows: (i) ACCURATE DISCLOSURE. The information which relates specifically to such Selling Shareholder, as set forth under the caption "Principal and Selling Stockholders" does not contain, and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain, any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; such Selling Shareholder is not prompted to sell the Securities to be sold by such Selling Shareholder hereunder by any information concerning the Company or any subsidiary of the Company which is not set forth in the Prospectus. (ii) AUTHORIZATION OF THIS AGREEMENT. This Agreement has been duly authorized, if applicable, executed and delivered by or on behalf of such Selling Shareholder. (iii) AUTHORIZATION OF POWER OF ATTORNEY AND CUSTODY AGREEMENT. The Power of Attorney (the "Power of Attorney") and the Custody Agreement (the "Custody Agreement"), in the forms heretofore furnished to the Representatives, have been duly authorized, if applicable, executed and delivered by such Selling Shareholder and are the valid and binding agreements of such Selling Shareholder. (iv) NONCONTRAVENTION. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Power of Attorney and the Custody Agreement and the sale and delivery of the Securities to be sold by such Selling Shareholder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and compliance by such Selling Shareholder with its obligations hereunder do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any tax, lien, charge or encumbrance upon the Securities to be sold by such Selling Shareholder or any property or assets of such Selling Shareholder pursuant to any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, license, lease or other agreement or instrument to which such Selling Shareholder is a party or by which such Selling Shareholder may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of such Selling Shareholder is subject, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or other organizational instrument of such Selling Shareholder, if applicable, or any applicable treaty, law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any government, government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over such Selling Shareholder or any of its properties. (v) VALID TITLE. Such Selling Shareholder has, and at the Date of Delivery will have, valid title to the Securities to be sold by such Selling Shareholder free and clear of all security interests, claims, liens, equities or other encumbrances and the legal right and power, and all authorization and approval required by law, to enter into this Agreement and the Power of Attorney and the Custody Agreement and to sell, transfer and deliver the Securities to be sold by such Selling Shareholder or a valid security entitlement in respect of such Securities. (vi) DELIVERY OF SECURITIES. Upon payment of the purchase price for the Securities to be sold by such Selling Shareholder pursuant to this Agreement, delivery of such Securities, as directed by the Underwriters, to Cede & Co. ("Cede") or such other nominee as may be designated by The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") (unless delivery of such Securities is unnecessary because such Securities are already in possession of Cede or such nominee), registration of such Securities in the name of Cede or such other nominee (unless registration of such Securities is unnecessary because such Securities are already registered in the 11 name of Cede or such nominee) and the crediting of such Securities on the books of DTC to securities accounts of the Underwriters (assuming that neither DTC nor any such Underwriter has notice of any "adverse claim," within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code (the "UCC"), to such Securities), (A) DTC shall be a "protected purchaser," within the meaning of Section 8-303 of the UCC, of such Securities and will acquire its interest in the Securities (including, without limitation, all rights that such Selling Shareholder had or has the power to transfer in such Securities) free and clear of any adverse claim within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC, (B) under Section 8-501 of the UCC, the Underwriters will acquire a valid security entitlement in respect of such Securities and (C) no action (whether framed in conversion, replevin, constructive trust, equitable lien, or other theory) based on any "adverse claim," within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC, to such Securities may be asserted against the Underwriters with respect to such security entitlement; for purposes of this representation, such Selling Shareholder may assume that when such payment, delivery (if necessary) and crediting occur, (x) such Securities will have been registered in the name of Cede or another nominee designated by DTC, in each case on the Company's share registry in accordance with its certificate of incorporation, bylaws and applicable law, (y) DTC will be registered as a "clearing corporation," within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC, and (z) appropriate entries to the accounts of the several Underwriters on the records of DTC will have been made pursuant to the UCC. (vii) ABSENCE OF MANIPULATION. Such Selling Shareholder has not taken, and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed to or which has constituted or would be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities. (viii) ABSENCE OF FURTHER REQUIREMENTS. No filing with, or consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or agency, domestic or foreign, is necessary or required for the performance by each Selling Shareholder of its obligations hereunder or in the Power of Attorney or the Custody Agreement, or in connection with the sale and delivery of the Securities hereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except (i) such as may have previously been made or obtained or as may be required under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations or state securities laws and (ii) such as have been obtained under the laws and regulations of jurisdictions outside the United States in which the Reserved Securities are offered. (ix) NO ASSOCIATION WITH NASD. Neither such Selling Shareholder nor any of his/her/its affiliates directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, or is a person associated with (within the meaning of Article I (dd) of the By-laws of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.), any member firm of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (c) OFFICER'S CERTIFICATES. Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries delivered to the Representatives or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to each Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby; and any certificate signed by or on behalf of the Selling Shareholders as such and delivered to the Representatives or to counsel for the Underwriters pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be deemed a representation and warranty by such Selling Shareholder to the Underwriters as to the matters covered thereby. SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to Underwriters; Closing. 12 (a) INITIAL SECURITIES. On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company, at the price per share set forth in Schedule C, the number of Initial Securities set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter, plus any additional number of Initial Securities which such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 hereof. (b) OPTION SECURITIES. In addition, on the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Selling Shareholders, acting severally and not jointly, hereby grant an option to the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, to purchase up to an additional [______] shares of Common Stock as set forth in Schedule B, at the price per share set forth in Schedule C, less an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Initial Securities but not payable on the Option Securities. The option hereby granted will expire 30 days after the date hereof and may be exercised in whole or in part from time to time only for the purpose of covering overallotments which may be made in connection with the offering and distribution of the Initial Securities upon notice by Merrill Lynch to the Selling Shareholders setting forth the number of Option Securities as to which the several Underwriters are then exercising the option and the time and date of payment and delivery for such Option Securities. Any such time and date of delivery (a "Date of Delivery") shall be determined by Merrill Lynch, but shall not be later than seven full business days after the exercise of said option, nor in any event prior to the Closing Time, as hereinafter defined. If the option is exercised as to all or any portion of the Option Securities, each of the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, will purchase that proportion of the total number of Option Securities then being purchased which the number of Initial Securities set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of Initial Securities, subject in each case to such adjustments as Merrill Lynch in its discretion shall make to eliminate any sales or purchases of fractional shares. (c) PAYMENT. Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates for, the Initial Securities shall be made at the offices of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Four Times Square, New York 10036-6522, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company and the Selling Shareholders, at 9:00 A.M. (Eastern time) on the third (fourth, if the pricing occurs after 4:30 P.M. (Eastern time) on any given day) business day after the date hereof (unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10), or such other time not later than ten business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company and the Selling Shareholders (such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called "Closing Time"). In addition, in the event that any or all of the Option Securities are purchased by the Underwriters, payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates for, such Option Securities shall be made at the above mentioned offices, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Selling Shareholders, on each Date of Delivery as specified in the notice from the Representatives to the Selling Shareholders. Payment shall be made to the Company and, if applicable, the Selling Shareholders by wire transfer of immediately available funds to bank accounts designated by the Company and the Custodian pursuant to each Selling Shareholder's Power of Attorney and Custody Agreement, as the case may be, against delivery to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the Underwriters of certificates for the Securities to be purchased by them. It is understood that each Underwriter has authorized the Representatives, for its account, to accept delivery of, receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the Initial Securities and the Option Securities, if any, which it has agreed to purchase. Merrill Lynch, individually and not as representative of the Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment of the purchase price for the Initial Securities or the Option Securities, if any, to be purchased by 13 any Underwriter whose funds have not been received by the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, but such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from its obligations hereunder. (d) DENOMINATIONS; REGISTRATION. Certificates for the Initial Securities and the Option Securities, if any, shall be in such denominations and registered in such names as the Representatives may request in writing at least one full business day before the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be. The certificates for the Initial Securities and the Option Securities, if any, will be made available for examination and packaging by the Representatives in The City of New York not later than 10:00 A.M. (Eastern time) on the business day prior to the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be. SECTION 3. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY. The Company covenants with each Underwriter as follows: (a) COMPLIANCE WITH SECURITIES REGULATIONS AND COMMISSION REQUESTS. The Company, subject to Section 3(b), will comply with the requirements of Rule 430A and will notify the Representatives immediately, and confirm the notice in writing, (i) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement shall become effective, or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus shall have been filed, (ii) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission, (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or for additional information, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes. The Company will promptly effect the filings necessary pursuant to Rule 424(b) and will take such steps as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the form of prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 424(b) was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file such prospectus. The Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order and, if any stop order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment. (b) FILING OF AMENDMENTS. The Company will give the Representatives notice of its intention to file or prepare any amendment to the Registration Statement (including any filing under Rule 462(b)) or any amendment, supplement or revision to either the prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the time it became effective or to the Prospectus, will furnish the Representatives with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters shall object. (c) DELIVERY OF REGISTRATION STATEMENTS. The Company has furnished or will deliver to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, at their request and without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein) and signed copies of all consents and certificates of experts, and will also deliver to the Representatives, without charge, a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (without exhibits) for each of the Underwriters. The copies of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T. (d) DELIVERY OF PROSPECTUSES. The Company has delivered to each Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each preliminary prospectus as such Underwriter reasonably requested, and the 14 Company hereby consents to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the 1933 Act. The Company will furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as such Underwriter may reasonably request. The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T. (e) CONTINUED COMPLIANCE WITH SECURITIES LAWS. The Company will comply with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and in the Prospectus. If at any time when a prospectus is required by the 1933 Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Securities, any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters or for the Company, to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus in order that the Prospectus will not include any untrue statements of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, or if it shall be necessary, in the opinion of such counsel, at any such time to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to comply with the requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, the Company will promptly prepare and file with the Commission, subject to Section 3(b), such amendment or supplement as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement or the Prospectus comply with such requirements, and the Company will furnish to the Underwriters such number of copies of such amendment or supplement as the Underwriters may reasonably request. (f) BLUE SKY QUALIFICATIONS. The Company will use its best efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as the Representatives may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect for a period of not less than one year from the later of the effective date of the Registration Statement and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject. (g) RULE 158. The Company will timely file such reports pursuant to the 1934 Act as are necessary in order to make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable an earnings statement for the purposes of, and to provide the benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act. (h) USE OF PROCEEDS. The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Securities in the manner specified in the Prospectus under "Use of Proceeds." (i) LISTING. The Company will use its best efforts to effect the listing of the Common Stock (including the Securities) on the New York Stock Exchange. (j) RESTRICTION ON SALE OF SECURITIES. During a period of 180 days from the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of Merrill Lynch and Goldman, Sachs (i) directly or indirectly, offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise transfer or dispose of any share of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or file any registration statement under the 1933 Act with respect to any of the foregoing or (ii) enter into any swap or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such 15 swap or transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (A) the Securities to be sold hereunder, (B) any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon the exercise of an option or warrant or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof and referred to in the Prospectus, (C) any shares of Common Stock issued or options to purchase Common Stock granted pursuant to existing employee benefit plans of the Company referred to in the Prospectus or (D) any shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to any non-employee director stock plan or dividend reinvestment plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) during the last 17 days of the 180-day restricted period the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs or (2) prior to the expiration of the 180-day restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 180-day period, the restrictions imposed in this clause (j) shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event. The Company will provide the Representatives and any co-managers and each stockholder subject to the Lock-Up Agreement with prior notice of any such announcement that gives rise to an extension of the 180-day period. (k) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. The Company, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the 1934 Act within the time periods required by the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. (l) COMPLIANCE WITH NASD RULES. The Company hereby agrees that it will ensure that the Reserved Securities will be restricted as required by the NASD or the NASD rules from sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or hypothecation for a period of three months following the date of this Agreement. The Underwriters will notify the Company as to which persons will need to be so restricted. At the request of the Underwriters, the Company will direct the transfer agent to place a stop transfer restriction upon such securities for such period of time. Should the Company release, or seek to release, from such restrictions any of the Reserved Securities, the Company agrees to reimburse the Underwriters for any reasonable expenses (including, without limitation, legal expenses) they incur in connection with such release. SECTION 4. PAYMENT OF EXPENSES. (a) EXPENSES. The Company will pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits) as originally filed and of each amendment thereto, (ii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of this Agreement, any Agreement among Underwriters and such other documents as may be required in connection with the offering, purchase, sale, issuance or delivery of the Securities, (iii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the certificates for the Securities to the Underwriters, including any stock or other transfer taxes and any stamp or other duties payable upon the sale, issuance or delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters, (iv) the fees and disbursements of the Company's counsel, accountants and other advisors, (v) the qualification of the Securities under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(f) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplement thereto, (vi) the printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of each preliminary prospectus and of the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, (vii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplement thereto, (viii) the fees and expenses of any transfer agent or registrar for the Securities, (ix) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations on any "road show" undertaken in connection with the marketing of the 16 Securities, including without limitation, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Company and any such consultants, and the cost of aircraft chartered in connection with the road show and (x) the filing fees incident to the review by the NASD of the terms of the sale of the Securities and (xi) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that except as provided in this Section 4 and Sections 6 and 7 hereof, the Underwriters will pay the fees and disbursements of their counsel, the cost of ground transportation chartered in connection with the road show, the lodging expenses of the Underwriters in connection with the road show and any advertising expenses associated with offers the Underwriters make. (b) EXPENSES OF THE SELLING SHAREHOLDERS. The Selling Shareholders, jointly and severally, will pay all expenses incident to the performance of their respective obligations under, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including (i) any stamp duties, capital duties and stock transfer taxes, if any, payable upon the sale of the Securities to the Underwriters, and their transfer between the Underwriters pursuant to an agreement between such Underwriters, and (ii) the fees and disbursements of their respective counsel and other advisors. (c) TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT. If this Agreement is terminated by the Representatives in accordance with the provisions of Section 5, Section 9(a)(i) or Section 11 hereof, the Company shall reimburse the Underwriters for all of their out of pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters. (d) ALLOCATION OF EXPENSES. The provisions of this Section shall not affect any agreement that the Company and the Selling Shareholders may make for the sharing of such costs and expenses. SECTION 5. CONDITIONS OF UNDERWRITERS' OBLIGATIONS. The obligations of the several Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Selling Shareholders contained in Section 1 hereof or in certificates of any officer of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company or on behalf of any Selling Shareholder delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to the following further conditions: (a) EFFECTIVENESS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT. The Registration Statement, including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, has become effective and at Closing Time no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued under the 1933 Act or proceedings therefor initiated or threatened by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of counsel to the Underwriters. A prospectus containing the Rule 430A Information shall have been filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 424(b) (or a post-effective amendment providing such information shall have been filed and declared effective in accordance with the requirements of Rule 430A). (b) OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR COMPANY. At Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as of Closing Time, of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, counsel for the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto and to such further effect as counsel to the Underwriters may reasonably request. Such counsel may also state that, insofar as such opinion involves factual matters, they have relied, to the extent they deem proper, upon certificates of officers of the Company and its subsidiaries and certificates of public officials. 17 (c) OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE SELLING SHAREHOLDERS. At Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as of Closing Time, of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, counsel for the Selling Shareholders, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters to the effect set forth in Exhibit C hereto and to such further effect as counsel to the Underwriters may reasonably request. Such counsel may also state that, insofar as such opinion involves factual matters, they have relied, to the extent they deem proper, upon certificates of officers of the Company and its subsidiaries and certificates of public officials. (d) OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR UNDERWRITERS. At Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as of Closing Time, of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters. Such counsel may also state that, insofar as such opinion involves factual matters, they have relied, to the extent they deem proper, upon certificates of officers of the Company and its subsidiaries and certificates of public officials. (e) OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE. At Closing Time, there shall not have been, since the date hereof or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, and the Representatives shall have received a certificate of the President or a Vice President of the Company and of the chief financial or chief accounting officer of the Company, dated as of Closing Time, to the effect that (i) there has been no such material adverse change, (ii) the representations and warranties in Section 1(a) hereof are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of Closing Time, (iii) the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to Closing Time, and (iv) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to their knowledge, contemplated by the Commission. (f) CERTIFICATE OF SELLING SHAREHOLDERS. At Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received a certificate of an Attorney-in-Fact on behalf of each Selling Shareholder, dated as of Closing Time, to the effect that (i) the representations and warranties of each Selling Shareholder contained in Section 1(b) hereof are true and correct in all respects with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of Closing Time and (ii) each Selling Shareholder has complied in all material respects with all agreements and all conditions on its part to be performed under this Agreement at or prior to Closing Time. (g) ACCOUNTANTS' COMFORT LETTER. At the time of the execution of this Agreement, the Representatives shall have received from each of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Ernst & Young LLP and Eisner, LLP (together with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and Ernst & Young LLP, the "Accountants") a letter dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives and the Accountants, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants' "comfort letters" to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. (h) BRING-DOWN COMFORT LETTER. At Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received from each of the Accountants a letter, dated as of Closing Time, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to subsection (g) of this Section, except that the specified date referred to shall be a date not more than three business days prior to Closing Time. 18 (i) APPROVAL OF LISTING. At Closing Time, the Securities shall have been approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange, subject only to official notice of issuance. (j) NO OBJECTION. The NASD has confirmed that it has not raised any objection with respect to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements. (k) LOCK-UP AGREEMENTS. At the date of this Agreement, the Representatives shall have received an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto signed by the persons listed on Schedule E hereto. (l) MAINTENANCE OF RATING. Since the execution of this Agreement, there shall not have been any decrease in the rating of any of the Company's securities by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization" (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the 1933 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. (m) CONDITIONS TO PURCHASE OF OPTION SECURITIES. In the event that the Underwriters exercise their option provided in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any portion of the Option Securities, the representations and warranties of the Company and the Selling Shareholders contained herein and the statements in any certificates furnished by the Company or any subsidiary of the Company and the Selling Shareholders hereunder shall be true and correct as of each Date of Delivery and, at the relevant Date of Delivery, the Representatives shall have received: (i) OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE. A certificate, dated such Date of Delivery, of the President or a Vice President of the Company and of the chief financial or chief accounting officer of the Company confirming that the certificate delivered at the Closing Time pursuant to Section 5(e) hereof remains true and correct as of such Date of Delivery. (ii) CERTIFICATE OF SELLING SHAREHOLDERS. A certificate, dated such Date of Delivery, of an Attorney-in-Fact on behalf of each Selling Shareholder confirming that the certificate delivered at Closing Time pursuant to Section 5(f) remains true and correct as of such Date of Delivery. (iii) OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR COMPANY. The favorable opinion of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, counsel for the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(b) hereof. (iv) OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE SELLING SHAREHOLDERS. The favorable opinion of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, counsel for the Selling Shareholders, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(c) hereof. (v) OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR UNDERWRITERS. The favorable opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(d) hereof. (vi) BRING-DOWN COMFORT LETTER. A letter from the Accountants, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives and the Accountants and dated such Date of 19 Delivery, substantially in the same form and substance as the letter furnished to the Representatives pursuant to Section 5(h) hereof, except that the "specified date" in the letter furnished pursuant to this paragraph shall be a date not more than five days prior to such Date of Delivery. (n) OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE. The Underwriters shall have received at Closing Time, a certificate, dated as of Closing Time and signed by the chief executive officer and chief financial officer of the Company, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit D hereto. (o) ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS. At Closing Time and at each Date of Delivery, counsel for the Underwriters shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Company and the Selling Shareholders in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters. (p) TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT. If any condition specified in this Section shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement, or, in the case of any condition to the purchase of Option Securities, on a Date of Delivery which is after the Closing Time, the obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase the relevant Option Securities, may be terminated by the Representatives by notice to the Company and the Selling Shareholders at any time at or prior to Closing Time or such Date of Delivery, as the case may be, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 and except that Sections 1, 6, 7 and 8 shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect. SECTION 6. INDEMNIFICATION BY THE COMPANY. (a) INDEMNIFICATION OF UNDERWRITERS. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates, as such term is defined in Rule 501(b) under the 1933 Act (each, an "Affiliate"), its selling agents and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act as follows: (i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430A Information or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; (ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission; provided that (subject to Section 6(f) below) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company; 20 (iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by Merrill Lynch), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under (i) or (ii) above; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through Merrill Lynch expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430A Information or any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto); PROVIDED, FURTHER, that the Company will not be liable to any Underwriter with respect to any Prospectus to the extent the Company shall sustain the burden of proving that any such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense resulted from the fact that such Underwriter, in contravention of a requirement under this Agreement or applicable law, sold Securities to a person to whom such Underwriter failed to send or give, at or prior to the Closing Date or Date of Delivery, as applicable, a copy of the Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented if (A) the Company has previously furnished copies thereof (sufficiently in advance of the Closing Date or Date of Delivery, as applicable, to allow for distribution by the Closing Date or Date of Delivery, as applicable) to the Underwriter and the loss, liability, claim, damage or expense of such Underwriter resulted from an untrue statement or omission of a material fact contained in or omitted from the preliminary prospectus which was corrected in the Prospectus as, if applicable, amended or supplemented prior to the Closing Date or Date of Delivery, as applicable, and such Prospectus was required by law to be delivered at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale to such person and (B) such failure to give or send such Prospectus by the Closing Date or Date of Delivery, as applicable, to the person or persons asserting such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense would have constituted the sole defense to the claim asserted by such person. (b) INDEMNIFICATION OF UNDERWRITERS BY THE SELLING SHAREHOLDERS. Each Selling Shareholder, severally, but not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its Affiliates and selling agents and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act to the extent and in the manner set forth in clauses (a)(i), (ii) and (iii) above; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Selling Shareholders expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430A Information or any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the extent of such Selling Shareholder's liability under this Agreement shall be limited to the gross proceeds received by such Selling Shareholder from the sale of the shares of Common Stock by such Selling Shareholder pursuant to this Agreement. (c) INDEMNIFICATION OF COMPANY, DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS AND SELLING SHAREHOLDERS. Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, and each Selling Shareholder and each person, if any, who controls any Selling Shareholder within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this Section, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430A Information or any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and 21 in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through Merrill Lynch expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or such preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto). (d) ACTIONS AGAINST PARTIES; NOTIFICATION. Each indemnified party shall give notice as promptly as reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to the extent it is not materially prejudiced as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement. In the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Sections 6(a) or 6(b) above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by Merrill Lynch, and, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(c) above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Company or the indemnified Selling Shareholders, as applicable. An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the defense of any such action; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. In no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) separate from their own counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought under this Section 6 or Section 7 hereof (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party. (e) SETTLEMENT WITHOUT CONSENT IF FAILURE TO REIMBURSE. If at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by Section 6(a)(ii) or settlement of any claim in connection with any violation referred to in Section 6(f) effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. (f) INDEMNIFICATION FOR RESERVED SECURITIES. In connection with the offer and sale of the Reserved Securities, the Company agrees, to indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriters, their Affiliates and selling agents and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, from and against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending, investigating or settling any such action or claim), as incurred, (i) arising out of the violation of any applicable laws or regulations of foreign jurisdictions where Reserved Securities have been offered; (ii) arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any prospectus wrapper or other material prepared by or with the consent of the Company for distribution to Invitees in connection with the offering of the Reserved Securities 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; (iii) caused by the failure of any Invitee to pay for and accept delivery of Reserved Securities which have been orally confirmed for 22 purchase by any Invitee by the end of the first business day after the date of the Agreement; or (iv) related to, or arising out of or in connection with, the offering of the Reserved Securities (other than such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses under clause (iv) which are the result of gross negligence or bad faith on the part of the Underwriters). (g) OTHER AGREEMENTS WITH RESPECT TO INDEMNIFICATION. The provisions of this Section shall not affect any agreement among the Company and the Selling Shareholders with respect to indemnification. SECTION 7. CONTRIBUTION. If the indemnification provided for in Section 6 hereof is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Shareholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Selling Shareholders on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions, or in connection with any violation of the nature referred to in Section 6(f) hereof, which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Shareholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total gross proceeds from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Selling Shareholders and the total underwriting discount received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate initial public offering price of the Securities as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus. The relative fault of the Company and the Selling Shareholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Selling Shareholders or by the Underwriters and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission or any violation of the nature referred to in Section 6(f) hereof. The Company, the Selling Shareholders and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 7. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 7 shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, no Underwriter shall 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 such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of any such untrue or alleged untrue statement 23 or omission or alleged omission. In no event shall the liability of a Selling Shareholder under this Section 7 exceed the amount that such Selling Shareholder would have been required to pay under Section 6(b) had such indemnification been available thereunder. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 7, each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act and each Underwriter's Affiliates and selling agents shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company or any Selling Shareholder within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company or such Selling Shareholder, as the case may be. The Underwriters' respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to the number of Initial Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule A hereto and not joint. The provisions of this Section shall not affect any agreement among the Company and the Selling Shareholders with respect to contribution. SECTION 8. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND AGREEMENTS TO SURVIVE. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or the Selling Shareholders submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or its Affiliates or selling agents, any person controlling any Underwriter, its officers or directors or any person controlling the Company or any person controlling any Selling Shareholder and (ii) delivery of and payment for the Securities. SECTION 9. TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT. (a) TERMINATION; GENERAL. The Representatives may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the Company and the Selling Shareholders, at any time at or prior to Closing Time (i) if there has been, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) if there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or the international financial markets, any outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis or any change or development involving a prospective change in national or international political, financial or economic conditions, in each case the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representatives, impracticable or inadvisable to market the Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities, or (iii) if trading in any securities of the Company has been suspended or materially limited by the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange, or if trading generally on the American Stock Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange or in the Nasdaq National Market has been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have been required, by any of said exchanges or by such system or by order of the Commission, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or any other governmental authority, or (iv) a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States, or (v) if a banking moratorium has been declared by either Federal or New York authorities. 24 (b) LIABILITIES. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 hereof, and provided further that Sections 1, 6, 7 and 8 shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect. SECTION 10. DEFAULT BY ONE OR MORE OF THE UNDERWRITERS. If one or more of the Underwriters shall fail at Closing Time or a Date of Delivery to purchase the Securities which it or they are obligated to purchase under this Agreement (the "Defaulted Securities"), the Representatives shall have the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one or more of the non-defaulting Underwriters, or any other underwriters, to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Defaulted Securities in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms herein set forth; if, however, the Representatives shall not have completed such arrangements within such 24 hour period, then: (i) if the number of Defaulted Securities does not exceed 10% of the number of Securities to be purchased on such date, each of the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated, severally and not jointly, to purchase the full amount thereof in the proportions that their respective underwriting obligations hereunder bear to the underwriting obligations of all non-defaulting Underwriters, or (ii) if the number of Defaulted Securities exceeds 10% of the number of Securities to be purchased on such date, this Agreement or, with respect to any Date of Delivery which occurs after the Closing Time, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase and of the Company to sell the Option Securities to be purchased and sold on such Date of Delivery shall terminate without liability on the part of any non defaulting Underwriter. No action taken pursuant to this Section shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of its default. In the event of any such default which does not result in a termination of this Agreement or, in the case of a Date of Delivery which is after the Closing Time, which does not result in a termination of the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase and the Company to sell the relevant Option Securities, as the case may be, either (i) the Representatives or (ii) the Company and any Selling Shareholder shall have the right to postpone Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements. As used herein, the term "Underwriter" includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section 10. SECTION 11. DEFAULT BY THE COMPANY OR ONE OR MORE OF THE SELLING SHAREHOLDERS. (a) If the Company shall fail at Closing Time to sell the number of Securities that it is obligated to sell hereunder, then this Agreement shall terminate without any liability on the part of any nondefaulting party; provided, however, that the provisions of Sections 1, 4, 6, 7 and 8 shall remain in full force and effect. No action taken pursuant to this Section shall relieve the Company from liability, if any, in respect of such default. (b) If a Selling Shareholder shall fail at a Date of Delivery to sell and deliver the number of Securities which such Selling Shareholder or Selling Shareholders are obligated to sell hereunder and the remaining Selling Shareholders do not exercise the right hereby granted to increase, pro rata or otherwise, the number of Securities to be sold by them hereunder to the total number to be sold by all Selling Shareholders as set forth in Schedule B hereto, then the Underwriters may, at option of the Representatives, by notice from the Representatives to the Company and the non-defaulting Selling Shareholders, either (i) terminate this Agreement with respect to the Option Securities without any 25 liability on the fault of any non-defaulting party except that the provisions of Sections 1, 4, 6, 7 and 8 shall remain in full force and effect or (ii) elect to purchase the Securities which the non-defaulting Selling Shareholders and the Company have agreed to sell hereunder. No action taken pursuant to this Section 11 shall relieve any Selling Shareholder so defaulting from liability, if any, in respect of such default. In the event of a default by any Selling Shareholder as referred to in this Section 11, each of the Representatives, the Company and the non-defaulting Selling Shareholders shall have the right to postpone Closing Time or Date of Delivery for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required change in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements. SECTION 12. NOTICES. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be directed to the Representatives at 4 World Financial Center, New York, New York 10080, attention of Global Origination Counsel Group; and notices to the Company shall be directed to it at 90 North Broadway, Irvington, New York 10533, attention of Chief Financial Officer and notices to the Selling Shareholders shall be directed to the addresses listed on Schedule B. SECTION 13. PARTIES. This Agreement shall each inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Shareholders and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Shareholders and their respective successors and the controlling persons and officers and directors referred to in Sections 6 and 7 and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Shareholders and their respective successors, and said controlling persons and officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase. SECTION 14. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. SECTION 15. TIME. TIME SHALL BE OF THE ESSENCE OF THIS AGREEMENT. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH HEREIN, SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME. SECTION 16. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement. SECTION 17. EFFECT OF HEADINGS. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. 26 If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Company and the Attorney in Fact for the Selling Shareholders a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among the Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Shareholders in accordance with its terms. Very truly yours, PRESTIGE BRANDS HOLDINGS, INC. By: ------------------------------------ Name: Title: By: ------------------------------------- As Attorney-in-Fact acting on behalf of the Selling Shareholder(s) names in Schedule B hereto CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED, as of the date first above written: MERRILL LYNCH & CO. MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC. By: MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED By ----------------------------------- Authorized Signatory Name: Title: For themselves and as Representatives of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto. SCHEDULE A Schedule A-1
Number of Name of Underwriter Initial Securities ------------------- ------------------ Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated............................................... Goldman, Sachs & Co. ................................................... J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. ........................................... William Blair & Company, L.L.C. Piper Jaffray & Co. ................................................... SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc. ........................................ Total........................................ SCHEDULE B SELLING SHAREHOLDERS Schedule B-1
Maximum Number of Option Selling Shareholder Address Securities to be Sold ------------------- ------- --------------------- GTCR Fund VIII, L.P. GTCR Fund VIII/B, L.P. GTCR Co-Invest II, L.P. GTCR Capital Partners, L.P. TCW/Crescent Mezzanine Partners III, L.P. TCW/Crescent Mezzanine Trust III TCW/Crescent Mezzanine Partners III Netherlands, L.P. Peter C. Mann Peter J. Anderson Gerald F. Butler Michael A. Fink Richard Thome Charles Schrank Eric M. Millar Carlton Blackburn Ron Franko Robert Dooley Brian Fisher Steve Garcia Philip Henschel Sam Blankenship David Talbert Kirk T. Anderson Rita Holmes Elaine Connolly Adam Blumenthal Steven Kornhauser Mark Zabrowsy Douglas Mann Christopher Maynard Fred Goldsmith Cheryl Yancey-Biron James Rogers Harris Semegram Dale Johnson Victoria Ann DeCora Julie McKnight Lynda Yazzolino John Capalongo Keith Kolakoski Robert Pritchard Schedule B-2
Maximum Number of Option Selling Shareholder Address Securities to be Sold ------------------- ------- --------------------- Kyra Malinich Judy Manus Phillip Kennedy Dru-Anne Heun Sally Walton Total........................ SCHEDULE C PRESTIGE BRANDS HOLDINGS, INC. Shares of Common Stock (Par Value $0.01 Per Share) 1. The initial public offering price per share for the Securities, determined as provided in said Section 2, shall be $[ ]. 2. The purchase price per share for the Securities to be paid by the several Underwriters shall be $[ ], being an amount equal to the initial public offering price set forth above less $[ ] per share; provided that the purchase price per share for any Option Securities purchased upon the exercise of the overallotment option described in Section 2(b) shall be reduced by an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Initial Securities but not payable on the Option Securities. Schedule C-1 SCHEDULE D SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY Prestige International Holdings, LLC Prestige Brands International, LLC Prestige Products Holdings, Inc. Prestige Brands, Inc. Prestige Household Holdings, Inc. Prestige Household Brands, Inc. Prestige Personal Care Holdings, Inc. Prestige Personal Care, Inc. The Comet Products Corporation The Spic and Span Company Medtech Holdings, Inc. The Denorex Company Medtech Products, Inc. Pecos Pharmaceutical, Inc. The Cutex Company Prestige Acquisition Holdings, LLC Bonita Bay Holdings, Inc. Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. Prestige Brands International, Inc. Prestige Brands Financial Corporation Prestige Brands (UK) Limited Vetco, Inc. Schedule E-1 SCHEDULE E LIST OF PERSONS AND ENTITIES SUBJECT TO LOCK-UP [To Come] Schedule B-2 EXHIBIT A FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(k) -, 2005 MERRILL LYNCH & CO. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Goldman, Sachs & Co. J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. as Representatives of the several Underwriters to be named in the within mentioned Purchase Agreement c/o Merrill Lynch & Co. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated 4 World Financial Center New York, New York 10080 Re: Proposed Public Offering by Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. ---------------------------------------------------------- Dear Sirs: The undersigned, a stockholder, an officer or a director of Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), or one of its consolidated subsidiaries understands that Merrill Lynch & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated ("Merrill Lynch"), Goldman, Sachs & Co. ("Goldman, Sachs "), and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (together with Merrill Lynch and Goldman, Sachs, the "Representatives") propose to enter into a Purchase Agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") with the Company providing for the public offering of shares (the "Securities") of the Company's common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"). In recognition of the benefit that such an offering will confer upon the undersigned as a stockholder, an officer or a director of the Company or one of its consolidated subsidiaries, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned agrees with each underwriter to be named in the Purchase Agreement that, during a period of l80 days from the date of the Purchase Agreement, the undersigned will not, without the prior written consent of Merrill Lynch and Goldman, Sachs, directly or indirectly, (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant for the sale of, or otherwise dispose of or transfer any shares of the Company's Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the undersigned or with respect to which the undersigned has or hereafter acquires the power of disposition, or file, or cause to be filed, any registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to any of the foregoing (collectively, the "Lock-Up Securities") or (ii) enter into any swap or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of the Lock-Up Securities, whether any such swap or transaction is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise. D-2 Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) during the last 17 days of the 180-day restricted period the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs or (2) prior to the expiration of the 180-day restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 180-day period, the restrictions imposed in this agreement shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event. The undersigned hereby acknowledges that the Company has agreed in the Purchase Agreement to provide written notice of any event that would result in an extension of the 180-day lock-up period pursuant to the previous paragraph to the Representatives (in accordance with Section 3(j) of the Purchase Agreement) and agrees that any such notice properly delivered will be deemed to have been given to, and received by, the undersigned. The undersigned hereby further agrees that, prior to engaging in any transaction or taking any other action that is subject to the terms of this lock-up agreement during the period from the date of this lock-up agreement to and including the 34th day following the expiration of the initial 180-day lock-up period, it will give notice thereof to the Company and will not consummate such transaction or take any such action unless it has received written confirmation from the Company that the 180-day lock-up period (as such may have been extended pursuant to the previous paragraph) has expired. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the undersigned may transfer the Lock-Up Securities without the prior written consent of Merrill Lynch and Goldman, Sachs, (i) as a bona fide gift or gifts, provided that the donee or donees thereof agree to be bound in writing by the restriction set forth herein, (ii) to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned, provided that the trustee of the trust agrees to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein, and provided further that any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value, (iii) if the transfer occurs by operation of law, such as rules of descent and distribution, statutes governing the effects of a merger or a qualified domestic order, provided that the transferee agrees to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein, and (iv) to an affiliate (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) of the undersigned, provided that such affiliate agrees to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein; provided further that in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clause (iii) or (iv), no filing under the Exchange Act shall be made in connection with subsequent sales of common stock or other securities acquired in such transfer or distribution unless required by law. For purposes of this lock-up agreement, "immediate family" shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin. The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company's transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the Lock-Up Securities except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions. If (A) the Company (i) withdraws the registration statement covering the Securities or (ii) deregisters the Securities or (B) the Purchase Agreement relating to the Securities is executed but is terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the Securities, the undersigned will be released from the undersigned's obligations under this Agreement. Very truly yours, Signature: --------------------------------- Print Name: -------------------------------- D-2
Exhibit 3.1 AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF PRESTIGE BRANDS HOLDINGS, INC. A DELAWARE CORPORATION ARTICLE ONE NAME The name of the Corporation is Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. (the "CORPORATION"). ARTICLE TWO REGISTERED OFFICE AND AGENT The address of the Corporation's registered office in the State of Delaware is 9 East Loockerman Street, Suite #1-B, in the City of Dover, County of Kent, 19901. The name of its registered agent at such address is National Registered Agents, Inc. ARTICLE THREE PURPOSE The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL"). ARTICLE FOUR CAPITAL STOCK The total number of shares of all classes of capital stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Two Hundred Fifty Five Million (255,000,000) shares, of which: Two Hundred Fifty Million (250,000,000) shares, par value $0.01 per share, shall be shares of common stock (the "COMMON STOCK"); and Five Million (5,000,000) shares, par value $0.01 per share, shall be shares of preferred stock (the "PREFERRED STOCK"). Section 1. COMMON STOCK. Except as (i) otherwise required by law or (ii) expressly provided in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (as amended from time to time), each share of Common Stock shall have the same powers, rights and privileges and shall rank equally, share ratably and be identical in all respects as to all matters. (a) DIVIDENDS. Subject to the rights of the holders of Preferred Stock, and to the other provisions of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (as amended from time to time), holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive equally, on a per share basis, such dividends and other distributions in cash, securities or other property of the Corporation as may be declared thereon by the Board of Directors from time to time out of assets or funds of the Corporation legally available therefore. (b) VOTING RIGHTS. At every annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, each holder of Common Stock shall be entitled to cast one (1) vote for each share of Common Stock standing in such holder's name on the stock transfer records of the Corporation. (c) LIQUIDATION RIGHTS. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, after payment or provision for payment of the Corporation's debts and amounts payable upon shares of Preferred Stock entitled to a preference, if any, over holders of Common Stock upon such dissolution, liquidation or winding up, the remaining net assets of the Corporation shall be distributed among holders of shares of Common Stock equally on a per share basis. A merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into any other corporation or other entity, or a sale or conveyance of all or any part of the assets of the Corporation (which shall not in fact result in the liquidation of the Corporation and the distribution of assets to its stockholders) shall not be deemed to be a voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution or winding up of the Corporation within the meaning of this Paragraph (c). (d) CONVERSION RIGHTS. The Common Stock shall not be convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of any other class or classes or of any other series of the same class of the Corporation's capital stock. (e) PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS. No holder of Common Stock shall have any preemptive rights with respect to the Common Stock or any other securities of the Corporation, or to any obligations convertible (directly or indirectly) into securities of the Corporation whether now or hereafter authorized. Section 2. PREFERRED STOCK. The Board of Directors is authorized, subject to limitations prescribed by law or any exchange on which the Corporation's securities may then be listed, to provide by resolution or resolutions for the issuance of shares of Preferred Stock in one or more series, to establish the number of shares to be included in each such series, and to fix the voting powers (if any), designations, powers, preferences, and relative, participating, optional or other rights, if any, of the shares of each such series, and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof. Irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL, the number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote, without the separate vote of the holders of the Preferred Stock as a class. 2 ARTICLE FIVE DURATION The Corporation is to have perpetual existence. ARTICLE SIX BOARD OF DIRECTORS Section 1. NUMBER OF DIRECTORS. Subject to any rights of the holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances as set forth in a certificate of designation relating to any such class or series of Preferred Stock, the number of directors which shall constitute the Board of Directors initially shall be five (5) and, thereafter, shall be fixed from time to time by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of directors then in office. Section 2. ELECTION AND TERM OF OFFICE. The directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote in the election of directors; provided that, whenever the holders of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation are entitled to elect one or more directors pursuant to the provisions of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including, but not limited to, any duly authorized certificate of designation), such directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of such class or series present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote in the election of such directors. The directors shall be elected and shall hold office only in this manner, except as provided in Section 3 of this Article Six. Each director shall hold office until a successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so provide. Section 3. NEWLY-CREATED DIRECTORSHIPS AND VACANCIES. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors or any vacancies in the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or any other cause may be filled, so long as there is at least one remaining director, only by the Board of Directors, provided that a quorum is then in office and present, or by a majority of the directors then in office, if less than a quorum is then in office, or by the sole remaining director. Directors elected to fill a newly created directorship or other vacancies shall hold office until such director's successor has been duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal as hereinafter provided. Section 4. REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, any director may be removed from office at any time for cause, at a meeting called for that purpose, but only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66-2/3% of the voting power of all outstanding shares of Common Stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class. 3 Section 5. RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF PREFERRED STOCK. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article Six, whenever the holders of one or more series of Preferred Stock issued by the Corporation shall have the right, voting separately or together by series, to elect directors at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, the election, term of office, filling of vacancies and other features of such directorship shall be governed by the rights of such Preferred Stock as set forth in the certificate of designations governing such series. Section 6. BYLAWS. The Board of Directors is expressly authorized to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing and anything contained in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to the contrary, the Bylaws of the Corporation shall not be amended or repealed by the stockholders, and no provision inconsistent therewith shall be adopted by the stockholders, without the affirmative vote of the holders of 66-2/3% of the voting power of all outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class. ARTICLE SEVEN LIMITATION OF LIABILITY To the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law as it now exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than permitted prior thereto), no director of the Corporation shall be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages arising from a breach of fiduciary duty owed to the Corporation or its stockholders. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing paragraph by the stockholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification. ARTICLE EIGHT INDEMNIFICATION Section 1. RIGHT TO INDEMNIFICATION. Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved (including, without limitation, as a witness) in any actual or threatened action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a "proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (hereinafter an "Indemnitee"), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent or in any other capacity while so serving, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the full extent authorized by the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to 4 provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), or by other applicable law as then in effect, against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys' fees and related disbursements, judgments, fines, excise taxes or penalties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time ("ERISA"), penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred or suffered by such Indemnitee in connection therewith, and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, agent, partner, member or trustee and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators. Each person who is or was serving as a director, officer, employee or agent of a subsidiary of the Corporation shall be deemed to be serving, or have served, at the request of the Corporation. Any indemnification (but not advancement of expenses) under this Article Eight (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, as the same exists or hereafter may be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment). Such determination shall be made with respect to a person who is a director or officer at the time of such determination (a) by a majority vote of the directors who were not parties to such proceeding (the "Disinterested Directors"), even though less than a quorum, (b) by a committee of Disinterested Directors designated by a majority vote of Disinterested Directors, even though less than a quorum, (c) if there are no such Disinterested Directors, or if such Disinterested Directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (d) by the stockholders. Section 2. ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES. Expenses (including attorneys' fees, costs and charges) incurred by an Indemnitee in defending a proceeding shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay all amounts so advanced in the event that it shall ultimately be determined that such Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Article Eight. The majority of the Disinterested Directors (or a committee thereof) may, in the manner set forth above, and upon approval of such Indemnitee, authorize the Corporation's counsel to represent such person, in any proceeding, whether or not the Corporation is a party to such proceeding. Section 3. PROCEDURE FOR INDEMNIFICATION. Any indemnification or advance of expenses (including attorneys' fees, costs and charges) under this Article Eight shall be made promptly, and in any event within 30 days upon the written request of the Indemnitee (and, in the case of advance of expenses, receipt of a written undertaking by or on behalf of Indemnitee to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified therefor pursuant to the terms of this Article Eight). The right to indemnification or advances as granted by this Article Eight shall be enforceable by the Indemnitee in any court of competent jurisdiction, if the Corporation denies such request, in whole or in part, or if no disposition thereof is made within 30 days. Such person's costs and expenses incurred in connection with successfully establishing his/her right to indemnification, in whole or in part, in any such action shall also be indemnified by the Corporation. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for the advance of expenses (including 5 attorney's fees, costs and charges) under this Article Eight where the required undertaking, if any, has been received by the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, as the same exists or hereafter may be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, its independent legal counsel and its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he/she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, as the same exists or hereafter may be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), nor the fact that there has been an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, its independent legal counsel and its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct. Section 4. OTHER RIGHTS; CONTINUATION OF RIGHT TO INDEMNIFICATION. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by this Article Eight shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which a person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any law (common or statutory), bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or Disinterested Directors or otherwise, both as to action in his/her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding office or while employed by or acting as agent for the Corporation, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent, and shall inure to the benefit of the estate, heirs, executors and administers of such person. All rights to indemnification under this Article Eight shall be deemed to be a contract between the Corporation and each director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation who serves or served in such capacity at any time while this Article Eight is in effect. Any repeal or modification of this Article Eight or any repeal or modification of relevant provisions of the DGCL or any other applicable laws shall not in any way diminish any rights to indemnification of such person or the obligations of the Corporation arising hereunder with respect to any proceeding arising out of, or relating to, any actions, transactions or facts occurring prior to the final adoption of such modification or repeal. For the purposes of this Article Eight, references to "the Corporation" include all constituent corporations absorbed in a consolidation or merger as well as the resulting or surviving corporation, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such a constituent corporation or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article Eight, with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation, as he would if he/she had served the resulting or surviving corporation in the same capacity. Section 5. INSURANCE. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on its own behalf and on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any 6 expense, liability or loss asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expenses, liability or loss under the DGCL. Section 6. RELIANCE. Persons who after the date of the adoption of this provision become or remain directors, officers, employees or agents of the Corporation or who, while a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, become or remain a director, officer, employee or agent of a subsidiary, shall be conclusively presumed to have relied on the rights to indemnity, advance of expenses and other rights contained in this Article Eight in entering into or continuing such service. The rights to indemnification and to the advance of expenses conferred in this Article Eight shall apply to claims made against an Indemnitee arising out of acts or omissions which occurred or occur both prior and subsequent to the adoption hereof. Section 7. SAVINGS CLAUSE. If this Article Eight or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each person entitled to indemnification under the first paragraph of this Article Eight as to all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys' fees and related disbursements, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and penalties, penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred or suffered by such person and for which indemnification is available to such person pursuant to this Article Eight to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article Eight that shall not have been invalidated and to the full extent permitted by applicable law. ARTICLE NINE SPECIAL MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS For so long as the Corporation's Common Stock is registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be called only by either the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of the majority of the total number of directors then in office or by the chief executive officer of the Corporation. ARTICLE TEN CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS Section 1. CERTAIN ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. In recognition and anticipation that: (i) the directors, officers, members, managers and/or employees of GTCR Golder Rauner, LLC, GTCR Golder Rauner II, LLC or any of their repspective affiliates or investment funds (collectively, "GTCR") may serve as directors and/or officers of the Corporation, (ii) GTCR may engage in the same or similar activities or related lines of business as those in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may engage and/or other business activities that overlap with or compete with those in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may engage, (iii) non-employee directors of the Corporation may engage in the same or similar activities or related lines of business as those in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may engage and/or other business activities that 7 overlap with or compete with those in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may engage and (iv) the Corporation and its subsidiaries may engage in material business transactions with GTCR and that the Corporation is expected to benefit therefrom, the provisions of this Article Ten are set forth to regulate and define the conduct of certain affairs of the Corporation as they may involve GTCR and its directors, officers, members, managers and/or employees, and the powers, rights, duties and liabilities of the Corporation and its officers, directors and stockholders in connection therewith. Section 2. COMPETITION AND CORPORATE OPPORTUNITIES. Neither GTCR nor any non-employee director shall have any duty to refrain from engaging directly or indirectly in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries. In the event that GTCR or any non-employee director acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter which may be a corporate opportunity for themselves and the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, neither the Corporation nor any of its subsidiaries shall have any expectancy in such corporate opportunity, and neither GTCR nor any non-employee director shall have any duty to communicate or offer such corporate opportunity to the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries and may pursue or acquire such corporate opportunity for themselves or direct such corporate opportunity to another person. Section 3. ALLOCATION OF CORPORATE OPPORTUNITIES. In the event that a director of the Corporation who is not also an employee of the Corporation acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter which may be a corporate opportunity for the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries and such non-employee director, neither the Corporation nor any of its subsidiaries shall have any expectancy in such corporate opportunity unless such corporate opportunity is expressly offered to such non-employee director solely in his or her capacity as a director of the Corporation. Section 4. AGREEMENTS AND TRANSACTIONS WITH GTCR. In the event that GTCR enters into an agreement or transaction with the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, a director or officer of the Corporation who is also a director, officer, member, manager and/or employee of GTCR shall have fully satisfied and fulfilled the fiduciary duty of such director or officer to the Corporation and its stockholders with respect to such agreement or transaction, if: (a) The agreement or transaction was approved, after being made aware of the material facts of the relationship between each of the Corporation or subsidiary thereof and GTCR and the material terms and facts of the agreement or transaction, by (i) an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation who are not persons or entities with a material financial interest in the agreement or transaction ("INTERESTED PERSONS") or (ii) an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of a committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation consisting of members who are not Interested Persons; (b) The agreement or transaction was fair to the Corporation at the time the agreement or transaction was entered into by the Corporation; or 8 (c) The agreement or transaction was approved by an affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of the Corporation's Common Stock entitled to vote, excluding GTCR and any Interested Person; provided that if no Common Stock is then outstanding a majority of the voting power of the Corporation's capital stock entitled to vote, excluding GTCR and any Interested Person. Section 5. AMENDMENT OF THIS ARTICLE. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary elsewhere contained in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 80% of the voting power of all shares of Common Stock then outstanding, voting together as a single class, shall be required to alter, amend or repeal, or to adopt any provision inconsistent with, this Article Ten. ARTICLE ELEVEN AMENDMENT The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by the laws of the State of Delaware, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws of the Corporation, and not withstanding the fact that a lesser percentage or separate class vote may be specified by law, this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws of the Corporation or otherwise, but in addition to any affirmative vote of the holders of any particular class or series of the capital stock required by law, this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws of the Corporation or otherwise, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66-2/3% of the voting power of all outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, shall be required to adopt any provision inconsistent with, to amend or repeal any provision of, or to adopt a bylaw inconsistent with, Articles Six, Seven, Eight, Nine or Eleven of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. ARTICLE TWELVE SECTION 203 OF DGCL The Corporation expressly elects not to be governed by Section 203 of the DGCL * * * * * * 9
Exhibit 3.2 AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF PRESTIGE BRANDS HOLDINGS, INC. A DELAWARE CORPORATION (Adopted as of June 24, 2004; Amended and Restated as of February 3, 2005) ARTICLE I OFFICES SECTION 1. REGISTERED OFFICE. The registered office of Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. (the "CORPORATION") in the State of Delaware shall be located at 9 East Loockerman Street, #1B, in the City of Dover, County of Kent, 19901. The name of the Corporation's registered agent at such address shall be National Registered Agents, Inc. The registered office and/or registered agent of the Corporation may be changed from time to time by action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the "BOARD OF DIRECTORS"). SECTION 2. OTHER OFFICES. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places, both within and without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require. ARTICLE II MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS SECTION 1. PLACE OF MEETINGS. The Board of Directors may designate any place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as the place of meeting for any annual meeting or for any special meeting. SECTION 2. ANNUAL MEETING. An annual meeting of stockholders shall be held each year and stated in a notice of meeting or in a duly executed waiver thereof. The date, time and place of such meeting shall be determined by the chief executive officer of the Corporation; PROVIDED THAT if the chief executive officer does not act, the Board of Directors shall determine the date, time, and place of such meeting. At such annual meeting, the stockholders shall elect, by a plurality vote, a Board of Directors and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. SECTION 3. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the stockholders may only be called in the manner provided in the Corporation's certificate of incorporation as then in effect (the "CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION"). SECTION 4. NOTICE OF MEETINGS. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take action at a meeting, written notice of each annual and special meeting of stockholders stating the date, time and place of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote thereat not less than 30 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice. Notice shall be given personally or by mail and, if by mail, shall be sent in a postage prepaid envelope, addressed to the stockholder at his, her or its address as the same appears on the records of the Corporation. Notice by mail shall be deemed given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid. Notice of any meeting shall not be required to be given to any person who attends such meeting, except when such person attends the meeting in person or by proxy for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened, or who, either before or after the meeting, shall submit a signed written waiver of notice, in person or by proxy. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, an annual or special meeting of stockholders need be specified in any written waiver of notice. SECTION 5. LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS. The officer having charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least 10 days before each meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the address of and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting for a period of at least 10 days prior to the meeting: (a) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (b) during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. SECTION 6. QUORUM; ADJOURNMENTS. The holders of a majority of the voting power of the issued and outstanding stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of stockholders, except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented by proxy at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented by proxy. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented by proxy, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called. If the adjournment is for more than 30 days, or, if after adjournment a new record date is set, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. SECTION 7. ORGANIZATION. At each meeting of stockholders, the Chairman of the Board, if one shall have been elected, or, in his absence or if one shall not have been elected, the chief executive officer shall act as chairman of the meeting. The secretary or, in his absence or - 2 - inability to act, the person whom the chairman of the meeting shall appoint secretary of the meeting shall act as secretary of the meeting and keep the minutes thereof. SECTION 8. ORDER OF BUSINESS. The order of business at all meetings of the stockholders shall be as determined by the chairman of the meeting. SECTION 9. VOTING. Except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or the certificate of designation relating to any outstanding class or series of preferred stock, each stockholder of the Corporation shall be entitled at each meeting of stockholders to one vote for each share of capital stock of the Corporation standing in his name on the record of stockholders of the Corporation: (a) on the date fixed pursuant to the provisions of Section 13 of Article II of these Bylaws as the record date for the determination of the stockholders who shall be entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting; or (b) if no such record date shall have been so fixed, then at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice thereof shall be given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the date next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. Each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him by a proxy which is in writing or transmitted as permitted by law, including, without limitation, electronically, via telegram, internet, interactive voice response system, or other means of electronic transmission executed or authorized by such stockholder or his attorney-in-fact, but no proxy shall be voted after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. Any such proxy shall be delivered to the secretary of the meeting at or prior to the time designated in the order of business for so delivering such proxies. Any proxy transmitted electronically shall set forth information from which it can be determined by the secretary of the meeting that such electronic transmission was authorized by the stockholder. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the issued and outstanding stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, present and voting, in person or represented by proxy, shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of statute or of the Certificate of Incorporation or of these Bylaws, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question. Unless required by statute, or determined by the chairman of the meeting to be advisable, the vote on any question need not be by ballot. On a vote by ballot, each ballot shall be signed by the stockholder voting, or by his proxy, if there be such proxy, and shall state the number of shares voted and the number of votes to which each share is entitled. SECTION 10. INSPECTORS. The Board of Directors may, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors to act at such meeting or any adjournment thereof. If any of the inspectors so appointed shall fail to appear or act, the chairman of the meeting shall, or if inspectors shall not have been appointed, the chairman of the meeting may, appoint one or more inspectors. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector at such meeting with strict impartiality - 3 - and according to the best of his ability. The inspectors shall determine the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation outstanding and the voting power of each, the number of shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the validity and effect of proxies, and shall receive votes, ballots or consents, hear and determine all challenges and questions arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, ballots or consents, determine the results, and do such acts as are proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all stockholders. On request of the chairman of the meeting, the inspectors shall make a report in writing of any challenge, request or matter determined by them and shall execute a certificate of any fact found by them. No director or candidate for the office of director shall act as an inspector of an election of directors. Inspectors need not be stockholders. SECTION 11. ADVANCE NOTICE PROVISIONS FOR ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. (a) Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in these Bylaws shall be eligible to serve as directors. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be made at a meeting of stockholders (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof) or (ii) by any stockholder of the Corporation who was a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this Bylaw, who is entitled to vote generally in the election of directors at the meeting and who shall have complied with the notice procedures set forth below in Section 11(b). (b) In order for a stockholder to nominate a person for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation at a meeting of stockholders, such stockholder shall have delivered timely notice of such stockholder's intent to make such nomination in writing to the secretary of the Corporation. To be timely, a stockholder's notice to the secretary must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (i) in the case of an annual meeting, not less than 90 nor more than 120 days prior to the date of the first anniversary of the previous year's annual meeting; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in the event the annual meeting is scheduled to be held on a date more than 30 days prior to or delayed by more than 60 days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder in order to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the earlier of the day on which notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the meeting was made and (ii) in the case of a special meeting at which directors are to be elected, not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the earlier of the day on which notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the meeting was made. To be in proper form, a stockholder's notice shall set forth (i) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a director at such meeting (A) the name, age, business address and residence address of the person, (B) the principal occupation or employment of the person, (C) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially or of record by the person and (D) any other information relating to the person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "EXCHANGE ACT"); and (ii) as to the stockholder giving the notice (A) the name and record address of such stockholder, (B) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially or of record - 4 - by such stockholder, (C) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such stockholder and each proposed nominee and any other person or persons (including their names) pursuant to which the nomination(s) are to be made by such stockholder, (D) a representation that such stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the persons named in its notice and (E) any other information relating to such stockholder that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act. Such notice must be accompanied by a written consent of each proposed nominee to being named as a nominee and to serve as a director if elected. For purposes of this section, "PUBLIC DISCLOSURE" shall mean disclosure in a Current Report on Form 8-K (or any successor form) or in a press release reported by Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or a comparable national news service. (c) No person shall be eligible to serve as a director of the Corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this section. The chairman of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by this section, and if he should so determine, he shall so declare to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded. A stockholder seeking to nominate a person to serve as a director must also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this section. SECTION 12. ADVANCE NOTICE PROVISIONS FOR OTHER BUSINESS TO BE CONDUCTED AT AN ANNUAL MEETING. At an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual meeting, business must be (i) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof), (ii) brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof) or (iii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder. For business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the secretary of the Corporation. To be timely, a stockholder's notice to the secretary must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 90 nor more than 120 days prior to the date of the first anniversary of the previous year's annual meeting; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in the event the annual meeting is scheduled to be held on a date more than 30 days prior to or delayed by more than 60 days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder in order to be timely must be so received not later than the 10th day following the day on which notice of the date of the annual meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of the annual meeting was made, whichever occurs first. To be in proper form, a stockholder's notice to the secretary shall set forth as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting, (ii) the name and address, as they appear on the Corporation's books, of the stockholder proposing such business, (iii) the class and number of shares of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by the stockholder, (iv) any material interest of the stockholder in such business and (v) a representation that such stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the annual meeting to bring such business before the meeting. - 5 - Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at an annual meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this section. The presiding officer of an annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that business was not properly brought before the meeting and in accordance with the provisions of this section; if he should so determine, he shall so declare to the meeting and any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted. For purposes of this section, "PUBLIC DISCLOSURE" shall mean disclosure in a Current Report on Form 8-K (or any successor form) or in a press release reported by Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or a comparable national news service. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation's proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act. SECTION 13. ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provision of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with, and the action taken without such meeting and vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of the outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. The consent shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, or the Corporation's principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book or books in which the proceedings of meetings of the stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation's registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no consent delivered by certified or registered mail shall be deemed delivered until such consent is actually received at the Corporation's registered office. All consents properly delivered in accordance with this Section 13 shall be deemed to be recorded when so delivered. No written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within 60 days of the earliest dated consent delivered to the Corporation as required by this Section 13, written consents signed by the holders of a sufficient number of shares to take such corporate action are so recorded. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing. Any action taken pursuant to such written consent of the stockholders shall have the same force and effect as if taken by the stockholders at a meeting thereof. SECTION 14. FIXING A RECORD DATE. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting, nor more than 60 days prior to any other action. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which - 6 - the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which date shall not be more than 10 days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. Any stockholder of record seeking to have the stockholders authorize or take corporate action by written consent shall, by written notice to the secretary, request the Board of Directors to fix a record date. Such notice shall specify the action proposed to be consented to by stockholders. The Board of Directors shall promptly, but in all events within 10 days after the date on which such a request is received, adopt a resolution fixing the record date. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors within 10 days after the date on which such a request is received, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is required by applicable law, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation. Such delivery to the Corporation shall be made to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or any officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded, to the attention of the secretary of the Corporation. Such delivery shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors and prior action by the Board of Directors is required by applicable law, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be the close of business on the date on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action. In the event of delivery to the Corporation of a written consent or written consents purporting to authorize or take corporate action, and/or related revocation or revocations, (each such written consent and related revocation, individually and collectively, a "CONSENT"), the secretary of the Corporation shall provide for the safekeeping of such Consent and shall as soon as practicable thereafter conduct such reasonable investigation as the secretary deems necessary or appropriate for the purpose of ascertaining the validity of such Consent and all matters incident thereto, including, without limitation, whether holders of shares having the requisite voting power to authorize or take the action specified in the Consent have given consent. If after such investigation the secretary shall determine that the Consent is sufficient and valid, that fact shall be certified on the records of the Corporation kept for the purpose of recording the proceedings of meetings of the stockholders, and the Consent shall be filed in such records, at which time the Consent shall become effective as stockholder action. - 7 - ARTICLE III DIRECTORS SECTION 1. GENERAL POWERS. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may exercise all such authority and powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or the Certificate of Incorporation directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders. SECTION 2. ANNUAL MEETINGS. The annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held without other notice than this Bylaw immediately after, and at the same place as, the annual meeting of stockholders. SECTION 3. REGULAR MEETINGS AND SPECIAL MEETINGS. Regular meetings, other than the annual meeting, of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the chairman of the board, the president (if the president is a director) or upon the written request of at least a majority of the directors then in office. SECTION 4. NOTICE OF MEETINGS. Notice of regular meetings of the Board of Directors need not be given except as otherwise required by law or these Bylaws. Notice of each special meeting of the Board of Directors, and of each regular and annual meeting of the Board of Directors for which notice shall be required, shall be given by the secretary as hereinafter provided in this Section 4, in which notice shall be stated the time and place of the meeting. Except as otherwise required by these Bylaws, such notice need not state the purposes of such meeting. Notice of any special meeting, and of any regular or annual meeting for which notice is required, shall be given to each director at least (a) twenty-four (24) hours before the meeting if by telephone or by being personally delivered or sent by telex, telecopy, email or similar means or (b) five (5) days before the meeting if delivered by mail to the director's residence or usual place of business. Such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail so addressed, with postage prepaid, or when transmitted if sent by telex, telecopy, email or similar means. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting. Any director may waive notice of any meeting by a writing signed by the director entitled to the notice and filed with the minutes or corporate records. SECTION 5. WAIVER OF NOTICE AND PRESUMPTION OF ASSENT. Any member of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof who is present at a meeting shall be conclusively presumed to have waived notice of such meeting except when such member attends for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Such member shall be conclusively presumed to have assented to any action taken unless his or her dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless his or her written dissent to such action shall be filed with the person acting as the secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall be forwarded by registered - 8 - mail to the secretary of the Corporation immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not apply to any member who voted in favor of such action. SECTION 6. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, QUORUM, REQUIRED VOTE AND ADJOURNMENT. The Board of Directors shall elect, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of directors then in office, a chairman of the board, who shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and Board of Directors at which he or she is present and shall have such powers and perform such duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. If the chairman of the board is not present at a meeting of the stockholders or the Board of Directors, the president (if the president is a director and is not also the chairman of the board) shall preside at such meeting, and, if the president is not present at such meeting, a majority of the directors present at such meeting shall elect one of their members to so preside. A majority of the total number of directors then in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Unless by express provision of an applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, the vote of a majority of directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present. SECTION 7. COMMITTEES. The Board of Directors (i) may, by resolution passed by a majority of the entire Board of Directors, designate one or more committees, including an executive committee, consisting of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, and (ii) shall during such period of time as any securities of the Corporation are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE"), by resolution passed by a majority of the entire Board of Directors, designate all committees required by the rules and regulations of the NYSE. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. Except to the extent restricted by applicable law or the Certificate of Incorporation, each such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution creating it, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors. Each such committee shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors or as required by the rules and regulations of the NYSE, if applicable. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board of Directors upon request. SECTION 8. COMMITTEE RULES. Each committee of the Board of Directors may fix its own rules of procedure and shall hold its meetings as provided by such rules, except as may otherwise be provided by a resolution of the Board of Directors designating such committee. Unless otherwise provided in such a resolution, the presence of at least a majority of the members of the committee shall be necessary to constitute a quorum. Unless otherwise provided in such a resolution, in the event that a member and that member's alternate, if alternates are designated by the Board of Directors, of such committee is or are absent or disqualified, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member. - 9 - SECTION 9. COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT. Members of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may participate in and act at any meeting of such board or committee through the use of a conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear and speak with each other, and participation in the meeting pursuant to this section shall constitute presence in person at the meeting. SECTION 10. ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of such board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board or committee. SECTION 11. COMPENSATION. The Board of Directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation, including fees and reimbursement of expenses, of directors for services to the Corporation in any capacity. SECTION 12. RELIANCE ON BOOKS AND RECORDS. A member of the Board of Directors, or a member of any committee designated by the Board of Directors shall, in the performance of such person's duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon records of the Corporation and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation by any of the Corporation's officers or employees, or committees of the Board of Directors, or by any other person as to matters the member reasonably believes are within such other person's professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Corporation. ARTICLE IV OFFICERS SECTION 1. NUMBER. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected by the Board of Directors and shall consist of a chairman of the board, a chief executive officer, a president, one or more vice-presidents, a secretary, a chief financial officer and such other officers and assistant officers as may be deemed necessary or desirable by the Board of Directors. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except that neither the chief executive officer nor the president shall also hold the office of secretary. In its discretion, the Board of Directors may choose not to fill any office for any period as it may deem advisable, except that the offices of president and secretary shall be filled as expeditiously as possible. SECTION 2. ELECTION AND TERM OF OFFICE. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors at its first meeting held after each annual meeting of stockholders or as soon thereafter as convenient. Vacancies may be filled or new offices created and filled at any meeting of the Board of Directors. Each officer shall hold office until a successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal as hereinafter provided. - 10 - SECTION 3. REMOVAL. Any officer or agent elected by the Board of Directors may be removed by the Board of Directors at its discretion, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed. SECTION 4. VACANCIES. Any vacancy occurring in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise may be filled by the Board of Directors. SECTION 5. COMPENSATION. Compensation of all executive officers shall be approved by the Board of Directors, and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such compensation by virtue of his or her also being a director of the Corporation; PROVIDED HOWEVER, that compensation of some or all executive officers may be determined by a committee established for that purpose if so authorized by the unanimous vote of the Board of Directors or as required by applicable law or regulation, including any exchange or market upon which the Corporation's securities are then listed for trading or quotation. SECTION 6. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. The chairman of the board shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed to him or her by the Board of Directors or provided in these Bylaws. SECTION 7. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. The chief executive officer shall have the powers and perform the duties incident to that position. Subject to the powers of the Board of Directors and the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer shall be in the general and active charge of the entire business and affairs of the Corporation, and shall be its chief policy making officer. The chief executive officer shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or provided in these Bylaws. The chief executive officer is authorized to execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation. Whenever the president is unable to serve, by reason of sickness, absence or otherwise, the chief executive officer shall perform all the duties and responsibilities and exercise all the powers of the president. SECTION 8. THE PRESIDENT. The president of the Corporation shall, subject to the powers of the Board of Directors, the chairman of the board and the chief executive officer, have general charge of the business, affairs and property of the Corporation, and control over its officers, agents and employees. The president shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. The president is authorized to execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation. The president shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, the Board of Directors or as may be provided in these Bylaws. - 11 - SECTION 9. VICE-PRESIDENTS. The vice-president, or if there shall be more than one, the vice-presidents in the order determined by the Board of Directors or the chairman of the board, shall, in the absence or disability of the president, act with all of the powers and be subject to all the restrictions of the president. The vice-presidents shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors, the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, the president or these Bylaws may, from time to time, prescribe. The vice-presidents may also be designated as executive vice-presidents or senior vice-presidents, as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. SECTION 10. THE SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES. The secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors (other than executive sessions thereof) and all meetings of the stockholders and record all the proceedings of the meetings in a book or books to be kept for that purpose or shall ensure that his or her designee attends each such meeting to act in such capacity. Under the chairman of the board's supervision, the secretary shall give, or cause to be given, all notices required to be given by these Bylaws or by law; shall have such powers and perform such duties as the Board of Directors, the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, the president or these Bylaws may, from time to time, prescribe; and shall have custody of the corporate seal of the Corporation. The secretary, or an assistant secretary, shall have authority to affix the corporate seal to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed, it may be attested by his or her signature or by the signature of such assistant secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest the affixing by his or her signature. The assistant secretary, or if there be more than one, any of the assistant secretaries, shall in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors, the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, the president, or secretary may, from time to time, prescribe. SECTION 11. THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. The chief financial officer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities; shall keep full and accurate all books and accounts of the Corporation as shall be necessary or desirable in accordance with applicable law or generally accepted accounting principles; shall deposit all monies and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation as may be ordered by the chairman of the board or the Board of Directors; shall cause the funds of the Corporation to be disbursed when such disbursements have been duly authorized, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements; and shall render to the Board of Directors, at its regular meeting or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of the Corporation; shall have such powers and perform such duties as the Board of Directors, the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, the president or these Bylaws may, from time to time, prescribe. SECTION 12. OTHER OFFICERS, ASSISTANT OFFICERS AND AGENTS. Officers, assistant officers and agents, if any, other than those whose duties are provided for in these Bylaws, shall have such authority and perform such duties as may from time to time be prescribed by resolution of the Board of Directors. SECTION 13. ABSENCE OR DISABILITY OF OFFICERS. In the case of the absence or disability of any officer of the Corporation and of any person hereby authorized to act in such officer's - 12 - place during such officer's absence or disability, the Board of Directors may by resolution delegate the powers and duties of such officer to any other officer or to any director, or to any other person selected by it. ARTICLE V CERTIFICATES OF STOCK SECTION 1. FORM. The shares of stock of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates, PROVIDED that the Board of Directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of stock of the Corporation shall be uncertificated shares of stock. Notwithstanding the adoption of such a resolution by the Board of Directors, every holder of stock represented by a certificate and, upon request, every holder of uncertificated shares shall be entitled to have a certificate, signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer or the president and the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by such holder in the Corporation. If such a certificate is countersigned (i) by a transfer agent or an assistant transfer agent other than the Corporation or its employee or (ii) by a registrar, other than the Corporation or its employee, the signature of any such chairman of the board, chief executive officer, president, secretary or assistant secretary may be facsimiles. In case any officer or officers who have signed, or whose facsimile signature or signatures have been used on, any such certificate or certificates shall cease to be such officer or officers of the Corporation whether because of death, resignation or otherwise before such certificate or certificates have been delivered by the Corporation, such certificate or certificates may nevertheless be issued and delivered as though the person or persons who signed such certificate or certificates or whose facsimile signature or signatures have been used thereon had not ceased to be such officer or officers of the Corporation. All certificates for shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified. The name of the person to whom the shares represented thereby are issued, with the number of shares and date of issue, shall be entered on the books of the Corporation. Shares of stock of the Corporation shall only be transferred on the books of the Corporation by the holder of record thereof or by such holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, upon surrender to the Corporation of the certificate or certificates for such shares endorsed by the appropriate person or persons, with such evidence of the authenticity of such endorsement, transfer, authorization and other matters as the Corporation may reasonably require, and accompanied by all necessary stock transfer stamps. In that event, it shall be the duty of the Corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate or certificates and record the transaction on its books. The Board of Directors may appoint a bank or trust company organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof to act as its transfer agent or registrar, or both in connection with the transfer of any class or series of securities of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may make such additional rules and regulations, not inconsistent with these Bylaws, as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation. SECTION 2. LOST CERTIFICATES. The Corporation may issue or direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates previously issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that - 13 - fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Corporation may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his or her legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against the Corporation on account of the loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate. SECTION 3. REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS. Prior to the surrender to the Corporation of the certificate or certificates for a share or shares of stock with a request to record the transfer of such share or shares, the Corporation may treat the registered owner as the person entitled to receive dividends, to vote, to receive notifications and otherwise to exercise all the rights and powers of an owner. The Corporation shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof. ARTICLE VI GENERAL PROVISIONS SECTION 1. DIVIDENDS. Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, in accordance with applicable law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property or in shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of applicable law and the Certificate of Incorporation. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or any other purpose and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created. SECTION 2. CHECKS, NOTES, DRAFTS, ETC. All checks, notes, drafts or other orders for the payment of money of the Corporation shall be signed, endorsed or accepted in the name of the Corporation by such officer, officers, person or persons as from time to time may be designated by the Board of Directors or by an officer or officers authorized by the Board of Directors to make such designation. SECTION 3. CONTRACTS. In addition to the powers otherwise granted to officers pursuant to ARTICLE IV hereof, the Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, or any agent or agents, of the Corporation to enter into any contract or to execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. SECTION 4. LOANS. Subject to compliance with applicable law (including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended), the Corporation may lend money to, or guarantee any obligation of, or otherwise assist any officer or other employee of the Corporation or of its - 14 - subsidiaries, including any officer or employee who is a director of the Corporation or its subsidiaries, whenever, in the judgment of the directors, such loan, guaranty or assistance may reasonably be expected to benefit the Corporation. The loan, guaranty or other assistance may be with or without interest, and may be unsecured, or secured in such manner as the Board of Directors shall approve, including, without limitation, a pledge of shares of stock of the Corporation. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to deny, limit or restrict the powers of guaranty or warranty of the Corporation at common law or under any statute. SECTION 5. FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on March 31 of each fiscal year and may thereafter be changed by resolution of the Board of Directors. SECTION 6. CORPORATE SEAL. The Board of Directors may provide a corporate seal which shall be in the form of a circle and shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation and the words "Corporate Seal, Delaware." The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no seal shall be required by virtue of this Section. SECTION 7. VOTING SECURITIES OWNED BY CORPORATION. Voting securities in any other Corporation held by the Corporation shall be voted by the chief executive officer, the president or a vice-president, unless the Board of Directors specifically confers authority to vote with respect thereto, which authority may be general or confined to specific instances, upon some other person or officer. Any person authorized to vote securities shall have the power to appoint proxies, with general power of substitution. SECTION 8. INSPECTION OF BOOKS AND RECORDS. The Board of Directors shall have power from time to time to determine to what extent and at what times and places and under what conditions and regulations the accounts and books of the Corporation, or any of them, shall be open to the inspection of the stockholders; and no stockholder shall have any right to inspect any account or book or document of the Corporation, except as conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware, unless and until authorized so to do by resolution of the Board of Directors or of the stockholders of the Corporation. SECTION 9. SECTION HEADINGS. Section headings in these Bylaws are for convenience of reference only and shall not be given any substantive effect in limiting or otherwise construing any provision herein. SECTION 10. INCONSISTENT PROVISIONS. In the event that any provision of these Bylaws is or becomes inconsistent with any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or any other applicable law, the provision of these Bylaws shall not be given any effect to the extent of such inconsistency but shall otherwise be given full force and effect. - 15 - ARTICLE VII AMENDMENTS In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the Board of Directors of the Corporation is expressly authorized to make, alter, amend, change, add to or repeal these Bylaws by the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of directors then in office. Any alteration or repeal of these Bylaws by the stockholders of the Corporation shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote on such alteration or repeal. - 16 -
Exhibit 10.1.1 Execution Copy AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT AMENDMENT NO. 1 (this "AGREEMENT"), dated as of _______, 2005, to the Credit Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2004 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "CREDIT AGREEMENT"), among Prestige Brands, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "BORROWER"), Prestige Brands International, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "PARENT"), the Lenders and Issuers party thereto and Citicorp North America, Inc., as agent for the Lenders and Issuers (in such capacity, the "ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT"), Bank of America, N.A., as syndication agent, and Merrill Lynch Capital, a division of Merrill Lynch Business Financial Services, Inc., as documentation agent. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Banc of America Securities LLC have acted as joint lead arrangers and joint book-running managers. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein are used as defined in the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby. W I T N E S S E T H: WHEREAS, the Ultimate Parent proposes to enter into an initial public offering of common Stock of the Ultimate Parent and to use the proceeds of such initial public offering to retire certain indebtedness and to redeem Stock of the Ultimate Parent; and WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Parent, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent have agreed to make certain amendments to the Credit Agreement, as set forth herein, (i) to reduce the interest rate in respect of the Facilities, (ii) to modify the definition of Permitted Acquisition to permit acquisitions so long as certain financial conditions are satisfied on a Pro Forma Basis, (iii) to increase the available amount of the Facility Increase to $200,000,000 for all requests made after the effectiveness of this Agreement, (iv) to permit the optional prepayment of the Tranche C Loans from the proceeds of an initial public offering of the common Stock of the Parent before the payment in full of the First-Priority Secured Obligations, (v) to eliminate the mandatory prepayment of the Net Cash Proceeds arising from Equity Issuances, (vi) to postpone the first mandatory prepayment of Excess Cash Flow until the Fiscal Year 2006, (vii) to amend the financial covenants set forth in ARTICLE V (FINANCIAL COVENANTS) of the Credit Agreement, (viii) to permit the incurrence of an unlimited amount of Additional Subordinated Debt, subject to compliance with the financial covenants set forth in ARTICLE V (FINANCIAL COVENANTS) of the Credit Agreement on a pro forma basis, (ix) to increase the principal amount of permitted general unsecured Indebtedness to $50,000,000, (x) to increase the amount of permitted general asset sales to up to $50,000,000 in any Fiscal Year, and (xi) to permit the repurchase or redemption of preferred Stock of the Parent with the proceeds of an initial public offering of Stock of the Parent. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the mutual covenants and obligations herein set forth and other good and valuable consideration, the adequacy and receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, and in reliance upon the representations, warranties and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows: SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT The Credit Agreement is, effective as of the Effective Date (as defined in SECTION 2 hereof), hereby amended as follows: (a) The definition of "APPLICABLE MARGIN" in SECTION 1.1(DEFINED TERMS) of the Credit Agreement shall be amended by amending and restating clause (a) thereof as follows: "(a) with respect to (i) Tranche B Loans maintained as Base Rate Loans, a rate equal to 1.25% per annum and (ii) Tranche B Loans maintained as Eurodollar Rate Loans, a rate equal to 2.25% per annum." (b) The definition of "PERMITTED ACQUISITION" in SECTION 1.1 (DEFINED TERMS) of the Credit Agreement shall be amended by deleting CLAUSE (e) therefrom and amending and restating CLAUSE (j) thereof as follows: "(j) on the date of the consummation of such Proposed Acquisition and after giving effect thereto the Parent shall (i) be in compliance with ARTICLE V (FINANCIAL COVENANTS), and (ii) have a Leverage Ratio that is at least 0.25 to 1 less than the requirements of SECTION 5.1 (MAXIMUM LEVERAGE RATIO), in each case, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such Proposed Acquisition (and with the Leverage Ratio recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter for which Financial Statements have been delivered pursuant to SECTION 6.1(b) or (c) (FINANCIAL STATEMENTS))." (c) The definition of "ULTIMATE PARENT" in SECTION 1.1 (DEFINED TERMS) of the Credit Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety and the following shall be inserted in its place: ""ULTIMATE PARENT" means Prestige International Holdings, LLC (formerly known as MedTech/Denorex LLC), a Delaware limited liability company; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, when used in SECTION 6.6 (SEC FILINGS; PRESS RELEASES) and the context of an initial public offering of Stock of the Ultimate Parent, including in the definition of "CHANGE OF CONTROL," Ultimate Parent also means the direct parent of Prestige International Holdings, LLC, Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation." (d) SECTION 2.1 (FACILITIES INCREASE) shall be amended by deleting the reference to "150,000,000 in the aggregate for all such requests" in CLAUSE (c)(i) thereof and inserting in its place "$200,000,000 in the aggregate for all such requests made after the effectiveness of Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement dated _______, 2005" and by inserting at the end of the first sentence of CLAUSE (c)(i) thereof "from and after the effectiveness of Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement dated ______, 2005". (e) SECTION 2.8(b)(OPTIONAL PREPAYMENTS) shall be amended by inserting at the end thereof a new sentence as follows: "Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower may prepay the Tranche C Loans in full prior to the prepayment of the First Priority Secured Obligations if such prepayment (x) is a prepayment in full of the Tranche C Loans and all outstanding - 2 - interest thereon and any prepayment fee owing with respect to such prepayment and (y) is made from the proceeds of an initial public offering of the Stock of the Ultimate Parent. (f) SECTION 2.9 (MANDATORY PREPAYMENTS) shall be amended by deleting from CLAUSE (a)(i)(A) thereof each reference to "$5,000,000" therein and inserting in their places "$15,000,000", by deleting CLAUSE (a)(ii) thereof in its entirety, by deleting from CLAUSE (b) thereof the first reference to "Fiscal Year 2005" therein and inserting in its place "Fiscal Year 2006", and by deleting from CLAUSE (b) thereof the parenthetical "(or, in the case of Fiscal Year 2005, the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the last day of such Fiscal Year)." In addition, notwithstanding any reference to any mandatory prepayment from Net Cash Proceeds of an Equity Issuance remaining in the Credit Agreement, such references shall not be construed to require any mandatory prepayment from the net cash proceeds of an Equity Issuance. (g) SECTION 5.1 (MAXIMUM LEVERAGE RATIO) of the Credit Agreement shall be amended by deleting the covenant level grid in CLAUSE (a) thereof and inserting in its place a new covenant level grid as follows: - 3 -
FISCAL QUARTER ENDING MAXIMUM LEVERAGE RATIO -------------------------------------------------------- March 31, 2005 5.50 to 1 June 30, 2005 5.50 to 1 September 30, 2005 5.50 to 1 December 31, 2005 5.25 to 1 March 31, 2006 5.25 to 1 June 30, 2006 5.25 to 1 September 30, 2006 5.00 to 1 December 31, 2006 5.00 to 1 March 31, 2007 5.00 to 1 June 30, 2007 5.00 to 1 September 30, 2007 4.50 to 1 December 31, 2007 4.50 to 1 March 31, 2008 4.50 to 1 June 30, 2008 4.50 to 1 September 30, 2008 4.25 to 1 December 31, 2008 4.25 to 1 March 31, 2009 4.25 to 1 June 30, 2009 4.25 to 1 September 30, 2009 4.00 to 1 December 31, 2009 4.00 to 1 March 31, 2010 4.00 to 1 June 30, 2010 4.00 to 1 September 30, 2010 3.75 to 1 December 31, 2010 3.75 to 1 March 31, 2011 3.75 to 1 (h) SECTION 5.2 (MINIMUM INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO) of the Credit Agreement shall be amended by deleting the covenant level grid in CLAUSE (a) thereof and inserting in its place a new covenant level grid as follows: (i) SECTION 8.1 (INDEBTEDNESS) of the Credit Agreement shall be amended by amending and restating CLAUSE (k)(ii) thereof as follows: "(ii) Additional Subordinated Indebtedness (PROVIDED that at the time of the incurrence of such Indebtedness the Borrower is in compliance with ARTICLE V (FINANCIAL COVENANTS) on a PRO FORMA basis after giving effect to the incurrence of such Additional Subordinated Indebtedness (recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter for which Financial Statements have been delivered pursuant to SECTION 6.1(b) or (c) (FINANCIAL STATEMENTS)))."; and by amending CLAUSE (s) thereof by deleting the reference to "$10,000,000" therein and inserting in its place "$50,000,000". (j) SECTION 8.4 (ASSET SALES) of the Credit Agreement shall be amended by deleting from CLAUSE (k) thereof the reference to "$15,000,000" and inserting in its place "$50,000,000". (k) SECTION 8.5 (RESTRICTED PAYMENTS) of the Credit Agreement shall be amended by deleting the reference to "3.75 to 1" in CLAUSE (c) and inserting in its place "4.0 to 1", deleting the period at the end of CLAUSE (c) and inserting "; and" at the end thereof, and inserting a new CLAUSE (d) at the end of SECTION 8.5 (RESTRICTED PAYMENTS) as follows: "(d) the repurchase or redemption of the preferred Stock of the Parent with net proceeds of an initial public offering of the Stock of the Ultimate Parent." (l) SECTION 8.11 (MODIFICATION OF CONSTITUENT DOCUMENTS) shall be amended by inserting at the end thereof a new sentence as follows: "Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parent may, with the consent of the Administrative Agent, amend its Constituent Documents in connection with an initial public offering of the Stock of the Ultimate Parent." (m) SECTION 8.12 (MODIFICATION OF RELATED DOCUMENTS) shall be amended by inserting at the end thereof a new sentence as follows: - 4 -
MINIMUM INTEREST EACH FISCAL QUARTER ENDING DURING THE PERIOD COVERAGE RATIO -------------------------------------------------------------------- January 1, 2005 through September 30, 2005 2.50 to 1 From October 1, 2005 through December 31, 2008 2.75 to 1 From January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009 3.00 to 1 From January 1, 2010 through March 31, 2011 3.25 to 1 "Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parent or Borrower may, with the consent of the Administrative Agent, amend the Related Documents in connection with an initial public offering of the Stock of the Ultimate Parent." SECTION 2. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT This Agreement shall become effective as of the date that each of the following conditions precedent shall have been satisfied or duly waived by the Administrative Agent (such date, the "EFFECTIVE DATE") (PROVIDED that, notwithstanding the satisfaction or due waiver of each of the following conditions, the amendment set forth in clause (a) of Section 1 above shall become effective only if this Agreement is signed by each Tranche B Lender): (a) CERTAIN DOCUMENTS. The Administrative Agent shall have received each of the following (unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent), in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and in sufficient copies for each Lender: (i) this Agreement, duly executed by the Borrower, the Parent, the Administrative Agent and the Requisite Lenders; and (ii) such additional documentation as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require. (b) PAYMENT OF FEES COSTS AND EXPENSES. The Administrative Agent shall have received payment of all fees, costs and expenses, including, without limitation, all fees, costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel for the Administrative Agent) in connection with this Agreement, the Credit Agreement and each other Loan Document, as required by SECTION 4 hereof. (c) CONSUMMATION OF THE INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING. The Ultimate Parent shall have received gross proceeds from an initial public offering of its common Stock in an amount sufficient for the exercise by the Borrower of the entire amount of the "equity clawback" under the Subordinated Notes and for the repayment in full of the Tranche C Loans. (d) REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Each of the representations and warranties contained in SECTION 3 below shall be true and correct. (e) NO DEFAULT OR EVENT OF DEFAULT. After giving effect to this Agreement, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. SECTION 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES On and as of the Effective Date, after giving effect to this Agreement, each of the Parent and the Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and each Lender as follows: (a) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Parent and the Borrower and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Parent - 5 - and the Borrower, enforceable against the Parent and the Borrower in accordance with its terms and the Credit Agreement as modified by this Agreement and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Parent and the Borrower, enforceable against the Parent and the Borrower in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity and applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally; (b) each of the representations and warranties contained in ARTICLE IV (REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES) of the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents or in any certificate, document or financial or other statement furnished at any time under or in connection therewith are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Effective Date, as if made on and as of such date and except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically relate to a specific date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such specific date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that references therein to the "CREDIT AGREEMENT" shall be deemed to refer to the Credit Agreement as amended or otherwise modified hereby and after giving effect to the consents and waivers set forth herein; (c) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing after giving effect to this Agreement. SECTION 4. FEES AND EXPENSES The Borrower and each other Loan Party agrees to pay in accordance with the terms of SECTION 11.3(a) (COSTS AND EXPENSES) of the Credit Agreement all fees, costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, reproduction, execution and delivery of this Agreement and all other Loan Documents entered into in connection herewith (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel for the Administrative Agent with respect thereto). SECTION 5. REFERENCE TO THE EFFECT ON THE LOAN DOCUMENTS (a) Each reference in the Credit Agreement to "THIS AGREEMENT," "HEREUNDER," "HEREOF," "HEREIN," or words of like import, and each reference in the other Loan Documents to the Credit Agreement (including, without limitation, by means of words like "THEREUNDER", "THEREOF" and words of like import), shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as modified hereby, and this Agreement and the Credit Agreement shall be read together and construed as a single instrument. Each of the table of contents and lists of Exhibits and Schedules of the Credit Agreement shall be amended to reflect the changes made in this Agreement. (b) Except as expressly modified hereby or specifically waived above, all of the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement and all other Loan Documents are and shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed. (c) The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Agreement shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Lenders or the Administrative Agent under any of the Loan Documents, nor constitute a waiver or amendment of any other provision of any of the Loan Documents or for any purpose except as expressly set forth herein. - 6 - (d) This Agreement is a Loan Document. SECTION 6. EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Signature pages may be detached from multiple separate counterparts and attached to a single counterpart so that all signature pages are attached to the same document. Delivery of an executed counterpart by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. SECTION 7. GOVERNING LAW This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York. SECTION 8. SECTION TITLES The section titles contained in this Agreement are and shall be without substantive meaning or content of any kind whatsoever and are not a part of the agreement between the parties hereto, except when used to reference a section. SECTION 9. NOTICES All communications and notices hereunder shall be given as provided in the Credit Agreement. SECTION 10. SEVERABILITY The fact that any term or provision of this Agreement is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable as to any person in any situation in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity, enforceability or legality of the remaining terms or provisions hereof or the validity, enforceability or legality of such offending term or provision in any other situation or jurisdiction or as applied to any person. SECTION 11. SUCCESSORS The terms of this Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. SECTION 12. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT. [SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW] - 7 - IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers and members thereunto duly authorized, on the date indicated below. PRESTIGE BRANDS, INC., AS BORROWER UNDER THE CREDIT AGREEMENT By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: Date: PRESTIGE BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, LLC, AS THE PARENT By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: Date: CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT UNDER THE CREDIT AGREEMENT By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: Date: [Lenders] [________], AS A LENDER UNDER THE CREDIT AGREEMENT By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: Date: - ii -