Exhibit 1.1

 

[·] Shares

 

Select Energy Services, Inc.

 

Class A Common Stock

 

FORM OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

 

[·], 2017

 

CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC

FBR CAPITAL MARKETS & CO.

WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC

As Representatives of the several Underwriters,

c/o Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC,

Eleven Madison Avenue,

New York, N.Y. 10010-3629

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

1.             Introductory. Select Energy Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Company”), agrees with Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (“Credit Suisse”), FBR Capital Markets & Co. (“FBR”) and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (“Wells Fargo” and together with Credit Suisse and FBR, the “Representatives”), as the representatives of the several Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (the “Underwriters”) to issue and sell to the several Underwriters [•] shares of its Class A common stock (the “Securities”) (such shares of Securities to be sold by the Company being hereinafter referred to as the “Firm Securities”). The stockholders listed in Schedule B hereto (the “Selling Stockholders”) agree severally, and not jointly, with the Underwriters to sell to the Underwriters, at the option of the Underwriters, an aggregate of not more than [•] additional shares of Securities (the “Optional Securities”), as set forth below. The Firm Securities and the Optional Securities are herein collectively called the “Offered Securities.”

 

2.             Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Selling Stockholders.

 

(a)           The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the several Underwriters that:

 

(i)            Filing and Effectiveness of Registration Statement; Certain Defined Terms. The Company has filed with the Commission a registration statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-216404) covering the registration of the Offered Securities under the Act, including a related preliminary prospectus or prospectuses. At any particular time, this initial registration statement, in the form then on file with the Commission, including all information contained in the registration statement (if any) pursuant to Rule 462(b) and then deemed to be a part of the initial registration statement, and all 430A Information and all 430C Information, that in any case has not then been superseded or modified, shall be referred to as the “Initial Registration Statement.” The Company may also have filed, or may file with the Commission, a Rule 462(b) registration statement covering the registration of Offered Securities. At any particular time, this Rule 462(b) registration statement, in the form then on file with the Commission, including the contents of the Initial Registration Statement incorporated by reference therein and including all 430A Information and all 430C Information (each defined below), that in any case has not then been superseded or modified, shall be referred to as the “Additional Registration Statement.”

 

 

As of the time of execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Initial Registration Statement has been declared effective under the Act and is not proposed to be amended. Any Additional Registration Statement has or will become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b) and is not proposed to be amended. The Offered Securities all have been or will be duly registered under the Act pursuant to the Initial Registration Statement and, if applicable, the Additional Registration Statement.

 

For purposes of this Agreement:

 

“430A Information” means, with respect to any registration statement, information included in a prospectus and retroactively deemed to be a part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430A(b).

 

“430C Information” means, with respect to any registration statement, information included in a prospectus then deemed to be a part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430C.

 

“Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

“Applicable Time” means [•]:00 [a/p]m (Eastern time) on the date of this Agreement.

 

“Closing Date” has the meaning defined in Section 3 hereof.

 

“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

“Effective Time” means, with respect to the Initial Registration Statement or, if filed prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Additional Registration Statement, the date and time as of which such Registration Statement was declared effective by the Commission or has become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(c), as the case may be. If an Additional Registration Statement has not been filed prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement but the Company has advised the Representatives that it proposes to file one, “Effective Time” with respect to such Additional Registration Statement means the date and time as of which such Registration Statement is filed and becomes effective pursuant to Rule 462(b).

 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

“Final Prospectus” means the Statutory Prospectus that discloses the public offering price, other 430A Information and other final terms of the Offered Securities and otherwise satisfies Section 10(a) of the Act.

 

“General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors, as evidenced by its being so specified in Schedule C to this Agreement.

 

“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, relating to the Offered Securities in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g).

 

“Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not a General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.

 

The Initial Registration Statement and the Additional Registration Statement are referred to collectively as the “Registration Statements” and individually as a “Registration Statement.” A “Registration Statement” with reference to a particular time means the Initial Registration Statement and any Additional Registration Statement as of such time. A “Registration Statement” without reference to a time means such Registration Statement as of its Effective Time. For purposes of the foregoing definitions, 430A Information with respect to a Registration Statement shall be considered to be included in such Registration Statement as of the time specified in Rule 430A.

 

“Rules and Regulations” means the rules and regulations of the Commission.

 

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“Securities Laws” means, collectively, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“Sarbanes-Oxley”), the Act, the Exchange Act, the Rules and Regulations, the auditing principles, rules, standards and practices applicable to auditors of “issuers” (as defined in Sarbanes-Oxley) promulgated or approved by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and the rules of the New York Stock Exchange (“Exchange Rules”).

 

“Statutory Prospectus” with reference to a particular time means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement immediately prior to that time, including any 430A Information or 430C Information with respect to such Registration Statement. For purposes of the foregoing definition, 430A Information shall be considered to be included in the Statutory Prospectus as of the actual time that form of prospectus is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) or Rule 462(c) and not retroactively.

 

“Testing-the-Waters Communication” means any oral or written communication with potential investors undertaken in reliance on Section 5(d) of the Act.

 

“Written Testing-the-Waters Communication” means any Testing-the-Waters Communication that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Act.

 

Unless otherwise specified, a reference to a “rule” is to the indicated rule under the Act.

 

(ii)           Compliance with Securities Act Requirements. (A) (x) At their respective Effective Times, (y) on the date of this Agreement and (z) on each Closing Date, each of the Initial Registration Statement and the Additional Registration Statement (if any) conformed and will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations, (B) (x) at their respective Effective Times, each of the Registration Statements, did not and, as amended or supplemented, as applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and (y) on its date, at the time of filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (if no such filing is required) at the Effective Time of the Additional Registration Statement in which the Final Prospectus is included, and on each Closing Date, the Final Prospectus will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any such document based upon written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information is that described as such in Section 8(c) hereof.

 

(iii)          Ineligible Issuer Status. (A) At the time of the initial filing of the Initial Registration Statement and (B) at the date of this Agreement, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405, including (x) the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in the preceding three years not having been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor or having been made the subject of a judicial or administrative decree or order as described in Rule 405 and (y) the Company in the preceding three years not having been the subject of a bankruptcy petition or insolvency or similar proceeding, not having had a registration statement be the subject of a proceeding under Section 8 of the Act and not being the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the Act in connection with the offering of the Offered Securities, all as described in Rule 405.

 

(iv)          Emerging Growth Company Status. The Company has been and is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Act (an “Emerging Growth Company”).

 

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(v)           General Disclosure Package. As of the Applicable Time, neither of (A) the General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus(es) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, the preliminary prospectus, dated [·], 2017 (which is the most recent Statutory Prospectus distributed to investors generally) and the other information, if any, stated in Schedule C to this Agreement to be included in the General Disclosure Package, all considered together (collectively, the “General Disclosure Package”), nor (B) any individual Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Statutory Prospectus or, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8(c) hereof.

 

(vi)          Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Offered Securities or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Representatives as described in the next sentence, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information then contained in the Registration Statement. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, at a time when a prospectus relating to the Offered Securities is (or but for the exemption of Rule 172 would be) required to be delivered under the Act by any Underwriter or dealer, there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information then contained in the Registration Statement or as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, if republished immediately following such event or development, would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representatives and the Company will promptly amend or supplement such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.

 

(vii)         Testing-the-Waters Communication. The Company (A) has not engaged in any Testing-the-Waters Communication and (B) has not authorized anyone to engage in Testing-the-Waters Communications. The Company has not distributed any Written Testing-the-Waters Communications.

 

(viii)        Qualification of the Company and its Subsidiaries. The Company is a corporation duly incorporated and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own, lease or operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and to execute and deliver this Agreement, and to consummate, the transactions contemplated hereby (including the issuance, sale and delivery of the Firm Securities); each of the material subsidiaries of the Company set forth on Schedule E (collectively, the “Subsidiaries”) has been duly organized and is validly existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with requisite power and authority to own, lease or operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; no Subsidiary is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends or distributions to the Company, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such Subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such Subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company or any other

 

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Subsidiary of the Company; all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the Subsidiaries have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 18-607 and 18-804 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act) and are owned by the Company or another Subsidiary free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and equities and claims except as set forth in the Company’s Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, and various lenders, as amended (the “Credit Agreement”); and no options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue or other rights to convert any obligations into shares of capital stock or ownership interests in the Subsidiaries are outstanding.

 

(ix)          Capitalization. The Company had, as of the date indicated in the General Disclosure Package, and will have, as of each Closing Date, the duly authorized capitalization set forth in the Final Prospectus under the caption “Capitalization” after giving effect to the adjustments set forth thereunder; all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company and all of the ownership interests of its Subsidiaries have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, and have not been issued in violation of or subject to any preemptive right or other similar right of stockholders arising by operation of law, under the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws (each as supplemented and/or amended, collectively, the “Company Charter Documents”) or under the Subsidiaries’ certificate of incorporation, bylaws, or other organizational documents, under any agreement to which the Company is a party or otherwise bound; except as disclosed in or contemplated by both the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, there are no outstanding (A) securities or obligations of the Company convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock of the Company, (B) warrants, rights or options to subscribe for or purchase from the Company any such capital stock or any such convertible or exchangeable securities or obligations or (C) obligations of the Company to issue or sell any shares of capital stock, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or obligation, or any such warrants, rights or options.

 

(x)           Firm Securities. The Firm Securities have been duly authorized for issuance, sale and delivery pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued and delivered by the Company against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly and validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance, security interest or other claim, and the issuance, sale and delivery of the Firm Securities by the Company are not subject to any preemptive right, drag-along right, tag-along right, registration right, right of first refusal or other similar right of stockholders arising by operation of law, under the Company Charter Documents, under any agreement to which the Company is a party or otherwise.

 

(xi)          Good Standing. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is duly qualified or licensed by, and is in good standing in, each jurisdiction in which it conducts its business, or in which it owns or leases property or maintains an office and in which such qualification or licensing is necessary and in which the failure, individually or in the aggregate, to be so qualified or licensed would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, properties or prospects of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”).

 

(xii)         Registration Rights. Except as disclosed in the Initial Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package and Final Prospectus and as set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement with SES Legacy Holdings, LLC and Registration Rights Agreement with FBR filed with the Commission on March 2, 2017, as Exhibits 4.2 and 4.3, respectively to the Registration Statement, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the right to

 

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require the Company to file a registration statement under the Act with respect to any securities of the Company owned or to be owned by such person or to require the Company to include such securities in the securities registered pursuant to a Registration Statement or in any securities being registered pursuant to any other registration statement filed by the Company under the Act (collectively, “registration rights”). Except as disclosed in the Initial Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package and Final Prospectus, any person to whom the Company has granted registration rights has agreed not to exercise such rights until after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period referred to in Section 5(l) hereof.

 

(xiii)        Listing. The Offered Securities have been approved for listing on The New York Stock Exchange, subject to notice of issuance.

 

(xiv)        Title to Property. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has legal, valid and defensible title to, or a valid leasehold interest in all assets and properties reflected as owned or leased by it in the Initial Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (whether through fee ownership, mineral estates or similar rights of ownership), in each case free and clear of all liens, security interests, pledges, charges, encumbrances, encroachments, restrictions, mortgages and defects, except as set forth in the Company’s Credit Agreement and as disclosed in the Initial Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus or as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; any real property or personal property held under lease by the Company or any Subsidiary is held under a lease that is valid, existing and enforceable by the Company or such Subsidiary, with such exceptions as are disclosed in the Initial Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus or as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received 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 such lease.

 

(xv)         Intangible Property Rights. The Company and each Subsidiary owns or possesses such licenses or other rights to use all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, software and design licenses, trade secrets, manufacturing processes, other intangible property rights and know-how (collectively “Intangibles”), as are necessary to entitle the Company and each Subsidiary to conduct the Company’s and each Subsidiary’s business as currently conducted and as described in the Initial Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received written notice of any claim of infringement of or conflict with (and, upon due inquiry, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary knows of any such infringement of or conflict with) asserted rights of others with respect to any Intangibles which would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(xvi)        Compliance with Employment Laws. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has violated, or received notice of any violation with respect to, any law, rule, regulation, order decree or judgment applicable to it and its business, including those relating to transactions with affiliates, environmental, safety or similar laws, federal or state laws relating to discrimination in the hiring, promotion or pay of employees, federal or state wages and hours law, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, except for those violations that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(xvii)       Anti-Corruption. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates, nor any director, officer or employee, nor to the Company’s knowledge, any

 

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agent or representative acting on behalf of the Company or of any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates, has (A) taken or will take any action in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization or approval of the payment or giving of money, property, gifts or anything else of value, directly or indirectly, to any “government official” (including any officer or employee of a government or government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office) to influence official action or secure an improper advantage; (B) violated any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; (C) violated any provision of the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom; or (D) made or will make any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment. The Company and its Subsidiaries and affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws and have instituted and maintain and will continue to maintain policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws and with the representations and warranties contained herein.

 

(xviii)      No Outstanding Loans. There are no outstanding loans or advances or guarantees of indebtedness by the Company or any Subsidiary to or for the benefit of any of the officers, directors, affiliates or representatives of the Company or any Subsidiary or any of the members of the families of any of them other than any outstanding loans or advances or guarantees of indebtedness by the Company or any Subsidiary or to or for the benefit of any such persons that will be repaid, satisfied or terminated, as the case may be, within sixty (60) days after any Closing Date.

 

(xix)        No Finder’s Fee. Except with respect to any Underwriter and, except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and Final Prospectus, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has incurred any liability for any finder’s fees or similar payments in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(xx)         Absence of Existing Defaults and Conflicts by the Company. The Company is not in breach of, or in default under (nor has any event occurred which with notice, lapse of time, or both would constitute a breach of, or default under) (A) the Company Charter Documents or (B) the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, license, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, bank loan or credit agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it or its properties may be bound or affected, except, in the case of clause (B) above, for such breaches or defaults which would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(xxi)        Absence of Existing Defaults and Conflicts by the Subsidiaries. None of the Subsidiaries is in breach of, or in default under (nor has any event occurred which with notice, lapse of time, or both would constitute a breach of, or default under) (A) its certificate of incorporation, bylaws, or other organizational documents, as applicable (collectively with the Company Charter Documents, the “Charter Documents”), (B) the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, license, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, bank loan or credit agreement or other agreement or instrument to which such Subsidiary is a party or by which any of them or their respective properties may be bound or affected or (C) any federal, state, local or foreign law, regulation or rule or any decree, judgment, permit or order applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary, except, in the case of clauses (B) and (C) above, for such breaches or defaults which would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(xxii)       Absence of Defaults and Conflicts Resulting from Transaction. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the

 

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issuance, sale and delivery of the Firm Securities by the Company, the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Firm Securities as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the compliance by the Company with the terms and provisions hereunder will not conflict with, or result in any breach of or constitute a default or a Debt Repayment Triggering Event (as defined below) under (nor constitute any event which with notice, lapse of time, or both would constitute a breach of, or default under), (A) any provision of the applicable Charter Documents, (B) any provision of any contract, license, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, bank loan or credit agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which it or its respective properties may be bound or affected or (C) any federal, state, local or foreign law, regulation or rule or any decree, judgment, permit or order applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary, except in the case of clauses (B) or (C) for such conflicts, breaches or defaults that have been validly waived or would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge, claim or encumbrance upon any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary that would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; a “Debt Repayment Triggering Event” means any event or condition that gives, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time would give, the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(xxiii)      Authorization of Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is enforceable in accordance with its terms.

 

(xxiv)     Conformity of Offered Securities. The Offered Securities and all other outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in both the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.

 

(xxv)      Absence of Further Requirements. No approval, authorization, consent or order of or filing with any federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory commission, board, body, authority or agency is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby, or the issuance, sale and delivery of the Offered Securities as contemplated hereby, and the compliance by the Company with the terms and provisions hereunder, other than (A) such as have been obtained or made, or will have been obtained or made at the Initial Closing Date (B) any necessary qualification under the securities or blue sky laws of the various jurisdictions in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Offered Securities placed by the Underwriters or by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), or (C) with or by federal or state securities regulatory authorities, including without limitation the filing of the registration statement(s) required thereby with the Commission.

 

(xxvi)     Possession of Licenses and Permits. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries have all necessary licenses, permits, certificates, authorizations, consents and approvals (“Licenses”) and have made all necessary filings required under any federal, state, local or foreign law, regulation or rule, and has obtained all necessary Licenses from other persons required in order to conduct their respective businesses as currently conducted and as described in both the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, except to the extent that any failure to have any such Licenses, to make any such filings or to obtain any Licenses would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; neither the Company nor any

 

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Subsidiary is in violation of, or in default under, any such License or any federal, state, local or foreign law, regulation or rule or any decree, order or judgment applicable to the Company or any such Subsidiary, the effect of which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(xxvii)    Accurate Disclosure; Exhibits. The statements made in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or legal or regulatory proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries, in all material respects, of such legal matters, agreements, documents or legal or regulatory proceedings and present the information required to be shown. There are no contracts or documents which are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the General Disclosure Package pursuant to Form S-1 or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K which have not been so described or filed as required.

 

(xxviii)   Litigation. Other than as set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, there are no material actions, suits, proceedings, inquiries or investigations pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary, or any of their respective properties, directors, officers or affiliates at law or in equity, or before or by any federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory commission, board, body, authority or agency.

 

(xxix)     No Material Adverse Change in Business. Subsequent to the date of the Initial Registration Statement, and except as may be otherwise stated in both the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, there has not been (A) any event, circumstance or change that has, or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (B) any transaction, other than in the ordinary course of business, which is material to the Company or any Subsidiary, (C) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, directly or indirectly incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary, other than in the ordinary course of business, which is material to the Company or any Subsidiary, (D) any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company or any Subsidiary on any class of its capital stock, or any purchase by the Company or any Subsidiary of any of its outstanding capital stock, or (E) any change of the capital stock or indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

(xxx)      Investment Company Act. The Company is not, nor upon the sale of the Offered Securities as contemplated herein and the application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in both the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds,” will be, an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” (as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Investment Company Act”).

 

(xxxi)     Absence of Manipulation. None of the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective directors, officers, representatives or affiliates has taken, directly or indirectly, any action intended, or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, in, or that has constituted, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Securities.

 

(xxxii)    Insurance. The Company and each Subsidiary carries, or is covered by, insurance (issued by insurers of recognized financial responsibility to the knowledge of the Company) in such amounts and covering such risks as is appropriate for the conduct of their respective businesses as currently conducted and the value of the assets to be held by them immediately following consummation of the transactions contemplated by both the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus and as is customary for

 

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companies engaged in businesses similar to the business of the Company, all of which insurance is in full force and effect; the Company and each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance with the terms of such insurance policies in all material respects; neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that capital improvements or other expenditures are required or necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance; except as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, 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 of its Subsidiaries 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 reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and the Subsidiaries will obtain directors’ and officers’ insurance in such amounts as is reasonable for an initial public offering.

 

(xxxiii)   Financial Statements. The consolidated financial statements of the Company, including the notes and schedules thereto, included in each Registration Statement and the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus fairly present the financial condition of the Company, as of the respective dates thereof, and the results of operations and statements of cash flows for the periods then ended, and except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved.

 

(xxxiv)   Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms. Grant Thornton LLP and Pannell Kerr Forster of Texas, P.C., who have certified certain financial statements and supporting schedules included in the Registration Statements and the Final Prospectus, whose report with respect to such financial statements included in the Registration Statements and the Final Prospectus is included in the Registration Statements and the Final Prospectus and who have delivered the comfort letters referred to in Section 7(a) hereof, are independent registered public accounting firms with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) as required by the Securities Act.

 

(xxxv)    Internal Controls and Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Except as set forth in the Initial Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, the Company, its Subsidiaries and the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) are in compliance with applicable provisions of Sarbanes-Oxley and all applicable Exchange Rules.  The Company maintains a system of internal controls, including, but not limited to, disclosure controls and procedures, internal controls over accounting matters and financial reporting, an internal audit function and legal and regulatory compliance controls (collectively, “Internal Controls”) that comply with the applicable Securities Laws and are sufficient to provide reasonable assurances 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 U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) and to maintain accountability for assets, (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (D) the recorded accounting for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.  The Internal Controls are, or upon consummation of the offering of the Offered Securities will be, overseen by the Audit Committee (the “Audit Committee”) of the Board in accordance with Exchange Rules. The Company has not publicly disclosed or reported to the Audit Committee or the Board, and within the next 135 days the Company does not reasonably expect to

 

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publicly disclose or report to the Audit Committee or the Board, a significant deficiency, material weakness, change in Internal Controls or fraud involving management or other employees who have a significant role in Internal Controls any violation of or failure to comply with, the Securities Laws, or any matter that, if determined adversely, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(xxxvi)   Anti-Money Laundering. The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with all applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by Title III of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT Act), and the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of jurisdictions where the Company and its Subsidiaries conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.

 

(xxxvii)  Economic Sanctions. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor any director, officer, or employee thereof, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any agent, affiliate or representative of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, is an individual or entity (“Person”) that is, or is owned or controlled by a Person that is (A) the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the United Nations Security Council (UN), the European Union (EU), Her Majesty’s Treasury (UK HMT), the Swiss Secretariat of Economic Affairs (SECO), the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor (B) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions (including, without limitation, Burma/Myanmar, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria). The Company will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person (A) to fund or facilitate any activities or business of or with any Person or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject of Sanctions; or (B) in any other manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise). For the past five years, the Company and its subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in, are not now knowingly engaged in, and will not engage in, any dealings or transactions with any Person, or in any country or territory, that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject of Sanctions

 

(xxxviii) Taxes. Except where such failure to file or pay an assessment or lien would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect or where such matters are the result of a pending bona fide dispute with taxing authorities, (A) the Company and the Subsidiaries have accurately prepared and timely filed any and all federal, state, foreign and other tax returns that are required to be filed by them, if any, and have paid or made provision for the payment of all taxes, assessments, governmental or other similar charges, including without limitation, all ad valorem property taxes, all unclaimed property taxes, all unclaimed property or escheat obligations, all sales and use taxes and all taxes which the Company and the Subsidiaries are obligated to withhold from amounts owing to employees, creditors and third parties, with respect to the periods covered by such tax returns (whether or not such amounts are shown as due on any tax return); (B) no deficiency assessment with respect to a proposed adjustment of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s federal, state, local or foreign taxes is

 

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pending or, to the best of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s knowledge, threatened; (C) since the date of the most recent audited financial statements, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has incurred any liability for taxes other than in the ordinary course of its business; and (D) there is no tax lien, whether imposed by any federal, state, foreign or other taxing authority, outstanding against the assets, properties or business of the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

(xxxix)   Environmental Laws. (A) Except as described in both the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus or as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (w) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation of any federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, policy or rule of common law or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative order, consent decree or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of human health, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the release or threatened release of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum products, asbestos-containing materials or mold (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) or to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (x) the Company and each Subsidiary have all permits, authorizations and approvals required under any applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their business as currently conducted and are in compliance with their requirements, (y) there are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigations or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law against the Company or any Subsidiary and (z) to the knowledge of the Company, there are no events or circumstances that would 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 Subsidiary relating to Hazardous Materials or any Environmental Laws; (B) except as described in both the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary (x) is subject to any pending proceeding pursuant to any Environmental Law in which any foreign, federal, state or local governmental entity is also a party, other than such proceedings regarding which it is reasonably believed no monetary sanctions of $100,000 or more will be imposed, nor does the Company or any Subsidiary know any such proceeding is contemplated, (y) is aware of any material effect on the capital expenditures, earnings or competitive position of the Company and any Subsidiary resulting from compliance with Environmental Laws, or (z) anticipates any material capital expenditures relating to any Environmental Laws.

 

(xl)          Employee Benefit Plans. Each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, that is maintained, administered or contributed to by the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their affiliates for employees or former employees of the Company, each Subsidiary or any of their affiliates has been maintained in compliance in all material respects with its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including, but not limited to, ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”); no prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any such plan excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption, and transactions which, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and no such plan maintained or contributed to by the Company, any Subsidiary or any entity considered a single employer with the Company or any Subsidiary for purposes of Section 414 of the

 

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Code within the past six years is, or has been subject to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA.

 

(xli)         Absence of Labor Dispute. No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the Company or any Subsidiary exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is contemplated or threatened and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by, or dispute with, the employees of any of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s principal suppliers, contractors or customers, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received written notice of any violation, or, to the Company’s knowledge, is in violation with respect to any federal or state law relating to discrimination in the hiring, promotion or pay of employees, nor any applicable federal or state wage and hour laws, nor any state law precluding the denial of credit due to the neighborhood in which a property is situated, the violation of any of which, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(xlii)        Statistical and Market-Related Data. Any third-party statistical and market-related data included in a Registration Statement, a Statutory Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package is based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate.

 

(xliii)       FINRA Affiliations. To the knowledge of the Company, there are no affiliations or associations between any member of FINRA and the Company, any of the Company’s officers or directors or the Company’s five percent or greater stockholders.

 

(xliv)       Ratings. There are no debt securities or preferred stock of, or guaranteed by, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that are rated by a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act.

 

(xlv)        Related Party Matters.  No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any Subsidiary, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders, customers or suppliers of the Company or any Subsidiary, on the other hand, that is required by the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations to be described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus that is not so described in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus.

 

Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or any Subsidiary delivered to any Underwriter or to counsel for any Underwriter pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company or such Subsidiary to any Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby.

 

(b)           Each Selling Stockholder severally represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the several Underwriters that:

 

(i)            Title to Securities. Such Selling Stockholder is, and immediately prior to each Closing Date will be, the record and beneficial owner of the Offered Securities to be sold by such Selling Stockholder and, at each Closing Date, such Offered Securities will be free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities and claims and has full power and authority to sell its interest in the Offered Securities and, if applicable, such Selling Stockholder has duly endorsed the Offered Securities to be sold by it in blank, and assuming that the Underwriters acquire their interests in the Offered Securities to be sold by such Selling Stockholder without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code (the “UCC”), the Underwriters, by purchasing the Offered Securities to be delivered on the applicable

 

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Closing Date, by making payment therefor as provided herein, and having the Offered Securities to be sold by such Selling Stockholder credited to the securities account or accounts of the Underwriters maintained with The Depository Trust Company (the “DTC”) or such other securities intermediary, will have acquired a security entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to the Offered Securities to be sold by such Selling Stockholder and purchased by the Underwriters, and no action based on an adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC) may be asserted against the Underwriters with respect to the Offered Securities to be sold by such Selling Stockholder. Such Selling Stockholder has and, on each Closing Date will have, good and valid title to all of the Offered Securities to be delivered by such Selling Stockholder on such Closing Date.

 

(ii)           Absence of Further Requirements. No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing with, any person (including any governmental agency or body or any court) is required to be obtained or made by such Selling Stockholder for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in connection with the offering and sale of the Offered Securities to be sold by such Selling Stockholder, except such as have been obtained and made under the Act and such as may be required under state securities laws.

 

(iii)          Absence of Defaults and Conflicts Resulting from Transaction. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of such Selling Stockholder pursuant to, any statute, any rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court having jurisdiction over such Selling Stockholder or any of their properties or any agreement or instrument to which such Selling Stockholder is a party or by which such Selling Stockholder is bound or to which any of the properties of such Selling Stockholder is subject, or the charter or by-laws of such Selling Stockholder to the extent that it is a corporation or the constituent documents of such Selling Stockholder to the extent that it is not a natural person or a corporation.

 

(iv)          Final Prospectus. On its date, at the time of filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (if no such filing is required) at the Effective Time of the Additional Registration Statement in which the Final Prospectus is included, and on each Closing Date, the Final Prospectus will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The preceding sentence applies only to written information furnished to the Company by such Selling Stockholder specifically for use in the Final Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information is that described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.

 

(v)           No Undisclosed Material Information. The sale of the Offered Securities by such Selling Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement is not prompted by any material information concerning the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is not set forth the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.

 

(vi)          General Disclosure Package. As of the Applicable Time, neither of (A) the General Disclosure Package or (B) any individual Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence applies only to written information furnished to the Company by such Selling Stockholder specifically for use in the General Disclosure Package or any individual Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, it

 

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being understood and agreed that the only such information is that described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.

 

(vii)         Authorization of Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Selling Stockholder.

 

(viii)        No Finder’s Fee. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between such Selling Stockholder and any person that would give rise to a valid claim against such Selling Stockholder or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or other like payment in connection with this offering.

 

(ix)          Absence of Manipulation. Such Selling Stockholder has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action that is designed to or that has constituted or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Securities.

 

(x)           Testing-the-Waters Communication. Such Selling Stockholder has not engaged in any Testing-the-Waters Communication.

 

3.             Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Offered Securities. On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price of $[•] per share, that number of Firm Securities (rounded up or down, as determined by the Representatives in their discretion, in order to avoid fractions) set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule A hereto.

 

(a)           The Company will deliver the Firm Securities to or as instructed by the Representatives through the facilities of the DTC for the accounts of the several Underwriters in a form reasonably acceptable to the Representatives against payment of the purchase price in Federal (same day) funds by wire transfer to accounts at banks designated by the Company, at the office of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., 1001 Fannin, Suite 2500, Houston, Texas 77002, at [•] A.M., New York time, on [•], 2017, or at such other time not later than seven full business days thereafter as the Representatives and the Company determine, such time being herein referred to as the “First Closing Date.” For purposes of Rule 15c6-1 under the Exchange Act, the First Closing Date (if later than the otherwise applicable settlement date) shall be the settlement date for payment of funds and delivery of securities for all the Offered Securities sold pursuant to the offering.

 

(b)           In addition, upon written notice from the Representatives given to the Company and the Selling Stockholders from time to time but not more than 30 days subsequent to the date of the Final Prospectus, the Underwriters may purchase all or less than all of the Optional Securities at the purchase price per Security to be paid for the Firm Securities. Such notice shall set forth (i) the aggregate number of shares of Optional Securities to be sold by the Selling Stockholders as to which the Underwriters are exercising the option and (ii) the time, date and place at which the Optional Securities will be delivered (each time for the delivery of and payment for the Option Securities being herein referred to as an “Optional Closing Date,” which may be the First Closing Date) (the First Closing Date and each Optional Closing Date, if any, being sometimes referred to as a “Closing Date”). The Selling Stockholders agree, severally and not jointly, to sell to the Underwriters the respective numbers of Optional Securities obtained by multiplying the number of Optional Securities specified in such notice by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares set forth opposite the names of such Selling Stockholders in Schedule B hereto under the caption “Number of Optional Securities to be Sold” and the denominator of which is the total number of Optional Securities (subject to adjustment by the Representatives to eliminate fractions). Such Optional Securities shall be purchased from each Selling Stockholder for the account of each Underwriter in the same proportion as the number of Firm Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name on Schedule A bears to the total number of Firm Securities (subject to adjustment by the Representatives to eliminate

 

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fractions) and may be purchased by the Underwriters only for the purpose of covering over-allotments made in connection with the sale of the Firm Securities. No Optional Securities shall be sold or delivered unless the Firm Securities previously have been, or simultaneously are, sold and delivered. The right to purchase the Optional Securities or any portion thereof may be exercised from time to time and to the extent not previously exercised may be surrendered and terminated at any time upon notice by the Representatives to the Company and the Selling Stockholders.

 

(c)           Each Optional Closing Date shall be determined by the Representatives but shall be not later than five full business days after written notice of election to purchase Optional Securities is given. The Selling Stockholders will deliver the Optional Securities being purchased on each Optional Closing Date to or as instructed by the Representatives through the facilities of DTC for the accounts of the several Underwriters in a form reasonably acceptable to the Representatives, against payment of the purchase price therefor in Federal (same day) funds by wire transfer to accounts at banks designated by the Company and the Selling Stockholders, at the office of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., 1001 Fannin, Suite 2500, Houston, Texas 77002.

 

4.             Offering by Underwriters. It is understood that the several Underwriters propose to offer the Offered Securities for sale to the public as set forth in the Final Prospectus.

 

5.             Certain Agreements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders. The Company and the Selling Stockholders, as applicable, agree with the several Underwriters and the Selling Stockholders, as applicable, that:

 

(a)           Additional Filings. Unless filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) as part of the Additional Registration Statement in accordance with the next sentence, the Company will file the Final Prospectus, in a form approved by the Representatives, with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with subparagraph (1) (or, if applicable and if consented to by the Representatives, subparagraph (4)) of Rule 424(b) not later than the earlier of (i) the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement or (ii) the fifteenth business day after the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement. The Company will advise the Representatives promptly of any such filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and provide satisfactory evidence to the Representatives of such timely filing. If an Additional Registration Statement is necessary to register a portion of the Offered Securities under the Act but the Effective Time thereof has not occurred as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will file the additional registration statement or, if filed, will file a post-effective amendment thereto with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 462(b) on or prior to 10:00 P.M., New York time, on the date of this Agreement or, if earlier, on or prior to the time the Final Prospectus is finalized and distributed to any Underwriter, or will make such filing at such later date as shall have been consented to by the Representatives.

 

(b)           Filing of Amendments: Response to Commission Requests. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives of any proposal to amend or supplement at any time the Initial Registration Statement, any Additional Registration Statement or any Statutory Prospectus and will not effect such amendment or supplementation without the Representatives’ consent; and the Company will also advise the Representatives promptly of (i) the effectiveness of any Additional Registration Statement (if its Effective Time is subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement), (ii) any amendment or supplementation of a Registration Statement or any Statutory Prospectus, (iii) any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment to any Registration Statement, for any supplement to any Statutory Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) the institution by the Commission of any stop order proceedings in respect of a Registration Statement or the threatening of any proceeding for that purpose, and (v) the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Offered Securities in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceedings for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the suspension of any such qualification and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.

 

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(c)           Continued Compliance with Securities Laws. If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Offered Securities is (or but for the exemption in Rule 172 would be) required to be delivered under the Act by any Underwriter or dealer, any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representatives of such event and will promptly prepare and file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and the dealers and any other dealers upon request of the Representatives, an amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance. Neither the Representatives’ consent to, nor the Underwriters’ delivery of, any such amendment or supplement shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section 7 hereof.

 

(d)           Rule 158. As soon as practicable, but not later than the Availability Date (as defined below), the Company will make generally available to its security holders an earnings statement covering a period of at least 12 months beginning after the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement (or, if later, the Effective Time of the Additional Registration Statement) which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 under the Act. For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “Availability Date” means the day after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes such Effective Time on which the Company is required to file its Form 10-Q for such fiscal quarter except that, if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, “Availability Date” means the day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter on which the Company is required to file its Form 10-K.

 

(e)           Furnishing of Prospectuses. The Company will furnish to the Representatives copies of each Registration Statement (three of which will be signed and will include all exhibits), each related Statutory Prospectus, and, so long as a prospectus relating to the Offered Securities is (or but for the exemption in Rule 172 would be) required to be delivered under the Act, the Final Prospectus and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each case in such quantities as the Representatives request. The Final Prospectus shall be so furnished on or prior to 3:00 P.M., New York time, on the business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, unless otherwise agreed by the Company and the Representatives. All other such documents shall be so furnished as soon as available, unless otherwise agreed by the Company and the Representatives. The Company and the Selling Stockholders will pay the expenses of printing and distributing to the Underwriters all such documents.

 

(f)            Blue Sky Qualifications. The Company will arrange for the qualification of the Offered Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives designate and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or take any action that would subject it to general service of process or taxation as a foreign corporation or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process or taxation in any jurisdiction where it is not presently qualified or subject to taxation.

 

(g)           Reporting Requirements. During the period of five years hereafter, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and, upon request, to each of the other Underwriters, as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, a copy of its annual report to stockholders for such year; and the Company will furnish to the Representatives (i) as soon as available, a copy of each report and any definitive proxy statement of the Company filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act or mailed to stockholders, and (ii) from time to time, such other information concerning the Company as the Representatives may reasonably request. However, so long as the Company is subject to the reporting requirements of either Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act and is timely filing reports with the Commission on its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (or any successor system) (“EDGAR”), it is not required to furnish such reports or statements to the Underwriters.

 

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(h)           Payment of Expenses. The Company and the Selling Stockholders agree with the several Underwriters that the Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company and such Selling Stockholder, as the case may be, under this Agreement, including but not limited to any filing fees and other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Company’s and the Selling Stockholders’ counsel and the Company’s accountants) incurred in connection with qualification of the Offered Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives designate and the preparation and printing of memoranda relating thereto, costs and expenses related to the review by FINRA of the Offered Securities (including filing fees and the fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such review in an amount not greater than $20,000), costs and expenses relating to investor presentations or any “road show” in connection with the offering and sale of the Offered Securities including, without limitation, any travel expenses of the Company’s officers and employees and any other expenses of the Company including 50% of the cost of any aircraft chartered in connection with the road show, fees and expenses incident to listing the Offered Securities on the New York Stock Exchange, fees and expenses in connection with the registration of the Offered Securities under the Exchange Act, any issue, stamp or transfer taxes or duties payable in connection with the creation, issue or delivery of the Offered Securities to the Underwriters and expenses incurred in distributing preliminary prospectuses and the Final Prospectus (including any amendments and supplements thereto) to the Underwriters and for expenses incurred for preparing, printing and distributing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses to investors or prospective investors. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5(h) and Section 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel.

 

(i)            Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the net proceeds received by it in connection with this offering in the manner described in the “Use of Proceeds” section of the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.

 

(j)            Absence of Manipulation. The Company and the Selling Stockholders will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Securities.

 

(k)           Restriction on Sale of Securities by Company. For the period specified below (the “Lock-Up Period”), the Company will not, directly or indirectly, take any of the following actions with respect to its Securities or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any of its Securities (“Lock-Up Securities”): (A) offer, sell, issue, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of Lock-Up Securities (other than the Offered Securities and shares issued pursuant to employee benefit plans, qualified stock option plans or other employee compensation plans existing on the date hereof and described in the Initial Registration Statement or General Disclosure Package, (B) offer, sell, issue, contract to sell, contract to purchase or grant any option, right or warrant to purchase Lock-Up Securities (other than the grant of options pursuant to employees, options plans, qualified stock options plans or other employee compensation plans existing on the date hereof and described in the Initial Registration Statement or the General Disclosure Package), (C) enter into any swap, hedge or any other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, the economic consequences of ownership of Lock-Up Securities, (D) establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position in Lock-Up Securities within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act or (E) file with the Commission a registration statement under the Act relating to Lock-Up Securities, or publicly disclose the intention to take any such action, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, except (i) issuances of Lock-Up Securities pursuant to the conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities or the exercise of warrants or options, in each case outstanding on the date hereof, (ii) the filing of a registration statement on Form S-8 relating to, and the issuance and sale of Lock-Up Securities pursuant to, the terms of the Select Energy Services Inc. 2016 Equity Incentive Plan described in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus and (iii) the filing of a registration statement to register the resale of Securities issuable upon the conversion of shares of Class A-1 common stock. The Lock-Up Period will commence on the date hereof and continue for 180 days after the date hereof or such earlier date that the Representatives consent to in writing.

 

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(l)            Agreement to Announce Lock-up Waiver. If the Representatives, in their sole discretion, agree to release or waive the restrictions set forth in a lock-up letter described in Section 7(h) hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provides the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three business days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by a press release substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto through a major news service at least two business days before the effective date of the release or waiver

 

(m)          Emerging Growth Company Status. The Company will promptly notify the Representatives if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the later of (i) completion of the distribution of the Offered Securities within the meaning of the Act and (ii) completion of the Lock-Up Period.

 

6.             Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Company and the Representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Offered Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405, required to be filed with the Commission. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Company and the Representatives is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company and the Representatives agree that any such Permitted Free Writing is listed on Schedule C hereto. The Company represents that it has treated and agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely Commission filing where required, legending and record keeping. The Company represents that is has satisfied and agrees that it will satisfy the conditions in Rule 433 to avoid a requirement to file with the Commission any electronic road show. Each Selling Stockholder represents that it has not prepared or had prepared on its behalf or used or referred to, and agrees that it will not prepare or have prepared on its behalf or use or refer to, any Free Writing Prospectus, and has not distributed and will not distribute any written materials in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities.

 

7.             Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Firm Securities on the First Closing Date and the Optional Securities to be purchased on each Optional Closing Date will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Selling Stockholders herein (as though made on such Closing Date), to the accuracy of the statements of Company officers made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent:

 

(a)           Accountants’ Comfort Letters. The Representatives shall have received letters, dated, respectively, the date hereof and each Closing Date, of each of Grant Thornton LLP and Pannell Kerr Forster of Texas, P.C. confirming that such firm is a registered public accounting firm and independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Laws and in the form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives (except that, in any letter dated a Closing Date, the specified date referred to in the comfort letters shall be a date no more than three days prior to such Closing Date).

 

(b)           Effectiveness of Registration Statement. If the Effective Time of the Additional Registration Statement (if any) is not prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, such Effective Time shall have occurred not later than 10:00 P.M., New York time, on the date of this Agreement or, if earlier, the time the Final Prospectus is finalized and distributed to any Underwriter, or shall have occurred at such later time as shall have been consented to by the Representatives. The Final Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission in accordance with the Rules and Regulations and Section 5(a) hereof. Prior to such Closing Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose

 

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shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Representatives, shall be contemplated by the Commission.

 

(c)           No Material Adverse Change. Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development or event involving a prospective change, in the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, properties or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole which, in the judgment of the Representatives, is material and adverse and makes it impractical or inadvisable to market the Offered Securities; (ii) any downgrading in the rating of any debt securities of the Company by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act), or any public announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or review its rating of any debt securities of the Company (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating), (iii) any change in U.S. or international financial, political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representatives, impractical to market or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Offered Securities, whether in the primary market or in respect of dealings in the secondary market; (iv) any suspension or material limitation of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, or any setting of minimum or maximum prices for trading on such exchange; (v) any suspension of trading of any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market, (vi) any banking moratorium declared by any U.S. federal or New York authorities; (vii) any major disruption of settlements of securities, payment or clearance services in the United States or any other country where such securities are listed or (viii) any attack on, outbreak or escalation of hostilities or act of terrorism involving the United States, any declaration of war by Congress or any other national or international calamity or emergency if, in the judgment of the Representatives, the effect of any such attack, outbreak, escalation, act, declaration, calamity or emergency is such as to make it impractical or inadvisable to market the Offered Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Offered Securities.

 

(d)           Opinion of Counsel for the Company. The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated such Closing Date, of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., counsel for the Company, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

(e)           Opinion of Counsel for Selling Stockholders. The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated such Closing Date, of Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., counsel for the Selling Stockholders, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.

 

(f)            Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters. The Representatives shall have received from Baker Botts L.L.P., counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated such Closing Date, with respect to such matters as the Representatives may require, and the Selling Stockholders and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.

 

(g)           Officers’ Certificate. The Representatives shall have received a certificate, dated such Closing Date, of an executive officer of the Company and a principal financial or accounting officer of the Company in which such officers shall state that: the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct; the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such Closing Date; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the best of their knowledge and after reasonable inquiry to the Commission, are contemplated by the Commission; the Additional Registration Statement (if any) satisfying the requirements of subparagraphs (1) and (3) of Rule 462(b) was timely filed pursuant to Rule 462(b), including payment of the applicable filing fee in accordance with Rule 111(a) or (b) of Regulation S-T of the Commission; and they have examined the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, subsequent to the date of the most recent financial statements in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change, nor any development or

 

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event involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, properties or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus or as described in such certificate.

 

(h)           Lock-Up Agreements. On or prior to the date hereof, the Representatives shall have received lockup agreements in the form set forth on Exhibit D hereto from each executive officer, director, stockholder and other equity holder of the Company specified in Schedule D to this Agreement.

 

(i)            Withholding Taxes. Each Selling Stockholder will deliver to the Representatives a properly completed and executed United States Treasury Department Form W-9 (or other applicable form or statement specified by Treasury Department regulations in lieu thereof).

 

(j)            CFO Certificate. The Company shall have delivered to the Representatives a certificate, executed by the chief financial officer of the Company, dated as of the date hereof and each Closing Date, addressed to the Representatives on behalf of the several Underwriters and in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives.

 

The Selling Stockholders and the Company will furnish the Representatives with such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the Representatives reasonably request. Credit Suisse may in its sole discretion waive on behalf of the Underwriters compliance with any conditions to the obligations of the Underwriters hereunder, whether in respect of an Optional Closing Date or otherwise.

 

8.             Indemnification and Contribution.

 

(a)           Indemnification of Underwriters by Company. The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its partners, members, directors, officers, employees, agents, affiliates and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each an “Indemnified Party”), against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Act, the Exchange Act, other Federal or state statutory law or regulation or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any part of any Registration Statement at any time, any Statutory Prospectus as of any time, the Final Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending against any loss, claim, damage, liability, action, litigation, investigation or proceeding whatsoever (whether or not such Indemnified Party is a party thereto), whether threatened or commenced, and in connection with the enforcement of this provision with respect to any of the above as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission from any of such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8(c) below.

 

(b)           Indemnification of Underwriters by Selling Stockholders. The Selling Stockholders, jointly and severally, will indemnify an Indemnified Party, against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Act, the Exchange Act, other Federal or state statutory law or regulation or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any part of any Registration Statement at any time, any Statutory Prospectus as of any time, the Final Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not

 

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misleading, and will reimburse each Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending against any loss, claim, damage, liability, action, litigation, investigation or proceeding whatsoever (whether or not such Indemnified Party is a party thereto), whether threatened or commenced, and in connection with the enforcement of this provision with respect to the above as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Selling Stockholders will only be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission from any of such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any such Selling Stockholder specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Selling Stockholder consists of the following information: each Selling Stockholder’s name and corresponding share amounts set forth in the table of Principal and Selling Shareholders in the Registration Statement and Final Prospectus under the heading “Principal and Selling Shareholders” and each Selling Stockholder’s address.

 

(c)           Indemnification of Company and Selling Stockholders. Each Underwriter will severally and not jointly indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors and each of its officers who signs a Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and each Selling Stockholder (each, an “Underwriter Indemnified Party”) against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which such Underwriter Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Act, the Exchange Act, or other Federal or state statutory law or regulation or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any part of any Registration Statement at any time, any Statutory Prospectus as of any time, the Final Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending against any such loss, claim, damage, liability, action, litigation, investigation or proceeding whatsoever (whether or not such Underwriter Indemnified Party is a party thereto), whether threatened or commenced, based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission as such expenses are incurred, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the following information in the Final Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Underwriter (i) the concession and reallowance figures appearing in the [fifth] paragraph under the caption “Underwriting” and (ii) the paragraph relating to the stabilization by the Underwriters under the caption “Underwriting” in the Final Prospectus.

 

(d)           Actions against Parties; Notification. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party under Section 8(a), (b) or (c) above, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under Section 8(a), (b) or (c) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided further that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under Section 8(a), (b) or (c) above. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party and it notifies an indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under

 

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this Section for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action 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 an indemnified party.

 

(e)           Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Section is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 8(a), (b) or (c) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in Section 8(a), (b) or (c) above (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Offered Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, the Selling Stockholders or the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this Section 8(e) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim which is the subject of this Section 8(e). Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8(e), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Offered 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 such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations in this Section 8(e) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint. The Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(e) 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 in this Section 8(e).

 

9.             Default of Underwriters. If any Underwriter or Underwriters default in their obligations to purchase Offered Securities hereunder on either the First or any Optional Closing Date and the aggregate number of shares of Offered Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase does not exceed 10% of the total number of shares of Offered Securities that the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on such Closing Date, the Representatives may make arrangements satisfactory to the Company and the Selling Stockholders for the purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons, including any of the Underwriters, but if no such arrangements are made by such Closing Date, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated severally, in proportion to their respective commitments hereunder, to purchase the Offered Securities that such defaulting Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase on such Closing Date. If any Underwriter or Underwriters so default and the aggregate number of shares of Offered Securities with respect to which such default or defaults occur exceeds 10% of the total

 

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number of shares of Offered Securities that the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on such Closing Date and arrangements satisfactory to Credit Suisse, the Company and the Selling Stockholders for the purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter, the Company or the Selling Stockholders, except as provided in Section 10 (provided that if such default occurs with respect to Optional Securities after the First Closing Date, this Agreement will not terminate as to the Firm Securities or any Optional Securities purchased prior to such termination). As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section. Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.

 

10.          Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Selling Stockholders, of the Company or its officers and of the several Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, any Selling Stockholder, the Company or any of their respective representatives, officers or directors or any controlling person, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Offered Securities. If the purchase of the Offered Securities by the Underwriters is not consummated for any reason other than solely because of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9 hereof, or the occurrence of any event specified in Section 7(c) hereof (other than the occurrence of an event described in Section 7(c)(v)), the Company reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred by them in connection with the offering of the Offered Securities, and the respective obligations of the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters pursuant to Section 8 hereof shall remain in effect. In addition, if any Offered Securities have been purchased hereunder, the representations and warranties in Section 2 and all obligations under Section 5 shall also remain in effect.

 

11.          Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if sent to the Underwriters, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to the Representatives, c/o Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Eleven Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010-3629, Attention: LCD-IBD; c/o FBR Capital Markets & Co., 1001 Nineteenth Street North, Arlington, Virginia 22209, Attention: Compliance Department (fax no: (703) 312-9698); c/o Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, 375 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10152, Attention: Equity Syndicate Department (fax no: (212) 214-5918), or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it at 1820 North I-35, P. O. Box 1715, Gainsville, Texas 76241, Attention: Gary Gillette, or, if sent to any Selling Stockholder, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it at the address set forth on Schedule B.

 

12.          Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 7, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.

 

13.          Representation of Underwriters. The Representatives will act for the several Underwriters in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and any action under this Agreement taken by the Representatives jointly or by Credit Suisse, FBR or Wells Fargo individually, will be binding upon all the Underwriters. Each of John D. Schmitz, Gary Gillette and Adam law will act for the Selling Stockholders in connection with such transactions, and any action under or in respect of this Agreement taken by Messrs. Schmitz, Gillette or Law will be binding upon all the Selling Stockholders.

 

14.          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.

 

15.          Absence of Fiduciary Relationship. The Company and the Selling Stockholders acknowledge and agree that:

 

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(a)           No Other Relationship. The Representatives have been retained solely to act as underwriters in connection with the sale of the Offered Securities and that no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Company or the Selling Stockholders, on the one hand, and the Representatives, on the other, has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Final Prospectus, irrespective of whether the Representatives have advised or are advising the Company or the Selling Stockholders on other matters;

 

(b)           Arms’ Length Negotiations. The price of the Offered Securities set forth in this Agreement was established by Company and the Selling Stockholders following discussions and arms-length negotiations with the Representatives, and the Company and the Selling Stockholders are capable of evaluating and understanding and understand and accept the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

 

(c)           Absence of Obligation to Disclose. The Company and the Selling Stockholders have been advised that the Representatives and their affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions which may involve interests that differ from those of the Company or the Selling Stockholders and that the Representatives have no obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to the Company or the Selling Stockholders by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship; and

 

(d)           Waiver. The Company and the Selling Stockholders waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims they may have against the Representatives for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty and agree that the Representatives shall have no liability (whether direct or indirect) to the Company or the Selling Stockholders in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of the Company, including stockholders, employees or creditors of the Company.

 

16.          Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. The Company hereby submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York and irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit or proceeding in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

17.          Waiver of Jury Trial. The Company and the Selling Stockholders hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with the Representatives’ understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to the Company one of the counterparts hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement among the Selling Stockholders, the Company and the several Underwriters in accordance with its terms.

 

Very truly yours,
	SES LEGACY HOLDINGS, LLC
	By:
	Name:
	Title:
	CRESTVIEW PARTNERS II SES INVESTMENT B, LLC
	By:
	Name:
	Title:
	SELECT ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
	By:
	Name:
	Title:

 

The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.

 

Each of the undersigned acting on behalf of itself and as a Representative of the several Underwriters.

 

CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC
By:
Name:
Title:
FBR CAPITAL MARKETS &CO.
By:
Name:
Title:
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC
By:
Name:
Title:

 

Signature Page to the Underwriting Agreement

 

 

SCHEDULE A

 

Underwriter		Number of Firm Securities to be Purchased
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
FBR Capital Markets & Co.
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
RBC Capital Markets, LLC
Piper Jaffray & Co.
Total

 

 

SCHEDULE B

 

Selling Stockholder		Number of Optional Securities to be Sold
Crestview Partners II SES Investment B, LLC
SES Legacy Holdings, LLC
Total

 

 

SCHEDULE C

 

1.              General Use Free Writing Prospectuses (included in the General Disclosure Package)

 

“General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” includes each of the following documents:

 

1.  [None.]

 

2.              Other Information Included in the General Disclosure Package

 

The following information is also included in the General Disclosure Package:

 

1.  The initial price to the public of the Offered Securities: $[·]

 

 

SCHEDULE D

 

John D. Schmitz

Gary Gillette

Eric Mattson

Adam Law

Cody Ortowski

Robert Delaney

Adam Klein

Douglas Wall

Richard Burnett

SES Legacy Holdings, LLC

Crestview Partners II SES Investment B, LLC

 

 

SCHEDULE E

 

SES Holdings, LLC

Peak Oilfield Services, LLC

Affirm Oilfield Services, LLC

Select Energy Services LLC