Exhibit 10.1
Westmoreland Escrow Corporation
Westmoreland Coal Company
Westmoreland Partners

$425,000,000 10.750% Senior Secured Notes

PURCHASE AGREEMENT
January 29, 2014
BMO Capital Markets Corp.
3 Times Square
New York, NY 10036

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
60 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005

Ladies and Gentlemen:
Westmoreland Escrow Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”) and
wholly owned subsidiary of Westmoreland Coal Company, a Delaware corporation
(the “Company”), proposes, upon the terms and conditions set forth in this
purchase agreement (the “Agreement”), to issue and sell to you, as the initial
purchasers (the “Initial Purchasers”), $425 million aggregate principal amount
of its 10.750% Senior Secured Notes (the “Notes”). The Notes will (i) have terms
and provisions that are summarized in the Offering Memorandum (as defined below)
and (ii) are to be issued pursuant to an Indenture (the “Indenture”) to be
entered into among the Issuer and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as
trustee (the “Trustee”).
The Notes are being issued and sold in connection with (i) the Company’s
acquisition (the “Acquisition”) of two subsidiaries of Sherritt International
Corporation (“Sherritt”), Prairie Mines & Royalty Ltd. (“PMRL”) and Coal Valley
Resources Inc. (“CVRI” and together with PMRL, the “Sherritt Entities”),
pursuant to an Arrangement Agreement, dated December 24, 2013, between the
Company, its Canadian subsidiary, Westmoreland Canada Holdings, Inc., Sherritt,
Altius Minerals Corporation and the other parties thereto (the “Arrangement
Agreement”) and (ii) the related prepayment of the 8.02% senior secured notes
issued by Westmoreland Mining LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the
“WML Notes”). The date on which the Company disburses the purchase price for the
Acquisition is referred to herein as the “Acquisition Closing Date”.
On or promptly following the Acquisition Closing Date, the Notes will be
automatically exchanged (the “Exchange”) for $425 million aggregate principal
amount of 10.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2018 (the “New Notes”, it being
understood that after the Acquisition Closing Date, references to “Notes” means
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Westmoreland Partners, a Virginia partnership and indirect wholly owned
subsidiary of the Company (“Partners”), as co-issuers. The Company and Partners
previously issued $275 million in aggregate principal amount (of which $251.5
million principal amount remains outstanding) of 10.750% Senior Secured Notes
due 2018 (the “Existing Notes”) pursuant to an indenture among the Company,
Partners, the Guarantors (as defined below) and the Trustee, dated as of
February 4, 2011(as heretofore amended or supplemented, the “Existing
Indenture”). The New Notes will, at the time of issuance, will be equal in right
of payment with, and be of the same series as, the Existing Notes and will be
treated as a single class of securities with the Existing Notes for all purposes
under the Existing Indenture. As of the Acquisition Closing Date, the New Notes
will have the benefit of a security interest in the assets of the Company,
Partners and certain subsidiaries of the Company (collectively, the “Grantors”)
as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum (the
“Collateral”). Pledge and security agreements, mortgages, collateral assignments
and other documents or instruments that exist or are entered into in connection
with the New Notes evidencing or purporting to create a security interest in
and/or lien on the Collateral in favor of the notes collateral agent shall be
hereinafter referred to as the “Security Documents.”
Upon completion of the Acquisition, the Company and Partners shall, and the
Company shall cause the entities listed on Schedule II hereto (collectively, the
“Guarantors”) to, (i) enter into a joinder to this Agreement, substantially in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Joinder Agreement”), pursuant to
which the Company, Partners and the Guarantors will become parties hereto for
purposes of making certain representations and warranties and providing for
indemnification as described herein, (ii) enter into a supplemental indenture to
the Existing Indenture, substantially in the form attached to the Existing
Indenture (the “Supplemental Indenture”), pursuant to which the New Notes and
the Guarantees (as defined below) will be issued, (iii) enter into the
Registration Rights Agreement (as defined below), substantially in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Registration Rights Agreement”). Upon the
completion of the Acquisition, each of the Guarantors will fully,
unconditionally and irrevocably guarantee (the “Guarantees”) the New Notes. The
representations, warranties, agreements and obligations made by the Company,
Partners and the Guarantors herein shall not become effective until the
completion of the Acquisition, at which time such representations, warranties,
agreements and obligations shall become effective pursuant to the terms of the
Joinder Agreement. Thereafter all representations, warranties, agreements and
obligations of the Issuer, the Company and the Guarantors shall be joint and
several.
On February 7, 2014, the date of delivery and payment of the Notes pursuant to
Section 5 hereof, (such date, the “Closing Date”), the Issuer will enter into an
escrow and security agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit C (the “Escrow Agreement”), and will deposit, or cause to be deposited,
in cash into an escrow account (the “Escrow Account”) with Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, as escrow agent (the “Escrow Agent”), (a) the gross
proceeds of the offering of the Notes and (b) an additional amount representing
principal accretion (if any), an additional 1.0% of the gross proceeds of the
notes and the amount of interest that will accrue on the Notes from the Closing
Date to, but not including, the sixth business day after March 31, 2014 (the
“First Additional Escrow Amount”). If the Acquisition Closing Date has not
occurred on or prior to March 31, 2014 the Company will deposit an additional
amount representing principal accretion (if any) and the amount of interest that
will accrue on the Notes from the sixth day after March 31, 2014 to, but

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not including, the sixth business day after April 30, 2014 (the “Second
Additional Escrow Amount”). If the Acquisition Closing Date has not occurred on
or prior to April 30, 2014 the Company will deposit an additional amount
representing principal accretion (if any) and the amount of interest that will
accrue on the Notes from the sixth day after April 30, 2014 to, but not
including, the sixth business day after June 2, 2014 (the “Third Additional
Escrow Amount” and, together with the gross proceeds of the offering, the First
Additional Escrow Amount, the Second Additional Escrow Amount and any additional
deposits required under the Escrow Agreement, the “Escrow Funds”).
Subject to the terms of the Escrow Agreement and the Indenture, the Notes will
be redeemed (the “Special Mandatory Redemption”) at a price equal to 101% of the
aggregate purchase price of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the
Notes from the Closing Date to the date of such redemption, in the event that
either (i) (A) the Issuer fails to fund the escrow account pursuant to the terms
of the Escrow Agreement or (B) the applicable conditions to the release of the
Escrow Funds (including the completion of the Acquisition) are not satisfied on
or prior to June 30, 2014 or (ii) on any date prior to June 30, 2014, the Issuer
has determined in its reasonable discretion that the Escrow Conditions cannot be
satisfied by June 30, 2014.
This Agreement, the Notes, the Exchange Notes (as defined below), the New Notes,
the Guarantees, the Exchange Guarantees (as defined below), the Indenture, the
Supplemental Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Escrow Agreement,
the Arrangement Agreement and the Security Documents are hereinafter referred to
collectively as the “Transaction Documents.”
Each of the Issuer, and upon execution of the Joinder Agreement, the Company,
Partners and the Guarantors, hereby jointly and severally confirms its agreement
with the Initial Purchasers concerning the purchase of the Notes as follows:
1.Purchase and Resale of the Notes. The Notes will be offered and sold to the
Initial Purchasers without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Securities Act”), in reliance on an exemption therefrom. The
Issuer, the Company, Partners and the Guarantors have prepared a preliminary
offering memorandum, dated January 23, 2014 (the “Preliminary Offering
Memorandum”), a pricing term sheet substantially in the form attached hereto as
Schedule III (the “Pricing Term Sheet”) setting forth the terms of the Notes
omitted from the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, and an offering memorandum,
dated January 29, 2014 (the “Offering Memorandum”), setting forth information
regarding the Issuer, the Company, the Partners, the Guarantors, the Notes and
the Guarantees. The Preliminary Offering Memorandum, as supplemented and amended
as of the Applicable Time (as defined below), together with the Pricing Term
Sheet are collectively referred to as the “Pricing Disclosure Package.” The
Issuer, the Company, Partners, and the Guarantors hereby confirm that they have
authorized the use of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum in connection with the offering
and resale of the Notes by the Initial Purchasers. “Applicable Time” means 5:00
p.m. (New York City time) on the date of this Agreement.
Any reference to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure
Package or the Offering Memorandum shall be deemed to refer to and include any
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the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant
to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the “Exchange Act”) incorporated by reference therein, including,
where applicable, exhibits attached thereto, on or prior to the date of the
Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering
Memorandum, as the case may be. Furthermore, any reference to Preliminary
Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum
shall be deemed to refer to the related Canadian preliminary offering memorandum
and Canadian final offering memorandum, as applicable, prepared for delivery to
prospective purchases of the Notes in Canada. Any reference to “amend,”
“amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum,
the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum shall be deemed to
refer to and include the filing after the date of such document of any documents
that are incorporated by reference therein. All documents filed under the
Exchange Act and so deemed to be included in the Preliminary Offering
Memorandum, Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum, as the case
may be, or any amendment or supplement thereto are hereinafter called the
“Exchange Act Reports.” The Exchange Act Reports, when they were or are filed
with the Commission, conformed or will conform in all material respects to the
applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder.
You agree that you will make offers and sales (the “Exempt Resales”) of the
Notes purchased by you hereunder on the terms set forth in each of the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, as amended or supplemented,
solely to (i) persons whom you reasonably believe to be “qualified institutional
buyers” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“QIBs”), (ii) outside
the United States to certain persons who are not U.S. Persons (as defined in
Regulation S under the Securities Act (“Regulation S”)) (such persons, “Non-U.S.
Persons”) in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S and (iii) in
Canada, persons who are “accredited investors” within the meaning of National
Instrument 45-106 - Prospectus and Registration Exemptions of the Canadian
Securities Administrators and pursuant to exemptions from registration
requirements under the securities laws, rules, regulations and written policy
statements of any province of Canada in which the Notes are offered. Those
persons specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) are referred to herein as the
(“Eligible Purchasers”). You have advised the Issuer that you will offer the
Notes to Eligible Purchasers at a price initially equal to 104.375% of the
principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from February 1, 2014,
plus an additional amount equal to 2.50% of the aggregate principal amount of
the Notes (the “Initial Purchasers’ Commission”). Such price may be changed by
you at any time without notice.
Upon completion of the Acquisition and following the Exchange, holders
(including subsequent transferees) of the New Notes will have the registration
rights set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement, among the Company,
Partners, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers to be dated the Acquisition
Closing Date, for so long as such New Notes constitute “Transfer Restricted
Securities” (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement). Pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement, the Company, Partners and the Guarantors will
agree to file with the Commission under the circumstances set forth therein, a
registration statement under the Securities Act relating to the 10.750% Senior
Secured Notes due 2018 (the “Exchange Notes”) and the Guarantors’ Exchange
Guarantees (the “Exchange Guarantees”) to be offered

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in exchange for the Notes and the Guarantees. Such portion of the offering is
referred to as the “Exchange Offer”).
2.Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Issuer, the Company,
Partners and the Guarantors. As of the Closing Date (unless otherwise
specified), each of the Issuer, and upon execution of the Joinder Agreement, the
Company, Partners and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, represent, warrant
and agree as follows:
(a)On the Closing Date and on the Acquisition Closing Date, the Notes, the New
Notes and the Guarantees, as applicable, will not be of the same class (within
the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act) as securities of the Issuer,
the Company, Partners or the Guarantors, as the case may be, that are listed on
a United States national securities exchange registered or that are quoted in a
United States automated inter-dealer quotation system; and each of the
Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum, as of its
respective date, contains or will contain all the information that, if requested
by a prospective purchaser of the Notes, would be required to be provided to
such prospective purchaser pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4).
(b)None of the Issuer, the Company, Partners or any of their respective
subsidiaries is, and after giving effect to the offer and sale of the Notes and
the application of the proceeds therefrom as described under “Use of Proceeds”
in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum will be,
an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company”
within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(c)Assuming the accuracy of your representations and warranties in Section 3(b),
the purchase and resale of the Notes pursuant hereto (including pursuant to the
Exempt Resales) is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act. No form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning
of Rule 502(c) of Regulation D (including, but not limited to, advertisements,
articles, notices or other communications published in any newspaper, magazine
or similar medium or broadcast over television or radio, or any seminar or
meeting whose attendees have been invited by any general solicitation or general
advertising) was used by the Issuer, Company, Partners, the Guarantors or anyone
acting on any of their behalf (other than you, as to whom the Issuer, the
Company, Partners and the Guarantors make no representation) in connection with
the offer and sale of the Notes.
(d)No form of general solicitation or general advertising was used by the
Issuer, the Company, Partners, the Guarantors or any of their respective
affiliates or anyone acting on any of their behalf (other than you, as to whom
the Issuer, the Company, Partners and the Guarantors make no representation)
with respect to Notes sold outside the United States to Non-U.S. Persons, by
means of any directed selling efforts within the meaning of Rule 902 under the
Securities Act, and the Issuer, the Company, Partners, the Guarantors and any of
their respective affiliates and any person acting on their behalf (other than
you, as to whom the Company, Partners and the Guarantors make no representation)
has complied with and will implement the “offering restrictions” required by
Rule 902 under the Securities Act.

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(e)Each of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum as of its date, the Pricing
Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time and the Offering Memorandum as of
its date, contains all the information specified in, and meeting the
requirements of, Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
(f)The Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Offering Memorandum have been prepared by the Issuer, the Company, Partners and
the Guarantors for use by the Initial Purchasers in connection with the Exempt
Resales. No order or decree preventing, suspending, limiting or restricting the
use of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package or
the Offering Memorandum, or any order asserting that the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the registration requirements of
the Securities Act has been issued, and no proceeding for that purpose has
commenced or is pending or, to the knowledge of the Issuer, the Company,
Partners or any of the Guarantors is contemplated.
(g)(i) The Pricing Disclosure Package did not, as of the Applicable Time, and
will not, as of the Closing Date, and (ii) each Free Writing Offering Document
(as defined below) included on Schedule IV when taken together as a whole with
the Pricing Disclosure Package, did not, as of the Applicable Time and will not
as of the Closing Date, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided that no representation or warranty is made as to information contained
in or omitted from the Pricing Disclosure Package in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished by the Initial Purchasers
specifically for inclusion therein, which information is specified in Section
9(e).
(h)The Offering Memorandum will not, as of its date and as of the Closing Date,
contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that no
representation or warranty is made as to information contained in or omitted
from the Offering Memorandum in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished by the Initial Purchasers specifically for inclusion
therein, which information is specified in Section 9(e).
(i)The Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K (“Form 10-K”) and each
Exchange Act Report, complied or will comply when so filed, in all material
respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the applicable
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; and none of such documents
contained as of their respective filing dates or will contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted or will omit to state a 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 Company has filed all agreements and other documents required to
be filed as exhibits to its Form 10-K under the Exchange Act.
(j)None of the Issuer, the Company or Partners have made any offer to sell or
solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes that would constitute a “free writing
prospectus” (if the offering of the Notes was made pursuant to a registered
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defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (a “Free Writing Offering
Document”) without the prior consent of the Initial Purchasers; any such Free
Writing Offering Document the use of which has been previously consented to by
the Initial Purchaser is set forth substantially in form and substance as
attached hereto on Schedule IV.
(k)The statistical and market-related data included in the Preliminary Offering
Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum and the
consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries included
in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Offering Memorandum are based on or derived from sources that the Issuer, the
Company and Partners believe to be reliable and accurate in all material
respects.
(l)Each of the Issuer, the Company, Partners, the Guarantors and each of their
respective subsidiaries (i) has been duly organized and is validly existing and
in good standing as a corporation or other business entity under the laws of its
jurisdiction of organization (to the extent the concept of good standing is
relevant in the relevant jurisdiction) and (ii) is duly qualified to do business
and in good standing as a foreign corporation or other business entity in each
jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its
businesses requires such qualification, except, with respect to clause (ii)
above, where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not, in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, stockholders’ equity,
properties, business or prospects of the Company, Partners and each of their
respective subsidiaries, taken as a whole after giving effect to the
Acquisition, or the performance by the Issuer, the Company, Partners and the
Guarantors of their obligations under the Transaction Documents or the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (a
“Material Adverse Effect”); each of the Issuer, the Company, Partners, the
Guarantors and each of their respective subsidiaries has all corporate,
partnership or limited liability, as applicable, power and authority necessary
to own or hold its properties and to conduct the businesses in which it is
engaged. The Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any
corporation, association or other entity other than the Issuer, Partners, WCC
Land Holding Company, Inc., Westmoreland Terminal Co., Westmoreland Energy
Services, Inc., Westmoreland Canada Holdings, Inc., Westmoreland Prairie
Resources, Inc., Coal Valley Resources, Inc., Prairie Resources Management ULC
and the subsidiaries listed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
most recent fiscal year.
(m)The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in each of the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, prior to giving effect
to the Acquisition, under the column “Actual” under the heading
“Capitalization”, and after giving effect to the Acquisition, under the column
“As Adjusted” under the heading “Capitalization”, and all of the issued shares
of capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and
are fully paid and non-assessable; and all of the issued shares of capital
stock, partnership interests or limited liability company interests, as
applicable, of each subsidiary of the Company been duly authorized and validly
issued, are (to the extent such interests are shares of capital stock) fully
paid and non-assessable and (except as set forth in each of the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum) are owned directly or indirectly
by the Company, as applicable, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances or
claims, except for such liens, encumbrances or claims as are existing on the
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Indebtedness of the Company or any of its subsidiaries and as would not, in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(n)The Issuer, the Company, Partners and each Guarantor have all requisite
corporate, partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, power and
authority to execute and deliver, in each case, to the extent a party thereto,
the Transaction Documents and to perform their respective obligations hereunder
and thereunder; and all action required to be taken for the due and proper
authorization, execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents to
which they are a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
thereby have (or, in the case of the Company, Partners and the Guarantors, on or
prior to the Acquisition Closing Date, will have) been duly and validly taken.
(o)(i) The Indenture has been duly and validly authorized by the Issuer and upon
its execution and delivery and, assuming due authorization, execution and
delivery by the Trustee, will constitute the valid and legally binding agreement
of the Issuer enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with its terms,
except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, fraudulent
conveyance, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other laws relating to
or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles
(regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law, collectively the “Enforceability Exceptions”) and (ii) the
Supplemental Indenture will be duly and validly authorized by the Company,
Partners and each of the Guarantors on or prior to the Acquisition Closing Date
and, when the Supplemental Indenture is duly executed and delivered in
accordance with its terms by each of the parties thereto, the Existing
Indenture, as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture, will constitute the
valid and legally binding agreement of the Company, Partners and each of the
Guarantors, enforceable against the Company, Partners and each of the Guarantors
in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions; no
qualification of the Indenture, or the Existing Indenture, as supplemented by
the Supplemental Indenture, under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended
(the “Trust Indenture Act”) is required in connection with the offer and sale of
the Notes contemplated hereby or in connection with the Exempt Resales or the
Exchange.
(p)The Escrow Agreement has been duly and validly authorized by the Issuer and,
when such Escrow Agreement is duly executed and delivered by the Issuer
(assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Escrow
Agent and the Trustee), will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of
the Issuer, enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with its terms, except
as enforceability may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions.
(q)The Notes have been duly authorized by the Issuer and, when duly executed by
the Issuer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, assuming due
authentication of the Notes by the Trustee, upon delivery to the Initial
Purchasers against payment therefor in accordance with the terms hereof, will be
validly issued and delivered and will constitute valid and legally binding
obligations of the Issuer, enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with
their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to
the benefits of the Indenture. When the Supplemental Indenture is duly executed
and delivered as provided in the Existing Indenture and the New Notes have been
delivered in connection with the Exchange, the New Notes will constitute valid
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Company and Partners, enforceable against the Company and Partners in accordance
with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled
to the benefits of the Existing Indenture, as supplemented by the Supplemental
Indenture.
(r)The Guarantees will have been duly and validly authorized by each of the
Guarantors on or prior to the Acquisition Closing Date and when the Supplemental
Indenture is duly executed and delivered by the Guarantors as provided in the
Existing Indenture and the New Notes have been delivered in connection with the
Exchange, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of each of the
Guarantors, enforceable against each of the Guarantors in accordance with their
terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the
benefits of the Existing Indenture.
(s)On or prior to the Acquisition Closing Date, the Exchange Notes will have
been duly authorized by the Company and Partners and, when duly executed,
authenticated, issued and delivered in exchange for the New Notes as
contemplated by the Existing Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement,
will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and will constitute valid and
legally binding obligations of the Company and Partners, enforceable against the
Company and Partners in accordance with their terms, subject to the
Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Existing
Indenture; and, on or prior to the Acquisition Closing Date, the Exchange
Guarantees will have been duly authorized by each of the Guarantors on or prior
to the Acquisition Closing Date and, when the Exchange Guarantees have been duly
executed, authenticated, issued and delivered in exchange for the Guarantees
related to the New Notes as contemplated by the Existing Indenture and the
Registration Rights Agreement, the Exchange Guarantees will constitute valid and
legally binding obligations of the Guarantors, enforceable against each of the
Guarantors in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability
Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Existing Indenture, as
supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture.
(t)Upon completion of the Acquisition, the Registration Rights Agreement will
have been duly authorized by the Company, Partners and each Guarantor and, when
executed and delivered by the Company, Partners and each Guarantor in accordance
with the terms hereof and thereof, will be validly executed and delivered and
(assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by you) will be
the valid and legally binding obligation of the Company, Partners and each
Guarantor in accordance with the terms thereof, enforceable against the Company,
Partners and each Guarantor in accordance with its terms, subject to the
Enforceability Exceptions, and except that rights to indemnity and contribution
thereunder may be limited by applicable law and public policy.
(u)(i) Upon completion of the Acquisition, the Security Documents will have been
duly authorized by the Company, Partners, each Guarantor and Absaloka Coal LLC
(“Absaloka”) (to the extent a party thereto) and, when executed and delivered by
the Company, Partners, each Guarantor and Absaloka (to the extent a party
thereto) in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will be validly
executed and delivered and (assuming the due authorization, execution and
delivery thereof by the other party or parties thereto) will be the valid and
legally binding obligation of the Company, Partners, each Guarantor and Absaloka
(to the extent a party thereto) in accordance with the terms thereof,
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Company, Partners, each Guarantor and Absaloka (to the extent a party thereto)
in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions.
(v)Upon delivery of the existing Security Documents to the Trustee, such
Security Documents created, and upon delivery of executed Security Documents
entered into in connection with the New Notes, such Security Documents will
create, valid and enforceable security interests in and liens on the right,
title and interest of the Company, Partners, each Guarantor and Absaloka (to the
extent a party thereto) in and to the Collateral and, (i) with respect to any
personal property constituting Collateral, to the extent a security interest in
the Collateral can be perfected by filing under the laws of each jurisdiction
under which the relevant Grantor is organized, upon the proper filing of such
financing statements naming each Grantor as a “debtor” and the Trustee as
“secured party” and (ii) with respect to any real property and fixtures
constituting Collateral, upon the proper recording of the mortgages in the
appropriate land records, the security interests in and liens on the rights of
the Grantors in the Collateral are or will be perfected security interests and
liens, subject to liens permitted by the Existing Indenture or any of the
Security Documents, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions.
(w)This Agreement has been duly authorized by the Issuer and, when executed and
delivered by Issuer in accordance with the terms hereof, will be validly
executed and delivered and (assuming the due authorization, execution and
delivery hereof by you) will be the valid and legally binding obligation of the
Issuer in accordance with the terms thereof, enforceable against the Issuer in
accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and except
that rights to indemnity and contribution thereunder may be limited by
applicable law and public policy.
(x)Upon completion of the Acquisition, the Joinder Agreement will have been duly
authorized, executed and delivered in accordance with its terms by the Company,
Partners and each of the Guarantors, and, when duly executed and delivered in
accordance with its terms by the Initial Purchasers, will constitute a valid and
legally binding agreement of the Company, Partners and each of the Guarantors
enforceable against the Company, Partners and each of the Guarantors in
accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and except
that rights to indemnity and contribution thereunder may be limited by
applicable law and public policy.
(y)Each Transaction Document will conform in all material respects to the
description thereof in each of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum.
(z)The issuance and sale of the Notes, the issuance of the Guarantees, the
execution, delivery and performance by the Issuer, the Company, Partners, each
of the Guarantors and Absaloka of the Transaction Documents (to the extent a
party thereto), the application of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes as
described under “Use of Proceeds” in each of the Preliminary Offering
Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, will not (in
the case of the Company, Partners, the Guarantors and Absaloka, after giving
effect to the Acquisition) (i) conflict with or constitute a default under, any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, license, lease or other
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Company, Partners, the Guarantors, Absaloka or any of their respective
subsidiaries is a party or by which the Issuer, the Company, Partners, the
Guarantors, Absaloka or any of their respective subsidiaries is bound or to
which any of the property or assets of the Issuer, the Company, Partners, the
Guarantors, Absaloka or any of their respective subsidiaries is subject, (ii)
result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or similar
organizational document of the Issuer, the Company, Partners, the Guarantors,
Absaloka or any of their respective subsidiaries or (iii) result in any
violation of any statute or any judgment, order, decree, rule or regulation of
any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Issuer,
the Company, Partners, the Guarantors, Absaloka or any of their respective
subsidiaries or any of their properties or assets, except, with respect to
clauses (i) and (iii), conflicts or violations that would not reasonably be
expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(aa)No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing, registration or
qualification with any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction
over the Issuer, the Company, Partners, the Guarantors, Absaloka or any of their
respective subsidiaries is required for the issuance and sale of the Notes and
the New Notes and issuance of the Guarantees, the execution, delivery and
performance by Issuer, the Company, Partners, the Guarantors and Absaloka of
each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, the application of the
proceeds from the sale of the Notes as described under “Use of Proceeds” in each
of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, except for (i)
the filing of one or more registration statements by the Company with the
Commission pursuant to the Securities Act as required by the Registration Rights
Agreement, (ii) the filing of financing statements or similar documents under
the Uniform Commercial Code or other similar statute or regulation of the
relevant states or jurisdictions as required under the Indenture, the Existing
Indenture or the Security Documents, and (iii) such consents, approvals,
authorizations, orders, filings, registrations or qualifications as may be
required (a) under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the
purchase and distribution of the Notes by the Initial Purchasers, (b) with
respect to the Acquisition as listed in the Arrangement Agreement and (c) with
respect to the perfection of security interests on the Escrow Collateral (as
defined in the Escrow Agreement) as required under the Escrow Agreement.
(bb)    None of the Issuer, the Company, Partners, any Guarantor nor any other
person acting on behalf of the Issuer, the Company, Partners or any Guarantor
has sold or issued any securities that would be integrated with the offering of
the Notes contemplated by this Agreement pursuant to the Securities Act, the
rules and regulations thereunder or the interpretations thereof by the
Commission. The Issuer, the Company, Partners and the Guarantors will take
reasonable precautions designed to insure that any offer or sale, direct or
indirect, in the United States or to any U.S. person (as defined in Rule 902
under the Securities Act), of any Notes or any substantially similar security
issued by the Issuer, the Company, Partners or any Guarantor, within six months
subsequent to the date on which the distribution of the Notes has been completed
(as notified to the Issuer by the Initial Purchasers), is made under
restrictions and other circumstances reasonably designed not to affect the
status of the offer and sale of the Notes in the United States and to U.S.
persons contemplated by this Agreement as transactions exempt from the
registration provisions of the Securities Act, including any sales pursuant to
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(cc)    Except as otherwise disclosed in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package
and the Offering Memorandum (including information incorporated by reference
therein, since the date of the latest audited financial statements of the
Company included in the Pricing Disclosure Package, (i) the Company, together
with Partners, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries, taken as
a whole, has not sustained any loss or interference with its business from fire,
explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from
any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, (ii) there
has not been any change in the capital stock, partnership or limited liability
interests, as applicable, net current assets, short-term or long-term debt of
the Company, Partners, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, and (iii) there has not been any adverse change, or any development
involving a prospective adverse change, in or affecting the condition (financial
or otherwise), results of operations, stockholders’ equity, properties,
management, business or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as
a whole after giving effect to the Acquisition, in each case except as would
not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(dd)    (i) The historical financial statements (including the related notes and
supporting schedules) included or incorporated by reference in each of the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum present fairly, in all
material respects, the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows
of the entities purported to be shown thereby, at the dates and for the periods
indicated, and have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States applied (except as may be described in
the notes thereto) on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The
other financial information and related data included in the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Offering Memorandum is, in all material respects, accurately
presented and prepared on a basis consistent with such financial statements and
the books and records of the Company; (ii) the financial information of the
Sherritt Entities included or incorporated by reference in each of the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum has been derived from the
accounting records of Sherritt and the Sherritt Entities and, to the Issuer’s,
the Company’s, Partners’, and the Guarantors’ knowledge, presents fairly, in all
material respects, the information shown thereby; and (iii) the pro forma
financial information and the related notes thereto included or incorporated by
reference in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum
have been prepared in accordance with the applicable requirements of the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the assumptions
underlying such pro forma financial information are reasonable and are set forth
in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum. The
interactive data in eXtensbile Business Reporting Language incorporated by
reference in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum
fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been
prepared in accordance with the Commission's rules and guidelines applicable
thereto.
(ee)    Ernst & Young LLP, who have audited certain financial statements of the
Company, and whose report is incorporated by reference in the Preliminary
Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum
and who have delivered the Initial Letter referred to in Section 8(f) hereof,
and, to the knowledge of the Company, who will deliver the bring down letter
referenced in Section 8(f) hereof on the Closing Date, are an independent
registered public accounting firm as required by the Securities Act and the
rules and regulations thereunder and the rules and regulations of the Public
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Accounting Oversight Board (the “PCAOB”). Deloitte LLP, who have audited certain
financial statements of the Sherritt Entities, and whose report is incorporated
by reference in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Offering Memorandum and who have delivered the Initial Letter
referred to in Section 8(g) hereof, and, to the knowledge of the Company, who
will deliver the bring down letter referenced in Section 8(g) hereof on the
Closing Date, are an independent registered public accounting firm as required
by the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and the rules and
regulations of the PCAOB.
(ff)    Norwest Corporation, whose reports are referenced in the Preliminary
Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum,
was, as of the date of such reports, and are, as of the date hereof, independent
appraisers with respect to certain assets of the Company. The consent of Norwest
Corporation with respect to the inclusion of its reports in the Preliminary
Offering Memorandum, the Disclosure Package, the Offering Memorandum and the
Registration Statement has been obtained.
(gg)    (i) The Issuer, the Company, Partners, the Guarantors and each of their
respective subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real
property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them,
in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects, except such
as are described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and such as do not materially
affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use
made and proposed to be made of such property by the Issuer, the Company,
Partners, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries; and (ii) all
assets (including real property) held under lease by the Issuer, the Company,
Partners, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries are held by
them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases, in each case free and clear
of all liens, encumbrances and defects except for liens and encumbrances
existing under the terms of such leases, as may exist with respect to the lessor
and such as do not materially affect the value of such leasehold interest and do
not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such
property by the Issuer, the Company, Partners, the Guarantors or any of their
respective subsidiaries, in each of clauses (i) and (ii) except for liens and
encumbrances contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(hh)    The Company, Partners, the Guarantors and each of their respective
subsidiaries carry, or are covered by, insurance from insurers of recognized
financial responsibility in such amounts and covering such risks as is adequate
for the conduct of the respective businesses of such entities and the value of
their respective properties and as is customary for companies engaged in similar
businesses in similar industries. (i) All material policies of insurance of the
Company, Partners, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries are in full
force and effect; (ii) the Company, Partners, the Guarantors and their
respective subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of such policies in all
material respects; (iii) none of the Company, Partners, the Guarantors or any of
their respective subsidiaries has received notice from any insurer or agent of
such insurer that any material capital improvements or other expenditures are
required or necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance; (iv) there
are no material claims by the Company, Partners, the Guarantors or any of their
respective 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 (v) none of the Company, Partners, the Guarantors or any such
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such insurer that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage
as and when such coverage expires nor, to the knowledge of the Issuer and the
Company, does any fact or circumstance exist that could reasonably be expected
to result in the failure of the Issuer, the Company, Partners, the Guarantors or
any such subsidiary 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 a Material Adverse Effect.
(ii)    The Issuer, the Company and each of the Company’s other subsidiaries
have such permits, licenses, certificates of need and other approvals or
authorizations of governmental or regulatory authorities (including the Crow
Tribe of Indians) (“Permits”) as are necessary under applicable law to own its
properties and conduct its business, as currently conducted, in the manner
described in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package
and the Offering Memorandum except as would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; each of the Issuer, the Company and
its other subsidiaries has fulfilled and performed in all material respects all
of its material obligations with respect to all material Permits, and, to the
knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred that allows, or after notice or
lapse of time would allow, revocation or termination thereof or results in any
other impairment of the rights of the holder of any such Permits, except as
would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(jj)    The Issuer, the Company and each of the Company’s other subsidiaries own
or possess adequate rights to use all material patents, patent applications,
trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark
registrations, copyrights, licenses, know-how, software, systems and technology
(including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or
confidential information, systems or procedures) necessary for the conduct of
their respective businesses and none has received written notice that the
conduct of their respective businesses conflicts with, and none has received any
written notice of any claim of conflict with, any such rights of others.
(kk)    Except as described in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Offering Memorandum, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or,
to the knowledge of the Issuer and the Company, threatened, to which the Issuer,
the Company or any of its other subsidiaries is a party or of which any property
or assets of the Issuer, the Company or any of its other subsidiaries is the
subject that would, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(ll)    There are no legal or governmental proceedings or contracts or other
documents with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries that would be
required to be described in a registration statement filed under the Securities
Act or, in the case of documents, would be required to be filed as exhibits to a
registration statement of the Company pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation
S-K that have not been described in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum or filed as exhibits to
documents incorporated by reference into the foregoing. To the knowledge of the
Issuer, the Company, Partners, and the Guarantors, no party to any such
contract, agreement or arrangement has breached any such contract, agreement or
arrangement, nor to the knowledge of the Issuer, the Company, Partners, and the
Guarantors, has any state of fact, event or circumstance occurred which, with
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result in a material breach of any such contract, agreement or arrangement by
such party; and that statements made in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, insofar as they purport
to constitute summaries of the terms of contracts, constitute accurate summaries
of the terms of such contracts and other documents in all material respects.
(mm)    No relationship, direct or indirect, that would be required to be
described in an Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company pursuant to Item 404
of Regulation S-K, exists between or among the Issuer, the Company or any of its
other subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders,
customers or suppliers of the Issuer, the Company or any of its other
subsidiaries, on the other hand, that has not been described in the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum.
(nn)    Except as described in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Offering Memorandum, no labor disturbance by the employees of the Issuer, the
Company or any of its other subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the
Issuer, the Company, Partners or any Guarantor, is imminent that would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(oo)    (i) Each “employee benefit plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of
the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”)) for which
the Company, Partners, the Guarantors or any member of their respective
“Controlled Group” (defined as any organization which is, or within the
preceding six years, was a member of a controlled group of corporations with, or
considered under common control and treated as one employer with, the Company or
any of its subsidiaries under Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended (the “Code”)) could have any liability (each, a “Plan”) has been
maintained in compliance in all material respects with its terms and with the
requirements of all applicable statutes, rules and regulations, including ERISA
and the Code; (ii) no “reportable event” (within the meaning of Section 4043(c)
of ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any
Plan; (iii) none of the Company, Partners, the Guarantors or any member of their
respective Controlled Group has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any
liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than contributions to Plans or premiums
to the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation, in each case in the ordinary
course and without default) in respect of any Plan; (iv) no prohibited
transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Code, has occurred with respect to any Plan (excluding transactions effected
pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption) that would reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (v) for each Plan that is subject to
the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Sections 303, 304 and 305 of
ERISA, the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code or Sections 303,
304 and 305 of ERISA, as applicable, has been satisfied (without taking into
account any waiver thereof or extension of any amortization period) and is
reasonably expected to be satisfied in the future (without taking into account
any waiver thereof or extension of any amortization period); (vi) except as
described in the Pricing Disclosure Package, the fair market value of the assets
of each Plan (other than a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 3(37) of
ERISA) exceeds the present value of all benefits accrued under such Plan
(determined based on those assumptions used to fund such Plan) as of the
relevant date or dates described in Pricing Disclosure Package; (vi) each Plan
that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so
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by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such
qualification; (vii) there is no pending audit or investigation by the Internal
Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation or any other governmental agency or any foreign regulatory agency
with respect to any Plan that would reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, except as described in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum; and (viii) except as
described in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package
and the Offering Memorandum, none of the Company, Partners, the Guarantors or
any member of their respective Controlled Group has incurred, or reasonably
expects to incur, any liability under the Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit
Act (other than contributions or premiums in the ordinary course and without
default). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding, each of the
foregoing representations applies to a “multi-employer plan” as defined in
Section 3(37) of ERISA only to the knowledge of the Issuer, the Company,
Partners and the Guarantors and excludes matters with respect to such plans that
are disclosed in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Offering Memorandum.
(pp)    The Issuer, the Company and each of the Company’s other subsidiaries
have filed all material income and franchise tax returns required to be filed
through the date hereof, subject to permitted extensions and has paid all taxes
due thereon other than those being contested in good faith and for which
reserves have been provided in accordance with the accounting principles
applicable to the audited financial statements contained in the Pricing
Disclosure Package, and no material tax deficiency has been determined adversely
to the Issuer, the Company, Partners, the Guarantors or any of their respective
subsidiaries, nor does the Issuer, the Company, Partners or any Guarantor have
any knowledge of any tax deficiencies that would, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(qq)    Since the date as of which information is given in the Pricing
Disclosure Package, and except as may otherwise be described in the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, none of the Issuer, the Company,
Partners or any Guarantor has (1) issued or granted any securities (except
compensation-related issuances and grants by the Company in the ordinary course
of business or upon the conversion or exercise of convertible securities or
options), (ii) incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, other
than liabilities and obligations that were incurred in the ordinary course of
business, (iii) entered into any material transaction not in the ordinary course
of business or (iv) declared or paid any dividend on its capital stock.
(rr)    The Company and its subsidiaries (i) make and keep materially accurate
books and records and (ii) maintain and have maintained since December 31, 2009
effective internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rule 13a-5
under the Exchange Act and a system of internal accounting controls sufficient
to provide reasonable assurance that (A) transactions are executed in accordance
with management’s general or specific authorization, (B) transactions are
recorded as necessary to permit preparation of its financial statements in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
and to maintain accountability for its assets, (C) access to assets is permitted
only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, (D) the
reported accountability for its assets is compared with existing assets at
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to any differences and (E) the interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting
Language incorporated by reference in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and
the Offering Memorandum fairly presents the information called for in all
material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s
rules and guidelines applicable thereto.
(ss)    None of the Issuer, the Company or any of its other subsidiaries (i) is
in violation of its charter or by-laws (or similar organizational documents),
(ii) is in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time
or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance
of any term, covenant, condition or other obligation contained in any material
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, license or other agreement
or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of
its properties or assets is subject or (iii) is in violation of any statute or
any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having
jurisdiction over it or its property or assets, except in the case of clause
(iii), to the extent any such default would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(tt)    Except as disclosed in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and
Offering Memorandum, the Issuer, the Company and each of the Company’s other
subsidiaries (i) are, and at all times prior hereto were, in compliance with all
laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, orders, judgments, decrees, permits or
other legal requirements of any governmental authority, including without
limitation any international, national, state, provincial, regional, or local
authority, relating to the protection of human health or safety, the
environment, or natural resources, or to Materials of Environmental Concern
(“Environmental Laws”) applicable to such entity, which compliance includes,
without limitation, obtaining, maintaining and complying with all permits and
authorizations and approvals required by Environmental Laws to conduct their
respective businesses, (ii) have not received notice of any actual or alleged
violation of Environmental Laws, or of any potential liability for or other
obligation concerning the presence, disposal or release of Materials of
Environmental Concern, (iii) there are no proceedings that are pending, or known
to be contemplated, against the Issuer, the Company or any of its other
subsidiaries under Environmental Laws or regarding Materials of Environmental
Concern, and (iv) there has been no spill, discharge, leak, emission, injection,
escape, dumping or release of any kind onto property owned or leased by the
Issuer, the Company or any of its other subsidiaries or into the environment
surrounding such property of any Materials of Environmental Concern, except in
the case of clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) where such non-compliance,
violation, liability, proceedings, spill, discharge, leak, emission, injection,
escape, dumping or release or other obligation would not, in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in
each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, there are no
proceedings that are pending, or known by the Issuer, the Company, Partners or
the Guarantors to be contemplated, against the Company or any of its
subsidiaries under Environmental Laws in which a governmental authority is also
a party in which monetary sanctions may be imposed, other than such proceedings
regarding which the Company reasonably believed such monetary sanctions will not
be $100,000 or higher. The term “Materials of Environmental Concern” means any
hazardous wastes, toxic wastes, hazardous substances, medical wastes, and terms
of similar meaning as defined in or regulated under any applicable Environmental
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(uu)    None of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including,
without limitation, the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes), will
violate or result in a violation of Section 7 of the Exchange Act, or any
regulation promulgated thereunder, including, without limitation, Regulations T,
U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
(vv)    The statements set forth in each of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum,
the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum under the caption
“Description of the Notes,” insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of
the terms of the Notes and the Guarantees and under the captions “Material
United States Federal Income Tax Considerations,” “Description of Other
Indebtedness,” “Certain ERISA and Related Considerations,” “Plan of
Distribution” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations” insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of
the laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate in all material
respects. In addition, information incorporated by reference into the
Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering
Memorandum containing summaries of terms of certain relationships and related
transactions and management employment agreements, insofar as they purport to
describe the provisions of the documents referred to therein, are accurate in
all material respects.
(ww)    None of the Issuer, the Company, Partners, the Guarantors or anyone
acting on their behalf (other than you, as to whom the Issuer, the Company,
Partners and the Guarantors make no representation) have taken, directly or
indirectly, any action 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 Issuer, the Company, Partners or the
Guarantors in connection with the offering of the Notes.
(xx)    (i) The Company and its subsidiaries have established and maintain
“disclosure controls and procedures” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15
under the Exchange Act), (ii) such disclosure controls and procedures are
designed to ensure that the information required to be disclosed by the Company
in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and
communicated to management of the Company, including its respective principal
executive officers and principal financial officers, as appropriate, to allow
timely decisions regarding required disclosure to be made; and (iii) such
disclosure controls and procedures are effective in all material respects to
perform the functions for which they were established.
(yy)    Since the date of the most recent balance sheet of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries reviewed or audited by Ernst & Young LLP and the audit
committee of the board of directors of the Company, (i) the Company has not been
advised by Ernst and Young LLP or by the audit committee of the board of
directors of the Company of (A) any significant deficiencies in the design or
operation of internal controls that would adversely affect the ability of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries to record, process, summarize and report
financial data, or any material weaknesses in internal controls and (B) any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who
have a significant role in the internal controls of the Company and each of its
subsidiaries, and (ii) since that date, there have been no material changes in
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internal controls, including any corrective actions with regard to significant
deficiencies and material weaknesses.
(zz)    None of the Guarantors or any subsidiary of the Company is currently
prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company,
from making any other distribution on such person’s capital stock, from repaying
to the Company any loans or advances to such person from the Company or from
transferring any of such person’s property or assets to the Issuer, the Company,
Partners or any other subsidiary of the Company or any Guarantor, except as
described in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package
and the Offering Memorandum.
(aaa)    There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company and any of
the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with
the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations
promulgated in connection therewith.
(bbb)    The section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations - Critical Accounting Policies” contained in
the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Offering Memorandum accurately and fully describes (A) the accounting policies
that the Company believes are the most important in the portrayal of the
Company’s financial condition and results of operations and that require
management’s most difficult, subjective or complex judgments; (B) the judgments
and uncertainties affecting the application of critical accounting policies; and
(C) the likelihood that materially different amounts would be reported under
different conditions or using different assumptions and an explanation thereof.
(ccc)    None of the Issuer , the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company
is in violation of or has received notice of any 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 would reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ddd)    The operations of the Issuer, the Company and its other subsidiaries
are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial
recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign
Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of
all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or
similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by
any governmental agency (collectively, the “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 Issuer, the Company or any of
the Company’s other subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is
pending or, to the knowledge of the Issuer, the Company or the Guarantors
threatened, except, in each case, as would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(eee)    (a) The Issuer, the Company and the Company’s other subsidiaries and
their respective directors, officers, employees and (to the knowledge of the
Issuer the Company, Partners and the Guarantors) agents have conducted their
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rules and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Company and its
subsidiaries concerning or relating to bribery or corruption (collectively, the
“Anti-Corruption Laws”). (b) None of the Issuer, the Company or any of its other
subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of the Issuer, the Company, Partners and the
Guarantors, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated
with or acting on behalf of the Issuer, the Company, Partners, the Guarantors or
any of their respective subsidiaries, has (i) used any corporate funds for any
unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to
political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any
foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii)
violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act of 1977 or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws; or
(iv) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other
unlawful payment. The Issuer, the Company and its other subsidiaries have
instituted, maintain and enforce, and will continue to maintain and enforce
policies and procedures designed to promote and ensure compliance with all
applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws.
(fff)    None of the Issuer, the Company or any of its other subsidiaries or
their respective directors, officers, or employees, or (to the knowledge of the
Issuer the Company, Partners and the Guarantors) agents or representatives of
the Company or its subsidiaries acting or benefiting in any capacity in
connection with this Agreement: (i) is a Designated Person; (ii) is a Person
that is owned or controlled by a Designated Person; (iii) is located, organized
or resident in Cuba, Iran, Sudan or Syria; or (iv) has directly or indirectly
engaged in, or is now directly or indirectly engaged in, any dealings or
transactions (1) with any Designated Person (other than as permitted by
applicable Sanctions), (2) in Cuba, Iran, Sudan or Syria (except to the extent
permitted by applicable Sanctions) or (3) otherwise in violation of Sanctions;
and the Issuer, and upon completion of the Acquisition, the Company and
Partners, 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 or entity, for the purpose of (i)
financing the activities of or business with any person that, at the time of
such financing, is the subject or the target of Sanctions or (ii) funding or
facilitating in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person
(including any person participating in the transaction, whether as initial
purchaser, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions. The term “Sanctions”
means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered
or enforced from time to time by the U.S. government and administered by OFAC or
by the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Department of Commerce or the U.S.
Department of the Treasury or other relevant sanctions authority. The term
“Designated Person” means any person listed on a Sanctions List. The term
“Sanctions List” means any of the lists of specifically designated nationals or
designated persons or entities (or equivalent) held by the U.S. government and
administered by OFAC, the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Department of Commerce
or the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the United Nations Security Council or
any similar list maintained by any other U.S. government entity or other
relevant sanctions entity, in each case as the same may be amended, supplemented
or substituted from time to time.
(ggg)    On and immediately after the Closing Date, the Issuer (after giving
effect to the issuance of the Notes and the other transactions related thereto
as described in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering
Memorandum) will be Solvent. Upon and immediately after the consummation of the
Acquisition (after giving effect to the Acquisition, the Exchange, and the other
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Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum), the Company, Partners and the
Guarantors will be Solvent. As used in this paragraph, the term “Solvent” means,
with respect to a particular date, that on such date (i) the present fair market
value (or present fair saleable value) of the assets of the Issuer, the Company,
Partners and the Guarantors, as applicable, are not less than the total amount
required to pay the probable liabilities of the Issuer, the Company, Partners or
the Guarantors, as applicable, on its total existing debts and liabilities
(including contingent liabilities) as they become absolute and matured, (ii) the
Issuer is or the Company, Partners and the Guarantors are, as applicable, able
to realize upon their assets and pay their debts and other liabilities,
contingent obligations and commitments as they mature and become due in the
normal course of business, (iii) assuming the sale of the Notes as contemplated
by this Agreement, the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Offering Memorandum, the Issuer is not, or the Company, Partners
and the Guarantors are not, as applicable, incurring debts or liabilities beyond
its ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature and (iv) the Issuer is
not, or the Company, Partners and the Guarantors are not, as applicable, engaged
in any business or transaction, and are not about to engage in any business or
transaction, for which their property would constitute unreasonably small
capital after giving due consideration to the prevailing practice in the
industry in which the Issuer, the Company, Partners or the Guarantors, as
applicable, are engaged. In computing the amount of such contingent liabilities
at any time, it is intended that such liabilities will be computed at the amount
that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time,
represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or
matured liability.
(hhh)    No dispute between the Company or any of the Company’s subsidiaries and
any local, native or indigenous group (including the Crow Tribe of Indians)
exists or is, to the Issuer’s and Company’s knowledge, threatened or imminent
with respect to any of the Company’s or such subsidiaries’ properties or
exploration activities that could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(iii)    The qualitative and quantitative data regarding proven and probable
coal reserves of the Company in the reserve report referenced in the Preliminary
Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum
(i) were derived in all material respects in accordance all applicable industry
standards, including Industry Guide 7 under the Exchange Act, and (ii) have been
determined by Norwest Corporation, an independent consulting firm.
(jjj)    On the Closing Date, the Escrow Agreement will be effective to grant a
valid and enforceable first priority security interest, in favor of the Escrow
Agent for the benefit of the Trustee and the holders of the Notes, in the
Issuer’s right, title and interest in the Escrow Collateral.
(kkk)    All representations and warranties of the Issuer, the Company,
Partners, the Guarantors and Absaloka set forth in each Transaction Document are
true and correct.
(lll)    Any certificate signed by any officer of the Issuer, the Company,
Partners or any Guarantor and delivered to the Initial Purchasers or counsel for
the Initial Purchasers in connection with the offering of the Notes shall be
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Issuer, the Company, Partners or such Guarantor, as to matters covered thereby,
to the Initial Purchasers.
3.Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Issuer, the Company,
Partners and the Guarantors related to the Sherritt Entities. As of the Closing
Date (unless otherwise specified), each of the Issuer, and upon execution of the
Joinder Agreement, the Company, Partners and the Guarantors, jointly and
severally and to each of their knowledge, represent, warrant and agree as
follows:
(a)The warranties of Sherritt contained in the Arrangement Agreement (as
qualified therein and in the disclosure schedules thereto) were, as of the date
of the Arrangement Agreement, and are, as of the date of this Agreement, true
and accurate in all material respects. Sherritt was not, as of the date of the
Arrangement Agreement, or is, as of the date of this Agreement, in default or
breach, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both,
would constitute such default or breach, of the due performance or observance of
any term, agreement, covenant or condition contained in the Arrangement
Agreement, in each case except to the extent that such default or breach would
not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b)Each of the Sherritt Entities is an entity duly incorporated or created and
existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or creation and has
the power and authority to own, lease and operate its property and assets, carry
on its business and to enter into and perform its obligations under the
Transaction Documents to which it is a party. Each of the Sherritt Entities is
duly qualified, licensed or registered to carry on business in all jurisdictions
where the failure to be so registered, licensed or qualified could, either
individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(c)The financial statements of the Sherritt Entities and the related notes
thereto included in the Offering Memorandum have been prepared in accordance
with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International
Accounting Standards Board (“IFRS”) applied on a consistent basis and each
fairly presents the assets, liabilities (whether accrued, absolute, contingent
or otherwise) and financial position of the Sherritt Entities as at the dates
thereof and the results of operations for the respective periods covered
thereby, in each case, in accordance with IFRS, subject to, in the case of the
unaudited financial statements, the absence of notes and usual year-end
adjustments.
(d)The Sherritt Entities have good and marketable, in the case of real property,
and valid, in the case of personal property, title in fee simple to, or have
valid rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of real and personal property
(including mineral rights) that are used or held by the Sherritt Entities, in
each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims and defects and
imperfections of title except those that: (a) do not materially interfere with
the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Sherritt Entities;
(b) could not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;
or (c) have been granted in connection with indebtedness reflected on the
financial statements of the Sherritt Entities included in the Offering
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(e)All material leases held by the Sherritt Entities are in good standing,
create a good and valid leasehold interest and are in full force and effect
without amendment.
(f)Each of the Sherritt Entities is insured under insurance policies appropriate
to its business and assets in such amounts and against such risks as are
customarily carried and insured against by owners or operators of comparable
businesses and assets. Each policy of insurance under which each of the Sherritt
Entities is insured is in full force and effect, and no written notice of
termination or cancellation of any such policy has been received by any of the
Sherritt Entities. None of the Sherritt Entities are in default, as to the
payment of premiums or otherwise, under the terms of any such insurance
policies.
(g)The Sherritt Entities have obtained and are in compliance with all mining
permits, licenses, claims, mineral or exploration concessions, extraction and
other mineral property rights, and leases, subleases, or surface use agreements
for real property and mining interests necessary to own their own properties and
conduct their current mining operations and business, except those mining
permits licenses, claims, mineral or exploration concessions, extraction and
other mineral property rights, and leases, subleases, or surface use agreements
for real property and mining interests for which a failure to obtain or comply
would not, either individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(h)There is no action, suit, investigation or proceeding, at law or in equity,
by any person, nor any arbitration, administrative or other proceeding by or
before any governmental authority pending or threatened against or affecting any
of the Sherritt Entities or any of their respective properties, rights or assets
which, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the interest
of any of the Sherritt Entities, could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(i)Neither of the Sherritt Entities are indebted to any director, officer,
employee or agent of, or independent contractor to, the Sherritt Entities or any
of their respective affiliates (except for amounts due in the ordinary course of
business as salaries, bonuses, director’s fees, amounts owing under any
contracting agreement with any such independent contractor or the reimbursement
of expenses in the ordinary course of business). There are no contracts (other
than employment arrangements or independent contractor arrangements) with, or
advances, loans, guarantees, liabilities or other obligations to, on behalf or
for the benefit of, any shareholder, officer or director of the Sherritt
Entities, or any of their respective affiliates or associates.
(j)Neither of the Sherritt Entities is or has engaged in, or received written
notice of any, pending or threatened unfair labor practice complaint; no
arbitration proceeding arising out of or under any collective bargaining
agreement is pending or threatened against either of the Sherritt Entities
which, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the interest
of any of the Sherritt Entities, could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect; and no labor strike, slow down or stoppage is pending or
threatened by any representative of any union or other representation of
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(k)Except as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Sherritt Entities have paid all taxes
which are due and payable within the time required by applicable law, and have
paid all assessments and reassessments received in respect of taxes and no
material tax deficiency has been determined adversely to the Sherritt Entities.
(l)Except as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) each of the Sherritt Entities possesses
all governmental authorizations required under applicable Environmental Laws and
each is and has been conducting its operations in compliance therewith; (b) each
of the Sherritt Entities is and has been conducting its operations in compliance
with all applicable Environmental Laws and governmental authorizations; (c)
there are no pending or threatened environmental claims relating to their mining
operations or against either of the Sherritt Entities; (d) neither of the
Sherritt Entities have used any of their respective mining operations to refine,
treat, dispose, produce or process hazardous substances, except in compliance
with Environmental Laws and governmental authorizations; (e) neither Sherritt
Entity has caused or permitted the release of any hazardous substance at, on,
under or from any of their mining operations, except in compliance with
Environmental Laws and governmental authorizations; and (f) neither Sherritt
Entity has received written notice that it is potentially responsible for any
remedial or other corrective action or any work, repairs, construction or
capital expenditures in each case to be made or taken under any Environmental
Law. Except as disclosed in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Offering Memorandum and except as could not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, there are no
proceedings that are pending, or known by the Issuer, the Company, Partners or
the Guarantors to be contemplated, against the Sherritt Entities under
Environmental Laws in which a governmental authority is also a party in which
monetary sanctions may be imposed.
(m)The operations of the Sherritt Entities are in compliance with 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 Sherritt
Entities with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or threatened,
except, in each case, as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(n)(a) The Sherritt Entities and their respective directors, officers, employees
and agents have conducted their business in compliance Anti-Corruption Laws. (b)
Neither of the Sherritt Entities, nor any of their respective directors,
executives, officers, representatives, agents or employees have, during the past
two (2) years: (i) used or is using any corporate funds for any illegal
contributions, gifts, entertainment or other expenses relating to political
activity that would be illegal; (ii) used or is using any corporate funds for
any direct or indirect illegal payments to any foreign or domestic governmental
officials or employees; (iii) violated or is violating any provision of the
United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or the Corruption of Foreign
Public Officials Act (Canada) or any applicable Law of similar effect; (iv) has
established or maintained, or is maintaining, any illegal fund of corporate
monies or other properties; or (v) made any bribe, illegal rebate, illegal
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(o)Neither of the Sherritt Entities nor agents or representatives of the
Sherritt Entities acting or benefiting in any capacity in connection with this
Agreement: (i) is a Designated Person; (ii) is a Person that is owned or
controlled by a Designated Person; (iii) is located, organized or resident in
Cuba, Iran, Sudan or Syria; or (iv) has directly or indirectly engaged in, or is
now directly or indirectly engaged in, any dealings or transactions (1) with any
Designated Person (other than as permitted by applicable Sanctions), (2) in
Cuba, Iran, Sudan or Syria (except to the extent permitted by applicable
Sanctions) or (3) otherwise in violation of Sanctions; and the Issuer, and upon
completion of the Acquisition, the Company and Partners, 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 or entity, for the purpose of (i) financing the activities of or business
with any person that, at the time of such financing, is the subject or the
target of Sanctions or (ii) funding or facilitating in any other manner that
will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in
the transaction, whether as initial purchaser, advisor, investor or otherwise)
of Sanctions.
(p)The Sherritt Entities maintain systems of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with the applicable generally accepted accounting
principles, including, but not limited to internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as
necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with the
applicable generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset
accountability.
(q)Neither of the Sherritt Entities (i) is in violation of its charter or
by-laws (or similar organizational documents), (ii) is in default, and no event
has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a
default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant, condition
or other obligation contained in any material indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, loan agreement, license or other agreement or instrument to which it is a
party or by which it is bound or to which any of its properties or assets is
subject or (iii) is in violation of any statute or any order, rule or regulation
of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over it or its
property or assets, except in the case of clauses (ii) or (iii), to the extent
any such default would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
4.Purchase of the Notes by the Initial Purchasers, Agreements to Sell, Purchase
and Resell.
(a)The Issuer hereby agrees, on the basis of the representations, warranties and
agreements of the Initial Purchasers contained herein and subject to all the
terms and conditions set forth herein, to issue and sell to the Initial
Purchasers and, upon the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements
of the Issuer, and upon execution of the Joinder Agreement, the Company,
Partners and the Guarantors herein contained and subject to all the terms and
conditions set forth herein, each of the Initial Purchasers agrees, severally
and not jointly, to purchase from the Issuer the respective principal amount of
Notes set forth opposite such Initial Purchaser’s name in Schedule I, at a
purchase price of 106.875% of the principal amount thereof, the total principal
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any of the securities to be delivered hereunder except upon payment for all of
the securities to be purchased as provided herein.
(b)Each Initial Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to the Issuer that it
will offer the Notes for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement and in the Pricing Disclosure Package. Each Initial Purchaser hereby
represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Issuer, on the basis of the
representations, warranties and agreements of the Issuer, and upon execution of
the Joinder Agreement, the Company, Partners and the Guarantors, that such
Initial Purchaser: (i) is a QIB with such knowledge and experience in financial
and business matters as are necessary in order to evaluate the merits and risks
of an investment in the Notes; (ii) is purchasing the Notes pursuant to a
private sale exempt from registration under the Securities Act; (iii) in
connection with the Exempt Resales, will solicit offers to buy the Notes only
from, and will offer to sell the Notes only to, the Eligible Purchasers in
accordance with this Agreement and on the terms contemplated by the Pricing
Disclosure Package; (iv) will not offer or sell the Notes, nor has it offered or
sold the Notes by, or otherwise engaged in, any form of general solicitation or
general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D, including, but not
limited to, advertisements, articles, notices or other communications published
in any newspaper, magazine, or similar medium or broadcast over television or
radio, or any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by any
general solicitation or general advertising), (v) will not engage in any
directed selling efforts within the meaning of Rule 902 under the Securities Act
in connection with the offering of the Notes and (vi) will not offer or sell any
Notes in any province of Canada and to residents of Canada unless the sale is
made (A) through an appropriately registered dealer or in accordance with an
exemption from the dealer registration requirements of applicable securities
laws in Canada, and (B) to persons in Canada who are “accredited investors”
within the meaning of National Instrument 45-106 - Prospectus and Registration
Exemptions of the Canadian Securities Administrators.
(c)Each Initial Purchaser has not nor, prior to the later to occur of (A) the
Closing Date and (B) completion of the distribution of the Notes, will not use,
authorize use of, refer to, or distribute any material in connection with the
offering and sale of the Notes other than (i) the Preliminary Offering
Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Offering Memorandum, (ii) any
written communication that contains no “issuer information” (as defined in Rule
433(h)(2) under the Act) that was not included (including through incorporation
by reference) in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or any Free Writing
Offering Document listed on Schedule IV hereto, (iii) the Free Writing Offering
Documents listed on Schedule IV hereto, (iv) any written communication prepared
by the Initial Purchasers and approved by the Company in writing, or (v) any
written communication relating to or that contains solely the terms of the Notes
and/or other information that was included (including through incorporation by
reference) in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure
Package or the Offering Memorandum.
Each Initial Purchaser understands that the Issuer and, for purposes of the
opinions to be delivered to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to Sections 8(c) and
8(d) hereof, counsel to the Issuer and counsel to the Initial Purchasers, will
rely upon the accuracy and truth of the foregoing representations, warranties
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5.Delivery of the Notes and Payment Therefor. Delivery to the Initial Purchasers
of and payment for the Notes shall be made at the offices of Simpson Thacher &
Bartlett LLP at 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Closing Date. The place of
closing for the Notes and the Closing Date may be varied by agreement between
the Initial Purchasers and the Company.
The Notes will be delivered to the Initial Purchasers, or the Trustee as
custodian for The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), against payment by or on
behalf of the Initial Purchasers of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer
in immediately available funds, by causing DTC to credit the Notes to the
account of the Initial Purchasers at DTC. The Notes will be evidenced by one or
more global securities in definitive form and will be registered in the name of
Cede & Co. as nominee of DTC. The Notes to be delivered to the Initial
Purchasers shall be made available to the Initial Purchasers in New York City
for inspection and packaging not later than 9:30 A.M., New York City time, on
the business day next preceding the Closing Date.
On the Closing Date, the Issuer will pay to the Initial Purchasers an amount
equal to one half of the Initial Purchasers’ Commission. On the Acquisition
Closing Date, the Issuer will pay to the Initial Purchasers the balance of
Initial Purchasers’ Commission immediately upon the release of the Escrow Funds
to the Issuer. In the event the Acquisition is not consummated and the Notes are
subject to the Special Mandatory Redemption, the Initial Purchasers will not be
entitled to the second payment of one half of the Initial Purchasers’
Commission.
6.    Agreements of the Issuer, the Company, Partners and the Guarantors. The
Issuer covenants and agrees, and upon execution of the Joinder Agreement the
Company, Partners and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, covenant and agree
with each Initial Purchaser as follows:
(a)The Issuer will promptly furnish to the Initial Purchasers, without charge,
such number of copies of the Pricing Disclosure Package and Offering Memorandum,
as each may then be amended or supplemented, as it may reasonably request.
(b)The Issuer, the Company, Partners and the Guarantors will not make any
amendment or supplement to the Pricing Disclosure Package or to the Offering
Memorandum of which the Initial Purchasers shall not previously have been
advised or to which they shall reasonably object after being so advised, except
with respect to documents filed under the Exchange Act in compliance with
Section 6(c).
(c)The Issuer, the Company, Partners and the Guarantors (i) will not file any
document under the Exchange Act before the completion of the distribution of the
Notes by the Initial Purchasers if such document would be deemed to be
incorporated by reference into the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering
Memorandum, which filing is not consented to by the Initial Purchasers after
reasonable notice thereof (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed); (ii) will advise the Initial Purchasers promptly after it receives
notice thereof, of the issuance by the Commission or any state or other
regulatory body of any order or decree preventing, suspending, limiting or
restricting the use of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing
Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum; and (iii) will use its best
efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order and, if such order is issued,
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reasonably practicable the lifting or withdrawal thereof. For purposes of
clarification, this provision shall not apply to the Exchange of Notes for New
Notes.
(d)The Issuer, the Company, Partners and each of the Guarantors consents to the
use of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package and
the Offering Memorandum by the Initial Purchasers and by all dealers to whom
Notes may be sold, in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes in
accordance with the securities or Blue Sky laws of the jurisdictions in which
the Notes are offered.
(e)If, at any time prior to completion of the distribution of the Notes by the
Initial Purchasers to Eligible Purchasers, any event occurs or information
becomes known that, in the judgment of the Issuer, the Company, Partners or any
of the Guarantors or in the opinion of counsel for the Initial Purchasers,
should be set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum
so that the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum, as then
amended or supplemented, does not include any untrue statement of material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, or if it is necessary to supplement or amend the Pricing Disclosure
Package or the Offering Memorandum in order to comply with any law, the Issuer,
the Company, Partners and the Guarantors will promptly prepare an appropriate
supplement or amendment thereto, and will expeditiously furnish to the Initial
Purchasers and dealers a reasonable number of copies thereof.
(f)None of the Issuer, the Company, Partners nor any Guarantor will make any
offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes that would constitute
a Free Writing Offering Document without the prior consent of the Initial
Purchasers, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. If at
any time following issuance of a Free Writing Offering Document any event
occurred or occurs as a result of which such Free Writing Offering Document
conflicts with the information in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the
Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum or, when taken together
with the information in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing
Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum, includes an untrue statement of a
material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then prevailing, not
misleading, as promptly as practicable after becoming aware thereof, the Issuer
will give notice thereof to the Initial Purchasers and, if requested by the
Initial Purchasers, will prepare and furnish without charge to the Initial
Purchasers a Free Writing Offering Document or other document which will correct
such conflict, statement or omission.
(g)Promptly from time to time to take such action as the Initial Purchasers may
reasonably request to qualify the Notes for offering and sale under the
securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Initial Purchasers may
request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales
and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to
complete the distribution of the Notes; provided that in connection therewith
none of the Issuer, the Company nor Partners shall be required to (i) qualify as
a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction in which it would not otherwise be
required to so qualify, (ii) file a general consent to service of process in any
such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction in
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Until completion of the distribution of the Notes, and subject to the
requirements of Section 6(c) above, the Issuer, the Company, Partners and the
Guarantors will timely file all reports, documents and amendments to previously
filed documents required to be filed by it pursuant to Section 12, 13(a), 13(c),
14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
(h)Except for the transactions described in each of the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Offering Memorandum, for a period commencing on the date hereof
through and including the date that is the later of 90 days after the date of
this Agreement and 45 days after the Acquisition Closing Date, the Issuer, the
Company, Partners and the Guarantors agree not to, directly or indirectly, (1)
offer for sale, sell, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction or
device that is designed to, or would be expected to, result in the disposition
by any person at any time in the future) any debt securities of the Issuer, the
Company or Partners substantially similar to the Notes or securities convertible
into or exchangeable for such debt securities of the Issuer, the Company or
Partners, or sell or grant options, rights or warrants with respect to such debt
securities of the Issuer, the Company or Partners or securities convertible into
or exchangeable for such debt securities of the Company or Partners, (2) enter
into any swap or other derivatives transaction that transfers to another, in
whole or in part, any of the economic benefits or risks of ownership of such
debt securities of the Issuer, the Company or Partners, whether any such
transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of
debt securities of the Company or other securities, in cash or otherwise, (3)
file or cause to be filed a registration statement, including any amendments,
with respect to the registration of such securities of the Issuer, the Company
or Partners substantially similar to the Notes or securities convertible,
exercisable or exchangeable into such debt securities of the Issuer, the Company
or Partners or (4) publicly announce an offering of any debt securities of the
Issuer, the Company or Partners substantially similar to the Notes or securities
convertible or exchangeable into such debt securities, in each case without the
prior written consent of the Initial Purchasers, except in exchange for the
Exchange Notes and the Exchange Guarantees in connection with the Exchange
Offer.
(i)The Issuer and the Company will furnish to the holders of the Notes as soon
as practicable after the end of each fiscal year an annual report (including a
balance sheet and statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of
the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries certified by independent public
accountants) and, as soon as practicable after the end of each of the first
three quarters of each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal quarter ending
after the date of the Offering Memorandum), will make available to its
securityholders consolidated summary financial information of the Company and
its subsidiaries for such quarter in reasonable detail; provided that so long as
the Company files periodic reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act for the foregoing periods, the Issuer and the Company shall be
deemed to comply with this Section 5(i).
(j)So long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Issuer, the Company,
Partners and the Guarantors will furnish to the Initial Purchasers (i) as soon
as available, unless otherwise filed electronically with the Commission’s
Next-Generation EDGAR System (or any successor system), a copy of each report of
the Company, Partners or any Guarantor mailed to stockholders generally or
financial or other material change reports filed with any stock exchange or
regulatory body and (ii) from time to time such other information concerning the
Company, Partners and the Guarantors as the Initial Purchasers may reasonably
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(k)The Issuer and the Company, Partners and the Guarantors will apply the net
proceeds from the sale of the Notes to be sold by it hereunder substantially in
accordance with the description set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package and
in the Offering Memorandum under the caption “Use of Proceeds.”
(l)The Issuer, the Company, Partners, the Guarantors and their respective
affiliates will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that
has constituted or that reasonably would be expected to cause or result in the
stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Issuer, the
Company, Partners or the Guarantors in connection with the offering of the
Notes.
(m)The Issuer, the Company, Partners and the Guarantors will use their best
efforts to permit the Notes to be eligible for clearance and settlement through
DTC.
(n)The Issuer, the Company, Partners and the Guarantors will not, and will not
permit any of their respective controlled affiliates (as defined in Rule 144
under the Securities Act) to, resell any of the Notes that have been acquired by
any of them, except for Notes purchased by the Issuer, the Company, Partners,
the Guarantors or any of their respective controlled affiliates and resold in a
transaction registered under the Securities Act.
(o)The Issuer, the Company, Partners and the Guarantors agree not to sell, offer
for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any
security (as defined in the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the
sale of the Notes in a manner that would require the registration under the
Securities Act of the sale to the Initial Purchasers or the Eligible Purchasers
of the Notes.
(p)The Issuer, the Company, Partners and the Guarantors agree to comply with all
the terms and conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement and all agreements
set forth in the representation letters of the Issuer, the Company, Partners and
the Guarantors to DTC relating to the approval of the Notes by DTC for “book
entry” transfer.
(q)For two years following the Closing Date, the Company will take such steps as
shall be reasonably necessary to ensure that Company does not become an
“investment company” within the meaning of such term under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(r)The Issuer, the Company, Partners and the Guarantors will do and perform all
things required or necessary to be done and performed under this Agreement by
them prior to the Closing Date, and to satisfy all conditions precedent to the
Initial Purchasers’ obligations hereunder to purchase the Notes.
(s)The Issuer will deposit the Escrow Funds into the Escrow Account on the
Closing Date and will comply with all of its agreements, including, without
limitation, agreements to deposit additional amounts, set forth in the Escrow
Agreement.
(t)The Issuer will (i) complete on the Closing Date all filings and take all
other similar actions required in connection with the perfection of security
interests in the Escrow Collateral as and to the extent required by the Escrow
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necessary to maintain such security interests and to perfect security interests
in any Escrow Collateral acquired after the Closing Date, in each case as and to
the extent required by the Escrow Agreement.
(u)(i) Each of the Issuer, the Company, Partners and the Guarantors shall (i)
conduct its business in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws; (ii) maintain
policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with
Anti-Corruption Laws; and (iii) implement appropriate controls and safeguards
designed to prevent any proceeds from the offering from being used contrary to
the representations and undertakings set forth herein. Each of the Issuer, the
Company, Partners and the Guarantors shall comply in all material respects with
all applicable foreign and domestic laws, rules and regulations (including the
Patriot Act, foreign exchange control regulations, foreign asset control
regulations and other trade-related regulations) now or hereafter applicable to
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
(v)(i) None of the Issuer, the Company, Partners and the Guarantors shall, nor
shall permit its subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of
the offering (x) for any purpose that would breach, the United States Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or, to the extent applicable, other similar
legislation in other jurisdictions, (y) to fund, finance or facilitate any
activities, business or transaction of or with any Designated Person (except to
the extent permitted by applicable Sanctions) or in Cuba, Iran, Sudan or Syria,
or otherwise in violation of Sanctions, as such Sanctions are in effect from
time to time; or (z) in any other manner that will result in the violation of
any applicable Sanctions by the Initial Purchasers. (ii) None of the Issuer, the
Company, Partners and the Guarantors shall, nor shall permit its subsidiaries
to, use funds or assets, obtained directly or indirectly from transactions with
or otherwise relating to (x) Designated Persons or (y) Cuba, Iran, Sudan or
Syria, to pay or repay any amount owing to the Initial Purchasers under this
Agreement.
(w)On the Acquisition Closing Date, the Company and Partners will and will cause
the Guarantors to execute and deliver to the Initial Purchasers the Joinder
Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, and shall deliver to the
Initial Purchasers copies of the Supplemental Indenture executed and delivered
by duly authorized officers of the Company and the Guarantors.
(x)On the Acquisition Closing Date, the Company and Partners will issue the New
Notes and deliver the New Notes to the Issuer and the Issuer will promptly
exchange the Notes for the New Notes.
(y)On the Acquisition Closing Date, the Company will cause Westmoreland Mining
LLC to issue a redemption notice for its outstanding WML Notes.
(z)On the Acquisition Closing Date, Holland and Hart LLP, Squire Sanders (US)
LLP, Williams, Mullen, Clark and Dobbins, and Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP,
counsel for the Issuer, the Company, Partners and the Guarantors, as applicable,
shall have furnished to the Initial Purchasers, at the request of the Company,
their respective written opinions, dated the Acquisition Closing Date and
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reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, substantially to the effect
set forth in Annexes C1, C2, C3 and C4 hereto.
(aa)On the Acquisition Closing Date, Jennifer S. Grafton, General Counsel and
Secretary for the Company, shall have furnished to the Initial Purchasers her
written opinion, dated the Acquisition Closing Date and addressed to the Initial
Purchasers, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Representatives, substantially in the form of Annex C5 hereto.
(ab)On the Acquisition Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the
Initial Purchasers a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, of the Chief
Financial Officer of the Company as to the Solvency of the Company following the
consummation of the Acquisition.
7.Expenses. Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are
consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Issuer and, upon the execution
and delivery of the Joinder Agreement on the Acquisition Closing Date, the
Company, Partners and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree to pay all
costs, expenses, fees and taxes incident to: (i) the preparation, printing,
filing and distribution of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum (including, without limitation,
financial statements and exhibits) and all amendments and supplements thereto
(including the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s accountants and
counsel, and legal fees and expenses of the Initial Purchasers’ counsel incurred
in connection therewith); (ii) the preparation, printing (including, without
limitation, word processing and duplication costs) and delivery of each of the
Transaction Documents, all Blue Sky memoranda and all other agreements,
memoranda, correspondence and other documents printed and delivered in
connection therewith and with the Exempt Resales; (iii) the costs incident to
the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Notes and any
taxes payable in that connection; (iv) the qualification of the Notes and
Exchange Notes for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of the
several states (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and
disbursements of the Initial Purchasers’ counsel relating to such registration
or qualification); (v) the furnishing of such copies of the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Offering Memorandum, and all amendments and supplements thereto,
as may be reasonably requested for use in connection with the Exempt Resales;
(vi) the preparation of certificates for the Notes (including, without
limitation, printing and engraving thereof); (vii) the approval of the Notes by
DTC for “book-entry” transfer (including fees and expenses of counsel); (viii)
the rating of the Notes and the Exchange Notes; (ix) the obligations of the
Trustee, any agent of the Trustee and the counsel for the Trustee in connection
with the Indenture, the Existing Indenture, the Supplemental Indenture, the
Notes, and the Guarantees, the Exchange Notes and the Exchange Guarantees; (x)
the performance by the Issuer, the Company, Partners and the Guarantors of their
other obligations under this Agreement; (xi) expenses attributable to creating
and perfecting the security interest in the Collateral as contemplated by the
Escrow Agreement (including the reasonable related fees and expenses of counsel
for the Initial Purchasers for all periods prior to and after the Closing Date);
and (xii) all reasonable travel expenses of the Initial Purchasers and the
Company’s officers and employees and any other expenses of the Initial
Purchasers and the Company in connection with attending or hosting meetings with
prospective purchasers of the Notes, and expenses associated with any “road
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8.Conditions to Initial Purchasers’ Obligations. The obligations of the Initial
Purchasers hereunder are subject to the accuracy, when made and on and as of the
date hereof and the Closing Date, of the representations and warranties of
Issuer contained herein, to the performance by the Issuer of its obligations
hereunder, and to each of the following additional terms and conditions:
(a)The Initial Purchasers shall not have discovered and disclosed to the Company
on or prior to the Closing Date that the Pricing Disclosure Package or the
Offering Memorandum, or any amendment or supplement thereto, contained or
contains an untrue statement of a fact which, in the opinion of Simpson Thacher
& Bartlett LLP, counsel to the Initial Purchasers, is material or omitted or
omits to state a fact which, in the opinion of such counsel, is material and is
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
(b)All corporate proceedings and other legal matters incident to the
authorization, form and validity of the Transaction Documents, the Preliminary
Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum,
and all other legal matters relating to this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby shall be reasonably satisfactory in all material respects to
counsel for the Initial Purchasers, and the Company shall have furnished to such
counsel all documents and information that they may reasonably request to enable
them to pass upon such matters.
(c)Holland & Hart LLP and Squire Sanders (US) LLP shall have furnished to the
Initial Purchasers their respective written opinions and 10b-5 statement, as
applicable, as counsel to the Issuer, the Company, Partners and the Guarantors,
dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Initial Purchasers, substantially in
the form of Annex A-1 and Annex A-2 hereto.
(d)The Initial Purchasers shall have received from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
LLP, counsel for the Initial Purchasers, an opinion and 10b-5 statement, dated
the Closing Date, with respect to such matters as the Initial Purchasers may
reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and
information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such
matters.
(e)Jennifer S. Grafton, General Counsel and Secretary for the Company, shall
have furnished to the Initial Purchasers her written opinion, dated the Closing
Date and addressed to the Initial Purchasers, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Representatives, substantially in the form of Annex B
hereto.
(f)At the time of execution of this Agreement and on the Closing Date, the
Initial Purchasers shall have received from Ernst & Young LLP a letter, in form
and substance satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, addressed to the Initial
Purchasers and dated the respective dates of delivery thereof, containing
statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’
“comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and
certain financial information relating to the Company and its subsidiaries, and
contained or incorporated by reference in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package
and the Offering Memorandum; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing
Date shall use a “cut-off” date no more than three business days prior to the
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(g)At the time of execution of this Agreement and on the Closing Date, the
Initial Purchasers shall have received from Deloitte LLP a letter, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, addressed to the Initial
Purchasers and dated the respective dates of delivery thereof, containing
statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’
“comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and
certain financial information relating to the Sherritt Entities contained or
incorporated by reference in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Offering Memorandum; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date
shall use a “cut-off” date no more than three business days prior to the Closing
Date.
(h)The Company shall have furnished to the Initial Purchasers on the Closing
Date a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Financial Officer
of the Company reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers as to such
matters as the Initial Purchasers may reasonably request, including, without
limitation, a statement that:
(i)
The representations, warranties and agreements of the Issuer in this Agreement
are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date, and the Issuer has complied
with all its agreements contained herein and satisfied all the conditions on its
part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date;

(ii)
Such officer carefully examined the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering
Memorandum, and, in their opinion, (A) the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the
Applicable Time and as of the Closing Date, and the Offering Memorandum, as of
its date and as of the Closing Date, did not and do not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact and did not and do not omit to state a material
fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading and (B) since the date of the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, no event has occurred which
should have been set forth in a supplement or amendment to the Pricing
Disclosure Package of the Offering Memorandum; and

(iii)
to the effect set forth in paragraph (k) below.

(i)The Issuer shall have furnished to the Initial Purchasers a certificate,
dated as of the Closing Date, of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company as
to the Solvency of the Issuer following the issuances of the Notes.
(j)In the judgment of the Initial Purchasers, none of the following has
occurred, since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Company
or the Sherritt Entities, as the case may be, included in each of the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, the effect of which,
individually or in the aggregate, is so material and adverse as to make it
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or the delivery of the
Notes being delivered on the Closing Date on the terms and in the manner
contemplated in the Offering Memorandum: (i) any of the Company, its
subsidiaries or the Sherritt Entities has sustained any loss or interference
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covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action,
order or decree, (ii) there has been a change in the capital stock or long-term
debt of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or the Sherritt Entities, (iii)
there has been a change, or a development involving a prospective change, in or
affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations,
stockholders’ equity, properties, management, business or prospects of the
Company, any of its subsidiaries and the Sherritt Entities, taken as a whole
after giving effect to the Acquisition, and (iv) the Company, any of its
subsidiaries or the Sherritt Entities, has entered into any transaction or
agreement that is material to the Company, its subsidiaries and the Sherritt
Entities, taken as a whole after giving effect to the Acquisition, or incurred
any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the
Company, its subsidiaries or the Sherritt Entities, taken as a whole after
giving effect to the Acquisition.
(k)Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement (i) no downgrading
shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Notes or any debt securities or
preferred stock issued by the Issuer, the Company, Partners or any Guarantor by
any nationally recognized statistical rating organization and (ii) no such
organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or
review, with possible negative implications, its rating of the Notes or of debt
securities or preferred stock issued by the Issuer, the Company, Partners or any
Guarantor.
(l)Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement there shall not
have occurred any of the following: (i) trading in securities generally on the
New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ or in the over-the-counter market, or
trading in any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the
over-the-counter market, shall have been suspended or materially limited or the
settlement of such trading generally shall have been materially disrupted or
minimum prices shall have been established on any such exchange or such market
by the Commission, by such exchange or by any other regulatory body or
governmental authority having jurisdiction, (ii) a banking moratorium shall have
been declared by federal or state authorities, (iii) the United States shall
have become engaged in hostilities, there shall have been an escalation in
hostilities involving the United States or there shall have been a declaration
of a national emergency or war by the United States or (iv) there shall have
occurred such a material adverse change in general economic, political or
financial conditions, including, without limitation, as a result of terrorist
activities after the date hereof (or the effect of international conditions on
the financial markets in the United States shall be such), as to make it, in the
judgment of the Initial Purchasers, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with
the offering or delivery of the Notes being delivered on the Closing Date on the
terms and in the manner contemplated in the Offering Memorandum or that, in the
judgment of the Initial Purchasers, would materially and adversely affect the
financial markets or the markets for the Notes and other debt securities.
(m)There shall exist at and as of the Closing Date no condition that would
constitute a default (or an event that with notice or the lapse of time, or
both, would constitute a default) under the Indenture or any other Transaction
Document as in effect at the Closing Date (or an event that with notice or lapse
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(n)The Initial Purchasers shall have received on and as of the Closing Date
satisfactory evidence of the good standing of the Issuer and the Company in the
State of Delaware, in each case in writing or any standard form of
telecommunication, from the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
(o)The Issuer and the Trustee shall have executed and delivered the Indenture
and the Notes, and the Initial Purchasers shall have received copies thereof,
duly executed by the Issuer and the Trustee.
(p)On or prior to the Closing Date, the Issuer, the Escrow Agent and the Trustee
shall have executed and delivered the Escrow Agreement and the Initial
Purchasers shall have received a copy thereof. The Escrow Account shall have
been established by the Escrow Agent, to the reasonable satisfaction of the
Initial Purchasers. The proceeds of the Notes shall be deposited in the Escrow
Account and the Issuer shall have deposited any additional amounts required by
the Escrow Agreement into the Escrow Account substantially concurrently with
payment and delivery of the Securities. The Issuer shall have granted, to the
extent it has rights therein, a valid first priority security interest in the
Escrow Account and, upon deposit thereof, all of the Escrow Funds maintained
therein in favor of the Trustee on behalf of the holders of the Notes and shall
have perfected such security interest to the reasonable satisfaction of the
Initial Purchasers and the other conditions contained in the Escrow Agreement
shall have been satisfied. The Initial Purchasers shall have received copies of
such documents as they may reasonably request in connection with the foregoing.
(q)No amendment, modification or waiver to the Arrangement Agreement shall have
occurred or shall exist that, in the aggregate, is materially adverse to the
Company, its subsidiaries (including the Issuer) or the Sherritt Entities, taken
as a whole after giving effect to the Acquisition, or to the holders of the
Notes.
(r)The Notes shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.
(s)On or prior to the Closing Date, the Issuer shall have furnished to the
Initial, Purchaser such further certificates and documents as the Initial
Purchasers may reasonably request.
All opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in
this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof
only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for
the Initial Purchasers.
9.Indemnification and Contribution.
(a)Indemnification of the Initial Purchasers. The Issuer as of the date hereof
agrees, and upon execution and delivery of the Joinder Agreement, the Company,
Partners and each Guarantor, hereby agree, jointly and severally, to indemnify
and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser, its directors, officers and employees
and each person, if any, who controls such Initial Purchasers within the meaning
of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and
against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several, or any action in
respect thereof (including, but not limited to, any loss, claim, damage,
liability or action relating to purchases and sales of Notes), to which the
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employee or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act or
otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out
of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained (A) in any Free Writing Offering Document, the
Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering
Memorandum or in any amendment or supplement thereto, (B) in any Blue Sky
application or other document prepared or executed by the Company, Partners or
any Guarantor (or based upon any written information furnished by the Issuer,
the Company, Partners or any Guarantor) specifically for the purpose of
qualifying any or all of the Notes under the securities laws of any state or
other jurisdiction (any such application, document or information being
hereinafter called a “Blue Sky Application”) or (C) in any materials or
information provided to investors by, or with the approval of, the Issuer, the
Company or Partners in connection with the marketing of the offering of the
Notes (“Marketing Materials”), including any roadshow or investor presentations
made to investors by the Issuer, the Company or Partners (whether in person or
electronically), or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in any Free
Writing Offering Document, the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing
Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum, or in any amendment or supplement
thereto, or in any Blue Sky Application or in any Marketing Materials, any
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and shall reimburse
the Initial Purchasers and each such director, officer, employee or controlling
person promptly upon demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred
by the Initial Purchasers or any director, officer, employee or controlling
person in connection with investigating, defending or preparing to defend
against, or participating as a third party witness with respect to any such
loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred;
provided, however, that the Issuer, the Company, Partners and the Guarantors
shall not be liable in such case to the extent that such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action resulted directly from any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any Preliminary
Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package or Offering Memorandum, or
in any such amendment or supplement thereto, or in any Blue Sky Application or
in any Marketing Materials, in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information concerning the Initial Purchasers furnished to the Issuer, the
Company or Partners by the Initial Purchasers specifically for inclusion
therein, which information consists solely of the information specified in
Section 9(e). The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability
that the Issuer, the Company, Partners or the Guarantors may otherwise have to
the Initial Purchasers or to any director, officer, employee or controlling
person of the Initial Purchasers.
(b)Indemnification of the Issuer, the Company, Partners and the Guarantors. Each
Initial Purchasers hereby agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and
hold harmless (i) as of the date hereof, the Issuer and each of its directors
and officers, and, upon execution and delivery of the Joinder Agreement, the
Company, Partners, each Guarantor and each of their respective directors and
officers and (ii) each person, if any, who controls, as of the date hereof, the
Issuer and, upon execution and delivery of the Joinder Agreement, the Company,
Partners or any Guarantor within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities
Act, from and against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several, or
any action in respect thereof, to which the Issuer, the Company, Partners, any
Guarantor or any such director, officer, employee or controlling person may
become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action resulted directly from (i) an untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained (A) in any
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Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum
or in any amendment or supplement thereto, (B) in any Blue Sky Application, or
(C) in any Marketing Materials or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state
in any Free Writing Offering Document, Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the
Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum, or in any amendment or
supplement thereto, or in any Blue Sky Application or in any Marketing Materials
any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but
in each case only to the extent that the untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information concerning the Initial Purchasers furnished
to the Issuers by the Initial Purchasers specifically for inclusion therein,
which information is limited to the information set forth in Section 9(e). The
foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability that the Initial
Purchasers may otherwise have to the Issuer, the Company, Partners, any
Guarantor or any such director, officer, employee or controlling person.
(c)Notice and Procedures. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under
this Section 9 of notice of any claim or the commencement of any action, the
indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the
indemnifying party under this Section 9, notify the indemnifying party in
writing of the claim or the commencement of that action; provided, however, that
the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any
liability that it may have under this Section 9 except to the extent it has been
materially prejudiced 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 this Section 9. If any
such claim or action shall be brought against an indemnified party, and it shall
notify the indemnifying party thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled
to participate therein and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with any other
similarly notified indemnifying party, to assume the defense thereof with
counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. After notice from the
indemnifying party to the indemnified party of its election to assume the
defense of such claim or action, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to
the indemnified party under this Section 9 for any legal or other expenses
subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the defense
thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation; provided, however, that
the Initial Purchasers shall have the right to employ one counsel (in addition
to any local counsel) to represent jointly the Initial Purchasers and their
respective directors, officers, employees and controlling persons who may be
subject to liability arising out of any claim in respect of which indemnity may
be sought by the Initial Purchasers against the Issuer, the Company, Partners or
any Guarantor under this Section 9, if (i) the Issuer, the Company, Partners,
the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers shall have so mutually agreed; (ii)
the Issuer, the Company, Partners and the Guarantors have failed within a
reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Initial
Purchasers; (iii) the Initial Purchasers and their respective directors,
officers, employees and controlling persons shall have reasonably concluded,
based on the advice of counsel, that there may be legal defenses available to
them that are different from or in addition to those available to the Issuer,
the Company, Partners and the Guarantors; or (iv) the named parties in any such
proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Initial Purchasers
or their respective directors, officers, employees or controlling persons, on
the one hand, and the Issuer, the Company, Partners and the Guarantors, on the
other hand, and representation of both sets of parties by the same counsel would
present a conflict due to actual or potential differing interests between them,
and in any such event the fees and expenses of such separate counsel (in
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be paid by the Issuer, the Company, Partners and the Guarantors. No indemnifying
party shall (i) without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties
(which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), settle or compromise or
consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened
claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or
contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are
actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement,
compromise or consent (x) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified
party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding
and (y) does not include any statement as to an admission of fault, culpability
or failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party, or (ii) be liable
for any settlement of any such action effected without its written consent
(which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), but if settled with the
consent of the indemnifying party or if there be a final judgment of the
plaintiff in any such action, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless any indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by
reason of such settlement or judgment.
(d)Contribution.    If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 shall
for any reason be unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified
party under Section 9(a) or 9(b) in respect of any loss, claim, damage or
liability, or any action in respect thereof, referred to therein, then each
indemnifying party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party,
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result
of such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, (i) in
such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits
received by the Issuer, the Company, Partners and the Guarantors, on the one
hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other, from the offering of the Notes
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 Issuer, the Company, Partners and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the
Initial Purchasers, on the other, with respect to the statements or omissions
that resulted in such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect
thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative
benefits received by the Issuer, the Company, Partners and the Guarantors, on
the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other, with respect to such
offering shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds
from the offering of the Notes purchased under this Agreement (before deducting
expenses) received by the Issuer, the Company, Partners and the Guarantors, on
the one hand, and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by
the Initial Purchasers with respect to the Notes purchased under this Agreement,
on the other hand, bear to the total gross proceeds from the offering of the
Notes under this Agreement as set forth on the cover page of the Offering
Memorandum. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to whether the
untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged
omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Issuer,
the Company, Partners, the Guarantors, or the Initial Purchasers, the intent of
the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity
to correct or prevent such statement or omission. For purposes of the preceding
two sentences, the net proceeds deemed to be received by the Issuer shall be
deemed to be also for the benefit of the Company, Partners and the Guarantors,
and information supplied by the Issuer shall also be deemed to have been
supplied by the Company, Partners and the Guarantors. The Issuer, the Company,
Partners, the Guarantors, and the Initial Purchasers agree that it would not be
just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 9(d) were to be
determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does
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equitable considerations referred to herein. The amount paid or payable by an
indemnified party as a result of the loss, claim, damage or liability, or action
in respect thereof, referred to above in this Section 9(d) shall be deemed to
include, for purposes of this Section 9(d), any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating
or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Section 9(d), the Initial Purchasers shall not be required to contribute any
amount in excess of the amount by which of the commissions received by it
exceeds the amount of any damages that the Initial Purchasers have otherwise
paid or become liable to pay by reason of any untrue or alleged untrue statement
or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(t) of the Securities Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation.
(e)The Initial Purchasers confirm and the Issuer acknowledges and agrees that
the statements with respect to the offering of the Notes by the Initial
Purchasers set forth under the caption “Plan of Distribution” in the third
paragraph, the first three sentences of the fourth paragraph, the seventh
paragraph and the first and second sentences of the eighth paragraph, in each
case, contained in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Offering Memorandum constitute the only information concerning
the Initial Purchasers furnished in writing to the Issuer, the Company, Partners
or any Guarantor by or on behalf of the Initial Purchasers specifically for
inclusion in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Disclosure Package
and the Offering Memorandum or in any amendment or supplement thereto.
10.Termination. The obligations of the Initial Purchasers hereunder may be
terminated by the Initial Purchasers by notice given to and received by the
Issuers prior to delivery of and payment for the Notes if, prior to that time,
(a) the Issuer, the Company, Partners or the Guarantors, as the case may be,
will have failed, refused or been unable, at or prior to delivery of and payment
for the Notes, to perform any agreement on its part to be performed hereunder,
(b) any of the events described in Section 8(m) shall have occurred or (c) any
other condition to the Initial Purchasers’ obligations hereunder is not
fulfilled or the Initial Purchasers shall decline to purchase the Notes for any
reason permitted under this Agreement.
11.Reimbursement of Initial Purchasers’ Expenses. If (a) the Issuer fails to
tender the Notes for delivery to the Initial Purchasers by reason of any
failure, refusal or inability on the part of the Issuer, the Company, Partners
or any Guarantor to perform any agreement on their part to be performed, or
because any other condition of the obligations hereunder required to be
fulfilled by the Issuer, the Company, Partners or any Guarantor is not fulfilled
or (b) the Initial Purchasers shall decline to purchase the Notes for any reason
permitted under this Agreement, the Issuer, the Company, Partners and the
Guarantors shall reimburse the Initial Purchasers for all reasonable expenses
described in Section 7 and incurred by the Initial Purchasers in connection with
this Agreement and the proposed purchase of the Notes, and upon demand the
Issuer, the Company, Partners and the Guarantors shall pay the full amount
thereof to the Initial Purchasers.
12.Notices, etc. All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder
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(a)if to the Initial Purchasers, shall be delivered or sent by hand delivery,
mail, telex, overnight courier or facsimile transmission to:
BMO Capital Markets Corp.
3 Times Square, Floor 28
New York, NY 10036
Attn: Thomas D . Dale
Facsimile: 212-702-1885
Confirmation No.: (212) 702-1869

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
60 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
Attention: Leveraged Debt Capital Markets
Facsimile: (212) 797-4877
with a copy at the same address to:
Attention of the General Counsel, 36th Floor
Facsimile: (212) 797-4561

with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Attention: Rhett Brandon, Esq.
Confirmation No.: (212) 455-3615
Facsimile: (212) 492-0085

(b)if to the Issuer, the Company, Partners or any Guarantor, shall be delivered
or sent by mail, telex, overnight courier or facsimile transmission to:
Westmoreland Coal Company
9540 South Maroon Circle, Suite 200
Englewood, CO 801122
Facsimile: 720-354-4476
Attention: Jennifer S. Grafton, Esq

with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Holland & Hart LLP
6380 South Fiddlers Green Circle, Suite 500
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
Facsimile: 303-713-6305
Attention: Amy L. Bowler, Esq.

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any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect at the
time of receipt thereof.
13.Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective
successors and any controlling persons referred to herein and the officers,
directors and employees of each Initial Purchaser referred to in Section 9
hereof. This Agreement and the terms and provisions hereof are for the sole
benefit of only those persons, except that the representations, warranties,
indemnities and agreements of the Issuer, the Company, Partners and the
Guarantors contained in this Agreement shall also be deemed to be for the
benefit of directors, officers and employees of the Initial Purchasers and each
person or persons, if any, controlling the Initial Purchasers within the meaning
of Section 15 of the Securities Act. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or
shall be construed to give any person, other than the persons referred to in
this Section 13, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in
respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein.
14.Survival. The respective indemnities, representations, warranties and
agreements of the Issuer, the Company, Partners, the Guarantors and the Initial
Purchasers contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them,
respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall survive the delivery of and
payment for the Notes, or any termination or cancellation of this Agreement, and
shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by
or on behalf of any of them or any person controlling any of them.
15.Definition of the Terms “Business Day,” “Affiliate” and “Subsidiary”. For
purposes of this Agreement, (a) “business day” means any day on which the New
York Stock Exchange, Inc. is open for trading and (b) “affiliate” and
“subsidiary” have the meanings set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
16.Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of New York.
17.Patriot Act. In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act
(Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Initial
Purchasers are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies
their respective clients, including the Company, which information may include
the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information
that will allow the Initial Purchasers to properly identify their respective
clients.
18.No Fiduciary Duty. The Issuer and, upon execution of the Joinder Agreement,
the Company, Partners and the Guarantors acknowledge and agree that in
connection with this offering, or the Initial Purchasers’ performance of any
other duties under this Agreement, notwithstanding any pre-existing
relationship, advisory or otherwise, between the parties or any oral
representations or assurances previously or subsequently made by the Initial
Purchasers: (i) no fiduciary or agency relationship between the Issuer, the
Company, Partners, any Guarantor and any other person, on the one hand, and the
Initial Purchasers, on the other, exists; (ii) the Initial Purchasers are not
acting as advisor, expert or otherwise, to the Issuer, the Company, Partners or
the Guarantors, including, without limitation, with respect to the determination
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purchase price of the Notes, and such relationship between the Issuer, the
Company, Partners and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial
Purchasers, on the other, is entirely and solely commercial, based on
arms-length negotiations; any duties and obligations that the Initial Purchasers
may have to the Issuer, the Company, Partners and the Guarantors shall be
limited to those duties and obligations specifically stated herein; and the
Initial Purchasers and their respective affiliates may have interests that
differ from those of the Issuer, the Company, Partners and the Guarantors. The
Issuer, the Company, Partners and the Guarantors hereby waive any claims that
the Issuer, the Company, Partners and the Guarantors may have against the
Initial Purchasers with respect to any breach of fiduciary duty in connection
with the Notes.
19.Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and,
if executed in more than one counterpart, the executed counterparts shall each
be deemed to be an original but all such counterparts shall together constitute
one and the same instrument.
20.Headings. The headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only
and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation
of, this Agreement.
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If the foregoing correctly sets forth your understanding, please indicate your
acceptance in the space provided for that purpose below.

Very truly yours,

WESTMORELAND ESCROW CORPORATION

By:    /s/ Jennifer S. Grafton    
Name:    Jennifer S. Grafton
Title:    General Counsel and Secretary

[Signature Page to Purchase Agreement]

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Accepted as of the date first written above.

BMO CAPITAL MARKETS CORP.

By: /s/ Tom D. Dale            
Name:    Tom D. Dale
Title:    Managing Director

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.

By: /s/ Ralph Totoonchie        
Name:    Ralph Totoonchie
Title:    Director

By: /s/ Philip N. Saliba        
Name:    Philip N. Saliba
Title:    Director

[Signature Page to Purchase Agreement]

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