Agreements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders. (A) The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows: (a) The Company will not, during such period as the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares by an Underwriter or a dealer, file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, unless a copy thereof shall first have been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faith. (b) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to remain effective, and will notify the Representatives promptly, and will confirm such advice in writing, (i) when any post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose or the threat thereof, (iv) of the happening of any event during the period mentioned in the third sentence of Section 5(e) that in the judgment of the Company makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading, and (v) of receipt by the Company or any representative or attorney of the Company of any other communication from the Commission relating to the Company, the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus. If at any time the Commission shall issue any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company will make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible moment. If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b) under the Act, the Company shall file a registration statement under Rule 462(b) with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for such Rule 462(b) registration statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to the Rules and Regulations. (c) The Company will furnish to each Representative, without charge, one signed copy of each of the Registration Statement and of any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and all exhibits thereto and will furnish to the Representatives, without charge, for transmittal to each of the other Underwriters, a copy of the Registration Statement and any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules but without exhibits. (d) The Company will comply with all the provisions of any undertakings contained in Part II of the Registration Statement. (e) The Company will prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the Representatives and file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement; make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or to the Prospectus prior to the Option Closing Date to which the Representatives shall reasonably object by notice to the Company after a reasonable period to review; advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed, or to furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares. The Company will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by the Underwriters and by all dealers to whom the Shares may be sold, both in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and for any period of time thereafter during which the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection therewith. If during such period of time any event shall occur that in the judgment of the Company or counsel to the Underwriters should be set forth in the Prospectus in order to make any statement therein, in the light of the circumstances under which it was made, not misleading, or if it is necessary to supplement or amend the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will forthwith prepare and duly file with the Commission an appropriate supplement or amendment thereto, and will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, such number of copies of such supplement or amendment to the Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will not file any document under the Exchange Act or the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations before the termination of the offering of the Shares by the Underwriters, if such document would be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus, unless a copy of such document has been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faith. (f) Prior to any public offering of the Shares, the Company will cooperate with the Representatives and counsel to the Underwriters in connection with the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request; provided, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject. (g) The Company will, so long as and to the extent required under the Rules and Regulations, furnish to its stockholders 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 flow of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, if any, certified by an independent registered public accounting firm) 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 hereof), consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, for such quarter in reasonable detail. (h) During the period of five years commencing on the date hereof, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request copies of such financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company may from time to time distribute generally to the holders of any class of its capital stock, and will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request a copy of each annual or other report it shall be required to file with the Commission. (i) The Company will make generally available to holders of its securities as soon as may be practicable, but in no event later than the Availability Date (as defined below), an earning statement (which need not be audited but shall be in reasonable detail) covering a period of 12 months commencing after the effective the date of Registration Statement that will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act (including Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations). For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “Availability Date” means the 45th day after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes the effective date of the Registration Statement, except that if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, “Availability Date” means the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter. (j) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or reimburse if paid by the Representatives, all costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders under this Agreement and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including but not limited to costs and expenses of or relating to (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement and exhibits to it, each preliminary prospectus, Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus, (ii) the preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Shares, (iii) the printing of this Agreement, the Agreement Among Underwriters, any Selected Dealer Agreements, any Underwriters’ Questionnaires, any Underwriters’ Powers of Attorney, and any invitation letters to prospective Underwriters, (iv) furnishing (including costs of shipping and mailing) such copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any preliminary prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, as may be requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares by the Underwriters or by dealers to whom Shares may be sold, (v) the listing of the Shares on the NNM, (vi) any filings required to be made by the Underwriters with the NASD, and the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith, (vii) the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions designated pursuant to Section 5(f), including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Underwriters in connection therewith, and the preparation and printing of preliminary, supplemental and final Blue Sky memoranda, (viii) fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Company (but not those of counsel for the Underwriters, except as otherwise provided herein) and of the Accountants, (ix) the transfer agent for the Shares, and (x) any travel expenses of the Company’s officers, directors and employees and any other expenses of the Company in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the Shares. The Underwriters may deem the Company to be the primary obligor with respect to all costs, fees and expenses to be paid by the Company and by the Selling Stockholders. (k) The Company will not at any time, directly or indirectly, take any action designed or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or that will constitute, stabilization of the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares. (l) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the offering and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company in the manner set forth in the Prospectus under “Use of Proceeds.” (m) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, the Company will not (1) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant options, warrants or rights to purchase, or otherwise dispose of any equity securities of the Company or any other securities convertible into or exchangeable for its Common Stock or other equity security (other than pursuant to the Company Stock Plans or pursuant to the conversion of convertible securities or the exercise of warrants in each case outstanding on the date of this Agreement) or (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 shares of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise; provided, however, that, notwithstanding clauses (1) or (2) above, the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC (A) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited, or (B) to issue equity securities, options or warrants in connection with the acquisition by the Company or one of its subsidiaries of the assets or capital stock of another person, whether through, merger, asset acquisition, share exchange, stock purchase or otherwise, provided, however, that the recipients of any equity securities, options or warrants referred to in this clause (B) agree to enter into lock-up agreements in substantially the form as the second lock-up agreement appended to Schedule III hereto. (n) During the period of 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not file with the Commission or cause to become effective any registration statement relating to any securities of the Company without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC; provided, however, that the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC (i) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited or (ii) to file a registration statement on Form S-8. (o) The Company will cause each of its officers, directors and certain stockholders designated by the Representatives to, enter into lock-up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms set forth in Schedule III hereto. (B) Each Selling Shareholder, severally and not jointly, covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows: (a) The Selling Stockholders will enter into lock up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms set forth in Schedule III hereto. (b) The Selling Stockholders will pay (directly or by reimbursement) all fees and expenses of counsel for such Selling Stockholders and all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters hereunder.
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Agreements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders. (A) The Each of the Company and the Selling Stockholders respectively covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Company will not, either prior to the Effective Date or thereafter during such period as the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares by an Underwriter or a dealer, file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, unless a copy thereof shall first have been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faith.
(b) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to remain become effective, and will notify the Representatives promptly, and will confirm such advice in writing, (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose or the threat thereof, (iv) of the happening of any event during the period mentioned in the third sentence of Section 5(e) that in the judgment of the Company makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading, and (v) of receipt by the Company or any representative or attorney of the Company of any other communication from the Commission relating to the Company, the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus. If at any time the Commission shall issue any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company will make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible moment. If the Company has omitted any information from the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations, the Company will comply with the provisions of and make all requisite filings with the Commission pursuant to said Rule 430A and notify the Representatives promptly of all such filings. If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b) under the Act, the Company shall file a registration statement under Rule 462(b) with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for such Rule 462(b) registration statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to the Rules and Regulations.
(c) The Company will furnish to each Representative, without charge, one signed copy of each of the Registration Statement and of any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and all exhibits thereto and will furnish to the Representatives, without charge, for transmittal to each of the other Underwriters, a copy of the Registration Statement and any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules but without exhibits.
(d) The Company will comply with all the provisions of any undertakings contained in Part II of the Registration Statement.
(e) The Company will prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the Representatives and file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement; make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or to the Prospectus prior to the Option Closing Date to which the Representatives shall reasonably object by notice to the Company after a reasonable period to review; advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed, or to furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so So long as the delivery of a prospectus is by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in connection with the offering or sale circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 of the Shares. The Rules and Regulations), the Company will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, as many copies of each preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company consents to the use of each preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by the Underwriters and by all dealers to whom the Shares may be sold, both in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and for any period of time thereafter during which the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection therewith. If during such period of time any event shall occur that in the judgment of the Company or counsel to the Underwriters should be set forth in the Prospectus in order to make any statement therein, in the light of the circumstances under which it was made, not misleading, or if it is necessary to supplement or amend the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will forthwith prepare and duly file with the Commission an appropriate supplement or amendment thereto, and will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, such number of copies of such supplement or amendment to the Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. The If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will not file any document under promptly notify the Exchange Act or the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations before the termination of the offering of the Shares Joint Book-running Managers and, if requested by the UnderwritersJoint Book-running Managers, if will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such document would be deemed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectuseliminate or correct such conflict, unless a copy of such document has been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faithuntrue statement or omission.
(f) Prior to any public offering of the Shares, the Company will cooperate with the Representatives and counsel to the Underwriters in connection with the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request; provided, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(g) The Company will, so long as and to the extent required under the Rules and Regulations, furnish to its stockholders 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 flow of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, if any, certified by an independent registered public accounting firmaccountants) 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 effective date hereofof the Registration Statement), consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, for such quarter in reasonable detail.
(h) During the period of five years commencing on the date hereof, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request copies of such financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company may from time to time distribute generally to the holders of any class of its capital stock, and will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request a copy of each annual or other report it shall be required to file with the Commission.
(i) The Company will make generally available to holders of its securities as soon as may be practicable, but in no event later than the Availability Date (as defined below), an earning statement (which need not be audited but shall be in reasonable detail) covering a period of 12 months commencing after the effective the date of Registration Statement Effective Date that will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act (including Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations). For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “"Availability Date” " means the 45th day after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes the effective date of the Registration Statementsuch Effective Date, except that if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s 's fiscal year, “"Availability Date” " means the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter.
(ji) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company and, unless otherwise paid by the Company, the Selling Stockholders will pay or reimburse if paid by the Representatives, in such proportions as they may agree upon themselves, all costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders under this Agreement and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including but not limited to costs and expenses of or relating to (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement and exhibits to it, each preliminary prospectus, Prospectus Statutory Prospectus, Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectusthereto, (ii) the preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Shares, (iii) the printing of this Agreement, the Agreement Among Underwriters, any Selected Dealer Agreements, any Underwriters’ ' Questionnaires, the Stockholders' Agreements, any Underwriters’ ' Powers of Attorney, and any invitation letters to prospective Underwriters, (iv) furnishing (including costs of shipping and mailing) such copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus, and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, as may be requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares by the Underwriters or by dealers to whom Shares may be sold, (v) the listing of the Shares on the NNMNGM, (vi) any filings required to be made by the Underwriters with the NASD, and the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith, (vii) the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions designated pursuant to Section 5(f), including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Underwriters in connection therewith, and the preparation and printing of preliminary, supplemental and final Blue Sky memoranda, (viii) fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Company (but not those of counsel for the Underwriters, except as otherwise provided herein) and of the Accountants, (ix) the transfer agent for the Shares, and (x) any travel expenses of the Company’s 's officers, directors and employees and any other expenses of the Company in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the Shares. The Underwriters may deem the Company to be the primary obligor with respect to all costs, fees and expenses to be paid by the Company and by the Selling Stockholders. The Selling Stockholders will pay (directly or by reimbursement) all fees and expenses incident to the performance of their obligations under this Agreement that are not otherwise specifically provided for herein, including but not limited to any fees and expenses of counsel for such Selling Stockholders, any fees and expenses of the Attorneys-in-Fact and the Custodian, and all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters hereunder.
(kj) The Company will not at any time, directly or indirectly, take any action designed or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or that will constitute, stabilization of the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares.
(lk) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the offering and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company in the manner set forth in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus under “"Use of Proceeds" and shall file with the Commission such information on Form 10-Q or Form 10-K as may be required by Rule 463 under the Act.”
(ml) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 90 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLCthe Joint Book-running Managers, the Company will not (1) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant options, warrants or rights to purchase, or otherwise dispose of any equity securities of the Company or any other securities convertible into or exchangeable for its Common Stock or other equity security (other than pursuant to employee stock plans disclosed in the Company Stock Plans Prospectus or pursuant to the conversion of convertible securities or the exercise of warrants in each case outstanding on the date of this Agreement) or (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 shares of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise; provided, however, that, notwithstanding clauses that if (1a) during the last 17 days of such 180-day period the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs or (2b) aboveprior to the expiration of such 180-day period, the Company is not required announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of such 180-day period, the restrictions imposed by this Section 5(l) shall continue to obtain apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event, unless the Joint Book-running Managers waive, in writing, such extension.
(m) During the period of 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Companythe Joint Book-running Managers, LLC
(A) grant options to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 purchase shares of Common Stock issued by at a price less than the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited, or (B) to issue equity securities, options or warrants in connection with the acquisition by the Company or one of its subsidiaries of the assets or capital stock of another person, whether through, merger, asset acquisition, share exchange, stock purchase or otherwise, provided, however, that the recipients of any equity securities, options or warrants referred to in this clause (B) agree to enter into lock-up agreements in substantially the form as the second lock-up agreement appended to Schedule III hereto.
(n) initial public offering price. During the period of 90 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not file with the Commission or cause to become effective any registration statement relating to any securities of the Company without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC; provided, however, that the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC (i) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited or (ii) to file a registration statement on Form S-8.Joint Book-running Managers
(on) The Selling Stockholders will, and the Company will cause each of its officers, directors and certain stockholders designated by the Representatives to, enter into lock-up agreements with the Representatives in the form set forth in Schedule IV hereto to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms set forth in Schedule III hereto.
(B) Each Selling Shareholdershares, severally and not jointly, covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters except as follows:
(a) The Selling Stockholders will enter into lock up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms set forth in Schedule III hereto.
(b) The Selling Stockholders will pay (directly or by reimbursement) all fees and expenses of counsel for such Selling Stockholders and all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold permitted by such Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters hereunderagreement.
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Agreements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders. (A) The Each of the Company and the Selling Stockholders respectively covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Company will not, either prior to the Effective Date or thereafter during such period as the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares by an Underwriter or a dealer, file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, unless a copy thereof shall first have been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faith.
(b) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to remain become effective, and will notify the Representatives promptly, and will confirm such advice in writing, (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose or the threat thereof, (iv) of the happening of any event during the period mentioned in the third sentence of Section 5(eProspectus Delivery Period (defined below) that in the judgment of the Company makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading, misleading and (v) of receipt by the Company or any representative or attorney of the Company of any other communication from the Commission relating to the Company, the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus. If at any time the Commission shall issue any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company will make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible moment. If the Company has omitted any information from the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations, the Company will comply with the provisions of and make all requisite filings with the Commission pursuant to said Rule 430A and notify the Representatives promptly of all such filings. If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b) under the Act, the Company shall file a registration statement under Rule 462(b) with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M.9:00 A.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this AgreementEffective Date, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for such Rule 462(b) registration statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to the Rules and Regulations.
(c) The Company will furnish to each Representative, without charge, one signed copy of each of the Registration Statement and of any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and all exhibits thereto and will furnish to the Representatives, without charge, for transmittal to each of the other Underwriters, a copy of the Registration Statement and any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules but without exhibits.
(d) The Company will comply with all the provisions of any undertakings contained in Part II of the Registration Statement.
(e) The Company will prepare On the Prospectus in a form approved by Effective Date, and thereafter from time to time, the Representatives and file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement; make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or to the Prospectus prior to the Option Closing Date to which the Representatives shall reasonably object by notice to the Company after a reasonable period to review; advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed, or to furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares. The Company will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by the Underwriters and by all dealers to whom the Shares may be sold, both in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and for any period of time thereafter during which the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection therewiththerewith (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”). If during such period of time any event shall occur that in the judgment of the Company or counsel to the Underwriters should be set forth in the Prospectus in order to make any statement therein, in the light of the circumstances under which it was made, not misleading, or if it is necessary to supplement or amend the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will forthwith prepare and duly file with the Commission an appropriate supplement or amendment thereto, and will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, such number of copies of such supplement or amendment to the Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will not file any document under the Exchange Act or the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations before the termination of the offering of the Shares by the Underwriters, if such document would be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus, unless a copy of such document has been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faith.
(f) Prior to any public offering of the Shares, the Company will cooperate with the Representatives and counsel to the Underwriters in connection with the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request; provided, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(g) The Company will, so long as and to the extent required under the Rules and Regulations, furnish to its stockholders 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 flow of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, if any, certified by an independent registered public accounting firmaccountants) 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 effective date hereofof the Registration Statement), consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, for such quarter in reasonable detail.
(h) During the period of five years commencing on the date hereofEffective Date, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request copies of such financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company may from time to time distribute generally to the holders of any class of its capital stock, and will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request a copy of each annual or other report it shall be required to file with the Commission.
(i) The Company will make generally available to holders of its securities securities, as soon as may be practicable, practicable but in no event later than the Availability Date (as defined below), an earning statement (which need not be audited but shall be in reasonable detail) covering a period of 12 months commencing after the effective the date of Registration Statement Effective Date that will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act (including Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations). For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “Availability Date” means the 45th day after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes the effective date of the Registration Statementsuch Effective Date, except that if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, “Availability Date” means the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter.
(j) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company and, unless otherwise paid by the Company, the Selling Stockholders will pay or reimburse if paid by the Representatives, in such proportions as they may agree upon themselves, all costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders under this Agreement and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including but not limited to costs and expenses of or relating to (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement and exhibits to it, each preliminary prospectus, Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus, (ii) the preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Shares, (iii) the printing of this Agreement, the Agreement Among Underwriters, any Selected Dealer Agreements, any Underwriters’ Questionnaires, the Stockholders’ Agreements, any Underwriters’ Powers of Attorney, and any invitation letters to prospective Underwriters, (iv) furnishing (including costs of shipping and mailing) such copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any preliminary prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, as may be requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares by the Underwriters or by dealers to whom Shares may be sold, (v) the listing of the Shares on the NNM, (vi) any filings required to be made by the Underwriters with the NASD, and the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith, (vii) the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions designated pursuant to Section 5(f), including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Underwriters in connection therewith, and the preparation and printing of preliminary, supplemental and final Blue Sky memoranda, (viii) fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Company (but not those of counsel for the Underwriters, except as otherwise provided herein) and of the Accountants), (ix) the transfer agent for the Shares, and (x) any travel expenses of the Company’s officers, directors and employees and any other expenses of the Company in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the Shares. The Underwriters may deem the Company to be the primary obligor with respect to all costs, fees and expenses to be paid by the Company and by the Selling Stockholders. The Selling Stockholders will pay (directly or by reimbursement) all fees and expenses incident to the performance of their obligations under this Agreement that are not otherwise specifically provided for herein, including but not limited to any fees and expenses of counsel for such Selling Stockholders, any fees and expenses of the Attorneys-in-Fact and the Custodian, and all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters hereunder.
(k) The Company will not at any time, directly or indirectly, take any action designed or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or that will constitute, stabilization of the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares.
(l) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the offering and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company in the manner set forth in the Prospectus under “Use of Proceeds” and shall file with the Commission such information on Form 10-Q or Form 10-K as may be required by Rule 463 under the Act.”
(m) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 90 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLCInc., the Company will not (1) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant options, warrants or rights to purchase, purchase or otherwise dispose of any equity securities of the Company or any other securities convertible into or exchangeable for its Common Stock or other equity security (other than pursuant to employee stock option plans disclosed in the Company Stock Plans or pursuant to the conversion of convertible securities or the exercise of warrants in each case outstanding on the date of this AgreementProspectus) or (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 shares of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise; provided, however, that, notwithstanding clauses .
(1n) or (2) aboveDuring the period of 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company is not required to obtain will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC
(A) Inc., grant options to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 purchase shares of Common Stock issued by at a price less than the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited, or (B) to issue equity securities, options or warrants in connection with the acquisition by the Company or one of its subsidiaries of the assets or capital stock of another person, whether through, merger, asset acquisition, share exchange, stock purchase or otherwise, provided, however, that the recipients of any equity securities, options or warrants referred to in this clause (B) agree to enter into lock-up agreements in substantially the form as the second lock-up agreement appended to Schedule III hereto.
(n) initial public offering price. During the period of 90 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not file with the Commission or cause to become effective any registration statement relating to any securities of the Company without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC; provided, however, that the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC (i) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited or (ii) to file a registration statement on Form S-8.Inc.
(o) The Selling Stockholders will, and the Company will cause each of its officers, directors and certain stockholders designated by the Representatives to, enter into lock-up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLCInc., sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms set forth in Schedule III hereto.
(Bp) Each Selling Shareholder, severally and The Company will not jointly, covenants and agrees file with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Selling Stockholders will enter into lock up agreements with the Representatives Commission any registration statement on Form S-8 relating to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of its Common Stock or rights prior to acquire such shares according to 90 days after the terms set forth in Schedule III heretoeffective date of the Registration Statement.
(bq) In connection with the Directed Share Program, the Company will ensure that the Directed Shares will be restricted to the extent required by the NASD or the NASD’s rules from sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or hypothecation for a period of three months (or such longer period as may be required by the NASD or the Commission) following the date of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement. The Designated Underwriter will notify the Company as to which Participants will need to be so restricted. The Company will direct the transfer agent to place stop transfer restrictions upon such securities for such period of time.
(r) The Selling Stockholders Company will (i) pay (directly or by reimbursement) all fees and expenses disbursements of counsel for such Selling Stockholders and all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold incurred by such Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters hereunderin connection with the Directed Share Program and stamp duties, similar taxes or duties or other taxes, if any, incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the Directed Share Program, and (ii) comply with all applicable securities and other applicable laws, rules and regulations in each foreign jurisdiction in which the Directed Shares are offered in connection with the Directed Share Program.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Multi Fineline Electronix Inc)
Agreements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders. (A) The Company covenants and agrees the Selling Stockholders (as to Sections 5(i), (j), (o), (p), (q) and (r)) agree, severally and not jointly, with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Company will not, either prior to the Effective Date or thereafter during such period as the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares by an Underwriter or a dealer, file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, unless a copy thereof shall first have been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faith.
(b) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to remain become effective, and will notify the Representatives promptly, and will confirm such advice in writing, (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose or the threat thereof, (iv) of the happening of any event during the period mentioned in the third sentence of Section 5(e) that in the judgment of the Company makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading, misleading and (v) of receipt by the Company or any representative or attorney of the Company of any other communication from the Commission relating to the Company, the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus. If at any time the Commission shall issue any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company will make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible moment. If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b) under the Act, the Company shall file a registration statement under Rule 462(b) with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for such Rule 462(b) registration statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to the Rules and Regulations.
(c) The Company will furnish to each Representative, without charge, one signed copy of each of the Registration Statement and of any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and all exhibits thereto and will furnish to the Representatives, without charge, for transmittal to each of the other Underwriters, a copy of the Registration Statement and any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules but without exhibits.
(d) The Company will comply with all the provisions of any undertakings contained in Part II of the Registration Statement.
(e) The Company will prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the Representatives and file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement; make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or to the Prospectus prior to the Option Closing Date to which the Representatives shall reasonably object by notice to the Company after a reasonable period to review; advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed, or to furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares. The Company will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by the Underwriters and by all dealers to whom the Shares may be sold, both in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and for any period of time thereafter during which the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection therewith. If during such period of time any event shall occur that in the judgment of the Company or counsel to the Underwriters should be set forth in the Prospectus in order to make any statement therein, in the light of the circumstances under which it was made, not misleading, or if it is necessary to supplement or amend the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will forthwith prepare and duly file with the Commission an appropriate supplement or amendment thereto, and will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, such number of copies of such supplement or amendment to the Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will not file any document under the Exchange Act or the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations before the termination of the offering of the Shares by the Underwriters, if such document would be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus, unless a copy of such document has been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faith.
(f) Prior to any public offering of the Shares, the Company will cooperate with the Representatives and counsel to the Underwriters in connection with the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request; provided, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(g) The Company will, so long as and to the extent required under the Rules and Regulations, furnish to its stockholders 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 flow of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, if any, certified by an independent registered public accounting firm) 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 hereof), consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, for such quarter in reasonable detail.
(h) During the period of five years commencing on the date hereof, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request copies of such financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company may from time to time distribute generally to the holders of any class of its capital stock, and will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request a copy of each annual or other report it shall be required to file with the Commission.
(i) The Company will make generally available to holders of its securities as soon as may be practicable, but in no event later than the Availability Date (as defined below), an earning statement (which need not be audited but shall be in reasonable detail) covering a period of 12 months commencing after the effective the date of Registration Statement that will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act (including Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations). For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “Availability Date” means the 45th day after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes the effective date of the Registration Statement, except that if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, “Availability Date” means the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter.
(j) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or reimburse if paid by the Representatives, all costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders under this Agreement and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including but not limited to costs and expenses of or relating to (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement and exhibits to it, each preliminary prospectus, Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus, (ii) the preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Shares, (iii) the printing of this Agreement, the Agreement Among Underwriters, any Selected Dealer Agreements, any Underwriters’ Questionnaires, any Underwriters’ Powers of Attorney, and any invitation letters to prospective Underwriters, (iv) furnishing (including costs of shipping and mailing) such copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any preliminary prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, as may be requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares by the Underwriters or by dealers to whom Shares may be sold, (v) the listing of the Shares on the NNM, (vi) any filings required to be made by the Underwriters with the NASD, and the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith, (vii) the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions designated pursuant to Section 5(f), including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Underwriters in connection therewith, and the preparation and printing of preliminary, supplemental and final Blue Sky memoranda, (viii) fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Company (but not those of counsel for the Underwriters, except as otherwise provided herein) and of the Accountants, (ix) the transfer agent for the Shares, and (x) any travel expenses of the Company’s officers, directors and employees and any other expenses of the Company in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the Shares. The Underwriters may deem the Company to be the primary obligor with respect to all costs, fees and expenses to be paid by the Company and by the Selling Stockholders.
(k) The Company will not at any time, directly or indirectly, take any action designed or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or that will constitute, stabilization of the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares.
(l) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the offering and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company in the manner set forth in the Prospectus under “Use of Proceeds.”
(m) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, the Company will not (1) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant options, warrants or rights to purchase, or otherwise dispose of any equity securities of the Company or any other securities convertible into or exchangeable for its Common Stock or other equity security (other than pursuant to the Company Stock Plans or pursuant to the conversion of convertible securities or the exercise of warrants in each case outstanding on the date of this Agreement) or (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 shares of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise; provided, however, that, notwithstanding clauses (1) or (2) above, the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC
(A) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited, or (B) to issue equity securities, options or warrants in connection with the acquisition by the Company or one of its subsidiaries of the assets or capital stock of another person, whether through, merger, asset acquisition, share exchange, stock purchase or otherwise, provided, however, that the recipients of any equity securities, options or warrants referred to in this clause (B) agree to enter into lock-up agreements in substantially the form as the second lock-up agreement appended to Schedule III hereto.
(n) During the period of 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not file with the Commission or cause to become effective any registration statement relating to any securities of the Company without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC; provided, however, that the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC (i) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited or (ii) to file a registration statement on Form S-8.
(o) The Company will cause each of its officers, directors and certain stockholders designated by the Representatives to, enter into lock-up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms set forth in Schedule III hereto.
(B) Each Selling Shareholder, severally and not jointly, covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Selling Stockholders will enter into lock up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms set forth in Schedule III hereto.
(b) The Selling Stockholders will pay (directly or by reimbursement) all fees and expenses of counsel for such Selling Stockholders and all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters hereunder.order
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Credentials Services International Inc)
Agreements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders. (A) The Each of the Company or the Selling Stockholders, as applicable, covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Company will not, either prior to the Applicable Time or thereafter during such period as the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares by an Underwriter or a dealer, file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement Statement, the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus, unless a copy thereof shall first have been submitted to the Representatives Representative within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives Representative shall not have objected thereto in good faith.
(b) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to remain effective, and will notify the Representatives Representative promptly, and will confirm such advice in writing, (i) when any post-amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any amendment thereto becomes effectiveor supplement to the Prospectus has been filed, (ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of the Base Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose or the threat thereof, (iv) of the happening of any event during the period mentioned in the third sentence of Section 5(e) that in the judgment of the Company makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading, and (v) of receipt by the Company or any representative or attorney of the Company of any other communication from the Commission relating to the Company, the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus prospectus, the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus. If at any time the Commission shall issue any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration StatementStatement or preventing or suspending the use of the Base Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Company will make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible moment. If the Company has omitted any information from the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule Rule 430B of the Rules and Regulations, the Company will comply with the provisions of and make all requisite filings with the Commission pursuant to said Rule 430B and notify the Representative promptly of all such filings. If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b) under the Act, the Company shall file a registration statement under Rule 462(b) with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M.p.m., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for such Rule 462(b) registration statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to the Rules and Regulations.
(c) The Company will furnish to each Representative, without charge, a copy of one signed copy of each of the Registration Statement and of any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and all exhibits thereto and will furnish to the RepresentativesRepresentative, without charge, for transmittal to each of the other Underwriters, a copy of the Registration Statement and any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules but without exhibits.
(d) The Company will comply with all the provisions of any undertakings contained in Part II of the Registration Statement.
(e) The Company will prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the Representatives and file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement; make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or to the Prospectus prior to the Option Closing Date to which the Representatives shall reasonably object by notice to the Company after a reasonable period to review; advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed, or to furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so So long as the delivery of a prospectus is by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in connection with the offering or sale circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 of the Shares. The Rules and Regulations), the Company will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, as many written and electronic copies of each preliminary prospectus, the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto as the Representatives Representative may reasonably request. The Company consents and the Selling Stockholders consent to the use of each preliminary prospectus, the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus or Supplement, the Prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by the Underwriters and by all dealers to whom the Shares may be sold, both in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and for any period of time thereafter during which the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection therewith. If during such period of time any event shall occur that in the judgment of the Company or counsel to the Underwriters should be set forth in the Prospectus in order to make any statement therein, in the light of the circumstances under which it was made, not misleading, or if it is necessary to supplement or amend the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will forthwith prepare and duly file with the Commission an appropriate supplement or amendment thereto, and will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, such number of copies of such supplement or amendment to the Prospectus as the Representatives Representative may reasonably request. The Company will not file any document under the Exchange Act or the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations before the termination of the offering of the Shares by the Underwriters, if such document would be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus, unless that is not approved by the Representative after reasonable notice thereof. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a copy result of which such document has been submitted Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the Representatives within a reasonable period statements therein, in the light of time prior the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC and, if requested by Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faitheliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(f) Prior to any public offering of the Shares, the Company will cooperate with the Representatives Representative and counsel to the Underwriters in connection with the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the state or foreign securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives Representative may reasonably request; provided, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(g) The Company will, so long as and to the extent required under the Rules and Regulations, furnish to its stockholders 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 flow of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, if any, certified by an independent registered public accounting firmaccountants) 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 effective date hereofof the Registration Statement), consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, for such quarter in reasonable detail.
(h) During the period of five years commencing on the date hereof, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request copies of such financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company may from time to time distribute generally to the holders of any class of its capital stock, and will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request a copy of each annual or other report it shall be required to file with the Commission.
(i) The Company will make generally available to holders of its securities as soon as may be practicable, but in no event later than the Availability Date (as defined below), an earning statement (which need not be audited but shall be in reasonable detail) covering a period of 12 months commencing after the effective the date of Registration Statement Effective Date that will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act (including Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations). For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “Availability Date” means the 45th day after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes the effective date of the Registration Statementsuch Effective Date, except that if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, “Availability Date” means the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter.
(ji) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or reimburse if paid by the RepresentativesUnderwriters, in such proportions as they may agree upon themselves, all costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders under this Agreement and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including but not limited to costs and expenses of or relating to (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement and exhibits to it, each preliminary prospectus, the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement to any of the Registration Statement or Prospectusforegoing, (ii) the preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Shares, (iii) the printing of this Agreement, the Agreement Among Underwriters, any Selected Dealer Agreements, any Underwriters’ Questionnaires, any Underwriters’ Powers of Attorney, and any invitation letters to prospective Underwritersif applicable, (iv) furnishing (including costs of shipping and mailing) such copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any preliminary prospectus, the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus, and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, as may be requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares by the Underwriters or by dealers to whom Shares may be sold, (v) the listing of the Shares on the NNM, (vi) any filings required to be made by in connection with clearance of the Underwriters offering of the Shares with FINRA (including the NASD, and the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith), (viivi) the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the state or foreign securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions designated pursuant to Section 5(f)) and the preparation, printing and distribution of any Blue Sky memoranda or foreign jurisdiction offering wraps or memoranda (including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Underwriters in connection therewith, and the preparation and printing of preliminary, supplemental and final Blue Sky memoranda), (viiivii) fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Company (but not those of counsel for the Underwriters, except as otherwise provided herein) and of the Accountants, (ixviii) the transfer agent for the Shares, and (xix) “road show” presentations to prospective purchasers of the Shares (including any travel expenses of the Company’s officers, directors and employees and any other expenses of the Company in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers meetings, but not including travel expenses for employees of any of the SharesUnderwriters). The Underwriters may deem the Company to be the primary obligor with respect to all costs, fees and expenses to be paid by the Company and by the Selling Stockholders. The Selling Stockholders will pay (directly or by reimbursement) all fees and expenses incident to the performance of their obligations under this Agreement that are not otherwise specifically provided for herein, including but not limited to any fees and expenses of counsel for such Selling Stockholders, any fees and expenses of the Attorneys-in-Fact, all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters hereunder and the reasonable and documented fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Underwriters.
(kj) The Company and the Selling Stockholders will not at any time, directly or indirectly, take any action designed or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or that will constitute, stabilization of the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares.
(l) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the offering and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company in the manner set forth in the Prospectus under “Use of Proceeds.”
(mk) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 90 that is 60 days after the date of the Prospectus, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, the Company will not (1) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant options, warrants or rights to purchase, or otherwise dispose of any equity securities of the Company or any other securities convertible into or exchangeable for its Common Stock or other equity security (other than pursuant to employee stock option plans disclosed in the Company Stock Plans Prospectus or pursuant to the conversion of convertible securities or the exercise of warrants in each case outstanding on the date of this Agreement) or (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 shares of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise; provided, however, that, notwithstanding clauses that if (1a) during the last 17 days of such 60-day period the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs or (2b) aboveprior to the expiration of such 60-day period, the Company is not required announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of such 60-day period, the restrictions imposed by this Section 5(l) shall continue to obtain apply until the prior written consent expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event, unless Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC
(A) to fileLLC waives, or seek to declare effectivein writing, a registration statement with such extension. Notwithstanding the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by foregoing, if the Company has “actively traded securities” within the meaning of Rule 101(c)(1) of Regulation M of the Exchange Act, and otherwise satisfies the requirements set forth in connection with Rule 139 of the acquisition Securities Act of HMSL Group Limited1933 that would permit Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC or any underwriter to publish issuer-specific research reports pursuant to Rule 139, the Lock-Up Period shall not be extended upon the occurrence of (a) or (Bb) to issue equity securities, options or warrants in connection with the acquisition by the Company or one of its subsidiaries of the assets or capital stock of another person, whether through, merger, asset acquisition, share exchange, stock purchase or otherwise, provided, however, that the recipients of any equity securities, options or warrants referred to in this clause (B) agree to enter into lock-up agreements in substantially the form as the second lock-up agreement appended to Schedule III heretoabove.
(nl) During the period of 90 60 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not file with the Commission or cause to become effective any registration statement relating to any securities of the Company without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC; provided, however, that the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC (i) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited or (ii) to file a registration statement on Form S-8.
(om) The Selling Stockholders will, and the Company will cause each of its executive officers, directors and certain stockholders designated by the Representatives Representative to, enter into lock-up agreements with the Representatives Representative to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms set forth in Schedule III IV hereto.
(B) Each Selling Shareholder, severally and not jointly, covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Selling Stockholders will enter into lock up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms set forth in Schedule III hereto.
(b) The Selling Stockholders will pay (directly or by reimbursement) all fees and expenses of counsel for such Selling Stockholders and all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters hereunder.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (EGAIN Corp)
Agreements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders. (A) The Company covenants (as to Sections 5(a) through (m)), and agrees the Selling Stockholders (as to Sections 5(j) and 5(n) through (q)) agree, severally and not jointly, with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Company will not, either prior to the Effective Date or thereafter during such period as the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares by an a Underwriter or a dealer, file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement (including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement) or the Prospectus, unless a copy thereof shall first have been submitted to the Representatives Underwriters within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives Underwriters shall not have objected thereto in good faith.
(b) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to remain become effective, and will notify the Representatives Underwriters promptly, and will confirm such advice in writing, (i1) when the Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective, (ii2) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information, (iii3) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose or the threat thereof, (iv4) of the happening of any event during the period mentioned in the third second sentence of Section 5(e) that in the judgment of the Company makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading, misleading and (v5) of receipt by the Company or any representative or attorney of the Company of any other communication from the Commission relating to the Company, the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus. If at any time the Commission shall issue any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company will make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible moment. If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b) under the Act, the Company shall file a registration statement under Rule 462(b) with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for such Rule 462(b) registration statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to the Rules and Regulations.
(c) The Company will furnish to each Representative, without charge, one signed copy of each of has omitted any information from the Registration Statement and of any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and all exhibits thereto and will furnish to the Representatives, without charge, for transmittal to each of the other Underwriters, a copy of the Registration Statement and any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules but without exhibits.
(d) The Company will comply with all the provisions of any undertakings contained in Part II of the Registration Statement.
(e) The Company will prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the Representatives and file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement; make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or to the Prospectus prior to the Option Closing Date to which the Representatives shall reasonably object by notice to the Company after a reasonable period to review; advise the Representatives430A, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed, or to furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares. The Company will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by the Underwriters and by all dealers to whom the Shares may be sold, both in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and for any period of time thereafter during which the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection therewith. If during such period of time any event shall occur that in the judgment of the Company or counsel to the Underwriters should be set forth in the Prospectus in order to make any statement therein, in the light of the circumstances under which it was made, not misleading, or if it is necessary to supplement or amend the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will forthwith prepare and duly file with the Commission an appropriate supplement or amendment thereto, and will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, such number of copies of such supplement or amendment to the Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will not file any document under the Exchange Act or the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations before the termination of the offering of the Shares by the Underwriters, if such document would be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus, unless a copy of such document has been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faith.
(f) Prior to any public offering of the Shares, the Company will cooperate with the Representatives and counsel to the Underwriters in connection with the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request; provided, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(g) The Company will, so long as and to the extent required under the Rules and Regulations, furnish to its stockholders 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 flow of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, if any, certified by an independent registered public accounting firm) 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 hereof), consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, for such quarter in reasonable detail.
(h) During the period of five years commencing on the date hereof, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request copies of such financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company may from time to time distribute generally to the holders of any class of its capital stock, and will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request a copy of each annual or other report it shall be required to file with the Commission.
(i) The Company will make generally available to holders of its securities as soon as may be practicable, but in no event later than the Availability Date (as defined below), an earning statement (which need not be audited but shall be in reasonable detail) covering a period of 12 months commencing after the effective the date of Registration Statement that will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act (including Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations). For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “Availability Date” means the 45th day after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes the effective date of the Registration Statement, except that if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, “Availability Date” means the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter.
(j) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or reimburse if paid by the Representatives, all costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders under this Agreement and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including but not limited to costs and expenses of or relating to (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement and exhibits to it, each preliminary prospectus, Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus, (ii) the preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Shares, (iii) the printing of this Agreement, the Agreement Among Underwriters, any Selected Dealer Agreements, any Underwriters’ Questionnaires, any Underwriters’ Powers of Attorney, and any invitation letters to prospective Underwriters, (iv) furnishing (including costs of shipping and mailing) such copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any preliminary prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, as may be requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares by the Underwriters or by dealers to whom Shares may be sold, (v) the listing of the Shares on the NNM, (vi) any filings required to be made by the Underwriters with the NASD, and the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith, (vii) the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions designated pursuant to Section 5(f), including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Underwriters in connection therewith, and the preparation and printing of preliminary, supplemental and final Blue Sky memoranda, (viii) fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Company (but not those of counsel for the Underwriters, except as otherwise provided herein) and of the Accountants, (ix) the transfer agent for the Shares, and (x) any travel expenses of the Company’s officers, directors and employees and any other expenses of the Company in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the Shares. The Underwriters may deem the Company to be the primary obligor with respect to all costs, fees and expenses to be paid by the Company and by the Selling Stockholders.
(k) The Company will not at any time, directly or indirectly, take any action designed or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or that will constitute, stabilization of the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares.
(l) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the offering and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company in the manner set forth in the Prospectus under “Use of Proceeds.”
(m) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, the Company will not (1) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant options, warrants or rights to purchase, or otherwise dispose of any equity securities of the Company or any other securities convertible into or exchangeable for its Common Stock or other equity security (other than pursuant to the Company Stock Plans or pursuant to the conversion of convertible securities or the exercise of warrants in each case outstanding on the date of this Agreement) or (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 shares of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise; provided, however, that, notwithstanding clauses (1) or (2) above, the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC
(A) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited, or (B) to issue equity securities, options or warrants in connection with the acquisition by the Company or one of its subsidiaries of the assets or capital stock of another person, whether through, merger, asset acquisition, share exchange, stock purchase or otherwise, provided, however, that the recipients of any equity securities, options or warrants referred to in this clause (B) agree to enter into lock-up agreements in substantially the form as the second lock-up agreement appended to Schedule III hereto.
(n) During the period of 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not file with the Commission or cause to become effective any registration statement relating to any securities of the Company without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC; provided, however, that the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC (i) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited or (ii) to file a registration statement on Form S-8.
(o) The Company will cause each of its officers, directors and certain stockholders designated by the Representatives to, enter into lock-up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms set forth in Schedule III hereto.
(B) Each Selling Shareholder, severally and not jointly, covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Selling Stockholders will enter into lock up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms set forth in Schedule III hereto.
(b) The Selling Stockholders will pay (directly or by reimbursement) all fees and expenses of counsel for such Selling Stockholders and all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters hereunder.the
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Agreements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders. (A) The Each of the Company and the Selling Stockholders respectively covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Company will not, either prior to the Effective Date or thereafter during such period as the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares by an Underwriter or a dealer, file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, unless a copy thereof shall first have been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faith.
(b) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to remain become effective, and will notify the Representatives promptly, and will confirm such advice in writing, (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose or the threat thereof, (iv) of the happening of any event during the period mentioned in the third second sentence of Section 5(e) that in the judgment of the Company makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading, misleading and (v) of receipt by the Company or any representative or attorney of the Company of any other communication from the Commission relating to the Company, the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus. If at any time the Commission shall issue any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company will make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible moment. If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b) under has omitted any information from the Act, the Company shall file a registration statement under Rule 462(b) with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for such Rule 462(b) registration statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations, the Company will comply with the provisions of and make all requisite filings with the Commission pursuant to said Rule 430A and notify the Representatives promptly of all such filings.
(c) The Company will furnish to each Representative, without charge, one signed copy of each of the Registration Statement and of any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and all exhibits thereto and will furnish to the Representatives, without charge, for transmittal to each of the other Underwriters, a copy of the Registration Statement and any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules but without exhibits.
(d) The Company will comply with all the provisions of any undertakings contained in Part II of the Registration Statement.
(e) The Company will prepare On the Prospectus in a form approved by Effective Date, and thereafter from time to time, the Representatives and file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement; make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or to the Prospectus prior to the Option Closing Date to which the Representatives shall reasonably object by notice to the Company after a reasonable period to review; advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed, or to furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares. The Company will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by the several Underwriters and by all dealers to whom the Shares may be sold, both in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and for any period of time thereafter during which the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection therewith. If during such period of time any event shall occur that which in the judgment of the Company or counsel to the Underwriters should be set forth in the Prospectus in order to make any statement therein, in the light of the circumstances under which it was made, not misleading, or if it is necessary to supplement or amend the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will forthwith prepare and duly file with the Commission an appropriate supplement or amendment thereto, and will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, such number of copies of such supplement or amendment to the Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will not file any document under the Exchange Act or the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations before the termination of the offering of the Shares by the Underwriters, if such document would be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus, unless a copy of such document has been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faith.
(f) Prior to any public offering of the Shares, the Company will cooperate with the Representatives and counsel to the Underwriters in connection with the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request; provided, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that which would subject it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(g) The Company will, so long as and to the extent required under the Rules and Regulations, furnish to its stockholders 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 flow of the Company and its consolidated SubsidiariesCompany, if any, certified by an independent registered public accounting firmaccountants) 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 effective date hereofof the Registration Statement), consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its SubsidiariesCompany, if any, for such quarter in reasonable detail.
(h) During the period of five years commencing on the date hereofEffective Date, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request copies of such financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company may from time to time distribute generally to the holders of any class of its capital stock, and will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request a copy of each annual or other report it shall be required to file with the Commission.
(i) The Company will make generally available to holders of its securities as soon as may be practicable, practicable but in no event later than the Availability last day of the fifteenth full calendar month following the calendar quarter in which the Effective Date (as defined below)falls, an earning earnings statement (which need not be audited but shall be in reasonable detail) covering for a period of 12 months ended commencing after the effective the date of Registration Statement that will satisfy Effective Date, and satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act (including Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations). For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “Availability Date” means the 45th day after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes the effective date of the Registration Statement, except that if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, “Availability Date” means the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter.
(j) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company and, unless otherwise paid by the Company, the Selling Stockholders will pay or reimburse if paid by the Representatives, in such proportions as they may agree upon themselves, all costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders under this Agreement and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including but not limited to costs and expenses of or relating to (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement and exhibits to it, each preliminary prospectus, Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus, (ii) the preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Shares, (iii) the printing of this Agreement, the Agreement Among Underwriters, any Selected Dealer Agreements, any Underwriters’ ' Questionnaires, the Stockholders' Agreements, any Underwriters’ ' Powers of Attorney, and any invitation letters to prospective Underwriters, (iv) furnishing (including costs of shipping and mailing) such copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any preliminary prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, as may be requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares by the Underwriters or by dealers to whom Shares may be sold, (v) the listing of the Shares on the NNM, (vi) any filings required to be made by the Underwriters with the NASD, and the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith, (vii) the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions designated pursuant to Section 5(f), including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Underwriters in connection therewith, and the preparation and printing of preliminary, supplemental and final Blue Sky memoranda, (viii) fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Company (but not those of counsel for the Underwriters, except as otherwise provided herein) and of the Accountants, (ix) the transfer agent for the Shares, and (x) any travel expenses of the Company’s officers, directors and employees and any other expenses of the Company in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the Shares. The Underwriters may deem the Company to be the primary obligor with respect to all costs, fees and expenses to be paid by the Company and by the Selling Stockholders. The Selling Stockholders will pay (directly or by reimbursement) all fees and expenses incident to the performance of their obligations under this Agreement that are not otherwise specifically provided for herein, including but not limited to any fees and expenses of counsel for such Selling Stockholders, any fees and expenses of the Attorneys-in-Fact and the Custodian, and all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters hereunder.
(k) The Company will not at any time, directly or indirectly, take any action designed or that which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or that which will constitute, stabilization of the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares.
(l) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the offering and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company in the manner set forth in the Prospectus under “"Use of Proceeds.”"
(m) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 90 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLCInc., the Company will not (1) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant options, warrants or rights options to purchase, purchase or otherwise dispose of any of the Company's equity securities of the Company or any other securities convertible into or exchangeable for with its Common Stock or other equity security (other than pursuant to the Company Stock Plans employee stock option plans or pursuant to the conversion of convertible securities or the exercise of warrants in each case outstanding on the date of this Agreement).
(n) or (2) enter into any swap or other derivatives transaction that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any During the period of 180 days after the date of the economic benefits or risks of ownership of shares of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise; provided, however, that, notwithstanding clauses (1) or (2) aboveProspectus, the Company is not required to obtain will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC
(A) Inc., grant options to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 purchase shares of Common Stock issued by at a price less than the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited, or (B) to issue equity securities, options or warrants in connection with the acquisition by the Company or one of its subsidiaries of the assets or capital stock of another person, whether through, merger, asset acquisition, share exchange, stock purchase or otherwise, provided, however, that the recipients of any equity securities, options or warrants referred to in this clause (B) agree to enter into lock-up agreements in substantially the form as the second lock-up agreement appended to Schedule III hereto.
(n) initial public offering price. During the period of 90 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not file with the Commission or cause to become effective any registration statement (other than on Form S-8) relating to any securities of the Company without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC; provided, however, that the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC (i) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited or (ii) to file a registration statement on Form S-8.Inc.
(o) The Selling Stockholders will, and the Company will cause each of its officers, directors and certain stockholders designated by the Representatives to, enter into lock-up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLCInc., sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms set forth in Schedule III hereto.
(Bp) Each Selling Shareholder, severally and The Company will not jointly, covenants and agrees file with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Selling Stockholders will enter into lock up agreements with the Representatives Commission any registration statement on Form S-8 relating to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of its Common Stock or rights prior to acquire such shares according to 90 days after the terms set forth in Schedule III hereto.
(b) The Selling Stockholders will pay (directly or by reimbursement) all fees and expenses of counsel for such Selling Stockholders and all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery effective date of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters hereunderRegistration Statement.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Quantum Epitaxial Designs Inc)
Agreements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders. (A) The Company covenants and agrees the Selling Stockholders (as to Section 5(j), (k), (n) and (o)) agree, severally and not jointly, with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Company will not, either prior to the Effective Date or thereafter during such period as the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares by an Underwriter or a dealer, file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, unless a copy thereof shall first have been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faiththereto.
(b) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to remain become effective, and will notify the Representatives promptly, and will confirm such advice in writing, (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose or the threat thereof, (iv) of the happening of any event during the period mentioned in the third second sentence of Section 5(e) that in the judgment of the Company makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading, misleading and (v) of receipt by the Company or any representative or attorney of the Company of any other communication from the Commission relating to the Company, the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus. If at any time the Commission shall issue any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company will make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible moment. If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b) under has omitted any information from the Act, the Company shall file a registration statement under Rule 462(b) with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for such Rule 462(b) registration statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations, the Company will comply with the provisions of and make all requisite filings with the Commission pursuant to said Rule 430A and notify the Representatives promptly of all such filings.
(c) The Company will furnish to each Representativeof the Representatives, without charge, one two signed copy of each copies of the Registration Statement and of any pre- or post-post- effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and all exhibits thereto and will furnish to the Representatives, without charge, for transmittal to each of the other Underwriters, a copy of the Registration Statement and any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules but without exhibits.
(d) The Company will comply with all the provisions of any undertakings contained in Part II of the Registration Statement.
(e) The Company will prepare On the Prospectus in a form approved by Effective Date, and thereafter from time to time, the Representatives and file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement; make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or to the Prospectus prior to the Option Closing Date to which the Representatives shall reasonably object by notice to the Company after a reasonable period to review; advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed, or to furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares. The Company will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably requestrequest for the purposes contemplated by this Agreement. The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by the several Underwriters and by all dealers to whom the Shares may be sold, both in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and for any period of time thereafter during which the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection therewith. If during such period of time any event shall occur that which in the judgment of the Company or counsel to the Underwriters should be set forth in the Prospectus in order to make any statement therein, in the light of the circumstances under which it was made, not misleading, or if it is necessary to supplement or amend the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will forthwith prepare and duly file with the Commission an appropriate supplement or amendment thereto, and will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, such number of copies of such supplement or amendment to the Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably requestrequest for the purposes contemplated by this Agreement. The Company will shall not file any document under the Exchange Act or the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations before the termination of the offering of the Shares by the Underwriters, Underwriters if such document would be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus, unless a copy of such document has been submitted to Prospectus which is not approved by the Representatives within a after reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faithnotice thereof.
(f) Prior to any public offering of the Shares, the Company will cooperate with the Representatives and counsel to the Underwriters in connection with the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request; provided, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that which would subject it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(g) The Company will, so long as and to the extent required under the Rules and Regulations, furnish to its stockholders as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year an annual report (including a balance sheet and statements of incomeoperations, stockholders’ ' equity and cash flow of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, if any, subsidiaries certified by an independent registered public accounting firmaccountants) 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 effective date hereofof the Registration Statement), consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, subsidiaries for such quarter in reasonable detail.
(h) During the period of five years commencing on the date hereofEffective Date, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request copies of such financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company may from time to time distribute generally to the holders of any class of its capital stock, and will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request a copy of each annual or other report it shall be required to file with the Commission.
(i) The Company will make generally available to holders of its securities as soon as may be practicable, practicable but in no event later than the Availability last day of the fifteenth full calendar month following the calendar quarter in which the Effective Date (as defined below)falls, an earning earnings statement (which need not be audited but shall be in reasonable detail) covering for a period of 12 months ended commencing after the effective the date of Registration Statement that will satisfy Effective Date, and satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act (including Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations). For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “Availability Date” means the 45th day after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes the effective date of the Registration Statement, except that if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, “Availability Date” means the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter.
(j) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay pay, or reimburse if paid by the Representatives, all costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders under this Agreement and in connection with the transactions contemplated herebyAgreement, including but not limited to costs and expenses of or relating to (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement and exhibits to it, each preliminary prospectus, Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus, (ii) the preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Shares, (iii) the printing of this Agreement, the Agreement Among Underwriters, any Selected Dealer Agreements, any Underwriters’ Questionnaires, any Underwriters’ ' Questionnaires or Powers of Attorney, the Custody Agreements and any invitation letters to prospective Underwritersthe Powers of Attorney, (iv) furnishing (including costs of shipping and mailing) such copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any preliminary prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, as may be requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares by the Underwriters or by dealers to whom Shares may be sold, (v) the listing quotation of the Shares on the NNMNasdaq, (vi) any filings required to be made by the Underwriters with the NASD, and the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith, (vii) the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions designated pursuant to Section 5(f), including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges out-of-pocket expenses of counsel to the Underwriters in connection therewith, and the preparation and printing of preliminary, supplemental and final Blue Sky memoranda, (viii) fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Company (but not those of counsel for the Underwriters, except as otherwise provided herein) and of the Accountants, (ix) the transfer agent for the Shares, and (x) any travel expenses of the Company’s officers, directors and employees and any other expenses of the Company in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the Shares. The Underwriters may deem the Company to be the primary obligor with respect to all costs, fees and expenses to be paid by the Company and by the Selling Stockholders.
(k) If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Company or the Selling Stockholders pursuant to any of the provisions hereof (otherwise than pursuant to Section 9 hereof) or if for any reason the Company or any Selling Stockholder shall be unable to perform its or his obligations hereunder, the Company will reimburse the several Underwriters for all out- of-pocket expenses (including the fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Underwriters) reasonably incurred by them in connection herewith.
(l) The Company will not at any time, directly or indirectly, take any action designed designed, or that which might reasonably be expected expected, to cause or result in, or that which will constitute, stabilization of the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares.
(lm) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the offering and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company in the manner set forth in the Prospectus under “"Use of Proceeds.”
(m) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, the Company will not (1) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant options, warrants or rights to purchase, or otherwise dispose of any equity securities of the Company or any other securities convertible into or exchangeable for its Common Stock or other equity security (other than pursuant to the Company Stock Plans or pursuant to the conversion of convertible securities or the exercise of warrants in each case outstanding on the date of this Agreement) or (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 shares of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise; provided, however, that, notwithstanding clauses (1) or (2) above, the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC
(A) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited, or (B) to issue equity securities, options or warrants in connection with the acquisition by the Company or one of its subsidiaries of the assets or capital stock of another person, whether through, merger, asset acquisition, share exchange, stock purchase or otherwise, provided, however, that the recipients of any equity securities, options or warrants referred to in this clause (B) agree to enter into lock-up agreements in substantially the form as the second lock-up agreement appended to Schedule III hereto."
(n) During The Company and the period of 90 days after Selling Stockholders will not, and the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not file with the Commission or cause to become effective any registration statement relating to any securities of the Company without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC; provided, however, that the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC (i) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited or (ii) to file a registration statement on Form S-8.
(o) The Company will cause each of its officers, officers and directors and certain stockholders designated by the Representatives to, to enter into lock-up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLCInc., offer to sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or could be expected to, result in the disposition by any person of), directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according (other than pursuant to employee stock option and purchase plans described in the terms set forth in Schedule III heretoProspectus), for a period of 180 days after the date of the Prospectus.
(Bo) Each As soon as any Selling ShareholderStockholder is advised thereof, severally and not jointly, covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The such Selling Stockholders Stockholder will enter into lock up agreements with advise the Representatives to the effect that they will notand confirm such advice in writing, without the prior written consent (i) of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms set forth in Schedule III hereto.
(b) The Selling Stockholders will pay (directly or by reimbursement) all fees and expenses of counsel for such Selling Stockholders and all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold receipt by such Selling Stockholders Stockholder, or by any representative of such Selling Stockholder, of any communication from the Commission relating to the Underwriters hereunderRegistration Statement, the Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus, or any notice or order of the Commission relating to the Company or any of the Selling Stockholders in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (ii) of the happening of any event during the period from and after the Effective Date that in the judgment of such Selling Stockholder makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Hologic Inc)
Agreements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders. (A) The Each of the Company and the Selling Stockholders covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Company will not, either prior to the Effective Date or thereafter during such period as the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares by an Underwriter or a dealer, file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, unless a copy thereof shall first have been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faith.
(b) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to remain become effective, and will notify the Representatives promptly, and will confirm such advice in writing, (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose or the threat thereof, (iv) of the happening of any event during the period mentioned in the third second sentence of Section 5(e) that in the judgment of the Company makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading, misleading and (v) of receipt by the Company or any representative or attorney of the Company of any other communication from the Commission relating to the Company, the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus. If at any time the Commission shall issue any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company will make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible moment. If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b) under has omitted any information from the Act, the Company shall file a registration statement under Rule 462(b) with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for such Rule 462(b) registration statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations, the Company will comply with the provisions of and make all requisite filings with the Commission pursuant to said Rule 430A and notify the Representatives promptly of all such filings.
(c) The Company will furnish to each Representative, without charge, one signed copy of each of the Registration Statement and of any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and all exhibits thereto and will furnish to the Representatives, without charge, for transmittal to each of the other Underwriters, a copy of the Registration Statement and any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules but without exhibits.
(d) The Company will comply with all the provisions of any undertakings contained in Part II of the Registration Statement.
(e) The Company will prepare On the Prospectus in a form approved by Effective Date, and thereafter from time to time, the Representatives and file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement; make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or to the Prospectus prior to the Option Closing Date to which the Representatives shall reasonably object by notice to the Company after a reasonable period to review; advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed, or to furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares. The Company will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by the several Underwriters and by all dealers to whom the Shares may be sold, both in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and for any period of time thereafter during which the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection therewith. If during such period of time any event shall occur that which in the judgment of the Company or counsel to the Underwriters should be set forth in the Prospectus in order to make any statement therein, in the light of the circumstances under which it was made, not misleading, or if it is necessary to supplement or amend the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will forthwith prepare and duly file with the Commission an appropriate supplement or amendment thereto, and will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, such number of copies of such supplement or amendment to the Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will not file any document under the Exchange Act or the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations before the termination of the offering of the Shares by the Underwriters, if such document would be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus, unless a copy of such document has been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faith.
(f) Prior to any public offering of the Shares, the Company will cooperate with the Representatives and counsel to the Underwriters in connection with the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request; provided, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that which would subject it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(g) The Company will, so long as and to the extent required under the Rules and Regulations, furnish to its stockholders 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 flow of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, if any, certified by an independent registered public accounting firmaccountants) 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 effective date hereofof the Registration Statement), consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its Subsidiariessubsidiaries, if any, for such quarter in reasonable detail.
(h) During the period of five years commencing on the date hereofEffective Date, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request copies of such financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company may from time to time distribute generally to the holders of any class of its capital stock, and will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request a copy of each annual or other report it shall be required to file with the Commission.
(i) The Company will make generally available to holders of its securities as soon as may be practicable, practicable but in no event later than the Availability last day of the fifteenth full calendar month following the calendar quarter in which the Effective Date (as defined below)falls, an earning earnings statement (which need not be audited but shall be in reasonable detail) covering for a period of 12 months ended commencing after the effective the date of Registration Statement that will satisfy Effective Date, and satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act (including Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations). For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “Availability Date” means the 45th day after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes the effective date of the Registration Statement, except that if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, “Availability Date” means the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter.
(j) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or reimburse if paid by the Representatives, Representatives all costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders under this Agreement and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including but not limited to costs and expenses of or relating to (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement and exhibits to it, each preliminary prospectusPreliminary Prospectus, Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus, (ii) the preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Shares, (iii) the printing of this Agreement, the Agreement Among Underwriters, any Selected Dealer Agreements, any Underwriters’ ' Questionnaires, the Stockholders' Agreements, any Underwriters’ ' Powers of Attorney, and any invitation letters to prospective Underwriters, (iv) furnishing (including costs of shipping and mailing) such copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any preliminary prospectusPreliminary Prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, as may be requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares by the Underwriters or by dealers to whom Shares may be sold, (v) the listing of the Shares on the NNMAmerican Stock Exchange, (vi) any filings required to be made by the Underwriters with the NASD, and the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith, (vii) the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions designated pursuant to Section 5(f), including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Underwriters in connection therewith, and the preparation and printing of preliminary, supplemental and final Blue Sky memoranda, (viii) fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Company (but not those of counsel for the Underwriters, except as otherwise provided herein) and of the Accountants), (ix) the transfer agent for the Shares, Shares and (x) any travel fees and expenses of the Company’s officers, directors Attorneys-in-Fact and employees and any other expenses of the Company in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the SharesCustodian. The Underwriters may deem the Company to be the primary obligor with respect to all costs, fees and expenses to be paid by the Company and by the Selling Stockholders. The Selling Stockholders will pay (directly or by reimbursement) all fees and expenses incident to the performance of their obligations under this Agreement that are not otherwise specifically provided for herein, including but not limited to any fees and expenses of counsel for such Selling Stockholders, and all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters hereunder.
(k) The Company will not at any time, directly or indirectly, take any action designed or that which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or that which will constitute, stabilization of the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares.
(l) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the offering and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company in the manner set forth in the Prospectus under “"Use of Proceeds.”"
(m) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLCInc., the Company will not (1) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant options, warrants or rights options to purchase, purchase or otherwise dispose of any of the Company's equity securities of the Company or any other securities convertible into or exchangeable for with its Common Stock or other equity security (other than pursuant to the Company Stock Plans employee stock option plans or pursuant to the conversion of convertible securities or the exercise of warrants in each case outstanding on the date of this Agreement) or (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 shares of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise; provided, however, that, notwithstanding clauses (1) or (2) above, the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC
(A) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited, or (B) to issue equity securities, options or warrants in connection with the acquisition by the Company or one of its subsidiaries of the assets or capital stock of another person, whether through, merger, asset acquisition, share exchange, stock purchase or otherwise, provided, however, that the recipients of any equity securities, options or warrants referred to in this clause (B) agree to enter into lock-up agreements in substantially the form as the second lock-up agreement appended to Schedule III hereto.
(n) ). During the period of 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not file with the Commission or cause to become effective any registration statement relating to any securities of the Company without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC; providedInc. During the period of 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, however, that the Company is not required to obtain will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC (i) Inc., grant options to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 purchase shares of Common Stock issued by at a price less than the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited or (ii) to file a registration statement on Form S-8initial public offering price.
(on) The Selling Stockholders will, and the Company will cause each of its officers, officers and directors and certain stockholders Stockholders designated by the Representatives to, to enter into lock-up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLCInc., sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms set forth in Schedule III IV hereto.
(Bo) Each Selling Shareholder, severally and The Company will not jointly, covenants and agrees file with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Selling Stockholders will enter into lock up agreements with the Representatives Commission any registration statement on Form S-8 relating to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of its Common Stock or rights prior to acquire such shares according to 90 days after the terms set forth in Schedule III hereto.
(b) The Selling Stockholders will pay (directly or by reimbursement) all fees and expenses of counsel for such Selling Stockholders and all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery effective date of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters hereunderRegistration Statement.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Measurement Specialties Inc)
Agreements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders. (A) The Each of the Company and the Selling Stockholders, severally and not jointly, as applicable as set forth below, covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Company will not, either prior to the Applicable Time or thereafter during such period as the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares by an Underwriter or a dealer, file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement Statement, the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus, unless a copy thereof shall first have been submitted to the Representatives Representative within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives Representative shall not have objected thereto in good faith.
(b) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to remain effective, and will notify the Representatives Representative promptly, and will confirm such advice in writing, (i) when any post-amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any amendment thereto becomes effectiveor supplement to the Prospectus has been filed, (ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of the Base Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose or the threat thereof, (iv) of the happening of any event during the period mentioned in the third sentence of Section 5(e) that in the judgment of the Company makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading, and (v) of receipt by the Company or any representative or attorney of the Company of any other communication from the Commission relating to the Company, the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus prospectus, the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus. If at any time the Commission shall issue any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration StatementStatement or preventing or suspending the use of the Base Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Company will make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible moment. If the Company has omitted any information from the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B of the Rules and Regulations, the Company will comply with the provisions of and make all requisite filings with the Commission pursuant to said Rule 430B and notify the Representative promptly of all such filings. If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b) under the Act, the Company shall file a registration statement under Rule 462(b) with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M.p.m., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for such Rule 462(b) registration statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to the Rules and Regulations.
(c) The Company will furnish to each the Representative, without charge, a copy of one signed copy of each of the Registration Statement and of any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and all exhibits thereto and will furnish to the RepresentativesRepresentative, without charge, for transmittal to each of the other Underwriters, a copy of the Registration Statement and any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules but without exhibits.
(d) The Company will comply with all the provisions of any undertakings contained in Part II of the Registration Statement.
(e) The Company will prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the Representatives and file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement; make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or to the Prospectus prior to the Option Closing Date to which the Representatives shall reasonably object by notice to the Company after a reasonable period to review; advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed, or to furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so So long as the delivery of a prospectus is by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in connection with the offering or sale circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 of the Shares. The Rules and Regulations), the Company will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, as many written and electronic copies of each preliminary prospectus, the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto as the Representatives Representative may reasonably request. The Company consents consents, and each of the Selling Stockholders consents, to the use of each preliminary prospectus, the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus or Supplement, the Prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by the Underwriters and by all dealers to whom the Shares may be sold, both in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and for any period of time thereafter during which the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection therewith. If during such period of time any event shall occur that in the judgment of the Company or counsel to the Underwriters should be set forth in the Prospectus in order to make any statement therein, in the light of the circumstances under which it was made, not misleading, or if it is necessary to supplement or amend the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will forthwith prepare and duly file with the Commission an appropriate supplement or amendment thereto, and will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, such number of copies of such supplement or amendment to the Prospectus as the Representatives Representative may reasonably request. The Company will not file any document under the Exchange Act or the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations before the termination of the offering of the Shares by the Underwriters, if such document would be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus, unless that is not approved by the Representative after reasonable notice thereof. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a copy result of which such document has been submitted Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the Representatives within a reasonable period statements therein, in the light of time prior the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC and, if requested by Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faitheliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(f) Prior to any public offering of the Shares, the Company will cooperate with the Representatives Representative and counsel to the Underwriters in connection with the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the state or foreign securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives Representative may reasonably request; provided, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(g) The Company will, so long as and to the extent required under the Rules and Regulations, furnish to its stockholders 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 flow of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, if any, certified by an independent registered public accounting firmaccountants) 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 effective date hereofof the Registration Statement), consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, for such quarter in reasonable detail.
(h) During the period of five years commencing on the date hereof, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request copies of such financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company may from time to time distribute generally to the holders of any class of its capital stock, and will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request a copy of each annual or other report it shall be required to file with the Commission.
(i) The Company will make generally available to holders of its securities as soon as may be practicable, but in no event later than the Availability Date (as defined below), an earning statement (which need not be audited but shall be in reasonable detail) covering a period of 12 months commencing after the effective the date of Registration Statement Effective Date that will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act (including Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations). For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “Availability Date” means the 45th day after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes the effective date of the Registration Statementsuch Effective Date, except that if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, “Availability Date” means the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter.
(ji) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or reimburse if paid by the Representatives, all costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company and and, subject to the limitation set forth below, the Selling Stockholders under this Agreement and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including but not limited to costs and expenses of or relating to (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement and exhibits to it, each preliminary prospectus, the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement to any of the Registration Statement or Prospectusforegoing, (ii) the preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Shares, (iii) the printing of this Agreement, the Agreement Among Underwriters, any Selected Dealer Agreements, any Underwriters’ Questionnaires, any Underwriters’ Powers of Attorney, and any invitation letters to prospective Underwritersif applicable, (iv) furnishing (including costs of shipping and mailing) such copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any preliminary prospectus, the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus, and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, as may be requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares by the Underwriters or by dealers to whom Shares may be sold, (v) the listing of the Shares on the NNM, (vi) any filings required to be made by in connection with clearance of the Underwriters offering of the Shares with the NASD, and FINRA (including the reasonable and documented fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith), (viivi) the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the state or foreign securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions designated pursuant to Section 5(f)) and the preparation, printing and distribution of any Blue Sky memoranda or foreign jurisdiction offering wraps or memoranda (including the reasonable and documented fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Underwriters in connection therewith, and the preparation and printing of preliminary, supplemental and final Blue Sky memoranda), (viiivii) fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Company (but not those of counsel for the Underwriters, except as otherwise provided herein) Company’s and Selling Stockholders’ counsels and of the Accountants, (ixviii) the transfer agent for the Shares, and (xix) “road show” presentations to prospective purchasers of the Shares (including any travel expenses of the Company’s officers, directors and employees and any other expenses of the Company in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers meetings, but not including travel expenses for employees of any of the SharesUnderwriters; in the event that the Underwriters and the Company shall charter any aircraft or other transportation in connection with the “road show”, the Underwriters and the Company shall each pay 50% of the cost incurred) and (x) all fees and expenses incident to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their obligations hereunder; provided, however, that (a) in no event shall the Company be required to pay or reimburse the Underwriters for any costs and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters, as set forth in (v) and (vi) above, in excess of $15,000 in the aggregate and (b) in in no event shall the Company be required to pay or reimburse the Selling Stockholders for any costs and expenses of the Selling Stockholders, including counsel for the Selling Stockholders as set forth in (vii) above, in excess of $50,000 in the aggregate. The Selling Stockholders agree to reimburse the Underwriters for costs and expenses up to $250,000; provided, however, that the sum of (x) the total expenses so reimbursed plus (y) the product of (A) the sum of the Firm Shares and any Option Shares purchased by the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement and (B) $0.4731 shall not exceed $1,750,000. The Underwriters may deem the Company to be the primary obligor with respect to all costs, fees and expenses to be paid by the Company and by the Selling Stockholders. It is understood that, except as provided in this Section 5(i) or Section 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, stock transfer taxes on the resale of any of the Shares owned by them, any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make and all travel, lodging and other expenses of the Underwriters or any of their employees incurred by them in connection with any road show presentation.
(kj) The Company and the Selling Stockholders will not at any time, directly or indirectly, take any action designed or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or that will constitute, stabilization of the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares.
(l) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the offering and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company in the manner set forth in the Prospectus under “Use of Proceeds.”
(mk) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 90 days after the date of the Prospectusbut excluding November 6, 2014, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, the Company will not (1) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant options, warrants or rights to purchase, or otherwise dispose of any equity securities of the Company or any other securities convertible into or exchangeable for its Common Stock or other equity security (other than pursuant to employee stock option plans disclosed in the Company Stock Plans Prospectus or pursuant to the conversion of convertible securities or the exercise of warrants in each case outstanding on the date of this Agreement) or (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 shares of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise; provided, however, that, notwithstanding clauses (1) or (2) above, the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC
(A) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited, or (B) to issue equity securities, options or warrants in connection with the acquisition by the Company or one of its subsidiaries of the assets or capital stock of another person, whether through, merger, asset acquisition, share exchange, stock purchase or otherwise, provided, however, that the recipients of any equity securities, options or warrants referred to in this clause (B) agree to enter into lock-up agreements in substantially the form as the second lock-up agreement appended to Schedule III hereto.
(nl) During the period of 90 days after beginning on the date of the ProspectusProspectus and continuing to but excluding November 6, 2014, the Company will not file with the Commission or cause to become effective any registration statement relating to any securities of the Company without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC; provided, however, that the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC (i) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited or (ii) to file a registration statement on Form S-8.
(om) The Selling Stockholders will, and the Company will cause each of its executive officers, directors and certain stockholders designated by the Representatives Representative to, enter into lock-up agreements with the Representatives Representative to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms set forth in Schedule III Schedules IV-A and IV-B hereto.
(B) Each Selling Shareholder, severally and not jointly, covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Selling Stockholders will enter into lock up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms set forth in Schedule III hereto.
(b) The Selling Stockholders will pay (directly or by reimbursement) all fees and expenses of counsel for such Selling Stockholders and all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters hereunder.
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Agreements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders. (A) The Each of the Company and the Selling Stockholders respectively covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Company will not, either prior to the Effective Date or thereafter during such period as the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares by an Underwriter or a dealer, file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, unless a copy thereof shall first have been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faith.
(b) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to remain become effective, and will notify the Representatives promptly, and will confirm such advice in writing, (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-post- effective amendment thereto becomes effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose or the threat thereof, (iv) of the happening of any event during the period mentioned in the third second sentence of Section 5(e) that in the judgment of the Company makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading, misleading and (v) of receipt by the Company or any representative or attorney of the Company of any other communication from the Commission relating to the Company, the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus. If at any time the Commission shall issue any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company will make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible moment. If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b) under the Act, the Company shall file a registration statement under Rule 462(b) with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for such Rule 462(b) registration statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to the Rules and Regulations.
(c) The Company will furnish to each Representative, without charge, one signed copy of each of has omitted any information from the Registration Statement and of any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and all exhibits thereto and will furnish to the Representatives, without charge, for transmittal to each of the other Underwriters, a copy of the Registration Statement and any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules but without exhibits.
(d) The Company will comply with all the provisions of any undertakings contained in Part II of the Registration Statement.
(e) The Company will prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the Representatives and file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement; make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or to the Prospectus prior to the Option Closing Date to which the Representatives shall reasonably object by notice to the Company after a reasonable period to review; advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed, or to furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares. The Company will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by the Underwriters and by all dealers to whom the Shares may be sold, both in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and for any period of time thereafter during which the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection therewith. If during such period of time any event shall occur that in the judgment of the Company or counsel to the Underwriters should be set forth in the Prospectus in order to make any statement therein, in the light of the circumstances under which it was made, not misleading, or if it is necessary to supplement or amend the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will forthwith prepare and duly file with the Commission an appropriate supplement or amendment thereto, and will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, such number of copies of such supplement or amendment to the Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will not file any document under the Exchange Act or the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations before the termination of the offering of the Shares by the Underwriters, if such document would be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus, unless a copy of such document has been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faith.
(f) Prior to any public offering of the Shares, the Company will cooperate with the Representatives and counsel to the Underwriters in connection with the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request; provided, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(g) The Company will, so long as and to the extent required under the Rules and Regulations, furnish to its stockholders 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 flow of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, if any, certified by an independent registered public accounting firm) 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 hereof), consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, for such quarter in reasonable detail.
(h) During the period of five years commencing on the date hereof, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request copies of such financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company may from time to time distribute generally to the holders of any class of its capital stock, and will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request a copy of each annual or other report it shall be required to file with the Commission.
(i) The Company will make generally available to holders of its securities as soon as may be practicable, but in no event later than the Availability Date (as defined below), an earning statement (which need not be audited but shall be in reasonable detail) covering a period of 12 months commencing after the effective the date of Registration Statement that will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act (including Rule 158 430A of the Rules and Regulations). For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “Availability Date” means the 45th day after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes the effective date of the Registration Statement, except that if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, “Availability Date” means the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter.
(j) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or reimburse if paid by the Representatives, all costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders under this Agreement and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including but not limited to costs and expenses of or relating to (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement and exhibits to it, each preliminary prospectus, Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus, (ii) the preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Shares, (iii) the printing of this Agreement, the Agreement Among Underwriters, any Selected Dealer Agreements, any Underwriters’ Questionnaires, any Underwriters’ Powers of Attorney, and any invitation letters to prospective Underwriters, (iv) furnishing (including costs of shipping and mailing) such copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any preliminary prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, as may be requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares by the Underwriters or by dealers to whom Shares may be sold, (v) the listing of the Shares on the NNM, (vi) any filings required to be made by the Underwriters with the NASD, and the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith, (vii) the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions designated pursuant to Section 5(f), including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Underwriters in connection therewith, and the preparation and printing of preliminary, supplemental and final Blue Sky memoranda, (viii) fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Company (but not those of counsel for the Underwriters, except as otherwise provided herein) and of the Accountants, (ix) the transfer agent for the Shares, and (x) any travel expenses of the Company’s officers, directors and employees and any other expenses of the Company in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the Shares. The Underwriters may deem the Company to be the primary obligor with respect to all costs, fees and expenses to be paid by the Company and by the Selling Stockholders.
(k) The Company will not at any time, directly or indirectly, take any action designed or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or that will constitute, stabilization of the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares.
(l) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the offering and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company in the manner set forth in the Prospectus under “Use of Proceeds.”
(m) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, the Company will not (1) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant options, warrants or rights to purchase, or otherwise dispose of any equity securities of the Company or any other securities convertible into or exchangeable for its Common Stock or other equity security (other than pursuant to the Company Stock Plans or pursuant to the conversion of convertible securities or the exercise of warrants in each case outstanding on the date of this Agreement) or (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 shares of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise; provided, however, that, notwithstanding clauses (1) or (2) above, the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC
(A) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited, or (B) to issue equity securities, options or warrants in connection with the acquisition by the Company or one of its subsidiaries of the assets or capital stock of another person, whether through, merger, asset acquisition, share exchange, stock purchase or otherwise, provided, however, that the recipients of any equity securities, options or warrants referred to in this clause (B) agree to enter into lock-up agreements in substantially the form as the second lock-up agreement appended to Schedule III hereto.
(n) During the period of 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not file with the Commission or cause to become effective any registration statement relating to any securities of the Company without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC; provided, however, that the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC (i) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited or (ii) to file a registration statement on Form S-8.
(o) The Company will cause each of its officers, directors and certain stockholders designated by the Representatives to, enter into lock-up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms set forth in Schedule III hereto.
(B) Each Selling Shareholder, severally and not jointly, covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Selling Stockholders will enter into lock up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms set forth in Schedule III hereto.
(b) The Selling Stockholders will pay (directly or by reimbursement) all fees and expenses of counsel for such Selling Stockholders and all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters hereunder.and
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Agreements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders. (A) The Company covenants and agrees the Selling Stockholders (as to Section 5 (n) and (o) as indicated therein) agree, severally and not jointly, with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Company will not, either prior to the Effective Date or thereafter during such period as the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares by an Underwriter or a dealer, file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, unless a copy thereof shall first have been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faiththereto.
(b) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to remain become effective, and will notify the Representatives promptly, and will confirm such advice in writing, (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose or the threat thereof, (iv) of the happening of any event during the period mentioned in the third second sentence of Section 5(e) that in the judgment of the Company makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading, misleading and (v) of receipt by the Company or any representative or attorney of the Company of any other communication from the Commission relating to the Company, the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus. If at any time the Commission shall issue any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company will make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible moment. If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b) under has omitted any information from the Act, the Company shall file a registration statement under Rule 462(b) with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for such Rule 462(b) registration statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations, the Company will comply with the provisions of and make all requisite filings with the Commission pursuant to said Rule 430A and notify the Representatives promptly of all such filings.
(c) The Company will furnish to each Representativeof the Representatives, without charge, one two signed copy of each copies of the Registration Statement and of any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and all exhibits thereto and will furnish to the Representatives, without charge, for transmittal to each of the other Underwriters, a copy of the Registration Statement and any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules but without exhibits.
(d) The Company will comply with all the provisions of any undertakings contained in Part II of the Registration Statement.
(e) The Company will prepare On the Prospectus in a form approved by Effective Date, and thereafter from time to time, the Representatives and file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement; make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or to the Prospectus prior to the Option Closing Date to which the Representatives shall reasonably object by notice to the Company after a reasonable period to review; advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed, or to furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares. The Company will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably requestrequest for the purposes contemplated by this Agreement. The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by the several Underwriters and by all dealers to whom the Shares may be sold, both in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and for any period of time thereafter during which the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection therewith. If during such period of time any event shall occur that which in the judgment of the Company or counsel to the Underwriters should be set forth in the Prospectus in order to make any statement therein, in the light of the circumstances under which it was made, not misleading, or if it is necessary to supplement or amend the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will forthwith prepare and duly file with the Commission an appropriate supplement or amendment thereto, and will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, such number of copies of such supplement or amendment to the Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably requestrequest for the purposes contemplated by this Agreement. The Company will shall not file any document under the Exchange Act or the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations before the termination of the offering of the Shares by the Underwriters, Underwriters if such document would be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus, unless a copy of such document has been submitted to Prospectus which is not approved by the Representatives within a after reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faithnotice thereof.
(f) Prior to any public offering of the Shares, the Company will cooperate with the Representatives and counsel to the Underwriters in connection with the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request; provided, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that which would subject it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(g) The Company will, so long as and to the extent required under the Rules and Regulations, furnish to its stockholders as soon as practicable on a timely basis after the end of each fiscal year an annual report (including a balance sheet and statements of incomeoperations, stockholders’ ' equity and cash flow of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, if any, subsidiaries certified by an independent registered public accounting firmaccountants) 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 effective date hereofof the Registration Statement), consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, subsidiaries for such quarter in reasonable detail.
(h) During the period of five years commencing on the date hereofEffective Date, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request copies of such financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company may from time to time distribute generally to the holders of any class of its capital stock, and will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request a copy of each annual or other report it shall be required to file with the Commission.
(i) The Company will make generally available to holders of its securities as soon as may be practicable, practicable but in no event later than the Availability last day of the fifteenth full calendar month following the calendar quarter in which the Effective Date (as defined below)falls, an earning earnings statement (which need not be audited but shall be in reasonable detail) covering for a period of 12 months ended commencing after the effective the date of Registration Statement that will satisfy Effective Date, and satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act (including Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations). For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “Availability Date” means the 45th day after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes the effective date of the Registration Statement, except that if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, “Availability Date” means the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter.
(j) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay pay, or reimburse if paid by the Representatives, all costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders under this Agreement and in connection with the transactions contemplated herebyAgreement, including but not limited to costs and expenses of or relating to (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement and exhibits to it, each preliminary prospectus, Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus, (ii) the preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Shares, (iii) the printing of this Agreement, the Agreement Among Underwriters, any Selected Dealer Agreements, any Underwriters’ Questionnaires, any Underwriters’ ' Questionnaires or Powers of Attorney, the Custody Agreements and any invitation letters to prospective Underwritersthe Powers of Attorney, (iv) furnishing (including costs of shipping and mailing) such copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any preliminary prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, as may be requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares by the Underwriters or by dealers to whom Shares may be sold, (v) the listing quotation of the Shares on the NNMNasdaq, (vi) any filings required to be made by the Underwriters with the NASD, and the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith, (vii) the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions designated pursuant to Section 5(f), including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges out-of-pocket expenses of counsel to the Underwriters in connection therewith, and the preparation and printing of preliminary, supplemental and final Blue Sky memoranda, (viii) fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Company (but not those of counsel for the Underwriters, except as otherwise provided herein) and of the Accountants, (ix) the transfer agent for the Shares, and (x) any travel expenses of the Company’s officers, directors and employees and any other expenses of the Company in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the Shares. The Underwriters may deem the Company to be the primary obligor with respect to all costs, fees and expenses to be paid by the Company and by the Selling Stockholders.
(k) If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Company or the Selling Stockholders pursuant to any of the provisions hereof (otherwise than pursuant to Section 9 hereof) or if for any reason the Company or any Selling Stockholder shall be unable to perform its or his obligations hereunder, the Company will reimburse the several Underwriters for all out- of-pocket expenses (including the fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Underwriters) reasonably incurred by them in connection herewith.
(l) The Company will not at any time, directly or indirectly, take any action designed designed, or that which might reasonably be expected expected, to cause or result in, or that which will constitute, stabilization of the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares.
(lm) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the offering and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company in the manner set forth in the Prospectus under “"Use of Proceeds.”
(m) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, the Company will not (1) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant options, warrants or rights to purchase, or otherwise dispose of any equity securities of the Company or any other securities convertible into or exchangeable for its Common Stock or other equity security (other than pursuant to the Company Stock Plans or pursuant to the conversion of convertible securities or the exercise of warrants in each case outstanding on the date of this Agreement) or (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 shares of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise; provided, however, that, notwithstanding clauses (1) or (2) above, the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC
(A) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited, or (B) to issue equity securities, options or warrants in connection with the acquisition by the Company or one of its subsidiaries of the assets or capital stock of another person, whether through, merger, asset acquisition, share exchange, stock purchase or otherwise, provided, however, that the recipients of any equity securities, options or warrants referred to in this clause (B) agree to enter into lock-up agreements in substantially the form as the second lock-up agreement appended to Schedule III hereto."
(n) During the period of 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not file with the Commission or cause to become effective any registration statement relating to any securities of the Company without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & The Company, LLC; provided, however, that the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC (i) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited or (ii) to file a registration statement on Form S-8.
(o) The Company will cause each of its officers, directors S. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx and certain stockholders designated by the Representatives to, enter into lock-up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they Xxx X. Xxxxx will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLCInc., offer to sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or could be expected to, result in the disposition by any person of), directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according (other than pursuant to employee stock option and purchase plans described in the terms set forth in Schedule III heretoProspectus), for a period of 180 days after the date of the Prospectus; provided, however, that Messrs. Xxxxxxxxxx and Xxxxx will no longer be bound by such restriction if all of the Option Shares that may be sold by them pursuant to this Agreement are not purchased by the Underwriters as provided herein.
(Bo) Each As soon as any Selling ShareholderStockholder is advised thereof, severally and not jointly, covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The such Selling Stockholders Stockholder will enter into lock up agreements with advise the Representatives to the effect that they will notand confirm such advice in writing, without the prior written consent (i) of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms set forth in Schedule III hereto.
(b) The Selling Stockholders will pay (directly or by reimbursement) all fees and expenses of counsel for such Selling Stockholders and all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold receipt by such Selling Stockholders Stockholder, or by any representative of such Selling Stockholder, of any communication from the Commission relating to the Underwriters hereunderRegistration Statement, the Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus, or any notice or order of the Commission relating to the Company or any of the Selling Stockholders in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (ii) of the happening of any event during the period from and after the Effective Date that in the judgment of such Selling Stockholder makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Hologic Inc)
Agreements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders. (A) The Each of the Company and the Selling Stockholders respectively covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Company will not, either prior to the Effective Date or thereafter during such period as the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares by an Underwriter or a dealer, file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, unless a copy thereof shall first have been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faith.
(b) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to remain become effective, and will notify the Representatives promptly, and will confirm such advice in writing, (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose or the threat thereof, (iv) of the happening of any event during the period mentioned in the third sentence of Section 5(e) that in the judgment of the Company makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading, and (v) of receipt by the Company or any representative or attorney of the Company of any other communication from the Commission relating to the Company, the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus. If at any time the Commission shall issue any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company will make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible moment. If the Company has omitted any information from the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations, the Company will comply with the provisions of and make all requisite filings with the Commission pursuant to said Rule 430A and notify the Representatives promptly of all such filings. If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b) under the Act, the Company shall file a registration statement under Rule 462(b) with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for such Rule 462(b) registration statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to the Rules and Regulations.
(c) The Company will furnish to each Representative, without charge, one signed copy of each of the Registration Statement and of any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and all exhibits thereto and will furnish to the Representatives, without charge, for transmittal to each of the other Underwriters, a copy of the Registration Statement and any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules but without exhibits.
(d) The Company will comply with all the provisions of any undertakings contained in Part II of the Registration Statement.
(e) The Company will prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the Representatives and file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement; make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or to the Prospectus prior to the Option Closing Date to which the Representatives shall reasonably object by notice to the Company after a reasonable period to review; advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed, or to furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so So long as the delivery of a prospectus is by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in connection with the offering or sale circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 of the Shares. The Rules and Regulations), the Company will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, as many copies of each preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company consents to the use of each preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by the Underwriters and by all dealers to whom the Shares may be sold, both in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and for any period of time thereafter during which the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection therewith. If during such period of time any event shall occur that in the judgment of the Company or counsel to the Underwriters should be set forth in the Prospectus in order to make any statement therein, in the light of the circumstances under which it was made, not misleading, or if it is necessary to supplement or amend the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will forthwith prepare and duly file with the Commission an appropriate supplement or amendment thereto, and will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, such number of copies of such supplement or amendment to the Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. The If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will not file any document under promptly notify the Exchange Act or the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations before the termination of the offering of the Shares Joint Book-running Managers and, if requested by the UnderwritersJoint Book-running Managers, if will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such document would be deemed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectuseliminate or correct such conflict, unless a copy of such document has been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faithuntrue statement or omission.
(f) Prior to any public offering of the Shares, the Company will cooperate with the Representatives and counsel to the Underwriters in connection with the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request; provided, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(g) The Company will, so long as and to the extent required under the Rules and Regulations, furnish to its stockholders 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 flow of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, if any, certified by an independent registered public accounting firmaccountants) 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 effective date hereofof the Registration Statement), consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, for such quarter in reasonable detail.
(h) During the period of five years commencing on the date hereof, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request copies of such financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company may from time to time distribute generally to the holders of any class of its capital stock, and will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request a copy of each annual or other report it shall be required to file with the Commission.
(i) The Company will make generally available to holders of its securities as soon as may be practicable, but in no event later than the Availability Date (as defined below), an earning statement (which need not be audited but shall be in reasonable detail) covering a period of 12 months commencing after the effective the date of Registration Statement Effective Date that will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act (including Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations). For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “Availability Date” means the 45th day after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes the effective date of the Registration Statementsuch Effective Date, except that if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, “Availability Date” means the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter.
(ji) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company and, unless otherwise paid by the Company, the Selling Stockholders will pay or reimburse if paid by the Representatives, in such proportions as they may agree upon themselves, all costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders under this Agreement and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including but not limited to costs and expenses of or relating to (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement and exhibits to it, each preliminary prospectus, Prospectus Statutory Prospectus, Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectusthereto, (ii) the preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Shares, (iii) the printing of this Agreement, the Agreement Among Underwriters, any Selected Dealer Agreements, any Underwriters’ Questionnaires, the Stockholders’ Agreements, any Underwriters’ Powers of Attorney, and any invitation letters to prospective Underwriters, (iv) furnishing (including costs of shipping and mailing) such copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus, and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, as may be requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares by the Underwriters or by dealers to whom Shares may be sold, (v) the listing of the Shares on the NNMNGM, (vi) any filings required to be made by the Underwriters with the NASD, and the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith, (vii) the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions designated pursuant to Section 5(f), including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Underwriters in connection therewith, and the preparation and printing of preliminary, supplemental and final Blue Sky memoranda, (viii) fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Company (but not those of counsel for the Underwriters, except as otherwise provided herein) and of the Accountants, (ix) the transfer agent for the Shares, and (x) any travel expenses of the Company’s officers, directors and employees and any other expenses of the Company in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the Shares. The Underwriters may deem the Company to be the primary obligor with respect to all costs, fees and expenses to be paid by the Company and by the Selling Stockholders. The Selling Stockholders will pay (directly or by reimbursement) all fees and expenses incident to the performance of their obligations under this Agreement that are not otherwise specifically provided for herein, including but not limited to any fees and expenses of counsel for such Selling Stockholders, any fees and expenses of the Attorneys-in-Fact and the Custodian, and all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters hereunder.
(kj) The Company will not at any time, directly or indirectly, take any action designed or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or that will constitute, stabilization of the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares.
(lk) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the offering and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company in the manner set forth in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus under “Use of Proceeds” and shall file with the Commission such information on Form 10-Q or Form 10-K as may be required by Rule 463 under the Act.”
(ml) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 90 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLCthe Joint Book-running Managers, the Company will not (1) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant options, warrants or rights to purchase, or otherwise dispose of any equity securities of the Company or any other securities convertible into or exchangeable for its Common Stock or other equity security (other than pursuant to employee stock plans disclosed in the Company Stock Plans Prospectus or pursuant to the conversion of convertible securities or the exercise of warrants in each case outstanding on the date of this Agreement) or (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 shares of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise; provided, however, that, notwithstanding clauses that if (1a) during the last 17 days of such 180-day period the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs or (2b) aboveprior to the expiration of such 180-day period, the Company is not required announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of such 180-day period, the restrictions imposed by this Section 5(l) shall continue to obtain apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event, unless the Joint Book-running Managers waive, in writing, such extension.
(m) During the period of 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Companythe Joint Book-running Managers, LLC
(A) grant options to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 purchase shares of Common Stock issued by at a price less than the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited, or (B) to issue equity securities, options or warrants in connection with the acquisition by the Company or one of its subsidiaries of the assets or capital stock of another person, whether through, merger, asset acquisition, share exchange, stock purchase or otherwise, provided, however, that the recipients of any equity securities, options or warrants referred to in this clause (B) agree to enter into lock-up agreements in substantially the form as the second lock-up agreement appended to Schedule III hereto.
(n) initial public offering price. During the period of 90 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not file with the Commission or cause to become effective any registration statement relating to any securities of the Company without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC; provided, however, that the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC (i) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited or (ii) to file a registration statement on Form S-8.Joint Book-running Managers
(on) The Selling Stockholders will, and the Company will cause each of its officers, directors and certain stockholders designated by the Representatives to, enter into lock-up agreements with the Representatives in the form set forth in Schedule IV hereto to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms set forth in Schedule III hereto.
(B) Each Selling Shareholdershares, severally and not jointly, covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters except as follows:
(a) The Selling Stockholders will enter into lock up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms set forth in Schedule III hereto.
(b) The Selling Stockholders will pay (directly or by reimbursement) all fees and expenses of counsel for such Selling Stockholders and all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold permitted by such Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters hereunderagreement.
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Agreements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders. Each of the Company and the Selling Stockholders (Awith respect to subsections (i) The Company and (n) only) respectively covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Company will not, either prior to the Effective Date or thereafter during such period as the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares by an Underwriter or a dealer, file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, unless a copy thereof shall first have been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have reasonably objected thereto in good faith.
(b) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to remain become effective, and will notify the Representatives promptly, and will confirm such advice in writing, (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose or the threat thereof, (iv) of the happening of any event during the period mentioned in the third second sentence of Section 5(e) that in the judgment of the Company makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading, misleading and (v) of receipt by the Company or any representative or attorney of the Company of any other communication from the Commission relating to the Company, the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus. If at any time the Commission shall issue any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company will make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible moment. If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b) under has omitted any information from the Act, the Company shall file a registration statement under Rule 462(b) with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for such Rule 462(b) registration statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations, the Company will comply with the provisions of and make all requisite filings with the Commission pursuant to said Rule 430A and notify the Representatives promptly of all such filings.
(c) The Company will furnish to each Representative, without charge, one signed copy of each of the Registration Statement and of any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and all exhibits thereto and will furnish to the Representatives, without charge, for transmittal to each of the other Underwriters, a copy of the Registration Statement and any pre- or post-post- effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules but without exhibits.
(d) The Company will comply with all the provisions of any undertakings contained in Part II of the Registration Statement.
(e) The Company will prepare On the Prospectus in a form approved by Effective Date, and thereafter from time to time, the Representatives and file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement; make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or to the Prospectus prior to the Option Closing Date to which the Representatives shall reasonably object by notice to the Company after a reasonable period to review; advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed, or to furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares. The Company will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by the several Underwriters and by all dealers to whom the Shares may be sold, both in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and for any period of time thereafter during which the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection therewith. If during such period of time any event shall occur that which in the reasonable judgment of the Company or counsel to the Underwriters should be set forth in the Prospectus in order to make any statement therein, in the light of the circumstances under which it was made, not misleading, or if it is necessary to supplement or amend the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will forthwith prepare and duly file with the Commission an appropriate supplement or amendment thereto, and will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, such number of copies of such supplement or amendment to the Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will not file any document under the Exchange Act or the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations before the termination of the offering of the Shares by the Underwriters, if such document would be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus, unless a copy of such document has been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faith.
(f) Prior to any public offering of the Shares, the Company will cooperate with the Representatives and counsel to the Underwriters in connection with the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request; provided, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that which would subject it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(g) The Company will, so long as and to the extent required under the Rules and Regulations, furnish to its stockholders 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 flow of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, if any, certified by an independent registered public accounting firm) 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 hereof), consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, for such quarter in reasonable detail.
(h) During the period of five years commencing on the date hereofEffective Date, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request copies of such financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company may from time to time distribute generally to the holders of any class of its capital stock, and will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request a copy of each annual or other report it shall be required to file with the Commission.
(ih) The Company will make generally available to holders of its securities as soon as may be practicable, practicable but in no event later than the Availability last day of the fifteenth full calendar month following the calendar quarter in which the Effective Date (as defined below)falls, an earning earnings statement (which need not be audited but shall be in reasonable detail) covering for a period of 12 months ended commencing after the effective the date of Registration Statement that will satisfy Effective Date, and satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act (including Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations). For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “Availability Date” means the 45th day after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes the effective date of the Registration Statement, except that if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, “Availability Date” means the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter.
(ji) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or reimburse reimburse, if paid by the Representatives, all costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders under this Agreement and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including but not limited to costs and expenses of or relating to (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement and exhibits to it, each preliminary prospectusPreliminary Prospectus, Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus, (ii) the preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Shares, (iii) the printing of this Agreement, the Agreement Among Underwriters, any Selected Dealer Agreements, any Underwriters’ ' Questionnaires, the Stockholders' Agreements, any Underwriters’ ' Powers of Attorney, and any invitation letters to prospective Underwriters, (iv) furnishing (including costs of shipping and mailing) such copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any preliminary prospectusPreliminary Prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, as may be requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares by the Underwriters or by dealers to whom Shares may be sold, (v) the listing of the Shares on the NNM, (vi) any filings required to be made by the Underwriters with the NASD, and the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewiththerewith (except fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the Underwriters relating to the form or adequacy of the underwriting arrangements), (vii) the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions designated pursuant to Section 5(f), including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Underwriters in connection therewith, and the preparation and printing of preliminary, supplemental and final Blue Sky memoranda, (viii) fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Company (but not those of counsel for the Underwriters, except as otherwise provided herein) and of the Accountants), (ix) the transfer agent for the Shares, and (x) any travel fees and expenses of the Company’s officers, directors Attorneys- in-Fact and employees and any other expenses of the Company in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the SharesCustodian. The Underwriters may deem the Company to be the primary obligor with respect to all costs, fees and expenses to be paid by the Company and by the Selling Stockholders. The Selling Stockholders will pay (directly or by reimbursement) all fees and expenses incident to the performance of their obligations under this Agreement that are not otherwise specifically provided for herein, including but not limited to any fees and expenses of counsel for such Selling Stockholders, and all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters hereunder.
(kj) The Company will not at any time, directly or indirectly, take any action designed or that which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or that which will constitute, stabilization of the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares.
(lk) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the offering and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company in the manner set forth in the Prospectus under “"Use of Proceeds".”
(ml) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLCInc., the Company will not (1) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant options, warrants or rights options to purchase, purchase or otherwise dispose of any of the Company's equity securities of the Company or any other securities convertible into or exchangeable for with its Common Stock or other equity security (other than pursuant to stock option plans disclosed in the Company Stock Plans Prospectus or pursuant to the conversion of convertible securities or the exercise of warrants in each case outstanding on the date of this Agreement).
(m) or (2) enter into any swap or other derivatives transaction that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any During the period of 90 days after the date of the economic benefits or risks of ownership of shares of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise; provided, however, that, notwithstanding clauses (1) or (2) aboveProspectus, the Company is not required to obtain will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC
(A) Inc., grant options to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 purchase shares of Common Stock issued by at a price less than the Company public offering price, except in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited, or (B) to issue equity securities, options or warrants Company's stock option plans disclosed in connection with the acquisition by the Company or one of its subsidiaries of the assets or capital stock of another person, whether through, merger, asset acquisition, share exchange, stock purchase or otherwise, provided, however, that the recipients of any equity securities, options or warrants referred to in this clause (B) agree to enter into lock-up agreements in substantially the form as the second lock-up agreement appended to Schedule III hereto.
(n) Prospectus. During the period of 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not file with the Commission or cause to become effective any registration statement relating to any securities of the Company without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC; provided, however, that the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC (i) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited or (ii) to file a registration statement on Form S-8.Inc.
(on) The Selling Stockholders will, and the Company will cause each of its officers, executive officers and directors and certain stockholders designated by the Representatives to, enter into lock-up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLCInc., sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms set forth in Schedule III IV hereto.
(B) Each Selling Shareholder, severally and not jointly, covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Selling Stockholders will enter into lock up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms set forth in Schedule III hereto.
(b) The Selling Stockholders will pay (directly or by reimbursement) all fees and expenses of counsel for such Selling Stockholders and all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters hereunder.
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Agreements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders. (AEach of the Company and, for purposes of Sections 5(i) The Company and 5(n) only, each of the Selling Stockholders, respectively as applicable, covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Company will not, either prior to the Applicable Time or thereafter during such period as the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares by an Underwriter or a dealer, file any amendment or supplement to any of the Registration Statement Statements, any of the Base Prospectuses or the Prospectus, unless a copy thereof shall first have been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faithbeen given a reasonable opportunity to the extent practicable to comment upon the same.
(b) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to remain effective, and will notify the Representatives promptly, and will confirm such advice in writing, (i) when any post-amendment to any of the Registration Statements has been filed or becomes effective or any amendment thereto becomes effectiveor supplement to the Prospectus has been filed, (ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to any of the Registration Statement Statements or the Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any of the Registration Statement Statements or preventing or suspending the use of any of the Base Prospectuses, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose or the threat thereof, (iv) of the happening of any event during the period mentioned in the third sentence of Section 5(e) that in the judgment of the Company makes any statement made in any of the Registration Statement Statements or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes in any of the Registration Statement Statements or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading, and (v) of receipt by the Company or any representative Representatives or attorney of the Company of any other communication from the Commission relating to the Company, any of the Registration StatementStatements, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus. If at any time the Commission shall issue any order suspending the effectiveness of any of the Registration StatementStatements or preventing or suspending the use of any of the Base Prospectuses, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Company will make every commercially reasonable effort efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible moment. If the Company has omitted any information from any of the Registration Statements pursuant to Rule 430B of the Rules and Regulations, the Company will comply with the provisions of and make all requisite filings with the Commission pursuant to said Rule 430B and notify the Representatives promptly of all such filings. If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b) under the Act, the Company shall file a registration statement under Rule 462(b) with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for such Rule 462(b) registration statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to the Rules and Regulations.
(c) The Company will furnish to each Representative, without charge, one signed copy of each of the Registration Statement Statements and of any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and all exhibits thereto and will furnish to the Representatives, without charge, for transmittal to each of the other Underwriters, a copy of the Registration Statement Statements and any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules but without exhibits.
(d) The Company will comply with all the provisions of any undertakings contained in Part II of the Registration StatementStatements.
(e) The Company will prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the Representatives and file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement; make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or to the Prospectus prior to the Option Closing Date to which the Representatives shall reasonably object by notice to the Company after a reasonable period to review; advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed, or to furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so So long as the delivery of a prospectus is by an Underwriter or a dealer may be required by the Act (including in connection with the offering or sale circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 of the Shares. The Rules and Regulations), the Company will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, as many written and electronic copies of each preliminary prospectus, the Base Prospectuses, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto Supplement, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company consents to the use of each preliminary prospectus, the Base Prospectuses, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by the Underwriters and by all dealers to whom which the Shares may be sold, both in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and for any period of time thereafter during which the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection therewith. If during such period of time any event shall occur that in the judgment of the Company or counsel to the Underwriters should be set forth in the Prospectus in order to make any statement therein, in the light of the circumstances under which it was made, not misleading, or if it is necessary to supplement or amend the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will forthwith prepare and duly file with the Commission an appropriate supplement or amendment thereto, and will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, such number of copies of such supplement or amendment to the Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. The If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statements, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will not file any document under promptly notify the Exchange Act or the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations before the termination of the offering of the Shares Representatives and, if requested by the UnderwritersRepresentatives, if will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such document would be deemed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectuseliminate or correct such conflict, unless a copy of such document has been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faithuntrue statement or omission.
(f) Prior to any public offering of the Shares, the Company will cooperate with the Representatives and counsel to the Underwriters in connection with the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request; provided, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(g) The Company will, so long as and to the extent required under the Rules and Regulations, furnish to its stockholders 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 flow of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, if any, Subsidiaries certified by an independent registered public accounting firmaccountants) 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 effective date hereofof the Registration Statement), consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, for such quarter in reasonable detail.
(h) During the period of five years commencing on the date hereof, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request copies of such financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company may from time to time distribute generally to the holders of any class of its capital stock, and will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request a copy of each annual or other report it shall be required to file with the Commission.
(i) The Company will make generally available to holders of its securities as soon as may be practicable, but in no event later than the Availability Date (as defined below), an earning statement (which need not be audited but shall be in reasonable detail) covering a period of 12 months commencing after the effective the date of Registration Statement that will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act (including Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations). For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “Availability Date” means the 45th day after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes the effective date of the Registration Statement, except that if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, “Availability Date” means the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter.
(j) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or reimburse if paid by the Representatives, all costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders under this Agreement and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including but not limited to costs and expenses of or relating to (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement and exhibits to it, each preliminary prospectus, Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus, (ii) the preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Shares, (iii) the printing of this Agreement, the Agreement Among Underwriters, any Selected Dealer Agreements, any Underwriters’ Questionnaires, any Underwriters’ Powers of Attorney, and any invitation letters to prospective Underwriters, (iv) furnishing (including costs of shipping and mailing) such copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any preliminary prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, as may be requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares by the Underwriters or by dealers to whom Shares may be sold, (v) the listing of the Shares on the NNM, (vi) any filings required to be made by the Underwriters with the NASD, and the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith, (vii) the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions designated pursuant to Section 5(f), including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Underwriters in connection therewith, and the preparation and printing of preliminary, supplemental and final Blue Sky memoranda, (viii) fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Company (but not those of counsel for the Underwriters, except as otherwise provided herein) and of the Accountants, (ix) the transfer agent for the Shares, and (x) any travel expenses of the Company’s officers, directors and employees and any other expenses of the Company in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the Shares. The Underwriters may deem the Company to be the primary obligor with respect to all costs, fees and expenses to be paid by the Company and by the Selling Stockholders.
(k) The Company will not at any time, directly or indirectly, take any action designed or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or that will constitute, stabilization of the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares.
(l) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the offering and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company in the manner set forth in the Prospectus under “Use of Proceeds.”
(m) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, the Company will not (1) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant options, warrants or rights to purchase, or otherwise dispose of any equity securities of the Company or any other securities convertible into or exchangeable for its Common Stock or other equity security (other than pursuant to the Company Stock Plans or pursuant to the conversion of convertible securities or the exercise of warrants in each case outstanding on the date of this Agreement) or (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 shares of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise; provided, however, that, notwithstanding clauses (1) or (2) above, the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC
(A) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited, or (B) to issue equity securities, options or warrants in connection with the acquisition by the Company or one of its subsidiaries of the assets or capital stock of another person, whether through, merger, asset acquisition, share exchange, stock purchase or otherwise, provided, however, that the recipients of any equity securities, options or warrants referred to in this clause (B) agree to enter into lock-up agreements in substantially the form as the second lock-up agreement appended to Schedule III hereto.
(n) During the period of 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not file with the Commission or cause to become effective any registration statement relating to any securities of the Company without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC; provided, however, that the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC (i) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited or (ii) to file a registration statement on Form S-8.
(o) The Company will cause each of its officers, directors and certain stockholders designated by the Representatives to, enter into lock-up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms set forth in Schedule III hereto.
(B) Each Selling Shareholder, severally and not jointly, covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Selling Stockholders will enter into lock up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms set forth in Schedule III hereto.
(b) The Selling Stockholders will pay (directly or by reimbursement) all fees and expenses of counsel for such Selling Stockholders and all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters hereunder.an
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Agreements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders. (A) The Each of the Company and the Selling Stockholders respectively covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(aA) The Company will not, either prior to the Effective Date or thereafter during such period as the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares by an Underwriter or a dealer, file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, unless a copy thereof shall first have been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faith.
(bB) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to remain become effective, and will notify the Representatives promptly, and will confirm such advice in writing, (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose or the threat thereof, (iv) of the happening of any event during the period mentioned in the third second sentence of Section 5(e) that in the judgment of the Company makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading, misleading and (v) of receipt by the Company or any representative or attorney of the Company of any other communication from the Commission relating to the Company, the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus. If at any time the Commission shall issue any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company will make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible moment. If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b) under has omitted any information from the Act, the Company shall file a registration statement under Rule 462(b) with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for such Rule 462(b) registration statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations, the Company will comply with the provisions of and make all requisite filings with the Commission pursuant to said Rule 430A and notify the Representatives promptly of all such filings.
(cC) The Company will furnish to each Representative, without charge, one signed copy of each of the Registration Statement and of any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and all exhibits thereto and will furnish to the Representatives, without charge, for transmittal to each of the other Underwriters, a copy of the Registration Statement and any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules but without exhibits.
(dD) The Company will comply with all the provisions of any undertakings contained in Part II of the Registration Statement.
(eE) The Company will prepare On the Prospectus in a form approved by Effective Date, and thereafter from time to time, the Representatives and file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement; make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or to the Prospectus prior to the Option Closing Date to which the Representatives shall reasonably object by notice to the Company after a reasonable period to review; advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed, or to furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares. The Company will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by the several Underwriters and by all dealers to whom the Shares may be sold, both in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and for any period of time thereafter during which the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection therewith. If during such period of time any event shall occur that which in the judgment of the Company or counsel to the Underwriters should be set forth in the Prospectus in order to make any statement therein, in the light of the circumstances under which it was made, not misleading, or if it is necessary to supplement or amend the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will forthwith prepare and duly file with the Commission an appropriate supplement or amendment thereto, and will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, such number of copies of such supplement or amendment to the Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will not file any document under the Exchange Act or the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations before the termination of the offering of the Shares by the Underwriters, if such document would be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus, unless a copy of such document has been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faith.
(fF) Prior to any public offering of the Shares, the Company will cooperate with the Representatives and counsel to the Underwriters in connection with the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request; provided, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that which would subject it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(gG) The Company will, so long as and to the extent required under the Rules and Regulations, furnish to its stockholders 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 flow of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, if any, certified by an independent registered public accounting firmaccountants) 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 effective date hereofof the Registration Statement), consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, for such quarter in reasonable detail.
(hH) During the period of five years commencing on the date hereofEffective Date, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request copies of such financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company may from time to time distribute generally to the holders of any class of its capital stock, and will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request a copy of each annual or other report it shall be required to file with the Commission.
(iI) The Company will make generally available to holders of its securities as soon as may be practicable, practicable but in no event later than the Availability last day of the fifteenth full calendar month following the calendar quarter in which the Effective Date (as defined below)falls, an earning earnings statement (which need not be audited but shall be in reasonable detail) covering for a period of 12 months ended commencing after the effective the date of Registration Statement that will satisfy Effective Date, and satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act (including Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations). For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “Availability Date” means the 45th day after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes the effective date of the Registration Statement, except that if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, “Availability Date” means the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter.
(jJ) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, Donnxxxx Xxxporation and, unless otherwise paid by Donnxxxx Xxxporation, the Company will pay or reimburse if paid by the Representatives, in such proportions as they may agree upon themselves, all costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders under this Agreement and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including but not limited to costs and expenses of or relating to (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement and exhibits to it, each preliminary prospectus, Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus, (ii) the preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Shares, (iii) the printing of this Agreement, the Agreement Among Underwriters, any Selected Dealer Agreements, any Underwriters’ ' Questionnaires, the Custody Agreements, any Underwriters’ ' Powers of Attorney, and any invitation letters to prospective Underwriters, (iv) furnishing (including costs of shipping and mailing) such copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any preliminary prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, as may be requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares by the Underwriters or by dealers to whom Shares may be sold, (v) the listing of the Shares on the NNM, (vi) any filings required to be made by the Underwriters with the NASD, and the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith, (vii) the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions designated pursuant to Section 5(f), including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Underwriters in connection therewith, and the preparation and printing of preliminary, supplemental and final Blue Sky memoranda, (viii) fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Company (but not those of counsel for the Underwriters, except as otherwise provided herein) and of the Accountants, (ix) the transfer agent for the Shares, and (x) any travel expenses of the Company’s officers, directors and employees and any other expenses of the Company in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the Shares. The Underwriters may deem the Company to be the primary obligor with respect to all costs, fees and expenses to be paid by the Company and by the Selling Stockholders. The Selling Stockholders will pay (directly or by reimbursement) all fees and expenses incident to the performance of their obligations under this Agreement that are not otherwise specifically provided for herein, including but not limited to any fees and expenses of counsel for such Selling Stockholders, any fees and expenses of the Attorneys-in-Fact and the Custodian, and all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters hereunder.
(kK) The Company will not at any time, directly or indirectly, take any action designed or that which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or that which will constitute, stabilization of the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares.
(lL) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the offering and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company in the manner set forth in the Prospectus under “"Use of Proceeds" and shall file such reports with the Commission with respect to the sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds therefrom as may be required in accordance with Rule 463 under the Act.”
(mM) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 90 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx Needxxx & CompanyXompany, LLCInc., the Company will not (1) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant options, warrants or rights options to purchase, purchase or otherwise dispose of any of the Company's equity securities of the Company or any other securities convertible into or exchangeable for with its Common Stock or other equity security (other than pursuant to the Company Stock Plans employee stock option plans or pursuant to the conversion of convertible securities or the exercise of warrants in each case outstanding on the date of this Agreement) or (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 shares of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise; provided, however, that, notwithstanding clauses (1) or (2) above, the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC
(A) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited, or (B) to issue equity securities, options or warrants in connection with the acquisition by the Company or one of its subsidiaries of the assets or capital stock of another person, whether through, merger, asset acquisition, share exchange, stock purchase or otherwise, provided, however, that the recipients of any equity securities, options or warrants referred to in this clause (B) agree to enter into lock-up agreements in substantially the form as the second lock-up agreement appended to Schedule III hereto).
(nN) During the period of 90 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not file with the Commission or cause to become effective any registration statement relating to any securities of the Company not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx Needxxx & Company, LLC; providedInc., however, that the Company is not required grant options to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC (i) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 purchase shares of Common Stock issued by at a price less than the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited or (ii) to file a registration statement on Form S-8initial public offering price.
(oO) The Selling Stockholders will, and the Company will cause each of its officers, directors and certain stockholders designated by the Representatives to, enter into lock-lock up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx Needxxx & Company, LLCInc., sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms form of Lock-up Agreement set forth in Schedule III IV hereto.
(BP) Each Selling Shareholder, severally and The Company will not jointly, covenants and agrees file with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Selling Stockholders will enter into lock up agreements with the Representatives Commission any registration statement on Form S-8 relating to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of its Common Stock or rights prior to acquire such shares according to 90 days after the terms set forth in Schedule III hereto.
(b) The Selling Stockholders will pay (directly or by reimbursement) all fees and expenses of counsel for such Selling Stockholders and all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery effective date of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters hereunderRegistration Statement.
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Agreements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders. (A) The Company covenants and agrees the Selling Stockholders (as to Sections 5(i), (j), (o), (p), (q) and (r)) agree, severally and not jointly, with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Company will not, either prior to the Effective Date or thereafter during such period as the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares by an Underwriter or a dealer, file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, unless a copy thereof shall first have been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faith.
(b) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to remain become effective, and will notify the Representatives promptly, and will confirm such advice in writing, (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose or the threat thereof, (iv) of the happening of any event during the period mentioned in the third second sentence of Section 5(e) that in the judgment of the Company makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading, misleading and (v) of receipt by the Company or any representative or attorney of the Company of any other communication from the Commission relating to the Company, the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus. If at any time the Commission shall issue any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company will make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible moment. If the The Company elects will use its best efforts to rely upon Rule 462(b) under the Act, the Company shall file a registration statement under Rule 462(b) comply with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date provisions of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for such Rule 462(b) registration statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to the Rules and Regulations.make all requisite
(c) The Company will furnish to each Representativethe Representatives, without charge, one three signed copy of each copies of the Registration Statement and of any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and all exhibits thereto and will furnish to the Representatives, without charge, for transmittal to each of the other Underwriters, a copy of the Registration Statement and any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules but without exhibits.
(d) The Company will comply with all the provisions of any undertakings contained in Part II of the Registration Statement.
(e) The Company will prepare On the Prospectus in a form approved by Effective Date, and thereafter from time to time, the Representatives and file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement; make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or to the Prospectus prior to the Option Closing Date to which the Representatives shall reasonably object by notice to the Company after a reasonable period to review; advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed, or to furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares. The Company will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by the several Underwriters and by all dealers to whom the Shares may be sold, both in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and for any period of time thereafter during which the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection therewith. If during such period of time any event shall occur that which in the judgment of the Company or counsel to the Underwriters should be set forth in the Prospectus in order to make any statement therein, in the light of the circumstances under which it was made, not misleading, or if it is necessary to supplement or amend the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will forthwith prepare and duly file with the Commission an appropriate supplement or amendment thereto, and will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, such number of copies of such supplement or amendment to the Prospectus thereof as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will not file any document under the Exchange Act or the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations before the termination of the offering of the Shares by the Underwriters, if such document would be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus, unless a copy of such document has been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faith.
(f) Prior to any public offering of the SharesShares by the Underwriters, the Company will cooperate with the Representatives and counsel to the Underwriters in connection with the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request; provided, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that which would subject it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(g) The Company will, so long as and to the extent required under the Rules and Regulations, furnish to its stockholders 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 flow of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, if any, certified by an independent registered public accounting firm) 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 hereof), consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, for such quarter in reasonable detail.
(h) During the period of five years commencing on the date hereofEffective Date, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request copies of such financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company may from time to time distribute generally to the holders of any class of its capital stock, and will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request a copy of each annual or other report it shall be required to file with the Commission.
(ih) The Company will make generally available to holders of its securities as soon as may be practicable, practicable but in no event later than the Availability last day of the fifteenth full calendar month following the calendar quarter in which the Effective Date (as defined below)falls, an earning earnings statement (which need not be audited but shall be in reasonable detail) covering a period of 12 months commencing after the effective the date of Registration Statement that will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act (including Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations). For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “Availability Date” means the 45th day after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes the effective date of the Registration Statement, except that if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, “Availability Date” means the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter.which
(ji) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay pay, or reimburse if paid by the Representatives, all costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders under this Agreement and in connection with the transactions contemplated herebyAgreement, including but not limited to costs and expenses of or relating to (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement and exhibits to it, each preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, (ii) the preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Shares, (iii) the printing of this Agreement, the Agreement Among Underwriters, any Selected Dealer Agreements, any Underwriters’ Questionnaires, any Underwriters’ Powers ' Questionnaire and the Agreement and Power of Attorney, and any invitation letters to prospective Underwriters, (iv) furnishing (including costs of shipping shipping, mailing and mailingcourier) such copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any preliminary prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, as may be requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares by the Underwriters or by dealers to whom Shares may be sold, (v) the listing of the Shares on the NNMNasdaq National Market, (vi) any filings required to be made by the Underwriters with the NASD, and the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith, (vii) the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions designated pursuant to Section 5(f), including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Underwriters in connection therewith, and the preparation and printing of preliminary, supplemental and final Blue Sky memoranda, (viii) counsel to the Company and counsel to the Selling Stockholders where Coolxx Xxxward LLP is acting as counsel to a Selling Stockholder, (ix) the transfer agent for the Shares and (x) the Accountants. To the extent that any Selling Stockholder engages special legal counsel to represent him in connection with this offering, the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be borne by such Selling Stockholder.
(j) If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Company or the Selling Stockholders pursuant to any of the provisions hereof (otherwise than pursuant to Section 9) or if for any reason the Company or any Selling Stockholder shall be unable to perform its obligations hereunder, the Company or such Selling Stockholders, as applicable, will reimburse the several Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Company (but not those of counsel for the Underwriters, except as otherwise provided herein) and of the Accountants, (ix) the transfer agent for the Shares, and (x) any travel expenses of the Company’s officers, directors and employees and any other expenses of the Company reasonably incurred by them in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers herewith as a result of the Shares. The Underwriters may deem the Company to be the primary obligor with respect to all costs, fees and expenses to be paid such termination by the Company and by the or such Selling StockholdersStockholder, as applicable.
(k) The Company will not at any time, directly or indirectly, take any action designed intended, or that which might reasonably be expected expected, to cause or result in, or that which will constitute, stabilization of the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the SharesShares in violation of the Exchange Act or any applicable NASD National Market rules.
(l) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the offering and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company in the manner set forth in the Prospectus under “"Use of Proceeds.”"
(m) During the period beginning from of ninety (90) days commencing at the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLCClosing Date, the Company will not (1) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant options, warrants or rights to purchase, or otherwise dispose of any equity securities of the Company or any other securities convertible into or exchangeable for its Common Stock or other equity security (other than pursuant to the Company Stock Plans or pursuant to the conversion of convertible securities or the exercise of warrants in each case outstanding on the date of this Agreement) or (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 shares of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise; provided, however, that, notwithstanding clauses (1) or (2) above, the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC
(A) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited, or (B) to issue equity securities, options or warrants in connection with the acquisition by the Company or one of its subsidiaries of the assets or capital stock of another person, whether through, merger, asset acquisition, share exchange, stock purchase or otherwise, provided, however, that the recipients of any equity securities, options or warrants referred to in this clause (B) agree to enter into lock-up agreements in substantially the form as the second lock-up agreement appended to Schedule III hereto.
(n) During the period of 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not file with the Commission or cause to become effective any registration statement relating to any securities of the Company without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC; provided, however, that the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC (i) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited or (ii) to file a registration statement on Form S-8.
(o) The Company will cause each of its officers, directors and certain stockholders designated by the Representatives to, enter into lock-up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & PaineWebber Incorporated, grant options to purchase shares of Common Stock at a price less than the public offering price, other than grants made pursuant to the Company's 1995 Stock Option Plan or rights granted pursuant to the Company's Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
(n) The Company will not, LLCfor a period of ninety (90) days after the commencement of the public offering of the Shares, without the prior written consent of PaineWebber Incorporated, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according (other than pursuant to (i) agreements with corporate partners, research institutions or leasing entities or (ii) employee, director or consultant stock option plans, the terms set forth Company's Employee Stock Purchase Plan or in Schedule III heretoconnection with other employee, director or consultant incentive compensation arrangements).
(B) Each Selling Shareholder, severally and not jointly, covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(ao) The Selling Stockholders will not, and the Company will (i) cause each of its executive officers and directors to and (ii) request that each beneficial owner of more than five percent (5%) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock to enter into lock up agreements with the Representatives in the form set forth in Exhibit C to the effect that they will not, for a period of ninety (90) days after the commencement of the public offering of the Shares, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLCPaineWebber Incorporated, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights Stock, other than pursuant to acquire bona fide gifts to or, if the stockholder is a partnership, any distribution to partners so long as such shares according transferees and donees agree in writing with PaineWebber Incorporated to be bound by the terms set forth in Schedule III heretoprovisions of this Section 5(o).
(bp) The Selling Stockholders will pay not, without the prior written consent of PaineWebber Incorporated, make any bid for or purchase any shares of Common Stock during the one hundred twenty (directly or by reimbursement120) all fees and expenses of counsel for day period following the date hereof.
(q) As soon as any Selling Stockholder is advised thereof, such Selling Stockholders Stockholder will advise the Representatives and all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery confirm such advice in writing, (i) of the Shares to be sold receipt by such Selling Stockholders Stockholder, or by any representative of such Selling Stockholder, of any communication from the Commission relating to the Underwriters hereunderRegistration Statement, the Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus, or any notice or order of the Commission relating to the Company or any of the Selling Stockholders in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (ii) of the happening of any event during the period from and after the Effective Date that in the judgment of such Selling Stockholder makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not materially misleading.
(r) The Selling Stockholders will deliver to the Representatives prior to or on the Effective Date a properly completed and executed United States Treasury Department
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Agreements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders. (AEach of the Company and the Selling Stockholders , with respect to the specific covenants of the Selling Stockholders set forth in Sections 5(j) The Company and 5(o), severally covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Company will not, either prior to the Effective Date or thereafter during such period as the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares by an Underwriter or a dealer, file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, unless a copy thereof shall first have been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faith.
(b) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to remain become effective, and will notify the Representatives promptly, and will confirm such advice in writing, ,
12 (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose or the threat thereof, (iv) of the happening of any event during the period mentioned in the third second sentence of Section 5(e) that in the judgment of the Company makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading, misleading and (v) of receipt by the Company or any representative or attorney of the Company of any other communication from the Commission relating to the Company, the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus. If at any time the Commission shall issue any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company will make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible moment. If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b) under has omitted any information from the Act, the Company shall file a registration statement under Rule 462(b) with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for such Rule 462(b) registration statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations, the Company will comply with the provisions of and make all requisite filings with the Commission pursuant to said Rule 430A and notify the Representatives promptly of all such filings.
(c) The Company will furnish to each Representative, without charge, one signed copy of each of the Registration Statement and of any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and all exhibits thereto and will furnish to the Representatives, without charge, for transmittal to each of the other Underwriters, a copy of the Registration Statement and any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules but without exhibits.
(d) The Company will use its best efforts to comply with all the provisions of any undertakings contained in Part II of the Registration Statement.
(e) The Company will prepare On the Prospectus in a form approved by Effective Date, and thereafter from time to time, the Representatives and file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement; make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or to the Prospectus prior to the Option Closing Date to which the Representatives shall reasonably object by notice to the Company after a reasonable period to review; advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed, or to furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares. The Company will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by the several Underwriters and by all dealers to whom the Shares may be sold, both in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and for any period of time thereafter during which the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection therewith. If during such period of time any event shall occur that which in the judgment of the Company or counsel to the Underwriters should be set forth in the Prospectus in order to make any statement therein, in the light of the circumstances under which it was made, not misleading, or if it is necessary to supplement or amend the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will forthwith prepare and duly file with the Commission an appropriate supplement or amendment thereto, and will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, such number of copies of such supplement or amendment to the Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will not file any document under the Exchange Act or the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations before the termination of the offering of the Shares by the Underwriters, if such document would be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus, unless a copy of such document has been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faith.
(f) Prior to any public offering of the Shares, the Company will cooperate with the Representatives and counsel to the Underwriters in connection with the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request; provided, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that which would subject it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(g) The Company will, so long as and to the extent required under the Rules and Regulations, furnish to its stockholders 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 flow of the Company and its consolidated SubsidiariesSubsidiary, if any, certified by an independent registered public accounting firmaccountants) 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 effective date hereofof the Registration Statement), consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its Subsidiariesthe Subsidiary, if any, for such quarter in reasonable detail.
(h) During the period of five years commencing on the date hereofEffective Date, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request copies of such financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company may from time to time distribute generally to the holders of any class of its capital stock, and will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request a copy of each annual or other report it shall be required to file with the Commission.
(i) The Company will make generally available to holders of its securities as soon as may be practicable, practicable but in no event later than the Availability last day of the 15th full calendar month following the calendar quarter in which the Effective Date (as defined below)falls, an earning earnings statement (which need not be audited but shall be in reasonable detail) covering for a period of 12 months ended commencing after the effective the date of Registration Statement that will satisfy Effective Date, and satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act (including Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations). For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “Availability Date” means the 45th day after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes the effective date of the Registration Statement, except that if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, “Availability Date” means the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter.
(j) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or reimburse if paid by the Representatives, in such proportions as they may agree among themselves, all costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders under this Agreement and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including but not limited to costs and expenses of or relating to (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement and exhibits to it, each preliminary prospectus, Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus, (ii) the preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Shares, (iii) the printing or duplication of this Agreement, the Agreement Among Underwriters, any Selected Dealer Agreements, any Underwriters’ ' Questionnaires, the Stockholders' Agreements, any Underwriters’ ' Powers of Attorney, and any invitation letters to prospective Underwriters, (iv) furnishing (including costs of shipping and mailing) such copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any preliminary prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, as may reasonably be requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares by the Underwriters or by dealers to whom Shares may be sold, (v) the listing of the Shares on the NNM, (vi) any filings required to be made by the Underwriters with the NASD, and the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the Underwriters filing fees in connection therewith, (vii) the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions designated pursuant to Section 5(f), including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other reasonable charges of counsel to the Underwriters in connection therewith, and the preparation and printing of preliminary, supplemental and final Blue Sky memoranda, (viii) fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Company (but not those of counsel for the Underwriters, except as otherwise provided herein) and of the Accountants, (ix) the transfer agent for the Shares. The Selling Stockholders will pay (directly or by reimbursement) all fees and expenses incident to the performance of their obligations under this Agreement that are not otherwise specifically provided for herein, including but not limited to any fees and (x) expenses of any travel counsel for such Selling Stockholders, any fees and expenses of the Company’s officersAttorneys-in-Fact and the Custodian, directors and employees all expenses and any other expenses taxes incident 14 to the sale and delivery of the Company in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the Shares. The Underwriters may deem the Company Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholders to the primary obligor with respect to all costs, fees and expenses to be paid by the Company and by the Selling StockholdersUnderwriters hereunder.
(k) The Company will not at any time, directly or indirectly, take any action designed or that which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or that which will constitute, stabilization of the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares.
(l) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the offering and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company in the manner set forth in the Prospectus under “"Use of Proceeds" and shall file such reports with the Commission with respect to the sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds therefrom as may be required in accordance with Rule 463 under the Act.”
(m) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 90 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx Needxxx & CompanyXompany, LLCInc., the Company will not (1) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant options, warrants or rights options to purchase, purchase or otherwise dispose of any of the Company's equity securities of the Company or any other securities convertible into or exchangeable for with its Common Stock or other equity security (other than pursuant to the Company Stock Plans sale of Shares hereunder or pursuant to employee stock option or stock purchase plans or the conversion of convertible securities or the exercise of warrants in each case or options outstanding on the date of this Agreement) or (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 shares of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise; provided, however, that, notwithstanding clauses (1) or (2) above, the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC
(A) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited, or (B) to issue equity securities, options or warrants in connection with the acquisition by the Company or one of its subsidiaries of the assets or capital stock of another person, whether through, merger, asset acquisition, share exchange, stock purchase or otherwise, provided, however, that the recipients of any equity securities, options or warrants referred to in this clause (B) agree to enter into lock-up agreements in substantially the form as the second lock-up agreement appended to Schedule III hereto).
(n) During the period of 90 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of Needxxx & Xompany, Inc., grant options to purchase shares of Common Stock at a price less than the fair market value of the shares. During the period of 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not file with the Commission or cause to become effective any registration statement relating to any securities of the Company without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx Needxxx & CompanyXompany, LLC; providedInc., however, that except for the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent registration of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC (i) to file, shares issued or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited issuable under employee stock option or (ii) to file a registration statement stock purchase plans registered on Form S-8S-8 or any successor form thereto.
(o) The Selling Stockholders will have, and the Company will cause have caused each of its officers, directors and certain stockholders designated by the Representatives to, enter into lock-up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx Needxxx & CompanyXompany, LLCInc., sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms set forth in Schedule III hereto.
(Bp) Each Selling Shareholder, severally and The Company will not jointly, covenants and agrees file with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Selling Stockholders will enter into lock up agreements with the Representatives Commission any registration statement on Form S-8 relating to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of its Common Stock or rights prior to acquire such shares according to 90 days after the terms set forth in Schedule III hereto.
(b) The Selling Stockholders will pay (directly or by reimbursement) all fees and expenses of counsel for such Selling Stockholders and all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery effective date of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters hereunderRegistration Statement.
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Agreements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders. (A) The Company covenants and agrees the Selling Stockholders (as to Sections 5(i), (j), (o), (p), (q) and (r)) agree, severally and not jointly, with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Company will not, either prior to the Effective Date or thereafter during such period as the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares by an Underwriter or a dealer, file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, unless a copy thereof shall first have been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faith.
(b) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to remain become effective, and will notify the Representatives promptly, and will confirm such advice in writing, (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose or the threat thereof, (iv) of the happening of any event during the period mentioned in the third second sentence of Section 5(e) that in the judgment of the Company makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading, misleading and (v) of receipt by the Company or any representative or attorney of the Company of any other communication from the Commission relating to the Company, the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus. If at any time the Commission shall issue any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company will make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible moment. If The Company will use its best efforts to comply with the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b) under the Act, the Company shall file a registration statement under Rule 462(b) provisions of and make all requisite filings with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for such Rule 462(b) registration statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule 430A and to notify the Rules and RegulationsRepresentatives promptly of all such filings.
(c) The Company will furnish to each Representativethe Representatives, without charge, one three signed copy of each copies of the Registration Statement and of any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and all exhibits thereto and will furnish to the Representatives, without charge, for transmittal to each of the other Underwriters, a copy of the Registration Statement and any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules but without exhibits.
(d) The Company will comply with all the provisions of any undertakings contained in Part II of the Registration Statement.
(e) The Company will prepare On the Prospectus in a form approved by Effective Date, and thereafter from time to time, the Representatives and file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement; make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or to the Prospectus prior to the Option Closing Date to which the Representatives shall reasonably object by notice to the Company after a reasonable period to review; advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed, or to furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares. The Company will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by the several Underwriters and by all dealers to whom the Shares may be sold, both in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and for any period of time thereafter during which the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection therewith. If during such period of time any event shall occur that which in the judgment of the Company or counsel to the Underwriters should be set forth in the Prospectus in order to make any statement therein, in the light of the circumstances under which it was made, not misleading, or if it is necessary to supplement or amend the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will forthwith prepare and duly file with the Commission an appropriate supplement or amendment thereto, and will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, such number of copies of such supplement or amendment to the Prospectus thereof as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will not file any document under the Exchange Act or the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations before the termination of the offering of the Shares by the Underwriters, if such document would be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus, unless a copy of such document has been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faith.
(f) Prior to any public offering of the SharesShares by the Underwriters, the Company will cooperate with the Representatives and counsel to the Underwriters in connection with the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request; provided, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that which would subject it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(g) The Company will, so long as and to the extent required under the Rules and Regulations, furnish to its stockholders 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 flow of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, if any, certified by an independent registered public accounting firm) 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 hereof), consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, for such quarter in reasonable detail.
(h) During the period of five years commencing on the date hereofEffective Date, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request copies of such financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company may from time to time distribute generally to the holders of any class of its capital stock, and will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request a copy of each annual or other report it shall be required to file with the Commission.
(ih) The Company will make generally available to holders of its securities as soon as may be practicable, practicable but in no event later than the Availability last day of the fifteenth full calendar month following the calendar quarter in which the Effective Date (as defined below)falls, an earning earnings statement (which need not be audited but shall be in reasonable detail) covering for a period of 12 months ended commencing after the effective the date of Registration Statement that will satisfy Effective Date, and satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act (including Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations). For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “Availability Date” means the 45th day after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes the effective date of the Registration Statement, except that if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, “Availability Date” means the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter.
(ji) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay pay, or reimburse if paid by the Representatives, all costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders under this Agreement and in connection with the transactions contemplated herebyAgreement, including but not limited to costs and expenses of or relating to (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement and exhibits to it, each preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, (ii) the preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Shares, (iii) the printing of this Agreement, the Agreement Among Underwriters, any Selected Dealer Agreements, any Underwriters’ Questionnaires, any Underwriters’ Powers ' Questionnaire and the Agreement and Power of Attorney, and any invitation letters to prospective Underwriters, (iv) furnishing (including costs of shipping shipping, mailing and mailingcourier) such copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any preliminary prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, as may be requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares by the Underwriters or by dealers to whom Shares may be sold, (v) the listing of the Shares on the NNMNasdaq National Market, (vi) any filings required to be made by the Underwriters with the NASD, and the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith, (vii) the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions designated pursuant to Section 5(f), including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Underwriters in connection therewith, and the preparation and printing of preliminary, supplemental and final Blue Sky memoranda, (viii) counsel to the Company and counsel to the Selling Stockholders where Coolxx Xxxward LLP is acting as counsel to a Selling Stockholder, (ix) the transfer agent for the Shares and (x) the Accountants. To the extent that any Selling Stockholder engages special legal counsel to represent him in connection with this offering, the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be borne by such Selling Stockholder.
(j) If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Company or the Selling Stockholders pursuant to any of the provisions hereof (otherwise than pursuant to Section 9) or if for any reason the Company or any Selling Stockholder shall be unable to perform its obligations hereunder, the Company or such Selling Stockholders, as applicable, will reimburse the several Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Company (but not those of counsel for the Underwriters, except as otherwise provided herein) and of the Accountants, (ix) the transfer agent for the Shares, and (x) any travel expenses of the Company’s officers, directors and employees and any other expenses of the Company reasonably incurred by them in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers herewith as a result of the Shares. The Underwriters may deem the Company to be the primary obligor with respect to all costs, fees and expenses to be paid such termination by the Company and by the or such Selling StockholdersStockholder, as applicable.
(k) The Company will not at any time, directly or indirectly, take any action designed intended, or that which might reasonably be expected expected, to cause or result in, or that which will constitute, stabilization of the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the SharesShares in violation of the Exchange Act or any applicable NASD National Market rules.
(l) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the offering and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company in the manner set forth in the Prospectus under “"Use of Proceeds.”"
(m) During the period beginning from of ninety (90) days commencing at the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLCClosing Date, the Company will not (1) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant options, warrants or rights to purchase, or otherwise dispose of any equity securities of the Company or any other securities convertible into or exchangeable for its Common Stock or other equity security (other than pursuant to the Company Stock Plans or pursuant to the conversion of convertible securities or the exercise of warrants in each case outstanding on the date of this Agreement) or (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 shares of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise; provided, however, that, notwithstanding clauses (1) or (2) above, the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC
(A) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited, or (B) to issue equity securities, options or warrants in connection with the acquisition by the Company or one of its subsidiaries of the assets or capital stock of another person, whether through, merger, asset acquisition, share exchange, stock purchase or otherwise, provided, however, that the recipients of any equity securities, options or warrants referred to in this clause (B) agree to enter into lock-up agreements in substantially the form as the second lock-up agreement appended to Schedule III hereto.
(n) During the period of 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not file with the Commission or cause to become effective any registration statement relating to any securities of the Company without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC; provided, however, that the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC (i) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited or (ii) to file a registration statement on Form S-8.
(o) The Company will cause each of its officers, directors and certain stockholders designated by the Representatives to, enter into lock-up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & PaineWebber Incorporated, grant options to purchase shares of Common Stock at a price less than the public offering price, other than grants made pursuant to the Company's 1995 Stock Option Plan or rights granted pursuant to the Company's Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
(n) The Company will not, LLCfor a period of ninety (90) days after the commencement of the public offering of the Shares, without the prior written consent of PaineWebber Incorporated, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according (other than pursuant to (i) agreements with corporate partners, research institutions or leasing entities or (ii) employee, director or consultant stock option plans, the terms set forth Company's Employee Stock Purchase Plan or in Schedule III heretoconnection with other employee, director or consultant incentive compensation arrangements).
(B) Each Selling Shareholder, severally and not jointly, covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(ao) The Selling Stockholders will not, and the Company will (i) cause each of its executive officers and directors to and (ii) request that each beneficial owner of more than five percent (5%) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock enter into lock up agreements with the Representatives in the form set forth in Exhibit C to the effect that they will not, for a period of ninety (90) days after the commencement of the public offering of the Shares, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLCPaineWebber Incorporated, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights Stock, other than pursuant to acquire bona fide gifts to or, if the stockholder is a partnership, any distribution to partners so long as such shares according transferees and donees agree in writing with PaineWebber Incorporated to be bound by the terms set forth in Schedule III heretoprovisions of this Section 5(o).
(bp) The Selling Stockholders will pay not, without the prior written consent of PaineWebber Incorporated, make any bid for or purchase any shares of Common Stock during the one hundred twenty (directly or by reimbursement120) all fees and expenses of counsel for day period following the date hereof.
(q) As soon as any Selling Stockholder is advised thereof, such Selling Stockholders Stockholder will advise the Representatives and all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery confirm such advice in writing, (i) of the Shares to be sold receipt by such Selling Stockholders Stockholder, or by any representative of such Selling Stockholder, of any communication from the Commission relating to the Underwriters hereunderRegistration Statement, the Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus, or any notice or order of the Commission relating to the Company or any of the Selling Stockholders in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (ii) of the happening of any event during the period from and after the Effective Date that in the judgment of such Selling Stockholder makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not materially misleading.
(r) The Selling Stockholders will deliver to the Representatives prior to or on the Effective Date a properly completed and executed United States Treasury Department Form W-9 (or other applicable form or statement specified by Treasury Department regulations in lieu thereof).
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Agreements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders. (A) The Each of the Company and the Selling Stockholders respectively covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Company will not, either prior to the Effective Date or thereafter during such period as the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares by an Underwriter or a dealer, file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, unless a copy thereof shall first have been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faith.
(b) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to remain become effective, and will notify the Representatives promptly, and will confirm such advice in writing, (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose or the threat thereof, (iv) of the happening of any event during the period mentioned in the third second sentence of Section 5(e4(e) that in the judgment of the Company makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading, misleading and (v) of receipt by the Company or any representative or attorney of the Company of any other communication from the Commission relating to the Company, the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus. If at any time the Commission shall issue any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company will make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible moment. If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b) under has omitted any information from the Act, the Company shall file a registration statement under Rule 462(b) with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for such Rule 462(b) registration statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations, the Company will comply with the provisions of and make all requisite filings with the Commission pursuant to said Rule 430A and notify the Representatives promptly of all such filings.
(c) The Company will furnish to each Representative, without charge, one signed copy of each of the Registration Statement and of any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and all exhibits thereto and will furnish to the Representatives, without charge, for transmittal to each of the other Underwriters, a copy of the Registration Statement and any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules but without exhibits.
(d) The Company will comply with all the provisions of any undertakings contained in Part II of the Registration Statement.
(e) The Company will prepare On the Prospectus in a form approved by Effective Date, and thereafter from time to time, the Representatives and file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement; make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or to the Prospectus prior to the Option Closing Date to which the Representatives shall reasonably object by notice to the Company after a reasonable period to review; advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed, or to furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares. The Company will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by the several Underwriters and by all dealers to whom the Shares may be sold, both in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and for any period of time thereafter during which the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection therewith. If during such period of time any event shall occur that which in the judgment of the Company or counsel to the Underwriters should be set forth in the Prospectus in order to make any statement therein, in the light of the circumstances under which it was made, not misleading, or if it is necessary to supplement or amend the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will forthwith prepare and duly file with the Commission an appropriate supplement or amendment thereto, and will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, such number of copies of such supplement or amendment to the Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will not file any document under the Exchange Act or the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations before the termination of the offering of the Shares by the Underwriters, if such document would be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus, unless a copy of such document has been submitted to that is not approved by the Representatives within a after reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faithnotice thereof.
(f) Prior to any public offering of the Shares, the Company will cooperate with the Representatives and counsel to the Underwriters in connection with the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request; provided, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that which would subject it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(g) The Company will, so long as and to the extent required under the Rules and Regulations, furnish to its stockholders 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 flow of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, if any, certified by an independent registered public accounting firmaccountants) 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 effective date hereofof the Registration Statement), consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, for such quarter in reasonable detail.
(h) During the period of five years commencing on the date hereofEffective Date, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request copies of such financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company may from time to time distribute generally to the holders of any class of its capital stock, and will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request a copy of each annual or other report it shall be required to file with the Commission.
(i) The Company will make generally available to holders of its securities as soon as may be practicable, practicable but in no event later than the Availability last day of the fifteenth full calendar month following the calendar quarter in which the Effective Date (as defined below)falls, an earning earnings statement (which need not be audited but shall be in reasonable detail) covering for a period of 12 months ended commencing after the effective the date of Registration Statement that will satisfy Effective Date, and satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act (including Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations). For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “Availability Date” means the 45th day after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes the effective date of the Registration Statement, except that if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, “Availability Date” means the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter.
(j) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company and, unless otherwise paid by the Company, the Selling Stockholders will pay or reimburse if paid by the Representatives, all costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders under this Agreement and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including but not limited to costs and expenses of or relating to (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement and exhibits to it, each preliminary prospectus, Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus, (ii) the preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Shares, (iii) the printing of this Agreement, the Agreement Among Underwriters, any Selected Dealer Agreements, any Underwriters’ ' Questionnaires, the Stockholders' Agreements, any Underwriters’ ' Powers of Attorney, and any invitation letters to prospective Underwriters, (iv) furnishing (including costs of shipping and mailing) such copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any preliminary prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, as may be requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares by the Underwriters or by dealers to whom Shares may be sold, (v) the listing of the Shares on the NNM, (vi) any filings required to be made by the Underwriters with the NASD, and the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith, (vii) the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions designated pursuant to Section 5(f4(f), including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Underwriters in connection therewith, and the preparation and printing of preliminary, supplemental and final Blue Sky memoranda, (viii) fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Company (but not those of counsel for the Underwriters, except as otherwise provided herein) and of the Accountants, (ix) the transfer agent for the Shares, and (x) any travel expenses of the Company’s officers, directors and employees and any other expenses of the Company in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the Shares. The Underwriters may deem the Company to be the primary obligor with respect to all costs, fees and expenses to be paid by the Company and by the Selling Stockholders. The Selling Stockholders will pay (directly or by reimbursement) all fees and expenses incident to the performance of their obligations under this Agreement that are not otherwise specifically provided for herein, including but not limited to any fees and expenses of counsel for such Selling Stockholders, any fees and expenses of the Attorneys-in-Fact and the Custodian, and all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters hereunder.
(k) The Company will not at any time, directly or indirectly, take any action designed or that which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or that which will constitute, stabilization of the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares.
(l) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the offering and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company in the manner set forth in the Prospectus under “"Use of Proceeds.”"
(m) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLCInc., the Company will not (1) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant options, warrants or rights options to purchase, purchase or otherwise dispose of any of the Company's equity securities of the Company or any other securities convertible into or exchangeable for with its Common Stock or other equity security (other than pursuant to employee stock option plans, including the Company Company's Employee Stock Plans Purchase Plan, or pursuant to the conversion of convertible securities or the exercise of warrants in each case outstanding on the date of this Agreement).
(n) or (2) enter into any swap or other derivatives transaction that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any During the period of 90 days after the date of the economic benefits or risks of ownership of shares of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise; provided, however, that, notwithstanding clauses (1) or (2) aboveProspectus, the Company is not required to obtain will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC
(A) Inc., grant options to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 purchase shares of Common Stock issued by at a price less than the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited, or (B) to issue equity securities, options or warrants in connection with the acquisition by the Company or one of its subsidiaries of the assets or capital stock of another person, whether through, merger, asset acquisition, share exchange, stock purchase or otherwise, provided, however, that the recipients of any equity securities, options or warrants referred to in this clause (B) agree to enter into lock-up agreements in substantially the form as the second lock-up agreement appended to Schedule III hereto.
(n) initial public offering price. During the period of 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not file with the Commission or cause to become effective any registration statement relating to any securities of the Company without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC; provided, however, that the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC (i) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited or (ii) to file a registration statement on Form S-8.Inc.
(o) The Selling Stockholders will, and the Company will cause each of its officers, directors and certain stockholders designated by the Representatives to, enter into lock-up agreements with the Representatives substantially in the form of Schedule III hereto, to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLCInc., sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms set forth in Schedule III II hereto.
(B) Each Selling Shareholder, severally and not jointly, covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Selling Stockholders will enter into lock up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms set forth in Schedule III hereto.
(b) The Selling Stockholders will pay (directly or by reimbursement) all fees and expenses of counsel for such Selling Stockholders and all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters hereunder.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Micro Component Technology Inc)
Agreements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders. (A) The Company and each of the Selling Stockholders respectively covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Company will not, either prior to the Effective Date or thereafter during such period as the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares by an Underwriter or a dealer, file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, unless a copy thereof shall first have been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faith.
(b) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to remain become effective, and will notify the Representatives promptly, and will confirm such advice in writing, (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose or the threat thereof, (iv) of the happening of any event during the period mentioned in the third second sentence of Section 5(e) that in the judgment of the Company makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading, misleading and (v) of receipt by the Company or any representative or attorney of the Company of any other communication from the Commission relating to the Company, the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus. If at any time the Commission shall issue any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company will make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible moment. If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b) under has omitted any information from the Act, the Company shall file a registration statement under Rule 462(b) with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for such Rule 462(b) registration statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations, the Company will comply with the provisions of and make all requisite filings with the Commission pursuant to said Rule 430A and notify the Representatives promptly of all such filings.
(c) The Company will furnish to each Representative, without charge, one signed copy of each of the Registration Statement and of any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and all exhibits thereto and will furnish to the Representatives, without charge, for transmittal to each of the other Underwriters, a copy of the Registration Statement and any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules but without exhibits.
(d) The Company will comply with all the provisions of any undertakings contained in Part II of the Registration Statement.
(e) The Company will prepare On the Prospectus in a form approved by Effective Date, and thereafter from time to time, the Representatives and file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement; make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or to the Prospectus prior to the Option Closing Date to which the Representatives shall reasonably object by notice to the Company after a reasonable period to review; advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed, or to furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares. The Company will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by the several Underwriters and by all dealers to whom the Shares may be sold, both in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and for any period of time thereafter during which the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection therewith. If during such period of time any event shall occur that in the judgment of the Company or counsel to the Underwriters should be set forth in the Prospectus in order to make any statement therein, in the light of the circumstances under which it was made, not misleading, or if it is necessary to supplement or amend the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will forthwith prepare and duly file with the Commission an appropriate supplement or amendment thereto, and will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, such number of copies of such supplement or amendment to the Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will not file any document under the Exchange Act or the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations before the termination of the offering of the Shares by the Underwriters, if such document would be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus, unless a copy of such document has been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faith.
(f) Prior to any public offering of the Shares, the Company will cooperate with the Representatives and counsel to the Underwriters in connection with the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request; provided, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that which would subject it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(g) The Company will, so long as and to the extent required under the Rules and Regulations, furnish to its stockholders 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 flow of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, if any, certified by an independent registered public accounting firmaccountants) 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 effective date hereofof the Registration Statement), consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, for such quarter in reasonable detail.
(h) During the period of five years commencing on the date hereofEffective Date, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request copies of such financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company may from time to time distribute generally to the holders of any class of its capital stock, and will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request a copy of each annual or other report it shall be required to file with the Commission.
(i) The Company will make generally available to holders of its securities as soon as may be practicable, practicable but in no event later than the Availability last day of the fifteenth full calendar month following the calendar quarter in which the Effective Date (as defined below)falls, an earning earnings statement (which need not be audited but shall be in reasonable detail) covering for a period of 12 months commencing after the effective the date of Registration Statement that will satisfy Effective Date, and satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act (including Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations). For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “Availability Date” means the 45th day after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes the effective date of the Registration Statement, except that if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, “Availability Date” means the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter.
(j) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or reimburse if paid by the Representatives, all costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders under this Agreement and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including but not limited to costs and expenses of or relating to (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement and exhibits to it, each preliminary prospectus, Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus, (ii) the preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Shares, (iii) the printing of this Agreement, the Agreement Among Underwriters, any Selected Dealer Agreements, any Underwriters’ ' Questionnaires, the Custody Agreements, any Underwriters’ ' Powers of Attorney, and any invitation letters to prospective Underwriters, (iv) furnishing (including costs of shipping and mailing) such copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any preliminary prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, as may be requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares by the Underwriters or by dealers to whom Shares may be sold, (v) the listing of the Shares on the NNM, (vi) any filings required to be made by the Underwriters with the NASD, and the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith, (vii) the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions designated pursuant to Section 5(f), including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Underwriters in connection therewith, and the preparation and printing of preliminary, supplemental and final Blue Sky memoranda, (viii) fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Company (but not those of counsel for the Underwriters, except as otherwise provided herein) and of the Accountants, (ix) the transfer agent for the Shares. The Selling Stockholders will pay (directly or by reimbursement) all fees and expenses incident to the performance of their obligations under this Agreement that are not otherwise specifically provided for herein, including but not limited to fees and (x) expenses of separate counsel for such Selling Stockholders, if any, any travel fees and expenses of the Company’s officersAttorney-in-Fact and the Custodian, directors and employees all expenses and any other expenses taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Company in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the Shares. The Underwriters may deem the Company Selling Stockholder Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholders to the primary obligor with respect to all costs, fees and expenses to be paid by the Company and by the Selling StockholdersUnderwriters hereunder.
(k) The Company will not at any time, directly or indirectly, take any action designed or that which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or that which will constitute, stabilization of the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares.
(l) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the offering and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company in the manner set forth in the Prospectus under “"Use of Proceeds.”"
(m) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 90 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx Needxxx & CompanyXompany, LLCInc., the Company will not (1) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant options, warrants or rights options to purchase, purchase or otherwise dispose of any of the Company's equity securities of the Company or any other securities convertible into or exchangeable for its Common Stock or other equity security (other than pursuant to the Company Stock Plans employee stock option plans or pursuant to the conversion of convertible securities or the exercise of warrants in each case outstanding on the date of this Agreement) or (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 shares of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise; provided, however, that, notwithstanding clauses (1) or (2) above, the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC
(A) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited, or (B) to issue equity securities, options or warrants in connection with the acquisition by the Company or one of its subsidiaries of the assets or capital stock of another person, whether through, merger, asset acquisition, share exchange, stock purchase or otherwise, provided, however, that the recipients of any equity securities, options or warrants referred to in this clause (B) agree to enter into lock-up agreements in substantially the form as the second lock-up agreement appended to Schedule III hereto).
(n) During The Selling Stockholders will, and the period of 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not file with the Commission or cause to become effective any registration statement relating to any securities of the Company without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC; provided, however, that the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC (i) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited or (ii) to file a registration statement on Form S-8.
(o) The Company will cause each of its officers, officers and directors and certain stockholders designated by the Representatives to, enter into lock-up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx Needxxx & CompanyXompany, LLCInc., sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms form of Lock-up Agreement set forth in Schedule III C hereto.
(B) Each Selling Shareholder, severally and not jointly, covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Selling Stockholders will enter into lock up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms set forth in Schedule III hereto.
(b) The Selling Stockholders will pay (directly or by reimbursement) all fees and expenses of counsel for such Selling Stockholders and all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters hereunder.
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Agreements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders. (A) The Each of the Company and the Selling Stockholders respectively covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Company will not, either prior to the Effective Date or thereafter during such period as the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares by an Underwriter or a dealer, file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, unless a copy thereof shall first have been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faith.
(b) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to remain become effective, and will notify the Representatives promptly, and will confirm such advice in writing, (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose or the threat thereof, (iv) of the happening of any event during the period mentioned in the third second sentence of Section 5(e) that in the judgment of the Company makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading, misleading and (v) of receipt by the Company or any representative or attorney of the Company of any other communication from the Commission relating to the Company, the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus. If at any time the Commission shall issue any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company will make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible moment. If the Company has omitted any information from the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations, the Company will comply with the provisions of and make all requisite filings with the Commission pursuant to said Rule 430A and notify the Representatives promptly of all such filings. If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b) under the Act, the Company shall file a registration statement under Rule 462(b) with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for such Rule 462(b) registration statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to the Rules and Regulations.
(c) The Company will furnish to each Representative, without charge, one signed copy of each of the Registration Statement and of any pre- pre-effective or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and all exhibits thereto and will furnish to the Representatives, without charge, for transmittal to each of the other Underwriters, a copy of the Registration Statement and any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules but without exhibits.
(d) The Company will comply with all the provisions of any undertakings contained in Part II of the Registration Statement.
(e) The Company will prepare On the Prospectus in a form approved by Effective Date, and thereafter from time to time, the Representatives and file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement; make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or to the Prospectus prior to the Option Closing Date to which the Representatives shall reasonably object by notice to the Company after a reasonable period to review; advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed, or to furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares. The Company will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by the several Underwriters and by all dealers to whom the Shares may be sold, both in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and for any period of time thereafter during which the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection therewith. If during such period of time any event shall occur that which in the judgment of the Company or counsel to the Underwriters should be set forth in the Prospectus in order to make any statement therein, in the light of the circumstances under which it was made, not misleading, or if it is necessary to supplement or amend the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will forthwith prepare and duly file with the Commission an appropriate supplement or amendment thereto, and will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, such number of copies of such supplement or amendment to the Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will not file any document under the Exchange Act or the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations before the termination of the offering of the Shares by the Underwriters, if such document would be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus, unless a copy of such document has been submitted to that is not approved by the Representatives within a after reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faithnotice thereof.
(f) Prior to any public offering of the Shares, the Company will cooperate with the Representatives and counsel to the Underwriters in connection with the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request; provided, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that which would subject it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(g) The Company will, so long as and to the extent required under the Rules and Regulations, furnish to its stockholders 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 flow of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, if any, certified by an independent registered public accounting firmaccountants) 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 effective date hereofof the Registration Statement), consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, for such quarter in reasonable detail.
(h) During the period of five years commencing on the date hereofEffective Date, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request copies of such financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company may from time to time distribute generally to the holders of any class of its capital stock, and will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request a copy of each annual or other report it shall be required to file with the Commission.
(i) The Company will make generally available to holders of its securities as soon as may be practicable, practicable but in no event later than the Availability Date (as defined below), an earning statement (which need not be audited but shall be in reasonable detail) covering a period of at least 12 months commencing beginning after the effective the date of Registration Statement that will satisfy Effective Date, and satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act (including Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations). For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “"Availability Date” " means the 45th day after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes the effective date of the Registration Statementsuch Effective Date, except that that, if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s 's fiscal year, “"Availability Date” " means the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter.
(j) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or reimburse if paid by the Representatives, all costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders under this Agreement and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including but not limited to costs and expenses of or relating to (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement and exhibits to it, each preliminary prospectus, Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus, (ii) the preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Shares, (iii) the printing of this Agreement, the Agreement Among Underwriters, any Selected Dealer Agreements, any Underwriters’ Questionnaires, any Underwriters’ Powers of Attorney, and any invitation letters to prospective Underwriters, (iv) furnishing (including costs of shipping and mailing) such copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any preliminary prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, as may be requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares by the Underwriters or by dealers to whom Shares may be sold, (v) the listing of the Shares on the NNM, (vi) any filings required to be made by the Underwriters with the NASD, and the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith, (vii) the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions designated pursuant to Section 5(f), including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Underwriters in connection therewith, and the preparation and printing of preliminary, supplemental and final Blue Sky memoranda, (viii) fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Company (but not those of counsel for the Underwriters, except as otherwise provided herein) and of the Accountants, (ix) the transfer agent for the Shares, and (x) any travel expenses of the Company’s officers, directors and employees and any other expenses of the Company in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the Shares. The Underwriters may deem the Company to be the primary obligor with respect to all costs, fees and expenses to be paid by the Company and by the Selling Stockholders.
(k) The Company will not at any time, directly or indirectly, take any action designed or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or that will constitute, stabilization of the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares.
(l) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the offering and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company in the manner set forth in the Prospectus under “Use of Proceeds.”
(m) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, the Company will not (1) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant options, warrants or rights to purchase, or otherwise dispose of any equity securities of the Company or any other securities convertible into or exchangeable for its Common Stock or other equity security (other than pursuant to the Company Stock Plans or pursuant to the conversion of convertible securities or the exercise of warrants in each case outstanding on the date of this Agreement) or (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 shares of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise; provided, however, that, notwithstanding clauses (1) or (2) above, the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC
(A) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited, or (B) to issue equity securities, options or warrants in connection with the acquisition by the Company or one of its subsidiaries of the assets or capital stock of another person, whether through, merger, asset acquisition, share exchange, stock purchase or otherwise, provided, however, that the recipients of any equity securities, options or warrants referred to in this clause (B) agree to enter into lock-up agreements in substantially the form as the second lock-up agreement appended to Schedule III hereto.
(n) During the period of 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not file with the Commission or cause to become effective any registration statement relating to any securities of the Company without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC; provided, however, that the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC (i) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited or (ii) to file a registration statement on Form S-8.
(o) The Company will cause each of its officers, directors and certain stockholders designated by the Representatives to, enter into lock-up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms set forth in Schedule III hereto.
(B) Each Selling Shareholder, severally and not jointly, covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Selling Stockholders will enter into lock up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms set forth in Schedule III hereto.
(b) The Selling Stockholders will pay (directly or by reimbursement) all fees and expenses of counsel for such Selling Stockholders and all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters hereunder.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Intest Corp)
Agreements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders. Each of the Company and the Selling Stockholders (Awith respect to subsections (i) The Company and (m) only) respectively covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Company will not, either prior to the Effective Date or thereafter during such period as the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares by an Underwriter or a dealer, file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, unless a copy thereof shall first have been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have reasonably objected thereto in good faith.
(b) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to remain become effective, and will notify the Representatives promptly, and will confirm such advice in writing, (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose or the threat thereof, (iv) of the happening of any event during the period mentioned in the third second sentence of Section 5(e) that in the judgment of the Company makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading, misleading and (v) of receipt by the Company or any representative or attorney of the Company of any other communication from the Commission relating to the Company, the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus. If at any time the Commission shall issue any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company will make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible moment. If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b) under the Act, the Company shall file a registration statement under Rule 462(b) with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for such Rule 462(b) registration statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to the Rules and Regulations.
(c) The Company will furnish to each Representative, without charge, one signed copy of each of the Registration Statement and of any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and all exhibits thereto and will furnish to the Representatives, without charge, for transmittal to each of the other Underwriters, a copy of the Registration Statement and any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules but without exhibits.
(d) The Company will comply with all the provisions of any undertakings contained in Part II of the Registration Statement.
(e) The Company will prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the Representatives and file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement; make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or to the Prospectus prior to the Option Closing Date to which the Representatives shall reasonably object by notice to the Company after a reasonable period to review; advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed, or to furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares. The Company will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by the Underwriters and by all dealers to whom the Shares may be sold, both in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and for any period of time thereafter during which the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection therewith. If during such period of time any event shall occur that in the judgment of the Company or counsel to the Underwriters should be set forth in the Prospectus in order to make any statement therein, in the light of the circumstances under which it was made, not misleading, or if it is necessary to supplement or amend the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will forthwith prepare and duly file with the Commission an appropriate supplement or amendment thereto, and will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, such number of copies of such supplement or amendment to the Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will not file any document under the Exchange Act or the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations before the termination of the offering of the Shares by the Underwriters, if such document would be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus, unless a copy of such document has been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faith.
(f) Prior to any public offering of the Shares, the Company will cooperate with the Representatives and counsel to the Underwriters in connection with the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request; provided, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(g) The Company will, so long as and to the extent required under the Rules and Regulations, furnish to its stockholders 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 flow of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, if any, certified by an independent registered public accounting firm) 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 hereof), consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, for such quarter in reasonable detail.
(h) During the period of five years commencing on the date hereof, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request copies of such financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company may from time to time distribute generally to the holders of any class of its capital stock, and will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request a copy of each annual or other report it shall be required to file with the Commission.
(i) The Company will make generally available to holders of its securities as soon as may be practicable, but in no event later than the Availability Date (as defined below), an earning statement (which need not be audited but shall be in reasonable detail) covering a period of 12 months commencing after the effective the date of Registration Statement that will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act (including Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations). For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “Availability Date” means the 45th day after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes the effective date of the Registration Statement, except that if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, “Availability Date” means the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter.
(j) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or reimburse if paid by the Representatives, all costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders under this Agreement and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including but not limited to costs and expenses of or relating to (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement and exhibits to it, each preliminary prospectus, Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus, (ii) the preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Shares, (iii) the printing of this Agreement, the Agreement Among Underwriters, any Selected Dealer Agreements, any Underwriters’ Questionnaires, any Underwriters’ Powers of Attorney, and any invitation letters to prospective Underwriters, (iv) furnishing (including costs of shipping and mailing) such copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any preliminary prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, as may be requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares by the Underwriters or by dealers to whom Shares may be sold, (v) the listing of the Shares on the NNM, (vi) any filings required to be made by the Underwriters with the NASD, and the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith, (vii) the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions designated pursuant to Section 5(f), including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Underwriters in connection therewith, and the preparation and printing of preliminary, supplemental and final Blue Sky memoranda, (viii) fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Company (but not those of counsel for the Underwriters, except as otherwise provided herein) and of the Accountants, (ix) the transfer agent for the Shares, and (x) any travel expenses of the Company’s officers, directors and employees and any other expenses of the Company in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the Shares. The Underwriters may deem the Company to be the primary obligor with respect to all costs, fees and expenses to be paid by the Company and by the Selling Stockholders.
(k) The Company will not at any time, directly or indirectly, take any action designed or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or that will constitute, stabilization of the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares.
(l) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the offering and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company in the manner set forth in the Prospectus under “Use of Proceeds.”
(m) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, the Company will not (1) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant options, warrants or rights to purchase, or otherwise dispose of any equity securities of the Company or any other securities convertible into or exchangeable for its Common Stock or other equity security (other than pursuant to the Company Stock Plans or pursuant to the conversion of convertible securities or the exercise of warrants in each case outstanding on the date of this Agreement) or (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 shares of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise; provided, however, that, notwithstanding clauses (1) or (2) above, the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC
(A) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited, or (B) to issue equity securities, options or warrants in connection with the acquisition by the Company or one of its subsidiaries of the assets or capital stock of another person, whether through, merger, asset acquisition, share exchange, stock purchase or otherwise, provided, however, that the recipients of any equity securities, options or warrants referred to in this clause (B) agree to enter into lock-up agreements in substantially the form as the second lock-up agreement appended to Schedule III hereto.
(n) During the period of 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not file with the Commission or cause to become effective any registration statement relating to any securities of the Company without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC; provided, however, that the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC (i) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited or (ii) to file a registration statement on Form S-8.
(o) The Company will cause each of its officers, directors and certain stockholders designated by the Representatives to, enter into lock-up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms set forth in Schedule III hereto.
(B) Each Selling Shareholder, severally and not jointly, covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Selling Stockholders will enter into lock up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms set forth in Schedule III hereto.
(b) The Selling Stockholders will pay (directly or by reimbursement) all fees and expenses of counsel for such Selling Stockholders and all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters hereunder.
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Agreements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders. (A) The Company covenants and agrees the Selling Stockholders (as to Sections 5(i), (j), (k), (m), (o) (p), (q) and (r)) agree severally and not jointly with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Company will not, either prior to the Effective Date or thereafter during such period as the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of the 15 15 Shares by an Underwriter or a dealer, file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, unless a copy thereof shall first have been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faith.
(b) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to remain become effective, and will notify the Representatives promptly, promptly (1) when the Registration Statement has become effective and will confirm such advice in writing, (i) when any post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective, (ii2) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information, (iii3) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose or the threat thereof, (iv4) of the happening of any event during the period mentioned in the third second sentence of Section 5(e4(e) that in the judgment of the Company makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in under which they are made, not misleading, misleading and (v5) of receipt by the Company or any representative or attorney of the Company of any other communication from the Commission relating to the Company, the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus. If at any time the Commission shall issue any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company will make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible moment. If The Company will use its best efforts to comply with the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b) under the Act, the Company shall file a registration statement under Rule 462(b) provisions of and make all requisite filings with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for such Rule 462(b) registration statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule 430A and to notify the Rules and RegulationsRepresentatives promptly of all such filings.
(c) The Company will furnish to each Representativethe Representatives, without charge, one two (2) signed copy of each copies of the Registration Statement and of any pre- or post-post- effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and all exhibits thereto and will furnish to the Representatives, without charge, for transmittal to each of the other Underwriters, a one (1) copy of the Registration Statement and any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules but without exhibits.
(d) The Company will comply with all the provisions of any undertakings contained in Part II of the Registration Statement.
(e) The Company will prepare On the Prospectus in a form approved by Effective Date, and thereafter from time to time, the Representatives and file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement; make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or to the Prospectus prior to the Option Closing Date to which the Representatives shall reasonably object by notice to the Company after a reasonable period to review; advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed, or to furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares. The Company will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by the several Underwriters and by all dealers to whom the Shares may be sold, both in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and for any period of time thereafter during which the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection therewith. If during such period of time any event shall occur that which in the judgment of the Company or counsel to the Underwriters should be set forth in the Prospectus in order to make any statement therein, in the light of the circumstances under which it was made, 16 16 not misleading, or if it is necessary to supplement or amend the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will forthwith prepare and duly file with the Commission an appropriate supplement or amendment thereto, and will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, such number of copies of such supplement or amendment to the Prospectus thereof as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will not file any document under the Exchange Act or the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations before the termination of the offering of the Shares by the Underwriters, if such document would be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus, unless a copy of such document has been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faith.
(f) Prior to any public offering of the SharesShares by the Underwriters, the Company will cooperate with the Representatives and counsel to the Underwriters in connection with the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such United States and foreign jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request; provided, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that which would subject it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(g) The Company will, so long as and to the extent required under the Rules and Regulations, furnish to its stockholders 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 flow of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, if any, certified by an independent registered public accounting firm) 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 hereof), consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, for such quarter in reasonable detail.
(h) During the period of five years commencing on the date hereofEffective Date, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request copies of such financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company may from time to time distribute generally to the holders of any class of its capital stock, and will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request a copy of each annual or other report it shall be required to file with the Commission.
(ih) The Company will make generally available to holders of its securities as soon as may be practicable, practicable but in no event later than the Availability last day of the fifteenth full calendar month following the calendar quarter in which the Effective Date (as defined below)falls, an earning earnings statement (which need not be audited but shall be in reasonable detail) covering for a period of 12 months ended commencing after the effective the date of Registration Statement that will satisfy Effective Date, and satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act (including Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations). For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “Availability Date” means the 45th day after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes the effective date of the Registration Statement, except that if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, “Availability Date” means the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter.
(j) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or reimburse if paid by the Representatives, all costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders under this Agreement and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including but not limited to costs and expenses of or relating to (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement and exhibits to it, each preliminary prospectus, Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus, (ii) the preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Shares, (iii) the printing of this Agreement, the Agreement Among Underwriters, any Selected Dealer Agreements, any Underwriters’ Questionnaires, any Underwriters’ Powers of Attorney, and any invitation letters to prospective Underwriters, (iv) furnishing (including costs of shipping and mailing) such copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any preliminary prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, as may be requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares by the Underwriters or by dealers to whom Shares may be sold, (v) the listing of the Shares on the NNM, (vi) any filings required to be made by the Underwriters with the NASD, and the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith, (vii) the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions designated pursuant to Section 5(f4(f), including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Underwriters in connection therewith, and the preparation and printing of preliminary, supplemental and final Blue Sky memoranda, (viii7) counsel to the Company and counsel to the Selling Stockholders, (8) the transfer agent for the Shares and (9) the Accountants. It is understood, however, that except as provided in this Section 5 and Section 6 entitled "Indemnification," the Underwriters will pay all of their costs and expenses, including fees and disbursements of their counsel (except as otherwise provided in clauses (5) and (6) above), stock transfer taxes payable on resale of any of the shares by them, any marketing expenses connected with any offers they may make and the underwriters' expenses related to the "road show."
(j) If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Company or the Selling Stockholders pursuant to any of the provisions hereof (otherwise than pursuant to Section 8) or if for any reason the Company or any Selling Stockholder shall be unable to perform its obligations hereunder, the Company and the Selling Stockholders, jointly and severally, will reimburse the several Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Company (but not those of counsel for the Underwriters, except as otherwise provided herein) and of the Accountants, (ix) the transfer agent for the Shares, and (x) any travel expenses of the Company’s officers, directors and employees and any other expenses of the Company reasonably incurred by them in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the Shares. The Underwriters may deem the Company to be the primary obligor with respect to all costs, fees and expenses to be paid by the Company and by the Selling Stockholdersherewith.
(k) The Company and the Selling Stockholders will not at any time, directly or indirectly, take any action designed intended, or that which might reasonably be expected expected, to cause or result in, or that which will constitute, stabilization of the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares.
(l) The Company will intends to apply the net proceeds from the offering and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company in the manner set forth in the Prospectus under “"Use of Proceeds" and shall file such reports with the Commission with respect to the sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds therefrom as may be required in accordance with Rule 463 under the Act.”
(m) During the period beginning from of 75 days commencing at the date hereof of the Prospectus, the Company and continuing the Selling Stockholders will not, without the prior written consent of PaineWebber Incorporated, directly or indirectly, offer to sell, sell, contract to sell, grant any option for the sale of, or otherwise dispose of, any Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock or warrants or other rights to acquire shares of Common Stock, other than to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement and including other than pursuant to employee benefit plans.
(n) The Company will not, and will cause each of its executive officers, directors and each beneficial owner of more than 5% of the date 90 outstanding shares of Common Stock to enter into agreements with the Representatives in the form set forth in Exhibit C to the effect that they will not, for a period of 75 days after the date of the Prospectus, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & CompanyPaineWebber Incorporated, LLCdirectly or indirectly, the Company will not (1) offeroffer to sell, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant options, warrants or rights to purchaseany option for the sale of, or otherwise dispose of, any shares of any equity securities of the Company or any other securities convertible into or exchangeable for its Common Stock or other equity security rights to acquire such shares (other than pursuant to the Company Stock Plans employee stock option plans or pursuant to the conversion of convertible securities or the exercise of warrants in each case outstanding on the date of this Agreement) or (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 shares of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise; provided, however, that, notwithstanding clauses (1) or (2) above, the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC
(A) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited, or (B) to issue equity securities, options or warrants in connection with the acquisition by the Company or one of its subsidiaries of the assets or capital stock of another person, whether through, merger, asset acquisition, share exchange, stock purchase or otherwise, provided, however, that the recipients of any equity securities, options or warrants referred to in this clause (B) agree to enter into lock-up agreements in substantially the form as the second lock-up agreement appended to Schedule III hereto.
(n) During the period of 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not file with the Commission or cause to become effective any registration statement relating to any securities of the Company without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC; provided, however, that the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC (i) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited or (ii) to file a registration statement on Form S-8.other employee incentive compensation arrangements). 18 18
(o) The Company will cause each of its officers, directors and certain stockholders designated by the Representatives to, enter into lock-up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they Selling Stockholders will not, for a period of 75 days after the commencement of the public offering of the Shares, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLCthe Representatives, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights Stock, other than pursuant to acquire such shares according bona fide gifts to persons who agree in writing with the terms set forth in Schedule III heretoRepresentatives to be bound by the provisions of this Section 5(o).
(B) Each Selling Shareholder, severally and not jointly, covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(ap) The Selling Stockholders will enter into lock up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Companythe Representatives, LLC, sell, contract to sell make any bid for or otherwise dispose of purchase any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to during the terms set forth in Schedule III hereto75-day period following the date hereof.
(bq) As soon as any Selling Stockholder is advised thereof, such Selling Stockholder will advise the Representatives and confirm such advice in writing, (1) of receipt by such Selling Stockholder, or by any representative of such Selling Stockholder, of any communication from the Commission relating to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus, or any notice or order of the Commission relating to the Company or any of the Selling Stockholders in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (2) of the happening of any event during the period from and after the Effective Date that in the judgment of such Selling Stockholder makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.
(r) The Selling Stockholders will pay (directly or by reimbursement) all fees and expenses of counsel for such Selling Stockholders and all expenses and taxes incident deliver to the sale Representatives prior to or on the Closing Date a properly completed and delivery of the Shares to be sold executed United States Treasury Department Form W-9 (or other applicable form or statement specified by such Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters hereunderTreasury Department regulations in lieu thereof).
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Sterigenics International Inc)
Agreements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders. (A) The Company covenants and agrees the Selling Stockholders (as to Sections 5(i), (j), (o), (p), (q) and (r)) agree, severally and not jointly, with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Company will not, either prior to the Effective Date or thereafter during such period as the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares by an Underwriter or a dealer, file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, unless a copy thereof shall first have been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faith.
(b) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to remain become effective, and will notify the Representatives promptly, and will confirm such advice in writing, (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose or the threat thereof, (iv) of the happening of any event during the period mentioned in the third sentence of Section 5(e) that in the judgment of the Company makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading, misleading and (v) of receipt by the Company or any representative or attorney of the Company of any other communication from the Commission relating to the Company, the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus. If at any time the Commission shall issue any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company will make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible moment. If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b) under the Act, the Company shall file a registration statement under Rule 462(b) with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for such Rule 462(b) registration statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to the Rules and Regulations.any
(c) The Company will furnish to each Representative, without charge, one two signed copy of each copies of the Registration Statement and of any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and all exhibits thereto and will furnish to the Representatives, without charge, for transmittal to each of the other Underwriters, a copy of the Registration Statement and any pre- or post-post- effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules but without exhibits.
(d) The Company will comply with all the provisions of any undertakings contained in Part II of the Registration Statement.
(e) The Company will prepare On the Prospectus in a form approved by Effective Date, and thereafter from time to time, the Representatives and file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement; make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or to the Prospectus prior to the Option Closing Date to which the Representatives shall reasonably object by notice to the Company after a reasonable period to review; advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed, or to furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares. The Company will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by the several Underwriters and by all dealers to whom the Shares may be sold, both in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and for any period of time thereafter during which the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection therewith. If during such period of time any event shall occur that which in the judgment of the Company or counsel to the Underwriters should be set forth in the Prospectus in order to make any statement therein, in the light of the circumstances under which it was made, not misleading, or if it is necessary to supplement or amend the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will forthwith prepare and duly file with the Commission an appropriate supplement or amendment thereto, and will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, such number of copies of such supplement or amendment to the Prospectus thereof as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will not file any document under the Exchange Act or the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations before the termination of the offering of the Shares by the Underwriters, if such document would be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus, unless a copy of such document has been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faith.
(f) Prior to any public offering of the SharesShares by the Underwriters, the Company will cooperate with the Representatives and counsel to the Underwriters in connection with the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request; provided, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that which would subject it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(g) The Company will, so long as and to the extent required under the Rules and Regulations, furnish to its stockholders 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 flow of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, if any, certified by an independent registered public accounting firm) 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 hereof), consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, for such quarter in reasonable detail.
(h) During the period of five years commencing on the date hereofEffective Date, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request copies of such financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company may from time to time distribute generally to the holders of any class of its capital stock, and will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request a copy of each annual or other report it shall be required to file with the Commission.
(i) The Company will make generally available to holders of its securities as soon as may be practicable, but in no event later than the Availability Date (as defined below), an earning statement (which need not be audited but shall be in reasonable detail) covering a period of 12 months commencing after the effective the date of Registration Statement that will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act (including Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations). For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “Availability Date” means the 45th day after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes the effective date of the Registration Statement, except that if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, “Availability Date” means the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter.
(j) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company and the Selling Stockholders, jointly and severally, will pay pay, or reimburse if paid by the Representatives, all costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders under this Agreement and in connection with the transactions contemplated herebyAgreement, including but not limited to costs and expenses of or relating to (i1) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement and exhibits to it, each preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, (ii2) the preparation and delivery of certificates representing the SharesStocks, (iii3) the printing of this Agreement, the Agreement Among Underwriters, any Selected Dealer Agreements, any Underwriters’ Questionnaires, any Underwriters’ Powers ' Questionnaire and the Agreement and Power of Attorney, and any invitation letters to prospective Underwriters, (iv4) furnishing (including costs of shipping shipping, mailing and mailingcourier) such copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any preliminary prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, as may be requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares Stocks by the Underwriters or by dealers to whom Shares Stocks may be sold, (v5) the listing of the Shares Stocks on the NNM, (vi6) any filings required to be made by the Underwriters with the NASD, and the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith, (vii7) the registration or qualification of the Shares Stocks for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions designated pursuant to Section 5(f), including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Underwriters in connection therewith, and the preparation and printing of preliminary, supplemental and final Blue Sky memoranda, (viii8) counsel to the Company and counsel to the Selling Stockholders, (9) the transfer agent for the Stocks and (10) the Accountants.
(j) If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Company or the Selling Stockholders pursuant to any of the provisions hereof (other than pursuant to Section 9) or if for any reason the Company or any Selling Stockholder shall be unable to perform its obligations hereunder, the Company and the Selling Stockholders, jointly and severally, will reimburse the several Underwriters for all out-of- pocket expenses (including the fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Company (but not those of counsel for the Underwriters, except as otherwise provided herein) and of the Accountants, (ix) the transfer agent for the Shares, and (x) any travel expenses of the Company’s officers, directors and employees and any other expenses of the Company reasonably incurred by them in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the Shares. The Underwriters may deem the Company to be the primary obligor with respect to all costs, fees and expenses to be paid by the Company and by the Selling Stockholdersherewith.
(k) The Company will not at any time, directly or indirectly, take any action designed intended, or that which might reasonably be expected expected, to cause or result in, or that which will constitute, stabilization of the price of the shares Stocks of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the SharesStocks.
(l) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the offering and sale of the Shares Stocks to be sold by the Company in the manner set forth in the Prospectus under “"Use of Proceeds" and shall file such reports with the Commission with respect to the sale of 14 the Shares and the application of the proceeds therefrom as may be required in accordance with Rule 463 under the Act.”
(m) During the period beginning from of 180 days commencing at the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLCClosing Date, the Company will not (1) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant options, warrants or rights to purchase, or otherwise dispose of any equity securities of the Company or any other securities convertible into or exchangeable for its Common Stock or other equity security (other than pursuant to the Company Stock Plans or pursuant to the conversion of convertible securities or the exercise of warrants in each case outstanding on the date of this Agreement) or (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 shares of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise; provided, however, that, notwithstanding clauses (1) or (2) above, the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC
(A) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited, or (B) to issue equity securities, options or warrants in connection with the acquisition by the Company or one of its subsidiaries of the assets or capital stock of another person, whether through, merger, asset acquisition, share exchange, stock purchase or otherwise, provided, however, that the recipients of any equity securities, options or warrants referred to in this clause (B) agree to enter into lock-up agreements in substantially the form as the second lock-up agreement appended to Schedule III hereto.
(n) During the period of 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not file with the Commission or cause to become effective any registration statement relating to any securities of the Company without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC; provided, however, that the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC (i) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited or (ii) to file a registration statement on Form S-8.
(o) The Company will cause each of its officers, directors and certain stockholders designated by the Representatives to, enter into lock-up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & CompanyPaineWebber Incorporated, LLCgrant options to purchase shares of Common Stock at a price less than the initial public offering price.
(n) The Company will not, and will cause each of its executive officers, directors and each beneficial owner of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock to enter into agreements with the Representatives in the form set forth in Exhibit C to the effect that they will not, for a period of 180 days after the commencement of the public offering of the Shares, without the prior written consent of PaineWebber Incorporated, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according (other than pursuant to the terms set forth employee stock option plans or in Schedule III heretoconnection with other employee incentive compensation arrangements).
(B) Each Selling Shareholder, severally and not jointly, covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(ao) The Selling Stockholders will enter into lock up agreements with not, for a period of 180 days after the Representatives to commencement of the effect that they will notpublic offering of the Shares, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLCPaineWebber Incorporated, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights Stock, other than pursuant to acquire such shares according bona fide gifts to persons who agree in writing with PaineWebber Incorporated to be bound by the terms set forth in Schedule III heretoprovisions of this Section 5(o).
(bp) The Selling Stockholders will pay not, without the prior written consent of PaineWebber Incorporated, make any bid for or purchase any shares of Common Stock during the 120-day period following the date hereof.
(directly or by reimbursementq) all fees and expenses of counsel for As soon as any Selling Stockholder is advised thereof, such Selling Stockholders Stockholder will advise the Representatives and all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery confirm such advice in writing, (1) of the Shares to be sold receipt by such Selling Stockholders Stockholder, or by any representative of such Selling Stockholder, of any communication from the Commission relating to the Underwriters hereunderRegistration Statement, the Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus, or any notice or order of the Commission relating to the Company or any of the Selling Stockholders in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (2) of the happening of any event during the period from and after the Effective Date that in the judgment of such Selling Stockholder makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.
(r) The Selling Stockholders will deliver to the Representatives prior to or on the Effective Date a properly completed and executed United States Treasury Department Form W-9 (or other applicable form or statement specified by Treasury Department regulations in lieu thereof).
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Agreements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders. (A) The Each of the Company and the Selling Stockholders respectively covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Company will not, either prior to the Effective Date or thereafter during such period as the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares by an Underwriter or a dealer, file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, unless a copy thereof shall first have been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faith.
(b) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to remain become effective, and will notify the Representatives promptly, and will confirm such advice in writing, (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose or the threat thereof, (iv) of the happening of any event during the period mentioned in the third second sentence of Section 5(e) that in the judgment of the Company makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading, misleading and (v) of receipt by the Company or any representative or attorney of the Company of any other communication from the Commission relating to the Company, the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus. If at any time the Commission shall issue any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company will make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible moment. If the Company has omitted any information from the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations, the Company will comply with the provisions of and make all requisite filings with the Commission pursuant to said Rule 430A and notify the Representatives promptly of all such filings. If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b) under the Act, the Company shall file a registration statement under Rule 462(b) with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for such Rule 462(b) registration statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to the Rules and Regulations.
(c) The Company will furnish to each Representative, without charge, one signed copy of each of the Registration Statement and of any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and all exhibits thereto and will furnish to the Representatives, without charge, for transmittal to each of the other Underwriters, a copy of the Registration Statement and any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules but without exhibits.
(d) The Company will comply with all the provisions of any undertakings contained in Part II of the Registration Statement.
(e) The Company will prepare On the Prospectus in a form approved by Effective Date, and thereafter from time to time, the Representatives and file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement; make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or to the Prospectus prior to the Option Closing Date to which the Representatives shall reasonably object by notice to the Company after a reasonable period to review; advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed, or to furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares. The Company will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by the several Underwriters and by all dealers to whom the Shares may be sold, both in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and for any period of time thereafter during which the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection therewith. If during such period of time any event shall occur that which in the judgment of the Company or counsel to the Underwriters should be set forth in the Prospectus in order to make any statement therein, in the light of the circumstances under which it was made, not misleading, or if it is necessary to supplement or amend the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will forthwith prepare and duly file with the Commission an appropriate supplement or amendment thereto, and will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, such number of copies of such supplement or amendment to the Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will not file any document under the Exchange Act or the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations before the termination of the offering of the Shares by the Underwriters, if such document would be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus, unless a copy of such document has been submitted to that is not approved by the Representatives within a after reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faithnotice thereof.
(f) Prior to any public offering of the Shares, the Company will cooperate with the Representatives and counsel to the Underwriters in connection with the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request; provided, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that which would subject it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(g) The Company will, so long as and to the extent required under the Rules and Regulations, furnish to its stockholders 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 flow of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, if any, certified by an independent registered public accounting firmaccountants) 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 effective date hereofof the Registration Statement), consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, for such quarter in reasonable detail.
(h) During the period of five years commencing on the date hereofEffective Date, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request copies of such financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company may from time to time distribute generally to the holders of any class of its capital stock, and will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request a copy of each annual or other report it shall be required to file with the Commission.
(i) The Company will make generally available to holders of its securities as soon as may be practicable, practicable but in no event later than the Availability Date (as defined below), an earning statement (which need not be audited but shall be in reasonable detail) covering a period of 12 months commencing after the effective the date of Registration Statement that Effective Date, which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act (including Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations). For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “"Availability Date” " means the 45th day after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes the effective date of the Registration Statementsuch Effective Date, except that if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s 's fiscal year, “"Availability Date” " means the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter.
(j) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or reimburse if paid by the Representatives, all costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders under this Agreement and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including but not limited to costs and expenses of or relating to (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement and exhibits to it, each preliminary prospectus, Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus, (ii) the preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Shares, (iii) the printing of this Agreement, the Agreement Among Underwriters, any Selected Dealer Agreements, any Underwriters’ Questionnaires, any Underwriters’ Powers of Attorney, and any invitation letters to prospective Underwriters, (iv) furnishing (including costs of shipping and mailing) such copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any preliminary prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, as may be requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares by the Underwriters or by dealers to whom Shares may be sold, (v) the listing of the Shares on the NNM, (vi) any filings required to be made by the Underwriters with the NASD, and the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith, (vii) the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions designated pursuant to Section 5(f), including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Underwriters in connection therewith, and the preparation and printing of preliminary, supplemental and final Blue Sky memoranda, (viii) fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Company (but not those of counsel for the Underwriters, except as otherwise provided herein) and of the Accountants, (ix) the transfer agent for the Shares, and (x) any travel expenses of the Company’s officers, directors and employees and any other expenses of the Company in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the Shares. The Underwriters may deem the Company to be the primary obligor with respect to all costs, fees and expenses to be paid by the Company and by the Selling Stockholders.
(k) The Company will not at any time, directly or indirectly, take any action designed or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or that will constitute, stabilization of the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares.
(l) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the offering and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company in the manner set forth in the Prospectus under “Use of Proceeds.”
(m) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, the Company will not (1) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant options, warrants or rights to purchase, or otherwise dispose of any equity securities of the Company or any other securities convertible into or exchangeable for its Common Stock or other equity security (other than pursuant to the Company Stock Plans or pursuant to the conversion of convertible securities or the exercise of warrants in each case outstanding on the date of this Agreement) or (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 shares of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise; provided, however, that, notwithstanding clauses (1) or (2) above, the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC
(A) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited, or (B) to issue equity securities, options or warrants in connection with the acquisition by the Company or one of its subsidiaries of the assets or capital stock of another person, whether through, merger, asset acquisition, share exchange, stock purchase or otherwise, provided, however, that the recipients of any equity securities, options or warrants referred to in this clause (B) agree to enter into lock-up agreements in substantially the form as the second lock-up agreement appended to Schedule III hereto.
(n) During the period of 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not file with the Commission or cause to become effective any registration statement relating to any securities of the Company without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC; provided, however, that the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC (i) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited or (ii) to file a registration statement on Form S-8.
(o) The Company will cause each of its officers, directors and certain stockholders designated by the Representatives to, enter into lock-up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms set forth in Schedule III hereto.
(B) Each Selling Shareholder, severally and not jointly, covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Selling Stockholders will enter into lock up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms set forth in Schedule III hereto.
(b) The Selling Stockholders will pay (directly or by reimbursement) all fees and expenses of counsel for such Selling Stockholders and all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters hereunder.
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Agreements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders. (A) The Each of the Company and the Selling Stockholders, as applicable, respectively covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Company will not, either prior to the Effective Date or thereafter during such period as the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares by an Underwriter or a dealer, file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, unless a copy thereof shall first have been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faith.
(b) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to remain become effective, and will notify the Representatives promptly, and will confirm such advice in writing, (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose or the threat thereof, (iv) of the happening of any event during the period mentioned in the third second sentence of Section 5(e) that in the judgment of the Company makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading, misleading and (v) of receipt by the Company or any representative or attorney of the Company of any other communication from the Commission relating to the Company, the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus. If at any time the Commission shall issue any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company will make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible moment. If the Company has omitted any information from the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations, the Company will comply with the provisions of and make all requisite filings with the Commission pursuant to said Rule 430A and notify the Representatives promptly of all such filings. If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b) under the Act, the Company shall file a registration statement under Rule 462(b) with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for such Rule 462(b) registration statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to the Rules and Regulations.
(c) The Company will furnish to each Representativethe Representatives, without charge, one signed copy of each of the Registration Statement and of any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and all exhibits thereto thereto, and will furnish to the Representatives, without charge, for transmittal to each of the other Underwriters, a copy of the Registration Statement and any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules but without exhibits.
(d) The Company will comply with all the provisions of any undertakings contained in Part II of the Registration Statement.
(e) The Company will prepare On the Prospectus in a form approved by Effective Date, and thereafter from time to time, the Representatives and file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement; make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or to the Prospectus prior to the Option Closing Date to which the Representatives shall reasonably object by notice to the Company after a reasonable period to review; advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed, or to furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares. The Company will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by the several Underwriters and by all dealers to whom the Shares may be sold, both in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and for any period of time thereafter during which the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection therewith. If during such period of time any event shall occur that which in the reasonable judgment of the Company or counsel to the Underwriters should be set forth in the Prospectus in order to make any statement therein, in the light of the circumstances under which it was made, not misleading, or if it is necessary to supplement or amend the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will forthwith prepare and duly file with the Commission an appropriate supplement or amendment thereto, and will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, such number of copies of such supplement or amendment to the Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will not file any document under the Exchange Act or the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations before the termination of the offering of the Shares by the Underwriters, if such document would be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus, unless a copy of such document has been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faith.
(f) Prior to any the public offering of the SharesShares contemplated by this Agreement, the Company will cooperate with the Representatives and counsel to the Underwriters in connection with the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request; provided, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that which would subject it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(g) The Company will, so long as and to the extent required under the Rules and Regulations, furnish to its stockholders 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 flow of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, if any, certified by an independent registered public accounting firmaccountants) 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 effective date hereofof the Registration Statement), consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, for such quarter in reasonable detail.
(h) During the period of five years commencing on the date hereofEffective Date, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request copies of such financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company may from time to time distribute generally to the holders of any class of its capital stock, and will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request a copy of each annual or other report it shall be required to file with the Commission.
(i) The Company will timely file such reports under the Exchange Act as are necessary to make generally available to holders of its securities as soon as may be practicable, but in no event later than the Availability Date (as defined below), practicable an earning statement (which need not be audited but shall be in reasonable detail) covering a period of 12 months commencing after the effective the date of Registration Statement that Effective Date, which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act (including Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations). For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “Availability Date” means the 45th day after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes the effective date of the Registration Statement, except that if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, “Availability Date” means the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter.
(j) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company and, unless otherwise paid by the Company, the Selling Stockholders will pay or reimburse if paid by the Representatives, in such proportions as they may agree upon themselves, all costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders under this Agreement and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including but not limited to costs and expenses of or relating to (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement and exhibits to it, each preliminary prospectus, Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus, (ii) the preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Shares, (iii) the printing of this Agreement, the Agreement Among Underwriters, any Selected Dealer Agreements, any Underwriters’ Questionnaires, the Stockholders’ Agreements, any Underwriters’ Powers of Attorney, and any invitation letters to prospective Underwriters, (iv) furnishing (including costs of shipping and mailing) such copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any preliminary prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, as may be requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares by the Underwriters or by dealers to whom Shares may be sold, (v) the listing of the Shares on the NNM, (vi) any filings required to be made by the Underwriters with the NASD, and the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith, (vii) the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions designated pursuant to Section 5(f), including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Underwriters in connection therewith, and the preparation and printing of preliminary, supplemental and final Blue Sky memoranda, (viii) fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Company (but not those of counsel for the Underwriters, except as otherwise provided herein) and of the Accountants, (ix) the transfer agent for the Shares, and (x) any travel expenses of the Company’s officers, directors and employees and any other expenses of the Company in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the Shares. The Underwriters may deem the Company to be the primary obligor with respect to all costs, fees and expenses to be paid by the Company and by the Selling Stockholders. The Selling Stockholders will pay (directly or by reimbursement) all fees and expenses incident to the performance of their obligations under this Agreement that are not otherwise specifically provided for herein, including but not limited to any fees and expenses of counsel for such Selling Stockholders, any fees and expenses of the Attorneys-in-Fact and the Custodian, and all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters hereunder.
(k) The Company and the Selling Stockholders will not at any time, directly or indirectly, take any action designed or that which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or that which will constitute, stabilization of the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares.
(l) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the offering and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company in the manner set forth in the Prospectus under “Use of Proceeds.”
(m) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 90 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLCInc., the Company will not (1) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant options, warrants or rights to purchase, purchase or otherwise dispose of any equity securities of the Company or any other securities convertible into or exchangeable for its Common Stock or other equity security (other than pursuant hereto and to employee stock option plans and the Company Stock Plans stock purchase plan disclosed in the Prospectus or pursuant to the conversion of convertible securities or the exercise of warrants in each case outstanding on the date of this Agreement) ), or (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 shares of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise; provided, however, that, notwithstanding clauses .
(1n) or (2) aboveDuring the period of 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company is not required to obtain will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC
(A) Inc., grant options to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 purchase shares of Common Stock issued by at a price less than the Company in connection with offering price for the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited, or (B) to issue equity securities, options or warrants in connection with the acquisition by the Company or one of its subsidiaries of the assets or capital stock of another person, whether through, merger, asset acquisition, share exchange, stock purchase or otherwise, provided, however, that the recipients of any equity securities, options or warrants referred to in this clause (B) agree to enter into lock-up agreements in substantially the form as the second lock-up agreement appended to Schedule III hereto.
(n) Shares. During the period of 90 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not file with the Commission or cause to become effective any registration statement (other than a registration statement required to be filed by the Company in connection with the exercise of stockholder registration rights disclosed in the Prospectus, or a registration statement on Form S-8 filed to register securities issued or to be issued under employee stock option plans or the employee stock purchase plan, each such plan as disclosed in the Prospectus) filed relating to any securities of the Company without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC; provided, however, that the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC (i) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited or (ii) to file a registration statement on Form S-8.Inc.
(o) The Selling Stockholders will, and the Company will cause each of its officers, directors and certain of its stockholders designated by the Representatives to, enter into lock-up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLCInc., sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms and subject to the exceptions set forth in Schedule III hereto.
(B) Each Selling Shareholder, severally and not jointly, covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Selling Stockholders will enter into lock up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms set forth in Schedule III hereto.
(b) The Selling Stockholders will pay (directly or by reimbursement) all fees and expenses of counsel for such Selling Stockholders and all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters hereunder.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Southwall Technologies Inc /De/)
Agreements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders. (A) The Company covenants and agrees the Selling Stockholders (as to Sections 5(i), (j), (k) and (m)) agree with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Company will not, either prior to the Effective Date or thereafter during such period as the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares by an Underwriter or a dealer, file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, unless a copy thereof shall first have been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faith.
(b) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to remain become effective, and will notify the Representatives promptly, and will confirm such advice in writing, (i1) when the Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective, (ii2) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information, (iii3) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose or the threat thereof, (iv4) of the happening of any event during the period mentioned in the third second sentence of Section 5(e4(e) that in the judgment of the Company makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in under which they are made, not misleading, misleading and (v5) of receipt by the Company or any representative or attorney of the Company of any other communication from the Commission relating to the Company, the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus. If at any time the Commission shall issue any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company will make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible moment. If The Company will use its best efforts to comply with the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b) under the Act, the Company shall file a registration statement under Rule 462(b) provisions of and make all requisite filings with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for such Rule 462(b) registration statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule 430A and to notify the Rules and RegulationsRepresentatives promptly of all such filings.
(c) The Company will furnish to each Representativethe Representatives, without charge, one two signed copy of each copies of the Registration Statement and of any pre- or post-post- effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and all exhibits thereto and will furnish to the Representatives, without charge, for transmittal to each of the other Underwriters, a copy of the Registration Statement and any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules but without exhibits.
(d) The Company will comply with all the provisions of any undertakings contained in Part II of the Registration Statement.
(e) The Company will prepare On the Prospectus in a form approved by Effective Date, and thereafter from time to time, the Representatives and file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement; make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or to the Prospectus prior to the Option Closing Date to which the Representatives shall reasonably object by notice to the Company after a reasonable period to review; advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed, or to furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares. The Company will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by the several Underwriters and by all dealers to whom the Shares may be sold, both in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and for any period of time thereafter during which the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection therewith. If during such period of time any event shall occur that which in the judgment of the Company or counsel to the Underwriters should be set forth in the Prospectus in order to make any statement therein, in the light of the circumstances under which it was made, not misleading, or if it is necessary to supplement or amend the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will forthwith prepare and duly file with the Commission an appropriate supplement or amendment thereto, and will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, such number of copies of such supplement or amendment to the Prospectus thereof as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will not file any document under the Exchange Act or the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations before the termination of the offering of the Shares by the Underwriters, if such document would be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus, unless a copy of such document has been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faith.
(f) Prior to any public offering of the SharesShares by the Underwriters, the Company will cooperate with the Representatives and counsel to the Underwriters in connection with the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such United States and foreign jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request; provided, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that which would subject it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(g) The Company will, so long as and to the extent required under the Rules and Regulations, furnish to its stockholders 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 flow of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, if any, certified by an independent registered public accounting firm) 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 hereof), consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, for such quarter in reasonable detail.
(h) During the period of five years commencing on the date hereofEffective Date, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request copies of such financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company may from time to time distribute generally to the holders of any class of its capital stock, and will furnish to the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request a copy of each annual or other report it shall be required to file with the Commission.
(ih) The Company will make generally available to holders of its securities as soon as may be practicable, practicable but in no event later than the Availability last day of the fifteenth full calendar month following the calendar quarter in which the Effective Date (as defined below)falls, an earning earnings statement (which need not be audited but shall be in reasonable detail) covering for a period of 12 months commencing after the effective the date of Registration Statement that will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act (including Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations). For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “Availability Date” means the 45th day after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes the effective date of the Registration Statement, except that if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, “Availability Date” means the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter.
(j) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or reimburse if paid by the Representatives, all costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholders under this Agreement and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including but not limited to costs and expenses of or relating to (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement and exhibits to it, each preliminary prospectus, Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus, (ii) the preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Shares, (iii) the printing of this Agreement, the Agreement Among Underwriters, any Selected Dealer Agreements, any Underwriters’ Questionnaires, any Underwriters’ Powers of Attorney, and any invitation letters to prospective Underwriters, (iv) furnishing (including costs of shipping and mailing) such copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any preliminary prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, as may be requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares by the Underwriters or by dealers to whom Shares may be sold, (v) the listing of the Shares on the NNM, (vi) any filings required to be made by the Underwriters with the NASD, and the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith, (vii) the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions designated pursuant to Section 5(f), including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Underwriters in connection therewith, and the preparation and printing of preliminary, supplemental and final Blue Sky memoranda, (viii) fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Company (but not those of counsel for the Underwriters, except as otherwise provided herein) and of the Accountants, (ix) the transfer agent for the Shares, and (x) any travel expenses of the Company’s officers, directors and employees and any other expenses of the Company in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the Shares. The Underwriters may deem the Company to be the primary obligor with respect to all costs, fees and expenses to be paid by the Company and by the Selling Stockholders.
(k) The Company will not at any time, directly or indirectly, take any action designed or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or that will constitute, stabilization of the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares.
(l) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the offering and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company in the manner set forth in the Prospectus under “Use of Proceeds.”
(m) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, the Company will not (1) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant options, warrants or rights to purchase, or otherwise dispose of any equity securities of the Company or any other securities convertible into or exchangeable for its Common Stock or other equity security (other than pursuant to the Company Stock Plans or pursuant to the conversion of convertible securities or the exercise of warrants in each case outstanding on the date of this Agreement) or (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 shares of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise; provided, however, that, notwithstanding clauses (1) or (2) above, the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC
(A) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited, or (B) to issue equity securities, options or warrants in connection with the acquisition by the Company or one of its subsidiaries of the assets or capital stock of another person, whether through, merger, asset acquisition, share exchange, stock purchase or otherwise, provided, however, that the recipients of any equity securities, options or warrants referred to in this clause (B) agree to enter into lock-up agreements in substantially the form as the second lock-up agreement appended to Schedule III hereto.
(n) During the period of 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not file with the Commission or cause to become effective any registration statement relating to any securities of the Company without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC; provided, however, that the Company is not required to obtain the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC (i) to file, or seek to declare effective, a registration statement with the Commission to register for resale not more than 185,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in connection with the acquisition of HMSL Group Limited or (ii) to file a registration statement on Form S-8.
(o) The Company will cause each of its officers, directors and certain stockholders designated by the Representatives to, enter into lock-up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms set forth in Schedule III hereto.
(B) Each Selling Shareholder, severally and not jointly, covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Selling Stockholders will enter into lock up agreements with the Representatives to the effect that they will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the terms set forth in Schedule III hereto.
(b) The Selling Stockholders will pay (directly or by reimbursement) all fees and expenses of counsel for such Selling Stockholders and all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters hereunder.12
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Sterigenics International Inc)