Representations, Warranties and Certain Covenants of the Company.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (ZST Digital Networks, Inc.)
Representations, Warranties and Certain Covenants of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to, and the Company also covenants and agrees with, each of the Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-131915) (“Initial Registration Statement”), including a preliminary prospectus, relating to the Shares and such amendments to the registration statement and prospectus included therein as may have been required to the date hereof. The Company will file with the Commission either: (i) prior to effectiveness of such registration statement, a further amendment thereto, including a form of prospectus, and if required after effectiveness of such registration statement, a final prospectus in accordance with Rule 424(b) of the rules and regulations (“Rules and Regulations”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), or (ii) after effectiveness of such registration statement, a final prospectus in accordance with Rules 430A and 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations. Any such preliminary prospectus and any prospectus included in the registration statement at the time it becomes effective that omits information pursuant to Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations, is referred to herein as a “preliminary prospectus”; such registration statement, as it may have been amended at the time when it becomes effective, including financial statements, exhibits and the information, if any, deemed to be a part of such registration statement by virtue of Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations, is referred to herein as the “Registration Statement”; such final form of 1 Plus an option to purchase from the Selling Stockholder up to an aggregate of 450,000 additional shares to cover over-allotments.
1. prospectus, in the form in which it was first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations or, if no filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations is made, in the form included in the Registration Statement at the time it becomes effective, is referred to herein as the “Prospectus”; and any “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 433 under the Act relating to the Shares is hereinafter called an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”. If the Company has filed an abbreviated registration statement to register additional shares of Common Stock pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the “Rule 462 Registration Statement”), then any reference herein to the term “Registration Statement” shall be deemed to include such Rule 462 Registration Statement. Any references herein to the preliminary prospectus, Prospectus or Registration Statement shall be deemed to include all documents incorporated by reference therein.
(b) The Commission has not issued an order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and no proceedings for such purpose are pending before or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened or contemplated by the Commission, and the Company has complied with all requests by the Commission for additional information in connection therewith. Each such preliminary prospectus, as of its date, has conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and has not included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with this offering will be substantially identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to XXXXX, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T. At the date of this Agreement, at the date the Registration Statement becomes effective and at the Closing Date (as defined below) (i) the Registration Statement, each preliminary prospectus and Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto will in all material respects conform to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations, (ii) the Registration Statement will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, (iii) each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not include any untrue statement of a material fact and will not omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (iv) each document, if any, filed or to be filed pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus was filed or will be filed in a timely manner, complied or will comply when so filed in all material respects with the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; provided, however, that the Company makes no representations, warranties or agreements as to information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement, each preliminary prospectus or Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriters expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information is that described as such in Section 8(d) hereof.
(c) The accountants who certified the financial statements and supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement are independent public accountants as required by the Act and the Rules and Regulations. The consolidated financial statements of the Company set forth in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, together with the related notes thereto, present fairly the financial condition of the Company and its subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods therein specified in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) consistently applied throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise stated therein). The selected financial data and the summary financial information included in the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements included in the Registration Statement. The schedules set forth in the Registration Statement present fairly the information required to be stated therein in conformity with GAAP. All disclosures contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by rules and regulations of the Commission) comply in all material respects with Regulation G of the Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K under the Act, to the extent applicable.
(d) There are no contracts or documents that are required to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement by the Act or by the Rules and Regulations that have not been so filed.
(e) The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Company has all requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as is described in each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus. The Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, except where the failure to so qualify or be in good standing would not result in a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), business, prospects or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”).
(f) Each of the material subsidiaries of the Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Company does not own any shares of capital stock or any other securities of any corporation, nor does it have any equity interest, direct or indirect, in any firm, partnership, association or other entity or subsidiary.
(g) The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company conforms to the description thereof contained in each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus. The issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. The sale of the Shares by the Company has been duly authorized and after issuance of and payment for such Shares in accordance with this Agreement, such Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable; the Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholder have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; the Underwriters will acquire good and marketable title to the Shares to be sold by the Company, free and clear of any adverse claims whatsoever, and the holders of the Common Stock are not entitled to any preemptive rights with respect to the Shares to be sold by the Company. The issued and outstanding shares of the capital stock of each of the subsidiaries of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned beneficially and of record, directly or indirectly, by the Company free and clear of all liens, claims or encumbrances whatsoever. None of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries was issued in violation of the preemptive or similar rights of any securityholder arising by operation of law, under the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or its subsidiaries or under any agreement or obligation to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them are bound. The Common Stock is listed for trading on the Nasdaq National Market.
(h) Except as disclosed in each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus and the financial statements of the Company and the related notes thereto included in each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus, and except for options to purchase 431,000 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in the ordinary course of business and outstanding as of February 24, 2006, and warrants to purchase 142,857 shares of Common Stock issued by the Company and outstanding as of February 24, 2006, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has outstanding any options or warrants to purchase, any preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase, any securities or obligations convertible into, or any contracts or commitments to issue or sell, shares of its capital stock or any such options, warrants, rights, convertible securities or obligations. Except as described in the Registration Statement, each preliminary prospectus and Prospectus, there are no persons with registration rights or other similar rights to have any securities registered by the Company pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise registered by the Company under the Act.
(i) Except as contemplated in each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus, subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has incurred any liabilities
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Representations, Warranties and Certain Covenants of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to, and the Company also covenants and agrees with, each of the Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") a registration statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-37189), including a preliminary prospectus, relating to the Securities and such amendments to the registration statement and prospectus included therein as may have been required to the date hereof. The Company will file with the Commission either: (i) prior to effectiveness of such registration statement, a further amendment thereto, including a form of prospectus, and if required after effectiveness of such registration statement, a final prospectus in accordance with Rule 424(b) of the rules and regulations ("Rules and Regulations") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), or (ii) after effectiveness of such registration statement, a final prospectus in accordance with Rules 430A and 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations. Any such preliminary prospectus and any prospectus included in the registration statement at the time it becomes effective that omits information pursuant to Rule 2 430A of the Rules and Regulations, is referred to herein as a "preliminary prospectus"; such registration statement, as it may have been amended at the time when it becomes effective, including financial statements, exhibits, and the information, if any, deemed to be a part of such registration statement by virtue of Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations, is referred to herein as the "Registration Statement"; and such final form of prospectus, in the form in which it was first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations or, if no filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations is made, in the form included in the Registration Statement at the time it becomes effective, is referred to herein as the "Prospectus."
(b) The Commission has not issued, nor has it had cause to issue, an order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus and each such preliminary prospectus has conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and has not included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. At the date of this Agreement, when the Registration Statement becomes effective and at the Closing Date (as defined below) (i) the Registration Statement and Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto will contain all statements that are required to be stated therein by the Act and the Rules and Regulations and will in all material respects conform to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations, (ii) the Registration Statement will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, and (iii) the Prospectus will not include any untrue statement of a material fact and will not omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no representations, warranties or agreements as to information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriters expressly for use therein.
(c) The consolidated financial statements of the Company set forth in the Registration Statement and Prospectus present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Company and its subsidiary, Zevex, Inc. (the "Subsidiary") as of the dates indicated and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods therein specified in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise stated therein).
(d) Each of the Company and the Subsidiary has been duly organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation. Each of the Company and the Subsidiary has all requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as is described in the Prospectus. Each of the Company and the Subsidiary is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required except where the failure to so qualify will not have a material adverse effect on the Company and the Subsidiary taken as a whole.
(e) The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set forth under the caption "Capitalization" in the Prospectus and the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. The sale of the Securities has been duly authorized and after issuance of and payment for the Securities in accordance with this Agreement, the Securities will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable; the Underwriters will acquire good and marketable title to the Securities (other than the Securities sold by Selling Securityholders), free and clear of any adverse claims whatsoever, and the holders of the Common Stock of the Company are not entitled to any preemptive rights. All of the issued and outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Subsidiary, which have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned beneficially and of record by the Company free and clear of all liens, claims or encumbrances whatsoever. Except as disclosed in the Prospectus and the financial statements of the
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Representations, Warranties and Certain Covenants of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to, and the Company also covenants and agrees with, each of the Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") a registration statement on Form S-2 (No. 333-18641), including a preliminary prospectus, relating to the Shares and such amendments to the registration statement and prospectus included therein as may have been required to the date hereof. The Company will file with the Commission either: (i) prior to effectiveness of such registration statement, a further amendment thereto, including a form of prospectus, and if required after effectiveness of such registration statement, a final prospectus in accordance with Rule 424(b) of the rules and regulations ("Rules and Regulations") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), or (ii) after effectiveness of such registration statement, a final prospectus in accordance with Rules 430A and 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations (a "Rule 430A Filing"). Any such preliminary prospectus and any prospectus included in the registration statement at the time it becomes effective that omits information pursuant to Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations, is referred to herein as a "preliminary prospectus"; such registration statement, as it may have been amended at the time when it becomes effective, including financial statements, exhibits, and the information, if any, deemed to be a part of such registration statement by virtue of Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations, is referred to herein as the "Registration Statement"; and such final form of prospectus, in the form in which it was first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations or, if no filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations is made, in the form included in the Registration Statement at the time it becomes effective, is referred to herein as the "Prospectus."
(b) The Commission has not issued, nor has it had cause to issue, an order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus and each such preliminary prospectus has conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and has not included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. At the date of this Agreement, when the Registration Statement becomes effective and at the Closing Date (as defined below) (i) the
(c) The consolidated financial statements of the Company set forth in the Registration Statement and Prospectus present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries (as herein defined) as of the dates indicated and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods therein specified in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise stated therein). As used in this Agreement, the term "Subsidiary" shall mean a corporation or other entity of which the Company owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the voting stock or the capital or equity.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (THQ Inc)
Representations, Warranties and Certain Covenants of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to, and the Company also covenants and agrees with, each of the Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-165222), including a preliminary prospectus, relating to the Shares and such amendments to the registration statement and prospectus included therein as may have been required to the date hereof. The Company will file with the Commission either: (i) prior to effectiveness of such registration statement, a further amendment thereto, including a form of prospectus, and if required after effectiveness of such registration statement, a final prospectus in accordance with Rule 424(b) of the rules and regulations (“Rules and Regulations”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”); or (ii) after effectiveness of such registration statement, a final prospectus in accordance with Rules 430A and 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations. Any such preliminary prospectus and any prospectus included in the registration statement at the time it becomes effective that omits information pursuant to Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations, is referred to herein as a “preliminary prospectus”; such registration statement, as it may have been amended at the time when it becomes effective, including financial statements, exhibits and the information, if any, deemed to be a part of such registration statement by virtue of Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations, is referred to herein as the “Registration Statement”; the preliminary prospectus that was included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to the time it became effective is referred to herein as the “Pricing Prospectus”; such final form of prospectus, in the form in which it was first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations or, if no filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations is made, in the form included in the Registration Statement at the time it becomes effective, is referred to herein as the “Prospectus”; and, if applicable, any “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 433 under the Act relating to the Shares is hereinafter called an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”. If the Company has filed an abbreviated registration statement to register additional shares of Common Stock pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the “Rule 462 Registration Statement”), then any reference herein to the term “Registration Statement” shall be deemed to include such Rule 462 Registration Statement.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (NIVS IntelliMedia Technology Group, Inc.)