OMNITURE, INC. COMMON STOCK ($0.001 PAR VALUE PER SHARE) UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
Shares
COMMON STOCK ($0.001 PAR VALUE PER SHARE)
, 2006
, 2006
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
c/o Morgan Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
c/o Morgan Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Omniture, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the
several Underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the “Underwriters”), and certain stockholders of
the Company (the “Selling Stockholders”) named in Schedule I hereto severally propose to sell to
the several Underwriters, an aggregate of ___shares of the Common Stock, $0.001 par value
per share, of the Company (the “Firm Shares”), of which ___shares are to be issued and
sold by the Company and ___shares are to be sold by the Selling Stockholders, each
Selling Stockholder selling the amount set forth opposite such Selling Stockholder’s name in
Schedule I hereto.
The Company also proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters not more than an
additional ___shares of its Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Additional
Shares”) if and to the extent that you, as Managers of the offering, shall have determined to
exercise, on behalf of the Underwriters, the right to purchase such shares of common stock granted
to the Underwriters in Section 3 hereof. The Firm Shares and the Additional Shares are hereinafter
collectively referred to as the “Shares.” The shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share,
of the Company to be outstanding after giving effect to the sales contemplated hereby are
hereinafter referred to as the “Common Stock.” The Company and the Selling Stockholders are
hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the “Sellers.”
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a
registration statement, including a prospectus, relating to the Shares. The registration statement
as amended at the time it becomes effective, including the information (if any) deemed to be part
of the registration statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), is hereinafter referred to as the
“Registration Statement”; the prospectus in the form first used to confirm sales of Shares (or in
the form first made available to the Underwriters by the Company to meet requests of purchasers
pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) is hereinafter referred to as the “Prospectus.” If
the Company has filed an abbreviated registration statement to register additional shares of Common
Stock pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (the “Rule 462 Registration
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Statement”), then any reference herein to the term “Registration Statement” shall be deemed to
include such Rule 462 Registration Statement.
For purposes of this Agreement, “free writing prospectus” has the meaning set forth in Rule
405 under the Securities Act, “Time of Sale Prospectus” means the preliminary prospectus together
with the free writing prospectuses, if any, each identified in Schedule III hereto, and “broadly
available road show” means a “bona fide electronic road show” as defined in Rule 433(h)(5) under
the Securities Act that has been made available without restriction to any person. As used herein,
the terms “Registration Statement,” “preliminary prospectus,” “Time of Sale Prospectus” and
Prospectus shall include the documents, if any, incorporated by reference therein. The terms
“supplement,” “amendment,” and “amend” as used herein with respect to the Time of Sale Prospectus
or any free writing prospectus shall include all documents subsequently filed by the Company with
the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”),
that are incorporated by reference therein.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated (“Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx”) has agreed to reserve a portion of the
Shares to be purchased by it under this Agreement for sale to the Company’s directors, officers,
employees and business associates and other parties related to the Company (collectively,
"Participants”), as set forth in the Prospectus under the heading “Underwriters” (the “Directed
Share Program”). The Shares to be sold by Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx and its affiliates pursuant to the
Directed Share Program are referred to hereinafter as the “Directed Shares”. Any Directed Shares
not confirmed for purchase by any Participant by the end of the business day on which this
Agreement is executed will be offered to the public by the Underwriters as set forth in the
Prospectus.
1. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to and
agrees with each of the Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement has become effective; no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, and no proceedings for such purpose are
pending before or threatened by the Commission.
(b) (i) The Registration Statement, when it became effective, did not contain and, as amended
or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, (ii) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply and, as amended or
supplemented, if applicable, will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the
applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (iii) the Time of Sale Prospectus
does not, and at the time of each sale of the Shares in connection with the offering when the
Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, will not contain any untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (iv) each broadly available
road show, if any, when considered
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together with the Time of Sale Prospectus, does not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (v) the Prospectus does not contain
and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the representations and
warranties set forth in this paragraph do not apply to statements or omissions in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any broadly available road show or the Prospectus based
upon information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such
Underwriter through you expressly for use therein.
(c) The Company is not an “ineligible issuer” in connection with the offering pursuant to
Rules 164, 405 and 433 under the Securities Act. Any free writing prospectus that the Company is
required to file pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act has been, or will be, filed with
the Commission in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Each free writing prospectus that the Company has
filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or that was
prepared by or behalf of or used or referred to by the Company complies or will comply in all
material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder. Except for the free writing prospectuses, if any,
identified in Schedule III hereto, and electronic road shows, if any, furnished to you before first
use, the Company has not prepared, used or referred to, and will not, without your prior consent,
prepare, use or refer to, any free writing prospectus.
(d) The Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has the corporate power and
authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale
Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction
in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such
qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing
would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(e) Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has the
corporate power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the
Time of Sale Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires
such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing
would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; all
of the issued shares of capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly
authorized
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and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly by the Company, free and
clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims.
(f) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(g) The authorized capital stock of the Company conforms as to legal matters to the
description thereof contained in each of the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(h) The shares of Common Stock (including the Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholders)
outstanding prior to the issuance of the Shares to be sold by the Company have been duly authorized
and are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
(i) The Shares to be sold by the Company have been duly authorized and, when issued and
delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable, and the issuance of such Shares will not be subject to any preemptive or similar
rights.
(j) The execution and delivery by the Company of, and the performance by the Company of its
obligations under, this Agreement will not contravene (i) any provision of applicable law or (ii)
the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company or (iii) any agreement or other
instrument binding upon the Company or any of its subsidiaries and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, or (iv) any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having
jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary except, in the case of the foregoing clauses (i) or
(iii), where such contravention would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse
effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and no consent, approval,
authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental body or agency is required for
the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement, except those that have been
obtained or such as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states in
connection with the offer and sale of the Shares.
(k) There has not occurred any material adverse change, or any development involving a
prospective material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings,
business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth
in the Time of Sale Prospectus.
(l) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or, to the best of the Company’s
knowledge after due inquiry, threatened to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party
or to which any of the properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject (i) other
than proceedings accurately described in all material respects in the Time of Sale Prospectus and
proceedings that would not be reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company
and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or on the power or ability of the Company to perform its
obligations under this Agreement or (ii) that are
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required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and are not so
described; and there are no statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents to which the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
bound that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus
or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described
or filed as required.
(m) Each preliminary prospectus filed as part of the registration statement as originally
filed or as part of any amendment thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act,
complied when so filed in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(n) The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares and the
application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Prospectus will not be, required to
register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended.
(o) The Company and its subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable
foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health
and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants
(“Environmental Laws”), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of
them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) are in
compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except where such
noncompliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other
approvals or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals
would not, singly or in the aggregate, be reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on
the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(p) There are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws (including, without
limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or
compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on
operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties) which would, singly or in the
aggregate, be reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(q) There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person
granting such person the right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the
Securities Act with respect to any securities of the Company or to require the Company to include
such securities with the Shares registered pursuant to the Registration Statement, other than
rights that have been waived.
(r) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in each of the
Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, (i) the Company and its
subsidiaries have not incurred any material
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liability or obligation, direct or contingent, nor entered into any material transaction; (ii)
the Company has not purchased any of its outstanding capital stock, nor declared, paid or otherwise
made any dividend or distribution of any kind on its capital stock other than ordinary and
customary dividends; and (iii)there has not been any material change in the capital stock,
short-term debt or long-term debt of the Company and its subsidiaries, except in each case as
described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus,
respectively.
(s) Except as set forth in the Registration Statement containing the Time of Sale Prospectus,
the Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all personal property owned by
them which is material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, in each case free and
clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are described in the Time of Sale
Prospectus or such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with
the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries; and any
real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them
under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not
interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company
and its subsidiaries, in each case except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus.
(t) The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire on reasonable terms, all
material patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade
secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems
or procedures), trademarks, service marks and trade names currently employed by them in connection
with the businesses now operated by them, and, except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus,
neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of infringement of or
conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any of the foregoing which, singly or in
the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would be reasonably
likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(u) No material labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
exists, except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus, or, to the knowledge of the Company, is
imminent; and the Company is not aware of any existing, threatened or imminent labor disturbance by
the employees of any of its principal suppliers, manufacturers or contractors that would be
reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.
(v) The Company and each of its subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial
responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in
the businesses in which they are engaged; neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has been
refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing
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insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from
similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not be
reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus.
(w) The Company and its subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits
issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct
their respective businesses, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any
notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate,
authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable
decision, ruling or finding, would be reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the
Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus.
(x) The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in
accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded
accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and
appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as described in the Time of
Sale Prospectus, since the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (i)
no material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not
remediated) and (ii) no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control
over financial reporting.
(y) Ernst & Young LLP, which has expressed its opinion with respect to certain of the
financial statements of the Company filed with the Commission as a part of the Registration
Statement and included in each of the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, is a registered
public accounting firm as required by the Securities Act.
(z) The financial statements of the Company filed with the Commission as a part of the
Registration Statement and included in each of the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus
present fairly the consolidated financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries as of the
dates indicated and the results of their operations and cash flows for the periods specified. Such
financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles
as applied in the United States applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The
financial data set forth in the Prospectus under the captions “Prospectus Summary-Summary
Consolidated Financial Data,” “Selected Consolidated Financial Data” and “Capitalization” present
fairly the information set forth therein on a basis consistent with that of the audited
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financial statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and
the Prospectus.
(aa) No other financial statements or schedules of the Company or any other entity are
required to be included in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus pursuant to any requirement
of the Securities Act or any rules and regulations thereunder, including Rules 3-05 and Article 11
of Regulation S-X.
(bb) There are no transactions or loans between the Company and any holder of 5% or more of
the Common Stock, any director, any director nominee or any executive officer, or members of such
individuals’ immediate families, or any enterprise in which a substantial interest in the voting
power is owned, directly or indirectly, by any of such individuals other than those described in
the Time of Sale Prospectus. In particular, to the Company’s knowledge, no such person or entity
(i) has any direct or indirect ownership interest in, or any employment or consulting agreement
with, any firm or corporation that competes with the Company, (ii) is directly or indirectly
interested in any contract with the Company, except for compensation and standard benefits for
services as a director, officer or employee that is disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus (to
the extent it is required to be disclosed), (iii) has any ownership interest in any property, real
or personal, tangible or intangible, used in the Company’s business, except for the normal rights
of a stockholder, or (iv) has, either directly or indirectly, a material interest in any person
which purchases from or sells, licenses or furnishes to Company any goods, property, technology or
intellectual or other property rights or services (except in the case of (i) — (iv) above, with
respect to any interest of less than 5% of the outstanding voting shares of any corporation whose
stock is publicly traded.
(cc) Except as described in the Registration Statement containing the Time of Sale Prospectus,
the Company has not sold, issued or distributed any shares of Common Stock during the six-month
period preceding the date hereof, including any sales pursuant to Rule 144A under, or Regulation D
or S of, the Securities Act, other than shares issued pursuant to employee benefit plans, qualified
stock option plans or other employee compensation plans or pursuant to outstanding options, rights
or warrants.
(dd) The Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus and any
preliminary prospectus comply, and any amendments or supplements thereto will comply, with any
applicable laws or regulations of foreign jurisdictions in which the Prospectus, the Time of Sale
Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, are
distributed in connection with the Directed Share Program.
(ee) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental
body or agency, other than those obtained, is required in connection with the offering of the
Directed Shares in any jurisdiction where the Directed Shares are being offered.
(ff) The Company has not offered, or caused Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx to offer, Shares to any person
pursuant to the Directed Share Program with the specific
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intent to unlawfully influence (i) a customer or supplier of the Company to alter the
customer’s or supplier’s level or type of business with the Company, or (ii) a trade journalist or
publication to write or publish favorable information about the Company or its products.
2. Representations and Warranties of the Selling Stockholders. Each Selling Stockholder
represents and warrants to and agrees with each of the Underwriters that:
(a) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf of such
Selling Stockholder.
(b) The execution and delivery by such Selling Stockholder of, and the performance by such
Selling Stockholder of its obligations under, this Agreement, the Custody Agreement signed by such
Selling Stockholder and ___, as Custodian, relating to the deposit of the Shares to be
sold by such Selling Stockholder (the “Custody Agreement”) and the Power of Attorney appointing
certain individuals as such Selling Stockholder’s attorneys in fact to the extent set forth
therein, relating to the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Registration Statement (the
“Power of Attorney”) will not contravene any provision of applicable law, or the certificate of
incorporation or by laws of such Selling Stockholder (if such Selling Stockholder is a
corporation), or any agreement or other instrument binding upon such Selling Stockholder or any
judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over such
Selling Stockholder, and no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with,
any governmental body or agency is required for the performance by such Selling Stockholder of its
obligations under this Agreement or the Custody Agreement or Power of Attorney of such Selling
Stockholder, except such as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various
states in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares.
(c) Such Selling Stockholder has, and on the Closing Date will have, valid title to, or a
valid “security entitlement” within the meaning of Section 8-501 of the New York Uniform Commercial
Code in respect of, the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder free and clear of all
security interests, claims, liens, equities or other encumbrances and the legal right and power,
and all authorization and approval required by law, to enter into this Agreement, the Custody
Agreement and the Power of Attorney and to sell, transfer and deliver the Shares to be sold by such
Selling Stockholder or a security entitlement in respect of such Shares.
(d) The Custody Agreement and the Power of Attorney have been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by such Selling Stockholder and are valid and binding agreements of such Selling
Stockholder.
(e) With respect to any Shares delivered by such Selling Stockholder in certificated form
endorsed to the Underwriters, delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder and
payment therefor pursuant to this Agreement will pass valid title to such Shares, free and clear of
any adverse claim within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, to
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Underwriter who has purchased such Shares without notice of an adverse claim. With respect to
any Shares delivered by such Selling Stockholders through DTC without ever being registered in the
name of the Underwriters, upon payment for the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder
pursuant to this Agreement, delivery of such Shares, as directed by the Underwriters, to Cede & Co.
(“Cede”) or such other nominee as may be designated by the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”),
registration of such Shares in the name of Cede or such other nominee and the crediting of such
Shares on the books of DTC to securities accounts of the Underwriters (assuming that neither DTC
nor any such Underwriter has notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of
the New York Uniform Commercial Code (the “UCC”)) to such Shares), (A) DTC shall be a “protected
purchaser” of such Shares within the meaning of Section 8-303 of the UCC, (B) under Section 8-501
of the UCC, the Underwriters will acquire a valid security entitlement in respect of such Shares
and (C) no action based on any “adverse claim”, within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC, to
such Shares may be asserted against the Underwriters with respect to such security entitlement; for
purposes of this representation, such Selling Stockholder may assume that when such payment,
delivery and crediting occur, (x) such Shares will have been registered in the name of Cede or
another nominee designated by DTC, in each case on the Company’s share registry in accordance with
its certificate of incorporation, bylaws and applicable law, (y) DTC will be registered as a
“clearing corporation” within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC and (z) appropriate entries
to the accounts of the several Underwriters on the records of DTC will have been made pursuant to
the UCC.
(f) Such Selling Stockholder is not prompted by any information concerning the Company or its
subsidiaries which is not set forth in the Prospectus to sell its Shares pursuant to this
Agreement.
(g) To the extent that any statements or omissions made in the Registration Statement, the
Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, or any amendments or supplements thereto are made in
reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company by such Selling
Stockholder for use therein, (i) the Registration Statement, when it became effective, did not
contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Time of Sale Prospectus does not, and at the time
of each sale of the Shares in connection with the offering and at the Closing Date (as defined in
Section 5), the Time of Sale Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented by the Company, if
applicable, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and
(iii) the Prospectus does not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
3. Agreements to Sell and Purchase. Each Seller, severally and not jointly, hereby agrees to
sell to the several Underwriters, and each Underwriter,
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upon the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to the
conditions hereinafter stated, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from such Seller at a
price of $___ per share (the “Purchase Price”) the number of Firm Shares (subject to such
adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as you may determine) that bears the same proportion to
the number of Firm Shares to be sold by such Seller as the number of Firm Shares set forth in
Schedule II hereto opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of Firm Shares.
On the basis of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, and subject to
its terms and conditions, the Company agrees to sell to the Underwriters the Additional Shares, and
the Underwriters shall have the right to purchase, severally and not jointly, up to ___
Additional Shares at the Purchase Price. You may exercise this right on behalf of the Underwriters
in whole or from time to time in part by giving written notice not later than 30 days after the
date of this Agreement. Any exercise notice shall specify the number of Additional Shares to be
purchased by the Underwriters and the date on which such shares are to be purchased. Each purchase
date must be at least one business day after the written notice is given and may not be earlier
than the closing date for the Firm Shares nor later than ten business days after the date of such
notice. Additional Shares may be purchased as provided in Section 5 hereof solely for the purpose
of covering over-allotments made in connection with the offering of the Firm Shares. On each day,
if any, that Additional Shares are to be purchased (an “Option Closing Date”), each Underwriter
agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase the number of Additional Shares (subject to such
adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as you may reasonably determine) that bears the same
proportion to the total number of Additional Shares to be purchased on such Option Closing Date as
the number of Firm Shares set forth in Schedule II hereto opposite the name of such Underwriter
bears to the total number of Firm Shares.
Each Seller hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx on behalf
of the Underwriters, it will not, during the period ending 180 days after the date of the
Prospectus, (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase,
purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or
otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or any
securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or (2) enter into any
swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic
consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1)
or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or
otherwise or (3) file any registration statement with the Commission relating to the offering of
any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for
Common Stock.
The restrictions contained in the preceding paragraph shall not apply to (a) the Shares to be
sold hereunder, (b) the issuance by the Company of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of an
option or warrant or the conversion of a
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security outstanding on the date hereof of which the Underwriters have been advised in
writing, (c) transactions by a Selling Stockholder relating to shares of Common Stock or other
securities acquired in open market transactions after the completion of the offering of the Shares,
provided that no filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act shall be required or shall be
voluntarily made in connection with subsequent sales of Common Stock or other securities acquired
in such open market transactions, (d) transfers by a Selling Stockholder of shares of Common Stock
or any security convertible into Common Stock as a bona fide gift, (e) distributions by a Selling
Stockholder of shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into Common Stock to limited
partners or stockholders of the Selling Stockholder; provided that in the case of any transfer or
distribution pursuant to clause (d) or (e), (i) each donee or distributee shall enter into a
written agreement accepting the restrictions set forth in the preceding paragraph and this
paragraph as if it were a Selling Stockholder and (ii) no filing under Section 16(a) of the
Exchange Act, reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock, shall be
required or shall be voluntarily made in respect of the transfer or distribution during the 180-day
restricted period, (f) the issuance of shares of, or options to purchase shares of, Common Stock,
to employees, officers, directors, advisors or consultants of the Company pursuant to employee
benefit plans disclosed in the Prospectus, provided that prior to the issuance of any such shares
or options that vest during the 180-day period following the date of the Prospectus, the Company
shall cause each recipient of such shares or options to execute and deliver to you a “lock-up”
agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, (g) the filing of a registration statement
on Form S-8, (h) the issuance of securities in connection with the acquisition by the Company or
any of its subsidiaries of the securities, businesses, property or other assets of another person
or entity or pursuant to any employee benefit plan assumed by the Company in connection with any
such acquisition, or (i) the issuance of securities in connection with joint ventures, commercial
relationships or other strategic transactions; provided that, in the case of clauses (h) and (i),
the aggregate number of shares issued in all such acquisitions and transactions does not exceed
___shares of the Common Stock and prior to any issuance the Company shall cause each
recipient of such securities to execute and deliver to you a “lock-up” agreement substantially in
the form of Exhibit A hereto. In addition, each Selling Stockholder, agrees that, without the
prior written consent of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during the
period ending 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, make any demand for, or exercise any right
with respect to, the registration of any shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock. Each Selling Stockholder consents to the entry of
stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of
any Shares held by such Selling Stockholder except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) during the last 17 days of the 180-day restricted period the
Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company
occurs; or (2) prior to the expiration of the 180-day restricted period, the Company announces that
it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 180-day
period, the restrictions imposed by this agreement shall continue to apply until the expiration of
the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release
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or the occurrence of the material news or material event. The Company shall promptly notify
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx of any earnings release, news or event that may give rise to an extension of the
initial 180-day restricted period.
4. Terms of Public Offering. The Sellers are advised by you that the Underwriters propose to
make a public offering of their respective portions of the Shares as soon after the Registration
Statement and this Agreement have become effective as in your judgment is advisable. The Sellers
are further advised by you that the Shares are to be offered to the public initially at a price of
$ per share (the “Public Offering Price”) and to certain dealers selected by you at a
price that represents a concession not in excess of $ per share under the Public Offering
Price, and that any Underwriter may allow, and such dealers may reallow, a concession, not in
excess of $ per share, to any Underwriter or to certain other dealers.
5. Payment and Delivery. Payment for the Firm Shares to be sold by each Seller shall be made
to such Seller in Federal or other funds immediately available in New York City against delivery of
such Firm Shares for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters at 10:00 a.m., New York
City time, on ___, 2006, or at such other time on the same or such other date, not later
than ___, 2006, as shall be designated in writing by you. The time and date of such payment
are hereinafter referred to as the “Closing Date.”
Payment for any Additional Shares shall be made to the Company in Federal or other funds
immediately available in New York City against delivery of such Additional Shares for the
respective accounts of the several Underwriters at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date
specified in the corresponding notice described in Section 2 or at such other time on the same or
on such other date, in any event not later than ___, 2006, as shall be designated in writing by
you.
The Firm Shares and Additional Shares shall be registered in such names and in such
denominations as you shall request in writing not later than one full business day prior to the
Closing Date or the applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may be. The Firm Shares and
Additional Shares shall be delivered to you on the Closing Date or an Option Closing Date, as the
case may be, for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters, with any transfer taxes
payable in connection with the transfer of the Shares to the Underwriters duly paid, against
payment of the Purchase Price therefor.
6. Conditions to the Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligations of the Sellers to sell the
Shares to the Underwriters and the several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and pay for
the Shares on the Closing Date are subject to the condition that the Registration Statement shall
have become effective not later than [___] (New York City time) on the date hereof.
The several obligations of the Underwriters are subject to the following further conditions:
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(a) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date:
(i) there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been
given of any intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible change that
does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded any of the
securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized
statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2)
under the Securities Act; and
(ii) there shall not have occurred any change, or any development involving a
prospective change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business
or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth
in the Time of Sale Prospectus that, in your judgment, is material and adverse and that
makes it, in your judgment, impracticable to market the Shares on the terms and in the
manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus.
(b) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate, dated the Closing
Date and signed by an executive officer of the Company, to the effect set forth in Section 6(a)(i)
above and to the effect that the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this
Agreement are true and correct as of the Closing Date and that the Company has complied in all
material respects with all of the agreements and satisfied all of the conditions on its part to be
performed or satisfied hereunder on or before the Closing Date.
The officer signing and delivering such certificate may rely upon the best of his or her
knowledge as to proceedings threatened.
(c) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, Professional Corporation, outside counsel for the Company, dated the Closing
Date, to the effect that:
(i) the Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in
good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has the corporate
power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the
Time of Sale Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing
in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of
property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so
qualified or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Company
and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(ii) the authorized capital stock of the Company as of March 31, 2006 was as set
forth in each of the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus under the “Actual” column
under the caption “Capitalization”;
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(iii) the shares of Common Stock (including the Shares to be sold by the Selling
Stockholders) outstanding prior to the issuance of the Shares to be sold by the Company
have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable;
(iv) the Shares to be sold by the Company have been duly authorized and, when issued
and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be validly issued,
fully paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of such Shares will not be subject to any
preemptive or similar rights;
(v) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;
(vi) the execution and delivery by the Company of, and the performance by the Company
of its obligations under, this Agreement will not contravene any provision of applicable
law or the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or, to such counsel’s
knowledge after inquiry, any agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company or any
of its subsidiaries that is filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or, to such
counsel’s knowledge after inquiry, any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body,
agency or court having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary, and no consent,
approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental body or
agency is required for the performance by the Company of its obligations under this
Agreement, except such as have been obtained or may be required by the securities or Blue
Sky laws of the various states in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares;
(vii) the statements relating to legal matters, documents or proceedings included in
(A) the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus under the captions “Risk Factors — If
a third party asserts that we are infringing its intellectual property, whether successful
or not, it could subject us to costly and time-consuming litigation or expensive licenses,
and our business may be harmed,” “Risk Factors — Risks Related to Our Industry —
Domestic or foreign laws or regulations may limit our ability to collect and use Internet
user information, resulting in a decrease in the value of our services and having an
adverse impact on the sales of our services,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Other Factors Affecting Liquidity and
Capital Resources,” “Business — Intellectual Property,” “Management — Committees of the
Board of Directors,” “Management — Director Compensation,” “Management — Employment
Agreements and Change of Control Agreements,” “Management — Employee Benefit Plans,”
“Management — Limitation on Liability and Indemnification Matters,” “Certain
Relationships and Related Party Transactions,” “Description of Capital Stock,” “Shares
Eligible For Future Sale,” “Material United States Federal Tax Considerations for Non-U.S.
Holders of Common Stock,” “Underwriters,” and Items 14 and 15 of the
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Registration Statement, (B) the Prospectus under the caption “Underwriters” (except
for the statements in the third and ninth paragraphs under “Underwriters” as to which such
counsel need not express any opinion) and (C) the Registration Statement in Items 14 and
15, in each case fairly summarize in all material respects such matters, documents or
proceedings;
(viii) after due inquiry, such counsel does not know of any legal or governmental
proceedings pending or threatened to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a
party or to which any of the properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
subject that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus
and are not so described or of any statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents
that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be
filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described or filed as
required;
(ix) the Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the
Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Prospectus will not
be, required to register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; and
(x) the Registration Statement was declared effective under the Act; any required
filing of the Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) have been
made in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and to such
counsel’s knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or any part thereof has been issued, and no proceedings for that purpose have
been instituted or are pending or contemplated under the Act.
In addition, the opinion shall include a statement from such counsel to the effect that (i)
such counsel has participated in conferences with certain officers and other representatives of the
Company, the representatives of the Underwriters, counsel for the Underwriters and the independent
public accountants of the Company, at which conferences the contents of the Registration Statement,
the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus and related matters were reviewed and discussed, and
(ii) although such counsel does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or
fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or
the Prospectus (except as set forth in paragraph (vii) above), nothing has come to the attention of
such counsel through such review and discussion as described therein, that causes such counsel to
believe that the Registration Statement (except for the financial statements and other financial
data derived therefrom, as to which such counsel need not express any belief), at the time it
became effective, or the Time of Sale Prospectus (except for the financial statements and other
financial data derived therefrom, as to which such counsel need not express any belief) as of the
date of this Agreement or as amended or supplemented, if applicable, as of the Closing Date or the
Prospectus (except for the financial statements and other financial data included therein, as to
which such counsel need not express any belief) as of its
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date or as amended or supplemented, if applicable, as of the Closing Date contained or
contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading. In addition, the opinion shall include a statement from such
counsel that the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (except for the financial statements, as
to which such counsel need not express any belief) appear on their face to be appropriately
responsive in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(d) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, Professional Corporation, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, dated the
Closing Date, to the effect that:
(i) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf
of each of the Selling Stockholders;
(ii) the execution and delivery by each Selling Stockholder of, and the performance
by such Selling Stockholder of its obligations under, this Agreement and the Custody
Agreement and Powers of Attorney of such Selling Stockholder will not contravene any
provision of applicable law, or the certificate of incorporation or by laws of such
Selling Stockholder (if such Selling Stockholder is a corporation), or, to such counsel’s
knowledge, any agreement or other instrument binding upon such Selling Stockholder or, to
such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency
or court having jurisdiction over such Selling Stockholder, and no consent, approval,
authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental body or agency is
required for the performance by such Selling Stockholder of its obligations under this
Agreement or the Custody Agreement or Power of Attorney of such Selling Stockholder,
except such as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states in
connection with offer and sale of the Shares;
(iii) each of the Selling Stockholders has the legal right and power, and all
authorization and approval required by law, to enter into this Agreement and the Custody
Agreement and Power of Attorney of such Selling Stockholder and to sell, transfer and
deliver the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder or a security entitlement in
respect of such Shares;
(iv) the Custody Agreement and the Power of Attorney of each Selling Stockholder have
been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Selling Stockholder and are valid and
binding agreements of such Selling Stockholder;
(v) delivery of stock certificates representing the Shares to be sold by the Selling
Stockholders, endorsed to the Underwriters and payment therefor pursuant to this Agreement
will pass valid title to such
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Shares, free and clear of any adverse claim within the meaning of Section 8-102 of
the New York Uniform Commercial Code, to each Underwriter who has purchased such Shares
without notice of an adverse claim.
[Note: This version of the opinion is to be used for Shares delivered by the Selling Stockholders
in certificated form.]
(v) [upon payment for the Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholders pursuant to
this Agreement, delivery of such Shares, as directed by the Underwriters, to Cede or such
other nominee as may be designated by DTC, registration of such Shares in the name of Cede
or such other nominee and the crediting of such Shares on the books of DTC to securities
accounts of the Underwriters (assuming that neither DTC nor any such Underwriter has
notice of any adverse claim within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC to such
Shares), (A) DTC shall be a “protected purchaser” of such Shares within the meaning of
Section 8-303 of the UCC, (B) under Section 8-501 of the UCC, the Underwriters will
acquire a valid security entitlement in respect of such Shares and (C) no action based on
any “adverse claim” (within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC) to such Shares may be
asserted against the Underwriters with respect to such security entitlement; in giving
this opinion, counsel for the Selling Stockholders may assume that when such payment,
delivery and crediting occur, (x) such Shares will have been registered in the name of
Cede or another nominee designated by DTC, in each case on the Company’s share registry in
accordance with its certificate of incorporation, bylaws and applicable law, (y) DTC will
be registered as a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC
and (z) appropriate entries to the accounts of the several Underwriters on the records of
DTC will have been made pursuant to the UCC.] [Note: This version of the opinion is to be
used for Shares delivered by the Selling Stockholder through DTC without ever being
registered directly in the name of the Underwriters.]
(e) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Fenwick & West LLP,
counsel for the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date, covering the matters referred to in Sections
6(c)(iv), 6(c)(v), 6(c)(vii) (but only as to the statements in each of the Time of Sale Prospectus
and the Prospectus under “Description of Capital Stock” and “Underwriters”) and the paragraph
following 6(c)(x) above.
With respect to the paragraph following 6(c)(x) above, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx
Professional Corporation and Fenwick & West LLP may state that their opinions and beliefs are based
upon their participation in the preparation of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Prospectus and Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto and review and discussion of
the contents thereof, but are without independent check or verification, except as specified. With
respect to Section 6(d) above, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Professional Corporation may rely
upon an opinion or opinions of counsel for any Selling Stockholders and, with respect to factual
matters and to the extent such counsel deems appropriate, upon the representations of each Selling
Stockholder
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contained herein and in the Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney of such Selling
Stockholder and in other documents and instruments; provided that (A) each such counsel for the
Selling Stockholders is satisfactory to your counsel, (B) a copy of each opinion so relied upon is
delivered to you and is in form and substance satisfactory to your counsel, (C) copies of such
Custody Agreements and Powers of Attorney and of any such other documents and instruments shall be
delivered to you and shall be in form and substance satisfactory to your counsel and (D) Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Professional Corporation shall state in their opinion that they are
justified in relying on each such other opinion.
The opinions of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Professional Corporation and Fenwick & West
LLP described in Sections 6(c) and 6(d) (and any opinions of counsel for any Selling Stockholder
referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph) shall be rendered to the Underwriters at the
request of the Company or one or more of the Selling Stockholders, as the case may be, and shall so
state therein.
(f) The Underwriters shall have received, on each of the date hereof and the Closing Date, a
letter dated the date hereof or the Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Underwriters, from Ernst & Young LLP, independent public accountants,
containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort
letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information
contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus; provided
that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a “cut-off date” not earlier than the date
hereof.
(g) The “lock-up” agreements, each substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, between you
and all stockholders, optionees, officers and directors of the Company relating to sales and
certain other dispositions of shares of Common Stock or certain other securities, delivered to you
on or before the date hereof, shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date.
The several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase Additional Shares hereunder are
subject to the delivery to you on the applicable Option Closing Date of such documents as you may
reasonably request with respect to the good standing of the Company, the due authorization and
issuance of the Additional Shares to be sold on such Option Closing Date and other matters related
to the issuance of such Additional Shares.
7. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants with each Underwriter as follows:
(a) To furnish to you, without charge, five signed copies of the Registration Statement
(including exhibits thereto) and for delivery to each other Underwriter a conformed copy of the
Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and to furnish to you in New York City, without
charge, prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the business day next succeeding the date of this
Agreement and during the period mentioned in Section 7(e) or 7(f) below, as many copies of the Time
of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus and any supplements
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and amendments thereto or to the Registration Statement as you may reasonably request.
(b) Before amending or supplementing the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus
or the Prospectus, to furnish to you a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement and not
to file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object, and to file with
the Commission within the applicable period specified in Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act any
prospectus required to be filed pursuant to such Rule.
(c) To furnish to you a copy of each proposed free writing prospectus to be prepared by or on
behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company and not to use or refer to any proposed free
writing prospectus to which you reasonably object.
(d) Not to take any action that would result in an Underwriter or the Company being required
to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act a free writing
prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Underwriter that the Underwriter otherwise would not
have been required to file thereunder.
(e) If the Time of Sale Prospectus is being used to solicit offers to buy the Shares at a time
when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any event shall occur or
condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale
Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances, not
misleading, or if any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which the Time of Sale
Prospectus conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement then on file, or
if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time
of Sale Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission
and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to any dealer upon request, either
amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Prospectus so that the statements in the Time of Sale
Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when delivered
to a prospective purchaser, be misleading or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or
supplemented, will no longer conflict with the Registration Statement, or so that the Time of Sale
Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.
(f) If, during such period after the first date of the public offering of the Shares as in the
opinion of counsel for the Underwriters the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to
in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is required by law to be delivered in connection with
sales by an Underwriter or dealer, any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it
is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances when the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule
173(a) under the Securities Act) is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if, in the opinion
of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply
with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own
expense, to the
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Underwriters and to the dealers (whose names and addresses you will furnish to the Company) to
which Shares may have been sold by you on behalf of the Underwriters and to any other dealers upon
request, either amendments or supplements to the Prospectus so that the statements in the
Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the
Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is
delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will
comply with law.
(g) To endeavor to qualify the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws
of such jurisdictions as you shall reasonably request.
(h) To make generally available to the Company’s security holders and to you as soon as
practicable an earning statement covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the
first fiscal quarter of the Company after the date of this Agreement which shall satisfy the
provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder.
(i) To comply with all applicable securities and other laws, rules and regulations in each
jurisdiction in which the Directed Shares are offered in connection with the Directed Share
Program.
(j) The Company and its subsidiaries will prior to the filing of its first quarterly report on
Form 10-Q (as defined in Rule 13a-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”)
establish and thereafter will maintain disclosure controls and procedures. Such disclosure
controls and procedures will be designed to ensure that material information relating to the
Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to the Company’s principal
executive officer and its principal financial officer by others within those entities, particularly
during the periods in which the periodic reports required under the Exchange Act are being
prepared. Such disclosure controls and procedures will be effective in timely alerting the
Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer to material information
required to be included in the Company’s periodic reports required under the Exchange Act.
8. Expenses. Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement are consummated
or this Agreement is terminated, the Company agrees to pay or cause to be paid all expenses
incident to the performance of their obligations under this Agreement, including: (i) the fees,
disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel, the Company’s accountants and counsel for the
Selling Stockholders in connection with the registration and delivery of the Shares under the
Securities Act and all other fees or expenses in connection with the preparation and filing of the
Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus,
any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company and
amendments and supplements to any of the foregoing, including all printing costs associated
therewith, and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers, in the
quantities hereinabove specified, (ii) all costs and expenses related to the transfer and delivery
of the Shares to the Underwriters,
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including any transfer or other taxes payable thereon, (iii) all filing fees incurred in
connection with the review and qualification of the offering of the Shares by the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., (iv) all fees and expenses in connection with the
preparation and filing of the registration statement on Form 8-A relating to the Common Stock and
all costs and expenses incident to listing the Shares on the Nasdaq National Market, (v) the cost
of printing certificates representing the Shares, (vi) the costs and charges of any transfer agent,
registrar or depositary, (vii) the document production charges and expenses associated with
printing this Agreement, (viii) all fees and disbursements of counsel incurred by the Underwriters
in 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, (ix) all
other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company hereunder
for which provision is not otherwise made in this Section and (x) all expenses in connection with
any offer and sale of the Shares in the Directed Share Program outside of the United States,
including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in
connection with offers and sales outside of the United States. It is understood, however, that
except as provided in this Section, Section 10 entitled “Indemnity and Contribution,” Section 11
entitled “Directed Share Program Indemnification” and the last paragraph of Section 13 below, the
Underwriters will pay all of their costs and expenses, including fees and disbursements of their
counsel, stock transfer taxes payable on resale of any of the Shares by them and any advertising
expenses connected with any offers they may make, as well as the costs of any leased aircraft.
The provisions of this Section shall not supersede or otherwise affect any agreement that the
Sellers may otherwise have for the allocation of such expenses among themselves.
9. Covenants of the Underwriters. Each Underwriter severally covenants with the Company not
to take any action that would result in the Company being required to file with the Commission
under Rule 433(d) a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of such Underwriter that
otherwise would not be required to be filed by the Company thereunder, but for the action of the
Underwriter.
10. Indemnity and Contribution. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each
Underwriter, each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section
15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act”), and each affiliate of any Underwriter within the meaning of Rule 405 under the
Securities Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including,
without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or
investigating any such action or claim) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof, any
preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any issuer free writing prospectus as defined
in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act, any Company
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information that the Company has filed, or is
required to file, pursuant to Rule
433(d) of the Securities Act, or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or
caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged
untrue statement or omission based upon information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the
Company in writing by such Underwriter through you expressly for use therein.
(b) Each Selling Stockholder agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless
each Underwriter, each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either
Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and each affiliate of any
Underwriter within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act from and against any and all
losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim) caused
by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the
Registration Statement or any amendment thereof, any preliminary prospectus, Time of Sale
Prospectus, any issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act,
any Company information that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d)
of the Securities Act, or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or caused by any
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only to the extent that such untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and
in conformity with written information relating to the Selling Stockholder and furnished by or on
behalf of the Selling Stockholder specifically for use therein; provided, however, that the
liability of a Selling Stockholder pursuant to this subsection (b) hereof shall be limited to an
amount equal to the aggregate Public Offering Price of the Shares sold by such Selling Stockholder
under this Agreement.
(c) Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the
Company, the Selling Stockholders, the directors of the Company, the officers of the Company who
sign the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company or any Selling
Stockholder within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to such Underwriter,
but only with reference to information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company in
writing by such Underwriter through you expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any
preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any issuer free writing prospectus or the
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto.
(d) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted
involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 10(a), 10(b),
10(c) or 10(e) such person (the “indemnified party”) shall promptly notify the person against whom
such
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indemnity may be sought (the “indemnifying party”) in writing and the
indemnifying party, upon request of the indemnified party, shall retain counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party and any others the
indemnifying party may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and disbursements of
such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have
the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the
expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall
have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such
proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the
indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due
to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood that the indemnifying
party shall not, in respect of the legal expenses of any indemnified party in connection with any
proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of
more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Underwriters and all
persons, if any, who control any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act or who are affiliates of any Underwriter within
the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act, (ii) the fees and expenses of more than one
separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for the Company, its directors, its officers who
sign the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the
meaning of either such Section and (iii) the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in
addition to any local counsel) for all Selling Stockholders and all persons, if any, who control
any Selling Stockholder within the meaning of either such Section, and that all such fees and
expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. In the case of any such separate firm for the
Underwriters and such control persons and affiliates of any Underwriters, such firm shall be
designated in writing by Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx. In the case of any such separate firm for the Company,
and such directors, officers and control persons of the Company, such firm shall be designated in
writing by the Company. In the case of any such separate firm for the Selling Stockholders and
such control persons of any Selling Stockholders, such firm shall be designated in writing by the
persons named as attorneys-in-fact for the Selling Stockholders under the Powers of Attorney. The
indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its
written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the
plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any
loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing
sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to
reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the second and
third sentences of this paragraph, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any
settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered
into more than 90 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii)
such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such
request prior to the date of such settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior
written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened
proceeding
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in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and
indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement
includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are
the subject matter of such proceeding.
(e) To the extent the indemnification provided for in Section 10(a), 10(b) or 10(c) is
unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities referred to therein, then each indemnifying party under such paragraph, in lieu of
indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by
such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the indemnifying party or
parties on the one hand and the indemnified party or parties on the other hand from the offering of
the Shares or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause 10(e)(i) above is not permitted by
applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits
referred to in clause 10(e)(i) above but also the relative fault of the indemnifying party or
parties on the one hand and of the indemnified party or parties on the other hand in connection
with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as
well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Sellers
on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the offering of the
Shares shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds from the
offering of the Shares (before deducting expenses) received by each Seller and the total
underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in
the table on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate Public Offering Price of the
Shares. The relative fault of the Sellers on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand
shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates
to information supplied by the Sellers or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The Underwriters’ respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 10 are several in
proportion to the respective number of Shares they have purchased hereunder, and not joint. The
liability of each Selling Stockholder under the contribution agreement contained in this paragraph
shall be limited to an amount equal to the aggregate Public Offering Price of the Shares sold by
such Selling Stockholder under this Agreement.
(f) The Sellers and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just or equitable if
contribution pursuant to this Section 10 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the
Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that
does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in Section 10(e). The amount
paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities
referred to in Section 10(e) shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth
above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with
investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Section 10, no Underwriter shall be
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required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by
which the total price
at which the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the
public exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay
by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person
guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The remedies provided for in this Section 10 are not exclusive and shall not
limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in
equity.
(g) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 10 and the
representations, warranties and other statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders
contained in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i)
any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter,
any person controlling any Underwriter or any affiliate of any Underwriter, any Selling Stockholder
or any person controlling any Selling Stockholder, or the Company, its officers or directors or any
person controlling the Company and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the Shares.
11. Directed Share Program Indemnification. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, each person, if any, who controls Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx within the meaning of
either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act and each affiliate of
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx within the meaning of Rule 405 of the Securities Act (“Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities”)
from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without
limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or
investigating any such action or claim) (i) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in any material prepared by or with the consent of the
Company for distribution to Participants in connection with the Directed Share Program or caused by
any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (ii) caused by the failure of any
Participant to pay for and accept delivery of Directed Shares that the Participant agreed to
purchase; or (iii) related to, arising out of, or in connection with the Directed Share Program,
other than losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or expenses relating thereto) that are finally
judicially determined to have resulted from the bad faith or gross negligence of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Entities.
(b) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted
involving any Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section
11(a), the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity seeing indemnity, shall promptly notify the Company in writing and
the Company, upon request of the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity, shall retain counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity to represent the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity and any others the
Company may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and disbursements of such counsel
related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity shall have the right
to retain
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its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense
of such Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity unless (i) the Company shall have agreed to the retention of
such counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties)
include both the Company and the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity and representation of both parties by the
same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them.
The Company shall not, in respect of the legal expenses of the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities in
connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the
fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Entities. Any such separate firm for the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities shall be designated in
writing by Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx. The Company shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding
effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final
judgment for the plaintiff, the Company agrees to indemnify the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities from and
against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the
foregoing sentence, if at any time a Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity shall have requested the Company to
reimburse it for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the second and third sentences of
this paragraph, the Company agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding
effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 90 days after
receipt by the Company of the aforesaid request and (ii) the Company shall not have reimbursed the
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. The
Company shall not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, effect any settlement of
any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity is or could have
been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity, unless
such settlement includes an unconditional release of the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities from all liability
on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding.
(c) To the extent the indemnification provided for in Section 11(a) is unavailable to a Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Entity or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to
therein, then the Company in lieu of indemnifying the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity thereunder, shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity as a result of such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities on the other hand
from the offering of the Directed Shares or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause 11(c)(i)
above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only
the relative benefits referred to in clause 11(c)(i) above but also the relative fault of the
Company on the one hand and of the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities on the other hand in connection with any
statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as
any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the
one hand and the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities on the other hand in connection with the offering of the
Directed Shares shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds from
the offering of the Directed Shares (before deducting expenses) and the total underwriting
discounts and commissions received by the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities
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for the Directed Shares, bear to
the aggregate Public Offering Price of the
Directed Shares. If the loss, claim, damage or liability is caused by an untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact,
the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities on the other hand
shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue
statement or the omission or alleged omission relates to information supplied by the Company or by
the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
(d) The Company and the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities agree that it would not be just or equitable
if contribution pursuant to this Section 11 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of
allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in Section 11(c).
The amount paid or payable by the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities as a result of the losses, claims,
damages and liabilities referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to
include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entities in connection with investigating or defending any such
action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 11, no Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity shall
be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the
Directed Shares distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any
damages that such Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity has otherwise been required to pay. The remedies provided
for in this Section 11 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may
otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.
(e) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 11 shall remain
operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii)
any investigation made by or on behalf of any Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Entity or the Company, its officers or
directors or any person controlling the Company and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the
Directed Shares.
12. Termination. The Underwriters may terminate this Agreement by notice given by you to the
Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date (i)
trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on, or by, as the case may be,
any of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market, the
Chicago Board of Options Exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange or the Chicago Board of Trade,
(ii) trading of any securities of the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any
over-the-counter market, (iii) a material disruption in securities settlement, payment or clearance
services in the United States shall have occurred, (iv) any moratorium on commercial banking
activities shall have been declared by Federal or New York State authorities or (v) there shall
have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, or any change in financial markets or any
calamity or crisis that, in your judgment, is material and adverse and which, singly or together
with any
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other event specified in this clause (v), makes it, in your judgment, impracticable
or inadvisable to proceed with the offer, sale or delivery of the Shares on the terms and in
the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus.
13. Effectiveness; Defaulting Underwriters. This Agreement shall become effective upon the
execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.
If, on the Closing Date or an Option Closing Date, as the case may be, any one or more of the
Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Shares that it has or they have agreed to purchase
hereunder on such date, and the aggregate number of Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate
number of the Shares to be purchased on such date, the other Underwriters shall be obligated
severally in the proportions that the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite their respective
names in Schedule II bears to the aggregate number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the names of
all such non-defaulting Underwriters, or in such other proportions as you may specify, to purchase
the Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to
purchase on such date; provided that in no event shall the number of Shares that any Underwriter
has agreed to purchase pursuant to this Agreement be increased pursuant to this Section 13 by an
amount in excess of one-ninth of such number of Shares without the written consent of such
Underwriter. If, on the Closing Date, any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to
purchase Firm Shares and the aggregate number of Firm Shares with respect to which such default
occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate number of Firm Shares to be purchased on such date,
and arrangements satisfactory to you, the Company and the Selling Stockholders for the purchase of
such Firm Shares are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate
without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter, the Company or the Selling
Stockholders. In any such case either you or the relevant Sellers shall have the right to postpone
the Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order that the required changes,
if any, in the Registration Statement, in the Time of Sale Prospectus, in the Prospectus or in any
other documents or arrangements may be effected. If, on an Option Closing Date, any Underwriter or
Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Additional Shares and the aggregate number of
Additional Shares with respect to which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate
number of Additional Shares to be purchased on such Option Closing Date, the non-defaulting
Underwriters shall have the option to (i) terminate their obligation hereunder to purchase the
Additional Shares to be sold on such Option Closing Date or (ii) purchase not less than the number
of Additional Shares that such non-defaulting Underwriters would have been obligated to purchase in
the absence of such default. Any action taken under this paragraph shall not relieve any
defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this
Agreement.
If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters, or any of them, because of any
failure or refusal on the part of any Seller to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the
conditions of this Agreement (other than the condition set
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forth in Section 6(e)), or if for any
reason any Seller shall be unable to perform its
obligations under this Agreement, the Sellers will reimburse the Underwriters or such
Underwriters as have so terminated this Agreement with respect to themselves, severally, for all
out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and disbursements of their counsel) reasonably incurred
by such Underwriters in connection with this Agreement or the offering contemplated hereunder.
14. Entire Agreement. (a) This Agreement, together with any contemporaneous written
agreements and any prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this Agreement) that
relate to the offering of the Shares, represents the entire agreement between the Company, the
Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters with respect to the preparation of any preliminary
prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, the conduct of the offering, and the
purchase and sale of the Shares.
(b) The Company and the Selling Stockholders acknowledges that in connection with the offering
of the Shares: (i) the Underwriters have acted at arms length, are not agents of, and owe no
fiduciary duties to, the Company, the Selling Stockholders or any other person, (ii) the
Underwriters owe the Company and the Selling Stockholders only those duties and obligations set
forth in this Agreement and prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this
Agreement), if any, and (iii) the Underwriters may have interests that differ from those of the
Company and the Selling Stockholders. The Company and the Selling Stockholders waive to the full
extent permitted by applicable law any claims it may have against the Underwriters arising from an
alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the offering of the Shares.
15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in two or more counterparts, each of which
shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the
same instrument.
16. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
internal laws of the State of New York.
17. Headings. The headings of the sections of this Agreement have been inserted for
convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a part of this Agreement.
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18. Notices. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and effective only upon receipt
and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered, mailed or sent to you in care of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx &
Co. Incorporated, 0000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk, with a
copy to the Legal Department; if to the Company shall be delivered, mailed or sent to Omniture,
Inc., 000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx, Xxxx 00000, Attn.: Chief Legal Officer and if to the
Selling Stockholders shall be delivered, mailed or sent to them by name at Omniture, Inc., 000 Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx, Xxxx 00000.
Very truly yours, | ||||||
OMNITURE, INC. | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: | ||||||
The Selling Stockholders named in Schedule I hereto, acting severally |
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By: | ||||||
Attorney-in Fact | ||||||
Accepted as of the date hereof | ||||||
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx &
Co. Incorporated Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. |
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Acting severally on behalf of
themselves and the several
Underwriters named in
Schedule II hereto. |
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By:
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated | |||||
By: |
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Name: | ||||||
Title: |
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SCHEDULE I
Number of Firm Shares | ||||
Selling Stockholder | To Be Sold | |||
[NAMES OF SELLING STOCKHOLDERS] |
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Total: |
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SCHEDULE II
Number of Firm Shares | ||||
Underwriter | To Be Purchased | |||
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated. |
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Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC |
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Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. |
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X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. |
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[NAMES OF OTHER UNDERWRITERS] |
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Total: |
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SCHEDULE III
Time of Sale Prospectus
• | Preliminary Prospectus issued ___, 2006 |
• | [identify all free writing prospectuses filed by the Company under Rule 433(d) of the Securities Act] |
• | [free writing prospectus containing a description of terms that does not reflect final terms, if the Time of Sale Prospectus does not include a final term sheet] |
• | [orally communicated pricing information to be included on Schedule II if a final term sheet is not used] |
EXHIBIT A
March 23, 2006
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
Credit Suisse First Boston LLC
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
XX Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
c/o Morgan Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Credit Suisse First Boston LLC
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
XX Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
c/o Morgan Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Ladies and Gentleman:
The undersigned understands that Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated (“Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx”) proposes to
enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Omniture, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), providing for the public offering (the “Public Offering”) by certain
underwriters, including Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Credit Suisse First Boston LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities
Inc., and XX Xxxxxx Securities Inc. (collectively, the “Underwriters”), of shares (the “Shares”) of
the Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”).
To induce the Underwriters that may participate in the Public Offering to continue their
efforts in connection with the Public Offering, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the
prior written consent of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during the
period commencing on the date hereof and ending 180 days after the date of the final prospectus
relating to the Public Offering (the “Prospectus”), (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell
any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option,
right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly,
any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for
Common Stock or (2) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or
in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such
transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or
such other securities, in cash or otherwise.
The foregoing sentence shall not apply to transactions relating to (a) shares of Common Stock
or other securities acquired in open market transactions after the completion of the Public
Offering, provided that no filing under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the “Exchange Act”), shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with
subsequent sales of Common Stock or other securities acquired in such open market transactions, (b)
the entry by any of our officers or directors into trading plans established in accordance with
Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act (“Rule 10b5-1 Plans”), provided that sales under any such plan
may not occur during the restricted period, (c) the exercise of any of the undersigned’s shares of
Common Stock or other securities of the Company issued pursuant to any stock option or similar
equity incentive or compensation plan approved by the Board of Directors and stockholders of the
Company for the issuance to employees, advisors or consultants of the Company of stock options or
equity grants (“Equity Incentive Grants”), provided that, in each case, such plan is in effect at
the closing of the Public Offering (it being understood that any
subsequent sale, transfer or disposition of any securities of the Company issued upon exercise
of such Equity Incentive Grants shall be subject to the restrictions set forth in this Agreement),
(d) the repurchase by the Company of any of the undersigned’s shares of Common Stock or other
securities of the Company upon termination of the undersigned’s employment with the Company, (e)
transfers of shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into Common Stock as a bona fide
gift, (f) the transfer of shares of Common Stock by the undersigned to members of his or her
immediate family or to a trust, the beneficiaries of which are exclusively the undersigned or a
member or members of his or her immediate family, either during his or her lifetime or on death by
will or intestacy, or (g) distributions or transfers of shares of Common Stock or any security
convertible into Common Stock to limited partners, members, stockholders or affiliated entities of
the undersigned; provided that in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clause (e),
(f) or (g), (i) each donee, distributee or transferee shall sign and deliver a lock-up letter
substantially in the form of this letter and (ii) no filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange
Act, reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock, shall be required or
shall be voluntarily made during the restricted period referred to in the foregoing sentence. In
addition, the undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx on
behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending
180 days after the date of the Prospectus, make any demand for or exercise any right with respect
to, the registration of any shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable
or exchangeable for Common Stock. The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop
transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the
undersigned’s shares of Common Stock except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.
If:
(1) during the last 17 days of the 180-day restricted period the Company issues an earnings
release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or
(2) prior to the expiration of the 180-day restricted period, the Company announces that it
will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the restricted
period;
the restrictions imposed by this agreement shall continue to apply until the expiration of the
18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material
news or material event.
The undersigned shall not engage in any transaction that may be restricted by this agreement
during the 34-day period beginning on the last day of the initial 180-day restricted period unless
the undersigned requests and receives prior written confirmation from the Company or Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
that the restrictions imposed by this agreement have expired.
The undersigned understands that the Company and the Underwriters are relying upon this
agreement in proceeding toward consummation of the Public Offering. The undersigned further
understands that this agreement is irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigned’s heirs,
legal representatives, successors and assigns. The parties hereto understand and agree that the
terms and conditions hereof shall be the same in all material respects as the terms and conditions
contained in any other similar agreement between the Underwriters and all other stockholders of the
Company.
This letter agreement shall automatically terminate and the undersigned shall be released from
all obligations under this letter agreement if (i) the Underwriting Agreement (other than the
provisions thereof which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to payment for
and delivery of the Common Stock to be sold thereunder, or (ii) the Company shall provide written
notice to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, prior to the execution of the Underwriting Agreement, that the Company
does not intend to proceed with the public offering contemplated thereby.
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Whether or not the Public Offering actually occurs depends on a number of factors, including
market conditions. Any Public Offering will only be made pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement,
the terms of which are subject to negotiation between the Company and the Underwriters.
Very truly yours, | ||||
Name: | ||||
Address: | ||||
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