EXHIBIT 1.1
2,500,000 SHARES/1/
AVIRON
COMMON STOCK
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
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August __, 1997
XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX & COMPANY LLC
BEAR XXXXXXX & CO.
XXXXXXXXX & XXXXX LLC
As Representatives of the several Underwriters
c/x Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Company LLC
000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Ladies/Gentlemen:
Aviron, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), addresses you as the
Representatives of each of the persons, firms and corporations listed in
Schedule A hereto (herein collectively called the "Underwriters") and hereby
confirms its agreement with the several Underwriters as follows:
1. Description of Shares. The Company proposes to issue and sell 2,500,000
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shares of its authorized and unissued Common Stock, $.001 par value, (the "Firm
Shares") to the several Underwriters. The Company also proposes to grant to the
Underwriters an option to purchase up to 375,000 additional shares of the
Company's Common Stock, $.001 par value, (the "Option Shares"), as provided in
Section 7 hereof. As used in this Agreement, the term "Shares" shall include
the Firm Shares and the Option Shares. All shares of Common Stock, $.001 par
value of the Company to be outstanding after giving effect to the sales
contemplated hereby, including the Shares, are hereinafter referred to as
"Common Stock." All representations and warranties and agreements of the
Company herein shall also be deemed to be representations and warranties and
agreements with respect to Aviron, a California corporation, the predecessor
entity to the Company.
2. Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Company. The Company
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represents and warrants to and agrees with each Underwriter that:
(a) A registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-_____) with
respect to the Shares, including a prospectus subject to completion, has been
prepared by the Company in conformity with the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and the applicable rules and regulations
(the "Rules and Regulations") of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") under the Act and has been filed with the Commission; such
amendments to such registration statement,
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/1/ Plus an option to purchase up to 375,000 additional shares from the Company
to cover over-allotments.
such amended prospectuses subject to completion and such abbreviated
registration statements pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Rules and Regulations as
may have been required prior to the date hereof have been similarly prepared and
filed with the Commission; and the Company will file such additional amendments
to such registration statement, such amended prospectuses subject to completion
and such abbreviated registration statements as may hereafter be required.
Copies of such registration statement and amendments, of each related prospectus
subject to completion (the "Preliminary Prospectuses") and of any abbreviated
registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Rules and Regulations have
been delivered to you.
If the registration statement relating to the Shares has been declared
effective under the Act by the Commission, the Company will prepare and promptly
file with the Commission the information omitted from the registration statement
pursuant to Rule 430A(a) or, if Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Company LLC, on behalf of
the several Underwriters, shall agree to the utilization of Rule 434 of the
Rules and Regulations, the information required to be included in any term sheet
filed pursuant to Rule 434(b) or (c), as applicable, of the Rules and
Regulations pursuant to subparagraph (1), (4) or (7) of Rule 424(b) of the Rules
and Regulations or as part of a post-effective amendment to the registration
statement (including a final form of prospectus). If the registration statement
relating to the Shares has not been declared effective under the Act by the
Commission, the Company will prepare and promptly file an amendment to the
registration statement, including a final form of prospectus, or, if Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx & Company LLC, on behalf of the several Underwriters, shall agree to
the utilization of Rule 434 of the Rules and Regulations, the information
required to be included in any term sheet filed pursuant to Rule 434(b) or (c),
as applicable, of the Rules and Regulations. The term "Registration Statement"
as used in this Agreement shall mean such registration statement, including
financial statements, schedules and exhibits, in the form in which it became or
becomes, as the case may be, effective (including, if the Company omitted
information from the registration statement pursuant to Rule 430A(a) or files a
term sheet pursuant to Rule 434 of the Rules and Regulations, the information
deemed to be a part of the registration statement at the time it became
effective pursuant to Rule 430A(b) or Rule 434(d) of the Rules and Regulations)
and, in the event of any amendment thereto or the filing of any abbreviated
registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Rules and Regulations
relating thereto after the effective date of such registration statement, shall
also mean (from and after the effectiveness of such amendment or the filing of
such abbreviated registration statement) such registration statement as so
amended, together with any such abbreviated registration statement. The term
"Prospectus" as used in this Agreement shall mean the prospectus relating to the
Shares as included in such Registration Statement at the time it becomes
effective (including, if the Company omitted information from the Registration
Statement pursuant to Rule 430A(a) of the Rules and Regulations, the information
deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement at the time it became
effective pursuant to Rule 430A(b) of the Rules and Regulations); provided,
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however, that if in reliance on Rule 434 of the Rules and Regulations and with
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the consent of Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Company LLC, on behalf of the several
Underwriters, the Company shall have provided to the Underwriters a term sheet
pursuant to Rule 434(b) or (c), as applicable, prior to the time that a
confirmation is sent or given for purposes of Section 2(10)(a) of the Act, the
term "Prospectus" shall mean the "prospectus subject to completion" (as defined
in Rule 434(g) of the Rules and Regulations) last provided to the Underwriters
by the Company and circulated by the Underwriters to all prospective purchasers
of the Shares (including the information deemed to be a part of the Registration
Statement at the time it became effective pursuant to Rule 434(d) of the Rules
and Regulations). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any revised prospectus
shall be provided to the Underwriters by the Company for use in connection with
the offering of the Shares that differs from the prospectus referred to in the
immediately preceding sentence (whether or not such revised prospectus is
required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules
and Regulations), the term "Prospectus" shall refer to such revised prospectus
from and after the time it is first
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provided to the Underwriters for such use. If in reliance on Rule 434 of the
Rules and Regulations and with the consent of Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Company LLC,
on behalf of the several Underwriters, the Company shall have provided to the
Underwriters a term sheet pursuant to Rule 434(b) or (c), as applicable, prior
to the time that a confirmation is sent or given for purposes of Section
2(10)(a) of the Act, the Prospectus and the term sheet, together, will not be
materially different from the prospectus in the Registration Statement.
(b) The Commission has not issued any order preventing or suspending the
use of any Preliminary Prospectus or instituted proceedings for that purpose,
and each such Preliminary Prospectus has conformed in all material respects to
the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and, as of its date,
has not included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted 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 at the time the
Registration Statement became or becomes, as the case may be, effective and at
all times subsequent thereto up to and on the Closing Date (hereinafter defined)
and on any later date on which Option Shares are to be purchased, (i) the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and any amendments or supplements
thereto, contained and will contain all material information required to be
included therein by the Act and the Rules and Regulations and will in all
material respects conform to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and
Regulations, (ii) the Registration Statement, and any amendments or supplements
thereto, did not and will not include 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, and (iii) the Prospectus, and any
amendments or supplements thereto, did not and will not include 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; provided, however, that none of the representations and
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warranties contained in this subparagraph (b) shall apply to information
contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or Prospectus, or any
amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance upon, and in conformity with,
written information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company by such
Underwriter specifically for use in the preparation thereof.
(c) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation with full power and authority (corporate and other) to own, lease
and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the
Prospectus; the reincorporation of the Company from a California corporation
into a Delaware corporation was duly and properly effectuated in accordance with
the Delaware and California corporation laws, the successor Company succeeded to
all rights, privileges and obligations of the predecessor Company, the
reincorporation was effectuated as a merger (the "Merger") pursuant to Delaware
law and the offer and sale of the securities issued in connection with the
Merger were in compliance with the applicable federal and state securities laws;
the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in
good standing in each jurisdiction in which the ownership or leasing of its
properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except
where the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a
material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings,
operations, business or business prospects of the Company; no proceeding has
been instituted in any such jurisdiction, revoking, limiting or curtailing, or
seeking to revoke, limit or curtail, such power and authority or qualification;
the Company is in possession of and operating in compliance with all
authorizations, licenses, certificates, consents, orders and permits from state,
federal and other regulatory authorities which are material to the conduct of
its business, all of which are valid and in full force and effect; the Company
is not in violation of its charter or bylaws or in default in the performance or
observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any
material bond, debenture, note or other evidence of
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indebtedness, or in any material lease, contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, loan agreement, joint venture or other agreement or instrument to which
the Company is a party or by which it or its properties may be bound; and the
Company is not in violation of any material law, order, rule, regulation, writ,
injunction, judgment or decree of any court, government or governmental agency
or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or over its
properties of which it has knowledge. The Company does not own or control,
directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity.
(d) The Company has full legal right, power and authority to enter into
this Agreement and perform the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement
has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is a valid
and binding agreement on the part of the Company, enforceable in accordance with
its terms, except as rights to indemnification hereunder may be limited by
applicable law and except as the enforcement hereof may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws
relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally or by general equitable
principles; the performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions herein contemplated will not result in a material breach or
violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under,
(i) any material bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness, or
under any lease, contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement,
joint venture or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party
or by which it or its properties may be bound, (ii) the charter or bylaws of the
Company, or (iii) any material law, order, rule, regulation, writ, injunction,
judgment or decree of any court, government or governmental agency or body,
domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or over its
properties. No consent, approval, authorization or order of or qualification
with any court, government or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign,
having jurisdiction over the Company or over its properties is required for the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation by the Company of
the transactions herein contemplated, except such as may be required under the
Act and the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"), which will have been obtained prior to the Closing Date (as hereinafter
defined) and except such as may be required under state or other securities or
Blue Sky laws.
(e) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus under the caption "Legal
Proceedings," there is not any pending or, to the best of the Company's
knowledge, threatened action, suit, claim or proceeding against the Company or
any of its officers or any of its properties, assets or rights before any court,
government or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having
jurisdiction over the Company or over its officers or properties or otherwise
which (i) might result in any material adverse change in the condition
(financial or otherwise), earnings, operations, business or business prospects
of the Company or might materially and adversely affect its properties, assets
or rights, (ii) might prevent consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby or (iii) is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement or
Prospectus and is not so disclosed; and there are no agreements, contracts,
leases or documents of the Company of a character required to be described or
referred to in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or to be filed as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement by the Act or the Rules and Regulations
which have not been accurately described in all material respects in the
Registration Statement or Prospectus or filed as exhibits to the Registration
Statement.
(f) All outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been
duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, have
been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, were not
issued in violation of or subject to any preemptive rights or other rights to
subscribe for or purchase securities, and the authorized and outstanding capital
stock of the Company is as set forth in the Prospectus under the caption
"Capitalization" and conforms in all material respects to the statements
relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (and
such
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statements correctly state the substance of the instruments defining the
capitalization of the Company); the Firm Shares and the Option Shares have been
duly authorized for issuance and sale to the Underwriters pursuant to this
Agreement and, when issued and delivered by the Company against payment therefor
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly and validly issued
and fully paid and nonassessable, and will be sold free and clear of any pledge,
lien, security interest, encumbrance, claim or equitable interest; and no
preemptive right, co-sale right, registration right, right of first refusal or
other similar right of stockholders exists with respect to any of the Firm
Shares or Option Shares or the issuance and sale thereof other than those that
have been expressly waived prior to the date hereof and those that will
automatically expire upon and will not apply to the consummation of the
transactions contemplated on the Closing Date (as defined in Section 3). No
further approval or authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors of
the Company or others is required for the issuance and sale or transfer of the
Shares except as may be required under the Act, state or other securities or
Blue Sky laws. Except as disclosed in the Prospectus and the financial
statements of the Company, and the related notes thereto, included in the
Prospectus, the Company has no outstanding options to purchase, or any
preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase, any
securities or obligations convertible into, or any contracts or commitments to
issue or sell, shares of its capital stock or any such options, rights,
convertible securities or obligations. The description of the Company's
warrants, stock option, stock bonus and other stock plans or arrangements, and
the options or other rights granted and exercised thereunder, set forth in the
Prospectus accurately and fairly presents the information required to be shown
with respect to such warrants, plans, arrangements, options and rights.
(g) Ernst & Young LLP, which has examined the financial statements of
the Company, together with the related schedules and notes, as of December 31,
1996 and 1995 and for each of the years in the three (3) years ended December
31, 1996 filed with the Commission as a part of the Registration Statement,
which are included in the Prospectus, are independent accountants within the
meaning of the Act and the Rules and Regulations; the audited financial
statements of the Company, together with the related schedules and notes, and
the unaudited financial information, forming part of the Registration Statement
and Prospectus, fairly present the financial position and the results of
operations of the Company at the respective dates and for the respective periods
to which they apply; and all audited financial statements of the Company,
together with the related schedules and notes, and the unaudited financial
information, filed with the Commission as part of the Registration Statement,
have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
consistently applied throughout the periods involved except as may be otherwise
stated therein. The selected and summary financial and statistical data included
in the Registration Statement present fairly the information shown therein and
have been compiled on a basis consistent with the audited financial statements
presented therein. No other financial statements or schedules are required to be
included in the Registration Statement.
(h) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given
in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, there has not been (i) any
material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings,
operations, business or business prospects of the Company, (ii) any transaction
that is material to the Company, except transactions entered into in the
ordinary course of business, (iii) any obligation, direct or contingent, that is
material to the Company, incurred by the Company, except obligations incurred in
the ordinary course of business, (iv) any change in the capital stock or
outstanding indebtedness of the Company that is material to the Company, (v) any
dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made on the capital stock
of the Company, or (vi) any loss or damage (whether or not insured) to the
property of the Company which has been sustained which has a material adverse
effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, operations, business
or business prospects of the Company.
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(i) Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and Prospectus,
(i) the Company has good and marketable title to all properties and assets
described in the Registration Statement and Prospectus as owned by it, free and
clear of any pledge, lien, security interest, encumbrance, claim or equitable
interest, other than such as would not have a material adverse effect on the
condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, operations, business or business
prospects of the Company, (ii) the agreements to which the Company is a party
described in the Registration Statement and Prospectus are valid agreements,
enforceable by the Company, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar
laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally or by general
equitable principles and, to the best of the Company's knowledge, the other
contracting party or parties thereto are not in material breach or material
default under any of such agreements, and (iii) the Company has valid and
enforceable leases for all properties described in the Registration Statement
and Prospectus as leased by it, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited
by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other
similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally or by general
equitable principles. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and
Prospectus, the Company owns or leases all such properties as are necessary to
its operations as now conducted or as proposed to be conducted.
(j) The Company has timely filed all necessary federal, state and
foreign income and franchise tax returns and has paid all taxes shown thereon as
due, and there is no tax deficiency that has been or, to the best of the
Company's knowledge, might be asserted against the Company that might have a
material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings,
operations, business or business prospects of the Company; and all tax
liabilities are adequately provided for on the books of the Company.
(k) The Company maintains insurance with insurers of recognized
financial responsibility of the types and in the amounts generally deemed
adequate for its business and consistent with insurance coverage maintained by
similar companies in similar businesses, including, but not limited to,
insurance covering real and personal property owned or leased by the Company
against theft, damage, destruction, acts of vandalism, and all other risks
customarily insured against, all of which insurance is in full force and effect;
the Company has not been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for;
and the Company has no reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its
existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain
similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its
business at a cost that would not materially and adversely affect the condition
(financial or otherwise), earnings, operations, business or business prospects
of the Company.
(l) To the best of Company's knowledge, no labor disturbance by the
employees of the Company exists or is imminent; and the Company is not aware of
any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its
principal suppliers, customers, manufacturers, partners or collaborators that
might be expected to result in a material adverse change in the condition
(financial or otherwise), earnings, operations, business or business prospects
of the Company. No collective bargaining agreement exists with any of the
Company's employees and, to the best of the Company's knowledge, no such
agreement is imminent.
(m) The Company owns or possesses adequate rights to use all patents
(all of which are set forth in Exhibit 1 attached hereto), patent rights,
inventions, trade secrets, know-how, trademarks, service marks, trade names and
copyrights which are necessary to conduct its business as described in the
Registration Statement and Prospectus; no patents, patent rights, trade secrets,
trademarks, service marks, trade names or copyrights that would have a material
adverse effect on the condition (financial or
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otherwise), earnings, operations, business or business prospects of the Company
have expired or terminated, and no patents, patent rights, trademarks, service
marks, trade names and copyrights necessary to conduct its business as described
in the Registration Statement and Prospectus will expire or terminate prior to
four years from the date of this Agreement. Except as disclosed in the
Prospectus under the captions "Risk Factors--Uncertainty of Patents and
Proprietary Rights; Dependence on Trade Secrets" and "Business--Patents and
Proprietary Rights" and "--Legal Proceedings," the Company has not received any
notice of, and has no knowledge of, any infringement of, conflict with or
challenge to the validity, enforceability or ownership of asserted rights of the
Company by others with respect to any patent, patent rights, inventions, trade
secrets, know-how, trademarks, service marks, trade names or copyrights; and the
Company has not received any notice of, and has no knowledge of, any
infringement of, conflict with or challenge to the validity, enforceability or
ownership of asserted rights of others with respect to any patent, patent
rights, inventions, trade secrets, know-how, trademarks, service marks, trade
names or copyrights which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an
unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, might have a material adverse effect on
the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, operations, business or
business prospects of the Company.
(n) The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the
Exchange Act and is listed on The Nasdaq National Market, and the Company has
taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the
registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act or delisting the Common
Stock from The Nasdaq National Market, nor has the Company received any
notification that the Commission of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. ("NASD") is contemplating terminating such registration or
listing.
(o) The Company has been advised concerning the Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), and the rules and regulations thereunder,
and has in the past conducted, and intends in the future to conduct, its affairs
in such a manner as to ensure that it will not become an "investment company" or
a company "controlled" by an "investment company" within the meaning of the 1940
Act and such rules and regulations.
(p) The Company has not distributed and will not distribute prior to the
later of (i) the Closing Date, or any date on which Option Shares are to be
purchased, as the case may be, and (ii) completion of the distribution of the
Shares, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the
Shares other than any Preliminary Prospectuses, the Prospectus, the Registration
Statement and other materials, if any, permitted by the Act.
(q) The Company has not at any time during the last five (5) years (i)
made any unlawful contribution to any candidate for foreign office or failed to
disclose fully any contribution in violation of law, or (ii) made any payment to
any federal or state governmental officer or official, or other person charged
with similar public or quasi-public duties, other than payments required or
permitted by the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction thereof.
(r) The Company has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly,
any action designed to or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result
in stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Common Stock to facilitate
the sale or resale of the Shares.
(s) (i) Each officer and director of the Company and a certain
beneficial owner of 1,092,296 shares of the Company's outstanding shares of
capital stock as of the date of this Agreement and (ii) each of certain
beneficial owners of an aggregate 2,704,886 shares of the Company's outstanding
shares of capital stock as of the date of this Agreement has agreed in writing
that such person will not, for
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a period of 90 days (with respect to the persons or entities in subsection (i))
and 30 days (with respect to the persons or entities in subsection (ii)) from
the date of the Prospectus (the "Lock-up Period"), offer to sell, contract to
sell, or otherwise sell, dispose of, loan, pledge or grant any rights with
respect to (collectively, a "Disposition") any shares of Common Stock, any
options or warrants to purchase any shares of Common Stock or any securities
convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock (collectively,
"Securities") now owned or hereafter acquired directly by such person or with
respect to which such person has or hereafter acquires the power of disposition,
otherwise than (i) as a bona fide gift or gifts, provided the donee or donees
thereof agree in writing to be bound by this restriction, (ii) as a distribution
to partners or stockholders of such person, provided that the distributees
thereof agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this restriction, or (iii)
with the prior written consent of Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Company LLC. The
foregoing restriction has been expressly agreed to preclude the holder of the
Securities from engaging in any hedging or other transaction which is designed
to or reasonably expected to lead to or result in a Disposition of Securities
during the respective Lock-up Period, even if such Securities would be disposed
of by someone other than such holder. Such prohibited hedging or other
transactions would include, without limitation, any short sale (whether or not
against the box) or any purchase, sale or grant of any right (including, without
limitation, any put or call option) with respect to any Securities or with
respect to any security (other than a broad-based market basket or index) that
includes, relates to or derives any significant part of its value from
Securities. Furthermore, such person has also agreed and consented to the entry
of stop transfer instructions with the Company's transfer agent against the
transfer of the Securities held by such person except in compliance with this
restriction. The Company has provided to counsel for the Underwriters a complete
and accurate list of all securityholders of the Company and the number and type
of securities held by each securityholder. The Company has provided to counsel
for the Underwriters true, accurate and complete copies of all of the agreements
pursuant to which its officers, directors and stockholders have agreed to such
or similar restrictions (the "Lock-up Agreements") presently in effect or
effected hereby. The Company hereby represents and warrants that it will not
release any of its officers, directors or other stockholders from any Lock-up
Agreements currently existing or hereafter effected without the prior written
consent of Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Company LLC.
(t) Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and Prospectus,
(i) the Company is in compliance with all rules, laws and regulations relating
to the use, treatment, storage and disposal of toxic substances and protection
of health or the environment ("Environmental Laws") which are applicable to its
business, (ii) the Company has received no notice from any governmental
authority or third party of an asserted claim under Environmental Laws, which
claim is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, (iii) to its knowledge, the Company has not conducted any activity
which would require it to make material capital expenditures to comply with
Environmental Laws and (iv) no property which is owned, leased or occupied by
the Company has been designated as a Superfund site pursuant to the
Comprehensive Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (42
U.S.C. (S) 9601, et seq.), or otherwise designated as a contaminated site under
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applicable state or local law.
(u) The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurances 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 accountability for assets, (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 existing assets at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences.
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(v) There are no outstanding loans, advances (except normal advances for
business expenses in the ordinary course of business) or guarantees of
indebtedness by the Company to or for the benefit of any of the officers or
directors of the Company or any of the members of the families of any of them in
excess of $60,000 in the aggregate, except as disclosed in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus.
(w) The Company has complied with all provisions of Section 517.075,
Florida Statutes relating to doing business with the Government of Cuba or with
any person or affiliate located in Cuba.
3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Shares. On the basis of the
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representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject to the
terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to the
Underwriters, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to
purchase from the Company at a purchase price of $_____ per share, the
respective number of Firm Shares as hereinafter set forth. The obligation of
each Underwriter to the Company shall be to purchase from the Company that
number of Firm Shares which is set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter
in Schedule A hereto (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 10).
Delivery of definitive certificates for the Firm Shares to be purchased
by the Underwriters pursuant to this Section 3 shall be made against payment of
the purchase price therefor by the several Underwriters by wire transfer of
same-day funds paid to an account designated by the Company in writing at the
offices of Xxxxxx Godward LLP, Five Palo Alto Square, 0000 Xx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxx
Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000 (or at such other place as may be agreed upon among
the Representatives and the Company), at 7:00 A.M., San Francisco time (a) on
the third (3rd) full business day following the first day that Shares are
traded, (b) if this Agreement is executed and delivered after 1:30 P.M., San
Francisco time, the fourth (4th) full business day following the day that this
Agreement is executed and delivered or (c) at such other time and date not later
than seven (7) full business days following the first day that Shares are traded
as the Representatives and the Company may determine (or at such time and date
to which payment and delivery shall have been postponed pursuant to Section 10
hereof), such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called the
"Closing Date;" provided, however, that if the Company has not made available to
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the Representatives copies of the Prospectus within the time provided in Section
4(d) hereof, the Representatives may, in their sole discretion, postpone the
Closing Date until no later than two (2) full business days following delivery
of copies of the Prospectus to the Representatives. The certificates for the
Firm Shares to be so delivered will be made available to you at such office or
such other location including, without limitation, in New York City, as you may
reasonably request for checking at least one (1) full business day prior to the
Closing Date and will be in such names and denominations as you may request,
such request to be made at least two (2) full business days prior to the Closing
Date. If the Representatives so elect, delivery of the Firm Shares may be made
by credit through full fast transfer to the accounts at The Depository Trust
Company designated by the Representatives.
It is understood that you, individually, and not as the Representatives
of the several Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment of
the purchase price on behalf of any Underwriter or Underwriters whose check or
checks shall not have been received by you prior to the Closing Date for the
Firm Shares to be purchased by such Underwriter or Underwriters. Any such
payment by you shall not relieve any such Underwriter or Underwriters of any of
its or their obligations hereunder.
After the Registration Statement becomes effective, the several
Underwriters intend to make an initial public offering (as such term is
described in Section 11 hereof) of the Firm Shares at an initial
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public offering price of $_____ per share. After the initial public offering,
the several Underwriters may, in their discretion, vary the public offering
price.
The information set forth in the last paragraph on the front cover page
(insofar as such information relates to the Underwriters), on the inside front
cover concerning stabilization and over-allotment by the Underwriters, and under
the first, second, seventh and eighth paragraphs under the caption
"Underwriting" in any Preliminary Prospectus and in the Prospectus constitutes
the only information furnished by the Underwriters to the Company for inclusion
in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or the Registration Statement, and
you, on behalf of the respective Underwriters, represent and warrant to the
Company that the statements made therein do not include 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, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading.
4. Further Agreements of the Company. The Company agrees with the several
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Underwriters that:
(a) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration
Statement and any amendment thereof, if not effective at the time and date that
this Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto, to become
effective as promptly as possible; the Company will use its best efforts to
cause any abbreviated registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the
Rules and Regulations as may be required subsequent to the date the Registration
Statement is declared effective to become effective as promptly as possible; the
Company will notify you, promptly after it shall receive notice thereof, of the
time when the Registration Statement, any subsequent amendment to the
Registration Statement or any abbreviated registration statement has become
effective or any supplement to the Prospectus has been filed; if the Company
omitted information from the Registration Statement at the time it was
originally declared effective in reliance upon Rule 430A(a) of the Rules and
Regulations, the Company will provide evidence satisfactory to you that the
Prospectus contains such information and has been filed, within the time period
prescribed, with the Commission pursuant to subparagraph (1) or (4) of Rule
424(b) of the Rules and Regulations or as part of a post-effective amendment to
such Registration Statement as originally declared effective which is declared
effective by the Commission; if the Company files a term sheet pursuant to Rule
434 of the Rules and Regulations, the Company will provide evidence satisfactory
to you that the Prospectus and term sheet meeting the requirements of Rule
434(b) or (c), as applicable, of the Rules and Regulations, have been filed,
within the time period prescribed, with the Commission pursuant to subparagraph
(7) of Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations; if for any reason the filing of
the final form of Prospectus is required under Rule 424(b)(3) of the Rules and
Regulations, it will provide evidence satisfactory to you that the Prospectus
contains such information and has been filed with the Commission within the time
period prescribed; it will notify you promptly of any request by the Commission
for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus or for additional information; promptly upon your request, it will
prepare and file with the Commission any amendments or supplements to the
Registration Statement or Prospectus which, in the opinion of counsel for the
several Underwriters ("Underwriters' Counsel"), may be necessary or advisable in
connection with the distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters; it will
promptly prepare and file with the Commission, and promptly notify you of the
filing of, any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or
Prospectus which may be necessary to correct any statements or omissions, if, at
any time when a prospectus relating to the Shares is required to be delivered
under the Act, any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus
or any other prospectus relating to the Shares as then in effect would include
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; in case
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any Underwriter is required to deliver a prospectus nine (9) months or more
after the effective date of the Registration Statement in connection with the
sale of the Shares, it will prepare promptly upon request, but at the expense of
such Underwriter, such amendment or amendments to the Registration Statement and
such prospectus or prospectuses as may be necessary to permit compliance with
the requirements of Section 10(a)(3) of the Act; and it will file no amendment
or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus which shall not
previously have been submitted to you in a reasonable time prior to the proposed
filing thereof or to which you shall reasonably object in writing, subject,
however, to compliance with the Act and the Rules and Regulations and the
provisions of this Agreement.
(b) The Company will advise you, promptly after it shall receive notice
or obtain knowledge, of the issuance of any stop order by the Commission
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of the initiation
or threat of any proceeding for that purpose; and it will promptly use its best
efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal at
the earliest possible moment if such stop order should be issued.
(c) The Company will use its best efforts to qualify the Shares for
offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as you may
designate and to continue such qualifications in effect for so long as may be
required for purposes of the distribution of the Shares, except that the Company
shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereof to
qualify as a foreign corporation or to execute a general consent to service of
process in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise required to be so
qualified or to so execute a general consent to service of process. In each
jurisdiction in which the Shares shall have been qualified as above provided,
the Company will make and file such statements and reports in each year as are
or may be required by the laws of such jurisdiction.
(d) The Company will furnish to you, as soon as available, and, in the
case of the Prospectus and any term sheet or abbreviated term sheet under Rule
434, in no event later than the first (1st) full business day following the
first day that Shares are traded, copies of the Registration Statement (three of
which will be signed and which will include all exhibits), each Preliminary
Prospectus, the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements to such documents,
including any prospectus prepared to permit compliance with Section 10(a)(3) of
the Act, all in such quantities as you may from time to time reasonably request.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Company LLC, on behalf of
the several Underwriters, shall agree to the utilization of Rule 434 of the
Rules and Regulations, the Company shall provide to you copies of a Preliminary
Prospectus updated in all respects through the date specified by you in such
quantities as you may from time to time reasonably request.
(e) During a period of four (4) years after the date hereof, the Company
will furnish to its stockholders as soon as practicable after the end of each
respective period, annual reports (including financial statements audited by
independent certified public accountants), and will furnish to you and the other
several Underwriters hereunder, upon request (i) statements of operations of the
Company for each of the first three (3) quarters in the form furnished to the
Company's stockholders, (ii) a balance sheet of the Company as of the end of
such fiscal year, together with statements of operations, of stockholders'
equity, and of cash flows of the Company for such fiscal year, accompanied by a
copy of the certificate or report thereon of independent certified public
accountants, in the form furnished to the Company's stockholders, (iii) as soon
as they are available, copies of all reports (financial or other) mailed to
stockholders, (iv) as soon as they are available, copies of all reports and
financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission, any securities
exchange or the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD"), (v)
every material press release and every material news item or article in respect
of the Company or its affairs which was generally released to stockholders or
prepared and released by the
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Company, and (vi) any additional information of a public nature concerning the
Company, or its business which you may reasonably request. During such four (4)
year period, if the Company shall have active subsidiaries, the foregoing
financial statements shall be on a consolidated basis to the extent that the
accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries are consolidated, and shall be
accompanied by similar financial statements for any significant subsidiary which
is not so consolidated.
(f) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares
being sold by it in the manner set forth under the caption "Use of Proceeds" in
the Prospectus.
(g) The Company will maintain a transfer agent and, if necessary under
the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company, a registrar (which may be the
same entity as the transfer agent) for its Common Stock.
(h) If the transactions contemplated hereby are not consummated by
reason of any failure, refusal or inability on the part of the Company to
perform any agreement on its part to be performed hereunder or to fulfill any
condition of the Underwriters' obligations hereunder, or if the Company shall
terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 11(a) hereof, or if the
Underwriters shall terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 11(b)(i), the
Company will reimburse the several Underwriters for all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses (including fees and disbursements of Underwriters' Counsel) incurred by
the Underwriters in investigating or preparing to market or marketing the
Shares.
(i) If at any time during the ninety (90) day period after the
Registration Statement becomes effective, any rumor, publication or event
relating to or affecting the Company shall occur as a result of which in your
opinion the market price of the Common Stock has been or is likely to be
materially affected (regardless of whether such rumor, publication or event
necessitates a supplement to or amendment of the Prospectus), the Company will,
after written notice from you advising the Company to the effect set forth
above, forthwith prepare, consult with you concerning the substance of and
disseminate a press release or other public statement, responding to or
commenting on such rumor, publication or event.
(j) During the 90-day Lock-up Period, the Company will not, without the
prior written consent of Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Company LLC, effect the
Disposition of, directly or indirectly, any Securities other than (i) the sale
of the Firm Shares and the Option Shares hereunder and the Company's issuance of
options or Common Stock under the Company's presently authorized 1996 Equity
Incentive Plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan and 1996 Non-Employee Directors'
Stock Option Plan (the "Option Plans"); (ii) upon exercise of any warrants of
the Company outstanding as of or to be issued pursuant to a written agreement
dated prior to the date of this Agreement (the "Warrants"); (iii) pursuant to
equipment or lease financing activities entered into in the ordinary course of
the Company's business; or (iv) to a strategic partner of the Company in
conjunction with an agreement involving a technical, manufacturing and/or
marketing collaboration.
5. Expenses.
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(a) The Company agrees with each Underwriter that:
(i) The Company will pay and bear all costs and expenses in
connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration
Statement (including financial statements, schedules and exhibits), Preliminary
Prospectuses and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto;
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the printing of this Agreement, the Preliminary Blue Sky Survey and any
Supplemental Blue Sky Survey, the Underwriters' Questionnaire and Power of
Attorney, and any instruments related to any of the foregoing; the issuance and
delivery of the Shares hereunder to the several Underwriters, including transfer
taxes, if any, the cost of all certificates representing the Shares and transfer
agents' and registrars' fees; the fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Company; all fees and other charges of the Company's independent certified
public accountants; the cost of furnishing to the several Underwriters copies of
the Registration Statement (including exhibits), Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus, and any amendments or supplements to any of the foregoing; NASD
filing fees and the cost of qualifying the Shares under the laws of such
jurisdictions as you may designate (including filing fees and fees and
disbursements of Underwriters' Counsel in connection with such NASD filings and
Blue Sky qualifications); and all other expenses directly incurred by the
Company in connection with the performance of their obligations hereunder.
(ii) In addition to its other obligations under Section 8(a) hereof,
the Company agrees that, as an interim measure during the pendency of any claim,
action, investigation, inquiry or other proceeding described in Section 8(a)
hereof, it will reimburse the Underwriters on a monthly basis for all reasonable
legal or other expenses incurred in connection with investigating or defending
any such claim, action, investigation, inquiry or other proceeding,
notwithstanding the absence of a judicial determination as to the propriety and
enforceability of the Company's obligation to reimburse the Underwriters for
such expenses and the possibility that such payments might later be held to have
been improper by a court of competent jurisdiction. To the extent that any such
interim reimbursement payment is so held to have been improper, the Underwriters
shall promptly return such payment to the Company together with interest,
compounded daily, determined on the basis of the prime rate (or other commercial
lending rate for borrowers of the highest credit standing) listed from time to
time in The Wall Street Journal which represents the base rate on corporate
loans posted by a substantial majority of the nation's thirty (30) largest banks
(the "Prime Rate"). Any such interim reimbursement payments which are not made
to the Underwriters within thirty (30) days of a request for reimbursement shall
bear interest at the Prime Rate from the date of such request.
(b) In addition to their other obligations under Section 8(b) hereof,
the Underwriters severally and not jointly agree that, as an interim measure
during the pendency of any claim, action, investigation, inquiry or other
proceeding described in Section 8(b) hereof, they will reimburse the Company on
a monthly basis for all reasonable legal or other expenses incurred in
connection with investigating or defending any such claim, action,
investigation, inquiry or other proceeding, notwithstanding the absence of a
judicial determination as to the propriety and enforceability of the
Underwriters' obligation to reimburse the Company for such expenses and the
possibility that such payments might later be held to have been improper by a
court of competent jurisdiction. To the extent that any such interim
reimbursement payment is so held to have been improper, the Company shall
promptly return such payment to the Underwriters together with interest,
compounded daily, determined on the basis of the Prime Rate. Any such interim
reimbursement payments which are not made to the Company within thirty (30) days
of a request for reimbursement shall bear interest at the Prime Rate from the
date of such request.
(c) It is agreed that any controversy arising out of the operation of
the interim reimbursement arrangements set forth in Sections 5(a)(ii) and 5(b)
hereof, including the amounts of any requested reimbursement payments, the
method of determining such amounts and the basis on which such amounts shall be
apportioned among the reimbursing parties, shall be settled by arbitration
conducted under the provisions of the Constitution and Rules of the Board of
Governors of the New York Stock
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Exchange, Inc. or pursuant to the Code of Arbitration Procedure of the NASD. Any
such arbitration must be commenced by service of a written demand for
arbitration or a written notice of intention to arbitrate, therein electing the
arbitration tribunal. In the event the party demanding arbitration does not make
such designation of an arbitration tribunal in such demand or notice, then the
party responding to said demand or notice is authorized to do so. Any such
arbitration will be limited to the operation of the interim reimbursement
provisions contained in Sections 5(a)(ii) and 5(b) hereof and will not resolve
the ultimate propriety or enforceability of the obligation to indemnify for
expenses which is created by the provisions of Sections 8(a)and 8(b) hereof or
the obligation to contribute to expenses which is created by the provisions of
Section 8(d) hereof.
6. Conditions of Underwriters' Obligations. The obligations of the several
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Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Shares as provided herein shall be
subject to the accuracy, as of the date hereof and the Closing Date and any
later date on which Option Shares are to be purchased, as the case may be, of
the representations and warranties of the Company herein, to the performance by
the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional
conditions:
(a) The Registration Statement shall have become effective not later
than 2:00 P.M., San Francisco time, on the date following the date of this
Agreement, or such later date as shall be consented to in writing by you; and no
stop order suspending the effectiveness thereof shall have been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose shall have been initiated or, to the knowledge of
the Company or any Underwriter, threatened by the Commission, and any request of
the Commission for additional information (to be included in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus or otherwise) shall have been complied with to the
reasonable satisfaction of Underwriters' Counsel.
(b) All corporate proceedings and other legal matters in connection with
this Agreement, the form of Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and the
registration, authorization, issue, sale and delivery of the Shares, shall have
been reasonably satisfactory to Underwriters' Counsel, and such counsel shall
have been furnished with such papers and information as they may reasonably have
requested to enable them to pass upon the matters referred to in this Section.
(c) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior
to the Closing Date, or any later date on which Option Shares are to be
purchased, as the case may be, there shall not have been any change in the
condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, operations, business or business
prospects of the Company from that set forth in the Registration Statement or
Prospectus, which, in your sole judgment, is material and adverse and that makes
it, in your sole judgment, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the
public offering of the Shares as contemplated by the Prospectus.
(d) You shall have received on the Closing Date and on any later date on
which Option Shares are to be purchased, as the case may be, the following
opinion of Xxxxxx Godward LLP, counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date
or such later date on which Option Shares are to be purchased addressed to the
Underwriters and with reproduced copies or signed counterparts thereof for each
of the Underwriters, to the effect that:
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing
as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation;
(ii) The Company has the corporate power and authority to own, lease
and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the
Prospectus;
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(iii) To such counsel's knowledge, the Company is duly qualified to do
business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction,
if any, in which the ownership or leasing of its properties or the conduct of
its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so
qualified or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the
financial condition, earnings, operations or business of the Company. To such
counsel's knowledge, the Company does not own or control, directly or
indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity;
(iv) The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the
Company was as set forth in the Prospectus under the caption "Capitalization" as
of the date stated therein, the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock
of the Company have been duly and validly issued and are fully paid and
nonassessable, and, to such counsel's knowledge, will not have been issued in
violation of or subject to any preemptive right, co-sale right, registration
right, right of first refusal or other similar right;
(v) The Firm Shares or the Option Shares, as the case may be, to be
issued by the Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement have been duly
authorized and, upon issuance and delivery against payment therefor in
accordance with the terms hereof, will be duly and validly issued and fully paid
and nonassessable, and to such counsel's knowledge, will not have been issued in
violation of or subject to any preemptive right, co-sale right, registration
right, right of first refusal or other similar right.
(vi) The Company has the corporate power and authority to enter into
this Agreement and to issue, sell and deliver to the Underwriters the Shares to
be issued and sold by it hereunder;
(vii) This Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of the Company, has been duly executed and
delivered by the Company and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery
by you, is a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except insofar as indemnification and contribution
provisions may be limited by applicable law and except as enforceability may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws
relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally or by general equitable
principles and limitations on equitable remedies;
(viii) The Registration Statement has become effective under the Act
and, to such counsel's knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose
have been instituted or are pending or threatened under the Act;
(ix) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and each
amendment or supplement thereto (other than the financial statements and
supporting schedules, and other financial information and statistical
information derived therefrom as to which such counsel need express no opinion),
as of the effective date of the Registration Statement, complied as to form in
all material respects with the requirements of the Act and the applicable Rules
and Regulations;
(x) The information in the Prospectus under the caption "Description
of Capital Stock," to the extent that it constitutes matters of law or legal
conclusions, has been reviewed by such counsel and is a fair summary of such
matters and conclusions to the extent required under the Act and the applicable
Rules and Regulations; and the forms of certificates evidencing the Common Stock
and incorporated by reference as exhibits to the Registration Statement comply
with Delaware law;
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(xi) The descriptions in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus of the charter and bylaws of the Company under the captions "Risk
Factors--Anti-Takeover Effects of Delaware Law and Certain Charter Provisions,"
and "Description of Capital Stock" are accurate and fairly present the
information required to be presented by the Act and the applicable Rules and
Regulations;
(xii) To such counsel's knowledge, there are no agreements,
contracts, leases or documents to which the Company is a party of a character
required under the Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations to be described
or referred to in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or to be filed as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement which are not described or referred to
therein or filed as required; to the best of such counsel's knowledge, the
statements contained in the Registration Statement and Prospectus under the
caption "Business--Collaborative Agreements," insofar as such statements
constitute matters of law, are a fair and accurate summary of the matters set
forth therein, to the extent required under the Act and applicable Rules and
Regulations;
(xiii) The performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions herein contemplated (other than performance of the Company's
indemnification and contribution obligations hereunder, concerning which no
opinion need be expressed) will not (a) result in any violation of the Company's
charter or bylaws or (b) to such counsel's knowledge, result in a breach or
violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under,
any material bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness, or any
material lease, contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement,
joint venture or other agreement or instrument, filed or incorporated by
reference as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, or any applicable
material statute, rule or regulation known to such counsel (other than state
securities or Blue Sky laws as to which such counsel expresses no opinion) or,
to such counsel's knowledge, any material order, writ or decree of any court,
government or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company,
or over any of its properties or operations;
(xiv) No consent, approval, authorization or order of or
qualification with any court, government or governmental agency or body having
jurisdiction over the Company, or over any of its properties or operations is
necessary in connection with the consummation by the Company of the transactions
herein contemplated, except such as have been obtained under the Act and the
Exchange Act or such as may be required under state or other securities or Blue
Sky laws in connection with the purchase and the distribution of the Shares by
the Underwriters;
(xv) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus under the captions "Risk
Factors--Uncertainty of Patents and Proprietary Rights; Dependence on Trade
Secrets" and "Business--Patents and Proprietary Rights" and "--Legal
Proceedings," to such counsel's knowledge, there are no legal or governmental
proceedings pending or threatened against the Company of a character required to
be disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus by the Act or the
Rules and Regulations, other than those described therein;
(xvi) To such counsel's knowledge, the Company is not presently (a)
in material violation of its charter or bylaws, or (b) subject to any material
order, writ or decree of any court or governmental agency or body having
jurisdiction over the Company, or over any of its properties or operations;
(xvii) To such counsel's knowledge, except as set forth in the
Registration Statement and Prospectus, no holders of Common Stock or other
securities of the Company have registration rights with respect to securities of
the Company and, except as set forth in the Registration Statement and
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Prospectus, all holders of securities of the Company having rights known to such
counsel to registration of such shares of Common Stock or other securities,
because of the filing of the Registration Statement by the Company have, with
respect to the offering contemplated thereby, waived such rights or such rights
have expired by reason of lapse of time following notification of the Company's
intent to file the Registration Statement;
(xviii) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus under the caption
"Business--Legal Proceedings," to the best of such counsel's knowledge, the
Company has received no notice of any infringement or misappropriation by a
third party of any patent in Section C of the Patent Portfolio attached hereto
as Exhibit 1 (the "Patent Portfolio") or notice of any infringement or
misappropriation by the Company of any patents, trade secrets, trademarks, trade
names, copyrights or other proprietary rights of a third party;
(xix) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus under the caption
"Business--Legal Proceedings," to the best of such counsel's knowledge, the
Company or its licensor is the sole assignee for each patent and patent
application listed in Section C of the Patent Portfolio. Except as otherwise
noted in Section C of the Patent Portfolio, for each of the United States
patents and patent applications the assignments by the named inventors have been
submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") and those
assignments have been recorded in the Patent Office's title records. However, in
one or more of the patents and patent applications listed in Section C of the
Patent Portfolio, the United States government may hold a nonexclusive, royalty
free license as a result of providing research funding;
(xx) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, the Company's United
States patent applications listed in Section C of the Patent Portfolio have been
prepared and filed in the USPTO in a form and with accompanying papers that are
acceptable to the USPTO for the purposes of according each such application a
filing date and serial number, and of placing each such application in condition
for eventual examination on the merits as to patentability. For each such U.S.
application, such counsel is not aware of any material defect of form in
preparation or filing;
(xxi) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, as to each of the
Company's foreign patent applications listed in Section C of the Patent
Portfolio, the applications have either (a) been submitted to patent firms in
the respective foreign countries with instructions to file the applications in
the patent offices of those countries naming the Company as the applicant of
record, or (b) as to certain Patent Cooperation Treaty applications, been
submitted directly to the relevant receiving office naming the Company as the
applicant of record. To the best of such counsel's knowledge, as to each of such
applications, the Company has not received notice from any foreign filing
authority of any material defect of form in preparation or filing; and
(xxii) The statements contained in the Registration Statement and
Prospectus under the captions "Risk Factors--Uncertainty of Protection of
Patents and Proprietary Rights; Dependence Upon Trade Secrets" and "Business--
Patents and Proprietary Rights" as they pertain to Section C of the Patent
Portfolio, insofar as such statements constitute matters of law, are a fair and
accurate summary of the matters set forth therein, as required under the Act and
applicable Rules and Regulations.
In addition, such counsel shall state that such counsel has participated
in conferences with officials and other representatives of the Company, the
Representatives, Underwriters' Counsel and the independent certified public
accountants of the Company, at which such conferences the contents of the
Registration Statement and Prospectus and related matters were discussed, and
although they have not
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verified the accuracy or completeness of the statements contained in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus, nothing has come to the attention of
such counsel which leads such counsel to believe that, at the time the
Registration Statement became effective, and at all times subsequent thereto up
to (unless cured by a Post-Effective Amendment) and on the Closing Date and on
any later date on which Option Shares are to be purchased, the Registration
Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto (other than (a) the financial
statements including supporting schedules, other financial information and
statistical information derived therefrom, and (b) statements with respect to
Section A and Section B of the Patent Portfolio, as to which such counsel need
express no comment) contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, or as of its date and at the Closing Date or
any later date on which the Option Shares are to be purchased, the Prospectus
and any amendment or supplement thereto (except as aforesaid) contained any
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading.
Counsel rendering the foregoing opinion may rely as to questions of law
not involving the laws of the United States or the States of California and
Delaware upon opinions of local counsel, and as to questions of fact upon
representations or certificates of officers of the Company and of government
officials, in which case their opinion is to state that they are so relying and
that they have no knowledge of any material misstatement or inaccuracy in any
such opinion, representation or certificate. Copies of any opinion,
representation or certificate so relied upon shall be delivered to you, as
Representatives of the Underwriters, and to Underwriters' Counsel.
(e) You shall have received on the Closing Date and on any later date on
which Option Shares are purchased, the following opinion regarding the patents
and patent applications listed in Section A of the Patent Portfolio of Xxxxxx
and Xxxxxxx, patent counsel for the Company as to Section A of the Patent
Portfolio dated the Closing Date or such later date on which Option Shares are
purchased, addressed to the Underwriters and with reproduced copies or signed
counterparts thereof for each of the Underwriters, stating that such counsel has
reviewed Section A of the Patent Portfolio and to the effect that:
(i) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, except as otherwise
disclosed in Exhibit 1 attached to such opinion, the Company is licensed to use,
or owns, each patent and patent application described in the Prospectus, as
listed in Section A of the Patent Portfolio;
(ii) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, except as otherwise
described in Exhibit 1 attached to such opinion, no third party has any rights
to the patents and patent applications listed in Schedule A of the Patent
Portfolio;
(iii) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, there are no material
legal or governmental proceedings, pending or threatened, with respect to any
issued United States patent listed in Section A of the Patent Portfolio;
(iv) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, the Company has not
received any notice with respect to the potential infringement of, conflict with
or proceedings against, any patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, or
proprietary rights, of others;
(v) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, no third parties are
infringing any of the United States patents listed in Schedule A of the Patent
Portfolio;
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(vi) The Company's United States patent applications listed in
Section A of the Patent Portfolio have been prepared and filed in the USPTO in a
form and with accompanying papers that are acceptable to the USPTO for the
purposes of according each such application a filing date and serial number, and
of placing each such application in condition for eventual examination on the
merits as to patentability. For each such United States application an Official
Filing Receipt has been received from the USPTO. As to each of such
applications, such counsel is not aware of any material defect of form in
preparation or filing; and the patent applications in Section A of the Patent
Portfolio are being diligently pursued;
(vii) The statements contained in the Registration Statement and
Prospectus under the captions "Risk Factors--Uncertainty of Protection of
Patents and Proprietary Rights; Dependence Upon Trade Secrets" and "Business--
Patents and Proprietary Rights" as they pertain to Section A of the Patent
Portfolio and United States patent rights, insofar as such statements constitute
matters of law, are a fair and accurate summary of the matters set forth
therein; and
In addition such counsel shall state that such counsel has participated
in conferences with officials and other representatives of the Company, the
Representatives, Underwriters' Counsel and the independent certified public
accountants of the Company, at which such conferences the contents of the
Registration Statement and Prospectus and related matters were discussed, and
although they have not verified the accuracy or completeness of the statements
contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, nothing has come to
the attention of such counsel which leads such counsel to believe that, at the
time the Registration Statement became effective and at all times subsequent
thereto up to and on the Closing Date and on any later date on which Option
Shares are to be purchased, the statements relating to United States patents and
patent applications listed in Section A of the Patent Portfolio in the
Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto (other than
financial statements including supporting schedules and other financial and
statistical information derived therefrom, as to which such counsel need express
no comment) contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, or at the Closing Date or any later date on
which Option Shares are to be purchased, as the case may be, the statements
relating to United States patents listed in Section A of the Patent Portfolio
in the Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, (except aforesaid)
contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(f) You shall have received on the Closing Date and on any later date on
which Option Shares are purchased, the following opinion regarding the patents
and patent applications listed in Section B of the Patent Portfolio of Xxxxxxxx
X'Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx & Borun, patent counsel for the Company as to Section B
of the Patent Portfolio, dated the Closing Date or such later date on which
Option Shares are purchased, addressed to the Underwriters and with reproduced
copies or signed counterparts thereof for each of the Underwriters, stating that
such counsel has reviewed Section B of the Patent Portfolio and to the effect
that:
(i) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, such knowledge is being
based upon the files of such firm, except as otherwise disclosed in Exhibit 1
attached to such opinion, there are no legal or governmental proceedings
relating to patent rights owned, licensed, or used by the Company pending
against the Company or any third party and, except for the Company's pending
patent applications; to the best of such counsel's knowledge, there are no legal
or governmental proceedings relating to patent rights owned, licensed or used by
third parties pending against the Company; and to the
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best of such counsel's knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or
contemplated by governmental authorities or others;
(ii) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, such knowledge being
based upon the files of such firm, the Company has no notice of any infringement
by a third party of any patent owned or used by the Company; and to the best of
such counsel's knowledge, such knowledge being based upon the files of such
firm, the Company has not received notice of any claims of infringement by the
Company of any patent owned or used by a third party;
(iii) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, such knowledge is being
based upon the files of such firm, the Company or one of its licensors is the
sole assignee for each patent and patent application listed in Section B of the
Patent Portfolio. Except as noted otherwise in Exhibit 1 attached to such
opinion, the assignments by the named inventors have been submitted to the USPTO
and those assignments have been recorded in the Patent Office's title records.
However, in one or more of the patents and patent applications listed in Section
B of the Patent Portfolio, the United States government may hold a nonexclusive,
royalty free license as a result of providing research funding;
(iv) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, such knowledge is being
based upon the files of such firm, the Company's United States patent
applications listed in Section B of the Patent Portfolio have been prepared and
filed in the USPTO in a form and with accompanying papers that are acceptable to
the USPTO for the purposes of according each such application a filing date and
serial number, and of placing each such application in condition for eventual
examination on the merits as to patentability. For each such United States
application, except as otherwise noted in Exhibit 1 attached to this opinion, an
Official Filing Receipt has been received from the USPTO. As to each of such
applications, such counsel is not aware of any material defect of form in
preparation or filing. However, there is no assurance that patents will issue
from any pending United States application, or that any claims will be allowed
without amendment. Neither is there any assurance that a patent will issue
without appeal to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences or to the
Federal Courts;
(v) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, such knowledge is being
based upon the files of such firm, as to each of the Company's foreign patents
and patent applications listed in Section B of the Patent Portfolio, the
applications have either (a) been submitted to patent firms in the respective
foreign countries with instructions to file the applications in the patent
offices of those countries naming the Company as the owner of record, or (b) as
to certain Patent Cooperation Treaty applications, been submitted directly to
the relevant patent examining authority of those countries naming the Company or
one of its licensors as the owner of record. In each such application, written
confirmation has been received that the application has, in fact, been accepted
for filing by such patent authorities. There is no assurance that the patent
offices of the respective countries will not reject the claims of the foreign
patent applications as being unpatentable, or that any claims will be allowed
without amendment, nor is there any assurance that these patent authorities will
ultimately conclude that the foreign patent applications meet all requirements
for patentability. To the best of such counsel's knowledge, as to each of such
applications, such counsel is not aware of any material defect of form in
preparation or filing;
(vi) The patent applications in Section B of the Patent Portfolio
are being diligently pursued;
(vii) The statements contained in the Registration Statement and
Prospectus under the captions "Risk Factors--Uncertainty of Protection of
Patents and Proprietary Rights; Dependence of
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Trade Secrets" and "Business--Patents and Proprietary Technology" insofar as
such statements constitute matters of law, are a fair and accurate summary of
the matters set forth therein; and
In addition, such counsel shall state that such counsel has participated
in conferences with officials and other representatives of the Company, the
Representatives, Underwriters' Counsel and the independent certified public
accountants of the Company, at which such conferences the contents of the
Registration Statement and Prospectus and related matters were discussed, and
although they have not verified the accuracy or completeness of the statements
contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, nothing has come to
the attention of such counsel which leads such counsel to believe that, at the
time of the Registration Statement became effective and at all times subsequent
thereto up to and on the Closing Date and on any later date on which Option
Shares are to be purchased, the statements relating to patents and patent
applications listed in Section B of the Patent Portfolio in the Registration
Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto (other than financial
statements including supporting schedules and other financial and statistical
information derived therefrom, as to which such counsel need express no comment)
contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, or at the Closing Date or any later date on which Option Shares
are to be purchased, as the case may be, the the statements relating to patents
and patent applications listed in Section B of the Patent Portfolio in the
Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, (except aforesaid)
contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(g) You shall have received on the Closing Date and on any later date on
which Option Shares are to be purchased, as the case may be, an opinion of
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, in form and substance satisfactory to you,
with respect to the sufficiency of all such corporate proceedings and other
legal matters relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby as you may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to
such counsel such documents as they may have requested for the purpose of
enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(h) You shall have received on the Closing Date and on any later date on
which Option Shares are to be purchased, as the case may be, a letter from Ernst
& Young LLP addressed to the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date or such later
date on which Option Shares are to be purchased, as the case may be, confirming
that they are independent certified public accountants with respect to the
Company within the meaning of the Act and the applicable published Rules and
Regulations and based upon the procedures described in such letter delivered to
you concurrently with the execution of this Agreement (herein called the
"Original Letter"), but carried out to a date not more than five (5) business
days prior to the Closing Date or such later date on which Option Shares are to
be purchased, as the case may be, (i) confirming, to the extent true, that the
statements and conclusions set forth in the Original Letter are accurate as of
the Closing Date or such later date on which Option Shares are to be purchased,
as the case may be, and (ii) setting forth any revisions and additions to the
statements and conclusions set forth in the Original Letter which are necessary
to reflect any changes in the facts described in the Original Letter since the
date of such letter, or to reflect the availability of more recent financial
statements, data or information. The letter shall not disclose any change in
the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, operations, business or
business prospects of the Company from that set forth in the Registration
Statement or Prospectus, which, in your sole judgment, is material and adverse
and that makes it, in your sole judgment, impracticable or inadvisable to
proceed with the public offering of the Shares as contemplated by the
Prospectus. The Original Letter from Ernst & Young LLP shall be addressed to or
for the use of the Underwriters in form and substance satisfactory to the
Underwriters and shall (i) represent, to the
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extent true, that they are independent certified public accountants with respect
to the Company within the meaning of the Act and the applicable published Rules
and Regulations, (ii) set forth their opinion with respect to their examination
of the balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 1995 and 1996, and
related statements of operations, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for the
twelve (12) months ended December 31, 1994, 1995 and 1996, (iii) state that
Ernst & Young, LLP has performed the procedure set out in Statement on Auditing
Standards No. 71 ("SAS 71") for a review of interim financial information and
providing the report of Ernst & Young LLP as described in SAS 71 in the
financial statements for each of the quarters in the three month periods ending
March 31, 1997 and 1996 and June 30, 1997 and 1996 (the "Quarterly Financial
Statements"), (iv) state that in the course of such review, nothing came to
their attention that leads them to believe that any material modifications need
be made to any of the Quarterly Financial Statements in order for them to be in
compliance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied
across the periods presented and, (v) address other matters agreed upon by Ernst
& Young, LLP and you. In addition, you shall have received from Ernst & Young
LLP, a letter addressed to the Company and made available to you for the use of
the Underwriters stating that their review of the Company's system of internal
accounting controls, to the extent they deemed necessary in establishing the
scope of their examination of the Company's financial statements as of December
31, 1996, did not disclose any weaknesses in internal controls that they
considered to be material weaknesses.
(i) You shall have received on the Closing Date and on any later date on
which Option Shares are to be purchased, as the case may be, a certificate of
the Company, dated the Closing Date or such later date on which Option Shares
are to be purchased, as the case may be, signed by the Chief Executive Officer
and Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Corporate Development, of the
Company, to the effect that, and you shall be satisfied that:
(i) The representations and warranties of the Company in this
Agreement are true and correct, as if made on and as of the Closing Date or any
later date on which Option Shares are to be purchased, as the case may be, and
the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the
conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing
Date or any later date on which Option Shares are to be purchased, as the case
may be;
(ii) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been
instituted or are pending or threatened under the Act;
(iii) When the Registration Statement became effective and at all
times subsequent thereto up to the delivery of such certificate, the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and any amendments or supplements
thereto, contained all material information required to be included therein by
the Act and the Rules and Regulations and in all material respects conformed to
the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations, the Registration
Statement, and any amendment or supplement thereto, did not and does not include
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 (unless cured by a Post-Effective Amendment), the Prospectus, and any
amendment or supplement thereto, did not and does not include 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, since the effective date of the Registration
Statement, there has occurred no event required to be set forth in an amended or
supplemented Prospectus which has not been so set forth;
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(iv) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is
given in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, there has not been (a) any
material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings,
operations, business or business prospects of the Company, (b) any transaction
that is material to the Company, except transactions entered into in the
ordinary course of business, (c) any obligation, direct or contingent, that is
material to the Company incurred by the Company, except obligations incurred in
the ordinary course of business, (d) any change in the capital stock or
outstanding indebtedness of the Company that is material to the Company, (e) any
dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made on the capital stock
of the Company, or (f) any loss or damage (whether or not insured) to the
property of the Company which has been sustained which has a material adverse
effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, operations, business
or business prospects of the Company; and
(v) All material patents and patent applications are listed in
Exhibit 1 attached hereto.
(j) The Company shall have obtained and delivered to you an agreement
from (i) each officer and director of the Company and a certain beneficial owner
of 1,092,296 shares of the Company's outstanding shares of capital stock as of
the date of this Agreement and (ii) each of certain beneficial owners of an
aggregate 2,704,886 shares of the Company's outstanding shares of capital stock
as of the date of this Agreement has agreed in writing prior to the date hereof
that such person will not, during their respective Lock-up Period (as defined in
Section 2(s) hereof), effect the Disposition of any Securities now owned or
hereafter acquired directly by such person or with respect to which such person
has or hereafter acquires the power of disposition, otherwise than (i) as a
bona fide gift or gifts, provided the donee or donees thereof agree in writing
to be bound by this restriction, (ii) as a distribution to partners or
stockholders of such person, provided that the distributees thereof agree in
writing to be bound by the terms of this restriction, or (iii) with the prior
written consent of Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Company LLC. The foregoing restriction
shall have been expressly agreed to preclude the holder of the Securities from
engaging in any hedging or other transaction which is designed to or reasonably
expected to lead to or result in a Disposition of Securities during their
respective Lock-up Period, even if such Securities would be disposed of by
someone other than the such holder. Such prohibited hedging or other
transactions would including, without limitation, any short sale (whether or not
against the box) or any purchase, sale or grant of any right (including, without
limitation, any put or call option) with respect to any Securities or with
respect to any security (other than a broad-based market basket or index) that
includes, relates to or derives any significant part of its value from
Securities. Furthermore, such person will have also agreed and consented to the
entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company's transfer agent against
the transfer of the Securities held by such person, except in compliance with
this restriction.
(k) The Company shall have furnished to you such further certificates
and documents as you shall reasonably request (including certificates of
officers of the Company) as to the accuracy of the representations and
warranties of the Company herein, as to the performance by the Company of its
obligations hereunder and as to the other conditions concurrent and precedent to
the obligations of the Underwriters hereunder.
All such opinions, certificates, letters and documents will be in compliance
with the provisions hereof only if they are reasonably satisfactory to
Underwriters' Counsel. The Company will furnish you with such number of
conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as you
shall reasonably request.
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7. Option Shares.
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(a) On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements
herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the
Company hereby grants to the several Underwriters, for the purpose of covering
over-allotments in connection with the distribution and sale of the Firm Shares
only, a nontransferable option to purchase up to an aggregate of 375,000 Option
Shares at the purchase price per share for the Firm Shares set forth in Section
3 hereof. Such option may be exercised by the Representatives on behalf of the
several Underwriters on one (1) or more occasions in whole or in part during the
period of thirty (30) days after the date on which the Firm Shares are initially
offered to the public, by giving written notice to the Company. The number of
Option Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter upon the exercise of such
option shall be the same proportion of the total number of Option Shares to be
purchased by the several Underwriters pursuant to the exercise of such option as
the number of Firm Shares purchased by such Underwriter (set forth in Schedule A
hereto) bears to the total number of Firm Shares purchased by the several
Underwriters (set forth in Schedule A hereto), adjusted by the Representatives
in such manner as to avoid fractional shares.
Delivery of definitive certificates for the Option Shares to be
purchased by the several Underwriters pursuant to the exercise of the option
granted by this Section 7 shall be made against payment of the purchase price
therefor by the several Underwriters by wire transfer of same-day funds paid to
an account designated by the Company in writing. Such delivery and payment
shall take place at the offices of Cooley Godward LLP, Five Palo Alto Square,
0000 Xx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000, or at such other place as
may be agreed upon among the Representatives and the Company (i) on the Closing
Date, if written notice of the exercise of such option is received by the
Company at least two (2) full business days prior to the Closing Date, or (ii)
on a date which shall not be later than the third (3rd) full business day
following the date the Company receives written notice of the exercise of such
option, if such notice is received by the Company less than two (2) full
business days prior to the Closing Date.
The certificates for the Option Shares to be so delivered will be made
available to you at such office or such other location including, without
limitation, in New York City, as you may reasonably request for checking at
least one (1) full business day prior to the date of payment and delivery and
will be in such names and denominations as you may request, such request to be
made at least two (2) full business days prior to such date of payment and
delivery. If the Representatives so elect, delivery of the Option Shares may be
made by credit through full fast transfer to the accounts at The Depository
Trust Company designated by the Representatives.
It is understood that you, individually, and not as the
Representatives of the several Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to)
make payment of the purchase price on behalf of any Underwriter or Underwriters
whose check or checks shall not have been received by you prior to the date of
payment and delivery for the Option Shares to be purchased by such Underwriter
or Underwriters. Any such payment by you shall not relieve any such Underwriter
or Underwriters of any of its or their obligations hereunder.
(b) Upon exercise of any option provided for in Section 7(a) hereof, the
obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase such Option Shares will be
subject (as of the date hereof and as of the date of payment and delivery for
such Option Shares) to the accuracy of and compliance with the representations,
warranties and agreements of the Company herein, to the accuracy of the
statements of the Company and officers of the Company made pursuant to the
provisions hereof, to the performance by
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the Company of its obligations hereunder, to the conditions set forth in Section
6 hereof, and to the condition that all proceedings taken at or prior to the
payment date in connection with the sale and transfer of such Option Shares
shall be satisfactory in form and substance to you and to Underwriters' Counsel,
and you shall have been furnished with all such documents, certificates and
opinions as you may request in order to evidence the accuracy and completeness
of any of the representations, warranties or statements, the performance of any
of the covenants or agreements of the Company or the satisfaction of any of the
conditions herein contained.
8. Indemnification and Contribution.
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(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter
against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which
such Underwriter may become subject (including, without limitation, in its
capacity as an Underwriter or as a "qualified independent underwriter" within
the meaning of Schedule E of the Bylaws of the NASD), under the Act, the
Exchange Act or otherwise, specifically including, but not limited to, losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arising out of or
based upon (i) any breach of any representation, warranty, agreement or covenant
of the Company herein contained, (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any
amendment or supplement thereto, or the omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, or (iii) any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of any material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus or
the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or the omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each
Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by it in
connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in
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any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or
action arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement,
such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any such amendment or
supplement thereto, in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written
information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company by such
Underwriter, directly or through you, specifically for use in the preparation
thereof and, provided further, that the indemnity agreement provided in this
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Section 8(a) with respect to any Preliminary Prospectus shall not inure to the
benefit of any Underwriter from whom the person asserting any losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or actions based upon any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of material fact or omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact purchased Shares, if a copy of the Prospectus in which
such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission was corrected had not been sent or given to such person within the time
required by the Act and the Rules and Regulations, unless such failure is the
result of noncompliance by the Company with Section 4(d) hereof.
The indemnity agreement in this Section 8(a) shall extend upon the
same terms and conditions to, and shall inure to the benefit of, each person, if
any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act or the Exchange
Act. This indemnity agreement shall be in addition to any liabilities which the
Company may otherwise have.
(b) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless the Company against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities,
joint or several, to which the Company may become subject under the Act, the
Exchange Act or otherwise, specifically including, but not limited to, losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arising out of or
based upon (i) any
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breach of any representation, warranty, agreement or covenant of such
Underwriter herein contained, (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any
amendment or supplement thereto, or the omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, or (iii) any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of any material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus or
the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or the omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading, in the case of subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of this Section 8(b)
to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and
in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such
Underwriter, directly or through you, specifically for use in the preparation
thereof, and agrees to reimburse the Company for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or defending
any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action.
The indemnity agreement in this Section 8(b) shall extend upon the
same terms and conditions to, and shall inure to the benefit of, each officer of
the Company who signed the Registration Statement and each director of the
Company, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of
the Act or the Exchange Act. This indemnity agreement shall be in addition to
any liabilities which each Underwriter may otherwise have.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8
of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a
claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this
Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof
but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from
any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under
this Section 8. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified
party, and it notified the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the
indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent
that it shall elect by written notice delivered to the indemnified party
promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to
assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such
indemnified party; provided, however, that if the defendants in any such action
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include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the
indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal
defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different
from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, the indemnified
party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to assume such
legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such action on
behalf of such indemnified party or parties. Upon receipt of notice from the
indemnifying party to such indemnified party of the indemnifying party's
election so to assume the defense of such action and approval by the indemnified
party of counsel, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified
party under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred
by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof unless (i) the
indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the
proviso to the next preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that the
indemnifying party shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one
separate counsel (together with appropriate local counsel) approved by the
indemnifying party representing all the indemnified parties under Section 8(a)
or 8(b) hereof who are parties to such action), (ii) the indemnifying party
shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to
represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of
commencement of the action or (iii) the indemnifying party has authorized the
employment of counsel for the indemnified party at the expense of the
indemnifying party. In no event shall any indemnifying party be liable in
respect of any amounts paid in settlement of any action unless the indemnifying
party shall have approved the terms of such settlement;
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provided that such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. No indemnifying
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party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect
any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any
indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnification could have
been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes
an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on all
claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding.
(d) In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in any
action in which a claim for indemnification is made pursuant to this Section 8
but it is judicially determined (by the entry of a final judgment or decree by a
court of competent jurisdiction and the expiration of time to appeal or the
denial of the last right of appeal) that such indemnification may not be
enforced in such case notwithstanding the fact that this Section 8 provides for
indemnification in such case, all the parties hereto shall contribute to the
aggregate losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which they may be subject
(after contribution from others) in such proportion so that the Underwriters
severally and not jointly are responsible pro rata for the portion represented
by the percentage that the underwriting discount bears to the initial public
offering price, and the Company is responsible for the remaining portion,
provided, however, that (i) no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any
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amount in excess of the amount by which the underwriting discount applicable to
the Shares purchased by such Underwriter exceeds the amount of damages which
such Underwriter was otherwise required to pay and (ii) no person guilty of a
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any person who is not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. The contribution agreement in this Section 8(d)
shall extend upon the same terms and conditions to, and shall inure to the
benefit of, each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter, the Company
within the meaning of the Act or the Exchange Act and each officer of the
Company who signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company.
(e) The parties to this Agreement hereby acknowledge that they are
sophisticated business persons who were represented by counsel during the
negotiations regarding the provisions hereof including, without limitation, the
provisions of this Section 8, and are fully informed regarding said provisions.
They further acknowledge that the provisions of this Section 8 fairly allocate
the risks in light of the ability of the parties to investigate the Company and
its business in order to assure that adequate disclosure is made in the
Registration Statement and Prospectus as required by the Act and the Exchange
Act.
9. Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Agreements to Survive
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Delivery. All representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the
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Company and the Underwriters herein or in certificates delivered pursuant
hereto, and the indemnity and contribution agreements contained in Section 8
hereof shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any person controlling
any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act or the Exchange Act, or by or on
behalf of the Company or any of its officers, directors or controlling persons
within the meaning of the Act or the Exchange Act, and shall survive the
delivery of the Shares to the several Underwriters hereunder or termination of
this Agreement.
10. Substitution of Underwriters. If any Underwriter or Underwriters shall
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fail to take up and pay for the number of Firm Shares agreed by such Underwriter
or Underwriters to be purchased hereunder upon tender of such Firm Shares in
accordance with the terms hereof, and if the aggregate number of Firm Shares
which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters so agreed but failed to
purchase does not exceed 10% of the Firm Shares, the remaining Underwriters
shall be obligated, severally in proportion to
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their respective commitments hereunder, to take up and pay for the Firm Shares
of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters.
If any Underwriter or Underwriters so defaults and the aggregate number
of Firm Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but
failed to take up and pay for exceeds 10% of the Firm Shares, the remaining
Underwriters shall have the right, but shall not be obligated, to take up and
pay for (in such proportions as may be agreed upon among them) the Firm Shares
which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters so agreed but failed to
purchase. If such remaining Underwriters do not, at the Closing Date, take up
and pay for the Firm Shares which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters so
agreed but failed to purchase, the Closing Date shall be postponed for twenty-
four (24) hours to allow the several Underwriters the privilege of substituting
within twenty-four (24) hours (including non-business hours) another underwriter
or underwriters (which may include any nondefaulting Underwriter) satisfactory
to the Company. If no such underwriter or underwriters shall have been
substituted as aforesaid by such postponed Closing Date, the Closing Date may,
at the option of the Company, be postponed for a further twenty-four (24) hours,
if necessary, to allow the Company the privilege of finding another underwriter
or underwriters, satisfactory to you, to purchase the Firm Shares which the
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters so agreed but failed to purchase. If it
shall be arranged for the remaining Underwriters or substituted underwriter or
underwriters to take up the Firm Shares of the defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters as provided in this Section 10, (i) the Company shall have the
right to postpone the time of delivery for a period of not more than seven (7)
full business days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made
necessary in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any other
documents or arrangements, and the Company agrees promptly to file any
amendments to the Registration Statement, supplements to the Prospectus or other
such documents which may thereby be made necessary, and (ii) the respective
number of Firm Shares to be purchased by the remaining Underwriters and
substituted underwriter or underwriters shall be taken as the basis of their
underwriting obligation. If the remaining Underwriters shall not take up and pay
for all such Firm Shares so agreed to be purchased by the defaulting Underwriter
or Underwriters or substitute another underwriter or underwriters as aforesaid
and the Company shall not find or shall not elect to seek another underwriter or
underwriters for such Firm Shares as aforesaid, then this Agreement shall
terminate.
In the event of any termination of this Agreement pursuant to the
preceding paragraph of this Section 10, neither the Company shall be liable to
any Underwriter (except as provided in Sections 5 and 8 hereof) nor shall any
Underwriter (other than an Underwriter who shall have failed, otherwise than for
some reason permitted under this Agreement, to purchase the number of Firm
Shares agreed by such Underwriter to be purchased hereunder, which Underwriter
shall remain liable to the Company and the other Underwriters for damages, if
any, resulting from such default) be liable to the Company (except to the extent
provided in Sections 5 and 8 hereof).
The term "Underwriter" in this Agreement shall include any person
substituted for an Underwriter under this Section 10.
11. Effective Date of this Agreement and Termination.
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(a) This Agreement shall become effective at the earlier of (i) 6:30
A.M., San Francisco time, on the first full business day following the effective
date of the Registration Statement, or (ii) the time of the initial public
offering of any of the Shares by the Underwriters after the Registration
Statement becomes effective. The time of the initial public offering shall mean
the time of the release by you, for publication, of the first newspaper
advertisement relating to the Shares, or the time at which the Shares
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are first generally offered by the Underwriters to the public by letter,
telephone, telegram or telecopy, whichever shall first occur. By giving notice
as set forth in Section 12 before the time this Agreement becomes effective,
you, as Representatives of the several Underwriters, or the Company, may prevent
this Agreement from becoming effective without liability of any party to any
other party, except as provided in Sections 4(i), 5 and 8 hereof.
(b) You, as Representatives of the several Underwriters, shall have the
right to terminate this Agreement by giving notice as hereinafter specified at
any time on or prior to the Closing Date or on or prior to any later date on
which Option Shares are to be purchased, as the case may be, (i) if the Company
shall have failed, refused or been unable to perform any agreement on its part
to be performed, or because any other condition to the Underwriters' obligations
hereunder required to be fulfilled is not fulfilled, including, without
limitation, any change in the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings,
operations, business or business prospects of the Company from that set forth in
the Registration Statement or Prospectus, which, in your sole judgment, is
material and adverse, or (ii) if additional material governmental restrictions,
not in force and effect on the date hereof, shall have been imposed upon trading
in securities generally or minimum or maximum prices shall have been generally
established on the New York Stock Exchange or on the American Stock Exchange or
in the over the counter market by the NASD, or trading in securities generally
shall have been suspended on either such exchange or in the over the counter
market by the NASD, or if a banking moratorium shall have been declared by
federal, New York or California authorities, or (iii) if the Company shall have
sustained a loss by strike, fire, flood, earthquake, accident or other calamity
of such character as to interfere materially with the conduct of the business
and operations of the Company regardless of whether or not such loss shall have
been insured, or (iv) if there shall have been a material adverse change in the
general political or economic conditions or financial markets as in your
reasonable judgment makes it inadvisable or impracticable to proceed with the
offering, sale and delivery of the Shares, or (v) if there shall have been an
outbreak or escalation of hostilities or of any other insurrection or armed
conflict or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency which,
in the reasonable opinion of the Representatives, makes it impracticable or
inadvisable to proceed with the public offering of the Shares as contemplated by
the Prospectus. In the event of termination pursuant to subparagraph (i) above,
the Company shall remain obligated to pay costs and expenses pursuant to
Sections 4(i), 5 and 8 hereof. Any termination pursuant to any of subparagraphs
(ii) through (v) above shall be without liability of any party to any other
party except as provided in Sections 5 and 8 hereof.
If you elect to prevent this Agreement from becoming effective or to
terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section 11, you shall promptly
notify the Company by telephone, telecopy or telegram, in each case confirmed by
letter. If the Company shall elect to prevent this Agreement from becoming
effective, the Company shall promptly notify you by telephone, telecopy or
telegram, in each case, confirmed by letter.
12. Notices. All notices or communications hereunder, except as herein
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otherwise specifically provided, shall be in writing and if sent to you shall be
mailed, delivered, telegraphed (and confirmed by letter) or telecopied (and
confirmed by letter) to you c/x Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Company LLC, 000 Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, telecopier number (415)
781-0278, Attention: General Counsel with a copy to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx &
Xxxxxx, 000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000, telecopier number
(000) 000-0000, Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx; if sent to the Company, such notice
shall be mailed, delivered, telegraphed (and confirmed by letter) or telecopied
(and confirmed by letter) to Aviron, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, telecopier number (000) 000-0000, Attention: X. Xxxxxxxx Read,
M.D., Chief Executive Officer with a copy to
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx XXX, Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx Square, 0000 Xx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000, telecopier number (000) 000-0000, Attention: Xxxx X.
Xxxxxxxxx.
13. Parties. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding
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upon the several Underwriters and the Company and its executors, administrators,
successors and assigns. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is
intended or shall be construed to give any person or entity, other than the
parties hereto and their respective executors, administrators, successors and
assigns, and the controlling persons within the meaning of the Act or the
Exchange Act, and officers and directors referred to in Section 8 hereof, any
legal or equitable right, remedy or claim in respect of this Agreement or any
provisions herein contained, this Agreement and all conditions and provisions
hereof being intended to be and being for the sole and exclusive benefit of the
parties hereto and their respective executors, administrators, successors and
assigns and said controlling persons and said officers and directors, and for
the benefit of no other person or entity. No purchaser of any of the Shares
from any Underwriter shall be construed a successor or assign by reason merely
of such purchase.
In all dealings with the Company under this Agreement, you shall act on
behalf of each of the several Underwriters, and the Company shall be entitled to
act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement made or given by
you jointly or by Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Company LLC, on behalf of you.
14. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in
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accordance with, the laws of the State of California.
15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in several counterparts,
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each of which will constitute an original.
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If the foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding among the
Company and the several Underwriters, please so indicate in the space provided
below for that purpose, whereupon this letter shall constitute a binding
agreement among the Company and the several Underwriters.
Very truly yours,
AVIRON
By:
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Name: X. Xxxxxxxx Read, M.D.
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Title: Chief Executive Officer
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Accepted as of the date first above written:
XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX & COMPANY LLC
BEAR XXXXXXX & CO.
XXXXXXXXX & XXXXX LLC
On their behalf and on behalf of each of the
several Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto.
By XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX & COMPANY LLC
By XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX & COMPANY GROUP, L.L.C.
By
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Authorized Signatory
SCHEDULE A
NUMBER OF FIRM
SHARES TO BE
UNDERWRITERS PURCHASED
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XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX & COMPANY LLC .................................
BEAR, XXXXXXX & CO. INC. .........................................
XXXXXXXXX & XXXXX LLC ............................................
Total ............................................................ 2,500,000
EXHIBIT 1
SECTION A - (XXXXXX & XXXXXXX)
AVIRON REFERENCE NO. AVIRON REFERENCE NO.
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EXHIBIT 1
SECTION B - (XXXXXXXX X'XXXXX)
AVIRON REFERENCE NO. AVIRON REFERENCE NO.
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EXHIBIT 1
SECTION C - (XXXXXX GODWARD LLP)
AVIRON REFERENCE NO.
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