Exhibit 1.1
Draft: October 16, 1997
1,500,000 Shares
UROLOGIX, INC.
Common Stock
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
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November _____, 1997
BT Alex. Xxxxx Incorporated
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Incorporated
PaineWebber Incorporated
As Representatives of the Several Underwriters
c/o BT Alex. Xxxxx Incorporated
0 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Urologix, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the "Company"), proposes to sell
to the several underwriters (the "Underwriters") named in Schedule I hereto for
whom you are acting as representatives (the "Representatives") an aggregate of
1,500,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock, $.01 par value (the
"Firm Shares"). The respective amounts of the Firm Shares to be so purchased by
the several Underwriters are set forth opposite their names in Schedule I
hereto. The Company also proposes to sell at the Underwriters' option an
aggregate of up to 225,000 additional shares of the Company's Common
Stock (the "Option Shares") as set forth below.
As the Representatives, you have advised the Company (a) that you are
authorized to enter into this Agreement on behalf of the several Underwriters,
and (b) that the several Underwriters are willing, acting severally and not
jointly, to purchase the numbers of Firm Shares set forth opposite their
respective names in Schedule I, plus their pro rata portion of the Option Shares
if you elect to exercise the over-allotment option in whole or in part for the
accounts of the several Underwriters. The Firm Shares and the Option Shares (to
the extent the aforementioned option is exercised) are herein collectively
called the "Shares."
In consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein and of the
interests of the parties in the transactions contemplated hereby, the parties
hereto agree as follows:
1. Representations and Warranties of the Company.
The Company represents and warrants to each of the Underwriters
as follows:
(a) A registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333- ) with
respect to the Shares has been carefully prepared by the Company in
conformity with the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and the Rules and
Regulations promulgated thereunder (the "Rules and Regulations") by
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and has been
filed with the Commission. The conditions for the use of Form S-3
under the Act have been satisfied. Copies of such registration
statement, including any amendments thereto, the preliminary
prospectuses (meeting the requirements of the Rules and Regulations)
contained therein and the exhibits, financial statements and
schedules, as finally amended and revised, have heretofore been
delivered by the Company to you, and, to the extent applicable, were
identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with
the Commission pursuant to the Commission's Electronic Data Gathering,
Analysis and Retrieval System ("XXXXX"), except to the extent
permitted by Regulation S-T. Such registration statement, as amended
at the time when it was declared effective and including any
registration statement filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 462(b) of
the Act, is herein referred to as the "Registration Statement," which
shall be deemed to include all information omitted therefrom in
reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in the Prospectus referred to
below. The Registration Statement has become effective under the Act
and no post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement has been
filed as of the date of this Agreement. "Prospectus" means (a) the
form of prospectus first filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) or (b) the last form of preliminary prospectus included in the
Registration Statement filed prior to the time it became effective or
filed pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the Act that is delivered by the
Company to the Underwriters for delivery to purchasers of the Shares,
together with the term sheet or abbreviated term sheet filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(7) under the Act, if any. Each
preliminary prospectus included in the Registration Statement prior to
the time it becomes effective is herein referred to as a "Preliminary
Prospectus." Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, any
Preliminary Prospectus or to the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer
to and include any documents incorporated by reference therein filed
with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
"Exchange Act"), and, in the case of any reference herein to any
Prospectus, also shall be deemed to include any documents incorporated
by reference therein, and any supplements or amendments thereto, filed
with the Commission under the Exchange Act after the date of filing of
the Prospectus under Rules 424(b) or 430A, and prior to the
termination of the offering of the Shares by the Underwriter. For
purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration
Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, or any
amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to
include the respective copies thereof filed with the Commission
pursuant to XXXXX.
(b) The Company has been duly organized and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State
of Minnesota, with corporate power and authority to own or lease its
properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration
Statement. The Company has no subsidiaries. The Company is duly
qualified to transact business in all jurisdictions in which the
conduct of its business requires such qualification, except to the
extent that the failure to be so qualified would not have a material
adverse effect on the business, financial condition or results of
operations of the Company.
(c) The outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company
have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and
non-assessable; the Shares have been duly authorized and when issued
and paid for as contemplated herein will be validly issued, fully paid
and non-assessable; and no preemptive rights of shareholders exist
with respect to any of the Shares or the issue and sale thereof.
Neither the filing of the Registration Statement nor the offering or
sale of the Shares as contemplated by this Agreement gives rise to
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any rights, other than those which have been waived or satisfied, for
or relating to the registration of any shares of Common Stock.
(d) The information set forth under the caption
"Capitalization" in the Prospectus is true and correct. All of the
Shares conform to the description thereof contained in the
Registration Statement. The form of certificates for the Shares
conforms to the corporate law of the jurisdiction of the Company's
incorporation.
(e) The Commission has not issued an order preventing or
suspending the use of any Prospectus relating to the proposed offering
of the Shares nor instituted proceedings for that purpose. The
Registration Statement at the time it was declared effective
contained, and any post-effective amendments thereto when filed under
the Act will contain, all statements which are required to be stated
therein by the Act and the Rules and Regulations, and conformed or
will conform, as the case may be, in all material respects to the
requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations. The Prospectus
contains, and any amendments or supplements thereto when first used
will contain, and any form thereof filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b) will contain, all statements required to be stated
therein by the Act and the Rules and Regulations, and conformed or
will conform, as the case may be, in all material respects to the
requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations. The documents
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus conformed, at the time
they were filed with the Commission, in all material respects to the
requirements of the Exchange Act or the Act, as applicable, and the
respective rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and any
documents subsequently filed with the Commission and incorporated by
reference in the Prospectus will conform in all material respects to
the requirements of the Exchange Act or the Act, as applicable, and
the respective rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. The
Registration Statement, including any post-effective amendments
thereto, at the time it was declared effective did not contain, and
will not contain, any untrue statement of a material fact and did not
omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The
Prospectus, including any amendments and supplements thereto and the
form thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), does
not contain, and will not contain, any untrue statement of material
fact, and does not omit, and will not omit, to state any 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; provided, however, that the Company makes no
representations or warranties as to information contained in or
omitted from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or any such
amendment or supplement, in reliance upon, and in conformity with,
written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any
Underwriter through the Representatives, specifically for use in the
preparation thereof.
(f) The financial statements of the Company, together with
related notes and schedules, if any, as set forth in the Registration
Statement, or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement,
present fairly the financial position and the results of operations
and cash flows of the Company, at the indicated dates and for the
indicated periods. Such financial statements and related schedules,
if any, have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted
principles of accounting, consistently applied throughout the
periods involved, except as disclosed therein, and all adjustments
necessary for a fair presentation of results for such periods have
been made. The summary financial data included in the Registration
Statement present fairly the information shown therein and such data
has been compiled on a basis consistent with the financial
statements presented therein and the books and records of the
Company.
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(g) To the best of our knowledge, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx L.L.P., who have
certified certain of the financial statements filed with the Commission as
part of, or incorporated by reference in, the Registration Statement, are
independent public accountants as required by the Act and the Rules and
Regulations.
(h) There is no action, suit, claim or proceeding pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company before any court
or administrative agency or otherwise which if determined adversely to the
Company might result in any material adverse change in the earnings,
business, management, properties, assets, rights, operations, condition
(financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company or to prevent the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, except as set forth
in the Registration Statement.
(i) The Company has good and marketable title to all of the
properties and assets reflected in the financial statements (or as
described in the Registration Statement) hereinabove described, subject to
no lien, mortgage, pledge, charge or encumbrance of any kind except those
reflected in such financial statements (or as described in the Registration
Statement) or which do not materially or adversely affect the value of such
property or its use in the business of the Company. The Company occupies
its leased properties under valid and binding leases.
(j) The Company has filed, or has requested extensions of the filing
periods for, all Federal, State, local and foreign income tax returns which
have been required to be filed and has paid all taxes indicated by said
returns and all assessments received by it to the extent that such taxes
have become due. All tax liabilities have been adequately provided for in
the financial statements of the Company.
(k) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in
the Registration Statement, as it may be amended or supplemented, there has
not been any material adverse change, or any development involving a
prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the earnings,
business, management, properties, assets, rights, operations, condition
(financial or otherwise), or prospects of the Company, whether or not
occurring in the ordinary course of business, and there has not been any
material transaction entered into or any material transaction that is
probable of being entered into by the Company, other than transactions in
the ordinary course of business and changes and transactions described in
the Registration Statement, as it may be amended or supplemented. The
Company has no material contingent obligations which are not disclosed in
the Company's financial statements or the related notes which are included
or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(l) The Company is not, nor with the giving of notice or lapse of
time or both, will be, in violation of or in default under its Articles of
Incorporation or Bylaws or under any agreement, lease, contract,
indenture or other instrument or obligation to which it is a party or by
which it, or any of its properties, is bound and which default is of
material significance in respect of the condition, financial or otherwise
of the Company or the business, management, properties, assets, rights,
operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the
Company. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions herein contemplated and the fulfillment
of the terms hereof will not conflict with or result in a breach of any
of the terms or provisions of the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of
the Company and will not conflict with or result in a material breach of
any of the terms or provisions of or constitute a material default under,
any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument
to which the Company
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is a party, or any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Company of
any court or of any regulatory body or administrative agency or other
governmental body having jurisdiction.
(m) Each approval, consent, order, authorization, designation,
declaration or filing by or with any regulatory, administrative or other
governmental body necessary in connection with the execution and delivery
by the Company of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
herein contemplated (except such additional steps as may be required by the
Commission, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the
"NASD") or such additional steps as may be necessary to qualify the Shares
for public offering by the Underwriters under state securities or Blue Sky
laws) has been obtained or made and is in full force and effect.
(n) Except as otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus, the Company owns
or licenses all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks,
tradenames, trademark registrations, service xxxx registrations,
copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets and other similar rights
(the "Proprietary Rights") necessary for the conduct of its business. The
Company has no knowledge of any infringement by it of or conflict with any
proprietary rights of others, and the Company has not given or received any
notice or claim of conflict with the asserted proprietary rights of others
with respect to any of the foregoing except as otherwise provided in the
Prospectus. No action, suit, arbitration or legal, administrative or other
proceeding, or domestic or foreign governmental investigation is pending,
or to the best of the Company's knowledge, threatened, which involves any
Proprietary Rights. The Company is not subject to any judgment, order,
writ, injunction or decree of any court or any federal, state, local,
foreign or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency
or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, or any arbitrator, and has not
entered into and is not a party to any contract, which restricts or impairs
the use of any such Propriety Rights except as disclosed in the Prospectus.
To the best of the Company's knowledge, no Proprietary Rights used by the
Company and no services or products sold by the Company conflict with or
infringe upon any proprietary rights of any third party. The Company has
not entered into any consent, indemnification, forbearance to xxx or
settlement agreement with respect to Proprietary Rights other than in the
ordinary course of business. No claims have been asserted by any person
with respect to the validity of or the Company's ownership or right to use
the Proprietary Rights and, to the best knowledge of the Company, there is
no reasonable basis for any such claim, if made, to be successful. The
Proprietary Rights are valid and enforceable and no registration relating
thereto has lapsed, expired or been abandoned or canceled or is the subject
of cancellation or other adversarial proceedings, and all applications
therefore are pending and are in good standing. The Company has complied
with its respective contractual obligations relating to the protection of
the Proprietary Rights used pursuant to license. To the best knowledge of
the Company, no person is infringing on or violating the Proprietary Rights
of the Company.
(o) Neither the Company, nor to the Company's best knowledge, any of
its affiliates, has taken or may take, directly or indirectly, any action
designed to cause or result in, or which has constituted or which might
reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of
the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of
the Shares. The Company acknowledges that the Underwriters may engage in
passive market making transactions in the Shares on the Nasdaq Stock
Market's National Market (the "Nasdaq National Market") in accordance with
Rule 103 of Regulation M.
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(p) The Company is not now, and, following the sale of the Shares,
will not be, an "investment company" within the meaning of such term under
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(q) 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 authorization;
(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.
(r) The Company carries, or is covered by, insurance in such amounts
and covering such risks as is adequate for the conduct of its business and
the value of its properties and as is customary for companies engaged in
similar industries.
(s) The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all
presently applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published
interpretations thereunder ("ERISA"); no "reportable event" (as defined in
ERISA) has occurred with respect to any "pension plan" (as defined in
ERISA) for which the Company would have any liability; the Company has not
incurred and does not expect to incur liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA
with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any "pension plan" or
(ii) Sections 412 or 4971 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the
"Code"); and each "pension plan" for which the Company would have any
liability that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code
is so qualified in all material respects and nothing has occurred, whether
by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such
qualification.
(t) With respect to the requirements of the United States Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act concerning medical devices and the regulations of the
federal Food and Drug Administration, the Company hold all material
certificates, permits, authorizations, consents and orders necessary for
the conduct of its present business.
(u) Except as described in the Prospectus, there are no rulemaking or
proceedings before the United States Food and Drug Administration or
comparable, state, local or foreign government bodies which involve or, to
the best knowledge of the Company, affect the Company, which, if the
subject of an action unfavorable to the Company, could involve a
prospective material adverse change in or effect on the business, condition
(financial or otherwise), results of operations, shareholders' equity or
prospects of the Company.
(v) The Company is in compliance with all applicable existing
federal, state and local laws, regulations, orders and policies relating to
protection of human health or the environment or imposing liability or
standards of conduct concerning any Hazardous Material (as hereinafter
defined) ("Environmental Laws"), except, in each case, where such
noncompliance, singly or in the aggregate, would not have a material
adverse effect upon the business of the Company. The term "Hazardous
Material" means (i) any "hazardous substance" as defined by the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of
1980, as amended, (ii) any "hazardous waste" as defined by the Resources
Conservation and Recovery
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Act, as amended, (iii) any petroleum or petroleum product, (iv) any
polychlorinated biphenyl, (v) asbestos and asbestos containing materials
and (vi) any pollutant or contaminant or hazardous, dangerous or toxic
chemical, material, waste or substance regulated under or within the
meaning of any other Environmental Law.
(w) There is no alleged liability, or, to the best of the Company's
knowledge, potential liability (including, without limitation, alleged or
potential liability for investigatory costs, cleanup costs, governmental
response costs, natural resources damages, property damages, personal
injuries, or penalties), of the Company arising out of, based on or
resulting from (i) the presence or release into the environment of any
Hazardous Material at any location, whether or not owned by the Company, or
(ii) any violation or alleged violation of any Environmental Law (x) which
alleged or potential liability is required to be disclosed in the
Registration Statement, other than as disclosed therein, or (y) which
alleged or potential liability, singly or in the aggregate, would have a
material adverse effect upon the business of the Company.
2. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Firm Shares.
(a) On the basis of the representations, warranties and covenants
herein contained, and subject to the conditions herein set forth, the
Company agrees to sell to the Underwriters and each Underwriter agrees,
severally and not jointly, to purchase, at a price of $ per
share, the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of each
Underwriter in Schedule I hereof, subject to adjustments in accordance with
Section 9 hereof.
(b) Payment for the Firm Shares to be sold hereunder is to be made by
wire transfer in accordance with instructions provided by the Company
against delivery of certificates therefor to the Representatives for the
several accounts of the Underwriters. Such payment and delivery are to be
made at the offices of BT Alex. Xxxxx Incorporated, 0 Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, at 10:00 a.m., Baltimore time, on the third business
day after the date of this Agreement or at such other time and date not
later than five business days thereafter as you and the Company shall agree
upon, such time and date being herein referred to as the "Closing Date."
(As used herein, "business day" means a day on which the New York Stock
Exchange is open for trading and on which banks in New York are open for
business and are not permitted by law or executive order to be closed.)
The certificates for the Firm Shares will be delivered in such
denominations and in such registrations as the Representatives request in
writing not later than the second full business day prior to the Closing
Date, and will be made available for inspection by the Representatives at
least one business day prior to the Closing Date.
(c) In addition, on the basis of the representations and warranties
herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth,
the Company hereby grants an option to the several Underwriters to purchase
the Option Shares at the price per share as set forth in the first
paragraph of this Section 2. The option granted hereby may be exercised in
whole or in part by giving prior written notice (i) at any time before the
Closing Date and (ii) only once thereafter within 30 days after the date of
this Agreement, by you, as Representatives of the several Underwriters, to
the Company setting forth the number of Option Shares as to which the
several Underwriters are exercising the option, the names and denominations
in which the Option Shares are to be registered and the time and date at
which such certificates are to be delivered. The time and date at which
certificates for Option Shares are to be delivered shall be determined by
the Representatives but shall not be earlier than three nor later than 10
full business days after the exercise of such option, nor in any event
prior to the Closing Date (such
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time and date being herein referred to as the "Option Closing Date"). If
the date of exercise of the option is three or more days before the Closing
Date, the notice of exercise shall set the Closing Date as the Option
Closing Date. The number of Option Shares to be purchased by each
Underwriter shall be in the same proportion to the total number of Option
Shares being purchased as the number of Firm Shares being purchased by such
Underwriter bears to the total number of Firm Shares, adjusted by you in
such manner as to avoid fractional shares. The option with respect to the
Option Shares granted hereunder may be exercised only to cover over-
allotments in the sale of the Firm Shares by the Underwriters. You, as
Representatives of the several Underwriters, may cancel such option at any
time prior to its expiration by giving written notice of such cancellation
to the Company. To the extent, if any, that the option is exercised,
payment for the Option Shares shall be made on the Option Closing Date in
New York Clearing House funds by certified or bank cashier's check drawn to
the order of the Company against delivery of certificates therefor at the
offices of BT Alex. Xxxxx Incorporated, 0 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx.
3. Offering by the Underwriters.
It is understood that the several Underwriters are to make a public
offering of the Firm Shares as soon as the Representatives deem it
advisable to do so. The Firm Shares are to be initially offered to the
public at the initial public offering price set forth in the Prospectus.
The Representatives may from time to time thereafter change the public
offering price and other selling terms. To the extent, if at all, that any
Option Shares are purchased pursuant to Section 2 hereof, the Underwriters
will offer them to the public on the foregoing terms.
It is further understood that you will act as the Representatives for
the Underwriters in the offering and sale of the Shares in accordance with
a Master Agreement Among Underwriters entered into by you and the several
other Underwriters.
4. Covenants of the Company.
The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration
Statement, including any post-effective amendment thereto, to become
effective and remain effective. If the procedure in Rule 430A of the Rules
and Regulations is followed, the Company will prepare and timely file with
the Commission under Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations a Prospectus
in a form approved by the Representatives containing information previously
omitted at the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement in
reliance on Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations. The Company will not
file any amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement to the
Prospectus or document incorporated by reference therein of which the
Representatives shall not previously have been advised and furnished with a
copy or to which the Representatives shall have reasonably objected in
writing or which is not in compliance with the Rules and Regulations. The
Company will file on a timely basis all reports and any definitive proxy or
information statements required to be filed by the Company with the
Commission subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and prior to the
termination of the offering of the Shares by the Underwriters. To the
extent applicable, the copies of the Registration Statement and each
amendment thereto (including all exhibits filed therewith), any Preliminary
Prospectus or Prospectus (in each case, as amended and supplemented)
furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically
transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to XXXXX,
except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
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(b) The Company will advise the Representatives promptly (A) when the
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto shall have
become effective, (B) of receipt of any comments from the Commission, (C)
of any request of the Commission for amendment of the Registration
Statement or for any supplement to the Prospectus or for any additional
information, and (D) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the use of
the Prospectus or of the institution of any proceedings for that purpose.
The Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such
stop order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus and to obtain
as soon as possible the lifting thereof, if issued.
(c) The Company will cooperate with the Representatives in
endeavoring to qualify the Shares for sale under the securities laws of
such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably have designated in
writing and will make such applications, file such documents, and furnish
such information as may be reasonably required for that purpose, provided
the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to
file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction where it
is not now so qualified or required to file such a consent. The Company
will, from time to time, prepare and file such statements, reports, and
other documents, as are or may be required to continue such qualifications
in effect for so long a period as the Representatives may reasonably
request for distribution of the Shares.
(d) The Company will deliver to, or upon the order of, the
Representatives, from time to time, as many copies of any Preliminary
Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will
deliver to, or upon the order of, the Representatives during the period
when delivery of a Prospectus is required under the Act, as many copies of
the Prospectus in final form, or as thereafter amended or supplemented, as
the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will deliver to
the Representatives at or before the Closing Date, four signed copies of
the Registration Statement and all amendments thereto including all
exhibits filed therewith, and will deliver to the Representatives such
number of copies of the Registration Statement (including such number of
copies of the exhibits filed therewith that may reasonably be requested),
including documents incorporated by reference therein, and of all
amendments thereto, as the Representatives may reasonably request. To the
extent applicable, all such documents shall be identical to the
electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission
pursuant to XXXXX, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(e) The Company will comply with the Act and the Rules and
Regulations, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"),
and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, so as to permit
the completion of the distribution of the Shares as contemplated in this
Agreement and the Prospectus. If during the period in which a prospectus
is required by law to be delivered by an Underwriter or dealer, any event
shall occur as a result of which, in the judgment of the Company or in the
reasonable opinion of the Underwriters, it becomes necessary to amend or
supplement the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances existing at the time the Prospectus is delivered
to a purchaser, not misleading, or, if it is necessary at any time to amend
or supplement the Prospectus to comply with any law, the Company promptly
will either (i) prepare and file with the Commission an appropriate
amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus or
(ii) prepare and file with the Commission an appropriate filing under the
Exchange Act which shall be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus so
that the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of
the circumstances when it is so delivered, be misleading, or so that the
Prospectus will comply with the law.
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(f) The Company will make generally available to its security
holders, as soon as it is practicable to do so, but in any event not later
than 15 months after the effective date of the Registration Statement, an
earnings statement (which need not be audited) in reasonable detail,
covering a period of at least 12 consecutive months beginning after the
effective date of the Registration Statement, which earning statement shall
satisfy the requirements of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 of the
Rules and Regulations and will advise you in writing when such statement
has been so made available.
(g) The Company will, for a period of five years from the Closing
Date, deliver to the Representatives copies of annual reports and copies of
all other documents, reports and information furnished by the Company to
its shareholders or filed with any securities exchange pursuant to the
requirements of such exchange or with the Commission pursuant to the Act or
the Exchange Act. The Company will deliver to the Representatives similar
reports with respect to significant subsidiaries, as that term is defined
in the Rules and Regulations, which are not consolidated in the Company's
financial statements. To the extent applicable, all such reports or
documents shall be identical to the electronically transmitted copies
thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to XXXXX, except to the extent
permitted by Regulation S-T.
(h) No offering, sale, short sale or other disposition of any shares
of Common Stock of the Company or other securities convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Common Stock or derivative of
Common Stock (or agreement for such) will be made for a period of 90 days
after the date of this Agreement, directly or indirectly, by the Company,
without the prior written consent of BT Alex. Xxxxx Incorporated, otherwise
than hereunder or the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of
currently outstanding stock options or warrants or pursuant to the
Company's Employee Stock Purchase Plan or the grant of stock options to
employees of the Company pursuant the Company's 1991 Stock Option Plan.
(i) The Company will use its best efforts to list, subject to notice
of issuance, the Shares on the Nasdaq National Market.
(j) The Company has caused each officer and director and specific
shareholders of the Company to furnish to you, on or prior to the date of
this agreement, a letter or letters, in form and substance satisfactory to
the Representatives, pursuant to which each such person shall agree not to
offer, sell, sell short or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock
of the Company or other capital stock of the Company, or any other
securities convertible, exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock of the
Company or derivative of Common Stock of the Company owned by such person
or request the registration for the offer or sale of any of the foregoing
(or as to which such person has the right to direct the disposition of) for
a period of 90 days after the date of this Agreement, directly or
indirectly, except with the prior written consent of BT Alex. Xxxxx
Incorporated (the "Lockup Agreements"). The restrictions contained in the
Lockup Agreements shall not prohibit such officers and directors from
exercising options granted by the Company to purchase shares of Common
Stock of the Company, subject to the restrictions set forth therein
regarding Common Stock of the Company received upon such exercise.
(k) The Company shall apply the net proceeds of its sale of the
Shares as set forth in the Prospectus.
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(l) The Company shall not invest, or otherwise use the proceeds
received by the Company from its sale of the Shares in such a manner as
would require the Company to register as an investment company under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(m) The Company will maintain a transfer agent and, if necessary
under the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company, a registrar for the
Common Stock.
(n) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action
designed to cause or result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably
be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price
of any securities of the Company.
5. Costs and Expenses.
The Company will pay all costs, expenses and fees incident to the
performance of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement,
including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following:
accounting fees of the Company; the fees and disbursements of counsel for
the Company; the cost of printing and delivering to, or as requested by,
the Underwriters copies of the Registration Statement, Preliminary
Prospectuses, the Prospectus, this Agreement, the Underwriters' Invitation
Letter, the Blue Sky Survey and any supplements or amendments thereto; the
filing fees of the Commission; the filing fees and expenses (including
legal fees and disbursements) incident to securing any required review by
the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD") of the
terms of the sale of the Shares; the Listing Fee of the Nasdaq National
Market; and the expenses, including the fees and disbursements of counsel
for the Underwriters, incurred in connection with the qualification of the
Shares under State securities or Blue Sky laws. The Company shall not,
however, be required to pay for any of the Underwriters expenses (other
than those related to qualification under NASD regulation and State
securities or Blue Sky laws) except that, if this Agreement shall not be
consummated because the conditions in Section 6 hereof are not satisfied,
or because this Agreement is terminated by the Representatives pursuant to
Section 11 hereof, or by reason of any failure, refusal or inability on the
part of the Company to perform any undertaking or satisfy any condition of
this Agreement or to comply with any of the terms hereof on its part to be
performed, unless such failure to satisfy said condition or to comply with
said terms be due to the default or omission of any Underwriter, then the
Company shall reimburse the several Underwriters for reasonable out-of-
pocket expenses, including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably
incurred in connection with investigating, marketing and proposing to
market the Shares or in contemplation of performing their obligations
hereunder; but the Company shall not in any event be liable to any of the
several Underwriters for damages on account of loss of anticipated profits
from the sale by them of the Shares.
6. Conditions of Obligations of the Underwriters.
The several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Firm
Shares on the Closing Date and the Option Shares, if any, on the Option
Closing Date are subject to the accuracy, as of the Closing Date or the
Option Closing Date, as the case may be, of the representations and
warranties of the Company contained herein, and to the performance by the
Company of its covenants and obligations hereunder and to the following
additional conditions:
(a) The Registration Statement and all post-effective amendments
thereto shall have become effective and any and all filings required by
Rule 424 and Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations shall have been made,
and any request of the Commission for additional
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information (to be included in the Registration Statement or otherwise)
shall have been disclosed to the Representatives and complied with to their
reasonable satisfaction. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement, as amended from time to time, shall have been
issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been taken or, to the
knowledge of the Company, shall be contemplated by the Commission and no
injunction, restraining order, or order of any nature by a Federal or state
court of competent jurisdiction shall have been issued as of the Closing
Date which would prevent the issuance of the Shares.
(b) The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date or
the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, the opinion of Xxxxxxxxx &
Xxxxxx P.L.L.P., counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date or the
Option Closing Date, as the case may be, addressed to the Underwriters (and
stating that it may be relied upon by counsel to the Underwriters) to the
effect that:
(i) The Company has been duly organized and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State
of Minnesota, with corporate power and authority to own or lease its
properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration
Statement; the Company is duly qualified to transact business in all
jurisdictions in which the conduct of its business requires such
qualification, and in which the failure to qualify would have a
materially adverse effect upon the business of the Company.
(ii) The Company has authorized and outstanding capital
stock as set forth under the caption "Capitalization" in the
Prospectus; the authorized shares of the Company's Common Stock have
been duly authorized; the outstanding shares of the Company's Common
Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully
paid and non-assessable; all of the Shares conform to the
description thereof contained in the Prospectus; the certificates
for the Shares are in due and proper form; the shares of Common
Stock, including the Option Shares, if any, to be sold by the
Company pursuant to this Agreement have been duly authorized and
will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable when issued
and paid for as contemplated by this Agreement; and no preemptive
rights of shareholders exist with respect to any of the Shares or
the issue or sale thereof.
(iii) Except as described in or contemplated by the
Prospectus, to the knowledge of such counsel, there are no outstanding
securities of the Company convertible or exchangeable into or
evidencing the right to purchase or subscribe for any shares of
capital stock of the Company and there are no outstanding or
authorized options, warrants or rights of any character obligating the
Company to issue any shares of its capital stock or any securities
convertible or exchangeable into or evidencing the right to purchase
or subscribe for any shares of such stock; and except as described in
the Prospectus, to the knowledge of such counsel, no holder of any
securities of the Company or any other person has the right,
contractual or otherwise, which has not been satisfied or effectively
waived, to cause the Company to sell or otherwise issue to them, or to
permit them to underwrite the sale of, any of the Shares or the right
to have any Common Stock or other securities of the Company included
in the Registration Statement or the right, as a result of the filing
of the Registration Statement, to require registration under the Act
of any shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company.
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(iv) The Registration Statement has become effective under
the Act and, to the best of the knowledge of such counsel, no stop
order proceedings with respect thereto have been instituted or are
pending or threatened under the Act.
(v) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus and each
amendment or supplement thereto and document incorporated by reference
therein (other than any statements contained in such incorporated
documents which have been modified or superseded in accordance with
the Rules and Regulations) comply as to form in all material respects
with the requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable,
and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder
(except that such counsel need express no opinion as to the financial
statements and related schedules and other financial or statistical
information included or incorporated by reference therein). The
conditions for the use of Form S-3 under the Act have been satisfied.
(vi) The statements under the caption "Description of
Capital Stock" in the Prospectus, insofar as such statements
constitute a summary of documents referred to therein or matters of
law, fairly summarize in all material respects the information called
for with respect to such documents and matters.
(vii) Such counsel does not know of any contracts or
documents required to be filed as exhibits to or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement or described in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus which are not so filed,
incorporated by reference or described as required, and such contracts
and documents as are summarized in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus are fairly summarized in all material respects.
(viii) Such counsel knows of no material legal or
governmental proceedings pending or threatened against the Company
except as set forth in the Prospectus.
(ix) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions herein contemplated do not and will
not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or
provisions of, or constitute a default under, the Charter or Bylaws of
the Company, or any agreement or instrument known to such counsel to
which the Company is a party or by which the Company may be bound.
(x) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company.
(xi) No approval, consent, order, authorization,
designation, declaration or filing by or with any regulatory,
administrative or other governmental body is necessary in connection
with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation
of the transactions herein contemplated (other than as may be required
by the NASD or as required by State securities and Blue Sky laws as to
which such counsel need express no opinion) except such as have been
obtained or made, specifying the same.
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(xii) The Company is not, and, immediately following the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, will not become,
as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, and application of the net proceeds therefrom as
described in the Prospectus, required to register as an investment
company under the 1940 Act.
(xiii) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, the
provisions regarding trade secrets, confidentiality and intellectual
property in the Company's employment agreements, the Company's
consulting agreements with members of its Scientific Advisory Board
and its consulting agreements with its clinical examiners are
enforceable in accordance with their express terms.
In rendering such opinion Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx P.L.L.P. may rely as
to matters governed by the laws of states other than Minnesota or Federal
laws on local counsel in such jurisdictions, provided that in each case
Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx P.L.L.P. shall state that they believe that they and the
Underwriters are justified in relying on such other counsel. In addition
to the matters set forth above, such opinion shall also include a statement
to the effect that nothing has come to the attention of such counsel which
leads them to believe that the Registration Statement, as of the time it
became effective under the Act, the Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto, on the date it was filed pursuant to Rule 424(b), or
any of the documents incorporated by reference therein (other than any
statements contained in such incorporated documents which have been
modified or superseded in accordance with the Rules and Regulations), as of
the date of effectiveness of the Registration Statement or, in the case of
documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus after the date of
effectiveness of the Registration Statement, as of the respective dates
when such documents were filed with the Commission, and the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, as of
the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, contain an
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 (except that such counsel need express no view as to
financial statements, schedules and other financial information included or
incorporated by reference therein). With respect to such statement,
Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx P.L.L.P. may state that their belief is based upon the
procedures set forth therein, but is without independent check and
verification.
(c) The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date or
the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, the opinion of Xxxxxx & Xxxxx,
intellectual property counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date or
the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, addressed to the Underwriters
(and stating that it may be relied upon by counsel to the Underwriters)
satisfactory to the Representatives.
(d) The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date or
the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, the opinion of Fenwick &
West, food and drug counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date or
the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, addressed to the
Underwriters (and stating that it may be relied upon by counsel to the
Underwriters) satisfactory to the Representatives.
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(e) The Representatives shall have received from Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx
LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, an opinion dated the Closing Date or the
Option Closing Date, as the case may be, with respect to the valid
incorporation and existence in good standing of the Company under the laws
of the State of Minnesota, this Agreement, the validity of the Shares and
such other matters as you may reasonably request. In rendering such
opinion Xxxxxx & Whitney LLP may rely as to all matters governed other than
by the laws of the State of Minnesota or Federal laws on the opinion of
counsel referred to in Paragraph (b) of this Section 6. In addition to the
matters set forth above, such opinion shall also include a statement to the
effect that nothing has come to the attention of such counsel which leads
them to believe that the Registration Statement, as of the time it became
effective under the Act, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto, on the date it was filed pursuant to Rule 424(b), or any of the
documents incorporated by reference therein (other than any statements
contained in such incorporated documents which have been modified or
superseded in accordance with the Rules and Regulations), as of the date of
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or, in the case of documents
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus after the date of effectiveness
of the Registration Statement, as of the respective dates when such
documents were filed with the Commission, and the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the
Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, contain an
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 (except that such counsel need express no view as to
financial statements, schedules and other financial information included or
incorporated by reference therein). With respect to such statement, Xxxxxx
& Whitney LLP may state that their belief is based upon the procedures set
forth therein, but is without independent check and verification.
(f) The Representatives shall have received at or prior to the
Closing Date from Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP a memorandum or summary, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Representatives, with respect to the
qualification for offering and sale by the Underwriters of the Shares under
the State securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the
Representatives may reasonably have designated to the Company.
(g) You shall have received, on each of the dates hereof, the Closing
Date and the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, a letter dated the
date hereof, the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may
be, in form and substance satisfactory to you, of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx L.L.P.
confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning
of the Act and the applicable published Rules and Regulations thereunder
and stating that in their opinion the financial statements and schedules
examined by them and included in the Registration Statement comply in form
in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the
Act and the related published Rules and Regulations; and containing such
other statements and information as is ordinarily included in accountants'
"comfort letters" to Underwriters with respect to the financial statements
and certain financial and statistical information contained in the
Registration Statement and Prospectus.
(h) The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date or
the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, a certificate or certificates
of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the
Company to the effect that, as of the Closing Date or the Option Closing
Date, as the case may be, each of them severally represents as follows:
(i) The Registration Statement has become effective under
the Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement has been
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issued, and no proceedings for such purpose have been taken or are, to
such officer's knowledge, contemplated by the Commission;
(ii) The representations and warranties of the Company
contained in Section 1 hereof are true and correct as of the Closing
Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be;
(iii) All filings required to have been made pursuant to
Rules 424 or 430A under the Act have been made;
(iv) Such officer has carefully examined the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus and, in such officer's opinion, as of the
effective date of the Registration Statement, the statements contained
in the Registration Statement, including any document incorporated by
reference therein (other than any statements contained in such
incorporated documents which have been modified or superseded in
accordance with the Rules and Regulations), were true and correct, and
such Registration Statement and Prospectus did not contain an untrue
statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein not misleading, and since the effective date of the
Registration Statement, no event has occurred which should have been
set forth in a supplement to or an amendment of the Prospectus which
has not been so set forth in such supplement or amendment; and
(v) Since the respective dates as of which information is
given in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, there has not been
any material adverse change or any development involving a prospective
material adverse change in or affecting the condition, financial or
otherwise, of the Company as a whole or the earnings, business,
management, properties, assets, rights, operations, condition
(financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company, whether or not
arising in the ordinary course of business.
(i) The Company shall have furnished to the Representatives such
further certificates and documents confirming the representations and
warranties, covenants and conditions contained herein and related matters
as the Representatives may reasonably have requested.
(j) The Firm Shares and Option Shares, if any, have been approved for
designation upon notice of issuance on the Nasdaq National Market.
(k) The Lockup Agreements described in Section 4(j) are in full force
and effect.
The opinions and certificates mentioned in this Agreement shall be
deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in
all material respects satisfactory to the Representatives and to Xxxxxx &
Whitney LLP, counsel for the Underwriters.
If any of the conditions hereinabove provided for in this Section 6
shall not have been fulfilled when and as required by this Agreement to be
fulfilled, the obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be terminated
by the Representatives by notifying the Company of such termination in
writing or by telegram at or prior to the Closing Date or the Option
Closing Date, as the case may be.
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In such event, the Company and the Underwriters shall not be under any
obligation to each other (except to the extent provided in Sections 5 and 8
hereof).
7. Conditions of the Obligations of the Company.
The obligations of the Company to sell and deliver the portion of the
Shares required to be delivered as and when specified in this Agreement are
subject to the conditions that at the Closing Date or the Option Closing
Date, as the case may be, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement shall have been issued and in effect or proceedings
therefor initiated or threatened.
8. Indemnification.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each
Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within
the meaning of the Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities
to which such Underwriter or any such controlling person may become subject
under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) arise out of or
are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any
material fact contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto, or (ii) 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; and will reimburse each Underwriter
and each such controlling person upon demand for any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter or such controlling person
in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage
or liability, action or proceeding or in responding to a subpoena or
governmental inquiry related to the offering of the Shares, whether or not
such Underwriter or controlling person is a party to any action or
proceeding; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any
such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability
arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement, or omission or alleged omission made or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the
Prospectus, or such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or through
the Representatives specifically for use in the preparation thereof. This
indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company
may otherwise have.
(b) Each Underwriter severally and not jointly will indemnify and
hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who
have signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of the Act, against any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company or any such director,
officer, or controlling person may become subject under the Act or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions or proceedings in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon
(i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact
contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto, or (ii) the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made; and will reimburse any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by the Company or any such director, officer, or
controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such
loss, claim, damage, liability, action or proceeding; provided, however,
that each
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Underwriter will be liable in each case to the extent, but only to the
extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission
or alleged omission has been made or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or such
amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by or through the Representatives
specifically for use in the preparation thereof. This indemnity agreement
will be in addition to any liability which such Underwriter may otherwise
have.
(c) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation)
shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may
be sought pursuant to this Section 8, such person (the "indemnified party")
shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought
(the "indemnifying party") in writing. No indemnification provided for in
Section 8(a) or (b) shall be available to any party who shall fail to give
notice as provided in this Section 8(c) if the party to whom notice was not
given was unaware of the proceeding to which such notice would have related
and was materially prejudiced by the failure to give such notice, but the
failure to give such notice shall not relieve the indemnifying party or
parties from any liability which it or they may have to the indemnified
party for contribution or otherwise than on account of the provisions of
Section 8(a) or (b). In case any such proceeding shall be brought against
any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the
commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to
participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any
other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof,
with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party and shall pay as
incurred the fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such
proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the
right to retain its own counsel at its own expense. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the indemnifying party shall pay as incurred (or within 30 days
of presentation) the fees and expenses of the counsel retained by the
indemnified party in the event (i) the indemnifying party and the
indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such
counsel, (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any
impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified
party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be
inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them
or (iii) the indemnifying party shall have failed to assume the defense and
employ counsel acceptable to the indemnified party within a reasonable
period of time after notice of commencement of the action. It is
understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any
proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for
the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm for all
such indemnified parties. Such firm shall be designated in writing by you
in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(a) and by the
Company in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(b). The
indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding
effected without its written consent but if settled with such consent or if
there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees
to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability
by reason of such settlement or judgment. In addition, the indemnifying
party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party,
settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any pending
or threatened claim, action or proceeding of which indemnification may be
sought hereunder (whether or not any indemnified party is an actual or
potential party to such claim, action or proceeding) unless such
settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each
indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action or
proceeding.
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(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is
unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under
Section 8(a) or (b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) referred to
therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid
or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received
by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the
offering of the Shares. If, however, the allocation provided by the
immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law then each
indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such
indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only
such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the
one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the
statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof), as well as any
other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by
the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be
deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the
offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the
total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters,
in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus.
The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to
information supplied by the Company on the one hand or the Underwriters on
the other and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or
omission.
The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 8(d) were determined by
pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity
for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take
account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section
8(d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of
the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in
respect thereof) referred to above in this Section 8(d) shall be deemed to
include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified
party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or
claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), (i) no
Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the
underwriting discounts and commissions applicable to the Shares purchased
by such Underwriter and (ii) no person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be
entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations in this
Section 8(d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective
underwriting obligations and not joint.
(e) In any proceeding relating to the Registration Statement, any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any supplement or amendment
thereto, each party against whom contribution may be sought under this
Section 8 hereby consents to the jurisdiction of any court having
jurisdiction over any other contributing party, agrees that process issuing
from such court may be served upon such party by any other contributing
party and consents to the service of such process and agrees that any other
contributing party may join such party as an additional defendant in any
such proceeding in which such other contributing party is a party.
(f) Any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses for which an
indemnified party is entitled to indemnification or contribution under this
Section 8 shall be paid by the
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indemnifying party to the indemnified party as such losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or expenses are incurred. The indemnity and
contribution agreements contained in this Section 8 and the representations
and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement shall remain
operative and in full force and effect, regardless of (i) any investigation
made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any person controlling any
Underwriter, the Company, its directors or officers or any persons
controlling the Company, (ii) acceptance of any Shares and payment therefor
hereunder, and (iii) any termination of this Agreement. A successor to any
Underwriter, or to the Company, its directors or officers, or any person
controlling the Company, shall be entitled to the benefits of the
indemnity, contribution and reimbursement agreements contained in this
Section 8.
9. Default by Underwriters.
If on the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be,
any Underwriter shall fail to purchase and pay for the portion of the
Shares which such Underwriter has agreed to purchase and pay for on such
date (otherwise than by reason of any default on the part of the Company),
you, as Representatives of the Underwriters, shall use your reasonable
efforts to procure within 36 hours thereafter one or more of the other
Underwriters, or any others, to purchase from the Company such amounts as
may be agreed upon, and upon the terms set forth herein, of the Firm Shares
or Option Shares, as the case may be, which the defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters failed to purchase. If during such 36 hours you, as such
Representatives, shall not have procured such other Underwriters, or any
others, to purchase the Firm Shares or Option Shares, as the case may be,
agreed to be purchased by the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then
(a) if the aggregate number of shares with respect to which such default
shall occur does not exceed 10% of the Firm Shares or Option Shares, as the
case may be, covered hereby, the other Underwriters shall be obligated,
severally, in proportion to the respective numbers of Firm Shares or Option
Shares, as the case may be, which they are obligated to purchase hereunder,
to purchase the Firm Shares or Option Shares, as the case may be, which
such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters failed to purchase, or (b) if
the aggregate number of shares of Firm Shares or Option Shares, as the case
may be, with respect to which such default shall occur exceeds 10% of the
Firm Shares or Option Shares, as the case may be, covered hereby, the
Company or you as the Representatives of the Underwriters will have the
right, by written notice given within the next 36-hour period to the
parties to this Agreement, to terminate this Agreement without liability on
the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters or of the Company except to the
extent provided in Section 8 hereof. In the event of a default by any
Underwriter or Underwriters, as set forth in this Section 9, the Closing
Date or Option Closing Date, as the case may be, may be postponed for such
period, not exceeding seven days, as you, as Representatives, may determine
in order that the required changes in the Registration Statement or in the
Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. The
term "Underwriter" includes any person substituted for a defaulting
Underwriter. Any action taken under this Section 9 shall not relieve any
defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such
Underwriter under this Agreement.
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10. Notices.
All communications hereunder shall be in writing and, except as
otherwise provided herein, will be mailed, delivered, telecopied or
telegraphed and confirmed as follows:
if to the Underwriters, to BT Alex. Xxxxx Incorporated
0 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
with a copy to BT Alex. Xxxxx Incorporated
0 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: General Counsel
and Xxxxxx & Whitney LLP
Pillsbury Center South
000 Xxxxx 0xx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxx
if to the Company, to Urologix, Inc.
00000 00xx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxx
with a copy to Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx P.L.L.P.
4200 IDS Center
00 Xxxxx 0xx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, XX
11. Termination.
This Agreement may be terminated by you by notice to the Company as
follows:
(a) at any time prior to the earlier of (i) the time the Shares are
released by you for sale by notice to the Underwriters, or (ii) 11:30 a.m.
on the first business day following the date of this Agreement;
(b) at any time prior to the Closing Date if any of the following has
occurred: (i) since the respective dates as of which information is given
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, any material adverse
change or any development involving a prospective material adverse change
in or affecting the condition, financial or otherwise, of the Company taken
as a whole or the earnings, business, management, properties, assets,
rights, operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the
Company, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, (ii)
any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or declaration of war or national
emergency or other national or international calamity or crisis or change
in economic or political conditions if the effect of such outbreak,
escalation, declaration, emergency, calamity, crisis or change on the
financial markets of the United States would, in your reasonable
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judgment, make it impracticable to market the Shares or to enforce
contracts for the sale of the Shares, or (iii) suspension of trading in
securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock
Exchange or the Nasdaq National Market or limitation on prices (other than
limitations on hours or numbers of days of trading) for securities on any
such exchange or the Nasdaq National Market, (iv) the enactment,
publication, decree or other promulgation of any statute, regulation, rule
or order of any court or other governmental authority which in your opinion
materially and adversely affects or may materially and adversely affect the
business or operations of the Company, (v) declaration of a banking
moratorium by United States or New York State authorities, (vi) the
suspension of trading of the Company's Common Stock by the Commission on
the Nasdaq National Market or (vii) the taking of any action by any
governmental body or agency in respect of its monetary or fiscal affairs
which in your reasonable opinion has a material adverse effect on the
securities markets in the United States; or
(c) as provided in Sections 6 and 9 of this Agreement.
This Agreement also may be terminated by you, by notice to the
Company, as to any obligation of the Underwriters to purchase the Option
Shares, upon the occurrence at any time prior to the Option Closing Date of
any of the events described in subparagraph (b) above or as provided in
Sections 6 and 9 of this Agreement.
12. Successors.
This Agreement has been and is made solely for the benefit of the
Underwriters and the Company and their respective successors and assigns,
and the officers, directors and controlling persons referred to herein, and
no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder. No purchaser
of any of the Shares from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or
assign merely because of such purchase.
13. Information Provided by Underwriters.
The Company and the Underwriters acknowledge and agree that the only
information furnished or to be furnished by any Underwriter to the
Company for inclusion in any Prospectus or the Registration Statement
consists of the information set forth in the last paragraph on the front
cover page (insofar as such information relates to the Underwriters),
legends required by Item 502(d) of Regulation S-K under the Act and the
information contained in the first, third, seventh and eighth paragraphs
under the caption "Underwriting" in the Prospectus.
14. Miscellaneous.
The reimbursement, indemnification and contribution agreements
contained in this Agreement and the representations, warranties and
covenants in this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect
regardless of (a) any termination of this Agreement, (b) any investigation
made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or controlling person thereof, or
by or on behalf of the Company or its directors or officers and (c)
delivery of and payment for the Shares under this Agreement.
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall
constitute one and the same instrument.
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This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with,
the laws of the State of Maryland.
If the foregoing letter is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicates hereof,
whereupon it will become a binding agreement among the Company and the several
Underwriters in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
Urologix, Inc.
By:
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Xxxx X. Xxxxx
President and Chief Executive
Officer
The foregoing Underwriting Agreement
is hereby confirmed and accepted as
of the date first above written.
BT Alex. Xxxxx Incorporated
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Incorporated
PaineWebber Incorporated
As Representatives of the several
Underwriters listed on Schedule I
By: BT Alex. Xxxxx Incorporated
By:
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Authorized Officer
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SCHEDULE I
Schedule of Underwriters
Number of Firm Shares
Underwriter to be Purchased
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BT Alex. Xxxxx Incorporated....................................
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Incorporated.....................................
PaineWebber Incorporated.......................................
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1,700,000
Total ............................................... =============
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