EXHIBIT 1.1
S&S Draft
11/24/97
3,850,000 Shares
MIDWAY AIRLINES CORPORATION
Common Stock (par value $.01 per share)
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
___________, 1997
____________, 1997
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
The Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxxxxx Company, LLC
as Representatives of the several Underwriters
c/o Morgan Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Dear Sirs and Mesdames:
MIDWAY AIRLINES CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters named in Schedule II
hereto (the "Underwriters"), and certain shareholders of the Company (the
"Selling Stockholders"), named in Schedule I hereto severally propose to sell to
the several Underwriters, an aggregate of 3,850,000 shares of the Common Stock
(par value $.01 per share) of the Company (the "Firm Shares"), of which
2,000,000 shares are to be issued and sold by the Company and 1,850,000 shares
are to be sold by the Selling Stockholders, each Selling Stockholder selling the
amount of Firm Shares set forth opposite such Selling Stockholder's name in
Schedule I hereto.
The Company and one of the Selling Stockholders also propose to issue
and sell to the several Underwriters not more than an additional 577,500 shares
of its Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Additional Shares"), of
which 296,820 shares are to be issued and sold by the Company and 280,680 shares
are to be sold by one of the Selling Stockholders as set forth in Schedule I
hereto (the "Additional Selling Stockholder"), if and to the extent that you, as
Managers of the offering, shall have determined to exercise, on behalf of the
Underwriters, the right to purchase such shares of common stock granted to the
Underwriters in Section 3 hereof. The Firm Shares and the Additional Shares are
hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Shares". The shares of Common
Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company to be outstanding after giving
effect to the sales contemplated hereby are hereinafter referred to as the
"Common Stock". The Company and the Selling Stockholders are hereinafter
sometimes collectively referred to as the "Sellers".
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") a registration statement, including a prospectus, relating to the
Shares. The registration statement as amended at the time it becomes effective,
including the information
(if any) deemed to be part of the registration statement at the time of
effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act"), is hereinafter referred to as the "Registration
Statement"; the prospectus in the form first used to confirm sales of Shares is
hereinafter referred to as the "Prospectus". If the Company has filed an
abbreviated registration statement to register additional shares of Common Stock
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (the "Rule 462 Registration
Statement"), then any reference herein to the term "Registration Statement"
shall be deemed to include such Rule 462 Registration Statement.
As part of the offering contemplated by this Agreement, the Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx Company, LLC ("Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx") has agreed to reserve out of the
Shares set forth opposite its name on Schedule II to this Agreement, up to
115,500 shares, for sale to the Company's employees, officers and directors and
other parties associated with the Company (collectively, the "Participants"), as
set forth in the Prospectus under the heading "Underwriters" (the "Directed
Share Program"). The Shares to be sold by Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx pursuant to the
Directed Share Program (the "Directed Shares") will be sold by Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
pursuant to this Agreement at the public offering price. Any Directed Shares
not orally confirmed for purchase by any Participants by the end of the first
business day after the date on which this Agreement is executed will be offered
to the public by Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx as set forth in the Prospectus.
1. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY. The Company
represents and warrants to and agrees with each of the Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement has become effective; no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect,
and no proceedings for such purpose are pending before or threatened by the
Commission.
(b) (i) The Registration Statement, when it became effective, did not
contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, (ii) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply
and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will comply in all material
respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations
of the Commission thereunder and (iii) the Prospectus does not contain and,
as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading, except that the representations and
warranties set forth in this paragraph do not apply to statements or
omissions in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus based upon
information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing
by such Underwriter through you expressly for use therein.
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(c) The Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation, has the corporate power and authority to own its property
and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and is duly
qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction
in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of
property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure
to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a material adverse
effect on the Company.
(d) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Company.
(e) The authorized capital stock of the Company conforms as to legal
matters to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus.
(f) The Company has no subsidiaries.
(g) The shares of Common Stock (including the Shares to be sold by
the Selling Stockholders) outstanding prior to the issuance of the Shares
to be sold by the Company have been duly authorized and are validly issued,
fully paid and non-assessable.
(h) The Shares to be sold by the Company have been duly authorized
and, when issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the
issuance of such Shares will not be subject to any preemptive or similar
rights.
(i) The execution and delivery by the Company of, and the performance
by the Company of its obligations under, this Agreement will not contravene
any provision of applicable law or the certificate of incorporation or
by-laws of the Company or any agreement or other instrument binding upon
the Company that is material to the Company or any judgment, order or
decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over
the Company, and no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or
qualification with, any governmental body or agency is required for the
performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement, except
such as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various
states in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares.
(j) There has not occurred any material adverse change, or any
development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the
condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or
operations of the Company from that set forth in the Prospectus (exclusive
of any amendments or supplements thereto subsequent to the date of this
Agreement).
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(k) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or
threatened to which the Company is a party or to which any of the
properties of the Company is subject that are required to be described in
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and are not so described or
any statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that are required
to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be
filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described or
filed as required.
(l) The Company has all necessary consents, authorizations,
approvals, orders, certificates and permits of and from, and has made all
declarations and filings with, all federal, state, local and other
governmental authorities, all self-regulatory organizations and all courts
and other tribunals, to own, lease, license and use its properties and
assets and to conduct its business in the manner described in the
Prospectus, except to the extent that the failure to obtain such consents,
authorizations, approvals, orders, certificates and permits or make such
declarations and filings would not have a material adverse effect on the
Company. The Company has not received any notice of proceedings relating
to the revocation or modification of any such consent, authorization,
approval, order, certificate or permit which, singly or in the aggregate,
if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result
in a material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or
in the earnings, business or operations of the Company, except as described
in or contemplated by the Prospectus.
(m) Each preliminary prospectus filed as part of the registration
statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment thereto, or filed
pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, complied when so filed in
all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(n) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and
sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof as described
in the Prospectus, will not be an "investment company" as such term is
defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(o) The Company (i) is in compliance with any and all applicable
foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the
protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or
toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants ("Environmental
Laws"), (ii) has received all permits, licenses or other approvals required
of it under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct its respective
businesses and (iii) is in compliance with all terms and conditions of any
such permit, license or approval, except where such noncompliance with
Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other
approvals or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such
permits, licenses or approvals would not, singly or in the aggregate, have
a material adverse effect on the Company.
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(p) There are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental
Laws (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures
required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with
Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related
constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third
parties) for which the Company is now liable which would, singly or in the
aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company.
(q) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is
given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, (1) the Company has
not incurred any material liability or obligation, direct or contingent,
nor entered into any material transaction not in the ordinary course of
business; (2) the Company has not purchased any of its outstanding capital
stock, nor declared, paid or otherwise made any dividend or distribution of
any kind on its capital stock; and (3) there has not been any material
change in the capital stock, short-term debt or long-term debt of the
Company except in each case as described in or contemplated by the
Prospectus.
(r) The Company has good and marketable title in fee simple to all
real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned
by it which is material to the business of the Company, in each case free
and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are
described in the Prospectus or such as do not materially affect the value
of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be
made of such property by the Company; and any real property and buildings
held under lease by the Company are held by it under valid, subsisting and
enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not
interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and
buildings by the Company, in each case except as described in or
contemplated by the Prospectus.
(s) The Company owns or possesses, or can acquire on reasonable
terms, all material patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions,
copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or
unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or
procedures), trademarks, service marks and trade names currently employed
by it in connection with the business now operated by it, and the Company
has not received any notice of infringement of or conflict with asserted
rights of others with respect to any of the foregoing which, singly or in
the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or
finding, would result in any material adverse change in the condition,
financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the
Company.
(t) No material labor dispute with the employees of the Company
exists, except as described in or contemplated by the Prospectus, or, to
the knowledge of the Company, is imminent; and the Company is not aware of
any existing, threatened or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of
any of its principal suppliers, manufacturers or contractors that could
result in any material adverse change in the
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condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or
operations of the Company.
(u) The Company is insured by insurers of recognized financial
responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are
prudent and customary in the businesses in which it is engaged; 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, or the earnings, business or operations
of the Company, except as described in or contemplated by the Prospectus.
(v) The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (1) transactions are
executed in accordance with management's general or specific
authorizations; (2) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (3) access to
assets is permitted only in accordance with management's general or
specific authorization; and (4) the recorded accountability for assets is
compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate
action is taken with respect to any differences.
(w) There are no holders of securities (debt or equity) of the
Company, or holders of rights, options, or warrants to obtain securities of
the Company, who have the right during the 180-day period after the date of
this Agreement to require the Company to register securities held by them
under the Securities Act, other than holders who have waived such right for
the 180-day period after the date of the initial public offering of the
Shares and have waived their rights with respect to the inclusion of their
securities in the Registration Statement.
(x) There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the
Company and any person granting such person the right to require the
Company to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with
respect to any securities of the Company or to require the Company to
include such securities with the Shares registered pursuant to the
Registration Statement.
(y) The Company has no customer sales to which account for ten
percent or more of the Company's revenues.
(z) The Company is a "citizen of the United States" (as defined in
Section 40102(a)(15) of Title 49 of the United States Code, as amended) and
is an air carrier operating under a certificate of public convenience and
necessity issued by the
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Secretary of Transportation pursuant to Section 41102 of Xxxxx 00, Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Code. There is in force with respect to the Company an air carrier
operating certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration
pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 119.
Furthermore, the Company represents and warrants to Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
that (i) the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any preliminary
prospectus comply, and any further amendments or supplements thereto will
comply, with any applicable laws or regulations of foreign jurisdictions in
which the Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus, as amended or supplemented,
if applicable, are distributed in connection with the Directed Share Program,
and that (ii) no authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration
or qualification of or with any government, governmental instrumentality or
court, other than such as have been obtained, is necessary under the securities
laws and regulations of foreign jurisdictions in which the Directed Shares are
offered outside the United States.
2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLING STOCKHOLDERS. Each
of the Selling Stockholders severally and not jointly represents and warrants to
and agrees with each of the Underwriters that:
(a) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by or on behalf of such Selling Stockholder.
(b) The execution and delivery by such Selling Stockholder of, and
the performance by such Selling Stockholder of its obligations under, this
Agreement, the Custody Agreement signed by such Selling Stockholder and
_______________, as Custodian, relating to the deposit of the Shares to be
sold by such Selling Stockholder (the "Custody Agreement") and the Power of
Attorney appointing certain individuals as such Selling Stockholder's
attorneys-in-fact to the extent set forth therein, relating to the
transactions contemplated hereby and by the Registration Statement (the
"Power of Attorney") will not contravene any provision of applicable law,
or the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of such Selling Stockholder
(if such Selling Stockholder is a corporation), or any agreement or other
instrument binding upon such Selling Stockholder or any judgment, order or
decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over
such Selling Stockholder, and no consent, approval, authorization or order
of, or qualification with, any governmental body or agency is required for
the performance by such Selling Stockholder of its obligations under this
Agreement or the Custody Agreement or Power of Attorney of such Selling
Stockholder, except such as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky
laws of the various states in connection with the offer and sale of the
Shares.
(c) Such Selling Shareholder has, and on the Closing Date will have,
valid title to the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder and the
legal right and power, and all authorization and approval required by law,
to enter into this Agreement, the
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Custody Agreement and the Power of Attorney and to sell, transfer and
deliver the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder.
(d) The Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder pursuant to
this Agreement have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid
and non-assessable.
(e) The Custody Agreement and the Power of Attorney have been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by such Selling Stockholder and are
valid and binding agreements of such Selling Stockholder.
(f) Delivery of the shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder
pursuant to this Agreement will pass title to such Shares free and clear of
any security interests, claims, liens, equities and other encumbrances.
(g) (i) The Registration Statement, when it became effective, did not
contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, (ii) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply
and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will comply in all material
respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations
of the Commission thereunder and (iii) the Prospectus does not contain and,
as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading, except that the representations and
warranties set forth in this paragraph 2(g) shall only apply to statements
or omissions in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which relate
to any Selling Stockholder furnished to the Company in writing by such
Selling Stockholder expressly for use therein.
3. AGREEMENTS TO SELL AND PURCHASE. Each Seller, severally and not
jointly, hereby agrees to sell to the several Underwriters, and each
Underwriter, upon the basis of the representations and warranties herein
contained, but subject to the conditions hereinafter stated, agrees, severally
and not jointly, to purchase from such Seller at $_______ a share (the "Purchase
Price") the number of Firm Shares (subject to such adjustments to eliminate
fractional shares as you may determine) that bears the same proportion to the
number of Firm Shares to be sold by such Seller as the number of Firm Shares set
forth in Schedule II hereto opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the
total number of Firm Shares.
On the basis of the representations and warranties contained in this
Agreement, and subject to its terms and conditions, the Company and the
Additional Selling Stockholder agree to sell to the Underwriters the Additional
Shares, and the Underwriters shall have a one-time right to purchase, severally
and not jointly, up to 577,500 Additional Shares of which
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296,820 shares are to be issued and sold by the Company and 280,680 shares are
to be sold by the Additional Selling Stockholder at the Purchase Price. If the
option is exercised as to only a portion of the Additional Shares, each of the
Company and the Additional Selling Stockholder will sell its pro rata portion of
the Additional Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters. If you, on behalf of
the Underwriters, elect to exercise such option, you shall so notify the Company
in writing not later than 30 days after the date of this Agreement, which notice
shall specify the number of Additional Shares to be purchased by the
Underwriters and the date on which such shares are to be purchased. Such date
may be the same as the Closing Date (as defined below) but not earlier than the
Closing Date nor later than ten business days after the date of such notice.
Additional Shares may be purchased as provided in Section 5 hereof solely for
the purpose of covering over-allotments made in connection with the offering of
the Firm Shares. If any Additional Shares are to be purchased, each Underwriter
agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase the number of Additional Shares
(subject to such adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as you may
determine) that bears the same proportion to the total number of Additional
Shares to be purchased as the number of Firm Shares set forth in Schedule II
hereto opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of Firm
Shares.
Each Seller hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not,
during the period ending 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, (i) offer,
pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase,
purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to
purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any
shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for Common Stock or (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement
that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences
of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in
clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such
other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply
to (A) the Shares to be sold hereunder, (B) the issuance by the Company of
shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of an option or warrant or the
conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof of which the
Underwriters have been advised in writing or (C) transactions by any person
other than the Company relating to shares of Common Stock or other securities
acquired in open market transactions after the completion of the offering of the
Shares. In addition, each Selling Stockholder, agrees that, without the prior
written consent of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated on behalf of the
Underwriters, it will not, during the period ending 180 days after the date of
the Prospectus, make any demand for, or exercise any right with respect to, the
registration of any shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock.
4. TERMS OF PUBLIC OFFERING. The Sellers are advised by you that
the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of their respective portions
of the Shares as soon after the Registration Statement and this Agreement have
become effective as in your judgment is advisable. The Sellers are further
advised by you that the Shares are to be offered
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to the public initially at $_______ a share (the "Public Offering Price") and to
certain dealers selected by you at a price that represents a concession not in
excess of $_______ a share under the Public Offering Price, and that any
Underwriter may allow, and such dealers may reallow, a concession, not in excess
of $_______ a share, to any Underwriter or to certain other dealers.
5. PAYMENT AND DELIVERY. Payment for the Firm Shares to be sold by
each Seller shall be made to such Seller in Federal or other funds immediately
available in New York City against delivery of such Firm Shares for the
respective accounts of the several Underwriters at 10:00 a.m., New York City
time, on __________, 1997, or at such other time on the same or such other date,
not later than __________, 1997, as shall be designated in writing by you. The
time and date of such payment are hereinafter referred to as the "Closing Date".
Payment for any Additional Shares shall be made to the Company in
Federal or other funds immediately available in New York City against delivery
of such Additional Shares for the respective accounts of the several
Underwriters at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date specified in the
notice described in Section 3 or at such other time on the same or on such other
date, in any event not later than _______________, 1997, as shall be designated
in writing by you. The time and date of such payment are hereinafter referred
to as the "Option Closing Date".
Certificates for the Firm Shares and Additional Shares shall be in
definitive form and registered in such names and in such denominations as you
shall request in writing not later than one full business day prior to the
Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be. The certificates
evidencing the Firm Shares and Additional Shares shall be delivered to you on
the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, for the
respective accounts of the several Underwriters, with any transfer taxes payable
in connection with the transfer of the Shares to the Underwriters duly paid,
against payment of the Purchase Price therefor.
6. CONDITIONS TO THE UNDERWRITERS' OBLIGATIONS. The obligations of
the Sellers to sell the Shares to the Underwriters and the several obligations
of the Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Shares on the Closing Date are
subject to the condition that the Registration Statement shall have become
effective no later than [__________] (New York City time) on the date hereof.
The several obligations of the Underwriters are subject to the
following further conditions:
(a) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and
prior to the Closing Date:
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(i) there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any
notice have been given of any intended or potential downgrading or of
any review for a possible change that does not indicate the direction
of the possible change, in the rating accorded any of the Company's
securities by any "nationally recognized statistical rating
organization," as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2)
under the Securities Act; and
(ii) there shall not have occurred any change, or any development
involving a prospective change, in the condition, financial or
otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Company,
from that set forth in the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendments or
supplements thereto subsequent to the date of this Agreement) that, in
your judgment, is material and adverse and that makes it, in your
judgment, impracticable to market the Shares on the terms and in the
manner contemplated in the Prospectus.
(b) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date a
certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by an executive officer of
the Company, to the effect set forth in Section 6(a)(i) above and to the
effect that the representations and warranties of the Company contained in
this Agreement are true and correct as of the Closing Date and that the
Company has complied with all of the agreements and satisfied all of the
conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder on or before
the Closing Date.
The officer signing and delivering such certificate may rely upon the
best of his or her knowledge as to proceedings threatened.
(c) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement shall be in effect and no proceedings for such purpose shall be
pending before or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Underwriters,
threatened by the Commission.
(d) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an
opinion of Fulbright & Xxxxxxxx L.L.P., outside counsel for the Company,
dated the Closing Date, to the effect that:
(i) the Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing
as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction
of its incorporation, has the corporate power and authority to own its
property and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus
and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in
each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its
ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except
to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good
standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Company;
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(ii) the authorized capital stock of the Company conforms as to
legal matters to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus;
(iii) the shares of Common Stock (including the Shares to be
sold by the Selling Stockholders) outstanding prior to the issuance of
the Shares to be sold by the Company have been duly authorized and are
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable;
(iv) the Shares to be sold by the Company have been duly
authorized and, when issued and delivered in accordance with the terms
of this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable, and the issuance of such Shares will not be subject to
any preemptive or similar rights;
(v) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company;
(vi) the execution and delivery by the Company of, and the
performance by the Company of its obligations under, this Agreement
will not contravene any provision of applicable law or the certificate
of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or, to the best of such
counsel's knowledge, any agreement or other instrument binding upon
the Company that is material to the Company or to the best of such
counsel's knowledge, any judgment, order or decree of any governmental
body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Company, and no
consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with,
any governmental body or agency is required for the performance by the
Company of its obligations under this Agreement, except such as may be
required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states in
connection with the offer and sale of the Shares;
(vii) the statements (A) in the Prospectus under the captions
"Description of Capital Stock" and "Shares Eligible for Future Sale"
and (B) in the Registration Statement in Items 14 and 15, in each case
insofar as such statements constitute summaries of the legal matters,
documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present the
information called for with respect to such legal matters, documents
and proceedings and fairly summarize the matters referred to therein;
(viii) after due inquiry, such counsel does not know of any
legal or governmental proceedings pending or threatened to which the
Company is a party or to which any of the properties of the Company is
subject that are required to be described in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus and are not so described or of any
statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that are required
to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus
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or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not
described or filed as required;
(ix) the Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering
and sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof as
described in the Prospectus, will not be an "investment company" as
such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended;
(x) the Company (A) is in compliance with any and all applicable
Environmental Laws, (B) has received all permits, licenses or other
approvals required of it under applicable Environmental Laws to
conduct its business and (C) is in compliance with all terms and
conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except where such
noncompliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required
permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with the
terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals would not,
singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the
Company; and
(xi) such counsel (A) is of the opinion that the Registration
Statement and Prospectus (except for financial statements and
schedules and other financial and statistical data included therein as
to which such counsel need not express any opinion) comply as to form
in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (B) has no reason
to believe that (except for financial statements and schedules and
other financial and statistical data as to which such counsel need not
express any belief) the Registration Statement and the prospectus
included therein at the time the Registration Statement became
effective 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 and (C) has no reason to
believe that (except for financial statements and schedules and other
financial and statistical data as to which such counsel need not
express any belief) the Prospectus contains any untrue statement of a
material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading.
(e) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an
opinion of _______________, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, dated the
Closing Date, to the effect that:
(i) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by or on behalf of each of the Selling Stockholders;
(ii) the execution and delivery by each Selling Stockholder of,
and the performance by such Selling Stockholder of its obligations
under, this
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Agreement and the Custody Agreement and Powers of Attorney of such
Selling Stockholder will not contravene any provision of applicable
law, or the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of such Selling
Stockholder (if such Selling Stockholder is a corporation), or, to the
best of such counsel's knowledge, any agreement or other instrument
binding upon such Selling Stockholder or, to the best of such
counsel's knowledge, any judgment, order or decree of any governmental
body, agency or court having jurisdiction over such Selling
Stockholder, and no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or
qualification with, any governmental body or agency is required for
the performance by such Selling Stockholder of its obligations under
this Agreement or the Custody Agreement or Power of Attorney of such
Selling Stockholder, except such as may be required by the securities
or Blue Sky laws of the various states in connection with offer and
sale of the Shares;
(iii) each of the Selling Stockholders has valid title to the
Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder and the legal right and
power, and all authorization and approval required by law, to enter
into this Agreement and the Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney of
such Selling Stockholder and to sell, transfer and deliver the Shares
to be sold by such Selling Stockholder;
(iv) the Custody Agreement and the Power of Attorney of each
Selling Stockholder have been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by such Selling Stockholder and are valid and binding agreements of
such Selling Stockholder;
(v) delivery of the Shares to be sold by each Selling
Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement will pass title to such Shares
free and clear of any security interests, claims, liens, equities and
other encumbrances; and
(vi) such counsel (A) is of the opinion that the Registration
Statement and Prospectus comply as to form in all material respects
with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of
the Commission thereunder with reference to information relating to
any Selling Stockholder furnished to the Company in writing by such
Selling Stockholder expressly for use therein, (B) has no reason to
believe that the Registration Statement and the prospectus included
therein at the time the Registration Statement became effective
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 with reference to information
relating to any Selling Stockholder furnished to the Company in
writing by such Selling Stockholder expressly for use therein and (C)
has no reason to believe that the Prospectus contains any untrue
statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under
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which they were made, not misleading with reference to information
relating to any Selling Stockholder furnished to the Company in
writing by such Selling Stockholder expressly for use therein.
(f) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an
opinion of Shearman & Sterling, counsel for the Underwriters, dated the
Closing Date, covering the matters referred to in Sections 6(d)(vi),
6(d)(vii), 6(d)(ix) (but only as to the statements in the Prospectus under
"Description of Capital Stock" and "Underwriters") and 6(d)(xiii) above.
With respect to Section 6(d)(xiii) above, Fulbright & Xxxxxxxx L.L.P.
and Shearman & Sterling and with respect to Section 6(e)(vi) above,
_______________ may state that their opinion and belief are based upon
their participation in the preparation of the Registration Statement and
Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto and review and
discussion of the contents thereof, but are without independent check or
verification, except as specified. With respect to Section 6(e) above,
_____________ may rely upon an opinion or opinions of counsel for any
Selling Stockholders and, with respect to factual matters and to the extent
such counsel deems appropriate, upon the representations of each Selling
Stockholder contained herein and in the Custody Agreement and Power of
Attorney of such Selling Stockholder and in other documents and
instruments; PROVIDED that (A) each such counsel for the Selling
Stockholders is satisfactory to your counsel, (B) a copy of each opinion so
relied upon is delivered to you and is in form and substance satisfactory
to your counsel, (C) copies of such Custody Agreements and Powers of
Attorney and of any such other documents and instruments shall be delivered
to you and shall be in form and substance satisfactory to your counsel and
(D) _______________ shall state in their opinion that they are justified in
relying on each such other opinion.
The opinions of Fulbright & Xxxxxxxx L.L.P. and _______________
described in Sections 6(d) and 6(e) above (and any opinions of counsel for
any Selling Stockholder referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph)
shall be rendered to the Underwriters at the request of the Company or one
or more of the Selling Stockholders, as the case may be, and shall so state
therein.
(g) The Underwriters shall have received, on each of the date hereof
and the Closing Date, a letter dated the date hereof or the Closing Date,
as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters,
from Ernst & Young LLP, independent public accountants, containing
statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants'
"comfort letters" to underwriters with respect to the financial statements
and certain financial information contained in the Registration statement
and the Prospectus; PROVIDED that the letter delivered on the Closing Date
shall use a "cut-off date" not earlier than the date hereof.
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(h) The Underwriters shall have received, on each of the date hereof
and the Closing Date, a letter dated the date hereof or the Closing Date,
as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters,
from Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP, independent public accountants, containing
statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants'
"comfort letters" to underwriters with respect to the financial statements
and certain financial information contained in the Registration statement
and the Prospectus; PROVIDED that the letter delivered on the Closing Date
shall use a "cut-off date" not earlier than the date hereof.
(i) The "lock-up" agreements, each substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto, between you and certain shareholders, officers and
directors of the Company relating to sales and certain other dispositions
of shares of Common Stock or certain other securities, delivered to you on
or before the date hereof, shall be in full force and effect on the Closing
Date.
(j) You shall have received on the Closing Date certificates dated
the Closing Date and signed by the Selling Stockholders or by
attorneys-in-fact of the Selling Stockholders, to the effect that the
representations and warranties of each such Selling Stockholder contained
in this Agreement are true and correct as of the Closing Date and that each
such Selling Stockholder has complied with all of the agreements and
satisfied all of the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied
hereunder on or before the Closing Date.
(k) The Company shall have complied with the provisions of Section
7(a) hereof with respect to the furnishing of Prospectuses on the business
day next succeeding the date of this Agreement, in such quantities as you
shall have reasonably requested.
(l) The Shares shall have been approved for quotation on the Nasdaq
National Market System by the National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc. (the "NASD").
(m) You shall have received such other documents and certificates as
are reasonably requested by you or your counsel.
The several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase Additional
Shares hereunder are subject to the delivery to you on the Option Closing Date
of such documents as you may reasonably request with respect to the good
standing of the Company, the due authorization and issuance of the Additional
Shares and other matters related to the issuance of the Additional Shares.
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7. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY. In further consideration of the
agreements of the Underwriters herein contained, the Company covenants with each
Underwriter as follows:
(a) To furnish to you, without charge, three signed copies of the
Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and for delivery to
each other Underwriter a conformed copy of the Registration Statement
(without exhibits thereto) and to furnish to you in New York City, without
charge, prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the business day next
succeeding the date of this Agreement and during the period mentioned in
Section 7(c) below, as many copies of the Prospectus and any supplements
and amendments thereto or to the Registration Statement as you may
reasonably request.
(b) Before amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus, to furnish to you a copy of each such proposed amendment or
supplement and not to file any such proposed amendment or supplement to
which you reasonably object, and to file with the Commission within the
applicable period specified in Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act any
prospectus required to be filed pursuant to such Rule.
(c) If, during such period after the first date of the public
offering of the Shares as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters
the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales
by an Underwriter or dealer, any event shall occur or condition exist as a
result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if, in
the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or
supplement the Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to
prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the
Underwriters and to the dealers (whose names and addresses you will furnish
to the Company) to which Shares may have been sold by you on behalf of the
Underwriters and to any other dealers upon request, either amendments or
supplements to the Prospectus so that the statements in the Prospectus as
so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when
the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the
Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with law.
(d) To endeavor to qualify the Shares for offer and sale under the
securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as you shall reasonably
request.
(e) To make generally available to the Company's security holders and
to you as soon as practicable an earning statement covering the
twelve-month period ending December 31, 1998 that satisfies the provisions
of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder.
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(f) To use the net proceeds received by the Company from the sale of
the Shares hereunder in the manner specified in the Prospectus under the
caption "Use of Proceeds."
(g) In connection with the Directed Share Program, the Company will
ensure that the Directed Shares will be restricted to the extent required
by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD") or the
NASD rules from sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or hypothecation for a
period of three months following the date of the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx will notify the Company as to
which Participants will need to be so restricted. The Company will direct
the transfer agent to place stop transfer restrictions upon such securities
for such period of time.
Furthermore, the Company covenants with Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx that the
Company will comply with all applicable securities and other applicable laws,
rules and regulations in each foreign jurisdiction in which the Directed Shares
are offered in connection with the Directed Share Program.
8. COVENANTS OF THE SELLING STOCKHOLDERS. In further consideration
of the agreements of the Underwriters herein contained, each of the Selling
Stockholders severally and not jointly covenants as follows:
(a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are
consummated or this Agreement is terminated, to pay or cause to be paid (i)
all taxes, if any, on the transfer and sale of the Shares being sold by
such Selling Stockholder and (ii) all expenses incident to the delivery of
the Shares and the fees and expenses of counsel and accountants for such
Selling Stockholder; PROVIDED that the provisions of this Section 8(a) and
of Section 7(h) shall not in any way affect any agreement between the
Company and the Selling Stockholders with respect to the payment of
expenses.
(b) Such Selling Stockholder has carefully reviewed the Registration
Statement and will carefully review, promptly upon receipt, each amendment
thereto provided to such Selling Stockholder. At any time during the
period from the date hereof through the Closing Date or the Option Closing
Date, in the case of an Option Selling Stockholder, if there is any change
in the information in the Registration Statement as set forth under the
caption "Principal and Selling Stockholders" (including the notes thereto)
that specifically relate to such Selling Stockholder, such Selling
Stockholder will immediately notify the Company of such change.
(c) Such Selling Stockholder shall cooperate fully with the Company
in supplying such information relating to such Selling Stockholder and the
Shares as the Company may reasonably request for use in preparation of the
Registration Statement and all other documents reasonably necessary or
desirable in connection with the
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offering of Shares. In addition, such Selling Stockholder shall furnish to
the Company (or, at the Company's request, to the Underwriters or other
parties) such further certificates and documents confirming the
representations and warranties contained herein, or with respect to related
matters, as the Company may reasonably request.
9. EXPENSES. Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this
Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company agrees to
pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of the
obligations under this Agreement, including: (i) the fees, disbursements and
expenses of the Company's counsel, the Company's accountants and counsel for the
Selling Stockholders in connection with the registration and delivery of the
Shares under the Securities Act and all other fees or expenses in connection
with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement, any preliminary
prospectus, the Prospectus and amendments and supplements to any of the
foregoing, including all printing costs associated therewith, and the mailing
and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers, in the
quantities hereinabove specified, (ii) all costs and expenses related to the
transfer and delivery of the Shares to the Underwriters, including any transfer
or other taxes payable thereon, (iii) the cost of printing or producing any Blue
Sky or Legal Investment memorandum in connection with the offer and sale of the
Shares under state securities laws and all expenses in connection with the
qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under state securities laws as
provided in Section 7(d) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees
and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such
qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky or Legal Investment
memorandum, (iv) all filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of
counsel to the Underwriters incurred in connection with the review and
qualification of the offering of the Shares by the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc., (v) all fees and expenses in connection with the
preparation and filing of the registration statement on Form 8-A relating to the
Common Stock and all costs and expenses incident to listing the Shares on the
Nasdaq National Market, (vi) the cost of printing certificates representing the
Shares, (vii) the costs and charges of any transfer agent, registrar or
depositary, (viii) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor
presentations on any "road show" undertaken in connection with the marketing of
the offering of the Shares, including, without limitation, expenses associated
with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any
consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations with the
prior approval of the Company, travel and lodging expenses of the
representatives and officers of the Company and any such consultants, and the
cost of any aircraft chartered in connection with the road show, (ix) all fees
and disbursements of counsel incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the
Directed Share Program and stamp duties, similar taxes or duties or other taxes,
if any, incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the Directed Share
Program, and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the
obligations of the Company hereunder for which provision is not otherwise made
in this Section. It is understood, however, that except as provided in this
Section, Section 10 entitled "Indemnity and Contribution", and the last
paragraph of Section 12 below, the Underwriters will pay all of their costs and
expenses,
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including fees and disbursements of their counsel, stock transfer taxes payable
on resale of any of the Shares by them and any advertising expenses connected
with any offers they may make.
The provisions of this Section shall not supersede or otherwise affect
any agreement that the Sellers may otherwise have for the allocation of such
expenses among themselves.
10. INDEMNITY AND CONTRIBUTION. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any
Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or
Section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"), from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities
(including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred
in connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim) caused
by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained
in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof, any preliminary
prospectus or the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Company shall
have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto), or caused by any omission
or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except
insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any such
untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission based upon
information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by
such Underwriter through you expressly for use therein.
(b) Each Selling Stockholder agrees, severally and not jointly, to
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who sign
the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company
within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of
the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and
liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such
action or claim) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof,
any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the
Selling Stockholder shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto),
or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, but only under the caption "Principal and Selling Stockholders" with
reference to information relating to such Selling Stockholder under the caption
"Principal and Selling Stockholders".
(c) Each Selling Stockholder agrees, severally and not jointly, to
indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriters and each person, if any, who
controls the Underwriters within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act from
and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including,
without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in
connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim) which may
be
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based upon the Securities Act, or any other statute or at common law, on the
ground or alleged ground that the statements contained in the Registration
Statement or any amendment thereof, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus
(as amended or supplemented if the Selling Stockholder shall have furnished any
amendments or supplements thereto) under the caption "Principal and Selling
Stockholders" that specifically relate to such Selling Stockholder includes or
allegedly includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading, unless such statement or omission was made in reliance
upon, and in conformity with, written information regarding any Underwriter
furnished to the Company by any Underwriter specifically for use in the
preparation thereof. Such Selling Stockholder will be entitled to participate
at its own expense in the defense or, if it so elects, to assume the defense of
any suit brought to enforce any such liability, but if such Selling Stockholder
elects to assume the defense, such defense shall be conducted by counsel chosen
by such Selling Stockholder. In the event that any Selling Stockholder elects
to assume the defense of any such suit and retain such counsel, any underwriter
indemnified parties, defendant or defendants in the suit, may retain additional
counsel but shall bear the fees and expenses of such counsel unless (i) such
Selling Stockholder shall have specifically authorized the retaining of such
counsel or (ii) the parties to such suit include any such underwriter
indemnified parties, and such Selling Stockholder and such underwriter
indemnified parties have been advised by counsel to the Underwriters that one or
more legal defenses may be available to it or them which may not be available to
such Selling Stockholder, in which case such Selling Stockholder shall not be
entitled to assume the defense of such suit notwithstanding its obligation to
bear the fees and expenses of such counsel. This indemnity agreement is not
exclusive and will be in addition to any liability which such Selling
Stockholder might otherwise have and shall not limit any rights or remedies
which may otherwise be available at law or in equity to each underwriter
indemnified party. The Company and the Selling Stockholders may agree, as among
themselves and without limiting the rights of the Underwriters under this
Agreement, as to their respective amounts of such liability for which they each
shall be responsible. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 10,
the aggregate liability of any Selling Stockholder pursuant to the provisions of
this Section 10(c) shall be limited to an amount equal to the net proceeds
received by such Selling Stockholder from the sale of such Selling Stockholder's
Stock hereunder.
(d) Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify
and hold harmless the Company, the Selling Stockholders, the directors of the
Company, the officers of the Company who sign the Registration Statement and
each person, if any, who controls the Company or any Selling Stockholder within
the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and
liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such
action or claim) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof,
any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the
Company shall have furnished any amendments
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or supplements thereto), or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, but only with reference to information
relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such
Underwriter through you expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any
preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto.
(e) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx and each person, if any, who controls Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx within the
meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange
Act ("Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Entities"), from and against any and all losses, claims,
damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any
such action or claim) (i) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the prospectus wrapper prepared by or
with the consent of the Company for distribution in foreign jurisdictions in
connection with the Directed Share Program attached to the Prospectus or any
preliminary prospectus, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statement therein, when considered in conjunction with the Prospectus or any
applicable preliminary prospectus, not misleading; (ii) caused by the failure of
any Participant to pay for and accept delivery of the shares which, immediately
following the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, were subject to a
properly confirmed agreement to purchase; or (iii) related to, arising out of,
or in connection with the Directed Share Program, provided that, the Company
shall not be responsible under this subparagraph (iii) for any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or expenses relating thereto) that are finally
judicially determined to have resulted from the bad faith or gross negligence of
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Entities.
(f) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation)
shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be
sought pursuant to Section 10(a), 10(b), 10(c) or 10(d), such person (the
"indemnified party"), shall promptly notify the person against whom such
indemnity may be sought (the "indemnifying party"), in writing and the
indemnifying party, upon request of the indemnified party, shall retain counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified
party and any others the indemnifying party may designate in such proceeding and
shall pay the fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such
proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right
to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be
at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party and
the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such
counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any
impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified
party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be
inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them.
It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in respect of the
legal expenses of any indemnified party in connection with any proceeding or
related proceedings in the same
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jurisdiction, be liable for (i) the fees and expenses of more than one separate
firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Underwriters and all persons, if
any, who control any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, (ii) the fees and expenses of
more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for the Company,
its directors, its officers who sign the Registration Statement and each person,
if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of either such Section and
(iii) the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any
local counsel) for all Selling Stockholders and all persons, if any, who control
any Selling Stockholder within the meaning of either such Section, and that all
such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. In the case of
any such separate firm for the Underwriters and such control persons of any
Underwriters, such firm shall be designated in writing by Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co.
Incorporated. In the case of any such separate firm for the Company, and such
directors, officers and control persons of the Company, such firm shall be
designated in writing by the Company. In the case of any such separate firm for
the Selling Stockholders and such control persons of any Selling Stockholders,
such firm shall be designated in writing by the persons named as
attorneys-in-fact for the Selling Stockholders under the Powers of Attorney.
The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding
effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if
there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to
indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason
of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at
any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to
reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated
by the second and third sentences of this paragraph, the indemnifying party
agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected
without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30
days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii)
such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in
accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No
indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified
party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect
of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could
have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement
includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability
on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding. Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, if indemnity may be sought pursuant
to Section 10(e) hereof in respect of such action or proceeding, then in
addition to such separate firm for the indemnified parties, the indemnifying
party shall be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of not more than one
separate firm (in addition) to any local counsel) for Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx for the
defense of any losses, claims, damages and liabilities arising out of the
Directed Share Program, and all persons, if any, who control Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange
Act.
(g) To the extent the indemnification provided for in Section 10(a),
10(b), 10(c) or 10(d) is unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient in
respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then
each indemnifying party under such
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paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder, shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result
of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the indemnifying party
or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party or parties on the other
hand from the offering of the Shares or (ii) if the allocation provided by
clause 10(f)(i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as
is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause
10(f)(i) above but also the relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties
on the one hand and of the indemnified party or parties on the other hand in
connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling
Stockholder on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand in connection
with the offering of the Shares shall be deemed to be in the same respective
proportions as the net proceeds from the offering of the Shares (before
deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders and the
total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in
each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the
aggregate Public Offering Price of the Shares. The relative fault of the
Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the
other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the
untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged
omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company
and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand or by the Underwriters on the other
hand and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Underwriters'
respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 10 are several in
proportion to the respective number of Shares they have purchased hereunder, and
not joint.
(h) The Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters agree
that it would not be just or equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section
10 were determined by PRO RATA allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated
as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does
not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in Section 10(f).
The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages and liabilities referred to in the immediately preceding
paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth
above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party
in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 10, no Underwriter shall be
required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total
price at which the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public were
offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter
has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. The remedies provided for in this Section 10 are
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not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be
available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.
(i) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this
Section 10 and the representations, warranties and other statements of the
Company and the Selling Stockholders contained in this Agreement shall remain
operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this
Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any
person controlling any Underwriter, any Selling Stockholder or any person
controlling any Selling Stockholder, or the Company, its officers or directors
or any person controlling the Company and (iii) acceptance of and payment for
any of the Shares.
11. TERMINATION. This Agreement shall be subject to termination by
notice given by you to the Company, if (a) after the execution and delivery of
this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have
been suspended or materially limited on or by, as the case may be, any of the
New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the National Association
of Securities Dealers, Inc., the Chicago Board of Options Exchange, the Chicago
Mercantile Exchange or the Chicago Board of Trade, (ii) trading of any
securities of the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any
over-the-counter market, (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking
activities in New York shall have been declared by either Federal or New York
State authorities or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation
of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis
that, in your judgment, is material and adverse and (b) in the case of any of
the events specified in clauses 11(a)(i) through 11(a)(iv), such event, singly
or together with any other such event, makes it, in your judgment, impracticable
to market the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the
Prospectus.
12. EFFECTIVENESS; DEFAULTING UNDERWRITERS. This Agreement shall
become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.
If, on the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may
be, any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Shares
that it has or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, and the
aggregate number of Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters
agreed but failed or refused to purchase is not more than one-tenth of the
aggregate number of the Shares to be purchased on such date, the other
Underwriters shall be obligated severally in the proportions that the number of
Firm Shares set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule II bears to
the aggregate number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the names of all such
non-defaulting Underwriters, or in such other proportions as you may specify, to
purchase the Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but
failed or refused to purchase on such date; PROVIDED that in no event shall the
number of Shares that any Underwriter has agreed to purchase pursuant to this
Agreement be increased pursuant to this Section 12 by an amount in excess of
one-ninth of such number of Shares without the written consent of such
Underwriter. If, on the Closing Date, any Underwriter or Underwriters shall
fail or refuse to purchase Firm Shares and the
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aggregate number of Firm Shares with respect to which such default occurs is
more than one-tenth of the aggregate number of Firm Shares to be purchased, and
arrangements satisfactory to you, the Company and the Selling Stockholders for
the purchase of such Firm Shares are not made within 36 hours after such
default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any
non-defaulting Underwriter, the Company or the Selling Stockholders. In any
such case either you or the relevant Sellers shall have the right to postpone
the Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order that the
required changes, if any, in the Registration Statement and in the Prospectus or
in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. If, on the Option
Closing Date, any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase
Additional Shares and the aggregate number of Additional Shares with respect to
which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate number of
Additional Shares to be purchased, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall have
the option to (i) terminate their obligation hereunder to purchase Additional
Shares or (ii) purchase not less than the number of Additional Shares that such
non-defaulting Underwriters would have been obligated to purchase in the absence
of such default. Any action taken under this paragraph shall not relieve any
defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such
Underwriter under this Agreement.
If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters, or any of
them, because of any failure or refusal on the part of any Seller to comply with
the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, or if for any
reason any Seller shall be unable to perform its obligations under this
Agreement, the Sellers will reimburse the Underwriters or such underwriters as
have so terminated this Agreement with respect to themselves, severally, for all
out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and disbursements of their counsel)
reasonably incurred by such Underwriters in connection with this Agreement or
the offering contemplated hereunder.
13. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be signed in two or more
counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the
signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.
14. APPLICABLE LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York.
15. HEADINGS. The headings of the sections of this Agreement have
been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a part
of this Agreement.
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Very truly yours,
MIDWAY AIRLINES CORPORATION
By: _________________________
Name:
Title:
The Selling Stockholders named in Schedule I
hereto, acting severally
By: _________________________
Attorney-in-Fact
Accepted as of the date hereof
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
The Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxxxxx Company, LLC
Acting severally on behalf
of themselves and the
several Underwriters named
in Schedule II hereto.
By: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
By: _________________________
Name:
Title:
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SCHEDULE I
NUMBER OF FIRM SHARES OF EACH
SELLING STOCKHOLDER TO BE SOLD
NAME OF SELLING STOCKHOLDER Number of Firm Number of
SHARES BEING OFFERED Additional Shares
BEING OFFERED
Xxxx/Chilmark Fund L.P. 1,459,376 280,680
debis AirFinance B.V. 260,189
Wings Aircraft Finance, Inc. 130,435
________________
Total. . . . . . . .
1,850,000
________________
________________
SCHEDULE II
NUMBER OF FIRM SHARES
TO BE PURCHASED
UNDERWRITER
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
The Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxxxxx Company, LLC
____________
Total. . . . . . . .
3,850,000
_____________
_____________
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF LOCK-UP LETTER
_____________, 199__
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
The Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxxxxx Company, LLC
c/o Morgan Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Dear Sirs and Mesdames:
The undersigned understands that Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
("Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx") proposes to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the
"Underwriting Agreement") with Midway Airlines Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), providing for the public offering (the "Public
Offering") by the several Underwriters, including Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx (the
"Underwriters"), of shares (the "Shares") of the Common Stock, par value $.01
per share, of the Company (the "Common Stock").
To induce the Underwriters that may participate in the Public Offering
to continue their efforts in connection with the Public Offering, the
undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during the period commencing
on the date hereof and ending 180 days after the date of the final prospectus
relating to the Public Offering (the "Prospectus"), (1) offer, pledge, sell,
contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option
or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or
otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common
Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for
Common Stock, or (2) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to
another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of
the Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2)
above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in
cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (a) the sale of
any Shares to the Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement or (b)
transactions relating to shares of Common Stock or other securities acquired in
open market transactions after the completion of the Public Offering. In
addition, the undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during the period
commencing
on the date hereof and ending 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, make
any demand for or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any
shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for Common Stock.
Whether or not the Public Offering actually occurs depends on a number
of factors, including market conditions. Any Public Offering will only be made
pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, the terms of which are subject to
negotiation between the Company and the Underwriters.
Very truly yours,
_________________________
(Name)
_________________________
(Address)
