EXHIBIT 1.01
Exodus Communications, Inc.
Common Stock
(par value $0.001 per share)
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Underwriting Agreement
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February 5, 2001
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated
As Representatives of the several Underwriters
named in the respective Pricing Agreements hereinafter described
c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated
0 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
From time to time Exodus Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), proposes to enter into one or more Pricing Agreements (each a
"Pricing Agreement") in the form of Annex I hereto, with such additions and
deletions as the parties thereto may determine, and, subject to the terms and
conditions stated herein and therein, to issue and sell to the firms named in
Schedule I to the applicable Pricing Agreement (such firms constituting the
"Underwriters" with respect to such Pricing Agreement and the securities
specified therein) certain shares of its Common Stock, par value $0.001 per
share (the "Shares") specified in Schedule II to such Pricing Agreement (with
respect to such Pricing Agreement, the "Firm Shares"). If specified in such
Pricing Agreement, the Company may grant to the Underwriters the right to
purchase at their election an additional number of shares, specified in such
Pricing Agreement as provided in Section 3 hereof (the "Optional Shares"). The
Firm Shares and the Optional Shares, if any, which the Underwriters elect to
purchase pursuant to Section 3 hereof are herein collectively called the
"Designated Shares".
The terms and rights of any particular issuance of Designated Shares shall
be as specified in the Pricing Agreement relating thereto.
1. Particular sales of Designated Shares may be made from time to time to
the Underwriters of such Shares, for whom the firms designated as
representatives of the Underwriters of such Shares in the Pricing Agreement
relating thereto will act as representatives (the "Representatives"). The term
"Representatives" also refers to a single firm acting as sole
representative of the Underwriters and to Underwriters who act without any firm
being designated as their representative. This Underwriting Agreement shall not
be construed as an obligation of the Company to sell any of the Shares or as an
obligation of any of the Underwriters to purchase any of the Shares. The
obligation of the Company to issue and sell any of the Shares and the obligation
of any of the Underwriters to purchase any of the Shares shall be evidenced by
the Pricing Agreement with respect to the Designated Shares specified therein.
Each Pricing Agreement shall specify the aggregate number of Firm Shares, the
maximum number of Optional Shares, if any, the initial public offering price of
such Firm and Optional Shares or the manner of determining such price, the
purchase price to the Underwriters of such Designated Shares, the names of the
Underwriters of such Designated Shares, the names of the Representatives of such
Underwriters, the number of such Designated Shares to be purchased by each
Underwriter and the commission, if any, payable to the Underwriters with respect
thereto and shall set forth the date, time and manner of delivery of such Firm
and Optional Shares, if any, and payment therefor. The Pricing Agreement shall
also specify (to the extent not set forth in the registration statement and
prospectus with respect thereto) the terms of such Designated Shares. A Pricing
Agreement shall be in the form of an executed writing (which may be in
counterparts), and may be evidenced by an exchange of telegraphic communications
or any other rapid transmission device designed to produce a written record of
communications transmitted. The obligations of the Underwriters under this
Agreement and each Pricing Agreement shall be several and not joint.
2. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the
Underwriters that:
(a) A registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-40340) and
pre-effective amendment no. 1 thereto (together, the "Initial Registration
Statement") in respect of the Designated Shares has been filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"); the Initial
Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, each in
the form heretofore delivered to you, and, excluding exhibits thereto but
including all documents incorporated by reference in the prospectus
contained therein, to you for each of the other Underwriters, have been
declared effective by the Commission in such form; other than a
registration statement, if any, increasing the size of the offering (a
"Rule 462(b) Registration Statement"), filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), which became effective
upon filing, no other document with respect to the Initial Registration
Statement or document incorporated by reference therein has heretofore been
filed with the Commission other than post-effective amendment no. 1 thereto
and prospectuses filed pursuant to Rule 424 ("Rule 424(b)") of the rules
and regulations of the Commission under the Act (the "1933 Act
Regulations"), each in the form heretofore delivered to the
Representatives; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Initial Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment thereto or the
Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, has been issued and no
proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or threatened by the
Commission; promptly after execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
Company will either (i) prepare and file a prospectus in accordance with
the provisions of Rule 430A ("Rule 430A") of the 1933 Act Regulations
and/or paragraph (b) of Rule 424 ("Rule 424(b)") of the 1933 Act
Regulations or (ii) if the Company has elected to rely upon Rule 434 ("Rule
434") of the 1933 Act Regulations, prepare and file a term sheet (a "Term
Sheet") in accordance with the provisions of Rule 434 and Rule 424(b) (the
information included in such prospectus or in such Term Sheet, as the
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case may be, that was omitted from such registration statement at the time
it became effective but that is deemed to be part of such registration
statement at the time it became effective (a) pursuant to paragraph (b) of
Rule 430A is referred to as "Rule 430A Information" or (b) pursuant to
paragraph (d) of Rule 434 is referred to as "Rule 434 Information"; each
prospectus used before such registration statement became effective, and
any prospectus that omitted, as applicable, the Rule 430A Information or
the Rule 434 Information, that was used after such effectiveness and prior
to the execution and delivery of this Agreement used in connection with the
offer and sale of the Designated Shares, is hereinafter called a
"Preliminary Prospectus"; the various parts of the Initial Registration
Statement and the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, including all
exhibits thereto but excluding Form T-1 and including (i) the information
contained in the form of final prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act in accordance with Section 5(a)
hereof and deemed by virtue of Rule 430A under the Act to be part of the
Initial Registration Statement at the time it was declared effective and
(ii) the documents incorporated by reference in the prospectus contained in
the Initial Registration Statement at the time such part of the Initial
Registration Statement became effective, each as amended at the time such
part of the Initial Registration Statement became effective or such part of
the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, became or hereafter becomes
effective, are hereinafter collectively called the "Registration
Statement"; such final prospectus used in connection with the offer and
sale of the Designated Shares, in the form first filed pursuant to Rule
424(b) under the Act and used to confirm sales of the Designated Shares, is
hereinafter called the "Prospectus"; any reference herein to any
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and
include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12
of Form S-3 under the Act, as of the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or
Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any amendment or
supplement to any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed
to refer to and include any documents filed after the date of such
Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be, under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and
incorporated by reference in such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as
the case may be; and any reference to any amendment to the Registration
Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report of the
Company filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after
the effective date of the Initial Registration Statement that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement);
(b) No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary
Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary
Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, conformed in all material
respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of
the Commission thereunder, and did not 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, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided,
however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any
statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with
information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter of
Designated Shares through the Representatives expressly for use in the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to such Shares;
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(c) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, when
they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may
be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or
the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an 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 any further documents so filed and incorporated by
reference in the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto,
when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as
the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements
of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not 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; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall
not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in
conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an
Underwriter of Designated Shares through the Representatives expressly for
use in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to such Shares;
(d) The Registration Statement conforms and the Prospectus, and any
further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of
the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and do
not and will not, as of the applicable effective date as to the
Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and as of the applicable
filing date as to the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto,
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; provided, however, that this representation and
warranty shall not apply to (i) that part of the Registration Statement
which shall constitute a Trustee's Statement of Eligibility (Form T-1)
under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended and (ii) any statements
or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information
furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter of Designated Shares
through the Representatives expressly for use in the Prospectus as amended
or supplemented relating to such Shares;
(e) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained
since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus any material loss or
interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other
calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or
court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth
or contemplated in the Prospectus; and, since the respective dates as of
which information is given in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, there has not been any change in the capital stock (other than
upon the exercise of options pursuant to the Company's employee and
director stock options or the exercise of conversion rights pursuant to any
convertible debt instrument issued by the Company) or long-term debt of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or any material adverse change, or any
development that is reasonably likely to result in a material adverse
change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial
position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and
its
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subsidiaries taken as a whole, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated
in the Prospectus;
(f) The Company has no subsidiary that is a "Significant Subsidiary"
of the Company as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Act,
other than GlobalCenter Holding Co. ("GlobalCenter");
(g) The Company and its Significant Subsidiaries own no material real
property. The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title
to all personal property owned by them, 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 its subsidiaries; and any real property and
buildings held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by
them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as
are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be
made of such property and buildings by the Company and its subsidiaries;
(h) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as
a corporation in good standing under the laws of Delaware, with power and
authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its
business as described in the Prospectus and has been duly qualified as a
foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing
under the laws of each other jurisdiction where the failure to be so
qualified could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on
the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Company,
and each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated and is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of incorporation;
(i) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the
Prospectus under the heading "Capitalization", all of the issued shares of
capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and
issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and all of the issued shares
of capital stock of each Significant Subsidiary of the Company have been
duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable
and (except for directors' qualifying shares and except as otherwise set
forth in the Prospectus) are owned directly or indirectly by the Company,
free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equitable interest or claims,
except to the extent pledged as collateral under that certain Credit
Agreement dated as of October 31, 2000 among the Company, The Chase
Manhattan Bank, Chase Manhattan International Limited, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Credit
Partners L.P., Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Capital Corporation, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior
Funding Inc. and the other lenders party thereto;
(j) The Shares have been duly and validly authorized, and, when the
Firm Shares are issued and delivered pursuant to this Agreement and the
Pricing Agreement with respect to such Designated Shares and, in the case
of any Optional Shares, pursuant to Over-allotment Options (as defined in
Section 3 hereof) with respect to such Shares, such Designated Shares will
be duly and validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable; the Shares
conform to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement
and the
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Designated Shares will conform to the description thereof contained in the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented with respect to such Designated
Shares;
(k) None of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
(including, without limitation, the use of the proceeds from the sale of
the Designated Shares) will violate or result in a violation of Section 7
of the Exchange Act, or any regulation promulgated thereunder, including,
without limitation, Regulations T, U, and X of the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System, if applicable;
(l) Prior to the date hereof, neither the Company nor any of its
affiliates, as such term is defined in Rule 144 promulgated under the Act,
has taken any action prohibited by Regulation M promulgated under the
Exchange Act in connection with the offering of the Designated Shares;
(m) The issue and sale of the Shares and the compliance by the
Company with all of the provisions of this Agreement, any Pricing Agreement
and each Over-allotment Option, if any, and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated herein and therein will not conflict with or
result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or
constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of
its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, nor will such action result
in any violation of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or
By-laws of the Company or any statute or any order, Rule or regulation of
any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties; and no
consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of
or with any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the
issue and sale of the Shares or the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Pricing Agreement or any
Over-allotment Option, except such as have been, or will have been prior to
each Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof), obtained under the
Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or
qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws
in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the
Underwriters;
(n) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation
of its Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws or in default in the
performance or observance of any material obligation, covenant or condition
contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease
or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or
any of its properties may be bound;
(o) The statements set forth in the Prospectus under the caption
"Description of Common Stock", insofar as they purport to constitute a
summary of the terms of the stock, and under the captions "Underwriting"
and "Plan of Distribution", insofar as they purport to describe the
provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate,
complete and fair;
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(p) Other than as set forth in the Prospectus, there are no legal or
governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries is the subject, which, if determined adversely to the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate
have a material adverse effect on the current or future consolidated
financial position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of the
Company and its subsidiaries; and, to the best of the Company's knowledge,
no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental
authorities or threatened by others;
(q) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and
sale of the Shares, will not be an "investment company" as such term is
defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Investment
Company Act");
(r) Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates does business with
the government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba
within the meaning of Section 517.075, Florida Statutes;
(s) KPMG, LLP, which has certified certain financial statements of
the Company and its subsidiaries, and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP, which has
certified certain financial statements of GlobalCenter, are each
independent public accountants as required by the Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder;
(t) The Company owns or possesses, or can acquire on reasonable
terms, adequate 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, trade names or other intellectual property
(collectively, "Intellectual Property") necessary to carry on the business
now operated by it, and the Company has not received any notice of, and is
not otherwise aware of, any infringement of or conflict with asserted
rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property or of any facts
or circumstances which would render invalid, or otherwise prevent or
materially inhibit the Company from utilizing, any Intellectual Property
necessary to carry on the business now conducted by the Company, and which
infringement or conflict (if the subject of any unfavorable decision,
ruling or finding), invalidity, prevention or inhibition, singly or in the
aggregate, is reasonably likely to result in a material adverse change in
the general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders' equity
or results of operations of the Company; and
(u) Except as described in the Prospectus and except as would not,
singly or in the aggregate, result in a material adverse change in or
affecting the general affairs, management, financial position,
stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company, (A) the
Company is not in violation of any federal, state, local or foreign
statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, policy or rule of common
law or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any
judicial or administrative order, consent, decree or judgment, relating to
pollution or protection of human health, the environment (including,
without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface
or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and
regulations relating to the release or threatened release of chemicals,
pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic
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substances, hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum products
(collectively "Hazardous Materials") or to the manufacture, processing,
distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of
Hazardous Materials (collectively, "Environmental Laws"), (B) the Company
has all permits, authorizations and approvals required under any applicable
Environmental Laws and is in compliance with their requirements, (C) there
are no pending or, to the best of the Company's knowledge, threatened
administrative, regulatory or judicial action, suits, demands, demand
letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation,
investigation or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law against the
Company and (D) to the best of the Company's knowledge, there are no events
or circumstances that might reasonably be expected to form the basis of an
order for clean-up or remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any
private party or government body or agency, against or affecting the
Company relating to Hazardous Materials or any Environmental Laws.
3. Upon the execution of the Pricing Agreement applicable to any
Designated Shares and authorization by the Representatives of the release of the
Firm Shares, the several Underwriters propose to offer the Firm Shares for sale
upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented.
The Company may specify in the Pricing Agreement applicable to any
Designated Shares that the Company thereby grants to the Underwriters the right
(an "Overallotment Option") to purchase at their election up to the number of
Optional Shares set forth in such Pricing Agreement, on the terms set forth in
the paragraph above, for the sole purpose of covering over-allotments in the
sale of the Firm Shares. Any such election to purchase Optional Shares may be
exercised by written notice from the Representatives to the Company, given
within a period specified in the Pricing Agreement, setting forth the aggregate
number of Optional Shares to be purchased and the date on which such Optional
Shares are to be delivered, as determined by the Representatives but in no event
earlier than the First Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof) or,
unless the Representatives and the Company otherwise agree in writing, earlier
than or later than the respective number of business days after the date of such
notice set forth in such Pricing Agreement.
The number of Optional Shares to be added to the number of Firm Shares to
be purchased by each Underwriter as set forth in Schedule I to the Pricing
Agreement applicable to such Designated Shares shall be, in each case, the
number of Optional Shares which the Company has been advised by the
Representatives have been attributed to such Underwriter; provided that, if the
Company has not been so advised, the number of Optional Shares to be so added
shall be, in each case, that proportion of Optional Shares which the number of
Firm Shares to be purchased by such Underwriter under such Pricing Agreement
bears to the aggregate number of Firm Shares (rounded as the Representatives may
determine to the nearest 100 shares). The total number of Designated Shares to
be purchased by all the Underwriters pursuant to such Pricing Agreement shall be
the aggregate number of Firm Shares set forth in Schedule I to such Pricing
Agreement plus the aggregate number of Optional Shares which the Underwriters
elect to purchase.
4. Certificates for the Firm Shares and the Optional Shares to be
purchased by each Underwriter pursuant to the Pricing Agreement relating
thereto, in the form specified in such Pricing Agreement and in such authorized
denominations and registered in such names as the
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Representatives may request upon at least forty-eight hours' prior notice to the
Company, shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Company to the
Representatives for the account of such Underwriter, against payment by such
Underwriter or on its behalf of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of
Federal (same-day) funds to the account specified by the Company to the
Representatives at least forty-eight hours in advance as specified in such
Pricing Agreement, (i) with respect to the Firm Shares, all in the manner and at
the place and time and date specified in such Pricing Agreement or at such other
place and time and date as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in
writing, such time and date being herein called the "First Time of Delivery" and
(ii) with respect to the Optional Shares, if any, in the manner and at the time
and date specified by the Representatives in the written notice given by the
Representatives of the Underwriters' election to purchase such Optional Shares,
or at such other time and date as the Representatives and the Company may agree
upon in writing, such time and date, if not the First Time of Delivery, herein
called the "Second Time of Delivery". Each such time and date for delivery is
herein called a "Time of Delivery".
5. The Company agrees with each of the Underwriters of any Designated
Shares:
(a) To prepare the Prospectus as amended and supplemented in relation
to the applicable Designated Shares in a form approved by the
Representatives and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under
the Act not later than the Commission's close of business on the second
business day following the execution and delivery of the Pricing Agreement
relating to the applicable Designated Shares or, if applicable, such
earlier time as may be required by Rule 424(b); to make no further
amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus as
amended or supplemented after the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to
such Shares and prior to any Time of Delivery for such Shares which shall
be disapproved by the Representatives for such Shares promptly after
reasonable notice thereof; to advise the Representatives promptly of any
such amendment or supplement after any Time of Delivery for such Shares and
furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; to file promptly all
reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be
filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c),
14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act for so long as the delivery of a prospectus
is required in connection with the offering or sale of such Shares, and
during such same period to advise the Representatives, promptly after it
receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration
Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the
Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed with the Commission, of
the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing
or suspending the use of any prospectus relating to the Shares, of the
suspension of the qualification of such Shares for offering or sale in any
jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any
such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or
supplementing of the Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional
information; and, in the event of the issuance of any such stop order or of
any such order preventing or suspending the use of any prospectus relating
to the Shares or suspending any such qualification, promptly to use its
best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order;
(b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as the
Representatives may reasonably request to qualify such Shares for offering
and sale under the securities laws of
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such jurisdictions as the Representatives may request and to comply with
such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in
such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the
distribution of such Shares, provided that in connection therewith 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;
(c) Prior to 12:00 P.M. (noon), New York City time, on the New York
Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to
time, to furnish the Underwriters with written and electronic copies of the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented in New York City in such quantities
as the Representatives may reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a
prospectus is required at any time in connection with the offering or sale
of the Shares and if at such time any event shall have occurred as a result
of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus is delivered,
not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during
such same period to amend or supplement the Prospectus or to file under the
Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in
order to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act, to notify the
Representatives and upon their request to file such document and to prepare
and furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in
securities as many written and electronic copies as the Representatives may
from time to time reasonably request of an amended Prospectus or a
supplement to the Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission
or effect such compliance;
(d) In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the
Act applicable to the Company, to make generally available to its security
holders an earnings statement or statement of the Company and its
subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act
and Rule 158 thereunder;
(e) During the period beginning from the date of the Pricing
Agreement for such Designated Shares and continuing to and including the
later of (i) the termination of trading restrictions for such Designated
Shares, as notified to the Company by the Representatives and (ii) ninety
(90) days after the last Time of Delivery for such Designated Shares, not
to offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of, except as
provided hereunder, any securities of the Company that are substantially
similar to the Designated Shares, including but not limited to any
securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent
the right to receive, Shares or any such substantially similar securities
(other than (i) pursuant to employee stock and option plans and agreements
existing on, or upon the conversion or exchange of convertible or
exchangeable securities outstanding as of, the date of the Pricing
Agreement for such Designated Shares or (ii) pursuant to stock option
agreements entered into after the date of this Agreement, provided that no
shares shall vest under such new stock option agreements until after the
date ninety (90) days after the date of the Prospectus) or (iii)
$500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company's Convertible
Subordinated Notes (the "Notes") to be issued pursuant to the Underwriting
Agreement of even date herewith between the Company and Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx &
Co. and Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated and (iv) shares
of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes), without prior
written consent of the Representatives;
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provided, however, that the Company may issue Shares as consideration for
acquisitions of businesses occurring after the date of the Prospectus,
provided that each recipient of any such shares agrees in writing for the
benefit of the Underwriters that all such shares shall remain subject to
restrictions identical to those contained in this paragraph;
(f) If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b), the Company shall
file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance
with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this
Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay the
Commission the filing fee for the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or
give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule
111(b) under the Act; and
(g) Upon request of any Underwriter, to furnish, or cause to be
furnished, to such Underwriter an electronic version of the Company's
trademarks, servicemarks and corporate logo for use on the website, if any,
operated by such Underwriter for the purpose of facilitating the on-line
offering of the Shares (the "License"); provided, however, that the License
shall be used solely for the purpose described above, is granted without
any fee and may not be assigned or transferred.
6. The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that
the Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees,
disbursements and expenses of the Company's counsel and accountants in
connection with the registration of the Shares under the Act and all other
expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the
Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and
amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies
thereof to the Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or producing
any Agreement among Underwriters, this Agreement, any Pricing Agreement, any
Blue Sky Memorandum, closing documents (including compilations thereof) and any
other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of
the Shares; (iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the
Shares for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section
5(b) hereof, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the
Blue Sky survey(s); (iv) any filing fees incident to, and the fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with, any required
reviews by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. of the terms of
the sale of the Shares; (v) the cost of preparing certificates for the Shares;
(vi) the cost and charges of any transfer agent or registrar or dividend
disbursing agent; and (vii) all other costs and expenses incident to the
performance of its obligations hereunder and under any Over-allotment Options
which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section. It is
understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section, and Sections 8
and 11 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses,
including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the
Shares by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may
make.
7. The obligations of the Underwriters of any Designated Shares under the
Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated Shares shall be subject, in the
discretion of the Representatives, to the condition that all representations and
warranties and other statements of the Company in or incorporated by reference
in the Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated Shares are, at and as of
each Time of Delivery for such Designated Shares, true and correct, the
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condition that the Company shall have performed all of its obligations hereunder
theretofore to be performed, and the following additional conditions:
(a) The Prospectus as amended or supplemented in relation to such
Designated Shares shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by
the rules and regulations under the Act and in accordance with Section 5(a)
hereof; if the Company has elected to rely upon Rule 462(b), the Rule
462(b) Registration Statement shall have become effective by 10:00 P.M.,
Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement; no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part
thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall
have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and all requests for
additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been
complied with to the Representatives' reasonable satisfaction;
(b) Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Professional Corporation,
counsel for the Underwriters, shall have furnished to the Representatives
such written opinion or opinions, dated each Time of Delivery, with respect
to the matters covered in paragraphs (i), (ii), (vi) and (x) of subsection
(c) below as well as such other related matters as the Representatives may
reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such papers and
information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such
matters;
(c) Fenwick & West LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished
to the Representatives their written opinion, dated each Time of Delivery
for such Designated Shares, respectively, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect that:
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State
of Delaware, with corporate power and corporate authority to own its
properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus;
(ii) The Company has an authorized capital stock as set forth
in the Prospectus Supplement under the caption "Capitalization", and
the Designated Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery
described therein have been duly and validly authorized and issued and
when issued in accordance with the terms of this Agreement will be
non-assessable and fully paid; and will conform to the description
thereof contained in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented;
(iii) The Company has been duly qualified within the United
States as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is
in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction within the United
States in which it owns or leases properties or employs personnel
except where the failure to be so qualified would have a material
adverse effect on the business, financial condition or results of
operations of the Company;
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(iv) Each "Significant Subsidiary" of the Company, as defined
in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Act, has been duly
incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing
under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation; and all of the
issued shares of capital stock of each such significant subsidiary
have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and
non-assessable, and (except for directors' qualifying shares and
except as otherwise set forth in the Prospectus) are owned directly or
indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances,
equities or claims (such counsel being entitled to rely in respect of
the opinion in this clause upon opinions of local counsel and in
respect of matters of fact upon certificates of officers of the
Company or its significant subsidiaries);
(v) To such counsel's knowledge and other than as set forth in
the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending
to which the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is a party
or of which any property of the Company or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries is the subject which, if determined adversely to the
Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, would individually or
in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the current or
future consolidated financial position, stockholders' equity or
results of operations of the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries;
and to such counsel's knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened by
governmental authorities or threatened by others;
(vi) This Agreement and the Pricing Agreement with respect to
the Designated Shares have been duly authorized and duly executed and
delivered by the Company;
(vii) The issue and sale of the Designated Shares being
delivered at such Time of Delivery and the compliance by the Company
with all of the provisions of this Agreement and the Pricing Agreement
with respect to the Designated Shares and the consummation of the
transactions herein and therein contemplated were they to be completed
on or prior to the date of such opinion and, assuming the absence of
any applicable cure period, waiting period or other similar provision,
do not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the
terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any of the
agreements listed as exhibits to the Company's Annual Report filed on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999 the Company's Quarterly
Report filed on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2000, June
30, 2000 and September 30, 2000 or any agreements entered into by the
Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries after September 30,
2000 that would be required to be filed as a material agreement
Exhibit on Form 10-Q or any other Exchange Act Report (in each case, a
"Material Agreement") (provided that in determining which documents
would be required to be so filed, such counsel may rely on an
officer's certificate that specifies agreements that the Company or
any of its Significant Subsidiaries has entered into since September
30, 2000), nor will such actions result in any violation of the
provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of the
Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any statute or any
order, rule or regulation known to such counsel of any court or
governmental agency or body
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having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries or any of their properties;
(viii) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration
or qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or
body is required for the issue and sale of the Designated Shares being
delivered at such Time of Delivery or the consummation by the Company
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or such Pricing
Agreement, except (A) such as have been obtained under the Act and
under the rules and regulations of the NASD and such consents,
approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be
required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with
the purchase and distribution of the Designated Shares by the
Underwriters (as to which such counsel renders no opinion) or (B) such
consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or
qualifications as are referenced in the Prospectus;
(ix) Neither the Company nor any of its Significant
Subsidiaries is in violation of its Certificate of Incorporation or
By-laws or, to such counsel's knowledge, in default in the performance
or observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or
condition contained in any of the Material Agreements;
(x) The statements set forth in the Prospectus under the
caption "Description of Common Stock", insofar as such sections
summarize the terms of the Shares, and under the captions
"Underwriting" and "Plan of Distribution", insofar as they purport to
describe the provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein,
are accurate and complete in all material respects;
(xi) The Company is not an "investment company", as such term
is defined in the Investment Company Act;
(xii) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus
or any further amendment or supplement thereto made by the Company
prior to the Time of Delivery (the "Incorporated Documents") (other
than the financial statements and related notes, related schedules and
financial data therein, as to which such counsel need express no
opinion), contained when they became effective or were filed with the
Commission, as the case may be, complied as to form in all material
respects with the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as
applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder; and
(xiii) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended
or supplemented, and any further amendments and supplements thereto
made by the Company prior to such Time of Delivery (other than the
financial statements and related notes, related schedules and
financial data therein, as to which such counsel need express no
opinion), comply as to form in all material respects with the
requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and
they do not know of any amendment to the Registration Statement
required to be filed or any contracts or other agreements of a
character required to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement or required to be incorporated by reference into the
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Prospectus as amended or supplemented or required to be described in
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented which are not filed or incorporated by reference or
described as required.
Further, such counsel shall state, that although they are not passing upon
and they do not assume any responsibility for, nor have they independently
verified the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, except for those referred to in
the opinion in subsection (x) of this Section 7(c), they have no reason to
believe that, as of the date the Incorporated Documents became effective or were
filed with the Commission, as the case may be, any Incorporated Document (other
than the financial statements and related notes, related schedules and financial
data therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) contained, in
the case of a registration statement which became effective under the Act, an
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
or, in the case of other documents which were filed under the Act or the
Exchange Act with the Commission, an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such
documents were so filed, not misleading; as of its effective date, the
Registration Statement or any further amendment thereto made by the Company
prior to such Time of Delivery (other than the financial statements and related
notes, related schedules and financial data therein and that part of the
Registration Statement that constitutes the Form T-1 heretofore referred to, as
to which such counsel need express no opinion) contained an untrue statement of
a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that, as
of its date, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented or any further amendment
or supplement thereto made by the Company prior to such Time of Delivery (other
than the financial statements and related notes, related schedules and financial
data therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) contained an
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading or that, as of such Time of Delivery,
either the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as amended or supplemented
or any further amendment or supplement thereto made by the Company prior to such
Time of Delivery (other than the financial statements and related notes, related
schedules and financial data therein and that part of the Registration Statement
that constitutes the Form T-1 heretofore referred to, as to which such counsel
need express no opinion) contains an untrue statement of a material fact or
omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(d) On the date of the Pricing Agreement for such Designated Shares
and at each Time of Delivery for such Designated Shares, KPMG LLP and
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP shall have furnished to the Representatives a letter,
dated the effective date of the Registration Statement or the date of the
most recent report filed with the Commission containing financial
statements and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, if
the date of such report is later than such effective date, and a letter
dated such Time of Delivery, respectively, to the effect set forth in Annex
II hereto (a draft of the form of letter to be delivered on the date of the
Pricing Agreement for such Designated Shares is attached as Annex I(a)
hereto and a draft of the form of letter to be delivered at the Time of
Delivery for such Designated Shares is attached as Annex I(b) hereto), and
with respect to such
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letter dated such Time of Delivery, as to such other matters as the
Representatives may reasonably request and in form and substance
satisfactory to the Representatives; and on or before the date of the
Prospectus, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP shall have delivered to the Company (with a
copy to the Representatives) its consent to allow the Company to file the
balance sheet as of December 31,1999 and September 30., 2000, and the
related statements of operations, shareholders' equity and cash flows for
the years then ended for GlobalCenter;
(e) (i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have
sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements
included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus as amended prior to
the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to the Designated Shares any
loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other
calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or
court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth
or contemplated in the Prospectus as amended prior to the date of the
Pricing Agreement relating to the Designated Shares, and (ii) since the
respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus as
amended prior to the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to the
Designated Shares there shall not have been any change in the capital stock
or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any change,
or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the
general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders' equity or
results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise than
as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus as amended prior to the date
of the Pricing Agreement relating to the Designated Shares, the effect of
which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is in the judgment
of the Representatives so material and adverse as to make it impracticable
or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the
Designated Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the
Prospectus as amended relating to the Designated Shares;
(f) On or after the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to the
Designated Shares (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating
accorded the Company's debt securities by any "nationally recognized
statistical rating organization", as that term is defined by the Commission
for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Act, and (ii) no such organization
shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review,
with possible negative implications, its rating of any of the Company's
debt securities or preferred stock;
(g) On or after the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to the
Designated Shares there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) a
suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the
New York Stock Exchange or on the NASDAQ National Market System; (ii) a
suspension or material limitation in trading in the Company's securities on
the NASDAQ National Market System; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial
banking activities declared by either Federal or New York or California
State authorities; (iv) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities
involving the United States or the declaration by the United States of a
national emergency or war, if the effect of any such event specified in
this clause (iv) in the judgment of the Representatives makes it
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the
delivery of the Firm Shares or Optional Shares or both on the terms and in
the manner contemplated in the
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Prospectus as first amended or supplemented relating to the Designated
Shares or (v) the occurrence of any adverse material change in the existing
financial, political or economic conditions in the United States or
elsewhere which, in the judgement of the Underwriters, would materially and
adversely affect the financial markets or the markets for the Designated
Shares or the market for any equity securities;
(h) The Shares at each Time of Delivery shall have been duly listed
for quotation on NASDAQ National Market System;
(i) The Company shall have complied with the provisions of Section
5(c) hereof with respect to the furnishing of prospectuses on the New York
Business Day next succeeding the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to
such Designated Shares; and
(j) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the
Representatives at each Time of Delivery for the Designated Shares
certificates of officers of the Company satisfactory to the Representatives
as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company
herein at and as of such Time of Delivery, as to the performance by the
Company of all of its obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to
such Time of Delivery, as to the matters set forth in subsections (a) and
(e) of this Section and as to such other matters as the Representatives may
reasonably request.
8. (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter
against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to
which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise,
insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary
Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus supplement, the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented and any other
prospectus relating to the Shares, or any amendment or supplement thereto,
or arise out of or are based upon 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
for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in
connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such
expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall 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 in any Preliminary
Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus supplement, the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented and any other
prospectus relating to the Shares, or any such amendment or supplement in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by any Underwriter of Designated Shares through the Representatives
expressly for use in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to
such Shares.
(b) Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company
against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may
become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are
based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
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material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary
prospectus supplement, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus as
amended or supplemented and any other prospectus relating to the Shares, or
any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon 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, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission was made in any Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus
supplement, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented and any other prospectus relating to the Shares, or any such
amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through the
Representatives expressly for use therein; and will reimburse the Company
for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in
connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such
expenses are incurred.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection
(a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such
indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made
against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the
indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission
so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability
which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under such
subsection. In case any such action 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 (who shall not, except
with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying
party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified
party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying
party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection
for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case
subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the
defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No
indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified
party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of
any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in
respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder
(whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to
such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i)
includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all
liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include any
statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act,
by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is
unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under
subsection (a) or (b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions 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 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 of the Designated Shares on the
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other from the offering of the Designated Shares to which such loss, claim,
damage or liability (or action in respect thereof) relates. If, however,
the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not
permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the
notice required under subsection (c) above, 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 of the Designated Shares on the other in connection with the
statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on
the one hand and such Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in
the same proportion as the total net proceeds from such offering (before
deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting
discounts and commissions received by such Underwriters. 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 such 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 subsection (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 subsection (d). The
amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to
above in this subsection (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), no Underwriter shall be required to
contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at
which the applicable Designated Shares underwritten by it and distributed
to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages
which 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 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person
who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The obligations of
the Underwriters of Designated Shares in this subsection (d) to contribute
are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations with
respect to such Shares and not joint.
(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 8 shall be in
addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall
extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who
controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations
of the Underwriters under this Section 8 shall be in addition to any
liability which the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall
extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of
the Company and to each person, if any, who controls the Company within the
meaning of the Act.
9. (a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase
the Firm Shares or Optional Shares which it has agreed to purchase under
the Pricing Agreement relating to
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such Shares, the Representatives may in their discretion arrange for
themselves or another party or other parties to purchase such Shares on the
terms contained herein. If within thirty-six hours after such default by
any Underwriter the Representatives do not arrange for the purchase of such
Firm Shares or Optional Shares, as the case may be, then the Company shall
be entitled to a further period of thirty-six hours within which to procure
another party or other parties satisfactory to the Representatives to
purchase such Shares on such terms. In the event that, within the
respective prescribed period, the Representatives notify the Company that
they have so arranged for the purchase of such Shares, or the Company
notifies the Representatives that it has so arranged for the purchase of
such Shares, the Representatives or the Company shall have the right to
postpone a Time of Delivery for such Shares for a period of not more than
seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made
necessary in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the Company
agrees to file promptly any amendments or supplements to the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus which in the opinion of the Representatives may
thereby be made necessary. The term "Underwriter" as used in this Agreement
shall include any person substituted under this Section with like effect as
if such person had originally been a party to the Pricing Agreement with
respect to such Designated Shares.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of
the Firm Shares or Optional Shares, as the case may be, of a defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters by the Representatives and the Company as
provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate number of such Shares which
remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate number of
the Firm Shares or Optional Shares, as the case may be, to be purchased at
the respective Time of Delivery, then the Company shall have the right to
require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number of Firm
Shares or Optional Shares, as the case may be, which such Underwriter
agreed to purchase under the Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated
Shares and, in addition, to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to
purchase its pro rata share (based on the number of Firm Shares or Optional
Shares, as the case may be, which such Underwriter agreed to purchase under
such Pricing Agreement) of the Firm Shares or Optional Shares, as the case
may be, of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such
arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein shall relieve a
defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of
the Firm Shares or Optional Shares, as the case may be, of a defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters by the Representatives and the Company as
provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate number of Firm Shares or
Optional Shares, as the case may be, which remains unpurchased exceeds one-
eleventh of the aggregate number of the Firm Shares or Optional Shares, as
the case may be, to be purchased at the respective Time of Delivery, as
referred to in subsection (b) above, or if the Company shall not exercise
the right described in subsection (b) above to require non-defaulting
Underwriters to purchase Firm Shares or Optional Shares, as the case may
be, of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then the Pricing Agreement
relating to such Firm Shares or the Over-allotment Option relating to such
Optional Shares, as the case may be, shall thereupon terminate, without
liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company,
except for the expenses to be borne by the Company and the Underwriters as
provided in Section 6 hereof and the indemnity
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and contribution agreements in Section 8 hereof; but nothing herein shall
relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
10. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties
and other statements of the Company and the several Underwriters, as set forth
in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to
this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any
investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf
of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any Underwriter, or the Company,
or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, and shall
survive delivery of and payment for the Shares.
11. If any Pricing Agreement or Over-allotment Option shall be terminated
pursuant to Section 9 hereof, the Company shall not then be under any liability
to any Underwriter with respect to the Firm Shares or Optional Shares with
respect to which such Pricing Agreement shall have been terminated except as
provided in Sections 6 and 8 hereof; but, if for any other reason, Designated
Shares are not delivered by or on behalf of the Company as provided herein, the
Company will reimburse the Underwriters through the Representatives for all out-
of-pocket expenses approved in writing by the Representatives, including fees
and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in making
preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of such Designated Shares, but
the Company shall then be under no further liability to any Underwriter with
respect to such Designated Shares except as provided in Sections 6 and 8 hereof.
12. In all dealings hereunder, the Representatives of the Underwriters of
Designated Shares shall act on behalf of each of such Underwriters, and the
parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request,
notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or given by such
Representatives jointly or by such of the Representatives, if any, as may be
designated for such purpose in the Pricing Agreement.
All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in
writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or
facsimile transmission to the address of the Representatives as set forth in the
Pricing Agreement; and if to the Company shall be delivered or sent by mail,
telex or facsimile transmission to the address of the Company set forth in the
Registration Statement, Attention: Secretary; provided, however, that any notice
to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 8(c) hereof shall be delivered or sent by
mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at its address set
forth in its Underwriters' Questionnaire, or telex constituting such
Questionnaire, which address will be supplied to the Company by the
Representatives upon request. Any such statements, requests, notices or
agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.
13. This Agreement and each Pricing Agreement shall be binding upon, and
inure solely to the benefit of, the Underwriters, the Company and, to the extent
provided in Sections 8 and 10 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company
and each person who controls the Company or any Underwriter, and their
respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no
other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this
Agreement or any such Pricing Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Shares from
any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such
purchase.
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14. Time shall be of the essence of each Pricing Agreement. As used
herein, the term "business day" shall mean any day when the Commission's office
in Washington, D.C. is open for business.
15. This Agreement and each Pricing Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
16. This Agreement and each Pricing Agreement may be executed by any one
or more of the parties hereto and thereto in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such respective counterparts
shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and
return to us ten (10) counterparts hereof.
Very truly yours,
Exodus Communications, Inc.
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary
Accepted as of the date hereof:
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.
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(Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.)
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated
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(Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx
& Xxxxx Incorporated)
Pricing Agreement
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Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.,
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated
As representatives of the several
Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto
c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated
0 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
February 5, 2001
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Exodus Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein and in the
Underwriting Agreement, dated February 5, 2001 (the "Underwriting Agreement"),
between the Company on the one hand and Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. and Xxxxxxx Lynch,
Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated on the other hand, to issue and sell to the
Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the "Underwriters") the Shares
specified in Schedule II hereto (the "Designated Shares" consisting of Firm
Shares and any Optional Shares the Underwriters may elect to purchase). Each of
the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement is incorporated herein by reference
in its entirety, and shall be deemed to be a part of this Agreement to the same
extent as if such provisions had been set forth in full herein; and each of the
representations and warranties set forth therein shall be deemed to have been
made at and as of the date of this Pricing Agreement, except that each
representation and warranty which refers to the Prospectus in Section 2 of the
Underwriting Agreement shall be deemed to be a representation or warranty as of
the date of the Underwriting Agreement in relation to the Prospectus (as therein
defined), and also a representation and warranty as of the date of this Pricing
Agreement in relation to the Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to
the Designated Shares which are the subject of this Pricing Agreement. Each
reference to the Representatives herein and in the provisions of the
Underwriting Agreement so incorporated by reference shall be deemed to refer to
you. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Underwriting
Agreement are used herein as therein defined. The Representatives designated to
act on behalf of the Representatives and on behalf of each of the Underwriters
of the Designated Shares pursuant to Section 12 of the Underwriting Agreement
and the address of the Representatives referred to in such Section 12 are set
forth in Schedule II hereto.
An amendment to the Registration Statement, or a supplement to the
Prospectus, as the case may be, relating to the Designated Shares, in the form
heretofore delivered to you is now proposed to be filed with the Commission.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the
Underwriting Agreement incorporated herein by reference, the Company agrees to
issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees,
severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the time and place
and at the purchase price to the Underwriters set forth in Schedule II hereto,
the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in
Schedule I hereto and, (b) in the event and to the extent that the Underwriters
shall exercise the election to purchase Optional Shares, as provided below, the
Company agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the
Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company at
the purchase price to the Underwriters set forth in Schedule II hereto that
portion of the number of Optional Shares as to which such election shall have
been exercised.
The Company hereby grants to each of the Underwriters the right to purchase
at their election up to the number of Optional Shares set forth opposite the
name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto on the terms referred to in the
paragraph above for the sole purpose of covering over-allotments in the sale of
the Firm Shares. Any such election to purchase Optional Shares may be exercised
by written notice from the Representatives to the Company given within a period
of 30 calendar days after the date of this Pricing Agreement, setting forth the
aggregate number of Optional Shares to be purchased and the date on which such
Optional Shares are to be delivered, as determined by the Representatives, but
in no event earlier than the First Time of Delivery or, unless the
Representatives and the Company otherwise agree in writing, no earlier than two
or later than ten business days after the date of such notice.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and
return to us ten (10) counterparts hereof, and upon acceptance hereof by you, on
behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof,
including the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement incorporated herein by
reference, shall constitute a binding agreement between each of the Underwriters
and the Company. It is understood that your acceptance of this letter on behalf
of each of the Underwriters is or will be pursuant to the authority set forth in
a form of Agreement among Underwriters, the form of which shall be submitted to
the Company for examination, upon request, but without warranty on the part of
the Representatives as to the authority of the signers thereof.
Very truly yours,
Exodus Communications, Inc.
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary
Accepted as of the date hereof:
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
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(Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.)
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated
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(Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx
& Xxxxx Incorporated)
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SCHEDULE I
Maximum Number of
Number of Optional Shares
Firm Shares Which
Underwriter to be Purchases May be Purchased
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Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.......................... 5,200,000 780,000
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce,
Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated.................. 5,200,000 780,000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx................... 1,560,000 234,000
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc................... 780,000 117,000
Credit Lyonnais Security (USA) Inc........... 65,000 9,750
Dresdner Kleinwort Xxxxxx North America LLC.. 65,000 9,750
ING Barings LLC.............................. 65,000 9,750
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc..................... 65,000 9,750
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Total.............................. 13,000,000 1,950,000
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SCHEDULE II
Title of Designated Shares:
Common Stock, par value $.001 per share
Number of Designated Shares:
Number of Firm Shares:
Maximum Number of Optional Shares:
Initial Offering Price to Public:
$18.50 per Share
Purchase Price by Underwriters:
$17.67 per Share
Commission Payable to Underwriters:
$0.83 per Share in Federal (same-day) funds
Form of Designated Shares:
Definitive form, to be made available for checking and packaging at least
twenty-four hours prior to the Time of Delivery at the office of the
Representatives
Specified Funds for Payment of Purchase Price:
Federal (same-day) funds
Time of Delivery:
9:30 a.m. (New York City time), February 9, 2001
Closing Location:
Fenwick & Xxxx
Xxx Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Names and Addresses of Representatives:
Designated Representatives: Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. and Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce,
Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated
Address for Notices, etc.: c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co., 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000 and c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated, 0 Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx XX 00000.
ANNEX II
Pursuant to Section 7(d) of the Underwriting Agreement, the accountants
shall furnish letters to the Underwriters to the effect that:
(i) They are independent certified public accountants with respect
to the Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of the Act and the
applicable published rules and regulations thereunder;
(ii) In their opinion, the financial statements and any
supplementary financial information and schedules (and, if applicable,
financial forecasts and/or pro forma financial information) examined by
them and included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus comply as to form in all material respects with
the applicable accounting requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as
applicable, and the related published rules and regulations thereunder;
and, if applicable, they have made a review in accordance with standards
established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants of
the consolidated interim financial statements, selected financial data, pro
forma financial information, financial forecasts and/or condensed financial
statements derived from audited financial statements of the Company for the
periods specified in such letter, as indicated in their reports thereon,
copies of which have been separately furnished to the representatives of
the Underwriters (the "Representatives") and are attached hereto;
(iii) They have made a review in accordance with standards
established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants of
the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income, consolidated
balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows included in the
Prospectus and/or included in the Company's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q
incorporated by reference into the Prospectus as indicated in their reports
thereon copies of which have been separately furnished to the
Representatives; and on the basis of specified procedures including
inquiries of officials of the Company who have responsibility for financial
and accounting matters regarding whether the unaudited condensed
consolidated financial statements referred to in paragraph (vi)(A)(i) below
comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting
requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act and the related published
rules and regulations, nothing came to their attention that caused them to
believe that the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do
not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act and the related
published rules and regulations;
(iv) The unaudited selected financial information with respect to
the consolidated results of operations and financial position of the
Company for the five most recent fiscal years included in the Prospectus
and included or incorporated by reference in Item 6 of the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year agrees with the
corresponding amounts (after restatement where applicable) in the audited
consolidated financial statements for such five fiscal years which were
included or incorporated by reference in the Company's Annual Reports on
Form 10-K for such fiscal years;
(v) They have compared the information in the Prospectus under
selected captions with the disclosure requirements of Regulation S-K and on
the basis of limited procedures specified in such letter nothing came to
their attention as a result of the
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foregoing procedures that caused them to believe that this information does
not conform in all material respects with the disclosure requirements of
items 301, 302, 402 and 503(d), respectively, of Regulation S-K;
(vi) On the basis of limited procedures, not constituting an
examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards,
consisting of a reading of the unaudited financial statements and other
information referred to below, a reading of the latest available interim
financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, inspection of the
minute books of the Company and its subsidiaries since the date of the
latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference
in the Prospectus, inquiries of officials of the Company and its
subsidiaries responsible for financial and accounting matters and such
other inquiries and procedures as may be specified in such letter, nothing
came to their attention that caused them to believe that:
(A) the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income,
consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows
included in the Prospectus and/or included or incorporated by
reference in the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q incorporated
by reference in the Prospectus do not comply as to form in all
material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the
Exchange Act and the related published rules and regulations, or (ii)
any material modifications should be made to the unaudited condensed
consolidated statements of income, consolidated balance sheets and
consolidated statements of cash flows included in the Prospectus or
included in the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q incorporated
by reference in the Prospectus, for them to be in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles;
(B) any other unaudited income statement data and balance
sheet items included in the Prospectus do not agree with the
corresponding items in the unaudited consolidated financial statements
from which such data and items were derived, and any such unaudited
data and items were not determined on a basis substantially consistent
with the basis for the corresponding amounts in the audited
consolidated financial statements included or incorporated by
reference in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most
recent fiscal year;
(C) the unaudited financial statements which were not included
in the Prospectus but from which were derived the unaudited condensed
financial statements referred to in clause (A) and any unaudited
income statement data and balance sheet items included in the
Prospectus and referred to in clause (B) were not determined on a
basis substantially consistent with the basis for the audited
financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year;
(D) any unaudited pro forma consolidated condensed financial
statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus do
not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements of the Act and the published rules and
regulations thereunder or the pro forma adjustments have not
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been properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of
those statements;
(E) as of a specified date not more than five days prior to
the date of such letter, there have been any changes in the
consolidated capital stock (other than issuances of capital stock upon
exercise of options and stock appreciation rights, upon earn-outs of
performance shares and upon conversions of convertible securities, in
each case which were outstanding on the date of the latest balance
sheet included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus) or any
increase in the consolidated long-term debt of the Company and its
subsidiaries, or any decreases in consolidated net current assets or
stockholders' equity or other items specified by the Representatives,
or any increases in any items specified by the Representatives, in
each case as compared with amounts shown in the latest balance sheet
included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, except in
each case for changes, increases or decreases which the Prospectus
discloses have occurred or may occur or which are described in such
letter; and
(F) for the period from the date of the latest financial
statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus to
the specified date referred to in clause (E) there were any decreases
in consolidated net revenues or operating profit or the total or per
share amounts of consolidated net income or other items specified by
the Representatives, or any increases in any items specified by the
Representatives, in each case as compared with the comparable period
of the preceding year and with any other period of corresponding
length specified by the Representatives, except in each case for
increases or decreases which the Prospectus discloses have occurred or
may occur or which are described in such letter; and
(vii) In addition to the examination referred to in their report(s)
included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and the limited
procedures, inspection of minute books, inquiries and other procedures
referred to in paragraphs (iii) and (vi) above, they have carried out
certain specified procedures, not constituting an examination in accordance
with generally accepted auditing standards, with respect to certain
amounts, percentages and financial information specified by the
Representatives which are derived from the general accounting records of
the Company and its subsidiaries, which appear in the Prospectus (excluding
documents incorporated by reference), or in Part II of, or in exhibits and
schedules to, the Registration Statement specified by the Representatives
or in documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus specified by
the Representatives, and have compared certain of such amounts, percentages
and financial information with the accounting records of the Company and
its subsidiaries and have found them to be in agreement.
All references in this Annex II to the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer
to the Prospectus (including the documents incorporated by reference therein) as
defined in the Underwriting Agreement as of the date of the letter delivered on
the date of the Pricing Agreement for purposes of such letter and to the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented (including the documents
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incorporated by reference therein) in relation to the applicable Designated
Shares for purposes of the letter delivered at the Time of Delivery for such
Designated Shares.
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