COHEN & STEERS, INC. (a Delaware corporation) 1,750,000 Shares of Common Stock (Par Value $.01 Per Share) PURCHASE AGREEMENT

Exhibit 99.1

EXECUTION COPY

XXXXX & STEERS, INC.

(a Delaware corporation)

1,750,000 Shares of Common Stock

(Par Value $.01 Per Share)

PURCHASE AGREEMENT

Dated: February 9, 2006

XXXXX & STEERS, INC.

(a Delaware corporation)

1,750,000 Shares of Common Stock

(Par Value $.01 Per Share)

PURCHASE AGREEMENT

February 9, 2006

XXXXXXX XXXXX & CO.

Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated

0 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx

Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The persons listed in Schedule A hereto (the “Selling Stockholders”), confirm their respective agreements with Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co., Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated (“Xxxxxxx Xxxxx” or the “Underwriter”), with respect to (i) the sale by the Selling Stockholders, acting severally and not jointly, and the purchase by the Underwriter of the respective numbers of shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share (“Common Stock”), of Xxxxx & Steers, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), set forth in Schedule A hereto and (ii) the grant by certain of the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter of the option described in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any part of 262,500 additional shares of Common Stock to cover overallotments, if any. The aforesaid 1,750,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Initial Securities”) to be purchased by the Underwriter and all or any part of the 262,500 additional shares of Common Stock subject to the option described in Section 2(b) hereof (the “Option Securities”) are hereinafter called, collectively, the “Securities”.

The Company and the Selling Stockholders understand that the Underwriter proposes to make a public offering of the Securities as soon as Xxxxxxx Xxxxx xxxxx advisable after this Agreement has been executed and delivered.

The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-128633), including the related preliminary prospectus or prospectuses, covering the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”). Promptly after execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will prepare and file a prospectus in accordance with the provisions of Rule 430B (“Rule 430B”) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1933 Act (the “1933 Act Regulations”) and paragraph (b) of Rule 424 (“Rule 424(b)”) of the 1933 Act Regulations. Any information included in such prospectus that was omitted from such registration statement at the time it became effective but that is deemed to be part of and included in such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B is referred to as “Rule 430B Information”. Each prospectus (together with any supplements thereto) used in connection with the offering of the Securities that omitted Rule 430B Information is herein called a “preliminary prospectus”. Such registration statement, at any given time, including the amendments thereto to such time, the exhibits and any schedules thereto at such time, the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act at such time and the documents otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or included therein by 1933 Act Regulations, is herein called the “Registration Statement”. The Registration Statement at the time it originally became effective is herein called the “Original Registration

Statement”. The final prospectus dated November 18, 2005, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement dated the date hereof, in the form first furnished to the Underwriter for use in connection with the offering of the Securities, including the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act at the time of the execution of this Agreement and any preliminary prospectuses that form a part thereof, is herein called the “Prospectus”. For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing, shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (“XXXXX”).

All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which is “contained,” “included” or “stated” in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or other references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements and schedules and other information which is incorporated by reference in or otherwise deemed by 1933 Act Regulations to be a part of or included in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be; and all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to mean and include the filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “1934 Act”) which is incorporated by reference in or otherwise deemed by 1933 Act Regulations to be a part of or included in the Registration Statement, such preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be.

SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties.

(a) Representations and Warranties by the Company. The Company represents and warrants to the Underwriter as of the date hereof, as of the Applicable Time referred to in Section 1(a)(i) hereof and as of the Closing Time referred to in Section 2(c) hereof, and as of each Date of Delivery (if any) referred to in Section 2(b) hereof, and agrees with the Underwriter, as follows:

(i) Compliance with Registration Requirements. The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act. Each of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective under the 1933 Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued under the 1933 Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, are contemplated by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional information has been complied with.

At the respective times, the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments thereto became effective, at each deemed effective date relating to the Securities with respect to the Underwriter pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations and at the Closing Time (and, if any Option Securities are purchased, at the Date of Delivery), the Registration Statement, as amended and supplemented at such times, complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and did not 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. The Prospectus, at the time the Prospectus was issued and at the Closing Time (and, if any Option Securities are purchased, at the Date of Delivery), as amended and supplemented at such times, did not include and will not include an untrue statement of a material fact and did not and will not omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

Each preliminary prospectus (including the prospectus or prospectuses filed as part of the Original Registration Statement or any amendment thereto) complied when so filed in all material respects with the 1933 Act Regulations and each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus delivered to the Underwriter for use in connection with this offering was identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to XXXXX, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

As of the Applicable Time, neither (x) the Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus(es) (as defined below) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time (as defined below), the Statutory Prospectus (as defined below) and the information included on Schedule C hereto, all considered together (collectively, the “General Disclosure Package”), nor (y) any individual Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

As used in this subsection and elsewhere in this Agreement:

“Applicable Time” means 7:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on the date of this agreement or such other time as agreed in writing by the Company and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx.

“Statutory Prospectus” as of any time means the prospectus relating to the Securities that is included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to that time, including any document incorporated by reference therein and any preliminary or other prospectus or prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof.

“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 433”), relating to the Securities that (i) is required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, (ii) is a “road show that is a written communication” within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i), whether or not required to be filed with the Commission or (iii) is exempt from filing pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Securities or of the offering that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g).

“Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors, as evidenced by its being specified in Schedule D hereto.

“Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not an Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus.

Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Securities or until any earlier date that the issuer notified or notifies Xxxxxxx Xxxxx as described in Section 3(e), did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein and any preliminary or other prospectus deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified.

The representations and warranties in this subsection shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto), the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any preliminary prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by Xxxxxxx Xxxxx expressly for use therein.

At the time of filing the Registration Statement, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations) of the Securities and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405.

(ii) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, when they became effective or at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations or the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the “1934 Act Regulations”), as applicable, and, when read together with the other information in the Prospectus, (a) at the time the Original Registration Statement became effective, (b) at the earlier of time the Prospectus was first used and the date and time of the first contract of sale of Securities in this offering and (c) at the Closing Time, did not 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.

(iii) Independent Accountants. The accountants who certified the financial statements and any supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement are independent public accountants with respect to the Company as required by the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations.

(iv) Financial Statements. The financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes, present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries at the dates indicated and the statement of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods specified; said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The supporting schedules, if any, present fairly in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated therein. The selected financial data and the summary financial information included in the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements included in the Registration Statement.

(v) No Material Adverse Change in Business. Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except as otherwise stated therein, (A) there has been no material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business (a “Material Adverse Effect”), (B) there have been no transactions entered into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, other than those in the ordinary course of business, which are material with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, and (C) except for regular quarterly dividends on the Common Stock, there has been

no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock.

(vi) Good Standing of the Company. The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as presently conducted as described in the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing, where applicable, in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(vii) Good Standing of Subsidiaries. Each “significant subsidiary” of the Company (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) (each such “significant subsidiary” a “Subsidiary” and, collectively, the “Subsidiaries”) has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has corporate, limited liability company or other form of organization power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as presently conducted as described in the Prospectus and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation, limited liability company or other form of organization to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock, limited liability company interests or other common equity interests of each “significant subsidiary” have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, where applicable, and is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; none of the outstanding shares of capital stock, limited liability company interests or other common equity interests of any such “significant subsidiary” was issued in violation of the preemptive or similar rights of any securityholder of such Subsidiary. The only subsidiaries of the Company are the subsidiaries identified in Exhibit 21.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005.

(viii) Investment Adviser. Xxxxx & Steers Capital Management, Inc. (“CSCM”) is duly registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Advisers Act”), and is not prohibited by any provision of the Advisers Act or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), or the respective rules and regulations thereunder, from acting as an investment adviser. Neither the Company nor any subsidiary of CSCM is required to be registered, licensed or qualified as an investment adviser under the laws requiring any such registration, licensing or qualification in any state in which it conducts business or is not subject to material liability or disability by reason of the failure to be so registered, licensed or qualified.

(ix) Broker-Dealer. Xxxxx & Steers Securities, LLC and Xxxxx & Steers Capital Advisers, LLC (collectively, the “Broker-Dealers”) each are registered, licensed and qualified as a broker-dealer under the securities laws of each state where the conduct of its business requires such registration, except where the failure to be so registered, licensed or qualified would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Broker-Dealers is duly registered and is in good standing with the Commission and is a member in good standing of the

NASD. Neither the Company nor any subsidiary of the Company other than the Broker-Dealers is required to be registered, licensed or qualified as a broker-dealer under the securities laws of any state where it conducts business or is not subject to material liability or disability by reason of the failure to be so registered, licensed or qualified.

(x) Transfer Agent. Neither the Company nor any subsidiary of the Company is required to be registered, licensed or qualified as a transfer agent under the federal or state laws requiring any such registration, licensing or qualification in any state in which it conducts business or is subject to any material liability or disability by reason of the failure to be so registered, licensed or qualified.

(xi) Capitalization. The shares of issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; none of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company was issued in violation of the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company.

(xii) Authorization of Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

(xiii) Authorization and Description of Securities. The Securities to be purchased by the Underwriter from the Selling Stockholders have been duly authorized and issued by the Company and, when delivered by the Selling Stockholders pursuant to this Agreement against payment of the consideration set forth herein, will be validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable; the Securities conform to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus and such description conforms to the rights set forth in the instruments defining the same; and no holder of the Securities will be subject to personal liability solely by reason of being such a holder.

(xiv) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts. The Company is not in violation of its certificate of incorporation or by-laws; no Subsidiary is in violation of its certificate or articles of incorporation or by-laws, limited liability agreement or other equivalent organizational documents, as applicable, except for such violations that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries are subject (collectively, “Agreements and Instruments”), except for such defaults that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and in the Registration Statement (including the sale of the Securities) and compliance by the Company with its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, the Agreements and Instruments (except for such conflicts, breaches, defaults or Repayment Events or liens, charges or encumbrances that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect), nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of the Company or in any violation (except for violations that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect) of the provisions of the charter or by-laws, limited liability company agreement or other equivalent organizational

documents, as applicable, of any subsidiary, or any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any government, government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their assets, properties or operations. As used herein, a “Repayment Event” means any event or condition which gives the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or its subsidiaries.

(xv) Absence of Labor Dispute. No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent.

(xvi) Absence of Proceedings. There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries, which is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement (other than as disclosed therein), or except for proceedings disclosed in the Registration Statement which might result in a Material Adverse Effect, or which might materially and adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement or the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder or thereunder; the aggregate of all pending legal or governmental proceedings to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any of their respective property or assets is the subject which are not described in the Registration Statement, including ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business, would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xvii) Absence of Proceedings with Respect to the Funds. There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against or affecting the entities for which CSCM acts as an investment adviser and which is required to be registered with the Commission as an investment company under the 1940 Act (collectively, the “Funds”), which is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement (other than as disclosed therein), or except for proceedings disclosed in the Registration Statement which might reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or which might reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement. The aggregate of all pending legal or governmental proceedings to which the Funds are a party or of which any of their property or assets is the subject which are not described in the Registration Statement, including ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xviii) Accuracy of Exhibits. There are no contracts or other documents which are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or the documents incorporated by reference therein or to be filed as exhibits thereto which have not been so described and filed as required. The descriptions of the terms of any such contracts or documents contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus are correct in all material respects.

(xix) Possession of Intellectual Property. Except as described in the Prospectus, to the knowledge of the Company (i) the Company and its subsidiaries own or possess, 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 them, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) neither the Company nor

any of its subsidiaries has received any written notice or is 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 any Intellectual Property invalid or inadequate to protect the interest of the Company or any of such subsidiaries therein, and which infringement or conflict or invalidity or inadequacy, singly or in the aggregate, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xx) Absence of Further Requirements. No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or agency is necessary or required for the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities hereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except such as have been already obtained or as may be required under the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), or rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1934 Act (the “1934 Act Regulations”) or state securities laws.

(xxi) Absence of Manipulation. Neither the Company nor any affiliate of the Company has taken, nor will the Company or any affiliate take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed to or which has constituted or which would be expected to cause or result in unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

(xxii) Possession of Licenses and Permits. The Company and its subsidiaries possess such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively, “Governmental Licenses”) issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, except where the failure so to possess would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; all of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except when the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such Governmental Licenses which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxiii) Title to Property. Neither the Company nor its subsidiaries own any real property that is material to the business of the Company and such subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, and all of the leases and subleases material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, and under which the Company or any of such subsidiaries holds properties described in the Prospectus, are in full force and effect, except where the failure to be in full force and effect would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxiv) Investment Company Act. The Company is not required, and upon the sale of the Securities as herein contemplated and the application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in the Prospectus will not be required, to register as an “investment company” under the 1940 Act.

(xxv) Environmental Laws. There are no costs or liabilities associated with any applicable Environmental Laws (including, without limitation, any capital or operating

expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties) which would, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxvi) Registration Rights. Except as set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of August 9, 2005, among the Company, Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, The Xxxxxx Xxxxx 1998 Family Trust and Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx Family Trust, and other than equity awards pursuant to the Company’s existing share incentive and employee stock purchase plans, there are no persons with registration rights or other similar rights to have any securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise registered by the Company under the 1933 Act. Except as described in or contemplated by the Prospectus, there are no outstanding options, warrants or other rights calling for the issuance of, and there are no commitments, plans or arrangements to issue, any shares of common stock of the Company or any security convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for common stock of the Company.

(xxvii) Disclosure Controls. The Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the 1934 Act; such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company is made known to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer, and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective to perform the functions for which they were established; to the Company’s knowledge, any significant material weaknesses in internal controls have been identified for the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer.

(xxviii) Accounting Controls. The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (1) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (2) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (3) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (4) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as described in the Prospectus, since the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially and adversely affected, or is reasonably likely to materially and adversely affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and, to the Company’s knowledge, there are no material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated).

(xxix) Compliance with the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002. The Company is in compliance with all of the provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder that are presently applicable to it.

(xxx) Pending Proceedings and Examinations. The Registration Statement is not the subject of a pending proceeding or examination under Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the 1933 Act, and the Company is not the subject of a pending proceeding under Section 8A of the 1933 Act in connection with the offering of the Securities.

(xxxi) Investment Company. Each entity for which CSCM acts as an investment adviser and which is required to be registered with the Commission as an investment company under the 1940 Act is, and upon consummation of the transactions contemplated herein will be,

duly registered with the Commission as an investment company under the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and to the knowledge of the Company, there are no facts with respect to any such Funds which have not been disclosed in the Prospectus that are likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxxii) Compliance by the Funds with Applicable Laws. The Funds are duly registered with the Commission under the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and comply in all material respects with the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and, to the Company’s knowledge, are in compliance with all other applicable laws and regulations except as would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxxiii) Investment Advisory Agreements. To the knowledge of the Company, the agreements between CSCM and each of the Funds are legal and valid obligations of the parties thereto, and CSCM is not in breach or violation of or in default under any such agreement, nor is there any pending or threatened termination of any such agreement, which would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxxiv) Assignment. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not constitute an “assignment” as defined in the 1940 Act and the Advisers Act of any of the investment advisory agreements to which CSCM is a party.

(b) Representations and Warranties by the Selling Stockholders. Each Selling Stockholder severally represents and warrants to the Underwriter as of the date hereof, the Applicable Time referred to in Section 1(a)(i) hereof and as of the Closing Time and, if the Selling Stockholder is selling Option Securities on a Date of Delivery, as of each such Date of Delivery, and agrees with the Underwriter, as follows:

(i) Authorization of this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf of such Selling Stockholder that is not a natural person and duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder that is a natural person.

(ii) Authorization of Power of Attorney. The Power of Attorney, in the form heretofore furnished to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx (the “Power of Attorney”), has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Selling Stockholder that is not a natural person and duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder that is a natural person.

(iii) Noncontravention. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Power of Attorney and the sale and delivery of the Securities to be sold by such Selling Stockholder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and compliance by such Selling Stockholder with its obligations hereunder do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any tax, lien, charge or encumbrance upon the Securities to be sold by such Selling Stockholder or any property or assets of such Selling Stockholder pursuant to any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, license, lease or other agreement or instrument to which such Selling Stockholder is a party or by which such Selling Stockholder may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of such Selling Stockholder is subject, if applicable, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or other organizational instrument of such Selling Stockholder, if applicable, or any applicable treaty, law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any government, government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over such Selling Stockholder or any of its properties.

(iv) Delivery of Securities. Upon payment for the Securities to be sold by such Selling Stockholder, delivery of such Securities, as directed by the Underwriter, to Cede & Co. (“Cede”) or such other nominee as may be designated by the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), registration of such Securities in the name of Cede or such other nominee and the crediting of such Securities on the books of DTC to securities account of the Underwriter, (i) DTC shall be a “protected purchaser” (as defined under Section 8-303 of the Uniform Commercial Code of Delaware (the “Delaware UCC”)) of such Securities, provided that it has no “notice” of an adverse claim within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the Delaware UCC, (ii) the Underwriter will acquire a valid security entitlement in respect of such Securities under Section 8-501 of the Uniform Commercial Code of New York (the “New York UCC”), and (iii) no action based on an “adverse claim”, within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the New York UCC, to such security entitlement may be asserted against the Underwriter, provided that they have no “notice” of an adverse claim within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the New York UCC; for purposes of the representations in this clause (iv), such Selling Stockholder may assume that (A) DTC is a “securities intermediary” (as defined in Section 8-102 of the New York UCC), and the State of New York is the “securities intermediary’s jurisdiction” of DTC for purposes of Section 8-110 of the New York UCC, (B) the Securities are registered in the name of DTC or its nominee, and DTC or another person on behalf of DTC maintains possession of certificates representing the Securities, and (C) appropriate entries to the accounts of the several Underwriters on the records of DTC will have been made pursuant to the New York UCC.

(v) Valid Title. Such Selling Stockholder has, and at the Applicable Time and the Closing Time will have, valid title to the Securities to be sold by such Selling Stockholder free and clear of all security interests, claims, liens, equities or other encumbrances and the legal right and power, and all authorization and approval required by law, to enter into this Agreement and the Power of Attorney and to sell, transfer and deliver the Securities to be sold by such Selling Stockholder.

(vi) Absence of Manipulation. Such Selling Stockholder has not taken, and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed to or which has constituted or would be expected to cause or result in unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

(vii) Absence of Further Requirements. No filing with, or consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or agency, domestic or foreign, is necessary or required for the performance by each Selling Stockholder of its obligations hereunder or in the Power of Attorney, or in connection with the sale and delivery of the Securities hereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except such as may have previously been made or obtained or as may be required under the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations or state securities laws.

(viii) Restriction on Sale of Securities. During a period of 90 days from the date of the Prospectus, such Selling Stockholder will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any share of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or file, or cause to be filed, any registration statement under the 1933 Act with respect to any of the foregoing or (ii) enter into any swap or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such swap or transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or

such other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (A) the Securities, (B) transactions relating to shares of Common Stock or other securities acquired in open market transactions after the completion of the offering of the Shares; provided that no filing by any party under the Exchange Act shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with subsequent sales of Common Stock or other securities acquired in such open market transactions, (C) grants, issuances, exercises or withholdings under any existing employee benefit plans or related agreements, (D) transfers of shares of Common Stock or any security convertible, exchangeable for or exercisable into Common Stock as a bona fide gift or gifts as a result of the operation of law or testate or intestate succession or (E) transfers by the undersigned to a trust, partnership, limited liability company or other entity, all of the beneficial interests of which are held, directly or indirectly, by the undersigned; provided that in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clause (D) or (E), each donee or distributee shall agree to be bound by the restrictions on transfer in the foregoing sentence.

(c) Officer’s Certificates. Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries delivered to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx or to counsel for the Underwriter shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to the Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby; and any certificate signed by or on behalf of a Selling Stockholder as such and delivered to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx or to counsel for the Underwriter pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be deemed a representation and warranty by such Selling Stockholder to the Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby.

SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to Underwriters; Closing.

(a) Initial Securities. On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Selling Stockholder, severally and not jointly, agrees to sell to the Underwriter and the Underwriter agrees to purchase from the Selling Stockholders, at the price per share set forth in Schedule B, that proportion of the number of Initial Securities set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of the Selling Stockholder.

(b) Option Securities. In addition, on the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, certain of the Selling Stockholders, severally and not jointly, hereby grant an option to the Underwriter to purchase up to an additional 262,500 shares of Common Stock, at the price per share set forth in Schedule B, less an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Initial Securities but not payable on the Option Securities. The option hereby granted will expire 30 days after the date hereof and may be exercised in whole or in part from time to time only for the purpose of covering overallotments which may be made in connection with the offering and distribution of the Initial Securities upon notice by Xxxxxxx Xxxxx to the Company, on behalf of the Selling Stockholders, setting forth the number of Option Securities as to which the Underwriter are then exercising the option and the time and date of payment and delivery for such Option Securities. Any such time and date of delivery (a “Date of Delivery”) shall be determined by Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, but unless otherwise agreed to by the Underwriter, the Company and the Selling Stockholders, shall not be earlier than two full business days nor later than seven full business days after the exercise of said option, nor in any event prior to the Closing Time, as hereinafter defined. If the option is exercised as to all or any portion of the Option Securities, the Underwriter will purchase that proportion of the total number of Option Securities then being purchased which the number of Initial Securities as to which the option was exercised.

(c) Payment. Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of, the Initial Securities shall be made at the offices of Xxxxxxxx Chance US LLP, 00 Xxxx 00^xx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by Xxxxxxx Xxxxx and the Company, on behalf of the Selling Stockholders, at 9:00 A.M. (Eastern time) on the third (fourth, if the pricing occurs after 4:30 P.M.

(Eastern time) on any given day) business day after the date hereof, or such other time not later than ten business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by Xxxxxxx Xxxxx and the Company, on behalf of the Selling Stockholders (such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called “Closing Time”).

In addition, in the event that any or all of the Option Securities are purchased by the Underwriter, payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of, such Option Securities shall be made at the above-mentioned offices, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by Xxxxxxx Xxxxx and the Company, on behalf of the Selling Stockholders, on each Date of Delivery as specified in the notice from Xxxxxxx Xxxxx to the Company, on behalf of the Selling Stockholders.

Payment shall be made to the Selling Stockholders by wire transfer of immediately available funds to bank account(s) designated by or on behalf of each Selling Stockholder, as the case may be, against delivery to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx for the account of the Underwriter of the Securities to be purchased by them.

(d) Denominations; Registration. Certificates for the Initial Securities and the Option Securities, if any, shall be in such denominations and registered in such name as Xxxxxxx Xxxxx may request in writing at least one full business day before the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be. The certificates for the Initial Securities and the Option Securities, if any, will be made available for examination and packaging by Xxxxxxx Xxxxx in The City of New York not later than 10:00 A.M. (Eastern time) on the business day prior to the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be.

SECTION 3. Covenants of the Company and the Selling Stockholders. The Company covenants with the Underwriter as follows:

(a) Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests; Payment of Filing Fees. The Company, subject to Section 3(b), will comply with the requirements of Rule 430B, and will notify Xxxxxxx Xxxxx promptly (i) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement relating to the Securities shall become effective, or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus shall have been filed, (ii) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission, (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or the filing of a new registration statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or any document incorporated by reference therein or otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or for additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or such new registration statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes or of any examination pursuant to Section 8(e) of the 1933 Act concerning the Registration Statement and (v) if the Company becomes the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the 1933 Act in connection with the offering of the Securities. The Company will effect the filings relating to the Securities required under Rule 424(b), in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)), and will take such steps as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the form of prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 424(b) was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file such prospectus. The Company until the completion of the distribution of the Securities will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order and, if any stop order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment.

(b) Filing of Amendments and Exchange Act Documents. The Company will give Xxxxxxx Xxxxx notice of its intention to file or prepare any amendment to the Registration Statement (including any new registration statement) relating to the Securities or any amendment, supplement or revision to

either any preliminary prospectus (including any prospectus included in the Registration Statement or amendment thereto at the time it became effective) relating to the Securities or to the Prospectus, will xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which Xxxxxxx Xxxxx or counsel for the Underwriter shall reasonably object in writing. The Company has given Xxxxxxx Xxxxx notice of any filings made pursuant to the 1934 Act or 1934 Act Regulations within 48 hours prior to the Applicable Time; the Company will give Xxxxxxx Xxxxx notice of its intention to make any such filing from the Applicable Time to the Closing Time and will xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing, as the case may be.

(c) Delivery of Registration Statements. The Company has furnished or will deliver to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx and counsel for the Underwriter, upon request and without charge, signed copies of the Original Registration Statement and of each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein and documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein or otherwise deemed to be a part thereof) and signed copies of all consents and certificates of experts, and will also deliver to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, upon request and without charge, a conformed copy of the Original Registration Statement and of each amendment thereto (without exhibits). The copies of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriter will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to XXXXX, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

(d) Delivery of Prospectuses. The Company has delivered to the Underwriter, without charge, an electronic version of its Prospectus dated November 18, 2005, as supplemented by the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated February 8, 2006, and the Company hereby consents to the prior use of such document for purposes permitted by the 1933 Act. The Company will furnish to the Underwriter, without charge, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act and prior to the expiration of nine months after the date hereof, an electronic version of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented). In any case the Underwriter is required to deliver a prospectus in connection with sales of any of the Securities at any time nine months or more after the date hereof, the Company will furnish upon the request of the Underwriter and at the expense of the Underwriter, an electronic version of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented). The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriter will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to XXXXX, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

(e) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws. The Company will comply with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and in the Prospectus. If at any time when a prospectus is required by the 1933 Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Securities, any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriter or for the Company, to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus in order that the Prospectus will not include any untrue statements of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, or if it shall be necessary, in the opinion of such counsel, at any such time to amend the Registration Statement or to file a new registration statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to comply with the requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, the Company will promptly prepare and file with the Commission, subject to Section 3(b), such amendment, supplement or new registration statement as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to comply with such requirements, the Company will use its best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable and the Company will furnish to the Underwriter such number of copies

of such amendment, supplement or new registration statement as the Underwriter may reasonably request. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement (or any other registration statement relating to the Securities) or the Statutory Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify Xxxxxxx Xxxxx and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.

(f) Blue Sky Qualifications. The Company will use its best efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriter, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as Xxxxxxx Xxxxx may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect for a period of not less than one year from the date hereof; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject.

(g) Rule 158. The Company will timely file such reports pursuant to the 1934 Act as are necessary in order to make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable an earnings statement for the purposes of, and to provide to the Underwriter the benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act.

(h) Restriction on Sale of Securities. During a period of 90 days from the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, (i) directly or indirectly, offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise transfer or dispose of any share of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or file any registration statement under the 1933 Act with respect to any of the foregoing or (ii) enter into any swap or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such swap or transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (A) any shares of Common Stock issued or options, restricted stock units or other equity awards granted pursuant to an existing stock incentive or employee stock purchase equity benefit plan of the Company referred to in the Prospectus (or the filing of one or more registration statements covering such issuances or grants) or (B) any shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to any non-employee director stock plan or the dividend reinvestment component of any dividend reinvestment plan (or the filing of one or more registration statements covering such issuances with respect to existing plans or plans referred to in the Prospectus).

(i) Reporting Requirements. The Company, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the 1934 Act within the time periods required by the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations.

(l) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Each of the Company and each Selling Stockholder represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, and the Underwriter represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an “issuer free

writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405, any portion of which would be required to be filed with the Commission or, in the case of each Selling Stockholder, whether or not required to be filed with the Commission. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Company or Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, as the case may be, is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” Each of the Company and each Selling Stockholder represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus (which, for the avoidance of doubt, does not include any free writing prospectus of the Underwriter not affirmatively consented to by the Company in writing) as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and has complied and will comply with its obligations under Rule 433 in respect of any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping

SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses.

(a) Expenses. The Company will pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits) as originally filed and of each amendment thereto, (ii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriter of this Agreement, any Agreement among Underwriters and such other documents as may be required in connection with the offering, purchase, sale or delivery of the Securities, (iii) the preparation and delivery of the certificates for the Securities to the Underwriter, including any stock or other transfer taxes and any stamp or other duties payable upon the sale or delivery of the Securities to the Underwriter, (iv) the fees and disbursements of the Company’s counsel, accountants and other advisors, (v) the qualification of the Securities under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(f) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriter in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplement thereto, (vi) the delivery to the Underwriter of electronic copies of each preliminary prospectus, any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus and of the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto and any costs associated with electronic delivery of any of the foregoing by the Underwriter to the investors, (vii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriter of copies of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplement thereto, (viii) the fees and expenses of any transfer agent or registrar for the Securities, (ix) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the Securities, including without limitation, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged by the Company in connection with the road show presentations, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Company and any such consultants, and a proportional share of the cost of aircraft and other transportation chartered in connection with the road show, (x) the filing fees incident to, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriter in connection with, the review by the NASD of the terms of the sale of the Securities and (xi) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange. It is understood, however, that, (A) the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriter that the Company shall pay pursuant to Sections 4(a)(v), (vii) and (x) above shall not exceed $10,000 in the aggregate and (B) except as set forth in this Section 4 and Sections 6, 7 and 9(b) hereof, the Underwriter shall pay all of their own expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, the fees and disbursements of their counsel and their travel expenses.

(b) Expenses of the Selling Stockholders. For the avoidance of doubt, the Underwriter shall not be responsible for expenses incident to the performance of each Selling Stockholder’s obligations under, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including (i) any stamp duties, capital duties and stock transfer taxes, if any, payable upon the sale of the Securities to be sold by

such Selling Stockholder to the Underwriter and (ii) the fees and disbursements of such Selling Stockholder’s counsel and other advisors.

(c) Termination of Agreement. If this Agreement is terminated by Xxxxxxx Xxxxx in accordance with the provisions of Section 5, Section 9(a)(i) or Section 10 hereof, the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall reimburse the Underwriter for all of its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriter.

(d) Allocation of Expenses. The provisions of this Section shall not affect any agreement that the Company and the Selling Stockholders may make for the sharing of such costs and expenses.

SECTION 5. Conditions of Underwriter’s Obligations. The obligations of the Underwriter hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained in Section 1 hereof or in certificates of any officer of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company or on behalf of any Selling Stockholder delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and each Selling Stockholder of its covenants and other obligations hereunder that are required to be performed at or prior to Closing Time, and to the following further conditions:

(a) Effectiveness of Registration Statement. The Registration Statement has become effective and at Closing Time no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued under the 1933 Act or proceedings therefor initiated or threatened by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of counsel to the Underwriter. A prospectus containing the Rule 430B Information shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) (or a post-effective amendment providing such information shall have been filed and become effective in accordance with the requirements of Rule 430B).

(b) Opinion of Counsel for Company. At Closing Time, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx shall have received (i) the favorable opinion, and letter, each dated as of Closing Time, of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter, to the effect set forth in Exhibit A-1 hereto and (ii) favorable opinion, dated as of Closing Time, of Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Esq., Associate General Counsel of the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter, to the effect set forth in Exhibit A-2 hereto.

(c) Opinion of Counsel for the Underwriter. At Closing Time, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as of Closing Time, of Xxxxxxxx Chance US LLP, counsel for the Underwriter, in form satisfactory to the Underwriter.

(d) Officers’ Certificate. At Closing Time, there shall not have been, since the date hereof or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx shall have received a certificate of a Chief Executive Officer, President or Vice President of the Company and of the chief financial or chief accounting officer of the Company, dated as of Closing Time, to the effect that (i) there has been no such material adverse change, (ii) the representations and warranties in Section 1(a) hereof are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of Closing Time, (iii) the Company has complied in all material respects with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to Closing Time and (iv) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of

the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to their knowledge, contemplated by the Commission.

(e) Certificate of Selling Stockholders. At Closing Time, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx shall have received a certificate from each Selling Stockholder or such Selling Stockholder’s Attorney-in-Fact, dated as of Closing Time, to the effect that (i) the representations and warranties of each Selling Stockholder contained in Section 1(b) hereof are true and correct in all respects with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of Closing Time and (ii) each Selling Stockholder has complied in all material respects with all agreements and all conditions on its part to be performed under this Agreement at or prior to Closing Time.

(f) Accountant’s Comfort Letter. At the time of the execution of this Agreement, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx shall have received from Deloitte & Touche LLP a letter dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

(g) Bring-down Comfort Letter. At Closing Time, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx shall have received from Deloitte & Touche LLP a letter, dated as of Closing Time, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to subsection (f) of this Section, except that the specified date referred to shall be a date not more than three business days prior to Closing Time.

(h) Approval of Listing. At Closing Time, the Securities shall have been approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange.

(i) No Objection. The NASD shall have confirmed that it has not raised any objection with respect to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements.

(j) Conditions to Purchase of Option Securities. In the event that the Underwriter exercises their option provided in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any portion of the Option Securities, the representations and warranties of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein and the statements in any certificates furnished by the Company, any subsidiary of the Company and the Selling Stockholders hereunder shall be true and correct as of each Date of Delivery and, at the relevant Date of Delivery, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx shall have received:

(i) Officers’ Certificate. A certificate, dated such Date of Delivery, of the Chief Executive Officer, President or Vice President of the Company and of the chief financial or chief accounting officer of the Company confirming that the certificate delivered at the Closing Time pursuant to Section 5(d) hereof remains true and correct as of such Date of Delivery.

(ii) Certificate of Selling Stockholders. A certificate, dated such Date of Delivery, from each Selling Stockholder confirming that the certificate delivered at Closing Time pursuant to Section 5(e) remains true and correct as of such Date of Delivery.

(iii) Opinion of Counsel for Company. The favorable opinions and letter of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Company, and Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Esq., in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinions and letter required by Section 5(b) hereof.

(iv) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriter. The favorable opinion of Xxxxxxxx Chance US LLP, counsel for the Underwriter, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(c) hereof.

(v) Bring-down Comfort Letter. A letter from Deloitte & Touche LLP, in form and substance satisfactory to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx and dated such Date of Delivery, substantially in the same form and substance as the letter furnished to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx pursuant to Section 5(g) hereof, except that the “specified date” in the letter furnished pursuant to this paragraph shall be a date not more than five days prior to such Date of Delivery.

(k) Additional Documents. At Closing Time and at each Date of Delivery, counsel for the Underwriter shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may reasonably require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the sale of the Securities as herein contemplated, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Company and the Selling Stockholders in connection with the sale of the Securities as herein contemplated shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx and counsel for the Underwriter.

(l) Termination of Agreement. If any condition specified in this Section shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement, or, in the case of any condition to the purchase of Option Securities on a Date of Delivery which is after the Closing Time, the obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the relevant Option Securities may be terminated by Xxxxxxx Xxxxx by notice to the Company, on behalf of the Selling Stockholders, at any time at or prior to Closing Time or such Date of Delivery, as the case may be, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 and except that Sections 1, 6, 7 and 8 shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 6. Indemnification.

(a) Indemnification of Underwriter by the Company. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriter, its affiliates, as such term is defined in Rule 501(b) under the 1933 Act (each, an “Affiliate”), its selling agents and each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act as follows:

(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430B Information or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission; provided that (subject to Section 6(d) below) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company;

(iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by Xxxxxxx Xxxxx) pursuant to Section 6(d) below) reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under (i) or (ii) above;

provided, however, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430B Information, or any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto).

(b) Indemnification of Company, Directors and Officers. The Underwriter agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this Section, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430B Information or any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriter expressly for use therein.

(c) Actions against Parties; Notification. Each indemnified party shall give notice as promptly as reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to the extent it is not materially prejudiced as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement. In the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(a) or 6(b) above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, and, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(c) above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Company. An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the defense of any such action; provided, however, that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. In no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) separate from their own counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought under this Section 6 or Section 7 hereof (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

(d) Settlement without Consent if Failure to Reimburse. If at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of

counsel in accordance with the terms hereof, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by Section 6(a)(ii) or settlement of any claim in connection with any violation referred to in Section 6(e) effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.

(e) Other Agreements with Respect to Indemnification. The provisions of this Section shall not affect any agreement among the Company and the Selling Stockholders with respect to indemnification.

SECTION 7. Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in Section 6 hereof is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriter on the other hand from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand and of the Underwriter on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions, or in connection with any violation of the nature referred to in Section 6(d) hereof, which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.

The relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriter on the other hand in connection with the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Selling Stockholders and the total underwriting discount received by the Underwriter, in each case as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus bear to the aggregate initial public offering price of the Securities as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus.

The relative fault of the Company and the Selling Stockholders on the one hand and the Underwriter on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Selling Stockholders or by the Underwriter and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission or any violation of the nature referred to in Section 6(d) hereof.

The Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriter agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 7. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 7 shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, the Underwriter shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which the Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of any 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 0000 Xxx) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

For purposes of this Section 7, each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act and the Underwriter’s Affiliates and selling agents shall have the same rights to contribution as the Underwriter, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company or any Selling Stockholder within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company or such Selling Stockholder, as the case may be.

The provisions of this Section shall not affect any agreement among the Company and the Selling Stockholders with respect to contribution.

SECTION 8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or of the Selling Stockholders submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of the Underwriter or its Affiliates or selling agents, any person controlling the Underwriter, its officers or directors, any person controlling the Company or any person controlling any Selling Stockholder and (ii) delivery of and payment for the Securities.

SECTION 9. Termination of Agreement.

(a) Termination; General. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the Company and the Selling Stockholders, at any time at or prior to Closing Time (i) if there has been, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto after the date hereof) or the General Disclosure Package, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) if there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or the international financial markets, any outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis or any change or development involving a prospective change in national or international political, financial or economic conditions, in each case the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, impracticable or inadvisable to market the Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities, or (iii) if trading in any securities of the Company has been suspended or materially limited by the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange, or if trading generally on the New York Stock Exchange has been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have been required, by any of said exchanges or by such system or by order of the Commission, the NASD or any other governmental authority, or (iv) a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States, or (v) if a banking moratorium has been declared by either Federal or New York authorities.

(b) Liabilities. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 hereof, and provided further that Sections 1, 6, 7 and 8 shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 10. Default by Certain Selling Stockholders. If Xxxxxx Xxxxx or Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, each a Selling Stockholder, shall fail at Closing Time or at a Date of Delivery to sell and deliver the number of Securities which such Selling Stockholder is obligated to sell hereunder, and the remaining Selling Stockholders do not exercise the right hereby granted to increase, pro rata or otherwise, the number of Securities to be sold by them hereunder to the total number to be sold by all Selling Stockholders as set forth in Schedule A hereto, then Xxxxxxx Xxxxx may, by written notice from Xxxxxxx Xxxxx to the Company and the non-defaulting Selling Stockholders, either (i) terminate this Agreement without any liability on the part of any non-defaulting party except that the provisions of Sections 1, 4, 6, 7 and 8 shall remain in full force and effect or (ii) elect to purchase the Securities which the non-defaulting Selling Stockholders and the Company have agreed to sell hereunder. No action taken pursuant to this Section 10 shall relieve any Selling Stockholder so defaulting from liability, if any, in respect of such default.

In the event of a default by Xxxxxx Xxxxx and/or Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx as referred to in this Section 10, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, the Company and the non-defaulting Selling Stockholders shall have the right to postpone Closing Time or Date of Delivery for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required change in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements.

SECTION 11. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriter shall be directed to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx at 0 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, attention of Equity Capital Markets; and notices to the Company shall be directed to it at Xxxxx & Steers, Inc. at 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, attention of the General Counsel; and notices to the Selling Stockholders shall be directed to c/o Cohen & Steers, Inc. at 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, attention of Xxxxxx Xxxxx and Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx.

SECTION 12. No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship. The Company and the Selling Stockholders acknowledge and agree that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the public offering price of the Securities and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company and the Selling Stockholders, on the one hand, and the Underwriter, on the other hand, (b) in connection with the offering contemplated hereby and the process leading to such transaction the Underwriter is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of the Company, or its stockholders, creditors, employees or any other party or the Selling Stockholders, (c) the Underwriter has not assumed or will assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company or the Selling Stockholders with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether the Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company or the Selling Stockholders on other matters) and the Underwriter does not have any obligation to the Company or the Selling Stockholders with respect to the offering contemplated hereby except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (d) the Underwriter and its respective affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company and (e) the Underwriter has not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering contemplated hereby and the Company and the Selling Stockholders have each consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate.

SECTION 13. Parties. This Agreement shall each inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriter, the Company and the Selling Stockholders and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the Underwriter, the Company and the Selling Stockholders and their respective successors and the controlling persons and officers and directors referred to in Sections 6 and 7 and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Underwriter, the Company and the Selling Stockholders and their respective successors, and said controlling persons and officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Securities from the Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.

SECTION 14. Integration. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company and/or the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriter, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

SECTION 15. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

SECTION 16. TIME. TIME SHALL BE OF THE ESSENCE OF THIS AGREEMENT. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH HEREIN, SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.

SECTION 17. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement.

SECTION 18. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Company and the Selling Stockholders a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among the Underwriter, the Company and the Selling Stockholders in accordance with its terms.


		Very truly yours,

		XXXXX & STEERS, INC.

		By:	/s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
			Name: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
			Title: Executive Vice President and General Counsel

			/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx
			Xxxxxx Xxxxx

			/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
			Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx

			/s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
			Selling Stockholders (other than Xxxxxx Xxxxx and Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx) listed on Schedule A hereto, by their Attorney-in-Fact

CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED, as of the date first above written:

XXXXXXX XXXXX & CO. XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX INCORPORATED

By:	/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
	Authorized Signatory

SCHEDULE A


	Number of Initial Securities to be Sold	Maximum Number of Option Securities to Be Sold
Xxxxxx Xxxxx	368,784	131,250
The Xxxxxx Xxxxx 1998 Family Trust	320,000	0
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx	551,528	105,000
The Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx Family Trust	137,256	26,250
Xxx Xxxx	5,000	0
Xxxxx Xxxx	54,129	0
Laurent de Marvel	27,371	0
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx	66,852	0
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx	31,184	0
Xxxxxx Xxxxx	23,556	0
Xxxx XxXxxxx	59,240	0
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx	27,368	0
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx	29,214	0
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx	5,000	0
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx	43,518	0
Total	1,750,000	262,500

Sch A-1

SCHEDULE B

XXXXX & STEERS, INC.

1,750,000 Shares of Common Stock

(Par Value $.01 Per Share)

1.	The initial public offering price per share for the Securities, determined as provided in said Section 2, shall be $21.40.

The purchase price per share for the Securities to be paid by the Underwriter shall be $20.972, being an amount equal to the initial public offering price set forth above less $0.428 per share; provided that the purchase price per share for any Option Securities purchased upon the exercise of the overallotment option described in Section 2(b) shall be reduced by an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Initial Securities but not payable on the Option Securities.

Sch B-1

SCHEDULE C

Price: $21.40

Sch C-1

SCHEDULE D

List of Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectuses

None

Sch D-1

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COHEN & STEERS, INC. (a Delaware corporation) 1,750,000 Shares of Common Stock (Par Value $.01 Per Share) PURCHASE AGREEMENT

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