2,800,000 Shares UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION Common Stock UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
EXECUTION VERSION
2,800,000 Shares
UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
Common Stock
May 17, 2007
Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC
As Representative of the several Underwriters
c/o Needham & Company, LLC
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
c/o Needham & Company, LLC
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Universal Display Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue
and sell 2,800,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock, $.01 par value per share
(the “Common Stock”), to you and to the several other Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto
(collectively, the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as representative (the
“Representative”).
The Company confirms as follows its agreements with the Representative and the several other
Underwriters.
1. Agreement to Sell and Purchase. On the basis of the representations, warranties and
agreements of the Company herein contained and subject to all the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, (i) the Company agrees to issue and sell the Shares to the several Underwriters and (ii)
each of the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company the
respective number of Shares set forth opposite that Underwriter’s name in Schedule I hereto, at the
purchase price of $13.63 for each Share.
2. Delivery and Payment. Delivery of the Shares shall be made to or as instructed by the
Representative for the accounts of the several Underwriters in a form reasonably acceptable to the
Representative against payment by the Underwriters of the purchase price by wire transfer payable
in same-day funds to the order of the Company at the office of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, 000 Xxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the third (or, if the
purchase price set forth in Section 1 hereof is determined after 4:30 p.m., New York City time, the
fourth) business day after the date of this Agreement, or at such time on such other date, not
later than seven business days after the date of this Agreement, as may be agreed upon by the
Company and the Representative (such date is hereinafter referred to as the “Closing Date”).
The Shares shall be in definitive form and shall be registered in such names and in such
denominations as the Representative shall request at least two business days prior to the Closing
Date by written notice to the Company and shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Company as
instructed by the Representative through the
facilities of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”). The Company agrees to make certificates
representing the Shares or evidence of their issuance available for inspection at least 24 hours
prior to the Closing Date.
The cost of original issue tax stamps and other transfer taxes, if any, in connection with the
issuance and delivery of the Shares by the Company to the respective Underwriters shall be borne by
the Company. The Company will pay and save each Underwriter and any subsequent holder of the
Shares harmless from any and all liabilities with respect to or resulting from any failure or delay
in paying federal and state stamp and other transfer taxes, if any, which may be payable or
determined to be payable in connection with the original issuance or sale to such Underwriter of
the Shares.
3. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents, warrants and
covenants to each Underwriter that:
(a) The Company meets the requirements for the use of Form S-3 and a registration statement
(Registration No. 333-112077) on Form S-3 relating to the Shares, including a base prospectus
relating to the Shares (the “Base Prospectus”) and such amendments thereto as may have been
required to the date of this Agreement, has been prepared by the Company under the provisions of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and the rules and regulations (collectively
referred to as the “Rules and Regulations”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission”) thereunder, has been filed with the Commission, and has been declared effective by
the Commission, and the offering of the Shares complies with Rule 415 under the Act. A final
prospectus supplement to the Base Prospectus relating to the Shares and the offering thereof will
be filed promptly by the Company with the Commission in accordance with Rule 424(b) of the Rules
and Regulations (such final prospectus supplement, as so filed, the “Prospectus Supplement”). 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 otherwise deemed to be a part
thereof or included therein by the Rules and Regulations (including 430B thereof), and any
registration statement relating to the offering contemplated by this Agreement and filed pursuant
to Rule 462(b) of the Rules and Regulations (“Rule 462(b)”), is herein called the “Registration
Statement.” The term “preliminary prospectus” means any preliminary prospectus (including any
preliminary prospectus supplement) relating to the Shares and the offering thereof as first filed
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations (“Rule 424(b)”). The term
“Prospectus” means the Base Prospectus together with the Prospectus Supplement, except that if such
Base Prospectus is amended or supplemented on or prior to the date on which the Prospectus
Supplement was first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b), the term “Prospectus” shall mean the Base
Prospectus as so amended or supplemented and as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement. Any
reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, a preliminary prospectus, the
Prospectus Supplement, or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents
incorporated by reference therein, and any reference herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or
“supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, a preliminary
prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include
the filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”), after the time the Registration Statement initially became effective (the “Effective Date”),
the date of the Base Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, or the
Prospectus, as the case may be, and deemed to be incorporated therein by reference. The term
“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means the documents listed on Schedule II hereto and each “road
show” as defined in section (h)(4) of Rule 433 of the Rules and Regulations (“Rule 433”), relating
to the Shares that is a written communication as defined in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations
(“Rule 405”), 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).
(b) No order preventing or suspending the use of the Base Prospectus, any preliminary
prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has
been issued by the Commission, and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement (including any related registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b)) or any
post-effective amendment thereto has been issued, and no proceeding for that purpose has been
initiated or threatened by the Commission. On the Effective Date, on the date the Base Prospectus,
any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, or the Prospectus is first filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) (if required), at all times during the period through and
including the Closing Date and when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement
becomes effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus is filed with the Commission,
the Registration Statement and the
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Prospectus (as amended or as supplemented if the Company shall have filed with the Commission
any amendment or supplement thereto), including the financial statements included or incorporated
by reference in the Prospectus, did and will comply with all applicable provisions of the Act, the
Exchange Act, the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Exchange Act (the “Exchange Act
Rules and Regulations”), and the Rules and Regulations and will contain all statements required to
be stated therein in accordance with the Act, the Exchange Act, the Exchange Act Rules and
Regulations, and the Rules and Regulations. As of the applicable effective date as to each part of
the Registration Statement, no part of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any such
amendment or supplement thereto did or will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein not misleading. At the Effective Date, the date the Base Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement to the Base Prospectus, including any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus
Supplement, is filed with the Commission, the date of first use of any preliminary prospectus or
the Prospectus Supplement, and at the Closing Date, the Prospectus did not and will not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
As of the Applicable Time, the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus(es) issued at or prior to the
Applicable Time (as defined below), the Pricing Prospectus (as defined below) and the documents
listed on Schedule II hereto, all considered together (collectively, the “Disclosure Package”), did
not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading.
As used in this subsection and elsewhere in this Agreement:
“Applicable Time” means 6:00 pm (Eastern time) on May 17, 2007 or such other time as agreed by
the Company and the Representative.
“Pricing Prospectus” means the Base Prospectus, as amended or supplemented immediately prior
to the Applicable Time, including any document incorporated by reference therein and any prospectus
supplement deemed to be a part thereof. For purposes of this definition, information contained in
a form of prospectus that is deemed retroactively to be a part of the Registration Statement
pursuant to Rule 430B shall be considered to be included in the Pricing Prospectus only if the
actual time that form of prospectus is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) is prior
to the Applicable Time.
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 Shares or until any earlier date that the issuer
notified or notifies the Representative as described in the next sentence, 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 that has not been superseded or modified. If there occurs an event or
development as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include an untrue statement of a
material fact or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances then prevailing, not misleading, the Company will
promptly notify the Representative so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is
amended or supplemented to correct untrue statement or omission.
The foregoing representations and warranties in this Section 3(b) do not apply to any
statements or omissions made in reliance on and in conformity with information relating to any
Underwriter furnished in writing to the Company by the Representative specifically for inclusion in
the Registration Statement, the Prospectus Supplement, the Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto. The Company
acknowledges that the statements set forth in the eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh paragraphs
under the heading “Underwriting” in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus constitute the only
information relating to any Underwriter furnished in writing to the Company by the Representative
specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus Supplement, the Pricing
Prospectus, the Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.
(c) (i) At the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Company
or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the
Rules and Regulations) of
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the Shares and (ii) as of the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an Ineligible Issuer
(as defined in Rule 405), without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to
Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an Ineligible Issuer.
(d) The documents that are incorporated by reference in the Base Prospectus, any preliminary
prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus or from which information is so incorporated
by reference, when they became or become effective or were or are filed with the Commission, as the
case may be, complied or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Act or
the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the Rules and Regulations or the Exchange Act Rules and
Regulations, as applicable; and any documents so filed and incorporated by reference subsequent to
the Effective Date shall, when they are filed with the Commission, comply in all material respects
with the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the Rules and Regulations
or the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations, as applicable. No such documents were filed with the
Commission since the Commission’s close of business on the business day immediately prior to the
date of this Agreement and prior to the execution of this Agreement.
(e) Except for investments in corporate bonds as described in the Prospectus, the Company does
not own, directly or indirectly, any shares of stock or any other equity or long-term debt
securities of any corporation or have any equity interest in any corporation, firm, partnership,
joint venture, association or other entity, other than the subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 to the
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006. UDC, Inc. (the
“Subsidiary”) is the only “significant subsidiary” of the Company as defined by Rule 1-02 of
Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission. Each of the Company and the Subsidiary is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of incorporation. Each of the Company and the Subsidiary has full power and authority
to conduct all the activities conducted by it, to own or lease all the assets owned or leased by it
and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and
the Prospectus. Each of the Company and the Subsidiary is duly licensed or qualified to do
business and in good standing as a foreign corporation in all jurisdictions in which the nature of
the activities conducted by it or the character of the assets owned or leased by it makes such
license or qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be
in good standing would not materially and adversely affect the Company and the Subsidiary, taken as
a whole, or their respective businesses, properties, business prospects, conditions (financial or
other) or results of operations, taken as a whole (such effect is referred to herein as a “Material
Adverse Effect”). All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Subsidiary have been duly
authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, and owned by the Company free
and clear of all claims, liens, charges and encumbrances; there are no securities outstanding that
are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for capital stock of the Subsidiary. Neither
the Company nor the Subsidiary is engaged in any discussions or a party to any agreement or
understanding, written or oral, regarding the acquisition of an interest in any corporation, firm,
partnership, joint venture, association or other entity where such discussions, agreements or
understandings would require amendment to the Registration Statement pursuant to applicable
securities laws.
(f) The Company has authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock as set forth in the
Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus as of the respective dates set forth therein. All of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized, validly issued and
are fully paid and nonassessable and were issued in compliance with all applicable state and
federal securities laws; the Shares have been duly authorized and when issued and paid for as
contemplated herein will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable; no preemptive or similar
rights exist with respect to any of the Shares or the issue and sale thereof. The description of
the capital stock of the Company in and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement,
the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus is complete and accurate in all respects. Except as set
forth in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company does not have outstanding and, at
the Closing Date, will not have outstanding, any options to purchase, or any rights or warrants to
subscribe for, or any securities or obligations convertible into, or any contracts or commitments
to issue or sell, any shares of capital stock, or any such warrants, convertible securities or
obligations. The execution and delivery of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations
under, this Agreement have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action on
the part of the Company, and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company.
The certificates evidencing the Shares are in due and proper legal form and have been duly
authorized for issuance by the Company.
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(g) The financial statements and schedules included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus present fairly the financial
condition of the Company and the Subsidiary as of the respective dates thereof and the results of
operations and cash flows of the Company and the Subsidiary for the respective periods covered
thereby, all in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent
basis throughout the entire period involved, except as otherwise disclosed in the Pricing
Prospectus or the Prospectus. No other financial statements or schedules of the Company are
required by the Act, the Exchange Act, the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations or the Rules and
Regulations to be included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus.
KPMG LLP (the “Accountants”), who have reported on such financial statements and schedules, are
independent accountants with respect to the Company as required by the Act and the Rules and
Regulations and Rule 3600T of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”). The summary
and selected consolidated financial and statistical data included in the Registration Statement,
the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein and have
been compiled on a basis consistent with the audited financial statements incorporated by reference
in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus. All disclosures
contained in the Registration Statement or the Disclosure Package regarding “non-GAAP financial
measures” (as such term is defined in the Rules and Regulations) comply with Regulation G of the
Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K under the Act, to the extent applicable.
(h) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus and prior to or on the Closing Date, except as
set forth in or contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the
Prospectus, (i) there has not been and will not have been any change in the capitalization of the
Company (other than in connection with the exercise of options or warrants to purchase the
Company’s Common Stock granted pursuant to the Company’s stock option or warrant plans from the
shares reserved therefor as described in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus), or
any Material Adverse Effect arising for any reason whatsoever, (ii) neither the Company nor the
Subsidiary has incurred nor will either of them incur, except in the ordinary course of business as
described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, any material liabilities or obligations,
direct or contingent, nor has the Company or the Subsidiary entered into nor will either of them
enter into, except in the ordinary course of business as described in the Pricing Prospectus and
the Prospectus, any material transactions other than pursuant to this Agreement and the
transactions referred to herein and (iii) the Company has not and will not have paid or declared
any dividends or other distributions of any kind on any class of its capital stock.
(i) The Company is not, will not become as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby,
and will not conduct its business in a manner that would cause it to become, an “investment
company” or an “affiliated person” of, or “promoter” or “principal underwriter” for, an “investment
company,” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(j) Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the
Prospectus, there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened against or affecting the Company, the Subsidiary or any of their respective officers in
their capacity as such, nor any basis therefor, before or by any federal or state court,
commission, regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental body, domestic or foreign,
wherein an unfavorable ruling, decision or finding might have a Material Adverse Effect.
(k) The Company and the Subsidiary have, and at the Closing Date will have, performed all the
respective obligations required to be performed by them, and neither is, nor at the Closing Date
will be, in default, under any contract or other instrument to which it is a party or by which its
property is bound or affected, which default might reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, no other party under any contract or other
instrument to which it or the Subsidiary is a party is in default in any respect thereunder, which
default might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor
the Subsidiary is, nor at the Closing Date will it be, in violation of any provision of its
certificate or articles of organization or by-laws or other organizational documents and no changes
to such documents will be made subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the Closing Date.
(l) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or any filing or declaration with, any
court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by the Company of the
transactions on its part
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contemplated herein, except such as have been obtained under the Act or the Rules and
Regulations and such as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws or the by-laws and
rules of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the “NASD”) in connection with the
purchase and distribution by the Underwriters of the Shares.
(m) The Company has full corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement. This
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. The performance of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not result in the
creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the assets of the Company
pursuant to the terms or provisions of, or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or
provisions of, or conflict with or constitute a default under, or give any party a right to
terminate any of its obligations under, or result in the acceleration of any obligation under or
with, (i) the certificate or articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or the Subsidiary,
(ii) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, voting trust agreement, loan agreement, bond,
debenture, note agreement or other evidence of indebtedness, lease, contract or other agreement or
instrument to which the Company or the Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company, the
Subsidiary or any of their respective properties is bound or affected or (iii) any judgment,
ruling, decree, order, statute, rule or regulation of any court or other governmental agency or
body applicable to the business or properties of the Company or the Subsidiary, except, with
respect to clauses (ii) and (iii), for such liens, charges, encumbrances, breaches, violations,
conflicts, defaults, terminations or accelerations which, individually or in the aggregate, would
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(n) The Company and the Subsidiary have good and marketable title to all properties and assets
described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus as owned by them, free and clear of all
liens, charges, encumbrances or restrictions, except such as are described in the Pricing
Prospectus and the Prospectus or are not material to the business of the Company or the Subsidiary.
The Company and the Subsidiary have valid, subsisting and enforceable leases for their respective
properties described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus as leased by them. The Company
and the Subsidiary own or lease all such properties as are necessary to their operations as now
conducted or as proposed to be conducted, except where the failure to so own or lease would not
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(o) There is no document, contract, permit or instrument, affiliate transaction or off-balance
sheet transaction (including, without limitation, any “variable interests” in “variable interest
entities,” as such terms are defined in Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 46)
of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or
the Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement that is not described or
filed as required. All such contracts to which the Company or the Subsidiary is a party have been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company or the Subsidiary, constitute valid and
binding agreements of the Company or the Subsidiary and are enforceable against and by the Company
or the Subsidiary in accordance with the terms thereof.
(p) No statement, representation, warranty or covenant made by the Company in this Agreement
or made in any certificate or document required by Section 5 of this Agreement to be delivered to
the Representative was or will be, when made, inaccurate, untrue or incorrect.
(q) The Company has not distributed and will not distribute prior to the later of (i) the
Closing Date and (ii) completion of the distribution of the Shares, any offering material in
connection with the offering and sale of the Shares other than any preliminary prospectuses, the
Prospectus, the Registration Statement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed in Schedule II
hereto, and other materials, if any, permitted by the Act and the Rules and Regulations. Neither
the Company nor any of its directors, officers or controlling persons has taken, directly or
indirectly, any action designed, or that might reasonably be expected, to cause or result, under
the Act or otherwise, in, or that has constituted, stabilization or manipulation of the price of
any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.
(r) Except as described to the Representative by the Company, no holder of securities of the
Company has rights to the registration of any securities of the Company because of the filing of
the Registration Statement, which rights have not been satisfied in full or waived by the holder
thereof as of the date hereof.
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(s) The Common Stock is registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and the Company has
filed an application to list the Shares on the NASDAQ Global Market (“NGM”), and has received
notification that the listing has been approved, subject to notice of issuance of such Shares.
(t) Except as disclosed in or specifically contemplated by the Pricing Prospectus and the
Prospectus (i) each of the Company and the Subsidiary owns or has adequate rights to use all
trademarks, trade names, domain names, patents, patent rights, mask works, copyrights, technology,
know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented or unpatentable proprietary or confidential
information, systems or procedures), service marks, trade dress rights, and other intellectual
property (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) and has such other licenses, approvals and
governmental authorizations, in each case, sufficient to conduct its business as now conducted and
as now proposed to be conducted, and, to the Company’s and the Subsidiary’s knowledge, none of the
(A) patents or patent rights owned or licensed by the Company or the Subsidiary is invalid or
unenforceable and (B) other Intellectual Property rights owned or licensed by the Company or the
Subsidiary is invalid or unenforceable except to the extent that such insufficiency, invalidity or
unenforceability would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the
Company has no knowledge of any infringement by it or the Subsidiary of Intellectual Property
rights of others, where such infringement would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, (iii) the Company is not aware of any infringement, misappropriation or violation by others
of, or conflict by others with rights of the Company or the Subsidiary with respect to, any
Intellectual Property, where such infringement, misappropriation, violation or conflict would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iv) there is no claim being made against
the Company or the Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of the Company and the Subsidiary, any employee
of the Company or the Subsidiary, regarding Intellectual Property or other infringement that would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (v) neither the Company nor the
Subsidiary has received any notice of infringement with respect to any patent or any notice
challenging the validity, scope or enforceability of any Intellectual Property owned by or licensed
to the Company or the Subsidiary, in each case the loss of which patent or Intellectual Property
(or loss of rights thereto) would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(u) The Company and the Subsidiary have filed all federal, state, local and foreign income tax
returns that have been required to be filed and has paid all taxes and assessments received by it
to the extent that such taxes or assessments have become due. Neither the Company nor the
Subsidiary has any tax deficiency that has been or, to the knowledge of the Company, might be
asserted or threatened against it that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(v) The Company or the Subsidiary own or possess all authorizations, approvals, orders,
licenses, registrations, other certificates and permits of and from all governmental regulatory
officials and bodies, necessary to conduct their respective businesses as contemplated in the
Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, except where the failure to own or possess all such
authorizations, approvals, orders, licenses, registrations, other certificates and permits would
not have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Prospectus and the Prospectus, there is no proceeding pending or threatened (or any basis therefor
known to the Company) that may cause any such authorization, approval, order, license,
registration, certificate or permit to be revoked, withdrawn, cancelled, suspended or not renewed;
and each of the Company and the Subsidiary is conducting its business in compliance with all laws,
rules and regulations applicable thereto (including, without limitation, all applicable federal,
state and local environmental laws and regulations) except where such noncompliance would not have
a Material Adverse Effect.
(w) The Company and the Subsidiary maintain insurance of the types and in the amounts
generally deemed adequate for its business, including, but not limited to, insurance covering real
and personal property owned or leased by the Company and the Subsidiary against theft, damage,
destruction, acts of vandalism and all other risks customarily insured against, all of which
insurance is in full force and effect.
(x) Neither the Company nor the Subsidiary has nor, to the Company’s knowledge, have any of
its or their respective employees or agents at any time during the last five years (i) made any
unlawful contribution to any candidate for foreign office, or failed to disclose fully any
contribution in violation of law, or (ii) made any payment to any federal or state governmental
officer or official, or other person charged with similar public or quasi-public duties, other than
payments required or permitted by the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction thereof.
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(y) The books, records and accounts of the Company and the Subsidiary accurately and fairly
reflect, in reasonable detail, the transactions in, and dispositions of, the assets of, and the
results of operations of, the Company and the Subsidiary. The Company, for itself and on behalf of
the Subsidiary, maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable
assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of the Company’s
consolidated financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and
to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is
compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with
respect to any differences. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is effective
and the Company is not aware of any material weaknesses in its internal control over financial
reporting. Since the date of the latest audited financial statements incorporated by reference in
the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, there has been no change in the Company’s internal
control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
(z) The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-14(c)
under the Exchange Act); such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that
material information relating to the Company and the Subsidiary is made known to the Company’s
principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those entities; and
such disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
(aa) The Company satisfies the eligibility requirements in existence prior to October 21, 1992
for the use of a registration statement on Form S-3 for the offering of the Shares.
4. Agreements of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters
as follows:
(a) The Company will not, either prior to the Applicable Time or thereafter during such period
as the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares by an
Underwriter or a dealer, file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the Base
Prospectus or the Prospectus, unless a copy thereof shall first have been submitted to the
Representative within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the
Representative shall not have objected thereto in good faith.
(b) The Company will notify the Representative promptly, and will confirm such advice in
writing, (i) when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective
or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus has been filed, (ii) of any request by the
Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for
additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of the Base
Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose or the threat
thereof, (iv) of the happening of any event during the period mentioned in the third sentence of
Section 4(e) that in the judgment of the Company makes any statement made in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances in which they are made, not misleading, and (v) of receipt by the Company or any
representative or attorney of the Company of any other communication from the Commission relating
to the Company, the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus. If at
any time the Commission shall issue any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or preventing or suspending the use of the Base Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus,
the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Company will
make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible
moment. If the Company has omitted any information from the Registration Statement pursuant to
Rule 430B of the Rules and Regulations, the Company will comply with the provisions of and make all
requisite filings with the Commission pursuant to said Rule 430B and notify the Representative
promptly of all such filings. If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b) under the Act, the
Company shall file a registration statement under Rule 462(b) with the Commission in compliance
with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company
shall at the time of filing either pay to the
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Commission the filing fee for such Rule 462(b) registration statement or give irrevocable
instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to the Rules and Regulations.
(c) The Company will furnish to the Representative, without charge, a copy of one signed copy
of each of the Registration Statement and of any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto,
including financial statements and schedules, and all exhibits thereto and will furnish to the
Representative, without charge, for transmittal to each of the other Underwriters, a copy of the
Registration Statement and any pre- or post-effective amendment thereto, including financial
statements and schedules but without exhibits.
(d) The Company will comply with all the provisions of any undertakings contained in the
Registration Statement.
(e) So long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act
(including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 of the
Rules and Regulations), the Company will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, as
many written and electronic copies of each preliminary prospectus, the Base Prospectus, the
Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as the Representative
may reasonably request. The Company consents to the use of each preliminary prospectus, the Base
Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto by the Underwriters and by all dealers to whom the Shares may be
sold, both in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and for any period of time
thereafter during which the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection therewith.
If during such period of time any event shall occur that in the judgment of the Company or counsel
to the Underwriters should be set forth in the Prospectus in order to make any statement therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which it was made, not misleading, or if it is necessary to
supplement or amend the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will forthwith prepare and duly
file with the Commission an appropriate supplement or amendment thereto, and will deliver to each
of the Underwriters, without charge, such number of copies of such supplement or amendment to the
Prospectus as the Representative may reasonably request. During such period of time, the Company
will provide the Representative of reasonable notice of any intent to file any document under the
Exchange Act or the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations before the termination of the offering of
the Shares by the Underwriters, if such document would be deemed to be incorporated by reference
into the Prospectus, and will not file any such document if the Representative reasonably objects
thereto. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus during such period
of time 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, the Pricing Prospectus or the 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 the Representative and, if requested by the
Representative, 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) Prior to any public offering of the Shares, the Company will cooperate with the
Representative and counsel to the Underwriters in connection with the registration or qualification
of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the
Representative may request; provided, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to
do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would
subject it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(g) The Company will, so long as required under the Rules and Regulations, furnish to its
stockholders as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year an annual report (including a
balance sheet and statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flow of the Company and its
consolidated Subsidiaries, if any, certified by independent public accountants) and, as soon as
practicable after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year (beginning with
the fiscal quarter ending after the effective date of the Registration Statement), consolidated
summary financial information of the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, for such quarter in
reasonable detail. The requirements of this Section 4(g) shall be deemed to be satisfied if the
Company timely files the periodic reports required to be filed by it with the Commission under the
Exchange Act.
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(h) The Company will make generally available to holders of its securities (including without
limitation by publicly filing the same with the Commission) as soon as may be practicable, but in
no event later than the Availability Date (as defined below), an earning statement (which need not
be audited but shall be in reasonable detail) covering a period of 12 months commencing after the
Effective Date that will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act (including Rule 158 of
the Rules and Regulations). For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “Availability Date” means
the 45th day after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes
such Effective Date, except that if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s
fiscal year, “Availability Date” means the 90th day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter.
(i) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this
Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or reimburse if paid by the Representative all costs
and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement and
in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including but not limited to costs and
expenses of or relating to (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement
and exhibits to it, each preliminary prospectus, the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement,
Pricing Prospectus, Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement
thereto, (ii) the preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Shares, (iii) the
printing of this Agreement, the Agreement Among Underwriters, any Selected Dealer Agreements, any
Underwriters’ Questionnaires, any Underwriters’ Powers of Attorney, and any invitation letters to
prospective Underwriters, (iv) furnishing (including costs of shipping and mailing) such copies of
the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus
Supplement, the Prospectus, and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments and
supplements thereto, as may be requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the
Shares by the Underwriters or by dealers to whom Shares may be sold, (v) the listing of the Shares
on the NGM, (vi) any filings required to be made by the Underwriters with the NASD, and the fees,
disbursements and other charges of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith, (vii) the
registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky
laws of such jurisdictions designated pursuant to Section 4(f), including the fees, disbursements
and other charges of counsel to the Underwriters in connection therewith, and the preparation and
printing of any preliminary, supplemental and final Blue Sky memoranda, (viii) fees, disbursements
and other charges of counsel to the Company (but not those of counsel for the Underwriters, except
as otherwise provided herein) and of the Accountants, (ix) the transfer agent for the Shares, and
(x) any travel expenses of the Company’s officers, directors and employees and any other expenses
of the Company in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the
Shares.
(j) The Company will not at any time, directly or indirectly, take any action designed or that
might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or that will constitute, stabilization of the
price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares.
(k) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the offering and sale of the Shares to be
sold by the Company in the manner set forth in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus under “Use
of Proceeds.”
(l) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date
that is 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, without the prior written consent of the
Representative, the Company will not (1) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant options,
warrants or rights to purchase, or otherwise dispose of any equity securities of the Company or any
other securities convertible into or exchangeable for its Common Stock or other equity security
(other than pursuant to employee stock option plans disclosed in the Prospectus or pursuant to the
conversion of convertible securities or the exercise of warrants in each case outstanding on the
date of this Agreement) or (2) enter into any swap or other derivatives transaction that transfers
to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic benefits or risks of ownership of shares of
Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by
delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise; provided, however, that if (a)
during the last 17 days of such 90-day period the Company issues an earnings release or material
news or a material event relating to the Company occurs or (b) prior to the expiration of such
90-day period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period
beginning on the last day of such 90-day period, the restrictions imposed by this Section 5(l)
shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the
earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event, unless the
Representative waives, in writing, such extension.
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(m) During the period of 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not,
without the prior written consent of the Representative, grant options to purchase shares of Common
Stock (other than pursuant to employee stock option plans disclosed in the Prospectus) at a price
less than the initial public offering price. During the period of 90 days after the date of the
Prospectus, the Company will not file with the Commission or cause to become effective any
registration statement relating to any securities of the Company without the prior written consent
of the Representative which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(n) The Company will cause each of its officers, directors and certain stockholders designated
by the Representative to, enter into lock-up agreements with the Representative to the effect that
they will not, without the prior written consent of the Representative, sell, contract to sell or
otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire such shares according to the
terms set forth in Schedule III hereto.
5. Further Agreements
(a) The Company represents and agrees that, without the prior written consent of the
Representative, and each Underwriter represents and agrees that, without the prior written consent
of the Company and the Representative, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the
Shares that would constitute a “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405. Any such Free
Writing Prospectus the use of which has been consented to by the Company and the Representative is
listed on Schedule II and herein called a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.”
(b) The Company agrees that is has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted
Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and that it has complied and will
comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 of the Rules and Regulations
applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely Commission filing where
required, record keeping and legending.
6. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of each Underwriter
hereunder are subject to the following conditions:
(a) All filings required by Rule 424 and Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations shall have
been made. If the Company has elected to rely upon Rule 462(b), the registration statement filed
under Rule 462(b) shall have become effective by 10:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of
this Agreement.
(b) (i) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing
or suspending the use of the Base Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus
Supplement, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose shall be pending or threatened by the Commission, (ii) no order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the qualification or registration of
the Shares under the securities or Blue Sky laws of any jurisdiction shall be in effect and no
proceeding for such purpose shall be pending before or threatened or contemplated by the Commission
or the authorities of any such jurisdiction, (iii) any request for additional information on the
part of the staff of the Commission or any such authorities shall have been complied with to the
satisfaction of the staff of the Commission or such authorities, (iv) after the date hereof no
amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Pricing Prospectus
shall have been filed unless a copy thereof was first submitted to the Representative and the
Representative does not reasonably object thereto, and (v) the Representative shall have received
certificates, dated the Closing Date and signed by the Chief Operating Officer and the Chief
Financial Officer of the Company (who may, as to proceedings threatened, rely upon the best of
their information and belief), to the effect of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph.
(c) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement
and the Pricing Prospectus, (i) there shall not have been a material adverse change in the general
affairs, business, business prospects, properties, management, condition (financial or otherwise)
or results of operations of the Company or the Subsidiary, whether or not arising from transactions
in the ordinary course of business, in each case other than as described in or contemplated by the
Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus, and (ii) neither the Company nor the Subsidiary
shall have sustained any material loss or interference with its business or properties from fire,
explosion, flood or other casualty, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute
or any court or legislative or other governmental action, order or decree, which is not described
in the Registration
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Statement and the Pricing Prospectus, if in the judgment of the Representative any such
development makes it impracticable or inadvisable to consummate the sale and delivery of the Shares
by the Underwriters at the initial public offering price.
(d) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement
and the Pricing Prospectus, there shall have been no litigation or other proceeding instituted
against the Company, the Subsidiary, or any of its or their officers or directors in their
capacities as such, before or by any federal, state or local court, commission, regulatory body,
administrative agency or other governmental body, domestic or foreign, in which litigation or
proceeding an unfavorable ruling, decision or finding would, in the judgment of the Representative,
have a Material Adverse Effect or if, in the judgment of the Representative, any such development
makes it impracticable or inadvisable to consummate the sale and delivery of the Shares by the
Underwriters at the initial public offering price.
(e) Each of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein shall be true
and correct in all respects (in the case of any representation and warranty containing a
materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualification) or in all material respects at the Closing
Date, and all covenants and agreements contained herein to be performed on the part of the Company
and all conditions contained herein to be fulfilled or complied with by the Company at or prior to
the Closing Date shall have been duly performed, fulfilled or complied with.
(f) The Representative shall have received an opinion, dated the Closing Date, satisfactory in
form and substance to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters from Xxxxxx, Xxxxx &
Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel to the Company.
(g) The Representative shall have received an opinion, dated the Closing Date, in form and
substance previously agreed to by the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters from Xxxxxx &
Xxxxxx LLP, intellectual property counsel to the Company.
(h) The representative shall have received an opinion, dated the Closing Date, from Xxxxxx,
Hall & Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel to the Underwriters, with respect to the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus and this Agreement, which opinion shall be satisfactory in all respects to the
Representative.
(i) Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Accountants shall have
furnished to the Representative a letter, dated the date of its delivery, addressed to the
Representative and in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative, confirming that they
are independent accountants with respect to the Company and the Subsidiary as required by the Act
and the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations and with respect to certain financial and other
statistical and numerical information contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement. At the Closing Date the Accountants shall have furnished to the Representative a
letter, dated the date of its delivery, which shall confirm, on the basis of a review in accordance
with the procedures set forth in the letter from the Accountants, that nothing has come to their
attention during the period from the date of the letter referred to in the prior sentence to a date
(specified in the letter) not more than three days prior to the Closing Date, which would require
any change in their letter dated the date hereof if it were required to be dated and delivered at
the Closing Date.
(j) At the Closing Date, there shall be furnished to the Representative a certificate, dated
the date of its delivery, signed by each of the Chief Operating Officer and the Chief Financial
Officer of the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative, to the effect
that:
(i) Each signer of such certificate has carefully examined the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus and the Disclosure Package (including any documents filed
under the Exchange Act and deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Pricing
Prospectus and the Prospectus) and (A) as of the date of such certificate, such
documents are true and correct in all material respects and do not omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein not untrue or misleading and (B) in the case of the certificate
delivered at the Closing Date, since the Effective Date no event has occurred as a
result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make
the statements therein not untrue or misleading.
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(ii) Each of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this
Agreement were, when originally made, and are, at the time such certificate is
delivered, true and correct.
(iii) Each of the covenants required to be performed by the Company herein on or
prior to the date of such certificate has been duly, timely and fully performed and
each condition herein required to be satisfied or fulfilled on or prior to the date of
such certificate has been duly, timely and fully satisfied or fulfilled.
(k) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Representative shall have received the executed
agreements referred to in Section 4(n).
(l) The Shares shall be qualified for sale in such jurisdictions as the Representative may
reasonably request and each such qualification shall be in effect and not subject to any stop order
or other proceeding on the Closing Date.
(m) Prior to the Closing Date, the Shares shall have been duly authorized for listing on the
NGM upon official notice of issuance.
(n) The Company shall have furnished to the Representative such certificates, in addition to
those specifically mentioned herein, as the Representative may have reasonably requested as to the
accuracy and completeness at the Closing Date of any statement in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, as to the accuracy at the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the
Company herein, as to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, or as to the
fulfillment of the conditions concurrent and precedent to the obligations hereunder of the
Representative.
7. Indemnification.
(a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors, officers,
employees and agents of each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls each Underwriter
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any
and all losses, claims, liabilities, expenses and damages (including any and all investigative,
legal and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with, and any amount paid in settlement
of, any action, suit or proceeding or any claim asserted), to which they, or any of them, may
become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or
regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, liabilities, expenses or
damages arise out of or are based on any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact contained in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Base Prospectus, the
Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus or any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule
433(d) of the Rules and Regulations, or the omission or alleged omission to state in such document
a material fact required to be stated in it or necessary to make the statements in it not
misleading in the light of the circumstances in which they were made, or arise out of or are based
in whole or in part on any inaccuracy in the representations and warranties of the Company
contained herein or any failure of the Company to perform its obligations hereunder or under law in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, that the Company will not
be liable to the extent that such loss, claim, liability, expense or damage arises from the sale of
the Shares in the public offering to any person by an Underwriter and is based on an untrue
statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance on and in conformity
with information relating to any Underwriter furnished in writing to the Company by the
Representative, on behalf of any Underwriter, expressly for inclusion in the Registration
Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Base Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus
or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. The Company acknowledges that the statements set forth in
the eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh paragraphs under the heading “Underwriting” in the Pricing
Prospectus and the Prospectus constitute the only information relating to any Underwriter furnished
in writing to the Company by the Representative on behalf of the Underwriters expressly for
inclusion in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Base Prospectus, the
Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. This indemnity agreement
will be in addition to any liability that the Company might otherwise have.
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(b) Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each director of the
Company, each officer of the Company who signs the Registration Statement, and each person, if any,
who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange
Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each Underwriter, as set
forth in Section 7(a), but only insofar as losses, claims, liabilities, expenses or damages arise
out of or are based on any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission
made in reliance on and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished in
writing to the Company by the Representative, on behalf of such Underwriter, expressly for use in
the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Base Prospectus, the Pricing
Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. The Company acknowledges that
the statements set forth in the eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh paragraphs under the heading
“Underwriting” in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus constitute the only information
relating to any Underwriter furnished in writing to the Company by the Representative on behalf of
the Underwriters expressly for inclusion in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus,
the Base Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.
This indemnity will be in addition to any liability that each Underwriter might otherwise have.
(c) Any party that proposes to assert the right to be indemnified under this Section 7 shall,
promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action against such party in respect of
which a claim is to be made against an indemnifying party or parties under this Section 7, notify
each such indemnifying party in writing of the commencement of such action, enclosing with such
notice a copy of all papers served, but the omission so to notify such indemnifying party will not
relieve it from any liability that it may have to any indemnified party under the foregoing
provisions of this Section 7 unless, and only to the extent that, such omission results in the loss
of substantive rights or defenses by the indemnifying party. If any such action is brought against
any indemnified party and it notifies the indemnifying party of its commencement, the indemnifying
party will be entitled to participate in and, to the extent that it elects by delivering written
notice to the indemnified party promptly after receiving notice of the commencement of the action
from the indemnified party, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume
the defense of the action, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. After
notice from the indemnifying party to the indemnified party of its election to assume the defense,
the indemnifying party will not be liable to the indemnified party for any legal or other expenses
except as provided below and except for the reasonable costs of investigation incurred by the
indemnified party in connection with the defense. The indemnified party will have the right to
employ its own counsel in any such action, but the fees, expenses and other charges of such counsel
will be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the employment of counsel by the
indemnified party has been authorized in writing by the indemnifying party, (ii) the indemnified
party has reasonably concluded (based on advice of counsel) that there may be legal defenses
available to it or other indemnified parties that are different from or in addition to those
available to the indemnifying party, (iii) a conflict or potential conflict exists (based on advice
of counsel to the indemnified party) between the indemnified party and the indemnifying party (in
which case the indemnifying party will not have the right to direct the defense of such action on
behalf of the indemnified party), or (iv) the indemnifying party has not in fact employed counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to assume the defense of such action within a
reasonable time after receiving notice of the commencement of the action, in each of which cases
the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel will be at the expense of the
indemnifying party or parties. It is understood that the indemnifying party or parties shall not,
in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for
the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of more than one separate firm admitted to
practice in such jurisdiction at any one time for all such indemnified party or parties. All such
fees, disbursements and other charges will be reimbursed by the indemnifying party promptly as they
are incurred. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified
party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which any
indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by
such indemnified party unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such
indemnified party from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action 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 an indemnified party. An indemnifying party will not be liable for any
settlement of any action or claim effected without its written consent (which consent will not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed).
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 7 is applicable in accordance with its
terms but for any reason is held to be unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an
indemnified party under paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 7 in respect of any losses,
claims, liabilities, expenses and damages
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referred to therein, then each applicable indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such
indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable (including any investigative,
legal and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with, and any amount paid in settlement
of, any action, suit or proceeding or any claim asserted, but after deducting any contribution
received by the Company from persons other than the Underwriters, such as persons who control the
Company within the meaning of the Act, officers of the Company who signed the Registration
Statement and directors of the Company, who also may be liable for contribution) by such
indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, liabilities, expenses and damages in such
proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the
one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand. The relative benefits received by the Company,
on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, shall be deemed to be in the same
proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the
Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in
each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. If, but only if, the
allocation provided by the foregoing sentence is not permitted by applicable law, the allocation of
contribution shall be made in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative
benefits referred to in the foregoing sentence but also the relative fault of the Company, on the
one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, with respect to the statements or omissions that
resulted in such loss, claim, liability, expense or damage, or action in respect thereof, as well
as any other relevant equitable considerations with respect to such offering. Such relative fault
shall be determined by reference to whether the 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 Representative on behalf of the Underwriters, the intent of the parties and
their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 7(d) were to be determined by pro rata
allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other
method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to
herein. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the loss claim,
liability, expense or damage, or action in respect thereof, referred to above in this Section 7(d)
shall be deemed to include, for purposes of this Section 7(d), any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any
such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7(d), no Underwriter shall be
required to contribute any amount in excess of the total price at which such Shares were offered
and sold to the public less the amount of any damages which such underwriter has otherwise paid or
become liable to pay by reason of any untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission and no person found guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section
11(f) of the Act) will be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations to contribute as provided in this
Section 7(d) are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.
For purposes of this Section 7(d), any person who controls a party to this Agreement within the
meaning of the Act will have the same rights to contribution as that party, and each officer of the
Company who signed the Registration Statement will have the same rights to contribution as the
Company, subject in each case to the provisions hereof. Any party entitled to contribution,
promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action against any such party in respect of
which a claim for contribution may be made under this Section 7(d), will notify any such party or
parties from whom contribution may be sought, but the omission so to notify will not relieve the
party or parties from whom contribution may be sought from any other obligation it or they may have
under this Section 7(d). No party will be liable for contribution with respect to any action or
claim settled without its written consent (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld).
(e) The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 7 and the
representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement shall remain operative
and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of the
Underwriters, (ii) acceptance of any of the Shares and payment therefor, or (iii) any termination
of this Agreement.
8. Reimbursement of Certain Expenses. In addition to its other obligations under Section 7(a)
of this Agreement, the Company hereby agrees to reimburse the Underwriters on a quarterly basis for
all reasonable legal and other expenses incurred in connection with investigating or defending any
claim, action, investigation, inquiry or other proceeding arising out of or based upon, in whole or
in part, any statement or omission or alleged statement or omission, or any inaccuracy in the
representations and warranties of the Company contained herein or failure of the Company to perform
its or their respective obligations hereunder or under law, all as described in Section 7(a),
notwithstanding the absence of a judicial determination as to the propriety and enforceability of
the
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obligations under this Section 8 and the possibility that such payment might later be held to
be improper; provided, however, that, to the extent any such payment is ultimately held to be
improper, the persons receiving such payments shall promptly refund them.
9. Termination. The obligations of the several Underwriters under this Agreement may be
terminated at any time on or prior to the Closing Date, by notice to the Company from the
Representative, without liability on the part of any Underwriter to the Company if, prior to
delivery and payment for the Shares, as the case may be, in the sole judgment of the
Representative, (i) trading in any of the equity securities of the Company shall have been
suspended or limited by the Commission or by The NASDAQ Stock Market, (ii) trading in securities
generally on the New York Stock Exchange or The NASDAQ Stock Market shall have been suspended or
limited or minimum or maximum prices shall have been generally established on such exchanges, or
additional material governmental restrictions, not in force on the date of this Agreement, shall
have been imposed upon trading in securities generally by such exchange, by order of the Commission
or any court or other governmental authority, (iii) a general banking moratorium shall have been
declared by either federal or New York State authorities or any material disruption of the
securities settlement or clearance services in the United States shall have occurred, or (iv) any
material adverse change in the financial or securities markets in the United States or in
political, financial or economic conditions in the United States, any outbreak or material
escalation of hostilities involving the United States, a declaration of a national emergency or war
by the United States, a terrorist act, or other calamity or crisis, either within or outside the
United States, shall have occurred, the effect of which is such as to make it, in the sole judgment
of the Representative, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the public
offering or the delivery of and payment for the Shares.
If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9(ii), (iii), (iv) or 10 hereof, the
Company shall not be under any liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Sections 4(i), 7
and 8 hereof; but, if for any other reason the purchase of the Shares by the Underwriters is not
consummated or if for any reason the Company shall be unable to perform its obligations hereunder,
the Company will reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees,
disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Underwriters) incurred by the Underwriters in
connection with the offering of the Shares.
10. Substitution of Underwriters. If any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse
to purchase any of the Shares that it or they have agreed to purchase hereunder, and the aggregate
number of Shares that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to
purchase is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate number of Shares, the other Underwriters shall
be obligated, severally and not jointly, to purchase the Shares that such defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase, in the proportions which the number of
Shares that they have respectively agreed to purchase pursuant to Section 1 bears to the aggregate
number of Shares which all such non-defaulting Underwriters have so agreed to purchase, or in such
other proportions as the Representative may specify; provided that in no event shall the maximum
number of Shares that any Underwriter has become obligated to purchase pursuant to Section 1 be
increased pursuant to this Section 10 by more than one-ninth of such number of Shares without the
prior written consent of such Underwriter. In any such case either the Representative or the
Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven
days, in order that the required changes, if any, in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. If any Underwriter or Underwriters
shall fail or refuse to purchase any Shares that it or they agreed to purchase hereunder and the
aggregate number of Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or
refused to purchase exceeds one-tenth of the aggregate number of the Shares and arrangements
satisfactory to the Representative and the Company for the purchase of such Shares are not made
within 48 hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of
any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company for the purchase or sale of any Shares under this
Agreement. Any action taken pursuant to this Section 10 shall not relieve any defaulting
Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement.
11. No Fiduciary Relationship. Notwithstanding any preexisting relationship, advisory or
otherwise, between the parties or any oral representations or assurances previously or subsequently
made by the Underwriters, the Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) the purchase and sale of the
Shares pursuant to this Agreement (including the determination of the terms of the offering of the
Shares) is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company and the several Underwriters,
(ii) in connection therewith and with the process
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leading to such transaction, each Underwriter is acting solely as a principal and not the
agent or fiduciary of the Company, (iii) no Underwriter has assumed an advisory or fiduciary
responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the
process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently
advising the Company on other matters) or any other obligation to the Company except the
obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (iv) the Underwriters and their respective
affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from
those of the Company and have no obligation to disclose or account to the Company for any of such
differing interests, and (v) the Company has consulted its own legal, tax, accounting and financial
advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate. The Company hereby agrees that it will not claim
that the Underwriters, or any of them, have rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or
owe a fiduciary or similar duty to the Company, in connection with such transaction or the process
leading thereto.
12. Miscellaneous. Notice given pursuant to any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be
in writing and, unless otherwise specified, shall be mailed or delivered (a) if to the Company, at
the office of the Company, 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Chief Operating
Officer, with a copy to Xxxxxx X. Chairman, Esq., Xxxxxx, Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000, or (b) if to the Underwriters, to the Representative at the offices of
Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Corporate Finance
Department, with a copy to Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq., Xxxxxx, Hall & Xxxxxxx LLP, Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, XX 00000. Any such notice shall be effective only upon receipt. Any notice under
Section 9 or 10 may be made by telecopier or telephone, but if so made shall be subsequently
confirmed in writing.
This Agreement has been and is made solely for the benefit of the several Underwriters, the
Company and the controlling persons, directors and officers referred to in Section 7, and their
respective successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by
virtue of this Agreement. The term “successors and assigns” as used in this Agreement shall not
include a purchaser, as such purchaser, of Shares from any of the several Underwriters.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed entirely within such State.
This Agreement may be signed in two or more counterparts with the same effect as if the
signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.
In case any provision in this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected
or impaired thereby.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties to this Agreement and
supersedes all other written or oral agreements, understandings and negotiations with respect to
the subject matter thereof. This Agreement may be amended or modified, and the term of this
Agreement may be waived, only by a writing signed by the Company and the Representative.
Each of the Company and the Underwriters hereby waives any right it may have to a trial by
jury in respect of any claim based upon or arising out of this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby.
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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement among the Company and the
several Underwriters.
Very truly yours, UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx | |||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||||
Confirmed as of the date first
above mentioned:
Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC
above mentioned:
Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC
Acting on behalf of itself
and as the Representative of
the other several Underwriters
named in Schedule I hereto.
and as the Representative of
the other several Underwriters
named in Schedule I hereto.
By:
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Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC | |||
By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Title: Managing Director |
SCHEDULE I
UNDERWRITERS
Number of | ||||
Underwriters | Shares to be Purchased | |||
Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC |
2,800,000 | |||
Total |
2,800,000 |
SCHEDULE II
Issuer Writing Prospectuses:
Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses:
Additional Documents Incorporated by Reference:
SCHEDULE III
FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
May 7, 2007
Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC
c/o Needham & Company, LLC
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
c/o Needham & Company, LLC
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Re: Universal Display Corporation—Lock-Up Agreement
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned is a holder of securities of Universal Display Corporation, a Pennsylvania
corporation (the “Company”), and wishes to facilitate the public offering of shares of the
Common Stock of the Company, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), pursuant to a
registration statement on Form S-3 (the “Offering”) filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “SEC”). The undersigned recognizes that such Offering will be of benefit
to the undersigned.
In consideration of the foregoing and in order to induce you to act as underwriters in
connection with the Offering, the undersigned hereby agrees that he or she will not, without the
prior written approval of Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC, acting on its own behalf and/or on behalf of
other representatives of the underwriters, directly or indirectly, sell, contract to sell, make any
short sale, pledge, or otherwise dispose of, or enter into any hedging transaction that is likely
to result in a transfer of, any shares of Common Stock, options to acquire shares of Common Stock
or securities exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock of the Company which he
or she may beneficially own (as defined in Rule 13d-3(d)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), for a period commencing as of the date hereof and
ending on the date which is ninety (90) days after the date of the final Prospectus relating to the
Offering (the “Lock-up Period”). The undersigned confirms that he or she understands that
the underwriters and the Company will rely upon the representations and agreements set forth in
this Agreement in proceeding with the Offering. The foregoing two sentences shall not apply to (a)
transfers by gift upon the condition that the donee shall agree in writing to be bound by the
restriction in the same manner as it applies to the donor, (b) transfers to a trust for the direct
or indirect benefit of the undersigned or any member of the undersigned’s family, provided that any
such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the restriction in the same manner as it
applies to the transferor, and (c) transfers upon the death of the undersigned to his or her
executors, administrators, testamentary trustees, legatees or beneficiaries, it being agreed that
any such transferee shall be bound by the restriction in the same manner as it applies to the
transferor. The undersigned further confirms that the agreements of the undersigned are irrevocable
and shall be binding upon the undersigned’s heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns.
The undersigned agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s
transfer agent against the transfer of securities held by the undersigned except in compliance with
this Agreement.
This Agreement shall terminate as of the earlier of: (i) June 30, 2007 if the Offering has not
been consummated by such date, (ii) the date that the registration statement on Form S-3 relating
to the Offering shall have been withdrawn from the SEC, or (iii) the Company notifying you in
writing that it does not intend to proceed to consummate the Offering.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of allowing the underwriters to comply with
NASD Rule 2711(f)(4), if (1) during the last 17 days of the Lock-up Period, the Company releases
earnings results or publicly announces other material news or a material event relating to the
Company occurs or (2) prior to the expiration of the Lock-up Period, the Company announces that it
will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the Lock-up
Period, then, in each case, the Lock-up Period will be extended until the expiration of the 18-day
period beginning on the date of the earnings results or the public announcement regarding the
material news or the occurrence of the material event, as applicable, unless Xxxxxxx & Company, LLC
waives, in writing, such extension.
This Agreement shall be binding on the undersigned and his, her or its respective successors,
heirs, personal representatives and assigns.
Typed or Printed Name | ||||
Signature or Authorized Signature on behalf of the above Person |