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EXHIBIT 1.1
XXXXXXXXXX.XXX, INC.
~ SHARES(1)
COMMON STOCK
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
July __, 0000
XXXXXXXXX & XXXXX LLC
PAINEWEBBER INCORPORATED
ABN AMRO INCORPORATED
XXXXXXX XXXXXX & CO., INC.
x/x Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLC
Xxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Xxxxxxxxxx.xxx, Inc., a Delaware corporation (herein called the
Company), proposes to issue and sell ~ shares of its authorized but unissued
Common Stock, $ ~ par value (herein called the Common Stock) (said ~ shares of
Common Stock being herein called the Underwritten Stock). The Company proposes
to grant to the Underwriters (as hereinafter defined) an option to purchase up
to ~ additional shares of Common Stock (herein called the Option Stock and with
the Underwritten Stock herein collectively called the Stock). The Common Stock
is more fully described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
hereinafter mentioned.
The Company hereby confirms the agreements made with respect to the
purchase of the Stock by the several underwriters, for whom you are acting,
named in Schedule I hereto (herein collectively called the Underwriters, which
term shall also include any underwriter purchasing Stock pursuant to Section
3(b) hereof). You represent and warrant that you have been authorized by each of
the other Underwriters to enter into this Agreement on its behalf and to act for
it in the manner herein provided.
1. REGISTRATION STATEMENT. The Company has filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (herein called the Commission) a registration statement on
Form S-1 (No. 333-79355), including the related preliminary prospectus, for the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (herein called the
Securities Act) of the Stock. Copies of such registration statement and of each
amendment thereto, if any, including the related preliminary prospectus (meeting
the
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(1)Plus an option to purchase from the Company up to ~ additional shares to
cover over-allotments.
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requirements of Rule 430A of the rules and regulations of the Commission)
heretofore filed by the Company with the Commission have been delivered to you.
The term Registration Statement as used in this agreement shall mean
such registration statement, including all exhibits and financial statements,
all information omitted therefrom in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in
the Prospectus referred to below, in the form in which it became effective, and
any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the rules and
regulations of the Commission with respect to the Stock (herein called a Rule
462(b) registration statement), and, in the event of any amendment thereto after
the effective date of such registration statement (herein called the Effective
Date), shall also mean (from and after the effectiveness of such amendment) such
registration statement as so amended (including any Rule 462(b) registration
statement). The term Prospectus as used in this Agreement shall mean the
prospectus relating to the Stock first filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A (or if no such filing is required, as included in the
Registration Statement) and, in the event of any supplement or amendment to such
prospectus after the Effective Date, shall also mean (from and after the filing
with the Commission of such supplement or the effectiveness of such amendment)
such prospectus as so supplemented or amended. The term Preliminary Prospectus
as used in this Agreement shall mean each preliminary prospectus included in
such registration statement prior to the time it becomes effective.
The Registration Statement has been declared effective under the
Securities Act, and no post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement
has been filed as of the date of this Agreement. The Company has caused to be
delivered to you copies of each Preliminary Prospectus and has consented to the
use of such copies for the purposes permitted by the Securities Act.
2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.
(a) The Company hereby represents and warrants as follows:
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation, has full corporate power and
authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its business as
described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and as being
conducted, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation and in good
standing in all jurisdictions in which the character of the property
owned or leased or the nature of the business transacted by it makes
qualification necessary (except where the failure to be so qualified
would not have a material adverse effect on the business, properties,
financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole).
(ii) Since the respective dates as of which information is given
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there has not been any
materially adverse change in the business, properties, financial
condition or results of operations of the Company, whether or not
arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, other than
as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and since
such dates, except in the ordinary course of business, the Company has
not entered into any material transaction not referred to in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
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(iii) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply, and
on the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) and any later date on which
Option Stock is to be purchased, the Prospectus will comply, in all
material respects, with the provisions of the Securities Act and the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (herein called the Exchange
Act) and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; on the
Effective Date, the Registration Statement did not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact and did not omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein not misleading; and, on the Effective Date the
Prospectus did not and, on the Closing Date and any later date on which
Option Stock is to be purchased, will not contain 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; provided, however, that none of
the representations and warranties in this subparagraph (iii) shall
apply to statements in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus made
in reliance upon and in conformity with the information described in
Section 4(b) hereof, which is the only information furnished to the
Company by or on behalf of the Underwriters for use in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus.
(iv) The Stock, when issued and sold to the Underwriters as
provided herein, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable and conforms to the description thereof in the Prospectus.
No further approval or authority of the stockholders or the Board of
Directors of the Company will be required for the issuance and sale of
the Stock as contemplated herein.
(v) The Stock to be issued and sold by the Company is authorized
for listing by the Nasdaq National Market upon official notice of
issuance.
(vi) Attached hereto as Schedule II is a capitalization table of
the Company setting forth all holders of securities of the Company.
(vii) The Company owns and possesses all right, title and
interest in and to all trademarks, copyrights and other proprietary
rights ("Trade Rights") material to the business of the Company. The
Company has not received any written notice of infringement,
misappropriation or conflict from any third party as to such Trade
Rights and the Company has not infringed, misappropriated or otherwise
conflicted with material Trade Rights of any third parties.
(viii) The conduct of the business of the Company is in
compliance in all respects with applicable federal, state, local and
foreign laws and regulations, except where the failure to be in
compliance would not have a material adverse effect upon the condition
(financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Company.
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3. PURCHASE OF THE STOCK BY THE UNDERWRITERS.
(a) On the basis of the representations and warranties and subject to
the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell
~ shares of the Underwritten Stock to the several Underwriters and each of the
Underwriters agrees to purchase from the Company the respective aggregate number
of shares of Underwritten Stock set forth opposite its name in Schedule I. The
price at which such shares of Underwritten Stock shall be sold by the Company
and purchased by the several Underwriters shall be $___ per share. In making
this Agreement, each Underwriter is contracting severally and not jointly;
except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section 3, the agreement of
each Underwriter is to purchase only the respective number of shares of the
Underwritten Stock specified in Schedule I.
(b) If for any reason one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or
refuse (otherwise than for a reason sufficient to justify the termination of
this Agreement under the provisions of Section 8 or 9 hereof) to purchase and
pay for the number of shares of the Stock agreed to be purchased by such
Underwriter or Underwriters, the Company shall immediately give notice thereof
to you, and the non-defaulting Underwriters shall have the right within 24 hours
after the receipt by you of such notice to purchase, or procure one or more
other Underwriters to purchase, in such proportions as may be agreed upon
between you and such purchasing Underwriter or Underwriters and upon the terms
herein set forth, all or any part of the shares of the Stock which such
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed to purchase. If the non-defaulting
Underwriters fail so to make such arrangements with respect to all such shares
and portion, the number of shares of the Stock which each non-defaulting
Underwriter is otherwise obligated to purchase under this Agreement shall be
automatically increased on a pro rata basis to absorb the remaining shares and
portion which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed to purchase;
provided, however, that the non-defaulting Underwriters shall not be obligated
to purchase the shares and portion which the defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters agreed to purchase if the aggregate number of such shares of the
Stock exceeds 10% of the total number of shares of the Stock which all
Underwriters agreed to purchase hereunder. If the total number of shares of the
Stock which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed to purchase shall
not be purchased or absorbed in accordance with the two preceding sentences, the
Company shall have the right, within 24 hours next succeeding the 24-hour period
above referred to, to make arrangements with other underwriters or purchasers
satisfactory to you for purchase of such shares and portion on the terms herein
set forth. In any such case, either you or the Company shall have the right to
postpone the Closing Date determined as provided in Section 5 hereof for not
more than seven business days after the date originally fixed as the Closing
Date pursuant to said Section 5 in order that any necessary changes in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any other documents or arrangements
may be made. If neither the non-defaulting Underwriters nor the Company shall
make arrangements within the 24-hour periods stated above for the purchase of
all the shares of the Stock which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters
agreed to purchase hereunder, this Agreement shall be terminated without further
act or deed and without any liability on the part of the Company to any
non-defaulting Underwriter and without any liability on the part of any
non-defaulting Underwriter to the Company. Nothing in this paragraph (b), and no
action taken hereunder, shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability
in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement.
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(c) On the basis of the representations, warranties and covenants herein
contained, and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company
grants an option to the several Underwriters to purchase, severally and not
jointly, up to o shares in the aggregate of the Option Stock from the Company at
the same price per share as the Underwriters shall pay for the Underwritten
Stock. Said option may be exercised only to cover over-allotments in the sale of
the Underwritten Stock by the Underwriters and may be exercised in whole or in
part at any time (but not more than once) on or before the thirtieth day after
the date of this Agreement upon written notice by you to the Company setting
forth the aggregate number of shares of the Option Stock as to which the several
Underwriters are exercising the option. Delivery of certificates for the shares
of Option Stock, and payment therefor, shall be made as provided in Section 5
hereof. The number of shares of the Option Stock to be purchased by each
Underwriter shall be the same percentage of the total number of shares of the
Option Stock to be purchased by the several Underwriters as such Underwriter is
purchasing of the Underwritten Stock, as adjusted by you in such manner as you
deem advisable to avoid fractional shares.
4. OFFERING BY UNDERWRITERS.
(a) The terms of the initial public offering by the Underwriters of the
Stock to be purchased by them shall be as set forth in the Prospectus. The
Underwriters may from time to time change the public offering price after the
closing of the initial public offering and increase or decrease the concessions
and discounts to dealers as they may determine.
(b) The information set forth under "Underwriting" in the Registration
Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus relating to the Stock
filed by the Company (insofar as such information relates to the Underwriters)
constitutes the only information furnished by the Underwriters to the Company
for inclusion in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, and the
Prospectus, and you on behalf of the respective Underwriters represent and
warrant to the Company that the statements made therein are correct in all
material respects.
5. DELIVERY OF AND PAYMENT FOR THE STOCK.
(a) Delivery of certificates for the shares of the Underwritten Stock
and the Option Stock (if the option granted by Section 3(c) hereof shall have
been exercised not later than 7:00 A.M., San Francisco time, on the date two
business days preceding the Closing Date), and payment therefor, shall be made
at the office of Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx,
at 7:00 a.m., San Francisco time, on the fourth business day after the date of
this Agreement, or at such time on such other day, not later than seven full
business days after such fourth business day, as shall be agreed upon in writing
by the Company and you. The date and hour of such delivery and payment (which
may be postponed as provided in Section 3(b) hereof) are herein called the
Closing Date.
(b) If the option granted by Section 3(c) hereof shall be exercised
after 7:00 a.m., San Francisco time, on the date two business days preceding the
Closing Date, delivery of certificates for the shares of Option Stock, and
payment therefor, shall be made at the office of Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, 000 Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, at 7:00 a.m., San Francisco time, on the third
business day after the exercise of such option.
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(c) Payment for the Stock purchased from the Company shall be made to
the Company or its order by one or more wire transfers of same day funds. Such
payment shall be made upon delivery of certificates for the Stock to you for the
respective accounts of the several Underwriters against receipt therefor signed
by you. Certificates for the Stock to be delivered to you shall be registered in
such name or names and shall be in such denominations as you may request at
least one business day before the Closing Date, in the case of Underwritten
Stock, and at least one business day prior to the purchase thereof, in the case
of the Option Stock. Such certificates will be made available to the
Underwriters for inspection, checking and packaging at the offices of Lewco
Securities Corporation, 0 Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 on the business day
prior to the Closing Date or, in the case of the Option Stock, by 3:00 p.m., New
York time, on the business day preceding the date of purchase.
It is understood that you, individually and not on behalf of the
Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment to the Company
for shares to be purchased by any Underwriter whose check shall not have been
received by you on the Closing Date or any later date on which Option Stock is
purchased for the account of such Underwriter. Any such payment by you shall not
relieve such Underwriter from any of its obligations hereunder.
6. FURTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE COMPANY. The Company covenants and agrees
as follows:
(a) The Company will (i) prepare and timely file with the
Commission under Rule 424(b) a Prospectus containing information
previously omitted at the time of effectiveness of the Registration
Statement in reliance on Rule 430A and (ii) not file any amendment to
the Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus of which you
shall not previously have been advised and furnished with a copy or to
which you shall have reasonably objected in writing or which is not in
compliance with the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the
Commission.
(b) The Company will promptly notify each Underwriter in the
event of (i) the request by the Commission for amendment of the
Registration Statement or for supplement to the Prospectus or for any
additional information, (ii) the issuance by the Commission of any stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, (iii)
the institution or notice of intended institution of any action or
proceeding for that purpose, (iv) the receipt by the Company of any
notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the
Stock for sale in any jurisdiction, or (v) the receipt by it of notice
of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The
Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of
such a stop order and, if such an order shall at any time be issued, to
obtain the withdrawal thereof at the earliest possible moment.
(c) The Company will (i) on or before the Closing Date, deliver
to you a signed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed
and of each amendment thereto filed prior to the time the Registration
Statement becomes effective and, promptly upon the filing thereof, a
signed copy of each post-effective amendment, if any, to the
Registration Statement (together with, in each case, all exhibits
thereto unless previously furnished to you) and will also deliver to
you, for distribution to the Underwriters, a sufficient number
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of additional conformed copies of each of the foregoing (but without
exhibits) so that one copy of each may be distributed to each
Underwriter, (ii) as promptly as possible deliver to you and send to the
several Underwriters, at such office or offices as you may designate, as
many copies of the Prospectus as you may reasonably request, and (iii)
thereafter from time to time during the period in which a prospectus is
required by law to be delivered by an Underwriter or dealer, likewise
send to the Underwriters as many additional copies of the Prospectus and
as many copies of any supplement to the Prospectus and of any amended
prospectus, filed by the Company with the Commission, as you may
reasonably request for the purposes contemplated by the Securities Act.
(d) If at any time during the period in which a prospectus is
required by law to be delivered by an Underwriter or dealer any event
relating to or affecting the Company, or of which the Company shall be
advised in writing by you, shall occur as a result of which it is
necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Company or of counsel for
the Underwriters, to supplement or amend the Prospectus in order to make
the Prospectus not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing
at the time it is delivered to a purchaser of the Stock, the Company
will forthwith prepare and file with the Commission a supplement to the
Prospectus or an amended prospectus so that the Prospectus as so
supplemented or amended will not contain 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 existing
at the time such Prospectus is delivered to such purchaser, not
misleading. If, after the initial public offering of the Stock by the
Underwriters and during such period, the Underwriters shall propose to
vary the terms of offering thereof by reason of changes in general
market conditions or otherwise, you will advise the Company in writing
of the proposed variation, and, if in the opinion either of counsel for
the Company or of counsel for the Underwriters such proposed variation
requires that the Prospectus be supplemented or amended, the Company
will forthwith prepare and file with the Commission a supplement to the
Prospectus or an amended prospectus setting forth such variation. The
Company authorizes the Underwriters and all dealers to whom any of the
Stock may be sold by the several Underwriters to use the Prospectus, as
from time to time amended or supplemented, in connection with the sale
of the Stock in accordance with the applicable provisions of the
Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder for
such period.
(e) Prior to the filing thereof with the Commission, the Company
will submit to you, for your information, a copy of any post-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement and any supplement to the
Prospectus or any amended prospectus proposed to be filed.
(f) The Company will cooperate, when and as requested by you, in
the qualification of the Stock for offer and sale under the securities
or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as you may designate and, during
the period in which a prospectus is required by law to be delivered by
an Underwriter or dealer, in keeping such qualifications in good
standing under said securities or blue sky laws; 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 in any
jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified. The Company will, from
time to time, prepare
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and file such statements, reports, and other documents as are or may be
required to continue such qualifications in effect for so long a period
as you may reasonably request for distribution of the Stock.
(g) During a period of five years commencing with the date
hereof, the Company will furnish to you, and to each Underwriter who may
so request in writing, copies of all periodic and special reports
furnished to stockholders of the Company and of all information,
documents and reports filed with the Commission.
(h) Not later than the 45th day following the end of the fiscal
quarter first occurring after the first anniversary of the Effective
Date, the Company will make generally available to its security holders
an earnings statement in accordance with Section 11(a) of the Securities
Act and Rule 158 thereunder.
(i) The Company agrees to pay all costs and expenses incident to
the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including all
costs and expenses incident to (i) the preparation, printing and filing
with the Commission and the National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc. of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus, (ii) the furnishing to the Underwriters of copies of any
Preliminary Prospectus and of the several documents required by
paragraph (c) of this Section 6 to be so furnished, (iii) the printing
of this Agreement and related documents delivered to the Underwriters,
(iv) the preparation, printing and filing of all supplements and
amendments to the Prospectus referred to in paragraph (d) of this
Section 6, (v) the furnishing to you and the Underwriters of the reports
and information referred to in paragraph (g) of this Section 6 and (vi)
the printing and issuance of stock certificates, including the transfer
agent's fees.
(j) The Company agrees to reimburse you, for the account of the
several Underwriters, for blue sky fees and related disbursements
(including counsel fees and disbursements and cost of printing memoranda
for the Underwriters) paid by or for the account of the Underwriters or
their counsel in qualifying the Stock under state securities or blue sky
laws and in the review of the offering by the NASD.
(k) The Company hereby agrees that, without the prior written
consent of Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLC on behalf of the Underwriters, the
Company will not, for a period of 180 days following the commencement of
the public offering of the Stock by the Underwriters, directly or
indirectly, (i) sell, offer, contract to sell, make any short sale,
pledge, 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 shares of Common Stock or any
securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for or any
rights to purchase or acquire Common Stock or (ii) enter into any swap
or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the
economic consequences or ownership of Common Stock, whether any such
transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by
delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise.
The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (A) the Stock to be sold to
the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, (B) shares of Common Stock
issued by the Company upon the exercise
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of options granted under the stock option plans of the Company (the
"Option Plans"), all as described under the caption "Capitalization" in
the Preliminary Prospectus, and (C) options to purchase Common Stock
granted under the Option Plans.
(l) If at any time during the 25-day period after the
Registration Statement becomes effective any rumor, publication or event
relating to or affecting the Company shall occur as a result of which in
your opinion the market price for the Stock has been or is likely to be
materially affected (regardless of whether such rumor, publication or
event necessitates a supplement to or amendment of the Prospectus), the
Company will, after written notice from you advising the Company to the
effect set forth above, forthwith prepare, consult with you concerning
the substance of, and disseminate a press release or other public
statement, reasonably satisfactory to you, responding to or commenting
on such rumor, publication or event.
(m) The Company is familiar with the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended, and has in the past conducted its affairs, and will in
the future conduct its affairs, in such a manner to ensure that the
Company was not and will not be an "investment company" or a company
"controlled" by an "investment company" within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and
regulations thereunder.
7. INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter
and each person (including each partner or officer thereof) who controls any
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act from and
against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to
which such indemnified parties or any of them may become subject under the
Securities Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (herein called
the Exchange Act), or the common law or otherwise, and the Company agrees to
reimburse each such Underwriter and controlling person for any legal or other
expenses (including, except as otherwise hereinafter provided, reasonable fees
and disbursements of counsel) incurred by the respective indemnified parties in
connection with defending against any such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities or in connection with any investigation or inquiry of, or other
proceeding which may be brought against, the respective indemnified parties, in
each case arising out of or based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement
(including the Prospectus as part thereof and any Rule 462(b) registration
statement) or any post-effective amendment thereto (including any Rule 462(b)
registration statement), or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (as
amended or as supplemented if the Company shall have filed with the Commission
any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) or the omission or alleged omission
to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; provided, however, that (1) the indemnity agreements of the Company
contained in this paragraph (a) shall not apply to any such losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or expenses if such statement or omission was made in
reliance upon and in conformity with the information described in Section 4(b)
hereof that has been furnished to the Company by or on behalf
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of any Underwriter for use in any Preliminary Prospectus or the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus or any such amendment thereof or supplement thereto
and (2) the indemnity agreement contained in this paragraph (a) with respect to
any Preliminary Prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter
from whom the person asserting any such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
expenses purchased the Stock which is the subject thereof (or to the benefit of
any person controlling such Underwriter) if at or prior to the written
confirmation of the sale of such Stock a copy of the Prospectus (or the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented) was not sent or delivered to such person
and the untrue statement or omission of a material fact contained in such
Preliminary Prospectus was corrected in the Prospectus (or the Prospectus as
amended or supplemented) unless the failure is the result of noncompliance by
the Company with paragraph (c) of Section 6 hereof. The indemnity agreements of
the Company contained in this paragraph (a) and the representations and
warranties of the Company contained in Section 2 hereof shall remain operative
and in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on
behalf of any indemnified party and shall survive the delivery of and payment
for the Stock.
(b) Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
Company, each of its officers who signs the Registration Statement on his own
behalf or pursuant to a power of attorney, each of its directors, each other
Underwriter and each person (including each partner or officer thereof) who
controls the Company or any such other Underwriter within the meaning of Section
15 of the Securities Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages
or liabilities, joint or several, to which such indemnified parties or any of
them may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or the
common law or otherwise and to reimburse each of them for any legal or other
expenses (including, except as otherwise hereinafter provided, reasonable fees
and disbursements of counsel) incurred by the respective indemnified parties in
connection with defending against any such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities or in connection with any investigation or inquiry of, or other
proceeding which may be brought against, the respective indemnified parties, in
each case arising out of or based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement
(including the Prospectus as part thereof and any Rule 462(b) registration
statement) or any post-effective amendment thereto (including any Rule 462(b)
registration statement) or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact contained in the Prospectus (as amended or as supplemented if
the Company shall have filed with the Commission any amendment thereof or
supplement thereto) or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, but in each case
only if such statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity
with the information described in Section 4(b) hereof that has been furnished to
the Company by or on behalf of such indemnifying Underwriter for use in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any such amendment thereof or
supplement thereto. The indemnity agreement of each Underwriter contained in
this paragraph (b) shall remain operative and in full force and effect
regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any indemnified party
and shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Stock.
(c) Each party indemnified under the provision of paragraphs (a) and (b)
of this Section 7 agrees that, upon the service of a summons or other initial
legal process upon it in any action or suit instituted against it or upon its
receipt of written notification of the commencement
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of any investigation or inquiry of, or proceeding against, it in respect of
which indemnity may be sought on account of any indemnity agreement contained in
such paragraphs, it will promptly give written notice (herein called the Notice)
of such service or notification to the party or parties from whom
indemnification may be sought hereunder. No indemnification provided for in such
paragraphs shall be available to any party who shall fail so to give the Notice
if the party to whom such Notice was not given was unaware of the action, suit,
investigation, inquiry or proceeding to which the Notice would have related and
was prejudiced by the failure to give the Notice, but the omission so to notify
such indemnifying party or parties of any such service or notification shall not
relieve such indemnifying party or parties from any liability which it or they
may have to the indemnified party for contribution or otherwise than on account
of such indemnity agreement. Any indemnifying party shall be entitled at its own
expense to participate in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding against,
or investigation or inquiry of, an indemnified party. Any indemnifying party
shall be entitled, if it so elects within a reasonable time after receipt of the
Notice by giving written notice (herein called the Notice of Defense) to the
indemnified party, to assume (alone or in conjunction with any other
indemnifying party or parties) the entire defense of such action, suit,
investigation, inquiry or proceeding, in which event such defense shall be
conducted, at the expense of the indemnifying party or parties, by counsel
chosen by such indemnifying party or parties and reasonably satisfactory to the
indemnified party or parties; provided, however, that (i) if the indemnified
party or parties reasonably determine that there may be a conflict between the
positions of the indemnifying party or parties and of the indemnified party or
parties in conducting the defense of such action, suit, investigation, inquiry
or proceeding or that there may be legal defenses available to such indemnified
party or parties different from or in addition to those available to the
indemnifying party or parties, then counsel for the indemnified party or parties
shall be entitled to conduct the defense to the extent reasonably determined by
such counsel to be necessary to protect the interests of the indemnified party
or parties and (ii) in any event, the indemnified party or parties shall be
entitled to have counsel chosen by such indemnified party or parties participate
in, but not conduct, the defense. If, within a reasonable time after receipt of
the Notice, an indemnifying party gives a Notice of Defense and the counsel
chosen by the indemnifying party or parties is reasonably satisfactory to the
indemnified party or parties, the indemnifying party or parties will not be
liable under paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Section 7 for any legal or other
expenses subsequently incurred by the indemnified party or parties in connection
with the defense of the action, suit, investigation, inquiry or proceeding,
except that (A) the indemnifying party or parties shall bear the legal and other
expenses incurred in connection with the conduct of the defense as referred to
in clause (i) of the proviso to the preceding sentence and (B) the indemnifying
party or parties shall bear such other expenses as it or they have authorized to
be incurred by the indemnified party or parties. If, within a reasonable time
after receipt of the Notice, no Notice of Defense has been given, the
indemnifying party or parties shall be responsible for any legal or other
expenses incurred by the indemnified party or parties in connection with the
defense of the action, suit, investigation, inquiry or proceeding.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 7 is unavailable
or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under paragraph (a) or (b)
of this Section 7, then each indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such
indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities
referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 7 (i) in such proportion as
is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by each indemnifying
party from the offering of the Stock or (ii) if the
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allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits
referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of each indemnifying
party in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities, or actions in respect thereof, as well
as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received
by the Company and the Underwriters shall be deemed to be in the same respective
proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Stock received by
the Company and the total underwriting discount received by the Underwriters, as
set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus, bear to the
aggregate public offering price of the Stock. Relative fault shall be determined
by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a
material fact relates to information supplied by each indemnifying party and the
parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to
correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission.
The parties agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contributions pursuant to this paragraph (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 which does not take into account
the equitable considerations referred to in the first sentence of this paragraph
(d). The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims,
damages or liabilities, or actions in respect thereof, referred to in the first
sentence of this paragraph (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with
investigation, preparing to defend or defending against any action or claim
which is the subject of this paragraph (d). Notwithstanding the provisions of
this paragraph (d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in
excess of the underwriting discount applicable to the Stock purchased by such
Underwriter. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the
meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations in this paragraph (d) to
contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting
obligations and not joint.
Each party entitled to contribution agrees that upon the service of a
summons or other initial legal process upon it in any action instituted against
it in respect of which contribution may be sought, it will promptly give written
notice of such service to the party or parties from whom contribution may be
sought, but the omission so to notify such party or parties of any such service
shall not relieve the party from whom contribution may be sought from any
obligation it may have hereunder or otherwise (except as specifically provided
in paragraph (c) of this Section 7).
(e) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of each
Underwriter, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any
pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which
indemnification may be sought hereunder (whether or not such Underwriter or any
person who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act is a party to such claim,
action, suit or proceeding) unless such settlement, compromise or consent
includes an unconditional release of such Underwriter and each such controlling
person from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding.
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8. TERMINATION. This Agreement may be terminated by you at any time
prior to the Closing Date by giving written notice to the Company if after the
date of this Agreement trading in the Common Stock shall have been suspended, or
if there shall have occurred (i) the engagement in hostilities or an escalation
of major hostilities by the United States or the declaration of war or a
national emergency by the United States on or after the date hereof, (ii) any
outbreak of hostilities or other national or international calamity or crisis or
change in economic or political conditions if the effect of such outbreak,
calamity, crisis or change in economic or political conditions in the financial
markets of the United States would, in the Underwriters' reasonable judgment,
make the offering or delivery of the Stock impracticable, (iii) suspension of
trading in securities generally or a material adverse decline in value of
securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock
Exchange, The Nasdaq Stock Market, or limitations on prices (other than
limitations on hours or numbers of days of trading) for securities on either
such exchange or system, (iv) the enactment, publication, decree or other
promulgation of any federal or state statute, regulation, rule or order of, or
commencement of any proceeding or investigation by, any court, legislative body,
agency or other governmental authority which in the Underwriters' reasonable
opinion materially and adversely affects or will materially or adversely affect
the business or operations of the Company, (v) declaration of a banking
moratorium by either federal or New York State authorities or (vi) the taking of
any action by any federal, state or local government or agency in respect of its
monetary or fiscal affairs which in the Underwriters' reasonable opinion has a
material adverse effect on the securities markets in the United States. If this
Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to this Section 8, there shall be no
liability of the Company to the Underwriters and no liability of the
Underwriters to the Company; provided, however, that in the event of any such
termination the Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriters
from all costs or expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the
Company under this Agreement, including all costs and expenses referred to in
paragraphs (i) and (j) of Section 6 hereof.
9. CONDITIONS OF UNDERWRITERS' OBLIGATIONS. The obligations of the
several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Stock shall be subject to the
performance by the Company of all its obligations to be performed hereunder at
or prior to the Closing Date or any later date on which Option Stock is to be
purchased, as the case may be, and to the following further conditions:
(a) The Registration Statement shall have become effective; and
no stop order suspending the effectiveness thereof shall have been
issued and no proceedings therefor shall be pending or threatened by the
Commission.
(b) The legality and sufficiency of the sale of the Stock
hereunder and the validity and form of the certificates representing the
Stock, all corporate proceedings and other legal matters incident to the
foregoing, and the form of the Registration Statement and of the
Prospectus (except as to the financial statements contained therein),
shall have been approved at or prior to the Closing Date by Sidley &
Austin, counsel for the Underwriters.
(c) You shall have received from Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, counsel for
the Company, an opinion, addressed to the Underwriters and dated the
Closing Date, covering the matters set forth in Annex A hereto, and if
Option Stock is purchased at any date after the Closing Date, an
additional opinion from such counsel, addressed to the Underwriters and
dated
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such later date, confirming that the statements expressed as of the
Closing Date in such opinion remain valid as of such later date.
(d) You shall be satisfied that (i) as of the Effective Date,
the statements made in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
were true and correct and neither the Registration Statement nor the
Prospectus omitted to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein,
respectively, not misleading, (ii) since the Effective Date, no event
has occurred which should have been set forth in a supplement or
amendment to the Prospectus which has not been set forth in such a
supplement or amendment, (iii) since the respective dates as of which
information is given in the Registration Statement in the form in which
it originally became effective and the Prospectus contained therein,
there has not been any material adverse change or any development
involving a prospective material adverse change in or affecting the
business, properties, financial condition or results of operations of
the Company, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary
course of business, and, since such dates, except in the ordinary course
of business, the Company has not entered into any material transaction
not referred to in the Registration Statement in the form in which it
originally became effective and the Prospectus contained therein, (iv)
there are not any material contingent obligations which are not
disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, (v) there
are not any pending or known threatened legal proceedings to which the
Company is a party or of which property of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is the subject which are material and which are not
disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, (vi) there
are not any franchises, contracts, leases or other documents which are
required to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement which
have not been filed as required, (vii) the representations and
warranties of the Company herein are true and correct in all material
respects as of the Closing Date or any later date on which Option Stock
is to be purchased, as the case may be, and (viii) there has not been
any material change in the market for securities in general or in
political, financial or economic conditions from those reasonably
foreseeable as to render it impracticable in your reasonable judgment to
make a public offering of the Stock, or a material adverse change in
market levels for securities in general (or those of companies in
particular) or financial or economic conditions which render it
inadvisable to proceed.
(e) You shall have received on the Closing Date and on any later
date on which Option Stock is purchased a certificate, dated the Closing
Date or such later date, as the case may be, and signed by the President
and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, stating that the
respective signers of said certificate have carefully examined the
Registration Statement in the form in which it originally became
effective and the Prospectus contained therein and any supplements or
amendments thereto, and that the statements included in clauses (i)
through (vii) of paragraph (d) of this Section 9 are true and correct.
(f) You shall have received from Ernst & Young LLP, a letter or
letters, addressed to the Underwriters and dated the Closing Date and
any later date on which Option Stock is purchased, confirming that they
are independent public accountants with respect to the Company within
the meaning of the Securities Act and the applicable published rules and
regulations thereunder and based upon the procedures described in their
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letter delivered to you concurrently with the execution of this
Agreement (herein called the Original Letter), but carried out to a date
not more than three business days prior to the Closing Date or such
later date on which Option Stock is purchased (i) confirming, to the
extent true, that the statements and conclusions set forth in the
Original Letter are accurate as of the Closing Date or such later date,
as the case may be, and (ii) setting forth any revisions and additions
to the statements and conclusions set forth in the Original Letter which
are necessary to reflect any changes in the facts described in the
Original Letter since the date of the Original Letter or to reflect the
availability of more recent financial statements, data or information.
The letters shall not disclose any change, or any development involving
a prospective change, in or affecting the business or properties of the
Company which, in your sole judgment, makes it impractical or
inadvisable to proceed with the public offering of the Stock or the
purchase of the Option Stock as contemplated by the Prospectus.
(g) You shall have received on the Closing Date and on any later
date on which Option Stock is purchased a certificate, dated the Closing
Date or such later date, as the case may be, and signed by the President
and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, verifying the truth and
accuracy of any statistical or financial figure included in the
Prospectus which has not been otherwise verified by the letters referred
to in clause (f) above, such verification to include the provision of
documentary evidence supporting any such statistical or financial
figure.
(h) You shall have been furnished evidence in usual written or
telegraphic form from the appropriate authorities of the several
jurisdictions, or other evidence satisfactory to you, of the
qualification referred to in paragraph (f) of Section 6 hereof.
(i) Prior to the Closing Date, the Stock to be issued and sold
by the Company shall have been duly authorized for listing by the Nasdaq
National Market upon official notice of issuance.
(j) On or prior to the Closing Date, you shall have received
from all directors, officers, and beneficial holders of the outstanding
Common Stock stockholders agreements, in form reasonably satisfactory to
Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLC, stating that without the prior written consent of
Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLC on behalf of the Underwriters, such person or
entity will not, for a period of 180 days following the commencement of
the public offering of the Stock by the Underwriters, directly or
indirectly, (i) sell, offer, contract to sell, make any short sale,
pledge, 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 shares of Common Stock or any
securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for or any
rights to purchase or acquire Common Stock or (ii) enter into any swap
or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the
economic consequences or ownership of Common Stock, whether any such
transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by
delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise.
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All the agreements, opinions, certificates and letters mentioned above
or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the
provisions hereof only if Sidley & Austin, counsel for the Underwriters, shall
be satisfied that they comply in form and scope.
In case any of the conditions specified in this Section 9 shall not be
fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by you by giving notice to the
Company. Any such termination shall be without liability of the Company to the
Underwriters and without liability of the Underwriters to the Company; provided,
however, that (i) in the event of such termination, the Company agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriters from all costs or expenses incident
to the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement,
including all costs and expenses referred to in paragraphs (i) and (j) of
Section 6 hereof, and (ii) if this Agreement is terminated by you because of any
refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any
agreement herein, to fulfill any of the conditions herein, or to comply with any
provision hereof other than by reason of a default by any of the Underwriters,
the Company will reimburse the Underwriters severally upon demand for all
out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel)
that shall have been incurred by them in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby.
10. CONDITIONS OF THE OBLIGATION OF THE COMPANY. The obligation of the
Company to deliver the Stock shall be subject to the conditions that (a) the
Registration Statement shall have become effective and (b) no stop order
suspending the effectiveness thereof shall be in effect and no proceedings
therefor shall be pending or threatened by the Commission.
In case either of the conditions specified in this Section 10 shall not
be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by the Company by giving notice
to you. Any such termination shall be without liability of the Company to the
Underwriters and without liability of the Underwriters to the Company; provided,
however, that in the event of any such termination the Company agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriters from all costs or expenses incident
to the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement,
including all costs and expenses referred to in paragraphs (i) and (j) of
Section 6 hereof.
11. REIMBURSEMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES. In addition to its other
obligations under Section 7 of this Agreement, the Company hereby agrees to
reimburse on a quarterly basis the Underwriters 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
any statement or omission, or any alleged statement or omission, described in
paragraph (a) of Section 7 of this Agreement, notwithstanding the absence of a
judicial determination as to the propriety and enforceability of the obligations
under this Section 11 and the possibility that such payments might later be held
to be improper; provided, however, that (i) to the extent any such payment is
ultimately held to be improper, the persons receiving such payments shall
promptly refund them and (ii) such persons shall provide to the Company, upon
request, reasonable assurances of their ability to effect any refund, when and
if due.
12. PERSONS ENTITLED TO BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT. This Agreement shall inure
to the benefit of the Company and the several Underwriters and, with respect to
the provisions of Section 7 hereof, the several parties (in addition to the
Company and the several Underwriters)
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indemnified under the provisions of said Section 7, and their respective
personal representatives, successors and assigns. Nothing in this Agreement is
intended or shall be construed to give to any other person, firm or corporation
any legal or equitable remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or
any provision herein contained. The term "successors and assigns" as herein used
shall not include any purchaser, as such purchaser, of any of the Stock from any
of the several Underwriters.
13. NOTICES. Except as otherwise provided herein, all communications
hereunder shall be in writing or by telecopy and, if to the Underwriters, shall
be mailed, telecopied or delivered to Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLC, Xxx Xxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, telecopy: (000) 000-0000, Attention: Legal
Department; and if to the Company, shall be mailed, telecopied or delivered to
it at its office, 0000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000,
telecopy: (000) 000-0000, Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxx. All notices given by telecopy
shall be promptly confirmed by mail.
14. MISCELLANEOUS. The reimbursement, indemnification and contribution
agreements contained in this Agreement and the representations, warranties and
covenants in this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of
(a) any termination of this Agreement, (b) any investigation made by or on
behalf of any Underwriter or controlling person thereof, or by or on behalf of
the Company or their respective directors or officers, and (c) delivery and
payment for the Stock under this Agreement; provided, however, that if this
Agreement is terminated prior to the Closing Date, the provisions of paragraphs
(k) and (l) of Section 6 hereof shall be of no further force or effect.
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute
one and the same instrument.
This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with,
the laws of the State of California.
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Please sign and return to the Company the enclosed duplicates of this
letter, whereupon this letter will become a binding agreement between the
Company and the several Underwriters in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
XXXXXXXXXX.XXX, INC.
By __________________________
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Chief Executive Officer
The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed
and accepted as of the date first above written.
XXXXXXXXX & XXXXX LLC
PAINEWEBBER INCORPORATED
ABN AMRO INCORPORATED
XXXXXXX XXXXXX & CO., INC.
By Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLC
By __________________________
Managing Director
Acting on behalf of the several Underwriters,
including themselves, named in Schedule I hereto.
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SCHEDULE I
UNDERWRITERS
NUMBER OF
SHARES
TO BE
UNDERWRITERS PURCHASED
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Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLC......................................
PaineWebber Incorporated...................................
ABN Amro Incorporated......................................
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx & Co., Inc..................................
Total ............................................. o
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ANNEX A
MATTERS TO BE COVERED IN THE OPINION OF XXXXXXXX & XXXXXX
COUNSEL FOR THE COMPANY
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation, is duly qualified as a foreign
corporation and in good standing in each state of the United States of
America in which its ownership or leasing of property requires such
qualification (except where the failure to be so qualified would not
have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, financial
condition or results of operations of the Company), and has full
corporate power and authority to own or lease its properties and conduct
its business as described in the Registration Statement;
(ii) the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of
60,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which there are outstanding ~
shares (including the Underwritten Stock plus the number of shares of
Option Stock issued on the date hereof), and 5,000,000 shares of
Preferred Stock, $.001 par value, of which none is outstanding shares;
proper corporate proceedings have been taken validly to authorize such
authorized capital stock; all of the outstanding shares of such capital
stock (including the Underwritten Stock and the shares of Option Stock
issued, if any) have been duly and validly issued and are fully paid and
nonassessable; any Option Stock purchased after the Closing Date, when
issued and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters as provided in
the Underwriting Agreement, will have been duly and validly issued and
be fully paid and nonassessable; and no preemptive rights of, or rights
of refusal in favor of, stockholders exist with respect to the Stock, or
the issue and sale thereof, pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation
or Bylaws of the Company and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there
are no contractual preemptive rights that have not been waived, rights
of first refusal or rights of co-sale which exist with respect to the
issue and sale of the Stock;
(iii) the Registration Statement has become effective under the
Securities Act and, to the best of such counsel's knowledge, no stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or
suspending or preventing the use of the Prospectus is in effect and no
proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or
contemplated by the Commission;
(iv) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (except as to
the financial statements and schedules and other financial data
contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion)
comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the
Securities Act and with the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder;
(v) such counsel has no reason to believe that the Registration
Statement (except as to the financial statements and schedules and other
financial and statistical data contained therein, as to which such
counsel need not express any opinion or belief) at the Effective
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Date contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading, or that the Prospectus (except as
to the financial statements and schedules and other financial data
contained or incorporated by reference therein, as to which such counsel
need not express any opinion or belief) as of its date or at the Closing
Date (or any later date on which Option Stock is purchased), contained
or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits
to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading;
(vi) the information required to be set forth in the
Registration Statement in answer to Items 9, 10 (insofar as it relates
to such counsel) and 11(c) of Form S-1 is to the best of such counsel's
knowledge accurately and adequately set forth therein in all material
respects or no response is required with respect to such Items, and, the
description of the Company's stock option plan and the options granted
and which may be granted thereunder and the options granted otherwise
than under such plan set forth in the Prospectus accurately and fairly
presents the information required to be shown with respect to said plan
and options to the extent required by the Securities Act and the rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder;
(vii) such counsel does not know of any franchises, contracts,
leases, documents or legal proceedings, pending or threatened, which in
the opinion of such counsel are of a character required to be described
in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as
exhibits to the Registration Statement, which are not described and
filed as required;
(viii) the Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Company;
(ix) the issue and sale by the Company of the shares of Stock
sold by the Company as contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement will
not conflict with, or result in a breach of, the Certificate of
Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company or any agreement or instrument
known to such counsel to which the Company is a party or any applicable
law or regulation, or so far as is known to such counsel, any order,
writ, injunction or decree, of any jurisdiction, court or governmental
instrumentality;
(x) all holders of securities of the Company having rights to
the registration of shares of Common Stock, or other securities, because
of the filing of the Registration Statement by the Company have waived
such rights or such rights have expired by reason of lapse of time
following notification of the Company's intent to file the Registration
Statement;
(xi) no consent, approval, authorization or order of any court
or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation of the
transactions contemplated in the Underwriting Agreement, except such as
have been obtained under the Securities Act and such as may be required
under state securities or blue sky laws in connection with the purchase
and distribution of the Stock by the Underwriters; and
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(xii) the Stock issued and sold by the Company has been duly
authorized for listing by the Nasdaq National Market upon official
notice of issuance.
