[3,420,000] SHARES
HOSOKAWA MICRON INTERNATIONAL INC.
COMMON STOCK ($.01 PAR VALUE)
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
London, England
[Insert date]
To: CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON (EUROPE) LIMITED
PAINEWEBBER INTERNATIONAL (U.K.) LTD.
[OTHERS]
c/o: CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON (EUROPE) LIMITED ("CSFBL")
Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X00 0XX
Dear Sirs:
1. Introductory. Hosokawa Micron International Inc., a Delaware
corporation ("Company"), proposes to issue and sell to the several Managers
named in Schedule A hereto ("Managers") [534,000] shares of its Common Stock
($.01 par value) ("Securities") and Hosokawa Micron Corporation, [a corporation
formed under the laws of Japan] ("Selling Stockholder") proposes to sell to the
Managers [150,000] outstanding shares of the Securities ("International
Offering") (the aggregate of such [684,000] shares of Securities being referred
to as "International Firm Securities").
It is understood that the Company and the Selling Stockholder are
concurrently entering into an Underwriting Agreement, dated the date hereof
("Underwriting Agreement"), with certain United States underwriters listed in
Schedule A thereto (the "U.S. Underwriters"), for whom Credit Suisse First
Boston Corporation ("CSFBC") and PaineWebber Incorporated are acting as
representatives (the "U.S. Representatives"), relating to the concurrent
offering and sale of [2,736,000] shares of Securities (" U.S. Firm Securities")
in the United States and Canada ("U.S.
Offering").
In addition, the Company proposes to issue and sell (i) to the U.S.
Underwriters, at the option of the U.S. Underwriters, an aggregate of not more
than 410,400 additional shares of Securities ("U.S. Optional Securities") and
(ii) to the Managers, at the option of the Managers, an aggregate of not more
than 102,600 additional principal amount of Securities ("International Optional
Securities"). The U.S. Firm Securities and the U.S. Optional Securities are
hereinafter called the "U.S. Securities"; the International Firm Securities and
the International Optional Securities are hereinafter called the "International
Securities"; the U.S. Firm Securities and the International Firm Securities are
hereinafter called the "Firm Securities"; the U.S. Optional Securities and the
International Optional Securities are hereinafter called the "Optional
Securities". The U.S. Securities and the International Securities are
collectively referred to as the "Offered Securities". To provide for the
coordination of their activities, the U.S. Underwriters and the Managers have
entered into an Agreement Between U.S. Underwriters and Managers which permits
them, among other things, to sell the Offered Securities to each other for
purposes of resale.
The Company and the Selling Stockholder hereby agree with the several
Managers as follows:
2. Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Selling
Stockholder. (a) The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the
several Managers that:
(i) A registration statement (No. 333-50551) relating to the
Offered Securities including a form of prospectus relating to the U.S.
Securities and a form of prospectus relating to the International
Securities being offered in the International Offering, has been filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") and either
(A) has been declared effective under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Act")
and is not proposed to be amended or (B) is proposed to be amended by
amendment or post-effective amendment. If such registration statement
(the "initial registration statement") has been declared effective,
either (i) an additional registration statement (the "additional
registration statement") relating to the Offered Securities may have
been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b) ("Rule 462(b)")
under the Act and, if so filed, has become effective upon filing
pursuant to such Rule and the Offered Securities all have been duly
registered under the Act pursuant to the initial registration statement
and, if applicable, the additional registration statement or (ii) such
an additional registration statement is proposed to be filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b) and will become effective upon filing
pursuant to such Rule and upon such filing the Offered Securities will
all have been duly registered under the Act pursuant to the initial
registration statement and such additional registration statement. If
the Company does not propose to amend the initial registration statement
or, if an additional registration statement has been filed and the
Company does not propose to amend it, and if any post-effective
amendment to either such registration statement has been filed with the
Commission prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
most recent amendment (if any) to each such registration statement has
been declared effective by the Commission or has become effective upon
filing pursuant to Rule 462(c) ("Rule 462(c)") under the Act or, in the
case of the additional registration statement, Rule 462(b). For purposes
of this Agreement, "Effective Time" with respect to the initial
registration statement or, if filed prior to the execution and delivery
of this Agreement, the additional registration statement means (a) if
the Company has advised CSFBL that it does not propose to amend such
registration statement, the date and time as of which such registration
statement, or the most recent post-effective amendment thereto (if any)
filed prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, was
declared effective by the Commission or has become effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462(c), or (b) if the Company has advised CSFBL that it
proposes to file an amendment or post-effective amendment to such
registration statement, the date and time as of which such registration
statement, as amended by such amendment or post-effective amendment, as
the case may be, is declared effective by the Commission. If an
additional registration statement has not been filed prior to the
execution and delivery of this Agreement but the Company has advised
CSFBL that it proposes to file one, "Effective Time" with respect to
such additional registration statement means the date and time as of
which such registration statement is filed and becomes effective
pursuant to Rule 462(b). "Effective Date" with respect to the initial
registration statement or the additional registration statement (if any)
means the date of the Effective Time thereof. The initial registration
statement, as amended at its Effective Time, including all information
contained in the additional registration statement (if any) and deemed
to be a part of the initial registration statement as of the Effective
Time of the additional registration statement pursuant to the General
Instructions of the Form on which it is filed and including all
information (if any) deemed to be a part of the initial registration
statement as of its Effective Time pursuant to Rule 430A(b) ("Rule
430A(b)") under the Act, is hereinafter referred to as the "Initial
Registration Statement". The additional registration statement, as
amended at its Effective Time, including the contents of the initial
registration statement incorporated by reference therein and including
all information (if any) deemed to be a part of the additional
registration statement as of its Effective Time pursuant to Rule
430A(b), is hereinafter referred to as the "Additional Registration
Statement". The Initial Registration Statement and the Additional
Registration Statement are hereinafter referred to collectively as the
"Registration Statements" and individually as a "Registration
Statement". The form of prospectus relating to the U.S. Securities and
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the form of prospectus relating to the International Securities, each as
first filed with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with Rule
424(b) ("Rule 424(b)") under the Act or (if no such filing is required)
as included in the Registration Statement, are hereinafter referred to
as the "U.S. Prospectus" and the "International Prospectus",
respectively, and collectively as the "Prospectuses". No document has
been or will be prepared or distributed in reliance on Rule 434 under
the Act.
(ii) If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement
is prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement: (A) on the
Effective Date of the Initial Registration Statement, the Initial
Registration Statement conformed in all material respects to the
requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
("Rules and Regulations") and did not include any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (B)
on the Effective Date of the Additional Registration Statement (if any),
each Registration Statement conformed, or will conform, in all material
respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations
and did not include, or will not include, any untrue statement of a
material fact and did not omit, or will not omit, to state any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, and (C) on the date of this Agreement, the
Initial Registration Statement and, if the Effective Time of the
Additional Registration Statement is prior to the execution and delivery
of this Agreement, the Additional Registration Statement each conforms,
and at the time of filing of each of the Prospectuses pursuant to Rule
424(b) or (if no such filing is required) at the Effective Date of the
Additional Registration Statement in which the Prospectuses are
included, each Registration Statement and each of the Prospectuses will
conform, in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the
Rules and Regulations, and none of such documents includes, or will
include, any untrue statement of a material fact or omits, or will omit,
to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading. If the Effective Time of the
Initial Registration Statement is subsequent to the execution and
delivery of this Agreement: on the Effective Date of the Initial
Registration Statement, the Initial Registration Statement and each of
the Prospectuses will conform in all material respects to the
requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations, none of such
documents will include any untrue statement of a material fact or will
omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and no
Additional Registration Statement has been or will be filed. The two
preceding sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from a
Registration Statement or either of the Prospectuses based upon written
information furnished to the Company by any Manager through CSFBL or by
any U.S. Underwriter through the U.S. Representatives specifically for
use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such
information is that described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
(iii) The Company has been duly incorporated and is an existing
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware,
with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and
conduct its business as described in the Prospectuses; and the Company
is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good
standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of
property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification.
(iv) Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated
and is an existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation, with power and authority (corporate
and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described
in the Prospectuses; and each subsidiary of the Company is duly
qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in
all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or
the conduct of its business requires such qualification; all of the
issued and outstanding capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company
has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and
nonassessable; and the capital stock of each subsidiary owned by the
Company, directly or through subsidiaries, is owned free from liens,
encumbrances and defects.
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(v) The Offered Securities and all other outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized; all outstanding
shares of capital stock of the Company are, and, when the Offered
Securities have been delivered and paid for in accordance with this
Agreement and the Underwriting Agreement on each Closing Date (as
defined below), such Offered Securities will have been, validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable and will conform to the description thereof
contained in the Prospectuses; and the stockholders of the Company have
no preemptive rights with respect to the Offered Securities.
(vi) Except as disclosed in the Prospectuses, there are no
contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any
person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any
Manager or U.S. Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder's fee or
other like payment in connection with this offering.
(vii) There are no contracts, agreements or understandings
between the Company and any person granting such person the right to
require the Company to file a registration statement under the Act with
respect to any securities of the Company owned or to be owned by such
person or to require the Company to include such securities in the
securities registered pursuant to a Registration Statement or in any
securities being registered pursuant to any other registration statement
filed by the Company under the Act.
(viii) The Offered Securities have been approved for listing on
The New York Stock Exchange subject to notice of issuance.
(ix) No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing
with, any governmental agency or body or any court is required for the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the
Underwriting Agreement in connection with the issuance and sale of the
Offered Securities by the Company, except such as have been obtained and
made under the Act and such as may be required under state securities
laws.
(x) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and
the Underwriting Agreement, and the issuance and sale of the Offered
Securities will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms
and provisions of, or constitute a default under, any statute, any rule,
regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court,
domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any
subsidiary of the Company or any of their properties, or any agreement
or instrument to which the Company or any such subsidiary is a party or
by which the Company or any such subsidiary is bound or to which any of
the properties of the Company or any such subsidiary is subject, or the
charter or by-laws of the Company or any such subsidiary, and the
Company has full power and authority to authorize, issue and sell the
Offered Securities as contemplated by this Agreement and the
Underwriting Agreement, respectively.
(xi) This Agreement and the Underwriting Agreement have been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(xii) Except as disclosed in the Prospectuses, the Company and
its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all material real
properties and all other material properties and assets owned by them,
in each case free from liens, encumbrances and defects that would
materially affect the value thereof or materially interfere with the use
made or to be made thereof by them; and except as disclosed in the
Prospectuses, the Company and its subsidiaries hold any material leased
real or personal property under valid and enforceable leases with no
exceptions that would materially interfere with the use made or to be
made thereof by them.
(xiii) The Company and its subsidiaries possess adequate
certificates, authorities or permits issued by appropriate governmental
agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by
them and have not received any notice of proceedings relating to the
revocation or
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modification of any such certificate, authority or permit that, if
determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would
individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the
Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(xiv) No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any
subsidiary exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent that
might have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries
taken as a whole.
(xv) The Company and its subsidiaries own, possess or can acquire
on reasonable terms, adequate trademarks, trade names and other rights
to inventions, know-how, patents, copyrights, confidential information
and other intellectual property (collectively, "intellectual property
rights") necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, or
presently employed by them, and, except as disclosed in the
Prospectuses, have not received any notice of infringement of or
conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any intellectual
property rights that, if determined adversely to the Company or any of
its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a material
adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(xvi) Except as disclosed in the Prospectuses, neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any statute, any
rule, regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body
or any court, domestic or foreign, relating to the use, disposal or
release of hazardous or toxic substances or relating to the protection
or restoration of the environment or human exposure to hazardous or
toxic substances (collectively, "environmental laws"), owns or operates
any real property contaminated with any substance that is subject to any
environmental laws, is liable for any off-site disposal or contamination
pursuant to any environmental laws, or is subject to any claim relating
to any environmental laws, which violation, contamination, liability or
claim would individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse
effect on the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and the
Company is not aware of any pending investigation which might lead to
such a claim.
(xvii) Except as disclosed in the Prospectuses, there are no
pending actions, suits or proceedings against or affecting the Company,
any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties that, if
determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would
individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the
condition (financial or other), business, properties or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, or
would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company to
perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Underwriting
Agreement; and, to the Company's knowledge, no such actions, suits or
proceedings are threatened.
(xviii) The financial statements included in each Registration
Statement and the Prospectuses present fairly the financial position of
the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates shown and
their results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown, and
such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with the
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on
a consistent basis; and the schedules included in each Registration
Statement present fairly the information required to be stated therein;
and the assumptions used in preparing the pro forma financial statements
included in each Registration Statement and each of the Prospectuses
provide a reasonable basis for presenting the significant effects
directly attributable to the transactions or events described therein,
the related pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect to those
assumptions, and the pro forma columns therein reflect the proper
application of those adjustments to the corresponding historical
financial statement amounts.
(xix) Except as disclosed in the Prospectuses, since the date of
the latest audited financial statements included in the Prospectuses
there has been no material adverse change, nor any development or event
involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition
(financial or
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other), business, properties or results of operations of the Company and
its subsidiaries taken as a whole, and, except as disclosed in or
contemplated by the Prospectuses, there has been no dividend or
distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any
class of its capital stock.
(xx) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering
and sale of the Offered Securities and the application of the proceeds
thereof as described in the Prospectuses, will not be an "investment
company" as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.
(xxi) Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates does business
with the government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in
Cuba within the meaning of Section 517.075, Florida Statutes and the
Company agrees to comply with such Section if prior to the completion of
the distribution of the Offered Securities it commences doing such
business.
(b) The Selling Stockholder represents and warrants to, and
agrees with, the several Managers that:
(i) The Selling Stockholder has and on the First Closing Date
hereinafter mentioned will have valid and unencumbered title to the
Offered Securities to be delivered by the Selling Stockholder on such
Closing Date and full right, power and authority to enter into this
Agreement and the Subscription Agreement and the Underwriting Agreement
and to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Offered Securities to be
delivered by the Selling Stockholder on such Closing Date hereunder, and
upon the delivery of and payment for the Offered Securities on such
Closing Date hereunder the several Managers and Underwriters and
Managers will acquire valid and unencumbered title to the Offered
Securities to be delivered by the Selling Stockholder on such Closing
Date.
(ii) If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement
is prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement: (A) on the
Effective Date of the Initial Registration Statement, the Initial
Registration Statement conformed in all material respects to the
requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not
include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, (B) on the Effective Date of the
Additional Registration Statement (if any), each Registration Statement
conformed, or will conform, in all material respects to the requirements
of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not include, or will
not include, any untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit,
or will not omit, to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and
(C) on the date of this Agreement, the Initial Registration Statement
and, if the Effective Time of the Additional Registration Statement is
prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Additional
Registration Statement each conforms, and at the time of filing of the
Prospectuses pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (if no such filing is required)
at the Effective Date of the Additional Registration Statement in which
the Prospectuses are included, each Registration Statement and each of
the Prospectuses will conform, in all material respects to the
requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations, and none of such
documents includes, or will include, any untrue statement of a material
fact or omits, or will omit, to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading. If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement
is subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement: on the
Effective Date of the Initial Registration Statement, the Initial
Registration Statement and each of the Prospectuses will conform in all
material respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and
Regulations and none of such documents will include any untrue statement
of a material fact or will omit to state any material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading. The two preceding sentences do not apply to statements in or
omissions from a Registration Statement or either of the Prospectuses
based upon written information furnished to the Company by any Manager
through CSFBL or by any
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Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it
being understood and agreed that the only such information is that
described as such in Section 7(c).
(iii) Except as disclosed in the Prospectuses, there are no
contracts, agreements or understandings between the Selling Stockholder
and any person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Selling
Stockholder or any Manager or Underwriter for a brokerage commission,
finder's fee or other like payment in connection with this offering.
3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Offered Securities. On the basis of
the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject to
the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company and the Selling
Stockholder agree, severally but not jointly, to sell to the Managers, and the
Managers agree, severally but not jointly, to purchase from the Company and the
Selling Stockholder, at a purchase price of U.S.$ per share, that number of
International Firm Securities set forth below the caption "Company" or "Selling
Stockholder", as the case may be, and opposite the names of the Managers in
Schedule A hereto.
Certificates in negotiable form for the Offered Securities to be sold by
the Selling Stockholder hereunder have been placed in custody, for delivery
under this Agreement, under Custody Agreements made with The Bank of New York,
as custodian ("Custodian"). The Selling Stockholder agrees that the shares
represented by the certificates held in custody for the Selling Stockholder
under such Custody Agreements are subject to the interest of the Underwriters
and the Managers hereunder, that the arrangements made by the Selling
Stockholder for such custody are to that extent irrevocable, and that the
obligations of the Selling Stockholder hereunder shall not be terminated by
operation of law.
The Company and the Custodian will deliver the International Firm
Securities to CSFBC for the accounts of the Managers, against payment of the
purchase price in U.S. dollars in Federal (same day) funds by official bank
check or checks or wire transfer to an account at a bank acceptable to CSFBL
drawn to the order of Hosokawa Micron International Inc., in the case of
[534,000] shares of International Firm Securities and Hosokawa Micron
Corporation in the case of [150,000] shares of International Firm Securities at
the office of Proskauer Rose LLP, 0000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000, at
9:00 A.M., New York time, on , or at such other time not later than seven
full business days thereafter as CSFBL and the Company determine, such time
being herein referred to as the "First Closing Date". For purposes of Rule
15c6-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the First Closing Date (if
later than the otherwise applicable settlement date) shall be the settlement
date for payment of funds and delivery of securities for all the Offered
Securities sold pursuant to the U.S. Offering and the International Offering.
The certificates for the International Firm Securities so to be delivered will
be in definitive form, in such denominations and registered in such names as
CSFBL requests and will be made available for checking and packaging at the
above office of Proskauer Rose LLP, at least 24 hours prior to the First Closing
Date.
In addition, upon written notice from CSFBC given to the Company from
time to time not more than 30 days subsequent to the date of the Prospectuses,
the Managers may purchase all or less than all of the International Optional
Securities at the purchase price per Security to be paid for the International
Firm Securities. The International Optional Securities to be purchased by the
Managers on any Optional Closing Date (as defined below) shall be in the same
proportion to all the Optional Securities to be purchased by the Managers and
U.S. Underwriters on such Optional Closing Date as the International Firm
Securities bear to all the Firm Securities. The Company agrees to sell to the
Managers such International Optional Securities and the Managers agree,
severally and not jointly, to purchase such International Optional Securities.
Such International Optional Securities shall be purchased for the account of
each Manager in the same proportion as the number of shares of International
Firm Securities set forth opposite such Manager's name bears to the total number
of shares of International Firm Securities (subject to adjustment by CSFBC to
eliminate fractions) and may be purchased by the Managers only for the purpose
of covering over-allotments made in connection with the sale of the
International Firm Securities. No Optional Securities shall be sold or delivered
unless the International Firm Securities and the U.S. Firm Securities previously
have been, or simultaneously are, sold and delivered. The right to purchase the
Optional Securities or any portion thereof may be exercised from time to time
and to the extent not previously exercised may be surrendered and terminated at
any time upon notice
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by CSFBC on behalf of the Managers and the U.S. Underwriters to the Company. It
is understood that CSFBC is authorized to make payment for and accept delivery
of such Optional Securities on behalf of the U.S. Underwriters and Managers
pursuant to the terms of CSFBC's instructions to the Company.
Each time for the delivery of and payment for the International Optional
Securities, being herein referred to as an "Optional Closing Date", which may be
the First Closing Date (the First Closing Date and each Optional Closing Date,
if any, being sometimes referred to as a "Closing Date"), shall be determined by
CSFBC but shall be not later than five full business days after written notice
of election to purchase Optional Securities is given. The Company will deliver
the International Optional Securities being purchased on each Optional Closing
Date to CSFBL for the accounts of the several Managers, against payment of the
purchase price therefor in Federal (same day) funds by official bank check or
checks or wire transfer to an account at a bank acceptable to CSFBL drawn to the
order of Hosokawa Micron International Inc., at the above office of Proskauer
Rose LLP. The certificates for the International Optional Securities will be in
definitive form, in such denominations and registered in such names as CSFBL
requests upon reasonable notice (which shall be at least two full business days)
prior to such Optional Closing Date and will be made available for checking and
packaging at the above office of Proskauer Rose LLP, at a reasonable time in
advance of such Optional Closing Date.
The Company will pay to the Managers as aggregate compensation for their
commitments hereunder and for their services in connection with the purchase of
the International Securities and the management of the offering thereof, if the
sale and delivery of the International Securities to the Managers provided
herein is consummated, an amount equal to U.S. $ per International Security
purchased, which may be divided among the Managers in such proportions as they
may determine. Such payment will be made on the First Closing Date in the case
of the International Firm Securities and on each Optional Closing Date in the
case of the International Optional Securities sold to the Manager on such
Closing Date, in each case by way of deduction by the Managers of said amount
from the purchase price for the International Securities referred to above.
4. Offering by Managers. It is understood that the several Managers
propose to offer the International Securities for sale to the public as set
forth in the International Prospectus.
In connection with the distribution of the International Securities, the
Managers, through a stabilizing manager, may over-allot or effect transactions
on any exchange, in any over-the-counter market or otherwise which stabilize or
maintain the market prices of the International Securities at levels other than
those which might otherwise prevail, but in such event and in relation thereto,
the Managers will act for themselves and not as agents of the Company, and any
loss resulting from over-allotment and stabilization will be borne, and any
profit arising therefrom will be beneficially retained, by the Managers. Such
stabilizing, if commenced, may be discontinued at any time.
5. Certain Agreements of the Company and the Selling Stockholder. The
Company and, to the extent stated herein, the Selling Stockholder, agree with
the several Managers that:
(a) If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement
is prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company
will file each of the Prospectuses with the Commission pursuant to and
in accordance with subparagraph (1) (or, if applicable and if consented
to by CSFBL, subparagraph (4)) of Rule 424(b) not later than the earlier
of (A) the second business day following the execution and delivery of
this Agreement or (B) the fifteenth business day after the Effective
Date of the Initial Registration Statement. The Company will advise
CSFBL promptly of any such filing pursuant to Rule 424(b). If the
Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is prior to the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and an additional registration
statement is necessary to register a portion of the Offered Securities
under the Act but the Effective Time thereof has not occurred as of such
execution and delivery, the Company will file the additional
registration statement or, if filed, will file a post-effective
amendment thereto with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with
Rule 462(b) on or prior to 10:00 P.M., New York time, on the date of
this
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Agreement or, if earlier, on or prior to the time either Prospectus is
printed and distributed to any Manager or U.S. Underwriter, or will make
such filing at such later date as shall have been consented to by CSFBL.
(b) The Company will advise CSFBL promptly of any proposal to
amend or supplement the initial or any additional registration statement
as filed or either of the related prospectuses or the Initial
Registration Statement, the Additional Registration Statement (if any)
or either of the Prospectuses and will not effect such amendment or
supplementation without CSFBL's prior consent, which shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed; and the Company will also advise CSFBL
promptly of the effectiveness of each Registration Statement (if its
Effective Time is subsequent to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement) and of any amendment or supplementation of a Registration
Statement or either of the Prospectuses and of the institution by the
Commission of any stop order proceedings in respect of a Registration
Statement and will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any
such stop order and to obtain as soon as possible its lifting, if
issued.
(c) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Offered
Securities is required to be delivered under the Act in connection with
sales by any U.S. Underwriter, Manager or dealer, any event occurs as a
result of which either or both of the Prospectuses as then amended or
supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend either or
both of the Prospectuses to comply with the Act, the Company will
promptly notify CSFBL of such event and will promptly prepare and file
with the Commission, at its own expense, an amendment or supplement
which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will
effect such compliance. Neither CSFBL's consent to, nor the Managers'
delivery of, any such amendment or supplement shall constitute a waiver
of any of the conditions set forth in Section 6.
(d) As soon as practicable, but not later than the Availability
Date (as defined below), the Company will make generally available to
its securityholders an earnings statement covering a period of at least
12 months beginning after the Effective Date of the Initial Registration
Statement (or, if later, the Effective Date of the Additional purpose of
the preceding sentence, "Availability Date" means the 45th day after the
end of the fourth fiscal Registration Statement) which will satisfy the
provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act. For the 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.
(e) The Company will furnish to the Managers copies of the
Registration Statement ((1) of which will be signed and will include all
exhibits), each preliminary prospectus relating to the International
Securities, and, until completion of the distribution of the
International Securities as determined by CSFBL, the International
Prospectus and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each
case in such quantities as CSFBL requests. The International Prospectus
shall be so furnished on or prior to 3:00 P.M., New York time, on the
business day following the later of the execution and delivery of this
Agreement or the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement.
All other such documents shall be so furnished as soon as available. The
Company and the Selling Stockholder will pay the expenses of printing
and distributing to the Managers all such documents.
(f) No action has been or, prior to the completion of the
distribution of the Offered Securities, will be taken by the Company in
any jurisdiction outside the United States and Canada that would permit
a public offering of the Offered Securities, or possession or
distribution of the
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(1) Number to include one copy for each lead Manager and one copy for counsel
for the Managers.
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International Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any
related preliminary prospectus issued in connection with the offering of
the Offered Securities, or any other offering material, in any country
or jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required.
(g) During the period of five years hereafter, the Company will
furnish to CSFBL and, upon request, to each of the other Managers, as
soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, a copy of its
annual report to stockholders for such year; and the Company will
furnish to CSFBL (i) as soon as available, a copy of each report and any
definitive proxy statement of the Company filed with the Commission
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or mailed to stockholders, and
(ii) from time to time, such other information concerning the Company as
CSFBL may reasonably request.
(h) The Company and the Selling Stockholder will pay all expenses
incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, for
the filing fee incident to, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of
counsel to the Managers in connection with, the review by the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. of the Offered Securities, for
any travel expenses of the Company's officers and employees and any
other expenses of the Company in connection with attending or hosting
meetings with prospective purchasers of the Offered Securities and for
expenses incurred in distributing preliminary prospectuses and the
Prospectuses (including any amendments and supplements thereto) to the
Managers..
(i) For a period of 180 days after the date of the initial public
offering of the Offered Securities, the Company will not offer, sell,
contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or
indirectly, or file with the Commission a registration statement under
the Act relating to, any additional shares of its Securities or
securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any
shares of its Securities, or publicly disclose the intention to make any
such offer, sale, pledge, disposition or filing, without the prior
written consent of CSFBC except grants of employee stock options
pursuant to the terms of a plan in effect on the date hereof, issuances
of Securities pursuant to the exercise of such options or the exercise
of any other employee stock options outstanding on the date hereof.
6. Conditions of the Obligations of the Managers. The obligations of the
several Managers to purchase and pay for the International Firm Securities on
the First Closing Date and the International Optional Securities to be purchased
on each Optional Closing Date will be subject to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling
Stockholder herein, to the accuracy of the statements of Company officers and
the Selling Stockholder made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the
performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholder of their obligations
hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent:
(a) The Managers shall have received a letter, dated the date of
delivery thereof (which, if the Effective Time of the Initial
Registration Statement is prior to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, shall be on or prior to the date of this Agreement or, if the
Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement is subsequent to
the execution and delivery of this Agreement, shall be prior to the
filing of the amendment or post-effective amendment to the registration
statement to be filed shortly prior to such Effective Time), of KPMG
Peat Marwick LLP in the agreed form set forth in the Underwriting
Agreement.
(b) If the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement
is not prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, such
Effective Time shall have occurred not later than 10:00 P.M., New York
time, on the date of this Agreement or such later date as shall have
been consented to by CSFBL. If the Effective Time of the Additional
Registration Statement (if any) is not prior to the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, such Effective Time shall have occurred not
later than 10:00 P.M., New York time, on the date of this Agreement or,
if earlier, the time either Prospectus is printed and distributed to any
Manager or U.S. Underwriter, or shall have occurred at such later date
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as shall have been consented to by CSFBL. If the Effective Time of the
Initial Registration Statement is prior to the execution and delivery of
this Agreement, each of the Prospectuses shall have been filed with the
Commission in accordance with the Rules and Regulations and Section 5(a)
of this Agreement. Prior to such Closing Date, no stop order suspending
the effectiveness of a Registration Statement shall have been issued and
no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the
knowledge of the Company or the Managers, shall be contemplated by the
Commission.
(c) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
there shall not have occurred (A) a change in U.S. or international
financial, political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates
or exchange controls as would, in the reasonable judgment of CSFBL, be
likely to prejudice materially the success of the proposed issue, sale
or distribution of the International Securities, whether in the primary
market or in respect of dealings in the secondary market, or (B)(i) any
change, or any development or event involving a prospective change, in
the condition (financial or other), business, properties or results of
operations of the Company or its subsidiaries which, in the judgment of
CSFBL, is material and adverse and makes it impractical or inadvisable
to proceed with completion of the public offering or the sale of and
payment for the International Securities; (ii) any downgrading in the
rating of any debt securities of the Company by any "nationally
recognized statistical rating organization" (as defined for purposes of
Rule 436(g) under the Act), or any public announcement that any such
organization has under surveillance or review its rating of any debt
securities of the Company (other than an announcement with positive
implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible
downgrading, of such rating); (iii) any suspension or limitation of
trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, or any
setting of minimum prices for trading on such exchange, or any
suspension of trading of any securities of the Company on any exchange
or in the over-the-counter market; (iv) any banking moratorium declared
by U.S. Federal or New York authorities; or (v) any outbreak or
escalation of major hostilities in which the United States is involved,
any declaration of war by the United States Congress or any other
substantial national or international calamity or emergency if, in the
judgment of CSFBL, the effect of any such outbreak, escalation,
declaration, calamity or emergency makes it impractical or inadvisable
to proceed with completion of the public offering or the sale of and
payment for the International Securities.
(d) The Managers shall have received the opinions, dated such
Closing Dates, of Proskauer Rose LLP, counsel for the Company, and Xxxxx
X. Xxxxx, General Counsel of the Company, respectively, in the agreed
forms set forth in the Underwriting Agreement.
(e) The Managers shall have received the opinion contemplated in
the Power of Attorney executed and delivered by the Selling Stockholder
and an opinion, dated such Closing Date, of ___________________, counsel
for the Selling Stockholder, in the agreed form set forth in the
Underwriting Agreement.
(f) The Managers shall have received from Winthrop, Stimson,
Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, counsel for the Managers, such opinion or opinions,
dated such Closing Date, with respect to the incorporation of the
Company, the validity of the Offered Securities delivered on such
Closing Date, the Registration Statement, the Prospectuses and other
related matters as the Managers may require, and the Company shall have
furnished to such counsel such documents as they reasonably request for
the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(g) The Managers shall have received a certificate, dated such
Closing Date, of the President or any Vice President and a principal
financial or accounting officer of the Company in which such officers,
to the best of their knowledge after reasonable investigation, shall
state that: the representations and warranties of the Company in this
Agreement are true and correct; the Company has complied with all
agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or
satisfied hereunder at or prior to such Closing Date; no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement has been
issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or
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are contemplated by the Commission; the Additional Registration
Statement (if any) satisfying the requirements of subparagraphs (1) and
(3) of Rule 462(b) was filed pursuant to Rule 462(b), including payment
of the applicable filing fee in accordance with Rule 111(a) or (b) under
the Act, prior to the time either Prospectus was printed and distributed
to any Manager or U.S. Underwriter; and, subsequent to the date of the
most recent financial statements in the Prospectuses, there has been no
material adverse change, nor any development or event involving a
prospective material adverse change, in the condition (financial or
other), business, properties or results of operations of the Company and
its subsidiaries taken as a whole except as set forth in or contemplated
by the Prospectuses or as described in such certificate.
(h) The Managers shall have received a letter, dated such Closing
Date, of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, which meets the requirements of
subsection (a) of this Section, except that the specified date referred
to in such subsection will be a date not more than three business days
prior to such Closing Date for the purposes of this subsection.
(i) On such Closing Date, the U.S. Underwriters shall have
purchased the U.S. Firm Securities or the U.S. Optional Securities, as
the case may be, pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.
Documents described as being "in the agreed form" are documents which are in the
forms which have been initialed for the purpose of identification by Winthrop,
Stimson, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, copies of which are held by the Company and CSFBL
with such changes as CSFBL may approve. The Company and the Selling Stockholder
will furnish the Managers with such conformed copies of such opinions,
certificates, letters and documents as the Managers reasonably request. CSFBL
may in its sole discretion waive on behalf of the Managers compliance with any
conditions to the obligations of the Managers hereunder, whether in respect of
an Optional Closing Date or otherwise.
7. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company will indemnify and
hold harmless each Manager against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities,
joint or several, to which such Manager may become subject, under the Act or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of any material fact contained in any Registration Statement,
either of the Prospectuses, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any
related preliminary prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission
or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will
reimburse each Manager for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
such Manager in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; provided, however,
that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such
loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission from
any of such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by any Manager through CSFBL specifically
for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only information
furnished by any Manager consists of the information described as such in
subsection (c) below.
(b) The Selling Stockholder will indemnify and hold harmless each
Manager against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to
which such Manager may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as
such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
arise out of or are based upon any untrue statements or alleged untrue statement
of any material fact contained in any Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or
any amendment or supplement thereto, or any related preliminary prospectus, or
arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Manager for any legal
or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Manager in connection with
investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as
such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Selling Stockholder will
not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage
or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement
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in or omission or alleged omission from any of such documents in reliance upon
and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any
Manager through CSFBL specifically for use therein, it being understood and
agreed that the only such information furnished by any Manager consists of the
information described as such in subsection (c) below. In no event, however,
shall the liability of the Selling Stockholder for indemnification under this
Section 7(b) exceed the total net proceeds received by such Selling Stockholder
from the Underwriters in the offering of the Offered Securities.
(c) Each Manager will severally and not jointly indemnify and hold
harmless the Company and the Selling Stockholder against any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities to which the Company or the Selling Stockholder may
become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based
upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact
contained in any Registration Statement, either of the Prospectuses, or any
amendment or supplement thereto, or any related preliminary prospectus, or arise
out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that
such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by such Manager through CSFBL specifically for use
therein, and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
the Company or the Selling Stockholder in connection with investigating or
defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are
incurred, it being understood and agreed that the only such information
furnished by any Manager consists of the following information in the
International Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Manager: the last paragraph
at the bottom of the cover page concerning the terms of the offering by the
Managers, the legend concerning over-allotments, stabilizing transactions,
syndicate short covering transactions and penalty bids on the inside front cover
page and the concession and reallowance figures appearing in the sixth paragraph
under the caption "Subscription and Sale" and the information concerning
discretionary sales contained in the fifteenth paragraph under the caption
"Subscription and Sale."
(d) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section of
notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a
claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under
subsection (a), (b) or (c) above, notify the indemnifying party of the
commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will
not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party
otherwise than under subsection (a), (b) or (c) above. In case any such action
is brought against any indemnified party and it notifies the indemnifying party
of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to
participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other
indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with
counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the
consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and
after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its
election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be
liable to such indemnified party under this Section for any legal or other
expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the
defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. 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 includes an
unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on any claims
that are the subject matter of such action.
(e) If the indemnification provided for in this Section is unavailable
or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a), (b)
or (c) above, then each indemnifying 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 subsection (a), (b) or (c) above (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
Company and the Selling Stockholder on the
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one hand and the Managers on the other from the offering of the International
Securities or (ii) if the 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 the Company and the Selling Stockholder on the one hand and the
Managers on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which
resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities as well as any other
relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company
and the Selling Stockholder on the one hand and the Managers on the other shall
be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the
offering of the International Securities (before deducting expenses) received by
the Company and the Selling Stockholder bear to the total underwriting discounts
and commissions received by the Managers. The relative fault shall be determined
by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a
material fact relates to information supplied by the Company and the Selling
Stockholder or the Managers and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access
to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or
omission. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this
subsection (e) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending
any action or claim which is the subject of this subsection (e). Notwithstanding
the provisions of this subsection (e), no Manager shall be required to
contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which
the International Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public
were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Manager
has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be
entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The Managers' obligations in this subsection (e) to
contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting
obligations and not joint.
(f) The obligations of the Company and the Selling Stockholder under
this Section shall be in addition to any liability which the Company and the
Selling Stockholder may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and
conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any Manager within the meaning
of the Act; and the obligations of the Managers under this Section shall be in
addition to any liability which the respective Managers may otherwise have and
shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each director of the
Company, to each officer of the Company who has signed a Registration Statement
and to each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the
Act.
8. Default of Managers. If any Manager or Managers default in their
obligations to purchase International Securities hereunder on either the First
or any Optional Closing Date and the aggregate number of shares of International
Securities that such defaulting Manager or Managers agreed but failed to
purchase does not exceed 10% of the total number of shares of International
Securities that the Managers are obligated to purchase on such Closing Date,
CSFBL may make arrangements satisfactory to the Company and the Selling
Stockholder for the purchase of such International Securities by other persons,
including any of the Managers, but if no such arrangements are made by such
Closing Date the non-defaulting Managers shall be obligated severally, in
proportion to their respective commitments hereunder, to purchase the
International Securities that such defaulting Managers agreed but failed to
purchase on such Closing Date. If any Manager or Managers so default and the
aggregate number of shares of International Securities with respect to which
such default or defaults occur exceeds 10% of the total number of shares of
International Securities that the Managers are obligated to purchase on such
Closing Date and arrangements satisfactory to CSFBL, the Company and the Selling
Stockholder for the purchase of such International Securities by other persons
are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate
without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Manager, the Company or the
Selling Stockholder, except as provided in Section 9 (provided that if such
default occurs with respect to International Optional Securities after the First
Closing Date, this Agreement will not terminate as to the International Firm
Securities or any International Optional Securities purchased prior to such
termination). As used in this Agreement, the term "Manager" includes any person
substituted for a Manager under this Section. Nothing herein will relieve a
defaulting Manager from liability for its default.
9. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The respective
indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the
Selling Stockholder, of the Company or its officers and of the several Managers
set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and
effect,
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regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by
or on behalf of any Manager, the Selling Stockholder, the Company or any of
their respective representatives, officers or directors or any controlling
person, and will survive delivery of and payment for the International
Securities. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8 or if for any
reason the purchase of the International Securities by the Managers is not
consummated, the Company and the Selling Stockholder shall remain responsible
for the expenses to be paid or reimbursed by it pursuant to Section 5 and the
respective obligations of the Company, the Selling Stockholder and the Managers
pursuant to Section 7 shall remain in effect and if any International Securities
have been purchased hereunder the representations and warranties in Section 2
and all obligations under Section 5 shall also remain in effect. If the purchase
of the International Securities by the Managers is not consummated for any
reason other than solely because of the termination of this Agreement pursuant
to Section 8 or the occurrence of any event specified in Section 6(c)(A) or
clause (iii), (iv), or (v) of Section 6(c)(B), or the default or omission of any
Underwriter the Company and the Selling Stockholder will reimburse the Managers
for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and disbursements of
counsel) reasonably incurred by them in connection with the offering of the
International Securities.
10. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if
sent to the Managers, will be mailed, delivered or telexed and confirmed to
CSFBL at Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx X00 0XX England, Attention: Company Secretary,
or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and
confirmed to it at 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Xxxxx X.
Xxxxx, Esq., or, if sent to the Selling Stockholder, will be mailed, delivered
or telegraphed and confirmed to them at 5-14, 2-Chome, Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx-Xx,
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxx, Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx; provided, however, that any
notice to a Manager pursuant to Section 7 will be mailed, delivered or telexed
and confirmed to such Manager.
11. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers
and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 7, and no other
person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
12. Representation. CSFBL will act for the several Managers in
connection with this financing, and any action under this Agreement taken by
CSFBL will be binding upon all the Managers.
13. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement.
14. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed
in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to
principles of conflicts of laws.
The Company and the Selling Stockholder hereby submit to the
non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal and state courts in the Borough of
Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or
relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
The Selling Stockholder irrevocably appoints CT Corporation Systems,
Inc., as its authorized agent in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New
York upon which process may be served in any such suit or proceeding, and agrees
that service of process upon such agent, and written notice of said service to
the Selling Stockholder by the person serving the same to the address provided
in Section 10, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process
upon the Selling Stockholder in any such suit or proceeding. The Selling
Stockholder further agrees to take any and all action as may be necessary to
maintain such designation and appointment of such agent in full force and effect
for a period of seven years from the date of this Agreement.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with the Managers' understanding of
our agreement, kindly sign and return to the Company and the Selling Stockholder
one of the counterparts hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement
between the Company, the Selling Stockholder and the several Managers in
accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
HOSOKAWA MICRON INTERNATIONAL INC.
By
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[Insert title]
Very truly yours,
HOSOKAWA MICRON INTERNATIONAL INC.
By
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[Insert title]
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The foregoing Subscription Agreement is
hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date
first above written
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CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON (EUROPE) LIMITED
By:
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[Insert Title]
PAINEWEBBER INTERNATIONAL (U.K.) LTD.
[Insert Names of any Other Managers]
Each by its duly authorized attorney-in-fact:
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[Insert name]
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SCHEDULE A
Manager Number of Number of International
International Firm Firm Securities from
Securities from Company Selling Stockholder
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Credit Suisse First Boston (Europe) Limited ..... [-] [-]
[PaineWebber International (U.K.) Ltd.] ........ [-] [-]
[Others]
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Total .................... [-] [-]
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