MOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC. (a Delaware corporation) 4,000,000 Shares of Common Stock UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
XXXXXX HEALTHCARE, INC.
(a Delaware corporation)
4,000,000 Shares of Common Stock
Dated: August 10, 2010
XXXXXX HEALTHCARE, INC.
(a Delaware corporation)
4,000,000 Shares of Common Stock
August 10, 2010
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated
X. X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
as Representatives of the several Underwriters
Incorporated
X. X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
as Representatives of the several Underwriters
c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated
Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Incorporated
Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Xxxxxx Healthcare, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the Molina Siblings Trust
(the “Selling Stockholder”), confirm their respective agreements with Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce,
Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated (“Xxxxxxx Xxxxx”) and each of the other Underwriters named in Schedule
A hereto (collectively, the “Underwriters,” which term shall also include any underwriter
substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10 hereof), for whom Xxxxxxx Xxxxx and X.X. Xxxxxx
Securities Inc. (“X.X. Xxxxxx”) are acting as representatives (in such capacity, the
“Representatives”), with respect to (i) the sale by the Company and the purchase by the
Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective numbers of shares of Common
Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (“Common Stock”) set forth in Schedules A and B
hereto and (ii) the grant by the Company and the Selling Stockholder to the Underwriters, acting
severally and not jointly, of the option described in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any
part of 600,000 additional shares of Common Stock to cover overallotments, if any. The aforesaid
4,000,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Initial Securities”) to be purchased by the Underwriters and
all or any part of the 600,000 shares of Common Stock subject to the option described in Section
2(b) hereof (the “Option Securities”) are herein called, collectively, the “Securities.”
The Company and the Selling Stockholder understand that the Underwriters propose to make a
public offering of the Securities as soon as the Representatives deem advisable after this
Agreement has been executed and delivered.
The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission”) a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-155995) covering the public
offering and sale of certain securities, including the Securities, under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “1933
Act Regulations”), which shelf registration statement was declared effective by the Commission on
December 19, 2008. Such registration statement, as of any time, means such registration statement
as amended by any post-effective amendments thereto to such time, including the exhibits and any
schedules thereto at such time, the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference therein at such time
pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act and the documents otherwise deemed to be a
part thereof as of such time pursuant to Rule 430B under the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 430B”), is
referred to herein as the “Registration Statement;” provided, however, that the “Registration
Statement” without reference to a time means such registration statement as amended by any
post-effective amendments thereto as of the time of the first contract of sale for the Securities,
which time shall be considered the “new effective date” of such registration statement with respect
to the Securities within the meaning of paragraph (f)(2) of Rule 430B, including the exhibits and
schedules thereto as of such time, the documents incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference
therein at such time pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act and the documents otherwise
deemed to be a part thereof as of such time pursuant to the Rule 430B. Each preliminary prospectus
used in connection with the offering of the Securities, including the documents incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act,
are collectively referred to herein as a “preliminary prospectus.” Promptly after execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the Company will prepare and file a final prospectus relating to the
Securities in accordance with the provisions of Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule
424(b)”). The final prospectus, in the form first furnished or made available to the Underwriters
for use in connection with the offering of the Securities, including the documents incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act,
are collectively referred to herein as the “Prospectus.” For purposes of this Agreement, all
references to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the
Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (“XXXXX”) or
its Interactive Data Electronic Applications system (“IDEA”).
As used in this Agreement:
“Applicable Time” means 6:00 P.M., New York City time, on August 10, 2010 or such other
time as agreed by the Company and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx.
“General Disclosure Package” means any Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectuses
issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, the prospectus (including any documents
incorporated therein by reference) that is included in the Registration Statement as of the
Applicable Time and the information included on Schedule C-1 hereto, all considered
together.
“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined
in Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 433”), including without limitation any “free
writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 405”))
relating to the Securities that is (i) required to be filed with the Commission by the
Company, (ii) a “road show that is a written communication” within the meaning of Rule
433(d)(8)(i), whether or not required to be filed with the Commission, or (iii) exempt from
filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description
of the Securities or of the offering that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in
the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed,
in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g).
“Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors (other than a “bona fide
electronic road show,” as defined in Rule 433), as evidenced by its being specified in
Schedule C-2 hereto.
“Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
that is not an Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus.
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All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information
which is “contained,” “included” or “stated” (or other references of like import) in the
Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to include all
such financial statements and schedules and other information incorporated or deemed incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, as the
case may be, prior to the Applicable Time; and all references in this Agreement to amendments or
supplements to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus shall be
deemed to include the filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “1934 Act”), incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus
or the Prospectus, as the case may be, at or after the Applicable Time.
SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties.
(a) Representations and Warranties by the Company. The Company represents and warrants to
each Underwriter as of the date hereof, the Applicable Time, the Closing Time (as defined below)
and any Date of Delivery (as defined below), and agrees with each Underwriter, as follows:
(i) Registration Statement and Prospectuses. The Company meets the
requirements for use of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act. The Registration Statement is a shelf
registration statement on Form S-3 and the Securities have been and remain eligible for
registration by the Company on such shelf registration statement. Each of the Registration
Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective under the 1933 Act.
No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any
post-effective amendment thereto has been issued under the 1933 Act, no order preventing or
suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and no
proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to the
Company’s knowledge, contemplated. The Company has complied with each request (if any) from
the Commission for additional information.
Each of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the
time of its effectiveness and at each deemed effective date with respect to the Underwriters
pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) under the 1933 Act Regulations, complied in all material
respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations. Each
preliminary prospectus (including the prospectus filed as part of the Registration Statement
as originally filed or as part of any amendment thereto), at the time it was filed, complied
in all material respects with the 1933 Act Regulations and each preliminary prospectus and
the Prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with this offering was
identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission
pursuant to XXXXX or IDEA, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, when they became effective or at the time they
were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied and will comply in all material
respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission under the 1934 Act (the “1934 Act Regulations”).
(ii) Accurate Disclosure. Neither the Registration Statement nor any amendment
thereto, at its effective time, at the Closing Time or at any Date of Delivery, contained,
contains or will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will
omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading. As of the Applicable Time, neither (A) the General
Disclosure Package nor (B) any
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individual Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with
the General Disclosure Package, included, includes or will include an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading. Neither the Prospectus nor any amendment or supplement thereto (including
any prospectus wrapper), as of its issue date, at the time of any filing with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b), at the Closing Date or at any Date of Delivery, included, includes
or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The documents incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus, at the time the Registration Statement became effective or when
such documents incorporated by reference were filed with the Commission, as the case may be,
when read together with the other information in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, did not and will not include an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
The representations and warranties in this subsection shall not apply to statements in
or omissions from the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), the General
Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) made in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any
Underwriter through Xxxxxxx Xxxxx expressly for use therein. For purposes of this
Agreement, the only information so furnished shall be the information in the first paragraph
under the heading in the Prospectus “Underwriting–Commissions and Discounts,” the
information in the second, third and fourth paragraphs under the heading in the Prospectus
“Underwriting–Price Stabilization, Short Positions” and the information under the heading in
the Prospectus “Underwriting–Electronic Offer, Sale and Distribution of Shares”
(collectively, the “Underwriter Information”).
(iii) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. No Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein, and any
preliminary or other prospectus deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or
modified. Any offer that is a written communication relating to the Securities made prior
to the initial filing of the Registration Statement by the Company or any person acting on
its behalf (within the meaning, for this paragraph only, of Rule 163(c) of the 1933 Act
Regulations) has been filed with the Commission in accordance with the exemption provided by
Rule 163 under the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 163”) and otherwise complied with the
requirements of Rule 163, including without limitation the legending requirement, to qualify
such offer for the exemption from Section 5(c) of the 1933 Act provided by Rule 163.
(iv) Non-Deal Road Show. The written and oral communications made by the
Company in connection with its non-deal road show in June 2010 (the “NDRS”) did not include
any material non-public information, did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in
light of the circumstances in which they were made, and did not refer to the offering of the
Securities or constitute an offering of the Securities.
(v) Company Not Ineligible Issuer. At the time of filing the Registration
Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the
Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule
164(h)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations) of the Securities and at the date hereof, the Company
was not and is not an
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“ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405, without taking account of any
determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the
Company be considered an ineligible issuer.
(vi) Independent Accountants. The accountants who certified the financial
statements and supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement are independent
public accountants as required by the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act, the
1934 Act Regulations and the Public Accounting Oversight Board.
(vii) Financial Statements; Non-GAAP Financial Measures. The financial
statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes,
present fairly the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries at
the dates indicated and the statement of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of
the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods specified; said financial
statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The
supporting schedules, if any, present fairly in accordance with GAAP the information
required to be stated therein. The selected financial data and the summary financial
information included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis
consistent with that of the audited financial statements included therein. Except as
included therein, no historical or pro forma financial statements or supporting schedules
are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the
General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus under the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations.
All disclosures contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or
the Prospectus, or incorporated by reference therein, regarding “non-GAAP financial
measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply
with Regulation G of the 1934 Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the 1933 Act, to the
extent applicable.
(viii) No Material Adverse Change in Business. Except as otherwise stated
therein, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (A) there has been no material
adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business
affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one
enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business (a “Material Adverse
Effect”), (B) there have been no transactions entered into by the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, other than those in the ordinary course of business, which are material with
respect to the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, and (C) there has
been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any
class of its capital stock.
(ix) Good Standing of the Company. The Company has been duly organized and is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware
and has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to
conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and
to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement; and the Company is duly
qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each
other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the
ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to
qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(x) Good Standing of Subsidiaries. Each “significant subsidiary” of the
Company (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) (each, a “Subsidiary” and,
collectively, the “Subsidiaries”) has been duly organized and is validly existing in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, has
corporate or similar power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to
conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and
is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which
such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or
the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing
would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as otherwise disclosed in the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of
each Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and
non-assessable and is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear
of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity. None of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of any Subsidiary was issued in violation of the
preemptive or similar rights of any securityholder of such Subsidiary. The only
Subsidiaries of the Company are the subsidiaries listed on Exhibit 21 to the Registration
Statement.
(xi) Capitalization. The authorized, issued and outstanding shares of capital
stock of the Company are as set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
in the column entitled “Actual” under the caption “Capitalization” (except for subsequent
issuances, if any, pursuant to this Agreement, pursuant to reservations, agreements or
employee benefit plans referred to in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or
pursuant to the exercise of convertible securities or options referred to in the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus). The outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Company, including the Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Selling
Stockholder, have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and
non-assessable. None of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company, including
the Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Selling Stockholder, was issued
in violation of the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company.
(xii) Authorization of Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Company.
(xiii) Authorization and Description of Securities. The Securities to be
purchased by the Underwriters from the Company have been duly authorized for issuance and
sale to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued and delivered by the
Company pursuant to this Agreement against payment of the consideration set forth herein,
will be validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable; and the issuance of the Securities
is not subject to the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the
Company. The Common Stock conforms in all material respects to all statements relating
thereto contained in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and such description
conforms in all material respects to the rights set forth in the instruments defining the
same. No holder of Securities will be subject to personal liability by reason of being such
a holder.
(xiv) Registration Rights. There are no persons with registration rights or
other similar rights to have any securities registered for sale pursuant to the Registration
Statement or otherwise registered for sale by the Company under the 1933 Act.
(xv) Absence of Violations, Defaults and Conflicts. Neither the Company nor
any of its subsidiaries is (A) in violation of its charter, by-laws or similar
organizational document, (B) in default in the performance or observance of any obligation,
agreement, covenant or condition
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contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit
agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound or to which any of the
properties or assets of the Company or any subsidiary is subject (collectively, “Agreements
and Instruments”), except for such defaults that would not, singly or in the aggregate,
result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (C) in violation of any law, statute, rule,
regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any arbitrator, court, governmental body,
regulatory body, administrative agency or other authority, body or agency having
jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective
properties, assets or operations (each, a “Governmental Entity”), except for such violations
that would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated herein and in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
(including the issuance and sale of the Securities and the use of the proceeds from the sale
of the Securities as described therein under the caption “Use of Proceeds”) and compliance
by the Company with its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action and do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or
passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment
Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge
or encumbrance upon any properties or assets of the Company or any subsidiary pursuant to,
the Agreements and Instruments (except for such conflicts, breaches, defaults or Repayment
Events or liens, charges or encumbrances that would not, singly or in the aggregate, result
in a Material Adverse Effect), nor will such action result in any violation of the
provisions of the charter, by-laws or similar organizational document of the Company or any
of its subsidiaries or any law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree
of any Governmental Entity. As used herein, a “Repayment Event” means any event or
condition which gives the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness
(or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase,
redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any of
its subsidiaries.
(xvi) Absence of Labor Dispute. No labor dispute with the employees of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent,
and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees
of any of its or any subsidiary’s principal suppliers, manufacturers, customers or
contractors, which, in either case, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xvii) Absence of Proceedings. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus, there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation
before or brought by any Governmental Entity now pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened, against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries, which
might result in a Material Adverse Effect, or which might materially and adversely affect
their respective properties or assets or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
in this Agreement or the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder; and the
aggregate of all pending legal or governmental proceedings to which the Company or any such
subsidiary is a party or of which any of their respective properties or assets is the
subject which are not described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
including ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business, could not result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
(xviii) Accuracy of Exhibits. There are no contracts or documents which are
required to be described in the Registration Statement or to be filed as exhibits thereto
which have not been so described and filed as required.
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(xix) Absence of Further Requirements. No filing with, or authorization,
approval, consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any
Governmental Entity is necessary or required for the performance by the Company of its
obligations hereunder, in connection with the offering, issuance or sale of the Securities
hereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except
such as have been already obtained or as may be required under the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act
Regulations, the rules of the New York Stock Exchange, state securities laws or the rules of
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”).
(xx) Possession of Licenses and Permits. The Company and its subsidiaries
possess such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively,
“Governmental Licenses”) issued by the appropriate Governmental Entities necessary to
conduct the business now operated by them, except where the failure so to possess would not,
singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its
subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all Governmental Licenses,
except where the failure so to comply would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a
Material Adverse Effect. All of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and
effect, except when the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such
Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not, singly or in the aggregate,
result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has
received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any
Governmental Licenses which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable
decision, ruling or finding, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxi) Title to Property. The Company and its subsidiaries have good and
marketable title to all real property owned by them and good title to all other properties
owned by them, in each case, free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security
interests, claims, restrictions or encumbrances of any kind except such as (A) are described
in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or (B) do not, singly or in the
aggregate, materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use
made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company or any of its subsidiaries; and
all of the leases and subleases material to the business of the Company and its
subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, and under which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries holds properties described in the General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, are in full force and effect, and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary
has any notice of any material claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone adverse to
the rights of the Company or any subsidiary under any of the leases or subleases mentioned
above, or affecting or questioning the rights of the Company or such subsidiary to the
continued possession of the leased or subleased premises under any such lease or sublease.
(xxii) Possession of Intellectual Property. The Company and its subsidiaries
own or possess, or can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate patents, patent rights,
licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented
and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures),
trademarks, service marks, trade names or other intellectual property (collectively,
“Intellectual Property”) necessary to carry on the business now operated by them, and
neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice or is otherwise
aware of any infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any
Intellectual Property or of any facts or circumstances which would render any Intellectual
Property invalid or inadequate to protect the interest of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries therein, and which infringement or conflict (if the subject of any unfavorable
decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity or inadequacy, singly or in the aggregate, would
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(xxiii) Environmental Laws. Except as described in the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a
Material Adverse Effect, (A) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation
of any federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code,
policy or rule of common law or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof,
including any judicial or administrative order, consent, decree or judgment, relating to
pollution or protection of human health, the environment (including, without limitation,
ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife,
including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the release or threatened
release of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous
substances, petroleum or petroleum products, asbestos-containing materials or mold
(collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) or to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use,
treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively,
“Environmental Laws”), (B) the Company and its subsidiaries have all permits, authorizations
and approvals required under any applicable Environmental Laws and are each in compliance
with their requirements in all material respects, (C) there are no pending or threatened
administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims,
liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigation or proceedings relating to any
Environmental Law against the Company or any of its subsidiaries and (D) to the knowledge of
the Company, there are no events or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to form
the basis of an order for clean-up or remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any
private party or Governmental Entity, against or affecting the Company or any of its
subsidiaries relating to Hazardous Materials or any Environmental Laws.
(xxiv) Accounting Controls and Disclosure Controls. The Company and each of
its subsidiaries maintain effective internal control over financial reporting (as defined
under Rule 13-a15 and 15d-15 under the 1934 Act Regulations) and a system of internal
accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (A) transactions are
executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (B) transactions
are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with
GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (C) access to assets is permitted only in
accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (D) the recorded
accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and
appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as described in the
General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, since the end of the Company’s most recent
audited fiscal year, there has been (1) no material weakness in the Company’s internal
control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (2) no change in the
Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting. The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain an effective system of
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15 and Rule 15d-15 under the 1934
Act Regulations) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by
the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is recorded,
processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s
rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including
its principal executive officer or officers and principal financial officer or officers, as
appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.
(xxv) Compliance with the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. There is and has been no failure
on the part of the Company or any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their
capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with any provision of the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection
therewith, including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to
certifications.
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(xxvi) Payment of Taxes. All United States federal income tax returns of the
Company and its subsidiaries required by law to be filed have been filed and all taxes shown
by such returns or otherwise assessed, which are due and payable, have been paid, except
assessments against which appeals have been or will be promptly taken and as to which
adequate reserves have been provided. The United States federal income tax returns of the
Company through the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 have been settled and no assessment
in connection therewith has been made against the Company. The Company and its subsidiaries
have filed all other tax returns that are required to have been filed by them pursuant to
applicable foreign, state, local or other law except insofar as the failure to file such
returns would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, and has paid all taxes due pursuant
to such returns or pursuant to any assessment received by the Company and its subsidiaries,
except for such taxes, if any, as are being contested in good faith and as to which adequate
reserves have been established by the Company. The charges, accruals and reserves on the
books of the Company in respect of any income and corporation tax liability for any years
not finally determined are adequate to meet any assessments or re-assessments for additional
income tax for any years not finally determined, except to the extent of any inadequacy that
would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxvii) Insurance. The Company and its subsidiaries carry or are entitled to
the benefits of insurance, with financially sound and reputable insurers, in such amounts
and covering such risks as is generally maintained by companies of established repute
engaged in the same or similar business, and all such insurance is in full force and effect.
The Company has no reason to believe that it or any of its subsidiaries will not be able
(A) to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (B) to
obtain comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to
conduct its business as now conducted and at a cost that would not result in a Material
Adverse Change. Neither of the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has been denied any
insurance coverage which it has sought or for which it has applied.
(xxviii) Investment Company Act. The Company is not required, and upon the
issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated and the application of the net
proceeds therefrom as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will
not be required, to register as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).
(xxix) Absence of Manipulation. Neither the Company nor any affiliate of the
Company has taken, nor will the Company or any affiliate take, directly or indirectly, any
action which is designed, or would be expected, to cause or result in, or which has
constitutes, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company
to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(xxx) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. None of the Company, any of its
subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee,
affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation
by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and
regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails
or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer,
payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property,
gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign
official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official
thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the
Company and, to the knowledge of the
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Company, its affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and
have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are
reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.
(xxxi) Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable
financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions
Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the
rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or
guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental Entity (collectively, the
“Money Laundering Laws”); and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any Governmental
Entity involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering
Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(xxxii) OFAC. None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the
knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person
acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S.
sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury
Department (“OFAC”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the
sale of the Securities, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any
of its subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other person, for the purpose of financing
the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
(xxxiii) Lending Relationship. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus, the Company (i) does not have any material lending or other
relationship with any bank or lending affiliate of any Underwriter and (ii) does not intend
to use any of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities to repay any outstanding debt
owed to any affiliate of any Underwriter.
(xxxiv) Statistical and Market-Related Data. Any statistical and
market-related data included in the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus are based
on or derived from sources that the Company believes, after reasonable inquiry, to be
reliable and accurate and, to the extent required, the Company has obtained the written
consent to the use of such data from such sources.
(b) Representations and Warranties by the Selling Stockholder. The Selling Stockholder
represents and warrants to each Underwriter as of the date hereof, as of the Applicable Time, as of
the Closing Time and, if the Selling Stockholder is selling Option Securities on a Date of
Delivery, as of each such Date of Delivery, and agrees with each Underwriter, as follows:
(i) Accurate Disclosure. Neither the General Disclosure Package nor the
Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto includes any untrue statement of a
material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading,
provided that such representations and warranties set forth in this subsection (b)(i) apply
only to statements or omissions relating to the Selling Stockholder in the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any other Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (the “Selling Shareholder Information”);
the Selling Stockholder is not prompted to sell the Securities to be sold by the Selling
Stockholder hereunder by any information concerning the Company or any subsidiary of the
Company which is not set forth in the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus.
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(ii) Authorization of this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Selling Stockholder.
(iii) Authorization of Power of Attorney and Custody Agreement. The Power of
Attorney and Custody Agreement, in the form heretofore furnished to the Representatives (the
“Power of Attorney and Custody Agreement”), has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Selling Stockholder and is the valid and binding agreement of the Selling
Stockholder.
(iv) Noncontravention. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
Power of Attorney and Custody Agreement and the sale and delivery of the Securities to be
sold by the Selling Stockholder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein
and compliance by the Selling Stockholder with its obligations hereunder do not and will
not, except as would not have an adverse effect on the Securities to be sold by the Selling
Stockholder or on the sale of such Securities pursuant to this Agreement, whether with or
without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a
breach of, or default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any tax, lien,
charge or encumbrance upon the Securities to be sold by the Selling Stockholder or any
property or assets of the Selling Stockholder pursuant to any contract, indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, license, lease or other agreement or
instrument to which the Selling Stockholder is a party or by which the Selling Stockholder
may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Selling Stockholder is
subject, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the trust
agreement of the Selling Stockholder or any applicable treaty, law, statute, rule,
regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any government, government instrumentality or
court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Selling Stockholder or any of its
properties, except as would not have an adverse effect on the Securities to be sold by the
Selling Stockholder or on the sale of such Securities pursuant to this Agreement.
(v) Valid Title. The Selling Stockholder has, and at each Date of Delivery
will have, valid title to the Securities to be sold by the Selling Stockholder free and
clear of all security interests, claims, liens, equities or other encumbrances and the legal
right and power to sell, transfer and deliver the Securities to be sold by the Selling
Stockholder or a valid security entitlement in respect of such Securities.
(vi) Absence of Manipulation. The Selling Stockholder has not taken, and will
not take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed to or which has constituted
or would be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any
security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(vii) Absence of Further Requirements. No filing with, or consent, approval,
authorization, order, registration, qualification or decree of any arbitrator, court,
governmental body, regulatory body, administrative agency or other authority, body or
agency, domestic or foreign, is necessary or required for the performance by the Selling
Stockholder of its obligations hereunder or in the Power of Attorney and Custody Agreement,
or in connection with the sale and delivery of the Securities hereunder or the consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except such as have been already
obtained or as may be required under the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the rules of
the New York Stock Exchange, state securities laws or the rules of FINRA.
(viii) No Registration or Other Similar Rights. The Selling Stockholder does
not have any registration or other similar rights to have any equity or debt securities
registered for sale by
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the Company under the Registration Statement or included in the offering contemplated
by this Agreement.
(ix) No Free Writing Prospectuses. The Selling Stockholder has not prepared or
had prepared on its behalf or used or referred to, any “free writing prospectus” (as defined
in Rule 405), and has not distributed any written materials in connection with the offer or
sale of the Securities.
(x) No Association with FINRA. Neither the Selling Stockholder nor its trustee
directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by,
or is under common control with any member firm of FINRA or is a person associated with a
member (within the meaning of the FINRA By-Laws) of FINRA.
(c) Officer’s Certificates. Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries delivered to the Representatives or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be
deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to each Underwriter as to the matters covered
thereby; and any certificate signed by or on behalf of the Selling Stockholder as such and
delivered to the Representatives or to counsel for the Underwriters pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Selling Stockholder to the
Underwriters as to the matters covered thereby.
SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to Underwriters; Closing.
(a) Initial Securities. On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained
and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to each
Underwriter, severally and not jointly, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to
purchase from the Company, at the price per share set forth in Schedule A, that proportion of the
number of Initial Securities set forth in Schedule B opposite the name of the Company, which the
number of Initial Securities set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter, plus
any additional number of Initial Securities which such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase
pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 hereof, bears to the total number of Initial Securities,
subject, in each case, to such adjustments among the Underwriters as Xxxxxxx Xxxxx in its sole
discretion shall make to eliminate any sales or purchases of fractional shares.
(b) Option Securities. In addition, on the basis of the representations and warranties herein
contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company and the Selling
Stockholder hereby grants an option to the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, to purchase up
to an additional 600,000 shares of Common Stock, as set forth in Schedule B, at the price per share
set forth in Schedule A. The option hereby granted will expire 30 days after the date hereof and
may be exercised in whole or in part from time to time only for the purpose of covering
overallotments made in connection with the offering and distribution of the Initial Securities upon
notice by the Representatives to the Company and the Selling Stockholder setting forth the number
of Option Securities as to which the several Underwriters are then exercising the option, and the
time and date of payment and delivery for such Option Securities. Any such time and date of
delivery (a “Date of Delivery”) shall be determined by the Representatives, but shall not be later
than seven full business days after the exercise of said option, nor in any event prior to the
Closing Time. If the option is exercised as to all or any portion of the Option Securities, each
of the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, will purchase that proportion of the total
number of Option Securities then being purchased which the number of Initial Securities set forth
in Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of Initial
Securities, subject, in each case, to such adjustments as Xxxxxxx Xxxxx in its sole discretion
shall make to eliminate any sales or purchases of fractional shares. If the option is exercised as
to a portion of the Option Securities, all of
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the Option Securities offered by the Selling Stockholder will be purchased by the
Underwriters, severally and not jointly, before the Option Securities offered by the Company are
purchased by the Underwriters, severally and not jointly.
(c) Payment. Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates for, the Initial
Securities shall be made at the offices of Winston & Xxxxxx LLP, New York, New York, or at such
other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company and the Selling
Stockholder, at 9:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the third business day after the date hereof
(unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10), or such other time not later
than ten business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the
Company (such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called “Closing Time”).
In addition, in the event that any or all of the Option Securities are purchased by the
Underwriters, payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates for, such Option
Securities shall be made at the above-mentioned offices, or at such other place as shall be agreed
upon by the Representatives and the Company and the Selling Stockholder, on the relevant Date of
Delivery as specified in the notice from the Representatives to the Company and the Selling
Stockholder.
Payment shall be made to the Company and the Selling Stockholder by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to bank accounts) designated by the Company and the Custodian pursuant
to the Selling Stockholder’s Power of Attorney and Custody Agreement, as the case may be, against
delivery to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the Underwriters of certificates for
the Securities to be purchased by them. It is understood that each Underwriter has authorized the
Representatives, for its account, to accept delivery of, receipt for, and make payment of the
purchase price for, the Initial Securities and the Option Securities, if any, which it has agreed
to purchase. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, individually and not as representative of the Underwriters, may (but
shall not be obligated to) make payment of the purchase price for the Initial Securities or the
Option Securities, if any, to be purchased by any Underwriter whose funds have not been received by
the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, but such payment shall not
relieve such Underwriter from its obligations hereunder.
(d) Denominations; Registration. Certificates for the Initial Securities and the Option
Securities, if any, shall be in such denominations and registered in such names as the
Representatives may request in writing at least one full business day before the Closing Time or
the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be. The certificates for the Initial Securities and
the Option Securities, if any, will be made available for examination and packaging by the
Representatives in The City of New York not later than 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the
business day prior to the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be.
SECTION 3. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants with each Underwriter as
follows:
(a) Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests. The Company, subject to
Section 3(b), will comply with the requirements of Rule 430B, and will notify the Representatives
immediately, and confirm the notice in writing, (i) when any post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement shall become effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus
shall have been filed, (ii) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission, (iii) of any
request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or
supplement to the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein or for
additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment or of any order
preventing or suspending the use of any
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preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the
Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any
proceedings for any of such purposes or of any examination pursuant to Section 8(e) of the 1933 Act
concerning the Registration Statement and (v) if the Company becomes the subject of a proceeding
under Section 8A of the 1933 Act in connection with the offering of the Securities. The Company
will effect all filings required under Rule 424(b), in the manner and within the time period
required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)), and will take such steps as it deems
necessary to ascertain promptly whether the form of prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule
424(b) was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will
promptly file such prospectus. The Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the
issuance of any stop order, and, if any such order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the
earliest possible moment. The Company shall pay the required Commission filing fees relating to
the Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1)(i) under the 1933 Act Regulations without
regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) under the
1933 Act Regulations (including, if applicable, by updating the “Calculation of Registration Fee”
table in accordance with Rule 456(b)(1)(ii) either in a post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement or on the cover page of a prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)).
(b) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws. The Company will comply with the 1933 Act, the
1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations so as to permit the completion of
the distribution of the Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and in the General Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus. If at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is (or,
but for the exception afforded by Rule 172 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 172”), would be)
required by the 1933 Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Securities, any event
shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of
counsel for the Underwriters or for the Company, to (i) amend the Registration Statement in order
that the Registration Statement will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, (ii) amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus in order that
the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, will not include any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is
delivered to a purchaser or (iii) amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the
General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, in order to comply with the
requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, the Company will promptly (A) give the
Representatives notice of such event, (B) prepare any amendment or supplement as may be necessary
to correct such statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure
Package or the Prospectus comply with such requirements and, a reasonable amount of time prior to
any proposed filing or use, furnish the Representatives with copies of any such amendment or
supplement and (C) file with the Commission any such amendment or supplement; provided that the
Company shall not file or use any such amendment or supplement to which the Representatives or
counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object. The Company will furnish to the Underwriters
such number of copies of such amendment or supplement as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
The Company has given the Representatives notice of any filings made pursuant to the 1934 Act or
1934 Act Regulations within 48 hours prior to the Applicable Time; the Company will give the
Representatives notice of its intention to make any such filing from the Applicable Time to the
Closing Time and will furnish the Representatives with copies of any such documents a reasonable
amount of time prior to such proposed filing, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such
document to which the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object.
(c) Delivery of Registration Statements. The Company has furnished or will deliver to the
Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, photocopies of the Registration
Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or
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incorporated by reference therein and documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference therein) and photocopies of all consents and certificates of experts, and will also
deliver to the Representatives, without charge, a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as
originally filed and each amendment thereto (without exhibits) for each of the Underwriters. The
copies of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriters will
be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to
XXXXX, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(d) Delivery of Prospectuses. The Company has delivered to each Underwriter, without charge,
as many copies of each preliminary prospectus as such Underwriter reasonably requested, and the
Company hereby consents to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the 1933 Act. The
Company will furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, during the period when a prospectus
relating to the Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172, would be) required
to be delivered under the 1933 Act, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or
supplemented) as such Underwriter may reasonably request. The Prospectus and any amendments or
supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically
transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to XXXXX, except to the extent
permitted by Regulation S-T.
(e) Blue Sky Qualifications. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts, in cooperation
with the Underwriters, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the applicable
securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as the Representatives
may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required to complete the
distribution of the Securities; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file
any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in
securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in
respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject.
(f) Rule 158. The Company will timely file such reports pursuant to the 1934 Act as are
necessary in order to make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable an
earnings statement for the purposes of, and to provide to the Underwriters the benefits
contemplated by, the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act.
(g) Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of
the Securities in the manner specified in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under
“Use of Proceeds.”
(h) Listing. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to effect and maintain the
listing of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange.
(i) Restriction on Sale of Securities. During a period of 90 days from the date of the
Prospectus, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx and X.X.
Xxxxxx, (i) directly or indirectly, offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or
contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant
to purchase or otherwise transfer or dispose of any shares of Common Stock or any securities
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or file any registration statement
under the 1933 Act with respect to any of the foregoing or (ii) enter into any swap or any other
agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the
economic consequence of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such swap or transaction
described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other
securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (A) the Securities to
be sold hereunder, (B) any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon the exercise of an
option or warrant or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof and referred to in
the
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General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (C) any shares of Common Stock issued or
options to purchase Common Stock granted pursuant to existing employee benefit plans of the Company
referred to in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or (D) any shares of Common Stock
issued pursuant to any employee stock purchase plan referred to in the General Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) during the last 17 days of the 90-day
restricted period the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event
relating to the Company occurs or (2) prior to the expiration of the 90-day restricted period, the
Company announces that it will issue an earnings release or becomes aware that material news or a
material event will occur during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 90-day
restricted period, the restrictions imposed in this clause (i) shall continue to apply until the
expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of the issuance of the earnings release or
the occurrence of the material news or material event, unless Xxxxxxx Xxxxx and X.X. Xxxxxx waive,
in writing, such extension.
(j) Reporting Requirements. The Company, during the period when a Prospectus relating to the
Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172, would be) required to be delivered
under the 1933 Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to
the 1934 Act within the time periods required by the 1934 Act and 1934Act Regulations.
Additionally, the Company shall report the use of proceeds from the issuance of the Shares as may
be required under Rule 463 under the 1933 Act.
SECTION 3A. Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Each of the Company and the Selling
Stockholder agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Representatives, it
will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” or a portion thereof,
required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433;
provided that the Representatives will be deemed to have consented to the Issuer Free Writing
Prospectuses listed on Schedule C-2 hereto and any “road show that is a written communication”
within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i) that has been reviewed by the Representatives. Each of the
Company and the Selling Stockholder represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat
each such free writing prospectus consented to, or deemed consented to, by the Representatives as
an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and that it has complied and will
comply with the applicable requirements of Rule 433 with respect thereto, including timely filing
with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping. If at any time following
issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a
result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the
information contained in the Registration Statement or included or would include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at that subsequent time,
not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representatives and will promptly amend or
supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such
conflict, untrue statement or omission.
SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses.
(a) Expenses. The Company will pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the
performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including (i) the preparation, printing and
filing of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits) as originally
filed and each amendment thereto, (ii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters
of copies of each preliminary prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus
and any amendments or supplements thereto and any costs associated with electronic delivery of any
of the foregoing by the Underwriters to investors, (iii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of
the certificates for the Securities to the Underwriters, including any stock or other transfer
taxes and any stamp or other duties payable upon the sale, issuance or delivery of the Securities
to the Underwriters, (iv) the fees and disbursements
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of the Company’s counsel, accountants and other advisors, (v) the qualification of the
Securities under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(f) hereof,
including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in
connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of the Blue Sky Survey and any
supplement thereto, (vi) the fees and expenses of any transfer agent or registrar for the
Securities, (vii) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations on any
“road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the Securities, including without
limitation, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and
expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations, travel and
lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Company and any such consultants, and
the cost of transportation chartered in connection with the road show (but only 50% of the cost of
any chartered aircraft), (viii) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of
the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange and (ix) the costs and expenses (including, without
limitation, any damages or other amounts payable in connection with legal or contractual liability)
associated with the reforming of any contracts for sale of the Securities made by the Underwriters
caused by a breach of the representation contained in the third sentence of Section 1(a)(ii).
(b) Expenses of the Selling Stockholder. The Selling Stockholder will pay all expenses
incident to the performance of its obligations under, and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by, this Agreement, including (i) any stamp and other duties and stock and other
transfer taxes, if any, payable upon the sale of the Securities to the Underwriters and their
transfer between the Underwriters pursuant to an agreement between such Underwriters, and (ii) the
fees and disbursements of its counsel and other advisors.
(c) Termination of Agreement. If this Agreement is terminated by the Representatives in
accordance with the provisions of Section 5, Section 9(a)(i) or (iii), or Section 11 hereof, the
Company and the Selling Stockholder, pro rata, shall reimburse the Underwriters for all of their
out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Underwriters.
(d) Allocation of Expenses. The provisions of this Section shall not affect any agreement
that the Company and the Selling Stockholder may make for the sharing of such costs and expenses.
SECTION 5. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligations of the several
Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the
Company and the Selling Stockholder contained herein or in certificates of any officer of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or on behalf of any Selling Stockholder delivered pursuant to
the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholder of their
respective covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to the following further conditions:
(a) Effectiveness of Registration Statement. The Registration Statement has become effective
and at Closing Time no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any
post-effective amendment thereto has been issued under the 1933 Act, no order preventing or
suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and no
proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to the Company’s
knowledge, contemplated; and the Company has complied with each request (if any) from the
Commission for additional information. The Company shall have paid the required Commission filing
fees relating to the Securities within the time period required by Rule 456(1)(i) under the 1933
Act Regulations without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b)
and 457(r) under the 1933 Act Regulations and, if applicable, shall have updated the “Calculation
of Registration Fee” table in accordance with Rule 456(b)(1)(ii) either in a post-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement or on the cover page of a prospectus filed pursuant to Rule
424(b).
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(b) Opinion of Outside Counsel for Company. At the Closing Time, the Representatives
shall have received the favorable opinion, dated the Closing Time, of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Di Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Inc., counsel for the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the
Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other
Underwriters to the effect set forth in Exhibit A hereto and to such further effect as counsel to
the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(c) Opinion of In-House Securities Counsel for Company. At the Closing Time, the
Representatives shall have received the favorable opinion, dated the Closing Time, of Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxx, counsel for the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the
Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other
Underwriters to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto and to such further effect as counsel to
the Underwriters may reasonably request
(d) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters. At Closing Time, the Representatives shall have
received the favorable opinion, dated the Closing Time, of Winston & Xxxxxx LLP, counsel for the
Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other
Underwriters with respect to the matters set forth in clauses (v), (vi) (solely as to preemptive or
other similar rights arising by operation of law or under the charter or by-laws of the Company),
(viii), (x), (xiv) (solely as to the information in the Prospectus under “Description of Capital
Stock—Common Stock”), the penultimate paragraph of Exhibit A hereto, and other related matters as
the Representatives may require. In giving such opinion such counsel may rely, as to all matters
governed by the laws of jurisdictions other than the law of the State of New York, the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the federal securities laws of the United States, upon
the opinions of counsel satisfactory to the Representatives. Such counsel may also state that,
insofar as such opinion involves factual matters, they have relied, to the extent they deem proper,
upon certificates of officers and other representatives of the Company and its subsidiaries and
certificates of public officials.
(e) Officers’ Certificate. At the Closing Time, there shall not have been, since the date
hereof or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the General Disclosure
Package or the Prospectus, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or
in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries
considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, and the
Representatives shall have received a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer or the President
of the Company and of the chief financial or chief accounting officer of the Company, dated the
Closing Time, to the effect that (i) there has been no such material adverse change, (ii) the
representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct with the same
force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the Closing Time, (iii) the Company has
complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied
at or prior to the Closing Time, and (iv) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement under the 1933 Act has been issued, no order preventing or suspending the
use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and, to their knowledge, no
proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending or contemplated.
(f) Certificate of Selling Stockholder. At the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have
received a certificate of an Attorney-in-Fact on behalf of the Selling Stockholder, dated the
Closing Time, to the effect that (i) the representations and warranties of the Selling Stockholder
in this Agreement are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at
and as of the Closing Time and (ii) the Selling Stockholder has complied with all agreements and
all conditions on its part to be performed under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Time.
(g) Accountant’s Comfort Letter. At the time of the execution of this Agreement, the
Representatives shall have received from Ernst & Young LLP a letter, dated such date, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Representatives, together with signed or reproduced copies of such
letter for
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each of the other Underwriters containing statements and information of the type ordinarily
included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements
and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus.
(h) Bring-down Comfort Letter. At the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received
from Ernst & Young LLP a letter, dated as of the Closing Time, to the effect that they reaffirm the
statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to subsection (g) of this Section, except that the
specified date referred to shall be a date not more than three business days prior to the Closing
Time.
(i) Approval of Listing. At the Closing Time, the Securities shall have been approved for
listing on the New York Stock Exchange, subject only to official notice of issuance.
(j) Lock-up Agreements. At the date of this Agreement, the Representatives shall have
received an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto signed by the persons listed on
Schedule D hereto.
(k) Maintenance of Rating. Since the execution of this Agreement, there shall not have been
any decrease in or withdrawal of the rating of any securities of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for
purposes of Rule 436(g) under the 0000 Xxx) or any notice given of any intended or potential
decrease in or withdrawal of any such rating or of a possible change in any such rating that does
not indicate the direction of the possible change.
(l) Conditions to Purchase of Option Securities. In the event that the Underwriters exercise
their option provided in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any portion of the Option
Securities, the representations and warranties of the Company and the Selling Stockholder contained
herein and the statements in any certificates furnished by the Company, any of its subsidiaries and
the Selling Stockholder hereunder shall be true and correct as of each Date of Delivery and, at the
relevant Date of Delivery, the Representatives shall have received:
(i) Officers’ Certificate. A certificate, dated such Date of Delivery, of the
President or a Vice President of the Company and of the chief financial or chief accounting
officer of the Company confirming that the certificate delivered at the Closing Time
pursuant to Section 5(e) hereof remains true and correct as of such Date of Delivery.
(ii) Certificate of Selling Stockholder. A certificate, dated such Date of
Delivery, of an Attorney-in-Fact on behalf of the Selling Stockholder confirming that the
certificate delivered at Closing Time pursuant to Section 5(f) remains true and correct as
of such Date of Delivery.
(iii) Opinion of Outside Counsel for Company. If requested by the
Representatives, the favorable opinion of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Di Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Inc., counsel for
the Company in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, dated such
Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery
and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(b) hereof.
(iv) Opinion of In-House Securities Counsel for Company. If requested by the
Representatives, the favorable opinion of Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, counsel for the Company in form
and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, dated such Date of Delivery,
relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to
the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(b) hereof.
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(v) Opinion of Counsel for the Selling Stockholder. If requested by the
Representatives, the favorable opinion of Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, counsel for the Selling
Stockholder, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased
on such Date of Delivery and to the effect set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
(vi) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters. If requested by the Representatives,
the favorable opinion of Winston & Xxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated such Date
of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and
otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(d) hereof.
(vii) Bring-down Comfort Letter. If requested by the Representatives, a letter
from Ernst & Young LLP, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives and dated
such Date of Delivery, substantially in the same form and substance as the letter furnished
to the Representatives pursuant to Section 5(g) hereof, except that the “specified date” in
the letter furnished pursuant to this paragraph shall be a date not more than three business
days prior to such Date of Delivery.
(m) Additional Documents. At the Closing Time and at each Date of Delivery (if any) counsel
for the Underwriters shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may require
for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein
contemplated, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or
the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the
Company and the Selling Stockholder in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities as
herein contemplated shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel
for the Underwriters.
(n) Termination of Agreement. If any condition specified in this Section shall not have been
fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement, or, in the case of any condition to
the purchase of Option Securities on a Date of Delivery which is after the Closing Time, the
obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase the relevant Option Securities, may be
terminated by the Representatives by notice to the Company and the Selling Stockholder at any time
at or prior to Closing Time or such Date of Delivery, as the case may be, and such termination
shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 and
except that Sections 1, 6, 7, 8, 15 and 16 shall survive any such termination and remain in full
force and effect.
SECTION 6. Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification of Underwriters. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each
Underwriter, its affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 501(b) under the 1933 Act (each, an
“Affiliate”)), its selling agents and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the
meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act as follows:
(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as
incurred, arising out of the NDRS or any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including
any information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430B, or the omission or
alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact included (A) in any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or (B) in
any “road show” (as defined in Rule 433(h)(4) under the Securities Act) not constituting an
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (a “Road Show”), or the omission or alleged omission in any
preliminary
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prospectus, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, Prospectus or Road Show of a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading;
(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as
incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any
investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or
of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such
alleged untrue statement or omission; provided that (subject to Section 6 (e) below) any
such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company and the Selling
Stockholder;
(iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the reasonable
fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by Xxxxxxx Xxxxx), reasonably incurred in
investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or
proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim
whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue
statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under (i) or (ii)
above;
provided, however, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim,
damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue
statement or omission made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including any
information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430B, the General Disclosure Package or
the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with the
Underwriter Information.
Insofar as this indemnity agreement may permit indemnification for liabilities under the 1933
Act of any person who is a partner of an Underwriter or who controls an underwriter within the
meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act and who, at the date of this
Agreement, is a director or officer of the Company or controls the Company within the meaning of
Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, such indemnity agreement is subject to
the undertaking of the Company in the Registration Statement under Item 17 — “Undertakings”
thereof.
(b) Indemnification of Underwriters by Selling Stockholder. The Selling Stockholder agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its Affiliates and selling agents and each person, if
any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of
the 1934 Act to the extent and in the manner set forth in clauses (a)(i), (ii) and (iii)
above; provided that the liability under this subsection of the Selling Stockholder shall
be limited to an amount equal to the aggregate gross proceeds after underwriting commissions and
discounts, but before expenses, to the Selling Stockholder from the sale of Securities sold by the
Selling Stockholder thereunder.
(c) Indemnification of Company, Directors and Officers and Selling Stockholder. Each
Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, each of its
officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company
within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, and the Selling
Stockholder and each person, if any, who controls any Selling Stockholder within the meaning of
Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act against any and all loss, liability,
claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this Section,
as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements
or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including any
information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430B, the General Disclosure Package or
the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with the
Underwriter Information.
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(d) Actions against Parties; Notification. Each indemnified party shall give notice as
promptly as reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in
respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party
shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to the extent it is not
materially prejudiced as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability
which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement. In the case of parties
indemnified pursuant to Section 6(a) and 6(b) above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be
selected by Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, and, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(c) above,
counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Company. An indemnifying party may
participate at its own expense in the defense of any such action; provided, however, that counsel
to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the consent of the indemnified party) also be
counsel to the indemnified party. In no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for fees
and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) separate from their own
counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or
related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or
circumstances. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified
parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any
litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or
threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution could be
sought under this Section 6 or Section 7 hereof (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual
or potential parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an
unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such litigation,
investigation, proceeding or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of
fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(e) Settlement without Consent if Failure to Reimburse. If at any time an indemnified party
shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses
of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature
contemplated by Section 6(a)(ii) effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is
entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request,
(ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30
days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not have
reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such
settlement.
(f) Other Agreements with Respect to Indemnification. The provisions of this Section shall
not affect any agreement between the Company and the Selling Stockholder with respect to
indemnification.
SECTION 7. Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in Section 6 hereof is
for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of
any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying
party shall contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and
expenses incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate
to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Stockholder, on the one
hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this
Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause
(i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Selling Stockholder, on the one hand,
and of the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which
resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations.
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The relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Stockholder, on the one hand,
and the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the offering of the Securities pursuant
to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net
proceeds from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses)
received by the Company and the Selling Stockholder, on the one hand, and the total underwriting
discount received by the Underwriters, on the other hand, in each case as set forth on the cover of
the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate initial public offering price of the Securities as set forth
on the cover of the Prospectus.
The relative fault of the Company and the Selling Stockholder, on the one hand, and the
Underwriters, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether
any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to
state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Selling Stockholder or
by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The Company, the Selling Stockholder and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even
if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of
allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this
Section 7. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by
an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 7 shall be deemed to include any legal
or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or
defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or
body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, no Underwriter shall be required to
contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting commissions received by such Underwriter in
connection with the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public.
No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the
0000 Xxx) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation.
For purposes of this Section 7, each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the
meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act and each Underwriter’s
Affiliates and selling agents shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and
each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement,
and each person, if any, who controls the Company or the Selling Stockholder within the meaning of
Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution
as the Company or the Selling Stockholder, as the case may be. The Underwriters’ respective
obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to the number of
Initial Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule A hereto and not joint.
The provisions of this Section shall not affect any agreement among the Company and the
Selling Stockholder with respect to contribution.
SECTION 8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive. All
representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or in certificates of
officers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or the Selling Stockholder submitted pursuant
hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any investigation
made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or its Affiliates or selling agents, any person controlling
any Underwriter, its officers or directors, any person
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controlling the Company or any person controlling the Selling Stockholder and (ii) delivery of
and payment for the Securities.
SECTION 9. Termination of Agreement.
(a) Termination. The Representatives may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the Company
and the Selling Stockholder, at any time at or prior to the Closing Time (i) if there has been, in
the judgment of the Representatives, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the
respective dates as of which information is given in the General Disclosure Package or the
Prospectus, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the
earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as
one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) if there has
occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or the
international financial markets, any outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof or other
calamity or crisis or any change or development involving a prospective change in national or
international political, financial or economic conditions, in each case the effect of which is such
as to make it, in the judgment of the Representatives, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with
the completion of the offering or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities, or (iii) if
trading in any securities of the Company has been suspended or materially limited by the Commission
or the New York Stock Exchange, or (iv) if trading generally on the American Stock Exchange or the
New York Stock Exchange or in the Nasdaq Global Market has been suspended or materially limited, or
minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have been
required, by any of said exchanges or by order of the Commission, FINRA or any other governmental
authority, or (v) a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement
or clearance services in the United States or with respect to Clearstream or Euroclear systems in
Europe, or (vi) if a banking moratorium has been declared by either Federal or New York
authorities.
(b) Liabilities. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section, such termination
shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 hereof,
and provided further that Sections 1, 6, 7, 8, 15 and 16 shall survive such termination and remain
in full force and effect.
SECTION 10. Default by One or More of the Underwriters. If one or more of the
Underwriters shall fail at Closing Time or a Date of Delivery to purchase the Securities which it
or they are obligated to purchase under this Agreement (the “Defaulted Securities”), the
Representatives shall have the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one or
more of the non-defaulting Underwriters, or any other underwriters, to purchase all, but not less
than all, of the Defaulted Securities in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms
herein set forth; if, however, the Representatives shall not have completed such arrangements
within such 24-hour period, then:
(i) if the number of Defaulted Securities does not exceed 10% of the number of
Securities to be purchased on such date, each of the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be
obligated, severally and not jointly, to purchase the full amount thereof in the proportions
that their respective underwriting obligations hereunder bear to the underwriting
obligations of all non-defaulting Underwriters, or
(ii) if the number of Defaulted Securities exceeds 10% of the number of Securities to
be purchased on such date, this Agreement or, with respect to any Date of Delivery which
occurs after the Closing Time, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase, and the
Company to sell, the Option Securities to be purchased and sold on such Date of Delivery
shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter.
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No action taken pursuant to this Section shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from
liability in respect of its default.
In the event of any such default which does not result in a termination of this Agreement or,
in the case of a Date of Delivery which is after the Closing Time, which does not result in a
termination of the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase and the Company to sell the relevant
Option Securities, as the case may be, either the (i) Representatives or (ii) the Company and the
Selling Stockholder shall have the right to postpone Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery,
as the case may be, for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes
in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or in any other
documents or arrangements. As used herein, the term “Underwriter” includes any person substituted
for an Underwriter under this Section 10.
SECTION 11. Default by the Selling Stockholder or the Company. (a) If the Selling
Stockholder shall fail at the Closing Time or a Date of Delivery, as the case may be, to sell and
deliver the number of Securities which the Selling Stockholder is obligated to sell hereunder, then
the Underwriters may, at option of the Representatives, by notice from the Representatives to the
Company, either (i) terminate this Agreement without any liability on the fault of any
non-defaulting party except that the provisions of Sections 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 15 and 16 shall remain
in full force and effect or (ii) elect to purchase the Securities which the Company has agreed to
sell hereunder. No action taken pursuant to this Section 11 shall relieve the defaulting Selling
Stockholder from liability, if any, in respect of such default.
In the event of a default by the Selling Stockholder as referred to in this Section 11, each
of the Representatives and the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Time or any
Date of Delivery, as the case may be, for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any
required change in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or
in any other documents or arrangements.
(b) If the Company shall fail at the Closing Time or a Date of Delivery, as the case may be,
to sell the number of Securities that it is obligated to sell hereunder, then this Agreement shall
terminate without any liability on the part of any nondefaulting party; provided, however, that the
provisions of Sections 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 15 and 16 shall remain in full force and effect. No action
taken pursuant to this Section shall relieve the Company from liability, if any, in respect of such
default.
SECTION 12. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form
of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be directed to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx at Xxx Xxxxxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, attention of Syndicate Department, with a copy to ECM Legal;
notices to the Company shall be directed to it at 000 Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx
00000, attention of Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx; and notices to the Selling Stockholder shall be directed to
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, attention of Xxxx X. Xxxxxx.
SECTION 13. No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship. Each of the Company and the
Selling Stockholder acknowledges and agrees that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities
pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the initial public offering price of the
Securities and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm’s-length commercial transaction
between the Company and the Selling Stockholder, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on
the other hand, (b) in connection with the offering of the Securities and the process leading
thereto, each Underwriter is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or
fiduciary of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any Selling Stockholder, or its respective
stockholders, creditors, employees or any other party, (c) no Underwriter has assumed or will
assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company or any Selling Stockholder
with respect to the offering of the Securities or the process leading thereto
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(irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company,
any of its subsidiaries or any Selling Stockholder on other matters) and no Underwriter has any
obligation to the Company or any Selling Stockholder with respect to the offering of the Securities
except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (d) the Underwriters and their
respective affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that
differ from those of each of the Company and the Selling Stockholder, and (e) the Underwriters have
not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering of the
Securities and the Company and each of the Selling Stockholder has consulted its own respective
legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate.
SECTION 14. Parties. This Agreement shall each inure to the benefit of and be binding
upon the Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Stockholder and their respective successors.
Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any
person, firm or corporation, other than the Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Stockholder
and their respective successors and the controlling persons and officers and directors referred to
in Sections 6 and 7 and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy
or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement
and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of
the Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Stockholder and their respective successors, and said
controlling persons and officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for
the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Securities from any
Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.
SECTION 15. Trial by Jury. The Company (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, on behalf of its stockholders and affiliates), the Selling Stockholder and each of
the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any
and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement
or the transactions contemplated hereby.
SECTION 16. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE
ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF, THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS CHOICE OF LAW PROVISIONS.
SECTION 17. TIME. TIME SHALL BE OF THE ESSENCE OF THIS AGREEMENT. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE
SET FORTH HEREIN, SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.
SECTION 18. Partial Unenforceability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any
Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability
of any other Section, paragraph or provision hereof. If any Section, paragraph or provision of
this Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed
to be made such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and
enforceable.
SECTION 19. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall
together constitute one and the same Agreement.
SECTION 20. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only
and shall not affect the construction hereof.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and
return to the Company and the Attorney-in-Fact for the Selling Stockholder a counterpart hereof,
whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among the
Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Stockholder in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours, XXXXXX HEALTHCARE, INC. |
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By | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, M.D. | |||
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||
MOLINA SIBLINGS TRUST |
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By | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Xxxx X. Xxxxxx, | ||||
As Attorney-in-Fact acting on behalf of Molina Siblings Trust |
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CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED, | ||||
as of the date first above written: | ||||
XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX | ||||
INCORPORATED | ||||
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC. | ||||
By: XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX | ||||
INCORPORATED | ||||
By |
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Authorized Signatory |
For itself and as Representative of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto.
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SCHEDULE A
The initial public offering price per share for the Securities shall be $27.00.
The purchase price per share for the Securities to be paid by the several Underwriters shall be
$25.65, being an amount equal to the initial public offering price set forth above less $1.35 per
share.
Number of | ||||
Name of Underwriter | Initial Securities | |||
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated |
1,600,000 | |||
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. |
1,500,000 | |||
UBS Securities LLC |
500,000 | |||
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA) Inc. |
200,000 | |||
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Company, Incorporated |
200,000 | |||
Total |
4,000,000 | |||
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SCHEDULE B
Number of Initial | Maximum Number of Option | |||||||
Securities to be Sold | Securities to Be Sold | |||||||
XXXXXX HEALTHCARE, INC. |
4,000,000 | 350,000 | ||||||
MOLINA SIBLINGS TRUST |
0 | 250,000 | ||||||
Total |
4,000,000 | 600,000 |
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SCHEDULE C-1
Pricing Terms
1. | The Company is selling 4,000,000 shares of Common Stock. |
2. | The Selling Stockholder has granted an option to the Underwriters to purchase up to an additional 250,000 shares of Common Stock and the Company has granted an option to the Underwriters to purchase up to an additional 350,000 shares of Common Stock. |
3. | The initial public offering price per share for the Securities shall be $27.00. |
SCHEDULE C-2
Free Writing Prospectuses
None.
Sch C - 1
SCHEDULE D
List of Persons and Entities Subject to Lock-up
(all Executive Officers, Directors and 10% or more Stockholders of the Company)
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
J. Xxxxx Xxxxxx, M.D.
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, M.D.
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx Marital Trust
Molina Siblings Trust
Xxxx X. Xxxxxx Living Trust
Sch D - 1
Exhibit A
FORM OF OPINION OF COMPANY’S OUTSIDE COUNSEL
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(b)
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(b)
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.
(ii) The Company has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its
properties and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and to enter into and
perform its obligations under the Underwriting Agreement.
(iii) The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set
forth in the Prospectus in the column entitled “Actual” under the caption “Capitalization”
(except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement or pursuant
to reservations, agreements or employee benefit plans referred to in the Prospectus or
pursuant to the exercise of convertible securities or options referred to in the
Prospectus). For purposes of this paragraph (iii), our opinion with respect to the issued
and outstanding shares of capital stock is based solely on our review of the stock record
books of the Company and information provided by the Company’s transfer agent.
(iv) The Securities have been duly authorized for issuance and sale to the Underwriters
pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and, when issued and delivered by the Company
pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement against payment of the consideration set forth in the
Underwriting Agreement, will be validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable.
(v) To our knowledge, the issuance of the Securities is not subject to the preemptive
or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company.
(vi) The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company.
(vii) The Registration Statement has been declared effective under the 1933 Act; any
required filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and
within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reference to Rule 424(b)(8)); any
required filing of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus pursuant to Rule 433 has been made in
the manner and within the time period required by Rule 433(d); and, to the best of our
knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been
issued under the 1933 Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are
pending or threatened by the Commission.
(viii) The Registration Statement, including any information deemed to be a part
thereof pursuant to Rule 430B, the Prospectus, excluding the documents incorporated by
reference therein, and each amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement and
Prospectus, as of their respective effective or issue dates (other than the financial
statements and supporting schedules included therein or omitted therefrom, as to which I
need express no opinion) complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements
of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations.
(ix) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (other than the
financial statements and supporting schedules included therein or omitted therefrom, as to
which
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we express no opinion), when they were filed with the Commission complied as to form in
all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of
the Commission thereunder.
(x) To the best of our knowledge, there is not pending or threatened any action, suit,
proceeding, inquiry or investigation, to which the Company or any subsidiary is a party, or
to which the property of the Company or any subsidiary is subject, before or brought by any
court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, which would reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or which would reasonably be expected to
materially and adversely affect the properties or assets thereof or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated in the Underwriting Agreement or the performance by the Company of
its obligations thereunder.
(xi) The information in the Prospectus under “Description of Capital Stock—Common
Stock,” and “Certain Federal Income Tax Considerations” and “Indemnification of Directors
and Officers” and in the Registration Statement under Item 15, to the extent that it
constitutes matters of law or summaries of legal matters or the Company’s charter and
bylaws, has been reviewed by us and is correct in all material respects.
(xii) No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order,
registration, qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or agency,
domestic or foreign (other than under the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations, which have
been obtained, or as may be required under the securities or blue sky laws of the various
states or the rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, as to which we express
no opinion) is necessary or required in connection with the due authorization, execution and
delivery of the Underwriting Agreement or for the offering, issuance, sale or delivery of
the Securities.
(xiii) The execution, delivery and performance of the Underwriting Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Underwriting Agreement (including the
issuance and sale of the Securities and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the
Securities as described in the Prospectus under the caption “Use Of Proceeds”) and
compliance by the Company with its obligations under the Underwriting Agreement do not and
will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, result in
(a) any violation by the Company of the Company’s charter or bylaws, (b) any conflict with
or constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment Event (as defined in Section 1(a)(xi) of
the Underwriting Agreement) under or result in the creation or imposition of any lien,
charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary pursuant
to any Listed Agreement (as defined below) which the Company or any subsidiary is a party or
by which it or any of them may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the
Company or any subsidiary is subject (except for such conflicts, breaches, defaults or
Repayment Events or liens, charges or encumbrances that would not have a Material Adverse
Effect), (c) any violation of any law, statute, rule or regulation, or (d) to our knowledge,
any judgment, order, writ or decree, known to us, of any government, government
instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any
subsidiary or any of their respective properties, assets or operations. For purposes of the
foregoing, we have assumed that the only contracts, indentures, mortgages, deeds of trust,
loans or credit agreements, notes, leases or any other agreements or instruments to which
the Company is a party or by which it is bound are those listed as exhibits to the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 (the “Listed Agreements”)
(xiv) The Company is not required, and upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as
herein contemplated and the application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in the
Prospectus will not be required, to register as an “investment company” under the 1940 Act.
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During the preparation of the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, we have participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the
Company, representatives of the independent accountants for the Company and you and your
representatives and counsel, at which conferences the contents of the Registration Statement, the
General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and related matters were discussed, reviewed and
revised. Although we are not passing upon, and do not assume any responsibility for, the accuracy,
completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (except as expressly indicated in paragraph (xi) above), and
have not made any independent investigation or verification thereof, this is to advise you that
nothing has come to our attention that would lead us to believe that the Registration Statement or
any amendment thereto, including any information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430B
(except as to financial statements and related notes and supporting schedules, and other financial
data and the statistical and accounting data derived therefrom included or incorporated by
reference therein or omitted therefrom or the exhibits to the Registration Statement, as to which
we express no belief), at the time such Registration Statement or any such amendment became
effective, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that
the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (except as aforesaid), at the time the
Prospectus was issued, at the time any such amended or supplemented prospectus was issued or at the
Closing Time, included or includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. In addition, nothing has come to our
attention that would lead us to believe that the documents included in the General Disclosure
Package as of the Applicable Time (excepted as aforesaid), contained any untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely as to matters of fact (but not as to legal
conclusions), to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the
Company and public officials. Such opinion shall not state that it is to be governed or qualified
by, or that it is otherwise subject to, any treatise, written policy or other document relating to
legal opinions, including, without limitation, the Legal Opinion Accord of the ABA Section of
Business Law (1991).
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Exhibit B
FORM OF OPINION OF COMPANY’S IN-HOUSE SECURITIES COUNSEL
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(c)
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(c)
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.
(ii) The Company has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its
properties and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and to enter into and
perform its obligations under the Underwriting Agreement.
(iii) The Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and
is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by
reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the
failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(iv) The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set
forth in the Prospectus in the column entitled “Actual” under the caption “Capitalization”
(except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement or pursuant
to reservations, agreements or employee benefit plans referred to in the Prospectus or
pursuant to the exercise of convertible securities or options referred to in the
Prospectus); the shares of issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company, including
the Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Selling Stockholder, have been
duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; and none of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company was issued in violation of the preemptive
or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company.
(v) The Securities have been duly authorized for issuance and sale to the Underwriters
pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and, when issued and delivered by the Company
pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement against payment of the consideration set forth in the
Underwriting Agreement, will be validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable and no
holder of the Securities is or will be subject to personal liability by reason of being such
a holder.
(vi) The issuance of the Securities is not subject to the preemptive or other similar
rights of any securityholder of the Company.
(vii) Each Subsidiary has been duly incorporated duly organized and is validly existing
in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization,
has corporate or similar power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to
conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and is duly qualified as a foreign
corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the
conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would
not result in a Material Adverse Effect; except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration
Statement, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each Subsidiary has been duly
authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and, to the best of our
knowledge, is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any
security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; none of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of any Subsidiary was issued in violation of the
preemptive or similar rights of any securityholder of such Subsidiary.
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(viii) The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
the Company.
(ix) The Registration Statement, including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, has
been declared effective under the 1933 Act; any required filing of the Prospectus pursuant
to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by Rule
424(b) (without reference to Rule 424(b)(8)); any required filing of each Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus pursuant to Rule 433 has been made in the manner and within the time
period required by Rule 433(d); and, to the best of my knowledge, no stop order suspending
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement
has been issued under the 1933 Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted
or are pending or threatened by the Commission.
(x) The Registration Statement, including any information deemed to be a part thereof
pursuant to Rule 430B, the Prospectus, excluding the documents incorporated by reference
therein, and each amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement and Prospectus, as
of their respective effective or issue dates (other than the financial statements and
supporting schedules included therein or omitted therefrom, as to which I need express no
opinion) complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act
and the 1933 Act Regulations.
(xi) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (other than the
financial statements and supporting schedules included therein or omitted therefrom, as to
which I need express no opinion), when they were filed with the Commission complied as to
form in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(xii) The form of certificate used to evidence the Common Stock complies in all
material respects with all applicable statutory requirements, with any applicable
requirements of the charter and by-laws of the Company and the requirements of the New York
Stock Exchange.
(xiii) To the best of my knowledge, there is not pending or threatened any action,
suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation, to which the Company or any subsidiary is a
party, or to which the property of the Company or any subsidiary is subject, before or
brought by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, which would
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or which would reasonably be
expected to materially and adversely affect the properties or assets thereof or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Underwriting Agreement or the
performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder.
(xiv) The information in the Prospectus under “Description of Capital Stock—Common
Stock,” and “Certain Federal Income Tax Considerations” and “Indemnification of Directors
and Officers” and in the Registration Statement under Item 15, to the extent that it
constitutes matters of law, summaries of legal matters, the Company’s charter and bylaws or
legal proceedings, or legal conclusions, and the information in the Company’s Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2009 under “Legal Proceedings” and “Business—Regulatory” has
been reviewed by me and is correct in all material respects.
(xv) All descriptions in the Registration Statement of contracts and other documents to
which the Company or its subsidiaries are a party are accurate in all material respects; to
the best of my knowledge, there are no franchises, contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan
agreements,
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notes, leases or other instruments required to be filed as exhibits to the Registration
Statement other than those filed or incorporated by reference as exhibits thereto.
(xvi) No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order,
registration, qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or agency,
domestic or foreign (other than under the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations, which have
been obtained, or as may be required under the securities or blue sky laws of the various
states, as to which I need express no opinion) is necessary or required in connection with
the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement or for the
offering, issuance, sale or delivery of the Securities.
(xvii) The execution, delivery and performance of the Underwriting Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Underwriting Agreement and in the
Registration Statement (including the issuance and sale of the Securities and the use of the
proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in the Prospectus under the caption
“Use Of Proceeds”) and compliance by the Company with its obligations under the Underwriting
Agreement do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or lapse of time
or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment Event (as defined
in Section 1(a)(xi) of the Underwriting Agreement) under or result in the creation or
imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or
any subsidiary pursuant to any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit
agreement, note, lease or any other agreement or instrument, known to me, to which the
Company or any subsidiary is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound, or to which
any of the property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary is subject (except for such
conflicts, breaches, defaults or Repayment Events or liens, charges or encumbrances that
would not have a Material Adverse Effect), nor will such action result in any violation of
the provisions of the charter or by-laws of the Company or any subsidiary, or any applicable
law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree, known to me, of any
government, government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction
over the Company or any subsidiary or any of their respective properties, assets or
operations.
(xviii) To the best of my knowledge, there are no persons with registration rights or
other similar rights to have any securities registered pursuant to the Registration
Statement or otherwise registered by the Company under the 1933 Act.
(xix) The Company is not required, and upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as
herein contemplated and the application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in the
Prospectus will not be required, to register as an “investment company” under the 1940 Act.
Nothing has come to my attention that would lead me to believe that the Registration Statement
or any amendment thereto, including any information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule
430B (except for financial statements and schedules and other financial data included or
incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom, as to which I need make no statement), at
the time such Registration Statement or any such amendment became effective, contained an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that the Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto (except for financial statements and schedules and other financial data included
or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom, as to which I need make no statement),
at the time the Prospectus was issued, at the time any such amended or supplemented prospectus was
issued or at the Closing Time, included or includes an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were
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made, not misleading. In addition, nothing has come to our attention that would lead us to
believe that the documents included in the General Disclosure Package, other than the financial
statements and schedules and other financial data included or incorporated by reference therein or
omitted therefrom, as to which we need make no statement, as of the Applicable Time, contained any
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. With respect to statements contained in the General Disclosure Package, any statement
contained in any of the constituent documents shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the
extent that any information contained in subsequent constituent documents modifies or replaces such
statement.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely as to matters of fact (but not as to legal
conclusions), to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the
Company and public officials. Such opinion shall not state that it is to be governed or qualified
by, or that it is otherwise subject to, any treatise, written policy or other document relating to
legal opinions, including, without limitation, the Legal Opinion Accord of the ABA Section of
Business Law (1991).
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Exhibit C
FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE SELLING STOCKHOLDER
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(l)(v)
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(l)(v)
(i) No filing with, or consent, approval, authorization, license, order, registration,
qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or agency, domestic or foreign,
(other than the issuance of the order of the Commission declaring the Registration Statement
effective and such authorizations, approvals or consents as may be necessary under state securities
laws or the rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, as to which I express no opinion)
is necessary or required to be obtained by the Selling Stockholder for the due authorization,
execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement or the Power of Attorney and Custody
Agreement, or for the offer, sale or delivery of the Securities by the Selling Stockholder.
(ii) The Power of Attorney and Custody Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Selling Stockholder and constitutes the valid and binding agreement of the Selling
Stockholder, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
laws relating to creditors’ rights or general principles of equity.
(iii) The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by or on
behalf of the Selling Stockholder.
(iv) The Attorney-in-Fact has been duly authorized by the Selling Stockholder to deliver the
Securities on behalf of the Selling Stockholder in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting
Agreement.
(v) The execution, delivery and performance of the Underwriting Agreement and the Power of
Attorney and Custody Agreement and the sale and delivery of the Securities and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated in the Underwriting Agreement and in the Registration Statement and
compliance by the Selling Stockholder with its obligations under the Underwriting Agreement have
been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Selling Stockholder and do not and
will not, except as would not have an adverse effect on the Securities to be sold by the Selling
Stockholder or on the sale of such Securities pursuant to this Agreement, whether with or without
the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or
default under or result in the creation or imposition of any tax, lien, charge or encumbrance upon
the Securities or any property or assets of the Selling Stockholder pursuant to, any contract,
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, license, lease or other
instrument or agreement to which the Selling Stockholder is a party or by which it may be bound, or
to which any of the property or assets of the Selling Stockholder may be subject nor will such
action result in any violation of the provisions of the trust agreement of the Selling Stockholder,
or any law or administrative regulation or, to my knowledge, any judgment or order of any
governmental agency or body or any administrative or court decree having jurisdiction over the
Selling Stockholder or any of its properties, except as would not have an adverse effect on the
Securities to be sold by the Selling Stockholder or on the sale of such Securities pursuant to this
Agreement.
(vi) The Selling Stockholder has valid title to, or a valid security entitlement in respect
of, the Securities to be sold by the Selling Stockholder free and clear of all security interests,
claims, liens, equities and other encumbrances, and the Selling Stockholder has the legal right and
power to sell, transfer and deliver the Securities to be sold by the Selling Stockholder or a valid
security entitlement in respect of such Securities, such that the Underwriters purchasing such
Securities will acquire valid title or a valid security entitlement in respect of the Securities so
long as the Underwriters acquire the Securities
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without any notice of adverse claim within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the New York
Uniform Commercial Code.
(vii) Upon the Underwriters’ acquiring possession of stock certificates representing the
Securities to be sold by the Selling Stockholder, endorsed to the Underwriters and paying the
purchase price therefor pursuant to this Agreement, the Underwriters (assuming that no such
Underwriter has notice of any “adverse claim,” within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the New York
Uniform Commercial Code, to such Securities) will acquire their respective interests in such
Securities (including, without limitation, all rights that the Selling Stockholder had or has the
power to transfer in such Securities) free and clear of any adverse claim within the meaning of
Section 8-102 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code.
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Exhibit D
August 3, 2010
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated,
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
as Representative(s) of the several
Underwriters to be named in the
within-mentioned Underwriting Agreement
x/x Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xx.
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated
Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Incorporated,
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
as Representative(s) of the several
Underwriters to be named in the
within-mentioned Underwriting Agreement
x/x Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xx.
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated
Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Re: Proposed Public Offering by Xxxxxx Healthcare, Inc.
Dear Sirs:
The undersigned, a stockholder and/or an officer and/or director of Xxxxxx Healthcare, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”), understands that Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co., Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce,
Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated (“Xxxxxxx Xxxxx”) and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. (“X.X. Xxxxxx”)
propose to enter into a Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with the Company and
the Selling Shareholders providing for the public offering (the “Public Offering”) of shares (the
“Securities”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”). In
recognition of the benefit that such an offering will confer upon the undersigned as a stockholder
and/or an officer and/or director of the Company, and for other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned agrees with each
underwriter to be named in the Underwriting Agreement that, during the period beginning on the date
hereof and ending on the date that is 90 days from the date of the Underwriting Agreement (subject
to extensions as discussed below), the undersigned will not, without the prior written consent of
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx and X.X. Xxxxxx, directly or indirectly, (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell,
sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option,
right or warrant for the sale of, or otherwise dispose of or transfer any shares of the Company’s
Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the undersigned or with respect to which the undersigned
has or hereafter acquires the power of disposition (collectively, the “Lock-Up Securities”), or
exercise any right with respect to the registration of any of the Lock-up Securities, or file or
cause to be filed any registration statement in connection therewith, under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, or (ii) enter into any swap or any other agreement or any transaction that
transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of
the Lock-Up Securities, whether any such swap or transaction is to be settled by delivery of Common
Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise; provided, however, that this agreement shall
terminate on the 60th day following the date hereof if the Public Offering has not been
consummated by such date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to the conditions below, the undersigned may
transfer the Lock-Up Securities without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx and X.X. Xxxxxx,
provided that
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(1) Xxxxxxx Xxxxx and X.X. Xxxxxx receive a signed lock-up agreement for the balance of the
lockup period from each donee, trustee, distributee, or transferee, as the case may be, (2) any
such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value, (3) such transfers are not required to be
reported with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 4 in accordance with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and (4) the undersigned does not otherwise voluntarily
effect any public filing or report regarding such transfers:
as a bona fide gift or gifts; or
to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the
immediate family of the undersigned (for purposes of this lock-up agreement, “immediate
family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote
than first cousin); or
as a distribution to limited partners or stockholders of the undersigned; or
to the undersigned’s affiliates or to any investment fund or other entity
controlled or managed by the undersigned.
Furthermore, the undersigned may (1) sell shares of Common Stock of the Company purchased by
the undersigned on the open market following the Public Offering if and only if (i) such sales are
not required to be reported in any public report or filing with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, or otherwise and (ii) the undersigned does not otherwise voluntarily effect any public
filing or report regarding such sales; (2) exercise options to purchase Common Stock, which options
are outstanding on the date hereof, but not sell during the period covered by this agreement the
shares of Common Stock so purchased; (3) sell Common Stock pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan of the
undersigned in place as of the date hereof (but not if the undersigned receives any proceeds of the
Public Offering either directly (including as a seller in the Public Offering) or indirectly
(including by having a beneficial interest in a trust that receives proceeds from the Public
Offering)); and (4) if the undersigned is a non-employee director of the Company, direct the
withholding for the purpose of tax payments of not more than 375 shares of Common Stock in
connection with the vesting of 1,250 shares of Common Stock on September 30, 2010.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if:
(1) during the last 17 days of the 90-day lock-up period, the Company issues an earnings
release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or
(2) prior to the expiration of the 90-day lock-up period, the Company announces that it will
release earnings results or becomes aware that material news or a material event will occur during
the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 90-day lock-up period,
the restrictions imposed by this lock-up agreement shall continue to apply until the expiration of
the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the
material news or material event, as applicable, unless Xxxxxxx Xxxxx and X. X. Xxxxxx waive, in
writing, such extension.
The undersigned agrees that, prior to engaging in any transaction or taking any other action
that is subject to the terms of this lock-up agreement during the period from the date of this
lock-up agreement to and including the 34th day following the expiration of the initial
90-day lock-up period, it will give notice thereof to the Company and will not consummate such
transaction or take any such action unless it has received written confirmation from the Company
that the 90-day lock-up period (as may have been extended pursuant to the previous paragraph) has
expired.
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The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the
Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the Lock-Up Securities except in
compliance with the foregoing restrictions.
Very truly yours, | ||||||
Signature: | ||||||
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