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Exhibit 1.1
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC.
% CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE FEBRUARY 15, 2007
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
, 2000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.,
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
FleetBoston Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Inc.
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
XX Xxxxx Securities Corporation
Warburg Dillon Read LLC
As representatives of the several Underwriters
named in Schedule I hereto,
c/o Goldman, Xxxxx & Co.,
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Juniper Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), proposes,
subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to the
Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the "Underwriters") an aggregate of $
principal amount of the % Convertible Subordinated Notes, convertible into
common stock $0.00001 par value per share ("Stock") of the Company, specified
above (the "Firm Securities") and, at the election of the Underwriters, up to an
aggregate of $ additional aggregate principal amount (the "Optional Securities")
(the Firm Securities and the Optional Securities which the Underwriters elect to
purchase pursuant to Section 2 hereof are herein collectively called the
"Securities").
1. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the
Underwriters that:
(a) A registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-96171) (the
"Initial Registration Statement") in respect of the Securities and shares of the
Stock issuable upon conversion thereof has been filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission"); the Initial Registration Statement and
any post-effective amendment thereto, each in the form heretofore delivered to
you, and, excluding exhibits thereto, to you for each of the other Underwriters,
have been declared effective by the Commission in such form; other than a
registration statement, if any, increasing the size of the offering (a "Rule
462(b) Registration Statement"), filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), which became effective upon
filing, no other document with respect to the Initial Registration Statement has
heretofore been filed with the
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Commission; and to the Company's knowledge no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement, any post-effective
amendment thereto or the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, has been
issued and to the Company's knowledge no proceeding for that purpose has been
initiated or threatened by the Commission; any preliminary prospectus included
in the Initial Registration Statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(a) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Act, is
hereinafter called a "Preliminary Prospectus"; the various parts of the Initial
Registration Statement and the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any,
including all exhibits thereto but excluding Form T-1 and including the
information contained in the form of final prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof and
deemed by virtue of Rule 430A under the Act to be part of the Initial
Registration Statement at the time it was declared effective, each as amended at
the time such part of the Initial Registration Statement became effective or
such part of the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, became or hereafter
becomes effective, are hereinafter collectively called the "Registration
Statement"; and such final prospectus, in the form first filed pursuant to Rule
424(b) under the Act, is hereinafter called the "Prospectus";
(b) No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary
Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus,
at the time of filing thereof, conformed in all material respects to the
requirements of the Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the
"Trust Indenture Act"), and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder, and did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty
shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in
conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an
Underwriter through Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein;
(c) The Registration Statement conforms, and the Prospectus and any
further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of the Act
and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder and do not and will not, as of the applicable effective date as to
the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and as of the applicable
filing date as to the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto,
contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not
apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity
with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. expressly for use therein;
(d) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained
since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the
Prospectus any material loss or interference with its business from fire,
explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from
any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise
than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus; and, since the respective
dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus through the date hereof, there has not been any change in the
authorized capital stock, or long-term debt (except such changes in long-term
debt as do not exceed $500,000) of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or
any change in the net current assets, stockholders' equity, net sales or net
loss except if such change would not have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined
below), or any development which the Company reasonably expects to
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cause a Material Adverse Effect (as defined below), otherwise than as set forth
or contemplated in the Prospectus;
(e) The Company and its subsidiaries own no real property. The
Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all personal
property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances
and defects except such as are described in the Prospectus or such as do not
materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere
with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and
its subsidiaries; and any real property and buildings held under lease by the
Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, existing and
enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere
with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the
Company and its subsidiaries;
(f) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as
a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware with
power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its
business as described in the Prospectus, and has been duly qualified as a
foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing
under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties
or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, or except where
the failure to be so qualified would not have a material adverse effect on the
business, results of operations or financial condition of the Company and
subsidiaries taken as a whole (a "Material Adverse Effect"); and each subsidiary
of the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation;
(g) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the
Prospectus, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have
been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable
and conform in all material respects to the description of the Securities
contained in the Prospectus; and all of the issued shares of capital stock of
each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued,
are fully paid and non-assessable and (except for directors' qualifying shares)
are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances or claims;
(h) The Firm Securities and the Optional Securities have been duly
authorized and, when issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement and when executed and authenticated in accordance with the Indenture
(as defined below), will have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and
delivered and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the
Company entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture dated as of February
15, 2000 (the "Indenture") between the Company and Norwest Bank Minnesota,
National Association, as Trustee (the "Trustee"), under which they are to be
issued, and will be substantially in the form filed as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement; the Indenture has been duly authorized and duly
qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and, when executed and delivered by the
Company and the Trustee, will constitute a valid and legally binding instrument,
enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability
relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles; and
the Securities and the Indenture will conform to the descriptions thereof in the
Prospectus;
(i) The issue and sale of the Securities and the compliance by the
Company with all of the provisions of the Securities, the Indenture and this
Agreement and the consummation of the
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transactions herein and therein contemplated will not conflict with or result in
a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a
default under, any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement
or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries
is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to
which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
subject, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the
Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of the Company or, to the Company's
knowledge, any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or
governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or any of their properties except where such breach, or violation
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and no
consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or
with any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the issue and
sale of the Securities or the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or the Indenture, except the registration under
the Act of the Securities and the shares of Stock issuable upon conversion
thereof, such as have been obtained under the Trust Indenture Act and such
consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be
required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase
and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters;
(j) None of the Company's subsidiaries is a "significant subsidiary"
as that term is defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X ("Significant
Subsidiary"). Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of
its Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws or in default in the performance or
observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition
contained in any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement,
lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or
any of its properties may be bound;
(k) The statements set forth in the Prospectus under the captions
"Description of Notes" and "Description of Common Stock", insofar as such
statements purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Securities and
the Stock and under the caption "Certain United States Federal Income and Estate
Tax Consequences" and under the caption "Underwriting", insofar as such
statements purport to summarize the provisions of the laws and documents
referred to therein, are accurate and fairly summarize in all material respects
such terms, laws and documents;
(l) Other than as set forth in the Prospectus, there are no legal or
governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries
is a party or of which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
the subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse
Effect on the current or future consolidated financial position, stockholders'
equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries; and, to the
Company's knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by
governmental authorities or threatened by others;
(m) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and
sale of the Shares, will not be an "investment company", as such term is defined
in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Company
Act");
(n) Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates does business with
the government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba within
the meaning of Section 517.075, Florida Statutes; and
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(o) Ernst & Young LLP, who have certified certain financial
statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, are independent public
accountants as required by the Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder;
(p) The Company has reviewed its operations and that of its
subsidiaries and any third parties with which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries has a material relationship to evaluate the extent to which the
business or operations of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has been or
will be affected by the Year 2000 Problem. As a result of such review, the
Company has no reason to believe, and does not believe, that the Year 2000
Problem has had or will have a Material Adverse Effect or has resulted or will
result in any material loss or interference with the Company's business or
operations. The "Year 2000 Problem" as used herein means any significant risk
that computer hardware or software used in the receipt, transmission,
processing, manipulation, storage, retrieval, retransmission or other
utilization of data or in the operation of mechanical or electrical systems of
any kind is not functioning or will not function, in the case of dates or time
periods occurring after December 31, 1999, at least as effectively as in the
case of dates or time periods occurring prior to January 1, 2000; and
(q) The Company owns, or possesses adequate rights to use, all
material patents necessary for the conduct of its business as now conducted; to
the Company's knowledge, no valid United States patent is or would be infringed
by the activities of the Company, except as would not have a Material Adverse
Effect; there are no actions, suits or judicial proceedings pending relating to
patents or proprietary information to which the Company is a party or of which
any property of the Company is subject, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no
actions, suits or judicial proceedings are threatened by governmental
authorities or, except as set forth in the Prospectus, others, in each case
except as would not result in any Material Adverse Effect, or, to the Company's
knowledge, in any development which the Company reasonably expects to cause a
Material Adverse Effect. The Company is not aware of any claim by others that
the Company is infringing or otherwise violating the patents or other
intellectual property of others and is not aware of any rights of third parties
to any of the Company's patent applications, licensed patents or licenses which
could affect materially the use thereof by the Company.
2. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, (a) the Company
agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the
Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at
a purchase price of _____% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued
interest, if any, from ____________________, 2000 to the First Time of Delivery
(as defined in Section 4 hereof) hereunder, the principal amount of Securities
set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto, and (b) in
the event and to the extent that the Underwriters shall exercise the election to
purchase Optional Securities as provided below, the Company agrees to issue and
sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally
and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the same purchase price set
forth in clause (a) of this Section 2, that portion of the aggregate principal
amount of the Optional Securities as to which such election shall have been
exercised (to be adjusted by you so as to eliminate fractions of less than
$1,000) determined by multiplying such aggregate principal amount of Optional
Securities by a fraction, the numerator of which is the maximum aggregate
principal amount of Optional Securities which such Underwriter is entitled to
purchase as set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto
and the denominator of which is the maximum aggregate principal amount of
Optional Securities which all of the Underwriters are entitled to purchase
hereunder.
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The Company hereby grants to the Underwriters the right to purchase at
their election up to $75,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Optional
Securities, at the same purchase price set forth in clause (a) of the first
paragraph of this Section 2, for the sole purpose of covering sales of
securities in excess of the aggregate principal amount of Firm Securities. Any
such election to purchase Optional Securities may be exercised by written notice
from you to the Company, given within a period of 30 calendar days after the
date of this Agreement, setting forth the aggregate principal amount of Optional
Securities to be purchased and the date on which such Optional Securities are to
be delivered, as determined by you but in no event earlier than the First Time
of Delivery (as defined in Section (4) hereof) or, unless you and the Company
otherwise agree in writing, earlier than two or later than ten business days
after the date of such notice.
3. Upon the authorization by you of the release of the Firm Securities,
the several Underwriters propose to offer the Firm Securities for sale upon the
terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus.
4. (a) The Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder,
in definitive form, and in such authorized denominations and registered in such
names as Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. may request upon at least forty-eight hours' prior
notice to the Company, shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Company to
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co., through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company
("DTC"), for the account of such Underwriter, against payment by or on behalf of
such Underwriter of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of Federal
(same-day) funds to the account specified by the Company to Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
at least forty-eight hours in advance. The time and date of such delivery and
payment shall be, with respect to the Firm Securities, 9:30 a.m., New York City
time, on _____________, 2000, or at such other time and date as you and the
Company may agree upon in writing, and, with respect to the Optional Securities,
9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the date specified by you in the written
notice given by you of the Underwriters' election to purchase the Optional
Securities, or at such other time and date as you and the Company may agree upon
in writing. Such time and date for delivery of the Firm Securities is herein
called the "First Time of Delivery", such time and date for delivery of the
Optional Securities, if not the First Time of Delivery, is herein called the
"Second Time of Delivery", and each such time and date for delivery is herein
called a "Time of Delivery". The Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter
hereunder will be represented by one or more definitive global Securities in
book-entry form which will be deposited by or on behalf of the Company with DTC
or its designated custodian. The Company will deliver the Securities to Xxxxxxx,
Sachs & Co., for the account of each Underwriter, against payment by or on
behalf of such Underwriter of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of
Federal (same-day) funds to the account specified by the Company to Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxx & Co. at least forty-eight hours in advance, by causing DTC to credit the
Securities to the account of Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. at DTC. The Company will cause
the certificates representing the Securities to be made available to Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxx & Co. for checking at least twenty-four hours prior to the Time of
Delivery (as defined below) at the office of DTC or its designated custodian
(the "Designated Office").
(b) The documents to be delivered at the Time of Delivery by or on
behalf of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 7 hereof, including the
cross-receipt for the Securities and any additional documents requested by the
Underwriters pursuant to Section 7j hereof, will be delivered at the offices of
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, Professional Corporation, 000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx,
Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 (the "Closing Location"), and the Securities will be
delivered at the Designated Office, all at the Time of Delivery. A meeting will
be held at the Closing Location at 6:00 p.m., New York City time, on the New
York Business Day next preceding the Time of Delivery, at which meeting
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the final drafts of the documents to be delivered pursuant to the preceding
sentence will be available for review by the parties hereto. For the purposes of
this Section 4, "New York Business Day" shall mean each Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions
in New York City are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order
to close.
5. The Company agrees with each of the Underwriters:
(a) To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by you and to file
such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the
Commission's close of business on the second business day following the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, or, if applicable, such earlier time
as may be required by Rule 430A(a)(3) under the Act; to make no further
amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus which
shall be disapproved by you promptly after reasonable notice thereof; to advise
you, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment
to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any
supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed and to
furnish you with copies thereof; to advise you, promptly after it receives
notice thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any
order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or
prospectus, of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities or the
shares issuable upon conversion of the Securities for offering or sale in any
jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such
purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing
of the Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information; and,
in the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or
suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or prospectus or suspending any
such qualification, promptly to use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of
such order;
(b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as you may
reasonably request to qualify the Securities or the shares of Stock issuable
upon conversion of the Securities for offering and sale under the securities
laws of such jurisdictions as you may request and to comply with such laws so as
to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions
for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of the Securities,
provided that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to
qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of
process in any jurisdiction;
(c) Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the New York Business
Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time, to furnish
the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such
quantities as you may reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a prospectus
is required at any time prior to the expiration the earlier of nine months after
the time of issue of the Prospectus in connection with the offering or sale of
the Securities and the shares of Stock issuable upon conversion of the
Securities or the date the distribution of the Securities is completed, and if
at such time any events shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus
as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made
when such Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason
it shall be necessary during such same period to amend or supplement the
Prospectus in order to comply with the Act or the Trust Indenture Act, to notify
you and upon your request to prepare and furnish without charge to each
Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many copies as you may from time
to time reasonably request of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the
Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect such
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compliance; and in case any Underwriter is required to deliver a prospectus in
connection with sales of any of the Securities and the shares of Stock issuable
upon conversion of the Securities through the earlier of nine months or the date
the distribution of the Securities is completed, upon your request but at the
expense of such Underwriter, to prepare and deliver to such Underwriter as many
copies as you may request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus complying
with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act;
(d) To make generally available to its securityholders as soon as
practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen months after the effective
date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act), an
earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be
audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and regulations
of the Commission thereunder (including, at the option of the Company, Rule
158);
(e) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing
to and including the date 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, not to
offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of, except as provided
hereunder any securities of the Company that are substantially similar to the
Securities or the Stock, including but not limited to any securities that are
convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive,
Stock or any such substantially similar securities (other than pursuant to
employee stock option plans and employee stock purchase plans existing on, or
upon the conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities or the
exercise of warrants outstanding as of, the date of this Agreement), without
your prior written consent or pursuant to an acquisition transaction, provided,
however, that any recipient of securities of the Company pursuant to such an
acquisition transaction agrees to receive and hold such securities subject to
the provisions of a lock-up as described in this section, provided, however,
that ten percent (10%) of such securities shall be released from such lock-up
as described in this section after 60 days;
(f) To furnish to the holders of the Securities as soon as
practicable after the end of each fiscal year an annual report (including a
balance sheet and statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows of
the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries certified by independent public
accountants) and, as soon as practicable after the end of each of the first
three quarters of each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal quarter ending
after the effective date of the Registration Statement), to make available to
its stockholders consolidated summary financial information of the Company and
its subsidiaries for such quarter in reasonable detail;
(g) During a period of five years from the effective date of the
Registration Statement, to furnish to you copies of all reports or other
communications (financial or other) furnished to stockholders, and to deliver to
you (i) as soon as they are available, copies of any reports and financial
statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities
exchange on which the Securities or any class of securities of the Company is
listed;
(h) To use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the
Securities pursuant to this Agreement in the manner specified in the Prospectus
under the caption "Use of Proceeds";
(i) If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b), the Company shall
file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with
Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement,
and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the
filing fee for the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or give irrevocable
instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule 111(b) under the Act;
and
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(j) To reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive
rights, shares of Stock for the purpose of enabling the Company to satisfy any
obligation to issue shares of its Stock upon conversion of the Securities.
6. The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that
the Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees,
disbursements and expenses of the Company's counsel and accountants in
connection with the registration of the Securities and the shares of Stock
issuable upon conversion of the Securities under the Act and all other expenses
in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration
Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and amendments and
supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the
Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or producing any Agreement
among Underwriters, this Agreement, the Indenture, the Blue Sky Memorandum,
closing documents and any other documents in connection with the offering,
purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities; (iii) all expenses in connection
with the qualification of the Securities and the shares of Stock issuable upon
conversion of the Securities for offering and sale under state securities laws
as provided in Section 5(b) hereof, including the fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in
connection with the Blue Sky survey; (iv) the filing fees incident to any
required review by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. of the
terms of the sale of the Securities; (v) the cost of preparing the Securities;
(vi) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any agent of the Trustee and the
fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the
Indenture and the Securities; and (vii) all other costs and expenses incident to
the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise
specifically provided for in this Section. It is understood, however, that,
except as provided in this Section, and Sections 8 and 11 hereof, the
Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of
their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and
any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
7. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder shall be subject, in
their discretion, to the condition that all representations and warranties and
other statements of the Company herein are, at and as of the Time of Delivery,
true and correct, the condition that the Company shall have performed all of its
obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the following additional
conditions:
(a) The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b) within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by
the rules and regulations under the Act and in accordance with Section 5(a)
hereof; if the Company has elected to rely upon Rule 462(b), the Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement shall have become effective by 10:00 P.M., Washington,
D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement; no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been
issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or
threatened by the Commission; and all requests for additional information on the
part of the Commission shall have been complied with to your reasonable
satisfaction;
(b) Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters,
shall have furnished to you such written opinion or opinions dated such Time of
Delivery, with respect to the matters covered in paragraphs (i), (ii), (vii),
(viii), (ix), (x), (xiii) and (xv) of subsection (c) below as well as such other
related matters as you may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have
received
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such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to
pass upon such matters;
(c) Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, counsel for the Company, shall
have furnished to you their written opinion, dated such Time of Delivery, in
form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect that:
(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, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its
properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus;
(ii) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in
the Prospectus, and all of the issued and outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and
issued and to such counsel's knowledge are fully paid and
non-assessable; and the shares of Stock initially issuable upon
conversion of the Securities have been duly and validly authorized and
reserved for issuance and, when issued and delivered in accordance
with the provisions of the Securities and the Indenture, will be duly
and validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable, and will conform
to the description of the Stock contained in the Prospectus;
(iii) The Company has been duly qualified as a foreign
corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing
under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases
properties or conducts any business so as to require such
qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not
have a Material Adverse Effect (such counsel being entitled to rely in
respect of the opinion in this clause upon opinions of local counsel
and in respect of matters of fact upon certificates of officers of the
Company, provided that such counsel shall state that they believe that
both you and they are justified in relying upon such opinions and
certificates);
(iv) Each domestic Significant Subsidiary of the Company has been
duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation; and all
of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each such
subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued, to such
counsel's knowledge are fully paid and non-assessable, and (except for
directors' qualifying shares) are owned directly or indirectly by the
Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances or claims (such
counsel being entitled to rely in respect of the opinion in this
clause upon opinions of local counsel and in respect of matters of
fact upon certificates of officers of the Company or its subsidiaries,
provided that such counsel shall state that they believe that both you
and they are justified in relying upon such opinions and
certificates); no foreign Significant Subsidiary (as defined in Rule
1-02(w) of Regulation S-X) exists;
(v) Any real property and buildings held under lease by the
Company and its domestic Significant Subsidiaries are held by them
under valid, existing and enforceable leases with such exceptions as
are not material and do not interfere with
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the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by
the Company and its domestic Significant Subsidiaries (in giving the
opinion in this clause, such counsel may state that no examination of
record titles for the purpose of such opinion has been made, and that
they are relying upon a general review of the titles of the Company
and its domestic Significant Subsidiaries, upon opinions of local
counsel and abstracts, reports and policies of title companies
rendered or issued at or subsequent to the time of acquisition of such
property by the Company or its domestic Significant Subsidiaries, upon
opinions of counsel to the lessors of such property and, in respect of
matters of fact, upon certificates of officers of the Company or its
domestic Significant Subsidiaries, provided that such counsel shall
state that they believe that both you and they are justified in
relying upon such opinions, abstracts, reports, policies and
certificates);
(vi) To such counsel's knowledge, there are no legal or
governmental proceedings pending or threatened against the Company of
a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement or
Prospectus by the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder, other than those described therein;
(vii) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company;
(viii) The Securities being issued at such Time of Delivery have
been duly authorized and when executed and authenticated in accordance
with the Indenture and paid for, issued and delivered to the
Underwriters in accordance with this Agreement will constitute valid
and legally binding obligations of the Company entitled to the
benefits provided by the Indenture; and the Securities and the
Indenture conform to the descriptions thereof in the Prospectus;
(ix) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company and constitutes a valid and legally binding
obligation of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms;
and the Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture
Act;
(x) The issue and sale of the Securities being issued at such
Time of Delivery and the compliance by the Company with all of the
provisions of the Securities, the Indenture and this Agreement and the
issuance and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement will
not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the
terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any material
agreement of the Company filed as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K, nor will such action
result in any violation of the provisions of the Certificate of
Incorporation or By-laws of the Company or any statute or any order,
rule or regulation known to such counsel of any court or governmental
agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
properties which would have a Material Adverse Effect;
(xi) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or
qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body
is required for the issue and sale of the Securities or the
consummation by the Company of the transactions
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contemplated by this Agreement or the Indenture, except such as have
been obtained under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act, such as may
be required under the Act in connection with the shares of Stock
issuable upon conversion of the Securities and such consents,
approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be
required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with
the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters;
(xii) To such counsel's knowledge, neither the Company nor any of
its domestic Significant Subsidiaries is in violation of its
Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws;
(xiii) The statements set forth in the Prospectus under the
captions "Description of Convertible Notes" and "Description of Common
Stock", insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms
of the Securities and the Stock and under the caption "Certain United
States Federal Income and Estate Tax Consequences," insofar as such
statements purport to summarize the provisions of the laws and
documents referred to therein, are accurate and fairly summarize in
all material respects such terms, laws and documents;
(xiv) The Company is not an "investment company", as such term is
defined in the Investment Company Act; and
(xv) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any
further amendments and supplements thereto made by the Company prior
to such Time of Delivery (other than the financial statements and
related schedules and financial data therein, as to which such counsel
need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects
with the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder. In addition, such counsel's opinion shall also state that
although they do not assume any responsibility for the accuracy,
completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus, except for those referred to
in the opinion in subsection (xiii) of this Section 7(c), no facts
have come to their attention that have caused them to believe, as of
its effective date, the Registration Statement or any further
amendment thereto made by the Company prior to such Time of Delivery
(other than the financial statements and related schedules and
financial data therein, as to which such counsel need express no
opinion) 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, as of its date,
the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto made by
the Company prior to such Time of Delivery (other than the financial
statements and related schedules therein, as to which such counsel
need express no opinion) contained an untrue statement of a material
fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading or that, as of such Time of Delivery, either
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any further amendment
or supplement thereto made by the Company prior to such Time of
Delivery (other than the financial statements and related schedules
and financial data therein, as to which such counsel need express no
opinion) contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to
state a material fact necessary to make the
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statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading; and they do not know of any amendment to
the Registration Statement required to be filed or of any contracts or
other documents of a character required to be filed as an exhibit to
the Registration Statement or required to be described in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus which are not filed or
described in all material respects as required.
(d) Fish & Xxxxxxxxxx P.C., patent counsel for the Company, shall
have furnished to you their written opinion, dated such Time of Delivery, in
form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect that:
(i) The Company is listed in the records of the United States
Patent and Trademark Office as the holder of record of the patents
listed on a schedule to such opinion (the "Patents") and each of the
applications listed on a schedule to such opinion (the
"Applications"). To the knowledge of such counsel, there are no claims
of third parties to any ownership interest or lien with respect to any
of the Patents or Applications. Such counsel is not aware of any
material defect in form in the preparation or filing of the
Applications on behalf of the Company. To the knowledge of such
counsel, the Applications are being pursued by the Company. To the
knowledge of such counsel, the Company owns all right, title and
interest to the Patents and pending Applications;
(ii) The Company is listed in the records of the appropriate
foreign offices as the sole holder of record of the foreign patents
listed on a schedule to such opinion (the "Foreign Patents") and each
of the applications listed on a schedule to such opinion (the "Foreign
Applications"). Such counsel knows of no claims of third parties to
any ownership interest or lien with respect to the Foreign Patents or
Foreign Applications. Such counsel is not aware of any material defect
of form in the preparation or filing of the Foreign Applications on
behalf of the Company. To the knowledge of such counsel, the Foreign
Applications are being pursued by the Company. To the knowledge of
such counsel, the Company owns all right, title and interest to the
Foreign Patents and pending Foreign Applications;
(iii) Such counsel knows of no reason why the Patents or Foreign
Patents are not valid as issued. Such counsel has no knowledge of any
reason why any patent to be issued as a result of any Application or
Foreign Application would not be valid or would not afford the Company
useful patent protection with respect thereto;
(iv) As to the statements under the captions "Risk Factors-- Our
business will be adversely affected if we are unable to protect our
intellectual property rights from third-party challenges" and
"Business-- Intellectual Property," nothing has come to the attention
of such counsel which caused them to believe that the above-mentioned
sections of the Registration Statement, at the time the Registration
Statement became effective and at all times subsequent thereto up to
and on the Closing Date and on any later date on which the Optional
Securities are to be, as the case may be, the above-mentioned sections
of the Registration Statement, Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement thereto made available and reviewed by such counsel
contained any untrue statement of a material
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fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and
Such counsel knows of no material action, suit, claim or
proceeding relating to patents, patent rights or licenses, trademarks
or trademark rights, copyrights, collaborative research, licenses or
royalty arrangements or agreements or trade secrets, know-how or
proprietary techniques, including processes and substances, owned by
or affecting the business or operations of the Company which are
pending or threatened against the Company or any of its officers or
directors.
(e) On the date of the Prospectus at a time prior to the execution of
this Agreement, at 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the effective date of any
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement filed subsequent to the
date of this Agreement and also at each Time of Delivery. Ernst & Young LLP
shall have furnished to you a letter or letters, dated the respective dates of
delivery thereof, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect set
forth in Annex I hereto (the executed copy of the letter delivered prior to the
execution of this Agreement is attached as Annex I(a) hereto and a draft of the
form of letter to be delivered on the effective date of any post-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement and as of each Time of Delivery is
attached as Annex I(b) hereto");
(f) (i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have
sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in
the Prospectus any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion,
flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor
dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set
forth or contemplated in the Prospectus, and (ii) since the respective dates as
of which information is given in the Prospectus there shall not have been any
change in the capital stock, net current assets, stockholders' equity, net
sales, net loss or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting
the general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders' equity or
results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise than as set
forth or contemplated in the Prospectus, the effect of which, in any such case
described in clause (i) or (ii), is in the reasonable judgment of the
Representatives so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or
inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the
Securities being delivered at such Time of Delivery on the terms and in the
manner contemplated in the Prospectus;
(g) On or after the date hereof there shall not have occurred any of
the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities
generally on the New York Stock Exchange or on Nasdaq; (ii) a suspension or
material limitation in trading in the Company's securities on Nasdaq; (iii) a
general moratorium on commercial banking activities declared by either Federal
or New York or California State authorities; or (iv) the outbreak or escalation
of hostilities involving the United States or the declaration by the United
States of a national emergency or war, if the effect of any such event specified
in this clause (iv) in the judgment of the Representatives makes it
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery
of the Securities being delivered at such Time of Delivery on the terms and in
the manner contemplated in the Prospectus;
(h) The Company shall have complied with the provisions of Section
5(c) hereof with respect to the furnishing of prospectuses on the New York
Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement;
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(i) The shares of Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities
shall have been duly listed for quotation on the Nasdaq; and
(j) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to you
at such Time of Delivery certificates of officers of the Company satisfactory to
you as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company
herein at and as of such Time of Delivery, as to the performance by the Company
of all of its obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to such Time of
Delivery, as to the matters set forth in subsections (a) and (f) of this Section
and as to such other matters as you may reasonably request.
8. (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter
against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which
such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out
of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise
out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection with
investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are
incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such
case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of
or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission made in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement
or the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter
through Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. expressly for use therein.
(b) Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company
against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may
become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based
upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based
upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any such
amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through Xxxxxxx, Sachs
& Co. expressly for use therein; and will reimburse the Company for any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with
investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are
incurred.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection
(a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified
party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the
indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in
writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the
indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to
any indemnified party otherwise than under such subsection. In case any such
action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the
indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be
entitled to
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participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any
other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with
counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except
with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying
party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party
of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall
not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal
expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently
incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other
than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the
written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise
of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or
threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution
may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or
potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or
judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all
liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a
statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or
on behalf of any indemnified party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is
unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under
subsection (a) or (b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each
indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters
on the other from the offering of the Securities. If, however, the allocation
provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable
law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required under
subsection (c) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such
amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative
fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in
connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any
other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the
Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be
in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before
deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting
discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set
forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault shall
be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state
a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one hand
or the Underwriters on the other and the parties' relative intent, knowledge,
access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or
omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection (d) 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 subsection (d). The amount
paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this
subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending
any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d),
no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the
amount by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and
distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any
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damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of
such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No
person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section
11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations in
this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective
underwriting obligations and not joint.
(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 8 shall be in
addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend,
upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any
Underwriter within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of the
Underwriters under this Section 8 shall be in addition to any liability which
the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same
terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company and to each
person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act.
9. (a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase the
Securities which it has agreed to purchase hereunder at the Time of Delivery,
you may in your discretion arrange for you or another party or other parties to
purchase such Securities on the terms contained herein. If within thirty-six
hours after such default by any Underwriter you do not arrange for the purchase
of such Securities, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of
thirty-six hours within which to procure another party or other parties
reasonably satisfactory to you to purchase such Securities on such terms. In the
event that, within the respective prescribed periods, you notify the Company
that you have so arranged for the purchase of such Securities, or the Company
notifies you that it has so arranged for the purchase of such Securities, you or
the Company shall have the right to postpone such Time of Delivery for a period
of not more than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be
made necessary in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any other
documents or arrangements, and the Company agrees to file promptly any
amendments to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which in your opinion
may thereby be made necessary. The term "Underwriter" as used in this Agreement
shall include any person substituted under this Section with like effect as if
such person had originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such
Securities.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of
the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the
Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of
such Securities which remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the
aggregate principal amount of all the Securities to be purchased at such Time of
Delivery, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting
Underwriter to purchase the principal amount of Securities which such
Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder and, in addition, to require each
non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro rata share (based on the
principal amount of Securities which such Underwriter agreed to purchase
hereunder at such Time of Delivery) of the Securities of such defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made; but
nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its
default.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of
the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the
Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of
Securities which remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate
principal amount of all the Securities to be purchased at such Time of Delivery,
or if the
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Company shall not exercise the right described in subsection (b) above to
require non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase Securities of a defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters, then this Agreement (or, with respect to the Second
Time of Delivery, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase and of the
Company to sell the Optional Securities) shall thereupon terminate, without
liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except
for the expenses to be borne by the Company and the Underwriters as provided in
Section 6 hereof and the indemnity and contribution agreements in Section 8
hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability
for its default.
10. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties
and other statements of the Company and the several Underwriters, as set forth
in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to
this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any
investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf
of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any Underwriter, or the Company,
or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, and shall
survive delivery of and payment for the Securities.
11. If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 9 hereof,
the Company shall not then be under any liability to any Underwriter except as
provided in Sections 6 and 8 hereof; but, if for any other reason, any
Securities are not delivered by or on behalf of the Company as provided herein,
the Company will reimburse the Underwriters through you for all out-of-pocket
expenses approved in writing by you, including fees and disbursements of
counsel, reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for the
purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities, but the Company shall then be
under no further liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Sections 6
and 8 hereof.
12. In all dealings hereunder, you shall act on behalf of each of the
Underwriters, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any
statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or
given by you jointly or by Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. on behalf of you as the
representatives.
All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in
writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or
facsimile transmission to you as the representatives at in care of Xxxxxxx,
Sachs & Co., 00 Xxx Xxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention:
Registration Department; and if to the Company shall be delivered or sent by
mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the address of the Company set forth in
the Registration Statement, Attention: Secretary; provided, however, that any
notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 8(c) hereof shall be delivered or
sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at its address
set forth in its Underwriters' Questionnaire, or telex constituting such
Questionnaire, which address will be supplied to the Company by you upon
request. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect
upon receipt thereof.
13. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit
of, the Underwriters, the Company and, to the extent provided in Sections 8 and
10 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and each person who
controls the Company or any Underwriter, and their respective heirs, executors,
administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or
have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of any of the
Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason
merely of such purchase.
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14. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used herein, the
term "business day" (unless specified as a New York Business Day as defined in
Section 4(b)) shall mean any day when the Commission's office in Washington,
D.C. is open for business.
15. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
16. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties
hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an
original, but all such respective counterparts shall together constitute one and
the same instrument.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and
return to us one for the Company and each of the Representatives plus one for
each counsel counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you, on
behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof shall
constitute a binding agreement between each of the Underwriters and the Company.
It is understood that your acceptance of this letter on behalf of each of the
Underwriters is pursuant to the authority set forth in a form of Agreement among
Underwriters, the form of which shall be submitted to the Company for
examination upon request, but without warranty on your part as to the authority
of the signers thereof.
Very truly yours,
Juniper Networks, Inc.
By:
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Name:
Title:
Accepted as of the date hereof:
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
FleetBoston Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Inc.
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
XX Xxxxx Securities Corporation
Warburg Dillon Read LLC
By:
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(Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.)
On behalf of each of the Underwriters
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SCHEDULE I
AGGREGATE
PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT OF
OPTIONAL
SECURITIES TO
BE PURCHASED
IF
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT MAXIMUM OPTION
OF SECURITIES
TO BE PURCHASED EXERCISED
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UNDERWRITER
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Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co...................................................... $ $
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation...................................
FleetBoston Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Inc.......................................
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx....................................................
XX Xxxxx Securities Corporation..........................................
Warburg Dillon Read LLC..................................................
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Schedule I-1
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ANNEX I
FORM OF ANNEX I DESCRIPTION OF COMFORT LETTER
FOR REGISTRATION STATEMENTS ON FORM S-1
Pursuant to Section 7(e) of the Underwriting Agreement, the accountants
shall furnish letters to the Underwriters to the effect that:
(i) They are independent certified public accountants with respect to
the Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of the Act and the
applicable published rules and regulations thereunder;
(ii) In their opinion, the financial statements and any supplementary
financial information and schedules (and, if applicable, financial
forecasts and/or pro forma financial information) examined by them and
included in the Prospectus or the Registration Statement comply as to form
in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the
Act and the related published rules and regulations thereunder; and, if
applicable, they have made a review in accordance with standards
established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants of
the unaudited consolidated interim financial statements, selected financial
data, pro forma financial information, financial forecasts and/or condensed
financial statements derived from audited financial statements of the
Company for the periods specified in such letter, as indicated in their
reports thereon, copies of which have been separately furnished to the
Representatives;
(iii) They have made a review in accordance with standards established
by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants of the unaudited
condensed consolidated statements of income, consolidated balance sheets
and consolidated statements of cash flows included in the Prospectus as
indicated in their reports thereon copies of which have been separately
furnished to the Representatives and on the basis of specified procedures
including inquiries of officials of the Company who have responsibility for
financial and accounting matters regarding whether the unaudited condensed
consolidated financial statements referred to in paragraph (vi)(A)(i) below
comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting
requirements of the Act and the related published rules and regulations,
nothing came to their attention that cause them to believe that the
unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not comply as to
form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements
of the Act and the related published rules and regulations;
(iv) The unaudited selected financial information with respect to the
consolidated results of operations and financial position of the Company
for the five most recent fiscal years included in the Prospectus agrees
with the corresponding amounts (after restatements where applicable) in the
audited consolidated financial statements for such five fiscal years which
were included or incorporated by reference in the Company's Annual Reports
on Form 10-K for such fiscal years;
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(v) They have compared the information in the Prospectus under
selected captions with the disclosure requirements of Regulation S-K and on
the basis of limited procedures specified in such letter nothing came to
their attention as a result of the foregoing procedures that caused them to
believe that this information does not conform in all material respects
with the disclosure requirements of Items 301, 302, 402 and 503(d),
respectively, of Regulation S-K;
(vi) On the basis of limited procedures, not constituting an
examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards,
consisting of a reading of the unaudited financial statements and other
information referred to below, a reading of the latest available interim
financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, inspection of the
minute books of the Company and its subsidiaries since the date of the
latest audited financial statements included in the Prospectus, inquiries
of officials of the Company and its subsidiaries responsible for financial
and accounting matters and such other inquiries and procedures as may be
specified in such letter, nothing came to their attention that caused them
to believe that:
(A) (i) the unaudited consolidated statements of income,
consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows
included in the Prospectus do not comply as to form in all material
respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and
the related published rules and regulations, or (ii) any material
modifications should be made to the unaudited condensed consolidated
statements of income, consolidated balance sheets and consolidated
statements of cash flows included in the Prospectus for them to be in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles;
(B) any other unaudited income statement data and balance sheet
items included in the Prospectus do not agree with the corresponding
items in the unaudited consolidated financial statements from which
such data and items were derived, and any such unaudited data and
items were not determined on a basis substantially consistent with the
basis for the corresponding amounts in the audited consolidated
financial statements included in the Prospectus;
(C) the unaudited financial statements which were not included
in the Prospectus but from which were derived any unaudited condensed
financial statements referred to in clause (A) and any unaudited
income statement data and balance sheet items included in the
Prospectus and referred to in clause (B) were not determined on a
basis substantially consistent with the basis for the audited
consolidated financial statements included in the Prospectus;
(D) any unaudited pro forma consolidated condensed financial
statements included in the Prospectus do not comply as to form in all
material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the
Act and the published rules and regulations thereunder or the pro
forma adjustments have not been properly applied to the historical
amounts in the compilation of those statements;
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(E) as of a specified date not more than five days prior to the
date of such letter, there have been any changes in the consolidated
capital stock (other than issuances of capital stock upon exercise of
options and stock appreciation rights, upon earn-outs of performance
shares and upon conversions of convertible securities, in each case
which were outstanding on the date of the latest financial statements
included in the Prospectus) or any increase in the consolidated
long-term debt of the Company and its subsidiaries, or any decreases
in consolidated net current assets or stockholders' equity or other
items specified by the Representatives, or any increases in any items
specified by the Representatives, in each case as compared with
amounts shown in the latest balance sheet included in the Prospectus,
except in each case for changes, increases or decreases which the
Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur or which are described
in such letter; and
(F) for the period from the date of the latest financial
statements included in the Prospectus to the specified date referred
to in clause (E) there were any decreases in consolidated net revenues
or operating profit or the total or per share amounts of consolidated
net income or other items specified by the Representatives, or any
increases in any items specified by the Representatives, in each case
as compared with the comparable period of the preceding year and with
any other period of corresponding length specified by the
Representatives, except in each case for decreases or increases which
the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur or which are
described in such letter; and
(vii) In addition to the examination referred to in their report(s)
included in the Prospectus and the limited procedures, inspection of minute
books, inquiries and other procedures referred to in paragraphs (iii) and
(vi) above, they have carried out certain specified procedures, not
constituting an examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards, with respect to certain amounts, percentages and financial
information specified by the Representatives, which are derived from the
general accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries, which
appear in the Prospectus, or in Part II of, or in exhibits and schedules
to, the Registration Statement specified by the Representatives, and have
compared certain of such amounts, percentages and financial information
with the accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries and have
found them to be in agreement.
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