LOCAL.COM CORPORATION 4,000,000 Shares Common Stock ($0.00001 par value) Underwriting Agreement
Exhibit 1.1
XXXXX.XXX CORPORATION
4,000,000 Shares
Common Stock
($0.00001 par value)
January 14, 2011
Canaccord Genuity Inc.
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Xxxxx.xxx Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to
Canaccord Genuity Inc. (collectively, the “Underwriters”) pursuant to this Underwriting Agreement
(this “Agreement”) an aggregate of 4,000,000 shares (the “Firm Shares”) of common stock, $0.00001
par value (the “Common Stock”), of the Company. In addition, solely for the purpose of covering
over-allotments, the Company proposes to grant to the Underwriters the option to purchase from the
Company up to an additional 600,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Additional Shares”). The Firm
Shares and the Additional Shares are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Shares.” The
Shares are described in the Prospectus which is referred to below.
The Company has prepared and filed, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Act”), with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-3 (File
No. 333-147494) under the Act (the “registration statement”), including a prospectus, which
registration statement incorporates by reference documents which the Company has filed, or will
file, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange Act”). Such registration statement
has become effective under the Act.
Except where the context otherwise requires, “Registration Statement,” as used herein, means
the registration statement, as amended at the time of such registration statement’s effectiveness
for purposes of Section 11 of the Act, as such section applies to the respective Underwriters (the
“Effective Time”), including (i) all documents filed as a part thereof or incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated by reference therein and (ii) any information contained or incorporated by
reference in a prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, to the
extent such information is deemed, pursuant to Rule 430B or Rule 430C under the Act, to be part of
the registration statement at the Effective Time.
Except where the context otherwise requires, “Basic Prospectus,” as used herein, means the
base prospectus included as part of the Registration Statement, in the form in which it has most
recently been filed with the Commission prior to the date of this Agreement. Except where the
context otherwise requires, “Preliminary Prospectus Supplement,” as used herein, means the
prospectus supplement, relating to the Shares, filed by the Company with the Commission on the date
of this Agreement, in the form furnished by the Company to the Underwriters for use by the
Underwriters and by dealers in connection with the offering of the Shares. Except where the
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context otherwise requires, “Final Prospectus Supplement,” as used herein, means the final
prospectus supplement, relating to the Shares, filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) under the Act on or before the second business day after the date hereof (or such
earlier time as may be required under the Act), in the form furnished by the Company to the
Underwriters for use by the Underwriters and by dealers in connection with the offering of the
Shares. Except where the context otherwise requires, “Prospectus,” as used herein, means the Basic
Prospectus as supplemented by the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the Final Prospectus
Supplement.
“Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses,” as used herein, means the documents listed on Schedule
B attached hereto. The Underwriters have not offered or sold and will not offer or sell, without
the Company’s consent, any Shares by means of any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405
under the Act) that is required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433 under the Act,
other than a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.
“Disclosure Package,” as used herein, means the Basic Prospectus, together with the
Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any.
Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Preliminary
Prospectus Supplement, the Final Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents, if any, incorporated by
reference, or deemed to be incorporated by reference, therein (each an “Incorporated Document” and
collectively, the “Incorporated Documents”), including, unless the context otherwise requires, the
documents, if any, filed as exhibits to such Incorporated Documents. Any reference herein to the
terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, the Basic
Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, the Final Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus
or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus shall unless otherwise specifically provided herein be
deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act on or after the
initial effective date of the Registration Statement, or the date of the Basic Prospectus, the
Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, the Final Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or such
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, and deemed to be incorporated therein by
reference.
As used in this Agreement, “business day” shall mean a day on which the NASDAQ Stock Market
(“NASDAQ”) is open for trading. The terms “herein,” “hereof,” “hereto,” “hereinafter” and similar
terms, as used in this Agreement, shall in each case refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to
any particular section, paragraph, sentence or other subdivision of this Agreement. The term “or,”
as used herein, is not exclusive.
The Company and the Underwriters agree as follows:
1. Sale and Purchase. Upon the basis of the representations and warranties
and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell to
the respective Underwriters and each of the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, agrees to
purchase from the Company the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter
in Schedule A hereto, subject to adjustment in accordance herewith, in each case at a purchase
price set forth on Schedule A hereto. The Company is advised by the Underwriters
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that the Underwriters intend (i) to make a public offering of their respective portions of the Firm
Shares as soon after the effectiveness of this Agreement as in the Underwriters’ judgment is
advisable and (ii) initially to offer the Firm Shares upon the terms set forth in the Disclosure
Package. The Underwriters may from time to time increase or decrease the public offering price
after the initial public offering to such extent as the Underwriters may determine.
In addition, the Company hereby grants to the several Underwriters the option to purchase, and
upon the basis of the warranties and representations and subject to the terms and conditions herein
set forth, the Underwriters shall have the right to purchase, severally and not jointly, from the
Company, ratably in accordance with the number of Firm Shares to be purchased by each of them, all
or a portion of the Additional Shares as may be necessary to cover over-allotments made in
connection with the offering of the Firm Shares, at the same purchase price per share to be paid by
the Underwriters to the Company for the Firm Shares. This option may be exercised by the
Underwriters at any time and from time to time on or before the 30th day following the
date hereof, by written notice to the Company. Such notice shall set forth the aggregate number of
Additional Shares as to which the option is being exercised, and the date and time when the
Additional Shares are to be delivered (such date and time being herein referred to as the
“Additional Time of Purchase”); provided, however, that the Additional Time of Purchase shall not
be earlier than the Time of Purchase (as defined below) nor earlier than the second business day
after the date on which the option shall have been exercised nor later than the tenth business day
after the date on which the option shall have been exercised.
2. Payment and Delivery. Payment of the purchase price for the Firm Shares
shall be made to the Company by Federal Funds wire transfer against delivery of the certificates
for the Firm Shares to the Underwriters through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company
(“DTC”) for the respective accounts of the Underwriters. Such payment and delivery shall be made
at 10:00 AM, Boston time, on January 20, 2011 (the “Closing Date”) (unless another time shall be
agreed to by the Underwriters and the Company). The time at which such payment and delivery are to
be made is hereinafter sometimes called the “Time of Purchase.” Electronic transfer of the Firm
Shares shall be made to the Underwriters at the Time of Purchase in such names and in such
denominations as the Underwriters shall specify.
Payment of the purchase price for the Additional Shares shall be made at the Additional Time
of Purchase in the same manner and at the same office as the payment for the Firm Shares.
Electronic transfer of the Additional Shares shall be made to the Underwriters at the Additional
Time of Purchase in such names and in such denominations as the Underwriters shall specify. The
Time of Purchase and the Additional Time of Purchase are sometimes referred to herein as the
Closing Dates.
Deliveries of the documents described in Section 6 hereof with respect to the purchase of the
Shares shall be made at the offices of Xxxxxx, Xxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000, at 9:00 A.M., Boston time, on the respective Closing Date.
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3. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and
warrants to and agrees with each of the Underwriters that:
(a) the Registration Statement has heretofore become effective under the Act; no stop
order of the Commission preventing or suspending the use of the Basic Prospectus, the Preliminary
Prospectus Supplement, the Final Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus, or the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, has been issued, and no
proceedings for such purpose have been instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge, are contemplated
by the Commission;
(b) the Registration Statement complied when it became effective, complies as of the
date hereof and, as amended or supplemented, at the Time of Purchase and at all times during which
a prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or through compliance with
Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any sale of Shares, will comply, in
all material respects, with the requirements of the Act; the conditions to the use of Form S-3 in
connection with the offering and sale of the Shares as contemplated hereby have been satisfied; the
Registration Statement meets, and the offering and sale of the Shares as contemplated hereby
complies with, the requirements of Rule 415 under the Act; the Registration Statement did not, as
of the Effective Time, 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; the
Basic Prospectus complied as of its date and the date it was filed with the Commission, complies as
of the date hereof and, at the Time of Purchase and at all times during which a prospectus is
required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under
the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any sale of Shares, will comply, in all material
respects, with the requirements of the Act; the Disclosure Package does not include an untrue
statement of a material fact or 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;
each of the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, the Final Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus
will comply, as of the date that it is filed with the Commission, the date of the Preliminary
Prospectus Supplement and the date of the Final Prospectus Supplement, as applicable, the Time of
Purchase and at all times during which a prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered (whether
physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection
with any sale of Shares, in all material respects, with the requirements of the Act (in the case of
the Prospectus, including, without limitation, Section 10(a) of the Act); at no time during the
period that begins on the earlier of the date of the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the date
the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement is filed with the Commission and ends at the later of the
Time of Purchase and the end of the period during which a prospectus is required by the Act to be
delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar
rule) in connection with any sale of Shares did or will any Preliminary Prospectus Supplement,
Final Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, include an untrue
statement of a material fact or 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;
each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus does not conflict with the information contained in the
Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, and at no time during the period
that begins on the date of such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus and ends at the Time of Purchase
did or will any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus include an untrue statement of a material fact or
omit
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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, however, that the Company makes
no representation or warranty in this Section 3(b) with respect to any statement contained in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon
and in conformity with information concerning the Underwriter and furnished in writing by or on
behalf of such Underwriter to the Company expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus or such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus; each Incorporated Document, at the time such
document was filed with the Commission or at the time such document became effective and at the
time an amendment to such document was filed with the Commission, as applicable, complied, in all
material respects, with the requirements of the Exchange Act and did not include an untrue
statement of a material fact or 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;
(c) prior to the execution of this Agreement, the Company has not, directly or
indirectly, offered or sold any of the Shares by means of any “prospectus” (within the meaning of
the Act) or used any “prospectus” (within the meaning of the Act) in connection with the offer or
sale of the Shares, in each case other than the Basic Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus
Supplement and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any; the Company has not, directly or
indirectly, prepared, used or referred to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus except in
compliance with Rules 164 and 433 under the Act; assuming that such Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus is so sent or given after the Registration Statement was filed with the Commission (and
after such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus was, if required pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the
Act, filed with the Commission), the sending or giving, by any Underwriter, of any Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus will satisfy the provisions of Rule 164 and Rule 433 (without reliance on
subsections (b), (c) and (d) of Rule 164); the conditions set forth in one or more of subclauses
(i) through (iv), inclusive, of Rule 433(b)(1) under the Act are satisfied, and the registration
statement relating to the offering of the Shares contemplated hereby, as initially filed with the
Commission, includes a prospectus that, other than by reason of Rule 433 or Rule 431 under the Act,
satisfies the requirements of Section 10 of the Act; neither the Company nor the Underwriters are
disqualified, by reason of subsection (f) or (g) of Rule 164 under the Act, from using, in
connection with the offer and sale of the Shares, “free writing prospectuses” (as defined in Rule
405 under the Act) pursuant to Rules 164 and 433 under the Act; the Company is not an “ineligible
issuer” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) as of the eligibility determination date for
purposes of Rules 164 and 433 under the Act with respect to the offering of the Shares contemplated
by the Registration Statement;
(d) the consolidated financial statements of the Company, together with the related
notes, set forth or incorporated by reference, in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and
fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries
(defined below) as of the dates indicated and the results of operations and changes in cash flows
for the periods therein specified in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in
the United States consistently applied throughout the periods involved; and the supporting
schedules included in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus have
been derived from the accounting records of the Company and its Subsidiaries and present fairly in
all material respects the information required to be stated therein. No schedules or other
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financial statements are required to be included in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure
Package or the Prospectus. To the Company’s knowledge, Xxxxxxx & White, LLP, which has expressed
its opinion with respect to the financial statements filed as a part of the Registration Statement
and included in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, is (x) an
independent public accounting firm within the meaning of the Act, (y) a registered public
accounting firm (as defined in Section 2(a)(12) of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 (the
“Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”)) and (z) in the performance of their work for the Company, not in violation
of the auditor independence requirements of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. Except as described in the
Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, as of the date of each of the
financial statements set forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus and as of the date of this Agreement, there were and are no material off-balance sheet
transactions, arrangements, obligations (including contingent obligations), or any other
relationships with unconsolidated entities or other persons, that had or are reasonably likely to
have a material current or, to the Company’s knowledge, material future effect on the Company’s
financial condition, changes in financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, capital
expenditures, capital resources or significant components of revenue or expenses;
(e) the Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Company has full corporate power and
authority to own its properties and conduct its business as currently being conducted and as
described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and is duly
qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in each jurisdiction in which it
owns or leases real property or in which the conduct of its business makes such qualification
necessary and in which the failure to so qualify might result in a material adverse change in the
general affairs, condition (financial or otherwise), business, prospects, property, operations or
results of operations of the Company, taken as a whole (“Material Adverse Change”). The Company
has no “Subsidiaries” (as defined under the Act); the Company does not own, directly or indirectly,
any shares of stock or any other equity interests or long-term debt securities of any corporation,
firm, partnership, joint venture, association or other entity; complete and correct copies of the
charter and the bylaws of the Company and all amendments thereto have been delivered or made
available to the Underwriter, and no changes therein will be made on or after the date hereof
through and including the Time of Purchase.
(f) except as contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, subsequent
to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (a) the Company has not incurred any material liabilities
or obligations, direct or contingent, or entered into any material transactions, or declared or
paid any dividends or made any distribution of any kind with respect to its capital stock or
limited liability company interests; and (b) there has not been any change in the capital stock or
limited liability company interests (other than a change in the number of outstanding shares of
Common Stock due to the issuance of shares upon the exercise of outstanding options or warrants or
vesting of stock-based awards), or any material change in the short term or long term debt, or any
issuance of options, warrants, convertible securities or other rights to purchase the capital
stock, of the Company (other than issuances of options or other stock-based awards under the
Company’s existing stock option or equity incentive plans), or any Material Adverse Change or any
development that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change;
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(g) except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is not
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened or contemplated, any action, suit or
proceeding to which the Company is a party or of which any property or assets of the Company is the
subject before or by any court or governmental agency, authority or body, or any arbitrator, which,
individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in any Material Adverse
Change. There are no current or pending legal, governmental or regulatory actions, suits or
proceedings that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus that have not been so described;
(h) there are no statutes, regulations, contracts or documents that are required to
be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or to be
filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement by the Act that have not been so described or
filed;
(i) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company,
and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Underwriters,
constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in accordance with
its terms, except as rights to indemnity hereunder may be limited by federal or state securities
law and except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and subject to general principles of
equity. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company and the
consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated will not (A) result in a breach
or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the
creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the
Company pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other material
agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or to
which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject, (B) result in any violation of the
provisions of the charter or by-laws of the Company or (C) result in the violation of any law or
statute or any judgment, order, or rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or
regulatory authority applicable to the Company. No consent, approval, authorization or order of,
or filing with, any court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement or for the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby,
including the issuance or sale of the Shares by the Company, except such as may be required under
the Act or state securities or blue sky laws, and except for a Listing of Additional Shares form
required by the NASDAQ rules; and the Company has full power and authority to enter into this
Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby including the authorization,
issuance and sale of the Shares as contemplated by this Agreement;
(j) all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company,
including the outstanding shares of Common Stock, are duly authorized and validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws,
were not issued in violation of or subject to any preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe
for or purchase securities that have not been waived in writing (a copy of which has been delivered
to counsel to the Underwriters); the Shares which may be sold hereunder by the Company have been
duly authorized and, when issued, delivered and paid for in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, will have been validly issued and will be fully paid and nonassessable; and the capital
stock of the Company, including the Common Stock, conforms to the description thereof
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in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. Except as otherwise
described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no
preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase, or any restriction upon the
voting or transfer of, any shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Company’s charter, by laws or any
agreement or other instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound.
Neither the filing of the Registration Statement nor the offering or sale of the Shares as
contemplated by this Agreement gives rise to any rights for or relating to the registration of any
shares of Common Stock or other Shares of the Company that have not been fully complied with or
previously waived. Except as described or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no options, warrants, agreements, contracts or
other rights in existence to purchase or acquire from the Company any shares of the capital stock
of the Company. The Company has an authorized and outstanding capitalization as set forth in the
Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The description of the
Company’s stock option, stock bonus and other stock plans or arrangements, and the options or other
rights granted thereunder, set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus accurately and
fairly presents in all material respects the information required to be shown therein with respect
to such plans, arrangements, options and rights;
(k) except as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company
possesses all material licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by, and has
made all declarations and filings with, the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign
governmental or regulatory authorities that are necessary for the ownership or lease of its
properties or the conduct of its business except where the failure to possess or obtain such
licenses, certificates, permits or authorizations or make such deliberations or filings would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change;
except as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company has not received
notice of any revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, permit or authorization
or has any reason to believe that any such license, certificate, permit or authorization will not
be renewed in the ordinary course; and the Company is in compliance in all material respects with
all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, regulations, orders and decrees;
(l) the Company has good and marketable title to all property (whether real or
personal) described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as
being owned by it, in each case free and clear of all liens, claims, security interests, other
encumbrances or defects except as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus, and except those that could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. The property held under lease by the Company
is held by it under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with only such exceptions with respect
to any particular lease as do not interfere in any material respect with the conduct of the
business of the Company;
(m) the Company owns, possesses, or can acquire on reasonable terms, all Intellectual
Property necessary for the conduct of the Company’s business as now conducted or as described in
the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus to be conducted, except as
such failure to own, possess, or acquire such rights would not result in a Material Adverse Change.
Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (A)
to the knowledge of the Company, there is no infringement,
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misappropriation or violation by third parties of any such Intellectual Property, except as such
infringement, misappropriation or violation would not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Change; (B) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened
action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company’s rights in or to any such
Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts that would form a reasonable basis
for any such claim; (C) the Intellectual Property owned by the Company and to the knowledge of the
Company, the Intellectual Property licensed to the Company has not been adjudged invalid or
unenforceable, in whole or in part, and there is no pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding
or claim by others challenging the validity or scope of any such Intellectual Property, and, to the
knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred or circumstance exists that would reasonably be
likely to render the Company’s Intellectual Property invalid or unenforceable; (D) there is no
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others
that the Company infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates any Intellectual Property or
other proprietary rights of others, and the Company has not received any written notice of such
claim, and to the knowledge of the Company, the Company’s business operations do not infringe upon,
misappropriate or otherwise violate any Intellectual Property rights of others; and (E) to the
Company’s knowledge, no employee of the Company is in violation of any term of any employment
contract, patent disclosure agreement, invention assignment agreement, non-competition agreement,
non-solicitation agreement, nondisclosure agreement or any restrictive covenant to or with a former
employer where the basis of such violation relates to such employee’s employment with the Company
or actions undertaken by the employee while employed with the Company. “Intellectual Property”
shall mean all patents, patent applications, trade and service marks, trade and service xxxx
registrations, trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets, technology, know-how
and other intellectual property;
(n) the Company is not (A) in violation of its respective charter or by-laws; (B) in
breach of or otherwise in default, and no event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or
both, would constitute such a default in the performance or observance of any term, covenant,
obligation, agreement or condition contained in any bond, debenture, note, indenture, loan
agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or any other contract, lease or other instrument to which it is
subject or by which it may be bound, or to which any of the material property or assets of the
Company is subject; or (C) in violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or
regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except in the case
of (B) and (C) above, as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Change;
(o) the Company has timely filed all federal, state, local and foreign income and
franchise tax returns required to be filed and is not in default in the payment of any material
taxes which were payable pursuant to said returns or any assessments with respect thereto, other
than any which the Company is contesting in good faith. There is no pending dispute with any
taxing authority relating to any of such returns and the Company has no knowledge of any proposed
liability for any tax to be imposed upon the properties or assets of the Company for which there is
not an adequate reserve reflected in the Company’s financial statements included in the
Registration Statement;
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(p) the Company has not distributed and will not distribute any prospectus or other
offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares other than the Disclosure
Package or the Prospectus or other materials permitted by the Act to be distributed by the Company;
provided, however, that, except as set forth on Schedule B, the Company has not made and will not
make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute a “free writing prospectus” as defined
in Rule 405 under the Securities Act;
(q) the Common Stock of the Company is registered and listed on NASDAQ under the
ticker symbol “LOCM.” The Company has not received any notice that it is not in compliance with
the listing or maintenance requirements of NASDAQ. The Company believes that it is in material
compliance with all such applicable listing and maintenance requirements. Except as described in
the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or as set forth in
Schedule 3(q), there are no affiliations among the Company’s directors and officers and
members of the Financial Institution Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”). A Registration Statement
relating to the Common Stock on Form 8-A or other applicable form under the Exchange Act has become
effective;
(r) the Company maintains 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 generally accepted accounting principles in the United
States 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 existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken
with respect to any differences. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, in the
Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting
is effective; and except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, in the Disclosure Package and
in the Prospectus, since the end of the latest audited fiscal year, there has been no change in the
Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over
financial reporting;
(s) The Company’s board of directors has validly appointed an audit committee whose
composition satisfies the applicable requirements of NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 5605(c)(2) and the
Company’s board of directors and/or the audit committee has adopted a charter that satisfies the
requirements of NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 5605(c)(1). Neither the Company’s board of directors nor
the audit committee has been informed, nor is any director of the Company aware, of (A) any
significant deficiencies in the design or operation of the Company’s internal controls which could
adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data or
any material weakness in the Company’s internal controls except as disclosed in the Registration
Statement, in the Disclosure Package and in the Prospectus; or (B) any fraud, whether or not
material, that involves management or other employees of the Company who have a significant role in
the Company’s internal control over financial reporting;
(t) no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company, on the
one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders, customers or suppliers of the
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Company, on the other hand, which is required to be described in the Registration Statement, the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus which is not so described. The Company has not, directly or
indirectly, extended or maintained credit, or arranged for the extension of credit, or renewed an
extension of credit, in the form of a personal loan to or for any of its directors or executive
officers in violation of applicable laws, including Section 402 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act;
(u) except as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, the Company: (A) is and at all times has been in full compliance with all statutes,
rules or regulations applicable to the Company and the operation of its business (“Applicable
Laws”), except as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in
a Material Adverse Change; (B) has not received any correspondence or notice from any federal,
state or foreign governmental authority having authority over the Company (“Governmental
Authority”) alleging or asserting noncompliance with any Applicable Laws or any licenses,
certificates, approvals, clearances, authorizations, permits and supplements or amendments thereto
required by any such Applicable Laws (“Authorizations”); (C) possesses all material Authorizations
and such Authorizations are valid and in full force and effect and is not in violation of any term
of any such Authorizations; (D) has not received notice of any claim, action, suit, proceeding,
hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action from any Governmental Authority or
third party alleging that any product, operation or activity is in violation of any Applicable Laws
or Authorizations and has no knowledge that any such Governmental Authority or third party is
considering any such claim, litigation, arbitration, action, suit, investigation or proceeding; (E)
has not received notice that any Governmental Authority has taken, is taking or intends to take
action to limit, suspend, modify or revoke any Authorizations and has no knowledge that any such
Governmental Authority is considering such action; and (F) has filed, obtained, maintained or
submitted all material reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims,
submissions and supplements or amendments as required by any Applicable Laws or Authorizations and
that all such reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and
supplements or amendments were complete and correct in all material respects on the date filed (or
were corrected or supplemented by a subsequent submission);
(v) except as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person
that materially restricts the Company’s ability to provide search services, link to web sites,
provide advertising services or otherwise materially restricts its ability to conduct its business
as described in the Prospectus;
(w) the Company (A) is in compliance with any and all applicable federal, state,
local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, decisions and orders relating to the protection of
human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or
contaminants (collectively, “Environmental Laws”); (B) has received and is in compliance with all
permits, licenses or other approvals required of it under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct
its business; and (C) has not received notice of any actual or potential liability for the
investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes,
pollutants or contaminants, except in any such case with respect to (A) through (C) above for any
such failure to comply, or failure to receive required permits, licenses or
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approvals, or liability as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material
Adverse Change;
(x) the Company (A) is in compliance, in all material respects, with any and all
applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws, rules, regulations, treaties, statutes and codes
promulgated by any and all governmental authorities (including pursuant to the Occupational Health
and Safety Act) relating to the protection of human health and safety in the workplace
(“Occupational Laws”); (B) has received all material permits, licenses or other approvals required
of it under applicable Occupational Laws to conduct its business as currently conducted; and (C) is
in compliance, in all material respects, with all terms and conditions of such permit, license or
approval. No action, proceeding, revocation proceeding, writ, injunction or claim is pending or,
to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company relating to Occupational Laws, and the
Company does not have knowledge of any facts, circumstances or developments relating to its
operations or cost accounting practices that could reasonably be expected to form the basis for or
give rise to such actions, suits, investigations or proceedings;
(y) each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), that is maintained, administered or
contributed to by the Company or any of its affiliates for employees or former employees of the
Company and its affiliates has been maintained in material compliance with its terms and the
requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited
to, ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). No prohibited
transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred
with respect to any such plan excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or
administrative exemption; and for each such plan that is subject to the funding rules of Section
412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, no “accumulated funding deficiency” as defined in Section
412 of the Code has been incurred, whether or not waived, and the fair market value of the assets
of each such plan (excluding for these purposes accrued but unpaid contributions) exceeds the
present value of all benefits accrued under such plan determined using reasonable actuarial
assumptions;
(z) except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus and in Schedule 3(z), the Company has not granted material rights to develop,
manufacture, produce, assemble, distribute, license, market or sell its products to any other
person nor is it bound by any agreement that materially affects the Company’s exclusive right to
develop, manufacture, produce, assemble, distribute, license, market or sell its products;
(aa) nothing has come to the attention of the Company that has caused the Company to
believe that the statistical and market-related data included in the Registration Statement, the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are not based on or derived from sources that the Company
believes are not reliable and accurate in all material respects and the Company has obtained the
written consent to the use of such data from such sources to the extent required;
(bb) other than as contemplated by this Agreement, the Company has not incurred any
liability for any finder’s or broker’s fee or agent’s commission in connection with the execution
and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby;
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(cc) neither the Company nor any of its affiliates is presently doing business with
the government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba;
(dd) the Company carries, or is covered by, insurance issued by insurers of
nationally recognized financial responsibility in such amounts and covering such risks as is
adequate for the conduct of its business and the value of its properties and as is customary for
companies engaged in similar businesses in similar industries; and the Company has (A) not received
notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that capital improvements or other expenditures
are required or necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance or (B) no reason to
believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage
expires or to obtain similar coverage at reasonable cost from similar insurers as may be necessary
to continue its business. All such insurance is outstanding and duly in force on the date hereof;
(ee) neither the Company nor, to the best knowledge of the Company, any director,
officer, agent, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company has (A)
used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful
expense relating to political activity; (B) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any
foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (C) violated or is in
violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or (D) made any bribe,
unlawful rebate, unlawful payoff, unlawful influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment;
(ff) 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;
(gg) the conditions for use of Form S-3, set forth in the General Instructions
thereto, have been satisfied;
(hh) the Company is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable
provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder;
(ii) the Company has established and maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act), which (i) are designed to ensure
that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under
the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including the Company’s principal
executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions
regarding required disclosure, (ii) have been evaluated by the Company’s management, for
effectiveness as of the end of the Company’s most recent fiscal quarter; and (iii) except as set
forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company’s
principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded to be effective at the
end of the most recent fiscal quarter;
(jj) the Company has obtained for the benefit of the Underwriters the agreement, in
the form set forth as Exhibit A hereto, of each of its directors and “officers”
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(within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(f) under the Exchange Act) (each a “Lock-Up Agreement” and
collectively, the “Lock-Up Agreements”);
(kk) the Company is not engaged in any unfair labor practice; except for matters
which would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change, (i) there
is (A) no unfair labor practice complaint pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened
against the Company before the National Labor Relations Board, and no grievance or arbitration
proceeding arising out of or under collective bargaining agreements is pending or, to the Company’s
knowledge, threatened, (B) no strike, labor dispute, slowdown or stoppage pending or, to the
Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company and (C) no union representation dispute
currently existing concerning the employees of the Company, (ii) to the Company’s knowledge, no
union organizing activities are currently taking place concerning the employees of the Company and
(iii) there has been no violation of any federal, state, local or foreign law relating to
discrimination in the hiring, promotion or pay of employees, any applicable wage or hour laws, any
provision of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988, as amended (“WARN Act”)
or the WARN Act’s state, foreign or local equivalent, or any provision of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974 or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder concerning the
employees of the Company;
(ll) each “forward-looking statement” (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Act
or Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, has been made or
reaffirmed with a reasonable basis and in good faith;
(mm) the operations of the Company 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 agency (collectively, the
“Money Laundering Laws”); and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental
agency, authority or body or any arbitrator or non-governmental authority involving the Company
with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened;
(nn) neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer,
agent, employee or affiliate of the Company 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 offering of the Shares contemplated hereby,
or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture
partner or other person or entity for the purpose of financing the activities of any person
currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC;
(oo) the Company has not received any notice from NASDAQ regarding the delisting of
the Common Stock from NASDAQ;
(pp) neither the Company nor any of its directors, officers or, to the knowledge of
the Company, any of its affiliates or controlling persons has taken, directly or indirectly, any
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action designed, or which has constituted or might reasonably be expected to cause or result in the
stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or
resale of the Shares;
(qq) the Company’s use of any software, code, materials or other works of authorship
subject to “open source” or “copyleft” or other similar obligations (including, but not limited to,
the GNU General Public License (GPL), GNU Lesser General Public License or GNU Library General
Public License (LGPL), Artistic license, or Mozilla Public License (MPL)) as currently conducted
and as proposed to be conducted does not and will not require the Company to (i) disclose or
otherwise make available any software, code or other works of authorship used, developed,
distributed or modified by the Company in source code form, (ii) disclose or otherwise make
available any software, code or other works of authorship used, developed, distributed or modified
by the Company without charge; or (iii) grant any rights or immunities under any other Intellectual
Property of the Company or any third party;
(rr) Except as set forth in Schedule 3(rr), the Company has not collected any
personally identifiable information from any third parties except employees and consultants of the
Company. The Company has complied with all Applicable Laws and its internal privacy policies
relating to (i) the privacy of users of their products and services, including without limitation
all Internet, wireless and mobile websites and services owned, maintained or operated by Company
(the “Company Websites”) and (ii) the use, collection, storage, disclosure and transfer of any
personally identifiable information collected by the Company or by third parties having authorized
access to the records of the Company. Each of the Company Websites and all materials distributed
or marketed by the Company have at all times made all disclosures to users or customers required by
Applicable Laws in effect as of the applicable dates. The Company’s privacy practices conform, and
at all times have conformed, in all material respects to its privacy policies. No claims have been
asserted or, to the knowledge of the Company, are threatened against the Company by any person or
entity alleging a violation of such person’s or entity’s privacy, personal or confidentiality
rights under the privacy policies of the Company; and
(ss) Except as set forth in Schedule 3(ss), none of the Company products or
services (i) constitutes or is considered “spyware,” or “malware” as such term is commonly
understood in the software industry, (ii) is installed on a user’s computer without their
knowledge, (iii) records a user’s actions without their knowledge and consent, (iv) employs a
user’s Internet connection without their knowledge, including, without limitation to gather or
transmit information on the user or their behavior, or (v) will load whenever a browser starts or
share the browser’s memory context. For the purposes of this paragraph, “without a user’s
knowledge” includes but is not limited to (a) without explicitly informing the user and (b) without
being expected by a reasonable such user even if the text of a license agreement, help file, or
other user information file does explicitly inform such user.
In addition, any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the
Underwriters or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Shares shall be
deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to each
Underwriter.
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4. Certain Covenants of the Company. The Company hereby agrees:
(a) to furnish such information as may be required and otherwise to cooperate in
qualifying the Shares for offering and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such states or
other jurisdictions as the Underwriters may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect
so long as the Underwriters may request for the distribution of the Shares; provided, however, that
the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to consent to the service
of process under the laws of any such jurisdiction (except service of process with respect to the
offering and sale of the Shares); and to promptly advise the Underwriters of the receipt by the
Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for
offer or sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such
purpose;
(b) to make available to the Underwriters in Boston, as soon as practicable after
this Agreement becomes effective, and thereafter from time to time to furnish to the Underwriters,
as many copies of the Prospectus (or of the Prospectus as amended or supplemented if the Company
shall have made any amendments or supplements thereto after the Effective Time) as the Underwriters
may reasonably request for the purposes contemplated by the Act; in case any Underwriter is
required to deliver (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any
similar rule), in connection with the sale of the Shares, a prospectus after the nine-month period
referred to in Section 10(a)(3) of the Act, or after the time a post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement is required pursuant to Item 512(a) of Regulation S-K under the Act, the
Company will prepare, at its expense, promptly upon request such amendment or amendments to the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus as may be necessary to permit compliance with the
requirements of Section 10(a)(3) of the Act or Item 512(a) of Regulation S-K under the Act, as the
case may be;
(c) if, at the time this Agreement is executed and delivered, it is necessary or
appropriate for a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement to be filed with the
Commission and become effective before the Shares may be sold, the Company will use its best
efforts to cause such post-effective amendment to be filed and become effective; and the Company
will advise the Underwriters promptly and, if requested by the Underwriters, will confirm such
advice in writing, (i) when such post-effective amendment has become effective, and (ii) if Rule
430A under the Act is used, when the Prospectus is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) under the Act (which the Company agrees to file in a timely manner in accordance with such
Rules);
(d) if, at any time during the period when a prospectus is required by the Act to be
delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar
rule) in connection with any sale of Shares, the Registration Statement shall cease to comply with
the requirements of the Act with respect to eligibility for the use of the form on which the
Registration Statement was filed with the Commission, to (i) promptly notify the Underwriters, (ii)
promptly file with the Commission a new registration statement under the Act, relating to the
Shares, or a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, which new registration
statement or post-effective amendment shall comply with the requirements of the Act and shall be in
a form reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters, (iii) use its best efforts to cause such new
registration statement or post-effective amendment to become effective under the
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Act as soon as practicable, (iv) promptly notify the Underwriters of such effectiveness and (v)
take all other actions necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the
Shares to continue as contemplated in the Prospectus; all references herein to the Registration
Statement shall be deemed to include each such new registration statement or post-effective
amendment, if any;
(e) if the third anniversary of the initial effective date of the Registration
Statement shall occur at any time during the period when a prospectus is required by the Act to be
delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar
rule) in connection with any sale of Shares, to file with the Commission, prior to such third
anniversary, a new registration statement under the Act relating to the Shares, which new
registration statement shall comply with the requirements of the Act and shall be in a form
reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters; the Company shall use its best efforts to cause such
new registration statement to become effective under the Act as soon as practicable, but in any
event within 180 days after such third anniversary and promptly notify the Underwriters of such
effectiveness; the Company shall take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the
public offering and sale of the Shares to continue as contemplated in the Prospectus; all
references herein to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to include each such new
registration statement, if any;
(f) to advise the Underwriters promptly, confirming such advice in writing, of any
request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus or for additional information with respect
thereto, or of notice of institution of proceedings for, or the entry of a stop order, suspending
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and, if the Commission should enter a stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to use its reasonable best efforts to
obtain the lifting or removal of such order as soon as possible; to advise the Underwriters
promptly of any proposal to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, and
to provide the Underwriters and Underwriters’ counsel copies of any such documents for review and
comment a reasonable amount of time prior to any proposed filing and to file no such amendment or
supplement to which the Underwriters shall reasonably object in writing;
(g) subject to Section 4(f) hereof, to file promptly all reports and documents and
any preliminary or definitive proxy or information statement required to be filed by the Company
with the Commission in order to comply with the Exchange Act for so long as a prospectus is
required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under
the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any sale of Shares; and to provide the
Underwriters, for the Underwriters’ review and comment, with a copy of such reports and statements
and other documents to be filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act during such period a reasonable amount of time prior to any proposed filing, and to file no
such report, statement or document to which the Underwriters shall have reasonably objected in
writing; and to promptly notify the Underwriters of such filing;
(h) to advise the Underwriters promptly of the happening of any event within the
period during which a prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or
through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any
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sale of Shares, which event could require the making of any change in the Prospectus then being
used so that the Prospectus would not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they are made, not misleading, and to advise the Underwriters promptly
if, during such period, it shall become necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to cause
the Prospectus to comply with the requirements of the Act, and, in each case, during such time,
subject to Section 4(f) hereof, to prepare and furnish, at the Company’s expense, to the
Underwriters promptly such amendments or supplements to such Prospectus as may be necessary to
reflect any such change or to effect such compliance;
(i) to make generally available to its security holders, and to deliver to the
Underwriters, as soon as practicable but in no event later then 15 months after the end of the
Company’s current fiscal quarter, an earnings statement of the Company which will satisfy the
provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act covering a period of twelve months which will satisfy the
provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 under the Act;
(j) to furnish to the Underwriters two copies of the Registration Statement, as
initially filed with the Commission, and of all amendments thereto (including all exhibits thereto
and documents incorporated by reference therein);
(k) to furnish to the Underwriters as early as practicable prior to the Time of
Purchase, but not later than one business day prior thereto, a copy of the latest available
unaudited interim and monthly consolidated financial statements, if any, of the Company which have
been read by the Company’s independent registered public accountants, as stated in their letter to
be furnished pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof;
(l) to apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares in the manner set forth
under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the Final
Prospectus Supplement;
(m) to pay all costs, expenses, fees and taxes in connection with (i) the preparation
and filing of the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus
Supplement, the Final Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus
and any amendments or supplements thereto, and the printing and furnishing of copies of each
thereof to the Underwriters and to dealers (including costs of mailing and shipment), (ii) the
registration, issue, sale and delivery of the Shares including any stock or transfer taxes and
stamp or similar duties payable upon the sale, issuance or delivery of the Shares to the
Underwriters, (iii) the production, word processing and/or printing of this Agreement, any
agreement among underwriters, any dealer agreements, any powers of attorney and any closing
documents (including compilations thereof) and the reproduction and/or printing and furnishing of
copies of each thereof to the Underwriters and (except closing documents) to dealers (including
costs of mailing and shipment), (iv) the qualification of the Shares for offering and sale under
state or foreign laws and the determination of their eligibility for investment under state or
foreign law (including the reasonable legal fees and filing fees and other disbursements of counsel
for the Underwriters in connection with such matters) and the printing and furnishing of copies of
any blue sky surveys or legal investment surveys to the Underwriters and to dealers, (v) any
listing of the Shares on any securities exchange or qualification of the
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Shares for quotation on NASDAQ, (vi) any filing for review of the public offering of the Shares by
FINRA, (vii) the fees and disbursements of any transfer agent or registrar for the Shares, (viii)
the costs and expenses of the Company relating to presentations or meetings undertaken in
connection with the marketing of the offering and sale of the Shares to prospective investors and
the Underwriters’ sales forces, including, without limitation, expenses associated with the
production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged by the
Company in connection with the road show presentations, travel, lodging and other expenses incurred
by the officers of the Company and any such consultants, (ix) the performance of the Company’s
other obligations hereunder, and (x) all other reasonable costs and expenses of the Underwriters
incident to the performance of their obligations hereunder not otherwise specifically provided for
herein. It being understood, however, that the fees and disbursements related to expenses of the
Underwriter shall not exceed $150,000 in the aggregate, unless such excess expenses have been
incurred with the prior written consent of the Company, and such fees and expenses shall be payable
even if the Shares are not delivered to the Underwriters for any reason other than the default of
one or more Underwriters in its or their respective obligations hereunder;
(n) to comply with Rule 433(d) under the Act (without reliance on Rule 164(b) under
the Act) and with Rule 433(g) under the Act;
(o) beginning on the date hereof and ending on, and including, the date that is 90
days after the date of the Final Prospectus Supplement (the “Lock-Up Period”), without the prior
written consent of the Underwriters, not to directly or indirectly, offer for sale, sell, contract
to sell, pledge, grant any option for the sale of, or otherwise issue or dispose of, directly or
indirectly (or publicly disclose the intention to make any such offer, sale, pledge, grant,
issuance or other disposition), any Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable
for, or any options or rights to purchase or acquire, Common Stock, except (A) to the Underwriters
pursuant to this Agreement, (B) to directors, employees or consultants of the Company pursuant to
the Company’s 1999 Equity Incentive Plan, 2000 Equity Incentive Plan, 2004 Equity Incentive Plan,
as amended, 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, and 2008 Equity Incentive Plan,
as amended, and (C) upon exercise or conversion of securities outstanding as of the date hereof.
The Company agrees not to accelerate the vesting of any option or warrant or the lapse of any
repurchase right prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period except in connection with an
employee’s termination of employment or a director’s termination of service with the Company, each
for any reason or pursuant to obligations under employment agreements in effect as of the date
hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of allowing the Underwriters to comply with
NASD Conduct Rule 2711(f)(4), if (Y) during the last 17 days of the Lock-Up Period, the Company
releases earnings results or publicly announces other material news or a material event relating to
the Company occurs or (Z) prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that
it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up
Period, then in each case the Lock-Up Period will be extended until the expiration of the 18-day
period beginning on the date of release of the earnings results or the public announcement
regarding the material news or the occurrence of the material event, as applicable, unless the
Underwriter waives, in writing, such extension;
(p) prior to the Time of Purchase to issue no press release or other communication
directly or indirectly and hold no press conferences with respect to the Company,
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the financial condition, results of operations, business, properties, assets, or liabilities of the
Company, or the offering of the Shares, without the Underwriters’ prior consent;
(q) not, at any time at or after the execution of this Agreement and prior to the
expiration of the Lock-Up Period, to, directly or indirectly, offer or sell any of the Shares by
means of any “prospectus” (within the meaning of the Act), or use any “prospectus” (within the
meaning of the Act) in connection with the offer or sale of the Shares, in each case other than the
Prospectus;
(r) not to take, directly or indirectly, any action designed, or which will
constitute, or has constituted, or might reasonably be expected to cause or result in the
stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or
resale of the Shares;
(s) to use its best efforts to cause the Shares to be listed on NASDAQ and to
maintain the listing of the Common Stock for quotation on NASDAQ;
(t) to maintain a transfer agent and, if necessary under the jurisdiction of
incorporation of the Company, a registrar for the Common Stock; and
(u) that, without the prior consent of the Underwriters, it has not made and will not
make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined
in Rule 405 under the Act); the Company has complied with and will comply with the requirements of
Rule 433 under the Act applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing
with the Commission or retention where required and legending; and the Company agrees that if at
any time following issuance of any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus any event occurred or occurs
as a result of which such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information in
the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading,
the Company will give prompt notice thereof to the Underwriters and, if requested by the
Underwriters, will prepare and furnish without charge to the Underwriters a Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus or other document which will correct such conflict, statement or omission.
5. Reimbursement of the Underwriters’ Expenses. If the Shares are not
delivered to the Underwriters for any reason other than the default of one or more Underwriters in
its or their respective obligations hereunder, the Company shall, in addition to paying the amounts
described in Section 4(m)(i) through (ix) hereof, reimburse the Underwriters for all of their
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of their
counsel; provided that the Company’s aggregate reimbursement obligation hereunder and in Section
4(m)(x) shall not exceed $150,000 unless such excess expenses have been incurred with the prior
written consent of the Company.
6. Conditions of the Underwriters’ Obligations. The several obligations of
the Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the
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part of the Company on the date hereof and at the Time of Purchase, the performance by the Company
of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent:
(a) The Company shall furnish to the Underwriters at the Time of Purchase and the
Additional Time of Purchase opinions of Xxxxx & XxXxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Company, dated,
respectively, the Time of Purchase and the Additional Time of Purchase, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters, as to the matters set forth in Exhibit B hereto.
(b) The Underwriters shall have received from Xxxxxxx & White, LLP letters dated,
respectively, the date of this Agreement, the Time of Purchase and the Additional Time of Purchase
and addressed to the Underwriters in forms reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters, which
letters shall cover, without limitation, the various financial disclosures contained in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any.
(c) The Company shall furnish to the Underwriters at the Time of Purchase and the
Additional Time of Purchase opinions of Xxx Xxxx, Xx & Xxxxx LLP, intellectual property counsel for
the Company, dated, respectively, the Time of Purchase and the Additional Time of Purchase, in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters, as to the matters set forth in Exhibit C
hereto.
(d) The Underwriters shall have received at the Time of Purchase, the opinion of
Xxxxxx, Hall & Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated the Time of Purchase, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters.
(e) No Prospectus or amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus shall have been filed to which the Underwriters shall have reasonably objected in
writing.
(f) The Final Prospectus Supplement shall have been filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act at or before 5:30 P.M., Boston time, on the second full
business day after the date of this Agreement (or such earlier time as may be required under the
Act).
(g) Prior to and at each of the Time of Purchase and the Additional Time of Purchase,
(i) no stop order with respect to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been
issued under the Act or proceedings initiated under Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the Act; (ii) the
Registration Statement and all amendments thereto shall 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 not misleading; (iii) neither the Prospectus nor amendment or supplement
thereto shall include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they are made, not misleading; (iv) no Disclosure Package, and no amendment or supplement thereto,
shall include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made,
not misleading; and (v) none of the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, shall include an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
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in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are
made, not misleading.
(h) The Company will, at the Time of Purchase and the Additional Time of Purchase
deliver to the Underwriters a certificate of its Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial
Officer, dated, respectively, the Time of Purchase and the Additional Time of Purchase, in form
reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters.
(i) The Underwriters shall have received each of the signed Lock-Up Agreements
referred to in Section 3(jj) hereof, and each such Lock-Up Agreement shall be in full force and
effect at the Time of Purchase and the Additional Time of Purchase.
(j) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriters such other documents and
certificates as to the accuracy and completeness of any statement in the Registration Statement,
the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as of the Time of Purchase and the
Additional Time of Purchase as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(k) The Shares shall have been approved for listing on NASDAQ, subject only to notice
of issuance at or prior to the Time of Purchase.
(l) FINRA shall not have raised any objection with respect to the fairness or
reasonableness of the underwriting, or other arrangements of the transactions, contemplated hereby.
7. Effective Date of Agreement; Termination. This Agreement shall become
effective when the parties hereto have executed and delivered this Agreement.
The obligations of the several Underwriters hereunder shall be subject to termination in the
absolute discretion of Canaccord Genuity Inc., if (1) since the time of execution of this Agreement
or the earlier respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus and the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, there has been any change or any
development involving a prospective change in the business, properties, management, financial
condition or results of operations of the Company taken as a whole, the effect of which change or
development is, in the sole judgment of Canaccord Genuity Inc., so material and adverse as to make
it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Shares on
the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the
Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, or (2) since the time of execution of this Agreement,
there shall have occurred: (A) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities
generally on NASDAQ or the New York Stock Exchange; (B) a suspension or material limitation in
trading in the Company’s securities on NASDAQ; (C) a general moratorium on commercial banking
activities declared by either federal or New York State authorities or a material disruption in
commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States; (D) an
outbreak or escalation of hostilities or acts of terrorism involving the United States or a
declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war; or (E) any other calamity or
crisis or any change in financial, political or economic conditions in the United States or
elsewhere, if the effect of any such event specified in clause (D) or (E), in the sole judgment of
Canaccord Genuity Inc., makes it impractical or
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inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Shares on the terms and in
the manner contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Permitted Free
Writing Prospectuses, if any.
If Canaccord Genuity Inc. elects to terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section 7,
the Company and each other Underwriter shall be notified promptly in writing.
If the sale to the Underwriters of the Shares, as contemplated by this Agreement, is not
carried out by the Underwriters for any reason permitted under this Agreement, or if such sale is
not carried out because the Company shall be unable to comply with any of the terms of this
Agreement, the Company shall not be under any obligation or liability under this Agreement (except
to the extent provided in Sections 4(m), 5 and 9 hereof), and the Underwriters shall be under no
obligation or liability to the Company under this Agreement (except to the extent provided in
Section 9 hereof).
8. Increase in Underwriters’ Commitments. Subject to Sections 6 and 7
hereof, if any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to take up and pay for the Firm Shares
to be purchased by it hereunder (otherwise than for a failure of a condition set forth in Section 6
hereof or a reason sufficient to justify the termination of this Agreement under the provisions of
Section 7 hereof) and if the number of Firm Shares which all Underwriters so defaulting shall have
agreed but failed to take up and pay for does not exceed 10% of the total number of Firm Shares,
the non-defaulting Underwriters (including the Underwriters, if any, substituted in the manner set
forth below) shall take up and pay for (in addition to the aggregate number of Firm Shares they are
obligated to purchase pursuant to Section 1 hereof) the number of Firm Shares agreed to be
purchased by all such defaulting Underwriters, as hereinafter provided. Such Shares shall be taken
up and paid for by such non-defaulting Underwriters in such amount or amounts as the Underwriters
may designate with the consent of each Underwriter so designated or, in the event no such
designation is made, such Shares shall be taken up and paid for by all non-defaulting Underwriters
pro rata in proportion to the aggregate number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the names of such
non-defaulting Underwriters in Schedule A.
Without relieving any defaulting Underwriter from its obligations hereunder, the Company
agrees with the non-defaulting Underwriters that it will not sell any Firm Shares hereunder unless
all of the Firm Shares are purchased by the Underwriters (or by substituted Underwriters selected
by the Underwriters with the approval of the Company or selected by the Company with the
Underwriters’ approval).
If a new Underwriter or Underwriters are substituted by the Underwriters or by the Company for
a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters in accordance with the foregoing provision, the Company or
Canaccord Genuity Inc. shall have the right to postpone the time of purchase for a period not
exceeding five business days in order that any necessary changes in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus and other documents may be effected.
The term “Underwriter” as used in this Agreement shall refer to and include any Underwriter
substituted under this Section 8 with like effect as if such substituted Underwriter had originally
been named in Schedule A hereto.
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If the aggregate number of Firm Shares which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed
to purchase exceeds 10% of the total number of Firm Shares which all Underwriters agreed to
purchase hereunder, and if neither the non-defaulting Underwriters nor the Company shall make
arrangements within the five business day period stated above for the purchase of all the Firm
Shares which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed to purchase hereunder, this
Agreement shall terminate without further act or deed and without any liability on the part of the
Company to any Underwriter and without any liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter
to the Company. Nothing in this paragraph, and no action taken hereunder, shall relieve any
defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this
Agreement.
9. Indemnity and Contribution.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Underwriter, its
partners, directors and officers, any person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and the successors and assigns of all of
the foregoing persons, from and against any loss, damage, expense, liability or claim (including
the reasonable cost of investigation) which, jointly and severally, any Underwriter or any such
person may incur or become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act, the common law or otherwise,
insofar as such loss, damage, expense, liability or claim arises out of or is based upon (i) any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration
Statement (or in the Registration Statement as amended by any post-effective amendment thereof by
the Company) or arises out of or is based upon any omission or alleged omission to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
except insofar as any such loss, damage, expense, liability or claim arises out of or is based upon
any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in, and in conformity
with information concerning such Underwriter furnished in writing by or on behalf of such
Underwriter through the Underwriters to the Company expressly for use in, the Registration
Statement or arises out of or is based upon any omission or alleged omission to state a material
fact in the Registration Statement in connection with such information, which material fact was not
contained in such information and which material fact was required to be stated in such
Registration Statement or was necessary to make such information not misleading or (ii) any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in any Prospectus (the term
Prospectus for the purpose of this Section 9 being deemed to include any Basic Prospectus, the
Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, the Final Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus and any
amendments or supplements to the foregoing), in any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, in any
“issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Act) of the Company or in any Prospectus
together with any combination of one or more of the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, or
arises out of or is based upon any omission or alleged omission 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, except, with respect to such Prospectus or Permitted Free Writing Prospectus,
insofar as any such loss, damage, expense, liability or claim arises out of or is based upon any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in, and in conformity
with information concerning such Underwriter furnished in writing by or on behalf of such
Underwriter through the Underwriters to the Company expressly for use in, such Prospectus or
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus or arises out of or is based upon any omission or alleged
omission to state a material
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fact in such Prospectus or Permitted Free Writing Prospectus in connection with such information,
which material fact was not contained in such information and which material fact was necessary in
order to make the statements in such information, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading.
(b) Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Company, its directors and officers, and any person who controls the Company within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and the successors and assigns of all of
the foregoing persons, from and against any loss, damage, expense, liability or claim (including
the reasonable cost of investigation) which, jointly or severally, the Company or any such person
may incur or become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act, the common law or otherwise, insofar
as such loss, damage, expense, liability or claim arises out of or is based upon (i) any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in, and in conformity with
information concerning such Underwriter furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Underwriter to
the Company expressly for use in, the Registration Statement (or in the Registration Statement as
amended by any post-effective amendment thereof by the Company), or arises out of or is based upon
any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact in such Registration Statement in
connection with such information, which material fact was not contained in such information and
which material fact was required to be stated in such Registration Statement or was necessary to
make such information not misleading or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in, and in conformity with information concerning such Underwriter
furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Underwriters to the Company
expressly for use in, a Prospectus or a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, or arises out of or is
based upon any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact in such Prospectus or
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus in connection with such information, which material fact was not
contained in such information and which material fact was necessary in order to make the statements
in such information, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(c) If any action, suit or proceeding (each, a “Proceeding”) is brought against a
person (an “indemnified party”) in respect of which indemnity may be sought against the Company or
an Underwriter (as applicable, the “indemnifying party”) pursuant to subsection (a) or (b),
respectively, of this Section 9, such indemnified party shall promptly notify such indemnifying
party in writing of the institution of such Proceeding and such indemnifying party shall assume the
defense of such Proceeding, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to such
indemnified party and payment of all fees and expenses; provided, however, that the omission to so
notify such indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability which
such indemnifying party may have to any indemnified party or otherwise. The indemnified party or
parties shall have the right to employ its or their own counsel in any such case, but the fees and
expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party or parties unless the
employment of such counsel shall have been authorized in writing by the indemnifying party in
connection with the defense of such Proceeding or the indemnifying party shall not have, within a
reasonable period of time in light of the circumstances, employed counsel to defend such Proceeding
or such indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably concluded that there may be defenses
available to it or them which are different from, additional to or in conflict with those available
to such indemnifying party (in which case such indemnifying party shall not have the right to
direct the defense of such
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Proceeding on behalf of the indemnified party or parties), in any of which events such reasonable
fees and expenses shall be borne by such indemnifying party and paid as incurred (it being
understood, however, that such indemnifying party shall not be liable for the expenses of more than
one separate counsel (in addition to any local counsel) in any one Proceeding or series of related
Proceedings in the same jurisdiction representing the indemnified parties who are parties to such
Proceeding). The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any Proceeding
effected without its written consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, but, if settled
with its written consent, such indemnifying party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
indemnified party or parties from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an
indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for reasonable fees and expenses of counsel
as contemplated by the second sentence of this Section 9(c), then the indemnifying party agrees
that it shall be liable for any settlement of any Proceeding effected without its written consent
if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 60 business days after receipt by such
indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have fully
reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such
settlement and (iii) such indemnified party shall have given the indemnifying party at least 30
days’ prior notice of its intention to settle. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior
written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened
Proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity
could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an
unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject
matter of such Proceeding and does not include an admission of fault or culpability or a failure to
act by or on behalf of such indemnified party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is unavailable to an
indemnified party under subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 9 or insufficient to hold an
indemnified party harmless in respect of any losses, damages, expenses, liabilities or claims
referred to therein, then each applicable indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, damages, expenses, liabilities or
claims (i) 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 hand from the offering of the Shares or
(ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i)
above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the
other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, damages,
expenses, liabilities or claims, 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 respective proportions as the total proceeds from the offering (net of
underwriting discounts and commissions but before deducting expenses) received by the Company, and
the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, bear to the
aggregate public offering price of the Shares. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand
and of the Underwriters on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
whether the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged
omission relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties’
relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a
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result of the losses, damages, expenses, liabilities and claims referred to in this subsection
shall be deemed to include any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in
connection with investigating, preparing to defend or defending any Proceeding.
(e) The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other
method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in
subsection (d) above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9, the Underwriters shall not
be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the
Shares underwritten by such Underwriter and distributed to the public were offered to the public
exceeds the amount of any damage which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by
reason of such untrue statement 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 to contribute pursuant to this Section 9 are
several in proportion to their respective underwriting commitments and not joint.
(f) The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 9 and the
covenants, warranties and representations of the Company contained in this Agreement shall remain
in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter,
its partners, directors or officers or any person (including each partner, director or officer of
such person) who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20
of the Exchange Act, or by or on behalf of the Company, its directors or officers or any person who
controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act,
and shall survive any termination of this Agreement or the issuance and delivery of the Shares.
The Company and each Underwriter agree promptly to notify each other of the commencement of any
Proceeding against it and, in the case of the Company, against any of the Company’s officers or
directors in connection with the issuance and sale of the Shares, or in connection with the
Registration Statement, any Basic Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, the Final
Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.
10. Notices. Except as otherwise herein provided, all statements, requests,
notices and agreements shall be in writing or by telegram or facsimile and, if to the Underwriters,
shall be sufficient in all respects if delivered or sent to Canaccord Genuity Inc., 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx,
00xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Syndicate Department (fax no.: 000-000-0000) with a copy
(which shall not constitute notice) to Xxxxxx, Xxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx,
XX 00000, Attention: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq. (fax no.: 000-000-0000); and if to the Company,
shall be sufficient in all respects if delivered or sent to the Company at the offices of the
Company at 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxx (fax no:
000-000-0000) with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to Xxxxx & XxXxxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx (fax no.:
000-000-0000). Any party hereto may change the address for receipt of communications by giving
written notice to the others.
In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56
(signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record
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information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company, which information may
include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will
allow the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.
11. Governing Law; Construction. This Agreement and any claim, counterclaim
or dispute of any kind or nature whatsoever arising out of or in any way relating to this Agreement
(“Claim”), directly or indirectly, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws
of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The section headings in this Agreement have been inserted as
a matter of convenience of reference and are not a part of this Agreement.
12. Submission to Jurisdiction. Except as set forth below, no Claim may be
commenced, prosecuted or continued in any court other than the courts of The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts or in the United States District Court located in The Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
which courts shall have jurisdiction over the adjudication of such matters, and the Company
consents to the jurisdiction of such courts and personal service with respect thereto. The Company
hereby consents to personal jurisdiction, service and venue in any court in which any Claim arising
out of or in any way relating to this Agreement is brought by any third party against any
Underwriter or any indemnified party. Each Underwriter and the Company (on its behalf and, to the
extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of its shareholders and affiliates) waives all right
to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim (whether based upon contract, tort or
otherwise) in any way arising out of or relating to this Agreement. Each of the parties agrees
that a final judgment in any such action, proceeding or counterclaim brought in any such court
shall be conclusive and binding upon such party and may be enforced in any other courts to the
jurisdiction of which such party is or may be subject, by suit upon such judgment.
13. Parties at Interest. The Agreement herein set forth has been and is made
solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and the Company and to the extent provided in Section 9
hereof the controlling persons, partners, directors and officers referred to in such Section 9, and
their respective successors, assigns, heirs, personal representatives and executors and
administrators. No other person, partnership, association or corporation (including a purchaser,
as such purchaser, from any of the Underwriters) shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue
of this Agreement.
14. No Fiduciary Relationship. The Company hereby acknowledges that the
Underwriters are acting solely as underwriters in connection with the purchase and sale of the
Company’s securities. The Company further acknowledges that the Underwriters are acting pursuant
to a contractual relationship created solely by this Agreement entered into on an arm’s length
basis, and in no event do the parties intend that the Underwriters act or be responsible as a
fiduciary to the Company, its management, shareholders or creditors or any other person in
connection with any activity that the Underwriters may undertake or have undertaken in furtherance
of the purchase and sale of the Company’s securities, either before or after the date hereof. The
Underwriters hereby expressly disclaim any fiduciary or similar obligations to the Company, either
in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any matters leading up to
such transactions, and the Company hereby confirms its understanding and agreement to that effect.
The Company and the Underwriters agree that they are each responsible for making their own
independent judgments with respect to any such transactions and that any opinions or views
expressed by the Underwriters to the Company regarding such
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transactions, including, but not limited to, any opinions or views with respect to the price or
market for the Company’s securities, do not constitute advice or recommendations to the Company.
The Company hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the
Company may have against the Underwriters with respect to any breach or alleged breach of any
fiduciary or similar duty to the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or any matters leading up to such transactions.
15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed by the parties in one or more
counterparts which together shall constitute one and the same agreement among the parties. In the
event any signature is delivered by facsimile, digital or electronic transmission, such
transmission shall constitute delivery of the manually executed original.
16. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the
Underwriters and the Company and their successors and assigns and any successor or assign of any
substantial portion of the Company’s and any of the Underwriters’ respective businesses and/or
assets.
17. General Provisions. This Agreement may not be amended or modified unless
in writing by all of the parties hereto, and no condition herein (express or implied) may be waived
unless waived in writing by each party for whom the condition is meant to benefit.
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If the foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding among the Company and the several
Underwriters, please so indicate in the space provided below for that purpose, whereupon this
Agreement and the Underwriters’ acceptance shall constitute a binding agreement among the Company
and the Underwriters, severally.
Very truly yours, XXXXX.XXX CORPORATION |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |||
Accepted and agreed to as of the date first above written, on behalf of itself CANACCORD GENUITY INC. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Managing Director, Investment Banking |
SCHEDULE A
List of Underwriters
Number of | ||||
Name of Underwriter | Firm Shares | |||
Canaccord Genuity Inc. |
4,000,000 | |||
Total |
4,000,000 | |||
Purchase Price — Underwriter’s Commission
The offering price per share for the Shares shall be $4.25 per
share.
The purchase price per share for the Shares to be paid by the
Underwriter shall be $3.995, being an amount equal to the offering price set forth above, less $0.255 per Share,
representing the underwriting commission as set forth below; provided that the purchase price per Share for any
Additional Shares purchased upon the exercise of the over-allotment option described in Section 1
shall be reduced by an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the
Company and payable on the Firm Shares but not payable on the Additional Shares.
The total underwriting commission is 6.0% of the aggregate cash proceeds received from the sale
of the Shares.
SCHEDULE B
Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses
1. None.