EXHIBIT 1.1
PINNACLE SYSTEMS, INC.
2,300,000 Shares1
Common Stock
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
November __, 0000
XXXXXXXXX & XXXXX LLC
XXXXX XXXXXXX INC.
XXXXX XXXXX XXXXXX & COMPANY, LLC
x/x Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLC
Xxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pinnacle Systems, Inc., a California corporation (herein called the
Company), proposes to issue and sell 2,000,000 shares of its authorized but
unissued Common Stock, no par value (herein called the Common Stock), and the
shareholders of the Company named in Schedule II hereto (herein collectively
called the Selling Securityholders) propose to sell an aggregate of 300,000
shares of Common Stock of the Company (said 2,300,000 shares of Common Stock
being herein called the Underwritten Stock). The Company proposes to grant to
the Underwriters (as hereinafter defined) an option to purchase up to 345,000
additional shares of Common Stock (herein called the Option Stock and with the
Underwritten Stock herein collectively called the Stock). The Common Stock is
more fully described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
hereinafter mentioned.
The Company and the Selling Securityholders severally hereby confirm the
agreements made with respect to the purchase of the Stock by the several
underwriters, for whom you are acting, named in Schedule I hereto (herein
collectively called the Underwriters, which term shall also include any
underwriter purchasing Stock pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof). You represent and
warrant that you have been authorized by each of the other Underwriters to enter
into this Agreement on its behalf and to act for it in the manner herein
provided.
1. Registration Statement. The Company has filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (herein called the Commission) a registration statement on
Form S-3 (No. 333-_____), including the related preliminary prospectus, for the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (herein called the
Securities Act) of the Stock. Copies of such registration statement and of each
amendment thereto, if any, including the related preliminary prospectus (meeting
the requirements of Rule 430A of the rules and regulations of the Commission)
heretofore filed by the Company with the Commission have been delivered to you.
The term Registration Statement as used in this agreement shall mean such
registration statement, including all documents incorporated by reference
therein, all exhibits and financial statements, all information omitted
therefrom in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in the Prospectus referred to
below, in the form in which it became effective, and any registration statement
filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the rules and regulations of the Commission
with respect to the Stock (herein called a Rule 462(b) registration statement),
and, in the event of any
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1 Plus an option to purchase from the Company up to 345,000 additional shares
to cover over-allotments.
amendment thereto after the effective date of such registration statement
(herein called the Effective Date), shall also mean (from and after the
effectiveness of such amendment) such registration statement as so amended
(including any Rule 462(b) registration statement). The term Prospectus as used
in this Agreement shall mean the prospectus, including the documents
incorporated by reference therein, relating to the Stock first filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A (or if no such filing is
required, as included in the Registration Statement) and, in the event of any
supplement or amendment to such prospectus after the Effective Date, shall also
mean (from and after the filing with the Commission of such supplement or the
effectiveness of such amendment) such prospectus as so supplemented or amended.
The term Preliminary Prospectus as used in this Agreement shall mean each
preliminary prospectus, including the documents incorporated by reference
therein, included in such registration statement prior to the time it becomes
effective.
The Registration Statement has been declared effective under the Securities
Act, and no post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement has been
filed as of the date of this Agreement. The Company has caused to be delivered
to you copies of each Preliminary Prospectus and has consented to the use of
such copies for the purposes permitted by the Securities Act.
2. Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Selling
Securityholders.
(a) The Company hereby represents and warrants as follows:
(i) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries (including each of the
subsidiaries and partnerships directly or indirectly owned by the Company
and its subsidiaries) has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as
a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation, has full corporate power and authority to own or lease its
properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus and as being conducted, and is duly qualified
as a foreign corporation and in good standing in all jurisdictions in which
the character of the property owned or leased or the nature of the business
transacted by it makes qualification necessary (except where the failure to
be so qualified would not have a material adverse effect on the business,
properties, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and
its subsidiaries (including each of the subsidiaries and partnerships
directly or indirectly owned by the Company and its subsidiaries), taken as
a whole). Pinnacle Systems C.V., a Dutch limited liability partnership, has
been duly formed and is validly existing as a partnership in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation, has full power and
authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its business as
described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and as being
conducted, and is duly qualified as a foreign partnership and in good
standing in all jurisdictions in which the character of the property owned
or leased or the nature of the business transacted by it makes
qualification necessary (except where the failure to be so qualified would
not have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, financial
condition or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries
(including each of the subsidiaries and partnerships directly or indirectly
owned by the Company and its subsidiaries), taken as a whole). The only
partners of Pinnacle Systems C.V. are the Company and a subsidiary of the
Company.
(ii) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there has not been any
materially adverse change in the business, properties, financial condition
or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries (including
each of the subsidiaries and partnerships directly or indirectly owned by
the Company and its subsidiaries), taken as a whole, whether or not arising
from transactions in the ordinary course of business, other than as set
forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and since such
dates, except in the ordinary course of business, neither the Company nor
any of its subsidiaries (including each of the subsidiaries and
partnerships directly or indirectly owned by the Company and its
subsidiaries) has entered into any material transaction not referred to in
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(iii) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply, and on the
Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) and any later date on which Option
Stock is to be purchased, the Prospectus will comply, in all material
respects, with the provisions of the Securities Act and the rules and
regulations of
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the Commission thereunder; on the Effective Date, the Registration
Statement did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact and did
not omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and, on
the Effective Date the Prospectus did not and, on the Closing Date and any
later date on which Option Stock is to be purchased, will not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided,
however, that none of the representations and warranties in this
subparagraph (iii) shall apply to statements in, or omissions from, the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus made in reliance upon and in
conformity with information herein or otherwise furnished in writing to the
Company by or on behalf of the Underwriters for use in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus.
(iv) The Stock is duly and validly authorized, is (or, in the case of
shares of the Stock to be sold by the Company, will be, when issued and
sold to the Underwriters as provided herein) duly and validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable and conforms to the description thereof in the
Prospectus. No further approval or authority of the shareholders or the
Board of Directors of the Company will be required for the transfer and
sale of the Stock to be sold by the Selling Securityholders or the issuance
and sale of the Stock as contemplated herein.
(v) The Stock to be sold by the Selling Securityholders is listed and
duly admitted to trading on the Nasdaq National Market, and prior to the
Closing Date the Stock to be issued and sold by the Company will be
authorized for listing by the Nasdaq National Market.
(vi) Except as specifically disclosed in the Registration Statement,
the Company does not have outstanding any options to purchase, or any
preemptive rights, or other rights to subscribe or to purchase or rights of
co-sale, any securities or obligations convertible into, or any contracts
or commitments to issue or sell, shares of its capital stock or any such
options, rights, convertible securities or obligations.
(vii) The consolidated financial statements of the Company, together
with related notes and schedules as set forth in the Registration Statement
("Financial Statements"), present fairly the financial position and the
results of operations of the Company and any of its subsidiaries (including
each of the subsidiaries and partnerships directly or indirectly owned by
the Company and its subsidiaries), taken as a whole, at the indicated dates
and for the indicated periods. The Financial Statements, schedules and
related notes have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, consistently applied through the period involved,
and all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of results for such
periods have been made.
(viii) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries (including each
of the subsidiaries and partnerships directly or indirectly owned by the
Company and its subsidiaries) is in violation or default under any
provision of its charter documents or bylaws, as currently in effect, or
any indenture, license, mortgage, lease, franchise, permit, deed of trust
or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of such
subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company, any of such subsidiaries
or any of their respective properties is bound or may be affected, except
where such violation or default would not have a material adverse effect on
the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Company
and such subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(ix) The execution and performance of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions herein contemplated do not and will not
conflict with or result in a breach of, or violation of, any of the terms
or provisions of, or constitute, either by itself or upon notice or the
passage of time or both, a default under, any indenture, license, mortgage,
lease, franchise, permit, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to
which the Company or any of its subsidiaries (including each of the
subsidiaries and partnerships directly or indirectly owned by the Company
and its subsidiaries) is a party or by which the Company, any of such
subsidiaries or any of their respective properties is bound or may be
affected, except where such breach, violation or default would not have a
materially adverse effect on the
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business, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and
any of such subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or violate any of the
provisions of the certificate or articles of incorporation or bylaws, as
applicable, each as amended, of the Company or any of such subsidiaries or
violate any material order, judgment, statute, rule or regulation
applicable to the Company or any of such subsidiaries of any court or of
any regulatory, administrative or governmental body or agency having
jurisdiction over the Company, any of such subsidiaries or any of their
respective properties.
(b) Each of the Selling Securityholders hereby represents and warrants as
follows:
(i) Such Selling Securityholder has good and marketable title to all
the shares of Stock to be sold by such Selling Securityholder hereunder,
free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities, security interests and
claims whatsoever, with full right and authority to deliver the same
hereunder, subject, in the case of each Selling Securityholder, to the
rights of Xxxxx Xxxxxx Shareholder Services, L.L.C., as Custodian (herein
called the Custodian), and that upon the delivery of and payment for such
shares of the Stock hereunder, the several Underwriters will receive good
and marketable title thereto, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances,
equities, security interests and claims whatsoever.
(ii) Certificates in negotiable form for the shares of the Stock to be
sold by such Selling Securityholder have been placed in custody under a
Custody Agreement for delivery under this Agreement with the Custodian;
such Selling Securityholder specifically agrees that the shares of the
Stock represented by the certificates so held in custody for such Selling
Securityholder are subject to the interests of the several Underwriters and
the Company, that the arrangements made by such Selling Securityholder for
such custody, including the Power of Attorney provided for in such Custody
Agreement, are to that extent irrevocable, and that the obligations of such
Selling Securityholder shall not be terminated by any act of such Selling
Securityholder or by operation of law, whether by the death or incapacity
of such Selling Securityholder (or, in the case of a Selling Securityholder
that is not an individual, the dissolution or liquidation of such Selling
Securityholder) or the occurrence of any other event; if any such death,
incapacity, dissolution, liquidation or other such event should occur
before the delivery of such shares of the Stock hereunder, certificates for
such shares of the Stock shall be delivered by the Custodian in accordance
with the terms and conditions of this Agreement as if such death,
incapacity, dissolution, liquidation or other event had not occurred,
regardless of whether the Custodian shall have received notice of such
death, incapacity, dissolution, liquidation or other event.
(iii) Such Selling Securityholder has reviewed the Registration
Statement and Prospectus and, although such Selling Securityholder has not
independently verified the accuracy or completeness of all the information
contained therein, nothing has come to the attention of such Selling
Securityholder that would lead such Selling Securityholder to believe that
on the Effective Date, the Registration Statement contained any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein
not misleading; and, on the Effective Date the Prospectus contained and, on
the Closing Date, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.
3. Purchase of the Stock by the Underwriters.
(a) On the basis of the representations and warranties and subject to the
terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell
2,000,000 shares of the Underwritten Stock to the several Underwriters, each
Selling Securityholder agrees to sell to the several Underwriters the number of
shares of the Underwritten Stock set forth in Schedule II opposite the name of
such Selling Securityholder, and each of the Underwriters agrees to purchase
from the Company and the Selling Securityholders the respective aggregate number
of shares of Underwritten Stock set forth opposite its name in Schedule I. The
price at which such shares of Underwritten Stock shall be sold by the Company
and the Selling Securityholders and purchased by the several Underwriters shall
be $___ per share. The obligation of each Underwriter to the Company and each of
the Selling Securityholders shall be to purchase from the Company and the
Selling Securityholders that number of shares of the
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Underwritten Stock which represents the same proportion of the total number of
shares of the Underwritten Stock to be sold by each of the Company and the
Selling Securityholders pursuant to this Agreement as the number of shares of
the Underwritten Stock set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in
Schedule I hereto represents of the total number of shares of the Underwritten
Stock to be purchased by all Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, as
adjusted by you in such manner as you deem advisable to avoid fractional shares.
In making this Agreement, each Underwriter is contracting severally and not
jointly; except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section 3, the
agreement of each Underwriter is to purchase only the respective number of
shares of the Underwritten Stock specified in Schedule I.
(b) If for any reason one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse
(otherwise than for a reason sufficient to justify the termination of this
Agreement under the provisions of Section 8 or 9 hereof) to purchase and pay for
the number of shares of the Stock agreed to be purchased by such Underwriter or
Underwriters, the Company or the Selling Securityholders shall immediately give
notice thereof to you, and the non-defaulting Underwriters shall have the right
within 24 hours after the receipt by you of such notice to purchase, or procure
one or more other Underwriters to purchase, in such proportions as may be agreed
upon between you and such purchasing Underwriter or Underwriters and upon the
terms herein set forth, all or any part of the shares of the Stock which such
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed to purchase. If the non-defaulting
Underwriters fail so to make such arrangements with respect to all such shares
and portion, the number of shares of the Stock which each non-defaulting
Underwriter is otherwise obligated to purchase under this Agreement shall be
automatically increased on a pro rata basis to absorb the remaining shares and
portion which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed to purchase;
provided, however, that the non-defaulting Underwriters shall not be obligated
to purchase the shares and portion which the defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters agreed to purchase if the aggregate number of such shares of the
Stock exceeds 10% of the total number of shares of the Stock which all
Underwriters agreed to purchase hereunder. If the total number of shares of the
Stock which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed to purchase shall
not be purchased or absorbed in accordance with the two preceding sentences, the
Company and the Selling Securityholders shall have the right, within 24 hours
next succeeding the 24-hour period above referred to, to make arrangements with
other underwriters or purchasers satisfactory to you for purchase of such shares
and portion on the terms herein set forth. In any such case, either you or the
Company and the Selling Securityholders shall have the right to postpone the
Closing Date determined as provided in Section 5 hereof for not more than seven
business days after the date originally fixed as the Closing Date pursuant to
said Section 5 in order that any necessary changes in the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus or any other documents or arrangements may be made. If
neither the non-defaulting Underwriters nor the Company and the Selling
Securityholders shall make arrangements within the 24-hour periods stated above
for the purchase of all the shares of the Stock which the defaulting Underwriter
or Underwriters agreed to purchase hereunder, this Agreement shall be terminated
without further act or deed and without any liability on the part of the Company
or the Selling Securityholders to any non-defaulting Underwriter and without any
liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter to the Company or the
Selling Securityholders. Nothing in this paragraph (b), and no action taken
hereunder, shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of
any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement.
(c) On the basis of the representations, warranties and covenants herein
contained, and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company
grants an option to the several Underwriters to purchase, severally and not
jointly, up to 345,000 shares in the aggregate of the Option Stock from the
Company at the same price per share as the Underwriters shall pay for the
Underwritten Stock. Said option may be exercised only to cover over-allotments
in the sale of the Underwritten Stock by the Underwriters and may be exercised
in whole or in part at any time (but not more than once) on or before the
thirtieth day after the date of this Agreement upon written or telegraphic
notice by you to the Company setting forth the aggregate number of shares of the
Option Stock as to which the several Underwriters are exercising the option.
Delivery of certificates for the shares of Option Stock, and payment therefor,
shall be made as provided in Section 5 hereof. The number of shares of the
Option Stock to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be the same percentage of
the total number of shares of the Option Stock to be purchased by the several
Underwriters as such Underwriter is purchasing of the Underwritten Stock, as
adjusted by you in such manner as you deem advisable to avoid fractional shares.
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4. Offering by Underwriters.
(a) The terms of the initial public offering by the Underwriters of the
Stock to be purchased by them shall be as set forth in the Prospectus. The
Underwriters may from time to time change the public offering price after the
closing of the initial public offering and increase or decrease the concessions
and discounts to dealers as they may determine.
(b) The information set forth in the last paragraph on the front cover page
and under "Underwriting" in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus relating to the Stock filed by the Company
(insofar as such information relates to the Underwriters) constitutes the only
information furnished by the Underwriters to the Company for inclusion in the
Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, and the Prospectus, and you
on behalf of the respective Underwriters represent and warrant to the Company
that the statements made therein are correct.
5. Delivery of and Payment for the Stock.
(a) Delivery of certificates for the shares of the Underwritten Stock and
the Option Stock (if the option granted by Section 3(c) hereof shall have been
exercised not later than 7:00 A.M., San Francisco time, on the date two business
days preceding the Closing Date), and payment therefor, shall be made at the
office of Wilson, Sonsini, Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, P.C., 000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxx
Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, at 7:00 a.m., San Francisco time, on the fourth business
day after the date of this Agreement, or at such time on such other day, not
later than seven full business days after such fourth business day, as shall be
agreed upon in writing by the Company, the Selling Securityholders and you. The
date and hour of such delivery and payment (which may be postponed as provided
in Section 3(b) hereof) are herein called the Closing Date.
(b) If the option granted by Section 3(c) hereof shall be exercised after
7:00 a.m., San Francisco time, on the date two business days preceding the
Closing Date, delivery of certificates for the shares of Option Stock, and
payment therefor, shall be made at the office of Wilson, Sonsini, Xxxxxxxx &
Xxxxxx, P.C., 000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, at 7:00 a.m., San
Francisco time, on the third business day after the exercise of such option.
(c) Payment for the Stock purchased from the Company shall be made to the
Company or its order, and payment for the Stock purchased from the Selling
Securityholders shall be made to the Custodian, for the account of the Selling
Securityholders, in each case by one or more certified or official bank check or
checks in same day funds. Such payment shall be made upon delivery of
certificates for the Stock to you for the respective accounts of the several
Underwriters against receipt therefor signed by you. Certificates for the Stock
to be delivered to you shall be registered in such name or names and shall be in
such denominations as you may request at least one business day before the
Closing Date, in the case of Underwritten Stock, and at least one business day
prior to the purchase thereof, in the case of the Option Stock. Such
certificates will be made available to the Underwriters for inspection, checking
and packaging at the offices of Lewco Securities Corporation, 0 Xxxxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 on the business day prior to the Closing Date or, in the
case of the Option Stock, by 3:00 p.m., New York time, on the business day
preceding the date of purchase.
It is understood that you, individually and not on behalf of the
Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment to the Company
and the Selling Securityholders for shares to be purchased by any Underwriter
whose check shall not have been received by you on the Closing Date or any later
date on which Option Stock is purchased for the account of such Underwriter. Any
such payment by you shall not relieve such Underwriter from any of its
obligations hereunder.
6. Further Agreements of the Company and the Selling Securityholders. Each
of the Company and the Selling Securityholders respectively covenants and agrees
as follows:
(a) The Company will (i) prepare and timely file with the Commission under
Rule 424(b) a Prospectus containing information previously omitted at the time
of effectiveness of the Registration Statement in
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reliance on Rule 430A and (ii) not file any amendment to the Registration
Statement or supplement to the Prospectus of which you shall not previously have
been advised and furnished with a copy or to which you shall have reasonably
objected in writing or which is not in compliance with the Securities Act or the
rules and regulations of the Commission.
(b) The Company will promptly notify each Underwriter in the event of (i)
the request by the Commission for amendment of the Registration Statement or for
supplement to the Prospectus or for any additional information, (ii) the
issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement, (iii) the institution or notice of intended institution
of any action or proceeding for that purpose, (iv) the receipt by the Company of
any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the
Stock for sale in any jurisdiction, or (v) the receipt by it of notice of the
initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company and
the Selling Securityholders will make every reasonable effort to prevent the
issuance of such a stop order and, if such an order shall at any time be issued,
to obtain the withdrawal thereof at the earliest possible moment.
(c) The Company will (i) on or before the Closing Date, deliver to you a
signed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each
amendment thereto filed prior to the time the Registration Statement becomes
effective and, promptly upon the filing thereof, a signed copy of each
post-effective amendment, if any, to the Registration Statement (together with,
in each case, all exhibits thereto unless previously furnished to you) and will
also deliver to you, for distribution to the Underwriters, a sufficient number
of additional conformed copies of each of the foregoing (but without exhibits)
so that one copy of each may be distributed to each Underwriter, (ii) as
promptly as possible deliver to you and send to the several Underwriters, at
such office or offices as you may designate, as many copies of the Prospectus as
you may reasonably request, and (iii) thereafter from time to time during the
period in which a prospectus is required by law to be delivered by an
Underwriter or dealer, likewise send to the Underwriters as many additional
copies of the Prospectus and as many copies of any supplement to the Prospectus
and of any amended prospectus, filed by the Company with the Commission, as you
may reasonably request for the purposes contemplated by the Securities Act.
(d) If at any time during the period in which a prospectus is required by
law to be delivered by an Underwriter or dealer any event relating to or
affecting the Company, or of which the Company shall be advised in writing by
you, shall occur as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel
for the Company or of counsel for the Underwriters, to supplement or amend the
Prospectus in order to make the Prospectus not misleading in the light of the
circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser of the Stock,
the Company will forthwith prepare and file with the Commission a supplement to
the Prospectus or an amended prospectus so that the Prospectus as so
supplemented or amended will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time such Prospectus
is delivered to such purchaser, not misleading. If, after the initial public
offering of the Stock by the Underwriters and during such period, the
Underwriters shall propose to vary the terms of offering thereof by reason of
changes in general market conditions or otherwise, you will advise the Company
in writing of the proposed variation, and, if in the opinion either of counsel
for the Company or of counsel for the Underwriters such proposed variation
requires that the Prospectus be supplemented or amended, the Company will
forthwith prepare and file with the Commission a supplement to the Prospectus or
an amended prospectus setting forth such variation. The Company authorizes the
Underwriters and all dealers to whom any of the Stock may be sold by the several
Underwriters to use the Prospectus, as from time to time amended or
supplemented, in connection with the sale of the Stock in accordance with the
applicable provisions of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and
regulations thereunder for such period.
(e) Prior to the filing thereof with the Commission, the Company will
submit to you, for your information, a copy of any post-effective amendment to
the Registration Statement and any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended
prospectus proposed to be filed.
(f) The Company will cooperate, when and as requested by you, in the
qualification of the Stock for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky
laws of such jurisdictions as you may designate and, during the period in which
a prospectus is required by law to be delivered by an Underwriter or dealer, in
keeping such qualifications
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in good standing under said securities or blue sky laws; provided, however, that
the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of
process or to qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction in which it
is not so qualified. The Company will, from time to time, prepare and file such
statements, reports, and other documents as are or may be required to continue
such qualifications in effect for so long a period as you may reasonably request
for distribution of the Stock.
(g) During a period of five years commencing with the date hereof, the
Company will furnish to you, and to each Underwriter who may so request in
writing, copies of all periodic and special reports furnished to shareholders of
the Company and of all information, documents and reports filed with the
Commission.
(h) Not later than the 45th day following the end of the fiscal quarter
first occurring after the first anniversary of the Effective Date, the Company
will make generally available to its security holders an earnings statement in
accordance with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder.
(i) The Company and the Selling Securityholders jointly and severally agree
to pay all costs and expenses incident to the performance of their obligations
under this Agreement, including all costs and expenses incident to (i) the
preparation, printing and filing with the Commission and the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD") of the Registration Statement,
any Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, (ii) the furnishing to the
Underwriters of copies of any Preliminary Prospectus and of the several
documents required by paragraph (c) of this Section 6 to be so furnished, (iii)
the printing of this Agreement and related documents delivered to the
Underwriters, (iv) the preparation, printing and filing of all supplements and
amendments to the Prospectus referred to in paragraph (d) of this Section 6, (v)
the furnishing to you and the Underwriters of the reports and information
referred to in paragraph (g) of this Section 6 and (vi) the printing and
issuance of stock certificates, including the transfer agent's fees. The Selling
Securityholders will pay any transfer taxes incident to the transfer to the
Underwriters of the shares the Stock being sold by the Selling Securityholders.
(j) The Company and the Selling Securityholders jointly and severally agree
to reimburse you, for the account of the several Underwriters, for blue sky fees
and related disbursements (including reasonable counsel fees and disbursements
and cost of printing memoranda for the Underwriters) paid by or for the account
of the Underwriters or their counsel in qualifying the Stock under state
securities or blue sky laws and in the review of the offering by the NASD.
(k) The provisions of paragraphs (i) and (j) of this Section are intended
to relieve the Underwriters from the payment of the expenses and costs which the
Company and the Selling Securityholders hereby agree to pay and shall not affect
any agreement which the Company and the Selling Securityholders may make, or may
have made, for the sharing of any such expenses and costs.
(l) The Company and each of the Selling Securityholders hereby agrees that,
without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLC on behalf of the
Underwriters, the Company or such Selling Securityholder, as the case may be,
will not, for a period of 90 days following the commencement of the public
offering of the Stock by the Underwriters, directly or indirectly, (i) sell,
offer, contract to sell, make any short sale, pledge, sell any option or
contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option,
right or warrant to purchase or otherwise transfer or dispose of any shares of
Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable
for or any rights to purchase or acquire Common Stock or (ii) enter into any
swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic
consequences or ownership of Common Stock, whether any such transaction
described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common
Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence
shall not apply to (A) the Stock to be sold to the Underwriters pursuant to this
Agreement, (B) shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon the exercise of
options granted under the stock plans of the Company or upon purchase pursuant
to the Company's Employee Stock Purchase Plan, in each case as outstanding or
reserved for issuance on the date of the Prospectus, (C) options to purchase
Common Stock granted under the Company's stock plans and reserved for such
purpose on the date of the Prospectus and (D) shares of Common Stock or other
securities issued pursuant to the Company's Preferred Shares Rights Agreement
dated December 12, 1996.
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(m) The Company agrees to use its best efforts to cause all directors and
officers to agree that, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx
LLC on behalf of the Underwriters, such person or entity will not, for a period
of 90 days following the commencement of the public offering of the Stock by the
Underwriters, directly or indirectly, (i) sell, offer, contract to sell, make
any short sale, pledge, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any
option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase or
otherwise transfer or dispose of any shares of Common Stock or any securities
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for or any rights to purchase or
acquire Common Stock or (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement that
transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences or ownership of
Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above
is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash
or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to the Stock to be sold to
the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement.
(n) If at any time during the 25-day period after the Registration
Statement becomes effective any rumor, publication or event relating to or
affecting the Company shall occur as a result of which in your opinion the
market price for the Stock has been or is likely to be materially affected
(regardless of whether such rumor, publication or event necessitates a
supplement to or amendment of the Prospectus), the Company will, after written
notice from you advising the Company to the effect set forth above, forthwith
prepare, consult with you concerning the substance of, and disseminate a press
release or other public statement, reasonably satisfactory to you, responding to
or commenting on such rumor, publication or event.
(o) The Company is familiar with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, and has in the past conducted its affairs, and will in the future
conduct its affairs, in such a manner to ensure that the Company was not and
will not be an "investment company" or a company "controlled" by an "investment
company" within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended,
and the rules and regulations thereunder.
7. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (f) of this Section 7, the
Company and the Selling Securityholders jointly and severally agree to indemnify
and hold harmless each Underwriter and each person (including each partner or
officer thereof) who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15
of the Securities Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, joint or several, to which such indemnified parties or any of them
may become subject under the Securities Act, the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (herein called the Exchange Act), or the common law or
otherwise, and the Company and the Selling Securityholders jointly and severally
agree to reimburse each such Underwriter and controlling person for any legal or
other expenses (including, except as otherwise hereinafter provided, reasonable
fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred by the respective indemnified
parties in connection with defending against any such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities or in connection with any investigation or inquiry of, or other
proceeding which may be brought against, the respective indemnified parties, in
each case arising out of or based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement
(including the Prospectus as part thereof and any Rule 462(b) registration
statement) or any post-effective amendment thereto (including any Rule 462(b)
registration statement), or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (as
amended or as supplemented if the Company shall have filed with the Commission
any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) or the omission or alleged omission
to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; provided, however, that (1) the indemnity agreements of the Company
and the Selling Securityholders contained in this paragraph (a) shall not apply
to any such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses if such statement
or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with information
furnished as herein stated or otherwise furnished in writing to the Company by
or on behalf of any Underwriter for use in any Preliminary Prospectus or the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any such amendment thereof or
supplement thereto, (2) the indemnity agreement contained in this paragraph (a)
with respect to any Preliminary Prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any
Underwriter from whom the person asserting any such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or expenses purchased the Stock which is the subject thereof (or to
the benefit of any person controlling such
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Underwriter) if at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of such
Stock a copy of the Prospectus (or the Prospectus as amended or supplemented)
was not sent or delivered to such person (excluding the documents incorporated
therein by reference) and the untrue statement or omission of a material fact
contained in such Preliminary Prospectus was corrected in the Prospectus (or the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented) unless the failure is the result of
noncompliance by the Company with paragraph (c) of Section 6 hereof, and (3)
each Selling Securityholder shall only be liable under this paragraph with
respect to (A) information pertaining to such Selling Securityholder furnished
by or on behalf of such Selling Securityholder expressly for use in any
Preliminary Prospectus or the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any
such amendment thereof or supplement thereto or (B) facts that would constitute
a breach of any representation or warranty of such Selling Securityholder set
forth in Section 2(b) hereof. The indemnity agreements of the Company and the
Selling Securityholders contained in this paragraph (a) and the representations
and warranties of the Company and the Selling Securityholders contained in
Section 2 hereof shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless
of any investigation made by or on behalf of any indemnified party and shall
survive the delivery of and payment for the Stock.
(b) Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
Company, each of its officers who signs the Registration Statement on his own
behalf or pursuant to a power of attorney, each of its directors, each other
Underwriter and each person (including each partner or officer thereof) who
controls the Company or any such other Underwriter within the meaning of Section
15 of the Securities Act, and the Selling Securityholders from and against any
and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such
indemnified parties or any of them may become subject under the Securities Act,
the Exchange Act, or the common law or otherwise and to reimburse each of them
for any legal or other expenses (including, except as otherwise hereinafter
provided, reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred by the
respective indemnified parties in connection with defending against any such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities or in connection with any investigation
or inquiry of, or other proceeding which may be brought against, the respective
indemnified parties, in each case arising out of or based upon (i) any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the
Registration Statement (including the Prospectus as part thereof and any Rule
462(b) registration statement) or any post-effective amendment thereto
(including any Rule 462(b) registration statement) or the omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or (ii) any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the
Prospectus (as amended or as supplemented if the Company shall have filed with
the Commission any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) or the omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading, if such statement or omission was made in reliance upon
and in conformity with information furnished as herein stated or otherwise
furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of such indemnifying
Underwriter for use in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any such
amendment thereof or supplement thereto. The indemnity agreement of each
Underwriter contained in this paragraph (b) shall remain operative and in full
force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any
indemnified party and shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Stock.
(c) Each party indemnified under the provision of paragraphs (a) and (b) of
this Section 7 agrees that, upon the service of a summons or other initial legal
process upon it in any action or suit instituted against it or upon its receipt
of written notification of the commencement of any investigation or inquiry of,
or proceeding against, it in respect of which indemnity may be sought on account
of any indemnity agreement contained in such paragraphs, it will promptly give
written notice (herein called the Notice) of such service or notification to the
party or parties from whom indemnification may be sought hereunder. No
indemnification provided for in such paragraphs shall be available to any party
who shall fail so to give the Notice if the party to whom such Notice was not
given was unaware of the action, suit, investigation, inquiry or proceeding to
which the Notice would have related and was prejudiced by the failure to give
the Notice, but the omission so to notify such indemnifying party or parties of
any such service or notification shall not relieve such indemnifying party or
parties from any liability which it or they may have to the indemnified party
for contribution or otherwise than on account of such indemnity agreement. Any
indemnifying party shall be entitled at its own expense to participate in the
defense of any action, suit or proceeding against, or investigation or inquiry
of, an indemnified party. Any indemnifying party shall be entitled, if it so
elects within a reasonable time after receipt of the Notice by giving written
notice (herein called the Notice of Defense) to the indemnified party, to assume
(alone or in conjunction with any other indemnifying party or parties) the
entire
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defense of such action, suit, investigation, inquiry or proceeding, in which
event such defense shall be conducted, at the expense of the indemnifying party
or parties, by counsel chosen by such indemnifying party or parties and
reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party or parties; provided, however,
that (i) if the indemnified party or parties reasonably determine that there may
be a conflict between the positions of the indemnifying party or parties and of
the indemnified party or parties in conducting the defense of such action, suit,
investigation, inquiry or proceeding or that there may be legal defenses
available to such indemnified party or parties different from or in addition to
those available to the indemnifying party or parties, then counsel for the
indemnified party or parties shall be entitled to conduct the defense to the
extent reasonably determined by such counsel to be necessary to protect the
interests of the indemnified party or parties and (ii) in any event, the
indemnified party or parties shall be entitled to have counsel chosen by such
indemnified party or parties participate in, but not conduct, the defense. If,
within a reasonable time after receipt of the Notice, an indemnifying party
gives a Notice of Defense and the counsel chosen by the indemnifying party or
parties is reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party or parties, the
indemnifying party or parties will not be liable under paragraphs (a) through
(c) of this Section 7 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by
the indemnified party or parties in connection with the defense of the action,
suit, investigation, inquiry or proceeding, except that (A) the indemnifying
party or parties shall bear the legal and other expenses incurred in connection
with the conduct of the defense as referred to in clause (i) of the proviso to
the preceding sentence and (B) the indemnifying party or parties shall bear such
other expenses as it or they have authorized to be incurred by the indemnified
party or parties. If, within a reasonable time after receipt of the Notice, no
Notice of Defense has been given, the indemnifying party or parties shall be
responsible for any legal or other expenses incurred by the indemnified party or
parties in connection with the defense of the action, suit, investigation,
inquiry or proceeding.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 7 is unavailable or
insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under paragraph (a) or (b) of
this Section 7, then each indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such
indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities
referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 7 (i) in such proportion as
is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by each indemnifying
party from the offering of the Stock or (ii) if the allocation provided by
clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i)
above but also the relative fault of each indemnifying party in connection with
the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, or actions in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the
Selling Securityholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall
be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds
from the offering of the Stock received by the Company and the Selling
Securityholders and the total underwriting discount received by the
Underwriters, as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus,
bear to the aggregate public offering price of the Stock. Relative fault shall
be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state
a material fact relates to information supplied by each indemnifying party and
the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity
to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission.
The parties agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions
pursuant to this paragraph (d) were to be determined by pro rata allocation
(even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any
other method of allocation which does not take into account the equitable
considerations referred to in the first sentence of this paragraph (d). The
amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages
or liabilities, or actions in respect thereof, referred to in the first sentence
of this paragraph (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigation,
preparing to defend or defending against any action or claim which is the
subject of this paragraph (d). Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph
(d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the
underwriting discount applicable to the Stock purchased by such Underwriter. No
person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section
11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person
who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters'
obligations in this paragraph (d) to contribute are several in proportion to
their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.
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Each party entitled to contribution agrees that upon the service of a
summons or other initial legal process upon it in any action instituted against
it in respect of which contribution may be sought, it will promptly give written
notice of such service to the party or parties from whom contribution may be
sought, but the omission so to notify such party or parties of any such service
shall not relieve the party from whom contribution may be sought from any
obligation it may have hereunder or otherwise (except as specifically provided
in paragraph (c) of this Section 7).
(e) Neither the Company nor the Selling Securityholders will, without the
prior written consent of each Underwriter, settle or compromise or consent to
the entry of any judgment in any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or
proceeding in respect of which indemnification may be sought hereunder (whether
or not such Underwriter or any person who controls such Underwriter within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act is
a party to such claim, action, suit or proceeding) unless such settlement,
compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of such Underwriter and
each such controlling person from all liability arising out of such claim,
action, suit or proceeding.
(f) The liability of each Selling Securityholder under such Selling
Securityholder's representations and warranties contained in paragraph (b) of
Section 2 hereof and under the indemnity and reimbursement agreements contained
in the provisions of this Section 7 and Section 11 hereof shall be limited to an
amount equal to the net proceeds received by such Selling Securityholder from
the sale of the stock sold by such Selling Securityholder to the Underwriters.
In addition, no Selling Shareholder shall be liable under the expense, indemnity
and contribution agreements of Section 6 and 7 hereof unless and until the
Underwriters have made written demand on the Company for payment under such
Sections which shall not have been paid by the Company within 45 days after
receipt of such demand. The Company and the Selling Securityholders may agree,
as among themselves and without limiting the rights of the Underwriters under
this Agreement, as to the respective amounts of such liability for which they
each shall be responsible, including, without limitation, allocating between the
Company and the Selling Shareholders the liability resulting in a breach of the
representations and warranties of the Company and the Selling Shareholders
hereunder.
8. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by you at any time prior
to the Closing Date by giving written notice to the Company and the Selling
Securityholders if after the date of this Agreement trading in the Common Stock
shall have been suspended, or if there shall have occurred (i) the engagement in
hostilities or an escalation of major hostilities by the United States or the
declaration of war or a national emergency by the United States on or after the
date hereof, (ii) any outbreak of hostilities or other national or international
calamity or crisis or change in economic or political conditions if the effect
of such outbreak, calamity, crisis or change in economic or political conditions
in the financial markets of the United States would, in the Underwriters'
reasonable judgment, make the offering or delivery of the Stock impracticable,
(iii) suspension of trading in securities generally or a material adverse
decline in value of securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, the
American Stock Exchange, or The Nasdaq Stock Market, or limitations on prices
(other than limitations on hours or numbers of days of trading) for securities
on either such exchange or system, (iv) the enactment, publication, decree or
other promulgation of any federal or state statute, regulation, rule or order
of, or commencement of any proceeding or investigation by, any court,
legislative body, agency or other governmental authority which in the
Underwriters' reasonable opinion materially and adversely affects or will
materially or adversely affect the business or operations of the Company, (v)
declaration of a banking moratorium by either federal or New York State
authorities or (vi) the taking of any action by any federal, state or local
government or agency in respect of its monetary or fiscal affairs which in the
Underwriters' reasonable opinion has a material adverse effect on the securities
markets in the United States. If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to
this Section 8, there shall be no liability of the Company or the Selling
Securityholders to the Underwriters and no liability of the Underwriters to the
Company or the Selling Securityholders; provided, however, that in the event of
any such termination the Company and the Selling Securityholders agree to
indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriters from all costs or expenses incident
to the performance of the obligations of the Company and the Selling
Securityholders under this Agreement, including all costs and expenses referred
to in paragraphs (i) and (j) of Section 6 hereof.
9. Conditions of Underwriters' Obligations. The obligations of the several
Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Stock shall be subject to the
performance by the Company and by the Selling
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Securityholders of all their respective obligations to be performed hereunder at
or prior to the Closing Date or any later date on which Option Stock is to be
purchased, as the case may be, and to the following further conditions:
(a) The Registration Statement shall have become effective; and no stop
order suspending the effectiveness thereof shall have been issued and no
proceedings therefor shall be pending or threatened by the Commission.
(b) The legality and sufficiency of the sale of the Stock hereunder and the
validity and form of the certificates representing the Stock, all corporate
proceedings and other legal matters incident to the foregoing, and the form of
the Registration Statement and of the Prospectus (except as to the financial
statements contained therein), shall have been approved at or prior to the
Closing Date by (degree) , counsel for the Underwriters.
(c) You shall have received from Wilson, Sonsini, Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, P.C.,
counsel for the Company and the Selling Securityholders, from Oppenhoff &
Xxxxxx, special German counsel for the Company and from ____________, special
United Kingdom counsel for the Company, addressed to the Underwriters and dated
the Closing Date, covering the matters set forth in Annex A, Annex B and Annex C
hereto, respectively, and if Option Stock is purchased at any date after the
Closing Date, additional opinions from each such counsel, addressed to the
Underwriters and dated such later date, confirming that the statements expressed
as of the Closing Date in such opinions remain valid as of such later date.
(d) You shall be satisfied that (i) as of the Effective Date, the
statements made in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus were true and
correct and neither the Registration Statement nor the Prospectus omitted to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to
make the statements therein, respectively, not misleading, (ii) since the
Effective Date, no event has occurred which should have been set forth in a
supplement or amendment to the Prospectus which has not been set forth in such a
supplement or amendment, (iii) since the respective dates as of which
information is given in the Registration Statement in the form in which it
originally became effective and the Prospectus contained therein, there has not
been any material adverse change or any development involving a prospective
material adverse change in or affecting the business, properties, financial
condition or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as
a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of
business, and, since such dates, except in the ordinary course of business,
neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries (including subsidiaries and
partnerships directly or indirectly owned by the Company or its subsidiaries)
has entered into any material transaction not referred to in the Registration
Statement in the form in which it originally became effective and the Prospectus
contained therein, (iv) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries
(including subsidiaries and partnerships directly or indirectly owned by the
Company or its subsidiaries) has any material contingent obligations which are
not disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, (v) there are
not any pending or known threatened legal proceedings to which the Company or
any of its subsidiaries (including subsidiaries and partnerships directly or
indirectly owned by the Company or its subsidiaries) is a party or of which
property of the Company or any of such subsidiaries is the subject which are
material and which are not disclosed in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, (vi) there are not any franchises, contracts, leases or other
documents which are required to be filed as exhibits to the Registration
Statement which have not been filed as required, (vii) the representations and
warranties of the Company herein are true and correct in all material respects
as of the Closing Date or any later date on which Option Stock is to be
purchased, as the case may be, and (viii) there has not been any material change
in the market for securities in general or in political, financial or economic
conditions from those reasonably foreseeable as to render it impracticable in
your reasonable judgment to make a public offering of the Stock, or a material
adverse change in market levels for securities in general (or those of companies
in particular) or financial or economic conditions which render it inadvisable
to proceed.
(e) You shall have received on the Closing Date and on any later date on
which Option Stock is purchased a certificate, dated the Closing Date or such
later date, as the case may be, and signed by the President and the Chief
Financial Officer of the Company, stating that the respective signers of said
certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement in the form in
which it originally became effective and the Prospectus
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contained therein and any supplements or amendments thereto, and that the
statements included in clauses (i) through (vii) of paragraph (d) of this
Section 9 are true and correct.
(f) You shall have received from KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, a letter or
letters, addressed to the Underwriters and dated the Closing Date and any later
date on which Option Stock is purchased, confirming that they are independent
public accountants with respect to the Company within the meaning of the
Securities Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder and
based upon the procedures described in their letter delivered to you
concurrently with the execution of this Agreement (herein called the Original
Letter), but carried out to a date not more than three business days prior to
the Closing Date or such later date on which Option Stock is purchased (i)
confirming, to the extent true, that the statements and conclusions set forth in
the Original Letter are accurate as of the Closing Date or such later date, as
the case may be, and (ii) setting forth any revisions and additions to the
statements and conclusions set forth in the Original Letter which are necessary
to reflect any changes in the facts described in the Original Letter since the
date of the Original Letter or to reflect the availability of more recent
financial statements, data or information. The letters shall not disclose any
change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the
business or properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (including
subsidiaries and partnerships directly or indirectly owned by the Company or its
subsidiaries) which, in your sole judgment, makes it impractical or inadvisable
to proceed with the public offering of the Stock or the purchase of the Option
Stock as contemplated by the Prospectus.
(g) You shall have been furnished evidence in usual written or telegraphic
form from the appropriate authorities of the several jurisdictions, or other
evidence satisfactory to you, of the qualification referred to in paragraph (f)
of Section 6 hereof.
(h) Prior to the Closing Date, the Stock to be issued and sold by the
Company shall have been duly authorized for listing by the Nasdaq National
Market.
(i) On or prior to the Closing Date, you shall have received from all
directors and officers of the Company shareholders agreements, in form
reasonably satisfactory to Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLC, stating that without the prior
written consent of Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLC on behalf of the Underwriters, such
person or entity will not, for a period of 90 days following the commencement of
the public offering of the Stock by the Underwriters, directly or indirectly,
(i) sell, offer, contract to sell, make any short sale, pledge, sell any option
or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any
option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise transfer or dispose of any
shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for or any rights to purchase or acquire Common Stock or (ii) enter
into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the
economic consequences or ownership of Common Stock, whether any such transaction
described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common
Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise.
All the agreements, opinions, certificates and letters mentioned above or
elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the
provisions hereof only if Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx &
Xxxxxxxxx, LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, shall be satisfied that they
comply in form and scope.
In case any of the conditions specified in this Section 9 shall not be
fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by you by giving notice to the
Company and to the Selling Securityholders. Any such termination shall be
without liability of the Company or the Selling Securityholders to the
Underwriters and without liability of the Underwriters to the Company or the
Selling Securityholders; provided, however, that (i) in the event of such
termination, the Company and the Selling Securityholders agree to indemnify and
hold harmless the Underwriters from all costs or expenses incident to the
performance of the obligations of the Company and the Selling Securityholders
under this Agreement, including all costs and expenses referred to in paragraphs
(i) and (j) of Section 6 hereof, and (ii) if this Agreement is terminated by you
because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company or the
Selling Securityholders to perform any agreement herein, to fulfill any of the
conditions herein, or to comply with any provision hereof other than by reason
of a default by any of the Underwriters, the Company will reimburse the
Underwriters severally upon demand for all out-of-pocket expenses (including
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reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that shall have been incurred by
them in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
10. Conditions of the Obligation of the Company and the Selling
Securityholders. The obligation of the Company and the Selling Securityholders
to deliver the Stock shall be subject to the conditions that (a) the
Registration Statement shall have become effective and (b) no stop order
suspending the effectiveness thereof shall be in effect and no proceedings
therefor shall be pending or threatened by the Commission.
In case either of the conditions specified in this Section 10 shall not be
fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by the Company and the Selling
Securityholders by giving notice to you. Any such termination shall be without
liability of the Company and the Selling Securityholders to the Underwriters and
without liability of the Underwriters to the Company or the Selling
Securityholders; provided, however, that in the event of any such termination
the Company and the Selling Securityholders jointly and severally agree to
indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriters from all costs or expenses incident
to the performance of the obligations of the Company and the Selling
Securityholders under this Agreement, including all costs and expenses referred
to in paragraphs (i) and (j) of Section 6 hereof.
11. Reimbursement of Certain Expenses. In addition to their other
obligations under Section 7 of this Agreement (and subject, in the case of a
Selling Securityholder, to the provisions of paragraph (f) of Section 7), the
Company and the Selling Securityholders hereby jointly and severally agree to
reimburse on a quarterly basis the Underwriters for all reasonable legal and
other expenses incurred in connection with investigating or defending any claim,
action, investigation, inquiry or other proceeding arising out of or based upon
any statement or omission, or any alleged statement or omission, described in
paragraph (a) of Section 7 of this Agreement, notwithstanding the absence of a
judicial determination as to the propriety and enforceability of the obligations
under this Section 11 and the possibility that such payments might later be held
to be improper; provided, however, that (i) to the extent any such payment is
ultimately held to be improper, the persons receiving such payments shall
promptly refund them and (ii) such persons shall provide to the Company, upon
request, reasonable assurances of their ability to effect any refund, when and
if due.
12. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to
the benefit of the Company, the Selling Securityholders and the several
Underwriters and, with respect to the provisions of Section 7 hereof, the
several parties (in addition to the Company, the Selling Securityholders and the
several Underwriters) indemnified under the provisions of said Section 7, and
their respective personal representatives, successors and assigns. Nothing in
this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give to any other person,
firm or corporation any legal or equitable remedy or claim under or in respect
of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. The term "successors and
assigns" as herein used shall not include any purchaser, as such purchaser, of
any of the Stock from any of the several Underwriters.
13. Notices. Except as otherwise provided herein, all communications
hereunder shall be in writing or by telegraph and, if to the Underwriters, shall
be mailed, telegraphed or delivered to Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLC, Xxx Xxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000; and if to the Company, shall be mailed,
telegraphed or delivered to it at its office, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: President; and if to the Selling
Securityholders, shall be mailed, telegraphed or delivered to the Selling
Securityholders in care of Xxxx Xxxxxxx or Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, c/o Pinnacle
Systems, Inc., 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000. All
notices given by telegraph shall be promptly confirmed by letter.
14. Miscellaneous. The reimbursement, indemnification and contribution
agreements contained in this Agreement and the representations, warranties and
covenants in this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of
(a) any termination of this Agreement, (b) any investigation made by or on
behalf of any Underwriter or controlling person thereof, or by or on behalf of
the Company or the Selling Securityholders or their respective directors or
officers, and (c) delivery and payment for the Stock under this Agreement;
provided, however, that if this Agreement is terminated prior to the Closing
Date, the provisions of paragraphs (l), (m) and (n) of Section 6 hereof shall be
of no further force or effect.
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This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and
the same instrument.
This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the
laws of the State of California.
Please sign and return to the Company and to the Selling Securityholders in
care of the Company the enclosed duplicates of this letter, whereupon this
letter will become a binding agreement among the Company, the Selling
Securityholders and the several Underwriters in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
PINNACLE SYSTEMS, INC.
By __________________________
[Name]
[Title]
SELLING SECURITYHOLDERS:
[List Names]
By __________________________
[Attorney-in-Fact]
The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed
and accepted as of the date first above written.
XXXXXXXXX & XXXXX LLC
XXXXX XXXXXXX INC.
XXXXX XXXXX XXXXXX & COMPANY, LLC
By Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLC
By __________________________
Managing Director
Acting on behalf of the several Underwriters,
including themselves, named in Schedule I hereto.
SCHEDULE I
UNDERWRITERS
Number of Shares
Underwriters to be Purchased
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Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLC........................................
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Inc. ..........................................
Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx & Company, LLC............................
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Total........................................................ 2,300,000
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SCHEDULE II
SELLING SECURITYHOLDERS
Name Number of Shares
of Selling Securityholders to be Sold
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Miro Computer Products AG .......................... 203,565
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx .................................... 44,935
Xxxx Xxxxxx ........................................ 20,000
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx ................................. 5,000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx ....................................... 5,000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx ..................................... 5,000
Xxxx X. XxXxxxxx ................................... 5,000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx ...................................... 5,000
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx ..................................... 4,000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx ..................................... 2,500
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Total .............................................. 300,000
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ANNEX A
Matters to be Covered in the Opinion of
Wilson, Sonsini, Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, P.C.,
Counsel for the Company
and the Selling Securityholders
(i) Each of the Company and [its subsidiaries incorporated in the state
of California] (the "Subsidiaries") has been duly incorporated and is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation, is duly qualified as a foreign
corporation and in good standing in each state of the United States of
America in which its ownership or leasing of property requires such
qualification (except where the failure to be so qualified would not have a
material adverse effect on the business, properties, financial condition or
results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole), and has full corporate power and authority to own or lease its
properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration
Statement; all the issued and outstanding capital stock of each of the
Subsidiaries has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid
and nonassessable, and is owned by the Company free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances and security interests, and to the best of such counsel's
knowledge, no options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or
other obligations to issue or other rights to convert any obligations into
shares of capital stock or ownership interests in such subsidiaries are
outstanding;
(ii) the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 5,000,000
shares of Preferred Stock, none of which there are outstanding shares, and
15,000,000 shares of Common Stock, no par value, of which there are
outstanding _______________ shares (including the Underwritten Stock plus
the number of shares of Option Stock issued on the date hereof); proper
corporate proceedings have been taken validly to authorize such authorized
capital stock; all of the outstanding shares of such capital stock
(including the Underwritten Stock and the shares of Option Stock issued, if
any) have been duly and validly issued and are fully paid and
nonassessable; any Option Stock purchased after the Closing Date, when
issued and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters as provided in the
Underwriting Agreement, will have been duly and validly issued and be fully
paid and nonassessable; and no preemptive rights of, or rights of refusal
in favor of, shareholders exist with respect to the Stock, or the issue and
sale thereof, pursuant to the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of the
Company and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there are no contractual
preemptive rights that have not been waived, rights of first refusal or
rights of co-sale which exist with respect to the Stock being sold by the
Selling Securityholders or the issue and sale of the Stock; except as
disclosed in the Registration Statement, to such counsel's knowledge, the
Company does not have outstanding any options to purchase or any other
rights to subscribe for or to purchase, any securities or obligations
convertible into, or any contracts or commitments to issue or sell shares
of its capital stock or any such options, rights, convertible securities or
obligations;
(iii) based solely on oral advice to such counsel from the staff of the
Commission, the Registration Statement has become effective under the
Securities Act;
(iv) to such counsel's knowledge, no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or suspending or preventing the
use of the Prospectus is in effect and no proceedings for that purpose have
been instituted or are pending or contemplated by the Commission; any
required filing of the Prospectus and any supplement thereto pursuant to
Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations has been made in the manner and
within the time period required by such Rule 424(b);
(v) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (except as to the
financial statements and schedules and other financial data contained
therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to
form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act,
the Exchange Act and with the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder;
(vi) the information required to be set forth in the Registration
Statement in answer to Items 9 and 10 (insofar as it relates to such
counsel) of Form S-3 is, to such counsel's knowledge, accurately and
adequately set forth therein in all material respects or no response is
required with respect to such Items, and, the description of the Company's
stock option plans and Employee Stock Purchase Plan and the options and
purchase rights granted and which may be granted thereunder set forth or
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus accurately and fairly presents
the information required to be shown with respect to said plans, options
and purchase rights to the extent required by the Securities Act and the
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder;
(vii) such counsel do not know of any franchises, contracts, leases,
documents or legal proceedings, pending or threatened, which in the opinion
of such counsel are of a character required to be described in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the
Registration Statement, which are not described and filed as required; such
items are summarized in the Registration Statement or Prospectus fairly and
correctly present in all material respects the information disclosed with
respect thereto in all material respects;
(viii) the Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Company;
(ix) the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by
or on behalf of the Selling Securityholders and the Custody Agreement
between the Selling Securityholders and (degree) , as Custodian, and the
Power of Attorney referred to in such Custody Agreement have been duly
executed and delivered by the several Selling Securityholders;
(x) the issue and sale by the Company of the shares of Stock sold by
the Company as contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement will not conflict
with, or result in a breach of, the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of
the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any agreement or instrument known
to such counsel to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party
or any applicable law or regulation, or so far as is known to such counsel,
any order, writ, injunction or decree, of any jurisdiction, court or
governmental instrumentality;
(xi) to such counsel's knowledge all holders of securities of the
Company having rights to the registration of shares of Common Stock, or
other securities, because of the filing of the Registration Statement by
the Company have waived such rights or such rights have expired by reason
of lapse of time following notification of the Company's intent to file the
Registration Statement;
(xii) good and marketable title to the shares of Stock sold by the
Selling Securityholders under the Underwriting Agreement, free and clear of
all liens, encumbrances, equities, security interests and claims, has been
transferred to the Underwriters who have severally purchased such shares of
Stock under the Underwriting Agreement, assuming for the purpose of this
opinion that the Underwriters purchased the same in good faith without
notice of any adverse claims; and
(xiii) no consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
governmental agency or body is required for the consummation of the
transactions contemplated in the Underwriting Agreement, except such as
have been obtained under the Securities Act and such as may be required
under state securities or blue sky laws in connection with the purchase and
distribution of the Stock by the Underwriters.
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Counsel rendering the foregoing opinion may rely as to questions of law not
involving the laws of the United States or of the State of California, upon
opinions of local counsel satisfactory in form and scope to counsel for the
Underwriters. Copies of any opinions so relied upon shall be delivered to the
Representatives and to counsel for the Underwriters and the foregoing opinion
shall also state that counsel knows of no reason the Underwriters are not
entitled to rely upon the opinions of such local counsel. [The opinions with
respect to the Selling
Securityholders may rely upon the representations and warranties contained in
this Agreement, the Custody Agreement and the Power of Attorney executed by each
Selling Securityholder, provided that such counsel confirms that it has no
reason to believe that the Underwriters are not justified in relying on such
representations and warranties.]
In addition to the matters set forth above, counsel rendering the foregoing
opinion shall also include a statement to the effect that nothing has come to
the attention of such counsel that leads them to believe that the Registration
Statement (except as to the financial statements and schedules and other
financial and statistical data contained or incorporated by reference therein,
as to which such counsel need not express any opinion or belief) at the
Effective Date contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, that the Prospectus (except as to the
financial statements and schedules and other financial and statistical data
contained or incorporated by reference therein, as to which such counsel need
not express any opinion or belief) as of its date or at the Closing Date (or any
later date on which Option Stock is purchased), contained or contains any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading.
ANNEX B
Matters to be Covered in the Opinion of Oppenhoff & Xxxxxx
German Counsel for the Company
(i) [Name of German subsidiary of the Company], a German limited
liability company (the "German Sub"), [, and its subsidiaries] has been
duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, is duly qualified
as a foreign corporation and in good standing in each jurisdiction in which
its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification and has
full corporate power and authority to own or lease its properties and
conduct its business and has the corporate power to own its properties and
to carry on its business as now conducted;
(ii) All the issued and outstanding capital stock of the German Sub
[and each its subsidiaries] has been duly authorized and validly issued and
is fully paid and nonassessable, and is owned by the Company free and clear
of all liens, encumbrances and security interests, and to the best of such
counsel's knowledge, no options, warrants or other rights to purchase,
agreements or other obligations of any character, written or oral, to issue
or other rights to convert any obligations into shares of capital stock or
ownership interests in the German Sub [or such subsidiaries] are
outstanding; and
ANNEX C
Matters to be Covered in the Opinion of ___________
United Kingdom Counsel for the Company
(i) [Name of United Kingdom subsidiary of the Company], a United
Kingdom corporation (the "UK Sub"), [, and its subsidiaries] has been duly
incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, is duly qualified
as a foreign corporation and in good standing in each jurisdiction in which
its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification and has
full corporate power and authority to own or lease its properties and
conduct its business and has the corporate power to own its properties and
to carry on its business as now conducted;
(ii) All the issued and outstanding capital stock of the UK Sub [and
each its subsidiaries] has been duly authorized and validly issued and is
fully paid and nonassessable, and is owned by the Company free and clear of
all liens, encumbrances and security interests, and to the best of such
counsel's knowledge, no options, warrants or other rights to purchase,
agreements or other obligations of any character, written or oral, to issue
or other rights to convert any obligations into shares of capital stock or
ownership interests in the UK Sub [or such subsidiaries] are outstanding;
and
