3,500,000 SHARES(1)
INTERSPEED, INC.
COMMON STOCK
FORM OF
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
September __, 1999
U.S. BANCORP XXXXX XXXXXXX INC.
XXXXXXX XXXXXX READ LLC
XXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXX GULL
DLJDIRECT Inc.
As Representatives of the several
Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto
c/o U.S. Bancorp Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Tower
000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Gentlemen:
Interspeed, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and Brooktrout,
Inc., a Massachusetts corporation and the principal stockholder of the Company
(the "Parent"), severally propose to sell to the several Underwriters named in
Schedule I hereto (the "Underwriters") an aggregate of 3,500,000 shares (the
"Firm Shares") of Common Stock, $.01 par value per share (the "Common Stock"),
of the Company. The Firm Shares consist of 2,000,000 authorized but unissued
shares of Common Stock to be issued and sold by the Company and 1,500,000
outstanding shares of Common Stock to be sold by the Parent. Parent has also
granted to the several Underwriters an option to purchase up to 525,000
additional shares of Common Stock on the terms and for the purposes set forth in
Section 3 hereof (the "Option Shares"). The Firm Shares and any Option Shares
purchased pursuant to this Purchase Agreement are herein collectively called the
"Securities."
The Company and the Parent hereby confirm their agreement with respect to
the sale of the Securities to the several Underwriters, for whom you are acting
as Representatives (the "Representatives").
The Company, Parent and the Underwriters further agree that of the
3,500,000 Firm Shares, up to 350,000 Firm Shares to be purchased by the
Underwriters (the "Reserved Shares") shall be reserved for sale by the
Underwriters in the manner contemplated by this paragraph, as
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(1) Plus an option to purchase up to 525,000 additional shares to cover
over-allotments.
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part of the distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters, subject to the
terms of this Agreement, the applicable rules, regulations and interpretations
of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD") and all
other applicable laws, rules and regulations. Of the Reserved Shares, (i) up to
150,000 shares of Common Stock will be reserved for issuance to certain eligible
employees and persons having business relationships with the Company and (ii) up
to 200,000 shares of Common Stock will be reserved for issuance to certain
eligible stockholders of the Parent. To the extent that such Reserved Shares are
not orally confirmed for purchase by such eligible employees, persons having
business relationships with the Company or stockholders of the Parent by the end
of the first business day after the date of this Agreement, such Reserved Shares
may be offered to the public as part of the public offering contemplated hereby.
1. REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND PROSPECTUS. A registration statement on Form
S-1 (File No. 333-81071) with respect to the Securities, including a preliminary
form of prospectus, has been prepared by the Company in conformity with the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and the
rules and regulations ("Rules and Regulations") of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") thereunder and has been filed with the Commission;
one or more amendments to such registration statement have also been so prepared
and have been, or will be, so filed; and, if the Company has elected to rely
upon Rule 462(b) of the Rules and Regulations to increase the size of the
offering registered under the Act, the Company will prepare and file with the
Commission a registration statement with respect to such increase pursuant to
Rule 462(b). Copies of such registration statement(s) and amendments and each
related preliminary prospectus have been delivered to you.
If the Company has elected not to rely upon Rule 430A of the Rules and
Regulations, the Company has prepared and will promptly file an amendment to the
registration statement and an amended prospectus (including a term sheet meeting
the requirements of Rule 434 of the Rules and Regulations). If the Company has
elected to rely upon Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations, it will prepare and
file a prospectus (or a term sheet meeting the requirements of Rule 434)
pursuant to Rule 424(b) that discloses the information previously omitted from
the prospectus in reliance upon Rule 430A. Such registration statement as
amended at the time it is or was declared effective by the Commission, and, in
the event of any amendment thereto after the effective date and prior to the
First Closing Date (as hereinafter defined), such registration statement as so
amended (but only from and after the effectiveness of such amendment), including
a registration statement (if any) filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Rules and
Regulations increasing the size of the offering registered under the Act and
information (if any) deemed to be part of the registration statement at the time
of effectiveness pursuant to Rules 430A(b) and 434(d) of the Rules and
Regulations, is hereinafter called the "Registration Statement." The prospectus
included in the Registration Statement at the time it is or was declared
effective by the Commission is hereinafter called the "Prospectus," except that
if any prospectus (including any term sheet meeting the requirements of Rule 434
of the Rules and Regulations provided by the Company for use with a prospectus
subject to completion within the meaning of Rule 434 in order to meet the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Rules and Regulations) filed by the Company
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) (and Rule 434, if applicable) of the
Rules and Regulations or any other such prospectus provided to the Underwriters
by the Company for use in connection with the offering of the Securities
(whether or not required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and
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Regulations) differs from the prospectus on file at the time the Registration
Statement is or was declared effective by the Commission, the term "Prospectus"
shall refer to such differing prospectus (including any term sheet within the
meaning of Rule 434 of the Rules and Regulations) from and after the time such
prospectus is filed with the Commission or transmitted to the Commission for
filing pursuant to such Rule 424(b) (and Rule 434, if applicable) or from and
after the time it is first provided to the Underwriters by the Company for such
use. The term "Preliminary Prospectus" as used herein means any preliminary
prospectus included in the Registration Statement prior to the time it becomes
or became effective under the Act and any prospectus subject to completion as
described in Rule 430A or 434 of the Rules and Regulations.
2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY AND THE PARENT.
(a) The Company and the Parent hereby, jointly and severally,
represent and warrant to, and agree with, the several Underwriters as follows:
(i) The Company has not received, nor is the Company after due
and diligent inquiry, aware of any order issued by the Commission
preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus. Each
Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, did not contain an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; except that the foregoing shall not apply to statements in or
omissions from any Preliminary Prospectus in reliance upon, and in
conformity with, written information furnished to the Company by you, or by
any Underwriter through you, specifically for use in the preparation
thereof.
(ii) As of the time the Registration Statement (or any
post-effective amendment thereto, including a registration statement (if
any) filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Rules and Regulations increasing
the size of the offering registered under the Act) is or was declared
effective by the Commission, upon the filing or first delivery to the
Underwriters of the Prospectus (or any supplement to the Prospectus
(including any term sheet meeting the requirements of Rule 434 of the Rules
and Regulations)) and at the First Closing Date and Second Closing Date (as
hereinafter defined), (A) the Registration Statement and Prospectus (in
each case, as so amended and/or supplemented) conformed or will conform in
all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and
Regulations, (B) the Registration Statement (as so amended) did not or will
not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, and (C) the Prospectus (as so
supplemented) did not or will not include an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in
which they are or were made, not misleading; except that the foregoing
shall not apply to statements in or omissions from any such document in
reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the
Company by you, or by any Underwriter through you, specifically for use in
the preparation thereof. If the Registration Statement has been declared
effective by the Commission, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement has been issued, and no
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proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or, to the Company's or
Parent's knowledge, threatened by the Commission.
(iii) The financial statements of the Company, together with the
notes thereto, set forth in the Registration Statement and Prospectus
comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and fairly
present the financial condition of the Company 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 consistently applied throughout the periods involved (except as
otherwise stated therein); and the supporting schedules included in the
Registration Statement present fairly the information required to be stated
therein. No other financial statements or schedules are required to be
included in the Registration Statement or Prospectus. Deloitte & Touche
LLP, which has expressed its opinion with respect to the financial
statements and schedules filed as a part of the Registration Statement and
included in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, are independent
public accountants as required by the Act and the Rules and Regulations.
(iv) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has been duly
organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under
the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation. Each of the Company and its
subsidiaries has full corporate power and authority to own its properties
and conduct its business as currently being carried on and as described in
the Registration Statement and 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 would have a material adverse effect upon its business, condition
(financial or otherwise) or properties, taken as a whole.
(v) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, subsequent to the
respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has 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; there has not been any change in the capital stock (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 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 or any of its subsidiaries,
other that the grant of options to purchase Common Stock in the ordinary
course of business, consistent with past practice, covering not more than
_____ shares of Common Stock in the aggregate; and there has not been any
material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective
material adverse change, in the general affairs, condition (financial or
otherwise), business, key personnel, property, prospects, net worth or
results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.
(vi) Except as set forth in the Prospectus, there is not pending
or, to the knowledge of the Company or Parent, threatened or contemplated,
any action, suit
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or proceeding to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party
before or by any court or governmental agency, authority or body, or any
arbitrator, which might result in any material adverse change in the
condition (financial or otherwise), business, prospects, net worth or
results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.
(vii) There are no contracts or documents of the Company or any
of its subsidiaries that are required to be filed as exhibits to the
Registration Statement by the Act or by the Rules and Regulations that have
not been so filed.
(viii) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company, and 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 laws 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 and the consummation
of the transactions herein contemplated will not result in a breach or
violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default
under, any statute, any agreement or instrument to which the Company is a
party or by which it is bound or to which any of its property is subject,
the Company's charter or by-laws, or any order, rule, regulation or decree
of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the
Company or any of its properties; 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 Securities by the Company, except such as may be
required under the Act or state securities or blue sky laws; and the
Company has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to
authorize, issue and sell the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement.
(ix) 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, and the holders thereof are not
subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders; the
Securities which may be sold hereunder by the Company have been duly
authorized and, when issued, delivered and paid for in accordance with the
terms hereof, will have been validly issued and will be fully paid and
nonassessable, and the holders thereof will not be subject to personal
liability by reason of being such holders; and the capital stock of the
Company, including the Common Stock, conforms to the description thereof in
the Registration Statement and Prospectus. Except as otherwise stated in
the Registration Statement and 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. Except for the
registration rights of Parent described in the Prospectus, neither the
filing of the Registration Statement nor the offering or sale of the
Securities as contemplated by this Agreement gives rise to any rights for
or relating to the registration of any shares of
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Common Stock or other securities of the Company. All of the issued and
outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the Company's subsidiaries
have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and
nonassessable, and the Company owns of record and beneficially, free and
clear of any security interests, claims, liens, proxies, equities or other
encumbrances, all of the issued and outstanding shares of such stock.
Except as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there
are no options, warrants, agreements, contracts or other rights in
existence to purchase or acquire from the Company or any subsidiary of the
Company any shares of the capital stock of the Company or any subsidiary of
the Company. The Company has an authorized and outstanding capitalization
as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(x) The Company and each of its subsidiaries holds, and is
operating in compliance in all material respects with, all franchises,
grants, authorizations, licenses, permits, easements, consents,
certificates and orders of any governmental or self-regulatory body
required for the conduct of its business and all such franchises, grants,
authorizations, licenses, permits, easements, consents, certifications and
orders are valid and in full force and effect; and the Company and each of
its subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects with all
applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, regulations, orders and
decrees.
(xi) The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable
title to all property described in the Registration Statement and
Prospectus as being owned by them, in each case free and clear of all
liens, claims, security interests or other encumbrances except such as are
described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus; the property
held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries is held by them 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 or its subsidiaries; the
Company and each of its subsidiaries owns or possesses all patents, patent
applications, trademarks, service marks, tradenames, trademark
registrations, service xxxx registrations, copyrights, licenses,
inventions, trade secrets and rights necessary for the conduct of the
business of the Company and its subsidiaries as currently carried on and as
described in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, except where the
failure to so own or possess such right would not have a material adverse
effect on the business, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, net
worth or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken
as a whole; except as stated in the Registration Statement and Prospectus,
to the knowledge of the Company, no name which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries uses and no other aspect of the business of the Company or any
of its subsidiaries will involve or give rise to any infringement of, or
license or similar fees for, any patents, patent applications, trademarks,
service marks, tradenames, trademark registrations, service xxxx
registrations, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets or other
similar rights of others material to the business or prospects of the
Company, and the Company, Parent and their respective subsidiaries have not
received any notice alleging any such infringement or fee, except for such
allegations which, if true, would not have a material adverse effect upon
the business, condition (financial or otherwise) prospects, net worth, or
results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.
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(xii) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in
violation of its respective charter or by-laws or in breach of or otherwise
in default in the performance of any material obligation, agreement or
condition contained in any bond, debenture, note, indenture, loan agreement
or any other material contract, lease or other instrument to which it is
subject or by which any of them may be bound, or to which any of the
material property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
subject.
(xiii) The Company and its subsidiaries have filed all federal,
state, local and foreign income and franchise tax returns required to be
filed and are not in default in the payment of any taxes which were payable
pursuant to said returns or any assessments with respect thereto, other
than any which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is contesting in good
faith.
(xiv) The Company has not distributed and will not distribute any
prospectus or other offering material in connection with the offering and
sale of the Securities other than any Preliminary Prospectus or the
Prospectus or other materials permitted by the Act to be distributed by the
Company.
(xv) The Securities have been conditionally approved for
quotation on the Nasdaq National Market and, on the date the Registration
Statement became or becomes effective, the Company's Registration Statement
on Form 8-A or other applicable form under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), became or will become effective.
(xvi) Other than the subsidiaries of the Company listed in
Exhibit 21 to the Registration Statement, the Company owns no capital stock
or other equity or ownership or proprietary interest in any corporation,
partnership, association, trust or other entity.
(xvii) The Company maintains a system of internal accounting
controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions
are executed in accordance with management's general or specific
authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii)
access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management's general
or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets
is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate
action is taken with respect to any differences.
(xviii) 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.
(xix) 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.
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(b) In addition to the representations and warranties made by Parent
in subsection (a) hereof, the Parent hereby represents and warrants to, and
agrees with, the several Underwriters as follows:
(i) Parent has been duly organized and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation. Parent has full corporate power and authority to own its
properties and conduct its business as currently conducted, 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 would have a material adverse effect upon its
business, condition (financial or otherwise) or properties, taken as a
whole.
(ii) There has not been any material adverse change, or any
development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the
condition (financial or otherwise), management, business prospects, net
worth, or results of operations of Parent and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole from the date as of which information is given in the most recent
quarterly or annual report filed by Parent pursuant to the Exchange Act
which change or development would reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect upon the business, condition (financial or otherwise),
prospects, net worth, or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(iii) The most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K of Parent and
any subsequent reports filed pursuant to the Exchange Act complied as of
the date thereof in all material respects with the Exchange Act and the
rules and regulations thereunder.
(iv) Parent is the record and beneficial owner of, and has, and
on the First Closing Date and/or the Second Closing Date, as the case may
be, will have, valid and marketable title to the Securities to be sold by
it, free and clear of all security interests, claims, liens, restrictions
on transferability, legends, proxies, equities or other encumbrances, other
than the rights of the Underwriters under this Agreement; and upon delivery
of and payment for such Securities hereunder, the several Underwriters will
acquire valid and marketable title thereto, free and clear of any security
interests, claims, liens, restrictions on transferability, legends,
proxies, equities or other encumbrances. Parent is selling the Securities
to be sold by it for Parent's own account and is not selling such
Securities, directly or indirectly, for the benefit of the Company, and no
part of the proceeds of such sale received by Parent will inure, either
directly or indirectly, to the benefit of the Company other than as
described in the Registration Statement and Prospectus.
(v) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by Parent and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of
Parent, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as rights to
indemnity hereunder or thereunder may be limited by federal or state
securities laws and except as such enforceability may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or laws affecting the rights of
creditors generally and subject to general principles of equity. The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of the terms
hereof and the consummation of the transactions herein
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contemplated will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms
and provisions of, or constitute a default under, any agreement or
instrument to which the Parent is a party or by which Parent is bound, or
any law, regulation, order or decree applicable to Parent; 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 sale of the Securities being sold by
Parent, except such as may be required under the Act or state securities
laws or blue sky laws; and the Parent has full power and authority to enter
into this Agreement and to sell the Securities to be sold by it as
contemplated by this Agreement.
(vi) Parent has not distributed and will not distribute any
prospectus or other offering material in connection with the offering and
sale of the Securities other than any Preliminary Prospectus or the
Prospectus or other materials permitted by the Act to be distributed by
Parent.
(c) Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or Parent and
delivered to you or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed a joint and
several representation and warranty by the Company and the Parent to each
Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby.
3. PURCHASE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF SECURITIES.
(a) On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements
herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the
Company agrees to issue and sell 2,000,000 Firm Shares and Parent agrees to sell
1,500,000 Firm Shares, to the several Underwriters, and each Underwriter agrees,
severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company and Parent the number of
Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I
hereto. The purchase price for each Firm Share shall be $ . The obligation of
each Underwriter to each of the Company and the Parent shall be to purchase from
each of the Company and the Parent that number of Firm Shares (to be adjusted by
the Representatives to avoid fractional shares) which represents the same
proportion of the number of Firm Shares to be sold by each of the Company and
the Parent pursuant to this Agreement as the number of Firm Shares set forth
opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto represents to the
total number of Firm Shares to be purchased by all Underwriters pursuant to this
Agreement. In making this Agreement, each Underwriter is contracting severally
and not jointly; except as provided in paragraph (c) of this Section 3 and in
Section 8 hereof, the agreement of each Underwriter is to purchase only the
respective number of Firm Shares specified in Schedule I.
The Firm Shares will be delivered by the Company and the Parent to you
for the accounts of the several Underwriters against payment of the purchase
price therefor by certified or official bank check or other next day funds
payable to the order of the Company and the Parent, as appropriate, at the
offices of U.S. Bancorp Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Tower, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, or such other location as may be mutually
acceptable, at 9:00 a.m. Central time on the third (or if the Securities are
priced, as contemplated by Rule 15c6-1(c) under the Exchange Act, after 4:30
p.m. Eastern time, the fourth) full business day following the date hereof, or
at such other time and date as you and the Company determine pursuant to Rule
15c6-
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1(a) under the Exchange Act, such time and date of delivery being herein
referred to as the "First Closing Date." If the Representatives so elect,
delivery of the Firm Shares may be made by credit through full fast transfer to
the accounts at The Depository Trust Company designated by the Representatives.
Certificates representing the Firm Shares, in definitive form and in such
denominations and registered in such names as you may request upon at least two
business days' prior notice to the Company and the Parent, will be made
available for checking and packaging not later than 10:30 a.m., Central time, on
the business day next preceding the First Closing Date at the offices of U.S.
Bancorp Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Tower, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx, or such other location as may be mutually acceptable.
(b) On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements
herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth,
Parent hereby grants to the several Underwriters an option to purchase all or
any portion of the Option Shares at the same purchase price as the Firm Shares,
for use solely in covering any over-allotments made by the Underwriters in the
sale and distribution of the Firm Shares. The option granted hereunder may be
exercised at any time (but not more than once) within 30 days after the
effective date of this Agreement upon notice (confirmed in writing) by the
Representatives to the Company and to the Parent setting forth the aggregate
number of Option Shares as to which the several Underwriters are exercising the
option, the names and denominations in which the certificates for the Option
Shares are to be registered and the date and time, as determined by you, when
the Option Shares are to be delivered, such time and date being herein referred
to as the "Second Closing" and "Second Closing Date," respectively; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that the Second Closing Date shall not be earlier than the First
Closing Date nor earlier than the second business day after the date on which
the option shall have been exercised. The number of Option Shares to be
purchased by each Underwriter shall be the same percentage of the total number
of Option Shares to be purchased by the several Underwriters as the number of
Firm Shares to be purchased by such Underwriter is of the total number of Firm
Shares to be purchased by the several Underwriters, as adjusted by the
Representatives in such manner as the Representatives deem advisable to avoid
fractional shares. No Option Shares shall be sold and delivered unless the Firm
Shares previously have been, or simultaneously are, sold and delivered.
The Option Shares will be delivered by the Parent to you for the
accounts of the several Underwriters against payment of the purchase price
therefor by certified or official bank check or other next day funds payable to
the order of the Parent at the offices of U.S. Bancorp Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx Tower, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, or such other
location as may be mutually acceptable at 9:00 a.m., Central time, on the Second
Closing Date. If the Representatives so elect, delivery of the Option Shares may
be made by credit through full fast transfer to the accounts at The Depository
Trust Company designated by the Representatives. Certificates representing the
Option Shares in definitive form and in such denominations and registered in
such names as you have set forth in your notice of option exercise, will be made
available for checking and packaging not later than 10:30 a.m., Central time, on
the business day next preceding the Second Closing Date at the office of U.S.
Bancorp Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Tower, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx, or such other location as may be mutually acceptable.
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(c) It is understood that you, individually and not as Representatives
of the several Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment to
the Company or the Parent, on behalf of any Underwriter for the Securities to be
purchased by such Underwriter. Any such payment by you shall not relieve any
such Underwriter of any of its obligations hereunder. Nothing herein contained
shall constitute any of the Underwriters an unincorporated association or
partner with the Company or the Parent.
4. COVENANTS.
(a) The Company and Parent hereby, jointly and severally, covenant and
agree with the several Underwriters as follows:
(i) If the Registration Statement has not already been declared
effective by the Commission, the Company will use its best efforts to cause
the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments thereto to
become effective as promptly as possible; the Company will notify you
promptly of the time when the Registration Statement or any post-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement has become effective or any
supplement to the Prospectus (including any term sheet within the meaning
of Rule 434 of the Rules and Regulations) has been filed and of any request
by the Commission for any amendment or supplement to the Registration
Statement or Prospectus or additional information; if the Company has
elected to rely on Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations, the Company will
prepare and file a Prospectus (or term sheet within the meaning of Rule 434
of the Rules and Regulations) containing the information omitted therefrom
pursuant to Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations with the Commission
within the time period required by, and otherwise in accordance with the
provisions of, Rules 424(b), 430A and 434, if applicable, of the Rules and
Regulations; if the Company has elected to rely upon Rule 462(b) of the
Rules and Regulations to increase the size of the offering registered under
the Act, the Company will prepare and file a registration statement with
respect to such increase with the Commission within the time period
required by, and otherwise in accordance with the provisions of, Rule
462(b); the Company will prepare and file with the Commission, promptly
upon your request, any amendments or supplements to the Registration
Statement or Prospectus (including any term sheet within the meaning of
Rule 434 of the Rules and Regulations) that, in your opinion, may be
necessary or advisable in connection with the distribution of the
Securities by the Underwriters; and the Company will not file any amendment
or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus (including any
term sheet within the meaning of Rule 434 of the Rules and Regulations) to
which you shall reasonably object by notice to the Company after having
been furnished a copy a reasonable time prior to the filing.
(ii) The Company will advise you, promptly after it shall receive
notice or obtain knowledge thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of
any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement,
of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or
sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any
proceeding for any such purpose; and the Company will promptly use its best
efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its
withdrawal if such a stop order should be issued.
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(iii) Within the time during which a prospectus (including any
term sheet within the meaning of Rule 434 of the Rules and Regulations)
relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act, the
Company will comply as far as it is able with all requirements imposed upon
it by the Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and
Regulations, as from time to time in force, so far as necessary to permit
the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated
by the provisions hereof and the Prospectus. If during such period any
event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus would include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then
existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary to amend
the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus to comply with the
Act, the Company will promptly notify you and will amend the Registration
Statement or supplement the Prospectus (at the expense of the Company) so
as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
(iv) The Company will use its best efforts to qualify the
Securities for sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as you
reasonably designate and to continue such qualifications in effect so long
as required for the distribution of the Securities, except that the Company
shall not be required in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign
corporation or to execute a general consent to service of process in any
state.
(v) The Company will furnish to the Underwriters copies of the
Registration Statement (three of which will be signed and will include all
exhibits), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, and all amendments
and supplements (including any term sheet within the meaning of Rule 434 of
the Rules and Regulations) to such documents, in each case as soon as
available and in such quantities as you may from time to time reasonably
request.
(vi) During a period of three years commencing with the date
hereof, the Company will furnish to the Representatives, and to each
Underwriter who may so request in writing, copies of all periodic and
special reports furnished to the stockholders of the Company and all
information, documents and reports filed with the Commission, the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., Nasdaq or any securities exchange.
(vii) The Company will make generally available to its security
holders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 15 months
after the end of the Company's current fiscal quarter, an earnings
statement (which need not be audited) covering a 12-month period beginning
after the effective date of the Registration Statement that shall satisfy
the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 of the Rules and
Regulations.
(viii) The Company, whether or not the transactions contemplated
hereunder are consummated or this Agreement is prevented from becoming
effective under the provisions of Section 9(a) hereof or is terminated,
will pay or cause to be paid (A) all expenses (including transfer taxes
allocated to the respective transferees) incurred in connection with the
delivery to the Underwriters of the Securities, (B) all expenses and fees
(including, without limitation, fees and expenses of the Company's
accountants and counsel
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but, except as otherwise provided below, not including fees of the
Underwriters' counsel) in connection with the preparation, printing,
filing, delivery, and shipping of the Registration Statement (including the
financial statements therein and all amendments, schedules, and exhibits
thereto), the Securities, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, and
any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, and the printing, delivery,
and shipping of this Agreement and other underwriting documents, including
Blue Sky Memoranda, (C) all filing fees and fees and disbursements of the
Underwriters' counsel incurred in connection with the qualification of the
Securities for offering and sale by the Underwriters or by dealers under
the securities or blue sky laws of the states and other jurisdictions which
you shall designate in accordance with Section 4(d) hereof, (D) the fees
and expenses of any transfer agent or registrar, (E) the filing fees
incident to any required review by the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. of the terms of the sale of the Securities, (F) listing fees,
if any, and (G) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of
its obligations hereunder that are not otherwise specifically provided for
herein. If the sale of the Securities provided for herein is not
consummated by reason of action by the Company pursuant to Section 9(a)
hereof which prevents this Agreement from becoming effective, or by reason
of any failure, refusal or inability on the part of the Company or the
Parent to perform any agreement on its part to be performed, or because any
other condition of the Underwriters' obligations hereunder required to be
fulfilled by the Company or the Parent is not fulfilled, the Company will
reimburse the several Underwriters for all out-of-pocket disbursements
(including fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred by the Underwriters
in connection with their investigation, preparing to market and marketing
the Securities or in contemplation of performing their obligations
hereunder. The Company shall not in any event be liable to any of the
Underwriters for loss of anticipated profits from the transactions covered
by this Agreement.
(ix) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the
Securities to be sold by it hereunder for the purposes set forth in the
Prospectus and will file such reports with the Commission with respect to
the sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds therefrom as
may be required in accordance with Rule 463 of the Rules and Regulations.
(x) For a period of 180 days after the commencement of the public
offering of the Securities by the Underwriters, the Company will not,
without the prior written consent of U.S. Bancorp Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Inc.,
offer for sale, sell, contract to sell, grant any option for the sale of
or otherwise issue or dispose of any Common Stock or any securities
convertible into or exchangeable for, or any options or rights to
purchase or acquire, Common Stock, except to the Underwriters pursuant
to this Agreement and except for the grant of options under the
Company's 1999 Stock Option and Grant Plan and 1999 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan in the ordinary course of the Company's business,
consistent with past practice, and shares of Common Stock issued upon the
exercise of outstanding options granted thereunder.
(xi) The Company either has caused to be delivered to you or will
cause to be delivered to you prior to the effective date of the
Registration Statement a letter from each of the Company's directors and
officers stating that such person agrees that he or she will not, without
your prior written consent, offer for sale, sell, contract to sell or
otherwise
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dispose of any shares of Common Stock or rights to purchase Common Stock,
except to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, for a period of 180
days after commencement of the public offering of the Securities by the
Underwriters.
(xii) The Company has not taken and will not take, directly or
indirectly, any action designed to or which might reasonably be expected to
cause or result in, or which has constituted, the stabilization or
manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the
sale or resale of the Securities, and has not effected any sales of Common
Stock which are required to be disclosed in response to Item 701 of
Regulation S-K under the Act which have not been so disclosed in the
Registration Statement.
(xiii) The Company will not incur 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.
(xiv) The Company will inform the Florida Department of Banking
and Finance at any time prior to the consummation of the distribution of
the Securities by the Underwriters if it commences engaging in business
with the government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in
Cuba. Such information will be provided within 90 days after the
commencement thereof or after a change occurs with respect to previously
reported information.
(b) In addition to the covenants of Parent set forth in subsection (a)
hereof, Parent covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as follows:
(i) Except as otherwise agreed to by the Company and the Parent
in writing, Parent will pay all taxes, if any, on the transfer and sale,
respectively, of the Securities being sold by it, the fees of Parent's
counsel and Parent's proportionate share (based upon the number of
Securities being offered by Parent pursuant to the Registration Statement)
of all costs and expenses (except for legal and accounting expenses and
fees of the registrar and transfer agent) incurred by the Company pursuant
to the provisions of Section 4(a)(viii) of this Agreement; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that Parent agrees to reimburse the Company for any reimbursement
made by the Company to the Underwriters pursuant to Section 4(a)(viii)
hereof to the extent such reimbursement resulted from the failure or
refusal on the part of Parent to comply under the terms or fulfill any of
the conditions of this Agreement.
(ii) Parent will not, without the prior written consent of
U.S. Bancorp Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Inc., offer for sale, sell, contract to sell,
grant any option for the sale of or otherwise dispose of any Common
Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or any
options or rights to purchase or acquire, Common Stock, except to the
Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, for a period of 180 days after
the commencement of the public offering of the Securities by the
Underwriters.
(iii) Parent has not taken and will not take, directly or
indirectly, any action designed to or which might reasonably be expected to
cause or result in stabilization
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or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate
the sale or resale of the Securities, and has not effected any sales of
Common Stock which, if effected by the Company, would be required to be
disclosed in response to Item 701 of Regulation S-K.
(iv) Parent shall immediately notify you if any event occurs, or
of any change in information relating to Parent or the Company or any new
information relating to the Company or Parent or relating to any matter
stated in the Prospectus or any supplement thereto (including any term
sheet within the meaning of Rule 434 of the Rules and Regulations), which
results in the Prospectus (as supplemented) including an untrue statement
of a material fact or omitting to state any material fact necessary to make
the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.
5. CONDITIONS OF UNDERWRITERS' OBLIGATIONS. The obligations of the several
Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy, as of the date hereof and at
each of the First Closing Date and the Second Closing Date (as if made at such
Closing Date), of and compliance with all representations, warranties and
agreements of the Company and the Parent contained herein, to the performance by
the Company and the Parent of their respective obligations hereunder and to the
following additional conditions:
(a) The Registration Statement shall have become effective not later
than 5:00 p.m., Central time, on the date of this Agreement, or such later time
and date as you, as Representatives of the several Underwriters, shall approve
and all filings required by Rules 424, 430A and 434 of the Rules and Regulations
shall have been timely made; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or any amendment thereof shall have been issued; no
proceedings for the issuance of such an order shall have been initiated or
threatened; and any request of the Commission for additional information (to be
included in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or otherwise) shall
have been complied with to your satisfaction.
(b) No Underwriter shall have advised the Company that the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or any amendment thereof or supplement
thereto (including any term sheet within the meaning of Rule 434 of the Rules
and Regulations), contains an untrue statement of fact which, in your opinion,
is material, or omits to state a fact which, in your opinion, is material and is
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading.
(c) Except as contemplated in the Prospectus, subsequent to the
respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have
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; there shall
not have been any change in the capital stock (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 any material change in the
short-term or long-term debt of the Company, or any issuance of options,
warrants, convertible securities or other rights to purchase the capital stock
of the Company or any of its subsidiaries other than the grant of options to
purchase Common Stock in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past
practice, covering not more than ______ shares of Common Stock in
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the aggregate; and there shall not have been any material adverse change or any
development involving a prospective material adverse change (whether or not
arising in the ordinary course of business), in the general affairs, condition
(financial or otherwise), business, key personnel, property, prospects, net
worth or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, that, in your judgment, makes it impractical or inadvisable to offer or
deliver the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the
Prospectus.
(d) On each Closing Date, there shall have been furnished to you, as
Representatives of the several Underwriters, the opinion of Xxxxxxx, Procter &
Xxxx LLP, counsel for the Company, dated such Closing Date and addressed to you,
to the effect that:
(i) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has been duly
organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under
the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation. Each of the Company and its
subsidiaries has full corporate power and authority to own its properties
and conduct its business as currently being carried on and as described in
the Registration Statement and Prospectus, and is duly qualified to do
business as a foreign corporation and is 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 would have a material adverse effect upon the
business, condition (financial or otherwise) or properties of the Company
and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(ii) The capital stock of the Company conforms as to legal
matters to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus under the
caption "Description of Capital Stock." All of the issued and outstanding
shares of the capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and
validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, and the holders
thereof are not subject to personal liability by reason of being such
holders. The Securities to be issued and sold by the Company hereunder 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 holders thereof will not be subject
to personal liability by reason of being such holders. Except as otherwise
stated in the Registration Statement and 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 known to such counsel to which the Company is a party or by
which the Company is bound. To the best of such counsel's knowledge, except
for the registration rights of Parent described in the Prospectus, neither
the filing of the Registration Statement nor the offering or sale of the
Securities as contemplated by this Agreement gives rise to any rights for
or relating to the registration of any shares of Common Stock or other
securities of the Company.
(iii) All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock
of each of the Company's subsidiaries have been duly and validly authorized
and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, and, to the best of such
counsel's knowledge, except as otherwise described in the Registration
Statement and Prospectus and except for directors' qualifying shares, the
Company owns of record and beneficially, free and clear of any security
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interests, claims, liens, proxies, equities or other encumbrances, all of
the issued and outstanding shares of such stock. To the best of such
counsel's knowledge, except as described in the Registration Statement and
Prospectus, there are no options, warrants, agreements, contracts or other
rights in existence to purchase or acquire from the Company or any
subsidiary any shares of the capital stock of the Company or any subsidiary
of the Company.
(iv) The Registration Statement has become effective under the
Act and, to the best of such counsel's knowledge, no stop order suspending
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no
proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or, to the knowledge of
such counsel, threatened by the Commission.
(v) The descriptions in the Registration Statement and Prospectus
of statutes, legal and governmental proceedings, contracts and other
documents are accurate and fairly present the information required to be
shown; and such counsel does not know of any statutes or legal or
governmental proceedings required to be described in the Prospectus that
are not described as required, or of any contracts or documents of a
character required to be described in the Registration Statement or
Prospectus or included as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are
not described or included as required.
(vi) The Company has full corporate power and authority to enter
into this Agreement, and this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Company and constitutes a valid, legal and binding
obligation of the Company; the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will
not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of,
or constitute a default under, any statute, rule or regulation, any
agreement or instrument known to such counsel to which the Company is a
party or by which it is bound or to which any of its property is subject,
the Company's charter or by-laws, or any order or decree known to such
counsel of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction
over the Company or any of its respective properties; and 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 Securities by
the Company, except such as may be required under the Act or state
securities laws.
(vii) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, the Company and
each of its subsidiaries holds, and is operating in compliance in all
material respects with, all franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses,
permits, easements, consents, certificates and orders of any governmental
or self-regulatory body required for the conduct of its business and all
such franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits, easements,
consents, certifications and orders are valid and in full force and effect.
(viii) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of its respective
charter or by-laws. To the best of such counsel's knowledge, neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in breach of or
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otherwise in default in the performance of any material obligation,
agreement or condition contained in any bond, debenture, note, indenture,
loan agreement or any other material contract, lease or other instrument to
which it is subject or by which any of them may be bound, or to which any
of the material property or assets of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is subject.
The Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and any amendment
thereof or supplement thereto (including any term sheet within the meaning
of Rule 434 of the Rules and Regulations), comply as to form in all
material respects with the requirements of the Act and the Rules and
Regulations; and on the basis of conferences with officers of the Company,
examination of documents referred to in the Registration Statement and
Prospectus and such other procedures as such counsel deemed appropriate,
nothing has come to the attention of such counsel during the course of its
representation of the Company that causes such counsel to believe that the
Registration Statement or any amendment thereof, at the time the
Registration Statement became effective and as of such Closing Date
(including any Registration Statement filed under Rule 462(b) of the Rules
and Regulations), contained any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that the
Prospectus (as of its date and as of such Closing Date), as amended or
supplemented, includes any untrue statement of material fact or omits to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; it being
understood that such counsel need express no opinion as to the financial
statements (including the notes thereto) and schedules or other financial
and statistical data included in any of the documents mentioned in this
clause.
In rendering such opinion such counsel may rely (i) as to matters of
law other than the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and federal law, upon the
opinion or opinions of local counsel provided that the extent of such reliance
is specified in such opinion and that such counsel shall state that such opinion
or opinions of local counsel are satisfactory to them and that they believe they
and you are justified in relying thereon and (ii) as to matters of fact, to the
extent such counsel deems reasonable upon certificates of officers of the
Company and its subsidiaries provided that the extent of such reliance is
specified in such opinion.
(e) On each Closing Date, there shall have been furnished to you, as
Representatives of the several Underwriters, the opinion of Xxxxxxx, Procter &
Xxxx LLP, counsel for the Parent, dated such Closing Date and addressed to you,
to the effect that:
(i) Parent has been duly organized and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation. Parent has full corporate power and authority to own its
properties and conduct its business as currently conducted, and is duly
qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is 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 would have a material adverse effect upon the
business, condition (financial or otherwise) or properties of Parent and
its subsidiaries, taken as a whole
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(ii) Parent is the sole record and beneficial owner of the
Securities to be sold by it. When the Underwriters obtain control of the
Securities to be sold by Parent, assuming that the Underwriters purchased
such Securities for value and without notice of any adverse claim to such
Securities within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the Uniform Commercial
Code as in effect in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Underwriters
will have acquired all rights of the Parent in such Securities, free and
clear of any security interests, claims, liens or other encumbrances.
(iii) The Parent has full corporate power and authority to enter
into this Agreement, and this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Parent and constitutes a valid, legal and binding
obligation of the Parent; the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will
not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of,
or constitute a default under, any statute, rule or regulation, any
agreement or instrument known to such counsel to which the Parent is a
party or by which it is bound or to which any of its property is subject,
the Parent's charter or by-laws, or any order or decree known to such
counsel of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction
over the Parent or any of its respective properties; and 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 sale of the Securities by the Parent,
except such as may be required under the Act or state securities laws.
In rendering such opinion such counsel may rely (i) as to matters of
law other than the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and federal law, upon the
opinion or opinions of local counsel provided that the extent of such reliance
is specified in such opinion and that such counsel shall state that such opinion
or opinions of local counsel are satisfactory to them and that they believe they
and you are justified in relying thereon and (ii) as to matters of fact, to the
extent such counsel deems reasonable, upon certificates of officers of the
Parent provided that the extent of such reliance is specified in such opinion.
(f) On each Closing Date, there shall have been furnished to you, as
Representatives of the several Underwriters, such opinion or opinions from
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, LLP, counsel for the several Underwriters, dated
such Closing Date and addressed to you, with respect to the formation of the
Company, the validity of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus and other related matters as you reasonably may request, and such
counsel shall have received such papers and information as they request to
enable them to pass upon such matters.
(g) On each Closing Date you, as Representatives of the several
Underwriters, shall have received a letter of Deloitte & Touche LLP, dated such
Closing Date and addressed to you, confirming that they are independent public
accountants within the meaning of the Act and are in compliance with the
applicable requirements relating to the qualifications of accountants under Rule
2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission, and stating, as of the date of such
letter (or, with respect to matters involving changes or developments since the
respective dates as of which specified financial information is given in the
Prospectus, as of a date not more than five days prior
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to the date of such letter), the conclusions and findings of said firm with
respect to the financial information and other matters covered by its letter
delivered to you concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, and the
effect of the letter so to be delivered on such Closing Date shall be to confirm
the conclusions and findings set forth in such prior letter.
(h) On each Closing Date, there shall have been furnished to you, as
Representatives of the Underwriters, a certificate, dated such Closing Date and
addressed to you, signed by the chief executive officer and by the chief
financial officer of the Company, to the effect that:
(i) The representations and warranties of the Company in this
Agreement are true and correct, in all material respects, as if made at and
as of such Closing Date, and the Company has complied with all the
agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or
satisfied at or prior to such Closing Date;
(ii) No stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof or the qualification of
the Securities for offering or sale has been issued, and no proceeding for
that purpose has been instituted or, to the best of their knowledge, is
contemplated by the Commission or any state or regulatory body; and
(iii) The signers of said certificate have carefully examined the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and any amendments thereof or
supplements thereto (including any term sheet within the meaning of Rule
434 of the Rules and Regulations), and (A) such documents contain all
statements and information required to be included therein, the
Registration Statement, or any amendment thereof, does not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, and the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, does not
include any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (B) since the
effective date of the Registration Statement, there has occurred no event
required to be set forth in an amended or supplemented prospectus which has
not been so set forth, (C) subsequent to the respective dates as of which
information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus,
neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has incurred any material
liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, or entered into any
material transactions, not in the ordinary course of business, or declared
or paid any dividends or made any distribution of any kind with respect to
its capital stock, and except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there has not
been any change in the capital stock (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 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, or any of its subsidiaries other than the grant of options to
purchase Common Stock in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practice, covering not more than ______ shares of Common Stock in the
aggregate; and there has not been any material adverse
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change or any development involving a prospective material adverse change
(whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business), in the general
affairs, condition (financial or otherwise), business, key personnel,
property, prospects, net worth or results of operations of the Company and
its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and (D) except as stated in the
Registration Statement 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 or any of its subsidiaries is a party
before or by any court or governmental agency, authority or body, or any
arbitrator, which might result in any material adverse change in the
condition (financial or otherwise), business, prospects or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(i) On each Closing Date, there shall have been furnished to you, as
Representatives of the several Underwriters, a certificate or certificates,
dated such Closing Date and addressed to you, signed by the chief executive
officer and by the chief financial officer of the Parent, to the effect that:
(i) The representations and warranties of Parent in this
Agreement are true and correct, in all material respects, as if made at and
as of such Closing Date, and Parent has complied with all the agreements
and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied
at or prior to such Closing Date;
(ii) No stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof or the qualification of
the Securities for offering or sale has been issued, and no proceeding for
that purpose has been instituted or, to the best of their knowledge, is
contemplated by the Commission or any state or regulatory body; and
(iii) The signers of said certificate have carefully examined the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and any amendments thereof or
supplements thereto (including any term sheet within the meaning of Rule
434 of the Rules and Regulations), and (A) such documents contain all
statements and information required to be included therein, the
Registration Statement, or any amendment thereof, does not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, and the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, does not
include any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (B) since the
effective date of the Registration Statement, there has occurred no event
required to be set forth in an amended or supplemented prospectus which has
not been so set forth, (C) subsequent to the respective dates as of which
information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus,
neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has incurred any material
liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, or entered into any
material transactions, not in the ordinary course of business, or declared
or paid any dividends or made any distribution of any kind with respect to
its capital stock, and except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there has not
been any change in the capital stock (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 any material change in the
short-term or long-term debt, or any
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issuance of options, warrants, convertible securities or other rights to
purchase the capital stock, of the Company, or any of its subsidiaries
other than the grant of options to purchase Common Stock in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice, covering not more than
______ shares of Common Stock in the aggregate; and there has not been any
material adverse change or any development involving a prospective material
adverse change (whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business),
in the general affairs, condition (financial or otherwise), business, key
personnel, property, prospects, net worth or results of operations of the
Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and (D) except as stated in
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there is not pending, or, to
the knowledge of Parent, threatened or contemplated, any action, suit or
proceeding to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party
before or by any court or governmental agency, authority or body, or any
arbitrator, which might result in any material adverse change in the
condition (financial or otherwise), business, prospects or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(j) The Company shall have furnished to you and counsel for the
Underwriters such additional documents, certificates and evidence as you or they
may have reasonably requested.
(k) Prior to the commencement of the offering of the Securities, the
Securities shall have been included for trading on the Nasdaq National Market.
All such opinions, certificates, letters and other documents will be
in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are satisfactory in form
and substance to you and counsel for the Underwriters. The Company will furnish
you with such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and other
documents as you shall reasonably request.
6. INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION.
(a) The Company and Parent, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify
and hold harmless each Underwriter against any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject,
under the Act or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation if such
settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company and/or Parent, as
the case may be), insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration
Statement, including the information deemed to be a part of the Registration
Statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rules 430A and 434(d) of the
Rules and Regulations, if applicable, any Preliminary Prospectus, the
Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto (including any term sheet
within the meaning of Rule 434 of the Rules and Regulations), or arise out of or
are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by it in connection with investigating or defending against
such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that neither
the Company nor Parent shall be liable in any such case to the extent that any
such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of or is based upon an
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission
made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus,
or any such amendment or
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supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by you, or by any Underwriter through you, specifically
for use in the preparation thereof.
In addition to their other obligations under this Section
6(a), the Company and Parent, jointly and severally, agree that, as an interim
measure during the pendency of 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 this Section 6(a), they will
reimburse each Underwriter on a monthly basis for all reasonable legal fees or
other expenses incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such
claim, action, investigation, inquiry or other proceeding, notwithstanding the
absence of a judicial determination as to the propriety and enforceability of
the Company's and/or the Parent's obligation to reimburse the Underwriters for
such expenses and the possibility that such payments might later be held to have
been improper by a court of competent jurisdiction. To the extent that any such
interim reimbursement payment is so held to have been improper, the Underwriter
that received such payment shall promptly return it to the party or parties that
made such payment, together with interest, compounded daily, determined on the
basis of the prime rate (or other commercial lending rate for borrowers of the
highest credit standing) announced from time to time by [BANKBOSTON, N.A.] (the
"Prime Rate"). Any such interim reimbursement payments which are not made to an
Underwriter within 30 days of a request for reimbursement shall bear interest at
the Prime Rate from the date of such request. This indemnity agreement shall be
in addition to any liabilities which the Company or the Parent may otherwise
have.
(b) Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company and
Parent against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company
and Parent may become subject, under the Act or otherwise (including in
settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written
consent of such Underwriter), insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the
Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, or any
amendment or supplement thereto (including any term sheet within the meaning of
Rule 434 of the Rules and Regulations), or arise out of or are based upon the
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in
each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the
Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, or any such
amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by you, or by such Underwriter through you,
specifically for use in the preparation thereof, and will reimburse the Company
and the Parent for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the
Company or Parent in connection with investigating or defending against any such
loss, claim, damage, liability or action.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection
(a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified
party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the
indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in
writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the
indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability
that it may have to any indemnified party, except to the extent that the
indemnifying party clearly demonstrates that the
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defense of any such action has been materially prejudiced by the indemnified
party's failure to give such notice. In case any such action shall be brought
against any indemnified party, and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the
commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate
in, and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying
party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel
satisfactory to such indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying
party to such indemnified party of the indemnifying party's election so to
assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such
indemnified party under such subsection for any legal or other expenses
subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense
thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
if, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, it is advisable for the
Underwriters to be represented as a group by separate counsel, the
Representatives shall have the right to employ a single counsel to represent the
Representatives and all Underwriters who may be subject to liability arising
from any claim in respect of which indemnity may be sought by the Underwriters
under subsection (a) of this Section 6, in which event the reasonable fees and
expenses of such separate counsel shall be borne by the indemnifying party or
parties and reimbursed to the Underwriters as incurred (in accordance with the
provisions of the second paragraph in subsection (a) above); AND PROVIDED,
FURTHER, HOWEVER, that if, in the sole judgment of the Company, it is advisable
for the Company and Parent to be represented as a group by separate counsel, the
Company shall have the right to employ a single counsel to represent the Company
and Parent, in which event the reasonable fees and expenses of such separate
counsel shall be borne by the indemnifying party or parties and reimbursed to
the Company as incurred. An indemnifying party shall not be obligated under any
settlement agreement relating to any action under this Section 6 to which it has
not agreed in writing.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 6 is
unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under
subsection (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to
the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages or liabilities referred to in subsection (a) or (b) above, (i)
in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received
by the Company and the Parent on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other
from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause
(i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i)
above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Parent on the one hand
and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions
that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any
other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the
Company and the Parent on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall
be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the
offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and Parent bear to
the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters,
in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The
relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether
the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or
alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the
Company, the Parent or the Underwriters and the parties' relevant intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
untrue statement or omission. The Company, the Parent and the Underwriters agree
that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this
subsection (d) were to be determined by pro rata allocation (even if the
Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any
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other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable
considerations referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (d). The
amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages
or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (d) shall be
deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such
indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending against any
action or claim which is the subject of this subsection (d). Notwithstanding the
provisions of this subsection (d), no Underwriter shall be required to
contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which
the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to
the public exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise
been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation
(within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations in this subsection (d) to
contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting
obligations and not joint.
(e) The obligations of the Company and the Parent under this Section 6
shall be in addition to any liability which the Company and the Parent may
otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each
person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act; and
the obligations of the Underwriters under this Section 6 shall be in addition to
any liability that the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall
extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each director of the Company
(including any person who, with his consent, is named in the Registration
Statement as about to become a director of the Company), to each officer of the
Company who has signed the Registration Statement and to each person, if any,
who controls the Company or Parent within the meaning of the Act.
7. REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS TO SURVIVE DELIVERY. All representations,
warranties, and agreements of the Company herein or in certificates delivered
pursuant hereto, and the agreements of the several Underwriters, the Company and
the Parent contained in Section 6 hereof, shall remain operative and in full
force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any
Underwriter or any controlling person thereof, or the Company or any of its
officers, directors, or controlling persons, or Parent or any controlling person
thereof, and shall survive delivery of, and payment for, the Securities to and
by the Underwriters hereunder.
8. SUBSTITUTION OF UNDERWRITERS.
(a) If any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail to take up and pay
for the amount of Firm Shares agreed by such Underwriter or Underwriters to be
purchased hereunder, upon tender of such Firm Shares in accordance with the
terms hereof, and the amount of Firm Shares not purchased does not aggregate
more than 10% of the total amount of Firm Shares set forth in Schedule I hereto,
the remaining Underwriters shall be obligated to take up and pay for (in
proportion to their respective underwriting obligations hereunder as set forth
in Schedule I hereto except as may otherwise be determined by you) the Firm
Shares that the withdrawing or defaulting Underwriters agreed but failed to
purchase.
(b) If any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail to take up and pay
for the amount of Firm Shares agreed by such Underwriter or Underwriters to be
purchased hereunder,
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upon tender of such Firm Shares in accordance with the terms hereof, and the
amount of Firm Shares not purchased aggregates more than 10% of the total amount
of Firm Shares set forth in Schedule I hereto, and arrangements satisfactory to
you for the purchase of such Firm Shares by other persons are not made within 36
hours thereafter, this Agreement shall terminate. In the event of any such
termination neither the Company nor Parent shall be under any liability to any
Underwriter (except to the extent provided in Section 4(a)(viii), Section
4(b)(ii) and Section 6 hereof) nor shall any Underwriter (other than an
Underwriter who shall have failed, otherwise than for some reason permitted
under this Agreement, to purchase the amount of Firm Shares agreed by such
Underwriter to be purchased hereunder) be under any liability to the Company or
the Parent (except to the extent provided in Section 6 hereof).
If Firm Shares to which a default relates are to be purchased by the
non-defaulting Underwriters or by any other party or parties, the
Representatives or the Company shall have the right to postpone the First
Closing Date for not more than seven business days in order that the necessary
changes in the Registration Statement, Prospectus and any other documents, as
well as any other arrangements, may be effected. As used herein, the term
"Underwriter" includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this
Section 8.
9. EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS AGREEMENT AND TERMINATION.
(a) This Agreement shall become effective at 10:00 a.m., Central time,
on the first full business day following the effective date of the Registration
Statement, or at such earlier time after the effective time of the Registration
Statement as you in your discretion shall first release the Securities for sale
to the public; PROVIDED, that if the Registration Statement is effective at the
time this Agreement is executed, this Agreement shall become effective at such
time as you in your discretion shall first release the Securities for sale to
the public. For the purpose of this Section, the Securities shall be deemed to
have been released for sale to the public upon release by you of the publication
of a newspaper advertisement relating thereto or upon release by you of telexes
offering the Securities for sale to securities dealers, whichever shall first
occur. By giving notice as hereinafter specified before the time this Agreement
becomes effective, you, as Representatives of the several Underwriters, or the
Company may prevent this Agreement from becoming effective without liability of
any party to any other party, except that the provisions of Section 4(a)(viii)
and Section 6 hereof shall at all times be effective.
(b) You, as Representatives of the several Underwriters, shall have
the right to terminate this Agreement by giving notice as hereinafter specified
at any time at or prior to the First Closing Date, and the option referred to in
Section 3(b), if exercised, may be cancelled at any time prior to the Second
Closing Date, if (i) the Company shall have failed, refused or been unable, at
or prior to such Closing Date, to perform any agreement on its part to be
performed hereunder, (ii) any other condition of the Underwriters' obligations
hereunder is not fulfilled, (iii) trading on the New York Stock Exchange, the
American Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq National Market shall have been wholly
suspended, (iv) minimum or maximum prices for trading shall have been fixed, or
maximum ranges for prices for securities shall have been required, on the New
York Stock Exchange or the American Stock Exchange, by such Exchange or by order
of the Commission or any other governmental authority having jurisdiction, (v) a
banking moratorium shall have been declared by Federal, New York or
Massachusetts authorities, or (vi) there has occurred any material
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adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or an outbreak of
major hostilities (or an escalation thereof) in which the United States is
involved, a declaration of war by Congress, or any other substantial national or
international calamity since the execution of this Agreement that, in your
judgment, makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the completion of
the sale of and payment for the Securities. Any such termination shall be
without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of
Section 4(a)(viii) and Section 6 hereof shall at all times be effective.
(c) If you elect to prevent this Agreement from becoming effective or
to terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section, the Company and Parent,
shall be notified promptly by you by telephone or telegram, confirmed by letter.
If the Company elects to prevent this Agreement from becoming effective, you and
Parent, shall be notified by the Company by telephone or telegram, confirmed by
letter.
10. DEFAULT BY PARENT OR THE COMPANY. If Parent shall fail at the First
Closing Date to sell and deliver the number of Securities which Parent is
obligated to sell hereunder, then the Underwriters may at your option, by notice
from you to the Company, either (a) terminate this Agreement without any
liability on the part of any non-defaulting party or (b) elect to purchase the
Securities which the Company has agreed to sell hereunder.
In the event of a default by Parent as referred to in this Section,
either you or the Company shall have the right to postpone the First Closing
Date for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required
changes in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or in any other documents or
arrangements.
If the Company shall fail at the First Closing Date to sell and
deliver the number of Securities which it is obligated to sell hereunder, then
this Agreement shall terminate without any liability on the part of any
non-defaulting party.
No action taken pursuant to this Section shall relieve the Company or
Parent from liability, if any, in respect of such default.
11. INFORMATION FURNISHED BY UNDERWRITERS. The statements set forth in the
last paragraph of the cover page and under the caption "Underwriting" in any
Preliminary Prospectus and in the Prospectus constitute the written information
furnished by or on behalf of the Underwriters referred to in Section 2 and
Section 6 hereof.
12. 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 the Representatives c/o U.S. Bancorp
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Tower, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx 00000, except that notices given to an Underwriter pursuant to Section
6 hereof shall be sent to such Underwriter at the address stated in the
Underwriters' Questionnaire furnished by such Underwriter in connection with
this offering; if to the Company, shall be mailed, telegraphed or delivered to
it at 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention:
______________; if to Parent at 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000,
Attention: ______________; or in each case to such other address as the person
to be notified may have
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requested in writing. All notices given by telegram shall be promptly confirmed
by letter. Any party to this Agreement may change such address for notices by
sending to the parties to this Agreement written notice of a new address for
such purpose.
13. PERSONS ENTITLED TO BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT. This Agreement shall inure to
the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns and the controlling persons, officers and directors
referred to in Section 6. 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 Securities from any of
the several Underwriters.
14. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota.
[Signature Page Follows]
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Please sign and return to the Company the enclosed duplicates of this
letter whereupon this letter will become a binding agreement among the Company,
Parent and the several Underwriters in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
INTERSPEED, INC.
By _________________________________________
Name:
Title:
BROOKTROUT, INC.
By _________________________________________
Name:
Title:
Confirmed as of the date first above mentioned, on behalf of themselves and the
other several Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto.
U.S. BANCORP XXXXX XXXXXXX INC.
By_____________________________________________
Managing Director
WARBURG DILLON READ LLC
By_____________________________________________
Managing Director
XXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXX GULL
By_____________________________________________
Managing Director
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DLJDIRECT INC.
By_____________________________________________
Managing Director
SCHEDULE I
UNDERWRITER NUMBER OF FIRM SHARES (1)
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Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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(1) The Underwriters may purchase up to an additional 525,000 Option
Shares, to the extent the option described in Section 3(b) of the
Agreement is exercised, in the proportions and in the manner described
in the Agreement.
