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EXHIBIT I
2,000,000 SHARES(1)
ALKERMES, INC.
COMMON STOCK
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
February ___, 1997
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXX & COMPANY LLC
XXXXXXXXXX SECURITIES
XXXXX & COMPANY
As Representatives of the several Underwriters
c/x Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Company LLC
000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Ladies/Gentlemen:
Alkermes, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the "Company"), addresses
you as the Representatives of each of the persons, firms and corporations listed
in Schedule A hereto (herein collectively called the "Underwriters") and hereby
confirms its agreement with the several Underwriters as follows:
1. Description of Shares. The Company proposes to issue and sell
2,000,000 shares of its authorized and unissued Common Stock, par value $.01 per
share (the "Firm Shares"), to the several Underwriters. The Company also
proposes to grant to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to 300,000
additional shares of the Company's Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the
"Option Shares"), as provided in Section 7 hereof. As used in this Agreement,
the term "Shares" shall include the Firm Shares and the Option Shares. All
shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company to be
outstanding after giving effect to the sales contemplated hereby, including the
Shares, are hereinafter referred to as "Common Stock."
2. Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Company.
The Company represents and warrants to and agrees with each
Underwriter that:
(a) A registration statement on Form S-3 (File No.
333-19955) with respect to the Shares, including a prospectus subject to
completion, has been prepared by the
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(1) Plus an option to purchase up to 300,000 additional shares from the Company
to cover over-allotments.
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Company in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Act"), and the applicable rules and regulations (the "Rules and
Regulations") of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under
the Act and has been filed with the Commission; such amendments to such
registration statement, such amended prospectuses subject to completion and such
abbreviated registration statements pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Rules and
Regulations as may have been required prior to the date hereof have been
similarly prepared and filed with the Commission; and the Company will file such
additional amendments to such registration statement, such amended prospectuses
subject to completion and such abbreviated registration statements as may
hereafter be required. Copies of such registration statement and amendments of
each related prospectus subject to completion (the "Preliminary Prospectuses"),
including all documents incorporated by reference therein, and of any
abbreviated registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Rules and
Regulations, have been delivered to you and, to the extent applicable, were
identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the
Commission pursuant to the Commission's Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and
Retrieval System ("XXXXX"), except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
The Company and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement meet the
requirements for using Form S-3 under the Act.
If the registration statement relating to the Shares
has been declared effective under the Act by the Commission, the Company will
prepare and promptly file with the Commission the information omitted from the
registration statement pursuant to Rule 430A(a) or, if Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx &
Company LLC, on behalf of the several Underwriters, shall agree to the
utilization of Rule 434 of the Rules and Regulations, the information required
to be included in any term sheet filed pursuant to Rule 434(b) or (c), as
applicable, of the Rules and Regulations pursuant to subparagraph (1), (4) or
(7) of Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations or as part of a post-effective
amendment to the registration statement (including a final form of prospectus).
If the registration statement relating to the Shares has not been declared
effective under the Act by the Commission, the Company will prepare and promptly
file an amendment to the registration statement, including a final form of
prospectus, or, if Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Company LLC, on behalf of the several
Underwriters, shall agree to the utilization of Rule 434 of the Rules and
Regulations, the information required to be included in any term sheet filed
pursuant to Rule 434(b) or (c), as applicable, of the Rules and Regulations. The
term "Registration Statement" as used in this Agreement shall mean such
registration statement, including financial statements, schedules and exhibits,
in the form in which it became or becomes, as the case may be, effective
(including, if the Company omitted information from the registration statement
pursuant to Rule 430A(a) or files a term sheet pursuant to Rule 434 of the Rules
and Regulations, the information deemed to be a part of the registration
statement at the time it became effective pursuant to Rule 430A(b) or Rule
434(d) of the Rules and Regulations) and, in the event of any amendment thereto
or the filing of any abbreviated registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b)
of the Rules and Regulations relating thereto after the effective date of such
registration statement, shall also mean (from and after the effectiveness of
such amendment or the filing of such abbreviated registration statement) such
registration statement as so amended, together with any such abbreviated
registration statement. The term "Prospectus" as used in this Agreement shall
mean the prospectus relating to the Shares as included in such Registration
Statement at the time it becomes effective (including, if the Company omitted
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information from the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A(a) of the
Rules and Regulations, the information deemed to be a part of the Registration
Statement at the time it became effective pursuant to Rule 430A(b) of the Rules
and Regulations), provided, however, that if in reliance on Rule 434 of the
Rules and Regulations and with the consent of Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Company LLC,
on behalf of the several Underwriters, the Company shall have provided to the
Underwriters a term sheet pursuant to Rule 434(b) or (c), as applicable, prior
to the time that a confirmation is sent or given for purposes of Section
2(10)(a) of the Act, the term "Prospectus" shall mean the "prospectus subject to
completion" (as defined in Rule 434(g) of the Rules and Regulations) last
provided to the Underwriters by the Company and circulated by the Underwriters
to all prospective purchasers of the Shares (including the information deemed to
be a part of the Registration Statement at the time it became effective pursuant
to Rule 434(d) of the Rules and Regulations). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if
any revised prospectus shall be provided to the Underwriters by the Company for
use in connection with the offering of the Shares that differs from the
prospectus referred to in the immediately preceding sentence (whether or not
such revised prospectus is required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations), the term "Prospectus" shall refer to
such revised prospectus from and after the time it is first provided to the
Underwriters for such use. If in reliance on Rule 434 of the Rules and
Regulations and with the consent of Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Company LLC, on behalf
of the several Underwriters, the Company shall have provided to the Underwriters
a term sheet pursuant to Rule 434(b) or (c), as applicable, prior to the time
that a confirmation is sent or given for purposes of Section 2(10)(a) of the
Act, the Prospectus and the term sheet, together, will not be materially
different from the prospectus in the Registration Statement. Any reference to
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and
include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of
Form S-3 under the Act, as of the date of the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, as the case may be, and any reference to any amendment or supplement
to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and
include any documents filed after such date under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), which, upon filing, are incorporated by
reference therein, as required by paragraph (b) of Item 12 of Form S-3. As used
in this Agreement, the term "Incorporated Documents" means the documents which
at the time are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto. For purposes of this
Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement to any of the
foregoing shall be deemed to include the respective copies thereof filed with
the Commission pursuant to XXXXX.
(b) The Commission has not issued any order
preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or instituted
proceedings for that purpose, and each such Preliminary Prospectus has conformed
in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and
Regulations and, as of its date, has not included any untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading; and at the time the Registration Statement became or
becomes, as the case may be, effective and at all times subsequent thereto up to
and on the Closing Date (hereinafter defined) and on any later date on which
Option Shares are to be purchased, (i) the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, and
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any amendments or supplements thereto, contained and will contain all material
information required to be included therein by the Act and the Rules and
Regulations and will in all material respects conform to the requirements of the
Act and the Rules and Regulations, (ii) the Registration Statement, and any
amendments or supplements thereto, did not and will not include any 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
(iii) the Prospectus, and any amendments or supplements thereto, did not and
will not include any 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 under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however,
that none of the representations and warranties contained in this subparagraph
(b) shall apply to information contained in or omitted from the Registration
Statement or Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance
upon, and in conformity with, written information relating to any Underwriter
furnished to the Company by such Underwriter specifically for use in the
preparation thereof.
The Incorporated Documents heretofore filed, when
they were filed (or, if any amendment with respect to any such document was
filed, when such amendment was filed), conformed in all material respects with
the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder; any further Incorporated Documents so filed will, when
they are filed, conform in all material respects with the requirements of the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; no such
document when it was filed (or, if an amendment with respect to any such
document was filed, when such amendment was filed), contained any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and
no such further amendment will contain any 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.
(c) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has been
duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation, and, except for
Alkermes Europe, Ltd., is a corporation in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation with full power and authority (corporate and
other) to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as
described in the Prospectus; the Company owns all of the outstanding capital
stock of its subsidiaries free and clear of any pledge, lien, security interest,
encumbrance, claim or equitable interest; each of the Company and its
subsidiaries is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in
good standing in each jurisdiction in which the ownership or leasing of its
properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except
where the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a
material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings,
operations, business or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries
considered as one enterprise; no proceeding has been instituted in any such
jurisdiction, revoking, limiting or curtailing, or seeking to revoke, limit or
curtail, such power and authority or qualification; each of the Company and its
subsidiaries is in possession of and operating in compliance in all material
respects with all authorizations, licenses, approvals, certificates, consents,
orders and permits (collectively, "Permits") from state, federal and other
regulatory authorities including, without limitation, the United States Food and
Drug
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Administration (the "FDA"), which are material to the conduct of the business of
the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as one enterprise, all of which are
valid and in full force and effect; there is no FDA enforcement action pending
or threatened against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or Alkermes
Clinical Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the "Partnership"); the
Company and its subsidiaries are conducting their business in compliance with
all of the laws, rules and regulations of the jurisdictions in which they
conduct business, including, without limitation, the FDA, except where failure
to be in compliance would not have a material adverse effect on the condition
(financial or otherwise), earnings, operations, business or business prospects
of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise; neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of its respective charter or
bylaws or in material default in the performance or observance of any material
obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any material bond,
debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness, or in any material lease,
contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, joint venture or
other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
a party or by which it or any of its subsidiaries or their respective properties
may be bound; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor the
Partnership is in material violation of any law, order, rule, regulation, writ,
injunction, judgment or decree of any court, government or governmental agency
or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or over their respective properties of which it has knowledge. The
Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation,
association or other entity other than those subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21
to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission and
incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and the Partnership.
Alkermes Development Corporation II, a Delaware corporation, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Company, is the sole general partner of the Partnership. The
Partnership has been duly organized and is validly existing as a limited
partnership under the laws of Delaware with full power and authority to own,
lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the
Prospectus.
(d) The Company has full legal right, power and
authority to enter into this Agreement and perform the transactions contemplated
hereby. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company and is a valid and binding agreement on the part of the Company,
enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as rights to indemnification
hereunder may be limited by applicable law and except as the enforcement hereof
may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally or by
general equitable principles; the performance of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will not result in a
material breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or
constitute a material default under, (i) any bond, debenture, note or other
evidence of indebtedness, or under any lease, contract, indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, loan agreement, joint venture or other agreement or instrument to
which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of
its subsidiaries or their respective properties may be bound, (ii) the charter
or bylaws of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or (iii) any law, order,
rule, regulation, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court, government
or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over
the Company or any of its subsidiaries or over their respective properties. No
consent, approval, authorization or order of
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or qualification with any court, government or governmental agency or body,
domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or over their respective properties, is required for the execution
and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation by the Company or any of its
subsidiaries of the transactions herein contemplated, except such as may be
required under the Act, the Exchange Act (if applicable), or under state or
other securities or Blue Sky laws, all of which requirements have been satisfied
in all material respects.
(e) There is not any pending or, to the best of the
Company's knowledge, threatened action, suit, claim or proceeding against the
Company, any of its subsidiaries or the Partnership or any of their respective
officers or any of their respective properties, assets or rights before any
court, government or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having
jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or over their
respective officers or properties or otherwise which (i) could result in any
material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings,
operations, business or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries
considered as one enterprise or might materially and adversely affect their
properties, assets or rights, (ii) could prevent consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby or (iii) is required to be disclosed in the
Registration Statement or Prospectus and is not so disclosed; and there are no
agreements, contracts, leases or documents of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries of a character required to be described or referred to in the
Registration Statement or Prospectus or any Incorporated Document or to be filed
as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or any Incorporated Document by the
Act or the Rules and Regulations or by the Exchange Act or the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder which have not been accurately
described in all material respects in the Registration Statement or Prospectus
or any Incorporated Document or filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement
or any Incorporated Document.
(f) All outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and
nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal securities laws
and, in all material respects, with all 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 authorized and outstanding capital stock of
the Company is as set forth in the Prospectus under the caption "Capitalization"
and conforms in all material respects to the statements relating thereto
contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any Incorporated
Document (and such statements correctly state the substance of the instruments
defining the capitalization of the Company); the Firm Shares and the Option
Shares have been duly authorized for issuance and sale to the Underwriters
pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued and delivered by the Company against
payment therefor in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly
and validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable, and will be sold free and
clear of any pledge, lien, security interest, encumbrance, claim or equitable
interest; and no preemptive right, co-sale right, registration right, right of
first refusal or other similar right of shareholders exists with respect to any
of the Firm Shares or Option Shares to be purchased from the Company hereunder
or the issuance and sale thereof other than those that have been expressly
waived prior to the date hereof and those that will automatically expire upon
the consummation of the transactions contemplated on the Closing Date. No
further approval or authorization of any shareholder, the Board of Directors of
the
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Company or others is required for the issuance and sale or transfer of the
Shares except as may be required under the Act, the Exchange Act or under state
or other securities or Blue Sky laws. All issued and outstanding shares of
capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly authorized and
validly issued and are fully paid and, except for Alkermes Europe, Ltd.,
nonassessable, and were not issued in violation of or subject to any preemptive
right, or other rights to subscribe for or purchase shares and are owned by the
Company free and clear of any pledge, lien, security interest, encumbrance,
claim or equitable interest. Except as disclosed in or contemplated by the
Prospectus and the financial statements of the Company, and the related notes
thereto, included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, neither the
Company nor any subsidiary has outstanding any options to purchase, or any
preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase, any
securities or obligations convertible into, or any contracts or commitments to
issue or sell, shares of its capital stock or any such options, rights,
convertible securities or obligations. The description of the Company's stock
option, stock bonus and other stock plans or arrangements, and the options or
other rights granted and exercised thereunder, set forth or incorporated by
reference in the Prospectus accurately and fairly presents the information
required to be shown with respect to such plans, arrangements, options and
rights.
(g) Deloitte & Touche LLP, which has examined the
consolidated financial statements of the Company, together with the related
notes, as of March 31, 1996 and for each of the three years in the period ended
March 31, 1996 filed with the Commission as a part of or incorporated by
reference into the Registration Statement, which are included or incorporated by
reference in the Prospectus, are independent accountants within the meaning of
the Act and the Rules and Regulations; the audited consolidated financial
statements of the Company, together with the related notes, and the unaudited
consolidated financial information, forming part of the Registration Statement
and Prospectus, fairly present the financial position and the results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries at the respective dates and for
the respective periods to which they apply; and all audited consolidated
financial statements of the Company, together with the related notes, and the
unaudited consolidated financial information, filed with the Commission as part
of or incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, have been
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
consistently applied throughout the periods involved except as may be otherwise
stated therein. The selected and summary financial and statistical data included
or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement present fairly the
information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with the
audited financial statements presented therein. No other financial statements or
schedules are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement.
(h) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which
information is given in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, there has not
been (i) any material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise),
earnings, operations, business or business prospects of the Company and its
subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, (ii) any transaction that is material
to the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, except
transactions entered into in the ordinary course of business, (iii) any
obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Company and its
subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, incurred by the Company or its
subsidiaries, except obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business,
(iv) any change in the
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capital stock or outstanding indebtedness of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries considered as
one enterprise, (v) any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or
made on the capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or (vi) any
loss or damage (whether or not insured) to the property of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries which has been sustained or will have been sustained which has
a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings,
operations, business or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries
considered as one enterprise.
(i) Except as set forth in the Registration Statement
and Prospectus and any Incorporated Document, (i) each of the Company and its
subsidiaries has good and marketable title to all properties and assets
described in the Registration Statement and Prospectus and any Incorporated
Document as owned by it, free and clear of any pledge, lien, security interest,
encumbrance, claim or equitable interest, other than such as would not have a
material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings,
operations, business or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries
considered as one enterprise, (ii) the agreements to which the Company or any of
its subsidiaries is a party described in the Registration Statement and
Prospectus and any Incorporated Document are valid agreements, enforceable by
the Company and its subsidiaries (as applicable), except as the enforcement
thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights
generally or by general equitable principles and, to the best of the Company's
knowledge, the other contracting party or parties thereto are not in material
breach or material default under any of such agreements, and (iii) each of the
Company and its subsidiaries has valid and enforceable leases for all properties
described in the Registration Statement and Prospectus and any Incorporated
Document as leased by it, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar
laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally or by general
equitable principles. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and
Prospectus and any Incorporated Document, the Company owns or leases all such
properties as are necessary to its operations as now conducted or as proposed to
be conducted.
(j) The Company and its subsidiaries have timely
filed all required federal, state and foreign income and franchise tax returns
and have paid all taxes shown thereon as due, and there is no tax deficiency
that has been or, to the best of the Company's knowledge, might be asserted
against the Company that could have a material adverse effect on the condition
(financial or otherwise), earnings, operations, business or business prospects
of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise; and all tax
liabilities are adequately provided for on the books of the Company and its
subsidiaries.
(k) The Company and its subsidiaries maintain
insurance with insurers of recognized financial responsibility of the types and
in the amounts generally deemed adequate for their respective businesses and
consistent with insurance coverage maintained by similar companies in similar
businesses, including, but not limited to, insurance covering real and personal
property owned or leased by the Company or its subsidiaries against theft,
damage, destruction, acts of vandalism and all other risks customarily insured
against, all of which insurance is in full force and effect; neither the Company
nor any such subsidiary has been
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refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and neither the Company
nor any such subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to
renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to
obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue
its business at a cost that would not materially and adversely affect the
condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, operations, business or business
prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise.
(l) To the best of Company's knowledge, no labor
disturbance by the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or the
Partnership exists or is imminent; and the Company is not aware of any existing
or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its principal suppliers
or subcontractors that might be expected to result in a material adverse change
in the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, operations, business or
business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one
enterprise. No collective bargaining agreement exists with any of the Company's
employees and, to the best of the Company's knowledge, no such agreement is
imminent.
(m) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries owns or
possesses adequate rights to use all patents, patent rights, patent
applications, inventions, trade secrets, know-how, trademarks, service marks,
trademark applications, servicemark applications, trade names, copyrights and
other information (collectively, "Intellectual Property") which are necessary to
conduct its businesses as now or as proposed to be conducted by it as described
in the Registration Statement and Prospectus and any Incorporated Document; the
Company has not received any notice of, and has no knowledge of, any
infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of the Company by others with
respect to any Intellectual Property; and the Company has not received any
notice of, and has no knowledge of, any infringement of or conflict with
asserted rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property which,
singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or
finding, would have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or
otherwise), earnings, operations, business or business prospects of the Company
and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise. To the knowledge of the
Company, none of the patents owned or licensed by the Company, any of its
subsidiaries or the Partnership is unenforceable or invalid. The Company has
duly and properly filed or caused to be filed with the United States Patent and
Trademark Office (the "PTO") and applicable foreign and international patent
authorities all patent applications described or referred to in the Prospectus,
and believes it has complied with the PTO's duty of candor and disclosure for
each of such United States patent and patent applications described or referred
to in the Prospectus; the Company is unaware of any facts which would preclude
the grant of a patent from each of the patent applications described or referred
to in the Prospectus; the Company has no knowledge of any facts which would
preclude it from having clear title to its patent applications referenced in the
Prospectus; and the Company has not terminated or breached and is not in
violation of any agreement covering its Intellectual Property rights. The
Company is not aware of the granting of any patents to third parties or the
filing of patent applications by third parties or any other rights of third
parties to any of the Company's Intellectual Property.
(n) The Common Stock is registered pursuant to
Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is listed on The Nasdaq National Market,
and the Company has taken no
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action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the
registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act or delisting the Common
Stock from The Nasdaq National Market, nor has the Company received any
notification that the Commission or the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. ("NASD") is contemplating terminating such registration or
listing.
(o) The Company has been advised concerning the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), and the rules and
regulations thereunder, and has in the past conducted, and intends in the future
to conduct, its affairs in such a manner as to ensure that it will not become an
"investment company" or a company "controlled" by an "investment company" within
the meaning of the 1940 Act and such rules and regulations.
(p) The Company has not distributed and will not
distribute prior to the later of (i) the Closing Date, or any date on which
Option Shares are to be purchased, as the case may be, and (ii) completion of
the distribution of the Shares, any offering material in connection with the
offering and sale of the Shares other than any Preliminary Prospectuses, the
Prospectus, the Registration Statement and other materials, if any, permitted by
the Act.
(q) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries
has at any time during the last five (5) years (i) made any unlawful
contribution to any candidate for foreign office or failed to disclose fully any
contribution in violation of law, or (ii) made any payment to any federal or
state governmental officer or official, or other person charged with similar
public or quasi-public duties, other than payments required or permitted by the
laws of the United States or any jurisdiction thereof.
(r) The Company has not taken and will not take,
directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that might reasonably be
expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of the
Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.
(s) Each executive officer and director of the
Company, and a trust of which a director is a beneficiary, has agreed in writing
(the "Lock-Up Agreement") that such person will not, directly or indirectly,
without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Company LLC, sell,
offer, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase or otherwise
dispose of (collectively, a "Disposition") any shares of Common Stock or any
securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or any rights to purchase or
acquire, Common Stock held by such person, acquired by such person after the
date of the Lock-Up Agreement or which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by
such person pursuant to the Rules and Regulations promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Lock-Up Shares"), for a period
commencing on the date of the Lock-Up Agreement and ending 90 days after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (the "Lock-Up period"), otherwise
than (i) as a bona fide gift or gifts or (ii) as a distribution to limited
partners or shareholders of such person, provided, however, that in any such
case it shall be a condition to the transfer that the transferee execute an
agreement stating that the transferee is receiving and holding the Lock-Up
Shares subject to the provisions of the Lock-Up Agreement. The foregoing
restriction is expressly agreed to preclude
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the holder of Lock-Up Shares from engaging in any hedging or other transaction
which is designed to or reasonably expected to lead to or result in a
Disposition of Lock-Up Shares during the Lock-up Period, even if such Lock-Up
Shares would be disposed of by someone other than such holder. Such prohibited
hedging or other transactions would include, without limitation, any short sale
(whether or not against the box) or any purchase, sale or grant of any right
(including, without limitation, any put or call option) with respect to any
Lock-Up Shares or with respect to any security (other than a broad-based market
basket or index) that includes, relates to or derives any significant part of
its value from Lock-Up Shares. Furthermore, such person will also agree and
consent to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company's transfer
agent against the transfer of any Lock-Up Shares held by such person except in
compliance with this restriction. The Company has provided to counsel for the
Underwriters a complete and accurate list of all securityholders of the Company
and the number and type of securities held by each securityholder. The Company
has provided to counsel for the Underwriters true, accurate and complete copies
of all of the agreements pursuant to which its executive officers and directors,
and a trust of which a director is a beneficiary, have agreed to such or similar
restrictions (the "Lock-up Agreements") presently in effect or effected hereby.
The Company hereby represents and warrants that it will not release any of its
executive officers and directors, and the trust of which a director is a
beneficiary, from any Lock-up Agreements currently existing or hereafter
effected without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Company LLC.
(t) Except as set forth in the Registration Statement
and Prospectus and any Incorporated Document, (i) the Company is in compliance
in all material respects with all rules, laws and regulations relating to the
use, treatment, storage and disposal of toxic substances and protection of
health or the environment ("Environmental Laws") which are applicable to its
business, (ii) the Company has received no notice from any governmental
authority or third party of an asserted claim under Environmental Laws, which
claim is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus and any Incorporated Document, (iii) the Company will not be required
to make future material capital expenditures to comply with Environmental Laws
and (iv) no property which is owned, leased or occupied by the Company has been
designated as a Superfund site pursuant to the Comprehensive Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (U.S.C. Section 9601, et
seq.), or otherwise designated as a contaminated site under applicable state or
local law.
(u) The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain
a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable
assurances that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management's
general or specific authorizations, (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.
(v) There are no outstanding loans, advances (except
normal advances for business expenses in the ordinary course of business) or
guarantees of indebtedness by the Company to or for the benefit of any of the
officers or directors of the Company or any of the
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members of the families of any of them, except as disclosed in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus and any Incorporated Document.
(w) The Company has complied with all provisions of
Section 517.075, Florida Statutes relating to doing business with the Government
of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba.
3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Shares. 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 sell to the
Underwriters, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to
purchase from the Company, at a purchase price of $____ per share, the
respective number of Firm Shares as hereinafter set forth. The obligation of
each Underwriter to the Company shall be to purchase from the Company that
number of Firm Shares which is set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter
in Schedule A hereto (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 10).
Delivery of definitive certificates for the Firm Shares to be purchased
by the Underwriters pursuant to this Section 3 shall be made against payment of
the purchase price therefor by the several Underwriters by certified or official
bank check or checks drawn in next-day funds, payable to the order of the
Company (and the Company agrees not to deposit any such check in the bank on
which it is drawn and not to take any other action with the purpose or effect of
receiving immediately available funds, until the business day following the date
of its delivery to the Company, and, in the event of any breach of the
foregoing, the Company shall reimburse the Underwriters for the interest lost
and any other expenses borne by them by reason of such breach), at the offices
of Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, LLP, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx (or
at such other place as may be agreed upon among the Representatives and the
Company), at 10:00 A.M., Boston time; (a) on the third (3rd) full business day
following the first day that Shares are traded, (b) if this Agreement is
executed and delivered after 4:30 P.M., Boston time, the fourth (4th) full
business day following the day that this Agreement is executed and delivered or
(c) at such other time and date not later than seven (7) full business days
following the first day that Shares are traded as the Representatives and the
Company may determine (or at such time and date to which payment and delivery
shall have been postponed pursuant to Section 10 hereof), such time and date of
payment and delivery being herein called the "Closing Date"; provided, however,
that if the Company has not made available to the Representatives copies of the
Prospectus within the time provided in Section 4(d) hereof, the Representatives
may, in their sole discretion, postpone the Closing Date until no later than two
(2) full business days following delivery of copies of the Prospectus to the
Representatives. The certificates for the Firm Shares to be so delivered will be
made available to you at such office or such other location including, without
limitation, in New York City, as you may reasonably request for checking at
least one (1) full business day prior to the Closing Date and will be in such
names and denominations as you may request, such request to be made at least two
(2) full business days prior to the 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.
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It is understood that you, individually, and not as the Representatives
of the several Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment of
the purchase price on behalf of any Underwriter or Underwriters whose check or
checks shall not have been received by you prior to the Closing Date for the
Firm Shares to be purchased by such Underwriter or Underwriters. Any such
payment by you shall not relieve any such Underwriter or Underwriters of any of
its or their obligations hereunder.
After the Registration Statement becomes effective, the several
Underwriters intend to make a public offering (as such term is described in
Section 11 hereof) of the Firm Shares at a public offering price of $___ per
share. After the public offering, the several Underwriters may, in their
discretion, vary the public offering price.
The information set forth in the last paragraph on the front cover page
(insofar as such information relates to the Underwriters), under the last two
paragraphs on page 2 concerning stabilization, over-allotment and passive market
making by the Underwriters, and under the second, seventh and eighth paragraphs
under the caption "Underwriting" in any Preliminary Prospectus and in the final
form of Prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) constitutes the only
information furnished by the Underwriters to the Company for inclusion in any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or the Registration Statement or any
Incorporated Document, and you, on behalf of the respective Underwriters,
represent and warrant to the Company that the statements made therein do not
include any 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.
4. Further Agreements of the Company. The Company agrees with the
several Underwriters that:
(a) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the
Registration Statement and any amendment thereof, if not effective at the time
and date that this Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto, to
become effective as promptly as possible; the Company will use its best efforts
to cause any abbreviated registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the
Rules and Regulations as may be required subsequent to the date the Registration
Statement is declared effective to become effective as promptly as possible; the
Company will notify you, promptly after it shall receive notice thereof, of the
time when the Registration Statement, any subsequent amendment to the
Registration Statement or any abbreviated registration statement has become
effective or any supplement to the Prospectus has been filed; if the Company
omitted information from the Registration Statement at the time it was
originally declared effective in reliance upon Rule 430A(a) of the Rules and
Regulations, the Company will provide evidence satisfactory to you that the
Prospectus contains such information and has been filed, within the time period
prescribed, with the Commission pursuant to subparagraph (1) or (4) of Rule
424(b) of the Rules and Regulations or as part of a post-effective amendment to
such Registration Statement as originally declared effective which is declared
effective by the Commission; if the Company files a term sheet pursuant to Rule
434 of the Rules and Regulations, the Company will provide evidence satisfactory
to you that the Prospectus and term sheet meeting the requirements of Rule
434(b) or (c), as applicable, of the Rules and Regulations, have been filed,
within the
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time period prescribed, with the Commission pursuant to subparagraph (7) of Rule
424(b) of the Rules and Regulations; if for any reason the filing of the final
form of Prospectus is required under Rule 424(b)(3) of the Rules and
Regulations, it will provide evidence satisfactory to you that the Prospectus
contains such information and has been filed with the Commission within the time
period prescribed; it will notify you promptly of any request by the Commission
for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus or for additional information; promptly upon your request, it will
prepare and file with the Commission any amendments or supplements to the
Registration Statement or Prospectus which, in the opinion of counsel for the
several Underwriters ("Underwriters' Counsel"), may be necessary or advisable in
connection with the distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters; it will
promptly prepare and file with the Commission, and promptly notify you of the
filing of, any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or
Prospectus which may be necessary to correct any statements or omissions, if, at
any time when a prospectus relating to the Shares is required to be delivered
under the Act, any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus
or any other prospectus relating to the Shares as then in effect would include
any 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
under which they were made, not misleading; in case any Underwriter is required
to deliver a prospectus nine (9) months or more after the effective date of the
Registration Statement in connection with the sale of the Shares, it will
prepare promptly upon request, but at the expense of such Underwriter, such
amendment or amendments to the Registration Statement and such prospectus or
prospectuses as may be necessary to permit compliance with the requirements of
Section 10(a)(3) of the Act; and it will file no amendment or supplement to the
Registration Statement or Prospectus or the Incorporated Documents, or, prior to
the end of the period of time in which a prospectus relating to the Shares is
required to be delivered under the Act, file any document which upon filing
becomes an Incorporated Document, which shall not previously have been submitted
to you a reasonable time prior to the proposed filing thereof or to which you
shall reasonably object in writing, subject, however, to compliance with the Act
and the Rules and Regulations, the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of
the Commission thereunder and the provisions of this Agreement.
(b) The Company will advise you, promptly after it
shall receive notice or obtain knowledge, of the issuance of any stop order by
the Commission suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of
the initiation or threat of any proceeding for that purpose; and it shall
promptly use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to
obtain its withdrawal at the earliest possible moment if such stop order should
be issued.
(c) The Company will use its best efforts to qualify
the Shares for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions
as you may designate and to continue such qualifications in effect for so long
as may be required for purposes of the distribution of the Shares, except that
the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition
thereof to qualify as a foreign corporation or to execute a general consent to
service of process in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise required to
be so qualified or to so execute a general consent to service of process. In
each jurisdiction in which the Shares shall have been qualified as above
provided, the Company will make and file such statements and reports in each
year as are or may be reasonably required by the laws of such jurisdiction.
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(d) The Company will furnish to you, as soon as
available, and, in the case of the Prospectus and any term sheet or abbreviated
term sheet under Rule 434, in no event later than the first (1st) full business
day following the first day that Shares are traded, copies of the Registration
Statement (three of which will be signed and which will include all exhibits),
each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements to
such documents, including any prospectus prepared to permit compliance with
Section 10(a)(3) of the Act, and the Incorporated Documents (three of which will
include all exhibits,) all in such quantities as you may from time to time
reasonably request. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx &
Company LLC, on behalf of the several Underwriters, shall agree to the
utilization of Rule 434 of the Rules and Regulations, the Company shall provide
to you copies of a Preliminary Prospectus updated in all respects through the
date specified by you in such quantities as you may from time to time reasonably
request. To the extent applicable, such documents shall be identical to the
electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to
XXXXX, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(e) The Company will make generally available to its
securityholders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than the
forty-fifth (45th) day following the end of the fiscal quarter first occurring
after the first anniversary of the effective date of the Registration Statement,
an earnings statement (which will be in reasonable detail but need not be
audited) complying with the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and covering
a twelve (12) month period beginning after the effective date of the
Registration Statement. To the extent applicable, such reports or documents
shall be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with
the Commission pursuant to XXXXX, except to the extent permitted by Regulation
S-T.
(f) During a period of five (5) years after the date
hereof, the Company will furnish to its shareholders as soon as practicable
after the end of each respective period, annual reports (including financial
statements audited by independent certified public accountants) and unaudited
quarterly reports of operations for each of the first three quarters of the
fiscal year, and will furnish to you and the other several Underwriters
hereunder, upon request (i) concurrently with furnishing such reports to its
shareholders, statements of operations of the Company for each of the first
three (3) fiscal quarters in the form furnished to the Company's shareholders,
(ii) concurrently with furnishing to its shareholders, a balance sheet of the
Company as of the end of such fiscal year, together with statements of
operations, of shareholders' equity, and of cash flows of the Company for such
fiscal year, accompanied by a copy of the certificate or report thereon of
independent certified public accountants, (iii) as soon as they are available,
copies of all reports (financial or other) mailed to shareholders, (iv) as soon
as they are available, copies of all reports and financial statements furnished
to or filed with the Commission, any securities exchange or the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD"), (v) every material press
release and every material news item or article in respect of the Company or its
affairs which was generally released to shareholders or prepared by the Company
or any of its subsidiaries, and (vi) any additional information of a public
nature concerning the Company or its subsidiaries, or its business which you may
reasonably request. During such five (5) year period, if the Company shall have
active subsidiaries, the foregoing
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financial statements shall be on a consolidated basis to the extent that the
accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries are consolidated, and shall be
accompanied by similar financial statements for any significant subsidiary which
is not so consolidated.
(g) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the
sale of the Shares being sold by it in the manner set forth under the caption
"Use of Proceeds" in the Prospectus.
(h) The Company will maintain a transfer agent and,
if necessary under the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company, a registrar
(which may be the same entity as the transfer agent) for its Common Stock.
(i) If the transactions contemplated hereby are not
consummated by reason of any failure, refusal or inability on the part of the
Company to perform any agreement on its part to be performed hereunder or to
fulfill any condition of the Underwriters' obligations hereunder, or if the
Company shall terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 11(a) hereof, or if
the Underwriters shall terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 11(b)(i),
the Company will reimburse the several Underwriters for all out-of-pocket
expenses (including fees and disbursements of Underwriters' Counsel) incurred by
the Underwriters in investigating or preparing to market or marketing the
Shares.
(j) If at any time during the ninety (90) day period
after the Registration Statement becomes effective, any rumor, publication or
event relating to or affecting the Company shall occur as a result of which in
your opinion the market price of the Common Stock has been or is likely to be
materially affected (regardless of whether such rumor, publication or event
necessitates a supplement to or amendment of the Prospectus), the Company will,
after written notice from you advising the Company to the effect set forth
above, forthwith prepare, consult with you concerning the substance of and
disseminate a press release or other public statement, reasonably satisfactory
to you, responding to or commenting on such rumor, publication or event.
(k) During the Lock-Up Period, the Company will not,
without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Company LLC, effect
the Disposition of, directly or indirectly, any Lock-Up Shares other than the
sale of the Firm Shares and the Option Shares hereunder and the Company's
issuance of (i) Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of warrants originally
issued in connection with the formation of the Partnership or issued in exchange
therefor, (ii) options or Common Stock under the Company's presently authorized
Amended and Restated 1989 Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan, Amended and Restated
1990 Omnibus Stock Option Plan, as amended, 1992 Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan
and Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors (collectively, the "Option
Plans") and (iii) Common Stock issuable under the Company's 1991 Restricted
Common Stock Award Plan.
(l) During a period of ninety (90) days from the
effective date of the Registration Statement, the Company will not file a
registration statement registering shares under the Option Plans or any other
employee benefit plan.
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5. Expenses.
(a) The Company agrees with each Underwriter that:
(i) The Company will pay and bear all costs and
expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the
Registration Statement (including financial statements, schedules and exhibits),
Preliminary Prospectuses and the Prospectus and the Incorporated Documents and
any amendments or supplements thereto; the printing of this Agreement, the
Agreement Among Underwriters, the Selected Dealer Agreement, the Preliminary
Blue Sky Survey and any Supplemental Blue Sky Survey, the Underwriters'
Questionnaire and Power of Attorney, and any instruments related to any of the
foregoing; the issuance and delivery of the Shares hereunder to the several
Underwriters, including transfer taxes, if any, the cost of all certificates
representing the Shares and transfer agents' and registrars' fees; the fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Company; all fees and other charges of the
Company's independent certified public accountants; the cost of furnishing to
the several Underwriters copies of the Registration Statement (including
appropriate exhibits), Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and the
Incorporated Documents, and any amendments or supplements to any of the
foregoing; NASD filing fees and the cost of qualifying the Shares under the laws
of such jurisdictions as you may designate (including filing fees and fees and
disbursements of Underwriters' Counsel in connection with such NASD filings and
Blue Sky qualifications); and all other expenses directly incurred by the
Company in connection with the performance of their obligations hereunder.
(ii) In addition to its other obligations under
Section 8(a) hereof, the Company agrees that, as an interim measure during the
pendency of any claim, action, investigation, inquiry or other proceeding
described in Section 8(a) hereof, it will reimburse the Underwriters on a
monthly basis for all reasonable legal 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 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 Underwriters shall promptly return such payment to the Company
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) listed from time to time in The Wall Street Journal which represents
the base rate on corporate loans posted by a substantial majority of the
nation's thirty (30) largest banks (the "Prime Rate"). Any such interim
reimbursement payments which are not made to the Underwriters within thirty (30)
days of a request for reimbursement shall bear interest at the Prime Rate from
the date of such request.
(b) In addition to their other obligations under Section 8(b)
hereof, the Underwriters severally and not jointly agree that, as an interim
measure during the pendency of any claim, action, investigation, inquiry or
other proceeding described in Section 8(b) hereof, they will reimburse the
Company on a monthly basis for all reasonable legal or other expenses
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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
Underwriters' obligation to reimburse the Company 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 Company shall
promptly return such payment to the Underwriters together with interest,
compounded daily, determined on the basis of the Prime Rate. Any such interim
reimbursement payments which are not made to the Company within thirty (30) days
of a request for reimbursement shall bear interest at the Prime Rate from the
date of such request.
(c) It is agreed that any controversy arising out of the
operation of the interim reimbursement arrangements set forth in Sections
5(a)(ii) and 5(b) hereof, including the amounts of any requested reimbursement
payments, the method of determining such amounts and the basis on which such
amounts shall be apportioned among the reimbursing parties, shall be settled by
arbitration conducted under the provisions of the Constitution and Rules of the
Board of Governors of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. or pursuant to the Code
of Arbitration Procedure of the NASD. Any such arbitration must be commenced by
service of a written demand for arbitration or a written notice of intention to
arbitrate, therein electing the arbitration tribunal. In the event the party
demanding arbitration does not make such designation of an arbitration tribunal
in such demand or notice, then the party responding to said demand or notice is
authorized to do so. Any such arbitration will be limited to the operation of
the interim reimbursement provisions contained in Sections 5(a)(ii) and 5(b)
hereof and will not resolve the ultimate propriety or enforceability of the
obligation to indemnify for expenses which is created by the provisions of
Sections 8(a) and 8(b) hereof or the obligation to contribute to expenses which
is created by the provisions of Section 8(d) hereof.
6. Conditions of Underwriters' Obligations. The obligations of the
several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Shares as provided herein shall
be subject to the accuracy, as of the date hereof and the Closing Date and any
later date on which Option Shares are to be purchased, as the case may be, of
the representations and warranties of the Company herein, to the performance by
the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional
conditions:
(a) The Registration Statement shall have become effective not
later than 2:00 P.M., San Francisco time, on the date following the date of this
Agreement or such later date as shall be consented to in writing by you; and no
stop order suspending the effectiveness thereof shall have been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose shall have been initiated or, to the knowledge of
the Company or any Underwriter, threatened by the Commission, and any request of
the Commission for additional information (to be included in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus or any Incorporated Document or otherwise) shall
have been complied with to the satisfaction of Underwriters' Counsel.
(b) All corporate proceedings and other legal matters in
connection with this Agreement, the form of Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, and the registration,
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authorization, issue, sale and delivery of the Shares, shall have been
reasonably satisfactory to Underwriters' Counsel, and such counsel shall have
been furnished with such papers and information as they may reasonably have
requested to enable them to pass upon the matters referred to in this Section.
(c) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement
and prior to the Closing Date, there shall not have been any change in the
condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, operations, business or business
prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise from
that set forth in the Registration Statement or Prospectus, which, in your sole
judgment, is material and adverse and that makes it, in your sole judgment,
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering of the Shares
as contemplated by the Prospectus.
(d) You shall have received on the Closing Date and on any
later date on which Option Shares are purchased, as the case may be, the
following opinion of counsel for the Company dated the Closing Date or such
later date on which Option Shares are purchased addressed to the Underwriters
and with reproduced copies or signed counterparts thereof for each of the
Underwriters, to the effect that:
(i) The Company and each Significant Subsidiary (as
defined within the meaning of Item 3-01 of Regulation S-X) has
been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a
corporation, and, except for Alkermes Europe, Ltd., is a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation and the Partnership has been
duly organized and is validly existing as a limited
partnership in good standing under the laws of Delaware;
(ii) The Company and each Significant Subsidiary has
the corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate
its properties and to conduct its business as described in the
Prospectus;
(iii) The Company is duly qualified to do business as
a foreign corporation and is in good standing in Massachusetts
and Ohio, which the Company has informed such counsel are the
only two jurisdictions in which it owns or leases real
property or otherwise conducts business; Alkermes Controlled
Therapeutics, Inc. and Alkermes Development Corporation II are
duly qualified to do business in Massachusetts, which the
Company has informed such counsel is the only jurisdiction in
which such subsidiaries own or lease real property or
otherwise conduct business; and Alkermes Controlled
Therapeutics Inc. II is qualified to do business in Ohio,
which the Company has informed such counsel is the only
jurisdiction in which such subsidiary owns or leases real
property or otherwise conducts business. To such counsel's
knowledge, the Company does not own or control, directly or
indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity other
than Alkermes Controlled Therapeutics, Inc., a Pennsylvania
corporation, Alkermes Controlled Therapeutics Inc. II, a
Pennsylvania corporation, Alkermes Development Corporation II,
a Delaware corporation,
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Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx., x Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx corporation, Alkermes
Investments, Inc., a Delaware corporation and the Partnership;
(iv) The authorized, issued and outstanding capital
stock of the Company is as set forth in the Prospectus under
the caption "Capitalization" as of the date stated therein;
the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Company have been duly and validly issued and are fully paid
and nonassessable, and, to such counsel's knowledge, have not
been issued in violation of or subject to any preemptive
right, co-sale right, registration right, right of first
refusal or other similar right;
(v) All issued and outstanding shares of capital
stock of each Significant Subsidiary of the Company have been
duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and
nonassessable, and, to such counsel's knowledge, have not been
issued in violation of or subject to any preemptive right,
co-sale right, registration right, right of first refusal or
other similar right and, to such counsel's knowledge, are
owned by the Company free and clear of any pledge, lien,
security interest, encumbrance, claim or equitable interest;
(vi) The Firm Shares or the Option Shares, as the
case may be, to be issued by the Company pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement have been duly authorized and, upon issuance
and delivery against payment therefor in accordance with the
terms hereof, will be duly and validly issued and fully paid
and nonassessable, and will not have been issued in violation
of or subject to any statutory or similar preemptive right,
co-sale right, registration right, right of first refusal or
other similar right of shareholders arising under the laws of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or pursuant to the Company's
charter or by-laws, or, to such counsel's knowledge, any
preemptive right, co-sale right, registration right, right of
first refusal or other similar right of shareholders provided
for in any contract or other agreement attached as an exhibit
to the Registration Statement, incorporated by reference
therein or otherwise known to such counsel;
(vii) The Company has the corporate power and
authority to enter into this Agreement and to issue, sell and
deliver to the Underwriters the Shares to be issued and sold
by it hereunder;
(viii) This Agreement has been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and has
been duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming
due authorization, execution and delivery by you, is a valid
and binding agreement of the Company, and, assuming that
Pennsylvania law governs this Agreement, is enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except insofar as indemnification
provisions may be limited by applicable law and except as
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or
affecting creditors' rights generally or by general equitable
principles;
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(ix) The Registration Statement has become effective
under the Act and, to such counsel's knowledge, no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has
been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been
instituted or are pending or threatened under the Act;
(x) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus,
and each amendment or supplement thereto (other than the
financial statements and financial data derived therefrom
included therein as to which such counsel need express no
opinion), as of the effective date of the Registration
Statement, complied as to form in all material respects with
the requirements of the Act and the applicable Rules and
Regulations; and each of the Incorporated Documents (other
than the financial statements and the financial data derived
therefrom included therein as to which such counsel need
express no opinion) complied when filed pursuant to the
Exchange Act as to form in all material respects with the
requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and the
Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder;
(xi) The terms and provisions of the capital stock of
the Company conform in all material respects to the
description thereof contained in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus and the Incorporated Documents, and the
statements in the Prospectus under the caption
"Capitalization," to the extent that they constitute summaries
of matters of law or legal conclusions, have been reviewed by
such counsel and are correct, and the form of certificate
evidencing the Common Stock complies with Pennsylvania law;
(xii) The description in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus of the charter and bylaws of the Company
and of statutes are accurate and fairly present the
information required to be presented by the Act and the
applicable Rules and Regulations;
(xiii) To such counsel's knowledge, there are no
statutes, regulations, agreements, contracts, leases or
documents to which the Company is a party of a character
required to be described or referred to in the Registration
Statement or Prospectus or any Incorporated Document or to be
filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or any
Incorporated Document which are not described or referred to
therein or filed as required;
(xiv) The performance of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions herein contemplated (other
than performance of the Company's indemnification obligations
hereunder, concerning which no opinion need be expressed) will
not (a) result in any violation of the Company's charter or
bylaws or (b) to such counsel's knowledge, result in a
material breach or violation of any of the terms and
provisions of, or constitute a material default under, any
material bond, debenture, note or other evidence of
indebtedness, or under any material
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lease, contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement, joint venture or other agreement or instrument
known to such counsel to which the Company is a party or by
which its properties are bound, or any applicable statute,
rule or regulation known to such counsel or any order, writ or
decree known to such counsel of any court, government or
governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the
Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, or over any of
their properties or operations; provided, however, that no
opinion need be rendered concerning state securities or Blue
Sky laws;
(xv) No consent, approval, authorization or order of
or qualification with any United States, or, to such counsel's
knowledge, foreign, court, government or governmental agency
or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries, or over any of their properties or
operations is necessary in connection with the consummation by
the Company of the transactions herein contemplated, except
such as have been obtained under the Act or such as may be
required under state or other securities or Blue Sky laws in
connection with the purchase and the distribution of the
Shares by the Underwriters;
(xvi) To such counsel's knowledge, there are no legal
or governmental proceedings pending or threatened against the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or the Partnership of a
character required to be disclosed in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus or any Incorporated Document by
the Act or the Rules and Regulations or by the Exchange Act or
the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder, other than those described therein;
(xvii) To such counsel's knowledge, neither the
Company nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries is presently
(a) in material violation of its respective charter or bylaws,
or (b) in breach of any applicable Pennsylvania statute, rule
or regulation known to such counsel or any order, writ or
decree known to such counsel of any United States court or
governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, or over any of their
properties or operations, which could have a material adverse
effect on the Company; and
(xviii) To such counsel's knowledge, no holders of
Common Stock or other securities of the Company have
registration rights with respect to securities of the Company.
In addition, such counsel shall state that such counsel has
participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the
Company, the Representatives, Underwriters' Counsel and the independent
certified public accountants of the Company, at which such conferences the
contents of the Registration Statement and Prospectus and related matters were
discussed, and although they have not verified the accuracy or completeness of
the statements contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus,
nothing has come to the
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attention of such counsel which leads them to believe that, at the time the
Registration Statement became effective and at all times subsequent thereto up
to and on the Closing Date and on any later date on which Option Shares are to
be purchased, the Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto
and any Incorporated Document, when such documents became effective or were
filed with the Commission (other than the financial statements and other
financial and statistical information derived therefrom, as to which such
counsel need express no comment) contained any untrue statement of a material
fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or that at the Closing
Date or any later date on which the Option Shares are to be purchased, as the
case may be, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement thereto and any Incorporated Document (except as aforesaid) contained
any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading. Such counsel shall also state that
the conditions for the use of Form S-3 set forth in the General Instructions
thereto have been satisfied.
Counsel rendering the foregoing opinion may rely as to
questions of law not involving the laws of the United States or the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania upon opinions of local counsel, and as to questions of fact upon
representations or certificates of officers of the Company and of government
officials, in which case their opinion is to state that they are so relying and
that they have no knowledge of any material misstatement or inaccuracy in any
such opinion, representation or certificate. Copies of any opinion,
representation or certificate so relied upon shall be delivered to you, as
Representatives of the Underwriters, and to Underwriters' Counsel.
(e) You shall have received on the Closing Date and on any
later date on which Option Shares are to be purchased, as the case may be, an
opinion of Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, LLP, in form and substance satisfactory
to you, with respect to the sufficiency of all such corporate proceedings and
other legal matters relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby as you may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to
such counsel such documents as they may have requested for the purpose of
enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(f) You shall have received on the Closing Date and on any
later date on which Option Shares are to be purchased, as the case may be, a
letter from Deloitte & Touche LLP addressed to the Company and the Underwriters,
dated the Closing Date or such later date on which Option Shares are to be
purchased, as the case may be, confirming that they are independent certified
public accountants with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Act and
the applicable published Rules and Regulations and based upon the procedures
described in such letter delivered to you concurrently with the execution of
this Agreement (herein called the "Original Letter"), but carried out to a date
not more than five (5) business days prior to the Closing Date or such later
date on which Option Shares are to be purchased, as the case may be, (i)
confirming, to the extent true, that the statements and conclusions set forth in
the Original Letter are accurate as of the Closing Date or such later date on
which Option Shares are to be purchased, as the case may be, and (ii) setting
forth any revisions and additions to the statements
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and conclusions set forth in the Original Letter which are necessary to reflect
any changes in the facts described in the Original Letter since the date of such
letter, or to reflect the availability of more recent financial statements, data
or information. The letter shall not disclose any change in the condition
(financial or otherwise), earnings, operations, business or business prospects
of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise from that set
forth in the Registration Statement or Prospectus, which, in your sole judgment,
is material and adverse and that makes it, in your sole judgment, impracticable
or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering of the Shares as contemplated
by the Prospectus. The Original Letter from Deloitte & Touche LLP shall be
addressed to or for the use of the Underwriters in form and substance
satisfactory to the Underwriters and shall (i) represent, to the extent true,
that they are independent certified public accountants with respect to the
Company within the meaning of the Act and the applicable published Rules and
Regulations, (ii) set forth their opinion with respect to their examination of
the consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of March 31, 1996 and related
consolidated statements of operations, shareholders' equity, and cash flows for
the twelve (12) months ended Xxxxx 00, 0000, (xxx) state that Deloitte & Touche
LLP has performed the procedures set out in Statement on Auditing Standards No.
71 ("SAS 71") for a review of interim financial information and providing the
report of Deloitte & Touche LLP as described in SAS 71 on the financial
statements for each of the quarters ended June 30, 1996, September 30, 1996 and
December 31, 1996 and (iv) address other matters agreed upon by Deloitte &
Touche LLP and you.
(g) You shall have received on the Closing Date and on any
later date on which Option Shares are to be purchased, as the case may be, a
certificate of the Company, dated the Closing Date or such later date on which
Option Shares are to be purchased, as the case may be, signed by the Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, to the effect
that, and you shall be satisfied that:
(i) The representations and warranties of the Company
in this Agreement are true and correct, as if made on and as
of the Closing Date or any later date on which Option Shares
are to be purchased, as the case may be, 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 the Closing Date or any later date on which Option
Shares are to be purchased, as the case may be;
(ii) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings
for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or
threatened under the Act;
(iii) When the Registration Statement became
effective and at all times subsequent thereto up to the
delivery of such certificate, the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus, and any amendments or supplements thereto and
the Incorporated Documents, when such documents became
effective or were filed with the Commission, contained all
material information required to be included therein by the
Act and the Rules and Regulations or the Exchange Act and the
applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder,
as the case may be, and in all material respects conformed to
the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations (or
the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of
the Commission thereunder, as the case
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may be, and in all material respects conformed to the
requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations (or the
Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder, as the case may be), the Registration
Statement, and any amendment or supplement thereto, did not
and does not include any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
the Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, and
any Incorporated Document did not and does not include any
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 under which they were made, not
misleading, and, 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; and
(iv) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which
information is given in the Registration Statement and
Prospectus, there has not been (a) any material adverse change
in the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings,
operations, business or business prospects of the Company and
its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, (b) any
transaction that is material to the Company and its
subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, except transactions
entered into in the ordinary course of business, (c) any
obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the
Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise,
incurred by the Company or its subsidiaries, except
obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, (d)
any change in the capital stock or outstanding indebtedness of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries that is material to the
Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, (e)
any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or
made on the capital stock of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, or (f) any loss or damage (whether or not
insured) to the property of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries which has been sustained or will have been
sustained which has a material adverse effect on the condition
(financial or otherwise), earnings, operations, business or
business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries
considered as one enterprise.
(h) You shall have received on the Closing Date and on any
later date on which Option Shares are purchased, as the case may be, the
following opinions of each of (i) Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx, Xxxxx & Xxxxxxxx, P.C.,
patent counsel to the Company and (ii) Sterne, Kessler, Xxxxxxxxx & Fox
P.L.L.C., patent counsel to the Company, dated the Closing Date or such later
date on which Option Shares are purchased, addressed to the Underwriters and
with reproduced copies or signed counterparts thereof for each of the
Underwriters, to the effect that they serve as patent counsel to the Company (i)
in the case of Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx, Xxxxx & Xxxxxxxx, P.C., with respect to the
Company's Intellectual Property relating to the ProLease and RMP-7 technologies,
and (ii) in the case of Sterne, Kessler, Xxxxxxxxx & Fox P.L.L.C., with respect
to the Company's Intellectual Property relating to the Medisorb technology,
including those patents and patent applications referred to or described in the
Prospectus, which in some cases are licensed to the Company from various
licensors (individually, a "Licensor"), and that:
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(i) to the best of such counsel's knowledge, there are no
facts which would preclude the Company from having clear title to the
Company's patents and patent applications referred to or described in
the Prospectus. To the best of such counsel's knowledge, the Company
has complied with the Patent and Trademark Office duty of candor and
disclosure for each of such United States patents and patent
applications. Such counsel has no knowledge that the Company lacks any
rights or licenses to use all patents and know-how necessary to conduct
the business now conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Company
as described in the Prospectus, except as described in the Prospectus.
Such counsel has no knowledge of any U.S. or foreign patent application
which, if issued, would limit or prohibit the business now conducted or
proposed to be conducted by the Company as described in the Prospectus,
except as described therein. Such counsel has no knowledge of any facts
which would form a basis for a finding that any of the patent rights
owned or licensed by the Company is unenforceable or invalid. Except as
described in the Prospectus, such counsel is not aware of any valid
patents of others which are or would be infringed by specific products
or processes referred to in the Prospectus in such manner as to
materially and adversely affect the Company. Such counsel knows of no
pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that
the Company is infringing any patent which could result in any material
adverse effect on the Company, except as described in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus and the Incorporated Documents;
(ii) to the best of such counsel's knowledge, there are no
legal or governmental proceedings pending relating to Patent Rights,
other than patent office review of pending applications for patents,
including appeal proceedings, and, to the best of such counsel's
knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by
governmental authorities or others; and
(iii) to the best of such counsel's knowledge, there are no
contracts or other documents material to the Company's patents or
proprietary information other than those described in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus.
In addition, such counsel shall state that although they have
not verified the accuracy or completeness of the statements contained in the
Prospectus, nothing has come to the attention of such counsel that caused them
to believe that, at the time the Registration Statement became effective, or at
the Closing Date or at any later date on which Option Shares are purchased, as
the case may be, the Prospectus and the Incorporated Documents contained any
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading.
(i) The Company shall have obtained and delivered to you an
agreement from each executive officer and director of the Company, and from the
trust of which a director is a beneficiary, in writing prior to the date hereof
that such person will not, during the Lock-up Period, effect the Disposition of
any Lock-Up Shares now owned or hereafter acquired directly by such person or
with respect to which such person has or hereafter acquires the power of
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disposition, otherwise than (i) as a bona fide gift or gifts, provided the donee
or donees thereof agree in writing to be bound by this restriction, (ii) as a
distribution to limited partners or shareholders of such person, provided that
the distributees thereof agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this
restriction, or (iii) with the prior written consent of Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx &
Company LLC. The foregoing restriction is expressly agreed to preclude the
holder of the LockUp Shares from engaging in any hedging or other transaction
which is designed to or reasonably expected to lead to or result in a
Disposition of Lock-Up Shares during the Lock-up Period, even if such Lock-Up
Shares would be disposed of by someone other than such holder. Such prohibited
hedging or other transactions would include, without limitation, any short sale
(whether or not against the box) or any purchase, sale or grant of any right
(including, without limitation, any put or call option) with respect to any
Lock-Up Shares or with respect to any security (other than a broad-based market
basket or index) that includes, relates to or derives any significant part of
its value from Lock-Up Shares. Furthermore, such person will have also agreed
and consented to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company's
transfer agent against the transfer of the Lock-Up Shares held by such person
except in compliance with this restriction.
(j) The Company shall have furnished to you such further
certificates and documents as you shall reasonably request, including
certificates of officers of the Company as to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties of the Company herein, as to the performance by
the Company of its obligations hereunder and as to the other conditions
concurrent and precedent to the obligations of the Underwriters hereunder.
All such opinions, certificates, letters and documents will be
in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are reasonably
satisfactory to Underwriters' Counsel. The Company will furnish you with such
number of conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents
as you shall reasonably request.
7. Option Shares.
(a) On the basis of the representations, warranties and
agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set
forth, the Company hereby grants to the several Underwriters, for the purpose of
covering over-allotments in connection with the distribution and sale of the
Firm Shares only, a nontransferable option to purchase up to an aggregate of
300,000 Option Shares at the purchase price per share for the Firm Shares set
forth in Section 3 hereof. Such option may be exercised by the Representatives
on behalf of the several Underwriters on one (1) or more occasions in whole or
in part during the period of thirty (30) days after the date on which the Firm
Shares are initially offered to the public, by giving written notice to the
Company. The number of Option Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter upon
the exercise of such option shall be the same proportion of the total number of
Option Shares to be purchased by the several Underwriters pursuant to the
exercise of such option as the number of Firm Shares purchased by such
Underwriter (set forth in Schedule A hereto) bears to the total number of Firm
Shares purchased by the several Underwriters (set forth in Schedule A hereto),
adjusted by the Representatives in such manner as to avoid fractional shares.
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Delivery of definitive certificates for the Option Shares to
be purchased by the several Underwriters pursuant to the exercise of the option
granted by this Section 7 shall be made against payment of the purchase price
therefor by the several Underwriters by certified or official bank check or
checks drawn in next-day funds, payable to the order of the Company (and the
Company agrees not to deposit any such check in the bank on which it is drawn,
and not to take any other action with the purpose or effect of receiving
immediately available funds, until the business day following the date of its
delivery to the Company). In the event of any breach of the foregoing, the
Company shall reimburse the Underwriters for the interest lost and any other
expenses borne by them by reason of such breach. Such delivery and payment shall
take place at the offices of Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, LLP, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx or at such other place as may be agreed upon among the
Representatives and the Company (i) on the Closing Date, if written notice of
the exercise of such option is received by the Company at least two (2) full
business days prior to the Closing Date, or (ii) on a date which shall not be
later than the third (3rd) full business day following the date the Company
receives written notice of the exercise of such option, if such notice is
received by the Company less than two (2) full business days prior to the
Closing Date.
The certificates for the Option Shares to be so delivered will
be made available to you at such office or such other location including,
without limitation, in New York City, as you may reasonably request for checking
at least one (1) full business day prior to the date of payment and delivery and
will be in such names and denominations as you may request, such request to be
made at least two (2) full business days prior to such date of payment and
delivery. 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.
It is understood that you, individually, and not as the
Representatives of the several Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to)
make payment of the purchase price on behalf of any Underwriter or Underwriters
whose check or checks shall not have been received by you prior to the date of
payment and delivery for the Option Shares to be purchased by such Underwriter
or Underwriters. Any such payment by you shall not relieve any such Underwriter
or Underwriters of any of its or their obligations hereunder.
(b) Upon exercise of any option provided for in Section 7(a)
hereof, the obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase such Option
Shares will be subject (as of the date hereof and as of the date of payment and
delivery for such Option Shares) to the accuracy of and compliance with the
representations, warranties and agreements of the Company herein, to the
accuracy of the statements of the Company and officers of the Company made
pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its
obligations hereunder, and to the condition that all proceedings taken at or
prior to the payment date in connection with the sale and transfer of such
Option Shares shall be satisfactory in form and substance to you and to
Underwriters' Counsel, and you shall have been furnished with all such
documents, certificates and opinions as you may request in order to evidence the
accuracy and completeness of any of the representations, warranties or
statements, the performance of any of the covenants or agreements of the Company
or the compliance with any of the conditions herein contained.
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8. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each
Underwriter against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or
several, to which such Underwriter may become subject (including, without
limitation, in its capacity as an Underwriter or as a "qualified independent
underwriter" within the meaning of Schedule E of the Bylaws of the NASD), under
the Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, specifically including, but not limited
to, losses, claims, damages or liabilities, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based
upon (i) any breach of any representation, warranty, agreement or covenant of
the Company herein contained, (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any
amendment or supplement thereto, including any Incorporated Document, or the
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or
(iii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact
contained in any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto, or the omission or alleged omission to state therein 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, and agrees to reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with investigating or defending
any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the
Company shall not 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, such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, or
any such amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance upon, and in conformity
with, written information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company
by such Underwriter, directly or through you, specifically for use in the
preparation thereof and, provided further, that the indemnity agreement provided
in this Section 8(a) with respect to any Preliminary Prospectus shall not inure
to the benefit of any Underwriter from whom the person asserting any losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or actions based upon any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of material fact or omission or alleged omission to
state therein a material fact purchased Shares, if a copy of the Prospectus in
which such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission was corrected had not been sent or given to such person within the time
required by the Act and the Rules and Regulations, unless such failure is the
result of noncompliance by the Company with Section 4(d) hereof.
The indemnity agreement in this Section 8(a) shall extend upon
the same terms and conditions to, and shall inure to the benefit of, each
person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act or
the Exchange Act. This indemnity agreement shall be in addition to any
liabilities which the Company may otherwise have.
(b) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless the Company against any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, joint or several, to which the Company may become subject under the
Act or otherwise, specifically including, but not limited to, losses, claims,
damages or liabilities, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
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liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i)
any breach of any representation, warranty, agreement or covenant of such
Underwriter herein contained, (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any
amendment or supplement thereto, including without limitation any Incorporated
Document, or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, or (iii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any
material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto, or the omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in the case of
subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of this Section 8(b) to the extent, but only to the
extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter, directly or through
you, specifically for use in the preparation thereof, and agrees to reimburse
the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company
in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action.
The indemnity agreement in this Section 8(b) shall extend upon
the same terms and conditions to, and shall inure to the benefit of, each
officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement and each director
of the Company, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the
meaning of the Act or the Exchange Act. This indemnity agreement shall be in
addition to any liabilities which each Underwriter may otherwise have.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this
Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party
shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying
party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the
commencement thereof but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will
not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party
otherwise than under this Section 8. In case any such action is brought against
any indemnified party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the
commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate
therein and, to the extent that it shall elect by written notice delivered to
the indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such
indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably
satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided, however, that if the
defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party and the
indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded
that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified
parties which are different from or additional to those available to the
indemnifying party, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to
select separate counsel to assume such legal defenses and to otherwise
participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or
parties. Upon receipt of notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified
party of the indemnifying party's election so to assume the defense of such
action and approval by the indemnified party of counsel, the indemnifying party
will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 8 for any legal
or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection
with the defense thereof unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed
separate counsel in accordance with the proviso to the next preceding sentence
(it being
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understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the
expenses of more than one separate counsel (together with appropriate local
counsel) approved by the indemnifying party representing all the indemnified
parties under Section 8(a) or 8(b) hereof who are parties to such action), (ii)
the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory
to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable
time after notice of commencement of the action or (iii) the indemnifying party
has authorized the employment of counsel for the indemnified party at the
expense of the indemnifying party. In no event shall any indemnifying party be
liable in respect of any amounts paid in settlement of any action unless the
indemnifying party shall have consented to the terms of such settlement;
provided that such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. No indemnifying
party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect
any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any
indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnification could have
been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes
an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims
that are the subject matter of such proceeding.
(d) In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in
any action in which a claim for indemnification is made pursuant to this Section
8 but it is judicially determined (by the entry of a final judgment or decree by
a court of competent jurisdiction and the expiration of time to appeal or the
denial of the last right of appeal) that such indemnification may not be
enforced in such case notwithstanding the fact that this Section 8 provides for
indemnification in such case, all the parties hereto shall contribute to the
aggregate losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which they may be subject
(after contribution from others) in such proportion so that the Underwriters
severally and not jointly are responsible pro rata for the portion represented
by the percentage that the underwriting discount bears to the public offering
price, and the Company is responsible for the remaining portion, provided,
however, that (i) no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in
excess of the underwriting discount applicable to the Shares purchased by such
Underwriter in excess of the amount of damages which such Underwriter is
otherwise required to pay and (ii) no person guilty of a fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be
entitled to contribution from any person who is not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The contribution agreement in this Section 8(d) shall extend
upon the same terms and conditions to, and shall inure to the benefit of, each
person, if any, who controls the Underwriters or the Company within the meaning
of the Act or the Exchange Act and each officer of the Company who signed the
Registration Statement and each director of the Company.
(e) The parties to this Agreement hereby acknowledge that they
are sophisticated business persons who were represented by counsel during the
negotiations regarding the provisions hereof including, without limitation, the
provisions of this Section 8, and are fully informed regarding said provisions.
They further acknowledge that the provisions of this Section 8 fairly allocate
the risks in light of the ability of the parties to investigate the Company and
its business in order to assure that adequate disclosure is made in the
Registration Statement and Prospectus as required by the Act and the Exchange
Act.
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9. Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Agreements to Survive
Delivery. All representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the
Company and the Underwriters herein or in certificates delivered pursuant
hereto, and the indemnity and contribution agreements contained in Section 8
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
within the meaning of the Act or the Exchange Act, or by or on behalf of the
Company or any of its officers, directors or controlling persons within the
meaning of the Act or the Exchange Act, and shall survive the delivery of the
Shares to the several Underwriters hereunder or termination of this Agreement.
10. Substitution of Underwriters. If any Underwriter or Underwriters
shall fail to take up and pay for the number 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 if the aggregate number of Firm
Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters so agreed but failed to
purchase does not exceed 10% of the Firm Shares, the remaining Underwriters
shall be obligated, severally in proportion to their respective commitments
hereunder, to take up and pay for the Firm Shares of such defaulting Underwriter
or Underwriters.
If any Underwriter or Underwriters so defaults and the
aggregate number of Firm Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters agreed but failed to take up and pay for exceeds 10% of the Firm
Shares, the remaining Underwriters shall have the right, but shall not be
obligated, to take up and pay for (in such proportions as may be agreed upon
among them) the Firm Shares which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters so
agreed but failed to purchase. If such remaining Underwriters do not, at the
Closing Date, take up and pay for the Firm Shares which the defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters so agreed but failed to purchase, the Closing Date
shall be postponed for twenty-four (24) hours to allow the several Underwriters
the privilege of substituting within twenty-four (24) hours (including
non-business hours) another underwriter or underwriters (which may include any
nondefaulting Underwriter) satisfactory to the Company. If no such underwriter
or underwriters shall have been substituted as aforesaid by such postponed
Closing Date, the Closing Date may, at the option of the Company, be postponed
for a further twenty-four (24) hours, if necessary, to allow the Company the
privilege of finding another underwriter or underwriters, satisfactory to you,
to purchase the Firm Shares which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters so
agreed but failed to purchase. If it shall be arranged for the remaining
Underwriters or substituted underwriter or underwriters to take up the Firm
Shares of the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters as provided in this Section
10, (i) the Company shall have the right to postpone the time of delivery for a
period of not more than seven (7) full business days, in order to effect
whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the Company
agrees promptly to file any amendments to the Registration Statement or
supplements to the Prospectus which may thereby be made necessary, and (ii) the
respective number of Firm Shares to be purchased by the remaining Underwriters
and substituted underwriter or underwriters shall be taken as the basis of their
underwriting obligation. If the remaining Underwriters shall not take up and pay
for all such Firm Shares so agreed to be purchased by the defaulting Underwriter
or Underwriters or substitute another underwriter or underwriters as
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aforesaid and the Company shall not find or shall not elect to seek another
underwriter or underwriters for such Firm Shares as aforesaid, then this
Agreement shall terminate.
In the event of any termination of this Agreement pursuant to
the preceding paragraph of this Section 10, neither the Company shall be liable
to any Underwriter (except as provided in Sections 5 and 8 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 number of Firm
Shares agreed by such Underwriter to be purchased hereunder, which Underwriter
shall remain liable to the Company and the other Underwriters for damages, if
any, resulting from such default) be liable to the Company (except to the extent
provided in Sections 5 and 8 hereof).
The term "Underwriter" in this Agreement shall include any
person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section 10.
11. Effective Date of this Agreement and Termination.
(a) This Agreement shall become effective at the earlier of
(i) 6:30 A.M., San Francisco time, on the first full business day following the
effective date of the Registration Statement, or (ii) the time of the public
offering of any of the Shares by the Underwriters after the Registration
Statement becomes effective. The time of the public offering shall mean the time
of the release by you, for publication, of the first newspaper advertisement
relating to the Shares, or the time at which the Shares are first generally
offered by the Underwriters to the public by letter, telephone, telegram or
telecopy, whichever shall first occur. By giving notice as set forth in Section
12 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 as
provided in Sections 4(i), 5 and 8 hereof.
(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 Closing Date or on or prior to any
later date on which Option Shares are to be purchased, as the case may be, (i)
if the Company shall have failed, refused or been unable to perform any
agreement on its part to be performed, or because any other condition of the
Underwriters' obligations hereunder required to be fulfilled is not fulfilled,
including, without limitation, any change in the condition (financial or
otherwise), earnings, operations, business or business prospects of the Company
and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise from that set forth in the
Registration Statement or Prospectus, which, in your sole judgment, is material
and adverse, or (ii) if additional material governmental restrictions, not in
force and effect on the date hereof, shall have been imposed upon trading in
securities generally or minimum or maximum prices shall have been generally
established on the New York Stock Exchange or on the American Stock Exchange or
in the over the counter market by the NASD, or trading in securities generally
shall have been suspended on either such exchange or in the over the counter
market by the NASD, or if a banking moratorium shall have been declared by
federal, New York or California authorities, or (iii) if the Company shall have
sustained a loss by strike, fire, flood, earthquake,
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accident or other calamity of such character as to interfere materially with the
conduct of the business and operations of the Company regardless of whether or
not such loss shall have been insured, or (iv) if there shall have been a
material adverse change in the general political or economic conditions or
financial markets as in your reasonable judgment makes it inadvisable or
impracticable to proceed with the offering, sale and delivery of the Shares, or
(v) if there shall have been an outbreak or escalation of hostilities or of any
other insurrection or armed conflict or the declaration by the United States of
a national emergency which, in the reasonable opinion of the Representatives,
makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering of the
Shares as contemplated by the Prospectus. In the event of termination pursuant
to subparagraph (i) above, the Company shall remain obligated to pay costs and
expenses pursuant to Sections 4(i), 5 and 8 hereof. Any termination pursuant to
any of subparagraphs (ii) through (v) above shall be without liability of any
party to any other party except as provided in Sections 5 and 8 hereof.
If you elect to prevent this Agreement from becoming effective
or to terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section 11, you shall
promptly notify the Company by telephone, telecopy or telegram, in each case
confirmed by letter. If the Company shall elect to prevent this Agreement from
becoming effective, the Company shall promptly notify you by telephone, telecopy
or telegram, in each case, confirmed by letter.
12. Notices. All notices or communications hereunder, except
as herein otherwise specifically provided, shall be in writing and if sent to
you shall be mailed, delivered, telegraphed (and confirmed by letter) or
telecopied (and confirmed by letter) to you c/x Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Company
LLC, 000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000,
telecopier number (000) 000-0000, Attention: General Counsel; if sent to the
Company, such notice shall be mailed, delivered telegraphed (and confirmed by
letter) or telecopied (and confirmed by letter) to Alkermes, Inc., 00 Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000, telecopier number (000) 000-0000,
Attention Xxxxxxx X. Pops, Chief Executive Officer.
13. Parties. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and
be binding upon the several Underwriters and the Company and their respective
executors, administrators, successors and assigns. Nothing expressed or
mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person
or corporation, other than the parties hereto and their respective executors,
administrators, successors and assigns, and the controlling persons within the
meaning of the Act or the Exchange Act, officers and directors referred to in
Section 8 hereof, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim in respect of
this Agreement or any provisions herein contained, this Agreement and all
conditions and provisions hereof being intended to be and being for the sole and
exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their respective executors,
administrators, successors and assigns and said controlling persons and said
officers and directors, and for the benefit of no other person or corporation.
No purchaser of any of the Shares from any Underwriter shall be construed a
successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase.
In all dealings with the Company under this Agreement, you shall act on
behalf of each of the several Underwriters, and the Company shall be entitled to
act and rely upon any statement,
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request, notice or agreement made or given by you jointly or by Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx & Company LLC on behalf of you.
14. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in several
counterparts, each of which will constitute an original.
[Signature page to follow]
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If the foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding among the
Company and the several Underwriters, please so indicate in the space provided
below for that purpose, whereupon this letter shall constitute a binding
agreement among the Company and the several Underwriters.
Very truly yours,
ALKERMES, INC.
By:______________________________________
Accepted as of the date first above written:
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXX & COMPANY LLC
XXXXXXXXXX SECURITIES
XXXXX & COMPANY
On their behalf and on behalf of each of the
several Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto.
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXX & COMPANY LLC
By XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXX & COMPANY GROUP, L.L.C.
By:________________________________________
Authorized Signatory
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SCHEDULE A
Number of
Firm Shares
To Be
Underwriters Purchased
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Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Company LLC...............................
Xxxxxxxxxx Securities...........................................
Xxxxx & Company.................................................
[NAMES OF OTHER UNDERWRITERS]
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Total..................................................
