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EXHIBIT 1.1
__________ Shares
XXXX.XXX, INC.
Common Stock
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
June __, 1999
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXX & XXXXXXXX
SECURITIES CORPORATION
DLJdirect, INC.
XXXXXXX XXXXX BARNEY, INC.
XXXXXX XXXXXX PARTNERS LLC
As representatives of the
several Underwriters
named in Schedule I hereto
c/x Xxxxxxxxx, Lufkin & Xxxxxxxx
Securities Corporation
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Dear Underwriters:
Xxxx.xxx, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "COMPANY"), proposes to
issue and sell ____________ shares of its Common Stock (Par Value .0001) (the
"FIRM SHARES") to the several underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the
"UNDERWRITERS"). The Company also proposes to issue and sell to the several
Underwriters not more than an additional _______ shares of its Common Stock (Par
Value .0001) (the "ADDITIONAL SHARES") if requested by the Underwriters as
provided in Section 2 hereof. The Firm Shares and the Additional Shares are
hereinafter referred to collectively as the "SHARES". The shares of common stock
of the Company to be outstanding after giving effect to the sales contemplated
hereby are hereinafter referred to as the "COMMON STOCK".
SECTION 1. Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Company has
prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"COMMISSION") in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder
(collectively, the "ACT"), a registration statement on Form S-1, including a
prospectus, relating to the Shares. The registration statement, as amended at
the time it became effective, including the information (if any) deemed to be
part of the registration statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule
430A under the Act, is
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hereinafter referred to as the "REGISTRATION STATEMENT"; and the prospectus in
the form first used to confirm sales of Shares is hereinafter referred to as the
"PROSPECTUS". If the Company has filed or is required pursuant to the terms
hereof to file a registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act
registering additional shares of Common Stock (a "RULE 462(b) REGISTRATION
STATEMENT"), then, unless otherwise specified, any reference herein to the term
"Registration Statement" shall be deemed to include such Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement.
SECTION 2. Agreements to Sell and Purchase and Lock-Up Agreements.
On the basis of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement,
and subject to its terms and conditions, the Company agrees to issue and sell,
and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the
Company at a price per Share of $______ (the "PURCHASE Price") the number of
Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I
hereto.
On the basis of the representations and warranties contained in this
Agreement, and subject to its terms and conditions, the Company agrees to issue
and sell the Additional Shares and the Underwriters shall have the right to
purchase, severally and not jointly, up to _______ Additional Shares from the
Company at the Purchase Price. Additional Shares may be purchased solely for the
purpose of covering over-allotments made in connection with the offering of the
Firm Shares. The Underwriters may exercise their right to purchase Additional
Shares in whole or in part from time to time by giving written notice thereof to
the Company within 30 days after the date of this Agreement. You shall give any
such notice on behalf of the Underwriters and such notice shall specify the
aggregate number of Additional Shares to be purchased pursuant to such exercise
and the date for payment and delivery thereof, which date shall be a business
day (i) no earlier than two business days after such notice has been given (and,
in any event, no earlier than the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined)) and
(ii) no later than ten business days after such notice has been given. If any
Additional Shares are to be purchased, each Underwriter, severally and not
jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company the number of Additional Shares
(subject to such adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as you may
determine) which bears the same proportion to the total number of Additional
Shares to be purchased from the Company as the number of Firm Shares set forth
opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I bears to the total number of
Firm Shares.
The Company hereby agrees not to (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract
to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or
contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise
transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or
any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock
or (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers all or a portion
of the economic consequences associated with the ownership of any Common Stock
(regardless of whether any of the transactions described in clause (i) or (ii)
is to be settled by the delivery of Common Stock, or such other securities, in
cash or otherwise), except to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, for a
period of 180 days after the date of the Prospectus without the prior written
consent of Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, during such period (i) the Company may grant stock and stock
options pursuant to the Company's existing stock option and stock purchase plans
(ii) the Company may issue shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of an option
or warrant or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof and
(iii) the Company may offer and/or sell shares of
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Common Stock or securities convertible or exercisable into such shares (in one
or more steps) in an acquisition of another corporation or entity provided that
(1) such shares, when aggregated with any other shares issued pursuant to this
clause (iii), represent less than twenty percent (20%) of the Company's
outstanding shares of Common Stock as of the date hereof including the Shares
sold in the initial public offering of the Shares and (2) the acquisition be
effected pursuant to an acquisition agreement providing (A) that the recipients
of any securities of the Company issued pursuant to such an acquisition agree to
be bound by lock-up restrictions substantially similar to the agreements to be
entered into by the stockholders of the Company as contemplated hereby and in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters, (B) that
certificates representing any securities of the Company issued pursuant to such
acquisition bear restrictive legends referring to the lock-up provisions
contained in the acquisition agreement, and (C) that appropriate stop-transfer
instructions with respect to any securities of the Company issued pursuant to
such acquisition be supplied to the Company's stock transfer agent). The Company
also agrees not to file any registration statement with respect to any shares of
Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock
for a period of 180 days after the date of the Prospectus without the prior
written consent of Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation. The
Company shall, prior to or concurrently with the execution of this Agreement,
deliver an agreement executed by (i) each of the directors and officers of the
Company and (ii) each stockholder, optionholder and warrantholder listed on
Annex I hereto to the effect that such person will not, during the period
commencing on the date such person signs such agreement and ending 180 days
after the date of the Prospectus, without the prior written consent of
Xxxxxxxxx, Lufkin & Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation, (A) engage in any of the
transactions described in the first sentence of this paragraph or (B) make any
demand for, or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any
shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for Common Stock.
SECTION 3. Terms of Public Offering. The Company is advised by you
that the Underwriters propose (i) to make a public offering of their respective
portions of the Shares as soon after the execution and delivery of this
Agreement as in your judgment is advisable and (ii) initially to offer the
Shares upon the terms set forth in the Prospectus.
SECTION 4. Delivery and Payment. The Shares shall be represented by
definitive certificates and shall be issued in such authorized denominations and
registered in such names as Xxxxxxxxx, Lufkin & Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation
shall request no later than two business days prior to the Closing Date or the
applicable Option Closing Date (as defined below), as the case may be. The
Company shall deliver the Shares, with any transfer taxes thereon duly paid by
the respective Sellers, to Xxxxxxxxx, Lufkin & Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation
through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), for the
respective accounts of the several Underwriters, against payment to the Company
of the Purchase Price therefore by wire transfer of Federal or other funds
immediately available in New York City. The certificates representing the Shares
shall be made available for inspection not later than 9:30 A.M., New York City
time, on the business day prior to the Closing Date or the applicable Option
Closing Date, as the case may be, at the office of DTC or its designated
custodian (the "DESIGNATED OFFICE"). The time and date of delivery and payment
for the Firm Shares shall be 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on ________, 1999 or
such other time on the same or such other date as Xxxxxxxxx, Lufkin & Xxxxxxxx
Securities Corporation and the Company shall agree in writing. The time and date
of delivery for the Firm Shares are hereinafter referred to as the
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"CLOSING DATE". The time and date of delivery and payment for any Additional
Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters shall be 9:00 A.M., New York City
time, on the date specified in the applicable exercise notice given by you
pursuant to Section 2 or such other time on the same or such other date as
Xxxxxxxxx, Lufkin & Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation and the Company shall agree
in writing. The time and date of delivery for any Additional Shares are
hereinafter referred to as an "OPTION CLOSING DATE".
The documents to be delivered on the Closing Date or any Option
Closing Date on behalf of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 8 of this
Agreement shall be delivered at the offices of Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, L.L.P, 000 Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx, 00000 and the Shares shall be delivered at the Designated Office,
all on the Closing Date or such Option Closing Date, as the case may be.
SECTION 5. Agreements of the Company. The Company agrees with you:
(a) To advise you promptly and, if requested by you, to
confirm such advice in writing, (i) of any request by the Commission for
amendments to the Registration Statement or amendments or supplements to the
Prospectus or for additional information, (ii) of the issuance by the Commission
of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or
of the suspension of qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any
jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for such purposes, (iii) when
any amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, (iv) if the
Company is required to file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement after the
effectiveness of this Agreement, when the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement has
become effective and (v) of the happening of any event during the period
referred to in Section 5(d) below which makes any statement of a material fact
made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or which requires
any additions to or changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in
order to make the statements therein not misleading. If at any time the
Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement, the Company will use its best efforts to obtain the
withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest possible time.
(b) To furnish to you four signed copies of the Registration
Statement as first filed with the Commission and of each amendment to it,
including all exhibits, and to furnish to you and each Underwriter designated by
you such number of conformed copies of the Registration Statement as so filed
and of each amendment to it, without exhibits, as you may reasonably request.
(c) To prepare the Prospectus, the form and substance of which
shall be satisfactory to you, and to file the Prospectus in such form with the
Commission within the applicable period specified in Rule 424(b) under the Act;
during the period specified in Section 5(d) below, not to file any further
amendment to the Registration Statement and not to make any amendment or
supplement to the Prospectus of which you shall not previously have been advised
or to which you shall reasonably object after being so advised; and, during such
period, to prepare and file with the Commission, promptly upon your reasonable
request, any amendment to the Registration Statement or amendment or supplement
to the Prospectus which may be necessary or advisable in connection with the
distribution of the Shares by you, and to use its
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best efforts to cause any such amendment to the Registration Statement to become
promptly effective.
(d) Prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the first
business day after the date of this Agreement and from time to time thereafter
for such period as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus
is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales by an Underwriter or
a dealer, to furnish in New York City to each Underwriter and any dealer as many
copies of the Prospectus (and of any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus)
as such Underwriter or dealer may reasonably request; provided, however, that
after ten (10) months from the date of this Agreement, the Underwriter shall be
obligated to reimburse the Company for expenses related to any such prospectus
delivery.
(e) If during the period specified in Section 5(d), any event
shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which, in the opinion of
counsel for the Underwriters, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the
Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading,
or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend
or supplement the Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare
and file with the Commission an appropriate amendment or supplement to the
Prospectus so that the statements in the Prospectus, as so amended or
supplemented, will not in the light of the circumstances when it is so
delivered, be misleading, or so that the Prospectus will comply with applicable
law, and to furnish to each Underwriter and to any dealer as many copies thereof
as such Underwriter or dealer may reasonably request.
(f) Prior to any public offering of the Shares, to cooperate
with you and counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the registration or
qualification of the Shares for offer and sale by the several Underwriters and
by dealers under the state securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as
you may request, to continue such registration or qualification in effect so
long as required for distribution of the Shares and to file such consents to
service of process or other documents as may be necessary in order to effect
such registration or qualification; provided, however, that the Company shall
not be required in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation in
any jurisdiction in which it is not now so qualified or to take any action that
would subject it to general consent to service of process or taxation other than
as to matters and transactions relating to the Prospectus, the Registration
Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the offering or sale of the Shares, in
any jurisdiction in which it is not now so subject.
(g) To mail and make generally available to its stockholders
as soon as practicable an earnings statement covering the twelve-month period
ending June 30, 2000 that shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the
Act, and to advise you in writing when such statement has been so made
available.
(h) During the period of three years after the date of this
Agreement, to furnish to you as soon as available copies of all reports or other
communications furnished to the record holders of Common Stock or furnished to
or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which any
class of securities of the Company is listed and such
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other publicly available information concerning the Company and its
subsidiaries, if any, as you may reasonably request.
(i) Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this
Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, to pay or cause to be
paid all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this
Agreement, including: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company's
counsel and the Company's accountants in connection with the registration and
delivery of the Shares under the Act and all other fees and expenses in
connection with the preparation, printing, filing and distribution of the
Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits), any
preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus and all amendments and supplements to any
of the foregoing, including the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the
Underwriters and dealers in the quantities specified herein, (ii) all costs and
expenses related to the transfer and delivery of the Shares to the Underwriters,
including any transfer or other taxes payable thereon, (iii) all costs of
printing or producing this Agreement and any other agreements or documents in
connection with the offering, purchase, sale or delivery of the Shares, (iv) all
expenses in connection with the registration or qualification of the Shares for
offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of the several states and
all costs of printing or producing any Preliminary and Supplemental Blue Sky
Memoranda in connection therewith (including the filing fees and fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such
registration or qualification and memoranda relating thereto), (v) the filing
fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the
review and clearance of the offering of the Shares by the National Association
of Securities Dealers, Inc., (vi) all fees and expenses in connection with the
preparation and filing of the registration statement on Form 8-A relating to the
Common Stock and all costs and expenses incident to the listing of the Shares on
the Nasdaq National Market, (vii) the cost of printing certificates representing
the Shares, (viii) the costs and charges of any transfer agent, registrar and/or
depositary, and (ix) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of
the obligations of the Company hereunder for which provision is not otherwise
made in this Section.
(j) To use reasonable efforts to list for quotation the Shares
on the Nasdaq National Market and to maintain the listing of the Shares on the
Nasdaq National Market for a period of three years after the date of this
Agreement.
(k) To use reasonable efforts to do and perform all things
required or necessary to be done and performed under this Agreement by the
Company prior to the Closing Date or any Option Closing Date, as the case may
be, and to satisfy all conditions precedent to the delivery of the Shares.
(l) If the Registration Statement at the time of the
effectiveness of this Agreement does not cover all of the Shares, to file a Rule
462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission registering the Shares not so
covered in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., New York City time, on the
date of this Agreement and to pay to the Commission the filing fee for such Rule
462(b) Registration Statement at the time of the filing thereof or to give
irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule 111(b)
under the Act.
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SECTION 6. Representations and warranties of the company. The
Company represents and warrants to each underwriter that:
(a) The Registration Statement has become effective (other
than any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement to be filed by the Company after the
effectiveness of this Agreement); any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement filed
after the effectiveness of this Agreement will become effective no later than
10:00 P.M., New York City time, on the date of this Agreement; and no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, and no
proceedings for such purpose are pending before or, to the Company's knowledge,
threatened by the Commission.
(b) (i) The Registration Statement (other than any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement to be filed by the Company after the effectiveness of
this Agreement), when it became effective, did not contain and, as amended, if
applicable, will not 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, (ii) the Registration Statement (other than
any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement to be filed by the Company after the
effectiveness of this Agreement) and the Prospectus comply and, as amended or
supplemented, if applicable, will comply in all material respects with the Act,
(iii) if the Company is required to file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement
after the effectiveness of this Agreement, such Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement and any amendments thereto, when they become effective (A) will not
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 and (B) will comply in all material respects with the Act and (iv)
the Prospectus does not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable,
will not contain 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, except that the
representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph do not apply to
statements or omissions in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus based
upon information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing
by such Underwriter through you expressly for use therein.
(c) Each preliminary prospectus filed as part of the
registration statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment thereto,
or filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act, complied when so filed in all
material respects with the Act, and did not contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading, except that the representations and
warranties set forth in this paragraph do not apply to statements or omissions
in any preliminary prospectus based upon information relating to any Underwriter
furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through you expressly
for use therein.
(d) The Company has been duly incorporated, is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation and has the corporate power and authority to carry on its business
as described in the Prospectus and to own, lease and operate its properties, and
is duly qualified and is in good standing as a foreign corporation authorized to
do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or its
ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except where the
failure to be so
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qualified would not have a material adverse effect on the business, prospects,
financial condition or results of operations of the Company (a "Material Adverse
Effect").
(e) The Company does not presently own or control, directly or
indirectly, any material interest in any other corporation, association, or
other business entity.
(f) There are no outstanding subscriptions, rights, warrants,
options, calls, convertible securities, commitments of sale or liens granted or
issued by the Company relating to or entitling any person to purchase or
otherwise to acquire any shares of the capital stock of the Company, except as
otherwise disclosed in or contemplated by the Registration Statement and except
for up to 200,000 options granted, and option and warrant exercises since May
15, 1999.
(g) All the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company
have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable
and not subject to any preemptive or similar rights; and the Shares have been
duly authorized and, when issued and delivered to the Underwriters against
payment therefor as provided by this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully
paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of such Shares will not be subject to
any preemptive or similar rights, other than the right of repurchase held by the
Company with respect to certain outstanding shares.
(h) The authorized capital stock of the Company conforms as to
legal matters to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus.
(i) The Company is not in violation of its charter or bylaws
or, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, in default in the
performance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any
indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, lease or other agreement or instrument to
which the Company is a party or by which the Company or its property is bound.
(j) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
by the Company, the compliance by the Company with all the provisions hereof and
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not (i) require
any consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or qualification with,
any court or governmental body or agency (except such as may be required under
the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states), (ii) conflict with or
constitute a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or a default under,
the charter or bylaws of the Company or, except as would not have a Material
Adverse Effect, any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, lease or other
agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company
or its property is bound, (iii) violate or conflict with any applicable law or
any rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any court or any governmental
body or agency having jurisdiction over the Company or its property or (iv)
result in the suspension, termination or revocation of any Authorization (as
defined below) of the Company or any other impairment of the rights of the
holder of any such Authorization.
(k) To the Company's knowledge, the Company owns or possesses,
or can acquire on reasonable terms, all patents, patent rights, licenses,
inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented
and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential
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information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks and trade names
("intellectual property") currently employed by it in connection with the
business now operated by it except where the failure to own or possess or
otherwise be able to acquire such intellectual property would not, singly or in
the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the business, prospects,
financial condition or results of operation of the Company; and except as
disclosed in the Registration Statement (specifically including, but not limited
to, the disclosure under the caption "Risk Factors--We may not be able to
protect the intellectual property rights upon which our business relies; We face
risks of claims from third parties for intellectual property infringement and
other matters that could adversely affect our business"), the Company has not
received any notice of infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of
others with respect to any of such 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 business, prospects, financial condition
or results of operations of the Company.
(l) No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or
among the Company, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders,
customers or suppliers of the Company, on the other hand, which is required by
the Act to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which is
not so described.
(m) The Company maintains a system of internal accounting
controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance 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 asset accountability; (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 the existing assets at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences.
(n) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or
threatened to which the Company is or is reasonably likely to be a party or to
which any of its property is or is reasonably likely to be subject that are
required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and are
not so described; nor are there any statutes, regulations, contracts or other
documents that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not
so described or filed as required.
(o) The Company has not violated any foreign, federal, state
or local law or regulation relating to the protection of human health and
safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants
or contaminants ("ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS"), any provisions of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or any provisions of the
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, except for such violations which, singly or in the aggregate, would
not have a material adverse effect on the business, prospects, financial
condition or results of operation of the Company.
(p) The Company has such permits, licenses, consents,
exemptions, franchises, authorizations and other approvals (each, an
"AUTHORIZATION") of, and has made all
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filings with and notices to, all governmental or regulatory authorities and
self-regulatory organizations and all courts and other tribunals, including,
without limitation, under any applicable Environmental Laws, as are necessary to
own, lease, license and operate its properties and to conduct its business,
except where the failure to have any such Authorization or to make any such
filing or notice would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse
effect on the business, prospects, financial condition or results of operations
of the Company. Each such Authorization is valid and in full force and effect
and the Company is in compliance with all the terms and conditions thereof and
with the rules and regulations of the authorities and governing bodies having
jurisdiction with respect thereto; and no event has occurred (including, without
limitation, the receipt of any notice from any authority or governing body)
which allows or, after notice or lapse of time or both, would allow, revocation,
suspension or termination of any such Authorization or results or, after notice
or lapse of time or both, would result in any other impairment of the rights of
the holder of any such Authorization; and such Authorizations contain no
restrictions that are burdensome to the Company; except where such failure to be
valid and in full force and effect or to be in compliance, the occurrence of any
such event or the presence of any such restriction would not, singly or in the
aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the business, prospects, financial
condition or results of operations of the Company.
(q) There are no costs or liabilities incurred by the Company
associated with Environmental Laws (including, without limitation, any capital
or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or
compliance with Environmental Laws or any Authorization, any related constraints
on operating activities and any reasonably likely liabilities to third parties)
which would, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the
business, prospects, financial condition or results of operations of the
Company.
(r) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company.
(s) Ernst & Young, LLP are independent public accountants with
respect to the Company as required by the Act.
(t) The financial statements included in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement thereto), together
with related schedules and notes, present fairly the consolidated financial
position, results of operations and changes in financial position of the Company
on the basis stated therein at the respective dates or for the respective
periods to which they apply; such statements and related schedules and notes
have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
consistently applied throughout the periods involved, except as disclosed
therein; the supporting schedules, if any, included in the Registration
Statement present fairly in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles the information required to be stated therein; and the other
financial and statistical information and data set forth in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement thereto) are, in
all material respects, accurately presented and prepared.
(u) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the
offering and sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof as
described in the Prospectus, will not
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be, an "investment company" as such term is defined in the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended.
(v) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, there
are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any
person granting such person the right to require the Company to file a
registration statement under the Act with respect to any securities of the
Company or to require the Company to include such securities with the Shares
registered pursuant to the Registration Statement.
(w) Since the respective dates as of which information is
given in the Prospectus other than as set forth in the Prospectus (exclusive of
any amendments or supplements thereto subsequent to the date of this Agreement),
(i) there has not occurred any material adverse change or any development
involving a prospective material adverse change in the condition, financial or
otherwise, or the earnings, business, management or operations of the Company
(ii) there has not been any material adverse change or any development involving
a prospective material adverse change in the capital stock or in the long-term
debt of the Company, and (iii) the Company has not incurred any material
liability or obligation, direct or contingent.
(x) Each certificate signed by any officer of the Company and
delivered to the Underwriters or counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed to
be a representation and warranty by the Company to the Underwriters as to the
matters covered thereby.
SECTION 7. Indemnification. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless each Underwriter, its directors, its officers and each person, if
any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or
Section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "EXCHANGE
ACT"), from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and
judgments (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred in connection with investigating or defending any matter, including any
action, that could give rise to any such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
judgments) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment
thereto), the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or any
preliminary prospectus, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or judgments are caused by any such untrue statement or
omission or alleged untrue statement or omission based upon information relating
to any Underwriter furnished in writing to the Company by such Underwriter
through you expressly for use therein; provided, however, that the foregoing
indemnity agreement with respect to any preliminary prospectus shall not inure
to the benefit of any Underwriter, or any person controlling such Underwriter,
who failed to deliver a Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, (so long as
the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto was provided by the
Company to the several Underwriters in the requisite quantity and on a timely
basis to permit proper delivery on or prior to the Closing Date) to the person
asserting any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments caused by any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in
such preliminary prospectus, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to
state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading, if such material
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misstatement or omission or alleged material misstatement or omission was cured
in the Prospectus, as so amended or supplemented, and such Prospectus was
required by law to be delivered at or prior to the written confirmation of sale
to such person.
(a) Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who sign
the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act,
to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to such
Underwriter but only with reference to information relating to such Underwriter
furnished in writing to the Company by such Underwriter through you expressly
for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), the Prospectus
(or any amendment or supplement thereto) or any preliminary prospectus.
(b) In case any action shall be commenced involving any person
in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 7(a) or 7(b)
(the "indemnified party"), the indemnified party shall promptly notify the
person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the "indemnifying party") in
writing and the indemnifying party shall assume the defense of such action,
including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified
party and the payment of all fees and expenses of such counsel, as incurred
(except that in the case of any action in respect of which indemnity may be
sought pursuant to both Sections 7(a) and 7(b), the Underwriter shall not be
required to assume the defense of such action pursuant to this Section 7(c), but
may employ separate counsel and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees
and expenses of such counsel, except as provided below, shall be at the expense
of such Underwriter). Any indemnified party shall have the right to employ
separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but
the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnified
party unless (i) the employment of such counsel shall have been specifically
authorized in writing by the indemnifying party, (ii) the indemnifying party
shall have failed to assume the defense of such action or employ counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party or (iii) the named parties to
any such action (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnified
party and the indemnifying party, and the indemnified party shall have been
advised by such counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available
to it which are different from or additional to those available to the
indemnifying party (in which case the indemnifying party shall not have the
right to assume the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party).
In any such case, the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any one
action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same
jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be
liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in
addition to any local counsel) for all indemnified parties and all such fees and
expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Such firm shall be designated
in writing by Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation, in the case
of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 7(a), and by the Company, in the case
of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 7(b). The indemnifying party shall
indemnify and hold harmless the indemnified party from and against any and all
losses, claims, damages, liabilities and judgments by reason of any settlement
of any action (i) effected with the indemnifying party's written consent or (ii)
effected without the indemnifying party's written consent if the settlement is
entered into more than twenty business days after the indemnifying party shall
have received a request from the indemnified party for reimbursement for
reasonably incurred and bona fide fees and expenses of counsel (in
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any case where such fees and expenses are at the expense of the indemnifying
party) and, prior to the date of such settlement, the indemnifying party shall
have failed to comply with such reimbursement request. No indemnifying party
shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any
settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of judgment with respect
to, any pending or threatened action in respect of which the indemnified party
is or could have been a party and indemnity or contribution may be or could have
been sought hereunder by the indemnified party, unless such settlement,
compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified
party from all liability on claims that are or could have been the subject
matter of such action and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an
admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of the
indemnified party.
(c) To the extent the indemnification provided for in this
Section 7 is unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient in respect of
any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments referred to therein, then
each indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result
of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and judgments (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering
of the Shares or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause 7(d)(i) above is not
permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not
only the relative benefits referred to in clause 7(d)(i) above but also the
relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other
hand in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments, as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the
one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand shall be deemed to be in the
same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (after deducting
underwriting discounts and commissions, but before deducting expenses) received
by the Company, and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by
the Underwriters, bear to the total price to the public of the Shares, in each
case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative
fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand
shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission
to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the
Underwriters and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information
and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7(d) were determined by pro
rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such
purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The
amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or judgments referred to in the immediately
preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set
forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified
party in connection with investigating or defending any matter, including any
action, that could have given rise to such losses, claims, damages, liabilities
or judgments. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, no Underwriter
shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the
total price at which the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public
were offered to the
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public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise
been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation
(within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations to contribute pursuant to this
Section 7(d) are several in proportion to the respective number of Shares
purchased by each of the Underwriters hereunder and not joint.
(d) The remedies provided for in this Section 7 are not
exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be
available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.
SECTION 8. Conditions of Underwriters' Obligations. The several
obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Firm Shares under this Agreement
are subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions:
(a) All the representations and warranties of the Company
contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct on the Closing Date with
the same force and effect as if made on and as of the Closing Date.
(b) If the Company is required to file a Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement after the effectiveness of this Agreement, such Rule
462(b) Registration Statement shall have become effective by 10:00 P.M., New
York City time, on the date of this Agreement; and no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose shall have been commenced or shall be pending
before or contemplated by the Commission.
(c) You shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate
dated the Closing Date, signed by Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx and Xxxx Xxxxx in their
capacities as the President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
of the Company, confirming the matters set forth in Sections 6(t), 8(a) and 8(b)
and that the Company has complied with all of the agreements and satisfied all
of the conditions herein contained and required to be complied with or satisfied
by the Company on or prior to the Closing Date.
(d) Since the respective dates as of which information is
given in the Prospectus other than as set forth in the Prospectus (exclusive of
any amendments or supplements thereto subsequent to the date of this Agreement),
(i) there shall not have occurred any change or any development involving a
prospective change in the condition, financial or otherwise , or the earnings,
business, management or operations of the Company, (ii) there shall not have
been any change or any development involving a prospective change in the capital
stock or in the long-term debt of the Company and (iii) the Company shall have
not incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, the effect of
which, in any such case described in clause 8(d)(i), 8(d)(ii) or 8(d)(iii), in
your judgment, is material and adverse and, in your judgment, makes it
impracticable to market the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated
in the Prospectus.
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(e) You shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion (in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit A), dated the Closing Date, of Wilson,
Sonsini, Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, LLP, counsel for the Company, to the effect that:
(i) the Company has been duly incorporated, is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware, has the corporate power and authority to own its property and to
conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and is duly qualified to
transact business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in
California;
(ii) all the outstanding shares of capital stock of
the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid,
non-assessable and not subject to any preemptive similar rights pursuant to the
Company's Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws or applicable federal or
California law or Delaware law or, to our knowledge any agreement or instrument
filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or pursuant to [list financing
documents] (the "Financing Documents");
(iii) the Shares have been duly authorized and, when
issued and delivered to the Underwriters against payment therefor as provided by
this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the
issuance of such Shares will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights
pursuant to the Company's Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws or applicable
federal or California law or Delaware corporate law or, to our knowledge, any
agreement or instrument filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement;
(iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Company;
(v) the authorized capital stock of the Company conforms
as to legal matters to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus;
(vi) the Registration Statement has become effective
under the Act, no stop order suspending its effectiveness has been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose are, to such counsel's knowledge, pending before or
contemplated by the Commission;
(vii) the statements under the captions "Risk
Factors--Government regulation and legal uncertainties may damage our business;
We will be controlled by our current stockholders, even after the offering; Our
charter documents and change of control severance agreements with our management
will make it more difficult to acquire us; Future sales of our common stock may
depress our stock price", "Management--Classified Board; Incentive Stock Plans;
Employment Agreements and Change of Control Arrangements; Limitations on
Directors' Liability and Indemnification," "Underwriters" (which shall be
limited to the description of the Underwriting Agreement); "Description of
Capital Stock" in the Prospectus and Items 14 and 15 of Part II of the
Registration Statement, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the
legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present the
information called for with respect to such legal matters, documents and
proceedings;
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(viii) to such counsel's knowledge, the Company is not
in violation of its charter or bylaws;
(ix) the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement by the Company, the compliance by the Company with all the provisions
hereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not (A)
require any consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or qualification
with, any court or governmental body or agency customarily applicable to these
types of transactions (except such as may be required under the securities or
Blue Sky laws of the various states or any applicable foreign jurisdictions),
(B) conflict with or constitute a breach of any of the terms or provisions of,
or a default under, the charter or bylaws of the Company or any indenture, loan
agreement, mortgage, lease or other agreement or instrument that is filed as an
Exhibit to the Registration Statement, to which the Company is a party or by
which the Company or its property is bound, or the Financing Documents or (C)
violate or conflict with any applicable law or any rule or regulation
customarily applicable to these types of transactions, or, to such counsel's
knowledge, any judgment, order or decree of any court or any governmental body
or agency having jurisdiction over the Company or its property;
(x) such counsel does not know of any legal or
governmental proceedings pending or threatened in writing to which the Company
is or might reasonably likely be a party or to which any of its property is or
could be subject that are required to be described in the Registration Statement
or the Prospectus and are not so described, or of any statutes, regulations,
contracts or other documents that are required to be described in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the
Registration Statement that are not so described or filed as required;
(xi) the Company is not and, after giving effect to
the offering and sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof
as described in the Prospectus, will not be, an "investment company" as such
term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; and
(xii) to such counsel's knowledge and except as
disclosed in the Registration Statement, there are no contracts, agreements or
understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the right
to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Act with
respect to any securities of the Company or to require the Company to include
such securities with the Shares registered pursuant to the Registration
Statement; and
In addition, such counsel shall state that although such counsel has
not passed upon and does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy,
completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus and has not made any independent check or
verification thereof, such counsel has participated in the preparation of the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus and in conferences with certain
officers and other representatives of the Company, representatives of the
independent public accountants for the Company, and representatives of the
Underwriters and the Underwriters' counsel at which the contents of the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus were discussed, and on the basis of
and subject to the foregoing, such counsel believes that (i) the Registration
Statement and the
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Prospectus (except for financial statements and related schedules and financial
and statistical data, other than industry data derived from sources cited in the
Prospectus, therein as to which no belief or opinion need be expressed) comply
as to form in all material respects with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission
thereunder, and (ii) no facts have come to the attention of such counsel which
causes counsel to believe (A) that, as of its effective date, the Registration
Statement (other than the financial statements and related schedules and
financial and statistical data, other than industry data derived from sources
cited in the Prospectus, therein, as to which no belief or opinion need be
expressed) contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading or (B) that as of the date of such legal
opinion and as of its effective date, the Prospectus (other than the financial
statements and related schedules and financial and statistical data, other than
industry data derived from sources cited in the Prospectus, therein, as to which
no belief or opinion need be expressed) contained an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made,
not misleading.
The opinion of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx shall further state the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
does not represent the Company with respect to the litigation with The Xxxx
Disney Company and certain of its affiliates, or other trademark matters,
(collectively, "Trademark Matters") however, nothing has come to its attention
which causes it to believe that, as of its effective date, the description of
the Trademark Matters contained an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading.
The opinion of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx described in Section 8(e) above shall
be rendered to you at the request of the Company and shall so state therein.
(f) You shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion
(satisfactory to you and counsel for the Underwriters), dated the Closing Date,
of Brinks Xxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxx, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.
(g) You shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion,
dated the Closing Date, of Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx &
Xxxxxxxxx, LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, as to the matters referred to in
Sections 8(e)(iii), 8(e)(iv), 8(e)(vii) (but only with respect to the statements
under the caption "Description of Capital Stock" and "Underwriting") and the
last paragraph of 8(e).
In giving such opinions with respect to the matters covered by the
last paragraph of Section 8(e), counsel for the Company and counsel for the
Underwriters may state that their opinion and belief are based upon their
participation in the preparation of the Registration Statement and Prospectus
and any amendments or supplements thereto and review and discussion of the
contents thereof, but are without independent check or verification except as
specified.
(h) You shall have received, on each of the date hereof and
the Closing Date, a letter dated the date hereof or the Closing Date, as the
case may be, in form and
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substance satisfactory to you, from Ernst & Young, LLP, independent public
accountants, containing the information and statements of the type ordinarily
included in accountants' "comfort letters" to Underwriters with respect to the
financial statements and certain financial information contained in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(i) The Company shall have delivered to you the agreements
specified in Section 2 hereof which agreements shall be in full force and effect
on the Closing Date.
(j) The Shares shall have been duly listed for quotation on
the Nasdaq National Market.
(k) The Company shall not have failed on or prior to the
Closing Date to perform or comply with any of the agreements herein contained
and required to be performed or complied with by the Company on or prior to the
Closing Date.
The several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase any
Additional Shares hereunder are subject to the delivery to you on the applicable
Option Closing Date of such documents as you may reasonably request with respect
to the good standing of the Company in the States of California and Delaware,
the due authorization and issuance of such Additional Shares and other matters
reasonably related to the issuance of such Additional Shares.
SECTION 9. Effectiveness of Agreement and Termination. This
Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery of this
Agreement by the parties hereto.
This Agreement may be terminated at any time on or prior to the
Closing Date by you by written notice to the Company if any of the following has
occurred: (i) any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or
international calamity or crisis or change in economic conditions or in the
financial markets of the United States or elsewhere that, in your judgment, is
material and adverse and, in your judgment, makes it impracticable to market the
Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus, (ii) the
suspension or material limitation of trading in securities or other instruments
on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the Chicago Board
of Options Exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the Chicago Board of Trade
or the Nasdaq National Market or limitation on prices for securities or other
instruments on any such exchange or the Nasdaq National Market, (iii) the
suspension of trading of any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the
over-the-counter market, (iv) the enactment, publication, decree or other
promulgation of any federal or state statute, regulation, rule or order of any
court or other governmental authority which in your opinion materially and
adversely affects, or will materially and adversely affect, the business,
prospects, financial condition or results of operations of the Company, (v) the
declaration of a banking moratorium by either federal or New York State
authorities or (vi) the taking of any action by any federal, state or local
government or agency in respect of its monetary or fiscal affairs which in your
opinion has a material adverse effect on the financial markets in the United
States.
If on the Closing Date or on an Option Closing Date, as the case may
be, any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase the
Firm Shares or Additional Shares, as the case may be, which it has or they have
agreed to purchase hereunder on such date and the aggregate number of Firm
Shares or Additional Shares, as the case may be, which such
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defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase
is not more than one-tenth of the total number of Firm Shares or Additional
Shares, as the case may be, to be purchased on such date by all Underwriters,
each non-defaulting Underwriter shall be obligated severally, in the proportion
which the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite its name in Schedule I bears
to the total number of Firm Shares which all the non-defaulting Underwriters
have agreed to purchase, or in such other proportion as you may specify, to
purchase the Firm Shares or Additional Shares, as the case may be, which such
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase
on such date; provided that in no event shall the number of Firm Shares or
Additional Shares, as the case may be, which any Underwriter has agreed to
purchase pursuant to Section 2 hereof be increased pursuant to this Section 9 by
an amount in excess of one-ninth of such number of Firm Shares or Additional
Shares, as the case may be, without the written consent of such Underwriter. If
on the Closing Date any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to
purchase Firm Shares and the aggregate number of Firm Shares with respect to
which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate number of Firm
Shares to be purchased by all Underwriters and arrangements satisfactory to you
and the Company for purchase of such Firm Shares are not made within 48 hours
after such default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part
of any non-defaulting Underwriter and the Company. In any such case which does
not result in termination of this Agreement, either you or the Company shall
have the right to postpone the Closing Date, but in no event for longer than
seven days, in order that the required changes, if any, in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus or any other documents or arrangements may be
effected. If, on an Option Closing Date, any Underwriter or Underwriters shall
fail or refuse to purchase Additional Shares and the aggregate number of
Additional Shares with respect to which such default occurs is more than
one-tenth of the aggregate number of Additional Shares to be purchased on such
date, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall have the option to (i) terminate
their obligation hereunder to purchase such Additional Shares or (ii) purchase
not less than the number of Additional Shares that such non-defaulting
Underwriters would have been obligated to purchase on such date in the absence
of such default. Any action taken under this paragraph shall not relieve any
defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of any such
Underwriter under this Agreement.
SECTION 10. Miscellaneous. Notices given pursuant to any provision
of this Agreement shall be addressed as follows: (i) if to the Company, to Xxxx
Xxxxxx, 000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 and (ii) if to any
Underwriter or to you, to you c/x Xxxxxxxxx, Lufkin & Xxxxxxxx Securities
Corporation, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Syndicate
Department, or in any case to such other address as the person to be notified
may have requested in writing.
The respective indemnities, contribution agreements,
representations, warranties and other statements of the Company and the several
Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement shall remain
operative and in full force and effect, and will survive delivery of and payment
for the Shares, regardless of (i) any investigation, or statement as to the
results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, the officers or
directors of any Underwriter, any person controlling any Underwriter, the
Company, the officers or directors of the Company or any person controlling the
Company, (ii) acceptance of the Shares and payment for them hereunder and (iii)
termination of this Agreement.
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If for any reason the Shares are not delivered by or on behalf of
the Company as provided herein (other than as a result of any termination of
this Agreement pursuant to Section 9), the Company agrees to reimburse the
several Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and
disbursements of counsel) incurred by them. Notwithstanding any termination of
this Agreement, the Company shall be liable for all expenses which it has agreed
to pay pursuant to Section 5(i) hereof. The Company also agrees to reimburse the
several Underwriters, their directors and officers and any persons controlling
any of the Underwriters for any and all fees and expenses (including, without
limitation, the fees disbursements of counsel) incurred by them in connection
with enforcing their rights hereunder (including, without limitation, pursuant
to Section 7 hereof), provided such party is deemed to be the prevailing party.
Except as otherwise provided, this Agreement has been and is made
solely for the benefit of and shall be binding upon the Company, the
Underwriters, the Underwriters' directors and officers, any controlling persons
referred to herein, the Company's directors and the Company's officers who sign
the Registration Statement and their respective successors and assigns, all as
and to the extent provided in this Agreement, and no other person shall acquire
or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. The term "successors and
assigns" shall not include a purchaser of any of the Shares from any of the
several Underwriters merely because of such purchase.
This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York.
This Agreement may be signed in various counterparts which together
shall constitute one and the same instrument.
The parties agree to perform their obligations under this Agreement
in good faith.
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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement
between the Company and the several Underwriters.
Very truly yours,
XXXX.XXX, INC.
By:__________________________________
Title:
XXXXXXXXX, LUFKIN & XXXXXXXX
SECURITIES CORPORATION
DLJdirect, INC.
XXXXXXX XXXXX BARNEY, INC.
XXXXXX XXXXXX PARTNERS LLC
Acting severally on behalf of
themselves and the several
Underwriters named in
Schedule I hereto
By: XXXXXXXXX, LUFKIN & XXXXXXXX
SECURITIES CORPORATION
By:____________________________
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SCHEDULE I
Number of Firm
Shares to be
Underwriters Purchased
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Xxxxxxxxx, Lufkin & Xxxxxxxx Securities
Corporation
DLJdirect, Inc.
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Barney, Inc.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Partners LLC
Total
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ANNEX I
[Insert names of stockholders of the Company who will be required to sign
lock ups]
