15,000,000 SHARES
SYCAMORE NETWORKS, INC.
COMMON STOCK, $.001 PAR VALUE
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
MARCH __, 2000
March __, 2000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
Credit Suisse First Boston
Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Incorporated
FleetBoston Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Inc.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Partners LLC
c/o Morgan Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Dear Sirs and Mesdames:
Sycamore Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "COMPANY"),
proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters named in Schedule I
hereto (the "UNDERWRITERS") 12,394,707 shares of its Common Stock, $.001 par
value per share (the "COMPANY FIRM SHARES"). Certain shareholders of the Company
(the "SELLING SHAREHOLDERS") named in Schedule I heretoseverally propose to sell
to the several Underwriters an aggregate of 2,605,293 shares of Common Stock,
$.001 par value per share, of the Company (the "SELLING SHAREHOLDER FIRM
SHARES," and collectively with the Company Firm Shares, the "FIRM SHARES"), each
Selling Shareholder selling the amount set forth opposite such Selling
Shareholder's name in Schedule I hereto.
The Company also proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters
not more than an additional 2,250,000 shares of its Common Stock, $.001 par
value per share (the "ADDITIONAL SHARES"), if and to the extent that you, as
Managers of the offering, shall have determined to exercise, on behalf of the
Underwriters, the right to purchase such shares of common stock granted to the
Underwriters in Section 2 hereof. The Firm Shares and the Additional Shares are
hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Shares." The shares of Common
Stock, $.001 par value per share, of the Company to be outstanding after giving
effect to the sales contemplated hereby are hereinafter referred to as the
"COMMON STOCK." The Company and the Selling Shareholders are hereinafter
sometimes collectively referred to as the "SELLERS".
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"COMMISSION") a registration statement, including a prospectus, relating to the
Shares. The registration statement as amended at the time it becomes 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 Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "SECURITIES ACT"), is hereinafter referred to as the "REGISTRATION
STATEMENT"; the prospectus in the form first used to confirm sales of Shares is
hereinafter referred to as the "PROSPECTUS". If the Company has filed an
abbreviated registration statement to register additional shares of Common Stock
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (the "RULE 462 REGISTRATION
STATEMENT"), then any reference herein to the term "REGISTRATION STATEMENT"
shall be deemed to include such Rule 462 Registration Statement.
1. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company
represents and warrants to and agrees with each of the Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement has become effective; 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, when it became effective,
did 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 required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading; (ii) the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus comply and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable,
will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the
applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; and
(iii) 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) The Company has been duly incorporated, is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation, 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 in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business
or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification,
except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good
standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and
its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(d) Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated,
is
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validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of
the jurisdiction of its incorporation, 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 in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business
or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification,
except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good
standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and
its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; all of the issued shares of capital
stock of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly
authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned
directly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances,
equities or claims. None of the Company's subsidiaries is a
"significant subsidiary", as such term is defined in Rule 405 of the
rules and regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act;
(e) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company.
(f) The authorized capital stock of the Company conforms as to
legal matters to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus.
(g) The shares of Common Stock (including the Shares to be
sold by the Selling Shareholders) outstanding prior to the issuance of
the Shares to be sold by the Company pursuant hereto have been duly
authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
(h) The Shares to be sold by the Company pursuant hereto have
been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered in accordance with
the terms of 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.
(i) The execution and delivery by the Company of, and the
performance by the Company of its obligations under, this Agreement
will not contravene any provision of applicable law or the certificate
of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or any agreement or other
instrument binding upon the Company or any of its subsidiaries that is
material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or any
judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court
having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary, and no consent,
approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any
governmental body or agency is required for the performance by the
Company of its obligations under this Agreement, except such as may be
required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states in
connection with the offer and sale of the Shares.
(j) There has not occurred any material adverse change, or any
development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the
condition,
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financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of
the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth
in the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendments or supplements thereto
subsequent to the date of this Agreement).
(k) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or,
to the Company's knowledge, threatened to which the Company or any of
its subsidiaries is a party or to which any of the properties of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject that are required to be
described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and are not
so described or 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 described or filed as required.
(l) 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 Securities Act,
complied when so filed in all material respects with the Securities Act
and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(m) 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, required to
register as an "investment company" as such term is defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(n) The Company and its subsidiaries (1) are in compliance
with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and
regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the
environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or
contaminants ("ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS"); (2) have received all permits,
licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable
Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses, and (3) are
in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license
or approval, except where such noncompliance with Environmental Laws,
failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or
failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits,
licenses or approvals would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a
material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.
(o) There are no costs or liabilities 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 permit, license or approval,
any related constraints on operating activities and any potential
liabilities to third parties) which would, singly or in the aggregate,
have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries,
taken as a whole.
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(p) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information
is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (i) the
Company and its subsidiaries have not incurred any material liability
or obligation, direct or contingent, nor entered into any material
transaction not in the ordinary course of business; (ii) the Company
has not purchased any of its outstanding capital stock, except for
repurchases in accordance with the provisions of the Company's 1998
Stock Incentive Plan, 1999 Stock Incentive Plan or the 1999
Non-Employee Director Option Plan, nor declared, paid or otherwise made
any dividend or distribution of any kind on its capital stock other
than ordinary and customary dividends; and (iii) there has not been any
material change in the capital stock, short-term debt or long-term debt
of the Company and its subsidiaries, except in each case as described
in the Prospectus.
(q) The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable
title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title
to all personal property owned by them which is material to the
business of the Company and its subsidiaries, in each case free and
clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are
described in the Prospectus or such as do not materially affect the
value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use
made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its
subsidiaries; and any real property and buildings held under lease by
the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid,
subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not
material and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed
to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and its
subsidiaries, in each case, except as described in the Prospectus.
(r) The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess, or can
acquire on reasonable terms, all material patents, patent rights,
licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and
other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential
information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks and
trade names currently employed by them in connection with the business
now operated by them, and neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has received any notice of infringement of or conflict
with asserted rights of others with respect to any of the foregoing
which, singly or in the aggregate, would be reasonably likely to have a
material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.
(s) No material labor dispute with the employees of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries exists, except as described in the
Prospectus, or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent; and the
Company is not aware of any existing, threatened or imminent labor
disturbance by the employees of any of its principal suppliers,
manufacturers or contractors that could have a material adverse effect
on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
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(t) The Company and its subsidiaries are insured by insurers
of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks
and in such amounts as, in the Company's reasonable judgment, are
prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged;
neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has been refused any
insurance coverage sought or applied for; and neither the Company nor
any of its subsidiaries 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 have a
material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, except as described in the Prospectus.
(u) The Company and its subsidiaries possess all certificates,
authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state or
foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective
businesses other than those which, if not so possessed, would not have
a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as
a whole, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has
received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or
modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit which,
singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision,
ruling or finding, would have a material adverse effect on the Company
and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as described the
Prospectus.
(v) The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain 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.
(w) The accountants who have certified or shall certify the
financial statements filed or to be filed with the Commission as part
of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus are independent
accountants as required by the Securities Act. The financial statements
of the Company (together with the related notes thereto) included in
the Registration Statement present fairly the financial position and
results of operations of the Company at the respective dates and for
the respective periods to which they apply, subject to normal year-end
adjustments. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied
throughout the periods involved except as otherwise stated therein.
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(x) The Shares have been approved for listing on the Nasdaq
National Market, subject to official notice of issuance.
(y) 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
Securities 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, other than the
Second Amended and Restated Investor's Rights Agreement dated March 1,
1999 as amended by Amendments Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 thereto (the "Investor
Rights Agreement"), for which an appropriate waiver has been obtained.
(z) 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.
(aa) The Company has reviewed its operations and that of its
subsidiaries to evaluate the extent to which the business or operations
of the Company or any of its subsidiaries will be affected by the Year
2000 Problem (that is, any significant risk that computer hardware or
software applications used by the Company and its subsidiaries will
not, in the case of dates or time periods occurring after December 31,
1999, function at least as effectively as in the case of dates or time
periods occurring prior to January 1, 2000); as a result of such
review, (1) the Company has no reason to believe, and does not believe,
that (A) there are any issues related to the Company's preparedness to
address the Year 2000 Problem that are of a character required to be
described or referred to in the Registration Statement or Prospectus
which have not been accurately described in the Registration Statement
or Prospectus and (B) the Year 2000 Problem will have a material
adverse effect on the condition, financial or otherwise, or on the
earnings, business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, or result in any material loss or interference with
the business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, and (2) the Company reasonably believes, after due inquiry,
that the suppliers, vendors, customers or other material third parties
used or served by the Company and such subsidiaries are addressing or
will address the Year 2000 Problem in a timely manner, except to the
extent that a failure to address the Year 2000 Problem by any supplier,
vendor, customer or material third party would not have a material
adverse effect on the condition, financial or otherwise, or on the
earnings, business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries,
taken as a whole.
2. Representations and Warranties of the Selling Shareholders. Each of
the Selling Shareholders, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to
and agrees with each of the Underwriters that:
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(a) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by or on behalf of such Selling Shareholder.
(b) The execution and delivery by such Selling Shareholder of,
and the performance by such Selling Shareholder of its obligations
under, this Agreement, the Custody Agreement signed by such Selling
Shareholder and BankBoston, N.A., as Custodian, relating to the deposit
of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Shareholder and the Power of
Attorney appointing certain individuals as such Selling Shareholder's
attorneys-in-fact to the extent set forth therein, relating to the
transactions contemplated hereby and by the Registration Statement (the
"CUSTODY AGREEMENT AND POWER OF ATTORNEY"), will not contravene any
provision of applicable law, or the certificate of incorporation (or
similar charter) or by-laws of such Selling Shareholder (if such
Selling Shareholder is a corporation), or any agreement or other
instrument binding upon such Selling Shareholder or any judgment, order
or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction
over such Selling Shareholder, and no consent, approval, authorization
or order of, or qualification with, any governmental body or agency is
required for the performance by such Selling Shareholder of its
obligations under this Agreement or the Custody Agreement or Power of
Attorney of such Selling Shareholder, except such as may be required by
the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states in connection
with the offer and sale of the Shares.
(c) Such Selling Shareholder has, and on the Closing Date will
have, valid title to the Shares to be sold by such Selling Shareholder
and the legal right and power, and all authorization and approval
required by law, to enter into this Agreement, the Custody Agreement
and the Power of Attorney and to sell, transfer and deliver the Shares
to be sold by such Selling Shareholder.
(d) The Custody Agreement and the Power of Attorney have been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Selling Shareholder and
are valid and binding agreements of such Selling Shareholder.
(e) Delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling
Shareholder pursuant to this Agreement will pass title to such Shares
free and clear of any security interests, claims, liens, equities and
other encumbrances.
(g) Such Selling Shareholder has reviewed and is familiar with
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus is
not in existence, the most recent preliminary prospectus) and: (i) the
Registration Statement, when it became effective, did 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 required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, and (ii) the Prospectus does not contain and, as amended or
supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any
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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 2(g)
apply only to statements or omissions in the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus based upon information relating to any such Selling
Stockholder furnished to the Company in writing by such Selling
Stockholder through you expressly for use therein.
3. Agreements to Sell and Purchase. The Company and each Selling
Shareholder hereby agree, severally and not jointly, to sell to the several
Underwriters the Firm Shares in the respective amounts set forth in Schedule I
hereto, and each Underwriter, upon the basis of the representations and
warranties herein contained, but subject to the conditions hereinafter stated,
agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company and the Selling
Shareholders the respective numbers of Firm Shares set forth in Schedule II
hereto opposite its name at $____ a share (the "PURCHASE PRICE").
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 to the Underwriters the Additional Shares, and the Underwriters shall
have a one-time right to purchase, severally and not jointly, up to 2,250,000
Additional Shares at the Purchase Price. If you, on behalf of the Underwriters,
elect to exercise such option, you shall so notify the Company in writing not
later than 30 days after the date of this Agreement, which notice shall specify
the number of Additional Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters and the date
on which such shares are to be purchased. Such date may be the same as the
Closing Date (as defined below) but not earlier than the Closing Date, or if
after the Closing Date, unless otherwise agreed, such date shall not be earlier
than two (2) business days after the date of such notice, nor later than ten
business days after the date of such notice. Additional Shares may be purchased
as provided in Section 5 hereof solely for the purpose of covering
over-allotments made in connection with the offering of the Firm Shares. If any
Additional Shares are to be purchased, each Underwriter agrees, severally and
not jointly, to purchase the number of Additional Shares (subject to such
adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as you may determine) that bears the
same proportion to the total number of Additional Shares to be purchased as the
number of Firm Shares set forth in Schedule II hereto opposite the name of such
Underwriter bears to the total number of Firm Shares.
The Company hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during the period
ending 90 days after the date of the Prospectus (the "Lock-up Period"), (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, lend, 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 to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences
of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in
clause (i) or (ii) above
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is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash
or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (A) the Shares to be
sold hereunder, (B) the issuance by the Company of shares of Common Stock upon
the exercise of an option or warrant or the conversion of a security outstanding
on the date hereof that is disclosed in the Prospectus or of which the
Underwriters have been advised in writing, (C) the issuance by the Company of
shares of Common Stock or options therefor issued pursuant to stock plans
described in the Prospectus, (D) the issuance by the Company of shares of Common
Stock or options or warrants for shares of Common Stock to suppliers,
developers, consultants or other persons in connection with supply, development,
consulting, marketing or similar arrangements, provided that the recipient of
such shares, options or warrants executes and delivers to you on or before the
date of such issuance a "lock-up" agreement substantially in the form provided
to the Company by the Underwriters; or (E) the issuance by the Company of shares
of Common Stock in connection with the acquisition by the Company of any
businesses, products or technologies. The Company agrees that, without the prior
written consent of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, it will not, during the period ending 90 days
after the date of the Prospectus, file or cause to become effective any
registration statement relating to any securities of the Company, including a
registration statement registering shares under any of the Company's stock plans
or other employee benefit plans; provided that the foregoing prohibition shall
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not apply to any registration statement relating to shares of Common Stock of
the Company to be issued in connection with any acquisition by the Company of
any businesses, products or technologies or any registration statement filed in
response to the exercise of demand registration rights under the Investor Rights
Agreement.
Each Selling Shareholder hereby agrees to execute and deliver on or
before the Closing Date a "lock-up" agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto.
4. Terms of Public Offering. The Sellers are advised by you that the
Underwriters propose to make a public offering of their respective portions of
the Shares as soon after the Registration Statement and this Agreement have
become effective as in your judgment is advisable. The Sellers are further
advised by you that the Shares are to be offered to the public initially at
$____ a share (the "PUBLIC OFFERING PRICE") and to certain dealers selected by
you at a price that represents a concession not in excess of $____ a share under
the Public Offering Price, and that any Underwriter may allow, and such dealers
may reallow, a concession, not in excess of $___ a share, to any Underwriter or
to certain other dealers.
5. Payment and Delivery. Payment for the Firm Shares shall be made to
the Sellers in Federal or other funds immediately available in New York City
against delivery of such Firm Shares for the respective accounts of the several
Underwriters at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on ______ __, 2000, or at such
other time on the same or such other date, not later than ______ __, 2000, as
shall be designated in writing by you. The time and date of such payment are
hereinafter referred to as the "CLOSING DATE".
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Payment for any Additional Shares shall be made to the Company in
Federal or other funds immediately available in New York City against delivery
of such Additional Shares for the respective accounts of the several
Underwriters at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date specified in the
notice described in Section 3 or at such other time on the same or on such other
date, in any event not later than ______ __, 2000, as shall be designated in
writing by you. The time and date of such payment are hereinafter referred to as
the "OPTION CLOSING DATE".
Certificates for the Firm Shares and Additional Shares shall be in
definitive form and registered in such names and in such denominations as you
shall request in writing not later than one full business day prior to the
Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be. The certificates
evidencing the Firm Shares and Additional Shares shall be delivered to you on
the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, for the
respective accounts of the several Underwriters, with any transfer taxes payable
in connection with the transfer of the Shares to the Underwriters duly paid,
against payment of the Purchase Price therefor.
6. Conditions to the Underwriters' Obligations. The obligations of the
Sellers to sell the Shares to the Underwriters and the several obligations of
the Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Shares on the Closing Date are
subject to the condition that the Registration Statement shall have become
effective not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date hereof.
The several obligations of the Underwriters are subject to the
following further conditions:
(a) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement
and prior to the Closing Date there shall not have occurred any change,
or any development involving a prospective change, in the condition,
financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of
the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth
in the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendments or supplements thereto
subsequent to the date of this Agreement) that, in your judgment, is
material and adverse and that makes it, in your judgment, impracticable
to market the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the
Prospectus.
(b) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date a
certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by an executive officer
of the Company, to the effect set forth in Section 6(a)(i) above and to
the effect that the representations and warranties of the Company
contained in this Agreement are true and correct as of the Closing Date
and that the Company has complied with all of the agreements and
satisfied all of the conditions on its part to be performed or
satisfied hereunder on or before the Closing Date.
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The officer signing and delivering such certificate may rely upon the
best of his or her knowledge as to proceedings threatened.
(c) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date
an opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, outside counsel
for the Company, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form of
Exhibit B hereto.
(d) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date
an opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, counsel for
each of the Selling Shareholders, dated the Closing Date, substantially
in the form of Exhibit C hereto.
(e) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date
an opinion of Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, LLP, counsel for the
Underwriters, dated the Closing Date, covering the matters referred to
in Sections 6(c)(iv), 6(c)(v), 6(c)(vii) (but only as to the statements
in the Prospectus under "Description of Capital Stock" and
"Underwriters") and 6(c)(x) above.
With respect to Section 6(c)(x) above, Skadden, Arps, Slate,
Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP and Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, LLP 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. With respect to Section 6(d) above, Skadden, Arps,
Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP may rely upon an opinion or opinions of
counsel for any Selling Shareholders and, with respect to factual
matters and to the extent such counsel deems appropriate, upon the
representations of each Selling Shareholder contained herein and in the
Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney of such Selling Shareholder and
in other documents and instruments; provided that (i) each such counsel
for the Selling Shareholders is satisfactory to your counsel, (ii) a
copy of each opinion so relied upon is delivered to you and is in form
and substance satisfactory to your counsel, (iii) copies of such
Custody Agreements and Powers of Attorney and of any such other
documents and instruments shall be delivered to you and shall be in
form and substance satisfactory to your counsel and (iv) Skadden, Arps,
Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP shall state in their opinion that they are
justified in relying on each such other opinion.
The opinions of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP and
such other counsel described in Section 6(c) and 6(d) (and any opinions
of counsel for any Selling Shareholder referred to in the immediately
preceding paragraph) above shall be rendered to the Underwriters at the
request of the Company or one more of the Selling Shareholders, as the
case may be, and shall so state therein.
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(f) The Underwriters 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 substance satisfactory to
the Underwriters, from PriceWaterhouseCoopers L.L.P., independent
public accountants, containing statements and information 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;
provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a
"cut-off date" not earlier than the date hereof.
(g) The "lock-up" agreements, each substantially in the form
provided to the Company by the Underwriters, between you and Selling
Shareholders, officers and directors of the Company relating to sales
and certain other dispositions of shares of Common Stock or certain
other securities, delivered to you on or before the date hereof, shall
be in full force and effect on the Closing Date.
The several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase Additional
Shares hereunder are subject to the delivery to you on the Option Closing Date
of such documents as you may reasonably request with respect to the good
standing of the Company, the due authorization and issuance of the Additional
Shares and other matters related to the issuance of the Additional Shares.
7. Covenants of the Company. In further consideration of the agreements
of the Underwriters herein contained, the Company covenants with each
Underwriter as follows:
(a) To furnish to you, without charge, six signed copies of
the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and for
delivery to each other Underwriter a conformed copy of the Registration
Statement (without exhibits thereto) and to furnish to you in New York
City, without charge, prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the
business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and during the
period mentioned in Section 7(c) below, as many copies of the
Prospectus and any supplements and amendments thereto or to the
Registration Statement as you may reasonably request.
(b) Before amending or supplementing the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus, to furnish to you a copy of each such
proposed amendment or supplement and not to file any such proposed
amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object, and to file
with the Commission within the applicable period specified in Rule
424(b) under the Securities Act any prospectus required to be filed
pursuant to such Rule.
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(c) If, during such period after the first date of the public
offering of the Shares as in the opinion of counsel for the
Underwriters the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in
connection with sales by an Underwriter or dealer, any event shall
occur or condition exist as a result of which it is 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, file with the
Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to
the dealers (whose names and addresses you will furnish to the Company)
to which Shares may have been sold by you on behalf of the Underwriters
and to any other dealers upon request, either amendments or supplements
to the Prospectus so that the statements in the Prospectus as so
amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances
when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so
that the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with law.
(d) To endeavor to qualify the Shares for offer and sale under
the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as you shall
reasonably request.
(e) To make generally available to the Company's security
holders and to you as soon as practicable an earnings statement
covering the twelve-month period ending April 30, 2001 that satisfies
the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder.
8. Expenses. Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this
Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company agrees to
pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of the Sellers'
obligations under this Agreement, including: (a) (1) 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 Securities Act and
all other fees or expenses in connection with the preparation and filing of the
Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus and
amendments and supplements to any of the foregoing, including all printing costs
associated therewith, and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the
Underwriters and dealers, in the quantities hereinabove specified; (2) all costs
and expenses related to the transfer and delivery of the Shares to the
Underwriters, including any transfer or other taxes payable thereon; (3) the
cost of printing or producing any Blue Sky or Legal Investment memorandum in
connection with the offer and sale of the Shares under state securities laws and
all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Shares for offer and
sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 6(d) hereof, including
filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the
Blue Sky or Legal Investment memorandum; (4) all filing fees and the reasonable
fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters incurred in connection
with the review and qualification of the offering of the Shares by the National
Association of Securities
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Dealers, Inc.; (5) all costs and expenses incident to listing the Shares on the
Nasdaq National Market; (6) the cost of printing certificates representing the
Shares; (7) the costs and charges of any transfer agent, registrar or
depositary; (8) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor
presentations on any "road show" undertaken in connection with the marketing of
the offering of the Shares, including, without limitation, expenses associated
with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any
consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations with the
prior approval of the Company, travel and lodging expenses of the
representatives and officers of the Company and any such consultants, and the
cost of any aircraft chartered in connection with the road show; and (9) all
other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the
Sellers hereunder for which provision is not otherwise made in this Section; and
(b) all costs and expenses incident to the performance of the Selling
Shareholders' obligations under this Agreement which are not otherwise
specifically provided for in this Section 8, including (i) any fees and expenses
of counsel for the Selling Shareholders, (ii) the fees and expenses of the
Attorneys-in-Fact and the Custodian; and (iii) all costs and expenses related to
the transfer, sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by the Selling
Shareholders to the Underwriters. It is understood, however, that except as
provided in this Section, Section 9 entitled "Indemnity and Contribution", and
the last paragraph of Section 12 below, the Underwriters will pay all of their
costs and expenses, including fees and disbursements of their counsel, stock
transfer taxes payable on resale of any of the Shares by them and any
advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make. The provisions of
this Section shall not supersede or otherwise affect any agreement that the
Sellers may otherwise have for the allocation of such expenses among themselves.
9. Indemnity and Contribution. (a) The Company, agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless each Underwriter, each Selling Shareholder and each person, if
any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the
Securities 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 and
liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such
action or claim) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof,
any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the
Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto), 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 or liabilities are caused by any
such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission based
upon information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing
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 from whom the
person asserting any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities purchased
Shares, or any person controlling such Underwriter, if a copy of the Prospectus
(as then amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any
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amendments or supplements thereto) was not sent or given by or on behalf of such
Underwriter to such person, if required by law so to have been delivered, at or
prior to the written confirmation of the sale of the Shares to such person, and
if the Prospectus (as so amended or supplemented) would have cured the defect
giving rise to such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, unless such failure
is the result of noncompliance by the Company with Section 7(a) hereof.
(b) Each Selling Shareholder agrees, severally and not jointly, to
indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the Company, its directors, its
officers who sign the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who
controls any Underwriter or the Company within the meaning of either Section 15
of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any
and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation,
any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or
investigating any such action or claim) caused by any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration
Statement or any amendment thereof, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus
(as amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments
or supplements thereto), 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, but only with reference to information
relating to such Selling Shareholder furnished in writing by or on behalf of
such Selling Shareholder expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any
preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the aggregate
liability of any Selling Shareholder under this Section 9(b) shall be limited to
the aggregate net proceeds actually received from the sale of Shares by such
Selling Shareholder hereunder; provided, however, that in no event shall the
liability of any Selling Shareholder exceed the proportion of the aggregate
amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses which, up to an
including such time, have been or are being claimed by the Underwriters and each
person, if any, who controls any Underwriter, against the Selling Shareholders
and the Company, or any of them, equal to the proportion that the number of
Shares sold hereunder by such Selling Shareholder bears to the aggregate number
of Shares sold hereunder.
(c) Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify
and hold harmless the Selling Shareholders, the Company, its directors, its
officers who sign the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who
controls the Company or any Selling Shareholder within the meaning of either
Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same
extent as the foregoing indemnities from the Company and each Selling
Shareholder to such Underwriter, but only with reference to information relating
to such Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter
through you expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any preliminary
prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto.
(d) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation)
shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be
sought pursuant
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to Section 9(a), 9(b) or 9(c), such person (the "INDEMNIFIED PARTY") shall
promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the
"INDEMNIFYING PARTY") in writing and the indemnifying party, upon request of the
indemnified party, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
indemnified party to represent the indemnified party and any others the
indemnifying party may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and
disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such
proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own
counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of
such indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified
party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) the
named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include
both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both
parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential
differing interests between them. It is understood that the indemnifying party
shall not, in respect of the legal expenses of any indemnified party in
connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction,
be liable for (1) the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in
addition to any local counsel) for all Underwriters and all persons, if any, who
control any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, (2) the fees and expenses of
more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for the Company,
its directors, its officers who sign the Registration Statement and each person,
if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of either such Section and
(3) the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any
local counsel) for all Selling Shareholders and all persons, if any, who control
any Selling Shareholder within the meaning of either such Section, and that all
such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. In the case of
any such separate firm for the Underwriters and such control persons of the
Underwriters, such firm shall be designated in writing by Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, in the
case of any such separate firm for the Company, and such directors, officers and
control persons of the Company, such firm shall be designated in writing by the
Company and in the case of any such separate firm for the Selling Shareholders
and such control persons of any Selling Shareholders, such firm shall be
designated in writing by the persons named as attorneys-in-fact for the Selling
Shareholders under the Powers of Attorney. The indemnifying party shall not be
liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written
consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for
the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party
from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment.
No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the
indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding
in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and
indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless
such settlement includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from
all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding.
(e) To the extent the indemnification provided for in Section 9(a),
9(b) or 9(c) is unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient in respect
of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each
indemnifying party under such
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paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder, shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result
of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the indemnifying party
or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party or parties on the other
hand from the offering of the Shares or (ii) if the allocation provided by
clause 9(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
9(d)(i) above but also the relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties
on the one hand and of the indemnified party or parties on the other hand in
connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative benefits received by each Seller on the one hand
and the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the offering of the
Shares shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net
proceeds from the offering of the Shares (before deducting expenses) received by
the Sellers and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the
Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the
Prospectus, bear to the aggregate Public Offering Price of the Shares. The
relative fault of the Sellers 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 by the Underwriters and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The Underwriters' respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section
9 are several in proportion to the respective number of Shares they have
purchased hereunder, and not joint.
(f) The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just or
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 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 that does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to in Section 9(e). The amount paid or payable
by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and
liabilities 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 such action or claim. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this Section 9, 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 public
exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been
required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission
or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within
the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The remedies provided for in this Section 9 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.
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(g) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section
9 and the representations, warranties and other statements of the Company and
the Selling Shareholders contained in this Agreement shall remain operative and
in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement,
(ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any person
controlling any Underwriter, any Selling Shareholder or any person controlling
any Selling Shareholder, or the Company, its officers or directors or any person
controlling the Company and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the
Shares.
10. Termination. This Agreement shall be subject to termination by
notice given by you to the Company, if (a) after the execution and delivery of
this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have
been suspended or materially limited on or by, as the case may be, any of the
New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the National Association
of Securities Dealers, Inc., the Chicago Board of Options Exchange, the Chicago
Mercantile Exchange or the Chicago Board of Trade, (ii) trading of any
securities of the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any
over-the-counter market, (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking
activities in New York shall have been declared by either Federal or New York
State authorities or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation
of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis
that, in your judgment, is material and adverse and (b) in the case of any of
the events specified in clauses 10(a)(i) through 10(a)(iv), such event, singly
or together with any other such event, makes it, in your judgment, impracticable
to market the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the
Prospectus.
11. Effectiveness; Defaulting Underwriters. This Agreement shall become
effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.
If, on the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be,
any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Shares that
it has or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, and the aggregate
number of Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but
failed or refused to purchase is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate number
of the Shares to be purchased on such date, the other Underwriters shall be
obligated severally in the proportions that the number of Firm Shares set forth
opposite their respective names in Schedule II bears to the aggregate number of
Firm Shares set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting
Underwriters, or in such other proportions as you may specify, to purchase the
Shares 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
Shares that any Underwriter has agreed to purchase pursuant to this Agreement be
increased pursuant to this Section 11 by an amount in excess of one-ninth of
such number of Shares 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, and arrangements
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satisfactory to you, the Company and the Selling Shareholders for the purchase
of such Firm Shares are not made within 36 hours after such default, this
Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting
Underwriter, the Company or the Selling Shareholders. In any such case either
you or the relevant Sellers 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 in the Prospectus or in any other
documents or arrangements may be effected. If, on the 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, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall have the option to (i)
terminate their obligation hereunder to purchase Additional Shares or (ii)
purchase not less than the number of Additional Shares that such non-defaulting
Underwriters would have been obligated to purchase 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 such Underwriter under
this Agreement.
If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters, or any of
them, because of any failure or refusal on the part of any Seller to comply with
the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, or if for any
reason the Sellers shall be unable to perform its obligations under this
Agreement, the Sellers will reimburse the Underwriters or such Underwriters as
have so terminated this Agreement with respect to themselves, severally, for all
out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and disbursements of their counsel)
reasonably incurred by such Underwriters in connection with this Agreement or
the offering contemplated hereunder.
12. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in two or more
counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the
signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.
13. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York.
14. Headings. The headings of the sections of this Agreement have been
inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a part of
this Agreement.
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Very truly yours,
SYCAMORE NETWORKS, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
The Selling Shareholders named in Schedule I
hereto, acting severally
By:
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Name:
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
Accepted as of the date hereof
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
Credit Suisse First Boston
Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Incorporated
FleetBoston Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Inc.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Partners LLC
Acting severally on behalf
of themselves and the
several Underwriters named
in Schedule II hereto.
By: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
By:
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Name:
Title: Principal
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SCHEDULE I
NUMBER OF FIRM
NAME SHARES TO BE SOLD
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Company: 12,394,707
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Selling Shareholders:
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx......................................... 240,000
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx .......................................... 240,000
Xxxxxxx Xxxx.............................................. 650,000
Xxxxx Xxxxx............................................... 297,543
Xxxxxx X. Xxxx............................................ 126,000
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx ......................................... 553,500
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx .......................................... 281,250
The Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Grantor
Retained Annuity Trust........................... 120,000
The Xxxx 1999 Trust ...................................... 217,000
TOTAL:........................................... 15,000,000
SCHEDULE II
NAME NUMBER OF SHARES
---- ----------------
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated.............................
Credit Suisse First Boston....................................
Xxxxxx Brothers Inc...........................................
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc....................................
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Incorporated....................................
FleetBoston Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Inc............................
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Partners LLC....................................
TOTAL:...............................................
EXHIBIT A
________________, 2000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
Credit Suisse First Boston
Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Incorporated
FleetBoston Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Inc.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Partners LLC
c/o Morgan Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Dear Sirs and Mesdames:
The undersigned understands that Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
("XXXXXX XXXXXXX") proposes to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the
"UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT") with Sycamore Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "COMPANY"), and certain persons and entities (the "Selling Stockholders")
providing for the public offering (the "PUBLIC OFFERING") by the several
Underwriters, including Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx (the "UNDERWRITERS"), of shares (the
"SHARES") of Common Stock, par value $.001 per share, of the Company (the
"COMMON STOCK") by the Company and the Selling Stockholders.
To induce the Underwriters that may participate in the Public Offering
to continue their efforts in connection with the Public Offering, the
undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, during the period commencing
on the date of the execution of the Underwriting Agreement and ending 90 days
after the date of the final prospectus relating to the Public Offering (the
"PROSPECTUS"), (1) 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, lend, 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 (2) enter into any swap
or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the
economic consequences of ownership of Common Stock, whether any such transaction
described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common
Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence
shall not apply to (a) the sale of any Shares to the Underwriters pursuant to
the Underwriting Agreement, (b) transactions relating to shares of Common Stock
or other securities acquired in open market transactions after the completion of
the Public Offering
or (c) the sale or transfer of Shares in connection with the sale of the Company
pursuant to a merger, sale of stock or otherwise. In addition, the undersigned
agrees that, without the prior written consent of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx on behalf of
the Underwriters, it will not, during the period commencing on the date hereof
and ending 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, make any demand for or
exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any shares of Common
Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common
Stock.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) transfers of shares of Common Stock
or any security convertible into Common Stock as a gift or gifts, (b)
distributions of shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into Common
Stock to limited partners or stockholders of the undersigned, (c) transfers by
will or intestacy, and (d) transfers to (i) the undersigned's immediate family
or (ii) a trust, the beneficiaries of which are the undersigned and/or members
of the undersigned's immediate family, shall not be prohibited by this
agreement; provided that in the case of any such transfer or distribution
pursuant to clause (a), (b), (c) or (d), (i) each donee or distributee shall
execute and deliver to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx a duplicate form of this Lock-up Letter
and (ii) no filing by any party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, shall be
required or shall be made voluntarily in connection with such transfer or
distribution (other than a filing on a Form 5 made after the expiration of the
90-day period referred to above). "Immediate family" shall mean spouse, lineal
descendants, father, mother, brother or sister or first cousin of the transferor
and the father, mother, brother or sister or first cousin of the transferor's
spouse.
Whether or not the Public Offering actually occurs depends on a number
of factors, including market conditions. Any Public Offering will only be made
pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, the terms of which are subject to
negotiation between the Company and the Underwriters.
This agreement shall automatically terminate on the date that the
Underwriting Agreement is terminated, in the event that the Underwriters do not
purchase Common Stock and the Underwriting Agreement is terminated pursuant to
its terms.
Very truly yours,
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(Name)
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(Address)
EXHIBIT B
Opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP
March [ ], 2000
XXXXXX XXXXXXX & CO. INCORPORATED
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON
XXXXXX BROTHERS INC.
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.
XXXX XXXXXXXX INCORPORATED
FLEETBOSTON XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX INC.
XXXXXX XXXXXX PARTNERS LLC
c/o Morgan Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Re: Sycamore Networks, Inc.
Public Offering of Common
Stock, par value $.001 per share
--------------------------------
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to Sycamore Networks, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company") in connection with the Underwriting Agreement, dated
March [ ], 2000 (the "Underwriting Agreement"), between the Company, certain
stockholders of the Company named therein (the "Selling Stockholders"), Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, Credit Suisse First Boston, Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.,
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc., Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Incorporated, FleetBoston Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx Inc. and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Partners LLC as the several Underwriters named
therein (the "Underwriters"), relating to the sale to the several Underwriters
by the Company of 12,394,707 shares (the "Primary Shares") of the Company's
common stock, par value $.001 per share ("Common Stock") and by the Selling
Stockholders of 2,605,293 shares of Common Stock (the "Secondary Shares" and,
together with the Primary Shares, the "Shares").
This opinion is being furnished pursuant to Section 6(c) of the
Underwriting Agreement.
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In connection with this opinion, we have examined originals or copies,
certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of (i) the Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-30630) relating to the Shares, filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on February 28, 2000
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), [Amendment No. 1
thereto filed with the Commission on February 28, 2000, and Amendment No. 2
thereto filed with the Commission on _____ 2000, including information deemed to
be a part of the registration statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to
Rule 430A of the General Rules and Regulations under the Act (the "Rules and
Regulations") (such Registration Statement, as so amended, being hereinafter
referred to as the "Registration Statement"); (ii) the final prospectus, dated
_____ 2000, relating to the Shares in the form filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations (the "Prospectus"); (iii) a
specimen certificate representing the Common Stock; (iv) an executed copy of the
Underwriting Agreement; (v) the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as
currently in effect (the "Certificate of Incorporation"); (vi) the By-laws of
the Company, as currently in effect (the "By-laws"); (vii) certain resolutions
of the Board of Directors of the Company and a Pricing Committee of the Board of
Directors of the Company relating to the issuance and sale of the Primary Shares
and related matters; (viii) certain resolutions of the Board of Directors of the
Company relating to the original issuance of the Secondary Shares and certain
stock and other records of the Company relating thereto; (ix) the Second Amended
and Restated Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of February 26, 1999, among the
Company and the stockholders named therein (the "Investor Rights Agreement"), as
amended by Amendments Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 thereto, and those other agreements and
instruments listed on Schedule I hereto which are all the agreements binding on
the Company that have been filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement
(together with the Investor Rights Agreement, the "Applicable Contracts"); (x)
the Nasdaq National Market Notification Form for Listing of Additional Shares,
and correspondence
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relating thereto; and (xi) an officer's certificate, dated the date hereof, a
copy of which is attached as Exhibit A hereto. We have also examined originals
or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such
records of the Company and such agreements, certificates of public officials,
certificates of officers or other representatives of the Company and others, and
such other documents, certificates and records as we have deemed necessary or
appropriate as a basis for the opinions set forth herein.
In our examination, we have assumed the legal capacity of all natural
persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents
submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all
documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies and the
authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. In making our
examination of executed documents, we have assumed that the parties thereto,
other than the Company, had the power, corporate or other, to enter into and
perform all obligations thereunder and have also assumed the due authorization
by all requisite action, corporate or other, and execution and delivery by such
parties of such documents and the validity and binding effect thereof on such
parties. As to any facts material to the opinions expressed herein which we did
not independently establish or verify, we have relied upon oral or written
statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the
Company and others. In rendering the opinion set forth in paragraphs 6 and 7
below, we have also assumed, with your consent, that the certificates
representing the Primary Shares will be, and the certificates representing the
Secondary Shares have been, manually signed by one of the authorized officers of
the Transfer Agent and Registrar for the Common Stock and registered by such
Transfer Agent and Registrar and will conform, in the case of the Primary
Shares, or conform, in the case of the Secondary Shares, to the specimen thereof
examined by us.
As used herein, (i) the term "Applicable Laws" means those laws of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
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the State of Delaware and the United States of America that, in each case, in
our experience, are normally applicable to transactions of the type contemplated
by the Underwriting Agreement (except for United States, state and foreign
securities or Blue Sky laws, anti-fraud laws and the rules and regulations of
the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.) but without our having
made any special investigation regarding any other laws; (ii) the term
"Governmental Authorities" means any federal, Massachusetts or Delaware
executive, legislative, judicial, administrative or regulatory body; (iii) the
term "Applicable Orders" means those judgments, orders or decrees of any
Governmental Authorities specifically identified to us by the Company to be
applicable to the Company, as identified on Schedule II hereto; and (iv) the
term "Governmental Approval" means any consent, approval, license, authorization
or validation of, or filing, qualification or registration with, any
Governmental Authority required to be made or obtained by the Company pursuant
to Applicable Laws, other than any consent, approval, license, authorization,
validation, filing, qualification or registration which may have become
applicable as a result of your or any Selling Stockholder's involvement in the
transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement or because of your or
any Selling Stockholder's legal or regulatory status or because of any other
facts specifically pertaining to you or any Selling Stockholder.
Our opinion set forth in paragraph 1 below as to the existence and good
standing of the Company under the laws of the State of Delaware is based solely
on our review of a certificate to such effect from the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware. Our opinion set forth in paragraph 2 below as to the
Company's qualification to do business and good standing as a foreign
corporation under the laws of the Commonwealths of Massachusetts and Virginia
and the States of Oklahoma, Illinois and Georgia is based solely on our review
of certificates from the Secretaries of State of the states noted.
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In connection with our opinion set forth in paragraph 7 below, insofar
as it relates to receipt by the Company of full payment upon the original
issuance of the Secondary Shares, we have relied solely on the representations
contained in the officer's certificate attached as Exhibit A hereto.
In connection with our opinion set forth in paragraph 13 below, we have
relied solely on the representations contained in the officer's certificate
attached as Exhibit A hereto and have not conducted a search of any computer or
electronic databases, or of the dockets of any court or administrative or
regulatory agency.
Members of our firm are admitted to the bar in the States of Delaware
and New York and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and we do not express any
opinion as to the laws of any other jurisdiction other than the laws of the
United States of America to the extent referred to specifically herein.
Based upon and subject to the limitations, qualifications, exceptions
and assumptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:
1. The Company is duly incorporated, validly existing and in
good standing as a corporation under the laws of the State of Delaware.
2. The Company is qualified to do business and in good
standing as a foreign corporation under the laws of the Commonwealths
of Massachusetts and Virginia and the States of Oklahoma, Illinois and
Georgia.
3. The Company has the corporate power and corporate authority
to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business
as described in the Registration Statement.
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4. The authorized capital stock of the Company conforms as to
legal matters to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus.
5. The Shares have been duly authorized for quotation on the
Nasdaq National Market.
6. The Primary Shares have been duly authorized by the
Company and, when delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters in
accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, will be
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock.
The issuance of the Primary Shares will not be subject to any
preemptive or similar rights arising under the Certificate of
Incorporation or the By-laws or the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware or under any Applicable Contract, in each case as
currently in effect.
7. The original issuance and sale of the Secondary Shares was
duly authorized by the Company, and the Secondary Shares are validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock. The
original issuance and sale of the Secondary Shares was not in violation
of any preemptive or similar rights arising under the Certificate of
Incorporation or the By-laws or the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware or under any Applicable Contract, in each case as
currently in effect.
8. The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Company.
9. The execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement by
the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated thereby will not contravene (i) the Certificate of
Incorporation or the By-laws; (ii) any Applicable Law; (iii) except to
the extent disclosed in the Prospectus, any Applicable Contract; (iv)
any Applicable Order; or (v) the Act, the Rules and Regulations, the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or
the rules and regulations thereunder, provided, however,
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that we do not express any opinion in this paragraph 8 with regard to
the anti-fraud provisions of the Act, the Rules and Regulations, the
Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder or the information
contained in, the accuracy, completeness or correctness of, or the
adequacy of the disclosure contained in, the Prospectus or the
Registration Statement or the responsiveness thereof to the
requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations, which matters
are addressed in paragraph 10 below and the second paragraph following
paragraph 15 below.
10. No Governmental Approval, or consent, filing, registration
or approval of or with the Commission, is required to be made or
obtained by the Company for the execution and delivery by the Company
of the Underwriting Agreement or the issuance and sale of the Primary
Shares by the Company pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, except
such as have been obtained or made, as set forth herein.
11. The statements set forth in the Prospectus under the
captions "Management-Benefit Plans", "Description of Capital Stock",
"Shares Eligible For Future Sale -- Rule 144", "Shares Eligible for
Future Sale -- Rule 701" and in Item 14 of the Registration Statement,
insofar as such statements constitute summaries of legal matters or
certain provisions of the documents referred to therein, fairly
summarize the matters referred to therein in all material respects.
12. The Registration Statement, at the time it became
effective, and the Prospectus, as of its date, appeared on their face
to be appropriately responsive in all material respects to the
requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations, except that, in
each case, we do not express any opinion as to the financial
statements, schedules and other financial and statistical data included
therein or excluded therefrom or the exhibits thereto, and, except to
the extent expressly stated in paragraph 10 above, we do not assume any
responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the
statements contained in the Registration Statement or either
Prospectus.
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13. To our knowledge, there are no legal or governmental
proceedings pending or threatened to which the Company is a party or to
which any of the properties of the Company is subject that are required
to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and
are not so described or statutes, regulations, contracts or other
documents that are required by the Securities Act or rules and
regulations thereunder to be described in the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement
that are not described or filed as required.
14. The Company is not and, upon the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, will not be,
an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
15. No shares of Common Stock are required pursuant to any
Applicable Contract to be registered under the Registration Statement,
except such rights that have either been satisfied or validly waived.
We have been orally advised by the Commission that the Registration
Statement was declared effective under the Act at [ ] on _____ 2000. We have
been orally advised by the Commission that no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and, to the best of
our knowledge, no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are
pending or threatened by the Commission.
In addition, we have participated in conferences with officers and
other representatives of the Company, certain Selling Stockholders, counsel for
the Selling Stockholders, representatives of the independent accountants of the
Company, your counsel and you at which the contents of the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus and related matters were discussed and, although we
are not passing upon, and do not assume any
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responsibility for, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements
contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and have made no
independent check or verification thereof (except to the extent expressly stated
in paragraph 11 above), on the basis of the foregoing, no facts have come to our
attention that have led us to believe that the Registration Statement, at the
time it became effective, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading, or that the Prospectus, as of its
date and as of the date hereof, contained or contains an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading, except that we do not express any opinion or belief
with respect to the financial statements, schedules and other financial and
statistical data included therein or excluded therefrom or the exhibits to the
Registration Statement.
This opinion is furnished to you solely for your benefit in connection
with the closing under the Underwriting Agreement occurring today and is not to
be used, circulated, quoted or otherwise referred to for any other purpose or
relied upon by any other person without our express written permission.
Very truly yours,
SCHEDULE I
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Applicable Contracts
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Purchase and License Agreement between the Company and Xxxxxxxx Communications,
Inc. dated March 5, 1999
Addendum to Purchase and License Agreement between the Company and Xxxxxxxx
Communications, Inc. dated November 21, 1999
Manufacturing Services Agreement between the Company and Celestica Corporation
dated February 9, 2000.
Lease dated as of December 21, 1998 between BerCar II LLC, a Massachusetts
limited liability company and the Company regarding 00 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX
Lease Agreement between WA/TIB Real Estate Limited Partnership and the Company
effective September 20, 1999
Form of Indemnification Agreement between the Company and each of Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx X. Xxxxx, Xxxx X.
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X. Jewels, Xxxxxx X. Xxxx, Xxxxx X. Xxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx and Xxxxx Xxxxx, each dated November 17, 1999
Form of Change in Control Agreement between the Company and each of Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X. Jewels, Xxxxxx X. Xxxx,
Xxxxx X. Xxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx and Xxxxx Xxxxx,
each dated November 17, 1999
Promissory Note and Pledge Agreement dated October 20, 1999 between the Company
and Xxxxx Xxx, Vice President of Business Development
Promissory Note dated February 25, 1999 between the Company and Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Promissory Note dated June 16, 1999 between the Company and Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Lease Agreement between the Company and New Boston Mill Road Limited
Partnership dated March 8, 2000
Assignment of Subleases between the Company and Thermedics Detection, Inc. dated
March 8, 2000
SCHEDULE II
APPLICABLE ORDERS
None
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EXHIBIT C
Opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP
March [ ], 2000
XXXXXX XXXXXXX & CO. INCORPORATED
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON
XXXXXX BROTHERS INC.
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.
XXXX XXXXXXXX INCORPORATED
FLEETBOSTON XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX INC.
XXXXXX XXXXXX PARTNERS LLC
c/o Morgan Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Re: Sycamore Networks, Inc.
Public Offering of Common
Stock, par value $.001 per share
--------------------------------
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to the stockholders (the "Selling
Stockholders") of Sycamore Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), listed on Schedule I hereto (the "Selling Stockholders") in
connection with the Underwriting Agreement, dated March [ ], 2000 (the
"Underwriting Agreement"), between the Company, the Selling Stockholders, Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, Credit Suisse First Boston, Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.,
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc., Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Incorporated, FleetBoston Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx Inc. and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Partners LLC as the several Underwriters named
therein (the "Underwriters"), relating to the sale to the several Underwriters
by the Company of 12,394,707 shares (the "Primary Shares") of the Company's
common stock, par value $.001 per share ("Common Stock"), and by the Selling
Stockholders of 2,605,293 shares of Common Stock (the "Secondary Shares" and,
together with the Primary Shares, the "Shares").
This opinion is being furnished pursuant to Section 6(d) of the
Underwriting Agreement.
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In connection with this opinion, we have examined originals or copies,
certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of (i) the Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-30630) relating to the Shares, filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on February 18, 2000
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), Amendment No. 1
thereto filed with the Commission on February 28, 2000, and Amendment No. 2
thereto filed with the Commission on _____ 2000, including information deemed to
be a part of the registration statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to
Rule 430A of the General Rules and Regulations under the Act (the "Rules and
Regulations") (such Registration Statement, as so amended, being hereinafter
referred to as the "Registration Statement"); (ii) the final prospectus, dated
_____ 2000, relating to the Shares in the form filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations (the "Prospectus"); (iii) a
specimen certificate representing the Common Stock; (iv) an executed copy of
the Underwriting Agreement; (v) the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company,
as currently in effect (the "Certificate of Incorporation"); (vi) the By-laws of
the Company, as currently in effect (the "By-laws"); (vii) certificates
representing the Secondary Shares, together with stock powers executed by each
of the Selling Stockholders; (ix) copies of the Custody Agreement and Power of
Attorney executed by each of the Selling Stockholders; (x) the trust agreement
for the Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Grantor Retained Annuity Trust dated April 20, 1999;
and (xi) the trust agreement for The Xxxx 1999 Trust dated August 11, 1999. We
have also examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to
our satisfaction, of such records of the Company and such agreements,
certificates of public officials, certificates of the Selling Stockholders,
officers or other representatives of the Company and others, and such other
documents, certificates and records as we have deemed necessary or appropriate
as a basis for the opinions set forth herein.
In our examination, we have assumed the legal capacity of all natural
persons, the genuineness of all
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signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the
conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified
or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter
documents. In making our examination of executed documents, we have assumed that
the parties thereto, other than the Selling Stockholders, had the power,
corporate or other, to enter into and perform all obligations thereunder and
have also assumed the due authorization by all requisite action, corporate or
other, and execution and delivery by such parties of such documents and the
validity and binding effect thereof on such parties. As to any facts material to
the opinions expressed herein which we did not independently establish or
verify, we have relied upon oral or written statements and representations of
the Selling Stockholders, officers and other representatives of the Company and
others.
As used herein, (i) the term "Applicable Laws" means those laws of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the United States of America that, in each
case, in our experience, are normally applicable to transactions of the type
contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement (except for United States, state and
foreign securities or Blue Sky laws, anti-fraud laws and the rules and
regulations of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.) but without
our having made any special investigation regarding any other laws; (ii) the
term "Governmental Authorities" means any federal or Massachusetts executive,
legislative, judicial, administrative or regulatory body; (iii) the term
"Applicable Orders" means those judgments, orders or decrees of any Governmental
Authorities specifically identified to us by the Selling Stockholders to be
applicable to any of them, as identified on Schedule II hereto; and (iv) the
term "Governmental Approval" means any consent, approval, license,
authorization or validation of, or filing, qualification or registration with,
any Governmental Authority required to be made or obtained by the Selling
Stockholders pursuant to Applicable Laws, other than any consent, approval,
license, authorization, validation, filing, qualification or registration which
may have become applicable as a
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result of your or the Company's involvement in the transactions contemplated by
the Underwriting Agreement or because of your or the Company's legal or
regulatory status or because of any other facts specifically pertaining to you
or the Company.
Members of our firm are admitted to the bar in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts and the State of New York, and we do not express any opinion as to
the laws of any other jurisdiction other than the laws of the United States of
America to the extent referred to specifically herein. It should be noted that
we do not generally represent any of the Selling Stockholders, our
representation of them being limited to matters specifically related to the
transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement.
Based upon and subject to the limitations, qualifications, exceptions
and assumptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:
1. The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by or on behalf of each of the Selling
Shareholders.
2. The execution and delivery by each Selling Shareholder of,
and the performance by such Selling Shareholder of its obligations
under, the Underwriting Agreement and the Custody Agreement and Power
of Attorney of such Selling Shareholder will not contravene any
Applicable Law, or, to our knowledge, any agreement or other instrument
binding upon such Selling Shareholder or, to our knowledge, any
Applicable Order, and no Governmental Approval is required for the
performance by such Selling Shareholder of its obligations under the
Underwriting Agreement or the Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney
of such Selling Shareholder, except such as have been obtained or made
under the Securities Act and such as may be required by the securities
or Blue Sky laws of the various states in connection with offer and
sale of the Shares.
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3. To our knowledge, each of the Selling Shareholders has sole
and exclusive rights and interests in and to the Shares to be sold by
such Selling Shareholder and the legal right and power, and all
authorization and approval required by law, to enter into the
Underwriting Agreement and the Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney
of such Selling Shareholder and to sell, transfer and deliver the
Shares to be sold by such Selling Shareholder.
4. The Custody Agreement and the Power of Attorney of each
Selling Shareholder have been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by such Selling Shareholder.
5. Assuming that none of the Underwriters has notice of any
adverse claims with respect to the certificates registered in the name
of the Selling Shareholders and evidencing the Shares to be sold by the
Selling Shareholders, upon delivery to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx for the benefit
of the Underwriters of such certificates endorsed in blank by an
effective endorsement, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx for the benefit of the
Underwriters will acquire such certificates (and the Shares
represented thereby) free of any adverse claims under Section 8-303 of
the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on the date hereof in the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the "Massachusetts UCC"). As used
herein, "notice of adverse claim" has the meaning set forth in Section
8-105 of the Massachusetts UCC and includes, without limitation, any
claim which any Underwriter would discovery upon any investigation
which such person has a duty, imposed by statute or regulation, to
investigate.
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This opinion is furnished to you solely for your benefit in connection
with the closing under the Underwriting Agreement occurring today and is not to
be used, circulated, quoted or otherwise referred to for any other purpose or
relied upon by any other person without our express written permission.
Very truly yours,
