3,710,000 Shares
GameTech International, Inc.
Common Stock
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
__________, 1997
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXX & XXXXXXXX
SECURITIES CORPORATION
PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES INCORPORATED
As representatives of the several Underwriters
named in Schedule I hereto
c/x Xxxxxxxxx, Lufkin & Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Dear Sirs:
GameTech International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
proposes to issue and sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule I
hereto (the "Underwriters"), and certain stockholders of the Company named in
Schedule II hereto (the "Selling Stockholders") severally propose to sell to the
Underwriters, an aggregate of 3,710,000 shares of the common stock, par value
$.001 per share, of the Company (the "Firm Shares"), of which 3,100,000 shares
are to be issued and sold by the Company and 610,000 shares are to be sold by
the Selling Stockholders. The Company also proposes to issue and sell and
certain of the Selling Stockholders also propose to sell, to the several
Underwriters not more than 556,000 additional shares of common stock, par value
$.001 per share, of the Company (the "Additional Shares") if requested by the
Underwriters as provided in Section 2 hereof. The Firm Shares and the
Additional Shares are hereinafter referred to collectively as the "Shares." The
shares of common stock of the Company to be outstanding after giving effect to
the sales contemplated hereby are hereinafter referred to as the "Common Stock."
The Company and the Selling Stockholders are hereinafter collectively called the
"Sellers."
Section 1. REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND PROSPECTUS. The Company has
prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder
(collectively, the "Act"), a registration statement on Form S-1, including a
prospectus, relating to the Shares. The registration statement, as amended at
the time it became effective, including the information (if any) deemed to be
part of the registration statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule
430A under the Act, is hereinafter referred to as the "Registration Statement;"
and the prospectus in the form first used to confirm sales of Shares is
hereinafter referred to as the "Prospectus." If the Company has filed or is
required pursuant to the terms hereof to file a registration statement pursuant
to Rule 462(b) under the Act registering additional shares of Common Stock (a
"Rule 462(b) Registration Statement"), then, unless otherwise specified, any
reference herein to the term "Registration Statement" shall be deemed to include
such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement.
Section 2. AGREEMENTS TO SELL AND PURCHASE AND LOCK-UP AGREEMENTS. On
the basis of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, and
subject to its terms and conditions, (i) the Company agrees to issue and sell
3,100,000 Firm Shares, (ii) each Selling Stockholder agrees, severally and not
jointly, to sell the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite such Selling
Stockholder's name in Schedule II hereto and (iii) each Underwriter agrees,
severally and not jointly, to purchase from each Seller at a price per Share set
forth on the cover page of the Prospectus (the "Purchase Price") the number of
Firm Shares (subject to such adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as you
may determine) that bears the same proportion to the total number of Firm Shares
to be sold by such Seller as the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the
name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto bears to the total number of Firm
Shares.
On the basis of the representations and warranties contained in this
Agreement, and subject to its terms and conditions, (i) the Company agrees to
issue and sell up to 356,000 Additional Shares; (ii) each Selling Stockholder
agrees to sell up to the number of Additional Shares set forth opposite such
Selling Stockholder's name on Schedule II hereto and (iii) the Underwriters
shall have the right to purchase, severally and not jointly, up to an aggregate
556,000 Additional Shares from the Company and the Selling Stockholders at the
Purchase Price. The Additional Shares may be purchased solely for the purpose
of covering over-allotments made in connection with the offering of the Firm
Shares. The Underwriters may exercise their right to purchase the Additional
Shares in whole or in part from time to time by giving written notice thereof to
the Company and an Attorney-in-Fact (as hereinafter defined) within 30 days
after the date of this Agreement. You shall give any such notice on behalf of
the Underwriters and such notice shall specify the aggregate number of
Additional Shares to be purchased pursuant to such exercise and the date for
payment and delivery thereof, which date
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shall be a business day (i) no earlier than two business days after such notice
has been given (and, in any event, no earlier than the Closing Date (as
hereinafter defined)) and (ii) no later than ten business days after such notice
has been given. If Additional Shares are to be purchased and the number to be
purchased is less than 556,500, the Underwriters shall purchase such lesser
number of Additional Shares from the Company and from the Selling Stockholders
pro rata, I.E., shall purchase 64% of such Additional Shares from the Company
and 36% from the Selling Stockholders. If any Additional Shares are to be
purchased, each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase (i)
from the Company the number of Additional Shares (subject to such adjustments to
eliminate fractional shares as you may determine) which bears the same
proportion to the total number of Additional Shares to be purchased from the
Company as the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of such
Underwriter in Schedule I bears to the total number of Firm Shares and (ii) from
each of the Selling Stockholders who are Selling Additional Shares, 25% of the
total number of Additional Shares to be purchased from the Selling Stockholders
(subject to such adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as you may
determine).
Each Seller hereby agrees, severally and not jointly, not to (i) offer,
pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase,
purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to
purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any
shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for Common Stock or (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement
that transfers all or a portion of the economic consequences associated with the
ownership of any Common Stock (regardless of whether any of the transactions
described in clause (i) or (ii) is to be settled by the delivery of Common
Stock, or such other securities, in cash or otherwise), except to the
Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, for a period of 180 days after the date
of the Prospectus without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx &
Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, during such
period (i) the Company may grant stock options pursuant to the Company's
existing stock option plan and (ii) the Company may issue shares of Common Stock
upon the exercise of an option or warrant or the conversion of a security
outstanding on the date hereof. The Company also agrees not to file any
registration statement with respect to any shares of Common Stock or any
securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock for
a period of 180 days after the date of the Prospectus without the prior written
consent of Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation. In addition,
each Selling Stockholder agrees that, for a period of 180 days after the date of
the Prospectus without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxxxx, Lufkin & Xxxxxxxx
Securities Corporation, it will not make any demand for, or exercise any right
with respect to, the registration of any shares of Common Stock or any
securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock.
The Company shall, prior to or concurrently with the execution of this
Agreement, deliver an agreement executed
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by (i) each of the directors and officers of the Company who is not a Selling
Stockholder and (ii) each stockholder listed on Annex I hereto to the effect
that such person will not, during the period commencing on the date such person
signs such agreement and ending 180 days after the date of the Prospectus,
without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxxxx, Lufkin & Xxxxxxxx Securities
Corporation, (A) engage in any of the transactions described in the first
sentence of this paragraph or (B) make any demand for, or exercise any right
with respect to, the registration of any shares of Common Stock or any
securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock.
Section 3. TERMS OF PUBLIC OFFERING. The Sellers are advised by you
that the Underwriters propose (i) to make a public offering of their respective
portions of the Shares as soon after the execution and delivery of this
Agreement as in your judgment is advisable and (ii) initially to offer the
Shares upon the terms set forth in the Prospectus.
Section 4. DELIVERY AND PAYMENT. Delivery to the Underwriters of and
payment for the Firm Shares shall be made at 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on
the third or fourth business day following the date of the initial public
offering (the "Closing Date") at such place as you shall designate. The Closing
Date and the location of delivery of and payment for the Firm Shares may be
varied by agreement between you and the Company.
Delivery to the Underwriters of and payment for any Additional Shares to be
purchased by the Underwriters shall be made at such place as you shall designate
at 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the date specified in the applicable
exercise notice given by you pursuant to Section 2 (an "Option Closing Date").
Any such Option Closing Date and the location of delivery of and payment for
such Additional Shares may be varied by agreement between you and the Company.
The Company shall cause to be delivered to The Depository Trust Company
("DTC") prior to the Closing Date or an Option Closing Date, as the case may be.
The interests of the several Underwriters in the Shares shall be evidenced by
book entries on the records of DTC, as the Representatives may request not less
than one full business day prior to the Closing Date or an Option Closing Date,
as the case may be. The Shares shall be delivered to DTC and confirmed by the
Representatives on the Closing Date or an Option Closing Date, as the case may
be, with any transfer taxes thereon duly paid by the respective Sellers, for the
respective accounts of the several Underwriters, against payment to the Sellers
of the Purchase Price therefor by wire transfer of Federal or other funds
immediately available.
Section 5. AGREEMENTS OF THE COMPANY. The Company agrees with you:
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(a) To advise you promptly and, if requested by you, to confirm
such advice in writing, (i) of any request by the Commission for amendments to
the Registration Statement or amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or for
additional information, (ii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of the suspension
of qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the
initiation of any proceeding for such purposes, (iii) when any amendment to the
Registration Statement becomes effective, (iv) if the Company is required to
file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement after the effectiveness of this
Agreement, when the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement has become effective and
(v) of the happening of any event during the period referred to in Section 5(d)
below which makes any statement of a material fact made in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus untrue or which requires any additions to or changes
in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements
therein not misleading. If at any time the Commission shall issue any stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company
will make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such
order at the earliest possible time.
(b) To furnish to you, without charge, four (4) signed copies
of the Registration Statement as first filed with the Commission and of each
amendment to it, including all exhibits, and to furnish to you and each
Underwriter designated by you such number of conformed copies of the
Registration Statement as so filed and of each amendment to it, without
exhibits, as you may reasonably request.
(c) To prepare the Prospectus, the form and substance of which
shall be satisfactory to you, and to file the Prospectus in such form with the
Commission within the applicable period specified in Rule 424(b) under the Act;
during the period specified in Section 5(d) below, not to file any further
amendment to the Registration Statement and not to make any amendment or
supplement to the Prospectus of which you shall not previously have been advised
or to which you shall reasonably object after being so advised; and, during such
period, to prepare and file with the Commission, promptly upon your reasonable
request, any amendment to the Registration Statement or amendment or supplement
to the Prospectus which may be necessary or advisable in connection with the
distribution of the Shares by you, and to use its best efforts to cause any such
amendment to the Registration Statement to become promptly effective.
(d) Prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the first
business day after the date of this Agreement and from time to time thereafter
for such period as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus
is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales by an Underwriter or
a dealer, to furnish to each Underwriter and any dealer as many copies of the
Prospectus (and of any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus) as such
Underwriter or dealer may reasonably request.
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(e) If during the period specified in Section 5(d), any event
shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which, in the opinion of
counsel for the Underwriters, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the
Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading,
or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend
or supplement the Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare
and file with the Commission an appropriate amendment or supplement to the
Prospectus so that the statements in the Prospectus, as so amended or
supplemented, will not in the light of the circumstances when it is so
delivered, be misleading, or so that the Prospectus will comply with applicable
law, and to furnish to each Underwriter and to any such dealer as you shall
specify as many copies thereof as such Underwriter or dealer may reasonably
request.
(f) Prior to any public offering of the Shares, to cooperate
with you and counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the registration or
qualification of the Shares for offer and sale by the several Underwriters and
by dealers under the state securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as
you may request, to continue such registration or qualification in effect so
long as required for distribution of the Shares and to file such consents to
service of process or other documents as may be necessary in order to effect
such registration or qualification. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company
shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general
consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not presently
qualified or where it would be subject to taxation as a foreign corporation.
(g) To mail and make generally available to its Stockholders as
soon as reasonably practicable an earnings statement covering the twelve-month
period of at least twelve months after the effective date of the Registration
Statement (but in no event commencing later than 90 days after such date) that
shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act, and to advise you in
writing when such statement has been so made available.
(h) During the period of five years after the date of this
Agreement, to furnish to you as soon as available copies of all reports or other
publicly available information of the Company furnished to the record holders of
Common Stock or furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national
securities exchange on which any class of securities of the Company is listed
and such other publicly available information concerning the Company and its
subsidiaries as you may reasonably request.
(i) Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this
Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, to pay or cause to be
paid all
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expenses incident to the performance of the Sellers' obligations under this
Agreement, including: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company's
counsel, the Company's accountants and any Selling Stockholder's counsel (in
addition to the Company's counsel) in connection with the registration and
delivery of the Shares under the Act and all other fees and expenses in
connection with the preparation, printing, filing and distribution of the
Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits), any
preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus and all amendments and supplements to any
of the foregoing, including the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the
Underwriters and dealers in the quantities specified herein, (ii) all costs and
expenses related to the transfer and delivery of the Shares to the Underwriters,
including any transfer or other taxes payable thereon, (iii) all costs of
printing or producing this Agreement and any other agreements or documents in
connection with the offering, purchase, sale or delivery of the Shares, (iv) all
expenses in connection with the registration or qualification of the Shares for
offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of the several states and
all costs of printing or producing any Preliminary and Supplemental Blue Sky
Memoranda in connection therewith (including the filing fees and fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such
registration or qualification and memoranda relating thereto), (v) the filing
fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the
review and clearance of the offering of the Shares by the National Association
of Securities Dealers, Inc., (vi) all fees and expenses in connection with the
preparation and filing of the registration statement on Form 8-A relating to the
Common Stock and all costs and expenses incident to the listing of the Shares on
the Nasdaq National Market, (vii) the cost of printing certificates representing
the Shares, (viii) the costs and charges of any transfer agent, registrar and/or
depositary, (ix) the fees and expenses of a qualified independent underwriter
(the "QIU") (including the fees and disbursements of counsel to the QIU), and
(x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations
of the Company and the Selling Stockholders hereunder for which provision is not
otherwise made in this Section. The provisions of this Section shall not
supersede or otherwise affect any agreement that the Company and the Selling
Stockholders may otherwise have for allocation of such expenses among
themselves.
(j) During the period when representatives of the Company and
the Underwriters travel to meetings with potential investors (the "Roadshow"),
to pay (i) one-half of all costs, expenses, fees and taxes incident to the
renting or chartering of private planes to be used for travel during the
Roadshow, (ii) all costs, expenses, fees and taxes associated with the
presentation materials to be used by the Company and the Underwriters during the
Roadshow, and (iii) all costs, expenses, fees and taxes for personal expenses
(including, without limitation, all food, lodging and personal services) of
representatives of the Company participating in the Roadshow.
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(k) To use its best efforts to list for quotation the Shares on
the Nasdaq National Market and to maintain the listing of the Shares on the
Nasdaq National Market for a period of three years after the date of this
Agreement.
(l) To use its best efforts to do and perform all things
required or necessary to be done and performed under this Agreement by the
Company prior to the Closing Date or any Option Closing Date, as the case may
be, and to satisfy all conditions precedent to the delivery of the Shares.
(m) If the Registration Statement at the time of the
effectiveness of this Agreement does not cover all of the Shares, to file a Rule
462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission registering the Shares not so
covered in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., New York City time, on the
date of this Agreement and to pay to the Commission the filing fee for such Rule
462(b) Registration Statement at the time of the filing thereof or to give
irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule 111(b)
under the Act.
Section 6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY. The Company
represents and warrants to each Underwriter that:
(a) The Registration Statement has become effective (other than
any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement to be filed by the Company after the
effectiveness of this Agreement); any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement filed
after the effectiveness of this Agreement will become effective no later than
10:00 P.M., New York City time, on the date of this Agreement; and no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, and no
proceedings for such purpose are pending before or threatened by the Commission.
(b) (i) The Registration Statement (other than any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement to be filed by the Company after the effectiveness of
this Agreement), when it became effective, did not contain and, as amended, if
applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Registration Statement (other than
any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement to be filed by the Company after the
effectiveness of this Agreement) and the Prospectus comply and, as amended or
supplemented, if applicable, will comply in all material respects with the Act,
(iii) if the Company is required to file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement
after the effectiveness of this Agreement, such Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement and any amendments thereto, when they become effective (A) will not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading and (B) will comply in all material respects with the Act and (iv)
the Prospectus does not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable,
will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
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a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the
representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph do not apply to
statements or omissions in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus based
upon information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing
by such Underwriter through you expressly for use therein.
(c) Each preliminary prospectus filed as part of the
Registration Statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment thereto,
or filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act, complied when so filed in all
material respects with the Act, and did not contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading, except that the representations and
warranties set forth in this paragraph do not apply to statements or omissions
in any preliminary prospectus based upon information relating to any Underwriter
furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through you expressly
for use therein.
(d) The Company has no subsidiaries. The Company has been
duly incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under
the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and has the corporate power and
authority to carry on its business as described in the Prospectus and to own,
lease and operate its properties, and is duly qualified and is in good standing
as a foreign corporation authorized to do business in each jurisdiction in which
the nature of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such
qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not have a
material adverse effect on the business, prospects, financial condition or
results of operations of the Company
(e) There are no outstanding subscriptions, rights, warrants,
options, calls, convertible securities, commitments of sale or liens granted or
issued by the Company relating to or entitling any person to purchase or
otherwise to acquire any shares of the capital stock of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries, except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement.
(f) All the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company
(including the Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholders) have been duly
authorized and validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and not subject
to any preemptive or similar rights; and the Shares to be issued and sold by the
Company have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered to the
Underwriters against payment therefor as provided by this Agreement, will be
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of such Shares
will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights.
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(g) The authorized capital stock of the Company, including the
Common Stock, conforms as to legal matters to the description thereof contained
in the Prospectus.
(h) The Company is not (x) in violation of its charter or
by-laws or (y) in default in the performance of any obligation, agreement,
covenant or condition contained in any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage,
lease or other agreement or instrument that is material to the Company, taken
as a whole, to which the Company is a party or by which the Company or any of
its property is bound, except (in the case of this clause (y)) for such defaults
as do not, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the
business, prospects, financial condition or results of operations of the
Company.
(i) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
by the Company, the compliance by the Company with all the provisions hereof and
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not (i) require
any consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or qualification with,
any court or governmental body or agency (except such as may be required under
the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states), (ii) conflict with or
constitute a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or a default under,
the charter or by-laws of the Company or, except as to defaults, violations or
conflicts which individually or in the aggregate would not be reasonably likely
to be material to the Company any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, lease or
other agreement or instrument that is material to the Company, to which the
Company is a party or by which the Company or any of its property is bound,
(iii) violate or conflict with any applicable law or any rule, regulation,
judgment, order or decree of any court or any governmental body or agency having
jurisdiction over the Company or any of its property, which violation or
conflict would be reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the
business, prospects, financial condition or results of operation of the Company
or (iv) result in the suspension, termination or revocation of any Authorization
(as defined below) of the Company or any other impairment of the rights of the
holder of any such Authorization.
(j) There are no material legal or governmental proceedings
pending to which the Company is a party or to which any of its property is the
subject and, to the best of the Company's knowledge, no such proceedings are
threatened or contemplated, that are required to be described in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus and are not so described; nor are there
any statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that are required to be
described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as
exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not so described or filed as
required.
(k) The Company has not violated any foreign, federal, state
or local law or regulation relating to the protection of human health and
safety, the
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environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or
contaminants ("Environmental Laws") or any provisions of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, except for such violations which, singly or in the
aggregate, would not have a material adverse effect on the business, prospects,
financial condition or results of operation of the Company.
(l) The Company has such permits, licenses, consents,
exemptions, franchises, authorizations and other approvals (each, an
"Authorization") of, and has made all filings with and notices to, all
governmental, tribal or regulatory authorities and self-regulatory organizations
and all courts and other tribunals, including, without limitation, under any
applicable Environmental Laws, as are necessary to own, lease, license and
operate its respective properties and to conduct its business, except where the
failure to have any such Authorization or to make any such filing or notice
would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the
business, prospects, financial condition or results of operations of the
Company. Each such Authorization is valid and in full force and effect and the
Company is in compliance with all the terms and conditions thereof and with the
rules and regulations of the authorities and governing bodies having
jurisdiction with respect thereto; and no event has occurred (including, without
limitation, the receipt of any notice from any authority or governing body)
which allows or, after notice or lapse of time or both, would allow, revocation,
suspension or termination of any such Authorization or results or, after notice
or lapse of time or both, would result in any other material impairment of the
rights of the holder of any such Authorization; and except as described in the
Prospectus, such Authorizations contain no restrictions compliance with which
would have a material adverse effect on the business, prospects, financial
condition or results of operations of the Company.
(m) 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 Authorization, 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 business, prospects,
financial condition or results of operations of the Company.
(n) Except as otherwise set forth in the Prospectus or such as
are not material to the business, prospects, financial condition or results of
operation of the Company, the Company has good and marketable title, free and
clear of all liens, claims, encumbrances and restrictions except liens for taxes
not yet due and payable, to all property and assets described in the
Registration Statement as being owned by it. All leases to which the Company is
a party are valid and binding and no default has occurred or is continuing
thereunder, which might result in any material
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adverse change in the business, prospects, financial condition or results of
operation of the Company, and the Company enjoys peaceful and undisturbed
possession under all such leases to which it is a party as lessee with such
exceptions as do not materially interfere with the use made by the Company.
(o) The Company maintains reasonably adequate insurance.
(p) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company.
(q) Ernst & Young LLP are independent public accountants with
respect to the Company as required by the Act.
(r) The financial statements included in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement thereto), together
with related schedules and notes, present fairly the financial position, results
of operations and changes in financial position of the Company on the basis
stated therein at the respective dates or for the respective periods to which
they apply; such statements and related schedules and notes have been prepared
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied
throughout the periods involved, except as disclosed therein; the supporting
schedules, if any, included in the Registration Statement present fairly in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles the information
required to be stated therein; and the other financial and statistical
information and data set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
(and any amendment or supplement thereto) are, in all material respects,
accurately presented and prepared in good faith on the basis of the assumptions
described in the Registration Statement and such assumptions are reasonable and
the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions
and circumstances referred to therein, on a basis consistent with such financial
statements and the books and records of the Company.
(s) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering
and sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof as described
in the Prospectus, will not be, an "investment company" as such term is defined
in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(t) There are no contracts, agreements or understandings
between the Company and any person granting such person the right to require the
Company to file a registration statement under the Act with respect to any
securities of the Company or to require the Company to include such securities
with the Shares registered pursuant to the Registration Statement.
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(u) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no
business relationships or related party transactions required to be disclosed
therein by Item 404 of Regulation S-K of the Commission.
(v) There is (i) no significant unfair labor practice complaint
pending against the Company or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened
against it, before the National Labor Relations Board or any state or local
labor relations board, and no significant grievance or arbitration proceeding
arising out of or under any collective bargaining agreement is so pending
against the Company or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened against
it, and (ii) no significant strike, labor dispute, slowdown or stoppage pending
against the Company or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened against
it except for such actions specified in clause (i) or (ii) above, which, singly
or in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
effect on the Company.
(w) The Company maintains a system of internal accounting
controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are
executed in accordance with management's general or specific authorizations;
(ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to
maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in
accordance with management's general or specific authorization; and (iv) the
recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
difference.
(x) The Company has filed a registration statement pursuant to
Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, to register the Common Stock, has filed an
application to list the Shares for trading on the Nasdaq National Market, and
has received notification that the listing has been approved, subject to notice
of issuance.
(y) Since the respective dates as of which information is given
in the Prospectus other than as set forth in the Prospectus (exclusive of any
amendments or supplements thereto subsequent to the date of this Agreement), (i)
there has not occurred any material adverse change or any development involving
a prospective material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise,
or the earnings, business, management or operations of the Company, (ii) there
has not been any material adverse change or any development involving a
prospective material adverse change in the capital stock or in the long-term
debt of the Company and (iii) the Company has not incurred any material
liability or obligation, direct or contingent.
(z) Each certificate signed by any officer of the Company and
delivered to the Underwriters or counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed to
be
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a representation and warranty by the Company to the Underwriters as to the
matters covered thereby.
(aa) The Company has not taken, and will not take, directly or
indirectly, any action designed to, or which might reasonably be expected to,
cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of
the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares pursuant to the
distribution contemplated by this Agreement, and other than as permitted by the
Act, the Company has not distributed and will not distribute any prospectus or
other offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares.
Section 7. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLING STOCKHOLDERS.
Each Selling Stockholder, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to
each Underwriter that:
(a) Such Selling Stockholder is the lawful owner of the Shares
to be sold by such Selling Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement and has, and
on the Closing Date will have, good and clear title to such Shares, free of all
restrictions on transfer, liens, encumbrances, security interests, equities and
claims whatsoever.
(b) Such Selling Stockholder has, and on the Closing Date (and
any Option Closing Date, if applicable) will have, full legal right, power and
authority, and all authorization and approval required by law, to enter into
this Agreement, the Custody Agreement signed by such Selling Stockholder and
___________________, as Custodian, relating to the deposit of the Shares to be
sold by such Selling Stockholder (the "Custody Agreement") and the Power of
Attorney of such Selling Stockholder appointing certain individuals as such
Selling Stockholder's attorneys-in-fact (the "Attorneys") to the extent set
forth therein, relating to the transactions contemplated hereby and by the
Registration Statement and the Custody Agreement (the "Power of Attorney") and
to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Shares to be sold by such Selling
Stockholder in the manner provided herein and therein.
(c) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by or on behalf of such Selling Stockholder.
(d) The Custody Agreement of such Selling Stockholder has been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Selling Stockholder and is a
valid and binding agreement of such Selling Stockholder, enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforcement thereof may be
limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other
similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors' rights generally
and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is
considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).
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(e) The Power of Attorney of such Selling Stockholder has been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Selling Stockholder and is a
valid and binding instrument of such Selling Stockholder, enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforcement thereof may be
limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other
similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors' rights generally
and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is
considered in a proceeding at law or in equity) and, pursuant to such Power of
Attorney, such Selling Stockholder has, among other things, authorized the
Attorneys, or any one of them, to execute and deliver on such Selling
Stockholder's behalf this Agreement and any other document that they, or any
one of them, may deem necessary or desirable in connection with transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby and to deliver the Shares to be sold by such
Selling Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement.
(f) Upon delivery of and payment for the Shares to be sold by
such Selling Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement and assuming the
Underwriters purchase such shares without notice of any adverse claim, good and
clear title to such Shares will pass to the Underwriters, free of all
restrictions on transfer, liens, encumbrances, security interests, equities and
claims whatsoever.
(g) Such Selling Stockholder has not taken, and will not take,
directly or indirectly, any action designed to, or which might reasonably be
expected to, cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of
any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares
pursuant to the distribution contemplated by this Agreement, and other than as
permitted by the Act, such Selling Stockholder has not distributed and will not
distribute any prospectus or other offering material in connection with the
offering and sale of the Shares.
(h) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
and the Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney of such Selling Stockholder by
or on behalf of such Selling Stockholder, the compliance by such Selling
Stockholder with all the provisions hereof and thereof and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i) require any
consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or qualification with, any
court or governmental body or agency (except such as may be required under the
securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states), (ii) conflict with or
constitute a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or a default under,
the organizational documents of such Selling Stockholder, if such Selling
Stockholder is not an individual, or any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage,
lease or other agreement or instrument to which such Selling Stockholder is a
party or by which such Selling Stockholder or any property of such Selling
Stockholder is bound or (iii) violate or conflict with any applicable law or any
rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any court or any
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governmental body or agency having jurisdiction over such Selling
Stockholder or any property of such Selling Stockholder.
(i) The information in the Registration Statement under the
caption "Principal and Selling Stockholders" which specifically relates to such
Selling Stockholder does not, and will not on the Closing Date (and any Option
Closing Date, if applicable), contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading.
(j) To the best of such Selling Stockholder's knowledge, the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus included therein at the time the
Registration Statement became effective did 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 that the
Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if applicable (except for financial
statements, as aforesaid) does not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order 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 (k) 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.
(k) At any time during the period described in Section 5(d), if
there is any change in the information referred to in Section 7(i), such Selling
Stockholder will immediately notify you of such change.
(l) Each certificate signed by or on behalf of such Selling
Stockholder and delivered to the Underwriters or counsel for the Underwriters
shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by such Selling Stockholder
to the Underwriters as to the matters covered thereby.
Section 8. INDEMNIFICATION. (a) The Sellers, jointly and severally,
agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its directors, its
officers and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and
against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and judgments
(including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses incurred in
connection with investigating or defending any matter, including any action,
that could give rise to any such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
judgments) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or any
amendment or supplement thereto if the Company shall have
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furnished or filed any amendments or supplements thereto) or any preliminary
prospectus, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or judgments are caused by any such untrue statement or omission or
alleged untrue statement or omission based upon information relating to any
Underwriter furnished in writing to the Company by such Underwriter through you
expressly for use therein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the aggregate
liability of any Selling Stockholder pursuant to this Section 8(a) shall be
limited to an amount equal to the total proceeds (before deducting expenses)
received by such Selling Stockholder from the Underwriters for the sale of the
Shares sold by such Selling Stockholder hereunder; 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 and liabilities and judgments 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 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 and supplemented) would have cured the defect giving
rise to such loss, claim, damage, liability or judgment.
(b) Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who sign
the Registration Statement, each person, if any, who controls the Company within
the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, each
Selling Stockholder and each person, if any, who controls such Selling
Stockholder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Sellers to
such Underwriter but only with reference to information relating to such
Underwriter furnished in writing to the Company by such Underwriter through you
expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), the
Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or any preliminary
prospectus.
(c) In case any action shall be commenced involving any person
in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 8(a) or 8(b)
(the "indemnified party"), the indemnified party shall promptly notify the
person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the "indemnifying party") in
writing and the indemnifying party shall assume the defense of such action,
including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified
party and the payment of all fees and expenses of such counsel, as incurred
(except that in the case of any action in respect of which indemnity may be
sought pursuant to both Sections 8(a) and 8(b), the Underwriter shall not be
required to assume the defense of such action pursuant to this Section 8(c), but
may employ separate counsel and participate
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in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel, except as
provided below, shall be at the expense of such Underwriter). Any indemnified
party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and
participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel
shall be at the expense of the indemnified party unless (i) the employment of
such counsel shall have been specifically authorized in writing by the
indemnifying party, (ii) the indemnifying party shall have failed to assume the
defense of such action or employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
indemnified party or (iii) the named parties to any such action (including any
impleaded parties) include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying
party, and the indemnified party shall have been advised by such counsel that
there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from
or additional to those available to the indemnifying party (in which case the
indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action
on behalf of the indemnified party). In any such case, the indemnifying party
shall not, in connection with any one action or separate but substantially
similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same
general allegations or circumstances, be liable for (i) the fees and expenses of
more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) for
all Underwriters, their officers and directors and all persons, if any, who
control any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Act or
Section 20 of the Exchange Act, (ii) the fees and expenses of more than one
separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) for the Company,
its directors, its officers who sign the Registration Statement and all persons,
if any, who control the Company within the meaning of either such Section and
(iii) the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in
addition to any local counsel) for all Selling Stockholders and all persons, if
any, who control any Selling Stockholder within the meaning of either such
Section, and all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are
incurred. In the case of any such separate firm for the Underwriters, their
officers and directors and such control persons of any Underwriters, such firm
shall be designated in writing by Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx Securities
Corporation. 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. In the case of any such separate firm
for the Selling Stockholders and such control persons of any Selling
Stockholders, such firm shall be designated in writing by the Attorneys. The
indemnifying party shall indemnify and hold harmless the indemnified party from
and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and judgments by
reason of any settlement of any action (i) effected with its written consent or
(ii) effected without its written consent if the settlement is entered into more
than twenty business days after the indemnifying party shall have received a
request from the indemnified party for reimbursement for the fees and expenses
of counsel (in any case where such fees and expenses are at the expense of the
indemnifying party) and, prior to the date of such settlement, the indemnifying
party shall have failed to comply with such reimbursement request. No
indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified
party, effect any
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settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of judgment with respect
to, any pending or threatened action in respect of which the indemnified party
is or could have been a party and indemnity or contribution may be or could have
been sought hereunder by the indemnified party, unless such settlement,
compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified
party from all liability on claims that are or could have been the subject
matter of such action and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an
admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of the
indemnified party.
(d) To the extent the indemnification provided for in this
Section 8 is unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient in respect of
any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments referred to therein, then
each indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result
of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and judgments (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
Sellers on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering
of the Shares or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause 8(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 8(d)(i) above but also the
relative fault of the Sellers on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other
hand in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments, as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Sellers on the
one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand shall be deemed to be in the
same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting
expenses) received by the Sellers, and the total underwriting discounts and
commissions received by the Underwriters, bear to the total price to the public
of the Shares, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the
Prospectus. The relative fault of the 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 the Selling Stockholders on the one hand or the
Underwriters on the other hand and the parties' relative intent, knowledge,
access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or
omission.
The Sellers and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(d) were determined by pro
rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such
purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph.
The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or judgments referred to in the immediately
preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set
forth above, any legal or other
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expenses incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or
defending any matter, including any action, that could have given rise to such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this Section 8, 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 which such Underwriter has otherwise been
required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission
or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within
the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from
any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The
Underwriters' obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 8(d) are
several in proportion to the respective number of Shares purchased by each of
the Underwriters hereunder and not joint.
(e) The remedies provided for in this Section 8 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.
(f) Each Selling Stockholder hereby designates GameTech
International, Inc., 0000 X. 0xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000-000, Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000, as
its authorized agent, upon which process may be served in any action which may
be instituted in any state or federal court in the State of New York by any
Underwriter, any director or officer of any Underwriter or any person
controlling any Underwriter asserting a claim for indemnification or
contribution under or pursuant to this Section 8, and each Selling Stockholder
will accept the jurisdiction of such court in such action, and waives, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any defense based upon lack of
personal jurisdiction or venue. A copy of any such process shall be sent or
given to such Selling Stockholder, at the address for notices specified in
Section 13 hereof.
Section 9. CONDITIONS OF UNDERWRITERS' OBLIGATIONS. The several
obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Firm Shares under this Agreement
are subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions.
(a) All the representations and warranties of the Company
contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct on the Closing Date with
the same force and effect as if made on and as of the Closing Date.
(b) If the Company is required to file a Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement after the effectiveness of this Agreement, such Rule
462(b) Registration Statement shall have become effective by 10:00 P.M., New
York City time, on the date of this Agreement; and at the Closing Date no stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been
issued and no
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proceedings for that purpose shall have been commenced or shall be pending
before or contemplated by the Commission.
(c) Since the respective dates as of which information is given
in the Prospectus other than as set forth in the Prospectus (exclusive of any
amendments or supplements thereto subsequent to the date of this Agreement), (i)
there shall not have occurred any change or any development involving a
prospective change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or the earnings,
business, management or operations of the Company, (ii) there shall not have
been any change or any development involving a prospective change in the capital
stock or in the long-term debt of the Company and (iii) the Company shall not
have incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, the effect of
which, in any such case described in clause 9(c)(iii), in your judgement, is
material and adverse and, in your judgement, make it impracticable to market the
Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus.
(d) You shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate
dated the Closing Date, signed by Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx and Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx.,
in their capacities as the CEO and President of the Company, respecting
confirming the matters set forth in Sections 9(a), (b) and (c) and that the
Company has complied with all of the agreements and satisfied all of the
conditions herein contained and required to be complied with or satisfied by the
Company on or prior to the Closing Date.
(e) All the representations and warranties of each Selling
Stockholder contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct on the Closing
Date with the same force and effect as if made on and as of the Closing Date and
you shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate dated the Closing Date
from each Selling Stockholder to such effect and to the effect that such Selling
Stockholder has complied with all of the agreements and satisfied all of the
conditions herein contained and required to be complied with or satisfied by
such Selling Stockholder on or prior to the Closing Date.
(f) You shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion
(satisfactory to you and counsel for the Underwriters), dated the Closing Date,
of Xxxxxx, Xxxxx & Bockius LLP, counsel for the Company and the Selling
Stockholders, to the effect that:
(i) the Company has been duly incorporated, is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws
of its jurisdiction of incorporation and has the corporate power
and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to
carry on its business as described in the Prospectus;
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(ii) the Company is duly qualified and is in good
standing as a foreign corporation authorized to do business in
each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or its
ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification,
except where the failure to be so qualified would not have a
material adverse effect on the Company;
(iii) all the outstanding shares of capital stock of
the Company (including the Shares to be sold by the Selling
Stockholders) have been duly authorized and validly issued and
are fully paid and non-assessable;
(iv) the Shares to be issued and sold by the Company
hereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action of the Company and, when issued and delivered to the
Underwriters against payment therefor as provided by this
Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
Holders of the capital stock of the Company are not entitled to
any preemptive rights to subscribe for any additional shares of
the Company's Common Stock under the Company's Amended
Certificate of Incorporation or Amended and Restated Bylaws, any
Delaware or Arizona statute or regulation or any agreement filed
as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.
(v) this Agreement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Company and by or on behalf of each
Selling Stockholder;
(vi) the authorized capital stock of the Company
conforms as to legal matters to the description thereof contained
in the Prospectus;
(vii) the Registration Statement has become effective
under the Act, and to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop
order suspending its effectiveness has been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose are pending before or contemplated
by the Commission;
(viii) the statements under the captions "Risk
Factors--Regulatory Risks," "Risk Factors--Control by Principal
Shareholders; Anti-Takeover Provisions," "Risk Factors--Shares
Eligible for Future Sale," "Business--Legal Proceedings,"
"Business--Government Regulations," "Management--Stock Option
Plan," and "Description of Capital
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Stock" in the Prospectus and Items 14 and 15 of Part II of the
Registration Statement, insofar as such statements constitute a
summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred
to therein, fairly present the information called for with
respect to such legal matters, documents and proceedings;
(ix) the Company is not in violation of its charter
or by-laws and, to the best of such counsel's knowledge after due
inquiry, is not in default in the performance of any obligation,
agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, loan
agreement, mortgage, lease or other agreement or instrument that
is an exhibit to the Registration Statement;
(x) the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement by the Company and each Selling Stockholder and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not (A)
require any consent, approval, authorization or other order of,
or qualification with, any court or governmental agency (except
such as may be required under the securities or Blue Sky laws of
the various states), (B) conflict with or constitute a breach of
any of the terms or provisions of, or a default under, the
charter or by-laws of the Company or to such counsel's knowledge,
any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, lease or other agreement
or instrument that is material to the Company to which the
Company is a party or by which the Company or its property is
bound, (C) violate or conflict with any applicable law or any
rule, regulation, or to such counsel's knowledge any judgment,
order or decree of any court or any governmental body or agency
having jurisdiction over the Company or its property, which
violation or conflict would have a material adverse effect on the
business, prospects, financial condition or results of operation
of the Company or (D), to such counsel's knowledge, result in the
suspension, termination or revocation of any Authorization of the
Company or any other impairment of the rights of the holder of
any such Authorization;
(xi) after due inquiry, such counsel does not know of
any legal or governmental proceedings pending or threatened to
which the Company is or could be a party or to which any of their
respective property is or could be subject that are required to
be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and
are not so described, or of any statutes, regulations, contracts
or other documents that are required to be described in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or
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to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are
not so described or filed as required;
(xii) the Company is not and, after giving effect to
the offering and sale of the Shares and the application of the
proceeds thereof as described in the Prospectus, will not be, an
"investment company" as such term is defined in the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended;
(xiii) to the best of such counsel's knowledge after
due inquiry, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings
between the Company and any person granting such person the right
to require the Company to file a registration statement under the
Act with respect to any securities of the Company or to require
the Company to include such securities with the Shares registered
pursuant to the Registration Statement.
(xiv) (A) the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus and any supplement or amendment thereto (except for
the financial statements and other financial data included
therein as to which no opinion need be expressed) comply as to
form with the Act, (B) such counsel has no reason to believe that
at the time the Registration Statement became effective or on the
date of this Agreement, the Registration Statement and the
prospectus included therein (except for the financial statements
and other financial data as to which such counsel need not
express any belief) contained any untrue statement of a material
fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading and (C) such counsel has no reason to believe that the
Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if applicable (except for
the financial statements and other financial data, as aforesaid)
contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading;
(xv) each Selling Stockholder is the registered owner
of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder pursuant to
this Agreement and has good and clear title to such Shares, free
of all restrictions on transfer, liens, encumbrances, security
interests, equities and claims whatsoever;
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(xvi) each Selling Stockholder has full legal right,
power and authority, and all authorization and approval required
by law, (other than any approval imposed by the applicable state
securities and Blue Sky laws) to enter into this Agreement and
the Custody Agreement and the Power of Attorney of such Selling
Stockholder and to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Shares
to be sold by such Selling Stockholder in the manner provided
herein and therein;
(xvii) the Custody Agreement of each Selling
Stockholder has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
such Selling Stockholder and is a valid and binding agreement of
such Selling Stockholder, enforceable in accordance with its
terms;
(xviii) the Power of Attorney of each Selling
Stockholder has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
such Selling Stockholder and is a valid and binding instrument of
such Selling Stockholder, enforceable in accordance with its
terms, and, pursuant to such Power of Attorney, such Selling
Stockholder has, among other things, authorized the Attorneys, or
any one of them, to execute and deliver on such Selling
Stockholder's behalf this Agreement and any other document they,
or any one of them, may deem necessary or desirable in connection
with transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and to deliver
the Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder pursuant to
this Agreement; and
(xix) upon delivery of and payment for the Shares to
be sold by each Selling Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement,
and assuming the Underwriters purchase such Shares without notice
of any adverse claim, good and clear title to such Shares will
pass to the Underwriters, free of all restrictions on transfer,
liens, encumbrances, security interests, equities and claims
whatsoever.
The opinion of Xxxxxx, Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP described in Section 10(f) above
shall be rendered to you at the request of the Company and the Selling
Stockholders and shall so state therein. In giving the opinion with respect to
such matters covered in clause (xiv)(B) such counsel 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, and relying as to materiality
on the opinions
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of officers and other representatives of the Company, but are without
independent check or verification of the accuracy, completeness, or the fairness
of the statements contained therein, except as otherwise stated in clause (viii)
above, and the limitations inherent in the examination made by such counsel and
the knowledge available to such counsel are such that such counsel is unable to
assume and does not assume any responsibility for such accuracy, completeness or
fairness, except as otherwise stated in clause (viii) above.
(g) You shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion,
dated the Closing Date, of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, counsel for
the Underwriters, as to the matters referred to in Sections 9(f)(iv), 9(f)(v)
(but only with respect to the Company), 9(f)(vii), 9(f)(viii) (but only with
respect to the statements under the caption "Description of Capital Stock" and
9(f)(xiv). In giving the opinion with respect to the matters covered in clause
(xiv)(B) such counsel may state that their opinion and belief are based upon
their participation in the preparation of the Registration Statement and
Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto and review and discussion
of the contents thereof, but are without independent check or verification
except as specified.
(h) You shall have received, on each of the date hereof and the
Closing Date, a letter dated the date hereof or the Closing Date, as the case
may be, in form and substance satisfactory to you, from Ernst & Young LLP,
independent public accountants, containing the information and statements of the
type ordinarily included in accountants' "comfort letters" to Underwriters with
respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(i) The Company shall have delivered to you the agreements
specified in Section 2 hereof which agreements shall be in full force and effect
on the Closing Date.
(j) The Shares shall have been duly listed for quotation on the
Nasdaq National Market.
(k) The Company and the Selling Stockholders shall not have
failed on or prior to the Closing Date to perform or comply with any of the
agreements herein contained and required to be performed or complied with by the
Company or the Selling Stockholders, as the case may be, on or prior to the
Closing Date.
(l) You shall have received on the Closing Date, a certificate
of each Selling Stockholder who is not a U.S. Person (as defined under
applicable U.S. federal tax legislation) to the effect that such Selling
Stockholder is not a U.S. Person, which certificate may be in the form of a
properly completed and executed
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United States Treasury Department Form W-8 (or other applicable form or
statement specified by Treasury Department regulations in lieu thereof).
The several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase any Additional
Shares hereunder are subject to the delivery to you on the applicable Option
Closing Date of such documents as you may reasonably request with respect to the
good standing of the Company, the due authorization and issuance of such
Additional Shares and other matters related to the issuance of such Additional
Shares.
Section 10. EFFECTIVENESS OF AGREEMENT AND TERMINATION. This
Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery of this
Agreement by the parties hereto.
This Agreement may be terminated at any time on or prior to the Closing
Date by you by written notice to the Company if any of the following has
occurred:(i) any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or
international calamity or crisis or change in economic conditions or in the
financial markets of the United States or elsewhere that, in your judgment, is
material and adverse and, in your judgment, makes it impracticable to market the
Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus, (ii) the
suspension or material limitation of trading in securities or other instruments
on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the Chicago Board
of Options Exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the Chicago Board of Trade
or the Nasdaq National Market or limitation on prices for securities or other
instruments on any such exchange or the Nasdaq National Market, (iii) the
suspension of trading of any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the
over-the-counter market, (iv) the enactment, publication, decree or other
promulgation of any federal or state statute, regulation, rule or order of any
court or other governmental authority which in your opinion materially and
adversely affects, or will materially and adversely affect, the business,
prospects, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (v) the declaration of a banking moratorium by
either federal or New York State authorities, (vi) the taking of any action by
any federal, state or local government or agency in respect of its monetary or
fiscal affairs which in your opinion has a material adverse effect on the
financial markets in the United States or (vii) since the respective dates as of
which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, any
material adverse change or development involving a prospective material adverse
change in the condition, financial or otherwise, of the Company, or the
earnings, affairs, or business prospects of the Company, whether or not arising
in the ordinary course of business, which would, in your judgment, make it
impracticable to market the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated
in the Prospectus.
If on the Closing Date or on an Option Closing Date, as the case may be,
any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase the Firm
Shares or Additional Shares, as the case may be, which it or they have agreed to
purchase hereunder on such date and the aggregate number of Firm Shares or
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Additional Shares, as the case may be, which such defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters, as the case may be, agreed but failed or refused to purchase is
not more than one-tenth of the total number of Shares to be purchased on such
date by all Underwriters, each non-defaulting Underwriter shall be obligated
severally, in the proportion which the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite
its name in Schedule I bears to the total number of Firm Shares which all the
non-defaulting Underwriters, as the case may be, have agreed to purchase, or in
such other proportion as you may specify, to purchase the Firm Shares or
Additional Shares, as the case may be, which such defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters, as the case may be, agreed but failed or refused to purchase on
such date; PROVIDED that in no event shall the number of Firm Shares or
Additional Shares, as the case may be, which any Underwriter has agreed to
purchase pursuant to Section 2 hereof be increased pursuant to this Section 10
by an amount in excess of one-ninth of such number of Firm Shares or Additional
Shares, as the case may be, without the written consent of such Underwriter. If
on the Closing Date any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to
purchase Firm Shares and the aggregate number of Firm Shares with respect to
which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate number of Firm
Shares to be purchased by all Underwriters and arrangements satisfactory to
you, the Company and the Selling Stockholders for purchase of such Firm Shares
are not made within 48 hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate
without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter, the Company or
the Selling Stockholders. In any such case which does not result in
termination of this Agreement, either you or the 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 the
Prospectus or any other documents or arrangements may be effected. If, on an
Option Closing Date, any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to
purchase Additional Shares and the aggregate number of Additional Shares with
respect to which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate
number of Additional Shares to be purchased on such date, the non-defaulting
Underwriters shall have the option to (i) terminate their obligation hereunder
to purchase such Additional Shares or (ii) purchase not less than the number of
Additional Shares that such non-defaulting Underwriters would have been
obligated to purchase on such date in the absence of such default. Any action
taken under this paragraph shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from
liability in respect of any default of any such Underwriter under this
Agreement.
Section 11. AGREEMENTS OF THE SELLING STOCKHOLDERS. Each Selling
Stockholder agrees with you and the Company:
(a) To pay or to cause to be paid all transfer taxes payable in
connection with the transfer of the Shares to be sold by such Selling
Stockholder to the Underwriters.
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(b) To do and perform all things to be done and performed by
such Selling Stockholder under this Agreement prior to the Closing Date and to
satisfy all conditions precedent to the delivery of the Shares to be sold by
such Selling Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement.
Section 12. MISCELLANEOUS. Notices given pursuant to any provision of
this Agreement shall be addressed as follows: (i) if to the Company, to GameTech
International, Inc., 0000 X. 0xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000-000, Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000,
(ii) if to the Selling Stockholders, to [NAME OF ATTORNEY-IN-FACT] c/o [ADDRESS
OF ATTORNEY-IN-FACT] and (iii) if to any Underwriter or to you, to you c/x
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Syndicate Department, or in any case to such other
address as the person to be notified may have requested in writing.
The respective indemnities, contribution agreements, representations,
warranties and other statements of the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the
several Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement shall
remain operative and in full force and effect, and will survive delivery of and
payment for the Shares, regardless of (i) any investigation, or statement as to
the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, the officers or
directors of any Underwriter, any person controlling any Underwriter, the
Company, the officers or directors of the Company, any person controlling the
Company, any Selling Stockholder or any person controlling such Selling
Stockholder, (ii) acceptance of the Shares and payment for them hereunder and
(iii) termination of this Agreement.
If for any reason the Shares are not delivered by or on behalf of any
Seller as provided herein (other than as a result of any termination of this
Agreement pursuant to Section 10), the Sellers agree, jointly and severally, to
reimburse the several Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the
fees and disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred by them. Notwithstanding
any termination of this Agreement, the Company shall be liable for all expenses
which it has agreed to pay pursuant to Sections 5(i) and (j) hereof. The
Sellers also agree, jointly and severally, to reimburse the several
Underwriters, their directors and officers and any persons controlling any of
the Underwriters for any and all fees and expenses (including, without
limitation, the fees disbursements of counsel) incurred by them in connection
with enforcing their rights hereunder (including, without limitation, pursuant
to Section 8 hereof).
Except as otherwise provided, this Agreement has been and is made solely
for the benefit of and shall be binding upon the Company, the Selling
Stockholders, the Underwriters, the Underwriters' directors and officers, any
controlling persons referred to herein, the Company's directors and the
Company's officers who sign the Registration Statement and their respective
successors and assigns, all as and to the
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extent provided in this Agreement, and no other person shall acquire or have any
right under or by virtue of this Agreement. The term "successors and assigns"
shall not include a purchaser of any of the Shares from any of the several
Underwriters merely because of such purchase.
This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of New York.
This Agreement may be signed in various counterparts which together shall
constitute one and the same instrument.
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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement among
the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the several Underwriters.
Very truly yours,
GAMETECH INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:
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Title:
THE SELLING STOCKHOLDERS NAMED IN SCHEDULE
II HERETO, ACTING SEVERALLY
By:
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Attorney-in-fact
XXXXXXXXX, LUFKIN & XXXXXXXX
SECURITIES CORPORATION
PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES INCORPORATED
Acting severally on behalf of
themselves and the several
Underwriters named in
Schedule I hereto
XXXXXXXXX, LUFKIN & XXXXXXXX
SECURITIES CORPORATION
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SCHEDULE I
Number of Firm
Shares
Underwriters To be Purchased
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Xxxxxxxxx, Lufkin & Xxxxxxxx
Securities Corporation
Prudential Securities Incorporated
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Total 3,710,000
SCHEDULE II
Selling Stockholders
Number of Firm Number of Additional
Name Shares Being Sold Shares Being Sold
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Total
Annex I
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