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EXHIBIT 1
JLK DIRECT DISTRIBUTION INC.
(a Pennsylvania corporation)
4,257,000 Shares of Class A Common Stock
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated: June , 1997
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PURCHASE AGREEMENT.......................................................... 1
SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties.................................. 3
(a) Representations and Warranties by the Company and the Principal
Shareholder..................................................... 3
(i) Compliance with Registration Requirements............ 3
(ii) Independent Accountants.............................. 4
(iii) Financial Statements................................. 4
(iv) No Material Adverse Change in Business............... 4
(v) Good Standing of the Company......................... 5
(vi) Good Standing of Subsidiaries........................ 5
(vii) Capitalization....................................... 5
(viii) Authorization of Agreement........................... 5
(ix) Authorization and Description of Securities.......... 6
(x) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts.................... 6
(xi) Absence of Labor Dispute............................. 6
(xii) Absence of Proceedings............................... 7
(xiii) Accuracy of Exhibits................................. 7
(xiv) Possession of Intellectual Property.................. 7
(xv) Absence of Further Requirements...................... 7
(xvi) Possession of Licenses and Permits................... 8
(xvii) Title to Property.................................... 8
(xviii) Investment Company Act............................... 8
(xix) Environmental Laws................................... 8
(xx) Registration Rights.................................. 9
(xxi) Related Party Transactions........................... 9
(xxii) Employee Matters..................................... 9
(xxiii) Taxes................................................10
(b) Representations and Warranties by the Principal Shareholder.....10
(i) Good Standing of the Principal Shareholder...........10
(ii) Authorization of Agreement...........................10
(iii) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts....................10
(iv) Absence of Further Requirements......................11
(c) Officer's Certificates..........................................11
SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to Underwriters; Closing......................11
(a) Initial Securities..............................................11
(b) Option Securities...............................................11
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(c) Payment.........................................................12
(d) Denominations; Registration.....................................12
SECTION 3. Covenants of the Company....................................... 12
(a) Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests..12
(b) Filing of Amendments............................................13
(c) Delivery of Registration Statements.............................13
(d) Delivery of Prospectuses........................................13
(e) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws.......................14
(f) Blue Sky Qualifications.........................................14
(g) Rule 158........................................................14
(h) Use of Proceeds.................................................15
(i) Listing.........................................................15
(j) Restriction on Sale of Securities...............................15
(k) Reporting Requirements..........................................15
(l) Compliance with Rule 463........................................15
(m) Compliance with NASD Rules......................................15
SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses.............................................16
(a) Expenses........................................................16
(b) Termination of Agreement........................................16
SECTION 5. Conditions Of Underwriters' Obligations.........................16
(a) Effectiveness of Registration Statement.........................17
(b) Opinion of Counsel for Company and the Principal Shareholder....17
(c) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters.............................17
(d) Officers' Certificates..........................................17
(e) Accountant's Comfort Letter.....................................18
(f) Bring-down Comfort Letter.......................................18
(g) Approval of Listing.............................................18
(h) No Objection....................................................18
(i) Lock-up Agreements..............................................18
(j) Conditions to Purchase of Option Securities.....................19
(k) Additional Documents............................................19
(l) Termination of Agreement........................................20
SECTION 6. Indemnification.................................................20
(a) Indemnification of Underwriters.................................20
(b) Indemnification of Company, Directors and Officers..............21
(c) Actions against Parties; Notification...........................21
(d) Settlement without Consent if Failure to Reimburse..............22
(e) Indemnification for Reserved Securities.........................22
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SECTION 7. Contribution....................................................22
SECTION 8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery..24
SECTION 9. Termination of Agreement........................................24
(a) Termination; General............................................24
(b) Liabilities.....................................................24
SECTION 10. Default by One or More of the Underwriters.....................24
SECTION 11. Notices........................................................25
SECTION 12. Parties........................................................26
SECTION 13. GOVERNING LAW AND TIME.........................................26
SECTION 14. Effect of Headings.............................................26
SCHEDULES
Schedule A - List of Underwriters.............................Sch A-1
Schedule B - Pricing Information..............................Sch B-1
Schedule C - Entities Subject to Lock-Up......................Sch C-1
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A-1 - Form of Opinion of Company's Counsel................A-1
Exhibit A-2 - Form of Opinion of Principal Shareholder's Counsel..A-2
Exhibit B - Form of Lock-Up from Kennametal Inc.................B-1
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JLK DIRECT DISTRIBUTION INC.
(a Pennsylvania corporation)
4,257,000 Shares of Class A Common Stock
(Par Value $.01 Per Share)
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
June , 1997
XXXXXXX XXXXX & CO.
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated
XXXXXXX, SACHS & CO.
as Representatives of the several Underwriters
x/x Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xx.
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated
Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
JLK Direct Distribution Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the
"Company"), and Kennametal Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation and the principal
shareholder of the Company (the "Principal Shareholder"), confirm their
agreement with Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co., Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated ("Xxxxxxx Xxxxx") and each of the other Underwriters named in
Schedule A hereto (collectively, the "Underwriters", which term shall also
include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10
hereof), for whom Xxxxxxx Xxxxx and Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. are acting as
representatives (in such capacity, the "Representatives"), with respect to the
issue and sale by the Company and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting
severally and not jointly, of the respective numbers of shares of Class A
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company ("Class A Common Stock")
set forth in said Schedule A, and with respect to the grant by the Company to
the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the option described in
Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any part of 640,000 additional shares of
Class A Common Stock to cover over-allotments, if any. The aforesaid 4,257,000
shares of Class A Common Stock (the "Initial Securities") to be purchased by
the Underwriters and all or any part of the 640,000 shares of Class A Common
Stock subject to the
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option described in Section 2(b) hereof (the "Option Securities") are
hereinafter called, collectively, the "Securities".
The Company understands that the Underwriters propose to make a public
offering of the Securities as soon as the Representatives deem advisable after
this Agreement has been executed and delivered.
The Company and the Underwriters agree that up to 212,850 shares of
the Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters (the "Reserved Securities")
shall be reserved for sale by the Underwriters to certain eligible employees
and persons having business relationships with the Company, as part of the
distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters, subject to the terms of
this Agreement, the applicable rules, regulations and interpretations of the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. and all other applicable laws,
rules and regulations. To the extent that such Reserved Securities are not
orally confirmed for purchase by such eligible employees and persons having
business relationships with the Company by the end of the first business day
after the date of this Agreement, such Reserved Securities may be offered to
the public as part of the public offering contemplated hereby.
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") a registration statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-25989) covering the
registration of the Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "1933 Act"), including the related preliminary prospectus or prospectuses.
Promptly after execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will
either (i) prepare and file a prospectus in accordance with the provisions of
Rule 430A ("Rule 430A") of the rules and regulations of the Commission under
the 1933 Act (the "1933 Act Regulations") and paragraph (b) of Rule 424 ("Rule
424(b)") of the 1933 Act Regulations or (ii) if the Company has elected to rely
upon Rule 434 ("Rule 434") of the 1933 Act Regulations, prepare and file a term
sheet (a "Term Sheet") in accordance with the provisions of Rule 434 and Rule
424(b). The information included in such prospectus or in such Term Sheet, as
the case may be, that was omitted from such registration statement at the time
it became effective but that is deemed to be part of such registration
statement at the time it became effective (a) pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule
430A is referred to as "Rule 430A Information" or (b) pursuant to paragraph (d)
of Rule 434 is referred to as "Rule 434 Information." Each prospectus used
before such registration statement became effective, and any prospectus that
omitted, as applicable, the Rule 430A Information or the Rule 434 Information,
that was used after such effectiveness and prior to the execution and delivery
of this Agreement, is herein called a "preliminary prospectus." Such
registration statement, including the exhibits thereto and schedules thereto at
the time it became effective and including the Rule 430A Information and the
Rule 434 Information, as applicable, is herein called the "Registration
Statement." Any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the
1933 Act Regulations is herein referred to as the "Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement," and after such filing the term "Registration Statement" shall
include the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement. The final prospectus in the
form first furnished to the Underwriters for use in connection with the
offering of the Securities is herein called the "Prospectus." If Rule 434 is
relied on, the term "Prospectus" shall refer to the
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preliminary prospectus dated June 4, 1997 together with the Term Sheet and all
references in this Agreement to the date of the Prospectus shall mean the date
of the Term Sheet. For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the
Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any Term
Sheet or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to
include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data
Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system ("XXXXX").
SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties.
(a) Representations and Warranties by the Company and the Principal
Shareholder. The Company and the Principal Shareholder jointly and severally
represent and warrant to each Underwriter as of the date hereof, as of the
Closing Time referred to in Section 2(c) hereof, and as of each Date of
Delivery (if any) referred to in Section 2(b) hereof, and agree with each
Underwriter, as follows (provided that, for the purposes of the following,
references herein to the Company and/or its subsidiaries shall also include, as
required by the context, the business of the Company and its subsidiaries as
conducted by the Principal Shareholder prior to the transfer of that business
to the Company on June __, 1997):
(i) Compliance with Registration Requirements. Each of the
Registration Statement and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement has
become effective under the 1933 Act and no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement has been issued under the 1933 Act and no
proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or,
to the knowledge of the Company or the Principal Shareholder, are
contemplated by the Commission, and any request on the part of the
Commission for additional information has been complied with.
At the respective times the Registration Statement, any Rule
462(b) Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments
thereto became effective and at the Closing Time (and, if any Option
Securities are purchased, at the Date of Delivery), the Registration
Statement, the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and any amendments
and supplements thereto complied and will comply in all material
respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act
Regulations and did not and will 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 not misleading,
and the Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus and any supplement
thereto or prospectus wrapper prepared in connection therewith, at
their respective times of issuance and at the Closing Time, complied
and will comply in all material respects with any applicable laws or
regulations of foreign jurisdictions in which the Prospectus and such
preliminary prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, are
distributed in connection with the offer and sale of Reserved
Securities. Neither the Prospectus nor any amendments or supplements
thereto (including any prospectus wrapper), at the time the Prospectus
or any such amendment or supplement was issued and at the Closing Time
(and, if any Option Securities are purchased, at the Date of
Delivery), included or will include an untrue
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statement of a material fact or omitted or will 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. If Rule 434 is used, the Company will comply with the
requirements of Rule 434 and the Prospectus shall not be "materially
different", as such term is used in Rule 434, from the prospectus
included in the Registration Statement at the time it became
effective. The representations and warranties in this subsection shall
not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration
Statement or Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with
information furnished to the Company in writing by any Underwriter
through Xxxxxxx Xxxxx expressly for use in the Registration Statement
or Prospectus.
Each preliminary prospectus and the 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 1933 Act,
complied when so filed in all material respects with the 1933 Act
Regulations and each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus
delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with this offering
was identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed
with the Commission pursuant to XXXXX, except to the extent permitted
by Regulation S-T.
(ii) Independent Accountants. The accountants who certified the
financial statements and supporting schedules included in the
Registration Statement are independent public accountants as required
by the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations.
(iii) Financial Statements. The Consolidated Statements of Income,
Consolidated Balance Sheets, Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows,
Consolidated Statements of Shareholder's Equity and Pro Forma Balance
Sheet included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus,
together with the related schedules and notes, present fairly the
financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries at
the dates indicated and the statement of operations, shareholders'
equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries
for the periods specified; said financial statements have been
prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles
("GAAP") applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods
involved. The supporting schedules included in the Registration
Statement present fairly in accordance with GAAP the information
required to be stated therein. The selected financial data and the
summary financial information included in the Prospectus present
fairly the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis
consistent with that of the audited financial statements included in
the Registration Statement.
(iv) No Material Adverse Change in Business. Since the respective
dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus, except as otherwise stated therein, (A) there has
been no material adverse change in the condition, financial or
otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects
of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise,
whether or not arising in the ordinary course
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of business (a "Material Adverse Effect"), (B) there have been no
transactions entered into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries,
other than those in the ordinary course of business, which are
material with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries considered
as one enterprise, and (C) there has been no dividend or distribution
of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its
capital stock.
(v) Good Standing of the Company. The Company has been duly
organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing
under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and has corporate
power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to
conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and to enter into
and perform its obligations under this Agreement; and the Company is
duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in
good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification
is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property
or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or
to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(vi) Good Standing of Subsidiaries. Each "significant subsidiary"
of the Company (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation
S-X, and collectively the "subsidiaries"), including J&L America,
Inc., a Michigan corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the
Company, has been duly organized and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation, has corporate power and authority to own, lease and
operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the
Prospectus and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact
business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or
leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the
failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a
Material Adverse Effect; except as otherwise disclosed in the
Registration Statement, all of the issued and outstanding capital
stock of each such subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly
issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and is owned by the Company,
directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security
interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; none
of the outstanding shares of capital stock of any subsidiary was
issued in violation of the preemptive or similar rights of any
securityholder of such subsidiary. The only subsidiaries of the
Company are the subsidiaries listed on Exhibit 21 to the Registration
Statement.
(vii) Capitalization. The authorized, issued and outstanding
capital stock of the Company is as set forth in the Prospectus in the
column entitled "Actual" under the caption "Capitalization" (except
for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to this Agreement, pursuant
to reservations, agreements or employee benefit plans referred to in
the Prospectus or pursuant to the exercise of convertible securities
or options referred to in the Prospectus). The shares of issued and
outstanding capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and
validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; none of the
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outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company was issued in
violation of the preemptive or other similar rights of any
securityholder of the Company.
(viii) Authorization of Agreement. This Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(ix) Authorization and Description of Securities. The Securities
have been duly authorized for issuance and sale to the Underwriters
pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued and delivered by the
Company pursuant to this Agreement against payment of the
consideration set forth herein, will be validly issued and fully paid
and non-assessable; the Class A Common Stock and the Company's Class B
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Class B Common Stock"),
conforms to all statements relating thereto contained in the
Prospectus and such description conforms to the rights set forth in
the instruments defining the same; no holder of the Securities will be
subject to personal liability by reason of being such a holder; and
the issuance of the Securities is not subject to the preemptive or
other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company.
(x) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts. Neither the Company nor any
of its subsidiaries is in violation of its charter or by-laws or in
default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement,
covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other
agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound, or
to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any
subsidiary is subject (collectively, "Agreements and Instruments")
except for such defaults that would not result in a Material Adverse
Effect; and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and in
the Registration Statement (including the issuance and sale of the
Securities and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities
as described in the Prospectus under the caption "Use of Proceeds")
and compliance by the Company with its respective obligations
hereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action
and do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice
or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of,
or default or Repayment Event (as defined below, and only with respect
to a Repayment Event, except as may be described in the Registration
Statement) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien,
charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or
any subsidiary pursuant to, the Agreements and Instruments (except for
such conflicts, breaches or defaults or liens, charges or encumbrances
that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect), nor will such
action result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or
by-laws of the Company or any subsidiary or any applicable law,
statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any
government, government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign,
having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary or any of their
assets, properties or operations. As used herein, a "Repayment Event"
means any event or condition which gives the holder of any note,
debenture or other evidence of
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indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder's behalf) the right
to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion
of such indebtedness by the Company or any subsidiary.
(xi) Absence of Labor Dispute. No labor dispute with the
employees of the Company or any subsidiary exists or, to the knowledge
of the Company or the Principal Shareholder, is imminent, and the
Company and the Principal Shareholder are not aware of any existing or
imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of the Company's or
any subsidiary's or the Principal Shareholder's principal suppliers,
manufacturers, customers or contractors, which, in either case, may
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xii) Absence of Proceedings. There is no action, suit,
proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any court or
governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or, to
the knowledge of the Company or the Principal Shareholder, threatened,
against or affecting the Company or any subsidiary or the Principal
Shareholder, which is required to be disclosed in the Registration
Statement (other than as disclosed therein), or which might reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or which might
reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the
properties or assets thereof or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated in this Agreement or the performance by the Company and
the Principal Shareholder of their respective obligations hereunder;
the aggregate of all pending legal or governmental proceedings to
which the Company or any subsidiary is a party or of which any of
their respective property or assets is the subject which are not
described in the Registration Statement, including ordinary routine
litigation incidental to the business, could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xiii) Accuracy of Exhibits. There are no contracts or documents
which are required to be described in the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits thereto which have not been
so described and filed as required.
(xiv) Possession of Intellectual Property. The Company and its
subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire on reasonable terms,
adequate 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, trade names or other
intellectual property (collectively, "Intellectual Property")
necessary to carry on the business now operated by them, and neither
the Company nor any of its subsidiaries or the Principal Shareholder
has received any notice or is otherwise aware of any infringement of
or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any
Intellectual Property or of any facts or circumstances which would
render any Intellectual Property invalid or inadequate to protect the
interest of the Company or any of its subsidiaries therein, and which
infringement or conflict (if the subject of any
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unfavorable decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity or inadequacy,
singly or in the aggregate, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xv) Absence of Further Requirements. No filing with, or
authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration,
qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or
agency is necessary or required for the performance by the Company of
its obligations hereunder, in connection with the offering, issuance
or sale of the Securities hereunder or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except (i) such as have
been already obtained or as may be required under the 1933 Act or the
1933 Act Regulations or state securities laws and (ii) such as have
been obtained under the laws and regulations of jurisdictions outside
the United States in which the Reserved Securities are offered.
(xvi) Possession of Licenses and Permits. The Company and its
subsidiaries possess such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and
other authorizations (collectively, "Governmental Licenses") issued by
the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies
or bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by them; the
Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and
conditions of all such Governmental Licenses, except where the failure
so to comply would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect; all of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full
force and effect, except when the invalidity of such Governmental
Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full
force and effect would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and neither
the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of
proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such
Governmental Licenses which, singly or in the aggregate, if the
subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in
a Material Adverse Effect.
(xvii) Title to Property. The Company and its subsidiaries have
good title to all other properties owned by them, in each case, free
and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests,
claims, restrictions or encumbrances of any kind except such as (a)
are described in the Prospectus or (b) do not, singly or in the
aggregate, materially affect the value of such property and do not
interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property
by the Company or any of its subsidiaries; and all of the leases and
subleases material to the business of the Company and its
subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, and under which the
Company or any of its subsidiaries holds properties described in the
Prospectus, are in full force and effect, and neither the Company nor
any subsidiary has any notice of any material claim of any sort that
has been asserted by anyone adverse to the rights of the Company or
any subsidiary under any of the leases or subleases mentioned above,
or affecting or questioning the rights of the Company or such
subsidiary to the continued possession of the leased or subleased
premises under any such lease or sublease.
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(xviii) Investment Company Act. The Company and its subsidiaries
are not, and upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein
contemplated and the application of the net proceeds therefrom as
described in the Prospectus will not be, "investment companies" or
entities "controlled" by an "investment company" as such terms are
defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940
Act").
(xix) Environmental Laws. Except as described in the Registration
Statement and except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, result
in a Material Adverse Effect, (A) neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries is in violation of any federal, state, local or foreign
statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, policy or rule of
common law or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof,
including any judicial or administrative order, consent, decree or
judgment, relating to pollution or protection of human health, the
environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface
water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife,
including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the
release or threatened release of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants,
wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum
products (collectively, "Hazardous Materials") or to the manufacture,
processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport
or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively, "Environmental
Laws"), (B) the Company and its subsidiaries have all permits,
authorizations and approvals required under any applicable
Environmental Laws and are each in compliance with their requirements,
(C) there are no pending or threatened administrative, regulatory or
judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens,
notices of noncompliance or violation, investigation or proceedings
relating to any Environmental Law against the Company or any of its
subsidiaries and (D) there are no events or circumstances that might
reasonably be expected to form the basis of an order for clean-up or
remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any private party or
governmental body or agency, against or affecting the Company or any
of its subsidiaries relating to Hazardous Materials or any
Environmental Laws.
(xx) Registration Rights. Except as set forth in the Corporate
Agreement (as defined in the Prospectus), there are no persons with
registration rights or other similar rights to have any securities
registered pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise
registered by the Company under the 1933 Act.
(xxi) Related Party Transactions. No relationship, direct or
indirect, exists between or among the Company on the one hand, and the
directors, officers, shareholders, customers or suppliers of the
Company on the other hand, which is required to be described in the
Prospectus which is not so described.
(xxii) Employee Matters. The Company and any entity which would be
treated as a single employer under Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including the
regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the "Code")
(each such entity, an "ERISA Affiliate"), is in compliance in all
material respects
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with all presently applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and
published interpretations thereunder ("ERISA"), and, if applicable,
the Code; no "reportable event" (as defined in ERISA) has occurred
with respect to any "pension plan" (as defined in ERISA) for which the
Company or any ERISA Affiliate would have any liability; neither the
Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred or expects to incur
liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of,
or withdrawal from, any such "pension plan" or (ii) Sections 412 or
4971 of the Code; and each "pension plan" for which the Company or any
ERISA Affiliate would have any liability that is intended to be
qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified in all
material respects and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by
failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification.
(xxiii) Taxes. The Principal Shareholder has filed all federal,
state and local income and franchise tax returns required to be filed
through the date hereof and has paid all taxes due thereon, and no tax
deficiency has been determined adversely to the Principal Shareholder
or any of its subsidiaries which has had (nor does the Principal
Shareholder have any knowledge of any tax deficiency which, if
determined adversely to the Principal Shareholder or any of its
subsidiaries, might have) a Material Adverse Effect or a material
adverse effect on the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the
earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Principal
Shareholder and its subsidiaries (other than the Company) considered
as one enterprise.
(b) Representations and Warranties by the Principal Shareholder. The
Principal Shareholder represents and warrants to each Underwriter as of the
date hereof, as of the Closing Time referred to in Section 2(c) hereof, and as
of each Date of Delivery (if any) referred to in Section 2(b) hereof, and
agrees with each Underwriter, as follows:
(i) Good Standing of the Principal Shareholder. The Principal
Shareholder has been duly organized and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania and has corporate power and authority to enter into and
perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(ii) Authorization of Agreement. This Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Principal Shareholder.
(iii) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts. The execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated herein and in the Registration Statement
(including the issuance and sale of the Securities and the use of the
proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in the
Prospectus under the caption "Use of Proceeds") and compliance by the
Principal Shareholder with its respective obligations hereunder have
been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not and
will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of
time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or
Repayment Event under, or result in
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the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any
property or assets of the Principal Shareholder or any of its
subsidiaries pursuant to, any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or
instrument to which the Principal Shareholder or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound, or
to which any of the property or assets of the Principal Shareholder or
any of its subsidiaries is subject, nor will such action result in any
violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of the Principal
Shareholder or any of its subsidiaries or any applicable law, statute,
rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any government,
government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having
jurisdiction over the Principal Shareholder or any of its subsidiaries
or any of their assets, properties or operations.
(iv) Absence of Further Requirements. No filing with, or
authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration,
qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or
agency is necessary or required for the performance by the Principal
Shareholder of its obligations hereunder, in connection with the
offering, issuance or sale of the Securities hereunder or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
except such as have been already obtained or as may be required under
the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations or state securities laws.
(c) Officer's Certificates. Any certificate signed by any officer of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries or by any officer of the Principal
Shareholder delivered to the Representatives or to counsel for the Underwriters
shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company or the Principal
Shareholder, as the case may be, to each Underwriter as to the matters covered
thereby.
SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to Underwriters; Closing.
(a) Initial Securities. On the basis of the representations and
warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set
forth, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, severally and not
jointly, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase
from the Company, at the price per share set forth in Schedule B, the number of
Initial Securities set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of such
Underwriter, plus any additional number of Initial Securities which such
Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of
Section 10 hereof.
(b) Option Securities. In addition, on the basis of the
representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and
conditions herein set forth, the Company hereby grants an option to the
Underwriters, severally and not jointly, to purchase up to an additional
640,000 shares of Class A Common Stock at the price per share set forth in
Schedule B, less an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions
declared by the Company and payable on the Initial Securities but not payable
on the Option Securities. The option hereby granted will expire 30 days after
the date hereof and may be exercised in whole or in part from time to time
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only for the purpose of covering over-allotments which may be made in
connection with the offering and distribution of the Initial Securities upon
notice by the Representatives to the Company setting forth the number of Option
Securities as to which the several Underwriters are then exercising the option
and the time and date of payment and delivery for such Option Securities. Any
such time and date of delivery (a "Date of Delivery") shall be determined by
the Representatives, but shall not be later than seven full business days after
the exercise of said option, nor in any event prior to the Closing Time, as
hereinafter defined. If the option is exercised as to all or any portion of the
Option Securities, each of the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly,
will purchase that proportion of the total number of Option Securities then
being purchased which the number of Initial Securities set forth in Schedule A
opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of Initial
Securities, subject in each case to such adjustments as the Representatives in
their discretion shall make to eliminate any sales or purchases of fractional
shares.
(c) Payment. Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of
certificates for, the Initial Securities shall be made at the offices of
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx, 425 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York, or at
such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the
Company, at 9:30 A.M. (Eastern time) on the third (fourth, if the pricing
occurs after 4:30 P.M. (Eastern time) on any given day) business day after the
date hereof (unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10),
or such other time not later than ten business days after such date as shall be
agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company (such time and date of
payment and delivery being herein called "Closing Time").
In addition, in the event that any or all of the Option Securities are
purchased by the Underwriters, payment of the purchase price for, and delivery
of certificates for, such Option Securities shall be made at the
above-mentioned offices, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the
Representatives and the Company, on each Date of Delivery as specified in the
notice from the Representatives to the Company.
Payment shall be made to the Company by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to a bank account designated by the Company, against delivery
to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the Underwriters of
certificates for the Securities to be purchased by them. It is understood that
each Underwriter has authorized the Representatives, for its account, to accept
delivery of, receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the
Initial Securities and the Option Securities, if any, which it has agreed to
purchase. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, individually and not as representative of the
Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment of the purchase
price for the Initial Securities or the Option Securities, if any, to be
purchased by any Underwriter whose funds have not been received by the Closing
Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, but such payment
shall not relieve such Underwriter from its obligations hereunder.
(d) Denominations; Registration. Certificates for the Initial
Securities and the Option Securities, if any, shall be in such denominations
and registered in such names as the
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Representatives may request in writing at least one full business day before
the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be. The
certificates for the Initial Securities and the Option Securities, if any, will
be made available for examination and packaging by the Representatives in The
City of New York not later than 10:00 A.M. (Eastern time) on the business day
prior to the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be.
SECTION 3. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants with each
Underwriter as follows:
(a) Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission
Requests. The Company, subject to Section 3(b), will comply with the
requirements of Rule 430A or Rule 434, as applicable, and will notify
the Representatives immediately, and confirm the notice in writing,
(i) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement
shall become effective, or any supplement to the Prospectus or any
amended Prospectus shall have been filed, (ii) of the receipt of any
comments from the Commission, (iii) of any request by the Commission
for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or
supplement to the Prospectus or for additional information, and (iv)
of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any order preventing
or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus, or of the
suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale
in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any
proceedings for any of such purposes. The Company will promptly effect
the filings necessary pursuant to Rule 424(b) and will take such steps
as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the form of
prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 424(b) was received for
filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will
promptly file such prospectus. The Company will make every reasonable
effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order and, if any stop
order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest
possible moment.
(b) Filing of Amendments. The Company will give the
Representatives notice of its intention to file or prepare any
amendment to the Registration Statement (including any filing under
Rule 462(b)), any Term Sheet or any amendment, supplement or revision
to either the prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the
time it became effective or to the Prospectus and will furnish the
Representatives with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount
of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case may be, and
will not file or use any such document to which the Representatives or
counsel for the Underwriters shall object.
(c) Delivery of Registration Statements. The Company has
furnished or will deliver to the Representatives and counsel for the
Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration
Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (including
exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein) and
signed copies of all consents and certificates of experts, and will
also deliver to the Representatives, without charge, a conformed copy
of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each
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amendment thereto (without exhibits) for each of the Underwriters. The
copies of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto
furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically
transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to
XXXXX, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(d) Delivery of Prospectuses. The Company has delivered to each
Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each preliminary
prospectus as such Underwriter reasonably requested, and the Company
hereby consents to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by
the 1933 Act. The Company will furnish to each Underwriter, without
charge, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be
delivered under the 1933 Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(the "1934 Act"), such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended
or supplemented) as such Underwriter may reasonably request. The
Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the
Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted
copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to XXXXX, except to
the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(e) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws. The Company will
comply with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations so as to permit
the completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated
in this Agreement and in the Prospectus. If at any time when a
prospectus is required by the 1933 Act to be delivered in connection
with sales of the Securities, any event shall occur or condition shall
exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel
for the Underwriters or for the Company, to amend the Registration
Statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus in order that the
Prospectus will not include any untrue statements of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances
existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, or if it shall be
necessary, in the opinion of such counsel, at any such time to amend
the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus in
order to comply with the requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act
Regulations, the Company will promptly prepare and file with the
Commission, subject to Section 3(b), such amendment or supplement as
may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to make the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus comply with such
requirements, and the Company will furnish to the Underwriters such
number of copies of such amendment or supplement as the Underwriters
may reasonably request.
(f) Blue Sky Qualifications. The Company will use its best
efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the
Securities for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws
of such states and other jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as the
Representatives may designate and to maintain such qualifications in
effect for a period of not less than one year from the later of the
effective date of the Registration Statement and any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not
be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to
qualify as a foreign
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corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which
it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of
doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so
subject. In each jurisdiction in which the Securities have been so
qualified, the Company will file such statements and reports as may be
required by the laws of such jurisdiction to continue such
qualification in effect for a period of not less than one year from
the effective date of the Registration Statement and any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement.
(g) Rule 158. The Company will timely file such reports pursuant
to the 1934 Act as are necessary in order to make generally available
to its securityholders as soon as practicable an earning statement for
the purposes of, and to provide the benefits contemplated by, the last
paragraph of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act.
(h) Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the net proceeds
received by it from the sale of the Securities in the manner specified
in the Prospectus under "Use of Proceeds".
(i) Listing. The Company will use its best efforts to effect the
listing of the Class A Common Stock (including the Securities) on the
New York Stock Exchange.
(j) Restriction on Sale of Securities. During a period of 180
days from the date of the Prospectus, the Company and the Principal
Shareholder each will not, without the prior written consent of
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, (i) directly or indirectly, 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 any share of Class A
Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for Class A Common Stock (including Class B Common Stock)
or file any registration statement under the 1933 Act with respect to
any of the foregoing or (ii) enter into any swap or any other
agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part,
directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of the
Class A Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable
or exchangeable for Class A Common Stock (including Class B Common
Stock), whether any such swap or transaction described in clause (i)
or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Class A Common Stock or
such other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence
shall not apply to (A) the Securities to be sold hereunder, (B) any
shares of Class A Common Stock issued or options to purchase Class A
Common Stock granted pursuant to employee benefit plans of the Company
referred to in the Prospectus, or (C) the contribution by the
Principal Shareholder to the Company of up to an aggregate of 640,000
shares of Class B Common Stock in conjunction with an exercise by the
Underwriters of the option as to all or any portion of the Option
Securities.
(k) Reporting Requirements. The Company, during the period when
the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the
1934 Act, will file all documents
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required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the 1934 Act
within the time periods required by the 1934 Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(l) Compliance with Rule 463. The Company will file with the
Commission such reports on Form SR as may be required pursuant to Rule
463 of the 1933 Act Regulations.
(m) Compliance with NASD Rules. The Company hereby agrees that it
will ensure that the Reserved Securities will be restricted as
required by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the
"NASD") or the NASD rules from sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or
hypothecation for a period of three months following the date of this
Agreement. The Underwriters will notify the Company as to which
persons will need to be so restricted. At the request of the
Underwriters, the Company will direct the transfer agent to place a
stop transfer restriction upon such securities for such period of
time. Should the Company release, or seek to release, from such
restrictions any of the Reserved Securities, the Company agrees to
reimburse the Underwriters for any reasonable expenses (including,
without limitation, legal expenses) they incur in connection with such
release.
SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses. (a) Expenses. The Company will pay all
expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement,
including (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration
Statement (including financial statements and exhibits) as originally filed and
of each amendment thereto, (ii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the
Underwriters of this Agreement, any Agreement among Underwriters and such other
documents as may be required in connection with the offering, purchase, sale,
issuance or delivery of the Securities, (iii) the preparation, issuance and
delivery of the certificates for the Securities to the Underwriters, including
any stock or other transfer taxes and any stamp or other duties payable upon
the sale, issuance or delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters, (iv) the
fees and disbursements of the Company's counsel, accountants and other
advisors, (v) the qualification of the Securities under securities laws in
accordance with the provisions of Section 3(f) hereof, including filing fees
and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in
connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of the Blue Sky
Survey and any supplement thereto, (vi) the printing and delivery to the
Underwriters of copies of each preliminary prospectus, any Term Sheets and of
the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, (vii) the
preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of the Blue
Sky Survey and any supplement thereto, (viii) the fees and expenses of any
transfer agent or registrar for the Securities and (ix) the filing fees
incident to, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the
Underwriters in connection with, the review by the NASD of the terms of the
sale of the Securities, (x) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with
the listing of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange and (xi) all costs
and expenses of the Underwriters, including the fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Underwriters, in connection with matters related to the
Reserved Securities which are designated by the Company for sale to employees
and others having a business relationship with the Company.
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(b) Termination of Agreement. If this Agreement is terminated by the
Representatives in accordance with the provisions of Section 5 or Section
9(a)(i) hereof, the Company shall reimburse the Underwriters for all of their
out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Underwriters.
SECTION 5. Conditions Of Underwriters' Obligations. The obligations of
the several Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties of the Company and the Principal Shareholder
contained in Section 1 hereof or in certificates of any officer of the Company
or any subsidiary of the Company or of the Principal Shareholder delivered
pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its
covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to the following further
conditions:
(a) Effectiveness of Registration Statement. The Registration
Statement, including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, has
become effective and at Closing Time no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued
under the 1933 Act or proceedings therefor initiated or threatened by
the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for
additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable
satisfaction of counsel to the Underwriters. A prospectus containing
the Rule 430A Information shall have been filed with the Commission in
accordance with Rule 424(b) (or a post-effective amendment providing
such information shall have been filed and declared effective in
accordance with the requirements of Rule 430A) or, if the Company has
elected to rely upon Rule 434, a Term Sheet shall have been filed with
the Commission in accordance with Rule 424(b).
(b) Opinion of Counsel for Company and the Principal Shareholder.
At Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received the favorable
opinion, dated as of Closing Time, of (i) Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Professional Corporation, counsel for the Company, in form and
substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, together with
signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other
Underwriters to the effect set forth in Exhibit A-1 hereto and (ii)
Xxxxxxxx Ingersoll Professional Corporation, counsel for the Principal
Shareholder, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the
Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter
for each of the other Underwriters to the effect set forth in Exhibit
A-2, and, in each case, to such further effect as counsel to the
Underwriters may reasonably request.
(c) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters. At Closing Time, the
Representatives shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as of
Closing Time, of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx, counsel for the
Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter
for each of the other Underwriters with respect to the matters set
forth in clauses (i), (ii), (v), (vi) (solely as to preemptive or
other similar rights arising by operation of law or under the charter
or by-laws of the Company), (viii), (x), (xiv) (solely as to the
information in the Prospectus under "Description of Capital
Stock--Common Stock") and the penultimate paragraph of Exhibit A-1
hereto. In giving such opinion such
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counsel may rely, as to all matters governed by the laws of
jurisdictions other than the law of the State of New York and the
federal law of the United States, upon the opinions of counsel
satisfactory to the Representatives. Such counsel may also state that,
insofar as such opinion involves factual matters, they have relied, to
the extent they deem proper, upon certificates of officers of the
Company and its subsidiaries and certificates of public officials.
(d) Officers' Certificates. At Closing Time, there shall not have
been, since the date hereof or since the respective dates as of which
information is given in the Prospectus, any material adverse change in
the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business
affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries
considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary
course of business, and the Representatives shall have received: (i) a
certificate of the President of the Company and of the chief financial
or chief accounting officer of the Company, dated as of Closing Time,
to the effect that (a) there has been no such material adverse change
with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries, (b) the
representations and warranties in Section 1(a) hereof are true and
correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and
as of Closing Time, (c) the Company has complied with all agreements
and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied
at or prior to Closing Time, and (d) no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or
are contemplated by the Commission and (ii) a certificate of the
President or a Vice President of the Principal Shareholder and of the
chief financial or chief accounting officer of the Principal
Shareholder, dated as of Closing Time, to the effect that (x) there
has been no such material adverse change with respect to the Principal
Shareholder, (y) the representations and warranties of the Principal
Shareholder in Section 1(a) or 1(b) hereof are true and correct with
the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of
Closing Time, and (z) the Principal Shareholder has complied with all
agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or
satisfied at or prior to Closing Time.
(e) Accountant's Comfort Letter. At the time of the execution of
this Agreement, the Representatives shall have received from Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx LLP a letter dated such date, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Representatives, together with signed or
reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters
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.
(f) Bring-down Comfort Letter. At Closing Time, the
Representatives shall have received from Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP a letter,
dated as of Closing Time, to the effect that they reaffirm the
statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to subsection (e) of
this Section, except that the specified date referred to shall be a
date not more than three business days prior to Closing Time.
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(g) Approval of Listing. At Closing Time, the Securities shall
have been approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange, subject
only to official notice of issuance.
(h) No Objection. The NASD shall have confirmed that it has not
raised any objection with respect to the fairness and reasonableness
of the underwriting terms and arrangements.
(i) Lock-up Agreements. At the date of this Agreement, the
Representatives shall have received an agreement substantially in the
form of Exhibit B hereto signed by the entities listed on Schedule C
hereto.
(j) Conditions to Purchase of Option Securities. In the event
that the Underwriters exercise their option provided in Section 2(b)
hereof to purchase all or any portion of the Option Securities, the
representations and warranties of the Company and the Principal
Shareholder contained herein and the statements in any certificates
furnished by the Company or any subsidiary of the Company or by the
Principal Shareholder hereunder shall be true and correct as of each
Date of Delivery and, at the relevant Date of Delivery, the
Representatives shall have received:
(i) Officers' Certificates. Certificates, dated such Date of
Delivery, of the President of the Company and of the President or
a Vice President of the Principal Shareholder, respectively, and
of the chief financial or chief accounting officer of the Company
and of the Principal Shareholder, respectively, each confirming
that the certificates delivered at the Closing Time pursuant to
Section 5(d) hereof remain true and correct as of such Date of
Delivery.
(ii) Opinion of Counsel for Company and Principal
Shareholder. The favorable opinion of Xxxxxxxx Ingersoll
Professional Corporation, counsel for the Company, together with
the favorable opinion of Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Professional
Corporation, counsel for the Principal Shareholder, each in form
and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, dated
such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be
purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same
effect as the opinions required by Section 5(b) hereof.
(iii) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters. The favorable
opinion of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx, counsel for the
Underwriters, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option
Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise
to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(c)
hereof.
(iv) Bring-down Comfort Letter. A letter from Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
LLP, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives
and dated such Date of Delivery, substantially in the same form
and substance as the letter furnished to the Representatives
pursuant to Section 5(f) hereof, except that the "specified date"
in
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the letter furnished pursuant to this paragraph shall be a date
not more than five days prior to such Date of Delivery.
(k) Additional Documents. At Closing Time and at each Date of
Delivery, counsel for the Underwriters shall have been furnished with
such documents and opinions as they may require for the purpose of
enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as
herein contemplated, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of
the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the
conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Company
in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein
contemplated shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the
Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters.
(l) Termination of Agreement. If any condition specified in this
Section shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be
fulfilled, this Agreement, or, in the case of any condition to the
purchase of Option Securities, on a Date of Delivery which is after
the Closing Time, the obligations of the several Underwriters to
purchase the relevant Option Securities, may be terminated by the
Representatives by notice to the Company at any time at or prior to
Closing Time or such Date of Delivery, as the case may be, and such
termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party
except as provided in Section 4 and except that Sections 1, 6, 7 and 8
shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and
effect.
SECTION 6. Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification of Underwriters. (1) The Company and the Principal
Shareholder, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless each
Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the
meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act as follows:
(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and
expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the
Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule
430A Information and the Rule 434 Information, if applicable, or the
omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact included in any preliminary prospectus or
the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the
omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and
expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of (A) the violation of
any applicable laws or regulations of foreign jurisdictions where
Reserved Securities have been offered and (B) any untrue statement or
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alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in the supplement
or prospectus wrapper material distributed in any foreign jurisdiction
in connection with the reservation and sale of the Reserved Securities
or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, when considered in
conjunction with the Prospectus or preliminary prospectus, not
misleading;
(iii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and
expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount
paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or
proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or
threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue
statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or
omission or in connection with any violation of the nature referred to
in Section 6(a)(ii)(A) hereof; provided that (subject to Section 6(d)
below) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the
Company; and
(iv) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred
(including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending
against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any
governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim
whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any
such alleged untrue statement or omission or in connection with any
violation of the nature referred to in Section 6(a)(ii)(A) hereof, to
the extent that any such expense is not paid under (i) or (ii) above;
provided, however, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss,
liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue
statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any
Underwriter through Xxxxxxx Xxxxx expressly for use in the Registration
Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430A Information and
the Rule 434 Information, if applicable, or any preliminary prospectus or the
Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto).
(b) Indemnification of Company, Directors and Officers. Each
Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its
directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each
person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of
the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act against any and all loss, liability,
claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in subsection
(a)(1) of this Section, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements
or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the
Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430A
Information and the Rule 434 Information, if applicable, or any preliminary
prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by such Underwriter through Xxxxxxx Xxxxx expressly for use in the
Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or such preliminary
prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto).
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(c) Actions against Parties; Notification. Each indemnified party
shall give notice as promptly as reasonably practicable to each indemnifying
party of any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be
sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not
relieve such indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to the extent it
is not materially prejudiced as a result thereof and in any event shall not
relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of
this indemnity agreement. In the case of parties indemnified pursuant to
Section 6(a) above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, and, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(b)
above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Company and
the Principal Shareholder. An indemnifying party may participate at its own
expense in the defense of any such action; provided, however, that counsel to
the indemnifying party shall not (except with the consent of the indemnified
party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. In no event shall the
indemnifying parties be liable for fees and expenses of more than one counsel
(in addition to any local counsel) separate from their own counsel for all
indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar
or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general
allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior
written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to
the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation, or any investigation
or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or
any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution could
be sought under this Section 6 or Section 7 hereof (whether or not the
indemnified parties are actual or potential parties thereto), unless such
settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each
indemnified party from all liability arising out of such litigation,
investigation, proceeding or claim 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
any indemnified party.
(d) Settlement without Consent if Failure to Reimburse. If at any time
an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse
the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party
agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by
Section 6(a)(iii) effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement
is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of
the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice
of the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being
entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such
indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such
settlement.
(e) Indemnification for Reserved Securities. In connection with the
offer and sale of the Reserved Securities, the Company agrees, promptly upon a
request in writing, to indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriters from and
against any and all losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred
by them as a result of the failure of eligible employees and persons having a
business relationship with the Company to pay for and accept delivery of
Reserved Securities which, by the end of the first business day following the
date of this Agreement, were subject to a properly confirmed agreement to
purchase.
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SECTION 7. Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in
Section 6 hereof is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold
harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims,
damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall
contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages
and expenses incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
Company and the Principal Shareholder on the one hand and the Underwriters on
the other hand from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement
or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable
law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative
benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the
Company and the Principal Shareholder on the one hand and of the Underwriters
on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions, or in
connection with any violation of the nature referred to in Section 6(a)(ii)(A)
hereof, which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or
expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.
The relative benefits received by the Company and the Principal
Shareholder on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand in
connection with the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall
be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds
from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before
deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Principal Shareholder and
the total underwriting discount received by the Underwriters, in each case as
set forth on the cover of the Prospectus, or, if Rule 434 is used, the
corresponding location on the Term Sheet, bear to the aggregate initial public
offering price of the Securities as set forth on such cover.
The relative fault of the Company and the Principal Shareholder on the
one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a
material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, the Principal
Shareholder or by the Underwriters and the parties' relative intent, knowledge,
access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or
omission or any violation of the nature referred to in Section 6(a)(ii)(A)
hereof. For purposes of the preceding two sentences, the net proceeds deemed to
be received by the Company shall be deemed to be also for the benefit of the
Principal Shareholder and information supplied by the Company shall also be
deemed to have been supplied by the Principal Shareholder.
The Company, the Principal Shareholder and the Underwriters agree that
it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7
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 above in this
Section 7. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and
expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section
7 shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any
litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency
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or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such
untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, no Underwriter shall
be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total
price at which the Securities 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 any 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 0000 Xxx) shall be entitled to contribution from any
person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
For purposes of this Section 7, each person, if any, who controls an
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of
the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter,
and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the
Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company
within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act
shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company. The Underwriters'
respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in
proportion to the number of Initial Securities set forth opposite their
respective names in Schedule A hereto and not joint.
SECTION 8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive
Delivery. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this
Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or of the Principal Shareholder submitted pursuant hereto, shall
remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation
made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or controlling person, or by or on
behalf of the Company or the Principal Shareholder, and shall survive delivery
of the Securities to the Underwriters.
SECTION 9. Termination of Agreement.
(a) Termination; General. The Representatives may terminate this
Agreement, by notice to the Company, at any time at or prior to Closing Time
(i) if there has been, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since
the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus, any
material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the
earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its
subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the
ordinary course of business, or (ii) if there has occurred any material adverse
change in the financial markets in the United States, any outbreak of
hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis or any change or
development involving a prospective change in national or international
political, financial or economic conditions, in each case the effect of which
is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representatives, impracticable to
market the Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of the
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Securities, or (iii) if trading in any securities of the Company has been
suspended or materially limited by the Commission or the New York Stock
Exchange, or if trading generally on the American Stock Exchange or the New
York Stock Exchange or in the Nasdaq National Market has been suspended or
materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed,
or maximum ranges for prices have been required, by any of said exchanges or by
such system or by order of the Commission, the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. or any other governmental authority, or (iv) if a
banking moratorium has been declared by either Federal, New York or
Pennsylvania authorities.
(b) Liabilities. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this
Section, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other
party except as provided in Section 4 hereof, and provided further that
Sections 1, 6, 7 and 8 shall survive such termination and remain in full force
and effect.
SECTION 10. Default by One or More of the Underwriters. If one or more
of the Underwriters shall fail at Closing Time or a Date of Delivery to
purchase the Securities which it or they are obligated to purchase under this
Agreement (the "Defaulted Securities"), the Representatives shall have the
right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one or more of the
non-defaulting Underwriters, or any other underwriters, to purchase all, but
not less than all, of the Defaulted Securities in such amounts as may be agreed
upon and upon the terms herein set forth; if, however, the Representatives
shall not have completed such arrangements within such 24-hour period, then:
(a) if the number of Defaulted Securities does not exceed 10% of
the number of Securities to be purchased on such date, each of the
non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated, severally and not
jointly, to purchase the full amount thereof in the proportions that
their respective underwriting obligations hereunder bear to the
underwriting obligations of all non-defaulting Underwriters, or
(b) if the number of Defaulted Securities exceeds 10% of the
number of Securities to be purchased on such date, this Agreement or,
with respect to any Date of Delivery which occurs after the Closing
Time, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase and of the
Company to sell the Option Securities to be purchased and sold on such
Date of Delivery shall terminate without liability on the part of any
non-defaulting Underwriter.
No action taken pursuant to this Section shall relieve any defaulting
Underwriter from liability in respect of its default.
In the event of any such default which does not result in a
termination of this Agreement or, in the case of a Date of Delivery which is
after the Closing Time, which does not result in a termination of the
obligation of the Underwriters to purchase and the Company to sell the relevant
Option Securities, as the case may be, either the Representatives or the
Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Time or the relevant Date
of Delivery, as the case may be, for a
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period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes in the
Registration Statement or Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements.
As used herein, the term "Underwriter" includes any person substituted for an
Underwriter under this Section 10.
SECTION 11. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder
shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or
transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the
Underwriters shall be directed to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co., North Tower, World
Financial Center, New York, New York 10281-1201, attention of _______________,
telephone: (212) 449-____, facsimile: (212) 449-____, with a copy to Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx, 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, attention
of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xx., telephone: (000) 000-0000, facsimile: (000) 000-0000;
and notices to the Company and the Principal Shareholder shall be directed to
each of them, respectively, at State Route 981 South, X.X. Xxx 000, Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000, attention of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, telephone: (000) 000-0000,
facsimile: (000) 000-0000, with a copy to Xxxxxxxx Ingersoll Professional
Corporation, One Oxford Centre, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000, attention of Xxxxx Xxxxx, telephone: (000) 000-0000,
facsimile: (000) 000-0000.
SECTION 12. Parties. This Agreement shall each inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the Underwriters, the Company, the Principal Shareholder
and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this
Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or
corporation, other than the Underwriters, the Company and the Principal
Shareholder and their respective successors and the controlling persons and
officers and directors referred to in Sections 6 and 7 and their heirs and
legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or
in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement
and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and
exclusive benefit of the Underwriters, the Company and the Principal
Shareholder and their respective successors, and said controlling persons and
officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the
benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Securities
from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such
purchase.
SECTION 13. GOVERNING LAW AND TIME. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED
BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.
SECTION 14. Effect of Headings. The Article and Section headings
herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect
the construction hereof.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, please sign and return to the Company and the Principal Shareholder
a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts,
will become a binding agreement among the Underwriters, the Company and the
Principal Shareholder in accordance with its terms.
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Very truly yours,
JLK DIRECT DISTRIBUTION INC.
By
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Title:
KENNAMETAL INC.
By
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Title:
CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED,
as of the date first above written:
XXXXXXX XXXXX & CO.
XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX
INCORPORATED
XXXXXXX, SACHS & CO.
By: XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX
INCORPORATED
By
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Authorized Signatory
For themselves and as Representatives of the other Underwriters named in
Schedule A hereto.
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SCHEDULE A
Number of
Initial
Name of Underwriter Securities
------------------- ----------
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated...................................
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co............................................
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Total.......................................................... 4,257,000
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Sch X-0
00
XXXXXXXX X
XXX DIRECT DISTRIBUTION INC.
4,257,000 Shares of Class A Common Stock
(Par Value $.01 Per Share)
1. The initial public offering price per share for the
Securities, determined as provided in said Section 2, shall be
$[________].
2. The purchase price per share for the Securities to be paid
by the several Underwriters shall be $[________], being an amount
equal to the initial public offering price set forth above less
$[________] per share; provided that the purchase price per share for
any Option Securities purchased upon the exercise of the
over-allotment option described in Section 2(b) shall be reduced by an
amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by
the Company and payable on the Initial Securities but not payable on
the Option Securities.
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SCHEDULE C
Kennametal Inc.
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Exhibit A-1
FORM OF OPINION OF COMPANY'S COUNSEL
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 5(b)
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as
a corporation in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania.
(ii) The Company has corporate power and authority to own, lease and
operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the
Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under the Purchase
Agreement.
(iii) The Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to
transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of
property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or
to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(iv) The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the
Company is as set forth in the Prospectus in the column entitled "Actual" under
the caption "Capitalization" (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant
to the Purchase Agreement or pursuant to reservations, agreements or employee
benefit plans referred to in the Prospectus or pursuant to the exercise of
convertible securities or options referred to in the Prospectus); the shares of
issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized
and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; and none of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company was issued in violation of
the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company.
(v) The Securities have been duly authorized for issuance and sale to
the Underwriters pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and, when issued and
delivered by the Company pursuant to the Purchase Agreement against payment of
the consideration set forth in the Purchase Agreement, will be validly issued
and fully paid and non-assessable and no holder of the Securities is or will be
subject to personal liability by reason of being such a holder.
(vi) The issuance of the Securities is not subject to preemptive or
other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company.
(vii) Each Subsidiary has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction
of its incorporation, has corporate power and authority to own, lease and
operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the
Prospectus and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business
and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is
required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the
conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good
standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; except as otherwise
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disclosed in the Registration Statement, all of the issued and outstanding
capital stock of each Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued,
is fully paid and non-assessable and, to the best of our knowledge is owned by
the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security
interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; none of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of any Subsidiary was issued in violation
of the preemptive or similar rights of any securityholder of such Subsidiary.
(viii) The Purchase Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company.
(ix) The Registration Statement, including any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement, has been declared effective under the 1933 Act; any
required filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the
manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and, to the best of
our knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement has been issued under the
1933 Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are
pending or threatened by the Commission.
(x) The Registration Statement, including any Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement, the Rule 430A Information and the Rule 434 Information, as
applicable, the Prospectus and each amendment or supplement to the Registration
Statement and Prospectus as of their respective effective or issue dates (other
than the financial statements and supporting schedules included therein or
omitted therefrom, as to which we need express no opinion) complied as to form
in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act
Regulations.
(xi) If Rule 434 has been relied upon, the Prospectus was not
"materially different," as such term is used in Rule 434, from the prospectus
included in the Registration Statement at the time it became effective.
(xii) The form of certificate used to evidence the Class A Common
Stock complies in all material respects with all applicable statutory
requirements, with any applicable requirements of the charter and by-laws of
the Company and the requirements of the New York Stock Exchange.
(xiii) To the best of our knowledge, there is not pending or
threatened any action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation, to which the
Company or any subsidiary is a party, or to which the property of the Company
or any subsidiary is subject, before or brought by any court or governmental
agency or body, domestic or foreign, which might reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect, or which might reasonably be expected to
materially and adversely affect the consummation of the transactions
contemplated in the Purchase Agreement or the performance by the Company of its
obligations thereunder.
(xiv) The information in the Prospectus under "Description of Capital
Stock--Common Stock" and "--Certain provisions in the Articles and Bylaws",
"Business--Legal Matters" and in the Registration Statement under Item 14, to
the extent that it constitutes matters of law,
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summaries of legal matters, the Company's charter and by-laws or legal
proceedings, or legal conclusions, has been reviewed by us and is correct in
all material respects.
(xv) To the best of our knowledge, there are no statutes or
regulations that are required to be described in the Prospectus that are not
described as required.
(xvi) All descriptions in the Registration Statement of contracts and
other documents to which the Company or its subsidiaries are a party are
accurate in all material respects; to the best of our knowledge, there are no
franchises, contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or
other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration
Statement or to be filed as exhibits thereto other than those described or
referred to therein or filed as exhibits thereto, and the descriptions thereof
or references thereto are correct in all material respects.
(xvii) To the best of our knowledge, neither the Company nor any
subsidiary is in violation of its charter or by-laws and no default by the
Company or any subsidiary exists in the due performance or observance of any
material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any
contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement
or instrument that is described or referred to in the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus or filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.
(xviii) No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license,
order, registration, qualification or decree of, any court or governmental
authority or agency, domestic or foreign (other than under the 1933 Act and the
1933 Act Regulations, which have been obtained, or as may be required under the
securities or blue sky laws of the various states, as to which we need express
no opinion) is necessary or required in connection with the due authorization,
execution and delivery of the Purchase Agreement or for the offering, issuance
or sale of the Securities.
(xix) The execution, delivery and performance of the Purchase
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Purchase
Agreement and in the Registration Statement (including the issuance and sale of
the Securities and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities as
described in the Prospectus under the caption "Use Of Proceeds") and compliance
by the Company with its obligations under the Purchase Agreement do not and
will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or lapse of time or
both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment Event
(as defined in Section 1(a)(x) of the Purchase Agreement, and only with respect
to a Repayment Event, except as may be described in the Registration Statement)
under or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or
encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary
pursuant to any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit
agreement, note, lease or any other agreement or instrument, known to us, to
which the Company or any subsidiary is a party or by which it or any of them
may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any
subsidiary is subject (except for such conflicts, breaches or defaults or
liens, charges or encumbrances that would not have a Material Adverse Effect),
nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the charter
or by-laws of the Company or any subsidiary, or any
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applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree,
known to us, of any government, government instrumentality or court, domestic
or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary or any of
their respective properties, assets or operations.
(xx) Except as set forth in the Corporate Agreement (as defined in the
Prospectus), there are no persons with registration rights or other similar
rights to have any securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement
or otherwise registered by the Company under the 0000 Xxx.
(xxi) The Company is not an "investment company" or an entity
"controlled" by an "investment company," as such terms are defined in the 1940
Act.
Nothing has come to our attention that would lead us to believe that
the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto, including the Rule 430A
Information and Rule 434 Information (if applicable), (except for financial
statements and schedules and other financial data included therein or omitted
therefrom, as to which we need make no statement), at the time such
Registration Statement or any such amendment became effective, contained an
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading or that the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto
(except for financial statements and schedules and other financial data
included therein or omitted therefrom, as to which we need make no statement),
at the time the Prospectus was issued, at the time any such amended or
supplemented prospectus was issued or at the Closing Time, included or includes
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 the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters
involving the application of the laws of Michigan, upon the opinion of Xxxxxx &
Xxxxxxxx, P.C., special counsel to the Company (which opinion shall be dated
and furnished to the Representative(s) at the Closing Time, shall be
satisfactory in form and substance to counsel for the Underwriters and shall
expressly state that the Underwriters may rely on such opinion as if it were
addressed to them), provided that Xxxxxxxx Ingersoll Professional Corporation
shall state in their opinion that they believe that they and the Underwriters
are justified in relying upon such opinion, and (B), as to matters of fact (but
not as to legal conclusions), to the extent they deem proper, on certificates
of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. Such opinion shall
not state that it is to be governed or qualified by, or that it is otherwise
subject to, any treatise, written policy or other document relating to legal
opinions, including, without limitation, the Legal Opinion Accord of the ABA
Section of Business Law (1991).
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Exhibit A-2
FORM OF OPINION OF PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDER'S COUNSEL
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 5(b)
(i) The Principal Shareholder has been duly incorporated and is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(ii) The Principal Shareholder has corporate power and authority to
enter into and perform its obligations under the Purchase Agreement.
(iii) The Purchase Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Principal Shareholder.
(iv) No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license,
order, registration, qualification or decree of, any court or governmental
authority or agency, domestic or foreign (other than under the 1933 Act and the
1933 Act Regulations, which have been obtained, or as may be required under the
securities or blue sky laws of the various states, as to which we need express
no opinion) is necessary or required in connection with the due authorization,
execution and delivery of the Purchase Agreement by the Principal Shareholder
or for the offering, issuance or sale of the Securities.
(v) The execution, delivery and performance of the Purchase Agreement
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Purchase Agreement
and in the Registration Statement (including the issuance and sale of the
Securities and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities as
described in the Prospectus under the caption "Use Of Proceeds") and compliance
by the Principal Shareholder with its obligations under the Purchase Agreement
do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or lapse of
time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment
Event (as defined in Section 1(a)(x) of the Purchase Agreement) under or result
in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any
property or assets of the Principal Shareholder or any of its subsidiaries
pursuant to any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit
agreement, note, lease or any other agreement or instrument, known to us, to
which the Principal Shareholder or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by
which it or any of them may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets
of the Principal Shareholder or any of its subsidiaries is subject, nor will
such action result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws
of the Principal Shareholder or any of its subsidiaries, or any applicable law,
statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree, known to us, of any
government, government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having
jurisdiction over the Principal Shareholder or any of its subsidiaries or any
of their respective properties, assets or operations.
Nothing has come to our attention that would lead us to believe that
the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto, including the Rule 430A
Information and Rule 434
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Information (if applicable), (except for financial statements and schedules and
other financial data included therein or omitted therefrom, as to which we need
make no statement), at the time such Registration Statement or any such
amendment became effective, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading or that the Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto (except for financial statements and schedules
and other financial data included therein or omitted therefrom, as to which we
need make no statement), at the time the Prospectus was issued, at the time any
such amended or supplemented prospectus was issued or at the Closing Time,
included or includes 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
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely as to matters of fact
(but not as to legal conclusions), to the extent they deem proper, on
certificates of responsible officers of the Principal Shareholder and public
officials. Such opinion shall not state that it is to be governed or qualified
by, or that it is otherwise subject to, any treatise, written policy or other
document relating to legal opinions, including, without limitation, the Legal
Opinion Accord of the ABA Section of Business Law (1991).
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Exhibit B
________, 1997
XXXXXXX XXXXX & CO.
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated,
XXXXXXX, SACHS & CO.
as Representatives of the several
Underwriters to be named in the
within-mentioned Purchase Agreement
x/x Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xx.
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated
Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
Re: Proposed Public Offering by JLK Direct Distribution Inc.
Dear Sirs:
The undersigned, a shareholder of JLK Direct Distribution Inc., a
Pennsylvania corporation (the "Company"), understands that Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co.,
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated ("Xxxxxxx Xxxxx") and
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. propose to enter into a Purchase Agreement (the "Purchase
Agreement") with the Company providing for the public offering of shares (the
"Securities") of the Company's Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
(the "Class A Common Stock"). In recognition of the benefit that such an
offering will confer upon the undersigned as a shareholder of the Company, and
for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned agrees with each underwriter to be
named in the Purchase Agreement that, during a period of 180 days from the date
of the Purchase Agreement, the undersigned will not, without the prior written
consent of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, directly or indirectly, (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 for the sale of, or
otherwise dispose of or transfer any shares of Class A Common Stock or any
securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Class A Common
Stock (including the Company's Class B Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
(the "Class B Common Stock")), whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the
undersigned or with respect to which the undersigned has or hereafter acquires
the power of disposition, or file any registration statement under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to any of the foregoing or
(ii) enter into any swap or any other agreement or any transaction that
transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic
consequence of ownership of the Class A Common Stock or any securities
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Class A
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Common Stock (including Class B Common Stock), whether any such swap or
transaction is to be settled by delivery of Class A Common Stock or other
securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to the
contribution by the undersigned to the Company of up to an aggregate of 640,000
shares of Class B Common Stock in conjunction with an exercise by the
Underwriters of the option as to all or any portion of the Option Securities.
Very truly yours,
KENNAMETAL INC.
By:
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Its:
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